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Michael Floyd Agent Attributes Failed Alcohol Sobriety Test to KombuchaJune 16, 2017
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Michael Floyd could be ordered to serve jail time after reportedly testing positive for alcohol during house arrest. However, he denied the allegations.
On Friday, TMZ Sports reported Floyd's alcohol-monitoring system flagged five separate events between June 11 and June 12. Further testing reportedly showed his blood alcohol concentration at between .044 and .055, which he said was due to drinking kombucha, a low-alcohol tea.
Brian Murphy of the St. Paul Pioneer Press passed along the wideout's response: "Totally false. The whole thing is false. You can't believe everything TMZ says."
Tom Pelissero of USA Today provided a statement from Floyd's agent:
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The Vikings also released a statement Friday: "We are aware of the situation involving Michael Floyd and are looking into the matter. We are still gathering facts and will withhold any further comment at this time."
Fox 10 Arizona reported the 27-year-old Minnesota native was sentenced to 24 days in jail and 96 days of house arrest after pleading guilty to extreme DUI in February. The case related to a December arrest when police found him passed out in his car with a blood-alcohol level of .217, more than twice the legal limit.
One of the rules for his house arrest forced Floyd to completely avoid alcohol during the time he spent under house arrest. While he successfully petitioned a judge to remove his ankle bracelet for football reasons, he failed random breath tests that were substituted in, according to TMZ Sports.
The report noted the former member of the Arizona Cardinals and New England Patriots is due in court June 26, when he could be sent back to jail if it's determined he violated house-arrest rules.
Floyd signed a one-year contract with the Vikings in May. He told the team's official website at the time he "learned from this experience."
"I am very excited to come home and play for the Minnesota Vikings. I have been training extremely hard this offseason in addition to taking responsibility and paying the consequences for my mistake," he said. "Although I cannot change my past decisions, I have definitely learned from this experience and look forward to making valuable contributions to the Vikings organization and the Minnesota community, both as a player and a person. Time to go to work."
Spotrac noted the Vikings can release Floyd without leaving any dead cap space.
He's been expected to compete with Jarius Wright and Laquon Treadwell during training camp for the role as Minnesota's No. 3 receiver behind Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen.


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Messe Frankfurt is building! Due for completion in the autumn of 2018, Hall 12 is presently under construction in the western section of the exhibition grounds. The new building will offer a total of 33,600 square metres of exhibition space, split between two levels.
The two-storey building will be around 248 metres long and 118 metres wide with a height of around 30 metres. The trade marks of the two exhibition levels will be functionality and flexibility, as the lower level can be partitioned in a number of ways to produce different areas that can be used independently.
This extends considerably the range of locations the Frankfurt exhibition grounds can now offer conference and convention organizers. These include, in addition to the exhibition halls themselves, notably the Congress Center, the Festhalle, the Forum and the Portalhaus. In all, 80 convention and conference rooms with a capacity of 22,000 places are now available, along with complementary exhibition areas.

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Emergency eviction prevention assistance can help Greenville County South Carolina tenants that are facing homelessness. The programs, which rely on funds from the United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as other organizations, can provide support in the form of grants, legal advice, and even relocation services if the current home is too expensive. What may be provided is as follows.
-SC Legal Services has an office in the region and they can offer free advice to contest an illegal eviction.-Money from the United Way, agencies such as Upstate Homeless Coalition Of South Carolina or HUD grants can help with arrears on rent, water or electric bills, and other costs.-Short term housing (including shelters or motel vouchers) may be arranged for adults or single parents with children and veterans.-Rapid rehousing in Greenville County will help a homeless person find a home, pay any deposits, and get established.
Each non-profit or government agency that offers homeless prevention services will have their own separate application processes in place. In almost all instances, administering agencies such as United Housing Connections will require the applicant to have a low income. They will also tend to be close to, if not be in receipt, of a pay or quit notice from their landlord. So the family needs to be on the verge of eviction.
Non-profit eviction help – There are many agencies in the Greenville South Carolina that advocate for the homeless and families living in poverty. They try to reduce, if not stop, the number of homeless families and individuals in the county. Most groups rely on money from the United Way, donations from the community, or even Salvation Army fund raisers. Some of the primary non-profits include the Upstate Homeless Coalition Of South Carolina as well as United Housing Connections.
The approach emphasized is as a hand up, and not a hand out. When a family has an eviction notice from their property owner, it is often too late to get help. Instead an individual should be seeking support much earlier, as soon as they start to fall behind on their rent or other housing needs, such as utilities.
Applications will be closely reviewed by staff from these groups. Some even also use volunteers to help fill the demand. These non-profits that are involved in homeless prevention, some of which may even be faith based groups, will no discriminate based on age, religion, or gender. There may be eviction assistance for everyone from single mothers to the underemployed or non-English speakers as well.
Some Legal Services that operate in upstate South Carolina can also be thought of as non-profit. The technical term may be pro-bono, but in either way attorneys will volunteer their time to fight an eviction. This service is free to people who qualify based on income or age, such as senior citizens.
Greenville County government affiliated homeless assistance – There are several available in the region. Referrals can often be given to them from a non-profit. The federal government funds these eviction and rapid rehousing programs annually, so in some years there may be more or fewer people that are assisted from them.
Supportive Services for Veteran's Families is used to help homeless, or those on the verge of it, that are also low income veterans. HUD will not only help them, but also their immediate families, such as children, spouses, and widows. SSVF will provide support such as shelters, lodging in a motel, grants for security deposits or rent, and more. It also stresses self-sufficiency around employment and long term stability.
The Shelter Plus Care is used to stop eviction of the disabled or mentally ill. Greenville South Carolina human service agencies can direct a qualified individual to it. There will need to be proof of the condition, but when qualified, a number of different resources (including financial or legal) may be offered.
The money to pay for these, and other government aid, can come from ESG grants. Housing and Urban Development will allocate funds to the county each year. All uses need to be for housing related issues, whether it is eviction prevention or some other need.
When facing an emergency, and need eviction help or other information on housing resources in Greenville County, dial 864-908-3699 to reach United Housing. Another intake line is (864) 269-0700.
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FSX/P3D. Sure. This project has been in development for like totally forever. There is always the notion or thought that long development periods are either due to extremely complex projects, or lack of time dedication on behalf of the developer. In the case of Narvik here, it could be a combination of both. With that said, after looking at the latest screenshots, there is no doubt in my mind that the former applies. It sucks that the projects we want the most in this hobby take the longest to develop. But in the case here, I am very certain the wait will be more than worthwhile. Just don't keep us from waiting too much longer Mr. Stranden. Thanks to ADX companion Adi Shahar for the tipoff!


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Each semester, students in Mrs. Deyamport's REACH classes choose a topic to explore. Our students' curiosity about life around the world was the inspiration for The Around the World with Skype Project. Have a look at some of the friends our 2nd & 3rd grade REACH students got to meet along the way!
2nd Grade: Spain & Mexico
After introducing themselves in Spanish, 2nd grade students shared favorites and information about our leaders with our friends in Spain and Mexico. Our friends in Spain gave us a mini-language lesson while our friends in Mexico sang a folk song for us!
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The Willy Foundation is a private, family foundation formed in memory of Willy Shuman by James W. and Jane H. Shuman, J. Wilson Shuman, Jr., Grant P.H. Shuman, Edward S. Shuman and Jonathan S. Shuman. Its mission is to motivate, encourage and support young men and women in order to reach their fullest potential...
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Buckling a seatbelt takes seconds. But, those seconds save lives. The Willy Foundation has made it a priority to raise awareness of seatbelt safety. Each school in Kanawha County has a Wear A Seatbelt sign exiting its parking lot that resembles the WAS Logo sticker. It is a simple reminder to wear a seatbelt...
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On August 26, 2018 from 5-8PM at the Charleston Tennis Club, we will have a fundraiser event to benefit The Willy Foundation to help fund projects such as The WAS Challenge and The Willy Shuman Leadership Club. Learn about the great activities and how to get involved - you won't want to miss this!
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For several years now, we are observing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) that visit the coasts of the Dakar peninsula, usually between September and November.
Their presence in West Africa is cyclical. Mothers enjoy the abundance of food and the warm waters off the coasts of West Africa and breastfeed their offspring, which are unable to survive in cold waters. It may be possible that the whales come to give birth in the region, but there is not yet proof for this. In September we have seen seven different specimens (adults and juveniles) a few kilometres off the coast, but also close to our headquarters! The only chance to see them is to observe the ocean and spot a powerful blast (up to three metres high), a spoiler or even how they breach (the tip of Cap-Manuel is probably the best point of view in Dakar). Humpback whales usually come in groups of two to three individuals.
After researching scientific studies, we suppose that the whales are coming from the northern hemisphere (Scandinavia, Iceland). After the calves have gained enough weight, the whales recommence their long journey to the north by mid-November...before perhaps returning next year to our shores.
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Google grants $25,000 to five nonprofits
SAN FRANCISCO: Five nonprofit groups got word on Wednesday that Google will help them fulfill visions of using the technology titan's internet-linked Glass eyewear to do good.
'Giving through Glass' programme winners were selected from 1,300 proposals from US charities with ideas of how to use the eyewear to achieve their goals.
Google will give each group a $25,000 grant along with a pair of yet-to-be publicly released Glass eyewear and guidance from the technology firm's engineers.
"Developers are already working with these inspiring groups, and next week these five nonprofits will descend on Google Glass Base Camp in San Francisco for training," Google.org director Jacquelline Fuller said in a blog post.
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March 28th, 2018 | Julia Braime
Could that be (gasp!) daffodils and sunshine we see? It feels like, this week, spring has finally sprung (or at least showed up to the party).
As such, we're too excited to be returning to the exceptionally pretty Hilltop Country House on Sunday 15th April 2018, 12pm till 3pm, FREE ENTRY for a secret garden luxury wedding show! Is this the loveliest, most friendly and personal wedding venue we've come across? Just maybe!
(Olympians Laura Trott and Jason Kenny definitely thought so!)
Hilltop's just a little bit a lot special. A stunning, exclusive use, family home with seriously gorgeous gardens, a pristine permanent marquee, rooms on site and a civil license, book nothing till you've seen it! Add the region's very best wedding supplier stars – this line up is an absolute knockout – and we've a recipe for another crazy beautiful day. Are you in?
Approached by a long tree lined drive, Hilltop lies in the centre of fifteen acres of private land. With four enchanting reception rooms, wonderful views, formal gardens and woodlands, Hilltop is an oasis of peace and tranquility situated half a mile from Prestbury Village in Cheshire, providing the perfect location for your special day.
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Zec 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be 'from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.'
Php 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Mt 21:1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, (Beth fuh gay) at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 "And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them." 4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' Hosanna in the highest!"
As we read these texts we see at least one common theme. We read words like lowly, and bondservant. Phrases like, of no reputation, and He humbled Himself, SO how do those descriptive words impact you as you think about Jesus?
Do you get a mental image of Jesus as this gentle, quiet, compassionate man, who obeyed His Father perfectly while He walked this earth, even to the point of dying on the cross? Thats a good picture and one well worth remembering. ....The Suffering Servant
He was humble, unpretentious, obedient to the Father, trusting of the Father, and not a hint of self-glorification. His humility was expressed in words in no greater way than what we have read in our epistle lesson. Gods Word puts it this way:
Although He was in the form of God and equal with God, He did not take advantage of this equality. Instead He emptied Himself by taking on the form of a servant by becoming like other humans, by having a human appearance God put on skin!
Something we usually miss in this passage is this: He took on the form of a servant by becoming like other humans. What does that make us? We are servants!
All of the natural days of Jesus, from the moment of conception, when he took on human flesh and physically walked this earth are referred to as His days of humiliation. He was a servant! At the same time, He was fully God, He left the glorious confines of heaven and also became fully man. He came to serve.
He still had all the divine attributes and resources at His disposal, yet He availed Himself of these resources only as the Father directed Him. And He experienced everything that we humans experience. Hunger, pain, loneliness, fear, abandonment, temptation, and so on.
Now ask yourself this question. If you were God and you were hungry or facing a financial crisis, in your human life, what would you do? If you were God and experiencing the pain of a toothache or cancer, or a broken relationship, what would you do? How far would you be willing to go before you said, Alright, Im God, Im outa here! Back to glory! Ive had enough of this!
You and I dont have such power, but Jesus did and He voluntarily withheld it....all the way to the cross! Can there be any higher example of humility and obedience? Jesus is God, and He rides into town on an ass?
Well, when you consider that these were His days of humiliation....there is indeed nothing more suitable. He couldve rode into town on the most noblest of steeds, He was God! But He chose an ass....showing obedience to the Father as He fulfills the prophecy given to Zechariah....lowly and riding on a donkey.
And if Palm Sunday were to happen today, in our culture, I imagine that Jesus would wind His way towards Jerusalem....not in a borrowed Hummer, but probably in something like my old rusty 1991 Ford Festiva.
I get a kick out of all the Hummers I see on the road. Many of them serve as billboard for businesses that want to express success or power. Its a good ploy. When I see the Ultimate Fitness Hummer on the road, I begin to think, Wow, I could look just like a Hummer if I just worked out at Ultimate Fitness!
Well Jesus comes to town in a Festiva....but how many know that when Jesus comes back next time, He wont be driving a Festiva!
Mt 24:30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Sounds more like a Hummer to me! Know what the sign of the Son of Man will be? I guarantee you it will not be Capricorn, Aquarius, or Leo.........The sign will be the collapse of all such constellations, the sun, the moon, and all stars!
These sin-stained portions of Gods creation will become undone when the holy Lord Jesus Christ enters our atmosphere for one last time. They will be undone just as Isaiah was when he was taken up to the presence of the Holy God. He said, Woe is me! I am undone! (Is 6:5)
Jesus said in Mt 24:29, Immediately after the tribulation of those days, (by the way we are living in those days and will live in them until our Lord returns.) The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven.
Rev 16:21 says, And great hail from heaven fell upon men, every hailstone about the weight of a talent. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since that plague was exceedingly great!
And in Revelation 6:15, and 16 we read:
Re 6:15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
Oh it will be horrific for those who do not know Jesus! Theyll curse and swear at this supernatural phenomena because they wont understand it, but then almost immediately, they will see Jesus their judge....riding on the clouds and then theyll understand! Then theyll welcome the hailstones!
And indeed, at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those in heaven (the departed saints who gladly bowed) and of those on earth (those living when the Lord returns) and of those under the earth, (those departed unbelievers who reside in the torment of Hades until He returns!) All will admit that He is Lord, and all will be dealt with accordingly.
So whats going on with those believers who are alive when Jesus returns? Well first of all understand that when Jesus does return, He will bring all the departed saints with Him.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Absolutely no terror for the baptized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
In my mind, Palm Sunday is a great opportunity to reflect on our Lords second coming! He is coming again. Will you be ready? The first time He came as a lowly, humble, obedient servant, the next time He will come as the conquering King.
You and I are still living in the time of His first coming, therefore Paul admonishes us to live in the same mindset that Jesus lived in. That of lowliness, and humility, servanthood, obedience to and trust in the Father and His Word.
Our time as Princes and Princesses is still to come, in the meantime we are to live as servants! Paul makes that abundantly clear in the first portion of Phil 2:
Php 2:1 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
These are strong words and very much connected to our status on the Last Day. If there is ANY fellowship of the Spirit....in other words if there is any connection to God through faith in Jesus Christ, if there is any presence of saving faith, then let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.....Sounds like the second part of our mission statement at Living Word, doesnt it?
Learning to live for the sake of others rather than ourselves.
Are you learning this yet? Are you learning it as an individual? What does this look like in your family? In your workplace? In your neighborhood?
Are we learning it together as a church? What should that look like at Living Word? How does an entire body of believers exhibit this kind of self-denial to each other? To the community? To the world?
I gotta tell you as Paul said his joy was fulfilled as he observed the Phillipian congregation in action, my joy was greatly lifted as I saw the response of our small congregation to help Frank and Maria move yesterday.
Friends, if we want to call ourselves Christians....followers of Christ, then we must admit that we are living in the days of our humiliation! And in our humiliation, we are to seek to serve. Its amazing to see how good one feels after serving with time, talent, and treasure.
But, I believe we need to take this service to the next level. I believe we need to be more pro-active in our service than re-active. We need to look for ways to meet needs in our church, our community, and our world through mens groups, womens groups, and youth groups.
People, we need to get back to the idea of serving Christ through the church. We ARE His hands! Weve got to get away from the idea that a church is simply a watering hole. Its a fountain of blessing, that calls for individual participation and service.
Dont worry, even though we are in the days of humiliation......our days of exaltation are on the way! Our joy (of serving) has been set before us, lets finish the race set before us! Or at the very least, lets at least enter the race set before us!
Heb 12:1 let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Its time for us to climb off our high horse and hop on a lowly donkey. Its time for us to leave the Hummer and climb into the Festiva. Humble servanthood and tribulation is our lot this side of heaven and its time you and I embraced it!
Heres the thing about going through this life riding in a Hummer. It breeds pride and complaining. Oh look at me, I have a Hummer But every little thing that goes wrong with that Hummer will be a source of whining and complaining. Every little noise or bump will be a source of concern.
Not so for those riding in the Festiva, no pride there, theyre just thankful to make it from one place to another! And noise and bumps? Well praise the Lord, that just proves that were still moving toward our destination!
How about you? Do you find yourself complaining and whining about your circumstances, and do you find yourself thinking more highly of yourself than you ought? Does every little bump in life throw you into a tizzy? Then youre riding in the wrong car!
Climb into that rusty old Festiva and learn to live a life of humble servanthood, trust, and obedience, a life of giving thanks just for the ride, because humility and servanthood and obedience and trust was Christs vehicle of choice when He trod this earth the first time around, it ought to be ours as well. Is the servant above His Master?
Thankful, because even though were rattling along in our Festiva, He promises to be with us on our journey!.


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When I first read about this subject i thought it was ridiculous. I remember thinking, okay okay I'm all about desperation for finding products, but really, water? Buuuut, now that I've done the research it doesn't seem so crazy. Have you ever had those times where you go on vacation or go to visit a relative in a different city, or country even? And you notice your skin looking better during that vacation, and then you go home and your skin looks just as bad as before you left? Dehydrated, dry and acne prone?
I know I have and tap water could be the reason why. You may also notice that your hair feels dry and frail, no matter what you do to help it, while you see others look so healthy and shiny. This could be due to hard water. Hard water is filled with chemicals and metals that are harsh on your skin, also making it harder for beauty products to get completely washed off.
It leaves a film over your skin so when you are washing your face thinking that you are deep cleansing, in reality you're not even cleansing your skin fully. There are ways to combat this and test out the theory if water is causing your acne test it by trying these many ways to changing your skin by changing your water.
At first I tried using bottled water, or filling up a pot with filtered water and using it to wash my hair and my skin and surprise, my skin wasn't nearly as dry as it normally is which is always something I link to my acne.
You can also invest in a shower head filter, you can find them from walmart or home depot for $20-40. You can also try out infusing the water you use to wash your face with rose petals, or lavender this is a way to get extra nutrients and vitamins.
It is also important to remember to shower with lukewarm water, not hot water this can damage your skin by drying it out, breaking capillaries. If you shower with lukewarm water this will help to open your pores, making it perfect for washing your face and getting a deep cleanse. When you are finished turn your water to a cool temperature to close your pores and finish by using a rose water toner or spray!
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Air Miles contest offers DIY prizing
First they asked members what they wanted, then they flagged retail partners by designing a contest around the consumers' wish lists.
In a first for Air Miles, the prizes for its semi-annual contest are being chosen by collectors themselves. The diverse list is comprised of desired booty consumers cited when asked to do so via their account statements. And more than 100,000 entries have been submitted to Air Miles' Wish Big Win Big contest since it launched on April 22.
Another component that makes this Air Miles contest unusual is the involvement of supermarkets in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Halifax. At these locations, Perry Schwartz, Air Miles public relations manager, tells MiC, company reps will set up roulette-type wheels which collectors can spin to win instant prizes redeemable for groceries or gas. The objective, he says, is 'to generate in-store excitement and create an experience for collectors at sponsor locations that reinforce the Air Miles Rewards Plan value.'
Overall, Schwartz says Air Miles aim with the Wish Big Win Big contest is to heighten awareness of the many retail partners that are part of the program, and the variety of merchandise available to program members.
The Wish Big Win Big contest is being promoted on Air Miles main site (www.airmiles.ca) and microsite (www.wishbig.ca), as well as with in-store POS coupons and signage, plus mentions on Citytv's CityLine show. Creative was done in-house at Air Miles, media buying was handled by Toronto's Takamatsu Group, and GCI Group (also Toronto-based) is handling PR.
The online portion of the contest involves downloadable coupons – redeemable at any of Air Miles' hundred-plus cross-Canada retail partners – with 5,000 air miles automatically credited to the accounts of 800 randomly chosen coupon downloaders. Collectors are automatically entered for grand prizes of 50,000 miles when they use downloaded coupons, or make a purchase with an Air Miles credit card from BMO Mosaik MasterCard or American Express. That number doubles if multiple purchases are made using coupons, or by using both a coupon and an Air Miles credit card. The grand prize winners will be free to choose whichever of the listed prizes they desire when the contest wraps up next month.


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Gwyneth Paltrow Had a Big Chicken Burger for Dinner!
Gwyneth Paltrow makes a lot of headlines over the food that she eats and she is making more after sharing a photo of the large chicken burger that she ate for dinner this week!
The 43-year-old actress posted a photo on Wednesday night (February 24) on her Instagram account.
"Long day? Check. Old fashioned? Check. Best chicken burger ever? Check. @plancheck #eeeeeats #eaterla #foodballin #latimesfood," Gwyneth captioned the photo.
Also pictured inside: Gwyneth going shopping at the Brentwood Country Mart on Thursday (February 25) in Santa Monica, Calif.


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The call of the wilderness.
"I took a drive in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The views were immense and wide." If you don't listen too closely, the first words of Karen Blixen's best-seller can be adapted to this old car. In exactly the spot where her tragic love story with Denys Finch Hatton really took place. The day is going to be hot again. You can feel that already and it's not even 8.00 am. Brenda, the maid, is baking sweet-smelling pancakes in the kitchen for the children, while the gardener is raking together the dry leaves. During their period of service abroad, German diplomats live in an official residence which includes their own staff, that's just the way it is. Christian Resch is such a diplomat. He is the Deputy German Ambassador for Somalia. But since there is no embassy in Somalia, the smart man takes care of business from neighbouring Kenya.
Hakuna Matata.
Through the back door to the carport, past a brand-new gleaming white Nissan Patrol. It's what his wife will use in a minute to take the kids to the day-care centre. Behind it, there is another car which used to be gleaming white, maybe, but now it's just, shall we say, white. The 200 built in 1981 has taken some knocks over the decades. The countless previous owners always kept it running – but didn't take care of it. The old boy from the glory days of the upper middle-range saloon class needs some coolant. Our destination for today: Lake Naivasha, a trip of 100 kilometres. The leisure and safari gear is next to the food box in the enormous boot which is a little porous underneath. But it's holding up. "Hakuna Matata" is what the fun-loving Kenyans say, meaning something like "No worries" which, strictly speaking, indicates that there is a situation in which you could worry. But not today.
The living room of the 1970s.
With a clack, Resch opens the massive door with the conical-pin door lock and sits down in the world of blue plush and clear lacquered natural wood. It's still possible to feel the dream of every wealthy middle-class driver in the late 1970s; an old Mercedes-Benz keeps its stoic superiority for a lifetime. What's that? Where is the steering wheel? Ah. Kenya is a former British colony, so they drive and sit on the right as they do in the kingdom. The man from Berlin had the blue dashboard carpeting made in Nairobi but not to protect the dashboard from the sun rays. Rather to cover up what the rays of sun have done to the dashboard in the last 35 years. He pumps the accelerator a few times, turns the key – and the powerful M 102 engine awakens harshly. A familiar, mechanical sound. A hearty pull to release the parking brake. Press down the clutch, shift into gear and off we go.
Robust, good value and something special.
The Stromberg carburettor has just been adjusted by the resident mechanic and now it uses a mere 17 litres per 100 km. In the city. Which is not surprising because here, every 100 metres, high bumps have been set in the tarmac in order to keep down the speed of the commuters. Hakuna Matata. If you drive over these bumps at more than 20 km/h, you will lose both axles. Nairobi's drivers approach at full speed, brake abruptly and then speed up again until the next bump. Premium-grade petrol is quite cheap in Africa. The African private vehicle of the diplomat was supposed to be robust, cheap, inexpensive and well used. The Mercedes-Benz meets all three criteria perfectly. Resch bought it three years ago from an Indian and what happened to it before that is apparent only in the paintwork. The tachometer broke at around 114,000. During a construction period of ten years, the W 123 model was manufactured over 2.7 million times as a saloon car, a coupé and an estate and in the first year of production after 1975, at the same time as the "Stroke 8".
Free passage with the CD.
We continue on our journey to Naivasha. Past villas and slums, colourfully dressed people waiting for a bus, Massai with long walking sticks, and toothless corncob sellers. Protected by the letters CD (for "Corps Diplomatique"), travelling in Kenya is pleasant. If you are travelling without this immunity, the police, lurking everywhere, may well stop you, find something wrong with the car and then open their hand. That can be expensive.
But even without corrupt cops, the overland journey is still pretty risky in between ancient trucks, handcarts and moped drivers who seem to have a death wish. We occasionally dodge the odd giraffe majestically gliding along the bumpy road. The Daimler purrs while exuding such reliability that Resch has to nod his head in recognition. Without my persuasion, he would never have set off on the long journey to Naivasha. But why not?
Out of Africa.
We glide down into the valley of the East African Rift just like Denys and Karen did in Finch Hatton's plane in the last third of the film. Thanks to the large windows in the Mercedes-Benz, the views are immensely wide. As far as the Ngong mountains. The soundtrack of "Out of Africa" reaches our ears from the iPod. We reach the lodge without breaking down once, of course. I sit on a stone on the bank of the lake and listen to the clicking noise of the old car's engine cooling off. Life is somewhat simpler here close to the Equator. Behind us, the hippopotamuses snort, over us, the sea eagles circle. An example of German engineering in the midst of nature on the other side of the world. Maybe time passed over this old car unseen. Maybe a W 123 is the first positive step on the way to slowing down in an ever-faster paced Western world? No worries. "I took a drive in Africa."


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As a child, I used to spend hours daydreaming about tomorrow. Between playing 'house' with my kid sis and our teddys-Pingu and Moe-i had a near perfect idea what life would look like as a mother.
Like a typical African woman, I was going to be a Banker, have 4 kids–like my siblings and I. I'd shuffle between being a working class mother, and taking care of my family. Saturdays would be spent going to the market and cooking. Sundays we would go have fun at the beach; the kids building sand castles, hubby drinking a beer, and me relaxing with a Nora Robert tale of magic and romance. Everything would be perfect.
But no one ever really tells you what the real world has in stock for you, do they? The movies and books don't prepare your childish fantasy filled mind for nearly half as much as growing up will bring your way. Your parents totally shield you from it all. Then you grow up to realise there is a lot more to everything you had ever dreamed of in the past. You learn that with happiness comes sacrifices–some greater than others.
Then the mad race begins, and the thoughts come flooding in.
So here I am today being the 10th day of my 'Introspection' theme, and I realise that a good 60% of my life has been spent worrying about what tomorrow has in store for me.
I jumbled my way through the University–of course after the whole world made it known that anything short of a Second class honours(Upper division) would be a suicide mission. Suffice to say, getting a respectable paying job would be near impossible.
I landed in the labour market and got a respectable(not quite high paying) job after worrying for 5months because everyone said to land a job, you'll need to know people with influence.
Now I'm stuck writing a professional exam because yet again it'll avail me some leverage for what I may need to do tomorrow. Of course as usual, people bitched about getting a post graduate degree.
Tommorow, I bet I'll get back to wondering if I want to end up with the man I love, and if I even have the faintest idea if I want a family with scary children.
Then I'll grow old and think about what form the cold creepy hands of death will come visiting.
See, everyday we are plagued with thoughts of tomorrow. Will we succeed? Will our plans work? Are the preparations we have made enough? Will it be sufficient? Hell, are we even existing or are the aliens already here playing with our minds and giving us alternate realities?!
Bottom line is, what will happen will happen. Events will occur, natural disasters will take place, and strange things that can only be described as 'miraculous' will happen–like how I landed a job with my 0.03pts shy of a 2.1 degree while my really good buddy with a solid 2.1(dream result), an Msc. and 'influence' is still jobless…bummer.
Sure we can make plans to solidify our chances(like playing one good hand at poker), but there are a hundred–million if you may–factors working for and against us everyday. So really, why worry? Unless of course you love migraines…..
I've decided to do my best, when tomorrow comes it's challenges will be dealt with. When next I close my eyes, I refuse to see that boogeyman–the future.


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Sharifs return to Pak makes US, Musharraf uneasyNovember 28th, 2007 - 5:36 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad , Nov 28 (ANI): Nawaz Sharifs return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile, has left both the Bush Administration and President Pervez Musharraf uneasy.
The International Herald Tribune quotes Daniel Markey, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, as saying that Sharif's return to Pakistan now is likely to stir deep unease in the Bush Administration, which has stood with Musharraf as its best bet in the fight against terror.
Washington appears to have taken a back seat, or at least a stance of resignation at the inevitable, as the Saudis, perhaps Pakistan 's most revered ally, engineered Sharifs return, Markey said.
Sharif's return also complicates the Bush Administration's support for Benazir Bhutto, whom Washington has favoured as a more secular politician, and a more certain partner for Musharraf against Islamic extremists.
Officials in Washington and London promoted her return from exile in October as a way to present a more compatible face on Musharraf's increasingly unpopular military regime.
Musharraf to be sworn in as a civilian President for a second consecutive term in Islamabad on Thursday, which would be a belated, though significant, concession to both his political opposition here and to supporters in the Bush Administration who have demanded it as an important step toward restoring democracy in Pakistan.
Sharif's remarks at a news conference on Monday, however, made clear that it might not be enough to appease Musharraf's opponents. Sharif condemned his old nemesis for imposing emergency rule on November 3. He also said that he would not serve as Prime Minister under Musharrafs presidency.
Such a forceful stand contrasts in many respects with Sharif's own time as Prime Minister. He is best remembered here and in Washington as the Pakistani leader who gave the world a nuclear Pakistan , flirted with war with India , and promoted strong ties with religious conservatives.
His tenure was marred by charges of rampant corruption and run-ins with courts and the media as well.
While Bhutto and Sharif are known to detest Musharraf, they detest each other as well. Whether they can form a cohesive opposition against Musharraf before the parliamentary elections set for January 8, is far from clear.
Sharif is the son of a wealthy industrialist and a protege of former military dictator Zia-ul-Haq, a leader who also favoured a conservative religious strain of Islam.
As Prime Minister twice - from 1990 to 1993 and 1997 to 1999 Sharif is remembered by Pakistanis as the leader who decided to test Pakistan 's nuclear weapons in response to India 's nuclear tests in 1998.
For some secular Pakistanis, Sharif's return forebodes a strengthening of the religious right, already more powerful with more seats in Parliament than when he was Prime Minister.
"For me, this is a fight between Wahabism and secular values," said Fasih Ahmed, 30, a businessman of Lahore . "Nawaz is extremely close to the religious right," he added. (ANI)
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MESA, Ariz. — A Mesa woman said you can cook a nice hot dinner for your family.
Merry Bevill uses several solar stoves in her front yard to use the sun to cook pot roast, peach pie and more.
It's called solar cooking.
"Solar Cooking is cooking using nothing but the free energy of the sun as your fuel source," said Bevill.
Bevill has eight solar cookers, some of which she purchased, and some she made for herself. She noted that she has invested less than about $800 for the stoves. Many are made out of cardboard boxes. One uses an aluminum sun screen that can be purchased at any auto parts store.
She said it saves money on her electric bill, is good for the environment, and is kind of like cooking with your crock pot. "Basically, the sun comes in, gets the box hot, and it raises the temperature enough that it actually can cook your food," Bevill said.
One of the "stoves is called the Wonder Oven. "The Wonder Oven is like a giant pillow. It's full of insulation."
Many times she takes hot pots of food off of her stoves in the middle of the afternoon, but wants to keep the food hot until dinner time. "I put them in the Wonder Oven, and it's all insulated, and keeps it nice and hot until suppertime," she said.
Bevill said that you can solar cook your food outside regardless of what the ambient temperature is.
"They cook with these things on top of Mount Everest," said Bevill. "What you need is just a good insulated box. It's actually (the sun's) U-V rays that come into the box, and heat up the black interior. It's much like your car. You can actually cook cookies in your car in the summer. Did you ever get into your car and say 'Wow! It's so hot that I could bake cookies?' You can!"
Bevill, who has a blog about solar cooking,
will be giving demonstrations this Saturday in Mesa. She said she'll set her ovens up at 10:00 a.m. MST, but the actual demonstration will be from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m MST.
Her program called "Cooking with the Sun: The Art and Science of Solar Cookers" will be held at the Mesa Urban Garden at 212 East First Avenue. She'll demonstrate her favorite solar ovens and cooking techniques.


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Women Can't Resist the Smell of a Man's Sweat!
What guy doesn't like to work up a good sweat right? It's invigorating – it sort of reminds you what it feels like to be a man.
And then there are all the benefits that go along with it…a good sweat cleans out the pours, helps rid your body of toxins and flushes out impurities. But as it turns out there's one sexy little side benefit to a good sweat that you probably never thought about.
It so happens that women can't resist the smell of a man's sweat – it drives them crazy. And now we know exactly why too – and it all has to do with a close cousin of our most precious male hormone testosterone.
At least those were the finding of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley in a recent article published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
You Can Have Great Sex at Any Age – it All Comes Down to 2 Crucial Factors.
The problem you're having now is most men's potency supplements and prescription medications only address one. So at the end of the day you only see marginal results if any. But that's all about to change!
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Their finding revealed that women who sniffed a chemical secreted in men's sweat produced higher levels of vital female sex hormones, experienced a heightened feeling of sexual arousal and an increased heart rate just moments later.
During the study researchers measured Cortisol (a hormone secreted by the body to heighten arousal similar to adrenaline) levels in the saliva samples taken from the test subjects.
Researchers then had the women take 20 sniffs from a jar of Androstadienone (a hormone secreted by men when they sweat) – and what they found was pretty significant.
When researchers went back and measured the Cortisol levels in the women who smelled the Androstadienone – their Cortisol levels had sky rocketed and they stayed elevated for almost an hour!
Also worth mentioning was the women who inhaled the male hormone also reported elevated mood levels, strong feelings of sexual arousal, increased heart rate and deeper breath patterns.
Where as women in the control group that were given baker's yeast to sample saw no such improvements.
You weren't getting any younger – until today that is!
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So my advice to you guys is to take immediate advantage of this knowledge – and a good way to do that is to get your hands on some foods that will help your body ramp up its natural production of Androstadienone.
Two of the best are celery and truffles – both are brimming with the nutrient and also support healthy sexual function. Truffles can be a bit costly – but celery is very cheap and can be added to almost any meal. So get some!
Another good idea might be to let the lady in your life get a whiff of your sweat from time to time.
Now I'm not saying to skip a shower or anything – but it might be a good idea to give the little woman a big hug when you get back from the gym instead of jumping right in the shower.
It might very well turn her into a wild little animal – and who doesn't like that?
Stay Healthy!
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Build all the things!
Grunt Tasks for Angular Sites
At Vokal, we build a lot of Angular sites. dominatr-grunt encapsulates our best practices in a set of Grunt tasks that can be easily installed and updated with npm.
At a high level, the tasks include:
- Linting
- Testing
- Generating code coverage
- Building a static site
- Deployment to S3/CloudFront
- Sending notifications of successful deployments
For a more complete explanation of tasks see Grunt Tasks or look in the
/grunt folder of this repo.
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt
>=0.4.0 and a lengthy list of other dependencies. To get started, and paste the
peerDependencies from the dominatr-grunt
package.json file here to your local
devDependencies. Then run
npm install dominatr-grunt --save-dev
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins.
This build process is designed for JavaScript web projects and deployment through Amazon Web Services. While not every task may be in use on a given project, these tasks were found to be useful for most of them. Unique needs for projects can arise and
load-grunt-config provides easy configuration changes where necessary.
There is no guarantee that this will work on less than Node
v4 or npm
v2.14, so please take that into consideration as necessary.
dominatr-grunt contains the standard build process configuration for Vokal web projects. It uses load-grunt-config to keep our build process in sync across multiple projects. The project structure is important for dominatr-grunt to work effectively and will be described in more detail below.
Configuration of this plugin relies heavily on 3 files:
Gruntfile.jsSetup for projects is simple with
load-grunt-config.module{// for environment configurationvar env = grunt || "local";grunt;var path = ;gruntconfigPath: pathoverridePath: path{return obj ext ;};};
configPathpoints to
npm's installation of dominatr-grunt and lets the project root
gruntfolder override these tasks where necessary.
package.jsonThe dependency on dominatr-grunt should be locked with a minor version, like
6.0.x. Also, a handful of shortcuts are provided that can be included in your package file
The oddball
installscript ensures that
protractortests will function properly by downloading or updating the proper drivers.
env.jsondominatr-grunt supports any number of development/deployment environments, but depends on one
localconfiguration. Environments should be in this root file and include any configurable settings.
Working with different environments is rather simple, just provide a
--env=nameflag when running any
grunttask to swap to a different configuration. Here's an example
env.jsonfile with deployment environment settings:
npm starttask by default uses the
localenvironment but can be changed by including the
envflag in the
startscript of the
Grunt Flags in NPM
When running
grunt tasks, you can pass additional arguments similar to
-flag=value. This is used in deployment scripts to change the desired outcome environment by adding
-env=staging or
-env=prod. Flags for individual grunt tasks are mentioned with their specific task below.
As of
npm 2.0.0, you can pass script arguments through the
run-script step to the scripts block in your
package.json file. To do this, flags need to be located after a
-- delimiter like so:
npm start -- -env=staging. This would start the local server using the
staging block in
env.json and can be useful for debugging without
ng-mocks (which is included by default with the
local env).
Additional documentation for NPM's
run-script can be found here
Project Structure
Our build process is primarily designed to work with angular, but can work with any module based development.
Here are the basic required root files for dominatr-grunt to function.
The source folder is as follows.
|-- fonts
|-- images
|-- modules
|-- index.js
|-- _app
|-- index.js
|-- styles
|-- main.less
|-- *.less
|-- templates
|-- index.html
|-- *.html
|-- <other subfolders>
|-- *.js
|-- <other module folders>
There are a few important files to take note of in our
/source directory.
/modules/index.jsThis is the main
.jsfile and should be used to require any dependencies. Anything that needs to be set globally should be attached here.
All module folders (except
mocks, see below) should be included with
require. At the end of the file, the
ngtemplatesoutput must also be required."use strict";globalangular = ;;;;;;
Module directories should include an
index.jsfile or the file should be specified like
require( "./thing/module.js" ).
/modules/_app/index.jsIn an angular application, this is where you would define your app module. The only requirement here is to
requireother scripts in your
You don't need to include
.jsin the file paths. If you have complex angular
runblocks, you can require those like
.run( require( "./run" ) )and place a
run.jsfile next to the module index file.
/modules/_app/templates/index.htmlThis is your main index file with
<body>declarations. It is not included in the
ngtemplatestask, just copied during the
buildtask. All other
.htmlfiles in module
templatesdirectories are watched and included in the
/modules/_app/styles/main.lessThis is the main
.lessfile for generating the
project.cssfile in the
buildstep. While all
.lessfiles in any module
stylessubdirectory is watched for changes, only this file is used in the
grunt lesstask.
To include other module styles into this file, you can use
@import "../../moduleName/styles/fileName". You can ignore the
.lessextension in these imports. To import css files from third party modules, you can perform the following:// create shortcut to the node_modules folder@nodeModules: "../../../../node_modules";// import inlineinline "@{nodeModules}/ng-dialog/css/ngDialog.css";inline "@{nodeModules}/toastr/build/toastr.min.css";
mocksdirectory is special in that it is excluded in all environments except
local. It is also excluded from code coverage reports since it is code not being included in a deployment.
While this is not the appropriate place to discuss how to use mocks, know that a
/modules/mocks/index.jsfile is included by default when running locally and any support files should be included with
requirefrom that point.
#### Other Script Files All other subfolder script files should include a
module.exportsvalue so that it can be required by the module
index.jsor alternate declaration file. For most angular singletons, the format will look similar to the following:"use strict";moduleexports = "SomeSrvc" "$q"{// stuff here};
Grunt Tasks
A list of all available
grunt tasks can be found by running
grunt -h or
grunt --help. The default
grunt task runs the
grunt build alias. More documentation on each plugin can be found on their respective github or npm pages.
This list aims to be a reference and may not cover every detail of our implementation. Please consult our task configuration files if more detail is needed.
#### browserify There are two browserify tasks available with dominatr-grunt,
browserify:buildgenerates a
dist.jsfile in the
browserify:testincludes istanbul code coverage and generates the dist file in the
Both tasks include mocks when in the
localenvironment. If you wish to change the root file used for mocks from
modules/mocks/index.js, you can provide a flag like
--mocks=other.jsand it will look for
String replacement is also handled in the browserify tasks. The selected environment object from
env.jsonfile is read in and key-value replaced in files. To prevent conflict with angular, keys should be wrapped like
<< keyName >>. Objects are reduced to strings separated as dot notation, so both
"obj": { "someKey": ... }replace
<< obj.someKey >>.
#### clean Three subtasks,
test, and
coverage, to delete their respective directories.
#### cloudfront Deployment task to create an 'invalidation' after files have been uploaded to s3
#### connect Local file server, using port
3000for development and
9000for testing. Middleware is setup to serve the index file when there is no file extension specified.
#### copy Move static files from multiple directories to the build folder, particularly the main
#### filerev Additional cache-busting power utilized in deployment. Includes a
filerev_replacetask to update build files of filenames changed using
#### imagemin Minification of images during deployment.
#### jshint
jsstandards control using jshint. This task requires a
.jshintrcfile to be located in the project root. Configuration options for this file can be found here.
#### less CSS pre-processor, more information can be found on their website.
#### localstack Method of communicating with Browserstack for testing. Only utilized when running
grunt teststackor
npm run teststack.
#### notification A custom task to send an email using AWS SES after a deployment completes. This is included at the end of the
The notification task requires the AWS access key and secret key to work, as well as a host url set in the
env.jsonfile. This should point to the deployed url so it can be linked in the email correctly. Email addresses should be included in the environments file as
emailTocan be either a string or an array and
emailFrommust be SES Verified.
Because this task is at the end of a
deploy, it can fail without preventing deployment. This will show as a failure in the
terminaland CI services but the files have been uploaded to AWS. IMPORTANT: The notification task will fail when AWS SES is in sandbox mode and any of the recipient emails are not verified.
#### notification_slack A task to send a message to a Slack channel after a deployment completes.
The task requires a target Slack channel and a host url set in the
env.jsonfile. The target Slack channel should be set in
notification.slackChannel. For reference, public channels need to be prefixed with a
#general) while private groups do not (
secret-group). For more details, consult Slack's channel documentation.
Also, this requires a Slack API token passed to grunt via a
--slacktoken=$SLACK_TOKENswitch. Documentation for creating an api token can be found here.
#### ngtemplates Compiles a
templates.jsfile in the build directory with all of the
modules/*/templates/*.htmlfiles for caching in angular. When referencing these files in an angular app, the file path should be similar to
#### postcss Removes unnecessary vendor prefixes using Autoprefixer and includes minification when using a
#### protractor_coverage Testing task, split for
stackoptions. The latter is designated for Browserstack. See the
grunt testand
grunt teststackaliases below.
#### robots Custom task for writing a
robots.txtfile during a deployment. The content of the file is determined by the environment and a
hostvalue in the
#### s3 Deployment task for sending files to an AWS s3 bucket.
#### svg_sprite Generates svg sprites and their
.cssfiles based on images located in the
source/images/svg-spritedirectory. The output folder is
#### svg_inline Injects SVG content referenced by SVG
<use>directly into the HTML document. This allows for the good parts of SVG
<use>like ability to apply CSS to SVG content, without the problematic lack of support in every version of IE. This is inline (haha) with what GitHub is doing for SVGs.
#### svgmin Minification for
.svgfiles during deployment.
#### truecolors_less Converts a truecolors file to a
.lessfile. More documentation can be found here.
#### uglify Deployment task to minify (and mangle) the crap out of the
#### watch A multitude of targets to keep development moving without having to manually run builds. Uses livereload by default on any file served through
connect:local. Has actions for changes to:
- all
.htmlfiles in
- all
.jsfiles in
- all
.lessfiles in
- svg files in `source/images/svg_sprite
- all
Grunt Aliases
The following group tasks are available as
grunt <taskname> for direct use:
Runs associated tasks to generate a working build folder, including at the least
copy, and
browserify:build. It is included when running
npm start.
Runs protractor testing locally with
protractor_coverage and reporting. Generates a temporary
.instrumented folder to hold test files and deletes it on completion. This also runs
jsint. The configuration file for testing is located at
Only different from
test in that it uses Browserstack instead of a local browser. Configuration for this is in
/tests/config/protractor-config-browserstack.js. An authorization key for Browserstack must be in the environment variable
BROWSERSTACK_KEY for this to work.
Clean build and packaging for output, an
--env flag should be specified when running this task and requires including AWS credentials if using s3 and cloudfront. The full command would look similar to
grunt deploy --env=staging --aws-access-key-id=<aws-access-key> --aws-secret-access-key=<lengthy-aws-access-token>
Three additional aliases are created for internal shortcuts but should not be used except for debugging situations:
Overriding Tasks
To override an existing grunt task or subtask, create a
grunt folder in your project root directory and a filename matching the task name per
load-grunt-config. For example, if you need to override the
copy:index subtasks, you'd create
/grunt/copy.js with something like the following:
"use strict"; moduleexports = index: src: "source/path/to/index.html" dest: "build/index.html" ;
Replacements are done at the subtask level, so the file above would not destroy the
copy:build task in the process. For more information on writing task files, view the
load-grunt-config documentation.
Other Bits
While not required, we suggest adding the following lines to your
.gitignore file.
/coverage and
/.instrumented directories are used during testing and erased with each run. Files in these folders are not intended to be committed. The
/.inlined directory holds HTML build artifacts after they are SVG inlined but before ngtemplates runs. The
/build folder contents changes with the current environment settings and is not fit for version control.


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Color a Christmas Puzzle
Add some Christmas colors to this holiday scene, and create a fun puzzle for you and your little one to solve! This fun activity will keep him busy and improve his reasoning skills. We suggest pasting this printable on craft foam before cutting it out.
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Video chat available in digital healthcare system
Video chat has been added to the Diagnotes communication platform, the company said.
Clinicians can use their preferred communication style from text to voice to video depending on the situation, the company said.
The patient-provider video communication can help care team collaboration and assist chronic disease management. It also can be used for consultations with specialists.
"We know from our daily lives that it's natural to escalate from texting to voice communication when a topic becomes more complex or urgent. If you want to have a more meaningful connection or conversation, video may be the best way to communicate. The same is true in a clinical setting," said Dave Wortman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Diagnotes. "The potential uses for secure mobile video in healthcare are virtually limitless."
In a pilot study, Diagnotes said it found that the health system was able to deliver reimbursable specialty care services in an effective manner to its affiliated hospital. The hospital, which was in a rural area, was able to avoid unnecessary patient transfers.


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The internet, or at least the blogs on my Feedly, is exploding with zucchini recipes. It's that time of year. Unfortunately this one is going to be no different as it is the first of many posts featuring this adaptable and delicious vegetable. My uncle P.'s vegetable garden was teeming with zucchinis while we were in Sandy Cove, and I definitely took advantage of it. One morning I stumbled upon this beautiful post and zucchini pasta recipe (scroll down). The timing was perfect since I had 2 zucchinis I needed to use up.
This is one of my favourite pasta dishes I've had in a long time. It was soooo good. Its flavours are not big and bold but, as H. put it, "subtle and fresh." It didn't feel like a heavy pasta dish at all. I left out the mint and pine nuts as I didn't have them and even without this dish was a real winner for me. I will be making it again very soon.


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Ministers are privately confident that official figures out this week will show that the economy grew in the first three months of the year, following a contraction at the end of 2012.
That optimism is shared by City economists, who expect figures to show that the economy grew by around 0.1 per cent.
Britain suffered a recession in 2008 and 2009, and then again at the start of last year.
Despite economic data in recent months being poor, ministers believe that this week's figures will be positive and could mark the start of a sustained economic recovery.
"No one is talking about green shoots, but there are reasons to think that the worst might be over and a recovery can now begin," a senior Conservative told The Daily Telegraph.
Any positive reading would spare George Osborne, the Chancellor, political embarrassment following pressure on his economic policy from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF last week suggested that the Government should strongly consider abandoning its timetable for spending cuts and tax rises, which are meant to reduce the budget deficit.
Critics of the Coalition's strategy say that austerity policies are choking growth, which in turn reduces tax revenues and forces the Government to borrow more.
Despite a growing sense of optimism among Conservatives, independent forecasters say that Britain still faces years of below-par growth.
The IMF last week cut its forecast for growth this year to just 0.7 per cent. Next year's expansion will be only 1.4 per cent, the fund expects.
Alistair Darling, the former Labour chancellor, said that the economic consensus was shifting against Mr Osborne's policy.
"What you're now seeing are respected figures inside and outside the UK calling into question the strategy," he told Sky News's Murnaghan show.
"The big question is: how long does the present Government simply lumber on simply hoping something will turn up? It is manifestly obvious it is simply not working."
Fitch, the ratings agency, last week cut Britain's AAA status, the second agency to do so, because of weak growth.
But in a boost for Mr Osborne, David Riley, Fitch's managing director, warned that Britain would face another downgrade if the Government relaxed its efforts to reduce the deficit.
"If there was a change of strategy such that the UK was to say, 'We're not going to try to cut this deficit over the next three, four years and we are going to allow the national debt to continue to rise, potentially indefinitely', that would put a lot of pressure on the rating," he told Sky News. It's likely that the rating would fall in that context."
International investors might also stop lending the Government money by buying bonds, he said.
To boost growth, Mr Osborne is expected to expand the Funding for Lending scheme, which offers cheap credit to banks on the condition that they increase loans to small businesses.


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text: Brand MarketingOmnicom Shops Break WTC EffortBy Andrew McMains|July 7, 2006ShareBy Andrew McMains|July 7, 2006ShareNEW YORK Three Omnicom Group agencies have launched a national ad campaign designed to help raise $170 million toward the building of a New York City memorial and museum to honor the victims of the World Trade Center attacks five years ago.Tagged "It's time," the pro bono effort includes a television commercial, a radio spot, five print ads, five outdoor executions, banner ads and a "resurfacing" of the Web site for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (www.buildthememorial.org). The New York office of TBWA\Chiat\Day produced the TV, radio, print and outdoor ads; PHD in New York negotiated free media placement; and Agency.com in New York handled interactive tasks. The first phase of the campaign juxtaposes images of makeshift memorials created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks with the message, "We needed one then. We need one now." The TV spot, directed by Joe Pytka and cut in 30- and 60-second versions, depicts men, women and children carrying personal mementos of loved ones, such as a rugby jersey, teddy bear and photograph of a German shepherd, and adding them to a growing collection of objects on a city sidewalk. Shot in Letterbox format and backed by spare piano chords and strings, the spot ends with screen copy directing viewers to the foundation's Web site. "We gathered together to leave notes, photographs, candles and other personal artifacts," said Gerry Graf, executive creative director at TBWA\C\D in New York. "These personal memorials created some of the most powerful positive images of those days. By referencing those images, 'bringing objects' evokes the spirit of those memorials." Lee Ielpi, father of Jonathan Ielpi, a New York firefighter who died on Sept. 11, provided a voiceover for the radio ad. Phase one broke Thursday and continues through August, when a second phase tied to the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks begins. Phase two will ask the question, Where were you on 9/11? and use the theme, "Look Back. Move Forward." More than 40 media outlets—including The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, affiliates of Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC TV, The History Channel, Lifetime, Infinity, Clear Channel, Time Warner and Meredith Corp. —donated time and space for the ads. The campaign was unveiled Thursday during a ceremony at the Tribeca Film Center in New York. Among those in attendance were New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor George Pataki. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2l0CXra copy Adweek Adweek