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A five-bedroom stone cottage and a grade II listed 17th century barn, at Farnley Hall in south west Leeds, are to be sold at auction by Leeds City Council in December, with a guide price of £200,000.
The properties, which are being sold as a single lot, are described as being in need of "comprehensive refurbishment" and are set in the rolling Farnley Hall estate, overlooking 40 acres of parkland, landscaped in the 19th century.
Farnley Hall, built as a manor house in Elizabethan times and redeveloped in the 18th century, was the home of the Danbys whose most famous family member was Leeds' first mayor Thomas Danby, after whom Thomas Danby College in the city is named.
The hall was acquired by Leeds City Council in 1945 and is now parks and countryside HQ for the local authority.
Although in a dilapidated state, the barn was built in the 17th century and has been designated a listed building due to distinctive features such as its handmade red-brick walls and a stone clock face on the barn's southern side.
The cottage, which has views over the parkland, has four to five bedrooms and is in need of complete renovation.
Rob Limbert, director of auctions at property consultant Eddisons, which is auctioning the cottage and barn, said: "Despite its state of disrepair this is a really unusual property which is part of Leeds' history. There are not many houses that overlook a former deer park and to have views like this within a stone's throw of the city centre will make this a renovation project well worth doing for whoever makes the winning bid."
More information on the house and clock barn is available at http://www.eddisons.com/property-auctions/online-catalogue/83-206/
"Despite its state of disrepair this is a really unusual property which is part of Leeds' history''
Robert joined Eddisons' property auctions team in 2004 as a senior surveyor and is now a Director and Auctioneer based in the Leeds office. The property auction division organises around 15 auctions a year in Leeds and Manchester and sold £30m of property at auctions in 2015. Previously, Rob worked for Ashtenne Industrial Fund and has more than 17 years' experience in property.


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One of the main reasons so many women wear the wrong size is due to the old +4 method. That method was used when fabrics didn't have stretch in so you added on inches for comfort.
These days all bras are created with stretch and elastic and it's not necessary to add inches at all. You just need the band size that is the closest to your measurements. So say you measure 34 inches round your ribs then select a 34 band, if you measure 31 inches you should go for 30 or 32, whichever is more comfortable, personally I prefer to go for the lower number as the bra does stretch out.
The next reason is the strange, media fuelled myth that 36DD is 'THE' ultimate in big boobs, which again comes from old method of adding inches on and media/stores over the years deciding the alphabet stopped at D. Those celebs famed for big boobs in the 90s were probably more like a 32FF or a 30G not a 36DD!
Due to the old fashioned measurements, high streets and supermarkets cater for the size we think we are so because customers don't see a wide range over a 36DD on offer anything above this seems very unusual and therefore, must be huge! The more that people start to know and wear their real size the more demand there will be to produce the 'correct' sizes!
Also you should note that any decent Bra Shop will "Fit" you not measure you because measuring doesn't really work for your body, fitting does. Fitting means finding the right size and shape for you and it might take a few tries to get right, this doesn't mean your fitter doesn't know what she's doing it means she cares enough to get it perfect for you.
You might see the #nomoreplus4 hashtag on my posts as a rebellion against this, feel free to use it too. The more we spread the message the easier bra buying will become.
As a starting point; This is a rough guide to what back size you should be looking at for yourself (I do understand not everybody fits into this and different body shapes exist but it's a good basic guide)
Are you rethinking that 36 band now? Need more help? Drop me a message or comment.

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Chris talks to Sina Farhat about handing around exposed film that's many years over its best-before date, just to have it exposed again. Find out how to make your own redscale film.
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An easy banana pudding, made with banana cream pudding mix, vanilla wafers, and bananas, baked with a meringue topping.
What You'll Need
- 1 large package banana cream flavored pudding and pie filling (6 serving size)
- 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 3 3/4 cups milk
- 30 vanilla wafers
- 2 large ripe but firm bananas, sliced
- 3 egg whites
- dash salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
How to Make It
- In a saucepan, combine pudding mix, egg yolks, and milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a boil.
- Remove from heat.
- Arrange a layer of vanilla wafers in bottom of a 2-quart baking dish.
- Add a layer of banana slices and then a layer of pudding. Continue layering the vanilla wafers, banana slices, and pudding, ending with the pudding.
- Beat egg whites with the salt until foamy.
- Gradually beat in the sugar then continue to beat until mixture forums stiff shiny peaks.
- Spoon meringue over pudding, spreading all the way to the edge of dish to seal.
- Bake at 375° for about 10 to 15 minutes, until meringue is cooked and lightly browned.
- Serve warm or chilled. Store in refrigerator.
More Banana Desserts
- Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding
- Banana Pudding With Graham Crackers
- Bananas Split Trifle
- Bananas with Vanilla Rum Sauce
- Banana Fritters
- Banana Cream Pie Recipe
- Banana Pudding Pie
- Banana Pudding
- Banana Pudding II
- Banana Crepes
- Banana Bites
- Bread Machine Banana Bread
- Banana Cream Pie with Meringue
- Banana Squares
- Chocolate Banana Cake
|Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
|Total Fat
|11 g
|Saturated Fat
|6 g
|Unsaturated Fat
|3 g
|79 mg
|187 mg
|81 g
|Dietary Fiber
|0 g
|7 g
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They have a Kente-clad Chief, a Queen Mother and a linguist; even a Golden Stool which is kept hidden when not used for ceremonial purposes. Yet, to its members, Akan Fekuw Denmark is about more than culture.
"We keep that a secret" – Kwame says laughing when asked where they keep "The Stool". The wooden stool with gold-plated elements from the Ashanti region upon which Kwame sits only when Akan Fekuw hosts one of its bi-annual festivals in Copenhagen.
"Same with my gold. We are not telling aynone" – he adds.
Kwame is "Ohene" of Akan Fekuw Denmark, an association of Ghanaians of Akan descent based in the Copenhagen suburb Rødovre where it was founded in the early 90'ies. Kwame was one of its founders. He believes that's part of the reason why he was elected "Ohene" last year. Yet, becoming chief also requires a solid knowledgde of Akan traditions and "to be above average", Kwame says.
One of the priviliges he enjoys as chief of Akan Fekuw Denmark is to walk under a large parasol - just like the Ashanti king - when they do a procession through Copenhagen as part of their festival programme. He walks alongside the Queen Mother, 51 year old Felicia from Amager, whose parasol is a little smaller than his (he is Chief after all).
Kwame recently got news from Ghana that a family member has had a "chief" Kente cloth especially made for him and will bring it to Denmark when he gets his visa: "I really can't wait for him to bring me the cloth, so I hope he will get the visa soon. It's so exciting when we go in procession on the street with all our regalia and people stop and watch in awe. They are very curious", Kwame says smiling.
From the latest celebration in Copenhagen. Photo by Mads Danquah
For all his embodiment of Akan culture, Kwame is closely related to Denmark: He met his Danish wife, Kirsten in 1978 when they were both doing voluntary work in Ghana – and he grew up in Akropong, where the legendary Dr. Isert came to build a coffee plantation and Danish missionary Andreas Riis founded a mission complex. Yet, being a Twi teacher and "ohene", he has committed himself to keeping Akan traditions alive in Denmark. Thus, he prefers to speak through his "ochyame" (linguist) Emmanuel: "Even the Otumfuo (King of Ashanti) speaks directly to people these days, so I don't mind it, but we like to stick to tradition".
Following Kwame's creed, we have accepted his proposition that we talk to Emmanuel, the linguist, for more information on Akan Fekuw Denmark. At the time of the interview Emmanuel was in Ghana. We met with him in Pokuase.
Twi, danicing and drumming
Emmanuel came to Denmark in the early 90'ies to study at Roskilde University. He later graduated from Mayata Teacher Training College in Præstø, famous for its Rudolf Steiner child care philosophy. "The Steiner pedagogy is fantastic! But it needs to be modernized", Emmanuel says in Danish.
Apart from working full time in a day care institution in Karlslunde, he is volunteering as Twi translator for the national Danish police force, is board member of the local Integration Council in Rødovre, freelance Twi interpretor for the municipal authorities – AND spokesperson of Akan Fekuw Denmark. Emmanuel is always busy assisting somebody. Like that time when he got a midnight call from Hvidovre Hospital because there was a Ghanaian woman giving birth, who didn't speak any other language but Twi and the nurse spoke only Danish and Persian. They asked him to come and translate and so he went and ended up spending the entire night with the woman at the hospital. "Today when we meet each other in the street, her kid will get excited to see me and come give me a hug", Emmanuel says smiling.
Like Emmanuel himself, Akan Fekuw operates according to logic of mutual support. The association counts 100 registered members and what unites them is a shared Akan origin and eagerness to keep Akan traditions alive: "We think a lot about our culture", Emmanuel says. Thus, the senior members offer Twi, dancing and drumming lessons to the young members and when they meet they always dance, get out the drums, and share a common meal of Ghanaian food such as Jollof rice or kenke.
From the latest celebration in Copenhagen. Photo by Mads Danquah
Yet, Akan Fekuw also offers material and legal assistance as well as life counselling to its members. They preach the importance of self-reliance, integration through work, and education. They help members fill out their tax papers, they invite tax consultants from the government to come guide their members through the body of Danish tax rules and regulations, they invite experts to help them understand the Danish pension system, doctors to inform them about health and disease prevention, reps from insurance companies to inform them about terms and policies, and immigration officials to inform about the terms and conditions of dual citizenship.
And then there's the donations and fundraisers. They help each other collect money for funerals in Ghana, birthday parties and anniversaries. To top it off, they give a donation to a charity organisation in Ghana every year.
Emmanuel himself never fails to support. In fact on the very same day of his arrival back in Denmark, he is going to a confirmation party of one of the members' teenage daughters.
Yet, as with Kwame, Emmanuel doesn't seem "burdened" by his duties. He speaks with passion about his involvement in Akan Fekuw and all their initiatives, parties, lotteries, seminars, gatherings and events. Like Kwame he gets even more passionate when recalling their ceremonial parade through the streets of Copenhagen: "Every four years we do a big ceremony where we do a parade in the city centre. Last year we were about 4-500 people, we were so many of us that at one point we blocked traffic", Emmanuel says laughing.
"The Ghanaian ambassador to Denmark came to join us. After the parade we continue the festivities at Nørrebro Kulturhus. It's a big event. We are showing Danes the traditional rituals and procedures of power in Ghana"
At events like this Emmanuel carries the linguist cane adorned with Akan Fekuw's symbol. He insists he's not trying to make an intimidating statement: "Everybody is welcome to join us."
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Songwriter extraordinaire Mitchy Collins (The Kin, Outasight) certainly isn't new to the music industry, but it's as Oh Honey, his new outfit that sees Collins joining up with relative newcomer Danielle Bouchard, that he's looking to make his biggest splash to date.
The band is premiering their first single, "Be Okay," exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment, and it's a sun-kissed, feel-good jam that'll help you get over your end-of-summer blues. (Do you have those? We have those.)
Of course, since it's not always enough to just make charming music anymore, Collins and Bouchard are becoming honey farmers. Expect to hear more about their adventures (and misadventures) in beekeeping, because their debut single bodes well for the whimsical young musicians.
Take a listen below. "Be Okay" will hit iTunes Sept. 19, but you can snag it as a free download right here, right now.


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Bought this thermometer because the one I had was pretty slow and didn't always work. This one still takes about 6 seconds, but it works every time that I've used it and it's not intrusive and the baby doesn't seem to mind it when I take his temperature with it.
Staff like this product and great for infection control practices.
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Liverpool city region's China activity has really ramped up, and a major trade mission from Liverpool and Wirral went to Southwest China last month. The mission's aim was to further develop existing relationships in the region while identifying potential new investment opportunities.
Led by Joe Anderson (Mayor of Liverpool) and Cllr Phil Davies (leader of Wirral Council), the delegation brought together 16 businesses and organisations across sectors as diverse as technology, sport, education and manufacturing. The visit was organised by Invest Liverpool.
由乔·安德森(利物浦市长)和菲尔·戴维斯议员(威勒尔议会议长)带队,该代表团聚集了16个企业和组织,横跨技术、体育、教育和制造业。 此次访问是由利物浦投资发展署组织的。
One of the main goals was to introduce more Liverpool businesses to Chinese markets. On this front, city region businesses will now be given three great opportunities to showcase their services and products in the next couple years; at the South East Asia Expo in Kunming in 2017, the Tianjin European Trade Centre and the UK-China Innovation Zone in Qingdao. Details of the opportunities will be announced in the new year.
其中一个主要目标是将众多利物浦企业推向中国市场。在这方面,利物浦城市地区的企业将在未来几年内获得三个很好的机会来展示他们的服务和产品; 这包括2017年昆明南亚博览会、天津欧洲贸易中心和青岛英中创新区。 机会的详情将在新的一年公布。
Another highlight was around Sensor City, Liverpool's global hub for the development of sensor technologies, which signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tianjin-based Zhengxin Group which could see a sister centre open in China and pave the way for a new fund to invest in UK businesses operating in the field.
These were just some of the productive meetings and outcomes from the visit. Below are some of the reports from businesses who attended.
这些只是一些有成效的会议和访问的成果。 以下是来自代表团企业的一些反馈。
Martyn McDonald, Hill Dickinson: "It really was a great experience. So much hard work went into the planning and I do hope that we are able to follow up all the connections made and build upon the relationships that have been established."
"Following my visit to China a number of high profile contacts have been made with companies both in China and the UK as a direct result of the delegation. Throughout the period the delegation were travelling in China there was a real openness and willingness to make connections. One to one business meetings were organised which gave me the opportunity to explain how as a firm we are able to assist with the whole process of property acquisition in the UK supported by team members from all legal disciplines."
Phil Gibbs, Gibbs Investment: "I would just like to add my comments of appreciation to Ellen and her team for organising the mission which, for the couple of days Lyslee and I joined in, was truly excellent and from which we made some very promising contacts with Chinese investors/developers."
Ed Cappabianca, EnXray: "I just want to echo the sentiments of everyone else and to thank the entire team for organizing such a productive two-week visit. It was truly eye-opening, and I can see so much potential for growth, both for my own company, as well as for so many others. I have already been exchanging messages with many of the new contacts that I made, and hope to be able to report some concrete developments in the not too distant future."
爱德华·卡帕比安卡,En Xray公司:"我只是想重复一下大家的感受,并感谢整个团队能够组织这样一个富有成果的为期两周的访问。这是真正的大开眼界,我可以看到很大的增长潜力,无论是对我自己的公司,还是对许多其他公司。我已经与许多新的联系人交换了信息,并希望能在不久的将来报告一些具体的发展。"
Dr. Julia Wang, Liverpool John Moores University: "This was a terrific opportunity to showcase the close relationship between the university and the city and demonstrate how working in partnership can have a positive impact internationally. As a modern civic university, LJMU grows with the city and many of our academic strengths are closely linked with the development of the city. This message was effectively conveyed to partners with the mayor standing with us and supporting us in China."
Eric Masaba, Texxi: "The only thing grander than the scale of China is the scale of business opportunity there. After a gruelling though amazing, packed 2 weeks travelling across an area larger than the continental United States, I feel energised and awakened to the vast potential of the world's largest potential consumer market. Twenty years ago, the Shanghai waterfront looked much the same as Liverpool does today. The potential of business to transform a city, an economy and a country is unparalleled."
Andy Snell, Liverpool & Sefton Chamber of Commerce: "I was delighted to join the mission, having been invited to return to Guangzhou to speak at the second annual 'One Belt One Road' conference. I was able to participate in a series of workshops and now have an agreement to go live with a web platform which will allow our companies to bid in for OBOR tender opportunities from February.
"This of course coincides with Chinese new year and to mark this Liverpool Chamber will be hosting the next Liverpool China partnership meeting, followed by an event that reaches out with Liverpool Vision, CBBC and to other companies interested in getting a foothold in China. This will be on 31st January, I would encourage all the interested in trading with China to please come along to find out more about this and the opportunity to participate in China outbound missions to exhibit your products and services in 2017."
Dominic Schiller, Equipped 4 Limited: "I got a lot more out of this visit than I expected. Participating in a trade mission allowed me to meet with leading companies who I simply wouldn't have access to independently. The business landscape is very different in China, so having political leaders from Liverpool and Wirral, as well as recognised organisations like the Chamber of Commerce with us, meant the business delegates truly had a foot in the door."
多米尼克·席勒,Equipped 4有限公司:"我在这次访问中的收获比我预期的还要多。参加商务代表团可以让我与领先的公司会面,以我单独的力量是根本不能见到这些公司的。中国的商业景观是截然不同的,所以能有来自利物浦和威勒尔市的领导,以及像商会这样的知名组织与我们同行,这就意味着商业代表们已经向成功迈进了一步。"
"I was matched with a number of Chinese businesses and investors who were absolutely relevant to my business and I'm working hard to turn these opportunities into real investments. It is clear that the Liverpool city region has a unique relationship with, and presence in China. For my business to be able to tap into that is fantastic."
Paula Basnett, Wirral Chamber of Commerce: "China is a key market for many Wirral-based businesses and the Liverpool city region is a recognised and trusted brand out there. Participating in the mission has allowed the chamber and its members to meet high quality Chinese businesses and investors. We've forged new relationships with a number of Chinese cities and regions, raising awareness of Wirral and the Liverpool city region as a place to do businesses. We've signed an MOU to collaborate with Chongqing Hechuan District and identified a number of potential investors who are keen to create jobs in Wirral."
John Bullock, City Sales & Lettings: "China is a big country with big opportunities; I have positioned my business to develop big possibilities."
Find out more about the Liverpool in China Partnership here. The Liverpool China Partnership was formed to expand, strengthen and deliver greater benefit from the Liverpool City Region and Isle of Man's trade, investment, tourism, education, cultural, civic and other links with China.
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DIVISION 24 - Skateboard Store , The Old Vicarage , 24 Zetland Street , Wakefield, West Yorkshire , WF1 1QT
Email : click Contact
Phone : 01924 381300
Shops opening hours : Monday / Saturday - 10.00am til 5.00pm
Who are we
A brief history
Division 24 opened its doors in 2001 as a skater owned and operated store providing the local skate scene with skateboard / snowboard / surf products.
In 2005 we concentrated purely on the skate side of things , dropping snow and surf brands to offer a wider range of skateboarding essentials.
Over the years we have been a focal point for the youngsters. We have supported local events and sponsored up and coming riders.
Division 24 has gone from strength to strength , providing customers with top quality service , sound advice and one of the quickest delivery mail order services in the UK.
Thank you for your support , and please remember to buy from independent skater / rider owned shops where possible.
Shop Team :
Aiden Blaymire
Frank Spacey
Paul Watson
John Sykes
Alan Callaghan
Links to various clips & edits
Dangerous 6th Beer – By George Garthwaite
Division 24 at New Bird – Liverpool – By Ben Powell
Division 24 - WUG LYF – By Zak Saleh
Paul 'WAPO' Watson 'First Light' interview from Sidewalk 206
Thornes 2013 – By George Garthwaite
W.S.P – 2012 – By Eddie Cowie
Paul Watson - Clip
Sam Taylor – Big Ollie Clip – Zak
Shakey Wakey – By Eddie Cowie
Park Trip Clear Out Footage 2011 – By Josh Hunter
Rotherham Plaza & Bowl Edit – By Josh Hunter
Search for the item you want by using the menu on the left. To order just click "Add to basket" The Shopping Basket will allow you to delete items or change quantities and will calculate your carriage charge depending on the size of the item. To complete the order you will need to click on "Check Out". At this point it is necessary to register your personal details. You will then need to enter your payment details in our secure area to complete the order.
Shopping using a card has now become an accepted way to pay for goods or services. We are all comfortable with handing our card to a shop assistant or waiter, or giving our card details to someone on the other end of the telephone.
For many people however putting card details into a web site is still uncomfortable, as we are not sure what is happening to the information we are submitting or where it is going.
When you shop with a merchant who uses Paypal you can be assured that your card details are securely encrypted during transport over the Internet so no one can read your card information. The card details are only transported to a Bank to authorise your purchase.
Telephone us with your requirements, credit card or debit card details and address for delivery (which should normally be the address of the registered card holder). We take Visa, Mastercard, Switch , but cannot take Solo or Visa Electron over the telephone.
We will confirm availability of stock and arrange dispatch. For security reasons we recommend that you do not e-mail or fax your credit/debit card details to us.
If all the items you ordered are in stock we will normally ship your order within the next working day. All efforts are made to fulfill orders within 2 working days, however additional and unavoidable delays may occur subject to product availability.
International orders - Price on asking
All attempts are made to ship within for 48 hours from receipt of order, subject to supplier availability.
Please note that we cannot accept international credit card transactions.
My goods have not arrived / damaged in transit?
In this event please contact us on 01924 381300 Claims regarding damaged goods, short delivery, non delivery or incorrect goods cannot be entertained unless received within 7 days from receipt of the goods.
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Non stock items ordered to your specification are non refundable / returnable "If not required" (minimum deposit of 20% must be given to order)


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Knoxville Zoo – Lighting Retrofit
- Estimated Lighting Cost Before – $73,000 100%
- Estimated Lighting Cost Afterwards – $18,000 24%
ARiES Solar completed an LED lighting retrofit at the Knoxville Zoo, replacing over 3,100 bulbs across the entire campus. Inefficient incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) were replaced with energy-efficient LED lamps, reducing the zoo's annual electricity consumption by almost 550,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh).
The retrofitted 53-acre campus will now save approximately $55,000 annually in electricity costs.
After having ARiES Solar install a 50 kW solar photovoltaic system on site, the folks at the Knoxville Zoo were looking to make some serious reductions in their energy consumption. By retrofitting the bulbs for a variety of applications, including parking lighting, exhibit lighting, retail lighting, office lighting, and exterior lighting, we were able to reduce the amount of energy the Knoxville Zoo uses for lighting by 76%.
The Knoxville Zoo lighting project is a perfect example of the overwhelming potential of LED lighting. While many people think that LED lights are only available in a single, blue color option, the outstanding energy savings at the zoo were accomplished by installing LED lamps for a variety of applications.
In addition to drastically cutting electricity consumption, these LED lamps have a lifetime that is, on average, 40 times longer than most incandescent lamps and 7 times longer than most CFLs. This longer bulb lifetime means that the zoo will save even more money down the road in the decreased number of replacement bulbs required, as well as the lower labor costs associated with replacing bulbs more frequently.
The Details
Exhibit LED lighting was installed throughout the zoo in its many exhibit spaces, including the holding areas of the snakes and the penguins. Exterior LED lighting was installed on a number of places around campus, including on the outside of a number of buildings and animal holding areas. Indoor tube LED lighting was installed in a number of the animal buildings, such as the reptile building.
LEDs The Details
Retail LED lighting was installed in the zoo's gift shop. Parking LED lighting was installed in the zoo's parking lot. Indoor LED lighting was installed in spaces such as the Wee Play Zoo and the administrative offices.
The Savings
These savings are particularly apparent for the carousel we retrofitted at the zoo. The carousel, which uses over 850 bulbs, was previously outfitted with 15 watt incandescent lamps. After the retrofit, the carousel using 1.5 watt LED lamps, resulting in savings of 90%. Imagine all the great things the zoo staff can do with reduced time spent replacing those pesky incandescent bulbs!
Read a full story from our newsletter here about how the LED lighting retrofit is helping the Knoxville Zoo accomplish its mission of saving wild animals and wild places.
ARiES Solar can help you to create the environment you want in your own home or business. Get started with a free lighting audit.
Project Details
- Project Designer: ARiES Solar
- Project Manager: Stephanie Carlson
- Lead Installer: Jonathan Nicolosi
- Installer: Tait Beaty; Marshall Brunson
- Estimated Usage Before Retrofit: 727,272 kWh per year
- Estimated Usage After Retrofit: 172,465 kWh per year
- Approximate Energy Savings: 554,807 kWh per year, or 76% of lighting use
- Approximate Financial Savings: $55,000 annually
- Total lighting fixtures retrofitted: 3,100+
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With fall in nearly full swing, it's time to break out the earthy, autumnal colors, cozy sweaters and (hopefully) cooling weather. And if you want to extend that warm seasonal feeling to your home, these easy, fun DIYs are the way to do it.
1. Mason jars are a hit for every season.
The tutorial can be found here.
2. Add chalkboard paint to some wood for a cute and practical project.
Click through to begin.
3. Colorful corn makes for a eye-catching wreath.
Stonegable has the details.
4. Burlap is anything but utilitarian when used for this craft.
Check out the step-by-step process.
5. Tree stumps are definitely treasures, not trash.
See more here.
6. Popcorn kernels make a statement, easily and inexpensively.
Figure out this frugal decoration at Passionate Penny Pincher.
7. Something about sunflowers just screams autumnal warmth.
Learn to make a kissing ball here.
8. A pinecone is another piece of nature that looks perfectly at home inside.
May Days has the scoop here.
9. Spell it out with sticks.
Learn more at Hello Little House.
10. Giant paper flowers provide a lively pop of color.
Get the details here.
11. Bring the fall smell inside, without any unnecessary additives.
Scent combinations and how-to's are provided by The Happier Homemaker.
12. No one will know these little pumpkins started life as dryer vents.
Find the easy-breezy steps here.
13. Mercury glass helps to create a pumpkin that's anything but plain.
Click here to find out how to replicate this faux gourd.
14. Gorgeous glass and some decoupage goes a long way.
Get the 4-1-1 here.
15. Pretty pumpkin soaps look cute and serve a purpose.
Just click for a walk-through.
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Ok so I have heard alot about the Book Blogger Appreciation Week decided to go check it out. If you are interested there is a link to it in my side bar. Anyways I was over there reading about it and love that fact that they are having an appreciation week for all of us out there who love to read and blog about our ideas and review the books, whether we love them or not. Reading along I found some questions that said if you did not participate last year that you could answer them and seeing as this is the first year that I am going to participate I thought that I should answer them. So here goes....
1) What has been one of the highlights of blogging for you?
I would have to say that one of the biggest highlights of blogging for me would have to be getting to know all of the bloggers all over the world and how nice most of them are. I never really realized that there were so many of them out there when I started my blog and now I follow so many I cant even keep track of the number. It is so great to be able to see what other people think about the same books that I have read and get their perspective on them.
2) What blogger has helped you out with your blog by answering questions, linking to you, or inspiring you?
That would definitely have to be Kristi at The Story Siren. She has always been very helpful with answering any questions that I may have. At first I thought that no one was ever going to know anything about my blog, and I was ready to delete it when I started talking to her asking her different questions and she gave me the confidence to keep going. She told me that it just takes time and effort so I kept going. I have only had my blog since April and I have 17 followers. That may not seem a lot compared to the hundreds that everyone else has but every time I log on and see that that number has gone up it makes me want to keep going cause I know there are people that want to see what I have to say and its all thanks to her. Don't get me wrong there have been others to help but she has help the most.
3) What one question do you have about BBAW that someone who participated last year could answer?
I would have to ask what the best thing about participating would have to have been for them. What did they get out of it, whether it be meeting new people or whether it helped them to improve their blog.
I am so excited to see what all is going to happen during BBAW. This is my first time and I hope that its going to be great. So if your interested head on over and fill out their application.


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Nissan crossover concept teased ahead of Frankfurt debut
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Nissan has teased a mystery crossover concept ahead of its unveiling at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show, which starts next week.
Aside from issuing the shady teaser sketch (above) and announcing its appearance at the Frankfurt show, Nissan hasn't given away any other details about the new concept.
The Frankfurt-bound concept car could be a preview of the next-generation Nissan Juke. Last week, the company confirmed that the new Juke will be produced in the UK, amongst other locations, and it's likely that the new car will go on sale later next year.
The current Juke was launched globally in 2010. Last year, the Juke finished in the top 10 in the UK, with 39,263 units sold. In total, the polarising SUV accounted for almost 30 percent of all Nissans sold in the United Kingdom in 2014.
Alternatively, the crossover concept could be a harbinger of the next-generation Z car. A report emerged late last month that claimed that Nissan will replace the 370Z rear-wheel drive coupe with a sporty small SUV based on a front- and all-wheel drive platform. The reasoning behind this alleged move centres around the strong brand equity of the Z car franchise, and declining global sales of small, non-premium sports cars. According to the source of last month's report, Nissan will introduce a crossover concept at Frankfurt that provides a preview of what a new Z crossover might look like.


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Accidental Expressionist – Small Cup
A tea set comprising a remake of a Susie Cooper fine bone china teapot and two varying cups and saucers with both pattern and solid coloured glaze effects. The expressionist nature is paramount as it allows for personal curation with the ability to mix and match from a series of solid and patterned items all from Thompson's sublime colour palette.
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Baylor University men's basketball coach Scott Drew (right), brought along his dad, Valparaiso head coach Homer, and his brother Bryce, a former NBA player and current Valpo assistant. In addition to knowing their way around the hardwood, these guys can fish.
Bryce's big bass, a 7.5 lb'er:
Homer coached his sons on the subtleties of jig fishing:
John with a good bass on a 10" Fork Worm:
Due to high water, flooded vegetation, and relatively cool water temps, the bass fishing patterns continue to be wide open at Lake Fork. Up shallow, bass are chasing shad and spawning bluegill in the flooded cover, with lots of big bass still coming from less than 8'. Meanwhile, I'm catching fish out deep with regularity now. As the water warms up, look for the numbers of big bass to increase on the deep structure. With so many options, anglers can fish with their favorite techniques and catch good fish, so go with your strengths.
Best of all, the perpetual overcast & windy days have not only kept the shallow fish active, but it has also made the days very comfortable for us fishermen. From lunkers on topwaters to structure fishing for schools of big bass on crankbaits, swimbaits, and Carolina rigs; it's hard to beat the summer for numbers of bass in the 3 to 8 lb range, with a shot at a 10+ pounder. Head on out to Lake Fork and find out why the summer is the favorite time for many Fork regulars.
As a side note, I've added the June article to my website. It covers my approach to fishing boat docks—from finding the best docks to effective presentations for catching bass from them. http://www.lakeforkguidetrips.com/fishingarticles.htm And for more info on bass fishing and Lake Fork, check out my video tips on BassEdge.com http://www.bassedge.com/sections/show_m ... ter/Videos (another 7 or 8 videos will be coming in the near future), or listen to my interview on Wired2fish.com http://www.wired2fish.com/WhatsUp/LakeF ... edhot.aspx .
Lake Conditions: After a couple more rainy days, Fork remains high for summertime. The lake level is currently reading 403.55' (about 6" above full pool). Much of the north end and backs of major creeks are still stained, however, the south end remains clear. Water temps held mostly steady this week, reading from 79 to 84 in the main lake.
Location Pattern: As I noted before, many bass remain shallow on spawning flats chasing after bluegill, fry, and shad in the ever expanding submerged and emergent weeds. For bigger females, fish slightly deeper structure such as points, creek channels, and ledges; any of which are in close proximity to spawning areas. These fish are mostly in 8' to 15', often around the deep edge of the hydrilla or milfoil. Deep structure in 18' to 30' has turned on, producing both good numbers and size. Some days these bass are suspended and other days they're on the bottom. Most of these schools have been small, so watch your depth finder closely.
Presentation Pattern: First thing in the morning, I'm working shallow grass on the main lake and in the 1st half of creeks. For bass feeding over the top of the grassbeds, try a spinnerbait, chatterbait, or shallow running crankbait. Some days, bluegill color schemes work better, while shad colors like white or chrome work better for those bass chasing baitfish. Or try a swimbait like the 4.5" Live Magic Shad. Rig these weightless and try the watermelon red/pearl, golden shiner, or Magic Shad colors. For bigger bass, pitch a 3/8 oz Mega Weight jig or a Texas rigged 10" Fork Worm to holes in the grass and lily pads on flats or near stumps on points in the deep weedline. I'm using a green pumpkin/black or a watermelon seed jig with a watermelon/red flake Fork Craw trailer, or a watermelon Fork Worm on the Texas rig.
Out deeper, Carolina rigs, drop shots, and Texas rigs are catching bass from schools located near the bottom on deep structure. I go with a green pumpkin or watermelon red Twitch Worm or 10" worms for Texas rigs. Meanwhile, watermelon candy or green pumpkin Baby Fork Creatures, Ring Frys, and Twitch Worms are on the business end of my Carolina rigs. Drop shots will catch good numbers of fish and the occasional big bass, rigged with a watermelon or green pumpkin Twitch Worm. When the bass are suspended, swimbaits or deep diving crankbaits in shad or yellow bass patterns are working better than the bottom presentations, and catching some lunkers too.
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Here's hoping you catch the lunker of your dreams. If I can be of assistance, please contact me at 214-683-9572 (days) or 972-635-6027 (evenings) or e-mail me through http://www.LakeForkGuideTrips.com , where your satisfaction is guaranteed.
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Brenda Russell – In the Thick of It
Published: 7 years ago
Category: Music video, smooth jazz
Brenda Russell (born Brenda Gordon, April 8, 1949, Brooklyn, New York) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, dance, jazz and adult contemporary. As well as composing and recording her own material, Russell's songwriting and vocal talents are often in demand by many other artists who, over the years, have included Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Joni Mitchell, Donna Summer, and Sting.
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IT leaders can best direct digital transformation efforts within their organizations when they start by creating a vision for their own industry, according to new research from Gartner.
Many organizations have yet to start digital transformation efforts, even though Gartner research estimates that more than 40 percent of revenues for some types of enterprises are expected to come from digital business by 2020; that's nearly double the percentage for organizations in 2015, contends the research and consulting firm.
Gartner addresses this struggle in its report, "Create an Industry Vision for Digital Business." This report is part of the larger Gartner Special Report "Industry Visions for Digital Business Set the Terms of Competition," a collection of research that offers examples of industry visions that can help business and tech leaders define their own visions for digital transformation.
Recognizing the challenge of such a dramatic undertaking, Gartner recommends that organizations begin with a vision for their own industry.
"Enterprises can transform by exploiting business moments or by using digital capabilities to enter or create new markets, as Airbnb and Uber have done," said Jorge Lopez, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "However, many enterprises will find it easier to start by creating a vision for digital business for their particular industry.
"This approach enables the enterprise to tilt the fundamentals of competition in its favor without limiting digital business to narrow sequences of events and committing to a vast building project," Lopez said. "After the enterprise has established its vision, it can more easily tackle business moments or leverage its digital capabilities in new markets."
Lopez offers the example of an organization envisioning changes within its industry if the Internet of Things or smart machines were used to full potential.
"For asset-intensive industries, digital technologies can automate operations on a large scale—not just individual business processes, but a whole operation end to end," Lopez said. "Productivity will leap as smart automation makes better, faster decisions, and produces more at lower cost with fewer assets and fewer stoppages. At the same time, optimized production will usually reduce the enterprise's environmental impact."
CIOs who have been put in charge of digital business must understand what an industry vision for digital business involves. Gartner says it consists of four parts:
Concept. An industry vision seeks fundamental change that will affect many dimensions of the business and operations.
Capabilities. The enterprise needs a new set of capabilities to make the digital business work.
Assets. The enterprise needs a different set of assets to execute the business, including people, data and intellectual property (IP).
Research. The new digital business is not static; and the enterprise will have to maintain a research program designed to add to the business and will need to experiment continually with new digital business possibilities.
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At lunchtime on Mondays, a fundamentalist Christian, local attorney and feminist psychologist gather in Columbia's Town Center to discuss the Torah, the ancient text central to Judaism.
Discussions are enlightening and invigorating, they say. The group bonds each week. But the uncommon mix of people likely would never have met if not for the class and, more importantly, its teacher.
He is Rabbi Martin Siegel. And he has spent his life mixing people and ideas.
His family is multiracial, and some of his best friends are Catholics and Protestants. His Columbia Jewish Congregation (CJC), which until recently was unaffiliated with any branch of Judaism, welcomes Zen Buddhists and Jews for Jesus alongside Orthodox and Reform members.


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OPINION: DREAM Act is still alive
He did not use the name, but in his State of the Union address last night President Obama made clear that he is keeping the DREAM Act alive.
Today, there are hundreds of thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens, the President said. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions of their parents. They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, and yet live every day with the threat of deportation.
He encouraged lawmakers to address the issue and stop expelling talented, responsible young people who can staff our research labs, start new businesses, and further enrich this nation.
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act, would have opened a path to the children of illegal immigrants, brought to the U.S. before the age of 16, to earn permanent residency, and eventually citizenship, if they fulfilled certain requirements. They would have to have lived in the U.S. for at least five years, have a diploma (or the equivalent) from an American high school and enter either an institution of higher learning or the military.
The House of Representatives passed the DREAM Act in early December, when the House was still controlled by Democrats. On Dec. 20, however, the Senate voted 55-41 to consider the DREAM Act, falling five votes short of the three/fifths majority needed to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
The date is significant because, four days earlier, the Senate passed the bill that extended the Bush-era tax cuts for America's most wealthy citizens. If you will recall, the minority Senate Republicans held the legislative proposals of the majority Democrats hostage, by repeatedly denying the three/fifths majority, or 60 votes, to move legislation, until the Democrats under Obama's lead caved to the Republican demand for the tax break extension.
You may have thought that, getting what they wanted, the Republicans would have been more open to the positive qualities of certain Democrat-proposed legislation. But you would have been wrong. Having extracted their pound of flesh from middle America on behalf of the super-rich, the GOP decided to extract another pound from the children of illegal immigrants.
It's not hard to see why. The DREAM Act was first proposed under the Bush administration and backed by a number of Republicans, including Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-TX and Richard Lugar, R-IN. Hatch and Hutchinson ran from Obama's DREAM Act, saying it was much different than the bill they had supported.
There were some changes from the Bush to the Obama proposal, although the main thrust was the same. The proof is that Lugar, one of the clearer heads in either party, said he would study how the proposal had changed before deciding how to vote. He studied it, and became one of three Republicans who voted for it in 2010.
Republicans who opposed the bill adopted, for public consumption, a position expressed by Sen. James Imhofe, R-OK:
The legislation rewards illegal behavior by providing a pathway to citizenship for individuals who entered the United States illegally. This deliberate shortcut is unjust to the thousands of individuals who wait in line for years to legally enter the United States. Although, I am certainly sympathetic to children who may have entered the United States at an early age due to the poor decisions of their parents, the DREAM Act is not the solution.
Hatch and other pragmatic Republicans may actually feel sympathy for the plight of the children of illegal immigrants. More to the point, they may also have clearly recognized the value of incorporating these young people into the American nation.
But what they saw more clearly, even starkly, was the Tea Party storming through the Republican Party like the Golden Horde, taking down such pragmatic lawmakers like former Republican Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah, former Republican Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware and former Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist.
If a Bennett or a Castle could fall, so could a Hatch, or a Boehner or a McConnell.
Regardless what Imhofe and Hatch and others said, the DREAM Act went down last year because a group of competent lawmakers, when faced with the latest reincarnation of nativism, threw principles and perspicacity out the window and reverted to CYA.
If Republicans are betting that Latino and immigrant voters will forget what happened today in Washington, they will be sadly mistaken, said U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL, when the DREAM Act failed.
Gutierrez is correct, and he can throw the several Democrat lawmakers who voted against it into the mix. Latino and immigrant voters will not forget. If they start to, Democratic politicians will remind them, again and again.
And that is why, even though the GOP now controls the House and there are more Republican senators than last year, the DREAM Act still has a chance, and a fairly good one.
Hispanics make up 15 percent of the American population and, roughly, 10 percent of the voting public.
That's an awful lot of votes. And no one can count votes like a politician. Moreover, Hispanics have shown over time that their votes cannot be taken for granted by either party. In national and state elections, many left the Democrats for the Republicans a decade ago, then shifted back to the Democrats.
In other words, a significant amount of Hispanics vote their interests. The DREAM Act is in their interest. Is the Republican Party really willing to let 10 percent of the voting public slip away without any effort to woo them back?
Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a respected conservative thinker, believes Republicans will see the sense of courting the Hispanic vote and, therefore, find a way to work with the President and the Democrats to revive the DREAM Act.
I think the DREAM Act is one area where the parties can come together and actually get something done, Tanner said in a recent interview.
In the State of the Union, Obama invited the Republicans to do just that - work with him on tackling the nation's immigration issues, including that of the children of illegal immigrants.
I know that debate will be difficult and take time. But tonight, let's agree to make that effort, he said.
In December, Obama pledged to keep the DREAM Act alive.
I'm going to engage Republicans who, I think, some of them, in their heart of hearts, know it's the right thing to do, he said.
The right thing to do - ideally, for those young people and for the prosperity of the nation and, practically, for some Republican politicians playing CYA.


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Author : Marcia R. Martinez.
Published : Mon, Apr 9 2018 :10 PM.
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Category : Resume Templates.
Topic : Resume format samples.
Work Experience. This section should include all relevant paid work experience, including internships. Volunteer or charity work should not be included in this section, or often at all (see below). Make the title of this section a reflection of your paid experience: "Work Experience", "Employment History", and "Work History" are all appropriate titles. This should be listed above "Education" unless you are a recent college graduate, since that information is most pertinent to employers.
Ultimately, you want to try to strike a balance between including experience that is both timely and relevant. There are several basic types of resumes used to apply for job openings. Before you spend time writing up all the details around each position you've had, you should decide what style of resume to use, as that can affect how you describe, organize, and list your experience, education, skills, qualifications, and other credentials for employment.


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Link Exchanges are a very time consuming project. The time it takes to find the sites to exchange with, contact them and place a link on your page can seem like an eternity. The hardest part about link exchanges isn't the research, it's the waiting. This article will give you some tips to help speed response time to your requests.
"How long does it normally take?" you ask. The average wait can be 2 to 3 weeks, sometimes even longer. The reason for this is that many people operate their web site as a hobby or side business and may not be on top of their email. Keep these timeframes in mind before you judge the successfulness of a link campaign.
The first step is to find sites related to your web site that DO NOT have a large directory of links posted. You want to link to sites that have less than 100 links on their link page. Their Page Rank (PR) should be at least equal to yours. Higher is better, so always aim for the heavy hitters. Now, on to the business of saving you time.
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Once you make contact with the web site owner, how long will you wait? A week? Two weeks? Honestly, it may be a month before you see your link unless you show some persistence. It doesn't always depend on how often they do updates. I would contact them once a week after your initial inquiry after checking their site first. They may have placed a link up without notifying you.
So, in summary:
Spend time finding sites that will be an asset to your enterprise to save time by not corresponding with those that won't.
Succinct, personalized E-mails
Include all coding and links necessary to make it easy on the site you want to exchange with
Research their link policy ahead of time
Be persistent
Link exchanges are very time consuming. It takes patients and great recorded keeping to keep track of who has and has not added you. I do this with an excel spread sheet. It makes keeping track a lot easier to do. Especially, if you are doing large link campaigns.
Good luck.
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Large companies tend to spend huge amount of money on the web. They put in so much with banner ads and did all they can not to mention a single external link on their site. They're really missing it big time.
A Disturbing Trend in Reciprocal Linking
In the world of Internet Marketing, and Web site promotion, nothing changes faster than the parameters that rule good Search Engine rankings and placement.
How To Generate Targeted Traffic...and Cash In On It.
We all know that generating traffic to your site is creating a flow of visitors, but what is targeted traffic? Targeted traffic simply refers to visitors who are actually interested in the topic of your product or service. Targeted traffic will greatly out produce non-targeted traffic in terms of open rate, click through rate, and sales conversions rates.
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Are you trying to sell your product online with little or no success? Are you spending lots of money advertising all over the web and getting very few sales? Well, maybe it's time you try something a little different. Try not selling your product! You read that right. People do not want to be sold to. They do like to buy things, however.
Get More Visitors to your Website using Free Traffic Exchanges
Trying to get traffic to your new website or to your gateway pages for an affiliate program can be difficult if you are just starting out and have little or no advertising budget.
Reasons Why You Should Have A Weblogger Installed On Your Web Site
I don't know about you, but when I built my first web site three years back I don't know anything about the webloggers. One day when I checking the features of my web host control panel (after two months of uploading my first home page) I saw the link 'Webstats'. That was the first time I get to know that I can know how many people are comming to my site.
Use eBay as Cheap Traffic!
Did you know that according to alexa, www.eBay.com is ranked number 8 out of over 36 billion sites on the web? (36,000,000,000!). On average, it recieves 40 million hits daily, and of that, it's average user views 17 pages. That's impressive! What's also great, is that most listings get at least 50 very targeted views. If you can get listed on eBay's "The Pulse" (most popular internet auctions) you are guaranteed at least 5,000 visitors to that listing, and many of them will click through to your site, affiliate link, whatever makes you money.
The Link Factor
There are many different approaches and techniques required when optimising a website for a high ranking in your chosen search engine. In most cases loads of informative, relevant content is required as well as plenty of outgoing links to separate you from the cat like competition.
Linking Strategies That Bring Results
Website link popularity is used to indicate how many other web pages link to your web page. It is calculated by counting the number of web pages that contain your link, also known as inbound links.
Ethical Link Exchange, You be the Judge
Webmasters understand that quality and relevant inbound links can increase site visibility; your search engine rating; and with any luck increase your traffic and revenue.
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Finding quality traffic though effective website promotions is the number one area all website owners deal with on a daily basis. There are many advantages to linking your website to others around the world. There are marketing companies that have various ideas on how to increase your exposure. One of these ideas is to increase exposure to your site by having over 750,000 incoming links from websites around the world. The sign up process can be accomplished in as little as five minutes. I have found most website owners are extremely knowledgeable about their product but lack the knowledge to properly market.
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Masterpiece Vintage Cars
Just south of Indianapolis, Indiana is a car lover's dream: the Masterpiece Vintage Cars showroom. Like a candy store for classic car enthusiasts, this showroom is stocked with a variety of refurbished and restored classics, like 1930s Fords, 1950s Chevys, and 1960s American muscle cars. Even if you aren't sure you're ready to buy or sell, this showplace is well worth a visit.
The owners and operators of Masterpiece Vintage Cars brought together decades of experience and a passion for older cars to help serve fellow car enthusiasts with buying, selling, consignment, shipping, financing, and even in searching for that elusive dream car.
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When you have your eye on a classic car, but the seller is overseas, or you want to offer your classic for sale to an international market, turn to Big Boys Classics. They work with buyers and sellers and have shipped cars to over 20 countries. In addition to finding cars for buyers and finding the best deal for sellers, they also offer financing, third party vehicle inspections, and both U.S. and international shipping.
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Hanksters Hot Rods is a classic car dealership, buyer, seller, and showroom based in Indiana, Pennsylvania and founded and owned by long-term car enthusiast Gary Hankinson, aka Hankster. He has been putting his passion to work for decades and specializes in muscle cars along with his professional staff. In 2015, Hankster partnered with Kevin Sergent and opened a new showroom in South Daytona, Florida.
Combined, Gary and Kevin have nearly 60 years of experience working with cars, both new and classic. Together they bring their strengths to bear on the classic, and especially muscle car, market. With their trusted and equally car-passionate staff they offer services from buying and selling classic cars to financing to transportation. They work with first-time buyers and experienced car collectors alike.
Streetside Classics – Nashville
Streetside Classics – Nashville
Streetside Classics, the largest dealer in classic cars in the Southeast, now has a new, fifth location and showroom. The new Nashville showroom means that you have yet another location to go and browse cars and even more resources for finding the car of your dreams or selling part of your collection. The new Nashville location is just 20 miles southeast of downtown and conveniently right off of I-24.
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Different schools use their own terminology for their style which varies from region to region. In the USA for example, Kali is widely accepted as the "Mother Art" (mainly due to the influence of Guro Dan Inosanto) but in the Philippines it is more usually Eskrima or Arnis that is seen as the correct name to describe Filipino Martial Arts (FMA).


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Hanguk E Munhwa
In Korea the Traditions of Korea are:
- Hangawee
- Chuseok
- Paju
- Seolnal
- SongPyun ,Miyeok soup and Kimchi
- Hanbok
- Jeol
- Hanok
- Archery= Hwal
Hi! My name is Jenny today I am here to teach you more about Korean Cultures.
I will start with telling you about HANGAWEE and CHUSEOK. Hangawee and Chuseok is a special occasion where townspeople and villagers celebrate by doing fun games of Korea, Eating food from Korea and experience fun cultures and occasions.
Yah! I love Hangawee and Chuseok do you?
Paju is a sad place you guys would not like it me neither I don`t like it at all. It is a sad place because that is the place you put dead person`s soul. I always cry because my grandfather, my grandmother , my small grandmother and my small granfather`s name is embroidered on some of the tombstones. Here Is A Picture Of Paju. It looks so scary doesn't it? I shiver all the time when I look at it.
By: David Paul Ohmer
Now I will show you something better it is: SEOLNAL!!! At Seolnal you wear the HANBOK!!! In Seolnal you wear the Hanbok and when your family and the elders visit you bow in Korea bowing is called: JEOL!!!
Wasn`t that impressive?! Now for our next topic it is FOOD we have traditional: Song-Pyeon, Miyeok soup and Kimchi.
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I`m super hungry now aren`t you? Now we will move on to HANOK the original house in Korea! This is a picture of Hanok: Since Hanok is such a beautiful house I will show you a video for HANOK
I will now talk about the last topic and archery in korea and it is called HWAL
Hwal is very famous in korea for a traditional weapon it often comes out in korean movies.
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Is this the Smartest Rearview Mirror in the World?
The 2014 SEMA show is over, and it has us wondering if we've just seen the smartest rearview mirror in the world. The SmartNav 5 from App-Tronics was awarded Best in Show and combines a police radar detector, a rearview camera, navigation, video recording software, and—of course—the ability to see what's behind your car like a normal mirror.
The Latest in Auto Tech
Rearview cameras have been making their way into rearview mirrors for a while now to help give drivers a better view of whether or not they can safely back up, and App-Tronics looked at this new technology and asked "why not go further?"
Their SmartNav 5 brings the capabilities of a computer or your average infotainment system to your rearview mirror. By projecting a 5-inch screen into the middle of the mirror, App-Stronics gives you access to a variety of useful driving apps in addition to features like navigation and the police radar detector, but rather than let them get in the way, they are projected translucent on top of the mirror. This lets you still focus on the mirror until you need to focus on your app. Of course, the system also comes with a Bluetooth connection that connects through your audio system.
Then there's the radar detector, which will display an alert on your rearview mirror whenever it detects radar in use. It also comes with a regularly updated record of speed traps.
With easily accessible buttons alongside the bottom of the mirror and a touchscreen interface, navigating this new mirror is about as intuitive as it can get. We can see why it took home the Best in Show award, and we can't wait to see the SmartNav 5 in action in one of our vehicles.
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The Edge is a membership founded by university professor and design industry business expert, David Shepherd. For over a decade, Shepherd has been studying the top 5% of design firms, large and small, to discover why some interior designers succeed so spectacularly, while others do little more than create hard-working jobs for themselves.
"It turns out that there are some foundational principles that all the top-earning designers share," Shepherd said. "In some cases, they are tactics and techniques that I created, and in many others, they are simply what I call the 'immutable laws,' or methods always present when cash flow is strong and net profits are high."
For over twenty years, Shepherd has split time between the faculties of two top business schools (teaching small firm finance and strategy) and working directly with interior designers. Beginning in 2004, Shepherd formed a national coaching group of design principals called the Best Practices Network, or BPN.
For years, BPN members shared their business and personal stories with Shepherd and with each other. They also had the option of attending some twenty-four live events that were held in cities from Las Vegas to Cancun, to New York and Los Angeles under the "Business of Design" brand.
The results were no less than life-changing as the typical BPN member remained a member for over seven years, until Shepherd disbanded the BPN to return to the classroom.
"No one has ever studied our industry with the intellectual firepower of David Shepherd," said Carol Little, interior designer of Roseville, CA. "When you combine that with his engaging teaching style and the fun of the network, it was an unprecedented learning experience."
Interior designer Phil Norman of Torrance, CA, said that it was undeniable that membership in the BPN had, "…added six figures to my bottom line."
And highly successful designer Debbie Baxter of San Antonio called the BPN nothing less than "…divine intervention," giving it much of the credit for her growth from three to twenty employees during her membership.
Despite this, Shepherd worried that the BPN was lacking something. "The downside of the BPN," Shepherd explained, "was that it was somewhat expensive, meaning that most of my members, while making dramatic improvements, were already in the top 5% when they joined. I have always longed for a way to get the proven methods I have at my fingertips into the hands of every interior designer who is serious about creating a great future for their families and themselves."
The result of Shepherd's quest is The Edge—an extremely affordable monthly membership that gives designers access to insightful, thought-provoking best practices covering areas such as pricing, sales, technology, management, cash flow, strategy and more.
As a member of The Edge, designers receive a monthly printed newsletter filled with David Shepherd's one-of-a-kind insight and infused with his unique ability to educate, entertain, and inspire, all while teaching the essential business concepts that few designers learned in school.
Members also receive a monthly audio CD called, "Crossover Strategies." Perhaps the most popular benefit during the tenure of the Best Practices Network, these audio tracks are designed to create incredibly innovative and breakthrough ideas…the sort that can make all of the difference.
And, members gain access to a new online course each and every month. From Shepherd's classic "8 Steps" course (which it is believed to have generated more profits for interior designers than any other course in history!) to courses on finance, strategy, business development, and more, these online courses are powerful tools.
"When you look at the triad we provide each month," Shepherd says, "you'll see that we're tapping into the three primary learning modes—reading, listening, and doing. Just one idea each month could mean thousands to the bottom line of the typical designer whether running a 20-person firm, or a sole proprietorship. And all for less than I spend at Starbucks every month!"
To ensure that designers understand the power of membership, The Edge is offering a two-month trial absolutely free. In addition, upon starting a trial membership, designers will receive $388 worth of bonus material at no charge. These include The Path: An Inspirational Course in Prosperity, The Foundations: Essential Principles for Creating Wealth, The 8 Steps Course, and samples of The Edge Newsletter and the Crossover Strategies CD.
For more information, or to begin a trial membership, designers may simply visit http://www.designingprofits.com and click on the "Learn More" button from the home page.
David Shepherd
About: David Shepherd is president and CEO of Designing Profits, Inc. Formed in 2002, Designing Profits produces and manages The Edge and DPI/Online. Formerly, the company produced twenty-four live events, most under the brand, The Business of Design. Shepherd holds is B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin where he also served on the faculty of the McCombs School of Business. He has also held a full-time faculty position at the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Shepherd's mission is to help interior designers to create wealth. Shepherd now lives and works in Austin.


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- Program: Plastics Engineering Technology
- Degree: Occupational Certificate
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The Medical Device - Plastics Technology Certificate will prepare students for success in Minnesota's robust medical device industry. Students will gain applied skills and knowledge of: Plastics/Chemistry/Ingredients of Polymers; Properties and Tests; Quality Control, Instrument Sensor Devices; Systematic Medical Device Protocol; and Medical Micro-bore Extrusion Processes. Coursework will focus on the technical understanding and skills development in concepts, principals and specific requirements regarding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) that strictly regulate how organizations are to produce medical devices.
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Applied Computing uses information technology to address real-world business problems. For example, creating databases for record keeping and running reports to analyze myriad questions increase the efficiency of a business, making it more competitive and profitable. Students who pursue a business degree concentrating in applied computing are prepared for careers in many industries. Banks, hospitals, utilities, communications—big and small businesses alike— need data experts to help the company operate efficiently, boosting the productivity of every employee.
Computing and business
Through our Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Applied Computing, you'll become fluent in many aspects of business, including accounting, finance, economics, human resources, marketing statistics, information technology and law.
In your Applied Computing concentration courses you'll study:
- Programming: We must understand how to program before we can write solutions. This course is designed to teach you foundational techniques of applied computer programming from the perspective of business, including data management and access, processing, decision structures, and error handling.
- Networking and Communications: You'll understand the fundamentals of computer networking and data communications, including network architectures, data and signals, conducted and wireless media, and security. For example, you'll learn how to connect employees through a shared database while protecting the stored information.
- Databases: Databases are a crucial element of applied computing. We'll teach you data analysis and modeling as well as database design and administration. You'll learn to create queries, forms and reports to address management issues, perform data analysis, and automate tasks.
- Business Problem Analysis: Variables are unavoidable in business; we'll show you how to apply modeling techniques in spreadsheets to simulate practical business problems and analyze different situations based on changing variables. You'll be able to perform regression analysis to evaluate scenarios, forecast the demand for a product and optimize the outcome of a variety of situations.
- Business Analysis and System Design: This course covers the basics of using the system development lifecycle: analyzing, designing, implementing, testing, deploying and maintaining a computer-based information system. You'll then apply these techniques to models, such as diagramming how data is used in an inventory system or mapping the processes in a manufacturing company.
Your future
Our Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Applied Computing is not just a technology degree. You'll understand the underlying business principles behind technological problems—you'll know not only what the problem is, but also why it's a problem for the business. It's this front-end analysis that boosts AU business students over their technology-based counterparts.
At AU, we'll also exhort you to become Christ-like servants in your careers. In each course, expect to explore the intersection of business, ethics and God's call in your life.
After graduation, you'll be prepared for careers in network management, database administration, systems analysis, and technical support engineering. Your career options will include an end-user computing analyst, a management information systems report developer, a data and reporting specialist, among many others.


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Fear gripped the doctor just as he was about to start an operation on a patient for a brain haemorrhage. In that second, flashbacks reminded him of the same procedure he had done previous on his own younger brother. Because of certain complications that arose, his brother died while in surgery, leaving the doctor devastated.
Sensing his distress, his mentor gave him leave to rest and mourn the death of his brother, instead, the doctor went into reclusion and guilt. He would not eat or sleep because he blamed himself for not saving but "killing" his own brother. Despite his mother telling him that she dreamt of his younger brother being in a better place, the doctor doubted, thinking that his brother was still angry with him and did not appear in his own dreams.
Days later, as the doctor and mother were leaving their house to head to their brother's memorial, his eyes caught sight of a young chap playing at the basketball court. The boy looked exactly like his younger brother! Filled with curiously, he walked towards him. The basketball rolled over and the doctor picked it up, and was face to face with the teenager.
However, it was not his brother. The boy greeted the doctor by name, reminding the doctor that he had recently gone through a heart transplant surgery and he was one of the doctors who visited him. The boy further explained how grateful he was for the donor who gave him a new heart and mentioned that if he did not receive any, he would have died and not be as active to live life as he is now.
That was when the doctor realised that the boy's heart was his younger brother's. True to his younger brother's nature for helping and serving the community when he was alive, he had requested that his organs were donated when he passed on. At that point, a tear ran down the doctor's cheek. As he wiped that tear, he smiled, knowing that his younger brother's legacy still lived on in many other people.
It was interesting that God spoke through a HK drama show two days back. The episode was a timely message as the last few days had been a time of grieving the loss of a dear brother and cell member, Mark. Just like the character in the show, there was a sense of guilt that more could have been done. But it was clear, that was not the thing to dwell on. Instead, it was about remembering him and his life.
Mark's life was truly a testimony of God's grace and hand at work. He showed me what it means to persevere through life and being an overcomer in Christ during his long recovery from his accident. He had a heart that was willing to serve and pray for others despite having weaknesses and failings. His actions spoke of his commitment to God and towards worshipping Him wholeheartedly. I never forgot the time he came up to me and prayed. It was not expected but it was truly humbling.
I thank God for knowing Mark and for the friendship and journey. While there are many other instance I could mention here, I decided I leave with this verse that struck a chord with me during this grieving period.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23