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Strategically choosing the right floor displays, pallet displays and counter displays for our client's products is essential.
There are many variables involved when choosing floor displays, pallet displays and counter displays and we are here to help our clients every step of the way. McLeish Corr-A-Box works with our clients to produce the most effective floor, pallet and counter displays for them to distribute throughout Ontario and the GTA.
Floor Display Manufacturers Servicing Ontario
- A floor display sits directly on the floor at the retail store.
- Retailers have size limitations that must be complied with– the foot print of any floor display is an important part of where and how your product will be displayed.
- Ensuring that the quantity of product being displayed and the quality of the floor display being used is vital.
- If the floor display cannot hold enough products it may not be cost effective.
- If the floor display cannot hold the weight of your product the consumer may not effectively see your product.
Pallet Display Manufacturers in Toronto
- Completely assembled and packed with product when the pallet display arrives at the retail store.
- The store employee merely needs to un-wrap the pallet display and move it to its assigned location.
- Large retail chains have very detailed specifications that must be adhered to.
Counter Display Manufacturers
- A counter display is an effective solution for displaying small products and brochures.

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As you may have guessed, it's been a slow news week. That's what happens when the hubby is out of town and it's 110 outside. Do you want to see pictures of a week of me in the pool? Didn't think so!
I decided to bake some cut-out sugar cookies last night. I do love those little tasty buggers. I have blogged before about the marvels of kitchen technology, the latest and greatest I have in the kitchen. However, this made me laugh.....
Actually, I didn't laugh at first, I cussed #%#?!!@% Then I saw the humor in the situation. You see I had placed some parchment paper on top of my cookie sheet (for ease of clean-up---now that's a joke isn't it?)
The parchment paper slipped off the cookie sheet as I slid the pan in the oven. Nothing like trying to clean cookie dough off the bottom of your oven when it's 375 degrees. Wish Grandma was here to see this, she'd say "Oh Jenie!" and shake her head....
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Always strive to keep all of your customers delighted to keep the sightseeing and tour business model healthy. Customers becoming unhappy could lead to your customers ceasing purchasing from you any longer. The only way to ensure the best reviews is to provide quality products and services. Here we supply you with clues on making sure your customers remain happy with your business.
Professional websites undoubtedly are a necessity in the competitive sightseeing and tour business world. If creating a website for yourself isn't the very best idea, you could hire a website designer to create an alluring and attractive website for you. A website needs to not only be educational, but must also be aesthetically pleasing in order to draw customers in. You have to remember how imperative it is for you to have an elite website in today's marketing world, as it is your desire to guarantee your tour agency has a website that is active and influential.
If you are certainly the owner or an employee, you should still always interact with a positive outlook when engaging the public. Every one of the clients who come into your sightseeing and tour business should feel acknowledged and helped. In the aspects of employee training, coaching on customer interaction skills is emphasized very much. Delighted customers play an important role in the growth and ongoing success of your business.
Your goals for your sightseeing and tour business should change to provide ongoing direction and motivation as your business grows and becomes more successful. Your business should have a clear goal and a comprehensive path for achieving it. With specific goals, you will be in the position to make plans that can help your business succeed. It's vital to have a series of goals that are realistic and attainable rather than one overarching goal that can seem so tricky to achieve that people get upset and discouraged.
Hiring new workers isn't something to be taken lightly by a sightseeing and tour business owner. Before bringing new people in, you'll need to effectively ensure that they have the needed experience and certifications. Training the new employee is your responsibility, because they need to have the opportunity to successfully complete their job. The long-term growth and success of a business depends largely on its workers, so ensuring that yours are well-trained, satisfied in their jobs, and committed to the tour company's mission and goals should be a top priority for you as a business owner.
Even during times of financial prosperity, it is crucial to look for approaches to continue growing your sightseeing and tour business. If you want to be successful, you need to constantly be planning and endeavoring to new things. You should stay focused, committed and move forward to build a successful tour company. Companies that look for ways to upgrade their products and services and promote themselves well are the ones that should survive during tough times.


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So I decided, as a somewhat academic exercise, to write up original comedic material - in the voice and style of famous comedians. I like to think I have a good ear for patter, cadence and general style. You may disagree.
Of course, if you're unfamiliar with the 'sound' of a particular comedian, it probably won't be funny. But if you read them in the style of the comedian named, I hope you'll find them at least passable, if not actually chuckle-worthy.
Why Vegas? No one except with screw loose would say – "Here let's put a lot of neon in the desert." "That makes a lot of sense to me, Earl" "Good, I'm glad you like it. And we'll have cheesy shows and showgirls, all the time." "People will flock, Earl." " Yeah, I thought so."
Vegas is crawling with creeps, crawling with creeps, man. These g-men who are only there to bounce the little blonde showgirls on their laps. But if you do - you'll be arrested. Go into one of their offices and riffle through some of their mail – you wouldn't believe what these creep-o lilly-ladies are up to. An internal memo: "Sir – found contraband on outskirts of town, and flushed it all down the toilet. Citizen under arrest for possession. PS – I love you."
Sometimes I say words I'm not supposed to. Words like 'cocksucker'. But this is a natural word, and I don't know why the policeman wanted to arrest me for it. This was in New York just last year, for saying a word. Just a word – no harm in it, it describes an action, one we all want. An' how else am I going to describe this policeman's mother?
There is no such thing as an offensive joke. Jokes are merely words – people get offended. Books, for example, do not get offended when offensive words are written in them, and this is because, you see, books cannot get offended. Only people can. It is a choice. If you do not like the work 'cocksucker' it is because you do not like it, it has nothing to do with the word itself and even less with the action. We all like cocksucking – it comes on anniversaries, and so do we.
Bob Newhart
You know, uh, Charles Darwin died right around the time the telephone was being invented. And I often wonder, just, uh, what it would've been like if there had been a phone on board the Beagle. I think it would've gone something a little like this:
"Howdy Charlie! How's the cruise going? Uh huh, uh huh. Slow down Charlie – what was that? Finches? What's a – what's so special about that? They have, what was that? 'beaks'? Really Charlie you're going to have to shave that thing off if you want to use the phone, or at least annunciate…there, thank you.
"So, what's so special about finches, Charlie, I mean, we have finches back here in London…Well what about their beaks? All birds have beaks. I mean, if you found a type that didn't then, then you'd have something to write home about…uh huh. Uh huh. Uh, isn't that uh, isn't that kind of obvious? I mean different beaks for different food just makes sense. You, uh, you don't see eagle with a duck's beak – a bill…I see. And what are you calling this theory? 'Evolution'? Doesn't really have a ring to it… Well, well, here's question, then, for your theory: uh, why do so many birds exist huh? I mean, how many kinds of flycatcher do we really need? Does your theory cover that? Oh it does, does it? I see. Well, I just don't really think that the public is going to care about this theory of evolution if all you can offer to them is finches that live in the Galapagos Islands. Now if you found something interesting, like, say, uh, giant tortoises –see, that would really fire the imagination… What? You've got to go? Oh, okay Charlie, have fun, have fun on your cruise!"
Bill Cosby
I find, with children, that they do not know how to do things any adult can do. I wonder, often, when the flip happened, and they suddenly could do these things. Some of them, of course, we know and remember. I remember learning how to drive a car. How to talk to girls. How to play baseball. But others still elude me. I'll give you an example: I don't remember learning how to dry the dishes properly. I don't remember when I learned how to take care of a yard. Or learning how to scrub a toilet bowl. These are not memories my mind has seen fit to cherish. But as a parent, I remember well teaching my child each of these things. Because you see, parents can't wait for their children to start doing chores. The sooner you can teach the child to do the chores the better. If you come over to our house you will see the three year-old with a dustpan and broom. "Why yes, we Cosby's know how to do it right." My wife and I just sit on the sofa as groups of child-aged maids and butlers take care of our every need.
But of course it's not really like that. Because, and this is one of those things I don't remember learning, kids love to misbehave. It's in the genes of every child. If a parent comes up to me and says "My boy never misbehaves. My boy has never done anything wrong." I will tell that parent to run. As far away, and as fast as they can. Because whatever it ends up being, it's going to be catastrophic. When that child finally blows it's going to be on the news – in three states!
Bill Hicks
You know, something I think about is if God didn't want us to use drugs, why didn't he make that one of the ten commandments? I ask my Christian friends this "If you believe the ten commandments, along with that wacky golden rule are the basis of your faith – " Quick question about that golden rule thing: does that apply to masochists? "Let's see, uh…do unto others, what…do…Hmm, I think I have some chains and whips lying around here…!" But if God didn't want us to do drugs, then why never fucking mentioning in the bible? Seems like an oversight to me. And if he didn't want us to take acid, why did he make Timothy Leary, huh?
'Cause we as a species have not stopped evolving. But I think things like Christianity have slowed it down somewhat. Why are these Christians ruining for the rest of us? We might've had wings by now! The only way we can evolve, I think, is our minds, and the only way to do that – bingo: drugs. The most mind-enhancing experiences come from psychotropic mushrooms and LSD. I never saw God when I was on acid, though. No man on fluffy white clouds surrounded by heavenly host in my trips…I did see a hundred-foot long one-eyed snake with saber-fangs, green skin and crimson fur. Maybe that was god! Maybe he's tired of people picturing him as some lame old guy on a cloud. "Why do they disrespect my awesome form?" Who knows what god looks like? He never describes himself as riding a cloud with a beard… … Maybe god looks like goat-boy…
George Carlin
And that's another thing: Americans are fucking ignorant! We are an ignorant fucking society. Notice, I don't say 'uninformed'. I don't blame people for being uninformed. You think a kid in Somalia who doesn't have enough to eat is informed? Plenty of people in this world don't have the means to be informed. But for Americans there's no excuse – and that's ignorant! We have the Library of Congress fer godsakes – the largest library in the whole world – so read a fucking book!
Actually, you can only check out books from the Library of Congress if you're a congressman! Can you believe that shit? Have any of these assholes been told this library exists? I don't think any of them have ever been to the fucking place! But even without it we have the internet in this country! Oh yeah, we like that! People don't know who their congressman is, but they can list their top ten favorite porno films! 'Let's see… number six is the one with the two black guys giving rim jobs to a horse, now what was it called…? Oh, yeah! 'Black Beauty!''
If Americans spent a fraction – just a fraction – of the time spent jerking off by getting informed we'd have a very different country, let me tell 'ya. If we spent the time watching porn reading the annual budget we'd have fixed our mess a long time ago – a long time ago. No question. Instead we're too busy watching 'Cum-guzzling, pre-pubescent, anal-thrashing, oral-fixated, lesbian, incest, choking, smoking, gargling, fondling, strap-on, milf-fucking, rug-munching, cock-sucking Asian gynecologists VI!'
Eddie Izzard
So, uh, yeah, there was that. And uh…When I was a kid my parents would, uh, take me to art galleries. And as a kid unless the entire thing is, you know, Dr. Seuss, it's just not interesting! You know these paintings like 'This work was done by Sir Drabfancy McPainty-man in a year long before you care about. As you can see from the mellow tones of orange and yellow it depicts a rubber duck…!" But one time they took me to, uh, one of these galleries and it was nothing but surrealists like Dali and Magritte and, and others like them…and my child-self was agape! I didn't know art could do that! I think my parents regretted it, though, at the time. You know, 'cause those surrealists have a keen interest, I find, in lady's breasts. For parents of a young boy, uh…And it really – that was it. That was the moment I got interested in art was when I realized that sometimes art is really fucking weird! But I came across something the other day that said the surrealists, 'the surrealists' it seems 'weren't just painting crazy fuckin' things all the time – there was a deep symbolism to their work' which ruins it, for me! I liked that stuff 'cause it was totally bonkers! Half a head, wearing a fired egg as a hat! I could relate to that! I'd been half a head at one time, and I wore a fried egg…once… as…But no! No – it can't just be a guy with egg on his head now it has to be 'symbolic'. I think that's the point of critics, really, is, just to ruin everyone else's fun. That's their favorite thing to do just make people miserable and not let you enjoy anything.
Robin Williams
Oh, and Barrack Obama! Yeah baby! There is a President! But what does it say about us that our coolest President is the whitest fucking black guy since Doc Huxtable? And I like Obama, but he does sometimes confuse me. I mean, sending troops back to Iraq, but not to fucking Syria what's that all about? Even the Dalai Lama is saying 'No really, they need help.' But of course we can't go to Syria – 'cause Asad and Putin are buddies. When did we get so scared of the fucking Russians? Half of them are stoned on fucking vodka anyway! Didn't we beat those guys once before? I distinctly remember Ronnie… "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Of course Regan had as much to do with the end of the Soviet Union as blow-job has with conception but that's okay! We're moving right through…
But before Obama we had Bush, and everyone hated that guy – especially in the rest of the world. Just look at the Nobel Prizes – so pretentious they have to be held in Sveeden. Two Americans won the Nobel Prize when Bush was President: Jimmy Carter and Al Gore. If that's not a message I don't know what the fuck is. And the very year he gets out of office - bam! - they gave it right to Obama to let everyone know in unequivocal terms just what an asshole they thought he was. 'Fuck you cowboy-man! You're going to go on a crusade? We're going to give the Nobel Prize to any Democrat we can think of!'
And Al Gore…Can you smell what the planet is cooking? Yes! Global warming! I live in California, and we've had to deal with this shit for years. Los Angeles is going to be underwater, San Francisco is soon going to be a series of islands… 'Come to Tahoe! We now have year-round fishing!' And the wildfires, man, they are out of control. California, as always, ahead of the curve, the cutting-edge. Don't worry: you'll all get the full experience soon!
There are some cities, honestly, I wouldn't mind if they went. Mostly in the South. I can't remember the last time something good came out of Birmingham. But then you have a problem 'cause 'Mississippi burning' can have a couple different connotations…Oopsie!
Mitch Hedberg
I never knew why they had 'Kiwi Shoe Polish.' What does a kiwi know about polishing shoes? I think they named it that 'cause it's the color of a kiwi – and that's racist!
I don't know why they call them 'paperbacks'. We don't call the other kid of book 'hardbacks' – they are not made out of rocks!
A guy came to my house and said 'you need aluminum siding'. I said 'why? My house already has sides. What do you think keeps the roof up?'
Why do we still make cups out of paper? That shit will get soggy, and then it cannot be recycled. Unless – you cover the paper in wax. Why not cut out the middle man, and have wax cups? They would mold perfectly to your hands!
I don't know why some men still wear ties. It's like, 'here, I have a small poorly-tied scarf that will not keep my neck warm. And I will wear it year-round!'
Why do they call them 'tear-jerkers?' After watching a sad film my tears did not seem extra smokey and spicey. If they had, my dog would love to lick my tears. Any time I'd put 'Bambi' on my dog's mouth would salivate!
I had a follow-up to that joke, about pastrami and sweat, but it did not make any sense. So I will not tell it.
When I was a kid my favorite story was 'Peter Pan' because he got to hang out with pirates and fly and shit. But now that I am older my favorite story is still 'Peter Pan' because I still want to fly and hang out with pirates.
Killer whales are my least favorite animal. They need to chill out. Surely they are not killing things twenty-four seven? We don't call lions 'killer cats' so why 'killer whales'? Since they are black and white we should call them 'sea zebras'. I think that would be a much more descriptive use of nomenclature!
Why would an owl know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop? That makes no sense. Owls have beaks and eat voles. If they ate a tootsie pop it was probably on accident.
Louis CK
Nobody likes babies. We need to stop lying about that shit. As soon as the mother is out of the room we are thinking 'Jesus Christ! It was like a prune filled with just snot and mucous. It was hideous!' Kids are different, kids are fun you know, when you don't want to punch them. Sometimes we've all wanted to punch a kid. In the face, or if we're on a plane, in the stomach – just right there in the gut. 'Yeah, now you'll be quiet, 'cause I've forced all of the air out of your tiny shrill lungs.' I would never actually fuckin yadda yadda hit a kid… But we all want to. Kids, unlike babies, at least have the potential to be fun. They at least can be entertaining. When a kid licks the spoon batter for chocolate cookies that's the very first time he's ever done that thing! And as adults, as parents, you know, we've clearly already lost in life's roulette, I mean we're married, middle-aged with kids it doesn't get worse than that, that's just rock bottom. But when you see you kids taste chocolate chip cookie dough for the first time you get to vicariously live through them for that moment and regain a fraction of the happiness you had as a child when life actually mattered and you got to do what you wanted all the time. Babies get to do that too – babies do not give a fuck. But all the happiness I had as a baby is lost to me, I don't have those memories. My first steps? Fuck 'em – don't remember it. Even a parent's greatest joys and memories with a baby the baby won't fucking remember! Your parents could be bullshitting you all the time, and you'd have no idea! They could just be like 'Yeah, when you were three you played the piano every day!' You don't know! Maybe you were a prodigy and now look at you – middle aged with kids, it's fucking sad! Shit's brutal.


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catinmoon wrote:HI Folks,
Newbie here. I am the new proud owner of a hand built teardrop (not built by me). My boyfriend and I towed it from it's birthplace in Nebraska back here to So. Cal. I am fine to drive and turn but... it has been MANY YEARS since I towed a trailer (U haul type 5x8) and even though I had the hang then of backing the trailer, I don't seem to remember how to ride the bike, so to speak.
Do you have hints, rules of thumb, suggestions for me about backing a trailer of this size? I would love to hear your suggestions. I live in a fairly rural place so I can find wide open spaces to practice, but I'm the type who wants to have some fallback concepts so I can reason out what I am doing rather than just go and start driving backwards and hope I don't do the dreaded "jack knife".
I am pulling the trailer with a 2004 Toyota Tacoma (the smaller version than the current model) with an extra cab, so the truck while not enormous is a bit long compared to the trailer.
Thanks for any ideas.
Stephanie (catinmoon)
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YY is one of the leading online social entertainment platforms in China. It offers users a large scale community for social interactions as well as opportunities for self-expression and achievement.
Supported by its proprietary technology and scalable infrastructure, YY has been able to grow both its revenue and profit at an extraordinary rate by drawing on its fast growing user base and expanding into new businesses. Between 2010 and 2014, the company achieved a 132% and 211% annual growth in revenue and operating profit, respectively. Since listed in November 2012, it has delivered a total shareholder return of more than 500%.
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WARNING: I should stress that there will be a reading and that this event is not for all ages.
Readers are calling Mr. Bad Example "Relatable" and Sexy!"
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Happy Wednesday folks! I often buy wallpaper and borders to scan from garage sales or wherever I am fortunate enough to find them. I came up with this from two scans and it will work well for those whose blog layouts are 3 column or use the full page. I don't want to neglect other type of layouts if I can come up with a nice one for them also. This also looks nice as a desktop wallpaper on your monitor! Love these Roosters cause they DON'T crow at 3am!
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Just come from doing Radio 5 Live. They've had a three hour Victoria Derbyshire show in front of a live audience, with a changing rota of MPs. I was told they wanted me to 'come in at the back end of Jacqui Smith', but I ended up being sandwiched between her and David Blunkett, and naturally they fielded most of the questions. Met a young lad from Bristol, Dominic, who had come all the way to Manchester to be in the studio audience and wants to be a political journalist, so have invited him down to Westminster for PMQs. Also met some of the young PPCS who are standing at the next election: Chuka Umunna from Streatham, Rachel Reeves from Leeds West, and 20 year old Claire Hazelgrove who is standing in Skipton. And then I met Tony, one of the guys doing the security at the Conference Centre - who lives in Church Road, St. George - so managed to do a bit of by-election campaigning too!
After that I headed into the hall for Alistair Darling's speech, which was good, serious stuff. He got a standing ovation and looked like a little boy who had just been given a gold star in front of the school assembly. I know politicians are meant to be ego-fuelled publicity seekers, constantly thrusting themselves into the limelight, but I like the fact some of our Cabinet are so self-effacing. An MP told me the other day how Gordon came to her constituency for the opening of something or other, and when it came to cutting the cake, he handed her the knife; she had to point out to him that the organisation would far rather the Prime Minister of Great Britain did the honours.
Yesterday was OK. Did the Save the Children fringe on food security, went to the South West reception, met up with Oxfam, and then went to the Save the Children reception with Douglas. At any Conference event there is usually a slightly weird delegate hanging around, who attach themselves to Ministers and won't let go. I spotted Douglas being accosted by an unshaven, rather scruffy character with long curly hair, dressed in denim. His Spad was deep in conversation with a journalist, so I knew it was my duty as a loyal PPS to rescue him, so I headed off, full of resolve... Thankfully I was interrupted just before I got there and during the intervening seconds managed to glean the information that the scruffy bloke was in fact the celebrity guest of the evening, the Dad from Shameless.
The Dad from Shameless actually gave a very good speech. Not easy to follow Douglas who is supernaturally articulate; he uses phrases like 'commensurately constrained' which I write down in my notebook but never quite manage to work into the conversation. But the Dad from Shameless did a really good job. He finished on a point about the Manchester City takeover, and how something must be a little bit wrong when millions are being put into a football club when children are living in poverty, which got a big round of applause.
Gordon had spoken earlier at the South West reception. It shows the pernicious effect of media commentary that I found myself thinking, 'wow, he's stringing sentences together, he's making a really cogent argument, he's got the audience eating out of his hands' (and looking pretty trim too - that personal trainer has obviously put him through his paces over the summer). I've seen Gordon speak loads of times, and I've seen him wow an audience loads of times - but it's easy to forget just how good he is when all you read is the negative stuff. And while we're on the media - can I just say how absolutely ridiculous Sky News' reporting of the Progress Rally was? They were running all night with the story that two Cabinet Ministers were calling for a change of leadership, because both David M and Hazel had said we couldn't rely on our past achievements to win the next election. This was seen as a 'coded' message that we needed a change at the top. Well, can I just say exactly the same: we can't rely on our past achievements. You can't fight an election on the basis that ;we've done X, Y and Z for you, so you ought to be bloody grateful'. People want to know what you're going to do next. I wouldn't be surprised if Gordon doesn't say exactly the same thing tomorrow.
On a more trivial note, I missed a scoop yesterday when I was in Starbucks meeting Stephen from the Scottish Credit Unions. (And before anyone pulls me up on patronising Starbucks, show me somewhere else you can get an iced soya decaf latte near Manchester Central conference centre). David M came in with his entourage and apparently had his credit card refused. Is he another victim of the credit crunch?
Something else I've found amusing over the past couple of days is the realisation that absolutely no-one seems to know that the post of forestry envoy, recently vacated by Barry Gardiner, was actually to do with rainforests and deforestation and climate change, rather than, as I think Prescott put it, 'talking to the trees' or as another MP said, 'leading the frontline battle against leylandi'.
Douglas is on at a fringe now, so going to shoot off. More later.


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Report: 70% of SMBs Want to Pay Online
Oct. 31, 2013
Small businesses are clamoring to take advantage of online payments as consumers have, according to a new report from online bill pay provider Mineral Tree. Nearly 70 percent of small and midsize businesses said they would be interested in implementing an online payment system that eliminates their need to write checks. The report found that, as consumers' use of online payments has increased in the past decade, small and midsize businesses have been writing more and more checks for their payments—53 percent more than 10 years ago.
The report said banks are in a position to help businesses transition to an online system, but aren't currently offering viable options.
"SMBs want to chuck their checkbooks, but their trusted business partners have nothing effective to offer," said BC Krishna, president and CEO of MineralTree. "Banks are key partners to SMBs, and have the clear advantage—with built-up trust and arms-reach access to customers—but today, very few are offering SMBs viable electronic payment solutions. Today's online bill pay offerings are not the answer—they just don't meet business needs."


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So yeah.....3 more days. I'll have a 7th grader,a 5th grader and a Kindergartner!! I'm really having a hard time with giving him up. I feel sad thinking about it. Luckily he got our favorite K teacher.I think it helps to have already known her for 7 years. I'm really looking forward to being a room mom in her class again.
It's been an awesome week! Here's a peek:
|My Bday gift from Sephora!
|A little spot cleared for me on the kitchen table. Notice the little lamp I redid?
|Using the hashtag #thankfulsweetness Erin added my list of gratitude along with others on her blog!
|An early Bday gift from Tim!
|check up needed for Kindergarten: No cavities!!
|starting off my busy Saturday morning.....out the door at 8am....back home around 10pm.
|GNO (another early Bday celebration!) at Benihana. Love nights out with my girlfriends!
|another something from Tim!
|Duck tape.....the latest in leg wear!
|so sweet (I also have to say how much I love hand me downs. Both the PJ's and the squirrel sheet were Em's!)
|Seriously LOVE my bloggy/IG friends...... Look What I got from Ellen today!! I feel beyond blessed to know her. I'm thankful for not only the girlfriends I have here in Pittsburgh but the one's I've made all over. I urge you to make a friend elsewhere in this big world and take the time to make their day when you can. It really means so much.
|This made me laugh!
Plans for my weekend: yard sales tomorrow......dye Em's hair for school (Yes,I'm agreeing to THIS It's only hair!)church,get all the school stuff together and relax! #34 is happening in 5 day's and I'm ok with it :)


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Monday, 18 October 2010 - 11:03
Eurogroup Meeting May Point To New Measures For Greece
Economic diplomacy is underway in Luxembourg on the way EU countries will politically accept the revision of the Greek deficit and debt that threatens to subvert the goals of the 2011 budget, but also on the question of extending the loan, and - possibly - the Memorandum.
On the sidelines of a two-day meeting of finance ministers, Greece's George Papaconstantinou will attempt to understand the intentions of his colleagues on the impact of the announcement by Eurostat on 22 October and - if possible - to form a favorable trend for Greece. Officials do not exclude a debate on the extension of the repayment of the Greek loan, depending on the weight of developments.
The problem is that the Greek government now has to manage another unknown factor, the revision of its 2009 deficit. It is expected to know the exact figures on Thursday and thus try to figure out the "weight" in this year΄s budget and the additional costs that will incur the following years.
Executives of the economic team in recent days say that they are unaware of the final outcome.
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Talking baseball while suffering from Olympic fatigue:
1. It's time for a White Sox reality check.
The objects in the rear-view mirror are indeed closer than they seem, especially that over-sized one. That is the Detroit Tigers, led by the hulking Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera. They're only one-half game back and are finally playing as everyone expected. But that's not the bad news.


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This how-to guide will show you how to add row and column reordering to your ShinobiGridView.
In order to create a grid where row and columns can be reordered you need to do the following:
For the purposes of this how-to guide it is assumed that you already know how to render basic tabular data within the ShinobiGridView, if not, it is suggested that you follow the Quick Start Guide.
In the majority of cases, row and column reordering will be performed via user gestures, which typically comprise a long press, followed by a drag and release. shinobigrids makes use of a series of helper classes to interpret a user gesture and translate it into a reorder event. Advanced users may prefer to use some (or all) of these classes to implement their own custom reordering logic. For those interested, a good place to start is by reading the API docs here.
To make things easier we provide a convenience class which will do most of the work during a reorder event. By default this class provides gesture based reordering for both rows and columns. For the majority of users the default behavior will suffice. This how-to guide will focus on the use of this class.
shinobigrids has been designed to be as flexible as possible and as such we make no assumptions on the data that will be used with it. As such, the responsibility of updating the backing data, following a row reorder lies with the user. We do of course provide the tools to allow this task to quickly and easily be achieved.
The tool in question is the RowReorderDetector.OnRowReorderListener interface. An example implementation of this can be seen below:
RowReorderDetector.OnRowReorderListener listener = new RowReorderDetector.OnRowReorderListener() { @Override public void onRowReorderStarted(int rowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } @Override public void onRowIndexChanged(int rowIndex, int fromRowIndex, int toRowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } @Override public void onRowReorderEnded(int rowIndex, int endRowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { Person person = people.get(rowIndex); people.remove(person); people.add(endRowIndex, person); } @Override public void onRowReorderCancelled(int rowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } };
class Listener : Java.Lang.Object, RowReorderDetector.IOnRowReorderListener { readonly List<Person> people; public Listener(List<Person> people) { this.people = people; } public void OnRowReorderStarted(int rowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } public void OnRowIndexChanged(int rowIndex, int fromRowIndex, int toRowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } public void OnRowReorderEnded(int rowIndex, int endRowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { Person person = people[rowIndex]; people.Remove(person); people.Insert(endRowIndex, person); } public void OnRowReorderCancelled(int rowIndex, GridRecyclerView gridRecyclerView) { } };
As you can see this is a fairly simple example that performs work when a valid row reorder gesture has been completed. The onRowReorderEnded method provides some useful parameters such as the initial index of the row which was reordered, along with its new index at the end of the reorder event. In this simple example a reference to the appropriate Person object is used to remove the Person from the backing data store and re-add it at the new position.
This example is intentionally simple but you can of course implement this interface in any way you wish. You might for example have the need to take custom action at the start of a row reorder event using the onRowReorderStarted method.
Whilst the user is responsible for ensuring the backing data store is updated following a row reorder, the RowColumnReorderManager fully handles column reorder events.
To create an instance of the convenience class, very few lines of code are needed:
RowColumnReorderManager rowColumnReorderManager = new RowColumnReorderManager(shinobiGridView, listener); shinobiGridView.getHeaderRecyclerView().addOnItemTouchListener(rowColumnReorderManager); shinobiGridView.getDataRecyclerView().addOnItemTouchListener(rowColumnReorderManager);
RowColumnReorderManager rowColumnReorderManager = new RowColumnReorderManager(shinobiGridView, listener); shinobiGridView.HeaderRecyclerView.AddOnItemTouchListener(rowColumnReorderManager); shinobiGridView.DataRecyclerView.AddOnItemTouchListener(rowColumnReorderManager);
As this simple code snippet shows, we create an instance of the RowColumnReorderManager, passing to its constructor our ShinobiGridView object and also our RowReorderDetector.OnRowReorderListener which we created earlier. Once created we simply add this object to the header and data RecyclerView objects within our ShinobiGridView, using the addOnItemTouchListener method of each RecyclerView.
By now if you long press a data item on your ShinobiGridView and drag vertically you should see a visual representation of the row reorder event. Similarly if you long press a header item and drag horizontally you will visually see a column reorder. Specifically the row or column will appear to be 'pulled out' upon a long press gesture being detected upon it. This row or column will appear to follow the user's finger until it is released. At this point it will visually 'snap back' into its new position, following the reorder.
As we have seen, you can enable gesture based row and column reordering on your header and data RecyclerViews by simply adding an instance of a RowColumnReorderManager. You can of course add this instance to only the data RecyclerView, only the header RecyclerView or, as we have seen above, to both. This of course is dependent upon your particular needs.
Whilst the above is a simple way of switching row or column reordering on or off, this can alternatively be achieved using the API of the RowColumnReorderManager. The RowColumnReorderManager offers two simple methods which allow row and column reordering to be enabled or disabled independently: setShouldManageColumnReorder and setShouldManageRowReorder. In both cases a simple true or false parameter is all that is needed.
When a long press is detected, the RowColumnReorderManager must find the item (within the RecyclerView on which it is set) on which the reorder event will occur. By default, the nearest item to the long press gesture will be chosen. In some cases, this may be undesirable behavior. An example of this might be if a RecyclerView within the ShinobiGridView has had its items decorated such that it has thick grid lines. In this case the user may want any gesture which is not directly on top of an item to be ignored.
This behavior can be controlled by setting an appropriate implementation of the ChildViewFinder interface on the RowColumnReorderManager using its setChildViewFinder method. To swap the behavior from the default, you could pass an instance of the DirectlyUnderChildViewFinder class, or your own implementation of the ChildViewFinder interface. Of course to revert back to the default behavior, where the nearest item to the gesture is chosen, simply pass in an instance of the NearestInTouchBoundsChildViewFinder class.
See the related code sample: Row And Column Reordering Sample in the samples/row-and-column-reordering folder of your product download.


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A Christian group says a bill allowing same-sex marriage does not go far enough and there needs to be a separation of the Church and State when it comes to marriage.
Labour MP Louisa Wall's Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill is due back in parliament on 28 February.
It aims to make it clear that marriage is a union of two people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity and opens the way for gay couples to adopt.
Views for and against the bill expressed at a select committee hearing in Christchurch on Monday.
Niell Ballantyne, spokesperson of the Student Christian Movement, said the Marriage Act needs a complete overhaul so that same-sex couples could get married without church ministers getting involved.
Mr Ballantyne said one way to achieve this would be to allow everyone to marry in a legal sense, and those who then wished to have another ceremony in a church could do so.
He said this would ensure that everybody was treated equally, while at the same time ensuring that church ministers were not asked to do anything that they believed would be a breach of their faith.
Mr Ballantyne said opposition to the bill is coming from a vocal minority of Christians and the majority of church-goers were not opposed to it.
But another submitter, Gavin Gilbert, rejected the suggestion by supporters of the bill that the current act does not define what marriage is.
Mr Gilbert said the institution of marriage had been established over hundreds of years and was clearly defined as between a man and a woman only.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 60254
MPPE support in PPP
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:40:34 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.0.3 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020205
Description of problem:
MPPE support for PPP has been available for quite some time now and a
lot of people use it, especially for PPTP support in conjuction with MS clients.
Since US export laws on encryption have been relaxed, it would be great if this
functionality was included in standard RedHat distribution. The crypto files are
part of OpenSSL anyway...
Please see http://mirror.binarix.com/ppp-mppe/ for the available patches, even
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Jeffrey A. Rutherford has been Director of Bands at James Wood High School since 1996. Originally from Fremont, Ohio, Mr. Rutherford began his music education in the Fremont City Schools System. Upon graduating from Fremont Ross High School in 1987, Mr. Rutherford attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He studied trombone performance with Dr. Paul Hunt and Mr. David Glasmire, and conducting with Mr. Mark S. Kelly, Dr. Jay C. Jackson, and Dr. Emily Freeman Brown. Mr. Rutherford graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Music Education Degree and a Performer's Certificate in Trombone Performance. In 2005 he graduated from Shenandoah University with a Master's Degree in Music Education.
Mr. Rutherford served as Music Instructor for grades K-12 in the Vanlue Local School District in Vanlue, Ohio. In Vanlue Mr. Rutherford was responsible for all of the music instruction, instrumental and vocal, for all of the students of the school district. After spending the 1991 – 1992 and 1992 – 1993 school years in Vanlue, Mr. Rutherford accepted a position as Director of Bands at Clyde High School in the Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District. In Clyde, Mr. Rutherford was Director of Bands for the high school bands and elementary school bands and assistant director in the junior high school bands. Mr. Rutherford served the Clyde-Green Springs Schools from 1993 – 1996. In August, 1996, Mr. Rutherford began his tenure at James Wood High School in Frederick County, Virginia. Over the course of his time at JWHS his bands have received Excellent and Superior ratings on the field as well as the concert stage. His Jazz, Concert, and Marching Bands annually receive invitations to perform all over the East Coast. While at James Wood High School, Mr. Rutherford, along with Chorus Directors June Stegall(1996 – 2001), Melody Harmon(2001 – 2004), Linda Leonard(2005), and Tom Law(2005 – present) and Drama Director Jef Mueller(1999 – 2008) was responsible for building an outstanding musical theater reputation at JWHS. The shows performed at JWHS are known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for their excellence in student performance and have received many accolades from local theater professionals. Shows performed by the JWHS since 1998 are "Wizard of Oz"(1998), "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"(1999), "Into The Woods"(2000), "Li'l Abner"(2001), "Once Upon A Mattress"(2002/2007), "Schoolhouse Rock"(2004/2008), "Little Shop of Horrors"(2005), "Suessical"(2006), "The Music Man" (2009), and "Cinderella" (2010). In 2004, Mr. Rutherford founded the Winchester Musical Ambassadors, a concert band derived from student and adult musicians in the Winchester, VA, community. The band rehearsed in the evenings during the 2004 – 2005 school year and presented a concert tour in Scotland, England, and France in June 2005, performing at Oxford University in Oxford, England, St. Swithuns School in Winchester, England, and The Conservatoire de Courbevoie in Paris, France.
As a musician, Mr. Rutherford has performed as a freelance trombonist in Ohio as well as the Washington DC area since graduating from BGSU in 1991. He has performed with the Heidleburg College Brass Band, The Belfontaine Community Band, and the Firelands Symphony Orchestra in Ohio. In the Washington DC area, he has performed with the Loudoun Symphony, Rappahannock Pops Orchestra, Riverside Concert Band, Washington Symphony Orchestra, and Loudoun County Community Band. As a member of the Washington Symphony Mr. Rutherford had the honor of performing on the lawn of the Capitol Building on September 11, 2002, in honor of those who lost their lives in the September 2001 terrorist attacks. As a member of the orchestra he also has performed many concerts and receptions at various Embassies on DC's Embassy Row. After a short break in performing Mr. Rutherford resumed performing during the summer as a member of the pit orchestra for the Shenandoah Summer Music Theater. The professional music theater performs musical productions throughout the summer each year at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Shows have included "Singin' In The Rain", "Fiddler on The Roof", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "The Producers", "Hairspray", "West Side Story", "Showboat", "Oklahoma", "Seussical", and "White Christmas." In 2010, Mr. Rutherford was inducted into the Fremont Ross High School Music Hall of Fame.
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|ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 10, 2014) The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, fly in the Delta Formation over the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the Florida coast near Mayport Naval Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terrence Siren/Released)
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Things To Do in RustenburgKranskloof Trail
Hiking Trails Walks & Hiking Bojanala Region
Where? Bartletts Farm, Magaliesberg Mountains, Near Rustenberg, North West Province.
When? Please Enquire
How? Call +27 (0)72 463-5574
How much? Price on request
Overnight? Stay at accommodation in Rustenburg, in North West Province
Get your friends and family together, get energetic and join the Kranskloof Hiking Trail. This two day trail is approximately 18.5 kilometers long, with the first days walk being 10 kilometers and day two being 8.5 kilometers.
There overnight facilities at Suikerkrans Camp which offer 4 huts containing 6 beds each. An ablution block is on site and the kitchen facility is fully equipped with pots and pans, gas cooker etc while the braai area is stocked with wood.
If you do not want to stay for the full trail you can join for a day hike. The scenery is breathtaking in this part of the world and the varied terrain of the trail will allow for a great challenge. Mountains and Highveld plateaus surround you, filled with a variety of plants, shrubs and flowers.
Get out your camera and take photos of the great gorges and the stunning waterfalls along the way. You are bound to spot a few animals on your hike, some of which include bushpigs, various antelope, wild cats and a vast array of birds. It is advisable to book the huts at least three weeks prior to your visit.
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The Petaluma Arts Association acknowledges the following for their generous support:
United Church of Christ
825 Middlefield Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
- Supports our needs with use of their Fellowship Hall for our monthly meetings and occasional workshops.
Petaluma Regional Library
100 Fairgrounds Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 763-9801
Friends of the Petaluma Library
- The PAA thanks both the Library and Friends of the Library for their support and generosity throughout these many years of co-sponsoring the Spring Art Show.
Boulevard Cafe and Grill
1096 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 773-0925
- Owner Daniel Gomez has given the Petaluma Arts Association the use of his wall space to display our member's works. We feature either one artist or a group show, that changes every other month. We also use his restaurant for our PAA Board Meetings. Thank you, Daniel.
Quality Printing Services, Inc.
90 Sycamore Lane
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 775-4300
- Thank you to Dave and his staff, for giving us such wonderful service and fair price and discount for all our printing needs.
Petaluma Coffee and Tea Company
212 Second Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 763-2727
- Always generous and supplies our coffee needs free every year at Art in the Park.
Petaluma Art Supply
515 E. Washington Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 765-2305
- Supports the PAA by letting us put our brochures and poster in her shop for all our events.
If you have questions about making a donation or sponsoring the Petaluma Arts Association, please visit our Contact page or call (707) 762-2978.


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Over at the University of Manitoba, we are already getting very excited for the upcoming GNCTR 2016!
Held every winter since 1974, The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race, otherwise known as GNCTR is an annual engineering competition. The nation-wide event gives engineering students the opportunity to apply technical knowledge attained in university towards an exciting student-run competition. There are many different areas for student involvement, whether it be designing and fabricating the steel frame, producing different concrete mixes, designing and constructing the technical-exhibition or assisting with the technical report. As this competition is extra-curricular, it also requires good time management to balance university deadlines with competition deadlines.GNCTR is the largest running competition of its kind in Canada!
This year another successful competition was held in Ottawa, Ontario from January 27-31, 2016. Feel free to check out their website here.
We are also excited to announce that GNCTR 2017 will be in Winnipeg, Manitoba! The competition has not been here for 10-years and we cannot wait to host! Feel free to check out our website here!
Questions? Feel free to email us!


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Metals & Mining corporate themes: what to look for in 2016
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In the light of continued commodity price weakness and volatility, driven largely by concerns about lower Chinese economic growth and global financial instability, we examine the main challenges facing metals and mining companies by identifying the six key themes that will shape the corporate landscape in 2016: 1) a M&A buyers' market, 2) balance sheet protection, 3) portfolio restructuring, 4) supply side discipline, 5) further capex reduction and 6) continued operating cost cutting.
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Our non-denominational independent private school is situated in a picturesque and heritage protected setting at the foothills of the Darling Ranges in Armadale. Our school maintains the appearance of a pioneer town of the 1800s in keeping with this location's original theme park Pioneer World, which was opened to the public in the late 1970s.
Catering for students from Three-Year-Old Kindergarten to Year Six, we pride ourselves on the professionalism of our staff and the high standard of care and individualised attention our teachers provide the children.
We also pride ourselves on the high standard and varied academic programs we offer, together with the warm, welcoming environment that is enjoyed by our students, parents, staff and all those who visit our school. We are currently double-streaming our classes due to considerable local and wider community interest in our school.
In addition to our core curriculum, we provide specialist learning programs in the areas of Arts, Language and Sport. We support students in their learning through education support and academic extension programs.
Through our sports program, children experience a variety of sports from cricket to soccer and are given the opportunity to develop their skills and sportsmanship through participation in inter-school competitions across the government and private sector.
After school opportunities range from sport to science and encourage children to continue learning and consolidate skills in a fun environment. Throughout our curriculum, and by way of positive role modelling and working closely with families, we endeavour to instil in our students positive social values that will enable them to become successful, supportive and caring members of our society.
Pioneer Village School is an independent school and both parents and teachers are proud to share in its ownership. We work to provide a safe, caring and educationally stimulating environment where our children can gain the confidence to develop their skills and reach their full potential. We enjoy working closely together to create a positive future for our children.
At Pioneer Village School we value Excellence, Respect, Fairness, Integrity and Perseverance. We acknowledge these values daily and expect our whole community to embrace them. Our school Motto is – "Aim For Excellence". We believe that aiming for excellence in every program we offer is essential to providing an outstanding environment for learning, allowing all children opportunity and encouragement to reach their potential.


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cultivates great wine & community through events & boutique productions with a sense of place.
Based in Austin, Texas.
Dandy Bubbles are finally here & the very limited production is only available direct!
Buy it now and pick-up at our monthly All-Access Wine Club pop-ups, or arrange a delivery in the Austin area.
We kick-off Spring in Austin with the release of our Dandy Rosé at the beautiful Umlauf Sculpture Garden!
Check out this amazing video shot by the talented Kate Blaising!


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Lac-Mégantic, Quebec is a small, scenic, tourist town suffering from a great loss. Around 1am on night of July 6, 2013, multiple train cars, filled with crude oil, derailed, causing an explosion that killed 47 people, and destroyed much of Lac-Mégantic's downtown.
Michel Huneault, a photographer based in Montreal, first heard about the incident on the news. But it wasn't until he met residents of Lac-Mégantic, which is named after the town's freshwater lake, that he realized there was much more to the story than public safety and environmental repercussions.
Huneault made multiple trips to Lac-Mégantic over the course of a year to speak with its residents, listening to their stories and exploring the deeply personal repercussions underlying the disaster and aftermath. He created a series of large-format and smaller images primarily of the town's landscape, photographed at night in areas directly affected by the accident. "La longue nuit de Mégantic" is "also about the informational darkness in which the residents had to evolve with over time, as authorities were carefully limiting access to the site and to information," Huneault writes. The images are quiet and eerie, evoking a sense of loss.
"La longue nuit de Mégantic" is currently on view through March 13, 2015 at CONTACT Gallery in Toronto. The show will travel to Lac-Mégantic after the run at CONTACT. For more information about the project and to see more of Huneault's work, please visit his website.


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Saturday , February 24, 2018 - 5:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will offer repeat Easter performances of their popular concerts featuring Handel's "Messiah," but anyone wanting to attend in person will need to act soon to get tickets.
"This musical masterpiece by George Frideric Handel, first performed in the spring of 1742, has become one of the world's most beloved musical works," according to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's website.
A worldwide audience is invited to participate via live streaming, according to a news release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The concerts will be held Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. on both days in the Tabernacle at Temple Square, located at 50 N West Temple in Salt Lake City.
Tickets to attend the event will be available online only Tuesday, Feb. 27, starting at 7 p.m. and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis through lds.org/events.
Because of high demand, patrons will be limited to two tickets, according to the news release, and will be required to have a username and password, which can be set up in advance.
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To provide more opportunities for concert seating, the performances will be simulcast in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Legacy Theater and in the Conference Center Theater.
The concert's live stream may be found Friday, March 23, at motab.org/messiah, LDS.org or mormon.org, with a pre-concert feed beginning at 7 p.m.
The last time the choir and orchestra performed "Messiah," it generated 170,000 views in 95 countries.
Video of the event will be available on the choir's website through April 9. BYUtv will air the concert Sunday, March 25, at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 1, at 10 p.m.
During the live stream on March 23, various community, music and church groups will join their voices with the choir in "Messiah" singalongs at locations throughout the world.
To assist participants with the singalong experience, the choir has connection instructions as well as a downloadable PDF file of the concert program with the text of the oratorio and historical information about Messiah at mormontabernaclechoir.org/messiah. Participants are asked to post their experiences on social media with the hashtag #MessiahLive.
You may reach reporter JaNae Francis at email@example.com or 801-625-4228. Follow her on Twitter at @JaNaeFrancisSE or on Facebook at Facebook.com/SEJaNaeFrancis.
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The FINANCIAL -- Georgia is the easiest place in emerging Europe to do business, shows the World Bank's Doing Business report and this achievement was recognised at today's conference held in Washington, D.C.
The conference 'Fifteen Years of Doing Business: Opportunities for Future Directions' reviewed the Doing Business Indicators of past 15 years. Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Georgia, Giorgi Tsikolia, participated in the conference and highlighted Georgia's achievements in creating the business friendly environment.
Georgia is the ninth among the world's 190 countries according to the 15th anniversary edition of the World Bank Group's annual Doing Business report.
The report finds Georgia a top performing economy among the countries of Europe and Central Asia, where it takes two procedures and two days to register a new business, compared with nine procedures and 25 days in 2003.
The participants of the conference praised Georgia's leading positions in Doing Business report and stated this could help country attract more investments, according to MFA of Georgia.
The conference 'Fifteen Years of Doing Business: Opportunities for Future Directions' was held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.


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ABB Pte Ltd
ITE-ABB Automation Technology Solutions Centre
About the Facility
The primary purpose of this Centre is to provide practical training for students on Electrical Installation Bus (EIB) system and Industrial IT which are skills used in building automation applications and industrial automation respectively. Housing an accredited training centre for the EIB Association certification of industrial EIB installer, the Centre introduces staff and students to a simulated work environment of the systems used in the industry. With the provision of a conducive environment, the centre aims to provide students with hands-on experiences to design, program, connect, analyze, and understand the operation of EIB and Industrial IT system.
This centre is set up under the joint collaboration with our industrial partner, ABB Industry Pte Ltd. and is used by the Nitec in Electrical Technology and Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering students as part of their training.
Skills Taught
In the ITE-ABB Automation Technology Solutions centre, the following type of practical lessons will be carried out:
- Students will learn to design, install and commission installation bus system for a given electrical project.
- Student will learn the IEC 61131 PLC programming for the Industrial IT control builder.
- Student will familiarize themselves with Profibus Technology and attain hands-on skills in fieldbus connectivity.
Teaching Process
The ITE-ABB Automation Technology Solution Centre supports the following programmes:
Train-the-Trainer Programme – The ITE-ABB collaboration plays a key role in the training and development of ITE teaching staff and other industry trainers. The instructors at the Centre will be able to conduct the train-the-trainer classes pertaining to modules developed under this collaboration.
Industry Attachment Programme – Through this programme, ABB will provide industry attachment opportunities and training places for staff and students local and overseas to gain global exposure to new equipment and technologies.
Joint Certification Programme – The Centre will help develop joint ITE-ABB certificate programmes on ABB Industrial IT for ITE students and the industry.
In terms of pedagogy, the lab promotes both group learning and independent learning. Students will be grouped into small clusters to work on their projects and practical assignments.
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Welcome back to Cochran Library! We are so thrilled that you will be working with us this semester. In an effort to ensure consistent training, we have created this Moodle class to automate the training process. In addition to the resources here, you will also receive personal instruction from the Access Services Librarian, as well as other library faculty and staff.
As you progress through this material, I hope that you will gain a deeper understanding of library operations, and the important role that student workers play. As always, if you have any questions, just ask!
- Librarian: Adrian Broughman
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text: In March, 2015, TodoMusica, Argentina distributor of Mooer, had hold a demonstration of Mooer's products. During the demonstration, over 150 dealers in Argentina had got a chance to familiarize Mooer's products through live instruction, live operation and product display. After the demonstration, there were also entertainments. In preparation for this activity, TodoMusica had also customized a Mooer T-Shirt, which is very nice for them. Thanks to TodoMuisca, Thanks to the big Mooer family.


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A 2-year-old girl who died after a home robbery early Tuesday was the fourth juvenile to be killed by gun violence in Lexington in the last two months.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray began Tuesday's city council work session with a moment of silence for Nova Marie Gallman, who died hours after being shot in her home on Kenton Street. The mayor said the city and police are doing everything they can to reduce gun violence and they are looking at ways to get more community input.
Two suspects in the overnight shooting that killed Nova were arrested after they sought hospital treatment for gunshot wounds they suffered during the shooting, according to Lexington police.
Marquis D. Thurman, 20, of Georgetown and Adrian L. Dunn, 20, of Lexington have each been charged with two counts of assault and one count of robbery, according to police. The charges might be upgraded as "evidence is examined and additional information is obtained," police said.
Just after 11 p.m. Monday, Thurman and Dunn knocked on the door of a house in the 400 block of Kenton Street where a woman, her child and her 27-year-old boyfriend were sitting in the living room, police said. The two are accused of entering the house and demanding money from the woman's boyfriend. There was a fight before several shots were fired, injuring the boyfriend, the child and the intruders, who fled.
Nova was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where she died at 4:22 a.m., according to the Fayette County Coroner's Office.
The boyfriend was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police said.
It does not appear that Nova was shot on purpose, Lexington police Lt. Albert Johnson said.
There was an exchange of gunfire, but investigators haven't determined how many guns were used, how many shots were fired and who was shooting, Johnson said. The names of the boyfriend and the mother were not released. The boyfriend knew Thurman and Dunn, police said.
Gray called Nova's death and the recent shooting deaths of three other juveniles "sad, tragic and heartbreaking."
I have never been a person for revenge but you both shot a 2 year in the head and I will be at ever court date you have.....you took our precious Angel....RIP MY SWEET NOVA MARIE GALLMAN#URGRANGRANWILLMISSYOUPosted by Tammye Sparks on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Nova is the fourth juvenile killed by gun violence in the past two months in Lexington. Angel Juarez, 14, was shot multiple times on Thanksgiving night when he answered his door on Henton Road. Kevin Garcia, 23, allegedly had a beef with Angel's brother. Garcia was charged with murder.
David Fletcher Jones, 17, was shot in the head Nov. 18 in the basement of a house on Honey Jay Court near Tates Creek High School. He was with four others, one of whom, a juvenile, was charged with murder.
Olympian Tyson Gay's daughter, Lafayette High School student Trinity Gay, 15, was shot Oct. 16 in the parking lot of Cook Out restaurant on Harrodsburg Road. Four men — Dvonta Middlebrooks, Chazerae M. Taylor, D'markeo C. Taylor and Lamonte A. Williams — were charged with wanton endangerment.
Nova's death was the 23rd murder of the year in Lexington.
Anyone with information related to the Kenton Street case is asked to call police at 859-258-3600.
Anonymous tips, including photos and videos, can be submitted by texting LEXPD plus the tip to 274637. Information can also be sent anonymously through Bluegrass Crime Stoppers at 859-253-2020 or Bluegrasscrimestoppers.com.
A Gofundme page was set up Tuesday to raise money for Nova's funeral expenses.
Reporter Beth Musgrave contributed to this story.
Morgan Eads: 859-231-1330, @HLpublicsafety


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Britney entered rehab!
She did it! She checked into rehab... but less than 24 hours later, she checked out... not sure why... at least it is a step in the right direction.
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Hi! I'm Greedy Clown, and I am a Poptropica player with a terrible name! I didn't choose it, as I had no idea at the time that we even had names. (Please don't laugh, it happens too much already)
My Poptropica Profile!
- Favorite island: 24 Carrot Island, because it has an awesome plot line, and I looove carrots!
- Least favorite island: Zomberry Island, because it has a bad story line and the Zomberries don't even look like real zombies!
- If I could make any island, it would be: An island where cats ruled the universe!!!!!!!
- If I could wear anything, I would wear: Blue shorts with a green shirt.
- What would the Creators have done to make Poptropica better: Better controls!!!
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Along with Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Activision was showing off another title due out at the launch of the Nintendo Wii later this year. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance has been a bit of a tug-o-war as of late, beginning with the rumblings that the game wouldn't be supporting 480p or widescreen display. Luckily for everyone, those worries were squashed quickly in an interview IGN had with CEO of Vicarious Visions Karthik Bala, as the lead of the company stated that supporting the higher presentation formats was something the company was definitely doing as part of an all-around proof of loyalty both to the Wii platform, and also to the fans.
We've been snagging as much info as possible over the months about Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, but it wasn't until today that we had a chance to really sit down and give the game a few solid play-throughs. Obviously the visual aspects were great to see (already supporting widescreen, but still lacking progressive scan until a later build), but though that's all well and good, Wii is all about the gameplay.
So how does Marvel: Ultimate Alliance stack up to the rest of the launch line-up? Pretty well, to put it bluntly. The game is treading in uncharted grounds, attempting to deliver a massive list of playable characters (more than 20 confirmed), each using the Wii-mote and nunchuck combo to deliver multiple different physical and mutant-power attacks with motion detection alone, and for the most part the system is working. When we chatted with Vicarious just a few days back, they reported that motion detection was up to a staggeringly accurate 97% success rate, basically ensuring that any player that puts in enough time will be rewarded with a near-perfect arsenal of moves to pull off without the worry of buggy motion detection. Since Marvel uses five main moves to interpret a player's intentions (a shake, stab, swoop, uppercut, and slam), the game not only has to learn to read a player's actions, but players have to in turn learn how to best deliver the gestures to the machine. And because Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is all about fast action and massive combos, that type of user/system connection won't happen right away.
Much like the gameplay in X-Men Legends, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance puts players in control of four characters from the Marvel world, allowing gamers to formulate their own all-star team of heroes and villains. What this means, is that as a one player adventure, gamers will have four characters to manage, each with their own moves and abilities. That in turn is why Activision has gone with the five action system, allowing those same five movements to convert to any character in any situation. Simply make the move and you'll do the attack. Hold down B while doing them, and you'll execute a special move instead. Simple.
Things get a bit more complicated when working with a four player team, but once you learn the ropes with the main movements, it's essentially smooth sailing. Extra movements are assigned to the nunchuck attachment, allowing players to pick up enemies or items with the flick of the controller, or even manipulate the camera with a simple tilt. The camera movement worked surprisingly well (we have to admit we were a little skeptical on that one), though getting it to engage takes a relatively large tilt so that players won't accidentally spin the view while in battle.
Unfortunately, not everything about Marvel: Ultimate Alliance went off without a hitch. While the motion detection for shakes, swoops, and stabs worked fine for us, the lifting and slamming upwards and downwards often got mixed up, sending our character into the air when trying to do a slam attack, or slamming as we attempt to uppercut. Again, there's a degree of personal calibration that happens when you play the game, and though we actually saw our fluency in attacks go up from beginning to end, we needed at about a 60% chance of pulling off the desired upward/downward attack. That being said, pulling off huge combos and using improvisation on the fly is really rewarding with the control scheme, as we could easily tie up players with Spidey, toss them into a wall, and switch over to Wolverine's berserker attacks with the touch of a button. Add in the fact that there's really no need to memorize combos (want to throw Captain America's shield? Just do the swoop motion), and Marvel really does seem to be a game anyone can get into and enjoy. It just may take some time to bond with the game's motion detection.
And as long as you can learn the ropes of motion control, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is going to be a rewarding experience. With a ton of characters and team customization, as well as some great visual effects (using both real-time and scripted shadowing effects, for instance), Marvel is a game that shows off a great blend of motion/button control. When we first caught wind of the game, we had nightmares of mouse-clicking Wolverine around the levels, taking away nearly all the action of an action RPG. Instead, fans have a multi-console game that still manages to feel at home on the Wii, rather than taking the easy way out. The gameplay is intuitive, and aside from the somewhat testing motion recognition (which gets easier as you start to notice what works and what doesn't), Marvel is shaping up to be a solid third-party candidate for launch.


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Must give it up for this amazing guy Josh Krajcik who BLEW the judges away during his X FACTOR audition (shocking Simon even... that's just amazing in itself) along with the audience, which he got a standing "O" from! He's from my (usually sleepy... but not tonight) little hometown in Ohio, my old street even, he was my neighbor for many years, his brother Zack was in my class growing up and their mom Lisa was my Jr. High teacher and cheerleading coach (she is a hoot and so so sweet, just look at the video and see!) Watching this was a tear jerker (understatement!) seeing how proud Lisa was of her son and listening to his AMAZING voice during his audition, the combo was a set up for a box of kleenex for sure!!
When John and I lived in Tampa, we'd come and visit Big Woo (Wooster, Oh) for some of the holiday's and we'd try to go watch Josh if he was playing at a local spot. My husband who is more of a music enthusiast than myself always wowed over Josh's talent, much like everyone who heard him did!
Good Luck to Josh and I can't wait to watch every episode of this show, cheer him on and vote 1000x! :)
link: Josh's YouTube X Factor Audition
link: Josh's Audition plus pre-audition work up (best quality)
(warning: if your a woman or have any sort of emotion, grab some kleenex!!)
link: Josh's Audition plus pre-audition work up (best quality)
(warning: if your a woman or have any sort of emotion, grab some kleenex!!)