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So I got a little bit sidetracked from my sister's Christmas present. Fortunately, I am always terrible about Christmas presents, so we can just chalk this up as normal for me. And I am going to use the excuse of the move to explain away the late present. But fortunately, the sidetracking has given me some time to come up with some other great ideas for how to re-construct the t-shirt.
In the mean time, this is what has me side-tracked:
I think I am fairly organized. But this has been my life for the past 2 years.
2 years ago: Got married to hunky hubster.
18 months ago: Hubster got accepted to a school about three hours away.
18 months to 1 year ago- Barb can't find a job three hours away, but the big boss is willing to let me adjust the schedule for every other Friday off. We sell the house, hubster moves three hours away, Barb rents a room from a friend of a friend and commutes up to visit every weekend. Needless to say, we haven't gotten settled.
1 year ago: Barb finds a job. YAY!
1 year ago - 2 weeks: Barb realizes that she is NOT the right fit for this job, hubster and Barb try to tough it out for a while.
8 months ago: Hubster and Barb give up on toughing it out. Quit jobs/school. Give away most of belongings. Move into car with dogs. Travel all over the country - Boston - Florida - Redwood Forest, CA - Northern Oregon Coast are the farthest reaches of our trip.
2.5 months ago: Hubster and Barb move remaining stuff and dogs to HAWAII! Still no jobs. Fortunately, friend of friend doesn't care that we have no stable income and lets us rent their place for two months.
2 weeks ago: Have jobs. YAY! Moved into new place. YAY! Stuff everywhere. Home a disaster. BOO. Barb totally overestimates her ability to unpack, make tiny 1 bedroom apartment beautiful, train dogs to be good citizens, work full time, and start new blog regaling (is that the right word?) readers (hopefully one day) of her adventures into crafting and DIY.
Today: Barb realizes that to turn house into home, she should focus on organizing the unpacked mess that is laying around the house. Which has been made worse by the huge rainstorm that we had over the weekend which flooded a corner of the bedroom. A corner which was already organized and set up. BOO.
Tomorrow: First day off of 10 (some of which hubster has to work.) YAY! So new plan is to get organized, make side dish for Christmas Eve party tomorrow night, and then start in on growing list of to do items.
:-) Barbara
P.S. Thank goodness for all of the help and support we received from great friends, which enabled us to travel (with visits) and make this move (help finding jobs, homes, moving companies, etc.) Thanks guys!


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The Top 5 Tips for Coming Up with a Winning Marketing Strategy
If you have struggled to keep your sales numbers up, then you may need to take a deep look at your marketing strategy. To help make sure that your business is able to succeed, your business has to have a solid marketing approach and sale strategy.
Below, you will find a number of tips for improving your overall marketing strategy to help increase your chances of running a successful business.
5 – Understand Your Customers
The first tip is one of the most important. You must understand who your target demographic is. Who are you attempting to sell your products or services to? One way of doing this is to create a detailed buyer persona of several key demographics that you want to reach. Consider their typical age, their yearly income, their interests, and how they are likely to respond to different forms of advertising. There are many resources online that will help you uncover more details about the customers you want to focus on.
4 – Delegate Marketing Tasks
Within your marketing department, delegate various tasks to specific members of your team. For example, if you use social media to keep your customers informed, allow one person to handle the daily social media posting and interactions with customer comments. This helps keep a unified tone throughout the methods you use to market your products or services.
3 – Create a Targeted Email List
Use a monthly or even bi-weekly email newsletter to keep your customers informed. You will use a targeted email list to reach customers that have purchased specific products or services. The best method of building your email list is to allow customers to signup from your website, possibly after they have made a purchase. Paying an online company for an existing list of potential customers has been shown to be detrimental to marketing strategies, as these email addresses are unsolicited and did not ask to be part of mailing list. There are a number of useful online programs for managing and tracking the results of a mailing list.
2 – Use Multiple Delivery Methods
Never put all your eggs in one basket. Use multiple methods to market your products or services. You should employ the use of a website, social media, press releases, and other forms of online marketing. If you have the budget for it, you should also include radio, television, and print advertising. While more people are using the internet than ever before, the older forms of marketing are still relevant and effective. Employ an array of marketing strategies and carefully monitor the return on investment of each.
1 – Content is King
All of your marketing efforts should revolve around the fact that content is king. Your goal in advertising and marketing should be to inform your customers about the benefits of your services or products without pushing your product on them.
Give them honest, helpful advice about how to use your products or why they will benefit from your services. Customers are more likely to share helpful information and content with their friends, family, and co-workers than they are to share direct sales pitches. This can help with word-of-mouth advertising.
By combining these tips, you could gain new perspective about your current marketing strategies. Start from the top and consider all of your current efforts to determine what you could do differently to reach more people and gain the trust of your customers. We hope you found this information useful. If you have a question, please leave us a message and we will get back to you.
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In the new corporate world, 'change' is the only constant and organizations are grappling with ways to meet the ever-changing expectations of key stakeholders, especially customers. Market dynamics — mergers and acquisitions, global roll outs, risks and compliance, global customers, mobile commerce, data and analytics — are reshaping expectations from the information technology (IT) teams. The role of IT is expected to expand in multiple dimensions to bring positive impact within organizations.
These dynamics are leading to a transformation in software testing groups — from typical Quality Assurance (QA) driven to Quality Engineering focused. This shift needs rethinking of testing role across various phases viz., Requirements, Build, Test and Environment with an objective to improve customer experience and business value. They key focus areas of Infosys Quality Engineering Service are,
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COLUMBIA, SC (WACH)- Earlier this month, 9-year-old, Ava Allamon, earned a perfect 10.0 in a competition in Charleston.
Ava is an honor student at River Spring Elementary in the Midlands and competed in the Gamecock Invitational last weekend.
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It is unfortunate that you are experiencing unpleasant taste and odor in the drinking water supply. The raw water reservoir that supplies your community in Ione "turns-over" annually. This is a normal and natural process for reservoirs. Meaning that the colder water at the bottom of the reservoir gradually gets warmer and the water supply essentially flips. This can often lead to the formation of elevated levels of taste and odor. The Amador Water Agency does have treatment processes in place to control taste and odor at the Ione Treatment Plant. When our Operators noticed higher than normal odors in the raw supply adjustments were made to address the issue. However, some water with elevated taste and odor did enter the Distribution System in Ione.
While undesirable, water with elevated levels of taste and odor is completely safe to drink. The Agency takes complaints of taste and odor seriously. Our distribution staff has worked diligently to flush this water from our distribution system and we are confident this issue is being resolved.
Moving forward, the Amador Water Agency will continue to work to minimize the formation of taste and odor. It is our objective to provide the highest water quality possible. Our crews will continue to work every day to meet that objective.
Is my water making my stomach hurt?
The most likely answer is No. The first reaction to stomach issues bring up thoughts of Giardia, Cryptosporidium and E. coli. All of these can be transmitted through contaminated drinking water. The one thing they all have in common is fecal matter. The Taste and Odor issues in Ione are cause by plant matter, not fecal matter. One of the water quality tests taken is Total Coliform (TC). When there is a positive Coliform sample it indicates that there may be something in the water. That same sample is then tested for fecal bacteria and E. coli. All of the samples taken in Ione and all of AWA's service areas have been Absent for Total Coliform and Absent E. Coli or Fecal content.
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2. How does Taste and Odor affect my health?
As some algae, bacteria, and tiny fungi grow in surface water sources, they give off nontoxic, smelly chemicals that can cause unpleasant tastes in drinking water. Different algae cause different tastes and odors- grassy, swampy, and pigpen, as examples- and the little fungi can cause an earthy-musty taste. There are no proven incidents of the chemicals that cause a bad taste in drinking water making people sick, but just to be extra careful, water suppliers test for this possibility.
What Can YOU do to help alleviate Taste and Odor problems?
- DO NOT conserve your water. Get fresh water flowing through your pipes. Water ages as it sits around and it eats up all the Sodium Hypochlorite used to disinfect your water. Flushing water through the faucets allows properly disinfected water to come through your home. This is the most important thing to do.
- Clean out all aerators. Go to your kitchen and bathroom sinks and unscrew the aerator and clean them out. The little screen can hold on to taste and odor.
- Store drinking water in a closed glass container in the refrigerator (warm drinking water has more taste than cold drinking water).
- Can electric blender to mix the drinking water for 5 minutes. This mixing will remove some of the bad taste. Remember that to be smelled, the chemicals that cause the smell must leave the water, get into the air, and enter your nose. When you mix the water you hasten chemicals leaving the water and get rid of the odor-causing chemicals prior to drinking the water. Then there are fewer chemicals to smell when you drink.
- Call Customer Service at 223-3018 and let them know if you are still experiencing problems. They will dispatch a distribution operator to check things out.


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A reporter on London weekly the Ham & High went undercover to reveal the methods used by Camden's private sector parking attendants, writes Dominic Ponsford.
Luke David did a day's training with parking company APCOA and claimed that parking attendants were told to give no quarter to motorists and encouraged to issue as many tickets as possible to reach targets.
His in-depth first person piece also revealed the military-style training procedures new parking attendant recruits are put through.
After editor Geoff Martin gave David the assignment, he found himself in parking attendant school just two days after making his first telephone inquiry.
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Corey Kluber took out his frustrations on the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cleveland Indians came into Kluber's eighth start 0-7 on the year with him on the mound. The reigning AL Cy Young Award-winner picked up his first win, and 18 strikeouts, to improve to 1-5 on Wednesday night.
Kluber finished the eighth inning with a chance to surpass Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood as the all-time MLB strikeout king for a single, nine-inning game. But with Kluber's pitch count at 113 and Terry Francona–tossed in the fourth inning–unable to argue for him to go for history rather than the showers, Cleveland pulled him.
Kluber owned a no-hitter for 6 2/3 innings. Jhonny Peralta broke it up with a seventh-inning single to center. Other than Matt Holliday, forced to leave the game an inning after taking a fastball to the elbow in the first, Peralta was the sole Cardinal to reach base.
RBI singles by Brandon Moss and David Murphy in the first would be the only runs Kluber would get and the only ones Kluber would need in the 2-0 victory.
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2014 Results Mark Company's Fifth Consecutive Year of Profitability
2014 Results Mark Company's Fifth Consecutive Year of Profitability
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2015) - inTEST Corporation (NYSE MKT: INTT), an independent designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermal management products and semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) interface solutions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014.
2014 Fourth Quarter Summary
2014 Year End Summary
Robert E. Matthiessen, president and chief executive officer, commented, "2014 was notably stronger than 2013, with our business driven by strong demand and quote activity in the semiconductor, defense/aerospace and telecommunications industries. 2014 net revenues and earnings per share exceeded analysts' consensus estimates of $40.95 million in net revenues and $0.29 earnings per share. In addition, we exceeded analysts' consensus estimates for both net revenues of $9.0 million and net earnings per share of $0.05 for the 2014 fourth quarter. For the full year, 2014 bookings and revenue increased 11% and 6%, respectively, compared with 2013, fueled by the momentum and strength of our business, as well as adoption of our new products from a wide range of customers."
Mr. Matthiessen continued, "By leveraging the strength of our semiconductor business, we have steadily diversified inTEST and are expanding our presence in new markets across the technology landscape. The Thermal Products segment is our largest, most profitable and diversified division -- providing inTEST with significant growth opportunities in the future. Our long-term objective is to grow and transform inTEST Corporation into a broad-based thermal test solutions company, while continuing to supply our valued customers in the semiconductor test arena. We have increased our footprint and evolved into a thermal test solutions provider, offering a comprehensive product portfolio capable of addressing growth markets in both the semiconductor and non-semiconductor sectors, including automotive, consumer electronics, defense/aerospace, energy, industrial, and telecommunications. We believe the conditions for our long-term success remain firmly in place."
First Quarter 2015 Financial Outlook
inTEST expects that net revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 will be in the range of $9.0 million to $10.0 million and that net earnings will range from breakeven to $0.04 per diluted share. Hugh T. Regan, Jr., treasurer and chief financial officer, noted, "The reduced EPS guidance range for the first quarter of 2015 is driven by an unfavorable forecasted product mix versus the fourth quarter of 2014 in which we experienced a very favorable product mix." This outlook is based on the Company's current views with respect to operating and market conditions and customers' forecasts, which are subject to change.
Investor Conference Call / Webcast Details
There will be a conference call with investors and analysts this evening at 5:00 pm EST to discuss inTEST's 2014 fourth quarter and year-end financial results and management's current expectations and views of the industry. The call may also include discussion of strategic, operating, product initiatives or developments, or other matters relating to inTEST's current or future performance.
The dial-in number for the live audio call beginning at 5:00 pm EST on March 4, 2015 is (815) 680-6269 or (866) 900-9241. The Passcode for the conference call is 83740846. Please reference the inTEST 2014 Q4 Financial Results Conference Call. inTEST Corporation will provide a live webcast in conjunction with the conference call. To access the live webcast, please visit inTEST's website www.intest.com under the "Investors" section.
2014 Q4 Replay Details (Webcast)
A replay of the webcast will be available on inTEST's website for one year following the live broadcast. To access the webcast replay, please visit inTEST's website www.intest.com under the "Investors" section.
About inTEST Corporation
inTEST Corporation is an independent designer, manufacturer and marketer of thermal management products and ATE interface solutions, which are used by semiconductor manufacturers to perform final testing of integrated circuits (ICs) and wafers. The Company's high-performance products are designed to enable semiconductor manufacturers to improve the speed, reliability, efficiency and profitability of IC test processes. The Company's products are also sold into the automotive, consumer electronics, defense/aerospace, energy, industrial and telecommunications markets. Specific products include temperature management systems, manipulator and docking hardware products and customized interface solutions. The Company has established strong relationships with its customers globally, which it supports through a network of local offices. For more information visit www.intest.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements do not convey historical information, but relate to predicted or potential future events and financial results that are based upon management's current expectations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. In addition to the factors mentioned in this press release, such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in business conditions and the economy, generally; changes in the demand for semiconductors, generally; changes in the rates of, and timing of, capital expenditures by our customers; progress of product development programs; increases in raw material and fabrication costs associated with our products and other risk factors set forth from time to time in our SEC filings, including, but not limited to, our periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. inTEST undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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The Westminster chapter of Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business held new member inductions on May 4 in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury on Westminster's campus. A total of eight students were inducted. A grade point average of 3.75 is required to be eligible for membership.
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In the U.S., people spend about $5 billion for the repair of damages caused by termite infestation. Termites consume wood and wood products such as ply-board and paper. Once they have burrowed into the wood components of the home, they can eat beams, floorings and walls from the inside. This makes the structure weak and vulnerable to collapse, leaving household members at a risk. Termite infestation can be especially problematic in older homes and structures that have not been treated. In areas where termites are known pests, managing a home to keep it safe from termites requires constant vigilance and assistance from pest control agencies.
2. Preventing allergies
Pests can cause a range of issues in people, such as skin allergies, asthma and other respiratory problems. Bed bugs and mosquitoes, for example, are notorious for causing skin rashes. Pests can also carry certain allegens that can cause strong allergic reactions in some people. Cockroaches, for example, can cause allergies in at least 7% of the population. They are also one of the leading causes of asthma in children.
3. Avoiding diseases and other health risks
Leprosy, skin infections, urinary tract infections, Lyme disease, intestinal infections, dysentery, dengue, malaria and food poisoning are just a few of the diseases and health problems that pests can cause. They also carry a number of bacteria and viruses that can affect human and animal health. Although many of these diseases are treatable, they can cause serious health issues in children, the elderly and immune-compromised individuals, many of whom will require professional medical treatment or hospitalization. That, in turn, can translate to millions of dollars in medical costs.
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Pest control has to be applied in order to save furniture, carpets and clothing and avoid the expenses associated with repairs and replacements. Burrowing insects are notorious for causing damage to the wooden and fabric components of furniture. Some, such as carpet bugs, moths, cockroaches and silverfish are also attracted to fabric, often using it as a source of food.
5. Maintenance of food supply
Food supply is critical to the survival of the world's populations. On a macro economic level, it also influences the world's economies and supports majority of today's active industries. Without proper pest management, almost 20% of our food supply will be wasted due to consumption of rodents. Each year, millions of dollars' worth of food is lost to rodent attacks and infestation. By controlling the threat, it is possible to keep food supplies at manageable and useful levels. On the Vicksburg Michigan home-front, implementing pest control measures can help prevent food waste and contamination. Pests do not only consume food, they also leave behind undesirable organic matter such as dead skin, body parts, feces and urine, all of which can affect the quality of the food we eat.
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Some Common Q & A's
Uk Question: How Much Does Pest Control Cost?
I'M Not Wealthy But I Have Bed Bugs And I Cannot Stand Them Livng Like This. It Has Made My Life Hell And I Feel Like Moving House But I Cannot Afford To. Do You Know Any Ways I Could Get A Pest Control Company Who Charges Less?
In U.S. and Canada, they charge a few hundred per room. The few pest control companies that I asked charge $200 to $400 per room. But be prepared to pay a lot more than this, since it takes at least 3 visits on average to remove an infestation.
For more information on bedbugs, visit:
my Blog at http://waronbedbugs.blogspot.com/
nobugsonme's Blog at http://bedbugger.wordpress.com/
and Yahoo Bedbugger Support Group at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/bedbugger/
What Is The Best Pellet Shape For Pest Control?
Wondering What The Best Shape Of Pellet Is For Killing Groundhogs With. I Have A 100Fps Rifle.
Currently I Use Destroyer Pellets
What is the best pellet shape for pest control(groundhogs)?
You should always use the pellet your rifle prefers(accuracy), but generally speaking, domed pellets perform best on small game, while wadcutters are the best choice for pest birds.
I have a 100fps rifle:
I sure hope you mean, that you have one that "claims" 1000fps. Most air rifles that claim "up to" a maximum muzzle velocity of 1000fps, actually deliver 850 to 900fps with average weight pellets.
Currently I use Destroyer pellets:
Well, since you're already using a 7.9gr Crosman pellet. Why not try the Crosman Premier Domed Light(7.9gr). The Destroyer is more of a pest bird pellet.
Groundhog = head shots only
The exception would be if you were shooting them with a relatively very powerful(50ft-lb+) rifle
Have You Ever Hired A Professional Exterminator For Pest Control? Was It Worth It?
We Have Mice, And My Fear Of Mice Is Unreasonable! I Can'T Even Get Up In The Mornings Without Having My Roommate Check For Mice In The Traps...I Dont' Want To See Them--Dead Or Alive! If I Hire A Professional, Will They Make This Elimination Process Easier? I'Ve Heard That They'Ll Just Set Traps And Seal Up Holes Like You Could Do Yourself, But Idk...If They Can Rid My Home Of Mice And Keep The Mice Out So They Won'T Get Back Inside In The Future, It'Ll Be Completely Worth It!
I hired an exterminator once and he charged $100 to spray around the outside of the house with some kind of spray for ants. They were back the next spring. I called the company and was told I would have to have them come every 3 months (that's $400 a year) if I wanted to be guaranteed that I wouldn't have any more ant issues.
I did some research and found a product that not only worked but wasn't toxic to pets and children and works better than their poisonous brew.
For a mouse problem, no one can guarantee that they won't be back. It helps to fill in cracks, gaps and all that but the little buggers need such a tiny space to get in that it would take years to find all the little holes they use. And all a professional will do is put out traps and baits and you'll still have to deal with the mess. I'd be very surprised if they would even bother to fill in any holes or gaps.
Do yourself and your budget a favor; go get some D-Con tray baits and place those out of the reach of children and pets but where you are seeing evidence of mice The mice will eat the bait in the trays and die shortly thereafter. And with D-Con they won't smell; it dries them up so the body doesn't stink. Can't say that with any other. I know a lot of people who tried other stuff and ended up having to live the dead rotting animal smell in their houses for months.
And remember if they rid your home of pests forever; they won't have any more work! They want the pests to keep coming back so you keep calling them to come take are of it. Just go get the D-Con and be done with it. You won't see a thing. I hate traps just for that reason.
Will An Ultrasonic Pest Controller Upset House Rabbits? (Device Used Upstairs, Rabbits Downstairs..)?
From the Safe Home Products website regarding ultrasonic devices:
"Pests are repelled because they cannot adapt to the constantly changing array of complex ultrasonic and sonic sounds. The ultrasonic sounds will not harm humans, dogs, cats birds or fish. But do keep unit away from pet tarantulas, mice, hamsters, gerbils and rabbits."
Ortho Or Bayer Home Pest Control?
I Just Noticed Over The Weekend A Roach On My Kitchen Floor. I Have Never Seen Any Before The 10 Years I Have Lived In My House. Has Anyone Had Experience With Both The Ortho And Bayer Bug Sprays? I Need Some Advice Which Would Be More Effective Inside And Safe For My Dog As Well? I Would Like To Try One Of These Products Before Contracting With Terminix Or Someone Like That.
Thanks For Your Feedback!
I am not familiar with either of these bug sprays. Generally bug sprays are good for flushing out cockroaches but you would be better off using some gel bait. We use Advion from Dupont
You need to look carefully at where to bait; this is when we would use a spray (to flush them out to identify their breeding grounds).
Where are you finding the roaches and what do they look like?
This info is important so that you can identify where they are; different roaches have different habitats and poisoning can be better targeted when you know more.
A pyrethrine spray would be a fast knockdown but no lasting residual, so won't get to the root of the infestation, do you know what the active ingredient in the sprays are?
Are you in a flat or a large mansion? the source maybe your neighbour if you live in an apartment - take a pic, send it to us and we can tell you what it is (maybe) and where to look.
If you have no success yourself call a local pest controller, not a national !!!
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CLEVELAND, OH – With the 2012 NFL Draft less than a month away, it appears that the Cleveland Browns and St Louis Rams may in line for a draft-day trade do-over.
The St Louis Rams who would snub the Browns offer to move up from #4 to #2, now appear to need some help from the very same team that they snubbed barely three weeks ago when they pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Washington Redskins.
Rams head coach Jeff Fisher would tell The Cleveland Plain Dealer that Cleveland has emerged as a possible trade partner in hopes of pairing former Oklahoma State Cowboys wide receiver Justin Blackmon with franchise quarterback Sam Bradford in St Louis.
Fisher's statement would come after Browns general manager Tom Heckert would state that Cleveland would be open to trading down as far to #8—where Miami is currently—opens up the possibility of the Browns and Dolphins pulling off a draft-day deal.
So, in a interesting twist of fate, Cleveland now holds the cards—and fortunes—of two NFL franchises in both St Louis and Miami in it's hands.
Many feel that it may be wise for the Browns to trade down with St Louis, as the Rams clearly covet Blackmon, or use the Dolphin's desire of a real franchise quarterback, by talking up former Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill, Cleveland would be wise to play it's proverbial cards as close to it's chest as possible right before draft day.
According to Walter Football's 2012 NFL Draft Value Chart, Cleveland's first round pick at #4 is worth 1,800 points, for the Rams to move up from No. 6 to No.4 , St Louis would have to give up it's own first round pick which is valued at 1,600 points and it's third round pick at #65, which is valued at 265 points.
With it's own first round pick valued at 1,600 points and a third round pick at 265 points, that would give the Rams 1,865 points, which would be needed to satisify the trade, per league rules.
If this were a World Series Of Poker high-stakes game, Cleveland would be the mysterious man holding all the chips who calls out St Louis and Miami to go all in, and as of right now, it is no secret as to which team has all the leverage it could ever ask for at the draft-day table in the Browns.
Cleveland just needs to be carefully not to overplay it's own hand too quickly.
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July 2014
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May 2014
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Today the European Commission is presenting a targeted revision of the rules on posting of workers, as set out in the 2016 Commission work programme.
The aim of this proposal is to facilitate the provision of services across borders within a climate of fair competition and respect for the rights of posted workers, who are employed in one Member State and sent to work temporarily in another by their employer. More specifically, the initiative aims at ensuring fair wage conditions and a level playing field between posting and local companies in the host country.
The Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, said: "I have said from day one of my mandate that we need to facilitate labour mobility, but that it needs to work in a fair way. Today's proposal will create a legal framework for posting that is clear, fair and easy to enforce."
The targeted revision will introduce changes in three areas:
The proposal foresees that posted workers are subject to equal pay and working conditions as local workers. This will be done in full respect of the way these rules are set by the Member State in question. Currently, posted workers are already subject to the same rules as host Member State employees in certain fields, such as health and safety.However, the employer is not obliged to pay a posted worker more than the minimum rate of pay set by the host country. This can create wage differences between posted and local workers and potentially lead to unfair competition between companies. This means that posted workers are often remunerated less than other workers for the same job.
From now on, all the rules on remuneration that are applied generally to local workers will also have to be granted to posted workers. Remuneration will not only include the minimum rates of pay, but also other elements such as bonuses or allowances where applicable.
Member States will be required to specify in a transparent way the different elements of how remuneration is composed on their territory. Rules set by law or universally applicable collective agreements become mandatory for posted workers in all economic sectors. The proposal also gives the possibility to Member States to provide that subcontractors need to grant their workers the same pay as the main contractor. Nevertheless this can only be done in a non-discriminatory way: the same rule must apply to national and cross-border subcontractors.
The proposal will also ensure that national rules on temporary agency work apply when agencies established abroad post workers.
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Fresh and lively wine, smooth and pleasant on the palate, well balanced and pleasant aftertaste.
Located in the heart of the Rioja DOC, in Navarrete, is the family winery of Bodegas Navajas S.L., founded in 1918
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Sustainability is foundational to IFF's Vision 2020 business strategy.
|IFF Reports First Quarter 2011 Results
Reported Operating Profit Up 28%, Adjusted Operating Profit Grew 22%
Reported EPS Grew 29%, Adjusted EPS Increased 21%
NEW YORK, May 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF), a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, today reported first quarter 2011 revenue of $714 million, nine percent higher than the prior year period. Revenue in local currency also increased nine percent as foreign currency had a limited impact on results in the quarter. Reported earnings per share (EPS) increased 29 percent to $1.03 compared to $0.80 for the first quarter 2010. Excluding an expense of $0.05 per share in the first quarter 2010 related to restructuring efforts in Europe, adjusted EPS for the quarter increased 21 percent to $1.03 versus $0.85 in the prior year quarter.
"We are pleased with our excellent start to 2011, especially given that we are comparing to a very strong year-ago performance of double-digit growth," said Doug Tough, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our top-line performance was once again driven by double-digit growth in the emerging markets. In the developed markets, strong demand for our innovative products, such as healthier and more natural offerings, drove high single-digit growth. This strong top-line performance provided operational leverage that when combined with our continued focus on cost discipline drove a double-digit increase in operating profit."
Mr. Tough continued, "While our first quarter performance was strong, our initial local currency sales levels have shown some pressure as we enter the second quarter, in light of challenging year-over-year comparisons. Nonetheless, we are optimistic that our performance in the first quarter, coupled with the opportunities we see throughout the remainder of the year, give us the confidence to achieve our long-term targets of four to six percent local currency sales growth, seven to nine percent operating profit growth and 10 percent plus EPS growth for the full year 2011."
Flavor Business Unit
Local currency sales in the first quarter increased 12 percent over the prior year period as double-digit growth in the Beverage, Savory and Confectionery categories drove strong results. Overall performance was once again driven by net new business wins and increased volumes with existing customers. In North America and Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME), double-digit growth in Beverage and Savory were the primary contributors to mid-teen growth. Results in Greater Asia remained strong, as double-digit trends in Beverage and Dairy continued into the first quarter. In Latin America, solid growth was achieved as Confectionery and Dairy each grew double-digits.
Operating profit was very strong, increasing 28 percent, or $17 million, to $79 million in the first quarter. This increase can mainly be attributed to accelerated sales growth and continued cost discipline that more than offset the developing input cost environment. As a result, operating profit margin improved 280 bps to 23.3 percent versus 20.5 percent in the prior year period.
Fragrance Business Unit
Local currency sales in the first quarter increased seven percent against a very strong comparable in the prior year period. Emerging market performance continued to grow double-digits as new business wins across all categories drove results. Double-digit growth in Fine Fragrance and Beauty Care were realized for the fifth consecutive quarter as new business wins continued to drive results. Functional Fragrance results were solid as new business wins and a strong performance in Home Care more than offset volume erosion on existing business. Fragrance Ingredients growth was solid as price initiatives drove results.
Operating profit increased by $13 million to $69 million in the first quarter, including a $5 million expense related to restructuring efforts in Europe in the first quarter 2010. Excluding this item, adjusted operating profit grew 13 percent, or $8 million. As a result, adjusted operating profit margin for the quarter increased 110 bps to 18.3 percent, as volume growth, higher pricing, the benefits from the previously announced European facilities rationalization, continued internal cost initiatives, and favorable mix more than offset the developing input cost environment.
Sales performance by region and product category follows:
First Quarter 2011 Highlights
About IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) is a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances used in a wide variety of consumer products and packaged goods. Consumers experience these unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty care, detergents and household goods, as well as beverages, confectionery and food products. The Company leverages its competitive advantages of brand understanding and consumer insight, combined with its focus on R&D and innovation, to provide customers with differentiated product offerings. A member of the S&P 500 Index, IFF has sales, manufacturing and creative facilities in 33 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at www.iff.com.
Audio Webcast
An audio webcast to discuss the Company's first quarter 2011 financial results, and second quarter and full year 2011 outlook will be held today, May 10, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Interested parties can access the webcast and accompanying slide presentation on the Company's website at www.iff.com under the Investor Relations section. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on the Company's website approximately one hour after the event and will remain available on the IFF website for one year.
Cautionary Statement Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Statements in this quarterly release, which are not historical facts or information, are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current assumptions, estimates and expectations. Certain of such forward-looking information may be identified by such terms as "expect", "anticipate", "believe", "outlook", "guidance", "may" and similar terms or variations thereof. All information concerning future revenues, tax rates or benefits, interest and other savings, earnings and other future financial results or financial position such as our ability to satisfy our cash requirements, constitutes forward-looking information. Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results of the Company may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others the following: general economic and business conditions in the Company's markets, including economic and recessionary pressures; energy and commodity prices; decline in consumer confidence and spending; the impact of currency fluctuation or devaluation in the Company's principal foreign markets and the impact on the availability, effectiveness and cost of the Company's hedging and risk management strategies; political uncertainties; fluctuating interest rates; volatility of the capital and credit markets and any adverse impact on our cost of and access to capital and credit; fluctuations in the price, quality and availability of raw materials; the Company's ability to implement its business strategy, including the achievement of anticipated pricing initiatives, cost savings, profitability, growth and financial targets; the outcome of uncertainties related to litigation; the impact of possible pension funding obligations and increased pension expense on the Company's cash flow and results of operations; and the effect of legal and regulatory proceedings, as well as restrictions imposed on the Company, its operations or its representatives by U.S. and foreign governments. The Company intends its forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time of such statements and does not undertake or plan to update or revise them as more information becomes available or to reflect changes in expectations, assumptions or results.
Any public statements or disclosures by IFF following this release that modify or impact any of the forward-looking statements contained in or accompanying this release will be deemed to modify or supersede such outlook or other forward-looking statements in or accompanying this release.
Certain other factors which may impact our financial results or which may cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements are also discussed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the IFF website at www.iff.com under "Investor Relations". You are urged to carefully consider all such factors.
(a) Entirely related to the Fragrance European facilities rationalization
(a) Entirely related to the Fragrance European facilities rationalization
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by Amaya Rodriguez
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I don't know a lot of things,
but I do know one thing.
I know that even though I said I hated you,
I actually meant that I was sorry,
and I bet that you know that those words could never be true.
We were fading and I was trying everything I could to stop it from happening.
But there was nothing I could do.
You promised me that everything would stay the same.
Even though you lied, I can't blame you.
Cause this wasn't the first time that you didn't follow up what you'd say you do.
I wish that we were able to know when our relationships were going to slow.
Because I wasn't quite ready yet for you to go.
I pretend that everything is okay.
I walk around with the fakest smile on my face everyday.
But I know that I can't continue to run away from my problems, cause there's always a price to pay.
And it's getting harder to handle everyday since you put me on delay..
I want to bang my head against the wall until the thought of you goes away,
And I want to tear my heart apart so I can forget everything you used to say.
So yeah, I guess you can say that I am mentally exhausted from all the games you played.
All those times you manipulated me into thinking that I was nothing without you,
And right now I'm not sure what I should do.
I don't know how to live without you cause you were the only love I knew.
The worst part of all this.. is that I still love you.
Cause I'm not sure if I would have wanted to walk away when I first met you,
Even if I knew the pain you were going to put me through.
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About the authors
Sylvan Kornblum
Sylvan Kornblum is the original creator of the Dimensional Overlap model (more info: A brief history of the model).
Dr. Kornblum was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He earned a B.A. from Washington University in 1951, an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1953, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1960. He has always had a strong interest in psychophysics, reaction time, and mathematical psychology. His research has spanned topics such as repetition effects in reaction time, response preparation and motor control, selective attention and compatibility effects, and neural correlates of stimulus identification and response selection.
Dr. Kornblum was a founding member and Secretary-Treasurer (1974—1998) of the International Association for the Study of Attention and Performance, is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Psychological Society, and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, (Division 3, Experimental Psychology), and Research Scientist Emeritus, Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute. He has received grants from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health, NATO, and Office of Naval Research and Army Research Institute. He was a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry from 1974 to 1998, and is currently Professor Emeritus of both Psychology and Psychiatry, at the University of Michigan.
A full list of Dr. Kornblum's publications and academic achievements can be found here: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kornblum/.
Greg Stevens
Greg Stevens developed the computational, connectionist network model of performance based on Sylvan Kornblum's Dimensional Overlap model (more info: The computational model).
Dr. Stevens was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of Rochester in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2000. Although he has pursued a diverse set of research interests, the underlying theme been the development of network or dynamic systems computational models for understanding complex behavior. His research has spanned such topics as emergent small-group social dynamics, choice reaction time and compatibility effects, and the representation of structured symbolic information in neural networks.
Dr. Stevens has received research funding from the Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, the Rackham Graduate School Predoctoral Fellowship, and the NIH Individual National Research Service Award. While at the University of Michigan, he also won the Clyde Hamilton Coombs Scholarship in Mathematical Psychology and completed two interdisciplinary graduate certificate programs: Culture & Cognition and Complex Adaptive Systems. After teaching and working as a research fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, he made the transition out of academia and became a business intelligence and data modeling consultant in the private sector.
A full list of Dr. Stevens' publications can be found here: http://visualcv.com/gregstevens.


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Neuman, Preface, pp. ix-xv.
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Feb 3 – Intro to basic social science research assumptions.
Neuman, Ch. 1, "Why Do Research?," pp. 1-21.
Distribute Assignment # 1 (selecting your research topic for the term).
Feb 8 – Reviewing the literature, focusing the research question, and planning your research project.
Neuman, Ch. 2, "Planning a Study," pp. 24-46.
Feb 10 – Research: variables, hypotheses, levels of analysis, quantitative vs. qualitative research, causal explanations. Criteria for good research design.
Neuman, Ch. 2, sections on the Research Proposal, pp. 46-56; Appendix C, "Racially Biased Policing: Determinants of Citizen Perceptions" (Weitzer and Tuch), pp. 367-370.
Assignment # 2 (annotated bibliography & lit review) posted on ASSIGNMENTS page.
Feb 15 – COMPUTER LAB WORKSHOP: Library and internet resources for research.
Class meets at the regularly scheduled time in Rosenthal 225 (enter through 2nd fl.)
Assignment # 1 due – post on course blog.
Feb 17 – Criteria for good research design (cont'd). How to read and evaluate a research article. Conceptualization and measurement.
Neuman, Ch. 2, sections on the Research Proposal, pp. 46-56; Appendix C, "Racially Biased Policing: Determinants of Citizen Perceptions" (Weitzer and Tuch), pp. 367-370.
Neuman, Ch. 5, "Measuring Social Life," pp. 112 – 121.
Feb 22 – Conceptualization and measurement (cont'd).
Neuman, Ch. 5, "Measuring Social Life," pp. 122 – 139.
Audio (in-class): "The Wealth Gap," (interview, Mariko Chang, Insight) Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, NPR, 3/24/2010.
In-class conceptualization exercise.
Feb 24 – How do we determine who is sane and who is insane? This classic article raises some serious questions about the adequacy of our diagnostic procedures. Or does it?
Read David Rosenhan, "Being Sane in Insane Places"
Audio (in-class) "Right to Remain Silent," This American Life, WBEZ/NPR, 10/20/2010 (segment begins around 17:00 minutes in and lasts almost 40 minutes). This radio documentary tells the story of "whistle-blower," Adrian Schoolcraft, an NYPD officer who secretly recorded his supervisors telling officers to manipulate crime statistics and make illegal arrests. The piece demonstrates how social measurements — of crime, and once again, of sanity/insanity — may be influenced by a range of values and interests, and introduces the concept of whistle-blowing (Ch. 3 in Neuman).
March 1 – COMPUTER LAB WORKSHOP: Library and internet resources for research (cont'd).
Class meets at the regularly scheduled time in Rosenthal 225.
March 3 – Sampling.
Neuman, Ch. 4, "Sampling: How to Select a Few to Represent the Many," pp. 86-105 (through "Sampling Hidden Populations").
Video (in-class): "Predictive Policing: The Evolution of Law Enforcement?," (interview w/William Bratton, Chairman, Altegrity Risk International, former Commisioner, NYPD and Chief, LAPD on CompStat), Wired Business Conference 2010 (3:29)
APA Formatting and Style Guide (The Owl at Purdue)
March 8 – Sampling (cont'd).
Handouts on sampling.
Video (in-class): "Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats," BBC Four, 11/26/2010. [in-class]
Submit Assignment #2 (annotated bibliography & Lit review) via SafeAssign on Blackboard.
March 10 – Studying hard-to-reach populations.
Read Tydlum and Brunovskis, "Describing the Unobserved: Methodological Challenges in Empirical Research on Human Trafficking" (pp. 17 – 27, up until "Secondary Sources)
March 15 – Midterm exam
March 17 – The role of Institutional Review Boards; ethics of clinical trials, and how they affect research.
Neuman, Chapter 3, "Becoming an Ethical Researcher," pp. 60-85.
Video (in-class): City Talk (interview w/ Eli B. Silverman, Professor Emeritus from John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY and co-author, with John Eterno of Molloy College, of a survey of retired police officials who were asked about the effectiveness of CompStat) CUNY TV, 7/26/2011. (25 min)
March 22 – Introduction to experimental social science studies.
Neuman, Chapter 7, "The Experiment," pp. 178-186 and pp. 194-201.
Audio (in-class): "Study: Ex-Cons Face Race Barriers in Job Search," Tell Me More, NPR, 8/7/2007 (Interview with Princeton sociologist, Devah Praeger, who conducted the "field experiment" and reentry advocate, Glenn Martin of the HIRE Network)
Assignment # 3 (research proposal) posted.
March 24 – Experimental social science studies (cont'd).
March 29 – Discussion of classic social psychological lab experiment. Evaluation in terms of ethical standards.
Read Stanley Milgram, "Behavioral Study of Obedience" (4 pp.).
March 31 – Surveys.
Neuman, Chapter 6, "The Survey: Asking People Questions," pp. 142-177.
April 5 – Surveys (cont'd).
Browse the Pew Research Center website for examples of recent surveys.
See "For Millennials, Parenthood Trumps Marriage," and "Who Tweets?" and "Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change." (Pew Research Center)
April 7 – Introduction to historical/comparative research.
Neuman, Chapter 11, "Looking at the Past and Across Cultures," pp. 294-321.
April 12 – Historical/comparative research (cont'd).
Read "Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy," Ehrenreich, B. and Hochschild, A.R., in Beyond Borders: Thinking Critically About Global Issues, Rothenberg, P., Ed., 2009.
Audio (in-class): "Living Without Work: The Long-term Unemployed," NPR, 12/5/2010 (11 min)
April 14 – Discussion of historical/comparative analysis, including Durkheim's analysis of suicide.
Read "An Introduction to Suicide: A Study in Sociology" (Edles & Appelrouth, 2010, pp. 119-122)
Audio (in-class): BBC interview w/Steven Lukes on contemporary relevance of Durkheim's study of suicide (interview starts at about 1:00, through 10:45).
April 28 – Content analysis and using existing statistical sources. Research and citation review.
Neuman, Chapter 8, "Research with Nonreactive Measures," pp. 208-233.
May 3 – Introduction to ethnographic methods.
Neuman, Chapter 10 "Observing People in Natural Settings," pp. 263-288.
May 5 – Ethnography: Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Read Venkatesh, Gang Leader for a Day, pp. 1-66.
Submit Assignment # 3 (research proposal) through SafeAssign on Blackboard.
May 10 – Ethnography: Gang Leader for a Day
Read Venkatesh, Gang Leader for a Day, pp. 67-183.
Video (in-class): "The Wire – Avon Wants His Corners" (Watch 0:00-4:05 and refer to Venkatesh's description of alternate conceptualizations of the gang: the BK "family" and the BK "business." Avon, in the video, has the first perspective, Stringer, whom Avon mocks as a "businessman," the latter. Also consider how violence and control (of territory) figures in Avon's vision of the gang, whereas Stringer insists that wealth and the prospect of more wealth allows, even requires, the gang move beyond the "run and gun."
Video (in-class): "The Wire – Avon and Stringer" (Watch 0:00-1:22) Avon claims he "bleeds red" while Stringer "bleeds green," like "a man without a country." What sort of conceptual distinction is he trying to make? Is it valid?
May 12 – Ethnography: Gang Leader for a Day
Read Venkatesh, Gang Leader for a Day, pp. 185-283.
May 17 – Course summary and review.
TBA (May 19-27) Final exam (PH 118)


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If you are legitimately looking for a job right now, you may want to make a cover letter to turn in with your applications. A cover letter is basically a preview that lets employers see what they may be able to read more about in your resume. Think of it as an intro – something that should entice a hiring manager to work with you in the future. Once you have an idea of what this cover letter should include, you will have an easier time writing one good enough to get you a job in the future. Here are some tips to help you create the perfect letter to go along with your perfect resume, also important to check your letter by resume editing services.
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How to Write a Good Cover Letter
If you want a cover letter that is actually going to land you a job, you need to highlight your major accomplishments from the start. Explain the qualities and skills you possess that make you the best fit for the job, and try to showcase the information that employers would logically want to know about. That will give you the best chance at landing a job.
Try not to make it too wordy because employers will just skim over it. Bring out the best information about yourself, and then tell the employer to check resume for more information. You should be good to go after that.
Family Camping with a Dog
Family camping with a dog adds a whole new set of issues to your camping trip which you must deal with after giving in to the kids pleas to bring BOZO camping.
Now you must ensure that the camping site you are visiting welcomes pets, have they rules for keeping pets. You also have to consider how he is going to travel, have you a suitabble dog box, personally I dont like having the dog in the passenger compartment and prefer to use a dog crate, this can also double up as the dogs secure area / sleep area whilst camping. Foldable dog crates are safe and secure and ideal for camping.
How does your dog interact with other animals, is he going to spend any free chance he gets trying to devour Misty the cat or is he like our Jack Russel, who has no problem facing down an Alsation. Is the dog likely to wander, because of the new found freedom and strange area. You obviously have to bring adequate dog food, utensils and sanitary equipment to ensure the dogs welfare is well looked after.
The article below gives further insights and goes through some good sites that are ideal for family camping with a dog.
Like all campers, dogs enjoy forgetting their domestication and rediscovering their wild side. They love getting out and playing in rivers and lakes, roaming through forests and meadows and generally reveling in their primal instincts.
Inviting your pooch to join you camping provides rewards for both. Dogs also love the new sights, sounds and smells — especially the smells — only found in the wilderness But, it's not all fun and games for canine campers; your four-legged friends also have to understand that the wilderness has limits…
Like every aspect of family camping, camping with a dog requires thought and planning, if you and your family are to enjoy your camp vacation and your pet is to remain stress free.
Comfy Tips
Having trouble sleeping in the RV? Whether you are used to long distance travel and camping or you've been doing it all your life, at one point or another, you may find yourself looking for tips on how to get the rest you need in order to enjoy the fun of RV travel and camping. After all, going camping and taking in the brilliant scenery to be found while you're on the road is supposed to be fun, and whether you're talking RV travel or water skiing on the nearby lake, fun can only be enjoyed to the fullest when you are well rested and alert.
Fun is the reason most people refer to the many tips that are offered on today's RV travel and camping websites. Meanwhile, tips that help people sleep through the night or at least enjoy a more productive sleep are just as prevalent, and one of them is the pillow. Pillows come in all different shapes and sizes, but no matter which variety an RV travel and camping enthusiast prefers, sometimes a personal pillow is all it takes.
As you may have guessed, the first tip is to try bringing the pillow you sleep on at home. Studies prove that people sleep better and more soundly when they are in their own bed. While you can't bring your bed along on your RV travel and camping adventures, you can certainly bring your pillow. Of course, if you've already tried the home pillow tip, feel free to read on.
If the only time you have trouble sleeping is when you're in the midst of an RV travel and camping adventure and you've tried the pillow trick, your favorite blanket, and such things as temperature adjustments, the next tip is to considering reading a good book. While you may find the book "un-put-down-able," as they say, eventually reading almost always induces relaxation and sleep.
For the final RV travel and camping tip, try switching to another bed. Sometimes, all a person needs is a simple adjustment, and while the location may not seem to be a problem it's certainly worth a try if it means you might just get some rest!
Camping Gear Sale
If you are looking to go camping this summer and enjoy the great outdoors with yoiur friends or family then you will obviously want to get yourself some camping gear. Buying camping gear from scratch for the first time can be expensive. There are, however, several options such as second hand camping gear or taking advanatage camping gear sale.
As you probably already know, any kind of activity can never be completely felt if your materials and equipment are not enough. So that you will be able to enjoy the experience you really have to make sure that you have everything that you need. However, it is not only important that you have the complete set of tools because it is more important that you have the right one. And if ever you have to purchase, you have to be careful because you want to have what your money is worth and not something that has a low quality.
When starting out on your camping experience most people are interested in how to save money on purchasing camping equipment from various stores and internet web sites. They will usually pick the cheapest and settle with it because they think that with proper care, they can make it work and still last for a long time. This may seem sensible but you must realize that this is not the way to do it.
If you want to save money by buying cheap equipment, you are just doing the contrary because you are wasting it. However, this is not always the case and you need to be careful as some cheap gas stoves can end up being dangerous if they are defective or cheaply made. As a scout leader that does a lot of camping I always look around the end of season sales to purchase my camping gear and will buy the best that I can afford
Another great resource is the internet. There are several websites that can provide for an online camping gear sale service. This method is very convenient because you will not even have to leave the comfort of your house. Another great reason for buying on the internet from sites such as Amazon is that previous customers have often provided useful and relevant reviews.
Tim Sobers is a famous traveler and blogger, passionate camping and hiking lover. Tim is from Washington, D.C., US. He is also a writer at Students QA platform.


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Off his What Was The Hipster? Mark Greif writes a fascinating article in the New York Times on the hipster and the French sociologist Pierre Bordieu. Excellent, constructive comparisons.
"Distinction," published in 1979, was an undisputed masterwork. In it, Bourdieu set out to show the social logic of taste: how admiration for art, appreciation of music, even taste in food, came about for different groups, and how "superior" taste was not the result of an enchanted superiority in scattered individuals.
This may seem a long way from Wellington-booted and trucker-hatted American youth in gentrifying neighborhoods. But Bourdieu's innovation, applicable here, was to look beyond the traditional trappings of rich or poor to see battles of symbols (like those boots and hats) traversing all society, reinforcing the class structure just as money did.
Once you take the Bourdieuian view, you can see how hipster neighborhoods are crossroads where
young people from different origins, all crammed together, jockey for social gain. One hipster subgroup's strategy is to disparage others as "liberal arts college grads with too much time on their hands"; the attack is leveled at the children of the upper middle class who move to cities after college with hopes of working in the "creative professions.


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Olivia Nadal is an almost perfect girl with an almost perfect life. She has stunning good looks, an exciting job that pays well, men lining up to date her, and a homey little condo she calls her own. The only thing keeping her from perfection is her utter inability to cook.
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Author : Linda C. Dees.
Published : Thu, Apr 26 2018 :2 PM.
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Category : Resume Templates.
Topic : Resume template words.
Only include your GPA if it is higher than 3.5 on a 4 point scale (no need to mention that 2.0 when you moved into the frat house sophomore year) and only if you are a recent graudate. There are a few exceptions to this rule, like if you're applying for a job in academia or engineering where a GPA is expected. You can also list honors or awards if you're a recent graduate. If you attended college, but did not finish your degree, list the number of credits obtained. For recent graduates, education and internship are your main selling point. But if you've already been in the workforce, tone down your education section, the best rule of thumb is that one line will suffice.
Do you need to write a resume? Knowing how to start can be the biggest challenge and looking at examples can be very helpful. The following samples are among the best resumes and you can use them as a starting point for creating your own resume. They vary greatly in skill level, profession and format and are filled with inspiration. Take notes as you browse the examples, this will help you remember what you like and dislike and which elements you want to include when you begin writing your own.


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How can Redattore lose? Ask Ms. Ross.
AUBURN, Wash. - Any objective handicapper who studies the past performances for Sunday's Longacres Mile will quickly conclude that Redattore is the best horse, just as his 123-pound highweight assignment suggests.
Redattore, a 7-year-old Brazilian from the barn of recently inducted Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, won last year's Grade 1 Eddie Read Handicap, and he is coming off a sharp third to Sarafan and Beat Hollow in this year's Eddie Read. Those two reversed order last weekend, when Beat Hollow came back to win the Grade 1 Arlington Million, with Sarafan second.
The Eddie Read is run over grass at 1 1/8 miles, but Redattore is equally effective on dirt at a mile. He has won three of eight starts on dirt, including a win in the Grade 2 San Antonio Handicap at nine furlongs in February, when he registered a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 108. And he has won five of 11 tries at a mile, including the Grade 2 San Francisco Handicap last year under Jason Lumpkins, who will ride him Sunday.
So how can anybody beat him?
"How did Chum Salmon beat the horses he beat in 1985?" said trainer Sharon Ross, answering a question with a question.
Ross might have referred as well to Snipledo in 1990, Kid Katabatic in 1997, or Edneator in 2000, as all were local runners who beat more accomplished invaders in the Longacres Mile. Ross chose Chum Salmon as her example, of course, because she and her husband Larry Ross trained that stretch-runner to his upset victory over the favored M. Double M. and others.
"If you have a horse on his home track, where he is comfortable and confident and doing well, he is going to be tough no matter who ships in to race against him," Ross concluded.
Ross feels she has a horse of that description this year in Moonlight Meeting, who shipped here after running a bang-up second to Palmeiro in the Grade 3 All American Handicap in June. In two subsequent starts, he has scored impressive wins in the 1 1/16-mile Independence Day Handicap and in the 1 1/8-mile Mt. Rainier Handicap, which he won by 5 1/2 lengths in 1:47, good for a 101 Beyer Speed Figure.
"We shipped him up here with the Mile in mind, so we have been pointing him toward this race for a long time," said Ross. "Everything has just fallen into place for him. He has run well and he looks and feels really good. He is really full of himself right now, so if I can just hold him together until Sunday I think he'll run big."
Redattore's long trip to the Mile
The final pieces of the Mile puzzle fell into place late Thursday afternoon when Redattore, Mysterious Cat, and Komax arrived in their stalls at Emerald after a long day of travel.
"Our flight left Los Angeles at
8:15 a.m., then we had a four-hour layover in Oakland," said Tony Rose, Redattore's handler. "We got to Sea-Tac about 4 p.m., but what with traffic and all it was close to 6 by the time we got to the barn.
"None of it bothered Redattore," he added. "He has been around and he knows what is expected of him."
Rose said Becky Witzman, assistant to trainer Richard Mandella, will arrive Sunday to saddle Redattore for the Mile.
Sengara's two stars side by side
Owner Jeff Sengara and trainer Ted West were on hand to welcome Mysterious Cat to Emerald Downs, and so was an equine advisor, 1999 Longacres Mile winner Budroyale. Budroyale had shipped down from his retirement home at Canmor Farm in British Columbia to be paraded before the stands on Sunday.
Sengara's two stars, who were bedded down in adjoining stalls, were clearly communicating with each other on Friday morning, and it was easy to imagine that Budroyale was giving tips to his younger stablemate on how to win the Mile.
"It's great to see them together," said Sengara. "Budroyale has really been enjoying his retirement, but I think he likes being back on the track again. He was a wonderful horse for us. He had so many doubters, but he kept proving them wrong."
Sengara said Mysterious Cat, a 4-year-old son of Distinctive Cat, has been pointed to the Mile since running a close second to Bosque Redondo in the Grade 2 San Bernadino Handicap at Santa Anita in April. The colt came off a layoff to run fifth while wearing blinkers for the first time in a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming race at Del Mar on Aug. 4.
"The blinker experiment was a disaster, and we're taking them off for the Mile," said Sengara. "He runs best second off the shelf, so we're looking for a big effort from him."
o Jockey Karen Knapp remained hospitalized on Friday morning after suffering a concussion when her mount clipped heels and fell in Thursday's seventh race at Emerald. Agent Rich Monaco said it was too early to guess when she might return to riding.
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