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"A rising tide lifts all boats." - Shane Hensley, frequently
Okay, maybe not all, but you know what I mean.
Gen Con was very good this year. Having actual print books at the show makes quite a difference in exposure, and of course it means that people are much more willing to buy your product than if you try to point to a website and say "please go here later." This awareness may make me decide to do some exclusive show-only print copies of our otherwise PDF products, so next year look for information about a special-edition Gunslinger's Guide, and perhaps whatever else we do between now and then. (I think we'll probably manage at least one more profession guide by Gen Con 2015, but I don't know if we will be able to have it in print.) This is speculation, not confirmation, but I am thinking seriously about it.
I also had the great pleasure of meeting people whose work I admire (like Vickey Beaver, Chris Sniezack, and Kevin Andrew Murphy) as well as talking more with some of the Savage community that I had met previously and always enjoy seeing. Shout outs especially to Clint and Jodi Black and of course the Savage Mommy, Chris Fuchs. All of those conversations should hopefully lead to things that you will be hearing about in the future.
However, that's not what I want to talk about today. Today, I want to take the rare and unusual step of giving specific mention to several of our competitors.
Why would I do such a thing? Well, because if there is one thing that Gen Con 2014 has taught me and many other game publishers, it is that we are less competition and more community than we ever thought. I keep coming back to that line that Shane likes to use so often, and nowhere has it seemed more true than this year's Gen Con. We are doing well as an industry, and that helps everyone. With that in mind, I decided I wanted to give a spotlight to my little segment of the industry and perhaps raise the tide a little more locally. So here we go! (Images are also product links.)
Gaslight, by Battlefield Press
I had a rare opportunity to run someone else's setting this year. Jonathan Thompson found himself short a GM in a slot where he was already running a game, so I ended up filling in at the last minute (i.e. - a few days out). This gave me a great chance to get a taste of his setting and also learn some new thoughts about adventure design. (This is a bit of a side note, but I have to compliment the ridiculously complete investigation results table for the adventure I ran.)
Gaslight is a Victorian horrorish setting for Savage Worlds. It feels very League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to me, and that's a flavor I quite enjoy. There are monsters and secret societies, and a fair bit of magic. But there is also a strong grounding in history, which I deeply appreciate. The world of Gaslight is one trying to find balance between mysticism and technology, a theme I think will appeal to many. I am only sad that my players wrecked the conspiracy before it ever made it to Chicago, so I never got to play Nikola Tesla.
The Widening Gyre, by Blackwyrm Publishing
I have to apologize to the folks at Blackwyrm. I had somehow missed the news that they were converting The Widening Gyre to Savage Worlds, and the first I noticed was when I ran across their booth during my exhibit hall walk through. I was awkward about the ensuing conversation, and as a result I did not end up buying a book at the show. I promise to correct that soon.
The Widening Gyre is a solid steampunk setting that leans a little bit towards the fantastical, but more important is the sense of urgency that the setting generates. Heroes in this game are constantly engaging in missions to quite literally save the world. Think of this as a steampunk version of Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. To compare it to other Savage Worlds Victorian settings - this book bridges the themes of Gaslight with the imagery of Steamscapes and wraps them around its own unique and exciting story.
Brass and Steel, by Pamean Games
This year I did not get a chance to participate in a Brass and Steel LARP, but I did last year. I have to say that they do a fine job of tapping into the steampunk community at large, so their games are always visually impressive. They are also unique in that they have managed to create a living world that grows and develops based on the games they run. The core book is a good primer for the rules and original setting, but the history of the setting has not stopped in the time since the book was released.
The setting itself is very classically British. This is definitely a high Victorian setting, although it does provide a decent amount of intrigue with various nations and groups attempting to fight the inevitability of imperialism. The technology is largely arcane in nature, but on the whole this game is very focused on its steampunk imagery. Fans of the genre will not be disappointed.
Jadepunk, by Reroll Productions
Steampunk, western gunslinging, and wuxia, together in a Fate-powered setting - what more could you want? Jadepunk presents a heroic underground fight against a corrupt authority using guns, airships, and mystical weapons. This is definitely an exciting new game that we are happy to see making a big splash, because we love to see more non-Eurostyle steampunk settings. This feels like an RPG soulmate to Jay Kristoff's Lotus War trilogy, and that's awesome.
"But wait," I hear you saying, "is that really a competitor? I mean, the others are a lot closer in style to Steamscapes, so isn't this stretching it a bit?" Well, as it happens...
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April showers bring May flowers, right? Not yet. We got hit with a major "Spring" snow storm this morning, and woke up to this. The little green shoots that were starting to poke through the grass and leaves have been covered with snow, the chicken tractors are bowing under the weight of a heavy wet white blanket, and our spirits, so ready for spring, are similarly bowing from Mother Nature's cruel April fool's joke.
Realistically, we know this snow won't be around long. It probably won't even last the weekend – it's supposed to be sunny and in the 40's tomorrow and rain on Sunday. But Mr. Pickles, our trusty garden gnome and spring barometer, is once again hidden from sight. Kind of like the groundhog and his shadow, when Mr. Pickles can see his toes, we know Spring is pretty much here. Exhibit A is this photo from 2 weeks ago. The snow in the front garden, Mr. Pickles' domain, was disappearing fast:
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This is a Christmas tag using Susan's Garden Notes Holiday Holly & Berries dies. You can watch Susan's YouTube Video at this LINK to show how she assembles this pretty Holly Branch. I think you will find it interesting to see how she gives the waxy look that holly leaves have.
I used one of the Tags & More 9 - Sparkle dies for the white tag. On the tag I added a piece of card stock that was embossed with the Snowflake Embossing Folder. For the red frames, I used two frames from the Fitted Frames 2 Lace Squares.
Along the bottom of the card I added Christmas Peel-Off Stickers. Gold cording was used to create a bow at the top.
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Robyn Moreno reveals the hidden allergens that are lurking in your home and has some advice about what to do to prepare for allergy season and avoid the sniffles.
Evaluate Your Home Décor
- Books harbor dust mites, mold spores and tiny creatures called booklice. Try dusting their surfaces regularly or storing the books in a closed container. Bookshelves are also dust hotspots and should be dusted regularly.
- Many people also forget to clean ceiling fans, which collect a great deal of dust that spreads around the room every time you turn on the ceiling fan. Using a microfiber duster is perfect for any surface and can easily be thrown in the washer to clean.
Spring Clean Your Children's Toys
- Dust mite allergens can build up on soft, plush toys that can be exposed to your children. Look for toys that are machine washable and wash them in hot water once a week. If the stuffed animal can't be cleaned in a washer, place it in a bag in the freezer for 24 hours once a week and toss it in the dryer on high heat to kill mites.
Look at What the Cat Dragged In
- Pet dander can be found in any home, whether you have pets or not. People with pets are carrying animal dander on their clothes and deposit it wherever they sit.
- Pollen can travel hundreds of miles and is at its highest before 10 a.m. so keep windows closed in your home and car. Children should also wash their hands and face and change clothing after playing outside-pollen can stick to shoes, skin, and clothing.
- The best way to get rid of pollen and pet dander in the home is by using a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter, which works by forcing air through a fine mesh that traps these harmful particles.
Keep Your Bathroom Sparkling
- Nonslip bathtub mats and shower curtains are hotspots for mold. Indoor mold grows in damp, dark environments and bathrooms are a safe haven. Keep your bathroom ventilated, either by opening a window or installing a fan to get rid of mold spores in the air. Also, clean bathmats and shower curtains once every two weeks.
Eliminate Strong Smells
- Air quality inside most of our homes is worse than it is outside-levels of almost a dozen common pollutants such as formaldehyde are 2-5 times higher indoors because of improper ventilation. Masking odors with air fresheners and scented candles often makes things worse because many of these products contain the same volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are in paint fumes and floor varnish. Use baking soda to absorb odors, but not just in the refrigerator. Keep open boxes in cabinets, closets and drawers, sprinkle some in trashcans-the list goes on!
- If candle scents are your favorite, you can create the real thing the natural way. Throw lemon halves, orange peels, vanilla or almond extract, cinnamon, or other spices in a pot of simmering water to infuse the house with a soothing aroma.
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By the time it takes you to read to the end of this sentence, roughly five people will have been abused by intimate partners in acts of what people are fond of calling "domestic violence," as though it needs to be differentiated from other kinds of violence, "real" violence. The way that we talk about this kind of violence, perpetrated upon people by their partners, parents, and close family members, is important — and not least because many mass shooters also have a history of domestic violence.
You may have heard the claim that "a history of domestic violence is a precursor to violence," though what people really mean is additional violence. The brutality that people practice inside the context of a family or relationship is every bit as horrific as it would be anywhere else. But people who learn that they can get away with behaving abusively in their home lives often take those lessons into society at large, and that has big implications for the way we manage this country's significant gun violence crisis.
Nearly daily, at least one incident of gun violence that injures or kills more than four people occurs somewhere in the United States. In the last month, we saw violence in Baton Rouge, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Worth, Hartford, Chicago, Cleveland, Brooklyn, Oakland, San Bernardino, and Detroit, to name just a few incidents. Between January 2009 and July 2015, Everytown for Gun Safety identified 134 mass killings, involving four or more deaths, due to gun violence.
When people think of mass shootings and killings, they typically think of very public events. Shootings taking place in schools, clubs, movie theaters, workplaces. The ubiquity of such shootings turns the world into a terrifying place where you can be shot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, where leaving your house feels like taking your life into your hands.
But for many Americans, it's staying at home that's dangerous. Fifty-seven percent of the incidents Everytown examined involved intimate partner violence and killings of family members. Twenty-one of the perpetrators had prior histories of domestic violence — and that statistic reflects cases in which people were charged with the crime, leaving the cases of people who endure abuse in silence out of fear, coercion, or other factors unmentioned.
Over half of mass killings in the United States take place within the context of "domestic violence." As its name implies, it is hidden, secretive, taking place within the home, a private matter, a "domestic" issue, something to be handled internally, within the family. It is not something for public consumption. To be a victim of domestic violence is often to live in fear, shame, and coercion — don't report it, or your partner will punish you, and you will be exposed as the kind of person who lies in a violent home.
To be a perpetrator of this kind of violence is to know that cultural and social attitudes will often ensure a complete absence of liability. Researchers in 2009 found that roughly one-third of domestic violence reports result in a prosecution, which is higher than some imagine, but still depressingly low — and this reflects only the cases that are reported. A study of defendants in 2002 found that one-third of those brought up on violent felony charges were there because of a domestic violence case. Twenty thousand people pick up the phone to a domestic violence hotline every day.
Intimate partner and family violence is a pervasive problem in the United States, and the tendency to treat it as an internal matter is hurtful for everyone. It hurts victims in the immediate short term, because they internalize the message that this is a private matter and not something they should report, even when violence threatens to become fatal. Notably, in a violent household, the presence of a gun escalates the risk of homicide by 500 percent, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence claims.
But it has bigger implications as well. People who learn that it is OK to be violent to partners, family members, and pets learn by extension that it is OK to be violent in general. Domestic violence isn't a precursor to violence — it's an indicator that someone is violent, and as that person is emboldened by a lack of consequences, that violence is going to spread.
In 2014, Elliot Rodger went on a misogynistic rampage that killed six people and wounded 14 more. Prior to his attack, he'd distinguished himself with online rants, hurling hot drinks at two women, and trying to shove a woman off a ledge.
Robert Lewis Dear, who attacked a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs last year, had a documented history of domestic violence and sexual assault. Omar Mateen was so violent that his wife left him, but was still afraid to report it, before he entered Pulse on Latin Night and murdered 49 people.
Cho Seung-Hui was accused of stalking before he shot 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007. Syed Rizwan Farook grew up in a violent household before 2015's San Bernardino shooting.
This is not a new trend. Linkages between testing out violence at home and then bringing it into the outside world go back decades. Law enforcement agencies, advocacy groups, and even legislators attempting to restrict gun ownership for people with a history of domestic violence agree: If someone is violent and abusive at home, there's every reason to believe that violence will not stay confined to the home. Even if it did, that would be an inherent problem, because violence against anyone in any context is not acceptable, but it also represents a very clear intervention point for taking on rampage violence.
Yet, there's a persistent attempt to separate intimate partner and family violence out, as though it's exceptional and should be placed in its own little corner. The media is rarely interested in it unless it's explosively violent — like when Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001. Otherwise, it becomes a footnote to "more important" violence, an afterthought, as in the case of Ashley Guindon, a police officer who was shot and killed earlier this year while responding to a domestic violence call. The fact that the suspect also killed his wife was mentioned as a perfunctory addition in most reports.
Look at the instance of Shaneka Thompson, who was shot and killed by her boyfriend before he went out to shoot two police officers — her death is always reported in conjunction with that information, and usually subordinately. Her death would have been unremarkable, routine, and invisible but for the fact that her boyfriend took his sphere of violence outside the home.
People like to talk about domestic violence during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, trading statistics and bemoaning the sad state of affairs for the victims of domestic violence. But the rest of the year, it recedes into the background, tucked away, hidden — the flaked and fading "There's No Excuse for Domestic Violence" stickers that adorn the bumpers of the police cars in my town are a pretty apt testimony to the treatment of domestic violence in U.S. society.
We wonder why we can't stop mass shootings — we cry out for gun control, but that's only one piece of the picture. We must stop ignoring domestic violence, must explicitly first and foremost acknowledge it as violence, as something unacceptable, as something not OK, and we must also talk about how our tacit acceptance of violence inside the home also breeds violence outside it.
We need to be able to offer more protections to victims who report, to encourage them to come forward. We need to take complaints seriously and investigate them vigorously, something the FBI already knows significantly improves prosecution and conviction rates. Domestic violence needs to be treated as a serious action with actual serious consequences because otherwise, we are not taking meaningful steps to break the cycle of horrific violence in America — American women are 11 times more likely to be murdered by guns than their counterparts in many other regions of the world, and while they account for 15 percent of overall gun deaths in America, they make up 50 percent of the victims of mass killings. And while women are more at risk of domestic violence, people of other genders are not exempt.
Domestic violence is our collective problem. It's not a private household matter, and it's time to stop treating it like one.
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About Zheravna – presentation, information, photos and recommendations
The village emerged between the 12th and 14th century and grew to become a cultural and handicraft centre in the 18th century.
Popular sights in the village include the museum house of the merchant Rusi Chorbadzhi from the early 18th century, the Church of St Nicholas inaugurated in 1834 and housing icons from the 18th and early 19th century, the museum house of the noted writer Yordan Yovkov born in 1880, the art gallery occupying the old class school and the museum house of the educator Sava Filaterov.
Zheravna is at 579 m above sea level.
Zheravna lies scenically in the lower eastern part of the Balkan Mountains, at a place where they're gradually descending as they approach the Black Sea. Zheravna rose to affluence and importance in the 17th century due to its key position on a trading route. The residents built imposing houses of wood decorated with elaborate woodcarvings and traditional local carpets.
Today, there are around 200 historic houses in Zheravna, some up to 300 years old. Each August, Zheravna is the site of the International Festival of Folk Costume, which gathers tens of thousands of people. Participants are required to wear an authentic folk costume and refrain from using modern technology for the duration of the event.
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will not play in Saturday's preseason game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium.
Backup Derek Anderson will start against the Jonathan Stewart Jerseys Titans, followed by Joe Webb and Garrett Gilbert.
Newton did not throw in team drills during either practice.
"You could tell he was rusty,'' coach Ron Rivera said Thursday. Kelvin Benjamin Jerseys "A couple late [balls] on the decisions he made. When he was throwing the ball, he was throwing the ball well, so we're not concerned about that.
"Now it's just a matter of him working himself back into shape where he can go out and take normal reps instead of us having to make sure we monitor him.''
Newton, who also didn't play in last week's preseason opener against Houston, had surgery in March to repair a partially torn rotator cuff.
He threw the first five days of training Luke Kuechly Jerseys camp, but then was pulled from the second half of a July 30 practice when team trainer Ryan Vermillion noticed fatigue and soreness.
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Kargo, the mobile brand advertising company, just announced that it has appointed Greg Cappello as Vice President of Product Marketing.
Capello joins Kargo from Undertones where he held the role of Vice President of Product Management. Having previously worked for media companies Time, Inc. and A&E Television Networks, he is set to lead the marketing efforts at Kargo focusing on the company's flagship mobile ad products. In addition, Cappello will be responsible for driving the launches of new Kargo products alongside Kargo's product, marketing and sales teams.
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He will be reporting directly to Ryan McConville, President and COO, Kargo at the company's New York headquarters. McConville says:
"Kargo is introducing new and groundbreaking products at a lightning pace. We're very excited to have an expert like Greg to help elucidate the incomparable benefits of those products for our brand advertising clients, our premium publishing partners and the millions of people who interact with our ads on their mobile devices every day."
Kargo is among a few mobile advertising firms which specialize in rich-media campaigns. Its clients include over 200 major brands such as Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Verizon and L'Oréal. It has also partnered with a select network of 300 top publishers such as Hearst, NYT and CBS Interactive to rival Google and Facebook.
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"I am thrilled to be joining Kargo as it continues to transform the mobile landscape for brands, publishers and consumers – providing the only way to deliver engaging mobile ads at scale. I also look forward to the exciting developments that Kargo has in store as it innovates new ways to fuse the quality creative and advanced technology that has always set the company apart."
The hire follows a good year for Kargo. Over the past 12 months, the company exceeded $100m in revenue. It has continued to drive a global expansion and launched its first mobile advertising research initiative.


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United Dunne points out Greens' Record of Failures
United Future "Party" leader Peter Dunne isn't known as the country's most charismatic or inspiring politician, but his latest blog post seems to have really offended Tumeke! blogger Tim Selwyn. (Although Selwyn does correctly point out that Dunne has a fight on his hands to retain Ohariu next election).
I certainly couldn't describe myself as a fan of Peter "party of one" Dunne, but he does sometimes come out with some good thoughts, and his most recent blog post contains a number of interesting truths about the so-called Green Party of Aotearoa NZ.
He comes to this conclusion by arguing that "the usual hallmark of political success is being part of a government", which of course the Greens have spectacularly failed to accomplish, even under Hillin Cluck's watch!
First, no member of the Greens has ever held office as a Minister in a government.
That sets them apart from every other small party that has emerged under MMP. The Alliance, ACT, New Zealand First, the Maori Party and UnitedFuture have all had Ministers in government, able to push through key aspects of their respective parties' policies.
And to give Dunne due credit, he has managed to extract more in policy concessions over the years than ACT's Rodney Hide has managed to get out of National in the current parliament with 5 MPs.
Dunne sounds frustrated but is correct in his assessment of the attitude of the self-proclaimed "mainstream" media towards the Greens. There is a definite media bias towards the Greens here, with reporters happy to repeat statements and assertions by the party's MPs verbatim, while often treating comments from other MPs with scepticism.
"... the news media and the commentariat have failed consistently to acknowledge this point, let alone draw it to public attention.
Moreover, they have actually gone to the other extreme and generally lauded the Greens for their "success", although they have been noticeably light when it comes to pointing out what those successes have been."
The Greens received 32.6% positive media coverage, 49% neutral, and just 18.4% negative coverage. In comparison, National's positive media coverage was just 22.3%, along with 39.8% neutral and 37.9% negative coverage. Labour got 25.4% positive, 39% neutral, and 35.6% negative.
Stories specifically featuring the Green Party made up 7% of the stories during the election campaign. (The Green's other big political failure is the fact that their pre-election poll ratings have never translated into the same level of support on election day.)
Electoral statistics guru David Farrar blogged last year about New Zealand's 5% MMP threshold, and the effects on representation if the threshold was lowered or abolished altogether.
The Royal Commission recommended that a hundred MPs in a new MMP system would work. We ended up with 120 because the two old parties reckoned that the 20 extra would put voters off the change.It's time for MPs to become bold enough to introduce MMP as the Royal Commission recommended... Reducing the threshold to 4%, axing the separatist Maori electorate seats, and increasing the Parliamentary term to 4 years.
In time, the Maori seats were supposed to go. We were all to be blended in – as we should be!
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Eton is celebrating 50 years of space exploration and 40 years since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon with a special edition radio.
The New Eton G6 Buzz Aldrin Aviator Radio is described as a "space aged, pocket sized, world band radio for the traveller, radio or aircraft enthusiast".
Commemorating the 20 July 1969 landing, the AM/FM/Aircraft band, shortwave radio gets three types of automatic scan tuning, a world time zone clock, and sleep timer and three alarm settings.
In addition there's a 3.5mm headphone output, LCD display and the radio - that can run on two AA batteries - also comes with an AC adaptor.
The astronaut-themed radio is available now for a recommended price of £89.95, with more info to be found at www.etoncorp.co.uk.


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HOLLYWOOD — It's still strange to see Leonard Nimoy smile. For decades, Nimoy has been the impassive face of pure alien logic as "Star Trek's" Mr. Spock, so it's a bit unnerving to see him flash a big grin while recounting a very special presidential salute.
"During the campaign, Barack Obama gave me the Vulcan greeting at a fundraiser," the 78-year-old actor said, holding up his palm in Spock's signature split-finger gesture. "That was pretty memorable. Timothy Leary gave me the salute once too. It's something that happens to me quite often, as you can imagine."


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Now, a new device has been developed that allows people to turn their iPhone or other Apple product into a universal remote.
The ST-URB1 plugs into the headphone jack of recent Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPad mini, and works with Satechi's RemoteBean app.
The app guides a user around their home, producing easy instructions on how to synch the mechanism with a TV, stereo or cable box.
According to the Daily Mail, RemoteBean is available in the iTunes store, but won't work without the plug-in.
The universal remote device is on sale on Satechi's website for 25 dollars, the report said.
According to the paper, Satechi already boasts products that can change any iOS device into laser pointers, as well as accessories like charges, holders and speakers. (ANI)


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Ed Sheeran has such an extensive collection of teddy bears they fill a whole room.
The 25-year-old has revealed that he is still a big kid who loves to play with toys and when he found success with his albums + and x he decided to treat himself to children's toys he didn't have while growing up, such as Star Wars Lego and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles merchandise.
"When my album went to number one I bought the Death Star Lego kit – it was time!" he told chat show host Graham Norton. "When my goddaughter wanted a Ninja Turtle I got her one and bought myself the Ninja Turtle Truck! I have a load of kid's stuff; a room full of teddy bears and two giant pandas in my bedroom."
The Thinking Out Loud singer's love of teddy bears does not stop there - he also had a tattoo of one on his right bicep and explained he got it because his nickname was Teddy in school.
The Brit, who previously released a single titled Lego House, also revealed that he doesn't let girls interfere with his game playing and he even brought a set of Lego with him on a date once.
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Ed is no longer on the dating scene and has been in a relationship with his former high school friend, Cherry Seaborn, since 2015. He recently admitted to Apple Music DJ Zane Lowe he was ready to settle down and become a dad.
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Benchworks is a collaborative Augmented Reality application that facilitates in-situ and remote collaboration on urban design proposals. Two users can seamlessly observe virtual and real objects for design purposes. The system was created to test the feasibility of Augmented Reality aided design collaborations in a studio setting.
BenchWorks combines computer vision based tracking in form of the ARToolkit and optional magnetic tracking to provide a additional reference frame. AR Toolkit is utilized as a an easy means to create input devices that do not rely on wires and therefore are more convenient in a multi-user setup for design. Magnetic tracking on the other hand provides higher precision for head orientation and in consequence provides more stable augmented vision. Thus, major benefits for this early prototype are combined: the precision of a magnetic tracking systems, the freedom of tangible interfaces and it overcomes the obstacle of occlusion within the scene. This has been changed later in the development to a huge multimarker setting. It is less stable (in terms of orientation measurement) but easier to integrate with existing hardware.
- based on Lua bindings for TAP, ODE, AR ToolKit,
- rigid body simulation inside AR Environment
- realtime scenegraph syncing
- internal project webserver
- XML-RPC driven interlinking
Research Outcome
Papers regarding Benchworks can be found here:
Benchworks: Augmented Reality Urban Design,
, Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2004), Seoul, Korea, p.937-946, (2004)
Tangible Interfaces in Design Computing,
, in Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2004), Copenhagen, Denmark, p.159-166, (2004)


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Queen Latifah will play jazz and blues legend Bessie Smith in an HBO movie written and directed by Dee Rees. Latifah will also serve as an executive producer on the project.
An adaptation of Chris Albertson's biography Bessie, the movie will focus on Smith's difficult personal life and her career as the highest-paid black entertainer of the 1920s. Before her premature death at age 43 in a car accident, Smith was married just once. Her husband of six years reportedly had difficulty accepting his wife's bisexuality. She had an illustrious but short career, earning the nickname "Empress of the Blues."
Latifah was last seen on Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake. Rees' 2011 film Pariah, the acclaimed black lesbian coming-of-age drama, garnered an Independent Spirit Award acting nod for Adepero Oduye, who went on to co-star as Eliza in 12 Years a Slave.
Listen to Bessie Smith's "St. Louis Blues," a collaboration with Louis Armstrong, and "Down Hearted Blues," a song preserved by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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No. 6 Stevens defeats No. 11 Stevenson, falls to third-ranked Juniata
HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- No. 6 Stevens split a pair of matches between teams in the AVCA Top 15 at Juniata's Kennedy S&R Center on Saturday. Stevens took down No. 11 Stevenson for the second time this season but fell to No. 3 Juniata. The Ducks improved to 16-5 on the season.
Stevens found themselves down two sets in the opener against the Mustangs but fought back to win in five (23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-11). As a team, the Ducks recorded 15 total blocks behind seven a piece from seniors Thomas Hannum and Jake Modestow. Hannum recorded six block assists with one solo and registered a team-high 15 kills (and a .414 hitting percentage) in the win. Modestow posted four block assists and three solo blocks to go along with five kills.
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Sometimes, a great manicure simply isn't enough. Why settle for awesome nails when you can have that and stylish cuticles, right? I'm going to have to assume that was the line of thinking when cuticle tattoos were first created. They're pretty much exactly what they sound like — little pieces of below-the-nail art that are reminiscent of those press-on tattoos you loved in your '90s youth.
From what I can tell, Rad Nails was the first brand to bring cuticle tattoos to the party, and Ciaté came along shortly afterward with their own rendition. I have to admit, I like Ciaté's twee style a bit better (I'm a sucker for bows), but I think Rad Nails' designs would look less bizarre on an actual hand.
I feel like these tattoos are one of those trends that are awesome in theory and will appear really polished, but only on about 10 percent of the people who attempt them. Basically, it will probably have the same effect as seeing someone on a street style blog wearing neon pink parachute pants "ironically" and looking fantastic in them, only to try it yourself and look like a mismatched mess and launch into a shame spiral about how something must be wrong with you because you can't "do" trends. Or something like that.
What really rubs me the wrong way is this part of Ciaté's product description:
"Cuticle tattoos serve a double purpose, adding an extra bit of flair to a manicure while also disguising the often dry and unsightly skin that covers the base of each fingernail."
Oh good, something else women are supposed to be self-conscious about, in case we ever get over sideboobs and thigh gaps. Attempting to force women to scramble to cover up another "unsightly" part of themselves is not exactly the most positive way to launch a new product. Are we seriously supposed to be humiliated by a miniscule patch of skin on our nails? Really? People are kidding themselves if they think widespread cuticle hate is going to catch on. At least, I'd hope.
Either way, I'm going to go ahead and bet that cuticle tattoos will be pulled off fabulously by a select few and inspire a thousand others to try it and walk around looking like they have amorphous blobs on their fingers – but I have hope! Maybe they'll actually just look great on everyone! I'm generally a person who tricked-out nails look weird on – I'm better sticking with just a solid color. I am, however, trying out a Julep treatment right now that restores unhealthy nails and cuticles. Maybe one of these days I'll give the tattoos a shot on my newly-refreshed cuticles and count how many people think I just drew on my nails with a pen. For, ahem, research. Have any of you tried them out? What did you think of them?
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18th Annual Archivist's Achievement Awards
Today and every day we celebrate the dedication and hard work of our staff and colleagues at the National Archives. Since 1985, the first full week of May has been set aside as Public Service Recognition Week to honor the … Continue reading
Celebrating Service to the Public
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English Bulldogs are notoriously bad swimmers. With a giant head and chest compared to a lighter tail end, they have a tendency to go bottoms up in the water. So this doggy is EXTRA brave.
Napoleon, an obedient and well behaved two year old white English Bulldog in Michigan abruptly left his master's side yesterday and raced out across a road and into a nearby lake.
Napoleon's owner met him in the driveway as the bulldog came back up out of the lake dragging something in his mouth. It looked like a burlap sack, and Napoleon appeared determined to drag it up from the shore and back to his master's side.
It was then that Napoleon's owner heard the meowing and realized that there were abandoned kittens inside the bag! Six kittens in total, although two of them didn't survive and the remaining four were in bad shape. Napoleon's mom cared for the survivor's for the next two weeks until they could be taken in to the city pet adoption center and found new homes.
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Hello, my department just bought a new picoscope and I'm playing around with the signals.
My first basic task is to characterize some high pass filters to see how well they work. (Turns out, not very well.) I want to see the amplitude of the wave for a range of frequencies in response to a constant driving voltage from my function generator.
So I ran a continuous frequency sweep of a sin wave from my function generator from 10kHz-2MHz. Triggered through the scope.
1. I don't know the best way to 'collect data' because I know nothing about this software. I want raw values obviously but for the moment, all I've done is save 100 waveforms and then sift through them, manually extracting data from the waveforms. Ultimately, I'd like to be able to collect and analyze everything on matlab.
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PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. – Two area residents recently earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.
Marine Corps Pvt. Andrew J. Sellers, son of Linda L. Smith of Edison, is a 2012 graduate of Edison High School. Marine Corps Pfc. Ruben W. Rodriguez, son of Cecilia Brooks of Elizabeth and David Rodriguez of Newark, is a 2006 graduate of Harrison High School of Harrison.
For 13 weeks, they stayed committed during some of the world's most demanding entry-level military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Training subjects included close-order drill, marksmanship with an M-16A4 rifle, physical fitness, martial arts, swimming, military history, customs and courtesies.
One week prior to graduation, they endured The Crucible, a 54-hour final test of recruits' minds and bodies. Upon completion, recruits are presented the Marine Corps emblem and called Marines for the first time.
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Galaxy Theatres in Atascadero will be selling popcorn and soda for $1 each during its grand opening this weekend.
The 10-screen theater is in Atascadero's downtown Colony Square, which has been under construction since November 2009.
The theater will have 3-D capabilities, stadium seating and two VIP screens in a separate lounge. The lounge will sell beer and wine to moviegoers age 21 and older.
The theater opened briefly for San Luis Obispo International Film Festival ticket holders last week. It opens to the general public for the first time Friday.
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- $8 for senior citizens and for children age 2 to 11
All "D-Box" tickets, for seats that move like a ride, are an additional $8 per ticket. All 3-D shows are an additional $3 per ticket.
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For the first time since the election and the breaking of the Petraeus scandal, White House spokesman Jay Carney held a full briefing with the White House Press Corps today. And what a shock it was to see the White House Press Corps actually act like the White House Press Corps.
It was wonderful — near glorious! They were aggressive, energetic, skeptical, curious, wouldn't take no for an answer, and asked a number of penetrating questions and follow-ups.
Except, none of it mattered, and they all knew it. Which isn't to say that the Petraeus story isn't a legitimate story, but when it came to a legitimate story that actually was a White House story, other than Jake Tapper, there was no energy whatsoever in that briefing room.
Which is why the White House Press Corps felt safe acting like the White House Press Corps. It was all an act, a show, a way to feel like genuine reporters again. But they all know this scandal will ultimately have nothing to do with the White House, or Obama. As it widens, in fact, it's trajectory moves away from the White House and towards the military and F.B.I.
You could tell, though, that the White House Pres Corps loved acting like the White House Press Corps again; you could tell that even though it was completely meaningless and all for show. Still, you could sense how much they enjoyed themselves and that old Bush-era sensation that comes with digging into a story, doggedly questioning power, and feeling like you're on the hunt.
What a gift it was for our poor, deprived Media Class to be able to play dogged reporters again, and over a big story involving a government scandal that they will forever ensure is compartmentalized as far away from Libya and the White House as possible. What a gift it must have been to feel the old juices old juices flowing and to grill Jay Carney, but in a safe environment that can't hurt Obama's place in history.
Of course, with Libya, the White House Press Corps have had an opportunity for over two months now to do what they did today — but for real.
They didn't, though, and they never will. But at least they found out today that they still can — you know, when they want to.


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Putting home-cooked food on the table just got easier with tips from chef Ellie Krieger More
Popular Food Network host and bestselling author Ellie Krieger shares make-ahead recipes in her latest cookbook You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals (January 2016).
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Ellie Krieger has a new pumpkin treat to complement your fall lattes. More
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See Justin Bieber's Saved by the Bell Formalwear
It's a Kelly Kapowski shirt.
Of course, Justin Bieber was born a year after Saved by the Bell ended, but we respect his commitment to the Gospel of Kelly Kapowski nonetheless. Bonus: Here's Biebs flirting awkwardly with Much Music Video Awards host/his girlfriend Selena Gomez, while Drake just stands around in a snazzy sweater. Things got really awesome in Canada last night.


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Distance from Nashville, NC to Crumpler, NC
Driving distance between Nashville, NC and Crumpler, NC is 248.03 miles (or 399.17 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Nashville, NC you would reach Crumpler, NC in about 4 hours 12 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Dylan & Levi
Easy-going but hard to tell apart – twins Dylan and Levi were born with a double dose of heart trouble. Just hours old, they came to Children's Hospital and Medical Center.
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The Children's Behavioral Sleep Disorders Clinic specializes in diagnosing and treating children with behavioral sleep disorders. The clinic is directed by Brett Kuhn, Ph.D., the state's only psychologist certified in behavioral sleep medicine who dedicates his entire practice to children and adolescents. Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BSM) is the branch of health psychology and clinical sleep medicine which studies the relationship between psychological, learning and conditioning factors and the development and maintenance of sleep disorders. BSM is dedicated to the prevention, assessment and treatment of sleep disorders through the application of established principles of behavior change.
The Children's Behavioral Sleep Disorders Clinic uses both research-based and novel treatment protocols, some of which were developed by our own staff. These may include behavioral and/or environmental changes such as altering the bedroom environment, modifying the sleep/wake schedule, altering parent/child interactions, treating daytime behavioral problems or mental health problems that may be affecting sleep. A specific treatment program will be adapted to each child's particular sleep problem and family situation. With patient adherence, most childhood sleep disturbances can be resolved quickly through outpatient care and without medication.
The Behavioral Sleep Disorders Clinic treats a variety of conditions, including:
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Winter Jackets
You can't be kept from trekking through the brisk, arctic landscape - so you had better be prepared. Even if your schedule is a little less daunting than that, gearing up for winter weather shouldn't be a chore. But maybe you just aren't sure what jacket is the perfect fit for your frosty escapades. Don't fret, friend: Let us guide you towards premium polar protection, with the best cold weather brands in the world ready to shield you from the elements.
But don't assume that these jackets are all function and no form. Keeping warm is as important as looking good, and we aren't about to sleep on you stylish go-getters out there. Bridled with an unbeatable passion for a great look, coupled with a drive to be the best in any situation? That's something we can definitely get behind here at Moosejaw.
Maybe the only thing on your mind is finding the most rugged coat in existence, less concerned with the aesthetic bells and whistles. First, none of our jackets are outfitted with actual bells and whistles (stop requesting this) and secondly, we have just what you brave alpine explorers need. The perfect winter jacket for you, ready for whatever your adventure may be. Even if you're just grabbing the mail.
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Down Jackets: Perfect for heading up the trail or just heading downtown, down insulation can help keep you warm when the temperature drops low, forcing freezing temperatures to be a non-factor on your journeys. Down insulation is reliably lightweight, allowing you to pack some serious warmth in your new coat without adding an unnecessary level of bulk to the mix. Everything is treated with super capable durable water repellent, keeping you dry and allowing the down feathers to hold their effectiveness.
Synthetic Insulation Jackets: The yin to the down insulation yang, synthetic insulation provides top-notch insulation for those who aren't fond of packing their jackets full of animal feathers - or those who prefer a jacket that holds no chance of losing its power in rain or snow. Reliably light and capable, different brands have crafted their own proprietary synthetic insulations in a way that ensures a little something for everybody. Will it be Patagonia's ultra-light, easily packable PrimaLoft insulation, or an Arcteryx jacket offering CoreLoft insulation in the torso, arms, and hood? Either way your jacket will be easily layered or worn alone, keeping you cozy and warm all day long.
Casual Winter Jackets: Casual winter jackets are for the casual individual – you know, those who consider themselves casual outdoor enthusiast, or perhaps a casual antique collector. Appropriate for just about any situation, these jackets are perfect for those who seek to be ready for whatever may come their way, like a spontaneous hike or an enthusiastic lounging session. And know that no matter what happens: You will be looking good. There's no need to be forced into a jacket that isn't as versatile as your lifestyle, and these coats speak to that.
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Softshell Jackets: People say "going soft" like it's a bad thing, but these softshell jackets are quite the opposite. They're pretty amazing when you think about it, providing protection from the elements without any kind hindrance on mobility and giving you durability without any unnecessary heft. These jackets are engineered for high levels of breathability and mobility while still providing ample protection, throwing stretchable fabric and wind-resistance into the mix.
Waterproof Jackets: Torrential downpours have nothing on you. Sure, some form of awful rain isn't the only sort of bad weather you have to look out for – and that's just what makes a killer waterproof jacket a key piece of your outerwear defense. Packed full of Gore-Tex and a wealth of other reliable tech, these jackets are your be-all and end-all when it comes to extreme element protection. Not content in solely keeping the rain and snow out, most waterproof jackets use insulated lining to keep warmth exactly where it should be, with the cold, stinging weather left out in the…well, cold.
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Winter jackets from The North Face are known for durability and good looks, with their game plan based around a desire to create some of the best looking and most functional outerwear on the planet. With everything from adaptable Triclimate coats to cozy down insulated jackets to light fleece hoodies ready line their collection, you'll be prepared for anything.
Patagonia winter jackets are renowned for their classic style and unwavering quality. From the ultra-warm Patagonia Down Sweater, an awesome down insulated jacket available for men and for women, to some killer hardshell jackets, you have the ability to be super light and very waterproof. You know, if you want to be. Do whatever you want.
Featuring a name that is synonymous with quality, friends and family alike will know you came prepared when you show up in your Arcteryx winter jacket. Their feature packed lineup of jackets and coats runs the gamut of outstanding features, capping off capable jackets with incredible looks. Think you aren't able to turn heads and blaze trails? Think again, with Arcteryx.
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Denmark is the home of the world's oldest operating film studio (Nordisk Film from 1906), and the fascination with motion picture art is still going strong. Despite being a small country, Denmark is a strong presence on the international film scene.
Here you can read more about Danish film then and now, and Danish film in Canada.
From the easy transferability of the Olsen Gang's charms to other countries to international productions of Von Trier, Scherfig, Bier and Winding Refn, Danish films have made a mark on the international film scene and participate in Canadian film events almost every year.
The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) is a yearly celebration of European film talent, which takes place in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) along with Nordic and Baltic embassies have taken the initiative to arrange a yearly Baltic-Nordic Film Festival.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) competes with Cannes for the title as the most influential film festival in the world. In recent years, Danish films have been included in the Festival's programme – both inside and outside competition. A noteworthy feat!
If you are interested in Danish film history, the Danish Film Institute (DFI) and Copenhagen University have made an interesting overview of Danish film history - you can find their website below.
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How To Deal With Pressure Properly?
You must learn how to handle pressure properly if you want to be successful. You will always have to deal with some sort of pressure in life and if you don't find ways to deal with it then you will crumble underneath the pressure. The key to handling pressure is having a strong mind. When you have a strong mind you will be able to control your emotions and this will allow you to make sure that your body does not get too stressed out. During pressure situations it can be hard to gather your thoughts and this is why people struggle so much in these situations but when you have a strong mind you will be able to control what is going on in your head and then this will mean that you can make the right decisions without making one based on your emotions. In pressure situations people mainly react to situations based on their emotions instead of using logic.
Don't let things get out of control
If you want to deal with pressure properly then you must make sure that you are in control of any situation that you are in because the moment you feel like nothing is in your control you will hit the panic button. You should get a university tutor to help you handle with the pressure of studying. A lot of the time you may find yourself in a situation where you don't understand the topic being taught but when you learn from a person who is knowledgeable about the topic that you do not understand you will find it easier to grasp the subject.You can actually get university tutoring online which will be very convenient for you. This way you don't have to go out of your way instead you can learn from the comfort of your own home.
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Use it to your advantage
When you feel like you are under pressure you should use this feeling to your advantage. Instead of shrinking when you feel like you are under pressure you should try and let this feeling motivate you. If you want to do this you must think positively when you are under pressure. You should tell yourself that panicking won't do you any good and it won't make the feeling go away so you might as well allow this feeling to pump you up and push you forward. When people who know how to handle pressure properly feel like they are under pressure they actually enjoy this feeling.
Characteristics Of Good Teaching Staff
A teacher is a very important part of the learning process in a school. Even if you send your child to one of the best educational institutions in the country, if the teaching staff are not good enough the learning experience of your child will be a negative one. So, it is important that your child's school has good teachers. A good teacher is the essence that helps a child in shaping up his or her life in order to face future challenges. There are important characteristics that should be in good teaching staff.
A good teacher is passionate
A good teacher will be passionate about what he or she is doing. They will not be teaching in order to simply earn their salaries. They will do it because they sincerely love it and because they want to help students succeed in their lives. A goof teacher will know how to make his or her lessons likable even to students who do not particularly like the subject. Usually, when an playgroup Kowloon Tong hires new teachers they make sure that the teachers seem to like what they do.
A patient listener
A good teacher is always a patient listener. There will be many students in a class. And, it is true that a teacher cannot handle everyone's problems. But, a good teacher will always be understanding and will listen patiently if a student has an issue. This is another skill tested if a teacher is recruited for an great international preschool.
A trusted advisor
A teacher will always try their best to give proper advice to their students. There are instances where students turn to their teachers for help with education related issues or even other issues. A teacher will always be a person who would keep the trust.
Puts students before them
A good teacher will always make sure to give priority to his or her students. They will not put their personal needs in before the needs of the students. There are teachers who sacrifice their personal time and offer tuition to students. Most of these teachers don't charge any fee from the students and that is simply what makes them good for the vocation.
Kind and interesting personality
It is important that a teacher is kind to the students. This will help them to understand their students better. Moreover, they will try this best to make lessons interesting for their students and will have pleasant personalities.
The above are characteristics that should be held by a good teacher. It is wise that schools try to make sure that the teachers they recruit possess them.
Deciding What You Would Like To Do With Your Life
When you are at the crossroads and you have to make a decision about what you are going to do with the rest of your life, society can often make you feel pressured in to making a decision as soon as possible however, it is important for you to keep in mind that this decision is about your life and the decision that you make now will impact the rest of your life. This means that you have to think long and hard about the decision that you are going to make and it is alright if you choose to take some time off to make that decision. Most people start going to school at as early as two years old and then, at eighteen, as soon as they leave school, they are forced to go to university or in other cases, forced to start working which is something they will do until they are at retirement age which means that most people do not get a break from life until they are in their sixties at which point it is too late for them to really enjoy life.
Try different things
You might have various interests and hobbies which is why you should try a few different things and explore your different talents in those months to find out which of them makes you feel good. If you love to cook and if you love food, you can consider doing a course in certificate iv commercial cookery where you will be able to learn a whole new subject and learn to make amazing dishes. You might decide that this is not the line you want to go for in terms of career but the knowledge you gain will stay with you for life and you can make amazing dishes for your family and for friends who visit.
If you would like to go in to a career in architecture, building, construction engineering or something else in that line, you could try to study for the certificate iv in building and construction to explore and see if you like the subject.All of these small short term courses might be available free of charge as most governments offer them to students to help them to start out their career. This means that you will be able to try out a few things in those first months and understand where you're true passion lies. In fact, you do not even have to stick with one subject.
How An Institution For Personal Motivators Can Help Everyone
A personal motivator or a personal development advisor is someone who can help us understand what our goals in life are and find ways to achieve those goals. It is not easy to motivate someone else to go for their goals especially if this individual is someone who is not that much into commitment and hard work. However, this is not a challenge for a properly trained personal motivator who knows what he or she is doing.An institution for life coaching or personal motivation has an important part to play in all this. If the institution is a respectable place, which can be trusted, it can offer help to everyone. If you want to get a diploma in life coaching, this link https://www.lifecoachingacademy.edu.au/courses/ will help you.
For Those Who Want to Find a Personal Motivator
There are times in life when we need a personal motivator. This can happen when we are trying to turn a new leaf in our life and are hoping to achieve a goal which appears to be something not achievable. This can also be at a time when we feel the people working for us at our company could use some motivation not just to improve how they perform in their professional life but also to improve how they deal with their personal life goals. Either way, at any of these occasions we will need the help of a personal motivator. Finding one can be a challenge not because they are so rare but because good personal motivators are rare. This is where an institution for personal motivators becomes important. You can easily find the personal motivator you want to find through a reputable institution which trains such professionals. They already know their students. Therefore, they will be able to find the perfect professional for you need without wasting your valuable time.
For Those Who Want to Become Personal Motivators
There are also people who like to become such a professional personal motivator as they believe it is something they can do. A good institution can help people with such an idea as they have a number of coaching courses to offer. If you are someone who wants to have a career as a motivator you can select the area in which you want to get involved and learn how to properly help people in that field. If you are getting your education and training from a good institution you will even get a chance to find employment opportunities through that institution. Therefore, such an institution can help both who want to become personal motivators and those who look for personal motivators.


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When you're prepping bottles, you have to make sure that you're taking care of everything that comes your way in the process. How can you make sure that you're getting a bottle labeler that can keep everything in order? What sorts of other things do you want to be able to get your hands on? And how can you make sure that you aren't actually going to miss out on anything when you buy certain products?
There are a lot of things that need to be taken care of when you start to look at the big picture of what is going on with these sorts of products. You want to get them from a well known brand and know that you're getting something that makes sense for what you need. You want to find something that isn't going to cause you to be stressed out. And you want to know that it's going to be affordable, no matter how often that you may be trying to get everything that you need to get your hands on for your child and their health.
There are plenty of baby supply companies out there and you want to make sure that you're getting everything that you can from them. Take a look around at all of the different things that you can do and you are soon going to discover that it makes much more sense than it would have as well. In short, you want to get products that work and that you're going to be happy with, so be willing to spend a little extra and it's going to make a lot more sense to get things done in a way that takes care of all of the concerns that may be waiting for you to find them.