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In the name of the MOON, the next round of NEXUS OP is here!
NEXUS OP is a random spawn Nerd Manicure event and this one spawned just in time for our birthday! This bundle of nail wraps features two brand new and exclusive fandom-inspired designs! Grab it for a limited time at special pricing and be the first to own these colorfully sweet moonlight legends!
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How long will this Nexus OP theme be available?
There is no set time for this round of Nexus OP to remain available. It is a randomly spawning... and disappearing event of Nerd Manicures! Which means that the most we can tell you is once this round is wrapped up (or sold out) it will be hidden and cannot be accessed again. So if you want in, don't wait!
When does this round of Nexus OP ship?
NEXUS OP is open for orders until June 1st and will begin shipping June 5th. Please note that anything ordered w/ NEXUS OP will ship starting on June 5th.
Your clue to this round's theme...
When you are trying to process what is happening...
When it finally sinks in. IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!
When you realize you have to wait for that ship date...
That feeling when you finally get it!


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Whether the man on the street, the man in the pulpit, or the man in politics, we should check the character and integrity of their life before we accept their words.
There is a strong delusion in the land that is being perpetrated by lying spirits and doctrines of devil's. Satan is determined to destroy America and Israel because of the covenant God has made with each of them.
This, perhaps more than any other time, is more critical a time to be listening to the Spirit of God and stand unwaveringly on the Word of God. It is a time when discerning of spirits is critical to sort out the true from the false, the truth from the lies.
Not everyone who says, "Lord, Lord" even knows who He is.


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Defra has extended its Avian Influenza (AI) Prevention Zone across the whole of England after 6 outbreaks of the H5N6 virus have been confirmed among wild birds in recent weeks.
A local Prevention Zone was declared in the area on Friday 12th January after AI was confirmed in Dorset, but was extended last week as a precaution after the virus also appeared in Warwickshire. A housing order is currently being considered.
The prevention zone is in place until further notice and kept under regular review.
There is more information online.
Biosecurity measures against Avian Influenza
All poultry keepers, whether commercial or "backyard" enthusiasts, are legally required to follow strict biosecurity procedures to protect their flocks and these measures have increased since the threat level was raised from low to medium this month:
- Keep wild birds away from your birds, e.g. by netting ponds and removing food sources.
- Feed and water your birds in enclosed areas.
- Minimise movement in and out of bird enclosures.
- Clean and disinfect footwear.
- Keep accommodation clean and tidy.
- Reduce existing contamination by cleansing and disinfecting concrete areas and fencing off wet areas.
Keepers with more than 500 birds must take extra biosecurity measures, including restricting access to non-essential people, changing clothing and footwear before entering bird enclosures and cleaning and disinfecting vehicles.
We are also doing our bit at Humphreys Feed and Pullets:
- A foot mat is used at the base of our mill stairs
- We are using our lorry disinfection sprayer on all vehicles.
- Drivers wear protective clothing, which is disposed of on farms.
- Drivers are disinfecting at farms and when leaving our site.
Some good news
There are no plans currently to carry out any culls or impose movement restrictions.
Also, this outbreak has occurred much later in the season than last year so even if a housing order was to be imposed now, we will reach the end of the migratory cycles before we reach the point at which free range eggs are no longer able to be marketed as such. The poultry and free range egg sectors will not be as seriously affected as they were in 2017.
Reporting bird flu
Despite the good news, it is incumbent upon all of us to remain vigilant - poultry keepers and members of the public are asked to report dead wild birds to the Defra helpline, 03459 33 55 77. Keepers should report suspicion of disease to the Animal and Plant Health Agency on 0300 0200 301.
Situation updates are available here.


text: FENG SHUI TIP FOR AIn taking a closer look at the energies associated with July, I noticed that this month is sometimes referred to as 'Unlucky Month For Weddings.' Uh oh! What's a July bride (and her groom) to do? According to the ancient principles of Feng Shui, there are five earthly elements that represent a perfect and happy union no matter when they are embraced. This philosophy says that in order to guarantee that your July nuptials proceed 'happily ever after,' the betrothed couple should be sure to include a symbol of each one of those earthly elements on the invitation list. Some examples include: Tree or wood symbols such as plants, paper, flowers or anything green are believed to bring big life to the wedding party. Fire symbols such as candles, sconces or anything red portends passion and adds a sensual sizzle to the affair. Earth or soil symbols like stones, sand, pebbles or anything brown can bring a sense of security. Metal symbols like candlesticks, utensils or anything white will leave everyone feeling filled with strength. Lastly, symbols of water, like images of streams or fountains, vases with water in them, or anything black brings a lasting sense of serenity and flow -- a must for any newlywed couple. In all my years advising couples on secret and successful Wedding Day Shui, I've never not seen these principles help to marry intentions of love everlasting with that very same thing! Even I believe strongly! I do, I do!


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Placebo and Standard of Care Data Sharing Initiative enables the sharing of data to maximize the value of clinical data collected historically in the placebo and standard of care control arms of clinical trials. Explore the materials below to learn more about our findings.
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Saturday 24 August 2019
Tourism, Hotels & Leisure
The Ministry of Planning has requested a budget of LD1.2bn ($960m) to prepare for the 2017 African Cup of Nations, funds that will require approval from the General National Congress (GNC).
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has extended the area of the country to which it advises against "all but essential travel".
According to the Ministry of Culture, sales revenues at the Tripoli International Book Fair have reached half a million Libyan Dinars.
Preparations are underway for Tajoura's first half-marathon, which is to take place on 23 October.
The two ministers recently met to discuss ways of developing the tourism sector, and announced plans for a fund for small and medium businesses in the sector.
Libya has presented more detailed plans to host the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in 2017, but doubts remain as to whether the organisers will allow the competition to be staged in the country.
An Italian company has become the latest to present a proposal to regenerate the Bab al-Aziziya site in Tripoli.
South Korean firm Siaplan has proposed to regenerate the Bab al-Aziziya complex, turning it into a public park and recreation area.
The ministry recently signed contracts worth LD6.6m ($5.3m) with Libyan firms to renovate 94 cultural buildings throughout the country.
The tourism and heritage committee of the General National Council (GNC) plans to set up a new trust to identify and preserve sites and buildings of historical interest.
The Elaf Group has agreed a deal with the Islamic affairs ministry to accommodate Libyans during the Hajj period.
The Libyan Minister of Tourism met with her Maltese counterpart to discuss tourism development initiatives.
The government has announced that a new "Olympic village", to be used for the 2017 African Cup of Nations, will be built on the site of a military camp in a suburb of eastern Tripoli.
Figures published by the Ministry of Tourism report that the body has some 618 employees, but at least 6,000 other people on the payroll are classed as "surplus".
The Minister of Tourism says the industry has potential to be the second-largest sector in Libya, after energy, but progress is being hindered by various factors.
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|This tale has been told! It's done!
Candlewick is a story about a young penguin named Georgio, or just George. George made candles, and is interested in astronomy. He decides to try to travel to a new planet, the real planet Y. This is told from George's point of view, the first person.
- 1 Chapter 1: George's life
- 2 Chapter 2: Building the Rocket
- 3 Chapter 3: The ride
- 4 Chapter 4: the Explosion
- 5 Chapter 5: Escaping Doom
- 6 Chapter 6: Gobbling Noises
- 7 Chapter 7: Unwanted Visitors
- 8 Chapter 8: Saving Private Bojangles
- 9 Chapter 9: Health of Bojangles
- 10 Chapter 10: CP
- 11 Postscript
- 12 See Also
Chapter 1: George's life[edit]
I live in an average igloo, and have an average life. I make candles for the Lodge, and I have always had an interest in the stars and planets. I always have dreamed of a distant planet, the real planet Y, a place covered with TURKEYS!
I have always wanted to try to go there. So I used all my life's savings: 15,000 coins, and used pieces to build a shuttle. I tried to convince people I wasn't crazy, but only six people listened. Good ol' Mr. B was a listener. Also, G and M thought it was possible. Few penguins besides them believed so. They had a crew: George, M, George's friend Liza, and Bojangles*. Two others cowered out. I knew that they were risking their lives for this, and that my life was done if I was wrong. Still, we held on.
* Not to be confused with the fast food chain.
Chapter 2: Building the Rocket[edit]
I went through old pieces of wrecked mine cars, and some chains. Bojangles, being a great engineer, helped to build the ship. We all contributed. I found wheels, and M installed an engine. Bojangles made oxygen scrubbers out of hairbrushes, and a heat shield out of pizza crust and Ditto C. Liza got fuel, and pretty soon, we were ready to go! Now that the rocket was made, we just had to find the right time to leave. That was hard. We found it, though. B said the weather would be perfect for escaping the atmosphere. G said the Antarctica "had less gravity". After it was chosen, we got ready to launch. However, I couldn't leave without my favorite book, The Trees. Snagging the book and boarding the spacecraft, we told everyone we would see them later. Then, we were out.
Chapter 3: The ride[edit]
It was terrifying. I was squashed into my seat at high speeds. We were pressed in there for three minutes, but it seemed like forever.
"This is much easier in the play, George!" shouted Liza.
"I know!" I said.
Bojangles said, "This is so co-o-o-o-o-o-l!"
"I know!"
We got outside of the atmosphere.
M shouted, "DO you know what we just did? We are the first penguins in space!"
Silently, the floated along through the air.
Bojangles said, "I see a planet out there. It looks possible to live on!"
"No you NOOB! That's the earth!" I responded.
We floated around, and floated some more.
"I'm getting bored. And why does it look like we stopped?" I said.
BOOM! "LOOK OUT!" M screamed.
Chapter 4: the Explosion[edit]
We were swung about. There was a huge hole in our engine! "Who's gonna fix it?" M said. "I'll do it." I said. I got out of the shuttle, and saw what went wrong. Thankfully, the oxygen generating scrubbers were working. Since I could breathe, I went in and fixed it. When I got back in, everyone was scared, but I told them it was fine. Unfortunately, I saw something out there.
"Do you think... we may have been... you know... struck by something?" Liza said.
"Probably. I think that we were hit by a small meteor," M said. "Let me take a look," I said. And sure enough, if you looked out there, you saw an... asteroid belt... AND WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE!!!!
"AGHHHHHHH!!!!" I shouted.
"WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ASTEROID BELT!" Liza responded.
"George, calm down. We are not in a asteroid belt. I think we hit a piece of a comet that passed within Earth's Roche Limit. It collided with our engines. As long as our oxygen holds up, we should be able to continue, lest our oxygen scrubbers give out."
I found Mary's nerd-talk annoying.
"In English?"
"A large dirty flying snowball got torn up by Earth's gravity. One of the pieces slammed into our ship, and it made the engine go kablooka. We can still breathe good."
"OH." Bojangles replied.
"Hey, what's wrong with the computers?" I asked.
There was a random set of numbers on there. Hmmm. What could this mean? "I got it! Binary code!" M shouted. "GOOD! Translate it!" I said. Liza, who took classes at a private university, knew how to read this exactly. "Give me a moment." She said.
The Binary read:
"That is not good!" I shouted.
"What now, M?"
"I don't know. I suggest taking a look outside. Wear a space suit, or the vacuum will kill you."
Chapter 5: Escaping Doom[edit]
As we wrecked through the broken comet, we were nailed numerously by peices of its broken comet tail. We tried to escape without damage, but the heat sheild was chipping, and the crust was flaking! We knew we had to land. So we did. We found the nearest rock with breathable air. We named it Aristo. On Aristo, we found an actual food supply, and fresh water!
"My goodness gracious! Dear Rockhopper! This is amazing!" M said. I was just thinking, told you so. We settled, and sat down and ate.
M commented: "You know, an asteroid this small can't sustain air normally. Someone... or something, had to artificially do all of this air and water stuff. In other words, they built it. It's a highly intelligent colony. Who knows what technology they might have?"
"You mean they'll abduct us and rip out our guts?" Bojangles muttered through a mouthful of corn.
"Possibly, Bojangles. Possibly. We'll have to be careful until we fix the engine. This is an iron/metal asteroid, we may be able to melt and use it if we can get something flammable from the... aliens."
Pretty soon, we heard a noise. A loud, continual noise.
"What in blue-blazes was that?" Bojangles hollered in his normal, country accent.
"I don't know," I said. We saw something brown, red, and orange streak by. Then we heard another one of those noises. It sounded like a... Gobble?
Chapter 6: Gobbling Noises[edit]
"Who's there?" Liza called.
"GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE!" the voice responded.
"I'll decode again!" Liza said.
"Okay, they said, we come in peace. Do you speak English? If so, say chicken." Liza said.
"CHICKEN!" we all shouted.
Bojangles was confused. "What's a chicken, anyway?"
"Beats me."
"Maybe it's another word for backside!"
The turkeys started speaking in English.
"Good. So, what are you doing here, and what are you?" The turkey called.
"I could ask you the same thing. I am a penguin, and my name is Georgio, but call me George. This is Elizabeth, but call her Liza, and this is Mary, call her M. Over there is Bojangles. NO! Not the company!" I said.
"Some weird names, eh? My name is Greg. So, where are you from?" Greg said.
"We are from The United States of Antarctica, Club Penguin Island, and we are from the Planet earth. We are penguins." I said.
"Oh. I am a turkey. We came here to escape the yearly, brutal death that awaits us every Thanksgiving.
We were all stunned.
"WHAT CREATURE EATS BIRDS FOR THANKSGIVING?!" Bojangles screamed.
"Well, some creatures do." Greg shivered in fear. He continued.
"We colonized this planet in the early 1990's. We call it "Plymouth". So, why did you come?"
"We came to find out if there is any life anywhere else. We also tried to find more penguins," M said.
"Really? Because I another rocket flying by, and they looked like they were searching for something too." Greg said.
"We're not alone after all, eh," I said.
Chapter 7: Unwanted Visitors[edit]
We heard a space shuttle come down. when the penguins stepped out of it, I was astounded. They came from Ban Island! It consisted of all of the greatest villains in Club Penguin history!
We saw Sanity Penguin, the famous hacking nerd that lives in his parent's cellar.
We saw Mother-Of-The-Puppets, and her evil... um, puppets!
There was Chlorine, the evil penguin with the evil powers.
Even Walrus fell out of the ship! Walrus was an actual walrus, and a really fat one at that.
"Hello, you good little crazy penguins. We have come here to make this place our new home. A place where it's a paradise for us bad ones!" shouted Mother-Of-The-Puppets.
"And a place where nerds like me can escape their mother's cellars! AND HACK STUFF!" Sanity Penguin screamed.
"And a place where I can be EVIL!" Chlorine added.
"And a place where I can knit comfy sweaters!" Walrus chimed in. Everyone looked at Walrus. The big-toothed seal blushed.
"NOT AS LONG AS I'M AROUND!" I shouted, knowing how weak I sounded.
"Ooh! A battle call! we had better look out, now shouldn't we? HAHAHAAHA!" Sanity said.
Mother-Of-The-Puppets agreed. "Yeah. He lives in his parent's basement, yet he could PWN you blindfolded."
"STOP REMINDING ME OF THAT!" Sanity shouted.
"Leave now, or I promise, you won't like what you get." I said, frightened.
"Sure.... Whatever. NEVER!" Chlorine screamed.
"You want a war, you got one!" Mother-Of-The-Puppets said. I quickly crashed their rocket into the wiki formatting.
"Try now!" I said. "My quotes will be messed up shortly, but whatever! MAN YOUR STATIONS!".
Chapter 8: Saving Private Bojangles[edit]
"HURRY! S-N-O-W-B-A-L-L!" I shouted.
BOOM! The turkeys scattered. Chlorine launched a chlorinated snowball at us. It hurt our eyes so much. I couldn't find Bojangles.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"AGHHHH! I don't know!" M shouted, suddenly becoming a warrior, oppresed by the enemies.
On and on, the snowballs were fired. (Yes there was real snow here) snowballs were launched, and walrus was down.
"Take that, dumb vandal!' I said.
"You are so going down, you called me an idiot!" MOTP shouted.
She literally threw Chlorine at me. I ran, but was nailed by him. He took his crazy chopping propeller caps, and started a storm of snowballs. Bojangles was nowhere to be found.
"Where is Bojangles?" I asked Chlorine.
"Oh, we have him," he said.
NO! They had Bojangles! I had to get him. I stuffed Chlorine's face with snow, and ran across the lines. The evil penguin struggled to get free, but my grip was too strong.
The war was fierce. I found a downed Bojangles. I dragged him back. We fought on, and on. The banished were pushing through.
Suddenly, the turkeys started running to save us!
"SEND IN THE SECOND COURSE!" One shouted.
"GIVE THEM A TASTE OF THE OTHER WHITE MEAT!" Greg screamed.
The poultry stormed in with a battle gobble and ran the vandals over. They retreated back to their ship, and lifted off to fly away.
They were gone for now... but Bojangles had broken a webbed foot!
Chapter 9: Health of Bojangles[edit]
Bojangles was very bad in pain, and there was little we could do with him.
"Listen, there is now way Bojangles will be able to stand re-entry with that injury, and we have to come home soon," M said, setting her hair back normally.
"Just leave me. I'm sure the turkeys can fix me up and send me back next year. I trust 'em," Bojangles said.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yeah." he said.
"Okay, well, listen, I am sorry to push it, but we need to leave, because otherwise, we will be here a year. We need to go now," M said.
Liza said: "I will miss you turkeys, and we owe our lives to you."
"No worries," Greg said.
"See ya'll later! BYE!" The turkeys shouted.
Then, we left. The trip home was silent without Bojangles. We knew they'd send him back, but it was a quiet trip. When we finally reached re-entry, we were thrown the the back, and came in for landing. We stepped out, smiled, came to the Atlantic, and began the long swim home. (We landed in the southern South America)
Chapter 10: CP[edit]
When we got here, Liza said, " I told you so! There is life besides Earth! So there! They are gonna send Bojangles back soon too!" Nobody elsde said anything. When we got back home, they threw a huge party. I've developed a fear of both Liza and M, for seeing M become the warrior she did in that battle was scary. It was a good trip, and a year later, the turkeys dropped Bojangles off. We threw a party agin, and then we slept an awesome night in our own igloos, knowing we were safe, and there were friends out there. The banished we floating in space, and all was well. Silently, I flipped through the blank pages of The Trees, and put pictures of the event. It was awesome.
In favour of George's heroric expedition, Brendan Stars created the Penguin Aerodynamics and Space Agency. A poster is hung on the wall to represent his herorism.


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American History Stories—Volume IV - Mara L. Pratt
In the battle of Mill Spring, the Confederates were put to flight by the Yankees.
One gentleman, whose slave had been sent with the Confederates into this battle, was questioning Sambo about what he had seen. Oftentimes these negroes were much brighter than their masters gave them credit for being.
"Well, Sambo, how long did it take you to march to the battle-field?"
"'Bout four days, massa," was the reply.
"That was pretty good marching, I'm sure. How long did it take you to march back?"
"'Bout two days, massa."
Only two days! why, that's strange. I shouldn't suppose soldiers after a long battle could march faster than before it."
"Dunno nuffin 'bout dat, massa; but I speck the music make de difference. You see, we marched there to the tune of Dixie; but we come back to tune of Fire! fire! fire! Run boys! Run!"
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الاهتمامات: I love the ocean - I go to the beach almost everyday for a swim or surf! I also enjoy spending time with friends and family - we love to discover new cafés and restaurants, and share good food. I'm an avid movie & TV fanatic as well, and can never go wrong with a good book :)
التعليم: I'm currently studying Medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
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Sharp fall in unemployment
Published: 28 January 2014
The number of people claiming job seeker's allowance (JSA) in Wandsworth has fallen by 20 per cent over the last year, according to new Government figures.
The council has welcomed the news as more evidence of economic recovery and an expanding local jobs market.
Latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people in Wandsworth claiming JSA fell from 6,225 in December 2012 to 4,983 in December 2013.
Wandsworth now has the second lowest proportion of JSA claimants for an inner London borough at 2.2 per cent.
Leader of the council Ravi Govindia says more job opportunities are coming to Wandsworth as the development of Nine Elms gathers pace and several major employers set up or expand inside the borough.
He said: "There has been a great deal of media coverage recently about the economic recovery and in Wandsworth the prospects for new job creation are better than almost anywhere else.
"Making sure local unemployed people benefit from new job opportunities is our number one priority and the fall in JSA claimants is very heartening."
The improving employment data comes as Wandsworth Council prepares for its second major jobs fair, designed to match up local people with new employment opportunities.
The Roehampton Jobs Fair will bring together more than 20 local employers with local residents looking for work. It takes place at Roehampton Sport and Fitness Centre, Laverstoke Gardens from 10am to 3pm, Thursday 30 January.
Asda, London Square, St George and DC Leisure are among the businesses taking part and unemployed local people will be invited to register with the council's Work Match team which is dedicated to linking out-of-work residents with suitable vacancies.
The event will also provide specialist career advice as well as information on managing personal finances, volunteering and improving your health.
Cllr Govindia, said: "We have set up our Work Match scheme to create a fast track into work for local people. If you're unemployed or in need of financial support then this event is for you. Our first jobs fair in Battersea was a great success and many of the people who came along are now in work or have started training for a new career."
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Curtesy (Dower and curtesy)
Curtesy is the legal right or interest (estate) a husband acquires in property owned by his wife at any time during the marriage.
Dower and curtesy are legal life estates that are created upon the death of a spouse who owned real estate. Dower is the life estate that a wife acquires in the real property of her deceased husband, while curtesy is the estate a husband holds in real property owned by his wife following her death. Dower and curtesy entitle the surviving spouse to a portion (usually one-third to one-half) of the interest in the real property owned by the deceased spouse, even if that property was willed to someone else. Dower and curtesy are forms of tenancy by the entirety, and are only used in states that practice that system of common law. Tenancy by the entirety is contrasted with another common law system used by other states, known as community property.
Note that in some states, curtesy refers to either a husband's or wife's interest in the property of the other.
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Carpetex Clean is a family owned and operated business that has served the Boston local area for over 10 years. We are dedicated to providing the most outstanding service experience ever! At Carpetex Clean, we take pride in our reputation, experience, education and exceptional service. We stand behind our work on every job, and just to make sure, we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
The first milestone was the construction of the site structure, taking into account the semantic core and analysis of competitors' sites. The terms of reference for filling into account all the necessary parameters of usability.
For the website has been developed convenient logical structure for a positive interaction with potential customers and to cover the greatest number of search phrases.
It was conducted A / B testing to select the optimal tariff plans and to find most conversional forms of orders.
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Philippines announced details of MICE Roadmap/
Philippines, 23rd January: This week, the Philippines released further details regarding its MICE Roadmap designed to attract more business events to the country. Some of the new measures include reducing the cost of organising business events as well as addressing a variety of other issues that hamper the development of the local business events industry.
To reduce the cost of doing business, the Philippines have eliminated its "common carriers" tax and billings tax. Both the government and private sector will form a technical working group to develop policies, improve infrastructure, and share data aimed at supporting the industry.


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Destination: Palma de Mallorca
Hotel Mamá is the latest boutique stay in Palma, the capital of Mallorca. Set within a 19th-century building, the hotel's 32 rooms are decorated in five styles, such as Garden and Roman, and eight suites boast views of the famous Plaza De Cort. Works by Sean Scully, Wendy Artin, Charles Maze, David Rochline, Marie Banier, and Eva Jospin are on display throughout the four-floor property. Guests can sun on a central patio or the rooftop pool during the day and at night, and watch films in the hotel's private cinema. A small spa offers hammam-inspired therapies. Dining options include Café Mamá, offering classic brunch dishes and traditional cocktails and a Japanese restaurant.


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CSK, expert in the area of flavour, texture and bio-preservation within the dairy industry has increased its capacity with the construction of a modern production location for starter cultures in Leeuwarden. Currently, CSK is transferring production from the factory in Ede to the new factory. This is happening step by step. CSK already supplies a substantial part of the products from the new factory to their customers. Eventually the production of all starter cultures will be transferred. The dates of the auction are not yet known.
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Everyone could benefit from using a life coach. Whether you're stuck, unsure, afraid of failing or facing a LIFE or CAREER change, Master Life Coach Bruno LoGreco has education, experience, and the tools to help you to achieve your goals and potential with his life coach services:
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full circle
There are things that we carry with us, reminders of the people we have known and loved, places we have been, things that we have done. These things can be physical, emotional or even energetic tokens of our past, and they stay with us to keep the lessons that we have learned present in our hearts. Like the seasons, they fall away when their time comes, sometimes with no warning, sometimes without our noticing, but either way we are left with room to carry more relevant souvenirs with us as we continue on the path. I've gotten tattoos to remind me to love and stay present, universal messages that can always bear repeating. I wear certain jewelry to keep family members, friends and loves close. I am a big fan of talismans to protect, to support, to bring peace in times of stress. At the end of my 108 day practice last year, I bought a mala to celebrate my accomplishment. It seemed appropriate - 108 beads for my 108 days. I didn't know at the time that I would be leaving Raleigh soon after, and the necklace would come to mean so much more to me. I've worn it everyday for the last year to remind me of my amazing teachers who taught me to love yoga, to remind me of the yoga that taught me to love myself, and to remind me of the self that is always there waiting to be loved. Things changed for me in a remarkable way as I moved through my mala, and I'm so glad that I chose to acknowledge that shift in my life.
I felt another shift begin to take shape last weekend as I saw the yoga that I do on my mat begin to catch up to the yoga that I feel in my heart. I could tell that I was stepping into a new progression of my life and was excited to have the opportunity to practice with Shiva Rea at a time when my practice felt so energized. Again, I felt it important to acknowledge the change and purchased a new mala. I felt so complete walking around with my teachers and my practices old and new wrapped securely around me...
...and then my first mala broke. Though I was concerned as to the meaning of this (no doubt) significant event, my teachers have assured me that it is a good thing, completing a cycle. All of the karma associated with that strand, the meaning it held for me, has come full circle. The timing seems especially appropriate given that I had already felt myself moving into a new cycle, and cements my belief that we are given what we need right when we need it, sometimes before.
This whole sequence of events seems so in time with the rhythm of my life right now and further confirms that I'm right when I'm supposed to be.


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Check out these images from episode 21 of Midnight…The Podcasting Hour!
Cover to Adventure Comics #433 by Jim Aparo.
Sample page from "A Rite to Die" from Weird War Tales #49 written by George Kashdan with art by Ricardo Villamonte.
Sample pages from "The Swami and the Spectre" from Adventure Comics #433 written by Michael Fleisher with art by Aparo.
Sample covers and pages from Night Force #8-10 written by Marv Wolfman with art by Gene Colan.
Leave a comment on the episode post at: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/midnight-21/


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Impact Strength & Performance
A fairly humbling video by the main man looking after me in Impact Strength & Performance, have a listen.
A helpful sound crew trying to help me get back on track with my training.
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Syfy's online web series The Mercury Men is back with 10 new retro raygun-filed episodes, and this time around the exciting episodes themselves are just the beginning.
These 10 new installments are presented in a Director's Notes Editionâthey'll include visual commentary, behind-the-scenes video, deleted scenes and more.
Mercury Men takes place in Pittsburgh in 1975 and is about a government employee who finds himself in the middle of a plot involving murderous glowing men from Mercury who are attempting to crash the moon into Earth. Helping Edward survive the invasion of his government buildingâand save the Earthâis aerospace engineer and all-round hero Jack Yaeger.
To get started, check out the first new episode below, and then head on over to The Mercury Men for more info.


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After Sunset
Bordesley Abbey is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of the 10th Earl of Warwick, who died in 1315. The Earl was a benefactor of the abbey, in an age when the privileged few could commit all sorts of crimes, but have them forgiven by the simple method of donating large sums of money to an abbey or other church foundation, an arrangement that suited both parties.
Even though I have spent some time there after sunset, I have never seen anything remotely spooky. Just as well – because I don't believe in ghosts anyway.


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Have you experimented with the new FACEBOOK LIVE feature? I've watched several people use it, but I've never had the courage to try it myself.
Until now.
This Thursday night (7pm CST) I'll be on my personal Facebook profile page here.
Why risky humiliating myself in a live broadcast?
I'm telling you the news early, dear blog followers. We're introducing a laugh-out-loud contemporary women's fiction/romance series. But you're a time travel/sci-fi/adventure writer, right? I know. But originally, I started out in humor.
This series is a return to my small town roots. You'll meet some of the folks I grew up with (fictionalized of course) and others I've met in some of my stays in small towns.
Early readers are calling Mt. Hope a place of hope and second chances. Others are saying it is a laugh-out-loud look into a close knit community.
I hope you'll visit Mt. Hope and escape your troubles for a few hours.
Here's a peek at WALKING SHOES, the first book in the series:
Sooner or later everyone encounters a fork in the road. When Leona Harper crashes into tragedy, the shocked pastor's wife is forced to summon her estranged children home. But parenting young adults in a nosy, small southern town soon proves more difficult than reinventing herself. Determined to give her broken family a shot at a second chance, Leona begins to put one foot in front of the other.
Reconciliation and healing won't come easy in this zany, trouble-filled, walk-through-grief adventure.
Tear-jerking candor. Fast-paced humor. Hope in the darkness.
This holiday story of tear-jerking candor and fast-paced humor offers hope in the darkness.
Fans of Jan Karon, Ann B. Ross, and Philip Gulley will enjoy exploring the dusty town of Mt. Hope. Escape into this delicious southern adventure.
Join us Thursday night, 7 pm CST. I'm unlocking the vault on the stage performance of WALKING SHOES and giving away the secret code access to five lucky winners.
Everyone deserves a place of hope and second chances.


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Final Rule: Derivatives Clearing Organizations and International Standards
Final Rule: Derivatives Clearing Organizations and International Standards
Agency/Agencies: CFTC
Federal Register Publication Date: 12/02/2013
Summary: The CFTC adopted final regulations to establish additional standards for compliance with the derivatives clearing organization (''DCO'') core principles set forth in the Commodity Exchange Act (''CEA'') for systemically important DCOs (''SIDCOs'') and DCOs that elect to opt-in to the SIDCO regulatory requirements (''Subpart C DCOs''). Pursuant to the new regulations, SIDCOs and Subpart C DCOs are required to comply with the requirements applicable to all DCOs, which are set forth in the CFTC's DCO regulations on compliance with core principles, to the extent those requirements are not inconsistent with the new requirements set forth herein. The regulations include provisions concerning: procedural requirements for opting in to the regulatory regime as well as substantive requirements relating to governance, financial resources, system safeguards, special default rules and procedures for uncovered losses or shortfalls, risk management, additional disclosure requirements, efficiency, and recovery and wind-down procedures. These additional requirements are consistent with the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures published by the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. In addition, the CFTC adopted certain delegation provisions and certain technical clarifications.


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On the Grape Vine
Creative Direction, Production. Sometimes locations just need to be perfect. Tasked with a search for stylish architecture and rolling vineyards no ordinary location company would do. After identifying likely properties Good Spaces joined the team and we tackled the process with a unique approach. The results? What's not to like about Napa Valley?!


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Friday, July 11, 2008
MP3: Children - Death Tribe
It's been a long time since I've had only one song from a band and jammed the shit out of it, but New York's Children have risen to the throne. There's lots of reasons for you to check it out: it's got Adam from Early Man on drums, it's on Kemado and it slays mad gash. 10 epic metal jam on 12 inch one sided vinyl and an etching on the b-side duder. Get it. Download this. Fuck yeah, enjoy your weekend.
"Death Tribe" is out now from Kemado.
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In several earlier postings (here is the most recent), I've described the decline of wine grapes worldwide as reports of poor harvests keep coming in. But, it may be even worse than thought.
"This isn't so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes," French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, 64, told the English-language French publication The Local as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy.
"It's a catastrophe, the worst harvest for 30 or 40 years," said the normally cheery owner of Domaine Robert-Denogent.
Reports The Local, the organic winemaker lost between two-thirds and three-quarters of his harvest in one hailstorm in April. And, he is not alone. For thousands of French winemakers, 2016 will go down as an annus horribilis — horrible year — with vines destroyed by frost, heavy rain, hailstones "as big as ping pong balls," mildew and drought near the Mediterranean.
"All that was missing was a plague of frogs," said Robert's son Antoine, whose near century-old Beaujolais vines also were devastated.
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A lot of my clients and myself notice we get congested when we eat dairy. I like to use a milk alternative such as hemp, almond, rice, soy, coconut, oat or flaxseed... but that's the problem: there are so many kinds to choose from! Which is the best?
I recommend brown rice milk or almond milk because they taste similar to the real deal, they are affordable and they don't have too many additives.
Definitely opt for the unsweetened kind to avoid unnecessary calories and sugar!
A few tips when choosing milk alternatives:
Select a product that is made primarily of a whole plant food. Some options are brown rice, oats, mixed grains, almonds, or hemp seeds.
Look for a milk that has a low percentage of calories from fat
The mg of sodium in a serving should be no greater than the calories per serving.
Try to find a product that contains 3 or 4 grams of fiber per serving.
Things to avoid in milk alternatives:
Added oil. A good milk substitute will only have fat which occurs naturally in the main plant ingredient such as the almonds in almond milk.
Added sugar. Sugar is just more extra calories and is detrimental to our health. Get used to the taste of an unsweetened milk! Add some honey or other healthy sweeteners if you'd like.
Isolated soy protein also called soy protein isolate. Manufacturers use hexane and other dangerous chemicals to isolate the protein from soybeans. Because the soy protein is so concentrated, it raises blood levels of insulin-like growth factor which increases our cancer risk. Scary!
Carrageenan. This has been linked to intestinal inflammation and irritable bowl disease.
Artificial flavors, colors, or other chemicals.


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Top 10 ! Unrecalified White Mangosteen Benefits For Health - Healthy T1ps
Usually, the mangosteen that we often consume so far has a very distinctive skin color that is dark red on purplish. However, there is also a variant of the mangosteen fruit with white skin that is very commonly found in Lingsor, West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara is said to be a relic of the king of Bali.
When young, this type of mangosteen has a dominant white colored skin. But it will produce more mature and will harvest, then the skin will turn into something similar to mangosteen in general. In terms of taste, this mangosteen fruit tastes sweeter with more meat and crispy texture because the water content in the fruit is not as much as the purple mangosteen. This mangosteen tree is also resistant to pest attacks and can live very long that reaches 200 years.
In terms of nutritional content, hearts The benefits of common mangosteen fruit WITH a white mangosteen Operate Line ie gede contains Fiber, protein, folic acid, phosphorus, Benefits of magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, manganese, phosphorus, sodium And some TYPES of vitamins such as vitamin C , B12, A, B6 and some other vitamins. If you want to know more what are the benefits to your body, then you are already on the right site because we will discuss thoroughly in this time.
The Amazing Of Health Benefits White Mangosteen - Healthy T1ps
1. Anti cancer
White mangosteen fruit contains powerful xanthones for cancer solutions, has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. These Xanthones will inhibit the growth of colon cancer cells well with other anti-cancer drugs. Not only for cancer patients, but also very good for breast cancer, prostate cancer and skin cancer.
Xanthone extract has an anti-colon cancer effect in vitro and in vivo that can inhibit prostate cancer progression.
A mangostin that can be used as a dietary supplement and therapeutic compound is very effective for
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2. breast cancer.
Raw ethanol extract from white mangosteen skin can be a natural remedy for skin cancer.
Has Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Fruit Singers have anti-inflammatory properties even also have anti allergy properties so that can inhibit Company Company's process histamine And also prostaglandin causes inflammation at the body as well as reduce the pain caused from the inflammation.
3. Caring for Skin Beauty
Not only the fruit flesh that can be used, but the white mangosteen skin and also powerful as an anti-skin cancer. Skin beauty solutions such as Overcoming skin inflammation, prevent premature aging, Skin allergies, Eczema and also Bacterial Infections obtained From several Fruit characteristics Singers such as anti-bacteria, anti-inflammatory, anti Allergic, antioxidant And also anti-fungus.
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4. Improve immunity
This fruit is very rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals and xanthones all of which can boost the immune system.
5. High Will Antioxidant
Like the purple mangosteen, the white mangosteen also has powerful antioxidants to enhance the body's immune system. The antioxidants in this fruit that is xanthones contain a booster of body cells that can be used for the treatment and recovery of various types of diseases.
6. Accelerate Healing
White mangosteen with anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties is excellent even for wounds. The leaves and also the bark of this fruit tree can be smoothed and applied to areas of wounded or boiled skin and then the decoction to wash your open wounds.
7. Controlling Diabetes
Diabetes is a common disease in modern times can not only be overcome with drugs but can also be overcome by mangosteen to maintain and maintain sugar levels in the body. The ability to lower the blood of white mangosteen fruit is obtained from tannic acid And also proantosianidin oligomer OR OPC Where OPC Singer is a Natural plant metabolite Which is ADA hearts ALL KINDS OF Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Peanuts, Bark And also flowers.
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8. Troubleshooting Acne
Mangosteen Has Become Proven To Become Natural Acne Treatment BECAUSE Antioxidant Benefits Provided From White Mangosteen Singers Who WORK WITH How To Reduce Production of Reactive Oxygen species And Prevent Production of Pro-Inflammatory Acne Cytokines.
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9. Improve Heart Health
Increased oxidative stress followed by deficits are two important factors causing heart attacks. Cardioprotective effect of white mango which is an xanthon derivative is very important to change the heart attack It is suitable for use both for patients with heart disease and stroke.
10. Smooth digestion
All types of fruit including white mangosteen are an excellent source of fiber for digestion. Consume fresh mangosteen with a potent regular to prevent constipation, diarrhea solutions as well as other digestive system disorders. In addition, this fruit can also increase prebiotics in the intestine so important to be consumed.
There are so many benefits of white mangosteen that you can get good when consuming white mangosteen flesh, bark, roots, mangosteen peel and other parts. To ensure the high content of this Indonesian fruit, make sure you consume it fresh.


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Pastitsio is a layered Greek pasta casserole dish, similar to Lasagne. In many parts of Greece and Cyprus, Pastitsio is also called "Makaronia tou Fournou" which means "oven baked pasta".
I have called this recipe Pastitsio the Greek way as opposed to the Makaronia tou Fournou, which is the one we make in Cyprus.
The name pastitsio comes from the Italian "pasticcio", where in some parts of Italy is also called "Lasagne al Forno", which again means "oven baked Lasagne". Lasagna are made with a flat sheet of pasta which has its roots in ancient Greece. This pasta was called "Laganon" or "Lasanon" or "Lasana". Lasanon was a trivet or a stand for the pot. The ancient Romans named it "lasanum". They cooked this pasta in the "lasagnum" which later was named affter this pot to Lasagna plural Lasagne. In Greece we still have un unleavened flatbread called "Lagana".
There are a few variations of Pastitsio throughout the regions of Greece with a few minor different spices but typically the bottom layer is bucatini or other tubular pasta with cheese and egg as a binder, or some of the béchamel cream. If we do not add the cream our pasta will not stick together but will spread in the plate during serving.
The second layer is a ground meat sauce (usually beef or veal but it can also be substituted with pork, a mixture of veal and pork mince or chicken or turkey mince) with fresh tomatoes and cinnamon, nutmeg (cloves and allspice are a few other spices used).
On top of the sauce there is another layer of pasta and on top of that is a thick creamy Béchamel sauce with myzithra or graviera (read here to find out about these Greek cheeses) grated and mixed in the pasta as well as in the béchamel sauce and some sprinkled on top together with a hint of nutmeg or other spices.
Authentic Greek Pastitsio
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: about 45 minutes
Serves: 1 baking tin 35 x 30 cm / 14 x 12 inches
- 1 packet (500 grs.) of tubular spaghetti No. 3 or No. 6
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 cup of grated graviera or myzithra cheese (extra for the bechamel)
- A pinch of ground nutmeg
For the meat sauce:
- 500 grams (1.10 lbs) ground beef or veal
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 red onion finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped (optional)
- 1 cup parsley, finely chopped
- 3 ripe tomatoes peeled and blended (or 1 can 500 grams of whole tomatoes, blended)
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- ½ cup of white dry wine
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 small cinnamon stick or powdered cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice (or 3 -4 berries)
- 1 bay leaf
Bechamel sauce:
- See recipe and step by step instructions here.
- Sauté the onion and garlic until translucent. Add the ground meat and sauté until it turns white.
- Add wine and stir until it evaporates and add salt, pepper, allspice cinnamon and the bay leaf.
- Finally add tomatoes and tomato paste. Reduce heat and simmer until it is cooked and most of the juices are reduced to a thich sauce. Remove from the heat and mix in the parsley. (When the bechamel is ready add a heaped tablespoon of bechamel and mix).
- Meantime, prepare the béchamel sauce and pasta.
- Boil water and add some salt and cook the pasta al dente, according to the package instructions. Remove from the heat and place it in cold water.
- When ready to use drain and divide the pasta in two equal parts. Put half of it in the baking tin and mix in the egg white beaten, a few tablespoon béchamel sauce and some cheese and mix.
- Put the meat sauce on top and add the remaining pasta on top.
- Finally, add the béchamel sauce to cover pasta and sprinkle with some grated cheese and a sprinkle of nutmeg on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees C / 350 F for about 45 minutes or until golden brown on top.
Other relevant recipes:
Makaronia tou Fournou
Deconstructed Pastitsio with Paprika
Kopiaste and Kali Orexi,


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Where to stay in Palm Springs
I finally think I have stayed in Palm Springs enough to put together a list of my favorite places to stay for you.
I love Palm Springs for a few reasons.
1. It's close to my house
2. It's always warm and sunny
3. Everyone's bedtime is around 9pm
4. Happy Hour starts earlier
5. The overall vibe is very mellow and relaxing (unless you go during Coachella & Stagecoach, then it's just madness)
Whether you leave from San Diego or Orange County it only takes about two hours to get there. The drive always feels quick and easy and there is even a fun place to stop and take a quick photo of some dinosaur friends.
Whether you like to stay in boutique style or more mainstream hotel chains, I have compiled a list for you to check out below!
Let's start with The Ace Hotel.
- I would say this is your typical boutique style hotel in palm springs. Everyone knows it for its ultra-hip decor and wildly popular interior designs I'm sure you've seen spread across Instagram. I have personally always wanted to stay here because of said above things. I was not disappointed by my stay, they had everything I needed peace and quiet, mixed with a bar and some sunshine.
2. The Saguaro
Ah, another Instagram favorite. This hotel has all the colors of the rainbow splashed everywhere the eye can see. I personally love this place and would stay here over and over again. I love the colors and the scenery of this place. You can never take a bad photo here either!
I like to think of this one as my hidden gem. It's 21 and over and is literally an oasis in the desert. I found it over the top in all the right ways. You get breakfast delivered to you every morning in the sweetest picnic basket and you have your own personal bathtub right out side. I loved this more than anything, I so enjoy being in the tub and what better way to enjoy it under the stars.
11/10 stars with out a doubt.
4. The Westin
This would be your typical "corporate" hotel. This property was hugely magnificent. It even had a Starbucks on site for you! If you're into golf there is a lovely golf course for you to play on or you can take a dip in the swimming pool.
Again, another larger hotel for you. I enjoyed a long day by the pool here and Happy Hour starts at 2 and runs all the way till 6pm!
6. Arrive Hotel
This is another boutique favorite. I love'd the coziness of Arrive. Each little room felt like its own space. I love that you get a patio in front of your room if you stay on the bottom floor, it comes with a fire-pit too! I also throughly enjoyed the donut shop right next store as well as the ice cream place.


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Social Media Marketing – Internet Marketing – Affiliate Marketing
What's the Story behind it…?
You cannot ignore it anymore, the use of Online Marketing for Business purposes is getting more & more popular! Especially the immense use of Social Media like Facebook & Youtube is exceptional. In relation to sales, marketing and service, Social Medie plays a prominent role nowadays.
Should you participate or is it just a hype that will pass away…? I think you know the answer to that…
This Whitepaper will spread a light on the current Online Marketing trends and how you can achieve certain goals by using the Social Media as a marketing channel. Also the technical aspects on how to use Online Marketing will be discussed.
Also we'll discuss different types of Online Marketing: Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, etc.
The growth of Social Media is enormous… Check out this quick graph:
In December 2012 there were more than 1 billion people worldwide using Facebook and 82% of them came outside the US and Canada.
Linkedin has worldwide more than 200 million users and Twitter has already surpassed 500 million users.
Social Media is primarily used for Public Relations, but also Image Improvement and Knowledge Sharing are the main goals for using this medium. Also ⅓ of the companies are already using a certain "social media strategy", the other ⅔ is either not active or just don't know what they're doing. One thing is certain; we can still learn a lot when it comes to using Social Media.
Goals and Opportunities
What are your goals for implementing Online Marketing and how do you want to use Social Media for it.
- Branding & increase visibility
- Protection of your online reputation
- Intensify Public Relations
- Build a community in order to connect with your target group.
- Intensify Service facilities
- Knowledge Sharing
- Increase the amount of quality leads & sales
- Developing tools to attract new leads
- Introducing new streams of Income by Affiliate Marketing
- How to profile yourself/your company in Online Marketing
To put above mentioned points into practice, we need to look closer to the climate of the Online Marketing world.
Terms that come back every time are: Transparency and Authenticity!
Nowadays, the client decides himself when and through which channel he is informed by a company. The right approach is easy to find, and if not the client will find his own way…
On the other hand clients will act as ambassadors for your product/company and they are a good source of information. Through Social Media experiences (positive & negative) are shared. Especially the opinion from a direct contact (business or private) is highly appreciated! It's more interacting with the client instead of transacting, however the final transaction (buying) has not disappeared.
The interactions within the social media with clients are transparent & authentic. Clients get a honest and clear picture of your company.
So authenticity is the key word! Do not behave differently, clients will always find out…
Let's look a bit closer to these 10 points…
Branding – Create a complete profile of yourself/company that comes back in every Social Media channel. For example, when using Linkedin try to give only relevant information that relate to your business. Transparency is key on Linkedin, don't use too long descriptions. Use the "header" to point out your core competencies, don't write your job title there, you can do that later on the background information.
Online Reputation – This goes close together with branding. By telling a strong and to the point story, emphasizing your capabilities, you'll create a reliable reputation. Only give valuable and relevant info.
PR – Contact other companies, groups and people who have authority in their field. These people will spread a positive light on your company.
Community – The PR conducted by contacting sympathizers, you can use to create a group of people who will post free messages on different social media channels. Doing so, you will get even more followers…
Service – The direct communication through Social Media can work both ways. You, as a company can work more proactive for solving problems and giving better and quicker service to clients.
Knowledge Sharing – The word says it all; sharing knowledge with others, GIVE! The more you GIVE, the more you will be appreciated! Also a perfect way to expand your community.
Increase your Leads – This is what the game is all about! You want more leads, more customers, more sales, etc. Social Media gives you the opportunity to reach out to people and to get tons of new leads.
Tool for Leads – This is the more technical approach of the Online Marketing. Which methods and tactics can you use to get qualitative leads. How to set up a good Lead Generation system? Look further in this article…
New Streams of Income – You got a taste of Online Marketing and the results are there! Maybe you want to try something new? Maybe you are interested in creating more streams of income through Online Marketing? Read on …
Profiling – Everything stands with a credible, valuable and strong story. How do you profile yourself? What are your core values you stand for? How do you bring balance between strong and weak points? Etc.
A quick jump back to Social Media…
Social Media is a challenging addition to the traditional ways of doing business.
The essence is focused on proactive behaviour towards the client throughout the whole process when serving the client.
Due to social media, the company cannot dictate anymore the road ahead… clients are taking charge and decide how to proceed. Marketing, sales and service take short cuts nowadays, everything goes faster.
This development requires a new approach. A new approach by adding VALUE through starting a dialogue in this new environment, instead of old fashioned client relationship management.
"Value" is also Key! In your online communication you'll need to give your public Value! Information that solves problems or that leads your potential lead towards a solution, namely your product. Simple sale pitches are not done! A plan of action with your goals well described, can be a first step to set up a valuable campaign.
After naming your goals, the next step is an online analysis of your company, the products and services, your staff, your target groups, competitors, etc. in order to determine where your opportunities lie. To come to a right mix, you need to know the activities of your target group; what do they do, what do they speak about, which sources do they use, etc.
When you know which discussion groups they've joined on Linkedin, you know where to put your content. Sharing content with your potential clients creates goodwill.
Once again, adding Value is Key!
The way you do this is important! Just having a good product in your portfolio is not enough… Your competitors have similar products or he will act like he has… And your client will find the competitor fast… Google is the name.
To distinguish yourself you'll need to give your client real relevant information, information that solves his problem. To do this effectively you need to know the business environment of your client. And you can easily ask, because the client will appreciate that you are interacting with him, especially when it will serve him.
So you will serve you target group. Hard? No! When creating content it is important to stay close to your line of expertise. Tell what you already know! The only thing what is different is the way you communicate your message. This has to appeal to your client. The fine-tuning of this communication is one of the main aspects of effective social media marketing.
Your online analysis will help you with that. Information from that analysis will give you grip and show you which way to follow.
How Credible is your Story? How do you profile yourself?
Important to succeed in Online Marketing, is the way you tell your story…
You cannot tell a convincing story if you don't act from own experience. Experience means you also know where the weak points lie from the company/yourself.
A few examples… Just imagine that you as a person have 5 core qualities:
- Innovating
- Modesty
- Independent
- Relativize, putting in right perspectives
- Rational
With these 5 qualities also other qualities float to the surface:
Core Quality
Profile yourself
Arbitrary will
Each core quality has its own Trap; a quality that you have to watch out for, the negative approach. The same rule goes up for Allergy and Challenge…
Try to find a balance in these personal qualities and your story, credibility and authenticity will increase dramatically.
Social Media in Practice…
More & more companies are using social media for marketing, sales and service purposes. You can distinguish 4 main activities:
Monitoring & Listening: what is said about the product / company / service / competitor;
Engagement: work from one point of view; interact and add value for the different social media channels;
Manage: appoint different people for different tasks, e.g. somebody is responsible for Twitter.
Report & Analyse: convert data into valuable information which you can use to determine your next steps.
When exercising Social Media a lot of companies use software to analyse/automate their online activities. For example Hootsuite, Sproutsocial and Media Injection are easy tools to use; they make your online activities efficient and well-arranged.
The Tools
So how do you start? Which tools do you use to spread your content and to interact on the Social Media?
First of all you have your Website, your digital Business card. Clients and leads can always access your site. However, a business website is mostly a very static thing; it gives general info about the company and its products but does not interact actively with its audience.
A website is a good thing to start!
But the modern customer wants more… They want to be involved, interact and discuss online!
For that we have the following:
The BLOG
Blogging is HOT! It maybe does not stand out as much because it is not so sexy as Twitter of Facebook, but a lot of companies have their own Blog…
Through your blog you can spread opinions, reviews, experiences, start discussions, etc. People can react, write something back, etc. Just imagine what a positive review of a product can do when it is read and commented by thousands of people…
A Blog nowadays is a MUST HAVE!
The Facebook Page
You might wonder… Facebook for my company…? YES!
Despite Facebook is known as a Social Media channel for young people, more & more companies are using a professional Facebook Page for promotion and communication.
This page does not have to have the same name as the company… You can also use an alias. e.g. You sell furniture for the company XYZ but your Facebook Page has the name "This is the furniture is like…"
Through this channel you can direct people towards your product, your company or also to your Blog where they can read more detailed information.
The Twitter Tweets
Mostly hand in hand with Facebook, Twitter also interacts with a lot of potential clients. Twitter is more direct. It is a great tool to direct people to your website or blog. Twitter is gaining in popularity and its features are also expanding.
A Youtube Channel
Seeing is believing… You want to go a step further? Using Youtube will even work faster. The strength of a video is enormous. Youtube is the second most visited website after Google. A short and decisive video about a product can say much more that a long review…
If you feel there is a movie star inside of you, then Youtube is the next thing to do.
The Business channel! If you want to interact on a corporate level, then Linkedin is the place to be! Also Linkedin is getting more popular everyday! Its features are also expanding and you will be able to do real business with the help of Linkedin.
These are just a few Social Media channels, there are a lot more things to discover online. But these tools are a good place to start.
How to put everything in motion?
You got now a short review about the most important Online Marketing channels and how to use Social Media with it. Question still unanswered… How do I actually put everything together? How do I build e.g. a blog website? Where do I start?
2 Possibilities!
1. You hire a specialized company to do everything for you.
>> A good choice, but it will cost you some money… Check Google for an address.
2. You do it yourself.
>> Also a very good choice but you need to be a bit patient because it will take some time
before you get a hang of it. Positive side of the story, it will cost you less than option 1. There is always somebody who is familiar with Social Media, but you need to do it the right way…
If you like this option, then you might also be interested in creating extra streams of income through Online Marketing… This is the point where Affiliate and Internet Marketing comes into play.
If you choose option 2, I can point you in the right direction…
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Last but not least… Your other streams of income… Interested?? I would be…
Just imagine you want to start blogging; write stories about stuff you know. But you need a Blog, a website to place your articles… You have several options:
Blogger.com: the blog of Google
WordPress: a very complete blog, very popular.
Empower Network: a similar blog as the WordPress blog, it even uses the WordPress software BUT… it has a very special EXTRA feature! It offers you the opportunity to earn money by promoting this blog software to others! Blog about what you like and earn money on the side by promoting Empower Network; easy peasy!
If you choose the Empower Network Blog, you can start blogging right away, the blog is fully set up. You can then also choose to actively promote the blogging software or just stick to blogging alone; everything is possible! Just know that Empower Network pays out 100% commission for every new user you bring in.
The choice looks easy to me…
This way of earning extra money through promoting somebody's other product is called Affiliate Marketing. It's actually an extended way of franchising: very rewarding and very popular!
But we go another step further…
You decided to use the Marketing 3.0 training software. You are enthusiastic about the results and you want to recommend it to others… That is possible and by doing so you can EARN MONEY again! Become a MLSP affiliate and promote the system!
Are you counting…? That is already 3 streams of income: your own product, Empower Network Blog and the training software of MLSP!!!
Are you really bitten by the online marketing virus, then I offer you 1 more possibility.
You want to do a Youtube video but you don't know where to start… Which software to use and how to adjust your video…
Also for this problem I can offer you a solution: Pure Leverage!
This program has a complete online marketing tool skid, including an email autoresponder, essential for online marketing! A real top product because you can also promote this product and get paid 100%!!!
And that is 4 streams of income…
Can you see how things spread out… because you get also paid by the actions of your referrals! How you proceed is totally up to you.
But I do not want to sound as a salesman too much and force you into something…
Take your time to investigate and make decision.
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This hummus recipe from chef Yotam Ottolenghi is perfect. The hummus is creamy and rich, and very easy to put together. Using dried chickpeas will make all the difference so just remember to soak the chickpeas ahead of time and you will be good to go!
Place the chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with water at least twice their volume. Let them soak overnight.
Drain the chickpeas. Place a medium saucepan over high heat and add the chickpeas and baking soda. Cook for three minutes, stirring constantly. Add the water and bring to a boil. Cook, skimming off the foam and skins that float to the surface. The chickpeas will need to cook for 20 to 40 minutes, until they are very tender, breaking up easily when pressed between your thumb and finger, almost but not quite mushy.
Drain the chickpeas.
Place the chickpeas in a food processor and process until you get a stiff paste. Next, add the tahini paste, lemon juice, garlic, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
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Waiter, this wine tastes like crap!
If you've ever suffered the appalling indignity of opening your favorite bottle of vino only to discover that it's "corked" on your first sip, you know that "wet cardboard" or "moldy, damp newspaper" are more appropriate descriptors. Cork taint is one of the most often discussed and also unforgettable defects to afflict the humble juice of the gods. Today cork blight is though to contaminate anywhere from 2-10% of the world's wine, which extrapolates to the sound of $650 million dollars worth of wine gurgling down the kitchen drain. (And now a moment of contemplative silence). The chemical implicated in this musty mess is "TCA," one 2, 4, 6-tricholoranisole. Its scent profile ranges from wet, moldy newspaper or cardboard to damp basement to moldy, dirty socks to musty mildew, and even "nasty chlorine-y" and wet, dirty dog, none of which elicit any sort of olfactory pleasure. In fact, severe cork taint renders most wine resolutely undrinkable. And the biggest problem is that we humans have a rather low sensory threshold for this chemical, noted as 5 parts per trillion per online sources and 4 ng/L in my textbook. At 10ng/L of TCA, a wine is considered significantly damaged. In other words, a little TCA can go a long way. It is also worth noting that other chemicals, like TeCA (2, 3, 4, 6-tetracholoanisole), also cause moldy, unpleasant off-odors in wines, but it is TCA that originates most specifically from cork. But do understand dear readers that TCA doesn't happen into existence on the back of some hapless, sad-sack, unsuspecting sheet of cork. To release its evil odor requires a partner - fungus.
In my 5 minutes of very extensive internet research, I discovered numerous wine websites that incorrectly indicted TCA as the responsible fungus, when in reality the chemical compound TCA is a by-product of fungus metabolism. As it turns out, common airborne, wood and soil dwelling fungi, like Penicillium, Aspergillus, Trichoderma, and Streptomycetes, are plucky enough to salvage "edible" carbon energy from unusual substances like cork. When desperate for food, the fungi degrade the cork's long carbon chains into usable energy, and in the process, liberate volatile phenols (smelly chemicals) that integrate with the wine and alter its aroma. Eliminating either their food source or the fungi is not that easy. Even after corks are boiled and chlorinated for sterility, fungi still eat them, especially in a damp, humid, poorly-ventilated cellar, where the hungry, microscopic critters generally lurk. And the story stretches even further back into the dark haunches of the soil-packed cellar wall. In fact the TCA actually evolves from a chlorinated derivative, called chlorophenol. In other words, fungi spin an odorless chlorophenol into 2, 4, 6-trichloroanisole. A-ha! If you think it sounds like "chlorine," then you're right. Researchers speculate that the very chlorine based disinfectants and sterilizing/bleaching agents used in wineries provide the "Cl's" that the fungi need to manufacture TCA. Today wineries in the know are phasing out chlorine-based chemicals in favor of high temperature autoclaving.
Tenacious molds may discover good eats not only in the carbon sources of cork but also in the carbon found in wooden containers, the walls of a humid wine cellar, or even in wooden transport pallets, storage crates, and timber accented roofs. In other words, once entrenched, the fungi can contaminate an entire winery and ruin batches and batches of wine. Indeed this is what happened at Beaulieu Vineyards which let 3 vintages lapse (1997-1999) before laboratory tests confirmed that BV was infected with TCA. Even our new favorite winery, Hanzell, once suffered in the clutches of TCA - an expensive problem that briefly halted sales of the 2000 chardonnay and required a complete winery overhaul with new hoses, equipment, ventilation systems, and alternative sterilizing techniques. They've since shared their extensive knowledge with other wineries, teaching other TCA-plagued wineries how to cope with this irksome problem.
Most often, corked wine is carried out to sea by way of our trusty sewage system, but back in January, Harold McGee (my favorite food scientist) divulged some intriguing data. In a January New York Times column, Mr. McGee talks with UCD wine chemist Andrew Waterhouse who claims plastic saran wrap can remove the offending odor of cork taint. Apparently, the chemical structure of plastic wrap, known scientifically as polyethylene, is pretty similar to TCA. Waterhouse counsels to simply pour ones blighted beverage into a bowl and toss in a smooshed up sheet of plastic wrap. Mix, pause, and then poof! The TCA "sticks" to the plastic wrap and malodorous phenols disappear; wine's as good as new. In the article, Mr. Waterhouse admits, "It's kind of messy, but very effective in just a few minutes." Another wine writer's column, The Cellarist, put this theory into action and found the "corkiness" indeed diminished but the fruity characteristics were reduced as well. But better reduced than undrinkable, right? At least you can still spike your spaghetti sauce.
Ever timely, even the latest issue of Wine Spec weighs in with a short bit on TCA and your health. The mag assures its readers that consuming TCA-tainted wine poses no known health risks. Pascal Chatonnet of University of Bordeaux notes, "Don't worry about your health, there is absolutely no risk. However, there is also no pleasure in tainted wine." Here, here! So the next time you dine in a fancy A-list restaurant and you find yourself nose-to-nostril with a strong whiff of TCA, by all means, send that wine back. Or better yet, embrace your inner Mr. Wizard and ask the wait staff for a sheet of plastic wrap from the walk in behind the kitchen. You may impress the sommelier enough to garner a free bottle of booze on your next visit!


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"It's like something in the cosmos locks in when you sing harmony," says Emily Saliers, half of Grammy-winning folk duo, the Indigo Girls, with longtime ally Amy Ray. "It's an incredible mystical gift."
The pair will join with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for a special evening of Indigo Girls music on Saturday at the Tucson Music Hall.
The Indigo Girls have been singing together since high school. Along the way, they've sold more than 12 million records, including 14 studio albums, three live albums and three greatest hits compilations.
"Amy and I are like a hand and glove as far as harmony goes," Saliers notes. "I just know that all these years later, getting up on stage with Amy and the gift of being able to share music, the way it stirs people's spirits and makes them think about things and feel things, it's fabulous. It's powerful; it's deep."
Their exquisite harmonies and intelligent songwriting had earned them a loyal following by the time they graduated college, forcing a choice.
Choosing a path
"Amy was fierce with her music," says Saliers. "It was just her path. I was going to go to grad school, study English and be a teacher. At one point, she said, 'Are you going to do that or are you going to do this?' The next thing you know, we're looking back at 30 years together. Music is in our blood, it's our life spirit, so it's no surprise."
They made a rule to never be complacent, to continue to find new challenges.
"All we ever did was say, 'Let's not be stagnant. Let's take the next cool gig, let's play a rock club, instead of a folk club,'" Saliers explains. "There's always something new that comes along that's exciting for us. That's really gratifying. It's not like we've run out of everything we could possibly do."
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Their symphony tour is the latest gambit. Playing with full orchestras in Dallas, Seattle, and now Tucson, gives them a chance to expand their musical horizons and create a new experience for their audiences.
"We're both really enjoying it," says Saliers. "They're quite intense. You can't just screw around. It's fun, but it's also a challenge and we've been enjoying that."
Favorites and rarities
The set list includes favorites like "Galileo" and "Closer to Fine," as well as selections from their extensive catalog.
"Amy picked her songs and I picked mine," Saliers says. "An obvious one that I picked was 'Ghosts,' which had a string arrangement on the record. 'Able to Sing' off our latest record (Beauty Queen Sister), was kind of a busy, crazy song lyrically with lots of movement and syncopation, and I was really curious what it would sound like orchestrated.
"Then a song like 'Mystery,' I knew having a great string arrangement would lift that song to a special place. A song of Amy's, 'Compromise,' which is almost a punk rock song, very short and very driving, turned out great, but it wouldn't have been an obvious choice. Her songs are as dynamic and rocking as ever with the orchestra behind them."
The duo played Tucson's Rialto Theatre in June, backed by a rock band, The Shadowboxers. It was a celebratory affair, with most of the audience standing rapt at the edge of the stage or dancing in the aisles. Although they skirted the then-upcoming presidential election, they gave voice to environmental and gay/lesbian/transgender concerns, as well as immigration issues.
Asked if their symphony audience might be surprised by their plainspoken activism, Saliers replied, "For the most part, people know what the Indigo Girls are and what we stand for, what our politics are, what our issues are. Even if you are totally at odds with us politically, you're going to have a good time at this concert. Of course there's fairly serious or heavy content in some of the songs, but they're beautifully arranged and it's just a wonderful musical experience. We picked songs that are thrilling to hear with all the orchestration."


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Yeah, it ain't Citizen Kane—but you know it gives you everything you want. Which also means that the new trailer for Resident Evil: Afterlife makes us want to get our hands on those 3-D glasses NOW!
The film, which stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller, opens Sept. 10 in (of course) 3-D.
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Taking a great reference photo is surprisingly simple. I have people asking me what makes for a good photo all the time through my custom portrait business so I figured I'd share some super easy tips with you today as well.
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