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So many good things come dipped: chocolate dipped strawberries; apples covered in gooey caramel; carrots in ranch dressing; and those insanely sugary Fun Dip candies I devoured as a kid. I mean, it's sugar you dip in sugar – in other words, amazing. My proclivity towards dipped goodness extends beyond food to my other love: fashion. So I was thrilled when these Color Dipped Canvas Totes landed in our store.
The matte latex color dipped bottom is so easy to clean and perfect for women, like me, who put their bags through a lot during the day. The colors are so vibrant and a great way to jump into summer. Sandy beaches here I come!
Where will you be taking your new tote this summer? Tell us in the comments or send me a note, and your bag's journey could be featured in our next blog post! You can also snap a photo or Instagram image and tweet it – just make sure to tag @KnotTheGroom. Also, this week only, you can snag a deal on this new tote. Use Promotional Code FB051313 and get 30% off! These personalized totes would also make great bridesmaids gifts, especially for those brides planning beach weddings.
Don't let your tote travel alone this summer. The Color Dipped Canvas Clutches are perfect for storing all those little things that get lost on the bottom of your bag – or, as I like to call it, the bag black hole. These cute clutches will keep everything from change to keys to lip balm tidy and within easy reach. Plus, you can take it out and let it fly solo when you're going out at night or just need to travel light.
Last week was full of apprehension, shaking windows, and relentless rain as I rode out storm Sandy with millions of others. Thankfully, D.C. was spared the full force of Sandy's wrath – I didn't even have to break out my flashlight. With D.C. shut down for two days, I had a lot of time to think about the supplies and other essentials I wish I had while hunkered down at home. Take a look at some of my favorite products at KTG. And to all of our friends and family affected by the storm, we are thinking about you. Stay safe.
Everyone needs a good multitool or utility knife and a flashlight, especially in an emergency situation. This brilliant multi tool pliers even has a built in light so you can see where you are working!
One of the most essential needs during an emergency is clean drinking water. Days before Sandy, people were buying bottled water faster than the stores could stock the shelves. While I bought a few jugs myself, I also took advantage of our still functioning tap system to fill up jars and bottles, like these portable aluminum water bottles.
Today I read an NPR story about an "anti-cheating ring" selling on thecheeky.com. Etched on the inside of the wedding band, the phrase "I'm Married" leaves an imprint on the wearer's finger if the ring is removed. Needless to say, the wedding ring has caused quite a stir. What do you think about this "anti-cheating ring"?
For jewelry that is a bit more traditional and positively inspiring check out some of my favorite pieces below. The Catherine Necklace and Earring Set will add sophistication to your bridal ensemble or make a great gift for your lovely bridesmaids. One of my favorite bridal trends is the headband–a simple yet equally stunning alternative to the classic tiara. Make a statement with a gorgeous Swarovski Rhinestone Headband.
Deal Alert! Save 30% this week on this beautifully designed rhinestone jewelry set. It will look great with any wedding gown style! Use code FB070212. Read more »
Looking for sophisticated wedding inspiration? Look no further than the beautiful and elegant Grace Kelly. The stunning lace gown she wore for her marriage to the Prince of Monaco transformed her into a royal icon and was even said to inspire Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Add a royal and elegant touch to your wedding day with lace details, light and airy colors, and of course sparkling jewels. You will feel like a princess in a crystal tiara and sweeping veil. Bring the Mediterranean to you with sea blue accents and an enchanting poolside reception. Don't forget to make your bridesmaids feel special as well! They will look lovely in this classic Grace Jewelry set.
Photos by: WeddingWire, WeddingWire, The Green Petal, buds 'n bloom design studio, llc
Where to buy: Swarovski Rhinestone Arches Tiara; Grace Jewelry Set; Royal Champagne Flutes & Wedding Cake Server Set
Deal Alert! Save 30% this week on the beautiful Grace Jewelry Set. Your bridesmaids will certainly feel like royalty! Use code FB061812.
The latest fad in 'going green' is the BPA free water bottles you've likely seen everyone running around with lately. They're great for the gym or just for bringing a drink of water along with you on your post holiday shopping sprees. I've been meaning to pick one up for a while, so I was really excited yesterday when I opened a package from Billie-Jo Brusveen, founder of Knot The Groom, and found my very own personalized aluminum water bottle inside.
My aluminum water bottle came in apple green with my name printed along the side. They also come in aqua, black and fuchsia. Get your aluminum water bottles at Knot The Groom, and you'll get free personalization as well!
These BPA free water bottles come with an easily removable, threaded carabiner key ring top. I love the little metal clip on the top of the bottle. It will be great to clip it onto my book bag so I can easily bring a bottle of water to class with me along with all of my other junk that I tend to drag around at school with me. (I'm a graduate student in the professional writing program at Mount Mary College, which is also Billie-Jo's alma mater.)
Reusable water bottles such as these are great for the environment, as they create less waste than those plastic water bottles we're so used to throwing out as soon as we're done with them. And aluminum water bottles are BPA free, which is healthier for you as well as for the Earth.
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Dianne Wedding Details
Hello DIANNE!
Welcome to your wedding page!
I'm so excited that you have decided to book me for your wedding! Please take a moment to look over our Wedding Day Contract & Agreement (link is below). This is where you'll find all of the specifics for your special day. Below, you will also find a button for you to post on social media if you wish to celebrate booking VRP for your special day!!
I remember my wedding day like it was yesterday, so it is truly an honor to have been chosen by you to cover your big day!
*By submitting payments online, clients agree that refunds are not given. Any payments made towards wedding coverage can be liquidated and used towards other portrait services with Vision of Rose Photo, however, refunds are not given under any circumstances. By making payments online to Vision of Rose Photo, clients agree to these terms and this serves as a legally binding contract between Vision of Rose Photo and the Client(s)
Thank you again and I look forward to your big day!
Your Wedding Day Details
Friday, December 7th, 2018 @ 6:00pm
You have our Simplistic Wedding Experience, which includes the following:
3 hours of coverage; typically split as so:
Wedding Ceremony Coverage
15 minutes of Formal Portraits with Wedding Party + Family
2 hours of Reception Coverage
100 images in High-Resolution format, uploaded into an Online Gallery with Printing Rights to all
The cost of this wedding package is $475.00; and we have applied your $100.00 reservation, bringing your total due to $375.00. You can use the payment button below to choose how much you're paying and you can even come back as often as you wish to make payments, or pay in full all at once.
There are Additional Services you can add on to your wedding package as well. These services can be added on up to 60 days before your wedding date. Here's what we have available:
1 Additional hour of coverage // $275.00
1 Additional photographer for a total of 2 photographers at your event // $350.00
Bridal Portrait Session // $300.00
Includes: 45 minutes of camera time, professional makeup, professional retouching of images + 30 hi-res images in an online album with printing rights to all
Engagement Portrait Session // $325.00
Includes: 1 hour of camera time, wardrobe styling assistance, 1 wardrobe change, professional retouching of images + 50 hi-res images in an online album with printing rights to all.
Bridal Boudoir Portrait Session // $425.00
Includes: 45 minutes of camera time, professional makeup, wardrobe styling assistance, 2 wardrobe changes, professional retouching of images + 40 hi-res images in an online album with printing rights to all; as well as our Luxe 4x6 Spiral-Bound look-book featuring 20 of your best images.
USB jumpdrive to store your images and will include ALL images taken instead of just the 100 that comes with your package // $375.00
As your details come together...
Once we get all of the details of your wedding day, they will be added here! You can come to your site any time and submit a form to request changes or to add details as often as you wish! Just click the "Submit a Change" button and you're on your way!!
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I just finished setting up a Pogoplug and a hard drive in my server closet. Now I can share large files without [a] monthly storage fees, and [b] worrying that the provider will disappear. I will also have full control over the drive being shared, allowing me to do quick backups as needed. If I'm smart I'll fix the Cat 5 jack in my studio so I can keep the Pogoplug and drive here with me, thus making backups that much more convenient.
An added bonus is that Pogoplug makes an iPhone app, so I will also be able to access my files with my iPod Touch. How cool is that?


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This year I am going to post my fianl predictions for the preimetime emmy awards up here. To start things off are my predictions for the comedy acting categories. Included are the results from my Noble RISE calcuations, presented in graph form, as well as my final analysis.
So here they are:
Although a weak season of Weeds, Parker still managed to deliver an ace performance week after week. However due to serialised and subtle nature of the role she always needs to submit her best, this year she chose a dud tape and knocked herself out. Fererra has a very showy tape and she's last year's winner but the tape is also a bit ridiculous and it really isn't as strong as my above score may suggest. She could win, but with her show and herself losing the buzz that propelled her to the winner's circle last year I think she's also out of it. Then you have the three that have a serious shot. Dreyfuss has a solid tape and she's a past winner, but I don't think she's the strongest and the circumstances surrounding her previous win aren't all present in this year's line-up. I've tossed and turned between the last two. Fey has all the buzz this year and a much better tape than my score above suggests, I'd personally say she has the best tape. On the other hand you have Applegate with a great tape also (arguably the best) and is the new actress to the scene, and the last three winners of this category have won for their first season. The two things that tip it for me is that Applegate's cancer struggle may help get her support and the hurdle that many may view Fey more as a writer/producer than an actor and think she will be rewarded in other categories.
- Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Tina Fey, 30 Rock (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, The New Adventures of Old Christine (DARK HORSE)
- America Fererra, Ugly Betty (IN WITH A CHANCE)
- Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds (LONGSHOT)
Pace gives a solid performance but its subtlety means it may not stick in voters minds. It is also worth noting that in the past 10 years only 1 man has won this category for his first season and that was (3 time winner) Tony Shaloub so the stats don't look great for Pace. I agree that Sheen has submitted his best ever (it's still the worst tape of the batch) so I guess that if he ever was to win it would be this year. But the competition is too strong and with 0 wins in major categories I get the feeling that the Emmys don't love his show. Shaloub has not submitted a great entry for him, but it still gives him heaps of screentime, an big emotional scene and he gets to play the zany impactful Adrian Monk - so he has a real chance to upset (if vote-splitting occurs between the nbc lads), but with 3 wins I don't think it is a strong enough tape (or weak enough field) to make voters excited enough to give him a 4th. Like most people think, this is a 2 horse race. Will they go with the guy with all the buzz and the most impactful scene or the more overdue guy who has the best overall tape. I'm going to go with the latter since this year Carell doesn't have to worry about one of his competitors getting credit for his tape/performance also (Gervais). Then again last year I also predicted Carell and this race is tight.
- Steve Carell, The Office (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Tony Shaloub, Monk (DARK HORSE)
- Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men (IN WITH A CHANCE)
- Lee Pace, Pushing (IN WITH A CHANCE)
Any of these ladies could win. Taylor is a respected veteran who delivers a lot of laughs and has the most overdue role of all the nominees but her tape has no closure so I think she will struggle. Poehler is so different to everyone else and she will ever get the most votes or the least and, with no precedent to base this, at the moment I'm going with the latter. Although Baby Mama and Tina Fey's sucess could help. Smart has a decent but not great tape and her previous Emmy nominated role on drama series 24 will still be in voters' minds. Add to that the respected veteran status of Taylor and you have a real contender. Then you have the best tape submitted and most deserving candidate in Kristen Chenowith who's roles on broadway and a recent role in Emmy drama series contender may also in voters minds (not as much, probably as Smart). A victory for her will be one for the tape system, and the distinct style of Daisies and her memorable character place her in a good position. However I'm predicting Williams to win this year in the vein of Jamie Presley. She doesn't have a great tape but has a good one and is slightly overdue from last year.
- Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Kristen Chenowith, Pushing Daisies (FROUNTRUNNER)
- Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (DARK HORSE)
- Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live (DARK HORSE)
- Holland Taylor, Two and a Half (IN WITH A CHANCE)
Dillon's saving grace is that actors could relate to him the best but if he couldn't win with last year's tape I don't have much hope. His episode is trivial and if Entourage wins this it will be Piven, Peter Boyle learnt the hard way that the Emmys have no problem with not sharing the love. Cryer could score a win (despite not belonging anywhere near this category) he is overdue but if he does it will have nothing to do with his tape which is nothing special. To be honest I would pick Wilson for the win if he submitted The Lauch Party which was one of my favourite Dwight episodes of the series but with the poor choice I suspect he will have to wait another year. If the voters are Office fans and have admired his work on the show the tape could be good enough to score a win. Harris has a great shot with a pretty nice tape and a great character but his show isn't an Emmy favourite show and he has to beat... Jeremy Piven, which I am a little hesitant in predicting, but I believe he has the best tape in this category quite comfortably and we know the Emmys love him. I am tempted to pick an upset, but I could even get that wrong with Harris, Wilson and even the other 2 being potential spoilers.
- Jeremy Piven, Entourage (FRONTRUNNER)
- Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (DARK HORSE)
- Rainn Wilson, The Office (DARK HORSE)
- Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (IN WITH A CHANCE)
- Kevin Dillon, Entourage (IN WITH A CHANCE)
And just so you know how little stock to put in these predictions here is my track record:
2007: America Fererra, Ugly Betty (CORRECT) - 2006: Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle (INCORRECT) - 2005: Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives (INCORRECT)
2007: Steve Carell, The Office (INCORRECT) - 2006: Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (INCORRECT) - 2005: Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond (INCORRECT)
2007: Jenna Fischer, The Office (INCORRECT) - 2006: Jamie Pressley, My Name Is Earl (INCORRECT) - 2005: Jessica Walter, Arrested Development (INCORRECT)
2007: Jeremy Piven, Entourage (CORRECT) - 2006: Will Arnett, Arrested Development (INCORRECT) - 2005: Peter Boyle, Everybody Loves Raymond (INCORRECT)
TRACK RECORD SCORE: 2/12 (Hopefully this year I will do better).


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Bannon to NYT: "Say the revolution is coming"
As the White House grapples with the political fallout from President Trump's remarks Tuesday that there were "very fine people" at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, the president's embattled chief strategist said he hopes Democrats continue to highlight racial issues.
Bannon, the former Breitbart executive who has in the past bragged about his connections to the "alt-right," told the New York Times he wants more statues to be torn down because he thinks it will hurt Democrats. Mr. Trump, in his remarks Tuesday blaming "both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, also defended those who want to keep statues memorializing the Confederacy. The Charlottesville event was originally billed as a protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a public park.
"President Trump, by asking, 'Where does this all end' — Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln — connects with the American people about their history, culture and traditions," Bannon told the New York Times in an interview published Wednesday.
"The race-identity politics of the left wants to say it's all racist," Mr. Bannon added. "Just give me more. Tear down more statues. Say the revolution is coming. I can't get enough of it."
The New York Times published Bannon's remarks the same day the American Prospect published a conversation with Bannon in which he said, "we can crush the Democrats" by focusing on "economic nationalism." The White House claims Bannon believed the conversation was off the record.
"The Democrats, the longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em," Bannon told the American Prospect's Robert Kuttner. "I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats."
Several high-placed sources inside and outside the White House have told CBS News that Bannon's position has never been in more jeopardy, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett reports.
Mr. Trump did nothing to ease those concerns about Bannon's future in his Tuesday remarks at Trump Tower, saying "we'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon."
"Well we'll see – look like, I like Mr. Bannon, he's a friend of mine, but Mr. Bannon came on very late, you know that," Mr. Trump said on Tuesday. "I went through 17 senators, governors, and I won all the primaries. Mr. Bannon came on very much later than that, and I like him, he is a good man, he is not a racist, I can tell you that. He's a good person. He actually gets a very unfair press in that regard, but we'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon, but he's a good person, and I think the press treats him frankly very unfairly."
Bannon, who has several rivals in the White House, lashed out against administration officials in the American Prospect interview.
"They're wetting themselves," Bannon said of his adversaries in the administration who disagree with him on trade and economic policies.


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Follow these steps:
- Go to pro.coinbase.com
- Select "Create Account".
- Complete the sign-up form, then click "Create an account".
- Click the verification link sent to your email address.
- After verifying your email address, you will be asked to provide a phone number.
- Specify whether you would like to create an 'Individual' or 'Institutional' account. Depending on the account type selected, you will need to provide information about yourself or your institution.
- You have the option to link your bank account so you can fund your trading account with USD, GBP, or EUR. Alternately, you can skip this step and fund your account with BTC or ETH.
Trades > Open Trades to cancel all trades from a specific client or from all clients altogether.
You can now go to Configuration > Client > Strategy > Entry/Take-Profit and then choose the Add Custom.
After saving the custom strategy, you'll be able to see that next to the other strategy options. click the strategy if you want to activate after creation.
When you are setting up the Bitmex API to connect to the BOT, chose ''order'' under Keys Permissions and don't provide CDIR.
Portfolio Page: This page shows you a detailed overview of your connected exchanges and
current holdings per exchange. At the top you can see your total BTC Balance and next to each
exchange name you can see the total BTC Balance for that particular exchange. In parenthesis
next to the trade you can see the 24 hours percentage change or leverage if it is a margin trade.
Signals: This page allows you to open your own your desired exchange manually directly
through telegram. After clicking publish you can enter free text in the format shown. You also
have the ability to cancel and edit trades from this page.
Trades: This page allows you to view all your open trades or view a history of your closed
trades. If you click open trades it will display all the open trades, sorted by exchange. At the
top it displays your total gain / loss for all open trades and again broken down below it by
exchange. It parenthesis it displays the total percentage gain or loss for this particular trading
History trades shows you a history of all the trades made on all your exchanges. At the
top it displays the total gain/loss of the trades and below it you have the option to select
specific trades for a more detailed view.
Orders: On this page the bot allows you to create any order you desire as long as it is available
for the exchange you are choosing. The bot will walk you through the steps and multiple
screens and options will appear ranging from entry order to take profit and stop orders.
Exchange Status: This page shows you the status of all the exchanges. This page is used to
determine if each exchange is fully functional.
Configuration: This page is used to set the default values used in the trades you create. There
are multiple setting options including exchanges, channels, trailing stops, strategies, leverage,
number of entry targets, stop limit settings and even notification alerts. Each setting can be
customized on a per exchange basis so long as the exchange has the settings available. For
example, Binance will not have the option to adjust leverage since it is not offered by them at
this time.
Auto Trading: This page allows you to select which exchanges and which channels you would
like to subscribe to which allows the bot to open and close trades automatically based upon the
parameters published by our traders. You can set up multiple changes and subscribe to
different channels for each exchange.
If you have any additional question please consult our Youtube page with more detailed
We can be found at:
You can also contact us on telegram @VerifiedCrypto or view our help pages here:
Go to Trades > Open Trades / History Trades.
?Configuration > BitMEX > Import Configuration > VCT Margin > Default Configuration
Configuration > BitMEX:
Trailing > Entry > Without (Override: No)
Trailing > Take-Profit > Without (Override: No)
Trailing > Stop > Percentage (6.0%) (Override: No)
Stop Limit Price Reduction > 2.0%
Default Stop > Without (Override: No)
Stop Type > Market
Number of Entry Targets: 4
Entry Strategy > Decreasing Exponential (Override: No)
Take-Profit Strategy > Decreasing Exponential (Override: No)
Amount per Trade > Percentage (10%) (Override: No)
Override Signal Configurations > Yes
* Override means that it will use personal configuration instead the one is defined under the signal
Configuration > Binance:
Trailing > Entry > Without (Override: Yes)
Trailing > Take-Profit > Percentage (1.0%) (Override: Yes)
Trailing > Stop > Percentage (6.0%) (Override: Yes)
Stop Limit Price Reduction > 2.0%
Default Stop > 6.0% (Override: No)
Number of Entry Targets: 3
Entry Strategy > Decreasing Exponential (Override: Yes)
Take-Profit Strategy > Decreasing Exponential (Override: Yes)
Amount per Trade > Percentage (8%) (Override: Yes)
Override Signal Configurations > No
* Override means that it will use personal configuration instead the one is defined under the signal
Your bot's interface is the remote control for the main bot. One may switch everything off/go offline and all keeps running as it was set.
Please make sure you have 1-10 BTC (according to your membership plan) on this dedicated Platinum Bitmex account and don't trade manually here. If you'd like to trade signals from i.e. the Margin and/or Gold channel, or enter your custom trades you can open a second Bitmex account and set this up in the bot.


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Author(s): Claire Masset
Collected here are stunning photographs of the National Trust s idiosyncratic gardens, accompanied by a light text meditating on the magic of the secret garden, and bringing in fascinating historical and botanical details. This book includes secret mazes, hidden corners, walled gardens, lost gardens, gardens that are only open one day a year, follies, orchards, dens, memorials, strange statues, stumperies, huts, ice houses, wendy houses, fairy gates, and pixie houses. The gardens featured include the palm-filled Overbeck s in Devon; Peckover House in Cambridgeshire, which bursts with exotic specimens found on Victorian plant-hunting expeditions; and Monk s House in East Sussex, where the garden proved a refuge for Virginia Woolf."
Claire Masset is the Guidebooks Publisher for the National Trust. She was formerly the Gardens Editor ofThe English Garden Magazineand freelance journalist for publications includingCountry LifeandGardens Illustrated. She is the author ofTea and Tea Drinking."


text: Bright, light straw-yellow colour with some depth, pale edged. This has a fresh and elegant nose with aromas of yellow flowers and lychee along with subtle ginger and tropical nuances, along with residual fermentation esters lift. Some flinty lees complexities emerge in the glass. Medium-bodied, the palate is finely presented with lively, lifted white and yellow stonefruit flavours and rose petal florals, along with refreshing and crisp acidity. The acidity lends a zesty and bright mouthfeel and the wine follows a light, textured thread and line. The wine is carried by the acidity to a fresh, firm, lingering finish with subtle white stonefruit flavours. 2-6 years.


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This spacious 4 bedroom home features an all-new kitchen with high-end cabinetry, quartz counters & stainless appliances. Other upgrades include stained & polished concrete flooring throughout, new bathrooms, and a re-plastered pool with all-new pool equipment. The circular driveway and oversized corner lot on LAND YOU OWN with NO HOA make this home the perfect opportunity for a forever home, second home, or successful vacation rental. Schedule your private showing today!
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Luxury Homes. Selling Office: Keller Williams Luxury Homes.


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This interconnected web now woven across the world offers many benefits – and many potential perils. While we can now easily connect with long-lost friends, we must also be wary of who is viewing our information. While we can shop online, we may run the risk of compromising our account information. And while the world of Social Networking offers us many ways to keep in touch and share information, it has some very real potential pitfalls for Financial Advisors.
Still, according to a survey conducted this year by American Century Investments, 55% of Fiancial Advisors are now on LinkedIn, and over 71% have either a personal or business profile on Facebook.
What could get them into trouble?
For starters – testimonials. The SEC has, historically, adopted a very sweeping view on what constitutes a testimonial. If you have a profile on LinkedIn, you MUST be aware that personal recommendations posted to your profile DO count as testimonials and/or advertising – and you may be called out by SEC examiners. Simple comments on your Facebook profile or Twitter account may also be considered a violation.
Another big issue with Social Media use is retention. How to you retain social media documents in a way that is SEC-compliant? How do you capture and archive information? Currently, exchanges on social media are treated by regulators in much the same way as a live seminar would be – and retention of all records IS required.
While there is talk of the SEC and FINRA needing to re-evaluate rules to better accommodate the world of social media, for now – be careful. You basically have three options …
1) Take the time to understand and carefully update all your social media settings to ensure you're not violating any current regulations. (If you go deep enough into most Social Media settings, you can disable or hide many features.)
2) Turn it all off and wait for the SEC to come up with clear, simple guidelines.
3) Make use of one of the new services popping up to help Financial Advisors be compliant in Social Networks. For example …
SocialWare's "Compass" product:
Smarsh's Social Media Compliance and Archiving:
In 2010, Aite Group conducted a study of registered investment advisors and found that those who use Social Media experienced an increase in clients and a boost in both revenue and assets (more so than those who were not utilizing Social Media channels).
Clearly, there is great potential for the industry in these tools – if only we can find a way to successfully tame (or at least learn to coexist with) this wild new beast.


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Category: UX advice /
The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one big thing
I've just been reading Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise and came across a section that struck a chord. The book is about predictions and at one point he highlights the work of Philip Tetlock, a professor of psychology and political science. His book Expert Political Judgement studies 15 years of political predictions and concludes that overall political pundits are no better than chance at getting things right. However there was a group that did better than the others: he titled them the foxes.* Their opposites, the hedgehogs, were notably worse despite them tending to be more popular with the media.
Silver publishes the below table to summarise the differences (and this one I've taken from Forbes India):
Perhaps it's not surprising the media love hedgehogs: they're self-assured, possibly controversial, speak in certainties and make for great soundbites. Not dissimilar to those in the tech world that post 'big claim' blogs claiming you can solve everything if you just do x.
When it comes to being a product manager being more fox will bring you more rewards in the long run. Following the table above, here's how I see a good product manager fitting that framework:
Essentially it boils down to this: good product managers are comfortable with uncertainty. Silver's book is one about predictions and what is the work of evolving products and building new features but making our best prediction as to what we think the user needs? It's rarely straight-forward and laced with uncertainty. Embracing that and accepting that you don't know rather than assuming that you do will lead you to the right answer more often than not.
*In fact the naming was taken from an essay by Isaiah Berlin.
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Mar 16, 2018
Update 0.4.0 Update Notes
Final Beta update is here with a bunch of new features
New content
- New hub location - Casino - with slot machines, lucky wheel and a new vendor, Shakey
- Epic and Legendary gear introduced
- New multiplayer Arena mode added with bronze and silver ranking
- New PvP arena "Snowdump" introduced
- 6 new active and 6 passive skills added
- Squads added for PvP and COOP
- New Ascendancy Medal, two new Arena Medals, new Secret Medal
- All Hub NPC's now have a voiceover
- New buffs added to the Casino
- Fame Hunter missions added to Hakim
- Nitro is now running the Wargames where you'll find all the PVP and COOP modes
- New game intro added to the game
- New enemy, Shark introduced
- 11 new missions beyond rank 20 and countless operations spread over 3 new locations
- Features are unlocked at earlier levels
- Dungeons reset difficulty at rank 20, becoming more challenging and rewarding
- Improved loading screens
- Spark renamed to Nitro
- Hakim's den got a visual upgrade
- Secondary Ammo crate resupply time increased to 120 seconds
- Skills are not charged when the match starts
- Newly requirement to unlock and upgrade skill is item power instead of rthenk of your character
- Proximity Stun skill will only prevent movement when used on an enemy player in PvP; PvE functionality stays the same
- Proximity Stun skill cooldown reduced to 60s on first level and goes down to 40s on the maximum level
- Blade enemy behaviour improved, to increase the threat level
- Blade enemy HP increased slightly
- Shielder enemy behaviour improved to allow easier kill
- Shielder enemy HP decreased significantly
- Visual tweaks of Money Bomb
- Haptic feedback introduced
- All the skills were reset and can be re-distributed; all the invested soft currency was given back
- Gear perks are now visible even before player unlocks them
- Player receives XP for PvP from rank 20
Bug Fixes
- Game crashes significantly limited
- Fixed issue where game was crashing while using sit emote in PvP
- Fixed performance issues caused by browsing in inventory
- Fixed issue where game was crashing during a boss fight in Epic 10
- Fixed issue where game crashed after players tried to join Duel after visiting Pub
- Fixed issue where game crashed after loading into hub
- Fixed issue where key chests were dropping in dungeons in situations where they should not
- Fixed issue where game was crashing after claiming rewards for mission The Phantom Signal
- Fixed issue where game was crashing while naming a new Shadowgun And many other fixes and tweaks. What do you think? Let us know! #WeListen


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The article talks about the daunting task of designing modern spaces like ANNAM CAFE with a spacious look in the era of shrinking spaces due to urbanization.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
Date: 18-11-2016
THE HINDU features Phorum Dalal, an artist for her experiences in Chitrashaala Artist Residency 2017 in Lake Nahargarh Palace, Chittorgarh.READ MORE
Travel and Deal, a travel magazine featured Chitrashaala 2017 and it's origin.
Source: Travel and Deal
Date: 5 October 2017
Chitrashaala, our Annual Residency Programme got featured in Business Standard - Weekend under the Title of Courting Art where the author talks about the heritage of mural paintings.
Source: Business Standard
Date: 25 August, 2017
Mr.Ashish Vohra, Founder & CEO of jüSTa Hotels and Resorts interviewed by correspondent of DNA Magazine on their one of the most luxurious and admired resort in Chittorgarh, jüSTa Lake Nahargarh Palace.
Source: DNA Magazine
Date: 26 July 2016


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I knew my life had taken a turn for the weird when I found myself bedding down for the night in a friend's bathtub. The fact that I was wearing a gas mask at the time added to the surreal quality of the experience, but at least I was warm and out of the winter wet. In fact, this particular bathtub had a lot to recommend itself: namely, that it was located in neither of the houses where I was currently paying rent, yet not inhabiting.
As my personal fetishes do not happen to include throwing money away while engaging in unusual nighttime behavior, perhaps I should explain that the reason for this admittedly bizarre scenario was actually far stranger: When I tried to take up residence-in the houses, not the bathtub-I had been sideswiped by such agonizing pain that I was living in a constant state of sleep-deprived panic. Even the unforgiving hardness of the tub's enamel surface felt comparatively comfy-or was at least a known form of discomfort.
For I was in the midst of a waking nightmare in which my normally neurotic-in-a-goofy-kind-of-way life had suddenly been transmogrified into an episode of The Twilight Zone. I had suddenly become allergic to virtually every house in Ventura County, where I was living (or trying to live) at the time. How can a person become allergic to a house, you may well ask? I still don't have a definitive answer to that perfectly reasonable question, but this story is an attempt to make some sense of the black hole into which I fell three years ago and out of which I am still climbing.
(Note: I was not trying to live in the two above-referenced houses simultaneously, but had rented them in such quick succession that I was still paying off first, last and security deposits on both. Such was the level at which I was functioning. I'm not even going to discuss my relationship with my checking account.)
The story, then, goes something like this: I rented House One. It duly received a coat of paint. I moved some stuff in, unpacked and went to sleep.
I woke up a few hours later and knew I had died but was somehow regrettably still alive to tell about it, as some sadist had obviously crept in during the night and driven sharp but invisible metal stakes through my skull. My head was pulsating with more pain than I thought the human frame could physically bear. My heart was attempting to leave my body the hard way, and my brain was attempting to barbecue itself and perform a meltdown at the same time.
In a daze, I ran outside, convinced some epic cosmic event had done me in, but all appeared normal. No one else was even about. There was no sign a radioactive cloud had wafted by, at least that I could tell. No creatures in space suits appeared to be lurking, waiting to stuff me into an alien craft and whisk me off to Planet Wacko. I had no idea what could have happened to me.
Not wanting to revisit whatever unfriendly influence had performed some tweaked form of psychic surgery on my mind and body in my new home, I walked around and tried to think. Gradually the symptoms began to subside as the fresh air permeated my pores.
Uncertain of what to make of this development, I went back to the house to retrieve a few things and check for the possible presence of demons. Pow! The pain immediately crashed back over me, rendering me nearly paralyzed but extremely motivated to vacate immediately.
The next few days and weeks are now a blur of guestrooms and couches. Sometimes I slept a few hours; mostly I tried to settle down only to find I was again reacting to something in whatever new environment I found myself. Eventually I would arise-inevitably in tears of rage, confusion and terror-and flee to my car to bellow with the pain and frustration of another sleepless night. Admittedly, I have never lived a life of quiet desperation. But the level of noisy desperation I was now experiencing was ridiculous. What was going on?
I tried to make sense of this seemingly senseless situation. The symptoms were consistent, as was their abatement upon escaping into (relatively) clean air. In some instances, relief would come within minutes, although more often hours; in the case of that first experience it took a full week for the pain and emotional berserkitude to completely cease and desist (at which point I went back to try to pack my stuff and completely wiped myself out again).
I also knew I did not know how to survive as a desert rat in the dead of winter, a point I proved to myself one incredibly stupid night some weeks into this torturous odyssey: I had made myself a nest of sleeping bags and cushions on my back porch, rigged up a tarp above me against the threatening drizzle, and had actually fallen asleep feeling cozy and almost hopeful. Having used heavy pottery to secure the tarp, however, I ended up in the ER the next morning with a near concussion after I dislodged the heaviest pot onto my already offended skull while thrashing my way out of the covers. I was dizzy for weeks.
So, being certifiably insane by this time, I rented House Two. Unfortunately, I did so without discovering what was killing me in the first one. In retrospect, I know that testing out the place on a weekend, when my housemate-to-be was home from work and the doors and windows had been open for several hours, did not begin to give me an accurate assessment of the situation.
However, not having been given the gift of 20-20 hindsight, I decided I had finally found a safe situation when the heart-pounding I initially experienced upon entering the building stopped quickly. As no new symptoms developed during the hours I stayed, I sighed with relief and decided that first reaction was merely fear of the unknown. I suppose that made some crazy sort of sense, as everything I encountered had become unpredictable and felt, therefore, potentially dangerous.
So. I moved some of my stuff in the following Monday and immediately knew I was in trouble. The house, which had been closed up all day, emitted a very strong odor of bitter citrus and my head started to scream. (My most vivid memory of that part of this real-life soap opera, by the way, was the kind, but futile, attempt my clothing-optional housemate made to exterminate any possible allergens from the premises. He did so by washing down the kitchen in the buff, in the process of which all we found was an empty can of residually acting pesticide under the sink.)
I now had belongings in Houses One and Two and was scared to enter either one.
During these skittish months of enforced homelessness I also sought clarity and help from the medical community. My HMO doctor, steeped in the helpful mindset of the American Medical Association, merely regarded me as a hysteric-lunatic-hypochondriac who had sprouted several extra heads, all of them suspect. She spouted platitudes and sent me away. It wasn't really her fault; my presenting problems were way beyond her experience or expertise. Unfortunately, she showed no inclination to understand or to learn, either.
Mercifully, I was also the patient of a specialist who was already treating me for other quirky syndromes such as systemic metabolic imbalances, food allergies and hormonal wackedness. A clinical ecologist, psychiatrist and orthomolecular physician (which refers to using the correct substances to achieve optimal health), he knew exactly what had become of my life: I had become severely hyper-reactive to environmental toxins (I remembered the fresh paint in House One and the bug spray in Two) and now suffered from what is commonly known as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) or environmental illness (EI), among many other descriptive but equally depressing names.
He explained that many people's immune systems-for any number of reasons-break down to such a point that they cannot cope with the onslaught of manmade poisons we are regularly subjected to in our ever-increasingly polluted home and work environments.
For example, many sensitive individuals find themselves feeling nauseated and spacey after the installation of new carpeting or linoleum-both of which are manufactured with heavy doses of formaldehyde and other toxic substances which offgas into their surroundings-or after breathing the fumes of solvents while using copiers in buildings that are improperly ventilated. This condition is referred to as Sick Building Syndrome, or S.B.S.
Eventually, the central nervous system can become involved and neurological problems (such as my headaches, heart distress, brain complaints and tendency to burst into tears when exposed to chemicals) emerge to further complicate the situation. My symptoms made sense to him. I was only functionally-not organically-nuts.
He further noted the actual physiological phenomenon that takes place in the case of chemical injury is an acid reaction at the cellular level in which certain vital enzymes are destroyed. These actions can be reversed within two to three years, assuming the individual is able to remove him- or herself from the environment that caused the original damage and find a safe place to live.
Since deep and seemingly intractable stress was the main trigger that had gradually but relentlessly led to my body's nearly total inability to function even before this latest insult to my health, he also recommended I move to a very quiet location where I could let my beleaguered self detoxify and heal.
He reassured me that if I moved to an older home (no fresh paint or new anything), drank healthy water, munched organic veggies and breathed the wholesome air provided by either the mountains or the ocean, I would soon make a full recovery.
Gratefully, I began to take stock of my situation. Having a diagnosis made me feel less terminally unique: this was a condition with a name and a description, common enough to engender websites, books and pamphlets galore, and-most importantly-fellow sufferers who understood. For I had quickly discovered that the most disconcerting aspect of this anomaly was its invisibility. I looked healthy. I spoke, for the most part, articulately. True, upon encountering a dicey substance I raved a bit as the fumes wreaked havoc with my neurology and rendered me temporarily non compos mentis.
But then, I had never been known as a particularly well-modulated emotional being; I merely had a wonderful support group of friends and family that put up with my vagaries and ravings, putting me back together as necessary and loving me just the same.
However, even these deeply sympathetic people simply couldn't understand how the most microscopic amount of a hostile substance could set me off, or why I could smell (and consequently react to) pesticides, perfumes and cleaning supplies far more quickly than anyone else. I didn't know the chemistry of the process, either; I just knew it was a fact.
(I now know, by the way, that it's the olfactory gland's proximity and connection to the brain that triggers such immediate responses in the severely sensitive. I have since been offered the following helpful (?!) suggestions to offset this situation when in the presence of iffy smells: wear a mask; hold my breath; stick Vaseline-coated cotton balls up my nose to block the odors from sending distress signals north; and, when in doubt, run. Sounds, and possibly is, a paranoid approach to life. But when your world is suddenly pulsating with seemingly innocent substances that turn on you without warning, you begin to think you are perhaps not paranoid enough.)
That, in a roundabout way, explains why I was wearing a gas mask while using that friend's bathing facilities as a bed when first describing this whole ordeal. I had originally planned to stay in her guestroom, but discovered she had painted an adjoining door several weeks before. Actually, I should say my pain antennae detected a minute amount of particles still hanging around the hallway from that home-decorating project and went into hyper mode. I was therefore attempting to filter out the fumes as I grimly made myself as comfortable as I could on a nest of pillows in the tub.
I was into serious self-pity at this point, and in no mood to find the humor in anything. However, upon returning from her evening out, my hostess came in and surveyed the scene. Finding me thus attired and situated she was struck by the inherent absurdity of the situation and clutched her sides, pointing and gasping for breath as she howled wordlessly but at length.
But before I could point out that I didn't appreciate her reaction to my plight, her roomie came in and freaked out, begging me to try the bed again. She couldn't handle the concept of a houseguest sleeping thusly, and tried to convince me that I couldn't possibly be reacting to paint that had not been applied all that recently.
Realizing this well-intentioned woman couldn't begin to relate to my reality, I offered to go sleep in my car if that would offend her sensibilities less. She kindly shut up and mumbled I was welcome to her bathtub any time. My friend, still giggling, thanked her on my behalf. Not for the first (or last) time did I ungraciously wish an intense five minutes of MCS on the entire Earth's population. The "mile in another's moccasins" thing.
Another, sadder, instance of people's inability to empathize occurred when I found myself unable to attend a memorial service because the pain I experienced on the premises was unbearable. I now know the building used for the occasion was sprayed regularly with pesticides, but then all I knew was that someone very dear to me accused me of causing myself a headache because I didn't want to deal with death.
She defended her position on the grounds that she also had a very acute sense of smell and she was sure she would have been able to detect toxic residues, had any existed. I was very hurt at the time, even though I knew she only spoke out of frustration at not being able to help me or fix the problem.
But for a long time I didn't get it, either, although gradually I began to educate myself. My years of interpreting life as one crisis after another had thoroughly trashed my immune system and I was now stuck with a serious case of MCS. I would have to learn how to live my life on new terms. At first it seemed as though it might be manageable: If I followed my doctor's recommendations I could, by using reasonable caution, live a moderately normal life while my enzymes rejuvenated themselves.
But where? I was becoming more desperate and ragged, both emotionally and physically, as the weeks dragged on and finding livable housing continued to prove a virtual impossibility.
Finally, a friend called with a lead. She had found, through a convoluted word-of-mouth process, a place in the high desert of San Diego County that was designed especially for those with my particular challenges. Officially named the Community for the Environmentally Sensitive (CES) and informally referred to as The Last Resort (which it is for those with absolutely nowhere else to go), this putative sanctuary was located beyond the back of beyond. It offered clean air and water, a peaceful and safe environment and, best of all, space for me.
I packed up my battered, ancient Toyota, which looked as though it had endured several wars due to the 28 two-pound boxes of baking soda with which I had doused it after inadvertently contaminating the poor beast with pesticides I picked up from my short but exquisitely painful stay at House Two.
By then I didn't have a whole lot in the way of material possessions, because when I vacated that last place I stashed my stuff in a storage facility. Upon learning of the management's propensity for spraying its units with pesticide, I had my kids dispose of my earthly junque. That part was easy-by then clothing and furniture seemed trivial and even irrelevant compared to the possibility of ever getting a real night's sleep and even (maybe) living indoors again.
The hardest part of the preparations by far was parting with my 11-month-old mini-dachshund, Grover, who had provided solace and warmth during those insanely hard first four months. No indoor animals were allowed at CES, because different residents had varying allergic problems. The owner, Harriett Molloy, also explained that I would need all my energy for healing myself and would have none to spare. I silently disagreed, but as I literally saw no other option, I found what I prayed would be a good home for my precious pup. I then climbed into my car and cried all the way to San Diego, some five hours south.
That is, until I hit Highway 94. My tears instantly dried up-replaced by sheer, raw terror. I told God I didn't find it amusing in the least that He was plunking me at the end of a road that I would never again find the courage to drive. I had no choice but to stay there in the little town of Potrero and either heal or die.
By the time I arrived I was truly a nervous wreck, shaking and gibbering feebly. I was greeted by Molloy, who took one look at me and led me to the trailer I was to occupy. I immediately got a headache upon entering, but being in no state to even worry about what that might mean, I threw myself on a rock-hard mattress on an outside porch and slept.
The next three months were pretty much the same: I couldn't stay inside the trailer for more than a short while without experiencing my normal symptoms, but I was able to sleep outside. As this was February, I had to alternate such nights with some in a well-ventilated indoor area when the rains made such an arrangement necessary. I wore eight layers of sweats day and night for several weeks, taking them off only once a week to shower-I was still too traumatized to shed the protective covering I had fashioned to keep out the cold and the world, which had come to seem a hostile and scary place. I wrestled with a mound of blankets, sleeping bags and God. I cursed, screamed and pounded that mattress.
I used no heat or light. Looking back, I realize I lived rather like a wild animal in survival mode. One morning, I recall, a fellow community member found me looking, she said with concern, like Bambi-my eyes were frozen open in fear. Even though I was technically safe-the dwelling (like all those at CES) was old and painted with non-toxic materials; all electric (gas and wood smoke are potent allergens for the sensitive) and the floors tiled rather than carpeted-for some reason I continued to react poorly to my environment and I wasn't resting well. My back was sore all the time from the bed. Obviously, I wasn't dramatically improving. But I was also too freaked to leave. There was that hellish road-and nowhere to drive to. I stayed, kicking at the unfairness of life.
Gradually the weather thawed, I peeled off the layers and ventured out of my cave. Molloy and the others befriended me, served me tea and took me to town to shop for food. I took comfort in the fact that everyone there knew whereof I spoke. We understood one another's situations, although we reacted to different things and in different ways.
(Among my community mates during my 19-month stay at CES were a former NASA physicist-cum-psychologist, two ex-lawyers, a one-time business consultant, an airline steward and the retired executive secretary of an area school district. Virtually all of the above individuals had become ill due to chemical exposures on the job; one is currently in litigation with a local government agency over the injury to her nervous system due to S.B.S.)
By May, another housing unit became vacant, one in which I could actually live. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to sleep in this bed because I had developed a severe allergy to dust and the aged mattress and box spring, although free from the potential irritants often found in new materials, still bothered me. And thus it was that I went through the most unbelievable episode of this entire experience: Due to my constantly extreme level of stress from sleeplessness and its resultant anxiety, my serotonin levels diminished into virtual non-existence.
I didn't know that at the time, of course. All I knew was that I could no longer sit or lie down anywhere without severe head pain, heart racing and electric shocks racing throughout my body. Serotonin, I learned, is the brain chemical in charge of sensation, and apparently-as I no longer produced any of this magic substance-I could no longer tolerate the pressure of even something as natural as wood on my skin. By trial and error I found I could at least tolerate the metal straps that held an outdoor redwood chair together and so I managed to snatch a few hours of sleep a night by sitting up in one of these torture chambers without any pad or blankets under or over me. But I was rapidly losing what little of my mind I had thus far managed to hang onto.
I called my children and my best friends and told them I didn't think I could make it any more. I'm sure I scared them, but they couldn't have been more terrified than I was. I truly had no idea what to do. I walked for hours at a time, begging for relief or death. Finally, my son came down to visit and pointed out that if I could sleep in such a chair, why not use a redwood lounge on which I could at least stretch out. Lugging one over to the cottage from a nearby picnic area, he helped me to lie down. (By then I was having severe back pain from the non-sleeping arrangements.) He played me a lullaby on his guitar and we both wept.
About this time I found the presence of mind to call the doctor who had helped me so much some months earlier, and he again easily diagnosed the root of the problem. He immediately put me on a hefty dose of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that gradually allowed me to tolerate more pressure against my body. I have no idea how it did that-suffice it to say I'm eternally grateful to whatever pharmaceutical company developed that blessed drug. Although I'm strictly an alternative-route gal, I have no doubt that prescription medication saved what was left of my life.
I know this because the day I had that first long-distance phone consultation from my high-desert hideout with my physician, I literally hit bottom: When I had put my feet on the floor upon awakening that morning my head had started to scream. So did I, and as I did so I remember thinking, I wonder if I'll have to be suspended from the ceiling, since I can no longer tolerate any contact with any surface. I don't know how much longer I could have survived without that medical intervention; my CNS was obviously stretched to the breaking point. I believe I was headed for a stroke, at best.
But the worst was finally over. Eventually, I found I was able to sleep on the floor on a pile of blankets-luxury! That didn't help my back much, but at least I was getting some sleep. I even began to sit in regular chairs again and soon moved into my third and final accommodation at CES. Wonder of wonders, the bed there was comfortable and I slept, long and well, for the first time in a full year. Sleep is one of those things I used to take for granted; I now awake every morning and express deep gratitude for slumber granted.
Gradually my reactions became less severe and I stopped fearing the very molecules I breathed. I realized I was probably going to make it. Slowly my tightly coiled nervous system began to think about unwinding.
A year later it is still thinking about it.
I now live in the mountain community of Descanso, which means "place of rest" in some Indian language. I try to meditate on that concept on a regular basis as I continue my healing process, because I still wrestle with the same issues that put me here. My addiction (and I use that word advisedly) to my own adrenalin is a lifelong one, and is dying very ungraciously.
During this past year, I have clearly and repeatedly demonstrated to myself the absolute correlation between stress and my ability to cope with toxic exposures: If I start to let myself get back into the frenetic lifestyle and mindset on which I thrived (or, more truthfully, broke down) before all of this happened, I pay for it immediately by reacting to things that hadn't bothered me for months. My adrenal glands, so exhausted from decades of unresolved tension, are still fragile and I am learning to respect their need for tranquility.
I could give a long and boring account of my daily routines and all the modalities I have incorporated into my healing regimen. I won't. Ditto a list of the websites and publications focusing on the ravages of environmental pollution and their effects on an ever-increasing percentage of the population.
But I will note that when I ran an ad looking for safe housing in several local papers recently, I was bombarded by dozens of responses from other chemically sensitive people hiding out around the county, looking desperately for places to live that wouldn't hurt them or calling just to commiserate. They had no solutions to offer me-only fear and sadness.
I don't know the answer. The chemical companies keep producing chemicals; the government continues to regulate this industry poorly, if at all; and we live perpetually more stressful lives so that our overly taxed systems cope ever less well with these environmental assaults.
I think I'll go take a bath. I wonder where I put that gas mask.


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Vodafone increases data and call allowances on Big Value Bundles
Vodafone has announced a change to its Big Value Bundles that allows pay as you go customers to benefit from double the amount of data without any additional cost.
Both new and existing customers can take advantage of the extended data and minutes allowance on their 30-day rolling SIM-only plans.
The £5, £10 and £20 plans have all had either their data or call allowances increased. If you already have one of Vodafone's Big Value Bundles, it will automatically be upgraded no matter where you are in your 30-day cycle.
When opting for one of Vodafone's cheaper bundles, you now get 100MB of data, 150 minutes and 250 texts along with 100 reward points. A tariff like this is better suited to customers who only moderately use their phones for basic tasks like making calls and sending text messages.
Free data and minutes boost
Both the data and the minutes allowances have been boosted in the £10 Big Value Bundle. You now get 2GB of data, 250 minutes and unlimited texts with 150 reward points.
In the £20 Big Value, there's 8GB of data up for grabs with 1,000 minutes and unlimited texts. Vodafone also gives you 250 reward points with this deal.
Think of the reward points as you would think of Nectar points or Tesco Clubcard points. It's Vodafone's way of enticing you to keep renewing your pay as you go bundle every month.
When you've saved up enough points you can exchange them for data, giftcards or gadgets. At 500 points you can swap them for 500MB of extra data valid for 7 days, 2,700 point gets you Bluetooth In-Ear headphones and for a £20 Amazon giftcard you need 4,000 points.
As a perk of choosing Vodafone as your pay as you go tariff provider, you are able to rollover any unused data, minutes and texts into the next month's allowance. You'll also be able to use your plan while you're on holiday in 48 countries around Europe.
The Big Value Bundles are 30-day rolling plans and will automatically renew at the end of the month. You are free to cancel at any time.
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Urban Eating Habits Survey
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In an effort to understand how respondents utilize the resources provided by their urban environment when making choices related to food consumption, the survey "Urban Eating Habits" was created. Using Google Docs Forms, the survey presented 10 questions that touched upon subjects ranging from the tendency towards delivery/take-out to the frequency of visits to a famer's market. Urban Interpretations hopes that this brief online survey will begin to expose a general trend amongst city dwellers with regard to their eating habits.
While the survey is too narrow to paint a clear picture of how respondents, and a greater urban population, truly dine, both in and out of the house, this exercise will prepare Urban Interpretations for the continued use of Google Docs Forms in its work. This web-based tool provides a simple means for broader community engagement and Urban Interpretations looks forward to the continued utilization of this device.
To access the online survey, please click on the following link:
Summary of Findings:
Twelve respondents took part in the first Urban Eating Habits survey of 2009. Interesting highlights from the survey include the following: Of these 12 respondents, 67% make coffee or tea in their home in the morning and 58%, will only do take-out/delivery once a week. While 43% of respondents go out to eat 2 times a week, 58% say that price is somewhat of a factor when choosing a restaurant. Respondents are spread across the board in terms of how often they visit a farmer's market in a month; however, Trader Joe's is by far the most popular grocery store amongst the respondents.
This chart represents each respondent's number of visits to a farmer's market in a month:
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Single length golf clubs physics are a fascination with tinkerers. traditionalist aren't even giving a "single" thought. Whatever side of the conversation you are on the fact single length irons are getting some serious attention because of Bryson the professional/ amateur golfer having serious success with a single length concept right now.
Wishon Golf Technologies has made a single length set available for club fitters and club makers. The Sterling iron set ranges from a 5 irons to the sand wedge and can include a hybrid 5 all to built to a single length.
Today I had my first test run with the irons during a fitting. The irons went as prescribed, meaning varying distances as the clubs should and gave great feedback to the golfer and all he needed was one swing type.
Single length irons have never really made a big splash because of the lack of good components to make that happen. Well with the Sterling set from Wishon it can now.


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Checking for lice is one of the most important things you can do to help stop the spread of lice. Our school nurse and office staff are available to check students for lice if necessary.
If we notify you that your child has lice, please consider the advice outlined in the district letter.
It takes EVERYONE'S efforts to stop lice from going around so please, check your child and if you find lice, follow the steps to make sure they're gone for good.


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If you're interested in learning more about how earned income streams can create a stable income for your nonprofit, then check out this webinar. We'll explore the different ways nonprofits have used earned income streams, the pros and cons, and more.
This webinar will show you the 5 models of earned income streams. It will show you how to start earned income streams. There will be multiple examples of nonprofits using earned income streams to get that unrestricted money they need to continue their programs.
At the conclusion of this session, participants will know:
- The different kinds of earned income streams for their nonprofit.
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"I hope that people can see me for who I really am," says Linda Boreman (Amanda Seyfried), a.k.a. Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace, in Lovelace. Well, that's going to be tough after watching this biopic, which reduces her troubled life to scenes of sex and violence so cartoonish they should've been relegated to a hair-metal video. Directed by documentary vets Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Celluloid Closet), the film first depicts Boreman as an empowered girl next door who inspired "porno chic," partied with Hugh Hefner (James Franco), and betrayed her Catholic mom (an unrecognizable Sharon Stone). The second half then recasts everything from Boreman's point of view, portraying her as a helpless victim whose manager husband (Peter Sarsgaard) forces her to "perform" at gunpoint. Neither side makes room for a more complicated middle ground that could've addressed Boreman's pre-Deep Throat work in the bestiality flick Dogarama, or the antipornography movement that made her a feminist icon. Seyfried works hard for your empathy, with the same naïveté that helped secure Boreman's rep as the "sexy Raggedy Ann." And Sarsgaard is perfect for this role, oozing '70s sleaze in all its mustache-smoothing glory. But even they can't add depth to this sad story. By the end, Boreman seems as much of a caricature as the blow-up dolls that bear her Lovelace name. (Also available on VOD) C
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The K7 Kitchen is a designer kitchen with height-adjustable worktop. The automated worktop is a creative and useful idea: the lowest height is perfect for children and regular day-to-day dining; a slightly raised height is at a level which makes food preparation easier and more enjoyable; the highest position creates a cocktail bar atmosphere just right for entertaining in the evening. Other hidden details include the convenient sink cover, clever retractable taps, and drawers with sensitive surfaces that respond to your touch.
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Derby Festé has been a highlight in the city's calendar for the past 11 years and this year's festival will be held on Friday September 29 and Saturday September 30 with the theme of fusing Western and Eastern cultures in the most spectacular fashion.
Regular visitors to Festé will have noticed that the festival is slightly later this year and this is to enable it to coincide with the climax of the Navratri Festival.
The nine-day Hindu festival, which is celebrated across the world, finishes on Friday September 29 and is even more significant this year as it coincides with the 70th anniversary celebrations of India's independence.
Derby Festé will open on Friday night at Bass' Recreation Ground which will be transformed into 'Circus World' from late afternoon.
Saturday will see the return of the popular free programme of street entertainment across the Cathedral Quarter and St Peters Quarter with dance, street theatre, comedy and contemporary circus acts performing throughout the day at various locations.
Then late afternoon, the focus will be on South Asian style cultural celebrations and the crowds will gather for the 'Colour of Time' procession.
Dancers and musicians will move through the city centre in a choreographed parade towards Cathedral Green with the audience invited to join the finale - painting the sky with an explosion of Gulal powder.
The Night Market, organised by Sheena Holland was a popular addition to the Festé calendar last year and will again feature a wide range of arts, crafts and vintage stalls as well as food and drink stalls.
Derby Festé 2017 is produced and presented by Bondholders Derby LIVE, Déda, QUAD and Derby Theatre in association with the Without Walls Associate Touring Network, Artcore and Baby People. It is funded by Arts Council England and Bondholders Derby City Council, with sponsorship from the Cathedral Quarter BID, intu Derby, Derby Riverlights, Park Farm Shopping Centre and the University of Derby.


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About the Hotel
Property Location
A stay at Hôtel Caumartin Opéra - Astotel places you in the heart of Paris, within a 10-minute walk of Galeries Lafayette and Opéra Garnier. This hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Place de la Concorde and 2.9 mi (4.6 km) from Eiffel Tower.
Make yourself at home in one of the 40 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk.
Hotel Facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Concierge services
- Total number of rooms - 40
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
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- Smoke-free property
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- Number of bathrooms - 1
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National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.
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- Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 8 per person (approximately)
- Nearby parking fee: EUR 25 per 24 hours
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 60.0 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.65 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
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The theme of the game is Vampire Romance, and it is based on the True Blood and Vampire Diaries stories. The ideas behind the popular vampire dramas made the TV shows very popular, and those same ideas have done the same for this slot game.
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For the last few months, in-between daygame coaching in London, I've been living back in the arse end of nowhere while I plan my next Euro Jaunts and an upcoming World Tour.
The issue with this (outside of the lack of daygame opportunities) is the fact that lay logistics are pretty shitty.
Instead of relentlessly beating myself off into a tissue whilst spending way too much time on pornhub, I've been further exploring the art of getting laid in public places.
By public places, I'm talking about anywhere outside of the comfort of your place, whether that's in a car, in a park, down an alleyway or like my Saturday afternoon, a disabled toilet in a swanky pub…
Now this isn't a new phenomenon and certainly not the first time I've done this but I wanted a write a bit of a "how to" for guys that may not have tried or thought it was possible to get a girl you barely know to accompany you into a toilet, whilst the sun is still shining outside and proceed to fuck her brains out whilst the sound of hand dryers go off next door.
Before I get into the "how to" part of the post, I want to touch on the "why" you should want to at least try having sex in public;
- Firstly it's good experience. Experience breeds competence and competence breeds confidence. Quite simply, the more you have sex in crazy places, the more confident you'll feel about doing it in future situations where a bounce back to your place may not be possible. What you feel, she feels, so if you're confident in what you're doing, she's more likely to oblige.
- It's exciting and risky. The combination of the two causes huge spikes in her emotions and is likely to make her come back for more. After all, when she's daydreaming at work, she's more likely to be thinking about the guy that dragged her into a disabled toilet than the guy who gave her three minutes of boring missionary sex.
- It's paramount for developing a strong sexual vibe. Since we know that it's not what you say, it's how you say it, developing a strong sexual presence through a wide berth of sexual experiences will help your interactions with women in the future.
Not that I really needed to sell you on the idea of expanding your sexual horizons, it's time for the "how" part of the post. Banging in public isn't actually that hard (that's what she said..) but there are a few things you need to take into consideration.
- She needs to trust you. There needs to be a certain degree of comfort built before you pull a girl into a situation that is both risky in terms of being caught and more importantly where she's going to be vulnerable. She doesn't need to have known you for months, it's certainly possible to do a same day lay in public but she has to trust you. Once you know she's attracted to you, let her know that you're not a threat.
- You have to lead. Just like any escalation attempt, it's your job to lead and escalate. Not only do you need to lead and escalate, you must do so smoothly. Any hesitation, nervousness or uncertainty she will feel amplified and will likely not go ahead with it.
- Accept there is a risk and 'call out the elephant in the room.' She doesn't want to be thinking logically about how you two could get caught so you need to allay these fears before they arise by saying something along the lines of "this is crazy, I can't believe we're doing this."
- Have Fun! Most importantly make it a fun experience for her as well as you. You want to make it a positive experience for her to reduce the chance of "buyers remorse."
- Oh and not every girl will be up for it and thats okay. Drilling yourself to at least try for it will make you more comfortable when the situation arises again in the future.
So there you go, there's really not much to it.
Have fun!
If you still need some reassurance that women are actually into this stuff just grab yourself a copy of "50 Shades of Grey" or "My Secret Garden" by Nancy Friday, better still follow me on Twitter @cassidypua and add me on Instagram @craigcassidy1


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'Lagaan', 'Achanak', new shows - SET gears for life after 'K3H'
MUMBAI: Sony is preparing for a life after the untimely but inevitable demise of the Madhuri Dixit-hosted flop marriage show Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai (K3H).
As the UTV-produced show readies to die its natural death after a run of 44 episodes in the last week of October, the channel aims at a big splash distraction in the form of mega blockbuster Lagaan, scheduled for an airing on 27 October, a Sunday. The next day sees the revamp of thriller weekly Achanak 37 Saal Baad into a Monday to Thursday daily, slotted in the 10 pm band. Three to four other shows, the final tally is still being worked through, are expected to launch in the following week, which incidentally, leads into the Diwali (4 November) week.
But while most mainstream channels prefer to reserve the biggest blockbusters in their kitty for telecast on Diwali day, Sony has adopted an intriguing strategy - that of scheduling Lagaan a week earlier. There is an immediate advantage this offers though, and that is that there is no other worthwhile fare to compete for the advertising rupee so Sony can extract the maximum possible out of the big ticket movie.
Also, the week leading up to Diwali is when maximum purchasing takes place so that also might have been a factor in the decision. V-P,programming & production, Nachiket Pantvaidya points out the the film will have lesser number of ad breaks so as to provide advertisers with maximum value by reducing clutter. The film will have an uninterrupted run of an average 15 to 20 minutes before each break.
There is another departure from the norm (as far as Sony is concerned certainly). Unlike its usual ploy of airing hit films on Saturday nights, the Aamir Khan production will be aired on Sunday night. According to Pantvaidya, if Aamir agrees, some scenes which were edited out in the screen version will be reintroduced into the movie and what will be telecast will be an "uncut film". Pantvaidya said Lagaan , being a very long movie, would probably be slotted in at around 7 pm or thereabouts so as to conclude by midnight give or take some run time.
Pantvaidya also revealed that a major contest was being devised so as to generate further excitement around the movie.
Lagaan's Sunday slotting serves another purpose as well. The current series of the Balaji Telefilms big budget weekender Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat, which airs Fridays through Sundays in the 8 to 9 pm slot, concludes on Saturday, 26 October. The new series, on which Balaji's creative force Ektaa Kapoor has spent a lot of energy to put together a powerful plotline, kicks off the following Friday.
The Lagaan airing will likely also be used to inform viewers about the new fare that the channel will have on offer. And there is a whole of that coming up.
Achanak, 37 Saal Baad, one of Sony's better performing shows from the current crop, seems to be burdened with the responsibility of holding the channel's 10 pm slot against rivals Star and Zee's soaps at the same time. Pantvaidya said there was no point in stacking a soap against a soap and the thought behind slotting Achanak in the 10 pm slot was to offer the viewer completely different fare. The viewership that would come in for Achanak were the type that had stayed loyal to the detective series CID, he said.
How well this strategy works remains to be seen, more so because for the initial six weeks, what will be on air are reruns of old episodes of Achanak . It will be December before the fresh fare begins its telecast, says Pantvaidya. The thinking here is that six weeks is what it will take for audiences who enjoy thriller formats to get properly clued in to the series and by the time the new episodes begin airing, a clear audience base will have been established.
Says Pantvaidya: "The focus of our November shows is counterprogramming. Between 8 and 10:30 pm we will have checkerboard stuff on air." All the new shows will be on between 8 to 9 pm while the two Balaji soaps Kkusum and Kutumb will undergo plotline "reinvention", the strategy that Star India is employing vis-a-vis its own hit soaps.
Looking at the 8 to 9 pm band, of the four shows Sony announced together, K3H - the most publicized one - has turned into its biggest disaster.
While the weekender Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat has clawed its way up to averageratings after a miserable start, Bachke Rehnaa, the Mohnish Behl anchored game show modelled on the Columbia Tristar licensed Russian Roulette has still to take off and this may well be why there is still some debate going on within Sony over the fate of the fourth show that was announced at the time - Kucch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun - to be hosted by Raageshwari. Kucch Kehti is modelled on Name That Tune. The brainstorming in Sony at the moment is also around another gameshow import Run For Your Money. Whether one, the other or neither see the light of day will be decided over the next 15 days or so, says Pantvaidya.
Sony's latest two offerings, Meri Biwi Wonderful (modelled on Bewitched), a sitcom on air at 8 pm on Thursday, and Devi , a soap slotted in at 9 pm on Friday, have both opened well, says Pantvaidya. Among the new shows that will be launching post-Lagaan are Papa Ban Gaya Hero, a sitcom that stars Vijay Raaz, the actor who portrayed the sensitive 'Dubeyji' in Monsoon Wedding, Goonj - a family story and Kabhi Biwi Kabhi Jasoos, a show about a housewife who moonlights as a private eye.
Papa..., the story of a middle class guy who hits the big time and all the difficulties he faces associated with coming to terms with it, is an out and out comedy. Khabhi Biwi is a one-hour thriller comedy and the lead has shades of the character played by Jamie Lee Curtis as the wife in Arnold Schwarzenegger's True Lies. The third show in this lot - Goonj - is a more sombre tale about the travails of a family where no male member survives above the age of 35, Pantvaidya confirms.
Looks like Sony has opted for the 8 to 9 pm slot to pack in its variety entertainment as opposed to Star which has slotted the 9 to 10 pm band for that.
"Ab Aayega Mazaa" (now the fun begins) is the new signature line for Sony Entertainment. And the channel is pulling out all stops to live up to it.
Come November, it will be over to the viewer.


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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 7, 2011) – A government and a pro-army militia were wounded after communist rebels detonated a landmine on Saturday in the southern Filipino province of Davao del Norte, officials said.
Officials said the soldiers were checking on the reported presence of New People's Army rebels in the village of Palma Gil in Talaingod town when the explosion occurred. The soldiers were part of a peace and development team, said Lieutenant Colonel Lyndon Paniza, an army spokesman.
"Prior to the incident, concerned civilians informed our troops of the presence of the armed men intimidating the local residents. The soldiers were on their way to way to implement peace and development programs when they responded to the residents' call," Paniza said.
The rebels are fighting for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country and are currently negotiating peace with the Aquino government, but both sides have not signed a cease-fire accord and sporadic clashes still continue in many parts of the Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)