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I usually wake up around 4am. That is, the alarm goes off at four. I lay in bed for a bit, but I'm usually out in the kitchen by 4:15-4:20ish. Bruno usually prepares coffee the night before, so all I have to do is press the "on" button. I chug two glasses of water. I take vitamins.
And, then, I grab a mug of coffee. I set an hour timer on my phone. I sit on the couch. I open a book and read. I do not read Rousseau. I do not read anything related to my Ph.D. I read whatever I damn well please. I've been doing this for over a year now.
After I took my Ph.D. comprehensive exam I had a really hard time with stress, like more than normal. Like I have mentioned before, stress manifests itself physically for me so I had high blood pressure, an ulcer, insomnia, and panic attacks. Not to mention, comps was not exactly the highlight of my graduate school experience. Pressure may be a privilege, but I have never been at my best when the stakes are high.
I missed reading for the sake of reading. For the last four years, I mainly read only what was required for class or for a paper. Don't get me wrong, I love what I read for school. I would not be doing this if I did not truly love it, but around comps I reached a point where I could not separate the fear of failure with reading political philosophy. I feel much better now, but I do not think it would have happened if not for my daily reading habit.
Knowing that I would likely not get it done in the evenings — that is typically "Bruno time" — I began getting up an hour earlier. I began with re-reading the Harry Potter series which I have not read for years and years despite being a favorite. It was comfort fiction, like eating my mom's chocolate chip cookies or taking a warm bubble bath. I continued from there to Mischka Berlinski's Fieldwork and then Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. I re-read favorite classics like Stendhal's The Red and the Black and discovered new one's like Anatole France's The Gods Will Have Blood. Somewhere I had forgotten that I'm someone with lots of interests, not just Rousseau. Case in point: The hot topic of books I read last year was on explorers and conquerors of the Amazons last year (this one on Theodore Roosevelt and the Amazon River is on my shelf now. The obsession continues!).
As the year has passed, I have actually transitioned to reading books more related to my field. Right now I'm reading Homer's Iliad for the first time — I know, I'm practically an uneducated barbarian. I have two books on liberalism and freedom of religion that I've started and yes, sometimes, I even read Rousseau — but only the autobiographical works and Julie!
The benefits of reading in the morning have been practical as well as good for my mental state. It is hard for me to drag myself out of bed to work out or to work really. I have tried to start writing right away in the morning and I just don't like it. I like easing into my day not rushing into it. That I get to reward myself by getting out of bed so early in the morning with some coffee and a book and generally just some quiet time to myself usually means that while I am slow at getting out of bed, that snooze button is almost never pushed.
And by the time I do go for my run or start writing or whatever the morning has planned, I already feel replenished not only from a good night sleep, but a good book too.
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GWR has reported that Newbury railway stations are set for a major upgrade, with investment close to £7 million pounds. Newbury Racecourse station is in line for a makeover following a £70,000 investment, which will include improved waiting facilities, covered cycle parking, a ticket vending machine, CCTV cameras and improvements to the footbridge.
At Newbury station improved connections for pedestrians, cyclists and those using public transport are expected, with office space also planned. These improvements would also "complement" the recently approved Market Street development which will see 232 homes built on land between the station and Market Street.
GWR and West Berkshire District Council will present these proposals at the Annual Town Meeting at the Town Hall, Newbury on Monday 18 March 2019. The Annual Town Meeting commences after the Civic Awards, so those wishing to attend should be at the Town Hall by 7.45pm on that evening. As numbers are limited, spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so if you would like to attend, please register by emailing email@example.com or call 01635 35486.

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Married with three children, I'm an international wine judge and write a weekly drinks column for the Daily Mail's Femail magazine. I write for magazines including Sainsbury's and Waitrose Drinks and regular TV appearances include This Morning and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. My latest book, Homemade Cocktails, has just been published.
I post here on the blog (almost) every week, with at least two wine recommendations each week. Awards for the blog include Fortnum & Mason's Online Drink Writer of the Year, Red Magazine's Best Blogger and BritMums Outstanding Blog Award.
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Interview with David Goerlitz, The Winston Man
We spoke to David Goerlitz, The Winston Man while we were at the National Vape Expo 2017 at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut. In this video he shares a little bit about his experience with the tobacco industry and why he is now an advocate for vaping.
DuecesJack: Hi everybody this is DuecesJack from vapinginsider.com and I am at Foxwoods resort and casino. And today I have Mr. David Goerlitz, the Winston man. He had over 42 ads for Winston cigarettes, he's now a vaper, he is now an advocate of vaping and I just wanted to get David on camera and I wanted to show him so he could tell his story to everybody out there. David if you could?
David: Well you know I'm here because of giant distribution and I have a story to tell. I have 34 years in the tobacco business in one way, shape or form. For eight years I was the lead model for our Jay Reynolds search and rescue campaign, always associates smoking with macho, tough, rugged, robust viral behaviour you know here I am smoking three packs a day at the top of a mountain in mount Evans, Colorado. Do you know what happens to a heavy smoker at 12,000 feet?
DuecesJack: No tell me.
David: It ain't pretty. So I did the ads for a lot of years, made a lot of money, plus I was a stuntman for photo-double for Harrison Ford so I've been in the business for a long time. Then in 1988 I decided I needed to quit smoking because my brother died of cancer. My kids were the new generation coming home saying you're going to die because my teacher said so and you know and they were little and here they see me smoking and I knew it was a bad thing to do. But unfortunately 93 or 94% or smokers start as kids, and then this becomes the only damn thing that a child is held accountable for for the rest of his or her life until they prematurely get diseased and die. I'm pretty sick of it, especially when the tobacco companies are getting away with producing a product, which kills 400,000 Americans every year.
DuecesJack: Literally getting away with murder.
David: Murder. They're merchants of death. So in 2006 I got into this. I quit smoking in 88, and it was hard. I quit and I cheated, I quit and I cheated because we didn't have vaping, all we had was the NicoDerm, Nicorette, Nicofen, Habitrol. None of it worked, it was all crap so I would smoke and cheat and smoke and quit and quit and cheat so it took me about seven or eight years to really get it. And then 2006 I started hearing about this vaping stuff and I had heard about it through the tobacco industry because they came up with a product called Eclipse in 1992, but it didn't go anywhere —
DuecesJack: It didn't go anywhere.
David: They waited for stealth.
DuecesJack: Smokeless tobacco. I remember that.
David: They wanted to wait for someone to pave the way which is what's happened with vaping in all honesty. 2006, 2010 the shit hit the fan okay basically because it caught on, people are quitting smoking, they're not smoking. They didn't need the government to help them, they didn't need money to pay for it, they didn't need a program, they just found something that was now helping them get over that hump of which I didn't have that. So I am a firm believer in vaping —
DuecesJack: So you are a vaper? You are a vaper?
David: I vape, but I vape Zero nicotine because why would I go back when I was able to beat it. But it took my years.
DuecesJack: Makes sense.
David: My goal is to try and drive people who are still confused about vaping with all the BS and all the false science that they're using and the government and the corruption of American Cancer, American lung, American Hearts, CDC campaigned for tobacco free kids, they're all liars and nobodies — and I'm afraid — I'm not afraid to say that, okay. I want people to know that vaping is a better alternative when they decide that they want to either cut down or transition off of combustible tobacco to something that I believe is so much better. I have COPD okay. I'm standing in a room here today, I have not had to use my inhaler once, you go into the casino where everyone is smoking, I would be puffing on my inhaler, so I know that I don't want vapers to just be an anecdote, these are not statistics, these are real people with real issues who have found something, that's why these conventions are so popular.
DuecesJack: And who have really quit. Who have really quit tobacco.
David: Some are dual users, fine. But every cigarette they don't smoke, they're adding years to their life. So I'm sick and tired of smokers and vapers being thrown under the bus when somebody like me has all the proof and all the documents and all the data to prove that these people against it are liars.
DuecesJack: So David you are what most would consider the ultimate tobacco insider, would that be fair to say?
David: Yeah because I was sued by R.J Reynolds, they told me I couldn't say…
DuecesJack: So you know for a fact that there is a concerted effort by big tobacco and big pharmaceutical to put an end to vaping. You have no doubt in your mind am I correct?
David: The FDA have already made arrangements with big tobacco and big pharmaceutical to do the fact checking right now using false cherry picked science that they can use that's financially rewarding to them. Tobacco companies are just sitting there laughing their way to the bank, because we are now tracking the vaping in a form where they just added three more months before the lawsuit so it's going to go on for 3 or 4 more years, but what we're doing is prepping the big tobacco companies to come in as knights in shining armour to say hey, we've got the $7 million dollars you need for… If you don't think for a second that they don't have a vaping pen ready to go or a mod or a coil or whatever, or ego —
DuecesJack: A Closed system that they can regulate and they can charge you more.
David: They are just waiting for us to pave the way and get looked down upon as those people who are now trying to get kids as a gateway drug to start smoking. It's bullshit okay. I'm the one that can say it, I'm the PR dream for somebody that wants to save vaping because right now we've got — in all honesty we've got a lot of different organisations and they don't know what they're doing, they just can't get it together. We need a think tank, we need somebody to come together as a group and say this is what we're going to freaking do and we're not going to let these liars in tobacco control and the liars in government tell us vaping is not helping nine million Americans. Not to mention millions in Europe.
DuecesJack: So David when we first met you also spoke to me about a billion lives maybe you can tell us a little bit about what you and I spoke about.
David: Well a billion lives was one of the free documentaries that are out about vaping. When vaping became such a positive culture to people, I mean look around; you've got people who are happy. I'm not bothered by the vape, it dissipates, it doesn't smell. These are real people — yes some of them are weird, some of them are freaky, I'm weird and freaky okay. But I'm 67 years old. Now my son has tattoos, my son has earrings, piercings, Go ahead. We have demographics from 21 year olds hopefully because you don't want kids to vape, 21 to 80 who are vaping and they have found something that comforts them, they have the hand to mouth experience, they have the physiological deficit removed because they've got something that helped them get them through some of the worst times in their lives when they were smokers. That's the goal of the tobacco industry to get 13, 14, 15 year olds — because that part of your life sucks.
DuecesJack: And it's a lifetime customer, once you hook them it's hooked.
David: Here's the deal with A billion Lives, it was produced and directed by Aaron Biebert, he's not a vaper, he's not a smoker, he was just seeing all this stuff about the corruption and vaping is a bad as smoking and people like me are coming on you know YouTube and Facebook saying they're lying, they're full of shit, pardon my French. So he asked me if I would do an interview for a documentary he was doing. Well sadly he came to my house on 1 o'clock on Sunday and he was there until 8:30pm at night because once you get me going I don't shut up because I got 30 some years of experience with tobacco companies targeting kids, the anti tobacco companies trying to now be in collusion with the tobacco companies because —
DuecesJack: And now vaping, and now advocacies, so you got — like I said when we first met, I said you basically went from tobaccos favourite son, from tobaccos darling to their red headed stepchild.
David: I was a golden boy.
DuecesJack: But you're doing it because you're passionate about it and because you believe in vaping right?
David: I believe in vaping and now I have to now try and convince people that listen to me, I know what I'm talking about. If you are considering switching find yourself a reputable brick and mortar store, a reputable one. I want regulations, I want reasonable regulations on this because, for anytime you put anything in your body, but do the math. I know people say, "You're going to die anyway." I'd rather jump from a second story window then a 50th story window, there's a better chance and I know people who have quit who have enhanced their lives, fortunate to be free of the habit that was wrecked on their lives when they were smoking okay? My brother died of it okay. I have emphysema and COPD I have friends who are dying of lung cancer and heart disease and my generation is now seeing what we should have available to us 15 years ago. And now the government is trying to block it, that's just wrong, immoral, it's fiscally irresponsible, especially when you look at lost productivity from people who are dying. And here's something they will now be able to take care of themselves, I'm not looking for government substitutes to buy my liquid or my device, people can buy their own. That's why these shows are so successful because there's such a demand and there's 42 million remaining smokers that I need to believe me and I need them to hear me and I want them to read about me to say that I'm the kind of guy that's been there, done that and now I'm recommending it based on who I am. If you don't think I have credibility? Tell me and I'll prove me wrong, but in the meantime I'm going to continue to do what I do.
DuecesJack: David, I want to thank you for your time. This is DuecesJack at vapinginsider.com and I am here with David Goerlitz, the former Winston man, and you heard it from him, you heard everything he said is true and I just want all our customers to know that and definitely give this video a look because there's some important information here. Thanks again.
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The Savvy Team on their 2016 Christmas Meal.
Nice to celebrate the festive season with our most recent team member, Fiona.
2016 has been a very busy and challenging year. Investment markets have had to deal with several unexpected political influences, such as the EU referendum and the US Presidential election. But as always the markets have recovered.
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CIOs will need to change their role and behaviour to adapt to the new digital demands placed on them by customers and colleagues, says Rob Fraser, former IT Director of retail giants J Sainsbury's.
Fraser will speak frankly about his experiences from within the digitally disrupted world of supermarket retail and his renewed perspective on the need to lead digital transformation at an exclusive CIO Plus networking event on Thursday January 29th in London.
"The expectations are that things can be done in a better way," Fraser told CIO UK in preparation for the event.
"CIOs tend to be process centric in their approach and IT departments deal well with that. But the new demands are fuzzy and therefore not that easy for IT and the wider business to plan for," Fraser says of the disruption that digital technologies and behaviour patterns are having on organisations in a wider range of sectors.
At the exclusive CIO Plus event, only open to CIO members, Fraser will argue that digital disruption is changing the way that IT and the business engage with each other.
"Fixed roadmaps are no longer viable. Your strategy is now forged by what goes on outside your of the organisation," he says.
Fraser, who's led IT for Boots as well as Sainsbury's believes the current wave of digital appointments at major organisations, is a major turning point for today's CIOs.
"The CIO behaviour model is still stuck to security and return on capital, but in five year's time you'll be working for CDO as an Opps Director. The IT function must change. We all dreamed of being this central. The visionary person will become more central," he says of the challenge to the today's business technology leaders.
Fraser will discuss with attending CIOs how they have to shift their priorities towards a minimum focus on new digital initiatives to at least a third. This event is also an opportunity to discuss how and why CIOs should reset the governance and budgeting of IT.
Consultant Gareth Lloyd will also join the debate to explore the opportunities for a digitally led CIO career.
The retail sector has been the clearest example to CIOs and to the man in the street of the power of the digital revolution sweeping through modern commerce and society. Blockbuster and Woolworths have moved from brand names to icons of failure in the face of digital rivals. Amazon meanwhile has become the definition of online commerce and a poster child for how fast an online business can grow.
Over the last 12 months the pace of the digital revolution has increased and a wider number of markets are being disrupted by online startups into once secure vertical markets. Not only are new entrants challenging market incumbents, but a large scale change in society and its consumption habits is proving equally disruptive.
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Aside from all the new age house, the rebooted dark side rave, and the various spangly shades of future garage, one of the growing buzzes this year comes from the weird mogadon stomp of Detroit's sludge scene. When the first couple of records from the scene's corner-stone label, How To Kill, arrived in Casa Scribe a couple of years back now I was not, I admit, overly bowled over even if the music did have something. Odd half speed electroid styling, records pressed so that they could be played at both 33 and 45 and a sense that everything was on the verge of falling apart had me wondering exactly what was going on. Still, there were undeniable grooves bubbling away under the muck; there was enough to warrant a second look.
Since then, sludge has become a cause celebre in some places, with an increasing number of scribbling bods getting carried away with its raw charms. This is all well and good, but a part of me wonders whether sludge would be getting the same level of attention had it come out of Manchester or Rome or Rotterdam. Has the fact it hails from Detroit lent sludge a certain bespoke authenticity it doesn't altogether deserve? Perhaps, yes. Certainly there is plenty of music out there currently that bears more than a passing resemblance but has garnered little of the kudos.
In the end, though, it's always better to let the music do the talking. In the case of Speaker For The Dead, that's easy enough to do. Shady P, co-founder of How To Kill delivers four tracks that immediately fuck with sludge's conventions, delivering something that is perhaps noticeably lighter in tone than one would expect from the scene's media coverage. The more mucky end of the sludge spectrum is kept in check, the grooves allowed more space to roam which, in turn, allows the funk to come to the fore.
But even given that it is a more pronounced and straight up techno record than you might expect, it's not like we're dealing with Chris Liebing or anything. Speaker For The Dead remains as sleazy and dirty example of gutter techno as you could hope for. Even its most conventional track, the clattering and ever so slightly Millsian A Man In Reverse is a grimy banger that rides on thick spreads of bass and quirky, nervy fills and noise that ramps up the tension. It's one real failing, I think, is that it does sail so close to the common place. It's not a bad tune, in fact it's a very good one, but its very familiarity dulls its impact slightly.
It's a theme of sorts, although other tunes coax grooves out of a deeper mash of sound. Where Pavlov's Bitch and EDM Is A Poor Attempt At Appropriation run similar patterns to A Man In Reverse , they cloak themselves in a taut and anxious energy tempered by a slight cheekiness, especially on EDM… which quickly rolls into a long, fluid number that draws you in with its flickering synths. Pavlov's Bitch stalks a similar hinterland. The playfulness is more malicious, though, draping its techno framework with rags of white noise.
The strongest note here is All Night Long, a smasher of buckling free running frequency and bruised bass where the beats seem to run into themselves with the gleeful abandon of moshers. It's just a great piece of nasty, darkside skank, bordering on a sort of filthy old school acid techno vibe that doesn't rear its head so much anymore. It's the heaviest thing on the EP by a mile, and it works so well precisely because it eschews a lot of what went before it, replacing elements with a welter of barely restrained noise.
Whether or not Speaker For The Dead answers my question on the Detroit link adding a certain amount of unjustified hype is difficult to say. Perhaps it is better to ask whether given the quality of the music on offer, it matters at all. That is a fairly unequivocal 'no'. As for the music itself, Speaker For The Dead has it's moments, many of them in fact, with All Night Long and Pavlov's Bitch being particularly demented highlights, and it doesn't matter at all where they call home.


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Downtown Austin Engagement Sessions are beautiful, romantic, sultry and fun during golden hour with an urban feel and the city as a background.
Miranda and Alberto's session was the perfect way to end up a long week. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon in the city of Austin and we were lucky.
I love when everything comes together into one single beautiful event. The weather was perfect, the couple was fun and romantic, the light in Downtown Austin was amazing.
Here are some of my favorite images from this sultry and romantic engagement session in Austin.
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various shots taken at This is Not Art festival in Newcastle, Australia 28/09/2006 - 02/10/2006
parts of Ian Andrew's performance and presentation of his video works at Electrofringe 2006, Newcastle, Australia, sunday 01/10/2006
part of a performance by Jasch - generative audio and video soundscapes to immerse yourself in
sunday 01/10/2006, Electrofringe 2006, Newcastle, Australia
Codespace integrates realtime drawing and motion-images with electronic sounds that evoke an abstract place where organical and crystalline shapes pulsate and flow. Generative (rule-based) processes or algorithms and realtime action by the artist are applied to basic shapes which in conjuction with finely graded colours comprise a rich palette of textures and shapes. empty dark space is inhabited by fast moving abstract shapes, structures with an architectural quality develop over extended periods of time. The piece evolves from dark and minimalist atmospheres to abstract densities, like a digital painting performed before the viewer's eyes. Memory of the images accumulates, obtaining qualities like a painting or etching. Reduction and concentration of elements helps to maintain the crucial focus, build the tension and give insights into the enigmatic and invisible world built of code.
part of the audio and video projection held at This is Not Art festival in Newcastle, Australia, sunday 01/10/2006.
part of the video, audio performance by Somaya Langley who uses gestural movements combined with accelerometer sensors attached to her outfit, and David Wolf who provided the visual feast to accompany the soundscapes. part of Electrofringe 2006 festival in Newcastle, Australia, on sunday 01/10/2006.
TBA explores sonic city spaces through a gestural interface. In the current sociological climate, the city can be an alienating yet sonically rich space. Individuals potentially relate more closely to the city, the buildings and architecture than they do to the other inhabitants. However, the city is an ever-changing environment demolishing buildings, resurrecting monuments simultaneous moments of destruction and resurrection. Using footage of Newcastle as well as abstract and generative 3D systems, elements are combined and manipulated in real time using custom built applications developed with Quartz Composer and Max/MSP.
part of Lloyd Barrett's panel session at Electrofringe 2006 in Newcastle, sunday 01/10/2006.
Combining schizophonic computer rendered soundscapes with graphical abstractions Mise En Scene is an exploration of film sound - in particular the importance of incidental sound in the creation of effective and diverse virtual environments. Using abstract methods of translating appropriated video and sound Mise En Scene demonstrates the very human ability to make sense out of nonsense when within a set of guidelines and expectations. Mise En Scene ultimately focuses on the creation of scenes from a variety of visual and sonic signifiers, the end result being akin to a strange dream open to interpretation.
part of the Robin Fox session at Electrofringe 2006. he demonstrates his laser & music performance and speaks about his process.
slideshow video of photos taken during the 2003 This is Not Art and Electrofringe festivals in Newcastle, Australia 01-06 October 2003
http://www.thisisnotart.org has info about this year's festival
http://www.massarcade.com/electrofringe has the 2003 electrofringe website - you can find the program on this site
http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/tina2003/ has photos of the event
a slideshow video of Battle of the Year Australia 2003 breakdancing finals held in Sydney 09/09/2003 at the State Sports Centre at Homebush Bay.
photos @ http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/boty2003/
music is "Step Back Child" from five piece funk outfit, CROPPER from the Battle Of The Year BBoy Beats N breaks Annual 2003 CD.
http://www.aliak.com/node/206 & http://www.aliak.com/node/168 have info about the event
http://blip.tv/file/71287 has a video of the Wikid Force breakers performance.
I went along to the Sound Walk workshop and walk at Other Film Festival in Brisbane earlier this year. here's a slideshow video of some photos taken along the walk. it brought back such memories! the walk was from South Bank to the city along the river. we went through the Botannical Gardens near QUT Gardens Point which is where I went to Uni. everything was so familiar though I hadn't been there in a few years.
the music is "Don't you worry" by The Beloved


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There are three subscription suites – DevExtreme, DXperience, and Universal and individual platform subscriptions for WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Win 10 Apps, Reporting, Document Server, Report Server, CodeRush, VCL, and TestCafe.
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Well, I've been backsliding lately, particularly for the past week or so. I've been scrounging through the cupboard for anything that's quick and easy, usually something high in fats, sugar, and carbs. I've also been eating regardless of whether or not I'm actually hungry. For example, I had a big, BIG platter of angel hair pasta with sauce for dinner tonight, probably enough for two or three people. Not 15 minutes later, I followed it up with a chocolate-coated granola bar. I didn't need it, I didn't even particularly want it; it's the same old story of eating out of boredom that made me pork up over the last few years in the first place
I think I know the reason why. After several weeks of being out and about with friends and family, I've settled back into my solitary life at home. For various reasons, I haven't been going to the gym as often as I had been, maybe once or twice a week instead of the almost-every-night pattern I was enjoying. I'm starting to let the loneliness of this place get to me.
The thing is, I'm not really lonely. I've formed a great friendship with a few people (some from LJ, another from church) and I'm usually chatting to one or the other of them every night. I really enjoy spending time with them online. However, chatting online isn't the same as having them sitting next to you, and as close to them as I feel, they are far away, and it makes face-to-face contact all but impossible. The longing desire to be with them just makes the emptiness of my home that much more poignant.
I'm going to finish this, then I'm changing clothes and going to the gym. Maybe an hour or so on the treadmill will get those endorphins flowing, work off the mondo dinner I scarfed down, and break this chain before it becomes an anchor dragging me down.
UPDATE: Came back from the gym about a half-hour ago. There's nothing like a good, hard, gut-busting workout to revitalize a body. Add in a 8 mile walk tomorrow, and I should be back on track with my exercise plan.
Also, a quick survey of my cupboard and fridge shows that I've gotten rid of nearly all of the junk food. All that's left is 2 granola bars and 1 packet of butterscotch krimpets, which I'm hoarding like they were gold bars until I can get some more. I guess an empty pantry is the best way to avoid temptation.


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EFO and ABR — Expanding Opportunities of the Bitbon System Participants in the Process of Contributing
In connection with preparation for launching Contributing[i], and according to the development stages of the Bitbon System[i], Simcord specialists have developed two new processes, EFO and ABR, to provide additional opportunities to the Bitbon System Participants interacting during Contributing.
We would like to inform you that, on September 17, 2018, new terms (EFO and ABR) were published in the "Terms and Definitions" section on the official website www.bitbon.space. Precise definitions will help you to understand the nature of these processes and the reasons for their occurrence in the Bitbon System. Please read these concepts and find out, which parties take part in EFO and ABR, when each of these processes starts and when it is completed.
- EFO (Emergency Financing Offering) means a process in the Bitbon System, which the Contractat[i] may initiate in order to obtain additional financing of his/her business project in agreement with the Bitup-Agency[i], which supervises implementation of his/her business project, and with Contributors[i] of this project.
The EFO process starts when a supplementary agreement to the Projectbon Public Contract[i] of this project is published, but only after the IBO[i] (Initial Business Offering) is completed.
The EFO process implies an additional issue of a certain amount of Projectbons[i] in favor of Contributors of this project. Three parties take part in the EFO process: Contractat, Bitup-Agency and Contributors. The Bitbon Capitalization Fund[i] does not take part in the EFO process.
- ABR (Automatic Bitbon Reversion) means a process in the Bitbon System, which may take place if, after the fulfillment of all implementation stages of the project by the Contractat in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Projectbon Public Contract, any Bitbon[i] amount remains in the Masterbox[i] of the given project.
The ABR process starts when the Bitup-Agency of a specific business project establishes that there are Bitbons left in the Masterbox of the project after implementation of all project stages.
The ABR process is completed when the remaining Bitbons in the Masterbox of the project are automatically distributed among Contributors according to their shares in this business project.


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The Internet is too big for small businesses to make enough money. This is because the big businesses have dominated all the niches in the big world of internet. They do this with their huge advert funds, celebrity deals partnerships, etc.
The only chance for small business to make a substantial amount of money today, is by following the ALMIGHTY strategy all successful online-small-business owners use.
The strategy is about targetting a specific audience on the internet and get their email with an opt-in list. Then you will have the freedom to send them your products and services promotional emails.
Must read: Why Niche Marketing is the Way to Go in Succeeding Online?
Apart from you sending newsletters that contain your products and services. Please, kindly make sure the recipients are also going to get real value from your free newsletter.
Always give them contents which will also add value to their daily and general LIFE.
The strategy I was talking about earlier, is known as niche marketing. In a previous article, I published on this blog, titled Why Niche Marketing Is The Way To Succeed In Online Business.
I stated in the blog post that Niche marketing is the last frontier for a small business entrepreneur.
This is because you are not trying to sell your product or service to the world at large. As a small businessperson, you couldn't afford that kind of multi-million dollar advertising budget. It isn't possible.
You can, however, with only a computer, an Internet connection and a good idea sell to a smaller audience using niche marketing.
When you adopt the niche marketing strategy into your online business, you will not face any competition. YES… Because competition is taken out of the equation when you do niche marketing.
You aren't out there in the world lined up beside or behind a million other people who are selling the same thing you are selling. You are selling to a specific audience that you have created for yourself with your opt-in email list.
Building Opt-In List is a vital section of any online business. Every successful online business owners have a personal list of subscribers and are using it to profit online.
Building a personal list may sound easy – you just purchase an autoresponder service, create a few messages, place a subscription form on your site and drive visitors to your subscription form. Although these steps are very true and simple, unfortunately, building list is not that easy.
Someone inexperienced in web promotion will have difficulties in driving traffic necessary for building an opt-in list.
Traffic can sometimes be a problem even for more experienced people.
Getting enough traffic for list building is not the only problem. Many people overlook the importance of keeping constant contact with all members of your list.
People tend to be forgetful and if you don't contact them often. They can easily forget that they even subscribed to your list!
Buying leads can save a lot of time necessary for list building. That is why many people tend to buy leads.
They can also avoid the second problem by creating enough pre-written messages to keep up with their leads for a longer time, or they can use a broadcast option often.
Must Read: How to Get Your Customers to Trust You and Get Them to Put Down Their Money
The idea of buying leads is great and many online business owners are using this method, but there is a catch. Many people don't like the idea of their e-mail, or other contact info being sold.
And once when they subscribed, there probably was a privacy statement saying that their contact information is safe and will never be rented, sold, or used for any purpose whatsoever.
It is possible though that they were lied to, or tricked. Subscription forms without privacy statement have a lot lower conversion rates and very often these subscribers are not very responsive.
Another very important reason why leads shouldn't be bought is that you can never be really sure if you are purchasing a safe list.
People willing to profit quickly can easily sell blacklists. These sellers use spam robots to collect as many e-mails as they can online. But instead of sending spam, they decide to earn some money by selling those e-mails.
Read also: 3 Secrets For Anyone Looking To Start A Home Based Business | Web Marketing And Branding – Getting An Online Presence | Fake News Of Online Business. Here is the Truth You Need to KNOW | The Secret To Finding The Best Drop Shipping Or Wholesale Product
So, there you have it… Small possibilities converted to sales can equal big profits.
This is why you must focus on a particular audience. You must also build an opt-in list to collect their email. This way, you have easy and direct contact with them.
Marketing to a specific small audience is known as niche marketing. If you love yourself and your time, please hacken to what you have read here today.
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Chris Massey was seen today at LAX when LMNOLA asked him about the SIX felony assault charges filed against Lil Twist this week...and you gotta hear what Chris has to say about Lil Twist.
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Bluetooth Bulb Led Lighting Controlled by APP with Mesh
Bluetooth bulb led lighting controlled by APP is new and creative. People know that things controlled by APP are smart and convenient to use because it could be controlled remotely by cell phone. What you could do remotely to a Bluetooth bulb led lighting with APP controlled?
. turn on/ off
.change mode (white or RGB)
. change color under RGB mode
. adjust light brightness
Bluetooth bulb with Mesh, it's advance version of normal Bluetooth bulb. What's new you will get from it if with Mesh?
.Longer working distance
Because only one Bluetooth bulb is directly connected with smart phone, bulbs will repeat signal of another bulb, which will increase the working distance greatly.
.Less blind area
Via signal repeat, even area behind wall can be covered
.Unlimited number
In theory, it can connect unlimited number of Bluetooth led bulbs at the same time, but for easy operation, we limit that our app access up to 32 Bluetooth bulbs.
. Control different quantity of Bluetooth bulbs at same time
Each Bluetooth bulb of Mesh network can connect to one smart phone, all of them can control the Bluetooth bulb of this Mesh network. Thus, you could choose how many bulbs to be controlled as same time by one operation on cell phone:
1.control each Bluetooth bulb separately
2. control one Bluetooth bulb or all these 32 led bulbs at same time
3. the coolest thing is to control a group of led bulbs at same time
You could choose some Bluetooth bulbs from 32 to make up a group, for example, divide the 32 Bluetooth bulbs into 4 groups according to area, then you could control one area's lighting by only one operation on cell phone.


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Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for Vanda (VNDA): Time to Buy?
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.'s MRVL previously announced acquisition of Cavium CAVM moved a step closer after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") cleared the deal of any type of unresolved national security concerns.
Notably, CFIUS is a government committee in charge of reviewing economic transactions by foreign entities.
However, Marvell still awaits approval from China's State Administration for Market Regulation to complete the transaction. The company is optimistic regarding obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals in time and closing the deal by mid-calendar 2018.
In November 2017, the two companies entered into an agreement wherein Marvell agreed to acquire Cavium in a cash-stock deal worth $6 billion. Per the agreement, Marvell will pay $40 per share and 2.1757 of its common shares for each Cavium's share.
This means, post buyout, shareholders of Cavium will own 25% of the combined company's share. Marvell intends to fund the buyout with available cash in hand and $1.75 billion in debt.
Accretive to Top & Bottom Lines
This deal is expected to accelerate Marvell's revenues and margins. Upon successful completion of the deal, Marvell expects the total addressable revenues for the combined entity to cross $16 billion mark.
Apart from this, the company expects to realize at least $150-$175 million in cost synergies, within 18 months post the deal conclusion.
Further, the combined entity is anticipated to witness a compounded annual revenue growth rate of 6-8%. It is also expected to be accretive to its margins. Marvell anticipates combined company's gross, operating and EBITDA margins to be nearly 65%, 35% and 40%, respectively.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Revenue (TTM)
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A Smart Move
In the maturing chip industry it only makes sense for both the companies to combine and gain a competitive advantage. The combined entity will have the ability to offer an enhanced product portfolio to its customers.
Marvell is one of the leading providers of chips into the networking, storage and wireless connectivity segments. Cavium's product portfolio caters to security, storage and networking segments. Even as both the companies cater to storage and networking markets, their focus lies in different categories helping this business deal serve a broad range of end markets.
Furthermore, Cavium's strategy of breaking into Intel Corporation's INTC potential hold on the server microprocessor market makes it the most feasible buyout for Marvell, per a Bloomberg report. According to the report, Intel holds more than 99% market share in this space.
In fact, Cavium got a major breakthrough in the server microprocessor market in 2017 when it announced that Microsoft's MSFT Azure cloud platform will run on its ARM-based processors instead of Intel's. Consequently, we believe the Cavium buyout will provide Marvell a direct access to this lucrative market.
Currently, Marvell and Cavium, both carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Is coconut oil good for weight loss? Maybe most of people who like to find out about natural diet, have this kind of question. As lot of information you can find out there state the great thing about coconut oil. So, what is the answer of is coconut oil good for weight loss question?
The Coconut Oil
First thing you must know is, what kinds of oil coconut oil is? Unfortunately, the answer might be disappointed. Coconut oil is saturated fat, which means a bad fat. However, the good news is even though coconut oil is saturated fat; the research said that it's the healthy oil. Coconut oil is different than the saturated fat, like what you usually found on fried food. The different is the usual saturated fat has long chain fatty acid, which makes it difficult to digest. In the end, this kind of fat will be absorbed and add more fat in your body. On the other hand, coconut oil has medium chain fatty acid, which easily to digest and won't give you more fats.
Is Coconut Oil Good for Weight Loss?
Now for the answer for this question would be yes. The medium chain fatty acid is one of them. With these properties, you can reduce the fat absorbed into your body, which means losing weight will be much easier. This medium chain fatty acid also has big role in increasing your body metabolism system. These kinds of fat can easily absorbed and give your body more energy. By having more energy and boosted metabolism system, your body will be able to burn more fat naturally. Of course, if you combine it with healthy diet and routine exercise, you will get much better result.
The Other Reason
The other reason why coconut oil is good for weight loss is its effect on your digest system. Coconut oil will help the digest system to digest the food much slower. This means you will feel full for longer time and absorb more nutrition from our food.
More than that, coconut oil also can control your blood sugar level. By having stable blood sugar level, you won't feel tired or get more fatigue easier. That means you won't eat more and get more fat or weight because of this condition.
Now, you know the answer for the question. Coconut oil can really work for losing your weight. You just need to use it in right way, combine it with healthier lifestyle and you will get best result.


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Gingrich campaigns in KC for Todd Akin
Akin confident he can win election against incumbent Claire McCaskill
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is urging Kansas City Republicans to push Todd Akin to victory next week in the Missouri U.S. Senate campaign.
Akin and Gingrich were the stars at a fundraiser Tuesday on the Country Club Plaza. They also appeared together at a tour of a Lee's Summit packaging plant.
Gingrich noticed that the owners of Bennett Packaging had brought the company out of bankruptcy and turned it into a success that lasted 24 years.
"Doug and Cathy are examples of why President Obama was wrong when he said, 'You didn't build it.' Gingrich said.
The comment is a reference to a statement that President Obama made about government-financed roads and infrastructure that surround businesses, but Republicans have characterized it as the president failing to credit entrepreneurs for their work.
Akin and Gingrich also said the government imposes too many regulations.
"Nobody wants an industry where machines that are unsafe or things done the wrong way," said Akin, "We've gone way past that at this point and we're basically handicapping American industry with the level of red tape and bureaucracy."
KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that Gingrich is one of the few national Republicans who have supported Akin after his controversial remarks in August about "legitimate rape."
In St. Louis in September, Gingrich warned that the GOP is risking its chance at regaining control of the U.S. Senate by not backing Akin's campaign.
Akin said that despite being outspent by an estimated 10-to-1 margin , the campaign's ground game and grass-roots efforts will win him the election against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill.
McCaskill had no planned campaign events following the death of her mother on Monday.
Jackson County Democratic Legislator Crystal Williams criticized Akin.
Williams and about a dozen Democrats held a brief news conference outside a
restaurant where the Akin and Gingrich fundraiser was being held.
Williams criticized Akin's record on women's issues.
"I've had enough political extremism from Todd Akin and Newt Gingrich," she said.
She took offense at remarks she said Gingrich made, telling women voters to "get over it" when they disagree with Republican stances on reproductive rights.
"The best way I know to get over it", said Williams, is to send Claire McCaskill back to Washington, D.C. and send Todd Akin home."


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PCS executive agrees next steps in pay campaign following historic vote for action
Marion Lloyd, PCS national executive committee member and PCS Left Unity chair (personal capacity)
On 31 January PCS members from across the UK civil service will participate in pay day protests over public sector pay restraint which has seen a 20% cut in wages since 2010. These protests come on the back of our fantastic consultative ballot result, where 98% voted to reject the pay cap with 79% in favour of action on pay.
The PCS national executive committee (NEC), in which Socialist Party members play a key role, has agreed a number of actions to take our pay strategy forward.
A national pay claim has gone to the cabinet office calling for a minimum 5% increase or £1,200 for all, a wage of at least £10 an hour, and a return to national pay bargaining in the civil service. We want to establish a common pay structure which eliminates inequalities that exist across pay structures as a result of delegated bargaining, introduced by Thatcher to undermine the power of civil service trade unions and lower conditions of workers.
Our leading lay representatives and negotiators will meet in February to discuss and agree plans to build support, to prepare the ground for a statutory national ballot of all our members and to endorse the aims and objectives of our national pay claim.
Activity around the 13 March spring budget statement is also being looked at, including the possibility of a mass lobby of parliament, and we will be mobilising our members to attend the 12 May TUC demonstration in London.
PCS has been at the forefront of resisting austerity and campaigning against the pay cap. Socialist Party members in PCS will continue to develop links with trade unionists in other unions to help build the pressure from below to put pressure on the other public sector unions to take coordinated action on pay.
We welcome the decision by the Unite local government sector to recommend rejection of the pay offer in a consultative ballot. As we go to press, it appears Unison has voted to do the same.
A joint coordinated strategy for action could defeat the pay cap and help get rid of the Tories. The TUC must act now, pulling together all public sector unions in a coalition of the willing to plan out a strategy for action, coordinating existing and future pay disputes.
Young workers fighting for £10 an hour and an end to zero-hour contracts are beginning to get organised, seen by the fantastic victory of McDonald's workers. The movement has an opportunity to mobilise on a mass scale, in the process empowering millions of young people alongside already organised workers.
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text: Pep Report post Posted June 16, 2013 Does anyone have any basic knowledge of surround sound systems? I'm looking at buying a cheap-ish sound system to hook up my PS3. Back in the day, the systems came put together,but now, unless you want to buy a dvd/blu-ray player, it would seem like you need to buy the receiver and the speakers separately. Boring. So I am looking at a 300$-500$ price range. I could be convinced by the "sound bars" that seem to be getting popular, but I have no clue of how different it would sound. All that I do know, is that I'm not a big fan of wires and I unfortunately cannot really hide them in my current place. This does mean that yes, I can also be convinced into buying a 2.1 system. Any guidance would be appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text: SAVE SHARE COMMENT TEXT SIZE Save to : × My Library Create New Folder+ Folder Title Folder Description Save ADANI Enterprises Ltd. (AEL) is primarily engaged in coal mining and trading, oil and gas exploration, ports and multi-modal logistics, power generation and transmission, gas distribution and edible oil and agro commodities businesses in India and globally. Further company owns and operates solar power plants with an installed capacity of about 1000MW in various parts of the country through its subsidiaries. Prayatna Developers Private Limited (PDPL) is developing 220 MW of solar power projects which are under various stages of implementation. PDPL is a 100% subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited. Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) owns and operates solar and wind power plants through group of its subsidiaries. The company is associates of AEL holding 47.19%. TRANSACTION Adani Enterprises will demerge its renewable energy business into associate company Adani Green Energy Ltd to simplifying the business structure.The businesses of development of renewable power projects, generation of renewable power and trading and supply of solar and wind energy equipment's carries out by AEL, either itself or through its associate or wholly owned subsidiary are together referred to as "Renewable Power Business" of "Renewable Power Undertaking". In other words, it includes renewable trading undertaking PDPL (one of the wholly owned subsidiary of AEL), and approximately 47.19% of AEL in AGEL (one of the associate of AEL). AEL also held series of the unsecured compulsory convertible debentures in PDPL. The demerger will be effective from April 1, 2018. The equity share entitlement ratio for transfer of renewable power undertaking to AGEL is 761 equity shares of AGEL for every 1000 equity shares of AEL. Please Note: The demerger's final approval is expected in April 2018. RATIONALE Creation of separate renewable power listed company under one r Separation of renewable from the other business carried out by AEL will enable new set of investors to specially focus on renewable energy. Separation of renewable energy will enable management to focus on operation of the said business. Proposed demerger will enhance value for shareholders as it will allow focused strategy and specialisation for sustained growth. Proposed demerger will also provide scope of independent collaboration and expansion. RENEWABLE BUSINESS Adani group plans to be a leading renewable energy player in India. It is the country's largest solar power developer with a portfolio of over 1,988 MWac (2.6 GWp) capacity and a total renewable portfolio of 2,148 MW (2.76 GWp) with current operational capacity of 1,118 MW currently. Adani would contribute around 10% of India's solar generation by March 2018. The target is to achieve a portfolio of around 10 GW capacity by 2022. The company has diversified assets with pan India presence with 40 plants. It has strong and diversified sovereign off takers with long-term 25 year PPA at an average rate of Rs.5.12/kwh. Half of the capacity PPAs are with NTPC and Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI). The current renewable energy is majorly contributed by wind power 56.4% and then solar power 21.5%. But with changing scenario, by 2022 it will be 57% for solar power and 34% for wind power. Of Which, 60% will be ground mounted and 40% from rooftop Solar PV. Operation status Split MWAC Solar Wind Operational 1,118 1,058 60 Under Implementation 1,030 930 100 Total 2,148 1,988 160 INCOME TAX ACT 1961 The proposed demerger is in compliance of Section 2(19AA) of the Income Tax Act 1961. Therefore, it will be tax neutral in the hands of the involved companies and their shareholders. VALUATION The demerger of renewable power business will create one more listed entity in the group to create value for all concerned though the promoters will be the main beneficiaryValuation for AGEL and renewable power undertaking of AEL has been arrived based on equal to weightage to Market Approach and Income Approach. Assets method has been ignored based on size and nature of the business. However, the point to note is that as the asset base is lower so the book value per share is also lower as compared to value arrived under these methods. PROMOTERS HOLDING AND CAPITAL BASE AND MARKET CAPTILASITION Particulars AEL AGEL Paid Up capital 1,09,98,10,083 13,76,74,78,070 Face Value 1 10 No of Shares 1,09,98,10,083 1,37,67,47,807 Issued on Demerger Process 83,69,55,473 Cancellation on holding by AEL in AGEL – -64,96,88,994 Net Number of shares post transaction 1,09,98,10,083 1,56,40,14,286 Paid up Equity Capital post-merger (cr.) 110.00 1,564 .00 Promoters Holding 74.92% 86.58% Value Per share based on valuation report (AGEL) & Market Value as on 27.10.2017 (AEL) 130 33 Market Capitalisation (Cr.) 14,248 5,125 Please Note: Additional 18,72,66,479 Equity shares issued on demerger for 200MW of PDPL and Renewable business in AEL. Promoters holding in AGEL is exceeding 75% which will be reduced by liquidating in open market to comply with regulations within a period of one year from the listing. The promoters may end of getting approx. Rs 600 crore on sale of 18.11 crore shares at Rs 33 per share or the company get infusion of further funds by preferential allotment of approx. Rs 800 crore by allotting 24.14 crores shares at the same price. MARKET PRICE MOVEMENT Post announcement of demerger there is approx. 10% growth in the market price of AEL. RENEWABLE BUSINESS OF AEL Particulars Pre-demerger Post- demerger Renewable business of AEL Total Revenue 38,056 37,579 477 EBIDTA 3,090 2,764 326 PBT 905 1,133 -228 PAT 988 1,021 -33 Diluted EPS 8.98 9 Attributable Equity 14,136 13,299 (as worked above for total AGEL) Total Debt 20,783 16,442 4,341 Cash and Investment 1,093 974 119 CONCLUSION AEL is the company having multiple businesses. It did demerger few years back of power business, transmission business and port business all the three companies are listed today as covered in our March 2015 and Feb 2016 issues. 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Hey beautiful people,
In celebration of the upcoming release of our first vinyl LP and the holiday season we decided to create a Yule Calendar of sorts for YOU!
Until the release of our LP on the 19th (and maybe a little longer, who knows ;) ) we're gonna have a special 24 hour flash-sale everyday for a particular item from our Webshop - starting today with a true classic:
Yohoho and a bottle of mulled wine,
Your RavenTeam et OMNIA
Looking for a little something for Yuletide?
We've just updated our Webshop and added a bunch of sweet, chocolate-sprinkled deals for you, including hoodies, customized shirts and more.
We've also added another really exciting item for you:
The (very) limited edition of our REFLEXIONS VINYL LP is available for preorder now – grab 'em while they're hot and receive them just in time for the holidays!
Your RavenTeam et OMNIA
Nature... Fuck Yeah!
Pic by Sic
If a Stenny plays in a forest and there's no-one there to hear...
Do they still make a sound?
Greenz and chilling
Emian Paganfolk
We've been chilling with our Italian friends of Emian today, sharing philosphy, wine, food and greenz :-)
It's sweet to share bits of life together, isn't it?
So what are YOU all up to now?
OMNIA (and EMIAN)
Drinking buddies
Consuming Beers n'Cider and playing pool in Eindhoven with Daphyd "Crow" Sens!
Who btw has joined the "OMNIA Pagan Collective" again :-)
(We have a very fluid group don't we?)
Greenz and Cheers!
pic by mr. Sens
Trojan Horse
When I hear the word "culture" I immediately pull out my camera
Greenz and History!
Ps: History Museums Rock ;-)
Human madness above and below... Scavenged upon by the hooded crow
A million million monkeys stumble through industrially enhanced lives
Individualism clots together into a vomit stain of unidentifiable mass insanity
This is modern life ,Untill the monkeys inevitable ending
And the crows?
They just do their thing...
Greenthingz and Nature
(From the Berlin Metropolis)
Pic by Spider Jerusalem
From the Forest to the City...
Hanging out in Berlin for a few days to see our friends of Irfan play a clubshow and soak up the vibes of ... civilisation ;-)
Greenz and Bohemian Art!
Peace and Nature...
Shaman SteveSic
Black Dudes in the Wood...
pic by Daphyd "the Crow"
November Bilberries? (Let's talk about the Climate... part 9)
Last night the frost started properly in our forest,that is good and roughly as it should be.
It's still too dry because the long rains haven't materialised to refresh the parched land that was dessicated like a desert during this long hot everlasting summer... um... that's not so good.
It's probably going to be a fucking cold winter in our Dutch/German forest this year because some of our "winterfriends" the Bramblings (Fringilla Montifringilla) have flown down from the north to settle in our forest two whole months too early!
Monkey Man
Never take yourself too seriously :-P
Heyoka Hey!
Shaman SteveSic
Stop the trashing of Sarawak's forests NOW!
Thank you for sharing and signing!
Greenthingz Stenny / OMNIA
Message in a bottle...
we got a message in a bottle today, it said:
"the Cider you put to ferment two weeks ago is now ready for it's second fermentation (along with some Honey from Hrvatska) in smaller bottles...this is gonna be great home-brew!!"
end of message
What are YOU brewing and how is it going?
Greenz and Drug culture
Shaman SS
ps: note how all the bottles are sealed with Gaffer "stage" Tape... 'cause this is gonna be "RockStarCider"!!


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What does it even mean to 'Brand yourself' or 'Branding'?
In a world of over 7 Billion people, how many are unique in what they do? What they wear? How they talk? What their hobbies are? What they eat? What their name is? Or what their nickname is? How about asking how unique their specific "Branding" is?
Over the course of 10 years I've considered myself a unique and extremely individual person. I've had some pretty outlandish and even cute nicknames and I try not to follow other people's tastes unless something was particularly to my liking. Trends are not something I pay attention to and follow. I'm a one of a kind and I prefer to stay that way. It makes me who I am, it also makes me stand out from everyone else that "follows the leader" so to speak. 7 Billion individuals who since technology has been deemed not only a necessity but a must have, has in my honest opinion created clones. In a day I rarely ever see anyone that stands out from the crowd.
Everyone in my view has their faces planted to the cell phones and tablets that they seem to have glued to their hands. They talk and type without so much as looking up and making contact. They all wear the same clothes, they say the same things day in and day out. They blend and meld together like grains of sand in a desert dune. Monotonous buzzing and flurries of actions. Only to be repeated or reproduced by the rest of our population either by popularity or by the sheer need and desperate desire to fit in. What happened to our unique selves. The actions, feelings, thoughts that made us who we each originally were? I don't see faces anymore, I don't hear words. I'm overwhelmed by tops of heads, the tacking and ticking of keyboards on cell phones. There are no faces to greet and smile at, there's no conversations to be a part of. It's sad!
The original question still remains. How does one go about branding themselves to get noticed with everyone jumping on that bandwagon to recreate it for themselves? I had opted to brand myself finally last month or more closer to the end of May would be more precise. I took the three things that I thought made me unique for what I wanted to brand myself with. Being barefoot almost 24/7 except when I had to venture out in the cold snow, Writing and my love for fiction. Seems either I found a trend that hadn't quite started yet or others thought "heck it's new lets see what happens if I do it too!" Well for the most part I guess I should be flattered that someone else sees themselves akin to what I do. But I'm not. I'm honest if nothing else. It really doesn't make me feel flattered or even a tiny bit comfortable. Out of every possible reaction I could have had the only one I felt was defeat. I guess the reality that I wasn't the only person on the entire planet who is always barefoot, writing her heart out and has a love affair with books of fiction hadn't happened, hadn't thought it out and wasn't prepared for the truth.
I now have to sit here rethinking this whole concept of branding myself, branding my blog, my writing and I've now really no clue how I'm going to set myself apart from the rest of the writing world. So much information to sift through, too many things to consider and I have to hope that my uniqueness and individuality is enough to keep me from melting into the masses and left unnoticed. Just another faceless clone tacking and ticking at her cell phone.. NO! I scream at the top of my lungs for the whole planet to hear. I will not succumb to society's expectations of what everyone should be doing. I am unique, a rebel and I have a cause. To be myself, to be unique, to stand out, to be seen and heard!
How do you stand out in a world of so many who do the same thing you do?


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Mower electric robot L85 Elite - 2200 m2 Ambrogio.
Ambrogio Zucchetti L85 Elite is designed for big yards of 2200 m 2 and dialed up to 4 separate zones. A totally independent and programmable, compact and safe automatic mower for you accompany throughout the year!
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Mower electric robot L85 Elite - 2200 m2 Ambrogio.
The robot mower AMBROGIO L85 Elite can support up to 2200 m 2 surface divisible by 1, 2, 3 or 4 zones independently thanks to its programming and its charging base that once she finds its batteries discharged. The robot mower AMBROGIO L85 Elite Lithium-Ion batteries have no memory effect and recharge in only 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Thanks to its unique design and its software advanced, the robot L85 Elite will surprise you with sound agility of movement and its high quality performance. A fully automatic robot that turns on itself for optimal management slopes up to 45%.
Before first use, simply you delineate areas to mow (up to 4 different zones) with the perimeter cable (150 m cable supplied). You can bury him (at maximum 3 to 4cm of the soil surface) or fix it with nails at the level of the ground (200 nails provided). Hidden by your pelouze, it will become quickly invisible. This cable is also to be placed around all the obstacles of less than 10 cm high (pond, swimming pool, terrace, flower beds, etc.).
The sinusoidal signal in the perimeter cable allows the robot to stay on the ground to mow. The signal can be transmitted on 3 different channels in order to avoid possible interference with other electronic devices near your garden or other automatic mowers of the neighborhood. A patented system allows to stop the spread of the signal when the robot is in its charging station.
Unique features to improve performance:
The Mulching function:
The AMBROGIO L85 Elite to the advantage of creating its own natural fertilizer. This natural fertilizer is the result of a crushing, in very fine particles of grass clippings (technology"Mulching"). Crushed grass is then placed between the roots of the grass to allow a better regeneration of the soil and the lawn. Finish the dump of a healthy lawn mower... and welcome bags!
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|13.5 kg
|3 h (+ - 20%)
|Charge time
|2 h 40
|Recommended area
|2200 m²
|Mowing areas managed
|Maximum slope
|Cutting width
|29 cm
|Cutting height
|25-65 mm
|Cutting speed
|3600 RPM (automatic modulation)
|Sound level
|65 to 70 dB
|Movement speed
|30 m/min
|Engine type
|Programmable start
|Yes (days and hours)
|Yes - Automatic return to the charging base
|Type of guidance
|Perimeter cable (provided 150 m)
|Maximum slope near cable
|receiver bluetooth
|Anti-theft system
|Yes - Protection by code
|Security system
|Yes - Stop immediately in case of lifting
|Level of airtightness
|Rain sensor
|Yes - Return to the base in inclement weather
|alarm pin code
|Detection of obstacles
|Yes - mechanics
|Wheel type
|Self-cleaning gear
|Aiguisable and reversible blade
|Battery type
|Battery Lithium-Ion 7.5Ah
|Power / consumption
|2.3 ah (supported)
|SMS alert
|2 years manufacturer, battery 6 months
|EC Directives WEEE and RoHS environmental protection
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Founded in 1985, the Zucchetti company was able to use historical skills to assert itself in the market of Robotics and automation. A perfect combination of mechanical quality and know-how software allows him to enter the sector of domestic Robotics with its first robot mowers in 2000. Today Zucchetti AMBROGIO is the manufacturer that offers the widest range of robot lawnmowers in the world.
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Lyttelton Harbour
Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō is one of two major inlets in Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other is Akaroa Harbour on the southern coast.
It enters from the northern coast of the peninsula, heading in a predominantly westerly direction.
Approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in length from its mouth to Teddington, the harbour sits in the erosion caldera of the ancient Lyttelton Volcano,[1] the steep sides of which form the Port Hills on its northern shore.[2]
The harbour's main population centre is Lyttelton, which serves the city of Christchurch, linked with Christchurch by the single-track Lyttelton rail tunnel (opened 1867), a two lane road tunnel (opened 1964) and two roads over the Port Hills. Diamond Harbour lies to the south and the Māori village of Rāpaki to the west. At the head of the harbour is the settlement of Governors Bay; the reserve of Quail Island is near the harbour head and Ripapa Island is just off its south shore at the entrance to Purau Bay.
The harbour provides access to a busy commercial port at Lyttelton which today includes a petroleum storage facility and a modern container and cargo terminal.[3]
Hector's dolphins, a species endemic to New Zealand, and New Zealand fur seals live in the harbour.
Māori referred to the harbour as Te Whakaraupō, with this translating as harbour of the raupō reed;[4] the common original European name for the harbour was Port Cooper, after Daniel Cooper. A less common early name was Cook's Harbour, based on the early explorations by James Cook; the equivalent naming convention referred to Akaroa Harbour as Bank's Harbour after the botanist Joseph Banks.[5]
The surveyors under Joseph Thomas who surveyed Canterbury in the late 1840s named the harbour Port Victoria after the monarch of the United Kingdom, but the name did not find common acceptance; the name was officially changed to Lyttelton Harbour in 1858, in honour of George William Lyttelton, who was the chairman of the Canterbury Association.[6] The official name of the harbour was amended again to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.[7]
Early European settlers used Quail Island as a leper colony in 1918–25,[3] it is now a nature reserve.[3]
Fort Jervois was built on the island of Rīpapa in 1885–95.[3] Rīpapa was used in World War I to intern German nationals as enemy aliens, the most notable being Count Felix von Luckner.
In 1877 the Lyttelton Harbour Board (now Lyttelton Port Company) started building an inner harbour,[3] and in 1895 the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand started a steamship service on the 200-nautical-mile (370 km) route between here and Wellington.[8] From 1907 it was worked with turbine steamships and from 1933 it was named the "Steamer Express".[8]
However, in 1962 New Zealand Railways started the Interislander ferry service on the 55-nautical-mile (102 km) route between Picton and Wellington; this competing service not only offered a shorter crossing but also used diesel ships that had lower running costs than the Union Company's turbine steamers. The wreck of the Steamer Express TEV Wahine in 1968 was a setback for the Lyttelton service but the Union Company introduced a new ship, TEV Rangatira, in 1972.[8] She lost money, survived on a Ministry of Transport subsidy from 1974 and was withdrawn in 1976,[8] leaving the Interislander's Picton route to continue the ferry link between the two islands.
- ^ Hampton, S.J.; J.W. Cole (March 2009). "Lyttelton Volcano, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Primary volcanic landforms and eruptive centre identification". Geomorphology. 104 (3–4): 284–298. Bibcode:2009Geomo.104..284H. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.005.
- ^ "Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand" (web). New Zealand Texts Collection. NZETC. 1879. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Page 12 – Lyttelton Harbour". Story: Canterbury places. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Te Whakaraupō – Lyttelton Harbour". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Hight, James; Straubel, C. R. (1957). A History of Canterbury : to 1854. I. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. p. 35.
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (23 April 2009) [First published in 1966]. "Lyttelton". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998".
- ^ a b c d "Steamer Express". New Zealand Coastal Shipping. 2003–2009. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
Further reading[edit]
- Tolerton, Nick (2007). Lyttelton Icon: 100 Years of the Steam Tug Lyttelton. Christchurch, NZ: Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society. ISBN 9781877427206.
External links[edit]
- "Lyttelton Harbour c1916 (images)". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1916.
Media related to Lyttelton Harbour at Wikimedia Commons


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How to Generate More PPC Landing Page Traffic?
Pay Per Click advertising is a highly effective way to send some highly targeted traffic to your landing page. Owing to its capability of generating instant traffic, it's high competitive and often expensive too. Here are some strategies that you can implement to generate more PPC landing page traffic without putting your budget at risk.
Not everyone who visitors your landing page will convert. There could be a variety of reasons they may not convert. What's more, most of those people will never come back to your page.
Retargeting is a great solution in such situations. What is it? Retargeting is a PPC marketing strategy where you target people who visited your website earlier using banner ads.
You place a tracking cookie into browsers that reach your website. This cookie helps ensure that those visitors keep seeing your ads, and are reminded of the reason they visited your page previously.
When they revisit your website, they are much more prepared and highly likely to convert.
Bid on Your Competitor's Branded Search Phrases
This is a great way to grab traffic that would usually reach your competitors.
If your product/service is similar to your competitors, people looking for them might be interested in your offering too.
By putting your brand in front of competitors' prospective customers, you give yourself an opportunity to lure them in and giving them a chance to compare your offering before making a decision.
Be sure to set up your landing page appropriately, and you will capture not just your competition's traffic but conversions too.
Track Conversions and Remove Ads that Don't Deliver
It is essential to track, monitor and review your ad campaign's performance to ensure you are maximising your ROI. If not, you will be wasting your money.
Do not hesitate to kill those ad campaigns that are not delivering conversions for you.
Even if some of your campaigns are leading to a lot of traffic, at the end of the day conversions matter. And if those ads are not converting, it's time to dig deeper. Find out whether it's the campaign that's week or there's something wrong with your landing page.
If the campaign is the issue, it's time to stop it to ensure your money is being spent on campaigns that are delivering results.
In Conclusion
When you want to make the most of your PPC campaign, you need to be creative, be willing to experiment new ideas and remove anything that does not work in your favour. Give these tips a whirl and give your campaign an edge.