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A most basic problem of our present age is that of wealth and poverty. It confronts the Christian not only as a problem of his or her relationship to others in the same culture, but also as a world problem, as a response to the situation of brothers and sisters in the developing World. The problem touches each of us wherever we live and whenever we purchase or consume. It is a necessary problem of life, for we have a lifestyle, conscious or unconscious, which is either created according to Christian values or pre-packaged by our culture. This article cannot handle all the problems of creating a Christian lifestyle, but it does intend to set out, in condensed form, the relevant biblical material with special emphasis on the economic side of lifestyle. This data should enable one to dialogue with the biblical writers and thus discover the application of these principles in the modern world. We hope that out of this dialogue a conscious, fully-Christian lifestyle will become the goal of each reader.
Most of the themes expounded in the New Testament have their roots in the Old Testament. To begin with the Old Testament will also enable us to demonstrate that there is no real conflict between the Old Testament and the New; that, in fact, the tension which many Christians perceive is often the result of mistaken exegesis. We shall develop this Old Testament teaching as a series of five theses.
1) The Old Testament does not value asceticism for its own sake, but rather looks towards the collective well-being of the people of God as the ideal.


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Dorothy L. Mahlum, 80, was born to eternal life on Saturday, March 2, 2019. She died at her home in Beloit, WI after a lengthy illness.
Her earthly life began February 5, 1939 in Beloit, WI, the daughter of George and Dorothy (Genung) Corbit. Dorothy was the youngest of three children, and she grew up with her sisters, June and Patricia. Dorothy attended Beloit schools and was a graduate of Beloit Memorial High School. She attended Blackhawk Technical College and received training as a nursing assistant. She worked for several years as a nursing assistant in Beloit, WI.
Caring and nurturing came naturally to Dorothy. She cared for and nurtured children, family, friends, plants, and animals. She was the mother of Anthony, Joseph, William, and Penny Fiorucci, and she mothered Gail and Brenda Mahlum, her stepchildren. She was kind and generous to all. If there was a need, Dorothy was there to assist, help, and comfort.
It was a "need" that resulted in Dorothy's employment at True Value Hardware (now Harris Ace Hardware) in Beloit. It was 1977 when her father, an employee at True Value, mentioned an opening that resulted in a 39 year affiliation with the company. Dorothy transferred to the Janesville store of Harris Ace Hardware in 2000, where she remained until her retirement. She was the Manager of the Lawn and Garden department. Her favorite things were caring for greenhouse plants and designing the Christmas Village.
Dorothy is survived by three sons, Anthony Fiorucci and William Fiorucci of Beloit, WI; Joseph Fiorucci, of Alaska; two daughters, Gail and Brenda Mahlum; many grandchildren and great grandchildren; two sisters, June Corbett of Janesville, WI, and Patricia Fochs of Yuba City, CA; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; and her dog Pugsley.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Eugene Mahlum; daughter, Penny Fiorucci; parents; niece, Patricia Hanson; and favorite cousin, Charles W. Genung.
The family would like to thank Mercy Health at Home Hospice and especially Sara and Crystal for their loving care of Dorothy.
Funeral service for Dorothy will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2019 at Grace Bible Church, 1928 Colony Court, Beloit, WI, with Art LeFeber officiating. Burial will be in Luther Valley Cemetery. Visitation of remembrance will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, 2355 Cranston Road, Beloit, WI.
A memorial in Dorothy's name will be established at a later date.
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U.S. Steel anticipates $40M in losses from Clairton Coke Works fire
U.S. Steel is anticipating $40 million in costs during the first quarter of 2019 related to the Dec. 24 fire at Clairton Coke Works, according to earnings reports released Wednesday.
Between $15 million and $20 million will be related to physical repair costs, U.S. Steel Chief Financial Officer Kevin Bradley told investors Thursday.
"The bulk of the remainder is the natural gas purchase cost in lieu of the coke oven gases we would have been utilizing," Bradley said.
The Clairton facility started using a blend of natural gas and coke oven gas following the December fire. Coke oven gas is typically recycled to fuel processes at the Clairton facility, according to statements from U.S. Steel.
Not including fire-related losses, U.S. Steel expects to make about $225 million during the first quarter of 2019, according to investor reports released Wednesday.
The company reported a profit of $1.12 billion in 2018, up from $387 million in 2017.
The December fire affected a control room — an area about the size of a football field — and damaged equipment that allows the facility to remove sulfur from coke oven gas, according to statements from U.S. Steel.
The Allegheny County Health Department issued an alert on Jan. 9, 2.5 weeks after the fire, advising residents — especially those with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, as well as children and the elderly — that there could be higher than usual sulfur dioxide, or SO2, emissions as a result.
An investigation of the exact cause of the fire is ongoing, but repairs that will have the equipment operating at 70 percent capacity are expected to be completed by May 15.
After calls from Mon Valley residents for increased oversight and monitoring of air quality, U.S. Steel partnered with the health department to install additional air quality monitors near Clairton Coke Works.
Monitors located at Clairton Education Center and U.S. Steel's Irvin Works will measure SO2 levels. A third measuring benzene will also be installed near Irvin Works.
There have been no SO2 exceedances in the Mon Valley since Jan. 8, according to health department records.
The health department does expect Feb. 1 to be a poor air dispersion day across Allegheny County and is advising residents, particularly those with existing respiratory conditions, that they may need to limit outdoor activities.
"Poor air dispersion traps pollutants close to the ground, and there is the potential for higher than normal readings for both SO2 and PM 2.5," a health department announcement released Thursday said.
Fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5, are fine, inhalable particles that could pose health risks, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Jamie Martines is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Jamie at 724-850-2867, [email protected] or via Twitter @Jamie_Martines.
Jamie Martines is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Jamie at 724-850-2867, [email protected] or via Twitter .


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Electronic contact lens with a built-in display
A team of researchers led by Babak Amir Parviz, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, just published a paper in the 22 November edition of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering that described a breakthrough in the development of an electronic contact lens with a built-in display. Parviz, who collaborated with University of Washington ophthalmologist Tueng Shen and optoelectronics researchers from Aalto University in Finland, has for several years been working on contact lenses that will someday augment the wearer's vision with external data or use sensors to collect data about the state of the wearer's health.
The researchers say that they successfully created a single-pixel wireless display comprising a blue gallium nitride LED mounted on a transparent sapphire chip, an integrated circuit that doubles as a power harvester and controller for the LED, and metal interconnects. They also showed that a series of passive lenses (called Fresnel lenses) less than 1 micrometer thick, when placed on the surface of the contact lens about 360 micrometers away from the LED, can focus the LED light onto the retina in a way that makes it appear as though the single-pixel image is floating in space about 1 meter away from the eye. Otherwise, the image would be right up against the cornea, where the human eye is incapable of bringing objects into focus.
Of the high-tech miniature display, the researchers said that although it has only one controllable pixel, "…we have provided the first proof-of-concept technology demonstrations for producing multipixel and in-focus images using a contact lens by producing multipixel micro-LED array chips on transparent substrates and micrometer-scale Fresnel lenses that can be integrated into a contact lens." In other words, the team is making significant progress toward the goal—an array of 3600 10-µm-wide pixels spaced 10 µm apart—that Parviz mentioned in the September 2009 IEEE Spectrum article "Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens." Now that the researchers have demonstrated the ability to remotely control red and blue LEDs, doing so with green ones is the next step in order to produce full-color displays integrated into contact lenses.
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Did you know that over half of US junk mail ends up in landfills? According to the Data & Marketing Association, the volume of direct mail in 2016 went down to 149.4 billion, but direct mail as a percentage of all mail went up. If the wasted trees weren't reason enough, don't forget all the carbon emissions manufacturing, printing, and transporting these millions of tons of unwanted mail around the country every year!
Here are a few ways to get your name off those pesky direct mail and catalog lists:
Opt Out Prescreen will get you off the list for pre-approved credit cards, which is an important place to start since financial services are the leading users of direct mail. DMA Choice, and National Do No Mail List can remove your name from other direct mail lists. DMA Choice has a $2 processing fee, but we felt like it was worth it to get off most direct mailing lists for ten years.
Only 42% of catalogs received in the mail are actually read! When specific catalogs show up in the mail, you can remove yourself from their list on Catalog Choice. If you're unable to find the catalog or newsletter you are receiving on Catalog Choice, you can always reach out directly to the customer service for that company and ask to be removed from their mailing list.
Another way to save paper is to opt out of receiving a hard copy of the Yellow Pages. We also changed our billing preferences to paperless and changed our privacy preferences to stop receiving marketing mail from Bank of America. Other banks have this option too, like Chase.
For most of these websites, you can add multiple addresses, so feel free to add anywhere you've ever lived so your junk mail doesn't end up in someone else's trash bin either. It can take up to several months to see the amount of junk mail in your mailbox decrease, but after making these changes, we get next to no unwanted mail anymore.
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Diego Naranjo, Activist
Diego Naranjo joined European Digital Rights (EDRi) in October 2014, where he presently works as a senior policy advisor.
Diego advocates for the protection of fundamental civic rights and freedoms online in the fields of data protection, surveillance and copyright.
In the past, Diego gained experience in the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and the Free Software Foundation Europe. Earlier, he worked as a lawyer in Spain.
During the last six years, Diego has specialized in human rights law.
He has a master's degree in human rights from the European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization in Venice.


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Anthem Place is right where you want to be! Only a short drive to the shopping and dining in Red Bank, the unmatched beach town of Long Branch and the music and arts scene of Asbury Park. Our exceptional homes built in this fantastic Tinton Falls location form the perfect combination for a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle.
All home layouts will feature elegant finishes, modern open floor plans, and impressive kitchens and baths. Plus, with Lennar's Everything's Included® program, every new home at Anthem Place comes filled with a high level of upscale features that add style, value and efficiency to your new home at no additional cost!
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Jules Verne Trophy 2015 – At dawn on her eighth day at sea, the maxi-trimaran was situated off the coast of Salvador de Bahia, heading south after a small change of tack to take them slightly east of the course followed by the current Jules Verne Trophy holder.
Spindrift 2 had lost some ground on the record due to the lack of wind for 24 hours, but the wind came back at around midday, with wind speeds currently averaging 20 knots. The crew hope to take advantage of an area of low pressure that has developed off the coast of Argentina to increase their lead and enter the famous Roaring Forties.
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Thailand is very famous for its beaches, islands, foods, night life and it is the main route for most backpackers who are just starting their ways to the world. This is the route on what is known as the Southeast Asia travel route.(I learned this later on when I get addicted to travelling)
When I first visited Bangkok year 2011, I did not pay so much attention on what I will see and what I will do. I focused on just seeing Bangkok, be there and see the place. Little did I know I am missing a lot of things and opportunities about the country.
Okay. So I was in Bangkok. I guess the best thing I did and I felt happy about it was taking a boat ride for 1900Thai Baht. I don't know if that was okay or I have been ripped off because I didn't even search or read about Bangkok before coming over which is really a big mistake.
The boat tour includes, a visit to the crocodile farm which only few visitors or tourist were there. Nothing much to see to be honest. The tour includes the snake show or the cobra show and again only few tourist were there. I guess that tour was not the recommended tours or first choice of travelers.
One thing I like about Asia or Southeast Asia is the food. The sea foods in all types of dishes is very affordable. I ate mostly inside the food court of the malls and never tried other restaurants which is really a big mistake.
Bangkok is very humid, same as Philippines and traffic is everywhere. The one thing I like about Bangkok is nothing else but shopping which actually I can do in Dubai but the prices is way cheaper and its an export quality. You will find everywhere the Tuk-Tuk which is the easiest transportation that you can bargain to go everywhere.
I did some shopping in Pratunam, The Platinum Mall. Prepare to take a trolley with you and to bargain. The rest of the day, I went to temples around the main city. Not the main or famous temples, just any temples around and did some donations or offerings. I did not even pay so much attention what I am seeing and the history of the temple.
Bangkok itself has more than 10 temples. This is Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram temple. Its in the main street in the main shopping area of Bangkok.
I can see it now that I have missed a lot of things about Bangkok and nearby towns or cities. I will be back for sure to explore more of the country.
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Laughing Off "Unity" Pledge, Kevin Nicholson Further Escalates Nasty GOP Primary Conflict with Leah Vukmir
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Monday, April 30, 2018
Contact: Brad Bainum, [email protected]
Laughing Off "Unity" Pledge, Kevin Nicholson Further Escalates Nasty GOP Primary Conflict with Leah Vukmir
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson imposed the pledge in January, after months of Nicholson-Vukmir infighting
MADISON -- In an interview that aired Sunday on WKOW-TV's Capital City Sunday, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson officially shredded the so-called "unity pledge" that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson forced Nicholson and his GOP opponent, Leah Vukmir, to sign in January, after months of infighting.
The unity pledge, put forth by Johnson and the Republican Party of Wisconsin, called on Nicholson and Vukmir to commit to:
[A] respectful pursuit of the endorsement of grassroots conservatives at state convention and the Republican nomination, running a campaign focused on defeating Senator Tammy Baldwin, and supporting whoever the Republican nominee is when the primary is over.
Despite their pledge, Vukmir and Nicholson have nevertheless spent the past four months focused on attacking and disrespecting not just each other, but -- at least in Nicholson's case -- even Gov. Scott Walker's family members and Wisconsin grassroots Republican activists.
Here's a curated timeline of Vukmir and Nicholson's steadily escalating personal attacks since each signed the unity pledge in January:
January 4 -- Five hours after signing the unity pledge, Vukmir attacks Nicholson over his Steve Bannon support.
January 22 -- Reince Priebus endorses Vukmir and questions Nicholson's integrity: "I just find this all too convenient, all too contrived and I just don't buy it."
March 6 -- Vukmir attacks Nicholson for being "a D.C. candidate."
March 14 -- Vukmir and Nicholson's campaigns publicly fight over their debate schedule, and Vukmir's campaign manager mockingly refers to Nicholson's campaign spokesperson as a "good kid."
March 26 -- Nicholson's sister-in-law attacks Vukmir for being a "swamp creature" (and Scott Walker for being a "sissy").
March 29 -- Nicholson suggests that First Lady and Vukmir supporter Tonette Walker is lying about his refusal to shake hands with her son, Alex.
April 10 -- Nicholson's campaign claims "the political establishment in the Madison bubble" is "trying to rig" the state GOP convention for Vukmir.
April 10 -- Vukmir says Nicholson "clearly doesn't understand...Wisconsin grassroots."
April 26 -- Vukmir says Wisconsinites can't trust Nicholson: "We know more about Kevin's track record as a Democrat than we do about his track record as a Republican."
April 29 -- Nicholson says "None of [the Walker-Vukmir agenda] resulted in anything" and laughs when asked whether the unity pledge is being upheld.
"Despite Ron Johnson and the Wisconsin Republican Party's best efforts, Vukmir and Nicholson can't stop finding new ways to tear each other down," said Brad Bainum, DPW spokesperson for the 2018 Senate race. "But no matter how personal their attacks get, Vukmir and Nicholson can't distract from their deeply unpopular, hardline agenda that's a giveaway to their right-wing billionaire donors at the expense of Wisconsinites."
Watch Nicholson laughing off Sen. Ron Johnson's unity pledge here:


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Today I'm joining bloggers around the country for Tomato Tuesday. I am sharing a favorite recipe that uses tomatoes (of course), and I am also sharing how you can join in the campaign to raise awareness regarding the injustices in the U.S. tomato fields. I learned so much today from another blogger at eat2gather.net You will fall in love with her and her spirit. I will add the information at the end of my blog post today.
Some might call my recipe Zucchini Boats………..don't care for the name. I called them Bruschetta Stuffed Zucchini. They are sumptuous and packed with flavor, easy and by golly we are having them again tonight. I made ours vegan (by using Daiya cheese) however, real mozzarella would be ideal.
Okay, pick up a couple little zucchini's at your local farmers market or head to your back yard. Choose two or three good ones. Pick a few cherry tomatoes and a hand full of fresh basil while you are out there. Wash and slice the zucchini in half the long way. Pre-heat your oven for 350* scoop out those seeds and then use a pastry brush to brush them all over with some garlic oil. Just crush up two or three cloves of garlic in some olive oil add some S & P and let set. Use that for pure flavor. Then chop up a couple of tomatoes or slice up some little grape tomatoes you have from your garden. Toss in a bowl with some salt (use the good stuff, please) and pepper and a hand full of bread crumbs. Slide that dish into the 350* oven for 30 minutes. When it comes out all golden brown, tuck all in and around some mozzarella cheese (again, vegan cheese works very well in this recipe), sprinkle in some fresh chopped Basil. When you are ready for dinner, put it under the broiler (or put on the top rack of your BBQ) for a few moments to melt the cheese so it is all ooey and gooey. Take out of the oven and top with the remaining chopped fresh basil, you might need another dash of S & P and a drizzle of that garlic oil you made earlier. Each person gets one on their plate and the aroma ………oh the aroma of eating fresh zucchini and somehow the magic of including a delightful flavor surprise of freshly baked little slices of bruschetta is heaven, pure heaven! SAY GRACE and oh for the love of a fresh tomato, dig in.
My mouth is sort of watering just thinking about dinner tonight. I am guessing these puppies will make you the family star! Hey, think about sharing a recipe with a friend today. Makes you feel great to share and feels special to receive one. Our tongues are probably still purple from the wonderful Marion Berry Cobbler we devoured for dessert on Sunday night. A friend shared the recipe and boy were we glad that she did! When we were counting our blessings, she made our list!
Here's the story on Tomato Tuesday……..thanks for reading and learning with me!
The Problem Slavery is not just happening overseas. Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Molloy once called Florida's tomato fields "ground zero" for modern-day slavery in the United States. In the past 15 years, over 1,000 people have been freed from slavery in U.S. tomato fields.
The Solution Recipe for Change–a campaign led by International Justice Mission in partnership with the Fair Food Standards Council and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers–is targeting three major supermarket chains this summer (Ahold, Publix and Kroger's), and asking its CEOs to support the Fair Food Program. Corporations that join agree to pay a small price increase for fairly harvested tomatoes (1.5 cents more per pound), and promise to shift purchases to the Florida tomato growers who abide by these higher standards–and away from those who won't.
Major fast food companies, like McDonalds and Subway, have already endorsed the Fair Food Program, but the largest U.S. supermarket chains have yet to support this collaborative effort to eradicate modern-day slavery.
Call to Action Supermarkets can help eliminate slavery and other serious abuses from the tomato supply chain when they join the Fair Food Program. But in order to change its policies, CEOs need pressure from consumers.
Take 30 seconds, raise your voice. Go HERE to sign your name to help ensure that supermarket tomatoes are slave-free!
Today, I am grateful for: 261. home grown herbs 262. my tomato plant 263. reading & learning 264. iced coffee 265. seamstresses 266. 70* weather 267. my thimble 268. a sense of humor 269. loving to cook and bake 270. outdoor table and chairs 271. farmers 272. farm workers 273. Farmer Markets


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Once the undisputed luxury car king, Mercedes-Benz is attempting a comeback to regain its place as the best-selling premium automaker in the world. And recent figures from Germany suggest that these efforts are beginning to pay off.
The famous tri-star brand was the world's best-loved luxury automaker until 2005, when it lost the title to rival BMW, which has held it since.
In 2011, it suffered another blow when it slipped behind Audi into third place, selling 1.26 million vehicles compared to 1.3 million for Audi and 1.38 million for BMW.
Now, though, the fight back appears to be beginning, with German newspaper Handelsblatt reporting new sales projections from the Center of Automotive Research at the university of Duisburg-Essen.
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According to the researchers, BMW will sell 1.76 million vehicles in 2015, compared to 1.68 million for Mercedes-Benz and 1.63 million for Audi.
That will put Mercedes-Benz within striking distance of its well-publicized goal to become the world's best-selling luxury automaker again by the end of the decade.
It won't, however, be an easy fight -- Audi is planning to push 2 million cars out of its factories by 2020 and wants to take the crown for itself with the help of the U.S. market, where it is currently ramping up in a bid to take on its two dominant competitors.


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Author: Sarah J. Maas
Release Date: September 5th, 2017
Book Series: Throne of Glass, #6
Reading Format: Hardcover
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Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.
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This Girl's Senior Yearbook Quote Slamming Her School's Sexist Dress Code Is the Ultimate Mic Drop
High school graduation comes with a whole bunch of considerations: Where are you going for college (and how the heck are you going to pay for it)? And what's a senior picture pose you'll look back on and not regret?
The perfect yearbook quote can be equally as hard to come up with, what with all the inside jokes and meaningful moments you want to preserve. One grad, however, used it as an opportunity to make a statement against her school's sexist dress code, pulling off the ultimate end-of-year mic drop in the process.
Victoria DiPaolo has spent much of the last four years at New Jersey's West Milford High School fighting the dress code, which she describes to Yahoo Style in no uncertain terms as sexist and unreasonable. She says her and many of her friends received dress code violations over the years for "clothes that were nowhere near inappropriate," describing a visible bra strap or a quarter-inch of midriff as the offending looks. When she saw that the outfits supplied for senior portraits consisted of an off-the-shoulder shirt — which could qualify as a dress code violation — she ran with the opportunity to point out the hypocrisy and leave a lasting message for the school.
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— Tori (@tori_dipaolo) June 13, 2017
The (perfect, TBH) quote reads: "I'm sorry, did my shoulders distract you from reading this quote?" After her friends started sharing it on social media, more and more people took notice, and DiPaolo says that even members of the school's administration thought it was funny.
"Most teachers have laughed at it," she said in the interview. "The general consensus at my school — unless you're the principal — is that the dress code is ridiculous so people have loved the quote so far."
On the school's website, the official policy states that "Halters, half-shirts, shorts, or sweaters and blouses that expose breasts or stomachs may not be worn. Shorts and skirts should not be a distraction. They should not be above the extended fingertips. Muscle shirts, mesh shirts, and loose-fitting tank tops are not permitted. Patches, decals, or sayings affixed to clothing are inappropriate if they are suggestive, drug-related, obscene in nature, or cause a disruption in normal proceedings."
DiPaolo, who gets good grades and is involved in many extracurriculars, says that her academic performance should be the focus — not what she's wearing.
"I've spent hours sitting in principal's offices because 40-year-old men were offended by my back showing. They would tell me to change or go home, so my classic response was 'How much of my skin is exposed when it's 90 degrees out is more important than me receiving an education at a school? Okay.'"
I'm really regretting not retaking my senior portrait 😭😂
— Tori (@tori_dipaolo) June 19, 2017
With all the attention her yearbook quote has gotten, DePaolo joked on Twitter that she wishes she'd retaken her picture, but honestly, as long as the quote stands, you do you, DiPaolo.
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Hydrodynamics of High Performance Vessels Operating in Shallow Water
The Report of the Specialist Committee on High Speed Craft of the 26th ITTC Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2011) stated that there is a lack of understanding and benchmark data for the shallow water effects on the performance of high speed craft.
Figure 1. Deep Water.
There are two issues of importance. The first is that high-speed craft often have transom sterns to accommodate propulsion systems, unlike conventional ships. If the traditional methods for predicting the resistance of conventional ships are applied to high-speed ships, a substantial empirical correction (the "form factor") is required to achieve good correlation between model and full-scale vessels or between computed full-scale and measured full-scale resistance. The second issue is the water depth. Once the water becomes relatively shallow, the depth Froude Number, defined as:
Becomes an important parameter.
It is found that as Fd increases and approaches 1 (Fd=1 is defined as the critical regime), the wave resistance can increase significantly. If the vessel has enough power to sustain a larger speed, the depth Froude number increases further towards the super-critical regime (Fd>1), and its resistance, conversely, decreases. Furthermore, concerning a multi-hull vessel, e.g. a catamaran, the interference between the hulls can become negative. That means that the total resistance is smaller than that of the sum of the individual demi-hulls. This feature can be particularly useful for Navies operating both in restricted waters and close to the coast.
In addition, operational issues of high-speed vessels in shallow water condition might arise such as:
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The present project is investigating these two effects. Archie-West HPC has been indispensable to carry on our CFD simulations. In the work so far we aimed to achieve some insights into the transom stern problems and the transcritical shallow water regime (Fd close to one) regarding its differences to the deep water regime. Some interesting phenomena occur, such as the formation of a single transverse wave of substantial amplitude (known as a `soliton`) ahead of the vessel, as shown in Figure 2, hugely changing the wave pattern compared to deep water one, Figure 1. Figure 2. Shallow Water.
The Research from this point forwards aims to make our simulations closer to the real conditions, by means of the inclusion of the boundaries of the walls and bottom of towing tanks. Depth and blockage effects cannot be neglected any more, since Model Basin Tests are planned to be conducted.
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1. The unsteady effects that arise in towing tanks in transcritical regime will have to be carefully considered in the Model Basin Tests, according to a methodology proposed by Day, Clelland and Doctors(2009) and even in the new CFD simulations in shallow water; and,
2. The classical Froude Hypothesis used to identify the Resistance Components, as our results and the more recent literature have been showing us, does not necessarily fit well for high-speed vessels, especially multi-hulls with transom sterns, a type of vessel that has become the widespread benchmark for high-speed in both civilian and military applications since the 90s.
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HAWTHORNE, NJ – Basil Vorolieff, 83, is a retired marketer and advertiser living in Hawthorne who was given a second chance thanks to a life-saving liver transplant ten years ago. His perspective on life changed, and he has dedicated much of his time since then to helping others who have had transplant operations. He has also competed in the Transplant Games, winning medals. One of those victories helped ultimately connect him with the family of the woman whose liver donation saved him from cancer.
In the 1980s, Basil told TAPinto Hawthorne, he was diagnosed with what would become known as Hepatitis-C. "There was no treatment for that at the time," he said, "and I think it was in the 90s that they isolated Hep-C and developed a treatment that was very unpleasant with a very low success rate. I did go through with the treatment for nine months, and it was the last three months that were pretty horrible."
The doctors told him he had a chance of getting cancer afterwards. So, each year he would routinely get checked. In 2007, the bad news came: a scan revealed a mass on his liver. "I was sent to NY Presbyterian Hospital for their liver transplant center. I went through the listing process. It took 15 different tests or consultations, to get on the waiting list."
He described the process for where one falls on the waiting list. "Someone waiting for a liver transplant is rated by how high on the list he is by a combination of three different blood tests, and that ends up being the MELD score, which is Model for End-Stage Liver Disease."
Then Basil waited.
Two years later, a woman's life came to a tragic end, but she was able to save the life of a man she had never known since she was a registered donor. On October 26, 2009, Basil underwent a successful liver transplant operation. "It changed my life in many ways. When you go through such a major life-threatening surgery and you go through it well, all the sudden the little things that bothered you don't bother you anymore. You get a totally different outlook. It makes you view life in a much clearer way and it made me very thankful. I also realize that somebody died in order for that to happen."
The organ donors are anonymous, but Basil said through the social services at the hospital, patients were able to contact the donor families, revealing only their first names. About six months after the transplant, he sent a letter, and continued.
"We can't say anything to identify us. I started writing to the family, pretty much every six months and never got a response. I was able to check and knew the letters were being picked up, so I continued writing."
Then things changed. In 2014, Basil participated in the Transplant Games of America in Houston, Texas, winning two gold medals in darts. When he got home, he decided to send one of them to the donor family.
"Within a week, I was out and came home to a voicemail from a woman who asked 'if this is the person who sent us a medal would you please call us?' I have to say, I got that message and I must've played it five or six times. I just felt a little awkward and said to myself, I'm so happy they saved my life but I'm so sorry she died. So I got the courage to call them. We had a nice conversation and I had lunch with them, we send cards back and forth and stay in touch." He believes that the family was able to find him by looking up his name from the competition. Basil has since met the husband of his donor.
"I think it's good for me and for him. I have this sense of responsibility," he said. "I want to do good things. I feel that someone gave me a second chance on life and I don't want to waste it."
As for those who might consider registering as an organ donor, for Basil said, "There's no reason not to be a donor. To me, being a donor is saving a life and what could be more heroic than a person's last act being to save a life? There's no reason not to."
Basil added that there are about 110,000 patients on the transplant waiting list across the country, with about 4,000 in New Jersey alone. "There is a serious shortage," he said, "about 21 people on the list die every day waiting."
Information on how to become a donor or be involved can be easily had by logging onto the NJ Sharing Network website. "I do some volunteer work with the Sharing Network and New York Presbyterian Hospital. I attend a support group meeting there and we go to visit patients in the liver disease and transplant wing. I'm also part of the mentor program the hospital runs. They connect me with someone starting their transplant journey to help guide them through. I was talking with a gentleman since September of last year, and he just got his transplant. So that was kind of fulfilling and he's going great."
And Basil continues to have fun, too, while being a part of something bigger. "The Transplant Games of America is kind of an Olympic style competition for the transplant community, held every two years in a different city. July 17-22, 2020, it'll be centered around the Meadowlands at the American Dream [Mall]. There will be events throughout the major venues. There is an opening ceremony and a closing ceremony, and competition in just about everything you could expect: track and field, swimming, tennis, golf, darts, basketball, badminton, everything. I've been playing darts the last few years, I'm starting to get decent with it."
Since winning the two gold medals in Texas, Basil won two silvers, although he fell short last time. "I'll get them this time," he assured TAPinto Hawthorne.
Basil described the Olympic-style games with enthusiasm. "We expect about 15,000 people to come, it's a big event. There are teams from just about every state, Puerto Rico, we even occasionally get a foreign team. We had one from Australia. It's broken down into age groups and they give gold, silver, and bronze medals. They also have non-physical games like poker, trivia, a singing competition. It's a great experience and pulls the transplant community together and everyone realizes they aren't alone."
The Hawthorne competitor looks forward to the games, but also to the spirit of community that helps uplift those who have undergone transplant operations. "We're trying to show the world that we are regular people. It's a celebration of life and the success of the transplantation."


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Except for the arrival of a few blockbuster stocks and the emergence of some high-flying Internet issues, the market for initial public offerings last year was mediocre, at best.
Will the climate improve this year? Almost certainly, market experts say.
The volatility in equities markets last year left many institutional investors nervous, sapping their appetite for new issues, particularly in the third quarter as stocks plunged.
Stocks have been back up at record-high levels recently, however, and confidence is returning, bolstered in part by several successful initial public offerings (IPOs) late last year.
"A lot of deals were put off last year and we now have quite a backlog of IPOs waiting to come to market," says Thomas McDonald, a partner in the corporate finance department at Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago. "Therefore, I think we'll see a very robust market in the first quarter this year."
Indeed, a half-dozen Chicago-area companies that had filed for IPOs last year but decided not to go to market are expected to pursue the stock launches in coming months.
The list is led by the nation's largest executive search firm, Chicago's Heidrick & Struggles Inc., which had scheduled an $86.3-million IPO for September, then postponed its plans after stocks plunged.
"We never canceled our IPO -- it's still on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission -- we just delayed it," explains Richard Nelson, the company's chief administrative officer and chief counsel. "We think the market is becoming acceptable again, and we hope to go public as soon as we can this year."
A number of companies that never filed offering documents with the SEC also could be joining 1999's IPO parade.
"We're watching and waiting to see whether a stock offering might make sense now," says Michael D. Blair, owner and chairman of Cyborg Systems Inc., a Chicago-based producer of computer software for human resource departments with $71 million in sales. "We haven't talked to any investment bankers yet, but if the market gets hot, we're likely to seek them out," Mr. Blair adds.
Only moderate activity
The market was cool for much of 1998, when 373 IPOs were launched nationally with a total value of $36.8 billion. The year before, 630 IPOs went to market, with a value of $43.2 billion, according to Securities Data Co. of Newark, N.J.
In Illinois, just nine IPOs valued at a total $1.4 billion were issued last year, compared with 16 valued at $1.8 billion the year before, according to Securities Data.
The biggest names of '98 included Elmhurst-based Keebler Foods Co., which raised $223.5 million in a January IPO, and Ubid Inc., an Elk Grove Village-based online auctioneer that went public at $15 a share -- raising $23.7 million -- on Dec. 4, and then saw its stock skyrocket to $188 by Dec. 23 (Crain's, Jan. 4).
Is there another Ubid-magnitude success waiting in the wings?
Chicago is home to more than 500 software companies alone, and "there are some real sleepers out there, says John Dougherty, vice-president of the Illinois Coalition in Chicago, which consults with technology firms. "I won't predict which ones will be going public this year, but I can tell you that there will be more local technology IPOs coming to market in the coming months," he adds.
The timing of IPOs is always a guessing game, but knowledgeable observers cite the following as candidates for public offerings: Mercantec Inc. in Naperville, a developer of software for credit card purchases; InstallShield Software Corp. in Schaumburg, a producer of installation and integration programs for Windows-based computers; Perceptual Robotics Inc. in Evanston, a developer of software that steers cameras remotely at sports events; RadioWave.com Inc., a Motorola Inc. spinoff based in Schaumburg, and Lake Forest-based Art.com Inc., which sells art over the Internet.
Those companies likely would have to line up behind others that filed for, and then postponed, initial stock offerings: Applied Systems Inc., a maker of automation systems in University Park that filed for a $41.4-million IPO last year; Griffith Micro Science International Inc., an Oak Brook-based provider of sterilization services to the medical and food industries that hoped to raise $43.1 million; Natural Nutrition Group Inc. in Chicago, a maker of natural organic foods aiming to raise $31.1 million; Ben Franklin Financial Corp., a bank holding company in Arlington Heights that filed for an $18.5-million offering last April, and Argosy Education Group Inc., a Chicago secondary-education specialist that filed to sell $34.5 million in stock.
Some looked elsewhere
"We hope to complete the Griffith Micro deal in the first quarter. We believe there will be an appetite for that issue," says William Steinmetz, senior managing director of ABN AMRO Inc. in Chicago, lead underwriter of the deal.
Mr. Steinmetz believes that companies with $100 million or more in prospective market capitalization and a history of sales and earnings growth will have the best chance at IPOs early this year.
"Deals with less than $100 million in market cap will continue to have difficulty," he predicts.
Many companies that chose not to jump into the stock market last year turned to other financing alternatives. Some raised money in the private debt market, while others arranged new rounds of venture capital backing.
Paul Purcell, president of brokerage house Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee, predicts that the IPO market won't return to the heady levels of the mid-1990s. With fewer large companies and sexy technology companies here, he adds, "The Midwest IPO market may trail both coasts a little bit."


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Medtronic Inc. posted lower quarterly earnings on Wednesday, weighed down by one-time research-related charges, but the maker of medical devices surpassed most expectations as revenue jumped 15%.
After the market closed, Medtronic MDT, +0.79% said first-quarter net income dropped to $320.6 million, or 26 cents a share, from $529.7 million, or 43 cents a share, for the comparable period a year ago. Revenue for the Minneapolis-based company was $2.69 billion vs. last year's $2.35 billion.
Excluding one-time charges related to research and development, the company would have reported earnings of 50 cents a share. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had forecast a profit of 49 cents a share on that basis.
Before the report, the stock closed down 8 cents at $54.57. In after-hours action, the shares were off another 2 cents to $54.55.
Medtronic said sales were boosted by a 30% jump in sales for its implantable defibrillator, which allowed the company to increase its worldwide market share for the product line.
It also grew its business for products used in spinal procedures by 24%. The company also said early acceptance of its Endeavor stent was "positive."
Medtronic also reiterated its forecast for fiscal 2006, which ends in April. Earnings should hit $2.10 to $2.15 a share, Medtronic said, while revenue is likely to reach $11.1 billion to $11.6 billion.
The average Wall Street forecast is for earnings of $2.15 a share and revenue of $11.5 billion.
Further, Medtronic projected 2007 earnings at $2.37 to $2.47 a share, vs. analysts' view of $2.45, and 2008 earnings of $2.70 to $2.90, vs. the average estimate of $2.86.


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The Nokia 7 Plus marries Nokia's industrial design with the simplicity of Android One.
HMD Global revived the Nokia brand last year, initially focusing on the budget segment with the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and the Nokia 6. While the manufacturer rolled out the Nokia 8 to cater to the premium category, it wasn't quite as good as the OnePlus 5T or the Mi Mix 2.
For its 2018 portfolio, HMD is introducing several phones aimed at different price points in one go — there's the Android Go-based Nokia 1 for the entry-level segment, the Nokia 6 2018 for the budget category, the Nokia 7 Plus at the mid-range segment, and the Nokia 8 Sirocco is the company's flagship.
The Nokia 7 Plus is the most interesting device of the lot, as it is the first Nokia-branded phone to feature an 18:9 form factor. The 6-inch FHD+ (2160×1080) IPS LCD panel has vivid colors and decent saturation levels, and it gets sufficiently bright that I didn't face any issues trying to read the contents of the screen under harsh sunlight.
Design is another area where the Nokia 7 Plus stands out. The phone is constructed out of series 6000 aluminum, and the six-layer ceramic coating at the back gives it a delightful matte texture. It feels great to hold in-hand, and the copper accents around the fingerprint sensor, camera module, and the Nokia logo at the back contrast the black color scheme very well.
The bezels up front are akin to what you'd find on the Pixel 2 XL, and although the device is on the larger side, the grippy back makes it comfortable to hold. I've been using the phone for just over a day now, and I like the overall design and the in-hand feel.
This is Nokia's industrial design at its best.
The mid-frame is also finished with a lustrous copper hue, and it adds a nice visual flair to the device. This is classic Nokia industrial design, and my wife says it's the right amount of bling for a phone. And being a Nokia-branded phone, you can be assured that it's built like a tank — the phone has the right amount of heft, and the overall build quality is top-notch.
The Nokia 7 Plus has a lot to offer on the hardware front as well — it is the first phone to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset in India. The chipset launched last year, and the OPPO R11 was the first phone to be powered by it. Xiaomi's Mi Note 3 also had the same chipset, as did Vivo's X20. All of these devices were limited to the Chinese market, so it's great to see a phone powered by the Snapdragon 660 make its way to China.
As for why the Snapdragon 660 is a big deal, it is the first chipset to feature Qualcomm's Kryo cores in the mid-range category. The chipset features eight semi-custom Kryo 260 cores split into two clusters — four cores clocked at 2.2GHz that are designed to handle performance-intensive tasks, and four energy-efficient cores clocked at 1.8GHz.
The Snapdragon 660 in the Nokia 7 Plus is a performance monster.
Essentially, you're getting performance that's equivalent to the Snapdragon 821, but in the mid-range segment. As for the rest of the specs, the Nokia 7 Plus comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage, a microSD slot that can accommodate 256GB SD cards, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, LTE Cat 6 modem, and three microphones.
Another highlight of the Nokia 7 Plus is the dual camera at the back — a 12MP primary camera with f/1.75 lens, 1.4 micron pixels and Dual Pixel autofocus, and a secondary 13MP shooter with f/2.6 lens and 1 micron pixels that offers 2x lossless zoom. Both cameras feature Zeiss optics, and Nokia is bringing back the pro mode, a mainstay on its phones during the Lumia days.
I haven't had a chance to test out the camera extensively yet, but here's a preview of what you can expect from the Nokia 7 Plus on this front:
The Nokia 7 Plus excels at daylight shots, and the camera is quick to dial in on a subject. The interface itself looks dated, but it has all the options laid out in an easy-to-understand format. As for low-light photography, here's how the Nokia 7 Plus matches up against the OnePlus 5T:
Nokia 7 Plus on the left, OnePlus 5T on the right.
The Nokia 7 Plus preserves the overall detail, and has significantly less noise than the OnePlus 5T. Colors don't look washed out, and it managed to do a great job in this scenario. I'll go into much more detail on what the Nokia 7 Plus' camera is capable of next week, so stay tuned.
HMD announced earlier this year that all of its phones will be based on the Android One platform going forward, which means they'll be one of the first to receive platform and security updates. The company did a magnificent job in terms of rolling out updates over the course of the last 12 months, and thankfully that's not going to change this year.
My Nokia 7 Plus unit is running Android 8.0 Oreo with the February 1, 2018 security patch, and it's likely HMD will roll out an update before the phone goes on sale with the latest security patch and the Android 8.1 Oreo update. The software experience is one of the best you'll find in this segment, and the unadulterated interface coupled with the beefy Snapdragon 660 makes the Nokia 7 Plus breeze through everyday tasks.
The Nokia 7 Plus will go up for pre-order in India starting April 20 for ₹25,999, with sales set to kick off from April 30. It is true that the pricing is slightly on the higher side (a 22K price point would've been the sweet spot), but Nokia phones always commanded a premium, and the Nokia 7 Plus is worth it just because of the Snapdragon 660 and that evocative design.
I'll have much more to share about the Nokia 7 Plus in the coming weeks, so keep it locked to Android Central for more. In the meantime, let me know what you think of Nokia's latest mid-ranger in the comments below.
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Best WordPress Theme Color for Popular Niche Sites
Color psychology has a strong influence on the decisions and behavior of people. It has a significant relationship with visual impact. The effect of color psychology on marketing has been a matter of experiment for a long time.
According to surveys, visual appearance is the main focus of 93% of purchasers, while the color of the product remains the key factor driving purchases for almost 85% of the buyers.
If you either have a WordPress website for your business or plan to create one, knowing color psychology and how it helps convert leads into sales would help you to take your business to the next level.
Given below are some popular niches and the most effective color combination of WordPress theme that can make even casual visitors become your loyal customers:
Health and Fitness
A combination of blue and white is probably the most comprehensive theme used for the health and fitness niche. Blue stands for tranquility, peace and reliability. It keeps appetite under control, triggers productivity and generates a feeling of security.
White stands for cleanliness, purity and safety. In this niche, you need to be viewed as a trustworthy brand or company, which is what the combination of these two colors help you achieve.
For instance, consider the fully comprehensive design of iMedica theme in blue and white that draws upon the color psychology. Since this color combination appeals to both men and women, it will help convert visitors irrespective of what their gender is.
However, you have to back up the right colors with customer-friendly features too to make the most of your WordPress business site. Built on Bootstrap that allows easier and faster front-end web development, iMedica theme does just that.
This theme is designed to suit people of all skill levels, projects of all volumes and devices of all formations. The free revolution slider of iMedica allows the users to create personalized sliders.
SEO optimized codes allow the web pages to be fetched by both human visitors and search engines robots. Visitor interaction is greatly enhanced by the use of Functional PHP contact forms.
The different, interesting and easily consumable CSS3 smooth animations help to hold the attention of consumers. Vector font icons help in faster loading of the website and ensure the perfect display of graphics on every screen size and device.
Horizontal and vertical parallax effects of iMedica greatly enhance the scope of interaction with visitors. What's more, it allows users to choose matching color skins from unlimited options, apart from letting them create new skins to suit their unique needs and brand value.
Also Read: Best Medical WordPress Themes
Real Estate
When people think of residential properties, they look for colors that are warm and inviting, give a positive vibe and denote an environment that complements health and wealth.
Again, when you think of commercial buildings, apart from them being inviting, you need them to create thoughts of wealth. On both these counts, green works well as it's a versatile color, which incidentally is the color of money as well. Perhaps that's why a majority of real estate themes use it as the preferred choice.
You may take a cue from the clean and flat design of Homeland theme. The user-friendly, attractive design in greenish and earthy tones of brown will help to portray a professional profile to your potential clients.
The responsive design is compatible with a tablet, mobile devices, and laptop. It can also be viewed in a retina display gadget. You can customize it completely to suit your requirements. The theme options panel empowers the users to control theme elements, features, and values.
Homeland brings several other cool features to make it lucrative for potential property buyers. It allows users to submit a property for free, after registration.
This theme comes with an advanced search option to help the visitors find the property of their choice. A FlexSlider and a Revolution Slider are also included in Homeland.
It is fully compatible with dsIDXpress WordPress plugin where property listings can be pulled from an MLS account. It is SEO optimized for better search engine rankings and comes with integrated Google maps. What's more, top-notch customer support is given for free. All these are sure to increase conversions.
Also Read: Best Real Estate WordPress Themes
White brings with it a feeling of safety. Black stands for stability, power, authority, and strength. Sometimes, it is also considered a sign of intelligence. Grey stands for solidarity and practicality. For e-commerce stores, a combination of all these colors is found to do well to drive conversions.
Bronx is a responsive, drag and drop theme for e-commerce. With Bronx, one of three pre-existing product pages can be chosen or a new one built with the help of Visual Composer.
Eight demo sliders show the way for a simple entry to the site. Envato's seal of approval (the theme is quality checked by it) make it a reliable one to bank upon.
A simple header layout and navigation tool makes Bronx user-friendly as well. This WordPress theme comes with two blog layouts – Classic and Masonry. Currency and language switchers are other features, which will help to sell products across the globe.
Also Read: Best WooCommerce WordPress Themes
Red is the color of power, which helps to attract web visitors' attention and hold it. Perhaps that's why it's the most preferred color for marketing. When combined with white that stands for neutrality, it makes for a killer combo for your legal services.
Whether you are a lawyer, run a law firm, or offer specialized legal services, the "options panel" of this theme has several extensive configuration options for you to take your pick from.
To take a look at the panel, you can go to 'Appearance > Theme Options' in the left-hand menu. This section gives you the option to change several core aspects to make the theme behave and look just the way you want to.
This theme also offers several custom post types (Portfolio Posts, Team posts etc), which you can leverage to create and manage your site's content easily.
The additional plugins (Revolution Slider and Contact Form 7) make this theme worth your money. With all these features and a color that resonates with the color psychology for higher conversions, this theme is a must-have for those offering services in the legal niche.
Also Read: Best Lawyer WordPress Themes for Law Firms
Online dating
Purple stands for wisdom, royalty, and respect. Pink is considered to be the color of love for self and for others, which is especially a big draw among young girls and women.
Pink also stands for affection, friendship, inner peace, harmony and approachability. If you want to lend a touch of elegance and prestige to your online dating venture, apart from attracting the attention of a predominantly young female demographic, you can't go wrong with the combination of purple and pink. This is exactly what SweetDate WordPress theme does.
This fully responsive WordPress theme is compatible with the latest versions of WordPress 4.2, BBPress and BuddyPress 2.2.
It has a customizable Membership Plugin for WordPress, which can be integrated with Authorize.net, PayPal or Stripe for flexible content control, recurring payments, themed registration, checkout and much more.
This WordPress theme comes with a Revolution Slider Plugin, Icon fonts (Font Awesome v3.2.0, which is ideal for Retina devices), over 600 Google fonts, Google Maps and Mailchimp integration (including widget), and is compatible with Contact Form 7. With so much on offer, it sure is a theme worth using to increase conversions.
Also Read: Best Online Dating WordPress Themes


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It can be expensive to hire a company that specializes in website creation to do your site. You might not even be happy with the results. Unfortunately, it is hard to really put forth the design you want them to achieve. You are the only one who truly knows what you want. Keep these tips in mind to create a good design for your site.
Pay attention to color combinations in your design. Be sure that your written content is clearly visible and easy to read against the background you choose. There is data that shows that people have an easier time reading dark text on a light background. The opposite is still readable, but not optimal. When in doubt about the effectiveness of your color choices, solicit the opinions of friends.
Be very careful to remove outdated content from your site. You will lose the attention and credibility of your readers if the promotional offer on your page expired months ago. Viewers want to know that they are getting up-to-date information, and lack of attention in removing old products will not install this faith. Review your website often, to remove anything which isn't updated with the latest content.
Web Browsers
Adobe Photoshop is a valuable software program for any dedicated web designer. Using a program that has great reviews behind it can help speed up the time it takes to create a website. Not having this software can lead to a design which looks amateurish and untrusthworthy.
Meta Tags
To help you design your site to attract more visitors, you need to include good meta tags on each page. Having meta tags that are quality will help show the search engines what your site is about. Well-written meta tags will garner the most visitors to your site.
Sign up for forums, newsletters and podcasts that discuss website creation to help you keep up with the trends. Newsletters are available to offer advices for site designers of all skill levels.
Invest in some books on the topic of website development. Just keep in mind that since you are new to the web page design world, you want to start out with the basics and build from there. Avoid skipping any steps and learn at your own pace, so you can eventually become a great web designer.
Use website creation as a way of bringing your ideas to life and promoting your business. Use keywords in your content, titles and HTML code to increase your visabilty. Give the tips a shot.
These days, everyone wants to know about the world of cheap web designers, but not everyone knows where to turn for the right information. Luckily, the following article has some great information to help you get started. Now is the time to take the knowledge you have gained and apply it to your life!


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Mulderbosch Faithful Hound 2006
Winemaker Notes
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
With an important wine renaissance in full swing, impressive red and white bargains abound in South Africa. The country has a particularly long and rich history with winemaking, especially considering its status as part of the "New World." In the mid-17th century, the lusciously sweet dessert wines of Constantia were highly prized by the European aristocracy. Since then, the South African wine industry has experienced some setbacks due to the phylloxera infestation of the late 1800s and political difficulties throughout the following century.
Today, however, South Africa is increasingly responsible for high-demand, high-quality wines—a blessing to put the country back on the international wine map. Wine production is mainly situated around Cape Town, where the climate is generally warm to hot. But the Benguela Current from Antarctica provides brisk ocean breezes necessary for steady ripening of grapes. Similarly, cooler, high-elevation vineyard sites throughout South Africa offer similar, favorable growing conditions.
South Africa's wine zones are divided into region, then smaller districts and finally wards, but the country's wine styles are differentiated more by grape variety than by region. Pinotage, a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, is the country's "signature" grape, responsible for red-fruit-driven, spicy, earthy reds. When Pinotage is blended with other red varieties, like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah or Pinot Noir (all commonly vinified alone as well), it is often labeled as a "Cape Blend." Chenin Blanc (locally known as "Steen") dominates white wine production, with Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc following close behind.
One of the world's most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World, especially in California, Washington and Australia. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, these are sometimes referred to in the US as "Meritage" blends. In Bordeaux itself, Cabernet Sauvignon dominates in wines from the Left Bank of the Gironde River, while the Right Bank focuses on Merlot. Often, blends from outside the region are classified as being inspired by one or the other.
Tasting Notes for Bordeaux Blends
Bordeaux Blends are dry, red wines and generally have aromas and flavors of black currant, black cherry plum, graphite, cedar and violet. Cabernet-based, Left-Bank-styled wines are typically more tannic and structured, while Merlot-based wines, modeled after the Right Bank, are softer and suppler. Cabernet Franc can add herbal notes, while Malbec and Petit Verdot contribute color and structure.
Perfect Food Pairings for Bordeaux Blends
Since Bordeaux red blends are often quite structured and tannic, they pair best with hearty, flavorful and fatty meat dishes. Any type of steak makes for a classic pairing. Equally welcome with these wines would be beef brisket, pot roast, braised lamb or smoked duck.
Sommelier Secrets for Bordeaux Blends
While the region of Bordeaux is limited to a select few approved grape varieties in specified percentages, the New World is free to experiment. Bordeaux blends in California may include equal amounts of Cabernet Franc and Malbec, for example. Occassionally a winemaker might add a small percentage of a non-Bordeaux variety, such as Syrah or Petite Sirah for a desired result.


text: Join the West End Sex Work Memorial Committee to learn about their plans to commemorate an important chapter of West End history. In partnership with the City of Vancouver, the West End Sex Work Memorial Committee is moving forward with a Community Meeting to discuss the installation of a lamppost and plaque at the corner of Jervis and Pendrell Streets, near St. Paul's Anglican Church. A panel of experiential workers, all of whom once lived and worked in the West End in the 1970s and 1980s, will share stories of their community formation, and the implications of the mass eviction. Moderated by Dr. Becki Ross.


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Video: Southeastern Land Group's Jonathan Goode visits ACRE
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Jonathan Goode, Accredited Land Consultant with Southeastern Land Group, dropped by the Alabama Center for Real Estate recently to talk about a few key issues regarding land this year.
In the above video, Goode talks about his involvement with the Alabama Chapter of Realtors Land Institute and the Alabama Land Consultant Accreditation.
Goode is also co-host of The Land Show, which is broadcast throughout the state on Saturday mornings.
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