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A LEADING wildlife charity have teamed up with a Byfleet church to unveil a garden of biblical proportions in the village.
Surrey Wildlife Trust are marking Cherishing Churchyards Week (June 9 to 15) by opening the Contemplative Garden in St Mary's Churchyard.
The organisation are also asking members of the public to get involved and discover the wonderful array of wildlife that churchyards contain.
Churches and churchyards are often an important refuge for rare and protected species such as bats and slow worms. Many contain rare plants, relics of the old meadows that once surrounded the church.
On May 24, a total of 31 delegates from 11 churches and parishes across Surrey came together for a networking event on Living Churchyards at St Mary's. Attendees heard talks on several aspects of churchyard management from wildlife and community engagement to managing regulations.
The talks were followed by workshops and a networking lunch. In the afternoon there was a chance to walk around the churchyard and see the new Contemplative Garden and wildflower areas.
Everyone agreed it was a very useful day with calls from attendees to make the event an annual one.
At midday on Sunday, June 15 the Bishop of Guildford will be officially opening the Byfleet garden.
It has taken 18 months to transform the neglected space into a quiet reflective space that is enjoyed by all. Much of the work has been done by local volunteers from 'The Wild Bunch' (a new group member of the trust), with support from parishioners, Byfleet Brownies and local residents. Funding for the project was gratefully received from Surrey County Council.
Environmental Group Support Officer, Frances Halstead, said: "It's amazing what this enthusiastic group have achieved in such a short space of time – creating wildflower areas in the churchyard and a Contemplative Garden – they are an inspiration to us all. Churchyards and cemeteries are an important part of our living landscape which are often overlooked, but small changes to the management of these sites, allowing rare plants to flower and set seed, can have a big impact on wildlife."


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Melissa Alaniz
Melissa, circa 1987; Age-progression to age 41 (circa 2015); David Wood
- Missing Since 03/07/1987
- Missing From El Paso, Texas
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth 03/17/1974 (45)
- Age 12 years old
- Height and Weight 5'2, 105 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A black t-shirt with the Iron Maiden band logo, black and white checked jeans, white socks with red and blue stripes on top, and white sneakers.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of DisappearanceMelissa was last seen in El Paso, Texas on March 7, 1987. She went out to play video games at a convenience store off Rushing and never returned to her residence in the northeast part of the city. She has never been heard from again.
Two weeks earlier, Melissa had run away from home after a family argument. She returned after two days, however, and authorities don't believe she left of her own accord again when she went missing in March 1987.
That same year, several other females disappeared from El Paso, and most of them were later found murdered and buried in the desert. The victims were all small, slender young women in their teens and early twenties.
Melissa knew at least one of them, a classmate with whom she had friends in common. She lived in the same neighborhood as several of the victims and her parents worked with the parents of another victim. Melissa and two other girls, Marjorie Knox and Cheryl Vasquez, are still missing.
David Leonard Wood, a serial rapist who was paroled in January 1987, was later convicted of murdering six of the El Paso victims, though he maintains his innocence to this day. He was sentenced to death in 1993, but his sentence remains under appeal, as his lawyers allege he is mentally retarded.
The murders of El Paso girls and women stopped after Wood's October 1987 arrest for rape. He has not been charged in connection with Melissa's case and it's unclear whether he was involved. A photo of Wood is posted with this case summary. Melissa's disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
- El Paso Police Department 915-832-4445
Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated April 18, 2016; age-progression updated.


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Open Handset Alliance grows larger by 14
The Open Handset Alliance has gained another fourteen members, which include the likes of Sony Ericsson, ASUSTek Computer Inc. Softbank Mobile Corporation, ARM, AKM Semiconductor Inc., Vodafone, Toshiba Corporation, Huawei Technologies, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., and a few others.
These newest Open Handset Alliance members are to either push out compatible Android mobile phones, support the ecosystem through products and services that will accelerate the availability of Android-based devices, or contribute significant code to the Android Open Source Project.
This will probably mean looking in depth as Android on such mobile handsets as the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, Garmin's extremely delayed nuvifone, and the Asus "Eee Phone."


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Silicon Valley product designer Chris Messina invented the now ubiquitous hashtag when he was searching for a way to organize the fast-moving Twitter stream. His early tweet, "How do you feel about using (#) pound for groups as in #barcamp [msg.]?" was met with criticisms that it was too "nerdy."
But, Chris persevered. The Twittersphere realized the power of the hashtag when people started adding #sandiegofire to their tweets about a San Diego fire. Suddenly, it all made sense. Other Twitter users saw the value of adding hashtags to follow and engage in topical conversations on the network.
In 2009, Twitter made it possible to search via hashtags, which meant anyone could find accounts to follow or participate in conversations via hashtags. These days, everyone knows how useful hashtags are in finding relevant content. It's easy to use a hashtag like #contentmarketing to find thousands of posts about that topic.
Yet, when hashtags are misused, viewers find themselves sorting
through stacks of posts looking for something specific. On the
flipside, content producers who misuse hashtags struggle with
having their content ignored.
Hashtags are now commonplace in the social media landscape. Besides Twitter, they're essential on Instagram, and they've found their way on LinkedIn and Facebook too.
Proper hashtag usage is essential for brands to track mentions and respond effectively. They're also important to keep an eye on industry trends, and the competition.
Here's how to use hashtags effectively on each of these platforms, so you can optimize your social media strategy.How to Use Hashtags on Twitter
Let's start at the beginning. As mentioned above, a Twitter user came up with the idea to help him and other participants categorize their tweets surrounding a topic, whether event, conversation, or otherwise. Without the hashtag, conversations could be lost, and the only way to find great content was to follow people and hope they provided it.
Hashtags brought structure to the fledgling social media network and made it easy to categorize conversations.
It wasn't long before event organizers realized this was a
great idea. You can build awareness, excitement, AND categorize
messages surrounding an event simply by adding a hashtag. So, while
#barcamp may have been sufficient in the beginning, it wasn't
long before #barcampphilly09, etc. became a thing. In fact,
whispers of "Is there a hashtag?" could be heard as people
entered a venue and wanted to tweet their whereabouts.
Now, locations and brands have claimed their hashtags. Branded hashtags allow companies to see what customers are saying about them, and engage in real-time conversation.
However, there is a risk to overusing hashtags on Twitter. Marketing analytics company TrackMaven discovered that engagement drops if you use more than two hashtags. Those with 18 characters or less perform well.
So, less is better here.
To find relevant hashtags, use the search function on Twitter to type in #topic. Since Twitter is a public platform, you'll see all the hashtags related to that topic. You can follow brands, conversations, and even engage in topical Twitter chats. Turn Twitter chats into lively discussions on a particular topic, to occur monthly or weekly depending on who runs them.How to Use Hashtags Correctly on Instagram
If two hashtags are good, thirty must be better, right? At least that seems to be the thinking with the popular visual social media network. Instagram is hashtag driven, as anyone who's ever looked at it can attest.
Since we've already established that hashtags are a way to
categorize your content so you can find and be found, you'll want
to create an Instagram hashtag strategy that makes sense for your
brand. You can start by going to the search bar and typing in
#yourtopic. Instagram will show you all the photos and videos with
that hashtag.
For example, if you run a juice bar in San Diego, then #freshjuice, #cleaneating, #sandiego are hashtags that can help you be found by your potential customers. Though you don't need to limit yourself to 2 or 3. Instagram is the one tool where you can go a little crazy in your use of hashtags.
There have been studies, but there's no agreed upon "perfect number." However, Instagram's limit is 30. The best thing you can do is experiment to find what works best for your Instagram account. Fortunately, it doesn't take long to collect useful data.
For example, if you have a business Instagram account, then you can view your analytics to see how many people saw your post. You can even see your post's reach and how your post was found, including a "from hashtag" metric. You can change up your hashtags to see which bring you the best results, then focus on those and drop the rest.
The best way to find the ones that work for your business is to watch what your competitors and customers use, and include those. You can even follow hashtags to find more topical accounts and put clickable hashtags in your bio to help people find you.
As you can see, there are lots of ways to use hashtags on Instagram. Unlike Twitter, using more than two hashtags on Instagram is good tactic for increasing your engagement and follows.How to Use Hashtags on Facebook
Facebook is a bit different when it comes hashtags. For one, Facebook profiles are often private, instead of public like Twitter and Instagram. The privacy settings on Facebook mean that most people use hashtags on their profiles to be tongue in cheek as they make a joke. Since their profiles are private, these hashtags won't show up on a general search, but only among their friends.
To search for hashtags on Facebook, do head to the search bar just like on Twitter and Instagram and put in the topic you're searching for, #hashtags, for example. You'll get all the public facing hashtags on brands and influencer profiles. You can also click on an individual hashtag to see more related posts.
It is recommended that you use no more than 1-2 hashtags on Facebook. Many Facebook users are not hashtag savvy.How to Use Hashtags on LinkedIn
In the past year or two, LinkedIn has gotten into the hashtag game. It's now encouraging users to follow certain hashtags and to add them to their posts. These tend to be broad, topical hashtags, like #business or #marketing.
You can add hashtags to your articles and updates on LinkedIn to help your content be found easier. While LinkedIn will suggest certain hashtags, you can add more specific ones by doing a search. You may find industry specific hashtags that narrow your niche. Best practice on LinkedIn is to add up to six hashtags.
Make sure your hashtags are easy to read. Here is your general checklist:
- Capitalize every word.
- #MontegoBay18 is easier to read than #montegobay18.
- No spaces between words.
- Proofreading is important.
- A misspelled hashtag is a wasted effort, because your content is less likely to reach the intended user.
As you can see, using hashtags to find and categorize topics is
not new. The practice started on Twitter where it because a
mainstay, though it wasn't until Instagram appeared in 2012 that
another social media network really adopted them. Facebook and
LinkedIn have been late adopters of the hashtag.
In 2019, creating a solid hashtag strategy – especially on Instagram – is key to increasing your followers and engagement. Are you using them as well as you could?
Marketers don't always have incentives to use more automation to drive their activities, but those who do often see more benefits across the board, according to new research.
MIT Sloan Management and Google recently teamed up to conduct the "Improving Strategic Execution with Machine Learning" report and found that 82 percent of marketers with incentives to use marketing automation have functional KPIs that help them develop an integrated view of their target customers. This is compared to just 47 percent without incentives who said the same.
Sixty-five percent of markers who have incentives to use marketing automation said they can easily drill down to see the underlying data and analytic components that are aggregated into their KPIs. This is compared to just 28 percent without incentives who said the same.Marketers' Success with Email Marketing Automation
While automation can help with many marketing tactics, such as email, not all marketers have implemented this methodology into their strategy.
GetResponse and SmartInsights published the "Email Marketing and Automation Excellence 2018" report, and statistics indicated that 28 percent of marketers consider themselves to be "basic" when it comes to email marketing automation. Just eight percent of respondents said that they use all email marketing automation features and optimize them to get the best results.
Despite these statistics, marketers still heavily lean toward email above all other tactics, thanks in part to its effectiveness. Three out of 10 marketers ranked their email marketing effectiveness as at least "good" and an additional 18 percent said it was "excellent."
Generating high quality leads through LinkedIn for a B2B company can be a daunting task. With many targeting options, ad formats and goals strategies, creating a plan that is successful takes time and effort. With 52% of companies planning on increasing LinkedIn ad spend in 2019, it is important to understand how to effectively use that additional budget to improve qualified lead totals.
Last year, we discussed various ways that companies can find B2B success with LinkedIn ads. For today's post, we will be drilling down further for companies that want to improve their overall lead quality utilizing the platform.Create an Effective Audience List
Before coming up with an ad strategy on LinkedIn, it's important to take a step back and understand who the specific audience that an advertiser wants to acquire is.
Unlike other objectives for social media advertising, such as engagement and website visits, trying to acquire quality leads involves choosing the correct audience that will ultimately buy the product or service. For quality leads specifically, this includes targeting key decision makers and higher level executives.
Thankfully, LinkedIn makes targeting these users easy. They offer advertisers a variety of different ways to create an audience, including:
- Job Titles & Function
- Seniority
- Company Size & Location
- Industry
Once the audience has been created, it must be determined what should be offered to acquire their information. Some offer examples may include:
- White Paper/Case Study
- More Information
- Free Demo
The specific offer that should be used needs to be based on where an advertiser wants the leads of fall in the funnel. For example, if an advertiser wants a user who is ready to buy immediately, an ad focusing on key product/service features, offering a free trial, would be the best approach.
On the other hand, if getting a steady flow of beginning-of-the-funnel leads is important, a lighter, informational piece of content, like a white paper, should be offered.Utilize Sponsored Content Lead Gen Ads
There are a wide variety of ad formats that LinkedIn offers, including sponsored content, carousel, video, and text ads. For acquiring leads on LinkedIn, the best type of format is a sponsored content ad, utilizing the LinkedIn Lead Gen feature.
With Lead Gen, advertisers are able to have a form directly in the ad. This allows for potential customers to give their information without having to leave LinkedIn.
The form fields are chosen by the advertiser, and there is a wide variety of possibilities and combinations. Once the user fills out a form, LinkedIn tracks the information right in an excel document.
This document can be easily exported, or transferred directly into compatible CRM's, such as Salesforce or, more recently, HubSpot.Create High Quality Images
Like any other social media platforms, images can go a long way in the success of any ad. There are a few tips when making an image for a LinkedIn ad, which include:
- Choose the Right Format – When creating a sponsored ad, it is important to make sure the ad is 1200 x 627 px, and is no more than 100MP. Any difference here can result in an ad not displaying correctly.
- Eye Catching – An ad should pop out and engage the desired audience. There are lots of images on a LinkedIn feed, so it is important to use one that stands out.
- Call-To-Action – The main call to action should be visible so the user knows the next steps needed from them.
Pairing a great image with a sponsored content ad will ultimately result in quality lead generation success.Target Existing Users
Not all leads on LinkedIn need to be new users. Marketing towards users that are familiar with a company's product or service is a great way to improve qualified leads.
LinkedIn offers a variety of ways to create audiences based on existing users, including:
- Remarketing Code – Target users who have been on a company's site.
- Customer Match – Target users who are on an email list.
Once the list is created, messages and offers targeted directly towards them should be created. Getting these users to interact further with the company and creating a new dialog can help transform old leads into qualified leads.Conclusion
When it comes to social media advertising, LinkedIn is the perfect choice to help improve a company's qualified lead totals. While there are many goals that can be achieved on LinkedIn, acquiring quality leads is where the social media platform shines above the rest. As we continue in 2019, LinkedIn should not be ignored by any company when planning their future ad strategy.


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Marla is also a Radio Personality, doing a weekly show where she assists live callers with their questions. concerns and life challenges. In the past she has done volunteer work with Hospice and the Hope Lives Breast Cancer Foundation offering Reiki Healing to their clients.
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Since the nights are still cool (lows are still in the high 30's/low 40's), I placed my tomato cage and surrounded each plant with a Wall-O-Water. These worked extremely well last year. I hope my tomatoes don't go into shock from being planted outside and they survive the cold.
To each pot, I added 3 Tbsp Osmocote slow release fertilizer, 3 Tbsp dolomite, 3 Tbsp Espoma Tomato Tone and 2 Tbsp bone meal. I mixed this in well. If anyone else has a tried and true fertilizer for container tomatoes, I'm all ears. I got one off the internet and made some changes. I hope it's not too much for my starters!
Looks can be deceiving. If you take a closer look, you can see that although the store bought tomato looks good, it is root bound (left). My tomato (right) has a better root system.


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But there will be no Reggae tonight; these guys have pure metal coursing through their veins. As the crowd looks on in awe, those brothers from the hood dish out as much hard core, loud, growling metal as humanly possible. This audience has just experienced Ghettometal, and their perception of metalcore has been forever changed.
Ghettometal is: Scoonie Gee (Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), Ernie "EJ" Martin (Drums, Vocals), Kacy Jones (Guitar, Vocals), and John Paul "JP" Daoust (Bass, Vocals). Formed in Los Angeles in Summer 2013, the four decided to come together after being members of other predominately Caucasian bands. Not that race was ever an issue for them personally, the guys just felt it was the perfect time for an all black/brown band to enter the metal scene. And though the band already had connections in the industry, building a fanbase was sometimes easier said than done. "We've had to earn the respect of every diehard metal fan," explains frontman Scoonie Gee. They knew they had to break the mold of the typical stereotypes of African American musicians. Needless to say, they had their work cut out for them.
Scoonie, who was given that name by Snoop Dogg, did not want to just throw a band of black musicians together. He wanted musicians who were so unique they had no choice but stand out. After finding the best three, the band released a single "Bang Yo Head" for which they enlisted director Derrick Cleveland to shoot a video shortly after. The video captured much attention online as it featured people from all races and walks of life banding together. Some of the "stars" of the video include active gang bangers, a popular Playboy porn star, a current Miss Beverly Hills, and a Russian supermodel. Although the video was quite popular, the guys didn't feel they were at their full potential so it was back to the studio to regroup. They knew they wanted their sound to be more hardcore, and were not going to settle for anything less.
Working from their own studio, their first EP came together. Working with Tore Fagerheim, a guitarist in the Norwegian band Shadowmind, the five song EP has that harder edge they were striving for. Nikki Lane Taylor, from the band Hammer of the Broads, filled in on drums for the song "Turn It Up" with EJ being out on tour. Plans are in place to release videos for each song, as they have a video director on their team. Ghettometal fans, who have grown tremendously in number worldwide since their first video release, are now demanding a tour. EJ is currently on a world tour with Robin Thicke; however, when the tour ends, there will be more concrete tour dates. As it stands now there are tentative dates for a European tour but nothing is set in stone. Scoonie toured in Hungary and Germany as a solo artist and would love to return. Touring aside they currently play local venues. Scoonie, a Music Therapist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills states, "We actually prefer to play parties or events, especially charity events that have some kind of cause attached to it. [Cedars Sinai] sponsors events and music is always needed."
While Sunset Strip is a favorite place to play, the guys would rather play larger venues such as stadiums and festivals because their big sound is more suited for such venues. "We want someone to sponsor a "Blackapolooza" tour. The line up would be: Sevendust, Kings X, Living Colour, Body Count, 24-7 Spyz, Year Of The Dragon, Animals As Leaders and Ghettometal. All these bands are active now and individually touring so that would be a dream tour for us! Whoever sees this and has the money, backing, and balls to do it…do it and make history!" Such a tour would make history indeed, and the timing couldn't be better. Fans could potentially help make it happen by getting involved and lobbying the right people. There is an abundance of sponsors out there as well as organizations such as the Black Rock Coalition who could make this dream a reality.
We end now with some great advice for budding musicians from Scoonie Gee, "Play as many hours as you can with other musicians. It's called 'jamming'! An art form almost lost in this day and age. Jamming with other like-minded musicians frequently will do more for you and your music than spending all you time holed up in your room learning cover songs alone. Learning cover songs is cool, and staying home to 'woodshed' and write is cool too but what has been lost is the getting out and spending just as much time, if not more, JAMMING! Surround yourself with awesome people and musicians. Be the worst player in the room. It will cause you to rise to the level of musicianship of the better players! If you are the best player in the room, you are in the wrong room!"
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The first song, "See The Light", is also the first single released on the EP. I really like this song, and think it is an excellent choice for the first single. It starts out with 9 seconds of just a guitar then everyone else joins in. Vocals successfully mesh growls with screams, combined with background vocals on the chorus which balance everything out. "#IDGAF" (song 2) is hard hitting from beginning to end musically and lyrically. For those who don't know, IDGAF is short for I Don't Give a Fuck, so the title is self explanatory. I really like how the lyrics are done at about 3:47 into the song. Super creative and they really drive the song home.
We'll talk about my favorite song now, track 5, "Turn It Up". I had a very difficult time choosing a favorite, as the entire EP rocks its ass off. What it boiled down to was the bass throughout the song. We all know by now I love a strong bass line and this song has my bass fix for sure. I also love the lyrics: "Forget about tomorrow, live for today. 'Cause you never really know, it could all fall away". One thing that is surprising that I chose this one as my favorite is the fact that its the shortest one on the album. That should let everyone know this one packs quite the punch!
"Good Times Roll" (song 3) is a feel good rock song. This one almost made my favorite, but lost out on a technicality. However 2:39 seconds into this one there is echoed laughing, which is always cool in a song, and I especially love the guitars at this point as well. All in all an awesome track. "Wasted Away" (song 4) was also almost my favorite. What stood out was the very beginning vocals and the vocals on the chorus. I can see this track receiving lots of radio airplay. I would like to point out these are all seasoned musicians and it shows! The guitars are on point and some of the best drumming I've ever heard is right here on this album. Not a shocker it is "Anna's iPod Approved". The full release is scheduled for Halloween, so be ready to get your copy of 5 song EP at any of the links below:
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What is the ground of your experience?
Is it the world?
Is it the body?
Is it the thoughts?
Is it the sensations?
Or is it the simplest form of non-conceptual awareness, aware of all of *this*.
Search for the gap in between the content.
When The Chatter Ceases
When the story drops away
When the chatter ceases to be
When the drama and ups & downs dry up
When the endless dissatisfaction and seeking stops
When the feeling of next, next, next is gone
What are you left with then?
Just this
This that is everything and nothing
This that is life
Everything that you once knew
Or thought you knew
Cease to feel relevant
And yet here you still are
Its a leap into the unknown
A free-fall in life
Nothing to hold on to
Nowhere to put a stake in the sand
Fresh in every moment
No past
No future
No next
No present
No now
Just This
Beautiful, alive Isness
I Am
I don't have any designs to be a teacher,
or even a student,
to be anything or anyone.
I simply am.
Living this life in the present moment of pure grace and spontaneity,
meeting each and every moment with the fullness of my heart
and the truth of this moment as I know it.
Never is there anything to be rejected or avoided,
never is there anything to be clung to and grasped;
all is perfectly playing out on this stage of experiencing.
For who am I that can possibly DO any of this,
who could claim any ownership of this moment?
What this isn't is some spiritual pose,
some 'way' of being.
This is just a description of what naturally happens
when the dropping of all pretences,
the dropping of any held view,
the total openness of Sahaja,
the natural state,
when What-Is is.
Taste the Strawberry
I'm pretty much an open book these days, but I'm not some kind of spiritual google that people can ask any amount of questions and I give them the answers. Someone on twitter recently asked me "…does that mean people have no individual purpose?" A perfectly normal and unassuming question as questions go, but all of these questions, do they need to be answered? If you have the answer will it stop all questions, or will it just satisfy that particular question for a second then another one will fill it's place? Is there a question that will end all questions? Is there an answer that will end all questions and answers? Will this cycle of questions and answers ever stop? Is there something in you that is nothing to do with questions and answers? (Wow, see how many questions I just asked there!!!) Throw out all questions, throw out all answers. They are just more of the same stuff, empty and meaningless. Keep quiet and see if any questions or answers come in this quietness of being.
Nothing More Than This
There's nothing more than this…. and yet people spend their lives convinced that they're missing something, not getting something, not where they're supposed to be, not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Pretty much focused on everything BUT This, what IS, the present-moment experience.
There's something in the mind that's compelled to go with the seeking energy for that 'greener grass' over yonder. This constant looking/seeking motion that pulls your attention out of the very now is derived from the attachment to the idea of how life 'should' look. Ultimately this is where suffering shows up, where there's a disparity between how life should look, i.e. your expectations, and the reality of what is actually happening. But if for a moment you can set aside this seeking, this outward searching movement to fulfill expectations and desires, and look to your own experience prior to words and descriptions in this very moment – is there anything lacking here?


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So big campaign blitz from Nike w/ Tiger and Rory pushing the brand recently on Jimmy Fallon. Here is what I have so far on the new Vapor Irons.
Nike launched its new Vapor line of irons that include the Nike Pro, Nike Pro Combo and Nike Speed on stage at Liberty National with Rory McIlroy,
Tiger Woods and Jimmy Fallon. The irons have technology that moves its center of gravity (CG) more toward the toe than Nike's previous irons,
positioning it in the center of the face. The company is calling the design "Modern Muscle Technology," and the design includes a black-colored
PVD insert that is accented by a "Volt" colored Nike swoosh sign. According to Nike, the more-centered CG puts more weight behind the golf ball
at impact to improve energy transfer, precision and stability. "We had this idea, if we moved the CG towards the center of the face that it would have
more impact and more mass right behind the golf ball." Tiger Woods said. "And it worked. I was able to hit the ball a little bit further, it came off
more solid and the amazing thing is the ball flew better."
Nike Vapor Pro
Nike Vapor Pro irons have forward weighting for a lower trajectory, with a longer blade length and shorter face height than their predecessors.
They also have milled X3X grooves, a thin sole for better maneuverability through the turf and they are forged from 1025 carbon steel.
The Pro line will be available in right and left-handed options in 3-PW stock with true Temper Dynamic Gold shafts.
Nike Vapor Pro Combo
The Vapor Pro Combo irons also utilize face-centered weighting, with a low-and-rearward CG in the long irons for a higher trajectory and high
and forward CG in the short irons for a more penetrating ball flight. The 2-7 irons will have what Nike calls a "RZN" cavity back, while the 8-A will
have a muscle cavity. They combine 1025 carbon steel forging with RZN cavity, have milled X3X grooves are available in right and left-handed
options (except the 2-iron, which is only available in RH) and come stock with a True Temper DG Pro shaft.
Nike Vapor Speed
The Vapor Speed irons utilize face-centered weighting that's consistently low and forward throughout the set for a higher launch.
The long irons (3-7) have hollow cavity backs are reinforced with a "FlyBeam" behind the face for forgiveness, while the 8-SW short
irons have RZN cavity backs. The irons will have a moderate sole width and X3X milled grooves on the face. They will be available
in 3-SW for both right and left handed players, and come stock with a True Temper Dynalite 105 for men and an MRC Fubuki Z 70 shaft for women.
About Andrew Hodson
I am the youngest with in a golfing family which has spanned three generations. My grandfather started the tradition in England (Bert Hodson-1931 Ryder Cup Team) and has since passed on his knowledge and love of the game. Although I did not follow in the steps of my father and grandfather on a professional golfing level, my love of the game and commitment to accurately fit equipment has only grown. Even as a kid I enjoyed re-gripping clubs which eventually led to refinishing wood heads, re-shafting, and now has culminated in more detailed custom club fitting, building, and repair.


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Jul 13, 2018
Vauxhall Cascada axed in UK, Ireland; soft top lives on as Opel, Buick, Holden
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The Nissan GT-R50 celebrates the brand's 50th birthday, and is designed by Nissan, but developed, engineered and built by Italdesign in Italy.Read More
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Ryan CiC needed a new business or advertising design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
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Marketing and co-operative organization for the beef cattle industry
Trade booth display. I want to start simple. A table top pop display, a roll up banner 31" wide x 77.5" tall and possibly a throw all to go on an 8 ft table in a 10 x 10 ft trade booth. Consistent with my logos and themes.
Not opposed to changing up the picture themes. Looking for simple but creative, informative but not too text heavy. My website is http://www.cowsincontrol.com. If you can match themes with it, great.


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Multihop cellular networks that base the forwarding process on user terminals are challenged by a lack of forwarding incentive. In this paper 1, we present the novel concept of Resource Delegation which, applied in combination with pricing based rewards, guarantees both the separation of resources between originating transmitters and relays and the economic compensation of the energy investments of the relays. The results show that this strategy leads to the definition of a broad region of prices in which multihopping solutions can achieve the following advantages over classical single-hop architectures: operator's revenues and provided datarates increase significantly, the users' appreciation of the service is enhanced, and the average interference level of the network is lowered.
To support the future requirements on wireless systems in an affordable manner it is commonly believed that multiple radio access technologies have to be combined. These technologies can be deployed by a single operator or, even, be managed by different competing operators. In order to cope with the increased complexity of such a multifaced wireless environment it has been argued that a transfer of Radio Resource Management (RRM) functionalities towards the network edges (access ports and, ultimately, user terminals) may be beneficial. In addition to detecting varying system conditions in a faster manner this would also allow a more responsive service adaptation. In this thesis we evaluate a set of self-organizing regimes, all with the purpose of supporting the distribution of control at the edge node.
Particular emphasis is put on the design of a mechanism for dynamically establishing cooperation between different network entities whether these are access ports or user terminals.
Terminal cooperation by means of multihopping is considered in the context of service provision in cellular access systems. Previously the opportunity cost associated with sharing own bandwidth, and energy loss have been seen as a major obstacle for relaying other users' traffic. To mitigate the effects of this selfish behavior the concept of resource delegation is introduced and evaluated in combination with a rewarding scheme designed for compensating the energy losses induced by forwarding. The results show that our proposed schemes not only are capable of fostering significant cooperation among users, but also to create a simultaneous improvement in user utility, data rates as well as in operator revenues.
Opening up networks of user-deployed Access Points (APs) for service provision is considered a means to radically lower the cost of future wireless services. However, since these networks are deployed in an uncoordinated manner, only discontinuous coverage will be provided. The question of how dense these networks need to be, to deliver acceptable user perception, is investigated in this thesis for a set of archetypical services. The results show that already at moderate AP densities the investigated services can be provided with sufficient quality. Epidemic exchange of popular content and inter-AP cooperation are also shown to further decrease the required infrastructure density and improve the APs' utilization respectively.
As last contribution, "Word-of-Mouth", a distributed reputation-based scheme, is investigated in the context of access selection in multi-operator environments. By exchanging information concerning the Quality of Service (QoS) associated with the different networks, terminal agents can collectively reveal the capabilities of individual networks. For a vertical handover scenario we show that our proposed scheme can reward access providers capable of ensuring some degrees of QoS. By introducing a model for collusion, between low performing APs and terminal agents, we show that our proposed scheme is also robust to the dissemination of false information.
In the last few years we have been witnessing the beginning of a revolution in the world of wireless communication. The recent launch of advanced smartphones in the mobile market has been welcomed by mobile operators as an opportunity to finally fulfill the promises of 3G and increase the uptake of mobile services. Driven by unprecedented user experience and flat rate pricing, the success of novel mobile platforms for accessing multimedia content and applications has gone far beyond the most optimistic of expectations. Data-hungry services are currently creating significant capacity limitations in many networks, and projections on future content consumption anticipate that with the next generation of mobile devices the stress on cellular infrastructures will increase. Rolling-out additional capacity is not the most profitable of solutions given the current cost structure of mobile infrastructures. Instead, a significant cost reduction can be achieved by revolutionizing the current content provision paradigm. Accordingly, this thesis proposes solutions for making future services and infrastructures more affordable. From an operator perspective, terminal-to-terminal information forwarding has the potential to increase both coverage and capacity, however it introduces opportunity costs and energy losses at the user side. Resource delegation, together with an energy reimbursement scheme, is presented in this thesis to induce user cooperation. The results show that this approach is successful in fostering significant cooperation among users and can create a simultaneous improvement in user utility, data rates and operator revenues. Opening up for public access privately deployed WLANs might radically lower the cost of wireless services. However, since these networks are deployed in an uncoordinated manner, only discontinuous coverage can be provided. To hide the sparsity of the infrastructure to the end-user perception we propose the adoption of opportunistic schemes for content pre-fetching. Results show that already with moderate AP densities a set of archetypical services, including web-browsing, can be provided with sufficient user perceived quality. Epidemic exchange of popular content, and inter-AP cooperation are also shown to further decrease the required AP density. Moreover, to support informed access selection decisions when performing vertical handovers to WLANs, we propose "Word-of-Mouth", a reputation-based scheme for revealing the QoS of different networks. By epidemically exchanging grades on their experienced service quality, we show that terminal agents can collectively improve their decision making, avoiding selecting networks not meeting the required QoS. Context-based content delivery is presented in this thesis as means to improve the utilization of wireless resources in cellular systems. Since networks are typically dimensioned for peak hour traffic, the BSs are underutilized for significant portions of the day. By adopting context-based architectures, capable of opportunistically utilizing the instantaneous excess of resources for content pre-fetching, we show that a significant amount of additional traffic can be served in already existing networks. The gains introduced by this content provision paradigm over the current "on-demand" solutions are further expressed in terms of lower requirements on BS density, more users in the system and larger files served while reaching the same level of user experience.
Economic affordability of services and infrastructures has rapidly become one of the key issues in the evaluation and design of wireless access systems. The provisioning of high data rates, at an ``affordable'' price, constitutes a serious challenge to the structure and management of current and future wireless networks.
The management of radio resources, Radio Resource Management or RRM for short, has traditionally been benchmarked mostly by technical merits such as throughput (data delivery capability) and Quality of Service (QoS). When comparing different RRM schemes, the scheme that can deliver more bits per Hertz (unit of bandwidth) or per Euro is often assumed the more efficient. From an economic point of view, however, cost efficiency is not equivalent to profitability.
We conjecture that the economic efficiency and profitability can be improved both by better technical efficiency and by better accounting for users' service appreciation and willingness to pay. While we shall, primarily treat the operator's benefit of improved RRM, we will try to improve the RRM by means of being more responsive to the demands of the users. In eight conference and journal papers, we investigate: Provisioning of support for asymmetric traffic, Quality and pricing aware resource management and Creation of forwarding incentive in multihop cellular networks.
We show that implementing support for asymmetric links can improve the efficiency of (service) production in Time Division Duplexing (TDD) mode wireless networks with asymmetric traffic. That is, more traffic can be handled with the same system resources. Compared to Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD), TDD offers more flexible use of spectrum resources. The benefits of TDD and support for asymmetric links are readily available for systems providing high-rate spotty coverage. For systems aiming at full coverage and tight reuse, however, proper measures must be taken to control inter-mobile- and inter-base-station-interference.
We present the MEDUSA model framework for taking users' service appreciation and willingness to pay into account in performance evaluations of wireless networks with elastic traffic. Assuming that user satisfaction depends on both the quality and the price of the service, numerical experiments show that the economic efficiency of an RRM scheme is affected by the pricing scheme. We also introduce the concepts of speculative resource management to exploit traffic elasticity and improve resource utilisation. With speculative admission control, users with good propagation conditions may be admitted to a full system at the expense of a slight degradation of the QoS of some or all users, if the expected total revenue would thereby increase. Results indicate significant revenue gain with speculative admission control. Service perception aware scheduling was evaluated as a means to improve resource utilisation, but yielded only marginal gain compared to a weighted proportional fair scheduler.
For the third area studied in this Thesis, i.e. multihopping in cellular networks, economic efficiency was both the goal and one of the means to achieve it. By means of a resource re-distribution scheme called Resource Delegation we eliminated the bandwidth bottle neck of the relays. We combined Resource Delegation with economic compensation for the energy expenditures of the relays and were able to achieve significantly increased operator revenue with maintained or improved user utility. Assuming that the added complexity of keeping track of reward transactions is negligible, profitability was correspondingly improved.


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LA MIRADA – The Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School chorus presents a free concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at La Mirada Community Presbyterian Church, 13701 Hillsborough Drive.
The musical selections will be popular tunes of the 1950s.
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Gallery features two local artists
LA HABRA – Two local water-media artists have collaborated their work to illuminate Australia and New Zealand at the La Habra Art Association Gallery, 215Orange St.
Doris Lynch of La Habra and Jan Wright of Claremont are the two artists featured in the latest gallery show.
The show, dubbed "Images From Down Under," will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, beginning Sept. 7 and extending through Sept. 30.
A grand opening reception is slated from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 10.
Lynch and Wright use a variety of non-traditional techniques and materials, in addition to conventional watercolor. Their paintings depict images based on the aboriginal creation stories and unusual interpretations of the ordinary.
For more information, call (562) 691-9739.
Symphony group seeks donations
WHITTIER – The Rio Hondo Symphony Association is soliciting donations for its 74th season of free concerts.
In addition to the free concerts, donors will help fund three children's concerts, music in elementary schools and performing opportunities for young musicians.
Names of all contributors will be listed in the concert programs throughout the season. Additionally, sponsors will receive standing recognition at each concert and qualify for preferred concert seating.
Those who donate $100 or more are invited to a buffet reception after each concert.
Contributions may be sent to the Rio Hondo Symphony Association, P.O. Box 495, Whittier, CA 90608.
For more information, or to receive a season brochure, call (562) 947-5907.
Beverly Hospital now has PACS
MONTEBELLO – Beverly Hospital recently completed the installation of Dynamic Imaging's IntregradWeb PACS, a leading Web-based Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS).
The new PACS will help hospital officials provide improved service to its patients and referring physicians by eliminating the need for traditional X-ray film. It also helps them quickly transition to an all-digital work flow.
Thanks to this technology, radiology reports will be available much quicker to hospital staff.
The new state-of-the-art system was initially integrated in January and was put into use late last month.
Kids' museum changing exhibits
LA HABRA – A new summer exhibit, "In The Spotlight," will be open through Sept. 3 at the The Children's Museum at La Habra, 301Euclid St.
Officials said budding singers, dancers, musicians and actors will love this opportunity to practice their craft while learning about the world of performing arts.
In the spotlight or behind the scenes, young visitors to the exhibit will immerse themselves in the life of the theater. Features include a main stage, scene shop, dressing room, dance studio, orchestra pit, light and sound booths and a microphone stage.
For more information, or for museum hours, call (562)905-9793.
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HCM CITY — The HCM City People's Committee on Sunday hosted an investment seminar on its waste-to-energy project.
Speaking at the event, Đặng Huy Đông, deputy minister of planning and investment, said that burning garbage to produce electricity was similar to coal power technology. Therefore, the city authority has to carefully consider proposals submitted by investors to ensure technical parameters and capacity before signing contracts. Moreover, innovation also needs to be fostered for better environment protection, he said.
A representative of HCM City said it plans to call for private sector's investments instead of allocating the State budget for development projects.
By funding the project, investors can enjoy the land free for 11 years or a reduction of 70 per cent on land rent. Also, the city will adopt the subsidy policy for incineration generator projects.
On the occasion, several experts stressed on waste-to-energy as the innovative solution in waste management. International and domestic companies also expressed their interest in the project.
At present, the daily solid waste in HCM City is 8,700 tonnes, of which 76 per cent is to be buried and 14.7 per cent is for composite production. Additionally, there are about 2,000 tonnes of industrial waste, 400 tonnes of hazardous waste and 22 tonnes of medical waste. These numbers are expected to rise by 5 to 10 per cent in one year. HCM City aims to reduce the amount of buried waste to 20 per cent by 2025.
All project bidding will be publicly organised. — VNS
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In the early 2000s, after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) first came to power in Turkey, its leader, then Prime Minister (now President) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, proclaimed a policy of "zero tolerance" for torture.
In June of this year, Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül repeated the same mantra. "We — as the AKP government — are implementing a policy of zero tolerance for torture," he said.
Statements by many prisoners, their lawyers and human-rights defenders, however, tell a much different story; victim and witness accounts reveal that torture and other forms of unlawful abuse are increasingly widespread in Turkish jails and prisons. Inmates in a jail in Şanlıurfa in southeast Turkey, for example, tell of the plight of 27-year-old Uğur Yeloğlu, who they say has been isolated and tortured so badly since his imprisonment seven months ago that his level of functioning is like that of a baby. He has apparently lost his memory and is unable to walk, or even eat, on his own. In addition, these inmates said, the prison's healthcare staff are lax in their treatment of him.
Yeloğlu was arrested in Istanbul in January for allegedly "aiding a terrorist organization." His lawyer, Abdülkadir Aslan, said that in spite of the many months his client has been in jail, his indictment has not yet been prepared by prosecutors. "We have officially appealed to authorities for my client to be transferred to a full-fledged hospital," Aslan said. "But we have not received a response yet. The investigation file is also marked 'confidential,' so we do not know what it contains."


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The company continues to lay off people. Every week there is news of another round of terminations. The other QA Analyst in Colorado had his contract cancelled at the beginning of July. That left my peer in New Jersey and my manager, Mrs. C. Mrs. C got fed up with the management team across the pond in Ireland so she found a new position in the R&D department. She's currently negotiating her release date for her new position. When she leaves I'll report to a man in Ireland who I've never met. It will be interesting to see what happens when Mrs. C leaves. I have a feeling that my job will be moved to Ireland and my contract will be cancelled. I guess it's time to revise my resume.
Downsizing Again, and Again, and Again
July 23, 2012 by rjjs8878
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Eek! I hope you find something good before this gig is up, it's always nice to have an ace in the hole.
I should be a career counsellor. LOL!


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Russia to prohibit its airlines from paying ETS
Protest against the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is gaining pace with Russia meeting to discuss the possibility of prohibiting its airlines from participating in the scheme.
Speaking to Reuters, Aeroflot said: "The Russian government is now reviewing a bill prohibiting Russian airlines to participate in emission trading: it means considering a retaliatory approach."
"We are facing a new initiative by the EU that may trigger real 'trade wars' and cause damage to the world airline industry at one of its most critical stages."
The new law obliges global airlines to pay for emissions when using EU airports as of January 1 this year, a measure it says will reduce carbon output and help protect the environment.
The coalition of the unwilling, namely India, China and the United States are meeting in Moscow to discuss action against the scheme.
China has already prohibited its airlines from taking part in the scheme.
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This is Day 16 of our 31 Days of Less & More challenge. To read all the posts in order, start with Day 1, then visit the Overview Page to see the entire series.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life. — Socrates
Do you ever feel like you are constantly running? Fall is here, the kids are back in school, and all of the sudden there is So. Much. To. Do. All. The. Time.
For us there is dance class and soccer and violin lessons and Kids 4 Christ, not to mention the PTO and church committee meetings and the teaching Sunday School and parent-teacher conferences. For you it might be football or cheerleading or cross-country or swimming or Girl Scouts or piano or gymnastics or all of the above.
And that doesn't even include going to work or getting groceries or cooking meals or running errands or cleaning the house or homework or keeping up on all the other things that need to happen just to keep your family going in any given week.
It's enough to make your head spin.
So what is the solution, exactly? Because I don't know about you but there are an awful lot of things that I have committed to that I can't feasibly give up right now. So how do we stop all the running around and still take care of the things that need to get done?
While I don't think I've even come close to figuring it out yet, I have made a few small changes that have helped our family maintain a very small amount of sanity. They might work for you too:
- Begin & end your days well. If your mornings are hectic, take a few minutes the night before to prepare. Lay out clothes, pack lunches, make sure homework is signed. Likewise, wake up at least 20-30 minutes before the rest of the family to gear up for the day.
- Work smarter, not harder. Plan your days, especially your activities & errands, to be as efficient as possible. Avoid multiple trips to the store each week by planning your meals (eMeals is an awesome resource for this–use promo code LWSL15OFF to save 15% on your order!) and take advantage of one-stop shopping.
- Schedule down time. Block out days—or at the very least, hours—for uninterrupted family time. Set them in stone and guard those "appointments" like you would any other commitment or obligation.
- Sit down to eat meals together. At the very least, make a commitment to eat at least one meal together each day, and preferably two if you can. Take the time to sit down at the table together—no eating over the counter or in front of the TV—and actually talk about your day. (We love catching up with a round of "Hi/Low," where we each take time sharing our best and worst moments of the day.)
Be sure to read Edie's corresponding post, More Nesting.
Get out your calendar and make a date in the next week to spend some quality time at home. Have you been wanting to cook more? Plan a day where you cook and get your kitchen organized. Have you been wanting to redecorate–or simply declutter–a room in your house? Decide what first steps you can take in making that project happen. Missing your kids or feeling disconnected with your husband? Plan a movie or game night. Share your home date idea with us on Facebook or in the comments below!
Be sure to check out Crystal's thoughts on Less Television/More Reading from yesterday's post!
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Do you ever feel like you are constantly running around? What kind of "date" are you going to schedule with your home?


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John Danks was named the team's Opening Day starter, an honor that's been expected to be bestowed on the lefty for a few months now. He'll continue an interesting trend since 2000 -- only one right-hander since the turn of the millennium has started Opening Day, with that being Jose Contreras in 2007.
Before he was named as the team's Opening Day starter, Danks threw seven strong innings against the Dodgers, striking out four with no walks.
Kenny Williams, speaking with CSN's Pat Boyle, says he's encouraged by the progress of Alex Rios and Adam Dunn this spring. Rios hasn't put up good stats, but that's not of concern to Williams. Dunn, however, has looked great in the Cactus League.
Great stuff here from Chris Kamka: A look back at Donruss Rated Rookies of 1984-1990 from both Chicago teams. Robin Ventura, Jack McDowell, Daryl Boston and Joel Skinner were the White Sox representatives.
Around the division: Cleveland held a private workout with Vladimir Guerrero in the Dominican Republic, Magglio Ordonez is nearing retirement, Scott Baker was lit up in his first start in over two weeks and Rob Neyer isn't a fan of the Royals' decision to demote Johnny Giovatella.