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Whether it's through social media outreach or via targeted SMS marketing, today there are a plethora of ways to reach supporters. But even with all the new digital marketing channels, sometimes the most effective tactic is door-to-door canvassing.
Canvassing is an indispensable way for your campaign or organization to collect valuable first-hand insights about who your audience is, what they care about, and how motivated they are to support your cause. But to make the most of the insights your team is gleaning from knocking doors, all the data you're collecting has to go somewhere.
Crowdskout empowers campaigns and organizations of all sizes to leverage every bit of data you're collecting – whether it's website visitors or potential supporters who have taken an in-person survey or have simply had a conversation with your team. Our platform integrates with a variety of field-organizing tools, allowing your team flexibility to maximize your efforts.
Today, we're excited to announce our newest integration with Polis, a canvassing app designed to make door-knocking easier. Data collected using the Polis app now can be pulled into Crowdskout automatically. This lets users discover trends, analyze successes (or failures) in canvassing campaigns, and create effective strategies for converting contacts.
"Polis could not be more enthused about the integration we have developed with Crowdskout. The natural synergy between both groups makes this relationship a no-brainer and we expect to be able to provide a more robust and enhanced customer experience for all of our clients as a result of our partnership," said Kendall Tucker, CEO of Polis.
Here's what you can expect from our integration with Polis:
Track the progress of canvassing campaigns in real time.
The activity you track through Polis will automatically flow into Crowdskout as it happens and will be appended to existing audience profiles. You can also build charts to visualize Polis activity right from your Crowdskout dashboards.
You'll have all the details at your fingertips – from survey responses to canvassing campaign associations, down to which volunteer is responsible for which knock.
Create audience segments of the most engaged supporters.
Whether you're building awareness for a cause, gathering support for a candidate, recruiting members to your team, or conducting grassroots fundraising, keeping track of the most engaged supporters is crucial to any campaign.
With this new integration, you can use Crowdskout to create custom audience segments from Polis data and formulate a strategy to inspire those supporters to take action.
Using the insights flowing into Crowdskout, you can design data-driven strategies to turn those door-knocks into donors, volunteers, and advocates.
If you want to learn more about our integration with Polis – or just about Crowdskout in general – don't wait! Send us an email at email@example.com.


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I have never heard of the Beauty Kitchen brand before I was sent these products – but man, they are 100% up my street. From their ethos, to their packaging, to the products themselves.
Beauty Kitchen is British made and focuses on natural ingredients at affordable prices. A "natural" product by their standards, is an ingredient that hasn't been through a chemical process and only goes through 1-2 natural processes to get to it's useable state. Also, a product that is labelled natural can contain as little as 1% natural ingredients! So, at Beauty Kitchen, they only use 100% natural!
I have been testing the Seahorse Plankton Beauty Boosting BB Cream (£14.99) and 5 Minute Miracle Mask (£14.99).
But what on earth is Seahorse Plankton?!
Seahorse plankton microalgae is an ingredient that detoxes, stimulates, firms and plumps the skin. No seahorses are hurt during the process! 1% of sales of this range goes to the Seahorse Trust.
To use, put a think layer over your face, neck and décolletage, and leave it for 5-15 minutes. Wash off.
I have used this a few times and it is lovely. Very comforting and soothing for my dry skin. I left it on for longer with no adverse effects. My skin was glowing afterwards. It has a very light texture that sinks in (on my skin) it's almost like a moisturiser.
The BB cream comes in one shade only and blends in to fit most skin types. As it's a BB cream it's not really about coverage – it creates more of a 'blur' effect and evens things out slightly, making the skin look smoother and glowing. It is NOT a foundation – I repeat – so it is not going to cover lots of redness or blemishes. It is great as a lazy day every day skin cream, it's easy and effortless so good for those days where you're not that bothered about looking perfect but just want to look better.

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Megan Louvin (Owner)
I came to Yoga late in life, but am so glad I did. The impact on my life has been profound. I began practicing in 2005, when I was 38. I have been teaching since 2010. I also teach cardio classes, and I am able to bring a heightened body awareness, that is so essential to yoga, into that arena. This makes my cardio workout much more balanced and beneficial. I had no idea when I began this journey that I would one day open my own studio. What a blessing it is to be able to do what I am so passionate about. I could not have foreseen just how beautiful and fulfilling teaching would be. It just goes to show that you CAN teach and old dog new tricks!!
Larissa Montes
Zia Zen Yoga
Hello! My name is Larissa, and I found yoga nine years ago. I graduated from Yoga Yoga Austin with the 200-Hour Hatha Flow Certification, and I'm thrilled to embark on this lovely journey of teaching. My goal as a yoga teacher is to offer a dynamic yet harmonized yoga class, so you as the student can completely enjoy and appreciate your full potential. I look forward to our voyage. Namaste.
Dana Comstock
Ph.D., RYT-200
Dana Comstock-Benzick, Ph.D., RYT, was trained in Life Power Yoga through the Life Time Academy, directed by Jonny Kest. Life Power yoga is practiced at varying levels of intensity, and is based in the Ashtanga tradition. Dana leads the Ashtanga primary series at the Yoga Den and is a professor of counseling at St. Mary's University. Dana is married to Jeffrey M. Benzick, M.D. and together they have 4 children. Dana considers herself "mom to many cool kids!" She soon be training in trauma sensitive yoga instruction.
Elizabeth Kertesz
I have been practicing yoga for many years, but became more deeply committed to a regular practice in 2012, when I began attending prenatal yoga classes while pregnant with my son. A recent graduate of VIP Unlimited Yoga School, hosted here at the Yoga Den, I am thrilled to reach out to the community by teaching yoga to beginners. One of the many beautiful things about yoga is that you can start wherever you are right now in your journey and keep going from there. Each moment, each breath and each posture can be experienced as if it is the first time, and I strive to cultivate this sense of "beginners mind" in my teaching style and in my approach to life. Off the mat, I enjoy spending time with my son. I maintain a green beauty and wellness blog. In addition, I am a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional and experienced green building consultant.
Samantha Clayton
Tracy Badders
Tracy began her practice in 2007. She fell in love with how much deeper yoga is than just a physical practice. She says yoga truly is a lifestyle and a daily practice in and outside of a yoga classroom.
Tracy has a Level 1 yoga instructor certificate through YogaFit. Tracy has obtained a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certification through American Power Yoga of Dallas, Texas and Black Swan Yoga of Austin, Texas. She earned her Adaptive Therapeutic Advanced Yoga Teacher Training 300 hour certification in December 2017. She has worked with multiple Physical Therapists to help them create yoga programs for their patients.
Jericho English
Melissa Hernandez
Tiffany Murphy
RYT-200, Pilates Certified
Donna Dufrene-Alvizo
Harini Srinivasan
E-RYT 200 and RYT 500 with emphasis in level 1 yoga therapy
Harini's yoga journey began in chidlhood and she grew to love the practice. Originating from in Southern India, yoga grew to be Harini's passion and part tradition. After completing her Masters in Microbiology, she decided to deepen her practice and completed her first teacher training in Hatha Yoga in India in 2005. After coming to the US and having a family, she again turned back to yoga, all the while practicing. Again, she became certified in flow based Hatha, from Yoga, Yoga in 2013. Additionally, she completed a 22hr restorative training from Judith Lasater.
Continuing with the passion of the healing aspect of yoga, she went on to complete a 500hr certification with the emphasis in level 1 yoga therapy. During the course, there was a deeper understanding on the anatomy, physiology and also philosophy with advanced pranayama and meditation.
Her teaching style includes Hatha, flow-based Hatha, Viniyoga and Restorative yoga. In her class, she encourages students to find their edge, yet be compassionate to themselves and awaken the inner spirit. Her personal practice includes chanting, pranayama and meditation.
Caitlin Skinner
Hey I'm Caitlin! I started my yoga journey at a gym, just on a whim in 2011. I wasn't really serious about practicing until I moved to Colorado in 2013 where I started going one, two, even three times a week. I worked as a seva for the studio and eventually one of the teachers, of a class I frequented, asked if I had ever thought of becoming a yoga teacher. HA! Me? Teaching yoga? Yeah right. Yet, I began thinking about it more and more. Finally, in the summer of 2017, I completed my 200 hour teacher training program. It was the hardest, most intense emotional, mental and spiritual time of my life. I actively began teaching in January 2018. Upon moving to San Antonio earlier this year, I found The Yoga Den to be an amazing welcoming community and I am so excited to be part it! You can find me on Saturdays at 1230 for Vinyasa Power Flow. In my down time, I enjoy cooking, exploring open spaces/backpacking, travel and scouring Hallmark for the perfect card. Oh, and the way to my heart is through peanut M&Ms, dark chocolate and almond joys.
Jennifer Mason
200 Hour Sacred Teacher/25 Hour Restorative Teacher
Jenn Mason is a certified integrative life coach and yoga instructor. Jenn's experience ranges from working in corporate wellness in San Francisco, relationship coaching in Ohio and most recently doing diabetes prevention coaching for a start up in New York City. Her specialties are in stress reduction, hypnotherapy, women's health and mindfulness. Jenn recognizes the importance of the mind-body connection, and helping empower her clients discover their own vision of wellness.


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Welcome to the Robot League!
- We have postponed the deadlines by 1 week (1st round: March 1st) so that you have sufficient time for all rounds
- The Robot League 2019 has just been launched, join us! Participants from all over the World are invited to join the Open League - learn together with all of us!
- In case of any difficulties with uploading a solution, you can send it via e-mail to the following address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Do you like to build and program LEGO robots? Join the Robot League!
- we are starting in second half of January
- there will be 8 rounds, but you can try to compete in any number of them
- for teams with multiple members of the ages 9-16 (you don't have to be registered in FLL, we are an independent contest)
- a new assignment with two tasks every 2 weeks and you have 4 weeks to solve it
- fair play and a healthy competitive spirit
- to participate costs nothing! you may solve up to 16 tasks!
- no stress and tournament frustrations, you and the robot have as much time and the number of trials as you need to complete the mission
- you can't miss this!
- A team solves an assignment in the club, school or at home and uploads their solution on this website.
- Each team has an adult leader who is responsible for the activities of the team and the content uploaded, but he or she does not help the team with solving the tasks.
- A solution should contain:
- description of the solution,
- a photo of the team,
- a photo of the robot showing how the robot is constructed
- the program
- and a video showing how the robot solves the problem.
- You can use any LEGO parts, as well as rubber bands and ropes. Any programming language is allowed, although we recommend the standard programing language NXT-G, EV3, or Robolab
- Your solution will be rated with 0-3 points, which will be added to your current year's progress. The better score from the two tasks in the assignment will be counted, but you can solve both tasks (the other score will be counted separately).
- An independent jury is in charge of rating your solutions
- If you find an assignment too difficult, simplify it according to your needs! (And explain it in the solution)
How do we rate?
Your solutions will be precisely analysed by these 4 people: Ľubo - IT student of FMFI UK, Miška or Karolína - assistant professors at FMFI UK, Miška from FMFI UK who helps us in organizing FLL, and Rišo - teacher at FEI STU, the contest is coordinated by Pavel Petrovič - a teacher from FMFI UK:
Luboš Miklošovič
Michaela Veselovská
Karolína Mayerová
Michaela Axamitová
Richard Balogh
Pavel Petrovič
Every one of them will independently assign 0-3 points, depending on the originality and completeness of the solution (it contains pictures, a video, a program, a good description and the robot is doing what he should be doing). The arithmetic mean of their ratings will be added to the table.
Note: The Robot League is not a direct part of FLL, it should be considered as a pre-competition training brought by Robotika.SK, FMFI UK, FEI STU, and CVTI SR. RL is a part of the project Robocoop financed by the EU project Interreg.


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Our faves list...venues
We've been lucky enough to style at some of the Midlands (and beyond's) leading (and award winning!) wedding venues over the last couple of years. From private estates to country pubs, we've styled in all kinds of settings and although all of them are lovely - we think these are extra special!
We're working at lots of gorgeous new venues in 2019 - scroll down to see who's new on the list!
We're working at lots of gorgeous new venues in 2019 - scroll down to see who's new on the list!
Swallows Nest Barn
The stylishly reinstated, 19th Century barn is steeped in character and set in a valley of private farm land, making it the perfect setting for private events, weddings and parties for your special occasion. Impressive high ceilings and glass combined with exposed beams and traditional brick features give it a uniquely modernised rustic charm.
Crockwell Farm
Founded in 2002 by the Harper family, Crockwell is a specialist wedding venue in Northamptonshire, providing a unique service with exclusive use over three days. Situated in idyllic rural surroundings next to the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire borders, and within close distance of the M40 and M1 motorways, it is the perfect location for weddings.
The Mill Barns
We're on the Dream Team for this AMAZING venue and we LOVE it!


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A light mist to scent your home or body. 3.4 fl.oz and packaged in a decorative box
Panjore lychee, a voluspa cult classic originally launched in 2009, features notes of panjore lychee, cassis and juicy asian pear.
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In Dubai and my little faithful iPhone recorded some of the sights.
Sitting in the breakfast corner, very tall curtains there.
Bit surprised at the cover of this magazine at the hotel.
The hotel room with transparent glass walls of the loo. Hmmm. Dont think I will be here with family, lol.
I popped into a pub for a beer…
The next few photographs are of the Burj al Khalifa Fountain, you might find it better to see it in a slideshow. please click here.


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3 Snapchat Hacks You Need In Your Life
Killing the Snapchat game isn't as easy as it used to be. People have graduated from simple selfies, trading duck faces for full-blown, colored masterpieces. In an era full of crazy filters and emoji stickers, how can you ever even hope to make your Snap story stand out from the crowd? While no one can gift you with the incredible artistic talent required to "paint" Snapchat's equivalent of the Mona Lisa, they can at least give you the tools to take your Snap game up a notch.
Here are three hacks that will help you elevate your Snapchat knowhow. Get ready to go from ~Snap Novice~ to ~Skilled Snapper~.
Layer filters on filters.
Settling for just one filter is pretty much a travesty these days. Why should you have to limit your self(ie)? Communicate so much more with this filter-layering hack. Just snap a selfie and select your favorite filter—like you always do. Then, place your finger on the screen and hold it down. You can now swipe through other filters until you find one you want to pair with your original.
If you want to get really complex, take you finger off and press it back down before scrolling for a third filter. That's right: You can layer lighting/color filters over temperature or speed filters over geotags, but three is the limit. And if you want to backtrack and return to the untouched simplicity of a filter-less Snap, just lift your finger up and swipe left. It wil erase all your filter layering so you can start anew.
Paint with all the colors of the wind.
The hyper-saturated palette Snapchat currently provides is pretty limiting—especially for users who just want to get their pastel on. Well, you actually have access to way more colors than you thought you did (like, really a lot more). These hues are just hidden. To access them, click the pen icon in the top right corner and select a color from the spectrum menu. Then, hold your finger down and drag it around the screen. You'll soon find you can pick from a variety of pastel pinks, blues, purples, and greens.
Pull left for a lighter color and down for a darker one. And pull all the way left for white and all the way down for black. Unfortunately, darker hues are only available for red, because it's the color on the bottom of the spectrum bar. Hopefully Snapchat updates this soon so Snappers can incorporate beautiful navies and deep violets into their pics.
Finish off your masterpiece with the help of the zoom button.
For those of you looking to really flex your artistic muscles, knowing how to turn zoom on and off is a must. Picture this: You've nearly completed a work of artistic genius, but you need to finish off the details in the corners. The problem? There's a Snapchat button in every corner you need to reach. Without meaning to, you could hit the pen tool, click the "add text" button, change the timer, send your Snap prematurely, or—the worst of them all—delete your masterpiece.
Instead of risking it, switch out of the app and into your Settings hub. Hit general, accessibility, and flip zoom to "on." A little rectangular window should pop up, and if you click back into Snapchat, you'll have a maximized view of your piece. This is great when you want to color in the nooks and crannies of a background or if you want to be super detail-oriented and outline your text. Just make sure to turn off zoom when you're done, because having that window there all the time seems pretty miserable.
There you have it. Three quick hacks to update your Snapchat game and make your Snap stories more interesting than ever before. Keep slaying it, ~Skilled Snappers~.


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The Lachlan Regional Transport Committee was formed at Gooloogong on Saturday 9th July 1983.
The then State Government had announced that all branch line country passenger trains would cease at the end of 1983 and be replaced by road coaches.
Up until then, Cowra had a twice daily rail service to Sydney and return on Mondays to Fridays plus a mid-night service connecting the main South and Western mail trains. On Saturday and Sunday Cowra only had one service to and from Sydney.
Eugowra and Grenfell had a return service from Cowra with a connecting service from Sydney Monday to Friday.
When the proposed new time table was released, Eugowra and Grenfell were not going to receive a service at all and Cowra a reduced service.
Needless to say this did not go down well with local councils and a public meeting was called for and held at Gooloogong. Hence the Lachlan Regional Transport Committee was formed taking in road, rail and air issues.
The councils of Weddin, Bland and Cabonne led the charge to reinstate services to Grenfell and Eugowra and additional services to Cowra.
The Lachlan Regional Transport Committee Inc now consists of fourteen local government councils plus individual members.
This organisation has submitted many submissions to government departments and politicians with some of them being acted upon.
The LRTC plan to adopt sub-committees to coordinate many of the activities it is involved in.


text: A new SemiWiki post by Dr. Eric Esteve of IPnest entitled, The Technology to Continue Moore's Law… (click here to read it) argues that FD-SOI is the right choice. He explores cost and manufacturing considerations, and looks at the design issues in logic, memories and analog. A highly recommended read.


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30 November 2017
How do you feel about automation?
The phrase is so often associated with 'robots stealing our jobs' that I think it has negative connotations when actually it can revolutionise a business.
We automate a lot of the processes at UKFast to free up time for teams to spend chatting with customers, problem solving and doing the parts of their jobs that they enjoy. Often automation counts for the 1% changes, like our phone system recognising a number and automatically pulling up a client's account when they call. This means the support engineer or account manager can get straight into their file without having to search through the database. It saves seconds but when a client needs help, those few seconds can make all the difference.
Speeding up with automation
We automate as many of our processes as we can to speed up our service. It doesn't mean cutting jobs, it means making the most of our time.
Interestingly, Ocado recently announced on the BBC that they will be introducing robots to pack delivery boxes with food and other products from next year. A friend of mine – who runs a warehouse business – has workers who are still faster than the machines he has to do the picking, thanks to the organisation of the site and making the most of AI. Perhaps that's the answer to really harnessing the power of automation – not rolling out a fleet of robots, but combining automation with human beings to really make the most of what each can offer.
I'd love to hear how automation has impacted your business. Has it helped? How are you harnessing it? Let me know in the comments below.


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Memory verse: (James 5:16) " Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much "
How to prevail in prayer means 'the way we pray to see great results'. So many people pray daily but not many get answers. The scripture above said that the prayer that avails much is the prayer that is fervent. Prayer is more than verbalizing empty words in a vacuum. Prayer is more than a mental activity; it's more of a spiritual activity. People have had so many exhortations about the need to pray but still nothing much has been done to raise the church to its prayer position. These guides are not to serve to make you a professor of prayer, because the problem today is not that people don't teach about prayer but that people are not praying. What God needs today is to see the church pray.
I don't presume to be teaching you to pray, for the true prayer-teacher is the Holy Spirit (Rom8:26). But am just trying to remind ourselves that let's get praying now. The best time to start praying is now. You'll never start until you start. The best way to start praying is just to start. Just get started. There's no better way to start than just starting now. How we pray determines the results we get. Two men went to pray, one a Pharisee another a sinner, the both prayed but the sinner was answered and the Pharisee not. The Philistines attacked Israel and Saul decided to go and pray to get answer from God but God never answered him (I Sam28:3-25). Abel gave a sacrifice to God and God answered him by sending fire to consume his sacrifice but Cain gave his sacrifice and God sent no fire. Men like Elijah made simple prayers that brought fire from Heaven. Israel spent many days praying but without answers from God, they thought you only need to open up your mouth and God answers, but it was not so. Until God told them, his mouth is not dumb that he can't answer them, or his ear heavy that he can't hear when they prayed. In fact in (Is 59:1-2) Children of Israel began to go beyond praying. They prayed and there was no answer, they decided to pray and fast. But no answer came. They began to complain to God why they could afflict themselves with fasting and God refused to listen to them. God's answer to them is a great lesson to people who would engage in the vocation of prayer (Is58:1-12)
How are we praying? Let us get some clues that will help become effective in our prayer business.
Tomorrow we will see: ' Praying fervently '
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Hit and miss
I just tried my third session with Maya and it didn't go so well. A big part of it is that I was up until the wee hours of the morning and I'm not well rested. I helped my friend Mark out with a short film he's making. I got to be the boom operator. They were still filming when I left at midnight.
I'm declaring an official knitting hiatus for at least a week. I've got enough stuff on my plate right now, and the fever of summer feels like it's getting ready to break. When it cools off a bit, I'll get back into the fibers.


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It seems rather of necessity than predilection in the sense of apologia that I should put on record in the first place a plain statement of my personal position, as one who for many years of literary life has been, subject to his spiritual and other limitations, an exponent of the higher mystic schools. It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling. Now, the opinions of some, even in the literary reviews, are of no importance unless they happen to agree with our own, but in order to sanctify this doctrine we must take care that our opinions, and the subjects out of which they arise, are concerned only with the highest. Yet it is just this which may seem doubtful, in the present instance, not only to those, whom I respect within the proper measures of detachment, but to some of more real consequence, seeing that their dedications are mine. To these and to any I would say that after the most illuminated Frater Christian Rosy Cross had beheld the Chemical Marriage in the Secret Palace of Transmutation, his story breaks off abruptly, with an intimation that he expected next morning to be door-keeper. After the same manner, it happens more often than might seem likely that those who have seen the Occult Powers of Nature through the most clearest veils of the sacraments are those who assume thereafter the humblest offices of all about the House of Wisdom. By such simple devices also are the Adepts and Great Masters in the secret orders distinguished from the cohort of Neophytes as servi servorum mysterii. So also, or in a way which is not entirely unlike, we meet with the Tarot cards at the outermost gates—amidst the fritterings and débris of the so called occult arts, about which no one in their senses has suffered the smallest deception; and yet these cards belong in themselves to another region, for they contain a very high symbolism, which is interpreted according to the Laws of Grace rather than by the pretexts and intuitions of that which passes for divination. The fact that the wisdom of God (Nature) is foolishness with men does not create a presumption that the foolishness of this world makes in any sense for Divine Wisdom; so neither the scholars in the ordinary classes nor the pedagogues in the seats of the mighty will be quick to perceive the likelihood or even the possibility of this proposition. The subject has been in the hands of cartomancists as part of the stock-in-trade of their industry; I do not seek to persuade any one outside my own circles that this is of much or of no consequence; but on the historical and interpretative sides it has not fared better; it has been there in the hands of exponents who have brought it into utter contempt for those people who possess philosophical insight or faculties for the appreciation of evidence. It is time that it should be rescued, and this I propose to undertake once and for all, that I may have done with the side issues which distract from the term. As poetry is the most beautiful expression of the things that are of all most beautiful, so is symbolism the most catholic expression in concealment of things that are most profound in the Sanctuary and that have not been declared outside it with the same fullness by means of the spoken word. The justification of the rule of silence is no part of my present concern, but I have put on record elsewhere, and quite recently, what it is possible to say on this subject.
An explanation of the personal kind An illustration from mystic literature
A subject which calls to be rescued Limits and intention of the work.
PART I The Veil And Its Symbols
1. Introductory And General.
2. Class I. The Trumps Major, Otherwise Greater Arcana.
3. Class II. The Four Suits, Otherwise Lesser Arcana.
4. The Tarot In History.
PART II The Doctrine Behind The Veil
1. The Tarot And Secret Tradition.
2. The Trumps Major
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Making of the 1944 Education Act
The 1944 Education Act was a crucial piece of British legislation - one of the most important this century. It was passed against a background of war and growing popular demand for social reform. It provided a framework for the education service which remained largely intact for almost fifty years. Since 1988, however, with the introduction of a National Curriculum and competition between schools, the workings of the Act have been largely dismantled. In The Making of the 1944 Education Act, Michael Barber presents a lively evaluation of the Act - its background, passage and effect - fifty years after it was introduced. He looks briefly at the frustrated attempts at reform between the wars and how the upheaval of World War II created the right conditions for successful legislation. The book then follows the passage of reform and quotes liberally from contemporary sources such as the Times Educational Supplement and Hansard to illustrate its narrative. It is a fascinating history of educational policy, and of British culture and politics towards the end of the war.
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Review: Manicure set Camill Lady from EVA. My personal helper!
It seems that I don't need the manicure tools at all because I like wearing gel nail polishes and I do a manicure in a nail salon. But this is false. I really need this stuff and when I got a manicure set Camill Lady from the Ukrainian line of the shops EVA I was so glad! Why? Let's look together in my today review!
This is small set with the most necessary tools – cuticle nippers, glass nail file (my favorite!), polisher for nails and a small nail scissors. All of tools are very good for me. I know that girls criticized them and said that scissors and nippers are not acute enough. But everything is OK for me – I never make the whole manicure, I just correct something with these tools so I think they are very good part of my collection. And they are decent in their roles.
The scissors Camill Lady. They are quite keen but their best feature is convenience! Taking them in a hand is a pleasure – it is very easy and very functional tool. I like cutting my nails when they are long enough so the scissors I use very often.
The cuticle nippers Camill Lady. They are also acute enough but they are not really strong. My old nippers can even cut the nails. These pair isn't really good at this process. The tool can be used only with the skin, never try to cut the nails with it – you can just break them!
The most important part of the manicure for me is polishing the nails. I like when they are shiny and smooth. So when my nails are "on vacation" after a gel nail polish I always make them beautiful with a nail polisher Camill Lady. It is convenient enough and I think it has got a high quality.
And the most important tool for me from this set – the glass nail file Camill Lady! I like only the glass tools – not metal or plastic. The glass ones have got the best quality for me, they are very strong but never injure the nails… And they are long lasting, I have never seen how the nail file from this type become thinned and less its abilities.
I think this small set is the best for people who usually make a manicure in a nail salon but need a correct it time to time. Nails can be broken, you may want to make them shorter immediately and without the help of manicure master, all of us have got burrs… So we always need to have got all tools for this.
Will this set be useful for people who make a manicure by hands and need a lot tools at home? I guess they can estimate the scissors, the glass file and the polisher. The cuticle nippers could be better for regular using, I think. But this set is not bad, I can say that it is really decent. And if I didn't get it for testing by EVA, I would buy it surely. I think this is good purchase because EVA offers really chic prices – all tools Camill Lady cost not so much money.
Do you try these tools? Which manicure set have you got? Do you make a manicure by hands or go to the nail salon or nail bar?
*The manicure set Camill Lady was given by the line of the shops EVA for independent testing. You can buy your tools in your EVA!


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After hiring the right team to develop your app, you've spent months following the app development life cycle and it's now live on the app store.
You have also stacked the deck in your favor by optimizing your app store listing so that your app shows up at the top of searches and gets more downloads.
But an app doesn't operate on the "set and forget" principle. Like a car, your app needs constant care and upkeep in order to meet people's expectations. If you don't have ongoing maintenance, your app will start losing users and tank in rankings.
Why care about app maintenance?
If your app is designed for the external users, some of the variables that will change within a few months of your app's release date and impact your app's performance are:
- Hardware: As new mobile devices are released, obsolete apps may not work as they were intended.
- Operating system: Every year sees updates in iOS and Android versions, and apps need to be updated so that they are compatible with newer versions.
- Programming language: Apps will also have to be updated based on changes to the programming language (Objective C to Swift, Java to HTML5).
- Styles and designs: Mobile UI used to follow skeuomorphic design principles before Apple and Android both adopted material design. This meant that all apps had to update their interfaces as well.
- Libraries: Most apps use third party libraries and dependencies which change frequently. The apps will be broken unless they are updated.
- Usage Patterns: As your app matures, your user base will also mature, and the UI might need refreshing to reflect the changes.
- Infrastructure: If the infrastructure on which your app is hosted changes (self-hosted to AWS) you will have to update the app.
- Security bugs: Apps may be affected by security holes any time, and you will have to update the app in order to fix the vulnerabilities.
While there are no set rules about the frequency of updating, users will notice an app which hasn't been updated in over 6 months, and that will reflect in poor ratings and reviews.
Apart from user complaints, you should update your app frequently if you want to keep it listed on the App Store. Last September Apple took down almost 50,000 apps that were either obsolete or abandoned.
This refers to both preventative maintenance, and reactive changes. Users are constantly telling you what they like and don't like about your product, and updates give you the opportunity to further hone your application. And as you observe pitfalls that set back other apps, you can get ahead of them by preventing similar problems.
The costs of app maintenance
Now that you know the implications of neglecting the app update process, you need to evaluate your costs.
Most app maintenance contracts are signed on a yearly basis. While app maintenance costs are all over the place based on the type of app and complexity, there are some hard numbers you can use as a baseline.
According to a Forrester survey, the average app development cost of $50000-$150000 is only 35% of the total cost over a two year period.
The number of updates are also on the higher side: another survey found that almost 30% of app developers update their apps every month.
You can break down app maintenance costs into the following:
1) Hosting costs: Your app's backend will probably be hosted on third party cloud servers like AWS or Microsoft Azure. Depending on the number of users or consumption of media, your hosting costs can easily go up to thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars every month.
These costs don't include the human costs of creating and maintaining the backend, which can be significant as your app scales up.
2) Monitoring and crash analytics: You will need app analytics tools to monitor usage patterns which will help you improve in-app experience. You will also need to invest in tools that send you crash reports in real time.
Some of these tools are free while others are paid. While the cost of the tool isn't going to break the bank, you will have to invest in analysts and other experts who will be responsible for setting up user funnels and analyzing raw data for business insights.
3) App store optimization: Like SEO, app store optimization is a constant effort. Between searching for the right keywords, A/B testing headlines and descriptions, answering reviews, noting feedback, uploading new screenshots/videos as features change, running search ads, adding changelogs etc, you will have to spend considerable time keeping your app store listing updated.
4) Licenses: Many apps will be built using licensed technologies, and while some licenses can be bought for life, other licenses need to be renewed on an yearly basis.
When setting your app maintenance budget, you should take licensing costs into account. A good thing about this is that it's predictable, and if you have done due diligence during the app development stage you won't be hit with a crazy high bill.
These costs, while high, are significantly less than the amount you need to invest in marketing and promotion of the app after it has gone live.
Some of the activities whose costs you should take into account include:
- Content marketing
- In-app content creation
- Facebook ads
- Adwords ads
- Microsite/landing page
- Guest blogging
- Product or demo video
- Contests and giveaways
- Social media marketing
- In-app ads
- App Store ads
Thanks to the proliferation of free tools, your marketing budget will be mostly spent in hiring freelancers or making payroll, and in ad spend.
In the context of ad spends, Fiksu ran some numbers in Dec 2015 and found that the amount needed to push an iOS app into the top 25 is:
- $200,000 for the US
- $15,000 for Canada
- $65,000 for Germany
- $45,000 for UK
- $30,000 for France
Criteria for awarding app maintenance contracts
Since you will need to be spending serious cash in the app maintenance phase, it's important that you spend some time vetting service providers before you sign them on.
Most app development agencies, Appster included, offer an app maintenance contract. If you have outsourced your app development to an agency, you should stick to them instead of going to a third party, even if the upfront costs are higher.
This is because for complex apps with a lot of moving parts, a third party developer will take considerable time to understand the architecture of the app. This discovery phase will cost money, which you can save if the same developer is also in charge of maintenance.
Apart from that, other factors that you should consider while selecting a developer for app maintenance are:
- Average response time
- Type of maintenance plans: incident based or time based
- Ability to keep and manage backups kept against loss of data
- In-house maintenance, or sub-contracted to a third party
- Phone or chat support (preferably a dedicated account manager)
Pick a developer with a short response time who offers time based maintenance plans and who has experience with managing backups of critical data.
The more complex the app, the more important it is that the developers working on the project be familiar with the technologies and the business logic, something which is generally not seen in outsourced developers.
Finally, real time phone or chat support is a must, even if you have to pay a premium: you don't want your app to go offline for hours when a marketing campaign starts sending massive traffic.
You also don't want to be caught unawares if a malicious hacker takes control over your assets or mounts a DoS attack.
App maintenance, for the most part, is about keeping your app up-to-date and bug-free. As you acquire users and get feedback, you will need to incorporate that into bug fixes and feature ads.
If you think about your app as a continuously evolving product, then application maintenance is something you're never truly done with.
Regular maintenance of your app also keeps you in Apple's and Google's favor, as it signals that you are responsive and committed to your users. The app stores reward frequently updated apps with higher rankings leading to higher app downloads, lower cost per installs, and higher revenues.
This holds true whether you're developing an iPhone app, Android mobile game, or anything in between.
And even though app maintenance sounds expensive upfront, it's the only way to ensure that you get returns on the investment you made in the app development phase.
Source: appster


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In this article, we will see some differences between NRE and NRO fixed deposit opened with any Indian banks like ICICI, HDFC, SBI or Kotak Bank and find out whether you should open NRE fixed deposit or choose NRO fixed deposit based upon your requirements.
In short, if you are opening fixed deposit from overseas money by converting it into rupees then send it to your NRE saving account and create an NRE fixed deposit right there. On the other hand, if money is earned in Indian rupees via different income sources e.g. dividend or income from rent then you must have an NRO saving account to receive those amount, use this amount to create an NRO fixed deposit.
In both the cases, it's not good to leave money idle because they will earn fewer interest rates. Also, if you eventually thinking to repatriate or send money back to your overseas account, think of opening an FCNR fixed deposit, this will reduce your exchange conversion risk and you may yield better returns if US dollar becomes stronger in next few years.
Difference on NRE and NRO FD
First and the major difference between NRE and NRO fixed deposit is that interest earned on NRO fixed deposit is taxable in India. it means you need to pay income tax on all their interest you earned in NRO fixed deposit with a rate of 30.9% which is quite higher, on there other had interest earned on NRE fixed deposit is exempted from tax in India. Which means you don't need to pay any income tax on interest accrued in NRE fixed deposit. This difference alone is significant enough to choose NRE fixed deposit over NRO fixed deposit. By the way if you don't have lump sum amount to invest, you can take benefit of NRE or NRO Recurring deposit, to lock your money with higher interest rate and soaring exchange rates.
2) Fully repatriable
Another difference between NRE and NRO fixed deposit is that, In the case of NRO fixed deposit you can not repatriate principle back to the foreign country, you can only transfer interest earned on NRO fixed deposit to the foreign country or abroad where you staying. On the other hand, NRE Fixed deposit allows you to transfer both principle and interest to abroad. Everything from principle to interest earned is fully repatriable in NRE fixed deposit. This is another significant difference between NRO and NRE fixed deposit which suggest choose NRE over NRO FD. See here to learn more about repatriation.
3) Joint account with Indian parents
One more difference between NRE and NRO term deposit is that you can open NRO term deposit jointly with your family member which is not NRI, means parents staying in India or any immediate family member staying in India can hold NRO term deposit along with you. On the other hand NRE, term deposit can only be open jointly with another NRI, which is kind of restriction if your family is staying in India. This can be a very important difference depending upon the personal situation of NRI. IF you are an unmarried software professional working in abroad and want to open joint fixed deposit then you can choose NRO fixed deposit over NRE fixed deposit. If you want to keep your money on foreign currency like USD, GBP, AUD etc, you can also choose to open FCNR fixed deposit with HDFC Bank, ICICI, SBI, RBS and Kotak Mahindra. FCNR deposits are free from exchange rate risk and also provide better interest rates than Fixed deposit with local foreign banks e.g. Citibank or Bank of America in US and Canada
Another difference between NRO and NRE term deposit is their interest rates. Currently difference on interest rate is not much between NRE and NRO fixed deposit but if you see better interest offered in NRE fixed deposit than you can leverage that because both NRE and NRO fixed deposit holds money in Indian Rupees (INR) but just be cautious and read first few differences between NRE and NRO fixed deposit if you intention is taking money back to abroad because both NRE and NRO term deposit are subject to Currency risk, if Exchange rates will not in your favor once your NRE or NRO FD matures then you might lose instead of gaining for depositing money in Indian Rupees for 3 years in India, on the other hand, you might get better returns if exchange rates turn into your favor. Anyway, I suggest avoiding currency risk and only investing amount which you definitely want to keep as Indian Rupee and don't want to repatriate. There is other options available like FCNR Fixed deposit which allows you to keep money in foreign currency and get better returns than what is offered by foreign banks.
5) Depositing money
Another difference between NRE and NRO fixed deposit is How to transfer or deposit money? NRE fixed deposit can only be open by sending foreign currency cheque, remitting foreign currency directly to your NRE Saving account using money2India, remit2India or click2Remit or any other remitting services. You can not open NRE fixed deposit by transferring Indian rupees from any other Resident or NRO Saving account. this is a restriction, On the other hand, NRO Fixed deposit can be open by transferring money from NRE Saving account or income earned in India, e.g. Rental income, Stock dividends, short-term capital gains, long-term capital gains etc.
Here is a nice table which summarise the difference between NRE and NRO fixed deposit account for any bank in India:


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New York Jews to visit Bahrain at invitation of the King
West Hampton Synagogue members will go to the gulf Kingdom to upon request of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Members of a New York synagogue will visit the Arab country of Bahrain at the invitation of its monarch.
The West Hampton Synagogue will stop in Bahrain on the way to a congregational mission to Israel early in 2018, its rabbi, Marc Schneier, announced during holiday services.
The synagogue will become the first Jewish congregation to visit an Arab country in the Persian Gulf, the congregation's president, Carol Levin, said in a statement.
The visit comes at the invitation of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the royal family of Bahrain, Levin said. Schneier has had a long relationship with the king, and in 2011 was the first rabbi to be hosted at the Royal Palace in Manama. The Kingdom of Bahrain is one of the supporters of the rabbi's Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.
Bahrain is an island nation located off the coast of Saudi Arabia. It is home to a small Jewish community.
The government of Bahrain, which has longstanding ties with the American Jewish community, has reportedly indicated that it is open to ties with Israel. The king was quoted in recent days by Simon Wiesenthal Centre officials as telling them during their visit to the kingdom in February that he no longer sees a need for the Arab League boycott of Israel.


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New thing I saw & wanted to try. I have heard so many wonderful new songs lately. This one isn't new to me, but the message hits home so much right now w/ the Hurricane down south, our wind storm here, & all the other general storms that seem to abound these days. Enjoy!
"Praise You In This Storm"
What a great idea for a Saturday! Join along if you'd like!
I already have a wonderful list going!
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NOTE: "Tita Aida had actively participated in various community service programs and had supported Fil-Am community fundraising charity events in the US capital region. I had the pleasure of first meeting her when I was still with the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. and she was one of those highly dedicated and active community leaders from the "ANG BISAYA" whose sweet smile and enthusiastic bright eyes would command attention. At least, I had the chance to see her sweet smile at the hospital 2 days before she finally joined our CREATOR. Heaven had gained back another angel. For sure, she and my Mama Connie have reunited in God's Kingdom. Tita Aida, we will miss you. Rest in peace. We love you" - Grace Valera, Washington D.C.
UPNAAI is proud to announce Dr. Carmencita Abaquin is this year's recipient of the most prestigious 2018 J.V. Sotejo Award. Congratulations Dr. Abaquin!
At the UPNAAI Convention 2018, we will celebrate her accomplishments. Let's come and show our love, gratitude and support to our colleague, former classmate, professor and mentor.
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Michael Bennet is right that a majority say the effects of global warming are happening
Over 90% of publishing climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming.
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who is running for president, said in a CNN town hall May 30 that public perception is consistent with that consensus.
"The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it," he said.
We looked into this claim and found that Bennet, who recently rolled out a plan for 2020 to address climate change, is right that most Americans say climate change is taking place. But polls indicate that the public shows a bit less conviction when asked whether government should address the issue, though much seems to depend on how the questions are asked.
Let's take a look.
Bennet's climate change plan, which was released in May, includes a goal for the United States to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Bennet based his claim on a politics and global warming report published in April by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
The Yale and GMU programs use social science to help communicate climate change to the public.
The report states that 70% of U.S. registered voters said global warming is happening. A majority "strongly" or "somewhat" support investments in renewable energy research and infrastructure (87%), regulating pollution (82%) and/or taxing pollution (72%). Also, nearly four in ten voters said a candidate's position on global warming will be very important when they decide who they vote for in the 2020 presidential election.
We looked at other polls about climate change and found that responses vary on whether or not Americans believe climate change is real.
One way to analyze the first part of Bennet's statement is to examine Americans' views on the timeline of the effects of global warming.
A Gallup poll conducted in March found that 59% of Americans said that the effects of global warming have already begun and 66% believe it's mostly due to pollution from human activities. The percentage of people polled who believe the effects of global warming are already underway has fluctuated over the years, but it's steadily climbed from 49% in 2011 to 52% in 2012 to where we are today.
Gallup does note differences in how Americans view the issue based on their political leanings. Among those who describe themselves as conservative, only 25% were classified as concerned believers, compared to 81% of liberals and 56% of moderates.
So, is Bennet also on point when he says that most Americans support doing something about climate change? The results are mixed.
A Quinnipiac University poll released in 2018 found that the majority of American voters, 69%, are "somewhat" or "very" concerned about climate change.
But a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January found that only 44% of Americans said global climate change should be a top priority for President Donald Trump and Congress. It was low on a list of 18 issues prioritized by the adults surveyed. However, the environment, categorized as a separate issue, was at No. 8, behind the economy, health care, education, terrorism, Social Security, Medicare and the poor and needy.
A Gallup poll conducted last year found that 62% of Americans think the U.S. government is doing too little to protect the environment. The majority of Americans support governmental policies aimed at mitigating climate change such as spending more on solar and wind power (76%), setting higher emissions and pollution standards for businesses and industry (74%) and imposing mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions (67%).
John Kotcher, a research assistant professor at GMU's Center for Climate Change Communication, told PolitiFact that views on climate change among scientists and the general public vary in part because people have not always seen the issue as one that directly affects them.
"Historically, climate change has been framed as an environmental issue that's distant in time and space — that it's a problem for plants, penguins and polar bears," he said.
Kotcher helped conduct the survey Bennet's campaign referenced.
Bennet said that "the vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."
The polls we reviewed show that the majority of Americans do think the effects of climate change are currently taking place and that they are concerned about it.
While one poll found that less than half of Americans believe Congress and Trump should make it a top priority, other polls show that when questioned about specific policies to address global warming, a majority of Americans say they support action.
We rate Bennet's claim Mostly True.


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The world is increasingly driven by technology. Certainly, university and college campuses are no exception. A whopping one billion more digital-native millennial students will emerge worldwide over the next 20 years, predicts IBIS Capital/Ed Tech Global 2016. (more…)
The first rule of business is to know your customer. For those of us in the higher education community, this would be an easy question, right?
Our "customers" are generally 18-25-year-olds, recent high school graduates who feel fortunate to receive guidance on how to expand their horizons and launch their careers. (more…)
How can your school become an anchor institution to help build wealth in your community? What does an anchor institution look like? An anchor institution helps build wealth by driving economic activity, local development and revitalization efforts for their communities. (more…)
Welcome to November, when college and university students are well into their first semester, deeply engaged in their classes, cheering on their sports teams and enjoying campus life. (more…)
The United States is known for being the world's melting pot, where diverse cultures and religions from all over the world live together. The authentic ingredients and spices I share below are ones that various cultures cook with during the holiday season. (more…)


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Tomatoes With Chicken Stuffing
- 6 very ripe tomatoes, about 2 1/2 pounds
- 3 slices bread
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg
- ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup chopped onion (about 1 medium-size onion)
- 1 ½ teaspoons crushed and chopped garlic (2 to 3 cloves)
- 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 2 cups diced leftover chicken (other meat may be used)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced thin
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- Dash cayenne pepper
- ½ cup water
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut off the very top of the tomatoes at the stem end to create a 1/4-inch lid. Set aside. With a measuring spoon, scoop out the insides of the tomatoes and place in a bowl. Gently squeeze the tomatoes to loosen any remaining juice and seeds and add to the contents of the bowl. Coarsely chop or process the juice, seeds and pulp briefly in a food processor and set aside for use in the sauce. There should be about 2 cups.
- To make the stuffing, mix the bread and milk together in a bowl, mashing the bread with your fingers to help it absorb the milk. Stir in the egg, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add the onion, chopped garlic, chives and leftover chicken; mix gently to combine. Stuff the tomatoes evenly with the stuffing mixture, mounding it on top. Set the little lids on top of each filled tomato.
- To make the tomato sauce, pour the reserved chopped tomato mixture into a gratin dish. Stir in the olive oil, sliced garlic, sugar, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, cayenne, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and water.
- Arrange the stuffed tomatoes on top of the sauce and put in oven about 1 hour, until tender and cooked through. Serve immediately, or set aside and serve later at room temperature.
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'Astroslugs' Lands on the App Store, Don't miss the One-Week Launch Sale!
Bit Barons is offering up a sale for their game Astroslugs Deluxe for the iPad as it launched yesterday, July 1st. Do not miss out on this one week 99 cent sale opportunity. Act fast, as soon as the sale ends, it will revert back to its original price of $1.99 and eventually raise its price as more big updates come


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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Buzzle Staff
May 10, 2019
About a century ago, a disastrous fire in lower Manhattan took away the lives of 146 garment workers, who were about to leave for the day after work. The cause of the accident has never been known, and all we had was, loss of precious lives and safety precautions for the future.
In lower Manhattan stands a light terracotta building on the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street. The building is a part of New York University, and students have no idea that they are usually looking down to where dozens of women and girls leaped to their death nearly a century ago to avoid being burned alive.
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, just after the bell rang to say that the workday was over, the girls working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company began to gather up their belongings and put on their coats.
The clothing shops on the lower floors of the building had closed down at noon, but the girls working on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors were sewing women's tailored shirts for overtime. Working for Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the girls normally made $6 a week, so the overtime pay would come in handy, who were mostly German, Italian, and Yiddish immigrants.
There was a sudden running around and the message was clear, 'fire'. People on the street below noticed smoke from the 8th floor. They witnessed a ream of cloth come barreling out the window and smack onto the sidewalk.
They commented wryly that Harris must be trying to save his best clothes and so he was throwing the rest out the window. People on the street began to gather, looking upward, and another bolt of cloth flew out and down. But suddenly they realized with horror that the projectiles weren't bolts of cloth―they were human bodies.
The fire department, only six blocks away on 12th Street, had immediately sent out an engine. But the firemen had trouble maneuvering the fire hose wagon into the best position because there were six bodies lying and they couldn't run over them. And more bodies were still dropping.
Distraught firemen set up a lifesaving net and tried to catch one falling girl, but when they were spotted, three more girls launched themselves into the net, causing all four to bounce out of it and hit the concrete.
A fireman and a policeman held the ends of a horse blanket to try to catch the next falling girl, but the blanket split in half as the body plummeted right through and hit the sidewalk.
Inside the building, the fire moved rapidly across huge hallways and on the cotton fabric, and then ate its way up to the clothing hanging overhead. The fire raced out of control, with the male tailors and the foreman trying unsuccessfully to keep the flames under control, but there were only 27 water buckets available, which wasn't nearly enough water.
The 275 girls trapped by the fire were panicked and desperate, and they began to race for the two elevators and the stairway located at the west end of the building. The doors in the building were designed to open in, not out, so the crush of people rushing to the door simultaneously slammed it shut.
The elevators, run by operators Joe Gaspar and Joe Zitto, held only ten people each. Gaspar and Zitto brought the cars up and down repeatedly, with girls fighting frantically to get inside. The cars brought as many girls down as possible to street level, with their clothes still smoking from the fire.
Finally the stairway door upstairs was cleared and girls began racing down the stairs to the street, most with their clothing burned from their bodies. The question now was―hundreds of girls were still trapped on the 8th floor. 3 male workers formed a human chain reaching from the 8th floor of the Shirtwaist Company to the window of the adjacent building.
Some girls made it across to the other building by crawling over the backs of the three men. But when one of the men lost his balance, the human chain broke, sending all the men falling down to die on the sidewalk below.
Another fire engine arrived, but the water from their hoses would reach only as far as the 7th floor, not even touching the flames on the floor above. To add to the horror, their ladders would reach only as high as the 7th floor, causing girls to leap out windows, sometimes four or five at a time, to catch the top of the ladders.
Each one of them missed, and fell 80 feet to the concrete. Thousands of spectators had gathered behind the police lines, horrified at what they were witnessing. Workers on the 10th floor, who had originally thought the fire alarm was a prank, realized they could not go down, so they climbed up to the roof.
Students at the New York University Law School, next door, lowered a ladder down to the girls so they could climb about 12 feet up to safety. Almost 150 girls were saved by climbing up to the roof. But on the floors below, the flames had created an inferno in the stairway on the east side, and the doors to the stairway on the west side were locked.
The only fire escape in the building was as hot as an inferno. The two elevator operators did their best to carry as many girls as possible down to safety, but as the elevators descended, they heard bodies dropping on the tops of the cars, and blood dripped down the walls.
Ambulance workers arriving from several New York hospitals were not able to save any lives; all they could do was tag the bodies of the victims, remove them from the street, and cover them with tarpaulins.
Firemen were finally able to rush up the stairways and extinguish the fire, leaving the building essentially undamaged. It was built of concrete and steel, so it withstood the flames and the heat. Ambulances traveled back and forth delivering the dead bodies to the morgue.
Over the next few days, hundreds of friends and relatives of the dead descended upon the morgue to identify the people who had died in the fire. A temporary police station was opened to help assist the people, and an investigation to find out the probable reason behind this catastrophe had been initiated.
Nine months later, Blanck and Harris were found not guilty of any wrongdoing by locking the doors on the west side of the building, which had been done to prevent burglary. The two owners were sued by 23 families of dead workers, and each family eventually received $75 in settlement.
The state created a commission to investigate conditions in sweatshops throughout the city, which resulted in legislation to protect factory workers. A special division, Fire Prevention, was created to inspect factories for fire hazards, and instituted as part of the fire department.
As a result of their policies, no doors can be locked during working hours, all doors must open outwards, sprinkler systems must be installed in buildings where more than 25 people work in upper floors, and in buildings that do not have sprinkler systems, fire drills are mandatory.
Today there is still no definitive explanation for how the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire began. The most widely held theory is that one of the male workers was smoking, and threw a match or cigarette onto the floor, filled with clutter and cloth scraps. But regardless of the cause, the result was horrifying because of the grave loss of life.
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A view of Beech Mountain from Echo Lake Beach, just north of Southwest Harbor, Maine. The town of Southwest Harbor is surrounded by sections of Acadia National Park, including areas around Echo Lake and Seawall. Some of the most scenic (and least known) parts of Acadia National Park are located just outside of town.
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Inviting Tsai to Speak to U.S. Congress is Flawed: Ex-AIT Chair
Poster: ╱ Post date:2019-02-12
Region:(U.S.-Taiwan Relations)
Issue:(U.S.-Taiwan Relations)
(CNA, By Rita Cheng and Evelyn Kao) Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Richard Bush remarked that the proposal to invite Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen to speak to U.S. Congress is unsound. Bush gave three reasons why the proposal is flawed and further suggested that the U.S. should seek other ways to improve its relations with Taiwan. Meanwhile, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) emphasized that there is no plan for president Tsai to visit the U.S. <Accessed 2019-02-12>
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Pool Bag Essentials
The 90 degree temperatures seem to be sticking around these parts and have me longing to be poolside all day, every day. I rounded up a few of the essentials I keep in my pool bag each time I head out for some fun in the sun!
1. So, maybe not the typical pool read, but dang Animal, Miracle, Vegetable is great. It reads like a wonderful story, but is bursting with facts and information. I learn something new about food every time I pick it up!
2. Protect those eyes with these wood sunnies from Silvano.
3. My tanning days were over before they started. Gimmie that SPF.
4. Hot days call for lots of water. Keep hydrated in style with this bkr water bottle.
5. Toss those locks into a top knot with these sparkly hair ties.
6. Sit in style on this fun beach towel.
7. Pack all these pool side must haves into this striped tote from Baggu!
July 12, 2013 11:46 am
haha! Yep – I'm totally with you on the sunscreen. Finally old enough to realize that protecting my skin is a MUST. Especially with all these hot days Chicago is giving us!


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A SHAMED councillor who acted as an advisor to a Midland police force was today starting a jail sentence after leading officers on a 70mph pursuit through Birmingham streets.
Mohammed Farooqui was locked up for six months and banned from driving for two years after admitting a charge of dangerous driving.
Birmingham Crown Court heard the Redditch Borough Council member was driving too quickly when he collided with a Rover car in Handsworth on July 23 last year, causing four people to be taken to hospital.
Being pursued by police, he reached speeds of up to 70mph and ran a red light, narrowly missing two other vehicles and mounting the pavement.
He then tried to flee on foot before he was finally arrested.
Julian Harris, defending, said Farooqui, 30, of Station Road, Handsworth, had been a councillor since the age of 24 and had acted as an independent advisor to West Mercia Police.
Passing sentence, Judge Melbourne Inman QC said motorists who put members of the public at risk by their driving would go to prison.
Mr Harris, said Farooqui worked as a surveyor but had recently lost his job.
On that particular night, he said, Farooqui had attended a property award ceremony at the International Convention Centre and had decided to visit his partner who thought she may be pregnant, although this subsequently turned out to be false.
He said Farooqui had had a lost of personal problems, was concerned about the welfare of his partner and at the time was "at the end of his tether".
Mr Harris said Farooqui panicked after the accident and what he did was "utterly out of character".
He said any form of custodial sentence would mean the defendant would have to resign as a councillor.


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Deliberately eating at a slow pace could help you shed extra kilos. Nutritionists have dubbed this alternative approach 'mindful eating'. It harks back to the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, which can be summed up in a line as being fully aware of the present moment. One propagator was Horace Fletcher, an early 20th century food faddist, who believed that chewing food thoroughly is the solution to many health problems. New research proves that he was right.
I am a new convert to mindful eating, having forgotten the art in my tweens. I have rediscovered it in my quest for taking things slow and leading a minimalist life.
Kills junk food craving
Mindful eating has medical benefits too. Studies say it could relieve stress and alleviate high blood pressure and overeating. Research from the University of California research concluded that practicing mindfulness lets us make more thoughtful food choices, whether we are full or satiated.
Dr Jennifer Daubenmier, who led the research, said:
"Whether eating snacks while watching a cricket match or grazing by the dessert counter at the coffee shop, we often find ourselves overeating not because we're hungry, but because the food looks good, we're distracted or to soothe unpleasant feelings."
Backed by research
Psychologist Jean Kristeller at Indiana State University and a team at Duke University conducted a study of mindful eating techniques for the treatment of binge eating, which included 150 binge eaters and compared a mindfulness-based therapy to a standard psycho-educational treatment and a control group of binge eaters. The people in the mindfulness-based therapy group enjoyed their food more and struggled less with controlling their eating.
How to practise mindful eating
- Eat without distractions. Yes, that means not looking at the television, radio, cellphone or laptop until you finish the meal. Face-to-face conversations are allowed.
- Take as much time as you can to eat; at least 20 minutes for each meal.
- Taste each morsel. If you can think about the ingredients that went into each dish, you are already acing the technique.
- Allow yourself to become aware of the positive and nurturing opportunities that are available through food selection and preparation by respecting your own inner wisdom.
- Use all your senses in choosing to eat food that is both satisfying to you and nourishing to your body.
- Acknowledge your immediate responses to meals (likes, dislikes or neutral) without judgment.
- Become acutely aware of physical hunger and satiety cues to guide your decisions to begin and end eating.
Source: Center for Mindful Eating, a US-based non-profit organisation.
The center stands by the belief that
"Our relationship to food is a central one that reflects our attitudes toward our environment and ourselves. As a practice, mindful eating can bring us awareness of our own actions, thoughts, feelings and motivations, and insight into the roots of health and contentment."
In my own weight loss journey, I wouldn't be able to quantify exactly how much mindful eating has contributed. I made drastic changes in routine, exercise and food at the same time that I was advised by a family member to practise mindful eating.
What I can say for certain, however, is that it has curbed my craving for sugar and carbs unbelievably fast. I am eating practically the same foods (with a variation in protein) for breakfast, lunch and dinner, yet the level of satiation is higher than my food critic days (when eating at new restaurants was a twice-a-week activity). In fact, the last time I ate at a restaurant was almost three months back. I feel more satisfied eating less (so I end up consuming much fewer calories than my Kumbhkaran days).
If I do eat something rich, I enjoy it a lot more now. I don't find fault with the ingredients and the method like my former food critic self did. In fact, I am so busy being thankful for the gift of nourishment that I can't get myself to complain.
Mindful eating is a journey of a thousand miles that begins with the first step of chewing slowly. Remember that adage about chewing a morsel 32 times before swallowing it?
(A version of this post first appeared on the website Alldatmatterz.com)


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Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Radio Silence
Writers: Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke, Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath (Screenplay)
Starring: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic, Fabianne Therese, Nathalie Love
Plot: Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares – and darkest secrets – over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Tagline – No matter which road you choose, it's all going south.
Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Fun Horror Anthology
Story: Southbound starts as we first follow two men looking to escape their past who become trapped in a loop returning them to the same gas station. This is a short a simple horror that has great effects which also dives into two different types of fears we will be tackling in this film.
The second story follows a three-piece girl jazz band, fresh with a hangover heading towards their latest gig, who must get help from strangers once they get a flat tire. This shows the struggle of musicians that could fall into the wrong household even for just one night.
With the third story we follow a man who was heading home who hit a woman on the road at night, he is guided on the phone to help the victim only to find not everything is what it seems. This story plans into the pure panic that an accident could cause that knows they could be the only one to save the victim.
The next story follows one man in search of his sister who he believes is in this town by holding up a bar, but this bar isn't what he was expecting. This brings us to a one man on a mission against anyone who gets in his way, this feels like the most fun of the stories.
The final story follows a family who are on a vacation before their daughter goes off to college. Their quiet time turns into a nightmare when they become victims of a home invasion by a group of masked characters.
Thoughts on Southbound
Scene of the Movie – This is tough because I loved the third story and where the fifth ones goes, so I will cheat and call it a tie. Plus the skeleton like creatures look fantastic.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – I wasn't a fan of where the second story went, like the intro though.
Final Thoughts – The stories interlocking is the biggest plus in this movie, the transition feels seamless as they unfold, with the radio commentary giving hints to where the stories will go. The stories do work in short format because they do feel like they would be forcing the stretched-out story in a feature film. each story takes us into a different type of fear which I feel offers something for everyone too.
Overall: This is one for the horror fans to enjoy.