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The blood test looks at standard blood parameters, this includes liver function, thyroid, glucose, inflammation markers, cholesterol, red and white blood cells, etc. This can therefore provide a great tool to track progress. I often see inflammation markers reduce, glucose regulation improve, cholesterol levels lower. Note: It is not a blood test that looks at "food allergy"
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Your home and work environment. If you are surrounded by people who consume a typical American diet at home and work, you may have a harder time sticking to this plan. Most common foods (starchy carbohydrates like bread, pasta, rice, baked goods) are not included in a ketogenic diet. Cravings for these foods may be difficult and even intolerable at times.
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The fatal accident took place in front of her relatives during a family dinner for Mother's Day on Sunday at a resort in Phrae.
Mae Hong Son Senator Boonsong Kowawisarach, 56, was removing ammunition from his gun when it suddenly discharged, shooting his 46-year-old wife Chanakarn Dedkhad in the abdomen.
She died on her way to hospital.
Wang Chin Police Station received the report on the shooting at 10pm on Sunday.
Police will submit a letter to the Senate president for permission to prosecute Boonsong, who is now protected by parliamentary immunity.
"At this point, he is charged with reckless action causing the death of another person," Phrae police chief Maj General Wisut Wongkham said.
Chanakarn's relatives said they have no intention of taking legal action against Boonsong because they believe it was an accident.
An informed source said Boonsong was partially paralysed and his condition could be a reason for the accident.

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Returning to square one, an Australian company is withdrawing its shorelines permit to build a coal export terminal west of Longview and will resubmit another application after further study of the project, the company announced Tuesday.
Environmentalists declared victory, but they added that the fight over the controversial coal terminal likely isn't over.
Millennium Bulk Terminals announced Tuesday it will conduct an environmental study of how much coal, cement and alumina it can handle at former Reynolds aluminum smelter site, company officials said in a news release. Millennium, owned by Ambre Energy of Australia, had planned to hire about 70 full-time workers to operate the coal terminal.
The news release did not state when Millennium plans to resubmit its permit application to Cowlitz County. Bruce Gryniewski, a company spokesman, said Millennium would not make additional statements. Environmental studies of major industrial studies typically take months to finish. Millennium had hoped to do dock work in the Columbia River this fall, but that now seems improbable.
Cowlitz County Commissioner George Raiter said Millennium decision to yank its permit is "bad news" for Cowlitz County because the company had promised to clean up the contaminated site. He said he hopes Millennium will follow through with its plan to resubmit a new permit application.
"We need to have that site cleaned up. That's an environmental issue out there."
Millennium originally sought to bring 5.7 million tons of coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming to Longview, then ship it to Asia, mostly to China. However, internal company e-mails released in February indicated that its officials were planning to export 20 million or 60 millions tons of coal per year, a capacity that would dramatically expand rail traffic to the site.
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The revelations sparked an angry response from environmental groups and area residents.
"The reason that we prevailed is that Millennium misled the public, so they had to withdraw. They wasted a lot of time and public resources with a deceptive proposal," said Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Hood River, Ore.-based Columbia Riverkeeper.
Cowlitz County commissioners approved Millennium's permit in November. A coalition of four environmental groups, including Riverkeeper, appealed the project in December. An appeal hearing with the state's Shoreline Hearing Board has been canceled.
Last week, Millennium announced plans to delay transporting coal in an effort to obtain the permit to repair the aging dock and conduct maintenance dredging at the Reynolds site, which had been contaminated for decades by aluminum making. By finishing the dock work, the company had hoped to at least start importing cement and alumina, which would go to Alcoa aluminum smelter in Wenatchee.
Environmentalists and the state's Department of Ecology refused to drop the appeal.
"We believe this is the best way forward for both the community and the project. We remain sharply focused on creating jobs in Washington state and contributing to the economic recovery here in Cowlitz County," Millennium CEO Joe Cannon said in Tuesday's news release.
Millennium purchased the buildings on the 416-acre site from Chinook Ventures in January and announced plans to cleanup the site, which is highly contaminated by six decades of aluminum production. The land itself is still owned by Pennsylvania-based Alcoa. Arch Coal of St. Louis owns a 35 percent stake in the terminal project.


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The Domaine Comte Abbatucci Collection wines all come from a single parcel planted by Antoine Abbatucci in the early 1960's. At the time, Abbatucci was president of the Chamber of Agriculture in Corsica, and noticed that the subsistence farming lifestyle of the mountain villages was rapidly disappearing as the villagers left the countryside for the coastal towns. Several villages farmed old vines of indigenous varietals that were left abandoned as the population left. To save these varietals from extinction, Abbatucci took cuttings of each threatened vineyard he came across and planted the cuttings on his estate near Ajaccio, in a single plot of granite soil. By 1962, eighteen different varieties had been planted. More recently, Jean-Charles has begun propagating the vines using séléction massale on his own estate, as well as supplying cuttings to other vignerons all over Corsica. He blends these native grapes from the original plot planted in the 1960's together into four different cuvées, each one named after an ancestor (except for the barbarossa which is named for the grape varietal). All four cuvées have exceptionally low yields to produce a mere 1,500 bottles.
The persistent effusion on nose and palate of myriad floral and herbal essences appears to be a glorious constant in this cuvee, here favoring a cooling, bittersweet and ultimately soothing alliance of honeysuckle and iris, mint and thyme. There is an intricate lingering impingement of things saline, stony and somehow crystalline hard to put into less nebulous or dubious words. This is a wine of mind-bending profundity in the sense that even as it seduces, it will stretch your imagination and alter your thinking concerning what's possible from grapes.


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In the annals of "supply chain disasters"—yes, there are accounts of such things—several business mishaps stand out. There's the 1999 Hershey Foods meltdown that occurred after a new warehouse and inventory management system went awry. It thwarted Hershey from delivering Halloween candy on time and cost the chocolate giant more than $150 ...
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SOCCER: Newcastle Town 2 Curzon Ashton 0
Curzon played 10 men for the bulk of the game but their performance was a miserable one.
Newcastle's Andy Belt got involved in an off-the-ball incident with Andy Sherlock in the 14th minute.
Once play had stopped the assistant referee drew the incident to the attention of referee Mr Shaw, who had no hesitation in showing Ban the red card.
A Curzon free kick alter 24 minutes produced their best chance of the half.
The ball was played to Cohn Heywood on the right, whose curling cross deceived Simon Pay and although Wayne Dean got his head to the cross, he could not direct it goalwards.
Just before the hall-hour Dean found himself inside the Newcastle 18 yard area and he produced some neat footwork before being upended by Ian Banks for a penalty.
Anthony Callaghan stepped up to take the kick and his effort clipped the outside of the upright and went out of play.
It was to prove a costly miss as the next Newcastle attack saw them take the lead.
Andy Sherlock's clearance just cleared the penalty area and as attacker Alan Fraser collected, he was upended.
Fraser took the free kick himself and, left footed, curled the ball around the defensive wall and into the bottom right hand corner of the goal.
Josh Mitten conceded a further free-kick in the same position minutes later - this time Berry threw himself to his right and turned Fraser's ball around for a corner.
From the corner Sherlock was adjudged to have fouled Fraser for a penalty. The attacker dusted himself down to convert the spot kick.
The second-half was very much an end-of-season game. Derek Hall, on for the injured Callaghan, was lively but much of his prompting was in vain.
Newcastle tried to improve their lead and only a double save by Berry late on kept the score line down.
Newcastle Town: Pay, GilIick, Stokes, Bates, Barlow, Banks, Colclough, Harris, Lennon, Bait, Fraser. Subs: Woodvine, Parkes, Wilshaw
Curzon Ashton: Berry, Birch, Broome, Wearden (A), Sherlock, Taylor. Radcliffe, Callaghan, Heywood, Mitten, Dean. Subs. Lee, Hall, Cox
Curzon travel to play Winsford United on Saturday
Curzon Ashton will be holding their Annual Sportsrnans Dinner on April 25.
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World's largest trade fair for livestock farmers will feature the latest trends in feeding farm animals – New feed technologies and alternative ingredients to be exhibited – EuroTier 2018 takes place from 13 to 16 November at Hanover's Exhibition Grounds.
Feedstuffs are one of the most expensive inputs on livestock farms, so it should come as no surprise that farmers will be interested in any development that reduces their expenditure – either by offering new, lower-cost feeds, or through helping their animals use the feed they get more efficiently. At EuroTier 2018, the world's leading exhibition for livestock producers, visitors will be able to see the latest feeding developments on the market, and also talk to manufacturers about the products they are developing for the future.
The feed area at EuroTier where visitors can become acquainted with new and unusual feedstuffs they may not have considered before. As a focus point for livestock nutrition, it is the ideal location to tackle important questions facing those involved in this part of the agricultural industry. Feed security, feed quality and issues surrounding the safety of raw materials are always of interest to all livestock farmers and feed manufacturers, and they are just as keen to hear about current product developments and feeding trends.
Arguments continue about the sustainability of livestock production and whether crops that could be used to feed the human population should be fed to animals. Antibiotic use in livestock remains under the spotlight, as does concern about disposing of livestock manure, while minimizing its effect on the environment.
Developments that will impact on all these issues are in the pipeline, and a few of examples are listed below:
"Functional" complementary feeds
These are supplementary feeds or pre-mixes that do not focus primarily on supplying energy and nutrients to the animal, but are intended to support them through the inclusion of special ingredients. These could include medium-chain fatty acids, oligo- or polysaccharides, or polyphenolic acids that promote intestinal function, metabolism and the immune system, and thus animal health. The use of complementary feeds is topical as they can assist in reducing the amount of antibiotics used on livestock farms.
Optimizing compound feeds for nitrogen and phosphorus
As our understanding grows into how excess nitrogen and phosphorous in livestock rations passes through the animals and are excreted in manure, where it can pollute the environment, nutritionists continue to look at how they can reduce the damaging effects that may result. Due to the high protein requirements of animals, protein supplementation often exceeds nutritional-necessary levels. This is also the case with phosphorous, where the available quantity in the diet from a particular source can vary; there could be more than expected, or it may be in a form that's poorly utilizable by the animal and immediately excreted. Protein requirements can be better balanced by optimizing the feed protein quality through targeted supplementation of free amino acids, as well as through the use of specific enzymes. Issues with phosphorus, meanwhile, can be addressed by reducing the phosphorous content of the animals' diet to manageable levels that will not result in a deficiency.
Non-GMO protein sources
As it becomes increasingly difficult to source soybean meal from suppliers that can guarantee that the product does not include material from genetically modified (GMO) plants, more and more farmers in Germany, and some other European countries, have stopped using imported soybean meal or feed that may include this material. Therefore, there is a growing requirement for alternative protein feedstuffs that can be used instead, such as non-GMO rapeseed meal, field beans, peas, lupins or sunflower meal. All of these are now in demand, and research continues into the extent to which each of these feeds can be used in animal diets without affecting animal health, feed intake and efficiency, as well as the desired texture and taste characteristics of the animal products being produced.
Insect protein research continues
As the growing world population continues to put a focus on the ethics of feeding livestock with ingredients that could be used for human nutrition, the search continues for new protein sources to meet livestock's needs. One promising route of current research is insect protein, which has been under review in the European Union for some time. The feasibility of using this novel food source is not in doubt and feeding trials with poultry are already underway, but there are still some food safety issues to be settled – in particular the potential for any toxins in the feed provided to the insects making its way into the final feedstuff – before insect protein becomes mainstream. The public at large will also have to be engaged to judge their acceptance of this novel animal feed as part of the diet of animals they consume.
Water as a feedstuff
In addition to the supply of energy and essential nutrients, providing adequate amounts of water in appropriate quality is a crucial prerequisite for the health and performance of farm animals. Water can, therefore, be regarded as the most important nutrient or feed, and the farmer is solely responsible for ensuring it does not become a limiting factor in animal performance. Technologies that promote clean water supplies and help enhance water consumption – potentially increasing food intake in the process – should therefore be of interest to all farmers.
Quality of roughage
Coarse feeds, such as grass or corn silage, account for the lion's share of ruminant feed, but their quality and feed value can vary considerably. Maximizing feed quality increasingly begins with focusing on technically well-founded cultivation planning, as well as on achieving optimal harvesting characteristics, by cutting and gathering the crop at its most nutritious stage. To safeguard the quality of forage, additional silage additives can be used that make a significant contribution to improving the fermentation process; but these also stabilize the fermented forage during storage to help maintain its quality when the clamp is opened and the crop is exposed to the atmosphere.
Feed additives
Feed additives are widely used in livestock diets in the European Union, but only after they have been through a comprehensive and complex approval process to show they are safe for farmers and animals, as well as effective.
The use of enzymes to improve the digestibility of certain ingredients such as protein, phosphorus or carbohydrates are widely used. Likewise, numerous probiotics and other products are used to stabilize gut flora and health.
With more than 163,000 visitors and 2,600 exhibitors in 2016, the EuroTier trade fair, which takes place this year from 13th to 16th November at Hanover's Exhibition Center, Germany, is widely acknowledged as the world's largest exhibition for livestock producers.
More information about EuroTier 2018 is available online at: www.eurotier.com


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Just over a month ago I posted an article that celebrated the fact that I had made it to the 200 post mark, a milestone that I was quite proud of having reached.
Well, today's post is going to be dedicated to yet another personal writing-related milestone here on the blog.
Exactly two years ago today I posted my first ever article here at the bbbros.ca blog and since that time I have been posted a new article every single Wednesday and Sunday.
Through those articles I have been sharing my sports card and memorabilia collecting experiences while also chronicling my pursuit of a financially self-sufficient hobby.
Year #2 for this blog was even better than the first was when it comes to readership, page views, and reader engagement.
Comments, emails, and subscriptions have come in from readers more frequently; "likes" and "favourites" of my posts by readers no longer come as a surprise; and total page views increased by more than 280% from just under 3,500 in year one to nearly 10,000 in year two.
For these reasons and many more, my desire to write about this great hobby is stronger than it has ever been.
I have some ideas for how I'd like to continue to move things forward when it comes to my writing about the hobby, some of which involve this blog, some of which will involve exploring other options.
Thanks to everyone who has kept me going to this point by reading, by commenting, and by getting in touch by e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter.
I appreciate the support and I hope that you'll continue to follow along as I keep up my pursuit of accomplishing my self-sufficiency goal.
Until Sunday, all the best in your collecting pursuits!
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A youthful skin that defies age, isn't that on the wish list of most around us? Who wouldn't want to turn back time and shed a few years off their face? Many would secretly flip through pages of fashion magazines and browse tips and tricks to look younger.
A few others wouldn't mind resorting to cosmetic treatments to get that enviable younger look. Unfortunately, reality doesn't rely on shortcuts. It's about time we realised the mechanism of the human ageing process and understand its irreversible nature.
Ageing is a gradual process which can be slowed down further, but never stopped. Two people of the same age may look different in terms of their age. This difference is an output of a combination of factors – genetic makeup, heredity traits and lifestyle.
It is said that a beautiful skin usually comes as an inheritance, but it doesn't really stop at that, does it? A lot also depends on how well you protect and safeguard your health. Good genes can't help you if you lead an unhealthy lifestyle.
Right from the time you were born, you have been ageing. But how do you know when age is catching up to you and you are becoming 'old'?
- Dark spots: Dark spots, also called hyper pigmentation are caused by a variety of reasons. It could be caused by sun damage, inflammation, skin injuries or even acne.
- Sagging skin: Ageing as well as the act of gaining and losing weight reduces the tautness of skin and gives an impression of loose skin and a perpetually tired look.
- Dull glow-less skin: Dryness is exacerbated by wind, extremes of temperature and air-conditioning. It causes the skin to flake, chap and feel tight.
- Lines & wrinkles: These are a natural, unavoidable part of ageing. But, young people may get wrinkles way before their time due to excessive damage from the sun or by smoking.
- Dry skin: Apart from being uncomfortable, dry skin creates scaly lines and wrinkles and is not to appealing to look at. Fortunately, most dry skin results from environmental factors that can be wholly or partially controlled.
- Patchy skin: It is generally caused by differences in melanin content in different parts of the skin, but could also be caused by vascular (blood vessels) changes or the growth of foreign organisms on the skin.
- Open pores:Open pores are sometimes referred to as a "strawberry nose". However they can occur anywhere on the face, back, chest or upper arms.


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Dating and marriage customs in russia
If there is a child in the house, it is appropriate to provide him/her with a small gift as well. - Flowers play a much more important role in Ukraine than they do in the West. If you meet your lady's family, be sure to bring flowers to her mother.
Old Fashioned Dating Customs One will find that most Ukrainian women, in Odessa and all other cities in Ukraine, are modern thinking, though they do follow some dating customs which may be considered old-fashioned by Western standards.
Your fiance' may not think this is important or even want you to ask her parents, but at least make the offer.
Remember, if the woman still lives with her parents, you do not want to offend them by failing to respect an old Ukrainian custom.
Be prepared to remove your shoes upon entering a home. Ukrainian Flower Etiquette If you bring flowers, make sure it is an uneven number of flowers and also make sure when you send flowers to your lady that they are uneven to.
Men should not take off their jackets unless asked to do so. In Orthodox churches women wear scarves or hats, and men take off their hats. Don't put your thumb between your first two fingers - this is a very rude gesture.
Most hosts provide their guests slippers, but even if you are not given any, do not insist on walking inside the place of residence with your shoes on. Casual dress is recommended when eating dinner at the home of your special Ukraine woman.
A little knowledge of Ukrainian customs and etiquette could go a long way towards impressing that special Ukrainian woman.You need not show up in elaborate or showy finery, either, unless the occasion specifically calls for your Sunday best.Classic business casuals like dress slacks and button-down oxfords may get the stamp of approval of your Ukraine woman's parents.Starting off on the wrong foot could land your leather-shod paw in your mouth.When in Ukraine, do as well-behaved foreign guests do.


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Cambodia's «Second Angkor Wat» at Banteay Chhmar is slowing returning to life after eight centuries of isolated slumber. A British archaeologist has put together a team if workers and experts who are rebuilding the ancient temples stone by stone. (AP, Phnom Penh)
The World Cup has begun and the globe's football fans have their attention on Brazil. Here in Washington DC, the coach of the top professional team, DC United, recently provided tips on how to play the world's most popular sport. English audio with Khmer-text subtitles. Please watch and read along.


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Have you noticed that keto and low carb themes are increasingly popular on TV and newspapers? Most of the articles are still advocating "healthy" carbohydrates and demonizing saturated fats, but at least they can encourage people to reduce the amount of sugar in their diet.
Some articles though seem to get it right, or almost right.
It's the case with a recent one on news.com.au about an Australian woman who lost more than 50 kg in a year, a remarkable result obtained thank to a strict keto diet. It's interesting to see that the woman was put on keto by her doctor, to help ease her hormone and fertility issue. After being on several medication after giving birth to help with her PCOS, the doctor encouraged her to try a keto diet, with spectacular results.
All good, then? Well, almost.
"The strict ketogenic diet has meant Teresa has cut all carbs in favour of high protein, high fat foods such as oily fish, lean meat, nuts, avocados and eggs". They really can't get this right, can they? The whole idea of avoiding fat is so deeply radicated that the author of the article confuses "fat meat" with "lean meat".
But they'll get there, eventually. Doctors, at least the ones who care, are increasingly curing diabetes, PCOS and autoimmune diseases with low carb or ketogenic diets, lowering the costs for the public health system in the process: everyone win, or at least everyone but the health industry…


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I love all three at the bottom, particularily on the green ground. also, saw you in country living this month :)ReplyDelete
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They are gorgeous - I particularly like the one middle left and the first one too! I'm sure they will be a huge success!ReplyDelete
glad you all like them, i love the faded ones and well spotted rebecca - it is a tiny cushion but i nearly fell off my chair when i saw it!!ReplyDelete
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How To Advertise On Facebook
Starting a new business is not easy. Maintaining an already established business is not easy. It will take a lot of time and effort to create a good and stable business. Modern technologies bring new methods and ways to do things in every aspect of the business, including promotion. After all, people have to find out what do you offer and how to get it, this is where advertising on Facebook can increase your businesses awareness and sales.
Facebook is the largest social network on the planet and, according to that, it can be a great way to promote a business. Unfortunately, there is a very thin line between a good and effective promotion and a boring and annoying spam. If you decide to promote on Facebook, make sure you become a part of a group first. There are several simple steps you can do to assure that.
1. The logical first step is to sign into the social media you want to promote, in this case, Facebook. If you do not have a Facebook account, create one. It is easy and will take only a few minutes. Before you start advertise on Facebook, think well what your goals are and how could you accomplish them. Don't forget to post relevant information about your job on your profile. Make sure there are all contact information so a potential client may contact you. If some information changes, make sure you update it.
2. Create a special Facebook page for your product, service or business; this way you can begin your path in advertising your business on Facebook. Put a link to your website where people can find out more about the product or even buy it. Make sure something is going on a page. Update page regularly, write about the news, and write a blog. Create quizzes, surveys and other contest which will keep people on your page. Stay in touch with people who like your page. Encourage them to visit it regularly. Offer discount or coupons, for example for every member which brings a new member. Do whatever you can to increase the number of visitors and followers.
3. Find some Facebook groups which can be relevant for your business and join them. For example, if you are selling DIY materials, join several groups of DIY fans. Be active and promote your products in your posts, but don't be too aggressive. You may also join a professional group with people who have similar businesses as you.
All those are rather simple steps, but the fact is that if you want to have a good promotion; it will require some time and effort. Creating a Facebook page to advertise your business, and then forgetting about it for months is probably one of the worst things you can do. It would be better not to create a page if you are going to do this way. There is no need to spend whole days on Facebook, but if you check it every day, comment something, leave the latest information, create a contest with some rewards occasionally, leave links to related pages and so on, no doubt advertising on Facebook can be a great way to promote your business.


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This paper describes the work done to facilitate the communication, management, and oversight of the academic year 2006-2007 space IQP's. The team performed these functions by creating a relationship with the other groups through constant interaction. As a result, it should be recognized that the outcome of this project is the culmination of the effort of not one, but many teams. The work that all of these teams, contributed to the overall endeavor documented within this report. In addition to the organization of the other project outcomes into one cohesive report, we continued the group dynamics project that has been taking place over the past few years. The group dynamics study focuses on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator cognitive mixes in the groups as they relate to group performance.
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BAE's final 2016 results are out today – all is as expected. Trading measures up (albeit helped by exchange rates), dividends up and plenty of good news on key projects, particularly the high profile Oman Typhoon and QEC carriers. Both UK projects remain on track to enter delivery and build phase, respectively. All good news for investors and suppliers (c.1,000 UK-based) alike.
Overall, everything appears in good shape for when Charles Woodburn steps up as CEO in June. In many ways, an unenviable position of inheriting some strong pipelines and very buoyant aero, defence and cyber markets (the latter being particularly rapid growth c.12%+ p.a.) There are high expectations...
What's in Charles Woodburn's in tray? High on incoming BAE boss Charles Woodburn's to-do list will be ticking off the things his predecessor failed to - a sale of Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia and delivering the growth levels hoped for from the cyber business.


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It can be a lucrative business, making people laugh. Especially if you're Jerry Seinfeld.
According to a Forbes report, the man whose show about nothing has dominated television schedules for decades, earned more than any other comedian last year.
So what if his eponymous sitcom wrapped in 1998? Seinfeld is like a fine wine, it gets better with age and is totally cool to be consumed midday.
So, just how much does the highest paid comedian take home in a year? According to the report, that's $36 million US between June 2014 and June 2015.
The 61-year-old comedian hasn't been coasting—though with a newly signed, $160 million deal giving the streaming service Hulu rights to Seinfeld, he certainly could afford to coast a bit. His successful web series Comedians in Cars getting Coffee is entering its sixth season, and he continues to do stand-up tours.
Second on the list was Hollywood flavour of the year Kevin Hart, who earned $28.5 million last year. Not bad, Hart, but come back in 30 years when you're ready for the Big Time.


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If you don't see things as a problem, you don't have one. This is the attitude Janne is trying to maintain towards the fact of being raped by the brother-in-law of her new boss. In the aftermath of her private bankruptcy, she needs a job and hates the idea of being a victim. Still, remaining silent about the incident has its consequences.
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There are eleven principles that you can use to help your company adopt trust. The principles can be divided up using the following framework:
Design involves taking a proactive, strategic approach to trust. By designing a holistic trust program, you will have a greater impact than pursuing a series of fragmented initiatives. Understand the needs of your market and prioritize your approach in your planning.
To operationalize your plans, create a roadmap for building trust in terms of value and comfort and publish a set of values that reflect how your organization will use data. Set up a framework for accountability across the organization to make sure that your initiatives are accomplished.
Create new value through trust.
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Security means protecting users' data from misuse or disclosure to internal and external threats. It is foundational to privacy and reliability. Build an effective security infrastructure before you collect your first piece of customer data. Putting off security improvements is simply another way of accruing technical debt, and a dangerous one at that.
Design resilient systems to reduce the impact of an attack.
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Fairness means understanding the impact of your organization on groups and individuals and avoiding outcomes that are corrupt through bad design.
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Technology makes the business world go round. It has enabled a new generation of entrepreneurs, using the latest digital technology, to disrupt old ways of doing business, while streamlining business operations and processes in more established enterprises.
It is has become such a fundamental part of modern business life it's hard to believe that just 30 years ago, entrepreneurs were starting up in business without a computer, mobile phone or Internet connection in sight.
Before the dawn of the PC era, computing was expensive and restricted to mainframes that required a team of intermediaries; analysts, programmers and operators, to get stuff done, explains Ian Truscott, channel director at digital agency MRM Meteorite.
He says: "The PC, email and the mobile phone gave the entrepreneur an instant office. With word processing and self-publishing tools, a start-up could look like a billion dollar business with an accounting department that is simply a spread sheet application."
The start of the technology revolution that transformed business can be traced back to the early 1980s, when the mobile phone, MS–DOS and the Apple Macintosh made their debuts. And for Rob Hunter, founder and managing director of Hunterlodge Advertising it was that era of 80's tech that changed everything.
He says: "I set up my company in 1987 from a portakabin and apart from having to build a dark room to help make printing plates, the only other thing I needed was a telephone. At that time BT quoted eight weeks to put a telephone line in, which was a start-up killing. The only way I could operate was by leasing something called a cell phone, aka a house brick, with the cost almost busting us immediately."
But, within the space of a year, Hunter was substituting his drawing boards for Apple classics and IICX4/80 CIs, and implementing the technology that had the biggest impact on his business operations, the graphical user interface (GUI).
He says: "Although this was innovated in the early 1970s, it wasn't until the brilliant engineers at Apple, led by Steve Jobs, applied the technology to their computers in the 1980s and prompted the start of what was soon to become my 'couldn't live without'. I'm not sure I knew it directly at the time but, looking back, the GUI, and the technologies it spawned throughout the 1990s and onwards, enabled me to streamline all of my business processes, giving me more time to make my business successful."
Read: When new technology wipes out an entire industry
Communication has always been a quintessential part of business operations, and the ability to connect effectively across long distances can be a catalyst for success, especially in today's global marketplace. It explains why the telephone became such an important business tool, followed by the fax, then email in the early 1980s, and the current suite of messaging tools apps and systems that entrepreneurs have at their disposal today.
For Howard Williams, marketing director of Parker Software the advent of email was one of the most significant milestones in the evolution of business communications.
He says: "Email had a huge impact on the business landscape because it broke down the international barriers to communication and trade that had existed previously. There were no expensive phone bills to pay for communicating with a single person or, more importantly, several people simultaneously."
By the early 90s, the digital mobile phone and the digital answering machine – voicemail - had arrived, along with the Pentium processor, which transformed the personal computing space and the speed at which work could get done. By the middle of the decade, CD ROMs had become familiar, and a computer language known as Java was shaping the look of webpages in the exciting new world of the internet.
Read: Five industries set to be shaped by virtual reality
As a new century dawned, the next generation of hardware, software and social media platforms were also making an appearance. Facebook, Firefox, and YouTube, were launched, followed by Twitter, and in 2007, the iPhone. In recent years, businesses have embraced cloud technology, taking flexible working, collaboration and virtual meetings to a new level.
Dr Peter Chadha, CEO of business consultancy DrPete Technology Experts says: "Microsoft 365 or Google Apps for Work for document collaboration with video conferencing on Google Hangouts make remote working more productive and achievable. The Trello or Slack project management software, where a number of people can interact on the same thing at the same time without needing the constant to and fro of versioning, has also transformed the delivery of major projects by teams working remotely, often in different locations."
As for the technology that businesses will embrace in the next few years, all the buzz is around robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) that uses deep thinking algorithms to create robots that will free people up from the mundane elements of their work - and some of the not so mundane. In Japan, robots are already being deployed in hotels and shops to greet customers and perform routine tasks and services.
From bookkeeping to manufacturing, the rise of the robot could mean the days of employing people to complete the VAT returns or man a production line could become a thing of the past. In the not too distant future, says Chadha, robots could be taking notes in meetings, and ensuring that key points are followed up and recorded.
He says: "These same robots could also assess your physiological state, give you a back massage, encourage you to be more mobile, or send you to the doctors."
However, robots can only do what has been 'explained' to them, and while they seem increasingly adept at emulating human behaviours, technology still has some way to go before it can produce a robot that is truly creative and innovative, leaving entrepreneurs feeling relatively safe - for now.
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The views of this blog has gone up. Yep, the readers are back and to be honest I have no fucking clue why. I am feeling very smug. Take that social media. Now my question to you guys; what are you reading me for? Don't answer that, I don't think I want to know. If I do, then I will analyse and try to work out how to give you more of it and then I'm no longer writing for myself but will have sold my soul to you readers and be your slave, working exclusively to keep you reading, and then after a while you will become bored with the repetitive crap and will leave me to go read some little blonde blog with big boobs... I think I am confusing you guys with my ex, please excuse me.
Anyway, I have eleven days left. I am not counting down. Not. I'm just happy I have lasted this long and I am positive I will end this month without caving. Though, if I had been on facebook I may have found this music video a little earlier. Not sure if I like it or that any of it makes sense, but it's EXO and Star Wars so I am going to listen to it non-stop.


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The information provided in the links below should be helpful in finding ways to reduce the negative issues & concerns you may be having with wildlife in the City of Los Angeles. California is wildlife habitat and there will always see a variety of urban mammals & birds here, Please utilize the the links provided to make those sightings a more positive experience and remember that education is key to resolving the vast majority of human & wildlife issues.
Official City of Los Angeles Animal Services Wildlife Program Page
The links below to the Wildlife Facebook Page provides more detailed information on Wildlife Issues, How to make a report, Encounters with Wildlife, Deterrents, Aversion Tactics, Property Alteration to reduce attraction sources:
Wildlife Program Information on Facebook
Wildlife deterrent item checklist & Property Safety around Wildlife
Encounters with Trapping Wildlife, Is it Really Necessary?
The Department of Animal Services does not support nor endorse any specific product or equipment recommendations, nor support or endorse companies that produce products that scare, deter or exclude wildlife. Any brochures, pamphlets, flyer's or email links that are sent or supplied to you are meant to help with ideas you may find useful. Should you decide to purchase any products or services from any source and that product or service should fail to support the claims of the manufacturer or business, The Department of Animal Services cannot be held responsible for that product, claim or service. Please report any broken or dead links. Thank you
City of Los Angeles Animal Services Wildlife Program


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Christ Community Church Ames
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Christ Community Church in Ames, IA is a body of believers seeking to connect people in life-defining relationships in Christ. Whether its following along with sermon notes, catching up on past sermons, engaging in discussions with weekly connect group questions, or staying up-to-date on upcoming events or activities, the Christ Community Church App is the best way for you to engage on Sunday mornings and stay connected throughout the week. With this app you can:
-Stream live or watch past sermons
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-Listen to music, read blog posts, and sign up for connect groups
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-Find sermon related questions for connect group discussions
For more information, visit our website at www.ccames.org
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A lot of individuals who are faced with an aircon repair understand the want to go for expert offerings. Customarily, the repairmen will cross for easy cleaning and maintenance. Regularly cleaning the clear out and grille of the air conditioner enables in improving its longevity and makes it greater green in cooling. At times the aggregation of particles inside the filter obstructs the air ducts making the system ineffective. This difficulty can be resolved with the aid of simply cleansing the air clear out. Some of the common troubles with air conditioners encompass faulty cooling, rattling sound while the unit is shutting down, poor temperature law and accumulation of swimming pools of water.
The most not unusual difficulty that we see with this gadget is associated with cooling, water collection below the device, and ordinary sounds at the same time as turning off the gadget, dysfunctional controlling of temperature and so forth. Some of these problems can be refurbished with the aid of owners without contacting them for technical assistance. The manual of the air conditioner carries several answers to minor problems which may be implemented without problems. Before repairing your air conditioner, the essential component which you need to do is to search for a dependable air-con contractor. These contractors are well aware of the common problems that forestall the machine.
These contractors turn off the energy of the machine even as repairing it. Removing a grille is a simple assignment, but one must take more care if a fan of the system is connected with grille as you may discover in some cooling machines. In addition, ensure that no wires are left unfastened while you take away grille and disconnect fan. If you find that there are some wires that connect fan to the predominant board, the collection must be stored in thoughts so that you can reconnect it later on. There are instances whilst the air conditioner will no longer begin due to a damaged or tripped fuse. Replacing a fuse is a totally smooth and simple venture.
If you do not have any concept about how to restore a fuse, there's nothing to worry as you can find all of the facts approximately it within the device's manual. Therefore, before you contact a mechanic, it's miles advised to locate that whether there's a difficulty with the fuse or now not. Another not unusual problem related with air conditioner is amassing of water beneath the machine. This is probably due to the leakage of any of the pipes within the air conditioner.
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If you're seriously searching out aircon restore services to your surrounding region, there is a huge quantity of repairing provider companies all around. They provide terrific and result-orientated air con offerings for max pride. They are determined to provide heating ventilation, refrigeration, and HVAC offerings to the customer, making sure assured and hassle-loose services. Their broad spectrum of services mainly involves complete AC upkeep, alternative, and installation, ductwork installation, capacitor checking, lubrication of parts and cleaning of condenser coils.
Renowned AC restores facilities are professional in offering whole unit repairing and protection services. They minutely diagnose your system for possible faults and make numerous precious tips for repairing as well as power efficiency. Technicians recognize the cost of money and time and consequently supply their aircon service rates in an immediate and trouble-free manner. They guarantee that your unit will run as effectively as possible, saving you cash and electricity on the equal time. They additionally offer less expensive services to match all budgets.
Skilled HVAC technicians can awareness on the critical electric or mechanical faults and restore them earlier than the device gets absolutely exhausted. They additionally ensure that over the lifestyles of your Air Conditioner & Heating device, you'll never ever experience this type of risky and lifestyles-threatening fault. They opt for to finish their repairing or set up undertaking as soon as feasible with minimum disruption to your regular lives. They help you make higher use of air conditioning devices with the intention to shop power and keep the environment as green & carbon-unfastened as feasible. An AC gadget running in a super circumstance consumes much less energy and lasts longer notably.
Service providers utilize the standardized equipment and gadget so as to repair your machine in a greenway. They take proper care of ductwork, condenser, filters, warmness pumps, air handlers, evaporator coils, lovers, and so forth for improving the general performance of the device. They take a look at the machinery and different vital parts for replacement or cleansing. They work cleverly to maintain indoor air pleasant for secure and healthy residing. This drastically eliminates the problem of airborne illness amongst own family participants.


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Students from all different cultures joined together to dance to Japanese and Latin Zumba in the middle of the Shepherd Union lobby to celebrate culture through dance on March 23.
The students began and ended with traditional Bon-Odori Japanese dance. Bon-Odori folk dancing is inspired by cultural and religious beliefs in the Japanese culture, and its main purpose is to welcome spirits of the dead.
Students formed a circle while dancing to traditional Japanese folk songs. The dances included sweeping and shoveling motions, as it was a way to warm up the students so they could start to dance to the Latin Zumba music.
Most of the Zumba dancing was done to Latin music, but it also included other genres such as country. Mentors from the peer/mentor program, Cindy Mendoza and Karina Torres organized the event and previous events that help people understand and experience different cultures.
"Although we're all different, I think it's important to know other people's views and cultures, so they can understand where they come from," Mendoza said. Torres added to her statement and said, "We really push towards wanting to get more people out there and to get more involved."
Torres urged students to get involved, especially in regards to events at the school. "It's really important learning that there are other ways to learn a culture than just sitting in a lecture meeting. Learning through dance is powerful," Torres said.
Sariah Crowton, dance instructor at Weber State, said that learning other people's cultures and dances is important because "the world is full of diversity, and dancing is a way we can unite."
Crowton explained that in the classes she teaches, there are people from different cultures and backgrounds, and those opportunities allow more people to open up and learn about one another.
"Dancing is something we can all do together that's a positive and healthy activity," Crowton said.
"Sometimes people feel afraid because they aren't sure if they can dance, but it's just trying to move in a different way. Everyone has their own style." Crowton said, "Dance in your own way and express yourself. Let's make a smoothie of flavors."


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Gulf Coast Battening Down in Anticipation of Major Hurricane
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 Cincinnati, OH – Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization in Cincinnati, OH is prepared and ready to respond to Hurricane Michael once it makes landfall later Wednesday.
Hurricane Michael is currently a Category 2 hurricane and is forecast to make landfall as a major hurricane near the Florida panhandle or Florida Big Bend on Wednesday. As Hurricane Michael strengthens, there are emergency declarations in more than 100 counties, stretching 300 miles from Alabama to Florida. It's expected to create a life-threatening storm surge, flooding rainfall, heavy winds, and widespread power outages. If the current models are correct, Michael could be the strongest hurricane to hit Florida's Panhandle Gulf Coast in 13 years according to the National Weather Service.
Matthew 25: Ministries is carefully monitoring the storm and preparing our Disaster Response vehicles and team for a possible deployment. Matthew 25's Disaster Response Fleet includes two Tide Loads of Hope Mobile Units that can do up to 300 loads of laundry a day, an Ice Unit that can produce up to 10,000 pounds of ice a day as well as two customized panel trucks that are loaded with supplies such as P&G personal care kits, household and cleaning products, Cintas first aid and safety kits and supplies, and additional items such as Pampers diapers, Charmin toilet paper, Tide Pods, and tarps.
"This hurricane is growing rapidly and has the potential to be a very dangerous and damaging storm," said Matthew 25's CEO Tim Mettey. "We are prepared to respond as soon as the path of the storm becomes clear we are able to reconnect with our partners on the ground to ensure they are able to receive supplies. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who may be affected by this disaster."
Matthew 25's Disaster Response Team just returned from the Carolinas, where they spent almost three weeks providing disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Florence. Additionally, Matthew 25 has shipped more than 18 truckloads (over 325,000 pounds) of aid to partners in the hurricane disaster areas with more shipments of aid scheduled over the coming weeks.
For the most current information on Matthew 25's response, please visit our website at www.m25m.org or follow Matthew 25 on Facebook and Twitter.
Matthew 25: Ministries accepts cash, credit card and internet donations for ongoing disaster aid and humanitarian relief programs. More than 99% of Matthew 25: Ministries' cash and in-kind donations go toward programs. All designated funds are used for the purpose intended. Matthew 25 also welcomes volunteers six days a week at their Blue Ash facility. For the most up-to-date information about Matthew 25: Ministries' humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts please contact Joodi Archer or Mary Tignor at (513) 793-6256 or visit their website at www.m25m.org. Follow Matthew 25: Ministries on Facebook facebook.com/m25m.org, Pinterest pinterest.com/m25m/, Instagram instagram.com/m25m_org and Twitter twitter.com/M25M_org.
ABOUT MATTHEW 25: MINISTRIES: Matthew 25: Ministries rescues and reuses approximately 15,000,000 pounds of corporate discontinues, misprints, overruns, off-spec, slightly damaged, returned and past season products each year and redistributes them to people in desperate need throughout the US and worldwide. Each year, Matthew 25: Ministries impacts the lives of more than 20,000,000 individuals throughout the United States and around the world. More than 99% of Matthew 25: Ministries' cash and in-kind donations go toward programs. Matthew 25 has been highly ranked on Forbes' list of the Most Efficient Large Charities in the US. Matthew 25 is also highly ranked of approximately 3,000 four star charities on Charity Navigator. Matthew 25: Ministries is accredited by the Better Business Bureau through the "Wise Giving Alliance Standards. For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact Joodi Archer or Mary Tignor at Matthew 25: Ministries (513) 793-6256 or visit www.m25m.org.Return to Press Center


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- 300% increase in comment engagement, with a focus on News.
- 25% increase in freelance submissions from journalists in the UK and USA
- 12% increase in PR submissions to Al Bawaba Business
- Increasing requests for partnerships from US and UK tech and media events and programs.
Founded in 2000, Al Bawaba is the largest independent digital news platform and network in the Middle East.
Al Bawaba enjoys the most substantive content licensing system in the Arab World and their cutting edge journalism technology enabled them to build a unique community which continues to grow at a rapid pace.
Al Bawaba contacted Vardot to rebuild and revamp their digital experience in a bid to solidify their reputation as the most pioneering digital news and entertainment networks in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Robust Digital Asset Management (DAM)
Being a digital news and media platform naturally demands that Al Bawaba needed a robust digital asset management solution that enables technical scalability. They intended to continue on growing their already sizeable content and reach much higher volumes of multimedia content.
Search Engine Optimization
Ad revenue is a critical issue for digital businesses in the news and media sector and as such they needed to ensure that their website's SEO doesn't suffer or drop when they intend to launch their new website.
As of early 2019, they had over 850,000 articles indexed with Google which meant that data migration was a key factor to consider.
A Digital Content Publishing CMS
Al Bawaba is the largest independent producer and distributor of content in the Middle East servicing clients from Dubai's e-Government to Panasonic and MBC.
They are expanding their already sizeable team of researchers, journalists, editors and developers and as such required a CMS and framework that enables them to run a smooth original content publishing process with identified roles.
An Optimized Digital Experience
As an independent news and entertainment platform; Al Bawaba focuses on engagement and values their readers' interaction rather than just publishing headlines.
Their diverse community of readers is growing and as such they needed to create an intuitive UX design* that boasts features that made reader engagement and interaction simpler across all devices and browsers.
"The new concept emphasizes original content, premium long-form research, expanded visibility for Op-Eds and a nascent infrastructure for paying subscribers. At a time when many publishers are exploring AI and automating the news feed, we're focusing on original content" - John Lillywhite, Executive Publisher @ Al Bawaba
Layout Builder
In a bid to create a more dynamic experience for the readers of Al Bawaba; we implemented Layout Builder. Layout Builder is unique in that it can work with structured and unstructured content, and with templated and free-form pages.
Layout Builder is unique in offering a single, powerful visual design tool for the following three use cases:
- Layouts for templated content. The creation of "layout templates" that will be used to layout all instances of a specific content type (e.g. blog posts, product pages).
- Customizations to templated layouts. The ability to override these layout templates on a case-by-case basis (e.g. the ability to override the layout of a standardized product page)
- Custom pages. The creation of custom, one-off landing pages not tied to a content type or structured content (e.g. a single "About us" page).
Practical Digital Asset Management
In the process of upgrading Al Bawaba to Drupal 8; we replaced their Drupal 6 Entity browser with an upgraded and customizable media library that enables content publishers, editors and/or admins to manage and access digital assets (videos, images and etc.) easier than ever.
Due to their extensive library of digital assets and files; Al Bawaba needed a more practical method of retrieving the desired digital file when needed.
The previous media library of digital files needed to be browsed thoroughly to identify the desired image or video. This cumbersome task could potentially take up to 10 minutes from the content publishing process.
As such; we patched the Drupal 8 media library to provide Al Bawaba with:
Faster loading… potentially saving valuable content publishing time.
Convenient file preview… enabling quicker file identification.
With the new Drupal 8 media library; Al Bawaba can now identify and use the video or image they need in under 30 seconds.
Customized Newswire
Al Bawaba has their own dedicated newswire system called Syndigate.
They use this system to import a daily feed of at least 100,000 articles across the world in 3 different languages - English, Arabic and French. In order to optimize and multiply their traffic from content publishing; they needed an efficient solution that enables them to parse relevant content from Syndigate and publish it on their website.
To address this; we integrated Drupal with Syndigate to enable them to seamlessly integrate content from Syndigate into their content publishing and management process with one click and without opening a new tab to browse the content on the original source website.
Content Migration
Digital frailty is an issue that all journalism agencies are concerned with. It refers to the permanent loss of published content and articles.
Al Bawaba had almost 1,000,000 nodes that needed to be migrated intact from the old Drupal 6 website to the new Drupal 8 website. A challenging prospect for anyone tasked with migrating this massive amount of content.
Extra care and consideration was paid to ensure that all content was migrated safely with at least a 99.99% success rate.
Powerful Search
The website search now features the best-in-class Apache Solr 7 search engine which enables an effective search experience for Al Bawaba's visitors.
An Apache Solr 7 engine feature was also added to Al Bawaba's dedicated newswire system. Rather than browsing through the massive amount of articles they receive daily; editors now can find the specific search result amongst millions of searchable items.
Automated Semantics
Tags are an essential feature for a platform that relies on content publishing. Tags are also a critical on-site SEO factor that Google considers important to the user's news and content consumption experience.
We utilized OpenCalais (provided by Thomson Reuters) so that Al Bawaba are able to publish articles with automatically generated tags relevant to the article.
A practical and time-saving solution in their content publishing arsenal.
However; OpenCalais generates and adds tags in one single field, which could lead to the website's performance suffering from the heavy load eventually.
As such; we addressed this potential concern by patching OpenCalais to categorize each tag generated in a separate field.
This patch provided the following benefits:
A stronger website search thanks to categorized tags.
Performance of the website will not suffer due to the distribution of tags across numerous fields.
Tailored Content Publishing User Experience
As a digital content publishing platform; Al Bawaba has the strategic advantage of utilizing Uberpublisher. Built on Drupal, Uber Publisher allows publishers to control the way their content is experienced.
From layout management, custom workflows, integrations, to an app store with growing features Uber Publisher provides a full solution that allows digital news and media platforms to focus on crafting their narratives.
Uberpublisher is AMP supported and integrated with essential UX features such as Disqus and Yoast SEO.
Contextual ad placement is also a built-in intelligent feature of Uberpublisher as ad revenue has become a key aspect of monetization and revenue generation for digital news platforms.
Enjoying full control over the process; editors at Al Bawaba can easily manage the ad placement process without compromising the quality of the reader's experience.
Op-Eds / Long-form articles
Al Bawaba wanted to launch their new digital experience with a focus on original content and long-form articles such as Op-Eds in a bid to humanize the content publishing process and experience for their community of readers.
Given that Al Bawaba is ultimately built on Varbase, a built in paragraph module enabled Al Bawaba to publish long-form articles such as Op-Eds, that feature multimedia content such as videos and images which enriched the user experience across all devices.


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I'm Ashamed of Myself
That's right, I'm a tad ashamed of myself. This week is championship week, and I must admit that I struggle to stay interested in the lesser conference championships. It's not because I don't respect the talent at that level--heck, I've been to a ton of UWM games this year, and they've really filled a void for me, given my lack of access to Wisconsin tickets, and the fact that Marquette isn't having the most exciting year in the world. I think what's missing from the mid-major championships is a lack of a rooting interest for me. All that said, after I got home from Sam's Club, where I bought about 8 gallons of Tilex for around $4.99, I did sit through the overtime period for Virginia Commonwealth and Old Dominion. Although, that was primarily because it was interesting to see that Virginia Commonwealth coach and former Duke guard Jeff Capel was not only coaching against the the school that his father used to coach at, but he had also put on some weight and grown a bad goatee since his playing days. It also didn't hurt that a player got viciously clotheslined about 2 minutes after I sat down to watch the game.
So, I'm not much of a pure basketball fan. If you can forgive me for that, here are some other random thoughts, in no particular order:
1) Though I may suck during the mid-major championships, you should check out the Mid-Majority for someone who's enthused about the early part of this week. I've referenced Mid-Majority before, but the guy who runs it is really one of the better writers around, and this week is like Christmas to him, so it's definitely worth a stop by.
2) Good feature on Jerry Smith last night on Milwaukee's Channel 12 news. I've got it DVR'd if anyone wants to come over and watch it. Tosa East coach George Haas made one comment indicating that Smith was the best star player that he's worked with, high praise considereing that Haas has worked wtih two future NBA players (Devin Harris and Tony Smith). They even show some archival footage of Tony Smith from the mid-1980s, which was particularly interesting for me, because one player in the background was wearing what would eventually be my hand-me-down JV uniform. Yep, that's the closest I ever got to NBA greatness.
3) A trip to Milwaukee Public Schools headquarters for WIAA Sectional 8 tickets this morning left me frustrated, as the plan to have tickets available to the public there today had changed. I'm hoping to see Pius vs. Wauwatosa East, two teams that met for their first game of the season and played a thriller that ended in a one-point win at the buzzer for Pius. My normal ticket source tells me that only 550 tickets were distributed to each school to sell for the games at Wisconsin Lutheran College. It seems sort of counter-intuitive to me that an earlier round game got moved to a larger gym because two schools involved could each sell more than their 750 allocated tickets, but now a game that is, at least in theory, bigger because it's in a later round only allows for 550 tickets per school. Given that 5 of the 8 division one sectionals in the state play their sectional semi-finals at separate locations, I can think of at least one simple solution to fix the severe ticket shortage. As of yet, I haven't heard any news on the issue, though, so for now, I'm just assuming that I'll be watching West Allis Hale or Waukesha North play on Friday night. They're not my first choices, but at least Sectional 8 isn't the only game in town.
4) We have a new winner for most unfair preliminary state tournament game this year. Oshkosh West and Wisconsin Rapids square off in a sectional semi-final on Friday night. Both teams are undefeated. I already feel bad for Wisconsin Rapids, as they ran the table, and were rewarded with a #2 seed in their regional. Now one of these two teams will lose for the first time this weekend, and this single lapse in perfection will end their season. Now that's harsh.
It's off to the Horizon League finals tonight. Hopefully I'll have a roundup tomorrow, but no guarantees, as I've got a bit of a cold, and the game's late tonight.