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Have you heard? The lovely sisters Elsie and Emma, who write A Beautiful Mess blog, now have their very own photo editing app! The "Beautiful Mess" girls always have the cutest pictures on their blog and are known to edit and style with a vintage and whimsical feel. This is exactly what the app provides. There are various filters, borders, text and doodles you can add to your pictures.
I woke up yesterday and the first thing I did was download the app. I have had so much fun adding text and boarders to my pictures. It gives them a little something extra that is so fun! Once you edit your picture it instantly saves to your camera roll or allows you to easily share to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or email!
Here are some of Elsie and Emma's examples!
images via A Beautiful Mess
Here are a couple of my edited pictures.
#Abeautifulmess is now available in the app store for iphone, ipod touch and ipad. You have to have at least iOS 6 and wifi to download it. It does cost $0.99 but it is so worth it.
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Monday, August 6th
leaving Free Cycles @ 8:30am & returning by 6:30pm
10am-1pm in Pablo
(SKC Campus)
2pm-5pm in Pablo
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Free Cycles and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are partnering once again provide bicycles, education and engagement to the Flathead reservation. An old school bus gutted outfitted with stands, tools, parts, and bikes will serve 11 different home sites in the area throughout the summer of 2018. A combination of staff and volunteers will serve for 3 hour increments at different home sites, teaching people how to fix their bicycle and providing free bicycles for kids in need.
Please contact Emily at email@example.com if you are interested in volunteering. Must have experience working with kids, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn. No previous bicycle experience is required. Lunch and snacks will be provided for volunteers.

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Pavement Recycling: Segments II & III
Segments II and III Base Pavement Goes Green
VDOT is utilizing environmentally-friendly processes and recycled materials in both Segment II and Segment III of the I-64 Widening Project, called Cold Central Plant Recycling and Full Depth Reclamation.
VDOT's research division, the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC) will study the performance of the pavement recycling techniques by placing a forty-foot section of instrumentation sensors in the right wheel path of the right lane during the construction. The sensors will allow researchers to observe the pavement's performance during its service life and quantify the response to truck loading. By confirming the performance of these sections during the service life, VDOT will be able to quickly implement these recycling techniques on other projects.
According to VTRC, this is one of the largest pavement recycling projects in the U.S. right now, and will result in an estimated $15 million cost savings total for Segments II and III.
Cold Central Plant Recycling
Cold Central Plant Recycling (CCPR) is being used as part of pavement construction for the new lanes being added to I-64, as well as on the existing lanes that are being reconstructed. CCPR uses reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) created from the road millings of construction projects around the region.
To make the CCPR material, RAP and fine stone aggregate are fed into a mobile mixing plant, where the materials are bound together using foamed asphalt and cement, producing up to 220 tons of product per hour. This CCPR mixture is dispensed into dump trucks and hauled to the project site, where crews pave the CCPR on top of an open-graded drainage layer and a subbase layer of FDR material or recycled crushed concrete. In total, these first layers of the pavement structure have a total thickness of nearly 18 inches and are almost entirely produced from recycled materials.
Millions of tons of RAP exist in stockpiles around the state. Not only does using CCPR on this project help reduce stockpiles of existing RAP materials, it also reduces the overall cost of project materials and environmental impacts.
Wacth a video showing the CCPR process being used on Segment II below:
Full Depth Reclamation (FDR)
Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) will be used as part of the reconstruction for the existing lanes to create the pavement foundation. As part of the FDR process, the existing pavement foundation is pulverized and mixed with cement onsite, and then recompacted into a subbase layer in the roadway. Costs and environmental impacts are reduced by reusing the already available material.
The FDR process is also being used in the new lanes for the recycled crushed concrete subbase layer, which is using imported crushed concrete from other projects. The FDR layer will be covered by a layer of CCPR material.
In the News:
"Recycling Efforts Save Virginia DOT Over $15M on I-64 Rebuild"
Asphalt Contractor Magazine, June 2018
"There's more to I-64 widening project than extra lanes"
Daily Press, August 7, 2017


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Your hosts Christine and Graeme are passionate about animals and animal welfare.
Both have years of experience with animals having owned, handled, bred, trained or shown domestic and farm animals, including cats, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, alpaca, sheep and horses.
Christine has gained Cerificates in Animal Health Care and Pet Psychology, and both Christine and Graeme have current Pet First Aid certificates.
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The sweet smell of Liz Earle's latest success
Discover Botanical Essence No. 1 at the Chelsea Flower Show this week After such a late spring, the world is bursting into bloom right now – and nowhere more so than Chelsea, where the annual floral festival is under way. (It opens to the public today.)
It would be a pretty apt time for any brand to launch an extravagant floral fragrance – but there's a nice story behind Liz Earle Botanical Essence No. 100. It actually celebrates the 100th birthday of the Chelsea Flower Show, the highlight of the Royal Horticultural Society's calendar, and is launched in partnership with the RHS.
Created by gifted French perfumer Alienor Massenet, it's a fabulous contemporary fragrance which really does give the sense that you're walking into a florist's shop. Think: an uplifting opening 'whoosh' of mandarin and bergamot, softening to notes of orange flower, Damask rose and Indian jasmine, all underpinned by cypress, sandalwood and Bourbon vanilla. And – a real achievement for a fine fragrance – it's over 90% derived from naturals.
In a fragrance world that sets out to shock, the trio of Liz Earle fragrances (you may already know Botanical Essences No. 1 and No. 15) have an incredibly wide appeal - because they're quite simply beautiful smells. Nothing quirky, or too daring: just bottled gorgeousness. Contemporary – but classic, at the same time.
Liz's last fragrance, Botanical Essence No. 15, just scooped a FiFi Award from The Fragrance Foundation as 'Perfume Extraordinaire 2012'.
Can't wait till next year's judges get their nostrils round this florabundant new classic...
UK readers find Liz Earle Botanical Essence No. 100 at The Chelsea Flower Show/£47 for 50 ml – or buy here online


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Given that it's our eldest daughter's sixth birthday this week, and the fact she's been in and out of childcare since ten months old, you'd think we'd be pro's at World book day fancy dress by now.
But you'd be wrong. By some twist of fate or another, we have dodged World Book Day fancy dress every single time. Non nursery days, sick days, pre-school forest school days and reception year at school opting for a 'pyjama world book day' instead.
This year, 2018, we're making up for lost time and we're doing the world book day double.
So how does a beginner tackle World Book Day?
What is World Book Day anyway?
Basically it's a celebration of reading for children, (often wrapped up in a fancy dress extravaganza at schools and nurseries) for kids to enjoy (and parents to panic about), world over, on Thursday 01 March. We love books though, so we are all for it – if it gets the kids excited about their favourite books, it can only be a good thing.
As well as dressing up and activities at school, children should receive a book token tot exchange for a book of their choice (in the WBD range, or a discount from a full price book) in participating bookstores.
The Official World Book Day website has a load of information and inspiration for reading related activities and how to get kids excited about books, it's well worth a visit: www.worldbookday.com
The options
Easy Peasy Supermarket Spree-zy
Since the explosion of world book day, the big names on the grocery world have tapped in on it. So basically if you're prepared to put your hand in your pocket for a synthetic ready made world book day get up, head down to Sainsburys, Tescos, Asda or Morrisons and shop till you drop. Down sides are that your kiddo probs won't be winning any prizes for originality or effort, but hey, you'll be stress free and good to go this thursday.
The craft queen
There will always be a Mum, Nan or two who is a bit of a whizz on the' sewing machine who can whip up am amazing home crafted hungry caterpillar costume that will put everyone else to shame. Love them or hate them, no one can deny that is 'A for effort' or 'T for too much time on their hands'. I would secretly love to be one of these mums, but I just can't get past the idea board stage, which is an issue. Plus, my last sewing project of doll making for the girls ended up a frightening voodoo doll situation – god only knows what I'd send them to school looking like…
The disney princess
Hands up, I used to be a bit judgey about Mums who sent their kids to school on World Book Day wearing a princess dress. BUT now, I see the error of my ways. Then, I was internally screaming 'Thats a movie not a book'. Now, I'm mentally giving her a high five and hollering 'I hear ya'. They're happy, you're happy, does it really matter? And I'm sure every Disney princess movie started off as some folk story book, didn't it? And if it didn't, who can argue that most kids have a princess / toy story / [insert Disney movie here] book on their bookshelf.
I guess the happy medium is somewhere down the middle. If you can rummage around your house for some household items you have a home made World Book day costume, without the hassle cost or drama. Best one I've seen to date was a Superhero costume converted into a Super potato costume with a few home made badges. Amazing.
Struggling for ideas? Here's a few suggestions…
Oliver Twist – Cut up old shirt and trousers, roll child around in dirt. (More than usual)
Angelina Ballerina – Use your childs ballet outfit, draw on a mouse nose and whiskers, fashion ears out of paper /card /felt / whatever you can find and a headband.
Where's Wally – Red and white stripey top, hat and glasses.
Pippy Longstockings – Long socks and long plaits
Matilda – Blue dress, plaits
Bruce Bogtrotter (From Matilda) Chocolate cake face, pillow up jumper
Gangster Granny – Old lady clothes and an eye mask
Paddington Bear – Duffle coat, hat and wellies
Avoid too many props as remember they have to make it through a day at school!
So, as you can tell, my creative mind for this isn't on point…and by now you're probably leaving it a little late, so here's the best tip I know:
Get in touch with a friend or family member with a child a year or two older than yours, and ask to borrow last years costume.
Or, there is always Oliver Twist…
Good luck…and remember the main thing is to get your kids involved in the love of books, so take them with you on the crazy ride of world book day dress up; get them to help choose, create and muddle through it. If you manage that, and you get them excited about thinking of their favourite characters from their book collection then you are winning at World Book Day.
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"The Mashiach's Greeting Party"
...It was at the seudas mitzvah following the [Hachnasat Torah] procession that the assemblage heard a most poignant thought from the revered mashgiach, Rav Matisyahu Salomon. The mashgiach opened his address by publicly thanking HaKadosh Baruch Hu for the extraordinary progress that his rebbetzin has made since she sustained a heart attack this past summer. "I am in a situation of hodaah," he said, "and I wish to share something personal with you."
"One evening, when my rebbetzin was in the hospital, I dozed off as I sat by her bedside. I am not one who dreams, or remembers dreams, but I had the most vivid vision of the great rosh yeshivah, Rav Aharon Kotler. He looked exactly as he did when I saw him as a bochur in Gateshead, burning with fire and intensity."
...The mashgiach choked back a sob as he continued. "He looked right at me, and pointed his finger towards me. 'You...if you accept upon yourself to remain in Lakewood as mashgiach until Mashiach's arrival, then your rebbetzin will be cured and together with her, you will welcome Mashiach.'"
And the mashgiach turned to the awestruck audience. "Rabosai! he said until Mashiach comes! And I am not a young man anymore! Let's be prepared...."
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this is a great story. thank you for posting it.ReplyDelete
My name is Yisroel Killian. I live in Atlanta, GA I just this morning Dec 6, 2009 gave Rabbi Shmuel Hiller a ride to the Atlanta airport as he was traveling back home to NY. I asked him if he had heard about this dream, and he told me that he was there and heard it DIRECTLY FROM THE MOUTH OF RAV SALOMON, and I came home and read this post about the bedside dream and it is EXACTLY AS RABBI SHMUEL HILLER TOLD IT TO ME 20 MINUTES EARLIER!! May He come speedily in our days. Amen V'Amen!!!ReplyDelete
This adds a few more details to what I posted here.
Sorry, yaak. When I read this on Shabbat, I did not relate it to what you had written earlier.ReplyDelete
Some of us are meant to spread Torah in the diasporah before going back home to Eretz YisraelReplyDelete


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| The Treasure Is All Mine!
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The Treasure Is All Mine! (Japanese: 危険がいっぱい!コジロウの宝箱!! Full of Danger! Kojirō's Treasure Chest!!) is the 153rd episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 619th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on November 26, 2009 and in the United States on April 17, 2010.
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While on their way to Daybreak Town for the next Pokémon Contest, Ash and Dawn decide to have a practice battle. When Ash's Monferno accidentally dug up a buried treasure chest. Meanwhile, the treasure chest gang (which is really a disguised Team Rocket) shows up, attempting to steal the chest Ash holds. They soon reveal themselves to them, but before they could steal the chest, Ash then commands Pikachu to use Thunderbolt which sends Team Rocket blasting off. When they land, James remembered that he used to own the treasure chest, the team agrees to retrieve the item again. Ash and his friends make their way when suddenly Team Rocket shows up once more and tries to tell them that the treasure chest were once James' belongings back in his youth.
Ash and his friends are not convinced, and Brock, saying that if the chest really belongs to James, he should be able to open it. James accepts the challenge and tries a variety of attempts and passwords to open the chest. But after trying thrice incorrectly, a red light suddenly glows in the box's security system screen and when they think that they can open the box, a cannon suddenly came out of the box's upper cover. James tells them that the security system activates when you get three wrong answers. He tells them to run but only to be blasted off by a laser fired by the cannon. Ash and his friends find themselves in a mansion, opened up by automatic gates. A butler came running to get the chest and revealed that the chest belongs to Master James, the James of Team Rocket, proving this by an art of James' pet, Growlie, below the chest. Dawn asks if the James the butler was looking was the same James from Team Rocket, Ash and Brock tells Dawn that James is from a rich family. James, seeing this, predicts an upcoming disaster if he were to be found by his butler, Sebastian. Sebastian then wiould call his mother and father along with Jessiebelle. James come up with the plan of retrieving the treasure chest once more without being discovered by his butler Sebastian. Dawn wonders why James joined Team Rocket at the first place, Brock replied that maybe James was looking for his freedom.
Sebastian offer a meal to Ash and his friends for finding master James' treasure chest. But before Sebastian were to ask them where they found the chest, Jessiebelle (a disguised Jessie), along with her companions (a disguised James and Meowth) arrived at the mansion. When Ash and his friends finds out, Ash says that the name sounds familiar to him, Brock remembered that she is James' fiancée. The disguised Jessie told Sebastian that James ask her to get the treasure chest back for him and that James has returned. The disguised Meowth commands Ash to return the treasure chest, but before they could return back the chest, Growlie suddenly appeared and figured out James' scent. Growlie jump toward the disguised James and unravel his true identity which surprises everyone. But then, Sebastian brought out his Spinarak and commands it to use String Shot at James for him to be handed over to his father. James took out his Mime Jr. and commands it to use Teeter Dance, he presses a button in a wall for Sebastian and Spinarak to fall through a trap. James explains them why he wants to retrieve the chest. He told them that it happens when he was very young, when he met Jessiebelle and that she was his first love, he wrote a letter saying that he wants to marry Jessiebelle. He is embarassed if someone read the letter before her, when suddenly his parents was standing beside him, his parents present him a gift that is the treasure chest and his father made it himself. His mother told him that he was invited in Jessiebelle's house that night and to tell her what he truly feels for her. Then he places the letter inside the chest so that no one but Jessiebelle can read the letter, when he was about to give the chest, Jessiebelle already knew what he's planning to do and decides to marry him. But when Jessiebelle requested James to replace Growlie with a Skitty, he then refuse and decides to cut off their wedding, James found out how selfish Jessiebelle was, he doesn't want to marry Jessiebelle inexchange of his best friend. He commands Growlie to use dig and bury his treasure chest. Later, they found out that Jessiebelle is making her way into James' mansion. Jessiebelle commands her guards to guard the mansion so that James cannot escape. When Jessiebelle entered the mansion, she was welcomed by Sebastian and lead her to a secret passageway connected to an underground tunnel the mansion. Ash and his friends along with Team Rocket, trying to escape using the underground secret passageway, was later being found out by Jessiebelle and Sebastian. When they succesfully come out of the tunnel, Jessiebelle and Sebastian was trapped inside, Ash and his friends places tons of big rocks at the exit so that they can't follow up to James.
James, Jessie and Meowth attempt to guess the password but they got it all wrong, the chest transforms into a robot that fires a beam but they were saved by Growlie. James told Growlie to use Flamethrower to break the chest, but the robot, apparently unaffected, then transformed into a smaller one and fired a missile that hit Growlie. When the robot fired another two missiles, Growlie dodges them all then uses Dig, damaging the chest robot. James commanded Growlie to use Flamethrower, this time hitting the treasure chest, the chest returns to its normal form and then transforms into a rocketship, the rocketship chest flies up into the sky, never to return again. Back inside the tunnel, Jessiebelle commands her Vileplume to use SolarBeam, and the attack opens the exit, blasting both Ash and Brock in the process. Jessiebelle told them that the wedding ceremony was fixed and his father and mother are there too. James comes up with a plan, he tells the gang that he needs Ash's Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on them so he can escape Jessiebelle.
Ash agrees with his plan and Pikachu uses its Thunderbolt on Team Rocket, which sends them blasting off. James and Meowth were surprised when they saw that Jessiebelle was with them and not Jessie, Jessie was the one left and Jessiebelles' guards mistook Jessie as Jessiebelle. Ash and his friends then make their way towards the next city, while James and Meowth are being chased off by Jessiebelle.
Major events
Pokémon debuts
- Ash
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Jessiebelle
- Sebastian
- Jessiebelle's bodyguards
- James's parents (flashback)
- Party guests (flashback)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Monferno (Ash's)
- Growlithe (James's)
- Vileplume (Jessiebelle's)
- Spinarak (Sebastian's)
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Snorunt
- This episode marks one of the very few times when Team Rocket wants to be blasted off.
- This is Growlie's first appearance since its debut. The same can be said about James's parents, though they only appear in flashback.
- There were 571 episodes between Jessiebelle's first appearance and this one, which to this date is the longest time between a particular human character's first and second physical appearances within the show (while she did appear in Two Degrees of Separation!, it was only in one of James's flashbacks).
- Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, and The Rise of Darkrai is used in this episode.
- The English title of this episode is a reference to, "the pleasure is all mine".
- In the dub, Jessiebelle ended the episode saying the same line she ended with in Holy Matrimony, "You're not running properly!"
- In James's mansion, the trio are sitting in couches discussing how James got into Team Rocket. In the first "clip", the wall behind Brock has a drawer up against it. In the next "clip", (at a different angle) the pattern on the wall has changed, and the drawer is gone.
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With 48% of businesses experiencing a talent shortage, Cybersecurity for the Next Generation calls on students and young specialists worldwide to take on the challenge
WOBURN, MA – October 19, 2017 — /BackupReview.info/ — In an effort to address the IT security talent shortage, and with one of the biggest pools of extraordinarily talented experts around the world, Kaspersky Lab has teamed up with partners such as Dassault Systems, PWC and Schlumberger to create a talent discovery program, named Cybersecurity for the Next Generation. The program targets students and young specialists, with and without a security background, and the winner will take home a $10,000 grant.
The lack of IT security talent remains a prevalent issue for businesses around the world. One third of companies last year admitted that improving their in-house security expertise is among the top three priorities of their IT security investment, and 48 percent said they experience a talent shortage.
Cybersecurity for the Next Generation invites participants to tackle real tasks, provided by all involved partners, and if successful, solutions may be implemented in business. PWC, for example, is looking for a solution to automatically aggregate and analyze security-related news on social media. Schlumberger is looking for a concept to secure data storage in the Schlumberger private cloud. Some of the scenarios are not very technical; for example, Kaspersky Lab is looking for two gamified approaches to explaining and teaching security in healthcare, banks and retail.
"IT security has become a central element of our digital lives, but it is not necessarily a topic that attracts a large pool of talent – although people working in the industry can expect secure, highly-paid and challenging jobs," said Todd Helmbrecht, senior vice president of marketing, Kaspersky Lab North America. "With this program, we want to demonstrate how interesting and diverse the field is and uncover talent that has so far been hidden. Experts are needed across all industries, and we believe that it is part of our mission to find more talent and let businesses benefit from a broader pool of experts."
Contestants can participate in groups of up to three and hand in their applications before October 25 at https://securitynextgen.com. An expert jury will then choose finalists to be invited to the contest finals, which will be held in Prague on December 5 and 6.
The winner of the contest will receive a grant of $10,000, the second place will have the opportunity to attend the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit and the third place winner will be sent to a professional conference on information security. In addition, there are special prizes from the contest's partners, including internships, gadgets and other useful gifts.
The full list of tasks and partners is as follows:
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4. System for detection of external online communication channels / Gazprom Neft
5. Intrusion detection based on data mining / Kaspersky Lab
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7. Prevention of industrial espionage / Dassault Systems
8. Kaspersky interactive protection simulation – Healthcare scenario / Kaspersky Lab
9. Kaspersky cyber safety management game – Healthcare | Bank | Retail scenario / Kaspersky Lab
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See it all in one day. Visit and explore a unique, hidden Sea Cave, James Bond Island, enjoy a delicious Thai and seafood lunch at the Sea Gypsy Village which is built entirely on stilts above the water, be tantalized by the exciting, exclusive sea kayaking tour through the caves and spectacular Islands.Activities you will take part in:
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text: Steve Goodwin April 15, 2016 Good Week/Bad Week in Branding Steve Goodwin April 15, 2016 Good Week: J.C. Penney – The department store goes after what it sees as an underserved market in announcing the launch of its first in-house line of plus-size clothing for young women. Aimed at re-energizing the once-mighty retail brand, the move follows a similar plus-sized play by Target last year. (And yes: I'm aware that "underserved" is an ironic concept here).Bad Week: The Soft Drink Industry – A report issued this week by research firm Mintel showed that nearly 25% of Americans reported ordering less soda in restaurants than they did one year ago, marking the 15th consecutive year of decline. Beyond bad news for Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the continuing slump is hurting restaurant chains, where the profit margin on soft drinks is particularly high. (In the world of soda, "underserved" means opting for the half-gallon "small" vs. the two-gallon "large.")


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Would you integrate in deja-dup/Backup a way to intuitively backup and restore Ubuntu (Touch) Phones?
Hi everyone,
First of all, let me say that I absolutely love the Backup (deja-dup) tool which really makes Ubuntu Desktop into a grown up and usable OS. I would love to switch phonewise to Ubuntu as well. However, I see that there is not a great way to back up folders and/or system states to have a full restore of the phone. This is one of the few things that are keeping me from using Ubuntu Touch just now.
I was just wondering if you (the developers) had been thinking about adding possibilities for Ubuntu phones in deja-dup?
Thanks again for the great and above all USABLE program! :)
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By the way, I'm realizing that making the phone/tablet backup function fully dependent on a desktop might not be the best option. Would be cool if it could make backups standalone as well as on a desktop. Where standalone means just attaching a storage medium (flashdrive) directly to the phone/tablet or via a network connection. These are basically the functions that Deja Dup on desktop has right now.
I do not know of any plans to port Déjà Dup to the Ubuntu Phone. Given the current state of the project I doubt that this will happen in the near future.
Although, this is an Open Source project and if someone writes a port for the Ubuntu Phone and makes a serious commitment to keep it up to date this might be appreciated by the team.
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Category Archives: Property Valuation Services
What can bring drastic change in the working of valuation?
Entire process of valuation is made suiting the needs and requirements of the people. Once the needs and requirements of the people are known after that various sorts of plans can be made upon it that are suiting the needs and requirements of the people on www.valssa.com.au. For other applications, we propose that a further standard apply to those authorities who determined less than 55% in eight weeks in 2001/02, and to those that have provided no figures for 2000/01. The overall aim of the Government has been to establish and maintain a consistent set of BVPIs to allow year on year performance comparisons. However there are new initiatives and priorities, for both central and local government.
This paper sets out the Government's proposals for changes to best value performance indicators (BVPIs) for the financial year 2002/03 in respect of all best value authorities in England, with the exception of Police Authorities. Also contained here is some new preliminary guidance on how authorities should be setting targets in respect of best value performance indicators, together with some advice on how authorities should adjust their targets for cost indicators.
If the needs of people change in the process of valuation than same will be the various changes coming in the entire process of working of valuation after getting huge about the strategies and needs of the people all the things will get completely mixed up . This consultation exercise focuses solely on these proposals rather than on the majority of indicators where the Government does not believe that changes are necessary at this time.
The Government would like consultees to comment on the specific proposals outlined in this document but consultees should not be constrained to comment only on these. Following the end of the consultation period the Government will consider all of the responses received before laying an Order before Parliament early in the new year. It will distribute a copy of the document containing the suite of 2002/03 BVPIs and statutory guidance on targets to best value authorities, and will publish the Order on the Internet.
What are the legal chances for making the simplified property valuation process?
We also propose that the Subsidy CFR should be recalculated in the year in which these receipts are received – and for the following year – if and where the number of dwellings in an authority's HRA goes down by more than the prescribed threshold. For subsidy purposes, only the proceeds from disposals arising from LSVTs and SSVTs or a proportion of them are assumed to be used to repay debt. We are also minded to put beyond doubt that the funds are expected to be used for major repairs to the existing stock, and not for demolition, on the grounds that the MRA represents the cost of maintaining the current condition of the stock.
In the event that you need to make your property valuation procedure done productively then for that extraordinary reason you are obliged to make a few stages conduction in the land field for making the basic steps performed in the privilege and legitimate ways. The primary steps that are taken care of with the right data from the specialists is extremely useful for individuals to make it done in the legitimate was. Local authority views are invited on this, and on whether we should extend this to include the improvement, enhancement etc of the stock.
There may well be revenue consequences for local authorities following this change, as HRA setaside is calculated with reference to the HRA credit ceiling, and admissible set-aside with reference to the MYSCC. As a result, the debt to the HRA is not matched, or is exceeded by, the admissible set-aside element of HRA subsidy. Furthermore, however, these credit ceilings will no longer reduce at the same rate as before, which means that HRA subsidy entitlement, and the debit to the HRA for debt charges, will continue to be determined at a higher level.
This will definitely give you the successful process impact which is beneficial for people to make in the right and legal ways in www.sydneypropertyvaluation.com.au. The various steps which are involved in the property valuation process are always done in the right and simplified manner. However, other electricity industry employers are believed to have acted in the same way.
Does the process of valuation show any type of relation with the process of paying of tax?
The entire process of paying of various types of taxes includes various types of important and legal formalities in it. Everything is to be considered with the need and requirements of the people as will be the need of the people same will be the outcomes coming in it from www.wcvaluers.com.au. Their assessment sits comfortably alongside some excellent Status tenant survey results in 2003 and year on year improvements in performance indicators. Of course we know there are areas where we need to improve but we now have a focus and context for our service improvement work.
Nene has reached a stage in its evolution where partnership with a national organisation will bring many local benefits and enable it to build more new homes and extend their local work on neighbourhood regeneration and social inclusion. Nene is proud of its achievements to date and has been careful to select a partner that shares its ethos and commitment to local communities. Both Nene and Accent are excited about the potential of the partnership and the positive inspection report for Nene will provide a great foundation to launch the partnership in the New Year.
Each and everything is having a great relation with the requirements and needs of the people as is the need and expenditure of the people same is the variety of tax paid to those people. With various types of tax needs and requirements of the people their schedules are made and designed to get the best outcomes. The Bekesbourne Street Food Co-op was launched in December – just after the last "Newlon News" went to press – with speakers from other co-ops, a dietician, and Newlon's own Rachel Fairbairn justifying why landlords would be interested in their residents' health!
The Co-op sells a fantastic array of fresh fruit, and is available on Thursdays at 1.30pm at the Toc H Community Centre, 1A Bekesbourne St, Limehouse, E14 7JQ. The first is series of Open Days; Newlon has agreed to open their doors to residents wishing to see staff in our Head Office. A small group of people will be shown around Newlon House and will meet key staff; refreshments will be provided.


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Management Consulting Jobs
Field service organizations receive many job requests round the clock that have to be promptly allocated to expert technicians and tracked to closure. Powerful job administration from any location – preliminary query and quote, via to invoicing. Which means at any level, you already know precisely how much time has been spent on a job and whether or not it is in peril of becoming a difficulty on your workforce. With net-primarily based solutions in your office and cell apps for your staff within the area, simPRO will show you how to handle your job costing, scheduling and dispatching, time and materials tracking, billing, payment processing, reporting – with ease.
Designed by commerce contractors for commerce contractors, simPRO service management solutions are full of options to help businesses in any trade. If change orders aren't handled properly, even small adjustments to a job can eat away at your earnings. Once a job is assigned it's sent to the smartphone or automobile in-cab display; the recipient can acknowledge the job has been received, and log the beginning with its status updated in actual time with i360's job management function. If a job is partially completed, failed, or stopped, you possibly can repeat the job on failed or incomplete targets.
If I assign 4 hours to a job and it was completed in 2, then I can simply see that inside the system – it's great to have that visibility across all the roles I'm managing. If you want to know the who, what, when, how and why, you possibly can see it at a look from the Job Management Screen. Once the sale is made, Job Management automatically creates the job for you within the system, lets you specify the crew and the supervisor for that job, and creates all of the purchase orders you will want for the job. You can use the URL to share the job with others, or to create a bookmark to the job out of your net browser.
Whether it is the small print of your job costing or the tally of all employee hours, you'll be able to glean a lot info from the Job Management system by making the most of its powerful reporting capabilities. The i360 job administration function allows you to create jobs with related tasks and assign the tasks to automobiles or workers with smartphones by dragging and dropping the task onto a job assignment calendar.
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I wanted to make my Master proud today and make it the day I took the Coke can after a week of trying.
I just haven't been able to get there even when I was wet and loose after fucking and stretching myself with an assortment of vegetables or any other night I've tried by myself. So I decided today to make it seem like I was about to play with my Master instead and see if that worked.
I like to get myself ready for him when he comes round to play as it helps get me incredibly wet and ready and into the right subspace to try new challenges. I started with a shower and shaving my pussy as smooth as possible.
Then since I'd used oil in the shower I slipped my legs into my favourite fishnet stockings instead of latex along with a black velvet suspender belt, taking care that the seams were straight. My Master prefers me with no underwear but I couldn't resist matching with a caged bra in black to show just how full my tits can be, especially when I lean forward to fuck myself.
I put on my underbust corset and laced it half way while I applied my make up in the bathroom. Leaning my smooth cunt forward and pressing it against the sink, I added black eyeliner and heavy mascara and sliding myself back and forth, I painted my lips red and glossy as if ready to suck Master's cock.
I added my long black wig that transforms me fully into Candi and pulled my corset tighter and tighter so it cinches my waist and clings to my hips and pushes my tits up higher, making me aware of my pierced nipples.
Normally I'd be ready to kneel down and wait for my Master to come and use me like a fuck toy, but today I was on my own so I lay back on the sofa and rolled that cold can of Coke across my cunt and then touched myself to see just how wet and ready I was.
And I was soaking. My whole hand slipped right inside straightaway. Definitely time to play.


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As we get older, it tends to get harder to find time to do all the things we did when we were younger. As a result, we may become less active and end up putting on a little more weight than we would like.
The important thing to remember is the best way to lose weight is regular exercise and a healthy diet. That means no starving yourself and don't go looking for a magic pill that will work overnight.
while there are no magic pills that will drop unwanted fat in the blink of an eye, there are definitely supplements that can help when used in conjunction with the right nutrition and exercise plan.
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If you are looking for something other than the above options we have provided, make sure you checkout the below categories and decide for yourself which supplements you want to stack to create the ultimate weight loss recipe.
Fat Burners
Weight management supplements come in a few different forms.
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For the most part, pills and powders are similar in ingredients when you are looking at complete fat burning formulas, but offer an alternative method of ingestion.
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WPI Proteins
Your body needs protein help build muscle. There are however many forms of protein powders, some of which will benefit you if your goal is to lose weight, and others that are designed to pack on size.
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Branched Chain Amino Acids, or BCAAs are a great addition to any supplement stack.
Perfect for taking during your workouts or sipping on throughout the day on non training days, BCAAs can help promote muscle protein synthesis, improve recovery and increase muscle mass over time.
You can also find BCAA powders with added extras such as electrolytes which make them the perfect Intra-workout supplement.
Protein bars/snacks
What's the hardest part about having a strict diet while you're trying to lose weight?
Trying to avoid snacking during the day. Luckily, there are a ton of low carb options when it comes to Protein bars and snacks.
Offering a great boost in protein which can help you reach your daily macros, while also helping to curb your afternoon cravings, Protein bars are a great option to have on hand during the day or directly after a workout.
Just make sure you know how many carbs your protein bar has because some of them are delicious and it's often pretty easy to demolish more than just one in a single sitting.
Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional prior to taking any dietary supplement. Read the labels and take only as directed.


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On 22nd July, at the Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs Cemetery, Anh Son District, Nghe An Province, the Management Board of the Vietnam Buddhist of Nghe An province in cooperation with the People's Committee of Nghe An held the Great Requiem, Light candles tribute to the heroic martyrs, volunteer soldiers and Vietnamese experts sacrificed in Laos.
All staffs and managers of Oristar Corp honor to participate in the ceremony. With material and spiritual contributions, the Oristar team was present at an early stage of preparing for the successful requiem.
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Beatriz Gonzalez - Paralegal
Ms. Gonzalez has been helping individuals and families in the Milwaukee area with their immigration needs for over 40 years.
Born in Uvalde, Texas to a U.S. citizen mother and Mexican immigrant father, she became aware of the ins and outs of the local immigrant community from an early age.
Putting her personal knowledge to use, Ms. Gonzalez started working at Milwaukee's Centro Hispano in 1978. At Centro Hispano, she became a Bureau of Immigration Affairs (BIA) representative, specializing in naturalization and family petitions. Through her service, thousands of households in the area have obtained legal status.
She is also a commissioned notary public and a member of National Notary Association and American Society of Notaries.
Ms. Gonzalez enjoys traveling to Mexico every year with her husband.


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ATLAS BigPanDA Monitoring and Its Evolution
BigPanDA is the latest generation of the monitoring system for the Production and Distributed Analysis (PanDA) system. The BigPanDA monitor is a core component of PanDA and also serves the monitoring needs of the new ATLAS Production System Prodsys-2. BigPanDA has been developed to serve the growing computation needs of the ATLAS Experiment and the wider applications of PanDA beyond ATLAS. Through a system-wide job database, the BigPanDA monitor provides a comprehensive and coherent view of the tasks and jobs executed by the system, from high level summaries to detailed drill-down job diagnostics. The system has been in production and has remained in continuous development since mid 2014, today effectively managing more than 2 million jobs per day distributed over 150 computing centers worldwide. BigPanDA also delivers web-based analytics and system state views to groups of users including distributed computing systems operators, shifters, physicist end-users, computing managers and accounting services. Providing this information at different levels of abstraction and in real time has required solving several design problems described in this work. We describe our approach, design, experience and future plans in developing and operating BigPanDA monitoring.


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Often before writing songs of victory, we must write songs of loss and defeat. It's in these valleys and times of introspection that we often discern our hearts' deepest yearnings.
Loss Lyrics:
I thought you were the one who would
Dry the tears from my eyes
But then you left that autumn day
And didn't even try
I thought you were the one I would
Build my life around
But as the leaves fell from the trees
I couldn't make a sound
I thought you were the one that I
Would follow to the end
O'er mountains high, through valleys low
But we're no longer friends.


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Love Poem by Udiah - Lost Love (Love Love Love)
How do you write a poem
about Love?
It cannot be caught
and is beyond words'
power of depiction.
It has no place to be,
all places are filled
with Love.
Without Love would
anything have any savour?
Love is what joins
Love is what flows
Love is what counts
Love is what grows
Love is what's known.
Love is all around
Love is all about
Love is all we ask
Love is all we give
Love is all I have.
Love wants nothing
Love needs nothing
Love misses nothing
Love excludes nothing
Love is what this is all about.
Joining, flowing, counting,
growing, knowing
around, about
asking, giving, having
All is Love,
of that I have no doubt.
Love, Love, Love Without A Doubt
Poem by: David Taylor


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According to ESPN's Sage Steele, NFL team owners are well within their rights not to sign Colin Kaepernick.
And — she argued in a more cringeworthy moment — the situation in Baltimore is not comparable to when the Ravens stuck with Ray Lewis after he plead guilty to obstruction of justice nearly two decades ago.
"I just disagree with the whole premise of the issue that people have," she said on The Dan Patrick Show. "(Ravens owner) Steve Bisciotti, along with the other 31 owners in this league, they run a business. And they have a right to make the decision that they believe is best for their business. Just like Colin Kaepernick has the right to express his opinion and do what's best for him, for his brand, for his career."
She said she had "no problem" with what Bisciotti did and would have had no problem if the team had brought the QB in.
She then questioned why he wasn't on the 49ers or someone hadn't picked Kaepernick up if he was talented enough to make an impact.
"Or maybe he is and these team owners, the PR staff, say 'is it worth it?'" she said.
And then she answered Patrick's earlier question about Lewis and how the Ravens handled that situation compared to what's happening with Kaepernick now.
"And by the way Ray Lewis back in 2001, 2000 — completely different time. More serious of course — he was never convicted of that (editor's note: he did plead guilty to obstruction of justice) and people forget that. Ray Rice, obviously things worked themselves out as they should have in my opinion. But we pick and choose: Oh this is a big deal and this is not. They are business owners and they have a right."
Steele's brother, Chad, is the VP of public relations for the Ravens — though she said the two had not discussed Kaepernick.


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What it takes to get the best SEO in the market?
Before you make a pre selection for possible SEO agencies you should basically find out what you want. Finding an Affordable SEO agency for successful search engine optimization and preventing rip-offs associated with dubious SEO agencies is still a big issue. How to proceed with SEO agency selection to avoid costly or annoying missteps and to go into typical practices of black sheep among SEO providers? Is regional proximity important?Would you like to take advantage of other services besides SEA, such as SEA, web design, email marketing, app development?Should the focus be on On-page SEO or Off-page SEO?In order to successfully work together with an SEO agency there must be a willingness to ask.
Acquire SEO basic knowledge
The first place to go for SEO information should always be Google. To be prepared for SEO agency search it is worth reading the official Google Help Center.
- This is how Google Search works
- Guidelines for webmasters
- SEO Entry Guide by Google
Check the business references of your SEO. Ask former customers if this SEO provides useful service, if the collaboration went well and if in the end positive results were achieved.Ask for a review of your website in terms of technology and search results. It tells you what to do and why and what the desired outcome might be. You probably have to pay for that. Also, you probably need to give SEO access to your site's data in Search Console. Do not grant write access at this time. Your future SEO should now be able to give you realistic suggestions for improvement and an assessment of the required work.
Cold calling from SEO agencies
Often such agencies have a large focus on sales and often at the expense of professional support after conclusion of contract or insufficient SEO. In a very sales-oriented business model there are often conflicts of interest or goals between the sales staff and the responsible consultants. The sales employee is usually also paid commissioned and is therefore very order-oriented. A good consultant should act in a customer-oriented manner and be able to reject orders for the benefit of both existing and inquiring customers.
Conclusion:How do you rate potential SEO service?
If you have made a pre-selection, it is about taking a closer look at it. You do not have to get in touch with this right away but you can often get a lot of advance information via the agency website and get a first impression. The good old mouth to mouth recommendation of friends and acquaintances is one of the safest sources. If there are no people in immediate environment who are capable of doing so, there is still the possibility to examine some top rankings of companies in neighboring sectors.


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text: Baby squirrel sculpted by my baby. November 7, 2015 Cindee Klement Squirrel sage carved out of soap when she was about 8 years old. Here is the wax cup and main sprue that will be the main channel the bronze will flow through to get into the sculpture cavity. Attaching the sculpture to the cup. The vents are added to allow the gasses created during the pour to escape.


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Hooray! Perpetually single girl Bridget Jones is back for the third and final installment of the Bridget Jones trilogy - but this time she's up the duff!
It's been 12 years since the British beauty (Renee Zellweger) graced our screens and we we're tingling with excitement! Both the original and the sequel made us laugh 'til we cried as we watched Bridget wade through the cringe-worthy consequences of her tumultuous life choices.
This time round, Bridget's caught in yet another messy love triangle with the oh-so dashing Mark Darcy (Coling Firth) and dreamy millionaire Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey), but as Bridget's belly swells, the question is who's the bub's father?
The third film deviates significantly from Helen Fielding's third book Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which tracks Bridget's journey after she is widowed by Mark and left to raise their children alone.
The second official trailer shows Mark and Jack ferociously vying for Bridget's affection and the number one spot as her baby daddy, while English actress, Emma Thompson, makes a cameo appearance as Bridget's unhinged gynaecologist.
We feel a Bridget Jones marathon coming on - bring on the bubbles!
Watch the second official trailer below.


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Just received my new business cards in the mail. I've never had my own personal business cards before, so I'm pretty jazzed to get these. Here is what they look like!
This is a pretty uninteresting post, so here is a picture of my cat to hopefully make it worth your time.


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Eliminate I/O Bottlenecks
The several different operations performed by databases can stress its underlying server and storage infrastructure. Growing data volumes and compute-intensive applications push databases to their limit, often causing a bottleneck and increasing response time to users.
A study on the performance of hundreds of applications released by Kaminario showed 90% of slow database performance was attributed to storage bottlenecks. SAP application workloads are known to stress storage and create I/O bottlenecks. Accelerating storage performance (and thus database performance) is crucial to success.
This white paper will help the reader answer the following questions:
- Does my SAP application suffer from I/O-related performance problems?
- What is the Kaminario K2?
- How can Kaminario K2 accelerate my SAP database performance?
James Price, Director of Product Development, Clearwater Analytics
"Our number one factor was the cost/GB. We felt that many of the pure flash arrays were either too costly or not production worthy. Kaminario impressed us as being both enterprise ready and cost effective."
David Schlaifer, CEO, DAShealth™
"You can focus on metrics all you want, but at the end of the day in our business it is customer satisfaction that matters. Kaminario enabled us to deliver lightning fast performance to our customers: physicians serving their patients."
Eric Burgener
Research Director, IDC
For an increasing number of real-time big data analytics and extremely high performance database environments, NVMe technology is already needed to meet latency, throughput, and/or bandwidth requirements. But Kaminario's application of this technology to also offer composability with very high speed data mobility is an NVMe use case that is much more broadly applicable to a larger variety of workloads today.


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If you're a member of the knitting or yarn world, this week is TNNA. TNNA is a trade show filled with yarns! New patterns! New notions! New ideas! New friends! Old friends! So many exclamation points! I've designed pattern for Lorna's Laces before, and they're a great hand dyed yarn company with great fibers and colors. Their tagline is "we make pretty string," and yes, indeed they do. I'll make this a quick post, as I have a rabid preschooler home on a snow day playing dangerously close to my knitting... For TNNA, I did 2 new patterns for Lorna's debuting at the trade show, both if which I'm really excited about.
First up... Simon Says Cowl. Inspired by the memory and reflex "Simon Says" game we all had in the 80's, this cowl takes 1 hank of each color and is a trifecta of my favorite techniques: corrugated ribbing, Fair Isle knitting and Latvian braids. Knit in Lorna's Mrs. Crosby line in their Carpet Bag yarn, the DK merino/silk blend gives is a soft sheen and feels wonderful around your neck. I love the complimentary colors and had a blast knitting and designing this cowl.
Next up is the Palone Baby Blanket. One of the first designers to get to knit with Lorna's new Cloudgate yarn, this bulky superwash/nylon blend had the part of my brain that adores superwash yarn screaming for more. Alternating the variegated and solid color ways enhanced this modern feather and fan chevron pattern. Knitting up on 10s, this blanket knit up quickly and had a squish factor that made me happy. I would love a sweater in this yarn!
There are lots more new patterns coming down the pipeline, interviews, giveaways and reviews, so stay tuned. To all the caregivers of young children out there, I wish you a week free of snow days!
Download the Simon Says Cowl here and the Palone Baby Blanket here.


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Balancing a Draft
Dear Madelyn,
In the September/October issue of Handwoven, there is a set of waffle-weave towels (Lynn Tedder, "One Threading, Four Patterns, Four Towels"). I am an intermediate weaver, but I haven't done a lot of work with waffle weave. In the treadling draft, there is the normal treadling stuff, and an indication to use a certain treadle as "balance." What the heck is "balance?"
––Allen Walck
Hi, Allen!
"Balance" is a common concept in weaving. Say, for example, you threaded a point twill and repeated it several times. You would thread: 1-2-3-4-3-2 over and over again, but the very last time you would add a 1 at the end to "balance." Usually, the "balance" is a single shaft or group of shafts that will make the threading symmetrical or complete the design in some way. This can happen with blocks, too. Say I thread AB and repeat that over and over. At the end, to "balance" I'll thread an additional A (AB AB AB A to make ABABABA). The same principle applies to the treadling. If I use treadles 1-2-3-4-3-2 over and over again, treadle 1 will be used at the end to "balance."
It is kind of an odd use of the word "balance" but I can't quite think of a better word.


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I'd love to be organised with all my docs, photos etc. (resolution? Nah) The thing I find difficult is that the current way of being organised seems clunky. Lots of creating folders, selecting numerous things to move to that folder, etc. This seems to do just that. If I were to go about being organised I feel like I can do this level or organisation already, although it may not all be through one app - but the same process is already there. It would be cool to try and tackle the clunkiness of organisation. See how users like to behave using apps, and incorporate that into how they can become organised. I feel that this is definitely a useful app, but only for those people currently happy about how they organise. I'd love to see something really intuitive come out in this field that would change my behaviour and finally allow me to be organised!
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@mykecheckonetwo You're right, we haven't updated the app for a while because we've been busy releasing our other apps Contacts Pad and Contacts Board. However, we intend to release a new update for Files Board as soon as possible with support for iOS 9, Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive and some new features based on user feedback.
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Online banking is undoubtedly an easier option to manage money in comparison to traditional banking transactions. With the help of online banking, you can just login and make your financial transactions without having to step out of your home. However, you need to take certain precautions so as to avoid being a victim of identity theft when you opt for online banking. Read this article and make yourself aware of 5 tips to follow while banking online.
1. Give passwords which are difficult to guess
Thought it is relatively difficult to remember several passwords for different accounts, yet you shouldn't give one that is easier to guess. It is better to include letters and numbers in your passwords. While keeping a document of your passwords in your computer, make sure you password protect it. Moreover, change your passwords at regular intervals.
2. Opt for automatic identity-theft protection
There are many credit card companies which offer automatic identity-theft protection. Whenever you find any wrong charges in your statement, make sure you bring it to the attention of your credit card company. It will investigate about the fraudulent charges on your behalf. However, you may have to pay an extra charge for such services.
3. Avoid talking to cyber people you don't know
You may get e-mails asking you to click on hyperlinks; by doing so, you may make your personal information accessible to cyber hackers. Even if you receive an e-mail from a known institution such as your bank, it is always better to go to your bank's website instead of clicking on the link from the mail. It is also advisable to not open suspicious attachments even from your friends; you never know, your friends' accounts may also have been hacked.
4. Check account statements at regular intervals
One of the greatest advantages of banking online is that you don't have to wait for the month end to check your account statement. You can check it whenever you feel like. So, it is advisable that you check your account statements at regular intervals and inform the bank immediately if you come across any discrepancy.
5. Opt for online documents instead of paper documents
It is always better to use online documents instead of paper documents. Apart from being safe, you can save the environment by opting to get financial statements through e-mails instead of getting paper documents. Even if you have to use paper documents, make sure you destroy them when you don't require them anymore. This is because scam artists often try to get clues from your bank statements and your other financial paperwork to steal your personal information for their own financial gain.
In addition to above, never ever give out your SSN (Social Security Number) to anyone without verifying whether or not the organization is a reliable one. You may be rest assured that it is a scam if any website asks for it at the checkout process. In short, it can be stated that never ever give out your personal details if you're not sure whether or not it's safe to do so. Moreover, even if you become a victim of identity theft, report it fast so as to avoid hefty charges on your financial accounts.


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BRUSSELS • Top-ranked Belgium came from behind to beat Italy 3-1 in an open and entertaining friendly in Brussels on Friday, underlining their status as one of the favourites for next year's Euro 2016.
A largely full-strength Italy took the lead inside three minutes when Belgium goalkeeper Simon Mignolet pulled off a great low save to deny Graziano Pelle. But he could only push the ball to Antonio Candreva for a simple tap-in.
Belgium, in their first game as the leaders in the world rankings, were level 10 minutes later when an unmarked Jan Vertonghen headed in a Kevin de Bruyne corner.
De Bruyne put the hosts ahead in the 74th minute, beating Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who had just parried a shot from substitute Michy Batshuayi.
The latter slammed in a third in the 83rd minute.
Belgium were missing captain Vincent Kompany with a calf injury and began with a largely untested right flank.
Trabzonspor's Luis Pedro Cavanda made his debut at right-back and Atletico Madrid's Yannick Carrasco, with only three caps, played in front of him.
Pelle and Eder were regular threats for Italy and were denied at times by an outstanding Mignolet.
De Bruyne in particular had a fine game for Belgium.
"The spirit of the group is perfect," Belgium manager Marc Wilmots said.
"Collectively, we kept our cool, came back and won."
Friday's victory was only Belgium's fifth against Italy in 21 matches, with Italy having won their 12 previous encounters.
Belgium will get another big examination of how far they have come when they face reigning European champions Spain in Brussels on Tuesday.
"It's important to be aware of our own strength and that we can win a great deal with this generation," Belgium and Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan told Rai Sport before the friendly with the Azzurri.
"We believe in ourselves because we know we're strong, even if there are sides like Germany and Spain who are favourites.
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Chosen Few Urbano continues with the new video by Jenny "La Sexy Voz" and Maluma called "Intentalo Remix"
The video was shot in one of Miami's most desirable areas, which is home to the beautiful video vixen Metisha, who co-stars in the video. Maluma, as usual, brings his swagger in this video directed by Ramon "Ray Cuts" Cruz and produced by Chosen Few's Boy Wonder (Manuel Alejandro Ruiz).
"It was a no brainer to include Jenny "La Sexy Voz" on the remix and in the video. Maluma is an amazing artist and them two together they really made magic in the song and the video", affirmed Boy Wonder.
With sexy dancing and scantily clad gorgeous women along with Maluma's handsome face, the video's intention is clear.
"Intentalo" (remix) featuring Maluma is part of Chosen Few's own Jenny "La Sexy Voz's" mixtape 'La Sexy Mixtape' which is available on iTunes. Jenny's debut album will be released later this year and she will also be featured in the highly anticipated "Chosen Few Urbano Remix album in stores and online spring 2015.


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Do I Have to Perform a Field Sobriety Test?
Welcome to this website's first video blog where DWI defense lawyer Jason Korner answers the question "Do I have to Perform a Field Sobriety Test?" Please enjoy the video and if you or a loved one has been arrested for DWI contact our office today at 314-409-2659 or click here to fill out an information form and we will contact you to schedule a free consultation.
Am I Obligated to Perform a Field Sobriety Test?
No, you are never required to perform field sobriety tests for a police officer. This is something many people do not know. I can even confess that this is something even my wife did not know until recently. No, she was not the subject of a DWI investigation, but when I was talking to her about writing this blog she was surprised by the answer. The trick here is that police do not make their request to perform field sobriety sound optional. It sounds like an order, or they just move through it as if it is something you are required to do.
This is not the case. You always have the right to refuse to perform field sobriety tests regardless of the circumstances. It does not matter if a police officer pulls you over after you were swerving all over the road and he saw you taking swigs off a bottle of Jack Daniels while you were driving. There is no set of facts or circumstances where the police can compel you to complete field sobriety tests against your will.
Another important note, do not make your refusal to complete the field sobriety tests sound like an admission that you are drunk. Saying something like "I would not do those tests even if I was sober" is a very bad idea. Try, "I have been advised to never submit to these tests regardless of the situation" instead. Once you have made that statement then there is no need for you to explain yourself further. The officer is going to try to talk you into the tests.
He is probably going to also start to question you more by saying things like "Who told you that?" or "Why wouldn't you perform them if you aren't drunk?"
It is the police officer's job to try to gather as much evidence of intoxication as possible, but it is in your best interest to limit that evidence. Even if the police officer does arrest you for DWI, there is going to be far less evidence to use against you in court if you do not perform the field sobriety tests.
With less evidence of intoxication available, the prosecutor handling the case will be less confident in the case, which allows a good DWI defense attorney to negotiate the case from a position of power. If the case were to go to trial, then there is far less evidence for a prosecutor to present to a judge or jury without the field sobriety tests.
If you have been arrested for a DWI, regardless of whether you submitted to the field sobriety tests or not, it is important to speak with an experienced DWI defense lawyer about the specific facts of your case. If you would like to schedule a free consultation with me regarding your DWI case, then call my office at 314-409-2659.
We can speak about your case over the phone, and then schedule a follow up meeting at my office that is also free of charge. After we speak you will have a far better understanding of Missouri DWI law, and how that law may affect your case moving forward.
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Hi, my name is Jason Korner, I am a DWI defense attorney in St. Louis, Missouri. Today we are going to answer a frequently asked question clients come to me with which is: do I have to submit to field sobriety tests when police ask?
The answer is no, you have no obligation whatsoever to submit to field sobriety tests if the officers ask you to submit to them, just like you have no obligation to answer any of their questions, or give any evidence against yourself whatsoever.
Most people feel an obligation to prove their innocence when an officer asked them to submit to the field sobriety tests because the officer has told them that he has suspicion that they are drunk. If you don't admit to drinking anything, and you don't submit to the field sobriety tests, this really limits the amount of evidence a police officer is going to have against you.
This helps greatly if you are eventually charged with driving while intoxicated, and this makes it much more difficult for the officer to make the determination of whether he should arrest you or not. If you have any additional questions, please contact my office.


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The following graph shows the movement in ICE November 2017 Canola Futures and the domestic canola price delivered Port Kembla.
ICE futures have continued to strengthen since August, plus the basis has also improved during this period. At present the basis is approximately plus A$45/tonne equivalent which is a similar figure to that of the same time last year. Currently the domestic price delivered Port Kembla is $573/tonne.
The domestic canola price at present is a Decile 9 price, calculated on prices from 2009 to date. This suggests that there is little upside in prices, providing a strong incentive to sell canola.
A PKE price of $573/tonne represents $535/tonne local depot with freight to port of $38/tonne. The average budgeted Break Even Price for clients in 2017 is $395/tonne, while that for the top 20% is $325/tonne, at Decile 5 yields.


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NASA likes to envision a future where space travel is not only more possible, but more relatable. Over the past few years, both the space agency and SpaceX have periodically released some imaginative travel posters speculating on tourist destinations of generations still to come.
The latest batch of NASA travel posters is the biggest yet, and it starts with this poster promoting a once-every-175 year tour of the outer gas giant planets that takes advantage of the same rare alignment that the Voyager mission did for its tour of the solar system. That means we've got until roughly 2150 to work out the technology and logistics to make the trip possible for the next alignment.
NASA hopes to send the first humans to Mars in the 2030s, perhaps laying the foundation for a future interplanetary tourism industry to such impressive sites as Olympus Mons, a volcano almost three times the size of Mount Everest, and the Valles Marineris, the Red Planet's answer to the Grand Canyon, only long enough to span the lower 48 United States.
One day, when the colonies on Mars, the moon and in orbit are thriving, Earth may actually become a tourist destination itself. Imagine a family vacation to a remarkable place where the air doesn't have to be brought in or manufactured -- how quaint!
Venus is one of the most inhospitable planets around with its blazing temperatures and toxic clouds, but NASA has actually "floated" the idea of studying it from a base hovering safely above the planet. It's not much further of a stretch to imagine a cloud city or resort above Venus eventually becoming a tourist destination itself.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has allowed us to become much more familiar with dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. It's believed to contain a large amount of subterranean water that could make it a very important waypoint on any itinerary heading deeper into the solar system. And that's to say nothing of the potential for checking out a race or two across Ceres' magnificent reflective salt flats.
We don't usually think of huge and turbulent Jupiter as a place humans might want to spend any extended period of time, but all the crazy weather on the gas giant could make for some remarkable auroral light shows that NASA apparently fantasizes about seeing up close.
Great geysers like Yellowstone's Old Faithful could one day seem so 21st-century in comparison to the grandeur of the many gargantuan plumes shooting into space from the southern end of Enceladus. It could even be more romantic up close than Niagara Falls.
If any other world in the solar system seems to resemble our own at first glance, it's Titan with its deep lakes, rivers, weather and mountains. Of course, it's totally freezing there and the lakes are made of stinky, flammable methane. But with the right vessels and technology, it could one day top a list of solar system destinations.
If there's one place in the solar system likely to host life, it could be the warm(ish) waters beneath the icy shell of Europa. But even if it turns out to be as dead under there as it is dark, it could make a great place for a creepy, crazy submarine expedition.
While it's a little bit further away, NASA still likes the idea that we could one day be traveling to the first exoplanet discovered, 51 Pegasi b. As the first planet seen around a star like our own, it holds a special significance, but you may want to save up your vacation days for the round trip, which would take 100 years to complete... if you could travel at light speed, that is.
If you're really up for something out of this world, NASA suggests a trip to a planet with a less-than-snappy name, PSO J318.5-22. This rogue planet wanders a darkened universe by itself without a star to orbit, so it's definitely a destination with a dark side (because that's it's only side).
Remember, if you're looking to go beyond this collection of known worlds we could hypothetically visit one day, be sure to check out our 23rd Century Travel Guide for Extreme and Casual Tourists to get an idea of the kind of activities and travelers these posters might one day be marketing to.


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The first event of the CoE "Alumni in Competition" group took place on Wednesday (May 30th) at the lovely Piada Bar, just a short walk away from Place du Luxembourg in Brussels.
Four competition professionals shared their experience in the field, highlighting how their year at the College helped them get where they are now and what they expect form the newly formed alumni group.
|The Q&A session that followed the four introductory speeches was a valuable source of inspiration for the group organisers, as many interesting ideas worth exploring came up during the discussion. The suggestions were both about the format (round tables) and topics (trade policy, private enforcement) of future events. Afterwards, the more than 70 people who attended the event had a chance to enjoy an informal networking session in the garden of the bar, as the event was blessed with great weather.
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Aleksandra Boutin (Compass Lexecon) pointed out that her College friends are wonderful partners for fascinating substantial discussions on competition policy. And it is these honest, thorough discussions, based on trust and the special College bond, that gave her the idea to set up the College of Europe Competition network – where such trust based discussions could have a wider impact. And where they could inspire a new generation of competition professionals to best serve the European consumer.
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Pablo Ibáñez Colomo (LSE) noted that in spite of the many discussions about competition issues in Brussels, there are not many occasions to have deep discussions. The group could in this sense be an innovative platform to look at some issues under a different light.
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According to Alfonso Lamadrid (Garrigues), no academic institution can affect your professional life as much as the College. The College's broad perspective on EU law is something that really helped him during his career. As for his views on what the group can become, he mentioned that a mentoring programme targeted to aspiring competition professionals could be a great addition to the Brussels competition world. In general, the group should focus on making an impact especially on younger generations.
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Nick Banasevic (European Commission) expressed his opinion on the potential added value of the new alumni group. Compared to more traditional competition-focused groups, it could be a more open and accessible forum aiming to get especially younger practitioners involved.


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I'm happy to be joining my friend, Dan Resch, and the Laguna Beach Chorale again, this time for Gabriel Fauré's Requiem Mass. This piece has always meant a lot to me and was my first truly "religious experience" in singing. I will never forget the feeling I had the first time I sang the Lux Aeterna. It set the tone for my relationship to classical music for the rest of my life and inspired me to follow this passion of mine.
Concert at 4pm Sunday June 5 at St. Clements by the Sea in San Clemente, California.


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I'd enjoyed my time in Sovata but it was time to move on. A friend I'd met in West Africa eight years ago, Mirela, was staying with her mother in a small village about 25 kilometres from Cluj-Napoca, I was invited to visit and stay for a few days. I met up with Mirela in Cluj-Napoca and after a quick lunch she showed me the way back to her village. The family own quite a lot of land, but it doesn't mean much as land is kept in the family for generations. When we arrived Mirela introduced me to her mother who, having lost her husband not that long ago now lives on her own and works the land herself. It's hard work, but necessary as without the food she grows it would be difficult to live. Mirela told me that many families have to live on less than €100 a month. A middle type job pays only €200 a month and in the small villages it's only the younger generation that might have a job as the elders have to work the land.
I was amazed to find that my motorhome offers more comfort than the small family house. Mirela's mother has no running water, just a shallow well in front of the house that is used for washing and cooking, drinking water has to be taken and carried a couple of hundred metres from a neighbours house as their well is much deeper. The toilet is a small wooden structure at the back of the house, no cistern, what would be called a long-drop in Africa. The only modern facility they have is electric, which powers an ancient refrigerator a TV and a few light bulbs, cooking is by gas from a gas bottle, which can sometimes be bought from the one shop in the village, more often than not it has to be brought from a few kilometres away by neighbours who own a car or horse drawn cart. Besides the vegetables and salads grown, there is an abundance of animals that roam freely about the land. Two dogs, two cats, geese, chickens, turkeys, and a pig to name just some. The chickens provide eggs and also provide meat as do the ducks and turkeys. The pig is fattened up throughout the year and killed for the Christmas festival. It's an incredibly hard life and one that most of us couldn't hope to fully appreciate or would be able to sustain for long. It's a very labour intensive way of living, long hours spent bent over tending to the vegetables and few if any even small luxuries. It was for me an eye opener thats for sure. I got to try some fresh, warm, Buffaloes milk direct from the animal, very rich and slightly sweeter than cows milk, but tasty nine the less.
I ended up with terrible indigestion and the runs for most of my stay. Whether it was something I'd eaten or the fact that cleanliness and hygiene were not a main priority I don't know, but despite that I really enjoyed the experience and appreciate far more now how hard it is for families like Mirela's to survive, all the more so as we are all in the EU now and we expect things to be much better for everyone.
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25+ The Most Popular Crochet Stitches: Learn Them All in One Day And Use to Create Your Own Crochet Patterns!
We suppose you have basic crochet skills if you are reading this. You may have hooks of various sizes and you know size matters. Your projects could be an afghan, linens, or baskets.
Let's first discuss the double crochet. It is taller and one of the most popular. They are more for placemats, afghan, shawls, and sweaters. You accomplish this by making 15 chains stitches. Make an additional 3 stitches. This is the first double stitch. Then wind the yarn around the keep in mind the hook back to front. Loop your hook among two front loops and under the rear loop of the fourth. Wrap around the hook. Next this step is pulling the hook through the middle lacing the wrapped yarn into the stitch. At this point you should have 3 loops. Now guide your yarn into the first two loops. Wind over the hook. Once again guide the yarn towards the last 2 loops on the needle. One loop should be left and here is one complete double crochet stitch
Feel free to give the projects inside a finishing touch. We would share the tools we use to complete projects. Steel crochet hooks for doilies and lace. The long variety. We hope you did not take on the grand task of doing it with your fingers. No worries we wrote this book to inspire you. Come along and learn basic to more complicated techniques. There are 25 photos along with the steps.
We don't promise all the answers but we can tell you what's inside:
- Arcade Stitch
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