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Post-Consumer Carpet Recycling
Are you looking to replace the carpet in your home? Before you tear it up and have it sent to the landfill, read these recycling tips, courtesy of Shaw Flooring, to help make the Earth a little cleaner!
It doesn't matter the brand, as long as it's made with nylon 6 fiber, your old carpet can be transformed and given new life
What do you need to do?
Before you begin your project, ask the store from which you are purchasing your new flooring if they are involved with any carpet recycling programs.
• Many retailers have an installer who will pick up the old carpet and padding and drop it off at a local recycling facility at no additional charge to you.
• It's important that you ask before the project begins so the installer knows to use a closed container to prevent the carpet and padding from getting wet or damaged by the elements.
If the store from which you are buying new flooring doesn't offer this option, call 1-800-434-9887 to determine if recycling services are available in your area, and if so, how to proceed with recycling your carpet.
How does it work?
Shaw has established a carpet collection network that covers most major U.S. markets. If the collected carpet is made with nylon 6 face fiber, it is routinely transported to Shaw's Evergreen facility in Augusta, Georgia, where it goes through an extensive recycling process that first separates the nylon from the other raw material components and then converts it into virgin quality caprolactam, the chemical building block used to produce new nylon 6.
On average, 80 percent of the post-consumer carpet Shaw collects is made with nylon 6 fiber that can be close loop recycled at Evergreen. When reclaimed material can't be recycled into new carpet, it can also be diverted for reuse in carpet cushion, erosion and sediment control products and engineered resins that are used to produce injection molded plastic automobile parts. Since 2006, Shaw has reclaimed an average of approximately 100 million pounds of post-consumer carpet per year.
For those collected carpet products that use raw materials which don't have a commercially viable recycling pathway, Shaw has developed a method for safely extracting the embodied energy at its Re2E (Reclaimed to Energy) plant and is using it as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels like coal and fuel oil. This LEED certified facility produces approximately 50,000 pounds of steam energy per hour which is used by two of Shaw's residential carpet manufacturing operations in Dalton, Georgia.
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Hepton Singers
Summer Concert
Heptonstall Church, July 8, 7.30pm
Under the leadership of musical director Alison West, the Hepton Singers have built up a considerable reputation for the accomplished way they tackle renaissance music and challenging contemporary works. As she prepares to stand down from her role after 33 years, Alison has chosen some of her favourite music for the choir's summer concert on Sunday, July 8.
She said: "I have allowed myself the indulgence of choosing some of my favourite choral works for this farewell concert. It has been a delight to lead the Hepton Singers as their musical director for so many years, and I leave them with happy memories and a heavy heart."
The farewell concert includes a selection of unaccompanied material written more than 400 years apart. Appropriately for the season, there is a strong emphasis on celebrating the beauty of nature and the delights of the outdoors in the works from living composers. Pieces being performed include 'Rehearsing the Language of Birds' written by Alison West herself and newly-revised for the concert. The work uses the words of a poem by Donald Atkinson and celebrates the sounds of British birds and their Latin names.
The concert will also include contemporary works by Thea Musgrave, James MacMillan, Howard Skempton and former Hepton Singers bass member Geoff Adams. Judith Weir, who holds the position of Master of the Queen's Music, is represented by her recent choral work 'Vertue'.
Renaissance music from Spain will be performed along with a selection of early pieces by British composer Thomas Tallis and Henry Purcell.
The choir has announced that Dorian Kelly will take over as musical director in the autumn. Dorian is a professional musician and composer, based in Holmfirth.

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An Independent Maori Statutory Board representative yesterday raised the possibility of $100 million worth of Auckland Council property being used in Tamaki Makaurau Treaty settlements.
Auckland Council Properties is putting up $23 million worth of surplus properties during the first phase of a sell-off.
However, Maori board member Glen Tupuhi said the Government's use of defence land at Narrow Neck in Ngati Whatua o Orakei's settlement was a "hotspot" for community objections because so little land was available for Treaty redress in the city.
Mr Tupuhi asked whether the council could be sure that the land wasn't obtained from Maori by "trickery", and if it was, he wondered whether there were any options for redress for Maori.
Auckland Council Properties chief executive David Rankin said he was confident the properties weren't obtained compulsorily from Maori, such as by use of the Public Works Act. Most of it had been acquired for past projects, he said.
"We have an exhaustive internal process at the council to check out ... how we got properties. We don't claim that's absolutely foolproof because we're dependent on the records."
A spokesman for Treaty Negotiations minister Christopher Finlayson could not confirm that the properties would be suitable for landbanking (where the government puts land aside for settlements). One feature that might make them unsuitable is that they are "pepper-potted" around the region.


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Best and worst dressed at the CMT Music Awards 2014
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We love country music awards shows because the stars always keep us on our toes! Tonight's CMT Music Awards was no different, with quite the range of ensembles. Miranda Lambert blew us away in an absolutely perfect sparkly mini dress (she's essentially winning the red carpet lately), and Carrie Underwood looked gorgeous in a patterned, cut-out gown. LeAnn Rimes brought sexy to the red carpet in her white-hot gown with quite the slit.
Unfortunately, tonight's red carpet had a lot more misses than it did hits, with stars like Nicole Kidman, Beth Behrs and Brooklyn Decker (um, we know. It pains us to say it!) left us wanting and wishing for a lot more.
Click through the gallery to see tonight's best and worst dressed from the CMT Music Awards red carpet!


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|Getting started. The variety of trees meant lots of opportunities to study shapes, textures, and the play of light.
|Inside the Japanese garden.
|Working inside the pagoda.
|Our collection. Working clockwise from the left: Diandra Mae, Felicia Lilley, Loni Lilley, Arlene Graziano, Daniela Weil, and Brittany Jacobs in the center.
We will be skipping the worldwide SketchCrawl in July as many of us will be busy with family plans, but we will pick back up in September for a late Summer SketchCrawl. Most likely we will be working inside the Museum of Natural Science. (The Egyptian Wing is calling to us!) Rules regarding allowed materials need to be checked, as well as possibly using a group rate. Once the date is set, the information will be announced on the list-serve, and in the FB group. Happy Sketching!


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What is the difference between Required, Conditionally Required and Optional reporting fields?
- Required fields that must be filled out to save the credit as complete.
- Conditionally required fields that must be completed if certain conditions are met. For example if an institution responds "Yes" that is has a certain program, then a description of that program may be required. (The trigger for each conditionally required field is outlined in the STARS Technical Manual).
- Optional fields that are not required to save the credit as complete and have no impact on scoring. (Optional fields are included to give participants the opportunity to provide additional context.)


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Lately, it has become a trend in Tollywood to arrange Success Meets for every film that is getting released. The hero and producers are simply following the formula, "Movie is Hit, Arrange Success Meet. Movie is Flop, Arrange Success Meet". The value of Success Meet had been completely damaged because of these fake meets.
However, one hero said No to these fake success meets. He is none other than Mahesh Babu, who had put his foot down and asked the makers of Spyder not to go for this fake success meets, as the movie did not become hit. Usually Mahesh Babu leaves for a foreign trip after completion of every movie. Even this time he planed a trip to Tuscany, Italy with his family. So producers organized to have success meet before he left for the trip. But Mahesh Babu said 'No' to success meet and left for the trip with his family.
"This is off the record. I don't want to name any particular film or hero, but all I can say is that it has become a bad practice in Tollywood for heroes and producers to arrange these fake success meets. Even the most recent big film that was released along with Spyder received mixed talk but the hero had arranged the success meet and commented on the unanimous success talk he had been getting from audience. Well, when the hero itself is telling blatant lies even after knowing the actual result, what kind of message is he passing to his fans? Is he asking his fans to be dishonest like him?" commented a top producer.


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If you've been in involved in multiple talent searches, then you know that each search is different. From the types of positions in need to the pool of candidates created, there is no perfect template that simplifies the search process and distills it into a one-size-fits-all operation. And if you have had your share of hiring experience, then you also know that the search for uniquely qualified candidates can be consuming of both your time and financial resources. It is no surprise many organizations turn to recruiters to assist with staffing needs, but what is startling is the number of hiring managers who don't make the one-time investment of time to partner with the right recruiter. Finding the most fitting staffing specialist goes beyond the one or two open positions sitting in front of you. When the right recruiter is selected, the potential savings of time and money from future hires offers exponential value. The question many employers may have is as follows: How do I know if I'm choosing the right recruiter?
Quality recruiting firms approach clients in the same way the most successful organizations approach staffing agencies, with the intention of forming a strong partnership based on trust and mutual respect. Relationships are as unique as the parties involved, and the relationship between a recruiter and client has its own set of needs that both sides should satisfy to prove their commitment. For recruiters, they are searching for clients who display integrity and openness. But what should employers look for in a recruiter?
- Look for a recruiter that not only delivers on candidates who fit the defined requirements of a company's position, but also provide the intangible qualities that prove they are a culture-fit for the organization. This takes a recruiter who not only reads the job posting, but listens to their client to better understand their unique values.
- The right recruiter doesn't find value in simply making a placement but in knowing their placement is delivering on the promises made. Commitment beyond the agreement shows a recruiter is truly invested in a company's success, thus truly invested in the relationship.
- Throughout the search process, the right recruiter consistently provides value-based services. Going beyond delivering a list of candidates, invested recruiters work with their clients to ensure the best applicant is selected. They offer clients the insight they need to attract the talent they want.
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We often have a better understanding of the things we care about. We commit more time and energy into things in which we feel truly vested. The right recruiter should care about not only making placements but about making the right placements. In order to make the right placement, the right recruiter should have clear and discernible insight into two industries: theirs and yours.
- As you are no doubt invested in the best practices for your particular business, a quality staffing specialist needs to be devoted to their craft. The right recruiter is rarely the least expensive recruiter. Instead of offering their services below market value, a reputable recruiter knows the value in their services and can speak to them with clarity and competency.
- Additionally, the right recruiter is often one that specializes in your industry. Either through years of research or direct experience within your specific field, the recruiter that stands the best chance of meeting your needs is the one who truly understands them. Established niche recruiters survive and succeed because they know more than how to find candidates, but they know how to find candidates who truly understand and are invested in the industry in which they serve.
Whatever your industry and staffing needs may be, you are best served in both the short and long term by fostering a strong relationship with a recruiter who is committed to your success and has the experience, both in your industry and as a recruiter, to provide that relationship what it needs to flourish. At The James Allen Companies, we know this to be true. With direct experience in the insurance industry and as search consultants, we have continually proven ourselves to be the right recruiter for insurance companies across the nation.


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What we do
A church in transition, with more than 50 years of service to Acadia and the surrounding areas, we're enthusiastic about enriching lives and offering contemporary spirituality.
This summer McDougall's congregation and staff are working together to review our vision with plans to implement new initiatives this fall.
McDougall is an Affirming Ministry, with a growing focus on community outreach and social justice initiatives. As part of the United Church of Canada, our faith is based on the bible, but we recognize some beliefs no longer serve us while others are long lasting creeds of faith, peace and human dignity.


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Target's timing couldn't have been any better. Days before its bête noire, Amazon, was named retailer of the year, Target made a splash with its new pricing strategy. In short, it has promised to match prices that customers find on identical products at top online retailers, such as Amazon.com, the websites of Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Toys R Us and Babies R Us.
To be sure, it is not a perfect strategy, at least for bargain hunting consumers. Only "qualifying" items fall under the policy; also the onus is on shoppers to make sure they are getting the best deal. Shoppers must find an identical product marketed for less within seven days of purchase. "Why not", I can hear every frugal shopper wise to ways of commerce saying to herself, "just shop at Wal-Mart and be done with it."
JC Penney tried something like that with its "best price" strategy, which had only limited success with customers. In other words, JC Penney wanted to be the retailer associated with all-the-time low prices; prices that a customer doesn't even bother to comparison check because he just knows they are the lowest.
As it turns out, a retailer has to start working on this kind of rep from the beginning. JC Penney's image makeover never gained much traction and neither, I suspect, will Target's.
Still, Target, and every other brick and mortar retailer for that matter, clearly has to try something. Retailing is changing, quickly, and even the steps companies like Target and Wal-Mart have put in place—such as their own robust websites—sometimes fail to keep up with the pace of change.
Of course, some retailers are keeping up; in fact, a select few, such as Amazon are the ones charting the course. It must have been galling for competitors to see Amazon crowned winner of the Gold Award by the National Retail Federation, an association that represents these companies. Yet Amazon's success is undeniable. Perhaps more relevant, its success is no longer dependent on being the lowest cost provider of retail goods.
For this reason Target might have been better off staying away from price matching promises. For one reason, like with JC Penney, it invites customers to wonder just how poorly priced the products were before the promise.
Also, Target would do well to remember remember why online shopping is so beloved by consumers—it is price-sensitive and convenient--and why shoppers like going to brick and mortar stores. For starters, it is fun.
Rafi Mohammed at Harvard Business Review Blogs explored this very point in his new post. His take? "Target is giving away too much value: this move is akin to offering full-serve gas at self-serve prices."


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9 Simple Things Women Want
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Respect, Romance, Time, Dinner, Communication, Consistency, Engagement, Humor and Humility and Challenge.
1. Respect. Show us through your actions that you respect our opinions, careers, interests, friends, bodies, and minds. You don't have to agree with all that we say or do, but try to honor our opinions as valuable contributions. Follow the golden rule and treat us as you would like to be treated: Be honest, fair, kind, and considerate.
2. Romance. It's another night on the couch with takeout and TiVo? Just because we're staying in doesn't mean the evening can't be romantic. Light a few candles and see where the night leads. Treat us like your girlfriend, even after we become your wife. Date nights, physical affection in the car, kissing like when we first started dating -- all of the things that made us fall in love with you don't have to stop just because now there are bills to pay, a house to be cleaned, and kids to be bathed. Bring home flowers for no reason. We're not talking $100 bouquets of roses here. Even the $10 bouquets from the supermarket are enough to make us smile.
3. Time. We understand relationships can't be all wine and roses; simply making the time to be with us and treating us like your top priority says "love" more than all the fancy gifts and lovely letters ever could. This includes helping around the house. The realities of a 21st-century relationship are that both partners probably work. If you happen to get home before we do, why not vacuum the living room or throw in a load of laundry? If you take the garbage out without being asked, chances are you'll be getting a big ole smooch when you come back.
4. Dinner. Of the homemade variety. You may not be good at cooking and you may not know how to boil water. But greeting us at the door after a long day with fish sticks (or whatever you can wrastle up) makes us swoon, because it shows that you've been thinking about us and our hectic day.
5. Communication. Women are vocal creatures. We know you love us, but it's nice to hear you say it, too. We can also be insecure. We wish we weren't, but the reality is that we often notice our wobbly thighs and forget about our gorgeous eyes. So let us know when you think we're hot. Tell us we're beautiful. It helps us feel good. Words of appreciation aren't half-bad either. Tell us you love the lasagna we made. Notice that we cleaned the bathtub. It doesn't have to be over the top, just let us know that you see the effort we put in, and you're grateful.
6. Consistency. This doesn't mean be boring and predictable. It means that we know you will (usually -- no one is perfect!) give us the love and support we need. Knowing that you're coming at this with the same desires and energy as we are goes a long way to making us feel secure.
7. Engagement. Of the mental kind, not the "I'm getting married in the morning" kind. You don't have to like everything we like (we might be a little concerned if you do), but showing interest in our passions, be it career-related, a sport, or a hobby, goes a long way. Listen when we talk to you. We're not speaking just so we can hear our own voice; we want to connect with you and this is one valuable way we do this. This also means paying attention to the little things. Whether it's the name of your best friend's husband or the fact that you hate Nicolas Cage movies, it's the little things you remember about us that's so endearing.
8. Humor and Humility. These two tend to go hand in hand. This doesn't mean that you have to crack jokes or entertain us, but just being able to laugh at yourself is enough. Guys who take themselves too seriously bring everyone down.
9. Challenge. Not the kind that makes a relationship constant work, but the good kind that surprises and motivates us to do, be, or achieve what we desire. Studies show that partners who prod each other to meet goals -- in other words, don't support lazy or bad habits -- are ultimately happier than those who don't hold each other accountable.
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When you partner with me as your coach, I will challenge you to think differently and you will leave feeling invigorated and ready to take action.
When we partner together, we will focus on five core components that will push you, your business and your career to new heights:
Rigor and Accountability to move things forward and execute against plans. We will set goals and keep score.
- Empathy and Compassion for what you have to confront and manage to reach your goals.
- Encouragement and Acknowledgement to celebrate progress, lessons learned and success.
- Advice and Counsel on topical matters as a "thinking partner" to make smart decisions.
- Strategic and Future-focused Planning to keep you focused and working on the right things and steering clear of obstacles that distract you.
Are you clear about your business (or non profit) growth goals and how to get there? During our coaching, we will follow a three step process. I'll help you: see new possibilities for your business to grow, simplify how to get there, and leave you with a clear action plan you can begin to tackle right away. We will dig into where your business is now and tackle the difficult questions you have likely been avoiding.
Do you wish you could hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE on your career and just do a hard reboot? Are you stuck in the wrong career and no matter what you do, you can't seem to move? Or, maybe you are clear what your next step should be but haven't the faintest idea where to start? YOU are ready for an extreme career makeover. Brace yourself because during our sessions you will take a hard look at your life, your happiness, and where you really want to be.
In the same way a doctor treats a patient, my coaching style is tailored to your needs. I am a collaborator who will work with you to understand your objectives and create a plan for you and the possibilities available to you. As we work together, I will be a partner for you and help you push yourself to uncover and achieve new possibilities for your business or career. I have a high energy andinnovative style centered around actions and results. My focus is on taking concepts and making them happen.
Goal Setting: Our initial discussion will be a way for me to better understand you, your business or career. We will identify objectives and goals and work together to track actions and progress.
Meetings: We will schedule a recurring weekly meeting. Speaking frequently will be important to keeping on track and moving forward. In person meetings are highly effective and work well when possible. However, weekly discussions can also occur over conference calls and video chats.
Confidentiality: To get the most out of working with me, it is helpful for me to know everything about your business. Thus, maintaining confidentiality is critical to a successful relationship. Our conversations are just that, ours.
Contract: We will spell out deliverables, objectives and payment terms in a contract so our expectations are clear.
- Duration: Best practice for business and executive coaching is a sustained relationship to grow the individual and organization over time. The first phase of a typical engagement is usually at least 6 months.
On Demand: In-between our meetings, I'm available via phone and text to help you make decisions, stay calm and celebrate success.
- Staying Organized: We will keep track of our conversations, notes, homework, etc. in Evernote, a tool that allows note sharing and collaboration.
- What Works: In order to provide the maximum impact to you and your objectives, I have the following expectations of all of my clients:
- Schedule weekly appointments at mutually agreeable times and locations.
- Keep track of and execute all assigned homework and tasks I give you, without nagging or reminders, including procurement of various materials (e.g. books).
- Be coachable - come with a consistent openness to do things differently, think differently, and explore new ways to meet your stated objectives.
- Provide 24 hour notice of any appointments that need to be rescheduled or cancelled.
Open and coachable.
Up to something. Building, creating, growing or transforming something.
Get the support you need to make smart choices and enliven your people to accelerate results. I'll dig in with you to understand your business and what makes it work. Together we will identify the possibilities available for growth and create real action plans that will take your business to the next level.
- if you are seeking game-changing business results
- if you are ready to answer tough questions and take a hard look at your business
- if you want to commit time and resources to growing your business to new heights
Are you maximizing the value of your greatest asset? You need the right people in the right roles to take your business to the next level. Evaluate how you get, motivate and retain the people that drive your business and uncover new possibilities to maximize your people strategy.
The culture of your organization impacts every aspect of your business. Discover new and creative ways you can position values to employees and clients. Align your business towards achieving its true vision, mission, and goals.
A successful meeting or offsite retreat requires outstanding facilitation. Get the experience you need to make your meeting or retreat wildly successful. I offer services for planning, designing and leading your meeting or retreat that will get your team into immediate action. Get real results and get them fast.
There's a stigma that goes with the average keynote speaker. Audience eyes glazed watching slide after slide and boring subjects that may educate but lack the motivation to inspire. As a speaker, I break through this stigma. I will enrich, enlighten and most of all excite. What I offer is a unique and inspiring experience. Keynotes chocked full of useful insights, humor and passion. Yes, the audience will be engaged but more importantly they'll leave the room on fire and ready to act.
Whether you want suit and tie or hoody and bluejeans, I'm your guy. Whatever the setting, I'm game. Be sure your audience is ready because my style is real and raw. I'm a storyteller and an educator rolled into one. You will get humor and excitement. You won't get boring or ordinary.
- wants something different that will leave them changed
- is ready to hear fun, real and raw stories
- is not afraid to think differently and be challenged
- is eager to laugh and have fun


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LinkPoint360 is a proud provider of software solutions for Salesforce users around the globe. Our email integration tools make Salesforce users more productive while also boosting Salesforce adoption throughout an organization.
End users are able to view, record, create, and sync content between Microsoft Outlook or IBM Notes and Salesforce with minimal change to how they work throughout the day. By remaining primarily in their email, users are more efficient, and LinkPoint Connect ensures that data is added to or updated in Salesforce for real-time visibility.
Managers and Salesforce admins take advantage of LinkPoint Connect's flexibility. Customers can request custom installer files that include specific preconfiguration – removing or locking down features or including preset settings that ensure users across the organization leverage LinkPoint Connect consistently.
Salesforce Partnership
LinkPoint360 is a proud Salesforce Gold ISV Partner. We work closely with Salesforce teams to provide solutions Salesforce customers and prospects that have unique email integration needs.
Key Differentiators
There are many email to Salesforce integration tools on the market. So why choose LinkPoint Connect? We have a full list of key differentiators you can explore, but here are the standout reasons:
- Support: Our team provides best-in-class support for over 90,000 users. We offer live chat, email, and phone support as well as dedicated Customer Success Managers to ensure positive implementations and company wide onboarding.
- Installation: LinkPoint Connect supports virtual desktop environments such as Citrix, Terminal Services, and VMware. Companies with unique configurations turn to LinkPoint360 for equally unique results.
- Solutions: LinkPoint Connect is available as one of 12 preconfigured Solutions designed to integrate out-of-the-box with offerings built on the Salesforce platform.
- Customization: Our Professional Services team works on configuration and customization projects that further support unique customer need. Whether you want to lock down settings or need an installer set up to work with your Salesforce custom objects, you'll find support and an answer with LinkPoint360.
Software Editions
We recognize the need for our customers to have access to the tools and platforms that work the best for their existing processes and set up. LinkPoint Connect is now offered as three Editions that enable clients to choose the option that meets their needs the most.
- Desktop: The classic version of LinkPoint Connect – access to view, record, create and sync functionality for Salesforce and either Microsoft Outlook or IBM Notes.
- Desktop Plus: An enhanced version of classic LinkPoint Connect – all of the features of the core product plus access to dedicated mobile app and Side Panel shortcuts to capture critical meeting intel.
- Cloud: A server-side set of syncing tools – configured via a web browser and accessible from any platform (mobile, PC, Mac), the latest edition will automate interactions between email and Salesforce.
Prospects, customers, and partners have access a variety of resources to maximize LinkPoint Connect knowledge and use.
- Knowledge Base: Our Knowledge Base includes step-by-step instructions that cover features and functionality. Visit www.linkpoint360.com/kb for instructions, FAQs, and other documentation.
- Video Library: Visit our YouTube channel to check out playlists designed to walk users through the most common LinkPoint Connect features and functions.
- Live Chat, Phone, & Email Support: Use Live Chat on www.linkpoint360.com to speak in real time with a Support Team Member during standard business hours. Email email@example.com or call 732-212-8403.
- Customer Success: Feel free to reach out to the Customer Success Team which can help with general account questions such as onboarding, implementation, training, and adoption.
- Webinars: Looking for a live demo? Check out our LinkPointers Webinar Series, where our
experts demonstrate LinkPoint Connect and field audience Q&A.
Getting Started
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Christine Monaghan / Apple:
Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models — Apple® today added new models of the iPhone™ and iPod® touch which have double the memory, doubling the amount of music, photos and videos that customers can carry with them wherever they go. The revolutionary iPhone now comes …
James Lewin / Podcasting News: Apple Adds 16GB iPhone & 32GB iPod touch
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0: New iPhone and iPod touch, same price structure
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Oh, One More Thing: It's Not 3G
Steve O'Hear / last100: iPhone, iPod Touch get supersized
Petemortensen / Cult of Mac: Apple Doubles Storage for iPhone, iPod touch
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: Apple Doubles iPhone, iPod touch Memory
Dan Moren / MacUser: Apple inflates capacities on iPhone, iPod touch
Robert Nelson / Gadgetell: Apple adds 16GB iPhone, 32GB Touch, both at $499
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband: Bulletin: 16GB iPhone debuts today
Michelle Kessler / Technology Live: 16 GB iPhone is here! — Apple released new versions of the iPhone …
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Apple iPhone gets 16 GB, iPod Touch hits 32 GB
Paul Miller / Engadget:
16GB iPhone just around the corner? (updated) — There's been plenty of conjecture (pictured) about a 16GB iPhone — and its mysterious absence from the initial lineup — ever since the 16GB iPod touch graced us all with its minuscule presence, but things are starting to look up.
Discussion: Hardware 2.0, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint.co.uk, The Boy Genius Report, Infinite Loop, Byte of the Apple, Electronista, MacRumors, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, The Mobile Technology Weblog, PDA, Gearlog, Tuzworld.com, ParisLemon, SMS Text News, TechWag, Newlaunches.com, TechCrunch UK, Gadget Lab and textually.org
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: 16GB iPhone now available ... oh, and a 32GB iPod touch
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo: iPhone 16GB and iPod Touch 32GB Available
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.co.uk: 16GB iPhone to go on sale in UK today
Zach Epstein / The Boy Genius Report: 16GB iPhone and 32GB iPod Touch Released
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: iPhone goes to 16GB while iPod touch hits 32GB
Arik Hesseldahl / Byte of the Apple: The Rundown: New iPhone, iPod Touch
Jemima Kiss / PDA: It's here - the 16GB iPhone
Brian Heater / Gearlog: Apple Double iPhone and iPod Touch Capacities
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK: UPDATE: 16GB iPhone confirmed to launch today in UK
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: 16GB iPhone Coming Any Minute Now
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Official: 16GB iPhone available and 32GB iPod touch — both $499 — Out of the rumor mill comes the 16GB iPhone, now official. Ever since the 16GB iPod touch was announced in September, we all knew it was just a matter of time until Apple could bung the same NAND capacity into their chubbier iPhone.
Discussion: DVICE, greg hughes, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi and Orbitcast
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Reports: New iPhone, MacBook Pro imminent
Reports: New iPhone, MacBook Pro imminent
Discussion: Hardware 2.0, Byte of the Apple and Engadget
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: 16GB iPhone today? New MacBook Pros?
Arik Hesseldahl / Byte of the Apple: Store Down: IPhone, MacBook Pro Rumors Hot.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Apple store is down: 16GB iPhone imminent?
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view — This post is not about the potential Microsoft/Yahoo merger. — Instead, let's just assume for the moment that Microsoft succeeds in its bid for Yahoo. — What would a Microsoft/Yahoo merger mean for startups in Silicon Valley?
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, Ross Mayfield's Weblog, peterme.com, Furrier.org, WebProNews and Feld Thoughts
Ross Mayfield / Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Death by Mainstreaming
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Count Out Murdoch As Yahoo Bidder
Brad Feld / Feld Thoughts: Marc Andreessen Said It So I Don't Have To
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why Google Wants Microsoft-Yahoo
Why Google Wants Microsoft-Yahoo
Discussion: Money Out Blog and Rev2.org
Alain Sherter / Money Out Blog: What we all aren't missing about Google
Sid Yadav / Rev2.org: 2012: Why MicroHoo is All About the Advertising
Opera unleashes innovative technology in latest mobile Web browser — Opera Mobile 9.5 — Faster speed, new interface and Opera Widgets bring users closer to a full desktop experience — Exclusive preview at Mobile World Congress 2008 (February 11-14, Barcelona)
Discussion: last100, Download Squad, CyberNet, the::unwired, Engadget, The Mobile Gadgeteer, jkOnTheRun, Gizmodo, Mashable! and Phone Scoop
Steve O'Hear / last100: Opera Mobile 9.5 announced: we can do the grown up web too
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Opera Mobile 9.5 coming soon - Video
Arne Hess / the::unwired: RELEASE: Opera Software unleashes its latest mobile Web browser - Opera Mobile 9.5
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Video: Opera Mobile 9.5 redesign is lickity quick, slick
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer: Opera Mobile 9.5 to be shown at Mobile World Congress 08
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Opera Mobile 9.5 might have you browse on Windows Mobile again
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: Opera Mobile 9.5 Announced
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop: Opera Updates Mobile Browser to 9.5
Recording Industry steps up campaign against internet piracy in China — New legal proceedings brought against Baidu — Copyright infringement actions against Sohu and its associate company Sogou — Yahoo China in breach of copyright violation judgment
Discussion: Digital Trends, Search Engine Journal, TECH.BLORGE.com, paidContent.org, hypebot and Wired News
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: Record Labels Go After Baidu
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org: Baidu, Sohu And Yahoo China Face New Wave Of Music Lawsuits
Bruce Houghton / hypebot: Tuesday's Music 2.0 Briefing: Chinese Lawsuits, Napster Chile …
Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired News: Want Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters
Kelly Fiveash / The Register: Music industry sues Baidu
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
IFPI sues Baidu, Yahoo China over deep linking MP3s
IFPI sues Baidu, Yahoo China over deep linking MP3s
Discussion: Electronista and Reuters
MS intros 6000/7000 wireless laser mice... Microsoft this morning reworked its Wireless Laser mouse options for desktop and notebook owners with a pair of mice focused on simplicity rather than sheer control. Both the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 (pictured) for the desktop …
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000 Slim Down, Get Slanty Like Sports Cars
Jen the Weird Hunter / Gearlog: Microsoft's New Wireless Laser Mice
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft launches Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000
Microsoft launches Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000
Discussion: Ubergizmo
Pirating the 2008 Oscars (Now with 6 Years of Data) — Every year, the Academy tries to stop Oscar films from leaking online. And every year, they leak all the same. I've been tracking Oscar piracy since 2004, but I've decided to up the ante, releasing all the underlying data and extending it to 2003.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Detailed Piracy Stats For Every Oscars Nominated Movie Since 2003
Detailed Piracy Stats For Every Oscars Nominated Movie Since 2003
Discussion: Digg
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
Web 3.0: Is It About Personalization? — On the UK's Guardian newspaper site today, writer Jemina Kiss suggested that Web 3.0 will be about recommendation. "If web 2.0 could be summarized as interaction, web 3.0 must be about recommendation and personalization," she wrote.
Discussion: Guardian, broadstuff, AndyDickinson.net and Darren Herman
Jemima Kiss / Guardian: Web 3.0 is all about rank and recommendation
Alan Patrick / broadstuff: WILL THE REAL WEB 3.0 PLEASE STAND UP....
Driver problems still haunting Vista — When Steve Sinchak's new Intel network card became "really slow" after upgrading his Windows Vista PC with a pre-release version of Service Pack 1, he tried uninstalling its software driver and replacing it with a new one.
Discussion: Hardware 2.0
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Vista SP1 highlights in 60 seconds …
Heather Timmons / International Herald Tribune:
Ruptures call safety of Internet cables into question — NEW DELHI: Four undersea communication cables have been cut in the past week, raising questions about the safety of the oceanic network that handles the bulk of the world's Internet and telephone traffic.
Discussion: Engadget
Darren Murph / Engadget: Fourth undersea cable cut near UAE, suspicions rise
Times of London:
My online life: no hobbies, no opinions, no friends, no fun — I knew my online life had to change when my boss decided that he would join Facebook. As the resident young person in an office of thirty and forty-somethings I was tasked with setting up his online profile.
Discussion: Techdirt and broadstuff
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: The Problem With Social Networks: When Worlds Collide
Alan Patrick / broadstuff: NO SEX NO DRUGS NO WINE NO WOMEN NO FUN NO SIN....
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft declares its modeling love with a new language, 'D' — A handful of Microsoft's top developers are working to create a new programming language, code-named "D," which will be at the heart of the Microsoft's push toward more intuitive software modeling.
Discussion: CrunchGear, eWeek and CNET News.com
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear: Microsoft readying model-driven programming tools
Darryl K. Taft / eWeek: Microsoft Preps New Modeling Language
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com: Microsoft says 'D' language better than 'C' variants
Todd Ritter / Download Squad:
IPv6 coming to a root server near you — IPv6 authoritative nameserver records are in the process of being added to six of the world's thirteen DNS root servers. Root servers are the computers at the top of the DNS hierarchy that are crucial in helping you turn downloadsquad.com into an IP address for your computer's benefit.
Discussion: Ars Technica, ICANN, Cisco High Tech Policy Blog and Threat Chaos
Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: ICANN flips switch on IPv6 DNS root servers
Jason Keenan / ICANN: IPv6 Address Added for Root Servers in the Root Zone
Richard Allan / Cisco High Tech Policy Blog: A Step Towards IPv6
Richard Stiennon / Threat Chaos: Birth of IPv6
Wall Street Journal:
Ad Revenue From Social Sites Disappoints — Social networking and video-sharing sites are yielding ad revenue slower than some Internet companies hoped.
Discussion: The Social Times, paidContent.org, Valleywag, BloggingStocks, BoomTown and 901am
Nick O'Neill / The Social Times: Making Money on Social Networks, Is It Possible?
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: Google exec blames agencies for weak social-network ad spending
Tom Taulli / BloggingStocks: Social networks: Great fun but no money
Leo Blanco / 901am: Social networks not the holy grail of advertising
Google, Yahoo Going After Outlook — Google and Yahoo are rolling out Web software on steroids to compete with Outlook, another clue why Microsoft is shelling out $45 billion and going into debt for Yahoo. — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Business software units of Yahoo and Google …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Mashable! and VentureBeat
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch: Yahoo's Zimbra Releases v5.0 with BlackBerry Support, New Ajax Features


text: Entertainment Love and Romance How to Do Kegel Exercises: Step by Step Share PINTEREST Email Print Leo Mason/Image Bank/Getty Images Love and Romance Sexuality Relationships Divorce Teens LGBTQ Friendship by Cory Silverberg Cory Silverberg is an educator, author, and speaker with a passion for teaching people of all ages about gender and sexuality. Updated September 28, 2017 Kegel exercises are designed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles (also called your pubococcygeus or PC muscles). These exercises can help with stress, incontinence and some people say they help with ejaculatory control. They have also been recommended as a way of changing how sexual response, including orgasm, feels. Like any exercise, it's possible to do kegels wrong and it's also possible that doing them correctly could exacerbate a problem you are experiencing. If you want to try kegels to address a physical concern you are having, I recommend consulting first with a trusted health care practitioner (ideally with a physiotherapist who specializes in pelvic rehabilitation) to make sure that you are doing the exercises in a way that helps and doesn't hurt. The information below is general and may not apply to you, but it's offered for some context. Here's How Find Your PC Muscle. Many people begin doing kegel exercises but are actually squeezing the wrong muscle. Before you start the exercises, find your PC muscle, make sure you know where your PC muscle is and what it feels like.Squeezing Exercises: Find Your Baseline. The basic exercise can be done anytime and anywhere. Just squeeze your PC muscles as hard as you can, and hold them. You're doing a kegel exercise. Start by squeezing and holding for a count of 3-5 seconds, then release and relax for 5 seconds. When you release, notice how your muscles feel. The first time you exercise, see how many times you can do it before you feel your muscles getting tired. Consider this your baseline.Squeezing Exercises: Use Sets of Repetitions. Your exercises will be most efficient and have the most impact if you get into doing sets of repetitions of the squeezing. Once you've found your baseline, you can work from there. If you can, start with doing 5 repetitions (squeeze/hold/release). Judge for yourself how long you can hold the squeeze for, but don't push yourself too much at first. Build Up Strength. Once you've found your baseline, do your exercises, and every couple of days increase both the length of time you hold the squeeze for, and the number of exercises per set. As a guideline, try to work up to a point where you can hold the squeeze for ten seconds. And try to work up to doing ten reps per set. So you squeeze, hold for ten seconds, release, relax for ten seconds, and repeat ten times.Practice Every Day. Try to take three or four times in the day to do your exercises. Again, everyone is different, but as a guideline try to do ten reps per session, holding for ten seconds on each exercise.Vary Intensity and Time. You can also try to vary the intensity of your squeezing and the amount of time you hold the squeeze in a set. Once you're comfortable that you're doing the exercises properly try a set where you do rapid squeeze and release. Experiment with how long you can comfortably hold a squeeze. Remember not to push yourself to the point of pain or discomfort. Using Kegel Products. Some people will use a toy or kegel exercising product to add resistance. This is not necessary, and while some sex educators suggest it increases the usefulness of the exercise, doing them on your own is still a great way to develop your PC muscle. If you are interested in purchasing a product for kegel exercises, make sure it isn't too large, as this may get in the way of exercises more than it will help them.Incorporating Kegels into Sex. Once you're comfortable with them, try incorporating kegel exercises in your masturbation. Do them while you're getting warmed up, doing them before you have an orgasm, and even try to do them while having an orgasm. You may notice that kegels change the way your sexual excitement and your experience of orgasm feels. For some men, kegels can be a way of "pulling back" from the edge of ejaculation, and can allow them to better control ejaculation. Tips Isolate the PC muscle. At the beginning, remember to regularly check that you are exercising your PC muscle and not other muscles. Avoid contracting your abdominal, thigh, or buttocks muscles, or squeezing your sphincter muscle only. This is something many people do, but it reduces the effectiveness of the kegel exercise Concentrate on your breathing and trying to keep yourself relaxed, and only tense the PC muscles you are using. Try not to tense up your whole body.Finding time to do your exercises. You don't need to set aside a big chunk of time to do kegel exercises. Do a few reps while waiting for a stop light to turn green. In the last ten minutes before lunch, when you're sitting at a desk, do a few reps. Do them while you're waiting for the movie to start, or a commercial break to be over.Don't overdo it. Like any exercise, it's important to build up slowly, and pay attention to your body. If you are experiencing pain or discomfort, you are pushing yourself too hard. It is possible that you could strain the muscles and aggravate a current problem when you are trying to resolve it. Continue Reading


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Good open source game… Facts
I know that many of you, when reading the title, will say that I'm asking a stupid question, or maybe just trolling and try to get attention to my blog. Also, as a FOSS defendant, I should not ask such question, knowing how much open source games are there, also I want to make it clear that I'm not blaming the open source game developers, but let's face it: In video games, FOSS is not much of a player !
Good games exists, like Frets On Fire, or Nexuiz, but they are far from being competitors to commercial games. Most of open source games are good to play with friends, to have fun, but there is two things that are missing: Excellent graphics and a Good story !
So, the first point is visual experience, and if you played games like Half Life², Quake 4, Crysis, then you know what I mean ! Each new commercial big game push the limits a little bit further, with new graphics engines and new astonishing effects, with more and more realistic rendering. Also, gamers expect games to take full advantage of their machines. Can open source engines achieve such results… even on Linux, and with OpenGL… ? Sure they can ! And for those how don't know, PS3 uses OpenGL, and the graphics are just wonderful !
Of course not all Open Source graphical engines are of the same quality, with some promising ones like XreaL, but even this engine is far from what recent engines deliver, like Crytek 2 and others.
Now, I'm sure most of you will say "Hey ! The XYZ engine has all the features you talk about !", and here comes another problem: Modeling and Mapping ! Even if some engines offers possibilities for excellent graphic rendering, they are under-used, because games rely not only on technical stuff like graphics and physics engines, but also on 3D models and maps. Well, even if the majority of open source games uses good maps and games environment, when it comes to 3D Models, well, many of them are just… ugly ! I don't need to say a lot about this, just take a look at most of open source games, compare with commercial games and judge by your self !
Now I come to the second point: Good Story ! Many gamers, so do I, acknowledge that only graphics doesn't make a good game, to have a good gaming experience, we need immersion, a well written scenario, with a plot, characters, places and scenes to remember. This is what makes us remember games we played when we were kids, this is also what makes us play old games again and again and I still play Duke Nukem 3D since 1997 !
Now, if we take a look at open source games… well, 99% of them are e-sport FPS games, with many Unreal-Like games, Quake Arena-Like games. So, where are single player games, single player FPS, single player horror and survival games, single player action/adventure games ?! In my opinion, this is a bigger issue then not having good graphics.
The partial exception to this is open source strategy and RTS games, where single player campaigns are good enough, examples include Bos Wars and The Battle For Wesnoth. Also, there's the platform game Yo Frankie! by the Blender Institute.
Finally, the last problem faced by open source games is the lack of advertising, we need to be looking for open source games to find them, and this must change, open source games need some advertising and needs to get reviewed on major video games websites.
Well, I repeat that I'm not against Open Source games, also, what I wrote doesn't mean that open source games are bad or not worth playing, but, this are the facts that holds open source games from being a real competitor to commercial ones, like Linux is in the OS market or Firefox in the web browsers market.
This situation needs some serious work and solutions, and this will be the subject of my next post, until then your comments and suggestions are welcome !


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This is a really easy DIY. I mean, I consider most of my DIY's to be pretty easy. No one has time for hours of crafting elaborate, hard to manage recipes.
My favorite DIY up until now was probably my chapstick recipe. But, I think this new lotion might have taken the cake. Granted this lotion is a riff on that recipe. All roads lead to Rome.
This lotion is light and easy to absorb, unlike my Christmas body butter experiment. While it was fine in winter, by the time summer rolled around it was too thick. It sat on the skin and slowly absorbed leaving you with a greasy feeling.
No one has time to feel greasy. Coconut oil has a very slow absorption rate. It's why I've banned it from most my beauty products. I used what coconut oil I had left and turned it into soap! No longer in its fatty form, it is AMAZING for soap and shampoo - that lather.
body butter vs. lotion
Boby butter is typically made of just oils and butters. Lotion is typically made with water. Homemade versions of lotion will need to be emulsified and kept in the fridge to prevent spoilage. Body butter has a much longer shelf life.
Body butters and lotions both present two very different types of moisturization.
Body butters create a barrier on the skin that seal in moisture and provide lubrication. Lotion, however, preserves the moisture already in the skin. They have little oil and don't provide lubrication.
I know what you're thinking, doesn't that make a butter better? Well, it depends on your skin type. If you have oily skin a butter is better for you, and if you have dry skin a lotion is better. Dry skin doesn't need more oils, it needs more moisture. Which may be explaining a lot of my problems with the body butter.
I don't have oily skin, it's pretty dry - especially on my face. Bonus points: I never have to worry about shine.
Non-Greasy Lotion
- 2 Tablespoons of Grated Beeswax
- 1/2 Cup of Sweet Almond Oil*
- 2 Tablespoons of Vitamin E Oil
- 2 Tablespoons of Cocoa Butter
- 3/4 Cup of Water
*You can sub the almond oil for olive oil. They have similar absorption rates. I just bought almond oil at Rainbow Grocery in bulk and I am so excited to use it!! I have also linked to a vitamin e oil that comes in glass. But, I recommend that you look at your natural health store first.
You can read more about what I bought in bulk at Rainbow here.
Melt your beeswax, almond oil, and cocoa butter in a double broiler. Once they've melted add the vitamin e, a natural preservative and excellent for nourishing skin.
In the base of a blender add your water. Once my roses are in bloom, I think I will use rose water next time. Once the water is blending slowly stream in your oils. You're creating an emulsion.
Do it VERY SLOWLY. You will see it form into a thick and creamy consistency. Pour it into a spare pump bottle or into a mason jar.
Keep it in the fridge next to your mouthwash and face scrub. What do you use on your skin? Do you prefer butter or lotion?


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By Kailani Koenig-Muenster —
Today is a special occasion for many here in Washington,
D.C. But for others, the Martin Luther King Day of Service lasts
In the nation's capital there were huge food and gift drives and small
gatherings to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. and encourage
volunteerism. At the Church of the Epiphany on G Street, a group of
people from the Youth Service Opportunities Project did what was
already familiar to them.
The YSOP encourages middle and high school students to make big
differences in people's lives by getting involved in community
service. Although they prepare and serve meals to the homeless, they
made sure to tell us they're no ordinary soup kitchen.
What makes this group unique is that after their guests attend the
buffet, they are able to sit with the volunteers and play card games,
do puzzles, or chat. The close-knit nature of the experience lends
itself to more than food and warmth. Unlike many soup kitchens where
people move briskly through a line and hardly talk with whoever is
serving them, these events strive to develop a true personal
connection between the volunteer and the guest.
Today's MLK Day of Service did bring more volunteers including a
high-profile visit from Boston's first lady Angela Menino and
Massachusetts Women for Obama. They readily pitched in by helping to
serve the guests. But this exact event isn't unique to the
Inauguration. It happens about every week at the same location in
Volunteers from YSOP wanted to emphasize that while the importance of
today's community service should be cherished, the need lasts longer
than today.
Photo Credit: Kailani Koenig-Muenster, WEBN News.


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CLEAN LIVING - by Ps Chris Pringle
As we wrap up our "soul detox" series, we hear from Ps Chris Pringle sharing a message on Clean Living out of Psalm 103.
Psalm 103:4-5 [amp]
Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption,
Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy; Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that youryouth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming and soaring]
Psalm 103 is a beautiful psalm indeed. We have covered in this series the power of forgiveness and healing in Christ, the power of worshiping Christ and this week – the transforming life of Christ with " all that is within me" to renew our personal lives and detox our souls!
Jesus is the all round TRANSFORMER!
From the inside out – HE cares for us in every way – BODY | SOUL | SPIRIT.
My dryer has a habit of stopping with a very annoying "ding ding ding" alarm – then it tells me "readjust your load"!
As annoying and inconvenient this is so often it's just what we need to do.
My naturopath is always advising me "Chris, you need to 're- adjust' your load" As we work through getting my life detoxed and in better working order I am freshly aware of what I need to throw away and what I need to deposit IN!
1. Jesus Who Redeems Us
V4 " WHO REDEEMS your life from the pit and corruption!"
Jesus, who reclaims, recovers our lives ... exchanges our old for His new.
He stands as our advocate to emancipate our SOULS! JESUS our "RANSOM - REDEEMER"!
Psalm 107:1-2 - O give thanks to the Lord for He is GOOD ! For His mercies endure forever. Let the REDEEMED of the Lord SAY SO, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy...
Andre Crouch sang... [say so, say so- let the redeemed of the Lord say so...if you've been redeemed by the blood of the Lord... Don't you think it's time...We oughta say sooooo!]
2. He Who Beautifies, Dignifies and Deifies Us
V4 Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;
Jesus beautifies, dignifies and deifies our lives with mercy and loving kindness!
Beauty is so much more than skin deep! It's an inner beauty that JESUS clothes us with! It's a garment! When I think of someone who beautifies a place with their presence, I think of JESUS. He just has a way with words, mannerisms and His presence to lights up our lives! He knows howto win our hearts. He beautifies our souls!!
Psalm 149:4 [amp] - For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation and adorn the wretched with victory.
Psalm 90:17 [amp] - And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands–yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
Isaiah 61:3 describes all three soul building qualities JESUS has bestowed on us!
To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion–to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive]of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit–that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Jesus has clothed us with beauty, dignity and royal standing IN CHRIST | IN HIM This is what Jesus did for us who did not feel worthy at all. But Jesus just kept on pouring out His love, filling us with The Holy Spirit and giving us hope. Hope in Him and hope in ourselves...
Psalm 148:31 [amp] - He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them power, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], a song of praise for all His godly ones, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
So many women and girls have been stripped of their dignity – but Jesus has redeemed our dignity on the cross He took our indignity on Himself so we could be restored to dignity!
Philippians 2:7 [amp] - But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.
This is our JESUS who loves us so much! Thank you Lord.
Proverbs 21:35 [amp] - Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; she rejoices overthe future [the latter day or time to come, knowing that she and her family are in readiness forit]!
Isaiah 62:3 [amp] - You shall also be [so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as] a crown of glory and honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God.
3. He Satisfies Us
Psalm 103:5 [amp] - Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]
Isaiah 40:31 [amp] - But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renewtheir strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
What a promise!
IN CHRIST we are renewed in youthfulness, strength and vitality! Jesus is the best youth pill you need! Drink of Him the 'gos-pill' and you will have a life washed of all toxins and old life.
Don't suppress the Spirit, and don't stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don't be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what's good. Throw out anything tainted with evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:19-24 [msg] - May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body— and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ.The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!
See you in church!


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Custom apparel and products tell a story:
your story.
Apparel and products aren't just things - they are part of your story. These products can take you back to a specific moment in time, like a shirt from your first marathon or a hat from when your family went to Disney World. They also express who you are and what you love, like a coffee mug from your favorite shop or a car magnet for your business. Just like a chameleon, we adapt and change apparel and products to express who you are.
About the owner
Mike Greak has over two decades of experinece in the decorated apparel and promotional products industries. Residing in Carlisle, he has a first-hand knowledge of how industry trends are changing in the area. He continues to stay up-to-date with new products and techniques by attending an industry trade show each year.


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Sundays at 11:11am
The Vineyard is what you may think of as Sunday School. It is during the 11:11am worship hour, but is as far from what you may remember Sunday School to be. All children ages 2 - 5th grade participate in this wonderful program. Toddler/Preschool age children "rotate" activities in their classroom on a simpler scale while elementary age children experience a different class each week.
The Vineyard is a rotational style formatted program where kids have a chance to explore and experience the stories of the Bible in ways never thought possible. We feel that this helps establish a firm foundation that allows for life application, not just memorization.
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As a child, I loathed haircuts. I would scream, cry, bite, refuse blow drying and styling, and generally make our family stylists' lives miserable (relevant side note: I'd like to offer my sincere apologies to Sheila, who cut my hair between the ages of 2 and 7, and Jenny, who cut my hair immediately thereafter; you are angels with golden hearts and iron patience).
My tastes haven't changed much since then, though I am now less prone to temper tantrums. I'm uncomfortable receiving the ministrations of relative strangers, I don't like making small talk–I basically spend the entire appointment neurotically and silently vacillating between hoping the stylist doesn't ask me personal questions and wondering if it would be rude to take a nap.
This background info stands as testimony to the fact that I generally don't like hair services and, if I was to give a glowing review, you would be damn sure that it would be sincere and deserved. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Brooke at Antonio Salon for giving me a totally bitching angled bob and Carissa at Vain for turning it a beautiful, bold orange. I love my hair transformation and I'm excited to return to these talented women for future services!
Also, SORRY ABOUT THE WEIRD FACE IN MY FEATURED IMAGE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE NORMAL FACES I'M SORRY


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Happy Sunday! Today was a relaxing one for sure - and it was much needed. I had a slow morning: eating breakfast, hanging with the puppies, Jax and Bentley, and catching up with one of my best friends on the phone. I'll be heading home in a couple weeks to see all my friends, so we had some conspiring to do. Then I headed to the most relaxing Restorative Yoga class. The class is a perfect combination of stretching and napping, both of which I love! Then I came home and made a very yummy dinner while catching up on The Voice. I hope your day was just what you needed too.
Cheers to a great Monday ;)


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As a celluloid heartthrob, Robert Taylor donned western boots and jeans to portray a gunslinger in "Billy the Kid" and a lawman in "The Hangman." He dressed the same off-screen to ride horses on his 112-acre ranch in Mandeville Canyon.
Taylor died in 1969, but the Brentwood ranch, with its 12-bedroom house, guest quarters, rolling lawns and wooded hillsides, still bears his name. The estate, extensively remodeled in the 1980s by a rock-radio mogul who turned the stables into offices and apartments while leaving the horseshoe-studded stall doors intact, is slated to be sold at auction Nov. 30.


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3M ATG Tape 1/4" General Use
If you use alot of tape, there is a knock-off brand out there. I've used it and it is only ok....
I had a sample chunk of watercolor paper that I used for testing the color choice for another project, then I stamped off the shell phrase on it real quick. Later I looked at it and thought...ooo this is pretty, The color I used is Memento Zeal Teal and is a re-inker that I dropped onto my craft mat and sprayed it with water. This chunk was placed face down on a portion of it that I'd spread around with a brush. I then dried the piece with a heatgun. I like how it came out and with so little effort. I decided that must make it into a CAS card. I also had a bunch of beachy die cuts, which because the phrase is about shells, I started with three shells, next the flipflops fit nicely and finally I liked the beach word die. I had already decided to inlay the B and the flipflops are also inlaid as part of their die. The phrase was stamped using Stampin' Ups Tip Top Taupe ink, and it is a Stampin' Up stamp.
In the open space, I added the sentiment that I need for use of this card. It is a thank you card and the bold white thanks fit perfectly. I applied it loosely so it floats a bit on the base nicely. I was torn on whether adding this die moved the card too far from CAS, but I would be adding the thanks in either case so decided to go for it.
I added the rhinestones to the straps and popped them up with dimensionals. The watercolor base is also popped up for more depth.
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If you use alot of tape, there is a knock-off brand out there. I've used it and it is only ok....
Where I used to work there is a free table. All sorts of items get put on this table and about 5...
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For my travels I wanted a larger selection of fun vacation sayings dies.
Gorgeous Beach scene, Tracy! Your smooshed, watercoloured background piece is just perfect. Love the sweet flipflops and shell, and the unique Beach die-cut with the "B" inlaid. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!
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Love your beautiful background and your beach theme! Thanks for sharing this with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
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Your pretty background is perfect for your beautiful and soothing beach scene. TFS and joining us at CAS Mix Up. Hugs...
I absolutely love your background and all the white around it! makes me want to go to the beach!
Thank you for playing along with us over Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
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Although virtualization can be as simple as partitioning a single PC hard drive or as complicated as a distributed network of hundreds of storage servers, the goal-and most often, the result-is the same: better use of resources, more control over storage and an improved return on investment.
However, as each system becomes larger and more complex, the key to better server deployment is how well a businesss virtualization management software works.
Analysts at companies such as IDC, Gartner and Forrester Research report that 75 percent of Fortune 2000 companies are now using some form of virtualization every day in production environments. As more and more content pours into business storage coffers, more-and more accurate-ways of accessing and retrieving business information will be needed.
IDC analyst Michelle Bailey has spotted a widening gap between storage virtualization and the automated ability to control it. A number of companies old and new are stepping up to address this issue as the gap expands.
A key problem: how and when to partition a storage server-or any server, for that matter-to the best advantage of the IT system?
"Thats the key area were going to see grow big-time over the next five to 10 years," Bailey said. "More and better virtualization management controls are going to be needed. With applications, hardware, services and people changing all the time, the business and system requirements are also changing. All these variables require adjustments from the IT staff-unless a lot [of the adjustments] are automated. The key is to get the business folks and IT staff together on the same page.
"When you set up a partition for a Web-based app, for example, you have to set up a DNS [Domain Name System] address for it, and the [partition] size may vary. And the networking will change. New tools to help accommodate this-instead of requiring hours of staff time-are going to be very important in the years to come," Bailey said.
Scalent, a 3-year-old company also based in Palo Alto, has set its sights exactly in that direction. The company offers a separate operating-system-agnostic software layer positioned under the operating system that allows the pieces of a storage server system to be moved around at will and then put back into place as needed.
Its all done on a single-page console.
"Making changes to a virtualized server can be painful," said Kevin Epstein, vice president for marketing at Scalent. "With our software, an administrator can reach in, turn off certain machines or partitions which aren't being used enough, or reapportion partitions. It also virtualizes the networking and storage connections to make those movable. We call it rack once, reconfigure infinitely."
Other companies in the virtual storage space don't agree with Scalent's approach.
"We dont see the difficulty of making changes in virtualized servers at all," said Mike Grandinetti, vice president and chief marketing officer of server virtualization software provider Virtual Iron, in Lowell, Mass. "We mask the complexity of virtualized servers with an integrated approach built right into the server software. We don't need another layer of software to do the job."
Hitachi Data Systems is the only storage hardware and software maker to build its virtualization management tools right into the head controller. EMC's VMware division, the largest-selling virtualization software organization, as well as HP, Sun Microsystems and IBM, also plan to announce updated virtualization tools this year.
"Our whole strategy in moving people to the data center of the future is to simplify all administration and make modular the software and hardware as much as possible," said Olivier Helleboid, HP's vice president of adaptive infrastructure, who oversees the IT giant's coordination of software, hardware and services for enterprises.
"Complexity and unused resources usually almost always result in wasted time, effort and money. This is the biggest source of tension between business and IT."


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The most researched and surprisingly even-handed argument against US presidential candidate Donald Trump from The Washington Post team
When Donald Trump married Melania in 2005, he was asked if he would stay with his wife if she emerged from a car accident disfigured… 'How do the breasts look?' Trump asked. 'That's very important.' In his bestselling books, Trump cast himself as the irresistible lust object, never the groper, always the grope. As much power as women might wield … Trump rarely let the opportunity pass to proclaim his own virility."
As America battles the storm raging over Trump's latest misogynistic remarks on women, the above excerpt is eerily prescient. America knew it; book after book and media reports after media reports had revealed it. His success was the symbol of the American dream, yet his story epitomises the ostentation, brashness and vulgarity of New York in the 1980s. Trump Revealed beautifully captures Trump's complete ownership of his journey of ambition, ego, money and power, where men, as well as women, are just means to achieve an end—where deals, power and fame combined to create a monster of a myth.
Trump Revealed is easily the most researched and surprisingly even-handed argument against the US presidential candidate from The Washington Post team presided over by Marty Baron, a Pulitzer-winning newspaper editor (remember the Oscar-winning Spotlight?). It is a work of journalism meticulous in pursuit of its unstated goal—unravelling the clear and present danger to the survival of American democracy.
Weeks before the book was released, The Post's editorial board unveiled that goal: "Mr. Trump's politics of denigration and division could strain the bonds that have held a diverse nation together. His contempt for constitutional norms might reveal the nation's two-century-old experiment in checks and balances to be more fragile than we knew… Any one of these characteristics would be disqualifying; together, they make Mr Trump a peril."
Based mainly on 20 hours of interviews conducted over three months with Trump, and impressive research, veteran Post journalists Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher have written this book with the assistance of more than 20 reporters, three editors, two fact-checkers and a remarkable amount of restraint. The newspaper is still on Trump's banned list, and he has since tried to disown much of the book—which is why The Post has made publicly accessible, searchable and downloadable its reporting archives of nearly 400 documents, which, while scrubbed for legalities, include "thousands of pages of interview transcripts, court filings, financial reports, immigration records and other material". The book brings to light little-known yet jaw-dropping details of Trump's life:
-Trump often invested in businesses he knew nothing about, and his failures are as big as his successes—the three glitzy gambling businesses in Atlantic City that had to be shut down; his messy, public divorces; his corporate bankruptcies; his beauty pageant businesses, and his reality TV and Playboy forays that may have bolstered his image, but might also have played down his credibility as a serious business magnate.
-A super-busy man, Trump never had much time for anything, even his women; they were all of a certain type—leggy, blonde and ample-chested—their purpose only to adorn his side to impress the viewer. He regretted giving Ivana, his first wife, responsibility within his business. He once asked an executive to send him a vital report on China and trade in three pages: "I'm a very efficient guy. I want it short."
-As his empire grew, he began drinking his diet sodas through a straw, and only when they came from Norma—his executive assistant who died in 2013—because he was too afraid of others' germs. He also stopped shaking hands with people.
-Trump had never really had close friends. He didn't care about close relationships and ran through people—men as well as women—and only once looked shaken when three of his casino executives died in a helicopter crash and he had to deliver the news to their families.
-Legal threats were as much a part of Trump's business tactics as brash talk, publicity stunts and the renegotiation of deals. USA Today recently reported that there are "about 3,500 legal actions involving Trump, including 1,900 where he or his companies were a plaintiff and about 1,300 in which he was the defendant." Many of those were focused on those who questioned his wealth or his taste—most were media persons or groups.
-Trump's net worth has been valued variously between $250 million and
$10 billion—the larger claims being Trump's own valuation that included branding and perception. As Trump so brilliantly described it, "the value of the brand is very valuable". Yet there have not been independently audited records, nor tax returns disclosed for 18 years.
-He was a bully in childhood, with a psyche that must have been satisfied with military schooling where he excelled. Trump punched his second-grade music teacher, who said, even as he lay dying, as Trump began his run for presidency, "even as a 10-year-old, that kid was a little shit". Trump also made light of his Penn U degree in real estate—although he claimed he was educated and intelligent, he said he could never finish any biography of an American president for lack of time.
The book makes it clear that more than money, Trump had pursued cultivating his own brand his whole life. He always read celebrity articles about himself; "…he diligently tried to review everything written or said about him". He once said, "When people get tired of you is when you do more publicity, because that's when you become an icon." Marketing blitzes for his book Trump: The Art of the Deal "was all about being high visibility", as per Peter Osnos, who edited the book for Random House.
Trump learned the art of the "counterattack with overwhelming force" from Roy Cohn, senator Joseph McCarthy's former right-hand man, whom he hired to counter-sue the federal government after the justice department took action against the Trump family firm in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act and found them guilty. Cohn, who represented the builder for 13 years and also taught him "All press is good press", was disbarred just before his death from Aids in 1986, but succeeded in introducing Trump to New York's influential social and political circles.
Challenged with evidence that he had changed party affiliation seven times between 1999 and 2012, Trump defended his political flip-flopping as necessary. "I think it had to do more with practicality because if you're going to run for office, you would have had to make friends," he said. Funnily, he had hosted a packed penthouse fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and made campaign contributions six times over a decade, but never admitted to voting for her.
The book also reveals Trump's shady business deals—from a mortgage venture described as a 'boiler room' to a pyramid-type vitamin sales scheme for which he just lent his name—that brought him easy millions and made him qualified, by his own admission, to run for President. He wanted "the love and respect of middle America" and he was rich. What else was really needed?
As the book describes, "Trump believed that his fame and success would catapult him to a level of power that he deserved because he had made so much money… He could, for example, make America great again", a slogan he was proud of coining. And like many other products of uniquely American machine of celebrity, he almost brought that to pass. From betting odds of 1:150 in March 2015, Trump became, in a very short while, a real contender, a hatemonger, an expert manipulator of the crowd.
The media may yet prove to be his nemesis, his ultimate unraveller. After his worst ever week in the run-up to the elections, the man who had always basked in a parasitic yet counter-intuitive relationship with the press, is now faced with all of his skeletons tumbling out of the cupboard, fuelled by some ferocious print media work such as in The Post and The New York Times. Thanks to their heroic efforts, if Trump were to lose, he will have only those groups to blame he has brandished all his hate against—immigrants, minorities and women! What a delicious irony that would be.
Paromita Shastri is a former financial journalist
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Last week, during the big PhotoPlus conference here in NYC, my good friends at ONA Bags and Moment Lens asked me to host a morning photowalk through Central Park to check out the colors. Even though the forecast looked like rain, we had a great turnout and got some great photos. Here's a few photos I shot exclusively on the iPhone 7+ using Moment lenses.
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Sinead O'Connor vs Miley Cyrus
Sinead O'Connor has continued her feud with Miley Cyrus, penning a third letter to the Wrecking Ball singer
A FURIOUS Sinead O'Connor has written a third scathing letter to Miley Cyrus, blasting her for mocking mental illness and threatening to sue unless she apologises.
O'Connor posted her third open letter to Cyrus on Facebook, accusing the Wrecking Ball singer of causing "enormous distress, harassment and the potential to damage my career" and threatening to sue unless she apologises for mocking O'Connor and Amanda Bynes' mental problems.
The latest angry reaction from O'Connor comes after Miley Cyrus reply to O'Connor's second open letter, tweeting: "Sinead. I don't have time to write you an open letter cause Im hosting & performing on SNL this week. So if you'd like to meet up and talk lemme know if your next letter. :)"
Sinead. I don't have time to write you an open letter cause Im hosting & performing on SNL this week.— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) October 3, 2013
But O'Connor was having none of it, penning a third letter saying "I have no interest whatsoever in meeting you. You had plenty of time yesterday to abuse Amanda Bynes…an entirely innocent party…and myself…who also did nothing to deserve your abuse…along with every other sufferer of mental health problems and every person who suffered abuse at the hands of priests."
"You can take five minutes today between g-string f***in' changes to publicly apologise and remove your abusive tweets."
"What you did yesterday was designed to damage me and my career and has caused me enormous distress and harassment and has potential to damage my career…if you cannot apologise I will have no choice but to bring legal proceedings against you since it is extremely hard to be given work when people think one is suffering from mental illness."
O'Connor, who has warned that Cyrus is headed to mental problems herself, nonetheless promised "when you end up in the psych ward or rehab I'll be happy to visit you…and would not lower myself to mock you."
And she ended with a warning that Cyrus may be next to be labelled "crazy" by the world.
"Cease behaving in an anti-female capacity. You will become the victim of it shortly. Soon it will be you the media 'crazy'..and you will not enjoy it…and you will appreciate people (like myself) stanidn up for you. Which I will be happy to do…if you earn my respect today by apologising publicly."
The public spat began when O'Connor posted her first open letter to Cyrus, warning her that she was "prostituting" herself, was a poor role model for young women, was wasting her talent and was on track to be destroyed by the music business.
In response, Cyrus mocked O'Connor's history of mental illness, posting a photo of O'Connor ripping up a picture of the Pope on SNL and two-year-old tweets by O'Connor saying she needed a psychiatrist and was at risk of suicide. Cyrus tweeted "Before Amanda Bynes…There was…" However there is conjecture over whether O'Connor posted the tweets at all under the username 'vampyahslayah'.
Cyrus took time in between rehearsals for SNL and tweeting about O'Connor to posing for extremely racy pictures for photographer Terry Richardson.
Before Amanda Bynes.... There was.... pic.twitter.com/6JZPVnunPc— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) October 3, 2013