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Will you pay down your layaway or leave it on hold? Either way it's ready to be picked up. Yes, a decision to stick to small investments is a big commitment. Circumstances may not always be ideal. But small investments really do add up over time.
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Click the button to see more weekly winners.First taste of whipped cream.Shared by loving familyMy new favorite recipe adapted by me!Still with the homemade whipped cream. Obviously very popular with the younger crowd.I foresee issues, what do you think?Unadorned
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Especially if it's their 3rd birthday
Sometimes a nap is so good, it must be memorialized in pictures
I love a man who loves babies. Guess that's why I've kept him around all these years!

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at the beginning of 2016, I told myself to do two things: 1. to capture as many moments as possible and, 2. to be thankful.
okay at this point I think many friends who are reading this feel highly suspicious of #2 because... I complain a lot, about 50% of the time because I'm a firm believer of "complaint leads to improvement". but that is also why I feel thankful for a lot of things. just... #bipolarRuo
anyway, this entry wasn't supposed to be published until the end of the year, though I reckon no one wants to read something as long as my research assignment. however, by Week 17, I realized that we are somehow integrated and it is important for us to be both thankful and helpful towards others. (ahem, to put it in a not-so-deep way: my car battery went flat and none of my friends were nearby so a stranger helped me and I wanted to cry and while he was fixing I swore that next time some stranger need some help I will convince my paranoid mind to try to help).
okay, anyway, after that incident, I decided to break the post down into two parts to share this six months earlier in hope that - omg this is so cheesy, but I hope that I somehow inspire you to do something similar. I missed out some of the weeks (because I haven't experienced being stranded alone in Bangsar ;_;) and most of the time I'm grateful for more than one thing but I only wrote down the one that I think impacted me more.
so, here you go:
week 1: 03.01 - 09.01
the sheet of my sister's bed because my mom wouldn't let me get a plain white one. spending the beginning of New Year with the company of my family just like last year. the weather is getting hot and dry and it feels like summer, although it is summer all the time here.
grateful for people. call me a bipolar, but being almost 20 when I'm no more a teenager soon and expected to act like an adult, I'm so glad to have met kind people who patiently settle what may seem to them simple but is complicated problems to me.
week 2: 10.01 - 16.01
grateful for meeting old friends and catching up with them. when we thought each other had already forgotten certain memories but it turned out that everyone remembers it... that felt great.
week 3: 17.01 - 23.01
taken during a car ride home with Tay and Haox. I connected my phone's bluetooth and the first song that played was 世界上最浪漫的一首歌, then I was searching for the next song and a "high" one comes on and Haox said he's in the mood for emo songs, Tay agreed, so we continued singing emo songs under the streetlights until we were home.
grateful for being able to be myself and be happy at the same time. I guess I'm more gentle and forgiving towards myself, which in turn makes me a happier person.
week 4: 24.01 - 30.01
grateful for happiness. very simple - everyone around me happy. although at some point in life happiness will not be unaccompanied by a little bitterness anymore, in these moments, everything seems perfect, at least for a while.
week 5: 31.01 - 06.02
sunlight slanting into my room. for a moment you can't really tell which side the mirror is facing. a fresh perspective after so many afternoons here.
grateful for books. turning page after page. staying late into the night. engulfed in an imagined world that is shared by many others.
week 6: 07.02 - 13.02
one Chinese New Year afternoon. the weather is too hot so we moved to the backyard where it's breezy. it's sort of like a secret courtyard there.
grateful for friends, companions, mates, allies, whatever you call them. they may just stay a short while in your life, but you remember the times you spend with them and most importantly, how they make you feel. and even if each of you chose a separate path, know that you only need to give a call and they will be there, if not in person, then in their thoughts.
week 7: 14.02 - 20.02
grateful for existing. for being given the opportunities to feel and experience. for being my sister's sister, my parent's daughter and my friends' friend. to smell the pages of a book, to feel the fear when I switch off all the lights at home and have to run upstairs so the monster would not get me, to be so embarrassed that I want to dig a hole and hide, to try to protect my loved ones.
week 8: 21.02 - 27.02
week 9: 28.02 - 05.03
week 10: 06.03 - 12.03
grateful for imagination. "logic will get you from A to B. imagination will take you everywhere."
week 11: 13.03 - 19.03
grateful for dream. I had this dream which definitely won't happen in real life because of the consequences. that's how it is in dreams, you get to do what you want.
week 12: 20.03 - 26.03
grateful to both be a listener and have a listener. sometimes we don't want anything more than to let out. and I'm glad that there are people who are patient and willing enough to go through this with me. and I'm glad that I can be that person to someone else.
week 13: 27.03 - 02.04
woke up early and the sunlight was perfect. I always love this but I also sleep a lot, missing this sight.
grateful for electronics/technology. currently Skyping with friends in Aussie while I type this. also, have been planning Bangkok trip through screen and Google Sheets with my friend in India. all these time zones making me crazy but I'm glad we're still able to do all these although we're couple of hours and thousand of miles apart.
week 14: 03.04 - 09.04
week 15: 10.04 - 16.04
curtain change. I like the other set better previously because it keeps my room dark and cool until I saw this.
grateful for having someone who shares the same interest as me. reminds me of the song 《52 赫兹》 (52 Hertz) by The Verse. I'm that whale, and even though whales don't call at this frequency, at least I have something close.
week 16: 17.04 - 23.04
grateful for stories. everyone craves for one and everyone desires for theirs to be listened. it's beautiful when people cut their wounds open and pour out their secrets.
week 17: 24.04 - 30.04
taken while I was driving in a slow traffic, on my way to pick up my housemates for dinner after my car was fixed. I was trying to focus on the raindrops on my windscreen, but it's difficult to hold a steering wheel and a camera.
grateful for stranger's helping hand. when you lend someone a hand, even if they have nothing to thank you, just know that you'll always be remembered. the guy with curly hair at the train station, the woman who offered to walk together, the men outside the police station... I remember them.
week 18: 01.05 - 07.05
my bouquet of dried baby's breath. took this as light test.
grateful for 1. platonic love or 2. any kind of love that's similar to this. back to 1., imagine meeting someone who connects with you so much, you don't have to explain things only to get disappointed later because the person doesn't understand, and 2., ain't it wonderful that there are so many kinds of love that's not romantic or physical?
week 19: 08.05 - 14.05
I took this photo before the sunlight shifts and this shadow disappears. I thought I missed it, but it caught my eye when I got down from the stairs. I hated how most Malaysian houses have grills but I guess grills have their beauty too.
grateful for growing up with my uni mates. one message asking where I can get a food caterer in Subang/Puchong - which I'm still not familiar with - and I got so many replies from them, some even gave me two. how can I not be grateful for these people?
week 20: 15.05 - 21.05
waves on my bed. my family finally accepted the idea of a plain bed sheet without any design, so I chose a blue-grey one.
grateful for my family. there's been lots of things happening recently but I know I can always count on them whenever I need help and support.
week 21: 22.05 - 28.05
grateful for photographs and pictures (yeah, even screenshots, haha). it's been a rough week but scrolling through my phone's gallery never fail to make me smile. right now I'm going through photos as far back as 8 years ago, nostalgic!
week 22: 29.05 - 04.06
taken while waiting for the traffic light to turn green at the junction that me and my uni-mates always pass by. I forgot what topic they were on but I remember putting a lot of focus in capturing this with the sound of their laughter as the background.
grateful for being stuck at this age. I really loved being sixteen and it took me so many years to finally feel comfortable with my age again. it's awkward - not playing the rye game anymore, but not exactly at the bottom of the cliff. we know what's down there, perhaps because some of us are already there, or we've heard stories about people there but we're still clinging onto what's up on the cliff that those down below have already lost.
week 23: 05.06 - 11.06
the notebook I've been using since 2014. I like that when I turn the pages, I see how I changed over the course of two years.
grateful for people I've met in my life. including those you've only met once and it's hard to feel grateful for the people you hate as well, but they show you what you don't want to be, so I guess for that, I owe them a thanks.
week 24: 12.06 - 18.06
grateful for the trust that people give to me. I may not be the best listener, yet they spill their heart out and don't mind showing their vulnerable side to me.
week 25: 19.06 - 25.06
my camera focusing on the net instead of my brother-in-law, whom I was trying to sneak a photo of after the wedding.
grateful for togetherness. no, silence is not awkward, in fact, it's comfortable. there's not much talk needed, mere sight will leave the heart warm enough.
week 26: 26.06 - 02.07
grateful for simple little things. anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I hurt my toe badly, my sister missed her parcel, etc. which makes me extremely glad for all the small things, like walking normally, that I may have taken for granted in the past.
... and that's it for the first half. I guess the last entry sums it up, it's always the little things that we take for granted. but now I'm learning to appreciate them. and I hope you do too! :)
also, I can't wait to unwrap the surprises that life is giving for the remaining half of 2016. all the best to you!
Ruo Ling


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It is my great pleasure to share Orielton Software's new logo:
I have been thinking about developing a new logo for a while, but it took a bit of fortuitous inspiration to prompt an idea that I was happy with.
In my never ending quest to inflict maths on my daughter I recently made her a simple Möbius Strip. Later that day I walked past where it was lying on a table and noticed that from a certain angle the curves made a pleasing triangular shape. When I flattened it out, pressing the curves into creases, it made a nicely proportioned two dimensional pattern.
By luck the width and length of the strip of paper that I had used meant that the edge length of the equilateral triangle in the centre was approximately equal to the width of the strip. This would not have been the case for a longer or thinner strip. This makes for some nice geometry in the overall pattern.
Apart from the intrinsic appeal of the pattern (at least to me), it seemed like a good basis for a logo because of the vague similarity to the shape of Tasmania. I decided to join the long tradition of Tasmanian logos based on stylised triangles.
To continue this theme I decided to try using some colours from a colour scheme that I put together a few years ago. The colours in the scheme were chosen from photos I had taken at Mt Field National Park. In particular it used colours from the bark of eucalypts, lichen on the rocks and foliage of the the beautiful Nothofagus Gunnii, Tasmania's only deciduous native plant.
I tried to choose colours for each part of the logo with some link to the corresponding areas of the state - gold for the East coast beaches, green for the bush of the South-West and West coast, red for the rich farming soil of the North coast, and blue for the lakes of the Central Highlands. Cheesy perhaps, but I like the result.
Being a coder rather than a graphic designer, I wrote a quick Mac application to draw the logo at various sizes and with various treatments. I toyed with putting some sort of marker in the South East of the logo to represent Orielton, the the spiritual home of Orielton Software and location of our World Headquarters. But this just broke the "symmetry" (aesthetic rather than mathematical) of the pattern.
A colour logo is all well and good, but sometimes a monochrome version would be useful. So I spent a couple of hours exploring various approaches to render the colour in grey scale, and ended up settling on:
gray = red * 0.3 + green * 0.59 + blue * 0.11;
Perhaps not the most productive way to spend a few hours, but I enjoyed it and learned a few things along the way.


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I did not grow up eating turkey for Thanksgiving or any holiday. My few experiences with turkey were un-memorable. A few years ago, I also made a turkey breast but there was so much leftovers. That's all I remember eating. Since we were only three people this time, my mom thought about just making chicken. But we found a good size turkey breast. I actually enjoyed it this time!
After researching the internet for stuffing recipes, my mom and I narrowed it down to a pancetta & chestnut stuffing. Knowing nothing about chestnut, I didn't realize that 1) it is not chestnut season and 2) jars of roasted chestnuts are hard to find. Luckily, I had my mom with me who knew that we would likely be able to find chestnuts at a Chinese store. She was right! We found some in both dried form and vacuum-packed!
One turkey breast was the perfect portion for four people (with not too much leftovers). Even though pancetta is very salty, the stuffing did not taste too salty. I liked the addition of chestnuts. I think I would re-use this recipe!
Turkey Breast with Pancetta & Chesnut Stuffing (Serves 4)
Adapted from Giada De Laurentiis' Ciabatta Stuffing with Chestnuts and Pancetta.
* 100 g pancetta, chopped roughly
* 1 garlic clove, minced
* ½ onion, diced
* 1 carrot, diced
* 1 celery stalk, diced
* fresh rosemary, chopped
* 100 g chestnuts, chopped roughly
* 100 g day old bread cubes (or toasted dry)
* broth or water
For the stuffing
Cook pancetta slightly - it shouldn't be too crispy because the remaining fat will help keep the turkey breast moist.
Put aside.
In the remaining fat, stir fry onion, garlic, carrot and celery until slightly cooked.
Add the rosemary - no need for salt because of the pancetta.
Mix the pancetta, vegetable mixture and bread together.
If the stuffing is too dry, add some broth or water.
(We didn't add an egg but it would probably have helped the stuffing bind better.)
Chestnucks from a pack.
Ingredients for stuffing.
For the turkey breast
* 1 turkey breast
* twine
* salt and pepper
* garlic powder
* fresh thyme chopped
* stuffing
* maple syrup
Mix the salt, pepper, garlic powder and fresh thyme.
Cut the turkey halfway lengthwise but not through.
Season the inside with the thyme mixture.
Spoon the filling onto the turkey breast.
Close the turkey breast and tie with twine.
Season the exterior of the turkey breast also.
Bake in the oven at 375F for about 1 hour, 15 minutes (or until the juice runs clear).
Halfway through baking, coat the turkey skin with maple syrup to help it caramelized.
Season the turkey breast.
Tying the turkey breast to hold the stuffing in.
Ready for the oven.
The finished product, nice and golden!
Cross-section of the turkey breast. The chestnuts were a good addition.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Turkey Breast with Pancetta & Chestnut Stuffing
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It's been a long time since I posted, it's been a busy few months. It's also five years since I launched Gem PR & Media from our dining room table in Guernsey. And sure, we have 250 #FiveYears of #LipSmackingService Serious Lip Balms to gift to our friends, family, and clients (let me know if you'd like one and I'll make sure it happens), but I also wanted to share a few thoughts with you.
It's been vital to our survival that we love what we do. That's what it comes down to. If money is more important than doing what you love that's ok too. But for small business owners, we do it because it's what we're meant to do.
Celebrate the good times. Do not dwell on the bad times, they will pass, and you will get through. If you mess up admit it, apologize, and move on. Know that if something isn't your fault, and you did a good job, you can't win them all.
Listen to advice from your peers. Not all advice is good, but in time you will discover those whose advice is invaluable.
Stay true to yourself. That gut feeling has always been a strong indicator for me. If I feel something is off it usually is.
Do good. As a business owner, you have the power to leave this place in better shape than when you found it. Give your time wisely and use it for good.
If you can't stand up for your industry then help make it be a better one. Lead by example. It's ok if others follow I genuinely believe that.
Go the extra mile for your clients it will make all the difference.
Finally, recognize your accomplishments and those that have helped you along the way.
So thank you to everyone that has supported us over the years we appreciate it, we really do!


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We've all tried a diet at some point in our lives. Sadly, losing weight is the main reason why people try diets. But, I don't think diets should be used just for losing weight but also for promoting good health in a sustainable way. In fact, when you approach dieting with the aim of improving your health in your heart, you naturally lose weight if that's what your body needs to do. Whereas, when you eat to lose weight you sometimes strengthen an unhealthy relationship with food and decrease your over-all health.
The first of the 3 diets I've chosen has a specific application to certain people which are pre-diabetic. The last 2 are a great way to step into a healthier diet and lifestyle which is sustainable. I've included my favourite recipe book when I have one.
The 5:2
In the 5:2 you fast 2 days a week and eat what you want on 5 days of the week. You don't have to not eat at all on fast days though, it's important to keep up your water in take and you can have up to 500 calories. If you want this diet to really work it's important you don't go CRAZY with unhealthy foods on the days off fasting but that isn't always made clear in the diet books which promote this way of eating. The aim of the diet is to lose weight by re-balancing your metabolic rate.
I was extremely dubious of this diet when patients started asking me about it. So before I could recommend it I had to do some reading. I found that actually as a human race we haven't had this abundance of food for very long. We are much better adapted to feast and famine circumstances. We tend to store the calories we cant for later assuming we will go through some time before our next meal. But that doesn't happen anymore and so we see increasing rates of obesity in the world. For the first time in history there are more obese adults on the planet than underweight.
Now that I have the facts I do recommend this diet to people who are carrying a bit too much weight and need a catalyst to start things moving. I also recommend it to diabetic and pre-diabetic patients. I really wouldn't recommend it to people who have a history of eating disorders because it involves the restriction of calories. My stories from patients tells me this is quite an easy diet to follow it just takes a little while to get used to fast days. But soon you find you can go without much food and feel fine.
The Palaeolithic diet
I love the paleo diet. It's based on the idea that we aren't evolved to deal with the grains we eat so frequently in our diet but rather should revert to what we ate in palaeolithic times; a lot of fruit and veg and some meat of fish. It's gluten-free so great for those with gluten intolerance. Aside from cutting out grains and introducing a lot of nuts it's quite easy to follow. It's literally meat and two veg for the majority of meals. Of course, you can get more creative with your recipes than that though. The paleo diet claims many health benefits (most of which I think come from eating more healthily than avoiding grains per-se). Thinks like; increased energy, improved sleep, clearer skin and healthier hair, mental clarity, improved mood, less bloating, less headaches, less joint and muscle pain, and less infections.
The Paleo diet is easy to adhere to in my opinion and it seems to me that the paleo diet would complement the 5:2 both in terms of health as well as philosophy. The paleo diet doesn't tend to be something you go in and out of and put on tonnes of weight but seems to be something my patients incorporate into their lives. Sometimes it's followed to the tee day in day out sometimes to a greater and lesser extent. I think it's perfect healthy to move in and out of the rules these diets impose till they become our own.
The sugar-free diet
Going sugar free is very fashionable at the moment but not many people understand what it really means. If you want the real-deal you should get Sarah Wilson's 8 week programme. She talks about the addiction of sugar and explains that it takes on average 8 weeks to break the sugar cravings. Not only does she encourage you to cut out refined sugar but also fruit sugars. We all know the risks of refined sugar. It's ability to increase diabetes and obesity but not many understand that fructose (the sugar found in fruits) does the same thing. So while you're getting lots of lovely vitamins from fruit you're also getting a fair bit of sugar.
I chose to follow this diet when I spent the time calculating my sugar intake one day and even though I snacked on fruit and biscuits a like I was going massively over my recommended sugar intake each day. I knew something had to change if I wanted to keep my hormones balanced, not put on weight, reduce my likelihood to get certain cancers, improve my immune system and improve my overall wellbeing. This diet is by no means easy to pull off but it is incredibly rewarding. If you want to take it on I'd really recommend Sarah's book as she breaks it down week by week so you slowly transition in and slowly transition out. By following the steps she lays out you will break your addiction to refined sugars and be able to reintroduce fruits in portions which are healthy and in no way problematic.


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Tips for August
How is it already August! We've already had a whooper of a summer and with the nice weather set to continue into August here are some tips into how to make the most of the month.
1. Go to the Georgian Fair
The main event of the month is the Georgian Fair (4th -5th). We will be transporting you through time to celebrate the reign of the Georges (1714 – 1830) and The Age of Enlightenment which inspired Gilbert White to write his famous book ' The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne'. This event is the perfect antidote to our electronic age, celebrating the science, craft, food and entertainment of the Georgian period.
2. Do something with the whole family!
The children are off school which means families are out in force! We have some great trails to do all together in the garden… or why not do something a bit different and join one of our Family Friendly Bat Walks?
3. Go to the outdoor theatre…
Chapterhouse Theatre Company's timeless story of Little Women, based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott at Gilbert White's House. Join Chapterhouse as four sisters – Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy – tell the story of their life during the Civil War in America. It is a story full of romance, love, passion, friendship; a story where hope will always outdo heartache and hardship if you just have the courage to follow your dreams. The tale of these four sisters is brought to life in a brand-new adaptation from Chapterhouse, featuring glorious period costume, traditional live music and a story of self-discovery to warm your heart, all presented in the finest open-air venues the UK and Ireland have to offer.
4. Book your Wedding!
We are in peak wedding season! If you're looking for a venue why not have a look around our 16th Century Barn?
5. Learn to look after your veggies!
This dry weather isn't great for growing vegetables! Our gardener Keith Oakley is running a Summer Kitchen Garden Workshop on the 25th, on how to care for your vegetable patch.
6. Explore the Natural World
We have lots and lots of nature activities from Life Labs, to River Dipping and Butterfly Day.
7. Book a Holiday
Did you know you can stay at the Museum? We've opened our new holiday flat which looks out on to Gilbert's Gardens. Perfect for a Hampshire getaway.
8. Art workshops
Do your kids love getting arty? Why not bring them along to our Birds and Beasts collage workshop on the 23rd August, or get messy on the 1st of August on our wild art day!
9. Sit outside and enjoy a nice lunch
Our café has a great outside area overlooking the garden, the perfect spot for a summers lunch!
10. Go to camp!
Our Nature Camp is a holiday day camp for kids between 8 and 12 who have a passion for wildlife and the outdoors. Using all of our 30 acre site and neighbouring woodland, children will be able to run off some steam and learn more about the world around them. Activities include pond dipping, habitat building, butterfly hunts, animal tracking, bat box building, den building, wild art and Bushcraft.


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Gig Harbor, Washington Dentist, Dr. Rhonda Savage Discusses Miles Global
Miles Global is a practice consulting firm exclusively for dentists. Dr. Rhonda Savage, CEO of the firm, explains that it is an international consulting firm in business for over seven years.
One thing that sets the firm apart is its personalized attention to a client's practice. "We really know your practice, and we don't take on a lot of clients every year because we want the best for you." The firm also does not believe that every dental office needs a full roster of consulting services. The firm focuses on helping clients grow their practices. This enables clients to consider their time and budget in deciding what they are looking for from the consultation and what they want to accomplish. Some practices work with Miles Global on a smaller, individualized level. Others may opt for the full consulting process.
Fees are always an issue. Dr. Savage says that Miles Global offers very reasonable fees and high content. If you are interested, call the firm at 877-343-0909. You can speak on a complementary basis for up to thirty minutes to decide if a consultation would be desirable. Dr. Savage believes that every practice has room for growth. "I know every practice can improve, even the best, in areas of teamwork, communication, business systems, and leadership."
Rhonda Savage D.D.S. is an internationally known author and lecturer, and CEO of Miles Global, an international dental training and consulting firm. She lectures and publishes on women's health issues, leadership, and business management. Her credentials are strong. Dr. Savage is a Past President of the Washington State Dental Society, and an Affiliate Faculty Member of the University of Washington School of Dentistry. She is also a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, American College of Dentists, and the International College of Dentists. She is the owner of Uptown Dental Gig Harbor. The Legal Broadcast Network is a featured network of Sequence Media Group.


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This plugin, when used causes users to not show up in my user list section.
Hello, I am using WP 3 multisite and Simple Avatar works in my main blog. However my secondary blog can upload avatar but it shows a wrong upload path. In my main blog my path is:
And my secondary blog path is:
I have been looking for an option in the db to modify this path but I didn't find it
Thank you.
I really like the simplicity of this plugin. There is just one pesky bug which prevents the avatars from showing up on sites where the home page is not /wordpress (i.e. if the home_url is different from the site_url).
Line 95 reads:
$local_avatars[$size] = site_url( $local_avatars[$size] );
just change this for:
$local_avatars[$size] = home_url( $local_avatars[$size] );
And the plugin will be fixed for me and probably a lot of users!
Uploading an image resulted in a 500 server error..
Fantastic plugin!
Another annoying bug: upload is not protected against uncompatible files (bmp..)
Hello Jake,
Currently Simple Local Avatars defaults to a Gravatar.com avatar or the mystery man avatar (which is actually also a Gravatar.com avatar) if no local avatar is selected.
As privacy is sort of an issue on one of my (personal) sites, but people (read subscribers) still would like to have a stylish, but local avatar. I wondered if it would be possible to strip down any Gravatar functionality from this plugin/WordPress making it default to a local hosted mystery man avatar instead.
Of course, if you think this would require much more work, would it be possible to send me a quotation perhaps?
Best regards,
Cor van Noorloos
Hey, I have changed my permalink settings and the plugin don't work for avatar admin ??
Thanks for this simple plugin.
One question – how do I change the permission to allow everyone to upload an avatar (I am sure it is ABC, but I am new to all this).
I don't see it. Maybe its not longer in the newest version of WordPress.
Additional question,
I created a custom login page, rather a plugin I am using did, how do I add in the option of adding/changing an avatar on this new custom page?
Hey! Great work, thanks for this simple and easy plugin.
Just one question: any chance to increase the size of saved avatars? I can't find the line of code which is responsible for the 96px limitation.
Hi, I am using your simple local avatars plugin and like it – but need the avatars to be called securely with SSL. Is there a way to do that in the dashboard, or do I need to look at the php file? I have changed the general WP settings to the secure prefixes, but the SLA plugin images are leaving breaking the nice "This site is secure." Thanks!
Genial Plugin, trabaja para mi :D
Thanks Jake for such a wonderful, simple and easy-to-use plugin.
My theme allows users to edit their profile from the font-end and this plugin works perfectly with this capability!
Thanks for your hard work!!! … can't wait 2 try out your other plugins.
Did you manage to make it upload avatars from the front end?
I really like this plug-in but i have some trouble when I'm uploading a avatar from the front end. it's possibile ?
This plugin was work fine for me, but I move my site to other provider.
And now it doesn't :-)
I use WP 3.1.2 and this plugin. When I try to upload avatar to profile I'v got an error:
$_POST[post_category] = Array
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /mounted-storage/home123c/sub006/sc69003-GSRO/devils.co.il/wp-content/plugins/projectmanager/admin/admin.php:1240) in /mounted-storage/home123c/sub006/sc69003-GSRO/devils.co.il/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 897
Could U help to me ? Any ideas …
Thanks a lot for the plugin, but i have 1 question: how to limit max filesize of uploading avatars? I want to set up 500 kb for example.
Sorry for my poor english :)
Can anyone explain how one goes about setting up front end uploading?
Can you help me allow people to upload 3 to 5 profile images but only have the first one show as a replacement Gravitar?
Love your plugin!!!
GREAT plugin! just a couple of queries… is it possible to specify a directory to upload images to? ie uploads/author-avatars
and, you noted above that the image size is dynamically generated… but I still don't understand how this works? I need to change my thumbnail output (and filename) to 140px size…. any chance you could help me change that?
danke für das Plugin, allerdings wie kann ich die Größe der avatare ändern?
60×60 ist atm bei mir, das finde ich etwas zu klein
Simple Local Avatars
Add an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generate requested sizes on demand, just like Gravatar.
Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles if the current user has media permissions. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar! Simple and lightweight.
Just edit a user profile, and scroll down to the new "Avatar" field. The plug-in will take care of cropping and sizing!
- Stores avatars in the "uploads" folder where all of your other media is kept
- Has a simple, native interface
- Fully supports Gravatar and default avatars if no local avatar is set for the user – but also allows you turn off Gravatar
- Generates the requested avatar size on demand (and stores the new size for efficiency), so it looks great, just like Gravatar!
- Let's you decide whether lower privilege users (subscribers, contributors) can upload their own avatar
- Enables rating of local avatars, just like Gravatar


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Watch the broadcast coverage here.
"A small group of lawmakers want to tear down centuries-old barriers between republicans and democrats at the California capitol, and they're claiming a new organization of legislators could be the solution.
They're calling it the "Future Caucus", and it's made up of 15 elected officials, mostly under the age of 40. The caucus aims to provide the millennial generation with ways to practice a more collaborative form of governance.
One lawmaker says the movement aims to take advantage of social media to connect with Millennials who want to take part in political change -- and want to be able to engage with their elected officials directly.
'They used to have this perception that elected officials are up here and don't have time to engage with their constituents but we've proven that wrong,' said Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar), co-chair of the California Future Caucus."


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Since I knew Mike would be in Australia and New Zealand with his Singelresor group in February, I needed to travel somewhere for a few days and thought I'd book a flight from Europe to Japan and back from Hong Kong using my Turkish Airlines miles. So last November, I redeemed 67,500 miles for a first class award flying from Frankfurt to Osaka via Bangkok in Thai Airways First Class. The taxes was just about 800 SEK which was very reasonable. On the flight back from Hong Kong to Stockholm, I redeemed (I actually borrowed miles from Mike) 45,000 miles to fly Turkish Airlines in Business Class. I've been to both Osaka and Hong Kong a few times in the past so my plan was not really to explore them but rather to just see a few sights during this period. I have to admit, to be able to fly on one of my favorite airlines in first class (thanks to their Rimowa amenity kit and excellent first class lounge in Bangkok among others) and visit two amazing cities is just awesome 😉
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Flight: TG 921
Departure time in Frankfurt (FRA): 13:45
Arrival time in Bangkok (BKK): 6:20 (+1)
Aircraft: Airbus A380
Seat: 1A
Duration: 10h 35m
Date of flight: February 15, 2017
*This is an award travel, First Class flight #42
Thai Airways Check-in Desks, Terminal 1 Hall C
Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge
of this lounge 😉
Aircraft, Airbus A380-800 Mancha Khiri
Boarding, Gate B46
First Class Cabin, Upper Deck
Bangkok to Hong Kong a few years ago so I will be concentrating more on the service here. On this flight, 8 of the 12 seats were taken.
Seat, 1A
She also came back moments later to give me the menu card and wine list and to inform of the flight time of 10 hours and 5 minutes and to confirm my pre-ordered lobster as my main course. She also took my drinks order and I chose a glass of guava juice.
Newspapers were also offered but I declined.
Take off was at 14:10 which went smoothly.
The lunch menu read as follows:
The anytime cuisine and breakfast menu read as follows:
Complimentary Wifi (20MB)
Lounge Area
Time to Sleep
Self-serve Bar
Second Serving
The captain came on the PA and advised us that we would be landing in 35 minutes, at 6:05am in Bangkok.
Bangkok Airport Guide
Just before landing, Luch and the Chief Crew came to our seats (all the first class passengers) to thank us for flying with them, addressing us with our names.
Drive to the First Class Lounge
THAI Royal First Lounge, Bangkok Airport
As with all the other flights I've flown in first class, there is always the good things and the not so good things. The not so good things: I was never offered a refill of my guava juice, the slippers have been downgraded and looked like slippers offered in business class, the table set up with the cutleries not in perfect line 😉 , the bread plate served with a bread crumb on it and the headphones which are not in perfect working condition. The good things: I would find my blanket folded every time I would return from the lavatory, the lobster which I pre ordered from their website, the caviar since not all airlines serve caviar in first class (and the lovely presentation 👍), the 20Mb free wifi, being served both the local and international desserts and the Rimowa amenity kit since they are one of the best. Overall, the not so good things were very minor and as a whole, I really enjoyed my flight with Thai Airways and they will always be one of my favorite airlines in first class. PS. I hope they bring back the nice slippers 😉
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Back in 1994, one of the best series never to make it was born: My So-Called Life, a teen drama with such heart and truthfulness that many (including its network) didn't know what to make of it. For anyone who was a teenager — or an overgrown teenager — back then and watched each week with bated breath, the complete series is being released today on DVD in a special collectible set. TVGuide.com talked to Wilson Cruz, now 34, whose Rickie Vasquez had one of the show's most poignant storylines, about the show's legacy.
TVGuide.com: After more than a decade, why does My So-Called Life still speak to people so much?
Wilson Cruz: I think it took its audience really seriously but didn't take itself too seriously. In the end, what it was trying to say with the parallel storylines between the parents and the adolescents was that these issues, like self-esteem, love and sexuality, might appear to be hypersensitive when you're an adolescent, but you're still dealing with those same things as adults. Even though it was '90s-centric, you could put those kids in different clothes and hairstyles and have them say those words and we could be in 1965, because they're the same issues. There's a universality to the show. Winnie Holzman [the show's creator] went out of her way to be as brutally honest as she possibly could — and I do mean brutally. I think there were times when, to steal one of her phrases, it hurt to look at it. Because it was so real, so honest.
TVGuide.com: I was one of the people campaigning ABC to get the show renewed back then. Were you surprised when it was canceled?
Cruz: No. Especially since we were always under the ax, waiting for it to fall. We made a pilot in 1993 and it didn't make it on that year. That right there told us we were not their favorite show. [Laughs] And then when they did pick us up, it was only for eight episodes, then another six, then another four. We kept getting short orders, and at the end of each, we would always have a wrap party and say goodbye to one another. We didn't want it to be over, but we were prepared for it. But we were devastated when it did finally happen. We had invested a lot of ourselves and we also knew how special a working environment we were in. And we didn't know when we were ever going to have that experience again.
TVGuide.com: Rickie was such a role model. How did people respond to that?
Cruz: This is what I can say: After 13 years, there are people who were 14 or 15 years old when they first watched the show and they come up to me on a weekly basis and say, "Rickie Vasquez was the first gay person I ever knew." And it kind of formed their idea of what that meant, what it was to be a gay person. It did teach some compassion to a generation of television viewers. It's one thing to be sitting in a classroom and have a teacher tell you how to treat other people; it's a whole other thing to watch, week after week, somebody's life spelled out to you in an emotional way: That lesson is something that will stay with you forever. I came out publicly because I also wanted the audience to know that I stood behind everything that came out of my mouth.
TVGuide.com: So do you think it was ahead of its time?
Cruz: It was timely — when I think about where we were politically in 1995, Clinton was in the White House talking about gays and lesbians in his speeches, and the gay and lesbian community was really a part of the campaign to get him elected.... There was a lot going on politically and socially in the country in terms of civil rights. The clock has turned back now, I'm sorry to say.
TVGuide.com: Did that memorable episode of Rickie coming out to his parents reflect your own experience at all?
Cruz: It did reflect it — neither Winnie nor I can remember which came first, if she wrote the script first or if I told her what happened to me first. But that happened a lot with the show — her instincts were impeccable with all of the kids. It presented me with an amazing opportunity of telling that story by using my own experience — which isn't that different from a lot of people's experiences.
TVGuide.com: Was it therapeutic for you, then?
Cruz: [Emphatically] Oh, the whole series was cathartic for me — to have walked through all of those horrible, uncomfortable experiences of adolescence, and then to be able to just shake it off and go home, to deal with those issues one more time, to delve into them and then let them go.
TVGuide.com: Did you stay in touch with anyone from My So-Called Life?
Cruz: Devon Odessa, who played Sharon on the show, she and I were always very close. But you know, 13 years is a long time; there's a lot of water under the bridge. A.J. Langer is now married to a British lord and is the mother of a child. We're not kids anymore! Jared [Leto] is a rock star — I didn't see that coming. [Laughs] And Claire [Danes] went away to college and, you know, she's become this huge movie star. Although I did see her over a year ago and it was as if we'd been in each other's lives the whole time. You know, there are only six kids who will ever know what it felt like to be on that show and have that experience.
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Liza Stepanova is a passionate advocate for the art song repertoire and the art of the song recital. She studied song collaboration with Wolfram Rieger at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy in Berlin and with Margo Garrett and Brian Zeger at The Juilliard School. Additionally, Ms. Stepanova was invited by the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to participate in his month-long workshops at the University of Arts in Berlin as well as in the Hugo-Wolf-Tage Festival in Austria, where she was one of three pianists selected to work on the complete Mörike Lieder in masterclasses with Mr. Fischer-Dieskau.
In 2009 and 2010, Liza Stepanova was a Marc and Eva Stern Fellow at SongFest, a summer art song festival at The Colburn School in downtown Los Angeles. During that time, she worked in masterclasses with Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, and Roger Vignoles, among others. Beginning in 2011, Liza Stepanova joined the faculty at SongFest and between 2013-2015, she additionally served as Associate Artistic Director and Piano Program Director. Ms. Stepanova's projects at SongFest have included an annual recital with Colburn Fellows, the preparation of an annual student recital of Russian art song, and the curation of special concerts dedicated to European emigre composers in California, songs of Hugo Wolf, and the 2015 Recovered Voices program in collaboration with James Conlon's OREL Foundation. LEARN MORE ABOUT SONGFEST HERE.
Ms. Stepanova has premiered songs by Tom Cipullo, William Cooper and Libby Larsen and worked with composers Robert Beaser, Jake Heggie, Lowell Liebermann, Ben Moore, John Musto, and Tobias Picker. She has performed at the Cleveland Art Song Festval and the Castleton Festival and in several recitals for Joy in Singing at the Bruno Walter Auditorium and on the Trinity Church series in NYC.
Ms. Stepanova also continues to explore new ways to present art song recitals, to introduce new audiences to song and to situate songs within a broader artistic, historical and societal context by introducing visual art, literature, and historical documents into the performance. Read more about Ms. Stepanova's interdisciplinary projects on the PROJECTS page.
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Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr./
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Roo and I spent the last two days in Selma, Alabama, the iconic scene of one of the most brutal incidents of the struggle for voting rights in America. On March 7th, 1965, when attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to march from Selma to Montgomery, peaceful protesters faced gas mask-clad, bat-wielding, cattle-prodding, truncheon-swinging police and their attack dogs. In short order it earned the name Bloody Sunday, but what it exemplified was the value of dignity and composure over hatred.
Roo waited in the car on Martin Luther King, Jr. Street outside the historic Brown Chapel AME Church while I sat with the congregation to hear Pastor Leodis Strong's moving sermon. I am not a churchgoing man. I was there looking for some small way to honor Dr. King and the struggle for basic human and civil rights that the events at Selma personified. It wasn't necessary to be a churchgoing man to be affected deeply by Pastor Strong's sermon. It has echoed in me for the 36 hours since. It was a privilege to be there and to be among the visitors welcomed so warmly by everyone at Brown Chapel. Thank you all. And thank you, Pastor, for the mementos, which I will always treasure.
And may a peaceful rest come one day for that American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, when one day his dream will be realized. It sure hasn't been yet.


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The fifth edition of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) will see the tour expand to eight tournaments and increase the number of full tour participants to twelve. The tour will also welcome fourteen event level wildcards in 2019. Tour participants will fight for a record prize fund of $1.75 million as the GCT expands its reach to four continents to include tournaments in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America.
The prize money on offer for the classical tournaments has been increased to $325,000 per event ($90,000 for 1st place and $60,000 for 2nd) while the prize fund for the GCT Finals in London will also be raised to $350,000 ($150,000 for 1st place and $100,000 for 2nd).


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Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 1
Recorded on October 1, 2016
Host: Maureen Googoo
Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast:
Podcast includes:
1. Wilbert Marshall, Chief of the Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia about the water crisis happening in his community.
2. In Fort Ellis, Nova Scotia, a group of people blocked the construction entrance to the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project. They're upset the company wants to dump salt brine into the Shubenacadie River. Read the news story here: kukukwes.com/2016/09/26/alton-natural-gas-project-opponents-stage-sit-in-at-company-entrance/
3. The Nova Scotia Government released a new resource guide for Mi'kmaq parents and children at the Mi'kmaq Child Development Centre in Halifax. Read the news story here: kukukwes.com/2016/09/29/new-mikmaw-resource-guide-to-help-parents-of-4-year-olds/
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- Extensive experience as a 3D generalist and motion designer
- Collaborative team player who works well with management, technicians and artists
- Problem solver who excels at figuring out solutions to challenges
Mar 2016 – Current
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- All web development and part of the team handling copywriting and social for PatelOKC
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Careers & Contracts
Sabeo is a leading supplier of IT Contract Staff and IT Permanent Resourcing Solutions to clients in Ireland and the UK, with offices in Dublin, Cork and London. We have 300+ resources currently engaged on a wide variety of IT projects covering the full range of jobs profiles and technologies. We offer our clients a comprehensive range of services centered around our ability to provide the highest quality IT Professionals in the market.
Our focus is to build long term mutually beneficial relationships with our clients and we operate a structured approach to account management to enable this to take place. We invest time and effort in all phases of this relationship and focus on bringing continued added value to the contract and permanent engagements we are involved in.
We currently work in several market sectors covering government, commercial, telco, financial services and banking, software houses and global IT vendors providing a wide range of IT professionals.
- Programme and Project Managers
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- Skills covering the full Software Development Lifecycle
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- ….and many other profiles.
Please note that we do not accept any unsolicited CV's and will not retain the information within. Please apply with your CV as directed within the job description.
Our Service Offering
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Sabeo works with clients to define and agree the metrics and management reporting detail required prior to commencement of the service
Over the 12 years Sabeo has worked closely with our clients providing a flexible resourcing solution for the provision of IT Contract resources for a wide range of projects.. Over this time we have gained a thorough understanding of the technical and cultural environment in place and have developed a very good working relationship with all key contacts within our client base. We currently operate on a2:1 placement ratio which hugely benefits the senior stakeholders and hiring managers with their individual work flow and process. We have invested a lot of time and effort to source and screen appropriate resources and then effectively manage their welfare once on site. This has enabled us to deliver a high quality and sustainable service over the period.
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Our payment policy ensures that contractors are paid 10 working days after month end deadline, significantly sooner than the 30-day market average. Our compliance and support division also ensures that contractors are compliant with insurance and relevant legislation
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In this meta-analysis of online dating and speed dating, we propose a corollary to the Flaw-O-Matic theory of romantic revulsion. Current research reveals that the Flaw-O-Matic, a mechanism in the brain that instantly finds fault with any potential mate, can be reoriented positively in certain conditions through a newly identified process, the Sally Field Effect.
When I first identified the Flaw-O-Matic, in a 1995 column, it seemed primarily a mechanism to kill romance. After studying picky daters — like a guy who couldn't tolerate dirty elbows, and a woman who insisted on men who were at least 5-foot-10 and played polo — I predicted that they would remain permanently single.
Today I'm more hopeful. Thanks to a revolution in dating research over the past decade, the Flaw-O-Matic now looks like a more versatile mechanism than we theoretical pioneers imagined.
My early work was done using personal ads, a crude tool (although state of the art in 1995). I found that people looking for love in New York magazine listed far more prerequisites (like polo skills) for a partner than did people advertising in other cities. Based on these numbers, and many dinners with friends who could never find anyone good enough, I concluded that the high percentage of single-person households in New York was due to New Yorkers' hyperactive Flaw-O-Matics.
This new theory of a neural mechanism did not immediately gain wide acceptance in the social-science literature. By my count, it has been cited a total of one time (in a psychotherapist's treatise on the "avoidant lover"). But the study of romantic revulsion has expanded because of the rise of online dating services and speed-dating events — gold mines of data.Continue reading the main story
Instead of asking people about their mate preferences, scientists can now watch mating rituals in real time. They've tracked who asks out whom — and who says yes — at online dating services by watching the customers' clicks and scanning their messages to look for telephone numbers and phrases like "let's meet."
They've analyzed the courtship choices of more than 10,000 customers of a commercial speed-dating service. On campuses, they've even organized their own speed-dating events, at which you talk for several minutes apiece with perhaps a dozen people, sometimes two dozen. You discreetly mark on your scorecard which partners you'd like to see again, and the organizers match you afterward with any of them who reciprocated your interest.
Just as Darwin could have predicted, the researchers have found that women are pickier than men. While men concentrate mainly on looks and will ask out a lot of women as long as they're above a certain threshold of attractiveness, women focus on fewer prospects.
They're less willing to date someone of another race. When using online services, they pay more attention than men do to a potential partner's education, profession and income. They prefer taller men, but they're willing to relax their standards for the Ron Perelmans of the world, as revealed in a study of more than 20,000 online daters by Gunter Hitsch and Ali Hortacsu of the University of Chicago and Dan Ariely of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
They found that a 5-foot-8 man was just as successful in getting dates as a 6-footer if he made more money — precisely $146,000 a year more. For a 5-foot-2 man, the number was $277,000. [For more of these trade-offs, see nytimes.com/tierneylab.]
Online dating reveals the most exquisite calibrations of the Flaw-O-Matic because the daters fill out questionnaires listing more attributes than could ever fit in a personal ad. They can spend all day finding minute faults in hundreds of potential partners. But that's also why so many people never make a lasting match.
"When you have all these criteria to consider, and so many people to choose from, you start striving for perfection," Dr. Ariely says. "You don't want to settle for someone who's not ideal in height, age, religion and 45 other dimensions."
It's the same problem afflicting New Yorkers: with so many prospects in the big city, they refuse to stop searching.
Customers of online dating services typically end up going out with fewer than 1 percent of the people whose profiles they study online. But something very different happens at a speed-dating event. The average participant makes a match with at least 1 in 10 of the people they meet; some studies have found the average is 2 or 3 out of 10. Women are still pickier than men, and in some speed-dating experiments they still prefer affluent, well-educated men, but the preference is less strong — and in some other studies they don't discriminate at all by income or social status.
What happens to speed daters' Flaw-O-Matics? The people at these events realize that there aren't an infinite number of possibilities. If they want to get anything out of the evening, they have to settle for less than perfection. They also can't help noticing that they have competition, and that their ideal partner just might prefer someone else.
But these speed daters don't simply shut down their Flaw-O-Matics. They still have their standards, as demonstrated in speed-dating sessions organized by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel at Northwestern University. The researchers, working with Daniel Mochon and Dr. Ariely of M.I.T., analyzed the preferences of more than 150 students at the sessions.
The students were particularly turned off by prospects who exhibited what the researchers call "unselective romantic desire." Another way to put it would be "desperate." The speed daters were very good at guessing which of their partners were indiscriminately friendly — willing to go out with lots of the other people — and which dates had eyes only for them. They much preferred the ones with "selective desire."
Being able to make this distinction in a four-minute speed date, the researchers write in the April issue of Psychological Science, "suggests that humans possess an impressive, highly attuned ability to assess such subtleties of romantic attraction. In fact, the need to feel special or unique could be a broad motivation that stretches across people's social lives."
The scientists don't propose a name for this phenomenon; nor, as usual, do they deign to mention the Flaw-O-Matic when discussing this "impressive, highly attuned ability" to make snap romantic judgments. But to me this clearly looks like a redirection of the Flaw-O-Matic's power, because of what I call the Sally Field Effect.
These speed daters were looking for someone who shared their distaste for the others in the room: someone who was just as picky as they were. When they found that person, and neither one of them sneered or bolted, that hectoring little voice in the brain was suddenly transformed into a purring engine of love. They gazed dreamily into each other's eyes, channeled a certain actress on Oscar night, and thought: "Your Flaw-O-Matic likes me! It really likes me!"
That may not be enough to sustain the relationship through the trials of dirty elbows and long, polo-less weekends. But it's a start.Continue reading the main story


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2013 BCS Standings: A Historic and Statistical Analysis
The BCS was implemented in 1998 and has worked to near perfection for 15 seasons.
Wait, what?
That's right, the BCS worked to near perfection. Prior to the construction of the Bowl Championship Series, fans and experts alike were left to argue about multiple unbeatens who played irrelevant bowl games against grandfathered-in bowl opponents.


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Should You Have a Value Manifesto?
LinkedIn Article by Tim Williams
July 31, 2017
Do the executives on the front lines of your firm have a clear, unequivocal understanding of the principles that guide your commercial decisions?
The iconic Mad Man Bill Bernbach once remarked, "A principle isn't a principle until it costs you money." The firms who are stuck in the outmoded paradigm of selling hours cave in at the first objection of well-trained professional buyers, because they only know how to discuss and defend their costs.
On the other hand, the progressive firms that have a genuine understanding of the value they create have the confidence to follow specific rules of engagement during the process of setting and discussing remuneration. By proclaiming their commitment to modern pricing methodologies based on the value they create rather than the costs they incur, these firms are putting stakes in the ground that not only help them create healthier margins but strongly differentiate them from the countless other firms caught in the commercial gridlock caused by hourly billing.
If you haven't taken the first step away from the industrial-era labor theory of value (hours worked = value created), then the idea of a statement of progressive pricing principles will feel unrealistically aspirational. But you can take heart in knowing there are professional firms of all stripes — on every continent — which are practicing these very principles.
We will price our services based on the value we provide rather than the hours we work. We will stop selling inputs and sell outputs or outcomes.
In remuneration discussions, we will use the language of value in place of the language of cost.
Because pricing is an important strategic decision that requires judgment in place of calculations, we will never quote pricing on the spot.
We will always provide pricing options, but never ranges.
We will never lower our price without also subtracting value. We will downsize instead of discount.
We will begin each new engagement with an in-depth understanding of Scope of Value before we execute a Scope of Work.
We will trade the standard hourly rate card for a "pricing stack" — a variety of different ways we capture the value we create for our clients.
We will identify opportunities to benefit from varying levels of risk and reward and create a diversified portfolio of remuneration agreements.
Beyond "work for hire," we will develop new revenue streams based on the intellectual property we create and the intellectual capital that resides in our firm.
We will enter each pricing discussion by asking ourselves "How can we align the economic incentives of both buyer and seller?"
We will define and manage scope not as hours worked, but as outputs delivered or outcomes achieved.
We will only begin work after we have an agreed price and an approved agreement.
A key characteristic of firms with well-defined pricing principles is they understand the benefit of challenging the commercial status quo. They know that respectfully challenging a prospect's flawed pricing paradigm or procurement process puts them ahead of the game. Rigorous research by CEB/Gartner shows that in complex B2B sales like professional services, the "challenger" approach outperforms the typical "relationship builder" approach by a factor of almost 13 to 1.
The ingenious American investor Warren Buffet once observed that even if your firm has enough money, it can never have enough reputation. Your revenue streams aren't your highest value; the principles that create them are.


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Stirling Cooler Stirling engine 12v DC power source FPSC Mechanical refrigerant free refrigeration
Stirling Engine running in reverse creates a cooling effect.
Portable refrigeration
The Free Piston Stirling Cooler (FPSC) is an elegant, completely sealed heat transfer system that has only two moving parts (a piston and a displacer), and which can use helium as the working fluid without concern about seal leakage. The piston is typically driven by an oscillating magnetic field that is the source of the power needed to drive the refrigeration cycle. The magnetic drive allows the piston to be driven without requiring any seals, gaskets, O-rings, or other compromises to the hermetically sealed system.[15] Claimed advantages for the system include environmental friendliness, cooling capacity, light weight, compact size, precise controllability, and high efficiency.[16]
The FPSC was invented in 1964 by William Beale, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He founded and continues to be associated with Sunpower Inc.,[17] which specializes primarily in researching and developing FPSC systems for a wide variety of military, aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications. Sunpower also makes cryocoolers and special pulse tube coolers capable of reaching below 40°K (around --390°F, or --230°C). A FPSC cooler made by Sunpower was used by NASA to cool instrumentation in satellites.[18]
Since 2002. another leading supplier of FPSC technology has been the Twinbird Company[19] in Japan, which also markets a broad line of household appliances. Both Sunpower and Twinbird appear to work in collaboration with Global Cooling NV, which is located in the Netherlands, but has a research center in Athens, Ohio.[20]
For several years starting around 2004, the Coleman Company sold a version of the Twinbird "SC-C925 Portable Freezer Cooler 25L" under its own brand name,[21] but it has since discontinued offering the product, in spite of favorable customer reviews on Amazon.[22] The portable cooler can be operated more than a day, maintaining sub-freezing temperatures while powered only by an automotive battery.[23] This cooler is still being manufactured and distributed worldwide, with Global Cooling now coordinating distribution to North America and Europe.[24] Other variants offered by Twinbird include a portable deep freezer (to --80°C), collapsible coolers, and a special model for transporting blood and vaccine.[25]
In addition to the technical information available on the websites referenced above, a step-by-step photographic teardown of the Coleman (Twinbird) FPSC cooler is viewable online.[26]


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The FOODTURE is Now
Re Creo embarks on a gastronomical experiment, exploring technology's influence on food, one forkful at a time.
Photographs by Eric Barnes & Angela Wagner
Re Creo at The Pier - San Clemente
A profound, serene joy and the air electric, full of hope and promise for what became one of the most idyllic Southern California evenings in our three years of doing supper clubs. Our venue: "The Lot" at the Sea Horse resort, a tiered garden overlooking the San Clemente pier and (lucky us!) our dining room for this mild, late-summer evening of Peruvian-Italian inspired dishes.
Our favorite part of putting together a Re Creo evening is our guests. They are the audience for whom we create the food, the ambiance, the cocktails, and the seamless flow of a one-of-a-kind, magical dinner where they can get swept up in the moment.
San Clemente has a special place in our hearts. We grew up thousands of miles from what we saw in the movies as a "California beach". The beach movies of our childhood all featured the surfing, the Spanish revival architecture, the bonfires, the beach-side parties.
The promise that there is nothing in the world that can match the feeling of watching the sun set after spending all day at the beach, literally watching the sun dip into the ocean and turn into night on a day so satisfyingly seized.
The myth of the California beach took hold of our minds and there was no beach in the world that could ever live up to it -- until San Clemente!
The first time we saw the San Clemente pier, it looked like the movies, and the bonfires smelled like the endless summers we had envisioned in our childhood.


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SMEG Mini Refrigerator - FAB5
SMEG Mini Refrigerator - FAB5
Introducing SMEG, a high quality, Italian made, eco-efficient refrigerator and kitchen appliance line for home and office.
Retro Style Mini Refrigerator that uses a unique absorption cooling system that results extremely low operational noise levels. The FAB5 may be the tiniest model in the SMEG retro line, but there is still plenty of space for a selection of drinks and snacks, plus a tray to store ice cubes.
Dimensions: 28 9/64 H x 15 57/64 W x 22 3/64 D
Shopping cart shipping charges do not reflect total shipping charges. Please call 415 453 1709 for pricing on additional shipping charges and delivery options. You may also visit The Herban Garden in person to see our SMEG and learn more about this amazing product line.
We love SMEG because their product line inspires art, food, culture, health, and sustainable design all in one. The Herban Garden has collaborated with SMEG to inspire beauty and style in your kitchen.
SMEG offers multiple selections, whether you are in the market for a colorful retro refrigerator or a timeless kitchen re-design.


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What's on in Canberra this weekend 26-28 Feb/
Friday 26 Feb 2016
- Free gelato day in Civic 11am - 5pm
- Friday night drinks at Old Parliament House from 4pm
- A. BAKER x EAT STREET from 6pm in New Acton
Saturday 27 Feb 2016
- Murrumbateman Village Market from 9am - 1pm
Sunday 28 Feb 2016
- Carnivale in Queanbeyan from 10am - 4pm
All weekend
- Royal Canberra Show at EPIC from 8:30am - 6pm
- Wedgwood high tea at the Tom Roberts exhibition, National Gallery of Australia from 10am - 4:30pm
For more upcoming foodie events, check out my Foodie Calendar. You might want to bookmark it for easy reference!
For non-foodie events, check out the This Canberran Life calendar.
Did I miss any events? Please comment below :)
Do you have an upcoming event you'd like to add to the Foodie Calendar? Contact me :)


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Communicable Diseases and Infections
Students are expected to be in compliance with the required immunization schedule that is put forth by the State of Nebraska to avoid many of the communicable diseases. Children who are obviously ill or who are known to have a communicable disease shall not attend class during the course of the illness. Any student with a temperature of 100° or higher will be excluded from school. That student should not return for 24 hours after they are fever free without the aid of medication. Following are some of the common communicable/infectious diseases for which students could be excluded from school, depending on medical recommendation:
|Measles (rubeola)
|Streptococcal Infections
|Pink Eye (conjunctivitis)
|Head Lice
|Three Day Measles (rubella)
|Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
|Hepatitis A
|Pertussis (whooping cough)
|Fifth Disease
|Pulmonary Tuberculosis
One of the primary roles of the school nurse is to prevent disease from occurring through the monitoring of immunizations, promoting good hand hygiene, and enforcement of environmental controls for blood borne pathogens. Lexington Public Schools work in cooperation with the local medical community and Two Rivers Public Health Department for the prevention and containment of communicable disease in our schools.


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Parcelly continues to grow strongly across the UK, with now over 600+ click&collect locations part of the network, ranging from convenience stores to dry cleaners, gyms, forecourts and many more, including the recent launch of our new Parcelly Agent service, that allows individuals to become a dedicated Parcelly location.
Adding on to this growth, Parcelly is now expanding its footprint internationally after opening a first pilot location based in Denver, Colorado, US. We are extremely excited to partner with Boardroom Executive Suites in Denver, the workspace, providing individually-tailored, ready-to-use office space, targeted at local, entrepreneurial-minded businesses, which provides likewise a perfect fit with Parcelly and our aim to provide parcel collection points wherever most convenient for consumers with busy lifestyles.
This first US location is only the start for our plans of Parcelly abroad, introducing convenient parcel collection in additional countries and to more online shoppers outside the UK, while allowing existing Parcelly customers to enjoy the benefits of our click&collect solution wherever they travel to.
If you are currently living in an area with no Parcelly locations nearby, be sure to send us a location request so that we can remedy this as soon as possible and ensure you always have a Parcelly location conveniently located for you! And of course, if you keep accepting parcels for your neighbours or would like to support your local community and earn a bit of money on the side, why not join the network as one of our Parcelly Agents: email@example.com.
'Control is a beautiful thing.
With Parcelly you can collect your parcels when and where it is most convenient for you!'
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"My friends thank me for the referral."/
"James Sexton was my divorce attorney in 2008, he was professional and fair and encouraged dignified and courteous exchanges with the opposite party. He was ready to battle if it was warranted but never pushed to make things more egregious.
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Josh returns this week to talk TV and radio hoaxes, get alarmed about bacon, check out what's new in video games, (not) watch some torrents, and recap the first half of the second half of the fourth season of The Walking Dead. Get over it!
Man fools 5 TV stations with his awesome fake leftover recipes. Get over it!
This guy lost 56 pounds eating (almost) nothing but Mickey D's, allegedly. Get over it!
This graphic designer turned some insane client quotes into fun posters. This graphic designer mercilessly mocks everyone. Get over it!
Wakey, wakey, eggs and… OK, just bakey. Bacon, that is. And no, you can't borrow Mike's. Get over it!
NerdBurger Enterprises does not condone the use of this awesome torrent streaming software. Did we say "awesome"? We meant "awesomely potentially illegal". Get over it!
This week's alternate episode title was:
- Get Over It!


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Authors, publishers and readers are all part of an ecosystem—dependent on each other for success. Next time you choose where to buy the top items on your "To Be Read" list, consider the following.
The newest release from your favorite author is available from dozens of retailers for the same price, but the amount that the publisher and author earn from that purchase varies.
When purchased directly from the publisher's store, the full purchase price goes to the publisher, and author royalties are calculated off of that amount.
When purchased from a 3rd party retailer (Amazon, B&N), the store keeps between 30-50% of the retail price. The publisher is paid 50-70% of retail, and author royalties are calculated off that amount.
Authors can earn up to $1.30 more per book when you buy directly from the publisher
There are many reasons to choose where you buy your books: price, convenience, discounts, perks, formats available, customer service. Next time you are making that decision, factor in supporting the author and publisher. Small publishing companies and the authors we publish depend on your purchase for our success. More income means we can write/produce more books, and you are paying the same amount to enjoy the same book.


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"The people are great and the culture is fun."
The Dallas Morning News agrees: projekt202 is a great place to work.
We're excited to be named to the News' 2015 list of Top 100 Places to Work in Dallas-Fort Worth. The competition was hot this year as more than 300 nominated companies were in the running for the Top 100.
The projekt202 team was picture-perfect …
… and lookin' sharp at the 2015 Top 100 Places to Work Awards.


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To celebrate World Chocolate Day, we have selected chocolate related elements that will have you licking your lips.
Find thanksgiving banner transparent images in HD illustrations and vectors.
Check out our thanksgiving frame, thanksgiving border and corner selection for this harvest holiday.
High quality free owl transparent png images of different styles, sizes and resolutions.
Watermelon is called "the king of midsummer", refreshing and quenching thirst, tastes sweet and juicy, is a good summer fruit.
Creative design ideas for coffee shop marketing and promotion to get your new or established business noticed.


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Holla~! Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir dan Batin everyone! (:
I hope everyone is doing great and not getting fat like me, cause I ate a lot! oh damn a lot during raya!!! So I only have two issues here. Which one will be the sad issue and another one is happy. For the sad one is... I am no more receiving a lot of duit raya. As I'm getting older and have some of my relatives thought of I'm getting married dah nanti. What the hell right. Haha the happy one is, I managed to be so happy. This year is actually my first time raya w/o him sebenarnya... but its okay! I'm happy living this way.. :))
Glad I'm having my friends over here who has never failed to cheer me up. IM LUCKY! :D
Below are some pictures that I managed to upload. These pictures are actually taken at Syafiq Danial's house in Melaka yesterday. Such a good and awesome foods his mother served. Thanks SYAFIQ!!!!
I hope you guys enjoy viewing! :B
I bet you can clearly see my smiles don't you? I thank Allah for that. I am actually getting tired of being fooled. If you can't give your commitment on me then don't dare to make promises. I don't date a liar nor a loser. I'm good without you and I bet you're fine without me too.
Oh I shall stop now. I can't wait for my big bro's wedding tomorrow. I hope everything will go smoothly.


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Hello, I'm a freelance illustrator and 2D concept artist from Brazil.
I have experience working with video games, trading card games, board games, animated series and book covers. I have a special passion for fantasy and mythical themes, but I really enjoy working for sci-fi and other nerdy themes.
I enjoy collaborating with other creative minds and am always striving to improve both my craft and myself in every project.
Art is my passion and being able to become an artist has been a dream come true. :)
- Volta
- The Balance Inc.
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Hex Entertainment
- Copa Studio
- 2D Lab
- Editora Dimensão
- O2 Games


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Train initially started as a as a necessity for survival, then we realized we would have liked train. In this section you may read through among the really helpful painting kinds and artists in our portfolio, see what is trending presently and browse via our purchasing guides. In contrast, oil paint dries very slowly, so artists are in a position to apply the paint in thick layers as well as simply blend colours together.
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Sometimes more is better. Especially when "more" is more financial protection for those you love.
Today, the Haven Term policy, which is issued by our parent company MassMutual, is now available in coverage amounts up to $2 million. For those keeping score at home, that's 100% more peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Now, more people will be able to easily purchase the right amount of coverage for their financial situation. And at a price that's probably more affordable than they think.
The cost of a $2 million policy
LIMRA research found that most people drastically overestimate the cost of life insurance. For instance, when asked how much a $30-year, $250,00 policy would be for a healthy 30-year-old, the median estimate was about $42 per month. More than three times the actual cost for that size policy.
We're pleased to say that a $2 million policy is also a lot more affordable than you probably think. A healthy 30-year-old woman can buy a 20-year, $2 million policy starting at $51 per month. That's substantially less than most cable bills (and that cable bill doesn't typically accompany a warm and fuzzy feeling of providing a safety net for your family).
Who needs a $2 million life insurance policy?
Not everyone needs a $2 million life insurance policy. To put it frankly: it's a lot of coverage.
Most experts recommend coverage that's five to 10 times your annual income. For an individual making $200,000 per year, that means a $2 million policy might be the right amount of coverage. Or, for those with several young children and substantial debts, more than $1 million in coverage could be the right choice. But, there's no reason to leave that up to guessing.
To determine the right amount of coverage, an online life insurance calculator is a valuable tool (that requires little-to-no math.) It takes into consideration annual income, age of children, debts and other factors to recommend coverage that can help adequately protect your loved ones financially.
For example, a 35-year-old woman making $100,000 per year who has a spouse, three children under 6, and $300,000 in debts may want to consider a 30-year, $1,250,000 policy. Get a free, personalized recommendation for your coverage needs.
Buying more than $1 million in life insurance coverage
At Haven Life, the process of applying for a $2 million life insurance policy is simple. You can get a real, personalized rate by telling us a little about yourself via an easy online questionnaire. We ask for your name, your birthday and some lifestyle and health history information. We'll evaluate those responses in real-time to give you an instant decision on coverage eligibility.
For policies more than $1 million, a medical exam is required to finalize coverage. The exam is free, takes about 20 minutes to complete and can be scheduled at a time and place of your choosing. Medical exam or not, this is still one of the easiest (in our opinion the easiest) ways to buy a dependable policy.
To be eligible to apply for a $2 million policy, you must:
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- Not be an active military member
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Making life insurance actually simple
At the end of the day, our mission of making life insurance less hard boils down to one thing: putting the customer first.
To accomplish that, we need an experience that's convenient (check) and robust options so that customers can get the right coverage (check.) By doubling our maximum coverage amount, we're able to make the Haven Term product something that is both simple and sensible for even more life insurance seeking adults.
Let's make 2018 the year you find your peace of mind.
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