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HAMLER — Wapakoneta's pitching has garnered a lot attention this year and deservedly so but it was the Wapakoneta bats that carried the Redskins to 12-5 win against Bryan in the Division II district semifinals Thursday.
With the win Wapakoneta (20-1) will face Maumee, an 8-5 winner against Bowling Green, at Patrick Henry High School at 1 p.m. Saturday. Bryan ends its year with a 19-5 mark.
"The offense has been really good for us all year," Redskin head coach Jason Brandt said. "We did a fantastic job laying off balls today. "
Bryan head coach Jeff Inselmann said his team was beaten by a stronger, more experienced squad.
"They are good and we knew that coming in," the Golden Bear skipper said. "We made too many mistake pitches and left a lot middle in and they made us pay and that is the sign of a good team."
The Redskins exploded for 13 hits and Wapakoneta erased a three-run deficit in the third inning that really turned the game around. For the season, Wapakoneta has only given up five runs or more once this season.
Down 5-2, after Bryan took advantage of an error that opened the inning followed by a sacrifice and an uncharacteristic walk, hit bats man and another base on balls by starter Manny Vorhees that led to a run and kept the bases loaded. Back-to-back doubles by Logan Clemens and Brooks Brown brought home four more runs.
But the big Bryan inning only seemed to motivate the Redskins who would put up four more in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead, 6-5. In that frame, Redskin Vorhees and Wyatt Moyler drew walks to open the inning and when Mitch Apple was hit with a pitch the bases were loaded. Bubba Miller brought home a run on a sacrifice fly and then A.J. Campos came up with a clutch two-out single to plate two more runs to tie the game at 5-5.
Campos would come home all the way from first and give the Redskins the lead when Jett Maker hit a soft grounder in the infield and the throw to first was high and Maker ducked underneath the tag. As this was going on Campos never stopped running and scored the go-ahead run.
"We could have rolled over when they got five there but then we got some back and continued to pound from there," Brandt said. "We have a very level-headed team. We have 10 seniors on the team. Wyatt (Moyler) came and said 'this isn't anything and we will come back and get the job done' and that is exactly what they did."
The Redskins plated three more in the sixth highlighted by an Apple home run and another key hit from Vorhees and three more in the sixth when Gage Schenk delivered a a bases-clearing double.
Speaking of Schenk, he provided the necessary pitching in relief to help shut the door on Bryan. Schenk, who relieved Voorhees in the third, pitched the next four and two-thirds inning of shutout ball. The Redskin righty fanned four and walked one. Schenk nearly finished the game out but after loading the bases with two outs in the seventh, Brandt opted for Don Goodes to record the final out.
Brandt said it was a great pitching effort by Schenk and added he took him out in hopes of using him Saturday because of Wapakoneta's depleted pitching corps that has seen injuries to Voorhees and Joel Roediger who is done for the season.
"We lost our top two guys basically this week," Brandt said. "We have him (Schenk) saved just in case for Saturday but we are going to have other guys step up and pitch for us Saturday. Like I said it is next man up in our stable and they better be ready."
Brandt added Vorhees, who is hampered with a sore shoulder, could also throw if he feels he is up to the task.
At the plate, Goodes went 3 for 4 with two RBI and one run scored and Voorhees went 2 for 3 with three runs scored and two RBI. Apple went 2 for 3 including a home run, two RBI and three runs scored and Schenk went 2 for 3 with two RBI.


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Gone, but not forgotten. When it comes to maintaining your loved one's resting place, one of the simplest things to do is keep the headstones clean. It sounds like a ridiculously easy job (and it is), but doing it better is always an option.
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Last year, I sold off most of my record collection. I came to the conclusion that two thousand LP's were too many, so I decided to get rid of all of them except for about five hundred. The figure of five hundred was semi-arbitrary. It was a nice, round number and that's how many fit into my sturdy shelf unit. The five hundred was slightly expanded to seven hundred (500 in the shelf, and two boxes of 100 each hidden in a closet). I didn't go complete cold turkey, but I was still pretty proud of myself. I thought I was out of the record weirdo biz - no more buying, no more selling. I didn't write much about it because, in the back of my mind, I feared that I would someday return to my wicked, wicked ways of collection and accumulation.
After about a year, it happened. I fell off the turnip truck and relapsed.
It started innocently enough. A work acquaintance of my wife announced that he was giving away his record collection. It was a long story but here are the details: The collection had been in storage for years, he was losing his storage space, and he didn't want the baggage anymore. He set up a time for several interested parties (myself included) to come by and help themselves to the all-you-can-eat record smorgasbord. "Okay," I thought to myself, "I'll just look through some records, pick out a few that I like and be on my merry way." That didn't happen.
On that fateful day, I showed up a few fashionable minutes late in order not to seem overanxious. I was relieved to find that there were already four or five guys already going through records like a pack of hyenas feasting on a dead zebra. That was okay with me - I would have felt uncomfortable being the sole scavenger at the kill-site.
The collection was nothing if not eclectic. The owner of collection had been collecting since his childhood (so he said) in the 70's. He worked in a series of record stores in the 80's and seemed to have lost interest in staying contemporary about 1990. It followed a logical course. It seemed to start with 70's rock and singer-songwriter stuff, onto 80's new wave, followed by world music/reggae, which seemed to run concurrently with jazz, blues, and the Great American Songbook.
I tried to be selective, but ended up going into a familiar zombie-like trance and seemed to start pulling records out at random, stopping occasionally to wipe the foam from my mouth and chin. Here is a sampling of what I will admit to bringing home. As usual, there is no order.
Joe Cocker - "With a Little Help From My Friends". The best part about this record is the cover - it's great for frightening children. I told my son that if he keeps making faces, his face will freeze that way and he will look like this. My second choice comment would be that Joe Cocker looks like the conjoined twin growing out of Andre the Giant's ribcage.
Bob Dylan - "Great White Wonder". This is not an original, but a 1970-ish reissue credited to "Dupre and his Miracle Sound." Still a nice artifact.
This is Duke Ellington. There were a bunch of compilations like this, and I opted to keep the two-disc set on the flimsy 70's "flexi-disc" format.
Chester and Lester x2. Chet Atkins without all the goopy strings meets Les Paul without all the bells and whistles. I can live with that compromise.
Big Country. I used to like this and I wonder if I still do.
Joe Jackson. His first three or four albums were great. Then he got all "artistic."
Louis Armstrong, multiple jazz comps on Verve and Blue Note. Maybe I really like this stuff and maybe I just like the prestige of having tasteful jazz in my collection. Does it make me appear smart and sophisticated? I don't know. Are you impressed?
Marshall Crenshaw, Smithereens. Lumped together for no apparent reason other than a lot of their records are interchangeable but all of them are worth hearing.
Elvis Costello "Almost Blue." I didn't really like it when it came out but I'll give it another chance.
Peter Tosh "Equal Rights" and "Legalize It." I saw Peter Tosh play the Roxy once. While his drummer(s) were taking an extended solo, he smoked a spliff the size of a horse's leg. Twenty-seven years later, I can finally pass a drug test.
The Specials. I've had several copies of the first Specials album but they've all skipped. Why do I think that this one won't?
Kinks. "Misfits" and their 1980 live album. You really can't go too wrong here.
Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Art Pepper. Listening to these artists may or may not make me smarter, but having the records will make me look smarter. Writing about them, however, will only expose my pretensions.
Santo and Johnny w/"Sleepwalk", Bo Diddley, Richie Valens. Original vinyl from the 50's. Rendered almost worthless as true collectibles due to their "beat to hell" condition, but still really cool.
Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. I love drums. Some of the music is borderline cheesy Dixieland, but the solos are great.
Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis. I really like the popular 50's jazz like this if only for the sake of offending snooty jazz snobs.
The Clash "London Calling" w/lyric sheet. One of my favorite albums ever, but at some point during the last 30 years, the lyric sheet to my vinyl copy of London Calling disappeared. Now I can once again read along as I listen. For those of you that have trouble with Joe Strummer's enunciation, the last line of "The Right Profile" is - as written - "ARRRGHHHGORRA BUH BHUH DO ARRRRGGGGHHHHNNNN!!!!"
The Clash "Cut The Crap" This is a terrible album. It has no redeeming value. I've owned and discarded two previous copies. This album's place in my collection could not be justified as being either a sick curiosity or because I wanted the complete Clash catalog. I justify keeping this copy for the reason of preventing someone else from having it and therefore besmirching their collection. I just have to remind myself not to actually listen to it - ever.
It is one of my goals to remove the guilt from guilty pleasures, for example:
Foghat "Live," You know you really want to hear a twelve minute version of "Slow Ride." Admit it.
Bad Company (s/t) I remember buying this album for 3.88 at the Wherehouse in the Orange Mall when I was 12. "Can't Get Enough" has a great story - Mick Ralphs wrote it while with Mott the Hoople to humiliate Ian Hunter, because Hunter had the vocal range of an Easy Bake oven and couldn't sing it.
The Alarm. I saw this band three times in the 80's - once on purpose and twice by accident.
Anthologies of Ian Hunter, Lou Reed. I also got a bunch of Lou Reed solo albums. I wish there were more Ian Hunter albums.
Lou Reed "Take No Prisoners" is the best live album of all time. Grumpy Lou heckles his audience for an hour while his band plays jazz-fusion versions of his songs behind him. Better than both "James Brown Live at Budokan" and "Cheap Trick Live at the Apollo" put together.
Barbarella soundtrack. Great pseudo-psychedelic music from the only good Jane Fonda movie.
The Monkees "Greatest Hits". Give me a good fake band over a bad "real" band any day.
Badfinger had great hits but spotty albums.
Grand Funk, Thin Lizzy. If I don't hear "American Band" or "Jailbreak" on any given classic rock radio station for a couple days, it's good to know that I have easy access to them.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I must always have a copy of "Frampton Comes Alive." Every time I get rid of one, another one shows up out of nowhere.
Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith (lots of both). More nice jazz that even I can understand.
Several BB King albums. I like my blues like I like my jazz - pop infected and easily accessible.
Rufus Thomas "Walking the Dog." Original on the Stax label. Thrashed almost beyond recognition and a definite keeper.
Nat King Cole. Here we have a pretty good compilation covering his earlier stuff including the best version of "Route 66" that will ever be done. Here is my bit about "Route 66" - it's a great song and almost impossible to screw up - both the Stones and the Cramps did it credibly - but I find it impossible to listen to the Brian Setzer or Wayne Hancock versions. When Brian Setzer did it, he wrongly sang "Reno" instead of "Kingman." Reno is nowhere near Route 66! We're talking about 500 miles! It's a good thing that Brian Setzer doesn't drive his own bus. I've been to both places and I admit that Reno is nicer, but you just can't go messing with geography like that. Wayne "The Train" Hancock pronounces "route" as "rowt" and that's just plain wrong - Texas Schmexas. When Chuck Berry recorded "Route 66" he pronounced "Barstow" as "Bars-Kow" but that doesn't really bother me.
Did this appease my savage vinyl bloodthirst? No, it only awakened the slumbering giant. What happened next was somewhat predictable. About a week later, I got the following email:
"For those of you who missed the great LP giveaway last week, you'll have one more opportunity. Five (collectors) did show up last Friday and relieved me of some 800+ albums, but that still leaves me with nearly 2000 lps looking for good homes! (This) will absolutely be the last opportunity, though, for anyone who might be interested in adding to their collection. All are welcome to come, browse, and take!"
So I showed up. The usual suspects had been back for another scrounging but had only taken another couple hundred. There were still about 1400 records left. I volunteered to rescue them from becoming landfill. Instead of responding verbally, he simply began loading boxes of records into the back of my small pick-up truck like they were sacks of steaming cow pies and let it be known that I should leave before I changed my mind.
His recovery was my relapse.
Out of the second lot of records, I managed to give away a few hundred, kept a few, traded a few, kept a few more, sold a couple, kept a couple more, and donated the rest. Some of the records mentioned in this piece were actually from the second batch, but I lost track of what was what.
Postscript: If you would like to view or purchase the remainder of the collection, go to the Goodwill store on Tustin near the 22 in Orange.
Post-Postscript: I have since moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. More on that later.
My entire LP collection fit comfortably into only ten moving boxes. When I moved back to OC from Seattle eight years ago, I needed twenty-four boxes.
Recovery is a long, dirty, dusty, winding, gravel-strewn road littered with run-on sentences and the bloated corpses of collectors who can't say "no."


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Whether inmates are imprisoned for felony DUI offenses, vehicular manslaughter, drug crimes or other offenses, those who are housed in America's jails and prisons are often subjected to unconscionable treatment. These treatment issues are often especially challenging for women.
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The commonsense phrase "don't drink and drive" is seemingly straightforward. Yet, you can drink and drive. You just have to consume an amount of alcohol under the legal limit, and an amount which does not leave you in any way impaired. Sometimes, ensuring that you don't cross the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) line is more difficult than you might think. Can you have those two glasses of wine while out with friends and remain sober? Those few beers over the course of several hours with your buddies?


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Irwin, Eunice Marion (nee McIntee)
December 11, 1931 – February 15, 2018
Eunice Irwin of Hawkesville passed away with her children at her side on Thursday, February 15, 2018.
Visitation will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, 62 Arthur St. S., Elmira. A Celebration of Life will be held the following day, Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at Heidelberg Bible Fellowship, 2720 Kressler Rd., Heidelberg.
Eunice was born in St. Catharines and attended high school at St. Catharines Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, later moving to Toronto to work for Household Finance. During a visit to Camp Mini-Yo-We she met and fell in love with Paul Irwin, the man who would be her husband of over 57 years. They were married at Prudhomme's Garden Centre Hotel on September 7, 1957 and began their married life together in a small apartment in Toronto while Paul finished medical school. In 1959, Eunice and Paul moved to Cooksville where Paul practiced medicine and Eunice raised their four children, Doug (Lisa), Brian (Elaine), Janet (Mike), and James (Lily).
Eunice remained active with Paul in the service of Christ and others at Hopedale Bible Chapel, Erindale Bible Chapel, Bethany Chapel, Berea Bible Chapel, Wallenstein Bible Chapel, and Heidelberg Bible Fellowship where she made many dear friends. Eunice made a habit of caring for others and as a result, her home was a welcoming place, particularly for those who were away from family. She especially enjoyed working with children in Sunday School, Pioneer Girls, and Awana programs. Music was a special joy to her and she loved to sing. Even as her mind was fading in the latter part of her life she was welcomed to sing in the choir at Heidelberg Bible Fellowship. Eunice sang heartily and well—even though she was sometimes found holding her hymnbook upside down!
Eunice is preceded in death by her parents Vernon and Marion McIntee and her brothers Ross, Douglas, Stan, and Floyd McIntee, and is survived by her oldest brother Arnot McIntee. She will be missed by her grandchildren James and David Irwin; Matthias and Jonas Irwin; Beatrice, Maxwell, and Graeme Robertson; and Ryan Irwin.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Camp Mini-Yo-We, 1878 Muskoka Rd. 10 W., Port Sydney, Ontario, P0B 1L0.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to the wonderful caring staff at Barnswallow Place Care Community in Elmira where both Eunice and Paul were residents as they struggled with the effects of Alzheimer's disease.


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June is going to be a busy month with the return of the Shepherdstown Community Club's 1st Weekend Handmade Market and the Solstice Celebration Market at the War Memorial Building, 102 E. German Street. First, local and regional artists, artisans and crafters will come together June 4-5 to sell their quality handmade creations.
The Handmade Market is open Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There is always free admission.
The featured creative sellers for this weekend's Handmade Market include Happy Cat Glass (stained glass panels, suncatchers, ornaments, hair accessories), Kem's Garden (suncatchers and windchimes for porch and garden, dried flower art), Sweet Clay Creations (scrumptious food-themed polymer clay jewelry), Becky and Linda (handsewn organizers for walkers, wheelchairs, and handbags, tooth fairy pillows, wallets), Joanie Yarlick (beaded jewelry, necklaces, earrings), Beadqueene Handmade (handsewn accessories, coasters, placemats, pillow covers, journal covers) and Creative Art and Soul (bohemian-style copper and crystal jewelry).
Next, save the dates for June 18 and 19 for a spirited Shepherdstown Summer Solstice celebration market, a psychic, holistic wellness, spiritual development and handmade market all in one!
Find polarity energy healing, tarot card readings, jewelry, handmade items and more.
The Handmade Market and Solstice Celebration Market are sponsored by the Shepherdstown Community Club. Monies collected from sellers' space fees go towards the maintenance and operation of the historic War Memorial Building and Morgan's Grove Park.
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Senator David Shafer reports that SB 10 has cleared the Senate Rules Committee and will come to the floor today:
The Rules Committee voted to place Senate Bill 10 on the calendar for tomorrow, the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act. The Democrats, self-proclaimed champions of the downtrodden, appear to be gearing up to oppose this bill. It should be interesting.


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A screenwriter's tip for survival: Keep the intimate details of your work to yourself…
October 14, 2013 § 4 Comments
As you're navigating the trenches on your screenwriting journey, do your best to keep the intimate details of your work to yourself. Do not continually talk about the status of your projects, your "writing process," or how each project is moving forward or not. I know it's tempting to share the intimate details with friends and family or even strangers, but keep your business to yourself. Your stock reply should be, "I'm busy working on a handful of interesting projects." Hemingway said it best, "I still believe, though, that it is very bad for a writer to talk about how he writes. He writes to be read by the eye and no explanations or dissertations should be necessary. You can be sure that there is much more there than will be read at any first reading and having made this it is not the writer's province to explain it or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work."
The main reason to keep your business to yourself is because you will find Hollywood has a bizarre time warp that works on its own schedule. Every project will take longer than you ever expected and you don't need people thinking that you're blowing smoke when you talk about the status of your material. I've experienced the head of a production company tell me in person that my script was going into production within three months. Of course the deal fell through as it does most of the time, but what if I told everyone that I knew about my good fortune only to have the rug pulled out from beneath me? When the supposed production date neared, those people would certainly be asking me about the status of the project. I'd have to waste precious energy telling them bad news or trying to string them along as I kept the news alive not wanting to explain what happened out of fear.
Maybe they would think I was blowing smoke or exaggerating the situation? Maybe they would think I wasn't talented enough if the project fell apart? The reality is that financing does fall through, schedules change, and there is a myriad of things that can and do happen completely out of the writer's control. When these unforeseen issues happen the naysayers will respond to you with, "Man, I don't know how you do it. That's such a hard business." As if you didn't already know this fact, right? And as if anything worth achieving in life was easy? And then you're judged based upon events out of your control. Forget that you not only secured the paid gig to write a script on assignment and it made it through development… but that's not impressive to those who don't know just how hard that was to achieve. You'll have to fight against believing their criticisms and advice because it comes from their own fears projected upon you.
The truth is that it takes an incredible amount of time for any aspiring screenwriter to gain and hold new ground and for any script to find a home and eventually get produced—if ever. Sometimes the less you say about your progress the better. Focus on the work and if anyone asks you what is going on, politely explain that you're constantly "working on a lot of projects and they're moving forward."
I recently ran into an old friend who asked how things were going and when I mentioned a project and its recent upswing in progress he replied, "Haven't you been trying to get that made for a few years now?" Why, yes I have… and thank you for reminding me of that fact. It's not as easy as you'd believe to get someone to just give you millions of dollars to make a film. This is a perfect example of how every project is a new adventure and has its own ups and downs that are out of your control. You'll survive the journey by having as many solid projects out there working as possible for your benefit. Sometimes they all hit, one hits, and other times nothing hits. It's the nature of the business, but you keep soldiering on.
We all have our own inner voice of self-doubt as artists, but why give fodder to your critics and skeptics who will use it to squash your dreams? They'll even taint any good news you share and use it to belittle your success because they didn't have the guts to risk everything to pursue their own dreams. I have a friend who just landed a gig on an indie movie and the pay isn't great, but it's a fantastic opportunity and might open up a whole avenue that never existed before for him. He mentioned that he told another friend about this good fortune, and his friend questioned his decision to take the job and even pointed out that he'll "barely break even financially—so what's the point?" The friend couldn't see the bigger picture and how in the film business, many times you take a job because you can see past the immediate opportunity and look to what other doors it can open.
Again, beware of opening yourself up to negative criticism by sharing all of your private business. Protect your dreams from the naysayers who enjoy raining on your parade. They're unable or unwilling to take that leap off the cliff and that's okay—it's what us dreamers do every day. Keep your work close to the vest until it's finished and know that even with a contract—projects can still die in development, during production and even after they're produced. No one ever truly knows the fate of any film and it's mostly out of your control, so stick to what is within your control—keeping your private business to yourself and continuing to write.
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"'I never feel the need to discuss my work with anyone. No, I am too busy writing it. It has got to please me and if it does I don't need to talk about it. If it doesn't please me, talking about it won't improve it, since the only thing to improve it is to work on it some more. I am not a literary man but only a writer. I don't get any pleasure from talking shop."—William Faulkner
"The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing."—Ernest Hemingway
"Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capacity to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated."—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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§ 4 Responses to A screenwriter's tip for survival: Keep the intimate details of your work to yourself…
This is so spot on with how things are and how people react. I have been through everything you said here from being very close to production to having things fall through and all the people I've told wonder what happened. People telling me what a hard profession I've chosen and I should try something easier. I have slowed down in sharing the details of my projects but there's a large part of me that believes in spreading good vibes. That if people are rooting for me then the universe will pick up on it and the momentum will continue. So I can't help telling a few people even the smallest piece of good news.
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King's Lynn Town chairman delighted with commercial activity
King's Lynn Town chairman Stephen Cleeve says he has been encouraged by the extra commercial activity at the club during the summer.
Speaking at an informal press conference on Friday, Cleeve admitted that progress is being made off the pitch at the Southern League club.
Talking to the media, Cleeve said: "It's a long-term gain, not a short-term solution when it comes to sponsorship.
"You have to build up a pipeline of people and it takes a long time to do that
"The pipelineis already growing for the season after next and it is looking very positive.
"We've obviously got Rounce and Evans on board while Barsby have kindly agreed to continue their sponsorship of the away shirt.
"We've also sold packages to Listers, Tubbs Bathrooms, East Coast Storage, AMA Waste and Mattress Man which equates to about £6,000 in sponsorship."
Cleeve said the recent link-up with Rounce and Evans was a perfect example of building bridges and a relationship with local businesses.
"When I was first contacted by Rounce and Evans at an away game it led to then buying a board," said Cleeve.
"He then bought a match sponsorship for his birthday in April and now he's doing the community fund."
The club are edging closer to announcing the name of a new first-team sponsor, while Adrian Flux have terminated their sponsorship of the main stand at The Walks to leave new naming rights up for grabs.
In an effort to move forward even further, the club have announced the appointment of a new commercial manager.
Ashley Bunn, from Reepham, will take up the post on a part-time basis from this week.
On Mr Bunn's appointment, Cleeve said: "Ashley has got a lot of experience having done this kind of thing for the Big C and he is also a football nut too.
"His responsibility will be to get out to see businesses and help build up the pipeline for a few more years to come."
Cleeve concluded by revealing that the club had paid transfer fees of £2,000, plus VAT, for Frazer Blake-Tracy, from Lowestoft, and £650,plus VAT, for Dion Frary from Dereham Town.


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Every day, thousands of construction workers are hard at work rebuilding Christchurch. But unless these construction activities have proper pollution prevention measures in place, they could be causing real damage to our urban waterways and their ecosystems.
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As you will probably have already noticed from my profile picture, I own a camera.
Now, I'm not saying I'm any good. Far from it in fact, but I am learning.
Having bought my Nikon D5200 DSLR originally for video purposes, I decided to lend my hand to snapping up some pictures. So here we go.
As often or as rarely as I please, I plan to upload these picture-based posts, entitled "Nikon Adventures" as I look to improve my camera work – aiming for around 10 pictures per post.
Bare with me – I'm currently teaching myself through a series of YouTube videos as to how to work the bloody thing, but I'm getting there.
Today's post: My hometown's Castle Semple Loch.
Enjoy! (Comments/advice welcomed).
So there you have it.
I hope you enjoyed just a few of the pictures I managed to snap up on my travels. I'm sure I'll be back posting more soon.


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"This is the most straight-forward presentation on social media that I have ever heard!"
I'll be uploading the final presentation on slide share shortly. If you'd like a copy please email me: maryanne (at) redropesdigital.com.
We'd love to help you grow your digital presence too – so please shoot us an email!
I'm pleased to announce that we'll be featured at The Natural Products Exposition – ExpoEast in Baltimore this year
On Friday, September 27, 2013 from 12:30-1:30, I'll be speaking on how to harness the power of social media to speak with the full spectrum of consumers in the natural products space from deep green consumers to mainstream moms.
I'm pleased to be able to address brands attending the conference this year as digital marketing, and in particular social media moves from a tactic brands have rushed to master to an integral part of the marketing mix.
I'll be focusing on strategy, content and social media planning and how to address the mainstream consumer – a potentially huge market for natural brands with the right message that meets the light green consumer needs.
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If you have a business, you'll recognise that in today's trading environment you need a website. But having a website in itself isn't enough. You also need to be found. Google has billions of pages which it ranks as it sees fit for content. It's important to know where you are in the pecking order and how your ranking varies from month to month. Local search is also becoming more important as it's the way people search for services and businesses. We have a suite of reports that will allow you to monitor your footprint and see how you're doing. The initial report is free. I'll also receive the initial report and will be able to advise what to do next based on the results.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Have you ever been guilty of drunk shopping? According to a new study, it's a real problem in the United States and it's on the rise.
It seems to be a hobby for some people. They're not just nursing a hangover; they're also getting a major headache from looking at their bank statements the next morning.
So what are people buying while drunk? Purchases range from a single tea bag from Japan, a shower curtain of rainbow cats, and even a life-sized cardboard cutout of Danny Devito.
When shopping online there are many factors that can influence buyers.
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One of those factors: Alcohol, according to a new Finder.com study, which finds 68 million people admit to shopping online under the influence.
Nick Stucky says he was tipsy when he bought googly eyes for his car, calling it, "the best drunk online purchase I have made yet."
"It's one of those things where it comes in the mail and you're like, I'm not quite sure what I ordered and then it hits you," said Stucky.
It hits the wallet too, at an estimated $447 per person, double the amount from the previous year.
"We do spend a lot of money while we're drunk. The problem is actually totaling over $30 billion," said Jennifer McDermott of Finder.com.
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, food is the top purchase made, followed by shoes and clothes.
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But then, there are the questionable drinking decisions, such as this purchase of 100 top hats for a pet toad.
Ian Stratford admits being under the influence when he bought a T-shirt of a military sloth.
And one man proudly posted to social media the hot pink outfit he ordered after a few rounds.
The study found men are more likely than women to shop while drunk, and it also found Gen X'ers spend triple what millennials do when indulging in buzzed buying.


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Scones For Royalty
From the Royal Palace in Laos to Buckingham Palace in London, what do you serve or eat in the presence of royalty–past or present? The answer to that is easy, scones. Light, buttery, savory or sweet, nothing is better when passing a palace on foot or watching a royal wedding on TV.
My recent love affair with scones began at JoMa Bakery in Laos where I tried their delicious and delicate cheddar scallion scones; they were so good I had to go back a few days later to have another one. Indeed they were so good they were the first thing I baked or cooked myself upon returning home! I have tried a few other recipes inspired by my travels since returning home, but none that turned out as good as these scones, and none that heralded a repeat baking.
I tried to recreate these small Thai rice cake cookies; they were not too sweet combined with sesame seeds and a single cashew on top. While in Thailand I even asked how to make them, and while I should have known at the explanation that there might be some room for recipe change in America it didn't hit me until I was home how much I would have to create these from memory. The recipe started in Thailand with "…Separate the rice from the husk, then dry the rice in the sun, before puffing the rice…" My response was to ask if I could buy "Rice Crispies". Well let's just say I am not going to share that recipe here and if anyone does know how these delicious morsels are made I would love any recommendations.
Second I tried to make in honor of Cambodian New Year, the popular dish Amok. I had Amok of every variety on my travels – chicken, shrimp, and tofu and loved each one more than the last. I loved it so much I purchased the spice mix to bring home with me. Amok is a relative of a mild curry, flavored with lemon grass, turmeric, kaffir lime leaf; simmered with coconut milk it is one of the most comforting dishes I could imagine. But again my reinterpretation with American ingredients only hinted at the magnificence of eating a bowl of this vivid yellow delight while under a thatch roof overlooking a white sandy beach.
However, when it came to the scones I found myself closing my eyes and breathing in deeply and feeling the way I did outside the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang. When we tasted them the first night I made them I knew there had to be a repeat baking for the Royal Wedding. Despite the early hour in California, the wedding itself was at 3AM, I baked and we watched the festivities while toasting to tea and savoring delightful baked goods.
So whether it is to entertain royalty or to offer to friends, these scones are not to be passed up or missed. We tried both a savory and sweet rendition on the wedding morning and we baked them in smaller sizes. Enjoy the baking, but I guarantee you will enjoy the eating more.
Happy Tea Time,
Her Regal ness Ramona
Scones Fit For A Royal, In The Savory And Sweet Rendition
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoons (1 stick or 4 ounces) cold butter, diced
2/3 cup half and half
3 eggs, divided
For Cranberry Walnut Scones:
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup walnuts finely diced
1 Tablespoon turbinado sugar
For Cheddar Scallion Scones:
1/3 cup Cheddar cheese, diced
3 scallions thinly sliced
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place filling (cheddar cheese/scallion, or cranberries/walnut depending on sweet or savory scone) in a small bowl and coat them with one tablespoon of the flour and set aside. Combine the remaining flour with the baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender, fork or two knives, until it forms pea-sized morsels.
Lightly whip two of the eggs and half and half and add to the flour-butter mixture. Using a wooden spoon, fold mixture until it begins to come together. Add the filling mixture to the dough and mix until everything is incorporated.
I have trouble rolling out scone dough so I prefer to do the simple spoon drop method, of taking a spoonful of the batter and placing it on a prepared baking sheet. Make an egg wash by beating the remaining egg with a teaspoon of water. Brush the scones with egg wash and for sweet (cranberry/walnut scones) I sprinkled with a little turbinado sugar. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Scones are always best when fresh from the oven. Recipe yields 8 large or 24 small scones.
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We are all different but here are my top 10 reasons for working from home --- or better named, 10 reasons why I LOVE working from home...listed in no particular order.
- No commute and that saves gas money and when filling up the car cost me $3.60/gallon yesterday, that is a plus.
- Flexible hours. Yes, I have flexible hours in the office too but when you are at home, there is an added flexibility as I can start as early as I want as no waiting for the office doors to be unlocked.
- Double-duty: I can tackle the laundry while I work and moms, you know the machines do most of the work and it only takes moments to move from one machine to the next. Now the folding, that takes time but it is doable.
- Pets. Yep, pets. Hearing them squeak and tweet throughout the day is soothing.
- Music and talk radio. I have a greater freedom to listen to what I love without earbuds and that is a plus-plus! Earbuds tend to give me headaches after a while so this is really cool.
- School break day fun. If school is out, I can be a mom, do my job, and watch the little one while she plays and entertains me. Being able to work and be there for your child is a PLUS and I can take work on the go many times as well. That means, I can tackle work while she tacks up to ride and then watch her ride!
- Meal prep: I can squeeze in the time to get a big batch of whatever going and it can be baking, etc. while I tackle more on my to do work list.
- School drop-off and pick-up. Yes, I get to pick up darling almost every single day from school but being able to drop her off is a HUGE perk as it gives me the time to do an extra fun hair style for her if she wishes....and she often does.
- Comfy work clothes. Yes, I work in a pretty casual work atmosphere but being able to work in my workout clothes before workouts, or in my jammies as I slowly move into my day is pretty darn cool.
- Home is where my heart is. I LOVE being home. I have all I need and love here and can workout, cook, bake, relax, work, and find my inner peace. Yes, some days are harder as I am a mom tackling anxiety and depression, but my work from home days are the closest I can get to being a stay-at-home mom, at least for now, and I love it!
Daily Gratitude: I am thankful for being able to work from home.
Daily Bible Verse: Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. ~ Psalm 127:3-5


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Website Redesign is a vital part of any Digital Marketing process. If you want your business to flourish then you definitely need to consider redesigning your website at some point of time to be in pace with the constant evolution of the market.
Every now and then new technologies are coming up that can simplify the process of website Redesign. However, it is must to have a close look at the best practices checklist before planning. Website Redesigning is not only useful for business owners but even for designers who need a pre-planned approach to redesign.
Best Practices and Checklist
- Justify your reason- A Redesign process involves changing the entire structure of the website and not just its look. It can make or break the entire system. Also, it is quite expensive and the results aren't always as you are expecting. So have a proper justification.
- Analyzing the Shortcomings– You need to check the entire usability of your site. It's not always necessary to redesign the entire thing. Many a times only a few things need improvement so work particularly on those areas. If your page is doing great it's better not to mess around. One can make use of various tools to track down those particular areas that needs immediate attention.
- Analyze the Competition– You need to analyze where you stand in the market at present. You can take help of some analytics to keep a track of the number of downloads, views and other activities going on in your site compared to that of other sites. In fact it would help you give a clear picture of the past and present performances so that you may decide wisely for the future.
- Is this the Right Time for Website Redesign? During the redesigning process your website may not work at all. So make sure to keep an eye on the traffic flow before you think of redesign. If your site sits when business is at its peak you may end up losing more than gaining.
- Check what your user's want- These days' users look for the best site. If your website is slow or takes a lot of time to load that may cause your users to flee. Also, make sure you provide a great interface for your users. Try to remove those properties which haven't been of any use in the past. It should be the one place where your customers love to visit. Make sure you have proper plans to receive customer feedbacks and initiate interaction.
- Set proper goals- Once you have listed out the criteria's talk it out with your team or designer. Keep your entire focus on the users. Get a quote of the amount of expenditure required. Website Redesign can be done in a number of ways so look for options and study their pros and cons along with the expenditures involved.
- Estimate the Results- Try to estimate the results based on the Website Redesign process or option that you go for. Try to figure out the best and the worst thing that can happen at the end. Don't forget to have a backup plan depending on the end results.
These are some of the Best Practices Checklist that you must go through before planning a Website Redesign, but it may vary with reference to your business model and target demography. If you have any questions or need a consultation, I would welcome your feedback, Call or Email.
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New Year Sees Increased Security at Three Schools
When students headed back to Lawrence Township Public Schools (LTPS) on September 5, 2018, a new addition at three district schools awaited them. Suzanne Girard, student resource officer (SRO), greeted Lawrence High School (LHS) students; Rick Doldy, Class III officer, was on hand at Lawrence Middle School (LMS); and Matt Nemes, Class III officer, welcomed Lawrence Intermediate School (LIS) students.
The increased security within the schools stems partly in response to increased incidents of intruders within schools nationwide and also to a request from a local group of Lawrence citizens. After the school shootings in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, a group of Lawrence residents organized a meeting to discuss security within LTPS. Several central office administrators and Board of Education members asked to be included in the meeting to directly answer questions. The group's general consensus was a cry for more security within the schools.
Although SROs and Class III officers have different roles, all are hired with the major focus of helping to keep students and staff safe from an outside intruder. Unlike SROs who are current police officers, Class III officers are retired law enforcement officers who previously served as fully trained, full-time officers in New Jersey (NJ). They must go through SRO required trainings. Again, their role is to be a visible presence in the schools and to help keep students and staff safe.
"The safety of our children is our greatest responsibility and we are dedicated to their well-being," stated Superintendent Ross Kasun. "With the addition of our SRO and Class III officers, we have intensified our focus on safety and security efforts to make certain that students and staff are safe."
LTPS district and school administrators met with Lawrence Acting Police Chief Brian Caloiaro on September 12, 2018 and continued discussion about the officers and their responsibilities. Caloiaro related Class III officers do not teach, discipline children, or investigate. Additionally he emphasized school administrators are in charge of the officers when they are in the schools.
Why hire a Class III officer rather than more SROs? Class III officers do not have the same salary as SROs and, because the Class III officers are retired, a district does not have to pay health or pension benefits.
Lawrence Town Council and the Lawrence Board of Education joined forces to find funding within their respective budgets for the new positions. Previously, SROs were in LHS and LMS until about 2012. Due to financial constraints in the township and LTPS budgets, the position was eliminated.
Class III officers are a new category of security within NJ this year and the position is still evolving. Governor Chris Christie signed legislation in November 2016 that provided for the new classification of officers. As related in the 2014 final report of the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) School Security Task Force, the legislation stemmed from feedback of two task forces convened after the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and a recommendation of the New Jersey State Association of the Chiefs of Police. The two task forces were the NJSBA School Security Task Force and the New Jersey School Security Task Force (NJSSTF) appointed by Gov. Chris Christie.
Meet the officers:
Rick Doldy, a Class III officer, grew up in Lawrence and is a LHS graduate. After first starting in electrical engineering, Rick changed careers, became a Lawrence police officer, and earned a BS in Homeland Security and National Preparedness. Rick has high and middle school aged children.
Suzanne Girard, an SRO, is in her 17th year as a Lawrence police officer and worked as a deputy court administrator for the Lawrence Municipal Court for 5 years prior. A few years ago, she served as an SRO at LIS and LMS. She is married to a LHS graduate and they have three children ages 11, 8, and 6.
Charles "Matt" Nemes, a Class III officer, was a police officer for 25+ years. He began on the Trenton force and then transferred to the Ewing Police Department, from which he retired in 2017. While in Trenton, Matt was part of the street crimes unit and also the SWAT team. Eventually he was transferred into the K9 unit and became a certified K9 trainer. He assisted in and trained over 200 dogs in a span of 17 years. Matt is married and has three sons, ages 23, 16 and 14.


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2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Review – Audi has actually introduced its tiniest ever before SUV– the Audi Q5– which will certainly rest listed below the Audi Q3 in its SUV variety. The Audi Q5 gets here in July 2016 however, if you can not wait that long, placed the superb Audi Q3 in our car configurator to see the offers carwow might aid you obtain.
2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Review
The 2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Review are 2 of the most preferred SUVs around, mixing brand name charm with beefy appearances, four-wheel-drive energy, high owning setting and a stylish, sensible cabin. Below we'll take you via whatever you require to recognize if you're attempting to determine in between the portable Audi Q3 and Q5 brother or sister.
The Audi Q5 is sizable and specialists report outstanding on-road handling, however isn't really great when you leave the black things, and is a little boring to look at. The Audi Q3 is bit extra wacky and is an instead much more economical entrance right into crossover SUV possession, yet records claim is isn't really that interesting to own.
2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Engine
Audi is understood for its solid gasoline and diesel motor, and the Audi Q3 and Audi Q5 have actually both been offered the choices of Audi's array. The Q3's tiniest engine is a 1.4-litre turbocharged fuel, with 148hp and ought to have the ability to accomplish over 50mpg. It's the least expensive means of owning a Audi Q3 if you truly dislike diesel– or otherwise, as some testers think it's an extra polished system compared to the diesel choices and sets you back the very same to run if you typically aren't doing that lots of miles.
The 2.0-litre TFSI engine is ranked at 178hp, and this could lure you away with excellent efficiency numbers, although you'll be divulging greater than ₤ 200 each year in tax obligation. Both the 2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Review share the very same 2.0-litre TDI device that generates 181hp. Economic situation numbers of simply over 50mpg in the Audi Q3 and under 45mpg in the Audi Q5 are not specifically remarkable if as compared to competitors from various other producers, specifically when you take into consideration the ₤ 180 annual tax obligation expense you enter the Audi Q5.
The 3.0-litre TDI in the Audi Q5 is specifically solid– 240hp obtains you from remainder to 60mph in 6.5 secs, yet the SQ5 is the most outstanding, with 313hp and adequate torque to turn around the planet's turning if used all at as soon as. The 2017 Audi Q3 Review likewise obtains a party-piece engine, a 2.5-litre turbocharged petroleum which is ramped up to 335hp.
2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Interior
Purchasers looking for an SUV that's small sufficient to use simple vehicle parking ability to move will certainly enjoy the Audi Q3, however the concession is in the cabin space, which is no much better compared to you'll locate in a small family members hatchback; a Ford Focus will certainly supply comparable versatility. That's not to state that the Q3 is helpless as a household car.
The Audi Q5 is larger in every regard. There's significantly even more elbow-room up front, while rear-seat travelers obtain reclining back-rests and usefully even more space all round. Points typically aren't best in the Audi Q5; hands-on vehicles endure from countered pedals (a lot extra so compared to hand-operated Audi Q3) that could make it uncomfortable for the chauffeur to obtain comfy.
The 2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Review are no various in this respect– both get sufficient appreciation for their wonderfully developed cabins and usage of soft-touch products, making them better areas to be compared to some cars and trucks setting you back 6 numbers. The Audi Q3 is currently Audi's tiniest crossover (the Q1 is coming however not for a while yet), and testers have actually kept in mind that back space could be a little confined on longer trips.
If you desire an even more large long-distance cruiser you will certainly desire to invest the additional cash and obtain the Audi Q5. You could choose for a moving back bench that'll assist you make a quick selection in between boot space and back seat space, and with all seats accounted for you will certainly have 540 litres of boot space at your disposal. With the seats down, this prolongs to 1,560 litres, covering the Q5's Swedish opponent, the Volvo XC60.
2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Exterior
Those looking for a car with off-road capacities could desire to look in other places– neither car is bought for its capability to leave from the normal roadway and take on rougher surface. The 2017 Audi Q5 Interior and Exterior Review is in fact typically commended, suppleness apart, due to the fact that for a car of its size and nature, it manages extremely like a roadway car.
The instead bonkers SQ5, powered by a demoniacally effective diesel motor, thrills one of the most, although you'll should get rid of a dreadful great deal of money to obtain one. It has broader tires, and reduced, stiffer suspension compared to the typical Q5's set up yet, in spite of this, the convenience and improvement hasn't already been endangered, and it supplies incredible efficiency when driving.
The Audi Q3 does not obtain rather so several customers going crazy regarding it. Audi has actually played with the Audi Q3 to generate the Audi Q3, and this makes it a lot extra enjoyable to own– in truth, one customer claimed they discovered it to be one of the much better sportier designs in the Audi array.
2017 Audi Q3 VS Q5 Release Date and Price
The 2017 Q5 Review is anticipated to be valued from ₤ 21,000 when it's launched in July 2016. Top-spec variations will certainly be closer to ₤ 30,000 and Audi's infamously expensive alternatives checklist can better bump up the price.
2017 Audi Q3 Review costs vary from ₤ 25,000 to ₤ 36,000 relying on engine and trim degree however, once more, take care when you include choices– you most likely will not obtain your refund on these when you market the car on.


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Hosting Special - Load Bearers
As more people watch video online, via their PCs and mobile phones, broadcasters and content providers are turning to content delivery networks to cope with the extra strain
The final group stage football match between England and Slovenia in last summer's World Cup won't go down in history as a classic, but it did earn a place in the history books as the most concurrent number of streams of an event the BBC has ever had to deliver.
The game was in the afternoon, so many elected to watch it online while at work, requiring the BBC to serve 800,000 streams at peak demand. This was nearly treble the previous highest audience for a single event, seen a year previously when 270,000 people streamed Andy Murray's ill-fated semi-final tennis match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
Such sporting events are examples of how the growth in online video is placing huge pressures on broadcasters to serve quality video online as well as through terrestrial, cable and satellite TV. Figures from ComScore show that in spring 2009, 4.65bn video clips were watched online each month, but by autumn 2010 this had risen 40% to 6.5bn. Over the same period the average number of minutes of video a viewer watched online rose almost 50% from 650 to 960 a month.
The phenomenon isn't restricted to the desktop, either. Figures from ComScore's MobiLens survey of mobile usage show that between November 2009 and November 2010 there was a 52% rise in the number of people watching video on their smartphones, from 1.7m to 2.7m. This makes the UK the biggest market for video consumption on mobile within the EU's top five markets (the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy), across which the average increase over the same period was 66%.
Expecting the unexpected
For broadcasters, this massive growth in traffic is prompting upgrades to their servers and infrastructure as well as an increasing reliance on content delivery networks (CDNs) to meet peak demand. These host live (and recorded) content on their infrastructure, which is separate from the public web. They'll usually have a direct connection to each ISP to ensure the video viewing experience is better than one served entirely over the public internet from the broadcaster's own server room.
Mark Kortekaas, general manager of the BBC's Online Technology Group, says, "We're constantly expanding our hosting facilities in and around London through which we serve video content, but we need to be prepared for major events and unexpected spikes in traffic. For planned events like the World Cup or a General Election, we can plan ahead with a third-party CDN. We also have arrangements for our content to be mirrored on their networks so they can host and deliver content away from our infrastructure if demand goes above a particular level. Breaking news is a good example because you can't plan for it and yet you need suddenly to deliver content to a huge audience you couldn't have predicted."
Indeed, the heavy demand placed on broadcasters by rising video consumption has seen traffic volumes at CDN Limelight Networks doubling every year. George Fraser, VP of international business at Limelight, believes this is down to the runaway success of the BBC's iPlayer and the proliferation of web-connected devices.
"The BBC has made the public aware of catch-up services so we've seen huge growth in video viewing, and not just to PCs," he says. "The iPhone was a game-changer too and now there are a wide variety of smartphones streaming video content on 3G and Wi-Fi, as well as games consoles and web-connected TVs. Demand for video is rocketing and that's why broadcasters are increasingly relying on us to deliver their content for them."
According to Fraser, it's not just the volume of traffic that's driving broadcasters to rely on CDNs, but also quality issues. "When you compare what video online was like five years ago to today, the difference is amazing," he says. "Now you can get full-screen video that looks okay on a TV. That's what is really making the demands on broadcasters. Most will use adaptive bit rates, analysing what connection a person has and giving them the best quality they can get. We estimate this puts up bandwidth demands by around 15% because you're always delivering the most you can rather than forcing people to chose the quality they believe will display best."
Serving the masses
Movie rental service LoveFilm's chief marketing officer Simon Morris agrees that mass-market awareness of downloading and streaming movies came into its own last year and shows no sign of abating. With the launch of internet-ready TVs, and YouView around the corner, the strains of delivering feature-length material will increase.
"Mass awareness of streaming movies to your PC seemed to come to the fore in the first half of 2010, but we noticed huge demand once we launched our service on the Sony PlayStation3 last autumn - that was a real game-changer for us, alongside internet-ready TVs," Morris says.
"When I look back at our experiment with the country's first download-to-own movie, King Kong in 2006, it's incomparable. It really was a case of trying to suck a golfball down a hosepipe back then. Streaming HD-quality films to TVs will be the next big challenge."
Even faced with such demands, Phil O'Ferral, senior VP of MTVNI, which includes the MTV and Nickelodeon channels, believes there's no need for the relationship between content owners and broadcasters to change when it comes to online video. The pressures of delivering video in the face of mounting demand are best met by those with the technology to do so, he reckons.
"We offer some clips on our channels' websites, but our biggest online market is pay-TV," he says. "We're available on Sky Player, which is where we're happy being. We leave the distribution to Sky and its content-delivery partners because we're the guys with the content and they're the experts at broadcasting it."
The common model of free footage being ad-funded is also placing extra pressure on broadcasters to ensure content is hosted or co-hosted by a third-party network that can provide prompt delivery of both the video and ads. Suranga Chandratillake, CEO of video search engine, hosting and advertising service blinkx, says it's now becoming more important than ever for content owners and broadcasters to ensure their video arrives quickly.
"On our video search service, expectations are far higher now than they were just a year or two ago," he says. "If a video doesn't appear within a couple of seconds, with its pre-roll in place, then people will simply click on the next result. Content owners and broadcasters realise this and we think it's a big reason behind so many using third-party networks to host and display both their content as well as relevant ads."
Chandratillake believes this year will be dominated by three issues. While volumes will continue to rise, so too will quality demands, while the issue of net neutrality will come to the fore as regulators decide whether it's fair to allow ISPs to prioritise their own or partners' traffic, putting startups and small companies at a potential disadvantage. These pressures are likely to strengthen the hand of CDNs, which can save broadcasters from having to make huge investments in infrastructure by ensuring their content arrives, with its associated advertising, on the equivalent of a toll road, bypassing the congested public internet.


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Day 1 – We traveled from Northern Virginia to longtime, Mount Rainier National Park.
Excited we got on an early morning flight at Washington Reagan National Airport, changed planes in Denver and we were on our way.
About 50 miles from the airport my wife points out of the airplane window. There it was – Mount Rainier in its snow-capped 14,410 foot glory.
We landed at the airport, picked up our rental car, checked our directions and started driving towards Mount Rainier. Even 30 miles away we would see house development campgrounds and even a winery named for Mount Rainier. It dominates the landscape for many miles in many directions as well as providing the source for a dozen rivers and the primary water source for Seattle and many other parts of Washington State.
We stopped in a small town about 10 miles from the park entrance to buy a few groceries and a case of water. Drinking water is great prevention from getting altitude sickness once we get into the park and especially as we prepare to hike and explore the mountain.
We saw railroad themed murals…
A "Caboose Hotel"…
And a railcar pizzeria…
We were tempted by beautiful lakes, and intrigued by signs warning that the water level could rapidly go up or down 25 feet due to flooding from the mountain run-off. "Look out for floating logs and submerged stumps!"
We continued on, entered Mount Rainier National Park and immediately noticed the old growth forest and huge trees, and something like Spanish moss covering the ancient evergreen trees.
We passed the park road repair crews but luckily we were only delayed a few minutes since it was late in the day. Finally we come upon a clearing and there we found our first destination the National Park Inn in Longmire, Mt. Rainier National Park.
See also:
Our Trip to Paradise – took 25 years
Our Trip to Paradise Part 3 – The National Park Inn
Our Trip to Paradise – Part 4 – The Road to Paradise
Our Trip to Paradise – Part 5 – Arrival in Paradise (Wildflowers were everywhere) (New)


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Managing Human Capital Assignment
Substantiate with many relevant organisational examples.
( Discussion on how to motivate employees at the workplace should be seen as it has become a challenge for employers today. Some Employers do give ESOP, Profit sharing, Scanlon plan, Annual Bonus, Gain sharing and Merit plans. Give relevant examples)
b. Some organizations do a thorough job analysis first and then human resource planning as part of a restructuring process. What makes more sense to you? Why? If actual performance of the human resources plan differs from desired performance, what remedial steps might you use?
Guidelines :
1.Thorough literature review must be evident.
2.Discussion on the factors that need to be considered when increasing pay should be undertaken. Discussion and debate on the importance of job analysis and HR Planning should be seen and which is important should be specified. 3.There must be sufficient linkage between theory and practice. 4.Harvard style of references should be used.
1. Introduction
Motivation is based on giving people an appropriate combination of rewards and employees need an awareness of the possibilities for them at work and the freedom to choose options and goals. Most individuals need to feel they have responsibility and the power to influence results by their actions. People have their own priorities in relation to the rewards they get from work. Rewards may include money, recognition, friendships, security, the challenge of new projects or a sense of doing something worthwhile and 'making a difference'. For many people, the chance to achieve ambitions is a major motivation.
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Resilient Kids Group
The Resilient Kids Group is an 8-week group (9-week this Fall) for 8-10 year olds that takes place 3 times a year at the Garratt Wellness Centre in Richmond. The groups are co-facilitated with leaders from various community organizations. The focus of the group is to help children build resiliency skills which include: identifying and managing feelings (enhance emotional literacy); coping with negative feelings (practicing skills such as asking for help); developing friendships, social skills and having fun with other kids with similar experiences. Snacks are provided. If the family needs help with transportation, car rides or bus tickets can be provided as well.
Parents are encouraged to consider participating in our 6-week Parent Education group, which focuses on developing skills to increase your child's resiliency, together with emotional support, and other useful parenting skills. The parent Education Group can help parents get support, to think about what it means to parent and to understand how stress and anxiety can impact your life. To read more about Parent Education Group, please click here or go to our Groups and Activities Tab at the top of the page to see a list of all groups and events offered.
All referrals are accepted if the parent feels mental illness or substance use from a family member is impacting their parenting or their family's health and well-being. If there are concerns as to the child's group readiness, alternatives can be discussed. We want all children to be successful, which may mean that individual support may be the best choice for some children who are not group ready.
The next Resilient Kids Group will be offered on:
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Garratt Wellness Centre (7504 Chelsea Place, Richmond BC V7C 3S9)
We are always accepting referrals.
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Through Thick and Thin
Fragment ourselves as we hit the ground
Embrace the pain as we break the bonds
The nights seem so vague, so eerie and dark
We won't miss the moon if we look to the stars
Losing ourselves to the animosity inside
Oblivious to all feelings cleverly disguised
We can open our eyes and try to rectify
Isolating truth from between the lies
In ignorance, losing sight of compassion
In rage, overlooking the path to reason
Never forgetting what lies within
We are all we have through thick and thin
Retracing steps and finding lost memories
Pain will decorate our pathway to glory
A moment to toast everything we've done
Paving our way for what is yet to come
Whatever may come, let us not hate each other
Whatever may come, let us pull through it together
The memories made, a lifelong treasure
Eight years strong and counting down to forever
Let's not remember the 22nd of November as a day we almost fell out. Instead let's remember it as the day we overcame another barrier in our lifelong friendship and strengthened what we have. Because at the end of it all it's not about what was said and done, it's not about right and wrong, it's about looking through our strengths and weaknesses and pulling through the thick and thin. So here's a toast to us, what we've been through and everything yet to come. Cheers.
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There are numerous positive benefits you can enjoy, as an organisation, from using web proxy software. These go beyond the short implementation time and inhibiting access to particular websites that you have blacklisted, only allowing those that are of primary benefit to the success of your organisation. Web proxies are predominantly security tools that provide a critical role in centralising server protection from internet threats before they attack your employees' and clients' devices.
However, typically, you can classify the capabilities and benefits of web proxy solutions into three broad categories, namely:
Minimising Liability
Various people view website content differently. What could be funny to one could be sexually explicit, racial, discriminatory or offensive to another. As an organisation, it is your sole responsibility to maintain normal web activities; you must come up with measures that will protect your staff from such liabilities.
You can achieve that by using web proxy programs to filter web content before your employees get access to it. These programs also come with monitoring technology so that you can maintain detailed logs of users that attempted access to inappropriate web content.
Data Security
Web proxies block access to harmful sites and preventing online scams from duping your clients into websites that can steal their personal login information. That provides you with an added level of protection from phishing, malware and other internet scams before they reach end-users and your clients' computers.
Web proxy programs can prevent or limit access to online auctions and gambling, social networking, celebrity gossip, personal emails and torrents. That way, as an organisation, you will find this technology to be very helpful in addressing excessive access to non-work websites.
With web proxy software, you can allow access to specific online content that you determine will help maintain a healthy working environment for you and your employees. You will also be able to budget for the network bandwidth that your company uses, on average, in a typical fiscal year.


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It is hard for us in a society in which even the one-night stand has become socially respectable to register the trauma behind the account of the visit of the angel to Joseph, telling him to take a pregnant woman as his wife.
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I didn't take that many pictures this Thanksgiving (forgot my camera at home), but the ones I did are pretty special if I do say so myself. I'm so thankful that my girls get to enjoy my Oma. We are so blessed with her in our lives! I've never met a stronger woman. And SO inspirational!
|Oma, Great Oma, Vayda and Lori. Oma was trying to teach Vayda the "Teddy Bear" song
|Oma was trying to teach Vayda the "Teddy Bear" song, click here to see how big Vayda has grown since their last lesson!!
|Priceless, Oma hadn't met Lori yet! They were inseperable!
|sweet sweet besos
|her thighs are stuck, but does she care?! haha love that little smile!
|Oh hey, my first pecan pie!! The reviews were great :D