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The Weeknd has his own and first signature shoe set to release, the PUMA XO. While PUMA has yet to officially unveil the shoe, leaked images have already started to surface giving us a look at the high-top boot.
Built with a stylish high cut that includes zippers on the heel and The Weeknd's XO branding on the tongues and outsole. The entire upper is done in premium leather, while sitting atop a full rubber sole.
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Corso, Michael J.Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations
MICHAEL J. CORSO is the Chief Academic Officer of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations. He has been an educator for nearly 30 years, and has taught at every educational level from kindergarten through graduate school. His research interests include better understanding students� aspirations and how students can be agents of their own learning and aspirations, and improving teaching and learning through teacher training and education. His recent publications have appeared in Educational Leadership and American School Board Journal.
This article reviews the contemporary literature on the structure and correlates of student engagement, and proposes a robust yet practitioner-friendly conceptual framework for better understanding how student engagement in the classroom can be fostered. Numerous research-based practical suggestions are provided for applying this framework in classroom settings.


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In honor of the holidays, the Library will be closed on Wednesday, December 24th and remain closed through Thursday, December 26th. We will reopen on Friday, December 27th! We will also be closed for the New Year holiday on Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st. We will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd!
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Luxury travelling is a heavenly experience. Everything, from the train to the hotels and resorts are filled with luxury and are so tempting to visit. But, before you begin your journey, don't you think that there are some things that you need to consider? Well, if you look at it, then you will find that there are a lot many things that you will have to check first. To help you, I have given below the checklist for authentic luxury travel.
Before you leave
If you want your trip to be a good one, you need to plan it carefully. As you are about spend a lot of money on your vacation, you should plan it four to five weeks previously before the trip. Firstly, you need to do good research about the place that you are about to visit. Then, secondly, you need to consider safety. While you are away enjoying your vacation, make sure everything is safe and secure back home.
Paper work in place
This is one of the important things that you need to pre-plan. You very well know that paper work probably takes the longest time. Hence, it would do well if you plan it in advance. Paper work includes things like visa documentation, train tickets and several other details which usually end up creating mayhem in your timetable.
The road not taken
Well, you might just ignore this by telling that your luxury travel is not some Halloween theme party to try something new and follow the rules. I agree that luxury travel means enjoyment and comfort. But now, things have changed. The fact that luxury travel means fun and comfort has become quite old. The new definition of luxury travel is completely changed. Instead of doing the same old things and hiking on the same old adventures, people have decided to explore new things. This is the new idea of entertainment and fun.
Health checkup
Each and every country has it has own policy of immunization. So, before you go on any journey, make sure you get your health checkup done. There is no harm in that; just think of it as a formality. But, if you ignore it and take it lightly, you are in for a lifetime headache.
Your deal and their deal
Usually, you would have already planned the numerous things that you will be doing on your vacation – all the places and things you want to see and the type of food you want to eat. But, many times, the resort or hotel which you would have booked will offer you a package or deal which might include a totally different plan. Well, as you are a luxury traveler, money wouldn't be much of a concern to you. But, you shouldn't get fooled by the expensive offers from your hotel or resort. You very well know what you want to do on your trip. So, consider what suites you best and make the right choice. This way, your trip will be a successful one.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Careless with Money
Does anybody else pinpoint situations that aren't good for their wallet?
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Don't be too hard on yourself. Maybe you can give yourself blow money every month for purchases like that so you don't feel guilty about it? I justify my expenses all the time 9 out 10 times I don't need the things I buy :(ReplyDelete
When I stress, I engage in "retail therapy". And I know that I will do it, so I don't make myself feel guilty about it. That always seemed to make it worse and I would then do more "retail therapy". So don't be so hard on yourself.... you are not alone when it comes to dealing with stress. Good Luck,, I hope you get the job!ReplyDelete
It happens some days. Just go with it. It only becomes a problem when it becomes a habit. It happens to me almost all the time when I go shopping without a list. Especially when I see a gummy snack I like when standing in the checkout line. Hope you get the job and get past that anxiety.ReplyDelete
you poor thing - just be glad that you are just sticking to the little things to spend on & nothing huge like a new car or anything that you would really regret... good luckReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM
I'm sure we all have occasional unplanned splurges, and yours was pretty small. Like jpkittie said, you didn't buy a car or anything big like that.ReplyDelete
You diagnosed your need perfectly in the first sentence.ReplyDelete
Be gentle with yourself.
All you don't need on top of it all is to add guilt.
If spending helps relieve some of the pressure when it arises, then how about having 'a stress can' with emergency spending money (from being a first time reader it sounds like you are pretty disciplined in that area) to do as you please when such needs arise? (Or would the pre-planned structure take away from the high? :)
Thank you for commenting on my blog. Sorry it was confusing. The first GUY post explained that he is a baby. (But I will go back and make needed changes-thanks). Sorry it was not some heated, take me away, passionate love story....for both our sakes.
A stress can - maybe old coffee can decorated with wrappers of things you buy when feeling the 'binge'? Make a fun event out of it!
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2017 Carmenère Pedregoso, Tabali
Wine Variety: Carmenère is an historic Médocain grape variety, predating Cabernet Sauvignon in the vineyard of the Gironde's Left Bank. Its relation to other grapes has been better understood through DNA profiling and it seems that Carmenère, Merlot, Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc and Malbec are all part of the Carmenet grouping of varietals i.e. are all related in some way. Carmenère was confused with Merlot for many years in such places as Chile and Italy, but in France, its plantings dwindled after the Phylloxera outbreak, as other vines offering more reliable fruit set (one of Carmenère's weaknesses) were substituted. As with Malbec in Argentina and Tannat in Uruguay, so Carmenère has become the signature grape of Chile, where experiments are well under way to find the best vineyard sites for this variety.
Wine Region: The wine producing areas in Chile are all situated in the central latitudes of this elongated country. The Limari Valley is located in Coquimbo, to the north of Chile's vineyards. Coquimbo was once a centre for pisco production but is now increasingly known for wine.
Wine Producer: Guillermo Luksic bought land in the Limari Valley in the early 1990s, planted grapes and bottled his first wine in 2002. Tabali was the first commercial winery here. The company is now run by Guillermo's son Nicolas. In 2013 Tabali expanded into Maipo with the purchase of a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard there.
*Tom Cannavan's Wine of the Week on wine-pages.com, 03/02/2020*
Style:Red - medium-bodied
Grape Variety:Carmenère
Serving Temperature:17°C
Alcohol Content:14%
Appellation:Limari Valley
Drink By:2021
Bottle Size:75cl
Colour:Still Red
Tasting Notes:
Very deep colour indeed: stops just short of being opaque. And it's ruby red. This has a floral character (I often find something floral in wines made from this variety). There's a hint of chocolate, too, to the really rather domestic fruit character: dark raspberries; cherries and ripe plums, all laced through with a dried herb aroma. Perhaps there's something of a warm greenhouse tomato here as well. Entry is cool, has a fluid density. Tannin appears and it is lightly tacky, quite upright, increasingly supportive. The palate is an upright thing, nicely incisive. It develops a granular mineral texture to the structure towards the back. Beef'd be good.
#3wordtastingnote: floral, chocolate, plum
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One of the favourite dishes to hit the BBQ this summer, has been chicken kebabs with a satay sauce. From my most favourite cookbook ever during the long summer daze, Ainsley Harriotts Barbeque Bible, I love preparing these easy chicken kebabs with the mix of spices I keep in the Beach House kitchen.
Spicy Speckled Peanut Sauce
(if you have peanut lovers at the party – double the quantities!)
- 50g roasted salted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 3 shallots, very thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, very thinly chopped
- 1 chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 50g crunchy peanut butter
- 175ml coconut milk
- 75ml water
- 1 tablespoon dark muscovado (brown) sugar
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon thai fish sauce
- salt and cayenne pepper
Grind the peanuts in the food processor. Heat the oil in a small pan, add the shallots and fry til golden brown. Life out of the oil and set aside. Add the garlic and chilli and fry until softened. Add the ground peanuts, peanut butter, coconut milk, water and sugar, and simmer gently for 4-5 minutes until slightly thickened. Stir in the fried onions, lime juice, thai fish sauce, and season to taste with a little salt and cayenne pepper. Pour into a small bowl and serve warm.
Million Meaty Satay Sticks
- 450g chicken fillets
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 stalk lemongrass (often difficult to find in France, so I often leave it out)
- 4 shallots, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons of light soya sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of light muscovado (or brown) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 4 tablespoons of coconut milk
Cut the meat into strips approximately 1cm wide. Heat a frying pan over a high heat. Add the cumin and coriander seeds and shake over the heat for a few minutes until they start to darken. Grind to a fine powder with the fennel seeds in a pestle and mortar. Remove the tough outer leaves from the lemongrass and roughly chop the tender core. Put into the food processor with the shallots, garlic, and soy sauce and blend to a paste.
Scrape the mixture into a bowl and stir in the ground spices, turmeric, salt and sugar. Stir in the meat and marinate for 2 hours at room temperature or overnight in the fridge.
Thread the cubes or strips onto the skewers. Mix the coconut milk with the curry powder.
Barbecue the satay sticks for 7-10 minutes, turning and basting with the coconut milk, until lightly brown on the outside but still moist and juicy on the inside.
Serve with the peanut sauce, baked potatoes and sour cream (spiced with horseradish and chives), and a simple salad – delicious!
From; Ainsley Harriott's Barbecue Bible: Amazon.co.uk: Ainsley Harriott: Books.
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- Sate Daging (Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce) (ridhaskitchen.wordpress.com)
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This fruity tiki-esque cocktail brings a taste of summer to any season.
1 1/2 oz. Tito's Vodka
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. agave nectar (omit if fruit is especially sweet)
Barspoon velvet falernum
Half lime, quartered
Pulp of one passionfruit (or 1 1/2 oz. passionfruit nectar)
Ice cubes
Tools: muddler, shaker, strainer
Glass: cocktail
Garnish: mint sprig
In the bottom of a mixing glass, muddle the pulp of one passion fruit (or nectar) and quartered lime half in agave nectar. Add vodka, Cointreau and velvet falernum. Shake vigorously with ice, strain into a chilled glass and garnish.
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Invokana Linked to Kidney Failure
Considering our government is bought and paid for by Big Pharma, it's only fitting that Janssen Pharmaceuticals has used the Beltway's time-honored "Friday news dump" to inform the public that its blockbuster diabetes medication, Invokana, causes kidney injuries when it quietly updated Invokana's warning label on Friday, May 20, 2016. Invokana is in a class of medications called sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors which are intended to treat high blood sugar in type 2 diabetics. As you recall, back in May 2015, the FDA alerted the public to the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) associated with SGLT2 inhibitor use, and then required the manufacturers of all drugs in the class to update the warnings section to include DKA in December 2015.
At the time, the FDA's involvement brought, at least some, media scrutiny to a class of drugs which are designed to flush high quantities of unmetabolized sugar through the kidneys of a population of patients already at risk of kidney-related complications. Unsurprisingly, Janssen's latest label change (news dump) has been completely ignored by the media, leaving the public under-informed, again.
Nevertheless, Janssen is now expressly warning that acute kidney injuries are associated with using Invokana. In light of the mounting litigation over claims that Invokana causes kidney failure and other kidney injuries, it seems as though Janssen has read the tea leaves, and knows that a label change, whether voluntary or FDA-mandated, was needed. Nevertheless, concerns about the adequacy of the warning label remain, as Invokana has been associated with kidney failure, not just acute kidney injury, as described in Janssen's newest warning label. In fact, the new label continues to downplay the severity of injury that Invokana users risk.
With over a billion dollars in sales last year, for just Invokana, it's no wonder Janssen is intent on downplaying the severity of the risks associated with Invokana and keen to keep stories like this limited to the Friday news dump.
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Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
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Entrepreneurship can be elusive for business students. This practical session will provide insight into one university's journey of integrating entrepreneurial leadership across the curriculum and will include discussion of students' culminating entrepreneurial project and opportunity to compete for a franchise upon graduation.
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John Bowe (born 1 February 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles in Emmerdale as Lawrence White and Coronation Street as Duggie Ferguson.
John Bowe
Early life and careerEdit
Bowe was born in Greasby, on the Wirral in Cheshire,[1] England. His highest profile role was probably that of George Marlow in the first Prime Suspect serial in 1991. He also played Duggie Ferguson in Coronation Street from 1999 to 2002, having previously appeared in another of Granada TV's soap operas, Families.
Other TV credits include: Warship, Secret Army, Boon, The New Statesman, Capital City, Class Act, Lovejoy, Silent Witness, The Royal, Dalziel and Pascoe, Cleopatra and Einstein and Eddington, Tipping the Velvet, The Hour and DCI Banks and Soldier Soldier. Film credits include The Living Daylights (1987), Resurrected (1989), County Kilburn (2000) and Gozo (2015).
In 2007, Bowe played Dr Morgan in the BBC series Cranford.
In April 2010, Bowe joined the cast of London's West End production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – The Musical, playing the part of Bob. In September 2011, he appeared as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at Chichester, a role he continued in the West End transfer.
In September 2014, Bowe joined the cast of Emmerdale, playing Lawrence White, the former lover of Harold Birch, the husband of Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox). He arrived with his daughter Chrissie (Louise Marwood), his grandson Lachlan (Thomas Atkinson) and Chrissie's fiancé, Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), who he openly despises. Bowe's departure from Emmerdale was announced in April 2017, however he did not leave until January 2018, when his character was killed off in a car accident.
- The Living Daylights (1987) - Colonel Feyador
- Resurrected (1989) - Colonel
- Coronation Street (1999–2002) - Duggie Ferguson
- County Kilburn (2000) - Black Jack
- Heartbeat (2006) Henry Stoddard
- The Bill (2008) Tom
- Emmerdale (2014–2018) Lawrence White
- Gozo (2015) - Johnno
- ^ Historically, and at the time of Bowe's birth, Wirral was a part of Cheshire. It became part of the then newly created area of 'Merseyside' on 1 April 1974.
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Croup is a general term for a harsh, barking cough occurring in a baby, toddler, or young child. It typically accompanies an upper or lower respiratory infection, and is heard below the throat and slightly above the chest.
Croup is not actually a disease in itself, but a symptom of a respiratory infection. The condition usually lasts no more than a few days.
Most Common Croup Symptoms in Toddlers and Children
Croup tends to occur quickly, meaning a child that shows symptoms of croup may be fine one day, and then be full of mucus and coughing loudly the next.
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Croup can be alarming because often, the child can seem to be in distress, working hard to breathe, or feel like the might not be able to breathe. Usually, croup is not more serious than other kinds of cough.
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In most cases, a child with croup symptoms will initially be evaluated by a pediatrician. Croup is often treated with inhalation medication (such as a nebulizer). These medications will relax (or, in some cases, constrict) the respiratory tissue so mucus can move out more easily.
If the child does not improve from the initial treatment by the pediatrician, an ENT doctor may get involved. This most often occurs if the condition is not responding to the medicine, or if obstruction of airflow becomes a worry.
It may also be necessary to contact an ENT doctor if the child has had croup multiple times. Most children get croup once. Three or more episodes in a year could be a sign of something wrong with the tissue under the vocal chords. In this case, the ENT physician will look under the vocal chords with a camera to see if the airway is abnormally tight, or blocked by some obstruction.
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Five students in first through fifth grade from Coronado K-8 School, 3401 E. Wilds Road, received bicycles and helmets at the end of the school year for their accomplishments in the Achieve Program. The Lions Club of Catalina/Oro Valley sponsored the giveaway. The Achieve Program offers before and after-school classes such as reading and math core classes, homework help, and enrichment activities. This program served a total of 117 elementary students this year who participated for 30 or more days. It is funded through a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant which is supervised by two teachers at Coronado, Nancy Casagrande and Suzan Brown. Thirty other teachers assisted with teaching these classes before and after school. Class sizes were small with 8-12 students per teacher. Nameswere drawn from each grade level for students who participated in the program. The students who won the bikes were the following:
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2nd grade—Amelianna Rodriguez
3rd grade—Cole Newton
4th grade__ Izaac Gonzalez
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Lockwood Farms: Lavender Capital of the Finger Lakes
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About 7 miles south of the town of Skaneateles, along the West Lake Road, (41A) you will see a beautiful view of the lake, over rolling farmlands. This is the fifth generation (1854) home of Gary and Karen Lockwood, and the site of the Finger Lakes Lavender Festival (July 9-10, 2011).
Lavender is not easy to grow in Upstate New York, but you wouldn't know it to look at the beautiful rows of blooming flowers on the Lockwood's 120-acre farm. The Finger Lakes is too much cold, too damp AND has the wrong type of soil. When the Lockwood's plant Lavender they use an auger to drill a hole 2' deep. Before they plant the Lavender plants (300 more each year) they add their special soil to encourage the plants to flourish.
Prepare to be educated about Lavender. There are 18 varieties and over 1800 plants on the farm. This plant originates in France and England, but these have originated raised and shipped from Washington State. Besides being known as a fragrant dried flower, Lavender is also used in cooking. If you go to the Festival there will be a chef preparing recipes featuring Lavender. You can also pick your own.
There are other workers at Lockwood farms. Bees are busy pollinating the plants. Their honey is bottled and sold in beautiful jars with beeswax seals. A field of Buckwheat is near by, working to discourage pests, and a field of goldenrod is left alone, to delight the bees and improve their honey. Open fields encourage the foxes to come a little closer, and eat the voles, which eat the Lavender. The Lockwood's try to utilize what nature provides to enhance everything they grow.
If you want an authentic taste of the Finger Lakes, come to the Lavender Festival, or you can stop by any Saturday or Sunday from 9-3.
Directions: From the village of Skaneateles take Kane Road/41A. Continue south on West Lake Road/41A, 6.8 miles. Pass the hamlet of Mandana, we are the first farm past fire lane 50 on the left hand side
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The annual Labour Party Conference is happening this week in the United Kingdom. This is roughly the equivalent of the national conventions held by American political parties, except the gathering is typically used for education and debates to determine party policies, rather than to choose a presidential nominee.
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"We are very pleased to demonstrate once again our pioneer spirit and our commitment to continue developing Angola's energy sector by becoming the first company to undertake a development in the Kwanza Basin," stated Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total.
"Sonangol welcomes Total as new operator of these strategic blocks," added Sebastião Gaspar Martins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonangol. "We are confident that Total's recognized offshore expertise will help to quickly unlock discovered resources in order to continue sustaining the Angola's production."
Total in Angola
Total has been present in Angola since 1953, where it today employs around 1,500 people. All five of the Group's business segments operate in the country: Exploration & Production, Gas, Renewables & Power, Refining & Chemicals, Marketing & Services, and Trading & Shipping.
Total's equity production averaged 211,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2018 from operated blocks 17 and 32, and from non-operated assets 0, 14, 14K, and Angola LNG. Total is the country's leading oil operator with close to 45% of Angola's operated oil production.
Total also operates Block 17/06 in the Lower Congo Basin, Block 16, location of the Chissonga discovery — both in development phase —, and Block 48 in the emerging ultra-deep offshore play and still in exploration phase.
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Excellent working condition Elixa XS shrink-film packaging machine.
One of the most popular compact shrink film packaging machines in the industry.
The tray is automatically fed into the machine where the film will be wrapped around the tray/ product.
Once ready the tray will progress to a heated conveyor belt where the film will shrink around the tray.
This giving a nicely packed product.
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A great story. I like the SW3 stories about Wolf Dragoons.First 'Hector', now 'Good Fighters'. Hopefully we see a few stories more, especially in the services of House Davion (New Aragon).
Ok, had to let my BC membership lapse for a month. I see only here that this story is released. I cannot find it in the BattleStore under 'G" (for Good Fighter) and it's not under Jason Schmetzer on my BC fiction list.Where might I buy this, before I forget it exists?
What's that? New Aragon, you say... perhaps you should check out http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2999


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Decreasing the sum of energy your home makes use of from the electric power company might be a great deal less complicated than you consider. With some modest modifications you can lower your carbon footprint and preserve income. You will find some very good starting up blocks in the report ahead.
If you use oil to warmth your home, see if biofuel can be utilized instead. Switching to biodiesel is often doable without method modification. Biodiesel is excellent since it is much more successful and makes considerably less air pollution that regular oil, which will lessen your carbon footprint.
For environmentally friendly strength intake, you may possibly want to contemplate an option resource for your power demands like photo voltaic energy. If you dwell in an area with substantial daylight calendar year spherical, you can put in these photo voltaic panels on your roof and offer elements of your house with this totally free and cleanse strength from the sun.
Insulate your residence. A pre-1950 property that isn't really insulated will use about sixty p.c a lot more vitality than a home that was built following 2000. Incorporating adequate insulation to your attic and basement will significantly increase your home's energy effectiveness. As well as keeping you warm in the winter, you will uncover that the home continues to be considerably cooler in the summer time months, reducing the need for an air conditioner.
You do not have to devote a great deal to be a environmentally friendly strength consumer. You can just modify your habits and be environmentally friendly. You can certainly conserve large by driving the speed restrict and not in excess of use your gas pedal. You can help save as significantly as 20 % on gas if you just stick to people two principles.
A high-effectiveness furnace gets far considerably less efficient with a clogged, dirty filter, so change your furnace filters usually. This is specifically important if you use tightly-woven pleated filters, because the HVAC method have to perform significantly more challenging to draw in air by means of its small openings. Most filters need to have to be altered or cleaned at the very least when each and every three months.
Clean your clothing in cold drinking water. Clothes come just as clear if you use cold h2o as an alternative of scorching drinking water, and generating the swap can save a good deal of strength. Most of the power utilised to wash clothes is the energy the drinking water heater utilizes to heat the h2o.
To include eco-friendly energy into your existence, heat your property utilizing biofuel instead of traditional fuels. This way, you can warmth your house making use of renewable, biodegradable and generally, more environmentally friendly vitality fairly very easily. A wood or pellet stove is a wonderful way to heat your house employing biofuel goods.
Only a little proportion of more mature homes are insulated. It will call for an first expense, but it will value you significantly significantly less to warmth and awesome your residence each month afterward. Your heating and cooling technique will run much a lot more proficiently, and you will definitely enjoy the rewards for years to come.
Use biofuels as a warmth source. These fuels appear from vegetable or animal fat, wooden, and oils. Propane furnaces can be transformed to use multiple fuels. This is amongst twenty to 99% biodiesel. Be confident you discuss any new fuel use in your residence with a pro before beginning.
As a business operator, you can reward from intriguing tax incentives by adopting eco-friendly energies. Keep away from any sort of fossil gas emanation, including oil, coal, and organic fuel. Using green energies will give a positive picture of your model, and will help you preserve funds on the lengthy run if you choose to invest in your possess green power technique.
Insulating your hot h2o cylinder can support you to save huge quantities of power in your property. Placing insulation about your pipes will help your sizzling water to run a lot more swiftly as properly. If you are unsure of how to do this yourself, you may possibly want to enlist the support of a skilled.
In buy to ensure your air filter is operating correctly, you ought to regularly cleanse or exchange it 1 time a thirty day period. If air filters are not doing work correctly, you will end up using more power to compensate. Cleaning and replacing it can aid to remove this issue so that you can conserve energy and cash.
Make strength performance a sure factor in your home by installing a programmable thermostat and putting other appliances on timers. Set your thermostat for different temperatures at diverse times of the day, based on who is or is not house. Likewise, established appliances on timers that shut them off no matter of no matter whether or not anybody is home.
Spend in environmentally friendly systems to make certain their proliferation. Buyers are a powerful team that can exercise that energy by selective acquiring. If you want to motivate the use of renewable vitality acquire products, autos, and electronics that utilize these technologies. If customers insist on eco-friendly systems companies will produce products that use eco-friendly systems.
Windmills are capable of making electrical strength without having polluting something. Getting your possess windmill can be expensive, and there could be restrictions on placing one up the place you live. If you can install your personal windmill, you will be capable to sell excessive electrical energy to your regional energy organization and recoup some of your costs.
Contemplate acquiring a "freezer on base" refrigerator as a way to aid save vitality. Everyone understands that very hot air rises, so it tends to make best sense to maintain your coolest equipment as near to the ground as possible. This will support conserve strength as nicely as decrease the price of your electrical invoice.
Deciding on to change to environmentally friendly energies is a determination you need to make soon after taking into consideration how significantly money you will truly help save. You ought to have a great notion of how considerably strength you are presently making use of and what it is costing you. Get into consideration the cost of the green energy system and the quantity of power it is envisioned to create.
Use the beneficial suggestions presented below to discover techniques to include inexperienced strength resources in your residence. zlewozmywaki granitowe You will see your energy use diminish and you will be helping the world. Work at it little bit by little bit and prior to you know it your home will be as eco-friendly as the greenest!


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Napoleon x Everyday Needs Chilly Bin - Mushroom
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In collaboration with iconic Auckland design store, Everyday Needs, we have created a limited edition Mushroom colour way.
Napoleon Goods has revisited the classic chilly bin with a lightweight design to accompany your beach, boat and camping adventures. The timeless design ensures perfectly chilled drinks for 12 hours, while stainless steel handles make for a functional, durable chiller that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
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Gone are the days of over-sized and over-priced plastic cooler bins that are too heavy and large to hold. This is your New Zealand summer done well.
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You've likely been hearing a lot about SPO lately. In this article I'd like to lay out some clear and simple steps marketers, agencies and trading desks can take on the road to SPO. While you can do a lot of sophisticated SPO work, as with most things in life, you can get 80% of the results with 20% of the effort and focus on that last 20% later. These simple steps are pulled from my experience in SPO tech work as a primary author on numerous relevant specs like app-ads.txt and secure bid requests (ads.cert) as well as a member of the IAB Tech Lab's Commit Group overseeing all specs.
If you're confused about why SPO is the topic du jour lately, these two articles on what led us to SPO and on the latest developments enabling SPO will give you some background.
First, what is the goal of SPO? In a word: de-averaging. Today as a buyer you are purchasing a mix of inventory from various sources and you see the average performance. You are likely already accustomed to de-averaging on things like domain, device, or geo to find and optimize to top performance. You're likely not de-averaging on things like exchange or reseller path. SPO is simply about including the supply path in the list of vectors on which you optimize.
So, what is actually happening on the ground today? Mostly, I've seen that buyers have begun exchange audits and whitelisting of exchanges. Whitelisting exchanges that implement business policies you agree with does make sense, but I wouldn't suggest taking it too far - for example deciding on one exchange per format is likely missing significant inventory and denying you the opportunity to experiment and learn across exchanges. If you haven't had conversations with your exchanges yet about transparency, take rates, what they do to create value, the directness of their inventory, etc I'd suggest you start with that and whittle your list of exchanges down to a handful for each format. That gives you a better handle on things and you're not likely missing out on much if any inventory.
Moving Past Exchange Short-Lists
The following are some recommended practices as you begin to think more about SPO
- Pull an exchange-level report - most buyers have never looked at performance by exchange - pull up that data in your DSP and see what is happening in terms of relative performance on a cost-per-action and whether your budget is following the performance.
- Exchange-level path optimization - once you have a handle on relative exchange performance, blacklist bad performers and/or consider allocating budget specifically to higher-performing exchanges. Pulling this data varies by DSP - here's how to do it in The Trade Desk, DV360, and Xandr. This is easy and can be VERY effective - this is most likely to be that 80% solution you can implement NOW.
- Look beyond the exchange - most exchanges buy from a variety of inventory sources, and this data is now available via sellers.json and the supply chain object. The tools aren't necessarily easy for leveraging this data yet, but innovative buyers are looking at it, and some companies are building tools to help, chiefly Jounce Media, which also provides some really interesting public data on their site. For now, this data isn't easily actionable, but you can build out custom bidders to utilize or use this data to inform which exchanges you buy on or ask your exchanges to create deals for you.
- Don't blindly cut all resellers - While it's tempting to eliminate buying resold inventory, reselling comes in many flavors. In some cases, particularly for midsize publishers, they may work with publisher networks who handle their monetization. In this case the only way to buy that inventory is via reselling. More sophisticated analysis, again such as that done by Jounce Media and others, looks at whether a path is "the most direct possible". Even this may not lead a buyer to the best outcome as a particular reseller may enhance the transaction in such a way as to make it worth the extra hop. It's best to look at performance by path and not worry so much about reselling or not.
- Consider unique ad formats - Don't forget about the creative and the user - the actual creative shown on the page at the end of the day can vary dramatically by path. In the sea of data it's easy to forget about this - although it should ultimately show up in the performance data.
- Run small tests - You may find you don't necessarily have the data on performance by path. To gather that, consider broad always-on campaigns to gather data - you could run a small budget always-on campaign with open targeting and use that to learn about the performance of various paths. This can be a useful input to your strategy. Your DSP partner may also be willing to share some level of this data with you.
While those are a lot of ideas, I want to again emphasize that you'll likely get some big benefits from simply looking at cost-per performance by exchange and allocating spend accordingly. Ultimately being perfect on SPO isn't necessary to get some benefits from it.
So What's Next?
First, DSPs are getting in the game. The initiatives helping with transparency - ads.txt, sellers.json, and supply chain object were all pioneered by DSPs. As I write, The Trade Desk is stepping up their already aggressive push for transparency via the supply chain object. The DSPs are taking two strategies: 1) take unilateral action to completely block buyers from purchasing certain bad or highly unknown paths, and 2) giving buyers information and control, for example through The Trade Desk's Gold Standard and MediaMath's SOURCE initiative. So far, Google seems to be playing catchup and has yet to even publish a sellers.json file, but this will undoubtedly change, particularly given they were a pioneer in forcing ads.txt adoption two years ago.
The more prominence these initiatives gain, the more they will benefit the entire ecosystem, even those slow in adoption. The most complex, inefficient, or fraudulent supply paths are likely to refine their operations or go out of business, inadvertently cleaning up the paths for everyone.
So, your DSP may help you, but ultimately buyers need to take the reins. The ideas in this article are a good place to start, and several consulting companies such as Jounce mentioned above and other entities can help buyers get more sophisticated. Perhaps new types of companies will spring up as layers on top of buying platforms to help provide guidance or custom bidding algorithms. In an example from a completely different industry, a website and browser plugin called AlgoTransparency attempts to clarify to the user what is really happening when they use common sites with recommendation algorithms - for example helping users understand they are being recommended increasingly extreme YouTube videos because YouTube's algorithm has optimized for watch time. Perhaps these sorts of tools will emerge for ad buyers. Imagine for example based on the boxes you check in your DSP the software alerting you "Did you know the options you've selected will mostly target annoying popups on a reseller ad network that usually create negative brand perception?"
While this is a lot of ad tech inside baseball, I want to conclude by re-grounding in the fundamental "Why?" To me, there are two core drivers. One, as an advertiser you want the best possible performance at the lowest cost from your ads. Wasting money on inefficient or fraudulent supply paths won't accomplish that, and won't let you offer the best product at the best price to the most customers. Without SPO, as a buyer you are likely purchasing a mix of great and terrible performance, and just seeing the averaged result. Second, we all have a vested interest in the ad-funded internet continuing to thrive. By simplifying supply chains, more money will tend to flow to real publishers and allow the open and free internet to continue to thrive.


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Author(s): Beatrice Alemagna
It is Little Fat Bug's birthday and he has invited all the little bugs in the blanket to his party. The little bugs have never met each other before and when Little Fat Bug opens the door to his guests, he is shocked to find that no one looks like him.
'innovative - you will not have seen anything like it. Quirky, but undeniably cute.' Graham Marks, The Children's Bookseller, March 2009 'a joyous book ... children will love being taken into the magical minute world of insect infested textiles. The characters are beautifully expressive and fun. You read it with a smile on your face ... The message of the book is a tale of the celebration of difference, tolerance and acceptance with the advantages and excitement that being in a varied society can bring.' Becky Brown, Association of Illustrators online, 21 July 2009
Born in 1973 in Bologna, Italy, Beatrice Alemagna is one of the most well known contemporary children's book illustrators in France today. Winner of numerous prestigious awards, including the Baobab prize (2005, 2006) and a special mention at the Bologna Rgazzi awards (2007), her books have been translated into more than 10 languages and she has published over 20 works with leading French publishers
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Here comes the config:
Those settings are best saved to a file called autoexec.cfg! Now comes the complicated part: It's in a different location on every operating system ;/
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set cl_decals 0
set cl_stainmaps 0
set cl_nogibs 1
set cl_noplayershadow 1
set cl_particles_blood 0
set cl_particles_bubbles 0
set cl_particles_bulletimpacts 0
set cl_particles_explosions_bubbles 0
set cl_particles_explosions_shell 0
set cl_particles_explosions_smokes 0
set cl_particles_explosions_sparks 0
set cl_particles_quality 0.5
set cl_particles_rain 0
set cl_particles_size 0.5
set cl_particles_smoke 0
set cl_particles_snow 0
set cl_particles_sparks 0
set gl_picmip 2
set gl_texture_anisotropy 1
set r_detailtextures 0
set r_picmipworld 1
set gl_flashblend 0
set gl_polyblend 0
set r_shadow_bumpscale_basetexture 0
set r_shadow_bumpscale_bumpmap 0
set r_waterscroll 0
set r_waterwarp 0
set r_bloom 0
set r_coronas 0
set r_depthfirst 0
set r_drawfog 0
set r_dynamic 0
set r_glsl_deluxemapping 0
set r_glsl_offsetmapping 0
set r_glsl_offsetmapping_reliefmapping 0
set r_glsl_water 0
set r_hdr 0
set r_lerplightstyles 0
set r_shadow_gloss 0
set r_shadow_glsl_offsetmapping 0
set r_shadow_realtime_dlight 0
set r_shadow_realtime_dlight_shadows 0
set r_shadow_realtime_world 0
set r_shadow_realtime_world_dlightshadows 0
set r_shadow_realtime_world_shadows 0
set r_shadow_usenormalmap 0
set vid_samples 1
set ambient_level 0
set g_ctf_fullbrightflags 1
set g_fullbrightplayers 1
set g_player_brightness 2
set r_ambient 0
set r_fullbright 1
set r_fullbrights 0
set g_fullbrightitems 1
I would advise you to check out this website: http://ouns.nexuizninjaz.com/tech:indepth:episode4
It will tell you in detail, where you can find this file on your OS, so you can create it and paste the settings in there.
I hope this is of use for some of you Also i would be happy if you had some usefull suggestions to make the config even better. Keep in mind that this config is not only about performance, but actually keeps most of the textures and only removes virtually every visual effect to improve the overall performance. I'm going to post a pure performance config within a few days, too. So if you got a really old and crappy computer you should be able to run Nexuiz with these performance config
Also make sure to type this on console: showfps 1
You can see the performance of your graphics card then every time. The more FPS the better, for sure
That's all for now. Greetings.
-- eL_Bart0