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What does the front door of your house look like?
When I was looking at houses to purchase with a professional realtor a few years ago, the realtor was always looking at the front door to see how nice it was. She said, "The front door can tell you a lot about the entire house." We actually walked away from one house because there were spider webs on the front door and the paint was peeling.
Are there spider webs and peeled paint on the home page of your website?
Your home page is usually the first impression visitors get of your website and your business. If they don't like the front door, they'll be out the back door in a flash. Translation: they will hit the back button on their browser.
So what are the keys to making the home page of your website appeal to the visitors and make them want to come inside?Here are a few important points to consider in designing your home page.
1. Home Page Stuffing
One of the most common problems I see in home page design is something I call "Home Page Stuffing." Sorry if I'm making you crave Thanksgiving dinner but I'm not talking about that kind of stuffing. I'm talking about putting EVERYTHING on your home page because you're worried that if you don't, people won't see it.
This would be like putting your living room furniture on your front porch. Don't worry – people will come inside.
The home page should include a few basic things:
- an explanation of what your website is about and what you do – usually a sentence or two will do
- easy navigation (see below)
- a few highlighted links to pages within your site
- if a personal contact like a phone call is one of the major goals of your website, contact information could be included on the home page
Anything beyond the items above is probably home page stuffing and will overwhelm your visitors. Don't forget, your visitors have a mouse with a button. They are on the internet and planning on clicking links. As long as you follow some of the principles below, you don't need to worry about your visitors finding what they are looking for on your site.
Bad Home Page Design
(from WebPagesThatSuck.com)
2. Simple Navigation
Your navigation should be easy to find, simple to read, and clear in its description. Most of your website visitors will look for navigation at the top or left side of the website so that's the best place to put it.
Tiered navigation is your friend. And by that I mean using sub-menus. I've seen website owners put 15 links on their main navigation. A better choice would be to use drop down menus. People love drop down menus because it adds an ounce of interactivity to your site. It also creates an organized look and reduces clutter. Help people find what they are looking for by using sub-menus if you have more than 5-6 links.
To find out where your visitors are clicking and how well your navigation is working, you might want to look into installing click tracking for a period of time using a service like CrazyEgg.com
See more good home page designs
Good Home Page Design
3. Appealing Design
We walked away from the house with my realtor because the front door was unappealing. It's not just that it was a sign of what the inside of the house looked like, we actually didn't feel comfortable staring at the ugliness of it. Don't put your website visitors in that position.
Ugly designs are one of the biggest problems with website design. It's easily correctable with pre-designed website themes that are sleek and elegant. There's no reason to have an ugly website. If you don't have an eye for design, find someone who does.
The home page design should have some catchy graphics or even a video. If your visitors land on a home page with a bunch of text, they will get bored and leave fast. Include some movement and graphical elements to keep their attention and keep them around longer than the average 2.0 seconds that website visitors typically stay.
Your home page design is vitally important. It can make or break the success of your website. Follow these principles of home page design and you should have more visitors entering through your front door.


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Shake My Hand *!@*^&!
Recently, I attended Mass celebrated by a priest that I'd never seen or heard of before. I do know his name but don't bother to ask me (Ray!).
Terry may fear people crossing 15 pews to get to his hand during the Sign of Peace, I fear the priest crossing 5 pews, 10 pews, the entire length of the Church during the Sign of Peace.
I couldn't care less about Father shaking my hand during Mass. But, I do care about Father turning his back on the Consecrated Host, leaving it entirely unattended while he wanders about collecting hands. Most parishes have social time after Mass or Father shakes hands again in the porch after Mass. How many times do we need to shake each others hands? How many times do we need to hug each other? Honestly, is this forced affection supposed to equate peace? It makes me cranky. Not the human contact; the Lord ignored and disrespected makes me truly cranky.
I know I have a reputation for being an outspoken trad activist. Seriously, I have only ever written letters of admonishment (for want of a better word) directly to Pastors twice. Both times involved the priest ignoring the Consecrated Lord while he made nice with the studio audience. Did anything change? No. But, I can't bear to not try.
Some Churches eliminate the Sign of Peace. Frankly, I can do without it. I love everyone and I love to socialize; but, during Mass? No.
At this same recent incident the priest (Fr. Social) shook my hand after Mass and, I kid you not, said: "Thank you for staying" I can't remember being so speechless. Yes, I was wearing my mantilla so I tend to stand out. I was floored. I'm not at Mass to see Father or even my friendly neighborhood parishioners. At what point, did the Mass become about us? I know I've asked that question before. I still don't have an answer. I never cease to be astounded at human arrogance.


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A Stunning, Accidental Unassisted Homebirth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Elliana Gilbert
Elliana has been an artist all her life. It wasn't until recently that she devoted her work to her art full time, photographing milestones including birth. She says of her approach, "I am endlessly in awe of how form emerges out of both light and dark, and because of this, I am mainly a natural-light photographer." Her unique background as a health care worker lends itself to a special sense of tenderness in her work. You can find more about Elliana below.
Name: Elliana Gilbert
Website: www.ellianagilbert.ca
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ellianaphotog
Instagram: @ellianagilbertphotography
This birth was an unexpected unattended home delivery. Baby Luna arrived at 9am on the dot, on a beautiful sunny March morning, and she refused to wait for the midwives to arrive. She even, almost, refused to wait for Daddy to finish filling the birth pool in the living room. She'd begun arranging for her arrival so quickly, I ended up surrendering my camera to reach out and catch her. Fortunately Daddy ran back over to the bedroom in time to handle Luna's delivery, and he did so with the utmost confidence, dignity, grace and confidence. He. Was. Amazing. And Luna's Mommy was a fierce, elegant, strong birthing goddess who ended up breathing Luna out after coping incredibly well with a very fast, very powerful labour. I was completely blown away by this dynamic duo, this inspiring birthing couple. I am so honored to be able to share a snippet of their Birth Story here. I know that each time their story is shared, Mommy and Daddy are reminded of their incredible accomplishments on that day, and they find it very healing and empowering to share their story with others. So, thank you for helping me share their story.


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DENVER — The Oakland Raiders had a lot to lose Sunday — and they did.
Another quarterback.
The division.
A week off.
In a game that couldn't have gone much worse, Oakland lost starting quarterback Matt McGloin to a shoulder injury in the first half and then fell 24-6 to a Denver Broncos team with nothing to play for and now in need of a new coach.
Gary Kubiak informed his players in an emotional postgame locker room that he's stepping away for health reasons.
Combined with Kansas City's win over San Diego, the Raiders (12-4) squandered the AFC West title and the first-round bye that went with it — and instead fell to the No. 5 seed, where they travel to Houston.
"I tell guys all the time: You get what you earn in this league," Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said. "And we didn't do enough to earn a win tonight."
Leading Oakland into next week's game could be rookie Connor Cook if the injury to McGloin proves serious.
McGloin, who got the start when Derek Carr broke his leg last week, left late in the second quarter. He completed six passes for 21 yards, missing virtually every throw downfield.
A fourth-year player out of Penn State, McGloin was making his first start since 2013. He was hurt when Jared Crick slammed him to the turf, drawing a roughing-the-passer penalty. Moments before that play, McGloin overthrew a wide-open Amari Cooper.
"I wanted to play out there tonight," McGloin said. "If I'm not 100 percent healthy, that's not what this team needs. I plan on being 100 percent healthy (for Houston)."
Cook was 14 of 21 with a touchdown to Cooper , an interception and a lost fumble against the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos (9-7), who ended a three-game slide.
"It was fast," Cook said of his first NFL action. "Felt pretty good to get out there and get some reps, trying to get the timing down with the receivers, but obviously not the way we wanted it to go."
Should Cook start at Houston, he would become the first QB in the Super Bowl era whose first career start came in a playoff game, according to NFL Research.
Ready for that sort of challenge?
"For sure," Cook said.
Devontae Booker became the first Broncos rookie with a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game since Clinton Portis in 2002.
The speculation that Kubiak was stepping away from the game was circulating all day. He's 11 months removed from leading Denver to a Super Bowl win over Carolina. The 55-year-old Kubiak suffered a complex migraine on Oct. 9 following Denver's loss to Atlanta.
Kubiak didn't want to overshadow the win, so he didn't address his situation: "Today is about the team and the players."
His players spoke up for him.
"It was emotional," said quarterback Trevor Siemian, who threw two TDs passes and an interception. "Glad we sent him off with a win."


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Taking a Knee for Justice
From the Boston Tea Party to the Black Lives America has a long a history of civil disobedience and have even elevated those dissenters to hero status. But while we may honor the likes of Henry David Thoreau and Congressman John Lewis, members of the Boston Tea Party and the Civil Rights Movement, often their fellow citizens at the time were not so kind to these practitioners of civil disobedience; it's only through the lens of history have their roles been exalted. How many times throughout our history have we denounced dissent although our country's foundation was built upon it? In fact, far too many of us dismiss our sordid history by smothering that part of our history under a blanket of patriotism just as many are trying to smother the voices of dissent today.
In a recent pedestrian and laughable op ed by David Brooks, he admonishes high school football players for "pulling a Kaepernick" during the playing of the national anthem. He invokes Martin Luther King, Jr., as so many white folks do in an attempt to make black folks feel guilty, by claiming MLK Jr sang the national anthem before he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. Brooks clearly forgets that John Carlos and Tommie Smith, who raised their fists during the national anthem at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, are also looked upon as heroes. Something else he may want to forget but should heed is MLK Jr's passage from "Letter from Birmingham Jail":
'I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice.' (Bold italics are mine.)
I get that many of my friends feel differently than I do about "taking a knee" during the national anthem, a song penned by a slave owner who believed black people were inferior in all regards to white people. So yes, I have a more sober view of our country than many it's true. Maybe that stems from having a degree in history. Who knows. However, I do love my country. I love herlike I loved my mother-in-law, whom I didn't always like because she had a mean streak. We have a mean streak that is interwoven throughout our history. Most of the atrocities in our history were and are perpetrated by our very own government. Decimation of native people. Slavery and Jim Crow. Japanese internment camps. The response to Katrina. Injecting in black with syphilis and testing chemical weapons on black servicemen. Sterilizing women of color.
We've had presidents who owned slaves and led armies against native tribes. We've had presidents who went to war on behalf of oil companies while telling soldiers they were fighting to defend our freedoms. HUD built housing on the most environmentally toxic sites with low grade materials and locked the people living there into poverty.
Consider Freddy Gray, victim of both government policy and policing. He was doomed the day he was born. Lead in his system. Not a good student. No escape from poverty. (Recently Baltimore took out a multi-million dollar loan to continue its revitalization projects, but I see nothing for the neighborhoods like Freddy Gray's.) He turned to drug dealing and petty crime until one day cops, who were sick of Freddy always "skating," decided to rough him up before he was even put in the van. And during one of their traditional "joy rides," Freddy Gray's spine was severed. No one was held accountable. To me the circumstances of Freddy's birth and life were in some ways more tragic than his death.
Today we have the largest police organization endorsing Trump and police departments calling on the NFL to ban dissent among its players. Police departments have become militarized agencies of the government which means their call for censoring free speech is expressly forbidden by the Constitution. I find the idea that agencies trying to suppress the very dissent aimed at them to be much greater outrage and danger than kneeling during the national anthem, an almost perfect act of civil disobedience. But this attempt at suppression of dissenting voices by government agencies is hardly an aberration in our history, is it?
Will Colin Kaepernick's protest movement result in changes? Will it keep another black citizen from being executed by police? So far it hasn't. But then who thought a seamstress who refused to sit at the back of the bus would spark a movement.
Dissent is the purest, most beautiful form of patriotism. It shouts to the world that we love our country, but we are not blind to its tendency to nurture its mean streak. Colin Kaepernickhas demonstrated unmeasurable courage by taking a stand to make this country better, a country where a cheat and a liar like Tom Brady is revered and a young man kneeling for a just cause is reviled. If I had the opportunity, I would proudly kneel beside that young man because that's what a true patriot would do.
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by Nicole Ann Magincalda
(Midwest City, Oklahoma United States Of America)
Ruffles, Ruffles, every where never gone and always there, crispy little potato chips, oily in a bag!
I love you so much, you taste so yummy with every one I eat I want more in my tummy. Fattening they are and I know I should not eat them but every time I see one I know that no other chip can beat them!
They are great as a snack, they keep you wanting more, self control is critical or else you will get fat!
Greasy little Ruffles I know you're bad for me but god I love your flavor and the oily taste you leave!
Why do you have to taste so good? I really want to know! How can I stop eating you when you are right here in my face, sitting in the kitchen ever since yesterday!
Ruffles chips are plain with just a little salt but the oil brings them flavor and every time I eat them I really have to say that no other chips can beat them.
They give excitement to a boring day and make my taste buds dance as if they want to say "pass the Ruffles because we really love that flavor, we want more!"
Fighting with my body over what to do, when my taste buds tell me more, it is really hard not to eat them.
Ruffles we love you as oily as you are, but we are trying to cut back on our saturated fats, so we are not buying you anymore, until we can have self control because your flavor we love to savor!
So here is to Ruffles chips may god help us to stop before we have a heart attack someday and then we drop to the floor!
They bring heaven to your mouth but will bring heart attacks your way, so look out America and that is all I have to say.
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The CIA is the premier purveyor of fake news and the establishment media routinely passes off spook created fake news as unvarnished truth.
Meanwhile, the compromised corporate media insists Blacklisted News, Activist Post, and other alternative news websites are in the business of disseminating fake news.
The CIA's refusal is yet another indication the entire affair is a psychological operation.
to help us to understand and deconstruct capitalism in order to create a sustainable and peaceful social system.
We've lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that "regular" citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up
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(NaturalNews) The drug industry is pushing a new "treatment" for prostate cancer, which they claim is the first drug that's ever been proven to reduce the risk of the disease. The drug, called finasteride, costs over $1,000 per year, and it should be used by lots of men to chemically "prevent" prostate cancer, says the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Urological Association.
As usual, the benefits of the drug are being wildly hyped by its promoters. In reality, a statistical analysis of the study reveals that you would have to treat 71 men with the drug for seven years just to prevent a single case of prostate cancer. That means society would have to spend about half a million dollars while exposing 71 men to this non-natural chemical in order to prevent just one case of the disease! This startling fact is admitted by the very author of the study. (Barnett Kramer of the National Institutes of Health).
Meanwhile, the drug -- sold under brand names Proscar and Propecia -- has side effects that include low libido, breast tenderness (in men!) and impotence. And those are only the side effects they know about so far.
What the drug industry refuses to mention, of course, are all the natural remedies that can either prevent or even help reverse prostate cancer. Among those natural remedies, pomegranate is one of the best-known nutritional remedies for prostate cancer. Pomegranate seeds, it turns out, contain a wealth of anti-cancer nutrients that haven't even begun to be truly understood by western medical scientists.
When it comes to prostate cancer, the best medicine in the world comes straight from Mother Nature.
Authors' Quotes on Prostate and Pomegranate
Below, you'll find selected quotes from noted authors on the subject of Prostate and Pomegranate. Feel free to quote these in your own work provided you give proper credit to both the original author quoted here and this NaturalNews page.
Investigators are also excited about the possibility that pomegranate compounds might prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth. Other preliminary research suggests that pomegranate juice might help protect against skin and breast cancer. Even arthritis may yield to the power of pomegranates. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have reported that tissue cultures of human cartilage cells respond to pomegranate extract. Inflammation is reduced and the enzymes that break down cartilage become less active.
- Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy by Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
- Available on Amazon.com
In addition to being good for your heart and blood vessels, pomegranates have been shown to inhibit breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and leukemia and to prevent vascular changes that promote tumor growth in lab animals. Pomegranates' potent antioxidant compounds also have been shown to reduce platelet aggregation and naturally lower blood pressure, factors that prevent both heart attacks and strokes.
Source – www.naturalnews.com


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Do Not Make These Common Affiliate Mistakes With Your E-Commerce Website!
Myths concerning affiliate marketing are appealing and attractive. People who do not know the entire system the wrong way round are prone to believing that it is something capable of giving them great fortune overnight. Stories concerning affiliates who earn tremendous amounts of money swim in their heads, and while these stories are as true as they can be, there are those who believe that they are going to have the same fortune once they indulge in this particular business.
It is true enough that affiliate marketing is financially rewarding. People who have gone through everything to be able to succeed in this business are reaping the seeds that they sowed. Many of them enjoy the kind of existence that was not possible for them to have had under ordinary circumstances. Having gone through the A-Z of affiliate marketing, however, these people are the ones who know that while such business is lucrative, as in any business there is no easy money in it.
Ignorance of this fact is one of the main reasons why there are people who fail miserably in the internet business. There are those who believe in myths concerning the easy money involved in systems such as affiliate marketing. They do not know that there are those who have wasted time, effort and too many resources in trying to pursue the life of ease that they believe this business will give them. And so they go into affiliate marketing armed with nothing but myths and fantastic notions of wealth swimming in their consciousness, never realizing that they are bound to make mistakes that would prove to be their downfall.
What may be the reason why in businesses such as affiliate marketing, many are called but few are chosen? Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that many affiliates make mistakes that result from their ignorance of facts concerning how the entire business runs. Affiliate marketing is not as simple as an affiliate promoting a merchant's wares through his website and getting paid for it. It is also about knowing the market and the customers at hand.
Discovering what the most common mistakes affiliates make can perhaps dispel the gloom about myths surrounding affiliate marketing by correcting some wrong notions about it. It might also be able to make those concerned understand that like any other business, there are do's and don'ts involved in this one if they want to make each of their steps count. The first common mistake affiliates make is their lack of knowledge concerning principles involved in their business. This refers to the affiliate's knowledge of search engines in particular.
Affiliate Marketing involves advertising, and advertising through the internet could not have been better without the existence of search engines. What every affiliate has to do is to make these search engines his best friend through studying search engine optimization closely. This way, he is able to know what to do in connection with building a better website to ultimately use for his business.
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The third is that there are affiliates who make the mistake of promoting only one product. Consequently, customers are not given enough options to choose from. There is also the risk of generating fewer sales as compared to having more options for customers ponder about. It is always better to give them a few better alternatives than to give them only one.
The fourth is that there are affiliates who make the mistake of promoting too many products. As a result, customers are confused and end up beyond making a choice. It is perhaps good to give them only the best choices. This is because it is ultimately up to them to judge which one is the best for them.
All in all, affiliates that are doomed to fail in this business are those who do not exert enough effort to understand everything involved in the industry that they are in. Knowing their path step by careful step will prove to be beneficial to them, as there is no other way to succeed than to go through any path slowly but surely.
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Hi everyone,
I import a document that have 10 line to Natural Language Understanding to train AI Watson. However, watson formatting it to a paragraph automatically. This make me can not annotate.
For example: The Words need to be annotated in the document: pre-intermediate level
After importing to watson, it break line automatically: pre-
intermediate level
And then, I can not annotate these word in human annotation. How would you do if you met the issue similar with my case?
Thank you so much for your help
Answer by nttung_3 (0) | Jul 20, 2017 at 05:49 AM
Thank you, @tauchit
Your example is very clearly. It mean that I should remove the last period of the abbreviation before importing documents. So in my case, I have been confuse with a issue. Specify that I have a sentence like that: "Pre-intermediate level equals with senior level and mr Tom is promoted to pre-intermediate employee"
When I imported to watson, it had displayed
1st line: Pre-intermediate level equal with senior level. Mr Tom is promoted to pre-
2nd line: intermediate employee.
in human annotation. And dictionary annotation only annotate 1 word Pre-intermediate in 1st line.
Hi @nttung_3,
As far as I've tried, the sentence "Pre-intermediate level equals with senior level and mr Tom is promoted to pre-intermediate employee" does not make a new line in WKS.
Periods in abbreviations is just an example of a case that may break a line unexpectedly. I am not sure if the solution I suggested solved the issue but if not, here is another possible suggestion that I can think of: you might actually have a line break but not being able to see it (e.g. unix style line break not being visible in windows notepad). In such a case, removing the line-breaks may solve the issue.
Answer by tauchit (367) | Jul 20, 2017 at 04:39 AM
Hi @nttung_3
Sorry, I am not sure what you mean by pre-intermediate level. It would be great if you could clarify it.
I do not know which 5 words are causing this issue, so I am not able to give you a concrete advice on this.
I am guessing something like a period before the line break. (for example, "He lived in the U.S.A. three years ago" causing line break between U.S.A. and three)
In such case line break can be prevented by pre-processing the documents to remove the last period of the abbreviation, i.e. "He lived in the U.S.A three years ago")
Answer by tauchit (367) | Jul 19, 2017 at 10:03 PM
Just to clarify, since you are doing human annotation, you are importing the document to WKS, is that correct? In such case, WKS cannot customize how line/sentence are separated. However there are some workarounds that may work. First, you could try pre-processing the documents. There should a space or something that is causing the line to break. Modify that before importing the documents. Alternatively you could use a dictionary. In the case of above you could define the word that causes line break, i.e. "pre-", as a dictionary entry and use the dictionary as a pre-annotator.
Hi @tauchit
I have used dictionary to pre-annotate. However, it has still made the same error.
For example: I have 5 words: pre-intermediate level
Dictionary help me to annotate 4/5 word pre-intermediate level.
And the 5th word can be annotated because wks break line automatically.
So how do I modify before importing the documents?
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Being a pet owner is undoubtedly a rewarding and satisfying experience. However, it is not without its costs. As well as initial expenses such as buying a kitten or cat and immunisations, there are regular costs such as food. Pet insurance is another expense, which – because it's optional – many owners go without.
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After securing an apartment in Japan and settling in, you may be curious how things will be from here on out. When it comes to paying bills in Japan, it can be really difficult for you, or really hard. Here's a guide to help you learn how to pay for your own utilities!
When I had finally gotten my apartment, I was so excited to finally be living in Tokyo! I was told to fill out some forms for utilities and then everything would be carefree. I was celebrating everyday going out to izakaya with my friends and taking advantage of the nomihodai all around. But soon, I was faced with an unwelcome visitor in the mail:
I was hoping this moment would never come, but I guess it had to happen one of these days. Needless to say, it took me a while to figure out how to pay utilities, but it was super easy once I learned. Hopefully this guide will help you, too.
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Before I even got my bill, I got a little notice like the one below:
The left is for water, the right is for electricity and gas. I got confused because there was no way to pay for these, but, if you read Japanese, you'll see that it says they cannot collect payment from these. These are just notices for a future bill.Just a quick note. If your bill is very small, like my gas bill in this photo (the bottom right), they will tell you to rollover the payment to the next bill, normally if its below ¥1,000.
2. The Actual bills will come later
The timing for each bill is different, but they normally arrive roughly one week after the notice is sent. They look like the ones below:
Tokyo Water and Electricity Bill
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Deadline for Tokyo Electricity Bill
For the water bill, I had about 10 days to pay. For electricity, there was about a month. Be sure to pay your bill on time.
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You want to keep water and electricity coming to your house, right? Then you have to pay your utilities! Lucky for you, there are a number of easy and convenient way to pay your bills.
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1. Pay by automatic bank transfer
When you sign up for utilities, you have an option to give your bank information for automatic bank transfer. Though the companies try to lure you into bank transfer with a ¥50 discount every month, but this option is the easiest, because it happens without you having to do anything. On top of that, since you get a week in advance notice of what you have to pay, you can ensure you have enough in your bank account. Keep in mind, though, that it takes over a month to set up automatic transfer, so you'll probably have to pay the first month on your own. When your automatic bank transfer request is processed, you'll get a postcard in the mail that looks like this:
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2. Pay your utilities bill at a convenience store
Japanese convenience stores are really convenient. You can make Amazon payments, copy and print, and of course pay bills. To pay at a convenience store, all you have to do is make sure you have enough cash, bring your bill to the front counter, and hand it to the staff member. Heck, while you're at a convenience store, you may as well get a mountain dew and pay for it at the same time. The process of paying your bills is the exact same process as buying a drink. If you look at the example bills above, you can see the stamp that the convenience store used to show that my payment has been processed.
3. Pay your utilities at the local utilities branch
You can go to the actual building to pay for your utilities with cash, but honestly why would you do that? Bank transfer is instant, and there are more convenience stores than coffee shops in Seattle. If you want to do this, you have to find the address of the local branch and walk there. Where I was living, I had to walk past maybe four convenience stores to get to the closest utilities branch, so I just went to convenience stores instead.
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Today Sue my wife took a trip to the big station and visited Thomas.
Though I should point out she has spent more time raving about the excellent food in the cafe as she described it rather than the little blue engine.
Regretfully there are no pictures of the food in question, this I think is due to the fact that she did not have a fast enough shutter speed on her camera to capture it before she ate it.
Anyway here are a few pictures Sue took at Wansford and Yarwell including of course pictures of Thomas and the Diesel that ran the main services all day.
Whilst the wife was having all this excitement I was at my station as normal, today I had Nathan helping me. Rosemary came to do some more of the garden and received numerous complements from the visitors.
However, as Rosemary rightly points out praise must also be given to Trevor one of the civils team who cuts and maintains the grass, his efforts complement the work Rosemary puts in she is quick to inform me. Certainly the garden is looking really nice this year and is a credit to the station. When I am next at the station I will take some pictures and do a special blog entry all about the garden this year.
At the station the day could best be described as steady, although a Bank Holiday Monday, many people were at work rather than being off but we were steady business wise and had some really nice visitors to chat and natter to.
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Manatee's Prep Academy focuses on the future
MANATEE -- Some of its classes have only one or two students. Its library is still being stocked. Most of its classrooms consist of folding tables and chairs in a former storage business on Cortez Road.
And its owner and founder remains the target of at least four lawsuits from creditors, investors, parents or former staffers at other schools in which he was once involved.
But the 35-student Prep Academy, a private school at 7700 Cortez Road, has invested more than $1.1 million in computers, projectors and other learning tools. It offers dance classes as part of its curriculum, and last year a preschool that drew 11 students. Its owner, Hendrik Lamprecht, says more than 100 families already are enrolled for next year and he plans to invest another $1.4 million into the school.
Lamprecht said he and staff are doing everything possible to distance the school, which opened in 2010, from the numerous other school entities with which he used to be involved. They include the Bradenton Preparatory Academy, the Bradenton Preparatory School, and the Prep Learning Academy.
Several parents whose children are attending the school think the new school is working.
"I really feel if Tyler hadn't found the Prep Academy, he would have become a statistic," says Dianna Evans, whose 14-year-old grandson attends the school. "He would have gotten so far behind that he would have just given up."
"I know it's small but it's working," says Judith Bazata, whose 15-year-old daughter Destiny is a Prep Academy student. "As my daughter says, 'if you don't understand it, they explain it again.' I've never had a problem. The teachers communicate with me."
Sherry Weyhrauch, who enrolled her 3-year-old granddaughter because she was concerned that she wasn't speaking, describes a transformation in her socialization.
"She didn't speak at all. She didn't know how. But now she tells grandma,
'I would like bacon and waffles for breakfast,'" Weyhrauch says. "The progress she has made is amazing."
Lamprecht won't answer direct questions about any of the lawsuits that are pending against him on the advice of his attorney. He will only say that he is the actual owner of -- rather than an investor in -- the academy.
The lawsuits, which were filed in 2010 and 2011, are in varying stages of progress. A claim by one creditor for more than $55,000 is slated to go to trial in July. Another lawsuit filed by 12 former employees seeking back pay of $5,400 to $27,083 apiece hasn't advanced to trial yet. The teachers claimed they were not paid for several months. The attorney representing the plaintiffs, Tommy Meyer, refused to comment on the suit. None of the plaintiffs could be reached for comment.
Another suit filed by an investor who said he hasn't been repaid for a loan also has not advanced, and the attorney in the case has removed himself. The attorney for a fourth lawsuit filed by a parent seeking refund of about $10,000 in tuition could not be located.
A document filed by Lamprecht and his attorney in one of the suits contends he was never liable for debts left unpaid by the owner of the Bradenton Preparatory Academy. A clause in the stock transfer agreement he signed keeps all liability with the previous owner, Lois Gerber, if she is unable to pay the debts owed.
Lamprecht applied last year to open a charter school but withdrew those plans. Verdya Bradley, associate director of innovative programs and parental options for the Manatee School District, said the district has no comment on The Prep Academy because it is a private school and is not applying for a charter.
The new Prep Academy, started in 2010, attracts a diverse mix of international students from Japan, Hungary and Russia. It also attracts American students who felt underserved or left out at other schools.
Christine Hawes, Herald education reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7081.


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Published in Seacoast Bride Magazine | Maine Wedding Photographers
We are thrilled to have some of our wedding images appear in Seacoast Bride Magazine for the third year in a row. Their new issue, on newsstands now, is one of the best issues of the magazine that I have seen. There are also articles with advice for planning a wedding, tons of photo eye candy and a vendor directory and resource guide. If you're on the east coast you can find the magazine in Borders and Barnes and Noble and check out their website for more info too.


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Browse through Aloha Ever After's complete selection of Kauai Wedding Bridal Flowers. You'll find a stunning assortment of fresh flower bouquets, leis, boutonnieres, corsages, and indoor and outdoor tropical floral arrangements, all of which can be used at any wedding ceremony and reception.
All Kauai Wedding Packages (excluding the Casual Package) come with a gorgeous Tropical Mix Bouquet. This bouquet is made up of beautiful seasonal flowers picked by the florist to match your wedding colors and requests. You may choose the color themes of this bouquet. You may also request certain bridal flowers for the Tropical Mix Bouquet. However, we may or may not be able to accommodate this, depending on seasonal availability and cost.
Can I get a different bouquet?
Yes! We will do our best to obtain the exact bridal flowers you want – just send us a description and/or picture of what you would like. Please note, however, that if you would prefer a bouquet composed of different bridal flowers, whether those flowers come from a picture you see on this website or not, there will an additional charge depending on what the florist charges us. Aloha Ever After will pay $118 towards the cost of your preferred bouquet and you will cover the cost difference. Please note that almost all bouquets will cost more than this included $118 Tropical Mix Bouquet.
Tropical Mix Bridal Bouquets
Bridal Flower Leis
All wedding packages include 2 hand strung fresh tropical leis, with a choice of one of the following:
- Single Orchid (3 varieties: purple & white, all white and all green)
- Single Plumeria (3 varieties: pink, yellow & white and "rainbow" [yellow, pink, orange and white])
- Single Ti Leaf (all green)
You can have any bridal flower lei you would like. If it is not included in your package for free there will be an additional charge. (Please note that rainbow plumeria leis are only available from April to July).
Wedding Extras
You are welcome to either select from one of the following choices below or have one created especially for you (if you have seen a picture of something you like better you can email it to us). If what you want is not listed below, we will help you find it.
Everything listed here is made by hand here on Kauai by local Hawaiians who treat each item with care and love.
Indoor/Outdoor Floral Decorations
We'd love to help you with your Kauai wedding bridal flowers! Let us know if you have any questions. If you would like to see additional wedding flower choices and prices, click > Wedding Flowers & A La Carte Prices


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Few cities in the world brandish a nightlife quite like Singapore's. Our metropolis is home to some of the World's 50 Best Bar. Come socialise in laidback environments while partaking in a plethora of experiences that have transformed the global mixology scene.
Travel back in time to old New York
Ranked seventh in the world and number one in Asia, Manhattan immerses you in New Yorker's culture, design and history. This breath-taking institution pays homage to New York through the ages, with throwbacks to the Prohibition and the Roaring 20s, spawning inventive cocktails inspired by each era. Drink like the early American settlers did‑sip on historic spirits like earthenware-aged vermouth and forge new friendships with fellow patrons in this bar reminiscent of New York's glitziest speakeasies. Drink like the early American settlers did—sip on historic spirits like earthenware-aged vermouth and forge new friendships with fellow patrons over this shared experience.
Manhattan, Regent Hotel. 1 Cuscaden Road Level 2, Regent, Singapore 249715. +65 6725 3377.
Mon-Thu & Sat 5pm-1am; Fri 5pm-2am; Sun noon-3pm, 5pm-1am.
Party like Gatsby at Atlas
Rub shoulders with the well-heeled patrons of Atlas, an art deco-inspired bar in Bras Basah.Bugis that happens to house the largest collection of gins in the world. Become a more discerning imbiber as you sip on the resident mixologists' flawless concoctions, while admiring its 15-foot-tall gin tower and lavish décor. More than just an opulently embellished watering hole, Atlas and its assortment of rare gins let you taste how F. Scott Fitzgerald imagined Jay Gatsby's life to be like.
Atlas, Parkview Square. 600 North Bridge Rd, Parkview Square, Singapore 188778. +65 6396 4466.
Mon-Thu 10am-1am; Fri 10am-2am; Sat 3pm-2am.
Become part of Singapore's underground bar scene
Asia's sixth best bar takes you into the underground of the Ann Siang party district. Descend the stairs of a century-old shophouse to discover pharmacy-like bar Operation Dagger, where owner and The Bar Awards Singapore 2016's 'Most Creative Cocktail' winner Luke Wheaty invites you to enjoy his omakase service while getting to know fellow cocktail lovers, in this nondescript establishment.
Operation Dagger. 7 Ann Siang Hill #B1-01, Singapore 069791. +65 6438 4057
Tue-Sat 6pm-midnight.
Enter another secret world
Asia's fourth best bar proffers a sensual atmosphere, hidden behind an unmarked shopfront. One of Singapore's first and most acclaimed speakeasies, 28 HongKong Street's intimate space encourages patrons to get to know one another. Head to Southbridge nearby afterward to enjoy more great food and drinks, as well as a panoramic view of the Singapore River.
28 HongKong Street. 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore 059667. +65 8318 0328.
Mon noon-2pm, 6pm-2am; Tue-Wed 6pm-2am; Thu-Sat 6pm-3am.
Southbridge. 80 Boat Quay, rooftop, Singapore 049868. +65 6877 6965.
Daily 5pm-midnight.
Step into a whimsical candy-shop at Tippling Club
Tippling Club's 'edible cocktail menu' invites you to savour 12 uncanny gummy bears, from which you can choose a cocktail that you fancy. Get to know chatty head bartender Joe Schofield and discover the gastronomical creations of celebrity chef-owner Ryan Clift.
Tippling Club. 38 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088461. +65 6475 2217.
Mon-Fri noon-midnight; Sat 6pm-midnight.
Be one with nature in Native
Decorated barkeep Vijay Mudaliar's sustainability-oriented bar employs peculiar ingredients. Besides using spirits that he distils himself in the attic of Native, Vijay's cocktails also use ingredients indigenous to Southeast Asia-unlikely parts of fruits and vegetables, and one even uses a particular species of ants. Challenge your friends to trying a round of the Antz cocktail.
Native. 52a Amoy Street, Singapore 069878. +65 8869 6520.
Mon-Sat 6pm-midnight.
Mingle with mavericks in Gibson
A laidback and sophisticated establishment housed within a 20th century Chinese Clan building, Gibson is Asia's 14th best bar and also where you can mix with the connoisseurs of the Singapore's speakeasy circuit, while savouring the bar's namesake classic cocktail.
Gibson. 20 Bukit Pasoh Rd, second floor, Singapore 089834. +65 9114 8385.
Mon-Thu 6pm-1am; Fri-Sat 6pm-2am.
Hobnob with heroes of the global speakeasy movement
Helmed by Igor Hadzismajlovic, one of the founders of Employees Only in New York, Employees Only is where you can meet some of Singapore's most talented mixologists. Order Employees Only's acclaimed Manhattan and Ready Fire Aim cocktails, then enjoy complimentary chicken soup, served at 2am to nourish its last customers.
Employees Only. 112 Amoy Street, Singapore 069932. +65 6221 7357.
Mon-Fri 5pm-1am; Sat 5pm-2am; Sun 6pm-1am.
Party in a pioneering cocktail bar
Jigger & Pony's name implies its dedication to serving impeccable classic cocktails, which were classified as 'jiggers' or 'ponies' in the old days. Order an Old- Fashioned or Negroni here, and the bartender will gladly impart to you the finer points how he prepares iconic potions like these.
Jigger & Pony. 101 Amoy Street, Singapore 069921. +65 6223 9101.
Mon-Thu 6pm-1am; Fri-Sat 6pm-3am.
Live like royalty in D.Bespoke
Get to know D.Bespoke's friendly owner Daiki Kanetaka, as he indulges you in an array of rare whiskies and creative cocktails. Always up for a chat, the consummate host of this Ginza-style gentleman's bar seats his guests in plush leather sofas and even plies them with a hot towel and Japanese tea, before commencing the elaborate flair and ceremony of mixing your bespoke cocktail.
D.Bespoke. 2 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089816. +65 8141 5741.
Mon-Sat 6pm-1am.
Taste Asia in unforgettable cocktails
Named after the spices that used to be grown on Ann Siang Hill, Nutmeg & Clove transformed the global cocktail scene by thrusting Asian flavours to the forefront. Make friends with the creatives and entrepreneurs who frequent Nutmeg & Clove, while sipping on floral and even Singapore-themed cocktails, such as durian and mangosteen-flavoured King & Queen.
Nutmeg & Clove. 10 Ann Siang Hill, Singapore 069789. +65 9389 9301.
Mon-Thu & Sat 6pm-1am; Fri 6pm-2am.
Jive to reggae in Sugarhall
Stuart Danker's gregarious Sugarhall is pervaded by reggae beats and good vibes. Sugarhall champions sumptuous steaks and a bevy of Jamaican rums, over which new friendships are forged and old friendships are celebrated.
Sugarhall. 102 Amoy Street, Singapore 069922. +65 9732 5607.
Mon-Thu 6pm-1am; Fri-Sat 6pm-2am.


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I have a RGB image, and for each pixel in the image I also have its real world coordinate. I also have the location (real world coordinate) yaw, pitch and roll of the camera. I am trying to produce a depth map but my maths is letting me down.
Basically, I have a array points (world coordinate frame) and a camera location (also world coordinate frame) and yaw and pitch of camera. I want to find the distance of each point from the plane containing the camera (focal plane). From my searching, trying to understand pinhole camera model and coordinate frames I have managed to confuse my self.
Assuming the math below is correct, the distance I seek is just the dot product of the point and the up vector. But I can't seem to calculate the up vector (probably some thing simple).
The focal plane itself is likely not aligned with the x,y,z axes of the world. However, if we can calculate the direction into the scene (orthogonal to the plane) and the up vector (incident to the focal plane). We can compute the orthogonal distance to the point (from the focal plane) by noting that:
cos(t) = p.q/(|p||q|)
where p is the position vector of the point of interest,
q is the unit direction vector into the scene,
p.q is the dot product,
|p| is magnitude of p and
t is the angle between the vectors p and q.
But c/h = cos(t)
where h = |p| and
c is the orthogonal distance from the focal plane.
c = h*cos(t)
c = h * p.q/(|p||q|)
c = p.q/|q| (since h = |p|)
c = p.q (since |q| = 1, recall q is unit focal vector)
Define pitch=0 as horizontal (z=0) and yaw as counter-clockwise from the x axis, then the direction vector will be:
x = cos(yaw)*cos(pitch)
y = sin(yaw)*cos(pitch)
z = sin(pitch)
Assuming the math is correct, how can I calculate the unit "up" vector orthogonal to the direction into the scene?
If the math is incorrect, how should I calculate this distance?
Is their an easier/better/more robust way than I am trying?
EDIT: Fixed some terminology based on solution provided below.


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With Rates Near 0%, Dollar Is Dumped
The U.S. dollar took a beating, as the Federal Reserve's move to slash interest rates to nearly zero unnerved currency investors.
With the target for the key U.S. interest rate now between 0% and 0.25%, the dollar tumbled against the euro, the British pound and the Japanese yen. The dollar has weakened 8.5% versus the euro over the past week, marking a reversal of its strengthening trend in recent months.


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This Week's GOOD NEWS From Around the World (January 14, 2017)
Animals and the Environment
New Program Speeds up Process of Discovering Biofuel Algaes
Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are hard at work, trying to home in on specific species of algae that could eventually be used to make biofuel. Now, the Algae DISCOVR (Development of Integrated Screening, Cultivar Optimization and Validation Research) Project is trying a new $6 million pilot project that should reduce the cost and time of the endeavor, hopefully leading to more sustainable fuel in the nearer future. (ScienceDaily.com)
UK Government Moves to Protect Kittens
The UK government has altered its laws in order to better protect kittens. While previous government policy contained a loophole that allowed cats to be sold without a license, leading to poor breeding practices that frequently exploited and mistreated the animals, now, after much fighting by Labour M.P. Rob Marris, the loophole has been closed. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Australian Researchers Observe Rare Sea Dragon in the Wild
Researchers in Australia recently spotted two individual specimens of a rare breed of sea dragon that has never before been observed in the wild. The ruby sea dragon was originally thought to be a common sea dragon, before being reclassified in 2015 by PhD student Josefin Stiller. (CBC.ca)
Health and Medicine
CVS Pharmacies Offer More Affordable EpiPen Alternative
CVS pharmacies throughout the US are now selling a generic version of the emergency allergy medication EpiPen for just one sixth of the brand-name cost. The makers of EpiPen have been embroiled in controversy of late over the skyrocketing prices of the potentially life-saving medication. CVS' version, Adrenaclick, will sell for just over $100 USD. (Boston.CBSLocal.com)
Life Expectancy for HIV Patients Continues to Improve
Treatments for patients with HIV have advanced to the point where the average life expectancy for American patients with and without the disease is nearly equal. The results of a 15-year study by Kaiser Permanente showed a dramatic increase in the life expectancy of HIV patients between 1996 and 2011. While a gap still exists, more and more HIV patients are living well into old age. (HealthLine.com)
ElliQ is Alexa for Seniors
The popularity of the voice-responsive home assistant Amazon Alexa has led an Israeli robotics startup to create ElliQ, a virtual assistant to help seniors take care of themselves and continue to live in their own homes. Intuition Robotics calls ElliQ an "active aging companion." While the product is still in its prototype phase, the Verge describes the concept as "noble." (TheVerge.com)
Human Interest
Stolen Newborn Found Alive and Healthy 18 Years Later
A newborn baby stolen from her parents 18 years ago was found alive and well, living in South Carolina. Kamiyah Mobley was abducted from the hospital where she was born in the summer of 1998. Thanks to a tip, the young woman was recently discovered, still living with her abductor whom she had previously assumed was her biological parent. (BBC.com)
Tech Innovations
Inflatable Backpack Saves Snowboarder
A high-tech inflatable backpack saved a snowboarder's life. Tom Oye was boarding in Whistler, BC, when an avalanche began to slide under his snowboard. Thanks to the Black Diamond airbag pack, Oye was able to stay on top of the snow as it slid down the mountain, coming to a safe stop. (CNET.com)
Facebook Announces Efforts to Improve News Literacy
On Wednesday, Facebook announced the start of its Journalism Project, an attempt to forge a higher quality relationship with news media, and to give users better and easier access to news. The social media site also claimed that it would be working with third parties to encourage news literacy amongst users and to further crack down on so-called "fake news." (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Scientists Develop Flame Retardant Lithium Ion Batteries
Good news for smartphone and hoverboard enthusiasts: scientists may have figured out how to make lithium ion batteries less flammable. The secret is a tiny sheet of microscopic fibers that are imbued with a flame retardant. Simply adding this small bit of material to a traditional battery was shown to extinguish the beginnings of a fire in less than one second. (ScienceNews.org)


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Microsoft covers its adaptable Office bases with Android, buys time
In the end, Microsoft Office Adaptable for Android and iPhone are nice hedges should Windows Phone and Windows 8 abort to accumulate cogent adaptable share. Mary Jo Foley acclaimed that Microsoft has a roadmap for stronger amount Office apps for Android, iPhone and iPad, but appears to be giving those articles some time possibly for the Windows adaptable ecosystem to advance further.
The Android and iPhone versions of Office are tethered to an Office 365 annual and optimized for Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing. Selling Office absolute on those platforms would be a bigger move.
But here's the catch. Microsoft wants the best Office acquaintance on its adaptable platforms, but needs added share. If Microsoft's adaptable efforts on smartphones and tablets abort to advance accumulation Office 365 subscriptions isn't a bad alleviation prize.
What will be absorbing to watch is the acceptance of Office Adaptable for Android and iPhone. Will Microsoft accumulate new billow Office subscriptions or abundantly baby to absolute customers?
Bottom line: Microsoft is a software bell-ringer and can still accomplish endless of money with Office on any platform. The best bet for Microsoft is to advance its bets around.


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Eating Outside with People You Love Makes Your Food Taste Better
The research and intuition allows us to validate the benefits for eating in groups of people we love, which promotes healthier and more mindful eating behaviors. However, I've been looking into some benefits of specifically outdoor food gatherings. I've been finding some neat things
- Food outside tastes better. No, seriously. Have you ever been camping, on a river trip, or even just in a park for a simple picnic and wondered why the food just tastes so much better than usual? Well, it's because it does! Research is showing that due to the heightened experience of other senses while outside, the sense of taste is not exempt. The release of dopamine to the brain from your taste buds is actually firing both more quickly and overall more connections. Neat
- Eating with people reduces anxiety. Eating with people you love creates a feeling of euphoria and contentment that allows the parasympathetic nervous system to take charge, as opposed to the sympathetic nervous system - (the fight or flight pathway, which we are in most of the time. This causes us anxiety, depression, and overall just stresses us out). Taking a regular task like eating and putting it outside with people we love puts our brain at ease and allows us to be present. Much like meditation or yoga does. Neat.
- Speaking of the present moment....Eating outdoors makes us eat more mindfully. Yep, it's true. Because we are outside and changing our regular environment, we take notice of the food and the experience more acutely, thus listening to our hunger/full signals a bit better. The food tastes better, so maybe we think we'll over eat? Research says nope, not the case. We are more satiated and we consume less calories when eating outside in a group.
- It makes me happy. Yeah, this one is less scientifically based, but it's true. When I'm having a cookout, or a simple outdoor meal, I just feel more content and happy with my life. It reminds me why we gather with people we love and how great food is at creating an excuse to do it.
So, good ahead, try it. Make a delicious, heart-warming and healthy meal and simply take it outdoors. You won't regret it. Unless you sit near an ant pile....that will buzz kill the good vibes e'ry time.


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Top 5 Summer Refreshments
With the summer days becoming hotter than ever, here are some easy ways to refresh
Frozen Fruit Pops, recipe provided below (adapted from Skinny Taste)
- 1/3 cup diced kiwi
- 1/3 cup diced watermelon
- 1/3 cup diced strawberries
- 1/3 cup diced pineapple
- 1/4 cup fresh pineapple juice or orange juice
- Combine diced fruit in a bowl and fill each 5 oz cup with fruit. Add 1 tbsp of juice and insert craft sticks into each cup. They easily stay in place because of all the fruit. Placein the freezer a few hours until firm. To remove the pops from the cups, run under warm water a few seconds
Peanut Butter and Banana Yogurt Pops, recipe provided below (adapted from Home Cooking Memories)
- 3 bananas
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup plain yogurt (I used non-fat, you can use other varieties)
- 2 tablespoons honey (optional - feel free to adjust according to taste)
- Place all ingredients, except the honey, into your food processor bowl. Process until very smooth.
- Taste test the mixture and add honey according to taste (I used 2 tablespoons).
- Spoon the mixture into popsicle molds and add sticks according to the instructions of your popsicle mold. Place in freezer and freeze until frozen (overnight is best).
Oreo Pudding Pops, recipes provided below (adapted from Cincy Shopper)
- 1 box White Chocolate Instant Pudding
- 16 Oreo Cookies
- 2 cup Milk
- 6 Popsicle Sticks
- 6 Dixie Cups
- Break up 10 Oreos into pieces.
- Add milk to pudding and stir to mix.
- Add Oreo pieces to pudding.
- Put 6 Oreos in food processor and crush.
- Put pudding mixture into cup and top with crushed Oreos.
- Place stick in cup and place in freezer for at least 4 hours.
- You can optionally also put crushed Oreos in bottom of cup before adding pudding if desired.
Rocky Road Pudding Pops, recipe provided below (adapted from Mom On Timeout)
- 2 cups TruMoo low fat chocolate milk
- 1 3.9 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
- ½ cup miniature chocolate chips
- ¾ cups miniature marshmallows
- ¼ cup roughly chopped almonds
- Combine chocolate milk and pudding mix and whisk for two minutes.
- Stir in remaining ingredients and spoon into popsicle mold.
- Insert popsicle sticks and freeze for at least four hours.
- To remove popsicles, run under warm water for just a few seconds until the pops loosen up enough to easily pull out.
Strawberry Watermelon Ice Pops, recipe provided below (adapted from Blog Glovin)
Ingredients :
- 1 lb seedless watermelon
- 4 oz strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Add the watermelon to your blender and puree (you might need to do this in batches). Strain the pureed watermelon through a fine-mesh strainer into a large measuring cup (press on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Repeat with the strawberries – I strained them also to remove the seeds but you can leave them if you'd rather. Add the sugar and lime juice to the measuring cup and whisk to dissolve the sugar completely.
- Pour into your popsicle molds. Freeze for 30 minutes, then insert the popsicle sticks. Freeze completely then serve.
- Makes about 6 popsicles