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Plenty of articles have addressed why websites need an effective content strategy. However, there's not so much practical advice on how to use content to make a difference on the bottom line.
Perhaps as an industry we have done a poor job communicating this and that's why so many high profile sites still don't have quality, original content integrated into the areas of their site that actually make them money.
When you ask clients about their content plans, how often do they respond with, "Well, we just started a blog…"
There are a multitude of reasons why you need to do a lot more than simply create a blog for your content strategy to have a significant impact – the main reason being that content on a blog can divert users away from the buying cycle, as it is usually a separate section of the website without any calls to action or links to product pages.
Considering that users are most likely to find a site when they are looking to make a purchase and only click through to the pages relevant to this activity, a blog can often be bypassed entirely.
Why not take a more integrated approach to developing fresh content on your website and include it on product pages, where it will have the greatest impact to your revenue?
To help you with this, here are seven tips for your content strategy to construct awesome product pages.
1. Always Opt for Unique Content
Whatever you do, don't use a carbon copy of the content provided by a supplier. You know your target market best so tailor the content to their individual preferences and interests.
If you're selling travel to a defined group like senior citizens, then what would they expect from your hotel product pages? This is good practice not only from a conversion standpoint, but also from an SEO perspective.
In today's landscape, it's nearly impossible to achieve high search engine rankings that bring qualified organic traffic to duplicate product pages.
2. Encourage User Reviews
Encouraing user reviews accomplishes two things:
- User reviews provide reassurance to your users that others are buying from the site and, hopefully, endorsing the products or services on offer.
- They give unique and fresh content for your product page, which is great for SEO.
Don't use reviews from other sites directly on the product page if you can help it. Instead, get your own by emailing your customers after they receive your product and ask for a review. You can even incentivize this with a coupon code so they come back to purchase from you again.
3. Unique Images
Suppliers typically provide you with images to accompany their products, but the problem is those images aren't unique to your site. This gives you an opportunity to go above and beyond by adding images that are more relevant to your target audience.
The product pages on Threadless are a great example of what original non-generic images can provide. Also, when asking your customers for a product review, you should also ask for images and even videos of their experiences using your product and add those to your product pages.
4. Think About Including Videos
There's evidence to suggest that if a product on a site includes a video explanation, purchases rise and returns decrease.
Perhaps one of the best examples of what video can accomplish on a product page is Zappos, which produced thousands of product videos using its staff members to demo them. As a result, the retailer supposedly saw a 10 percent uplift in conversion, which shows that you don't need a professional to help you create this content.
5. Link to Related Content Found Elsewhere on Your Site
If, for instance, you wrote an article on the 10 most unique hotels under $200 in Los Angeles, you could link to that article on your product page for each of those 10 hotels. This is a good way to bridge to the content you're creating elsewhere and integrate it into your product page. Just make sure the content you link to helps the buyer complete the purchase.
6. Add a Product FAQ
Sometimes a user doesn't find what they are looking for in the product description so this is another way to capture their interest before they exit the site. Think about the most common questions they might have when considering making a purchase and spell things out clearly so they don't get put off by marketing jargon or terms and conditions.
Apple does a great job of this at the bottom of their iPad and iPhone product pages.
7. Offer Additional Products
Look for ways to suggest related items that would go well with a product a customer is considering purchasing.
Amazon does a great job of this on their product pages, in this case when shopping for a Canon Digital SLR they display related items like memory cards, lenses, batteries, and cases. Or offer alternative options to the product the customer is looking at, which might be more suited to their needs.
This works well in travel where a hotel like The Venetian in Las Vegas may be sold out or have a much higher rate than usual, but by offering alternative properties with a similar star rating and a better price may be more likely to turn that user into a conversion. The more options you give your customer the more likely they are to remain within the buying cycle.
Hopefully this has given you a few useful suggestions on creating killer content to boost your sales. If you have any other ideas on this please feel free to share them in the comments box below.
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The price of the European Union carbon allowances (EUAs) traded in Europe's emissions trading scheme dropped eight per cent in early trading this morning, hitting an 18-month low of €19.10 (£15.43).
Experts said the slump in prices, which had cleared €25 earlier this year as oil prices soared, were prompted by the falling price of oil and growing fears of a deep global recession.
Oil hit a 17-month low today with US light crude trading at $62.38 a barrel and Brent at $60.30, less than half the record prices recorded this summer. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei index fell 6.4 per cent today, hitting a 26-year low, and the FTSE 100 fell 5.6 per cent at one point as fears of a deep global recession continued to stalk the market.
Kjertsti Ulset, analyst at research firm Point Carbon, said it was inevitable that the EU carbon market would be impacted by the falls.
"Oil is down, so the price of EUAs is down," she observed. "On top of that any potential recession would mean lower emissions from industry which would result in lower demand for carbon credits."
The price of carbon credits track the oil price as lower oil prices result in a reduction in the cost of natural gas, which in turn encourages energy generators to switch from using carbon-intensive coal to cleaner, natural gas. As a result their demand for carbon credits to cover their emissions tends to fall, leading to lower prices.
Ulset said that the downward pressure on carbon prices was likely to continue as long as fears remained that a recession will lead to significant drops in industrial production, energy demand and oil prices.
She added that Point Carbon was now working on new EUA price forecasts to account for the new economic backdrop. The company currently predicts that the average price for EUAs during the 2009 to 2012 period will stand at €37 a tonne, but Ulset hinted that this could be downgraded, arguing that the floor price of €18 to €20 now looks "a bit high".
However, she argued that some upward pressure on carbon prices still remained, particularly in the longer term. "The outlook for phase III [of the EU emissions trading scheme, from 2013] still looks very bullish," she said, adding that despite ongoing negotiations between EU member states about the rules governing the scheme, the underlying emission caps still looked "pretty strict" .
A fall in the number of emission reduction projects being commissioned in developing economies, partly as a result of the credit crunch, could also drive up carbon prices, according to Ulset.
"A lot of European companies import credits from outside the EU using the UN's Clean Development Mechanism," she explained. "We're seeing upward pressure on prices there as a result of a lower than expected flow of credits and that could help drive up prices of EUAs as more firms turn to them instead."
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text: If, like me, you're not spending the holidays in Paris or Rome, but you've wistfully thought of it, maybe dreamed about it, please enjoy this feast for the eyes and a vacarious vacation: some Christmas images from my two favorite places: France and Italy. Maybe next year will be the year for the Strasbourg Christmas market, the largest in Europe....! Have a wonderful holiday!


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a train accelerates from rest to a speed v m/s. it continues at this constant speed for a certain time and then decelerates uniformly to rest. if the average speed for the whole journey is 5v/6, show that the 4/5 of the whole distance is covered at a constant speed.
i cant work this out. i am trying to make use of the formulas average speed = total distance/total time and s=t(u+v)/2 . i am working these out with the letters but it aint working out


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Soups + Sides
by Catherine Walthers
Paperback, 272 pages
"Everyone loves soup—the ease, comfort, and wholesomeness," writes Catherine Walthers in the Introduction of her newest cookbook SOUP + SIDES. This time, the author of the sleeper success Raising the Salad Bar: Beyond Leafy Greens, takes the humble soup to a new level, pairing each with an accompanying side dish meant to complement—even elevate—it.
Walthers has created soups perfect for any season, from comforting hearty stews and chilis to refreshing chilled soups. The paired sides are both creative and diverse, inviting readers to think beyond the classic soup and sandwich combinations they know and love. So "in addition to great salads or breads, these sides also include quesadillas, spring rolls, grain and pasta dishes, and small plates," continues Walthers. She's also created flexibility with each soup so the cook isn't just limited to a specific side. Though most ingredients are familiar, some such as lemongrass or farro, quinoa, and other unexpected whole-grains encourage homecooks to explore something new.
There are seven categories of potages in SOUP + SIDES, and highlights include:
• Vegetable Soups + Sides: Thai Carrot Soup with Wild Watercress Spring Rolls
• Poultry Soups + Sides: Chicken and Escarole Soup with Orzo and Buttermilk Biscuits
• Meat Soups + Sides: Beef, Farro, and Vegetable Soup with Twice Baked Potatoes
• Noodle, Whole Grain, and Bean Soups + Sides: Red Lentil Soup with Chickpea Burgers and Yogurt Sauce
• Chilis, Chowders, Gumbos + Sides: Black Bean and Turkey Chili with Mac and Cheese Minis
• Tomato Soups + Sides: Sylvia's Tomato Bisque with Black Pepper Parmesan Cheese Twists
• Summer Soups + Sides: Chilled Cucumber Soup with Gazpacho Salsa and Baked Pita Chips
SOUPS + SIDES also offers great tips and techniques for all the basics, like easy ways to make and store batches of rich homemade stock ahead of time so you'll never need the bland or sodium-filled store-bought variety again. Even get suggestions for last minute flavor boosters that will liven up any soup. The many color photographs will inspire readers to head to their kitchens to make soup in every season. Whether you mix and match your favorite soups and sides or enjoy them separately, SOUPS + SIDES will dare you to think beyond your favorite grilled cheese and tomato soup.
"People worldwide are questioning the dependence on tasteless processed foods and are returning to real foods," writes Catherine Walthers, "foods locally grown, encouraging cooking that reflects ingredients in season. Luckily, these are the trends and ingredients that make for the best soups." Just as she did with salads in Raising the Salad Bar, Walthers will pull you out of your soup slump with playful yet elegant recipes that will be just right for any meal or occasion.


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2. We guarantee excellence. We will spend the time and energy to ensure that your book is the best possible version of itself. Neither traditional publishing companies nor self-publishing services will really help you guarantee that your book has had enough edits, that the graphics are attractive and sellable, or that every minute detail of your book has been analyzed and approved as excellent. Because Red Arrow offers to walk your book journey with you, we won't release it until we are both satisfied with its quality.
3. We are passionate about what we do. We are dedicated to the quest of developing fine literature that will inform, entertain, inspire, challenge, and transform its readers.
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Not long before the teacher says
that no one cares and slaughters
the animals, and families scatter
and lawsuits are all that's left,
the Red Truck takes its last ride.
Ramsey the new ram throws
his hooves up on the toolbox,
flares his nostrils above the cab.
Trees are bare, the hills dead,
and yet Ramsey smells musk
and lanolin on the autumn wind.
Saturdays we help our father,
fixing fences, clipping hooves,
castrating, and taking Ramsey
up to his lady sheep. We dub it
the Red Sex Wagon and laugh
because now we are men, laugh
because no one has betrayed us,
sing of Brennan the highwayman,
never afraid. Up from the lowlands
the Red Sex Wagon carries Ramsey,
rebirth on four legs, nostrils flared,
riding untied in the bed, knowing
nothing except wind and desire,
banging one dark hoof impatiently
against the slowness of this world.
Allen C. Jones has an MFA in poetry, a PhD in digital textuality, and he teaches in Norway. His work appears in Fiction Southeast, Whale Road Review, Pilgrimage, Third Wednesday, Deus Loci, The Bitter Oleander, The Southern Anthology, Two Hawks, AJN, Korea Lit, and Maudlin House. More info:allencjones.com.


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WHO: Jon Clark
FIND MORE AT: jon-clark-qf0o.squarespace.com
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ZINES YOU CREATE AND/OR WHY YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TABLING AT L.A. ZINE FEST 2016?: The Night School Collection: A collection of haunted media produced by a fake cult including VHS, DVDs, Laserdiscs, and trading cards. TV Death Maze: Goth Synesthesia Poetry and Collage. In this phantasmagoric universe of totally surreal zones, half-remembered images of TV reruns reveal themes of life, death, sex, and religion. The Horror Smash of an Alternate 1989! Middle School Hot: Embarrassing autobiographical tales of middle school. Topics include 'Compulsive Masturbation', 'Sex Ed', and 'Make Out Sessions' The Story of Josh: A Cold War Era Arcade Soap Opera I love the zine format because it gives you the freedom to focus intensely on whatever subject matter you wish to engage with and there are no consequences (financially or otherwise) if you fail…or succeed for that matter!
Get to Know Your Zinester features collages of the 2016 Fest exhibitors.
Clockwise from left; the zinesters, their work, more work, and a source of inspiration!


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Voipfone Hosted PBX
Here you will find an overview of our Voipfone Self Service cloud based Hosted VoIP PBX products and services, that give businesses (and even private homes) the features and functionality of telephone systems that were previously only affordable by large corporations such as almost unlimited telephone extensions and call queuing systems.
Our IP phone services are suitable for an ordinary office, a virtual office or several offices in several locations and even your home. We think it's the most fully featured and best value UK VoIP service you'll find.(more…
Hosted PBX Products & Services Overview
Call Queuing is a sophisticated queuing system that allows you to queue multiple calls.
The group feature allows you to combine some of your extensions so that they ring together when called.
you can direct your customers to exactly the right person, extension or group of extensions
You can have up to 800 extensions on each account and each extension can be rung 'internally.
All Voipfone customers can call emergency services immediately on sign-up. We take your Safety seriously.
Every Voipfone account includes a very long list of sophisticated services and features.
Speak to a Customer Services Representative
Voipfone can seem very confusing at first, but don't worry, this is quite normal and we are here to help! One of the great strengths of VoIP is that it can do so much more than an ordinary telephone network whilst costing an awful lot less. In practise Voipfone's services can be as simple as making a telephone call or as complicated as using a large business switchboard in several countries but anything new takes a bit of getting used to so if you have any questions please feel free to give us a call on 020 7043 5555


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chapter two:
A neighbour got prescribed Percocets. One day she crushed a bunch, lined them up and asked if I wanted to try them. I'd had experience with cocaine before so I said, "Sure, why not?" That was about seven years ago. I didn't think too much about it. I thought it would just be a one-time thing. But it became this really bad cycle.
In this small town, there's not much to do, and a lot of people do that stuff. I had almost 10 people I would buy Percocets from. They would get prescribed about 100 a month. The day they got their pills, I would buy them. I was snorting 30 a day. They cost about five to six bucks a pill, so it was expensive.
It got to where I wasn't even getting high anymore—I was just taking the pills so I wouldn't be sick. I maxed out our credit cards and cleaned out our bank account. I've paid for people's trips to Cuba from buying pills off them. The Percocets were the one thing I thought I had control over, but they got way out of control.
When I was at my rock bottom, my sister, who I thought I was close with, pretty much abandoned me. She didn't want anything to do with me. That was hurtful and kind of made me want to use more, just so I didn't have to feel that pain.
I am not proud of myself. Having people saying, "Oh, she is high around her kids all the time!" At first, yes, I was high. But it got to the point where I wasn't high anymore. I could still function. But I don't really remember much. I turned into a person I didn't think I'd ever be.
One lady I got Percocets from had problems with her kidneys. Every so often she would get a kidney stone and her kidney stone doctor would give her pills for pain. She'd also get 120 from her family doctor and 30 from another guy. So she had a lot. She was one of the cheaper ones.
I would drive all around the region to buy—people selling are pretty much everywhere. I bought from a neighbour who bought from others. There are married men that are like, "Send me a picture of this, and do that for me." When you are hard up for your pills you will do pretty much whatever.
There should be a more watchful eye on people who are on lots of narcotics. If you're getting 120 pills a month, then maybe you should have drug tests to see whether you are taking them. And maybe don't give people narcotics right away. Find other alternatives. I know some people actually do need them, but there are a lot of people out there who don't, who just get rid of them for extra money. If narcotic prescriptions were better monitored, I think that would make them less accessible to people who are not prescribed them.
I tried to get off on my own, cold turkey, but I got really sick. I saw a liver doctor and told him that I didn't know how to get off the pills. He asked if I'd ever thought about methadone. On my way back from seeing him, I pulled over to the side of the road and phoned the methadone clinic.
I've heard about a lot of bad experiences at other clinics. But the people at our clinic love their job. They ask how we're doing, they really engage with us. They think about us when we are not around. When you are first on methadone you have to go there every day, so that little bit of frequent validation is an ego boost.
It would be nice to have a little bit of acknowledgement from my family that I am doing OK. But it's black and white to them. You're a user and that's it. With my husband, it's been tough. I think he's not over everything yet. There's a lot of things he did to me emotionally that led to it, and he won't acknowledge any part of that. It's hard when nobody around you is taking responsibility for what they have done, but they want you to take responsibility for what you have done. I am getting help, but nobody else wants to acknowledge any of their part in it.
I work as a housekeeper now. A lot of times when I am working I get thinking that maybe this is what I deserve, that because of my drug use I don't deserve to be happy. I have no self-esteem and that sucks, because I want more for myself and my kids. I am hoping to go back to school, maybe along the lines of social work. I am hoping to help people who are in the same boat as me.
Right now I am working on myself and trying to get my self-esteem back. With help from the community health centre and the ladies at the methadone clinic, I am slowly starting to rebuild my confidence.
We are all human and we all make mistakes. If there is an opportunity for me to try and make it right, I will. At times I am embarrassed of the things I've done. But if I didn't go through everything I did, and see what I've seen, I would not be where I am today.


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The formation and alteration of the oceanic lithosphere represent one of the main processes for energy and chemical exchanges between the deep Earth and its outer envelopes. However, the steep thermal gradients in these environments mean that the physical and chemical mechanisms controlling these exchanges remain poorly understood, especially at the main thermal and lithological boundaries. Yet, these interfaces are the main transitions for the physical and rheological properties of rocks, such as deformation, permeability, and viscosity, that control melt focusing and transport from the partially molten mantle to the surface, and the influx of seawater into the cooling oceanic lithosphere.
Understanding these processes is fundamental also because of their socio-economic and environmental impacts: they give rise to hydrothermal systems that produce economically valuable ore-deposits and play a major (although still poorly quantified) role for the global carbon budget. Some hydrothermal reactions produce hydrogen and abiotic hydrocarbons, and these extreme environments are implicated in the origin and development of life.
To understand these environments, it is necessary to comprehend and integrate the role of transport of magmatic melts and hydrothermal fluids through the oceanic lithosphere, and their feed-back on its physical and chemical properties that shape life habitats. Traditionally the formation of oceanic lithosphere has been envisioned as a suite of mantle and crustal magmatic processes, followed by high- to low-temperature hydrothermal processes, which in turn support the development of rich and diverse ecosystems, each occurring in independent domains (magmatic vs. hydrous vs. biosphere) and the interactions and feedbacks controlling mass and energy transfers at their boundaries have been mostly overlooked.
Understanding such complex natural systems will require a shift of approach encompassing multi- and trans-disciplinary training and the development of new scientific tools. ABYSS will provide comprehensive training programme for the next generation of European researchers on deep oceanic lithosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere systems; it will develop the scientific knowledge and develop methodologies to quantify these complex coupled processes and integrate observations into overarching theoretical and numerical models of the oceanic lithosphere.
Research objectives
ABYSS focuses specifically on the development of new field, experimental and analytical approaches to:
- Measure the changes of the chemical and physical properties in the melt/fluid percolated lithosphere across the thermal and lithological boundaries, in particular at pressure and temperature conditions that are at the limits of the magmatic, hydrological and biotic domains and far from thermodynamic and chemical equilibrium;
- Parameterize the coupling between physical and (bio-)geochemical processes during magmatic and/or fluid transport, from the mineral surface scale (10-10 m) to that of the lithosphere (104 m);
- Develop and refine methods to quantify the impact of melt and/or fluid-rock interactions at the crystal scale, and their effects on the overall geochemical and geophysical signature of the lithosphere;
- Integrate micro- to field observations and measurements over a large range of time scales from microbial life span (106-107 s) to global Earth dynamics (>1013 s).


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Results for Northbrook "The good, the bad & the ugly", 15-Aug-2012
Seven Sphinx AC runners ran as guests in this light-hearted relay race. Teams of three runners, all of different abilities, ran this 3.2-mile course which included the horrible slope in Hawke's Mill Lane. Teams were handicapped or advantaged, depending on their abilities.
Official results are here:
6 Ashley Miles 17:31
Janine Miles 29:51
Mitch Timms 22:13
Total run time 69:35
Handicap +02:00
Result 71:35
13 Fiona Quinn 30:38
Amy Frank 28:23
Wayne Broadbent 22:28
Total run time 81:29
Advantage -06:00
Result 75:29
15 Mark Dalton 24:35
Andrew Ralph 22:05
Bernard Blundell 24:47
Total run time 71:27
Handicap +06:00
Result 77:27
A few pics are here:


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The Wisconsin Historical Society will host the 9th annual Local History and Historic Preservation Conference in Middleton on October 9 and 10. Featured presenters include Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett and prize-winning journalist and Frank Lloyd Wright scholar Ron McCrea.
The conference offers sessions and workshops for history and preservation organizations, professionals and volunteers, history buffs, museum collection curators, even development directors. There are also opportunities for unique tours on Saturday, including the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Frank Lloyd Wright's Unitarian Meeting House, and Taliesin.
The Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation and other local organizations support the conference financially
More information is available at wisconsinhistory.org


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Most days I don't notice anything different. Most days I move seamlessly from here to there, through and between, over and yonder. Most days I think I'm pretty normal. Most days I don't compare myself to how others operate in their own experience. To each their own and most of all, To Thine Own Self Be True. Most days I spend wondering how it all works, where we got lost along the way, what the meaning behind the chaos is and who's really in charge. Most days I linger for longer and longer stretches in a vast emptiness that is completely unplugged from the electromagnetic chatter – the street noise so to speak.
I don't realize how deep in silent, wordless conversation I am – in the time and space before, between and after all the talking I may do in a reading. I don't notice until I do. Like the other day, walking the dogs on our daily tour through old growth neighborhoods of brick & mortar, raised garden beds, rainbow flags, prayer flags and tattooed parents pushing strollers of unassuming star beings. I felt something tugging at my neck, my shirt didn't fit right. Then I realized it was on backwards and if that wasn't enough, inside out. Not the first time I must confess.
It, of course, pulled me into a mental meandering about what it means to live from the "Inside Out". As an astrologer, and an intuitive one at that, I'm in constant contact with the subtle ways the planetary dialogue lives through us. I see their communication to us everywhere and marvel at the interconnectedness of human existence to cosmic presence. I chuckled at the duality of my Taurean nature which has deep roots embedded in my love & passion for this earth and what I consider to be a very grounded energy. Until I notice otherwise that is. Most days I think I'm doing just fine. Until I say the date into my recorder at the beginning of a reading – and I'm off by a week. Or I think it's Monday when it's really Thursday. Or I'm driving to the farmer's market on the other side of town and I realize I'm on I-40 headed out of Asheville.
And just to reassure you dear reader, there ain't nothin' wrong with my mental state – so don't worry about me. To do the work I do – to live from the inside out – to be who I am – well it's all the same – and it requires a quality of attentiveness that supersedes some of the more mundane due diligence to detail. The conversations from "out there" – from the sky, the constellations, the Universal Mind and the beings beyond the known reality – are all encompassing these days. I'll admit that I'm obsessed with listening to the directives, nuanced as they are, from the Sources of intelligence. This loving, kind, benevolent voice of integrity is coming through me, from the inside out. I want to throw in a paradoxical thought here and say emphatically that I personally don't believe any single bit of it comes from "out there." That's just a manner of speech.
We are already that which we seek to become. And we can each live from the inside out – in whatever capacity that translates to in your personal version of reality. I had the hit on that walk to ask my partner to write a "testimonial" of sorts about me but not necessarily in the way we think of testimonials. I was curious what she might say about how she sees me in my day – in ways that clients or friends don't have access to. I wanted to post something, in her voice, that would widen the lens into how I live that goes beyond the title "Intuitive Astrologer." I have to use that moniker in the marketplace for business purposes, but truly, all I'm ever doing is just being myself.
Here's an excerpt…"Liz's intuition is keen. It is sharp. It is constant. Ever present. She lives within it. She doesn't just access it for big important questions. She lives in it every moment of every day. We never go anywhere, do anything, try anything, drive anywhere, and experience anything that has not been run through her intuitive process.
"We believe that she has a ready steady stream of intuitive guidance because she LISTENS to it and ACTS from it all the time. We can all do this but we don't. We hear what we need to do, say, try, experience but we doubt and question and keep asking out of our fear."
The key word in that last phrase is "FEAR". My hope, desire, and intention in my ever deepening commitment to articulate the cosmic presence with great clarity - is that I can help dispel the fear. Social justice looks and acts in a variety of ways and the voices of righteousness are fighting to be heard. The chaos is growing and the precipice has never looked or felt more daunting. It's not though what I do that will raise the frequency or contribute to the cause as much as role modeling a way of being – and infusing every encounter with this energy.
For me, my mantra is "do one thing and do it well." This work, this life, this living from the inside out – it's what I do and to do it well, I have to be all in, with every bit of my heart and soul. I trust that it is enough.
Try it. Live it. From the Inside Out ~ Liz


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text: Dear friends, I've been monitoring for the past two weeks a chirping sound on 29.351 Mhz that has me baffled. Since I believe it is inside the sat sub-band, I wonder if there is an old bird that's still up in the air that sends some kind of telemetry signal around this frequency. The signal in question consists series of chirps or beeps, even spaced and at about a rate of two per second. It drifts very slowly at times and the chirps become longer as it moves down the range. It usually starts around 29352.5 and ends near 29350. 0. However there are times when the signal is steady and doesn't move. As I write this, the signal just disappeared around 12:32 UTC at my location, at grid IN51. The only sat that would be the likely suspect could be RS-15 but I've had times that I could hear the signal when i'snt up in my sky. I've checked the AMSAT frequency charts and RS-15 has a CW Beacon downlink on 29.3525Mhz listed as "semi-operational". This frequency range is also within SEDsat's OSCAR-33 transponder downlink but is listed as non-operational. I've made a small movie a few days ago, that is published on youtube, here: http://youtu.be/qMv2-Rx6LAE I would appreciate any comments or insights the list might have on this matter. 73 de CT2IWW, Paulo


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Not directly concerned with tech support scams, which have tended to be my main scam focus on this site, but David Bisson put up a very useful post – Google and Apple should do more to fight phone scammers, says researcher: Cooperation with government is key, but it's only part of the solution… – expanding on a slightly naive article by David Glance for The Conversation – Phone scams cost billions. Why isn't technology being used to stop them?.
David Bisson points out that:
At the end of the day, caller ID spoofing makes it next to impossible to consistently block phone scammers. As a result, users should focus on strengthening their mobile device security by exercising caution around text messages and phone calls delivered from unknown numbers. They should never click on links embedded in text messages sent from suspicious numbers. Also, they could always let an unknown phone call go to voice mail and use that subsequent record to evaluate the number's legitimacy.
With reference to one of the scam types referenced there, I wrote about the 'Can you hear me?' scam, if that's what it really is, for ESET: Scam calls: can you hear me, mother?
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Yeah guys, I finally got round to replacing it! I talked about my plans to see if I could make my own mascara in my review of LUSH's 'right eyes' version. It came in such a nice little glass bottle that I thought I should try and reuse it before I resort to buying another. I have to admit, I was quite sceptical about how well it would turn out, but credit to the people I stole the recipes from- they done good!
My priority here was ease and simple ingredients, (surprise surprise, laziness came into play!) because at the end of the day making your own products requires effort enough without the added hassle of sourcing weird and wonderful ingredients package-free. Everything I used for my mascara came from my home and took next to no forward planning (win!)
I started of with a handful of almonds that had gone soft because I didn't eat them quick enough, a glass of tap water and a bar of castile soap from Living Naturally that I had in my stash.
As for my recipe, I used this video by Gittemary Johansen to make activated charcoal, which involves blanching the almonds, chopping them up and burning them in a frying pan until they're black all over (my mum was so pleased when she came home to find the kitchen smelling of burnt almond!) I then crushed them up into a mush.
After that, I just followed these instructions by The Rogue Ginger. It's just a case of heating up a pyrex in a pot of boiling water and mixing the charcoal, water and oil (I used olive oil). At the end it was a kind of peanut butter texture, so i ended up putting in more water than recommended until it was thin enough. I think I got it just right!
The texture is more watery than normal shop bought mascaras, but is more or less the same as the LUSH one originally was (easy to apply, but also easy to smudge). While applying, it still smells like burnt almonds haha, but after it dries you can't smell a thing.
As for its wear, I get no flaking and it'll stay for the whole day. It also passes the cry test, although I would avoid wearing it if I thought there was a decent chance I would end up crying! It comes off easily with coconut oil and a cloth as well. Due to the soap component, getting any of this mascara in your eyes will sting, but I find that generally this isn't a problem.
I like a relatively 'natural' look, so this mascara suits me perfectly! It basically makes my lashes slightly longer, spreads them out and makes them stand out a bit more, which is all I really want. Excuse the image quality, but I hope the photos below give some sort of indication of how well this mascara performs.
After (1 coat of mascara):


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Please Come In is the second single by the American southern rock band Black Stone Cherry from their second studio album Folklore And Superstition. The song peaked at #24 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard chart.
Black Stone Cherry is a rock band formed on June 4, 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky, USA. They are signed to Roadrunner Records. The band consists of Chris Robertson (lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar), Ben Wells (rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals), Jon Lawhon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and John Fred Young (drums, backing vocals). Black Stone Cherry has released two studio albums and three EPs, and has charted five singles on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.
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Conservation Psychology: A Human's Response to Earth's Destruction
Since Earth has entered modernization, the world gradually deteriorates – extinction of species, global warming, and destruction of nature.
Humans are eyed to be the greatest contributors of environmental deterioration. According to Forbes, "in estimated one billion years, the concentration of carbon-dioxide in earth's atmosphere will be too low to sustain plants" which will also lead to lack of the source of food for animals and humans.
Scientists believe that humans can still counter the possibility of Earth coming to an end. Conservation is the key way to prevent the world's extinction.
Social sciences can play a vital role in studying how to conserve Earth. Thus, the birth of a new field in science called "Conservation Psychology".
Let us get to know what Conservation Psychology by dissecting its essential variables.
Psychology is being defined by Simply Psychology as the "scientific study of the mind and behavior". It studies various disciplines and fields including human development, social behavior, and cognitive processes, among others. According to Myers (2003), Psychology involves human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In short, we can say that psychology is all about "mind" and "behavior".
Britannica defines "conservation" as the "protection of things found in nature" including water, soil, minerals, wildlife, forests and all of Earth's natural resources. They also suggested that the people who involve in conservation "try to preserve natural resources so they will still be around in the future". It is also an act of keeping the environment clean and healthy.
Human Behavior
Human behavior refers to the "the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life" (Britannica). However, in the view of social psychologist Susan Clayton, human behavior can be related to the natural environment. According to her, human behavior refers to "how we reproduce, consume, and utilize geographical territory". She also added that our behavior contributed to the "global climate change, desertification, pollution, and the loss of biodiversity". But, our behavior too can "help mitigate and adapt to these problems".
Natural Environment
Apparently, natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things. It involves the interaction of species, climate, weather and all natural resources that influence human survival and economic activity. Now, our natural environment faces a lot of issues, including climate change and global warming.
Now, What Is Conservation Psychology?
According to Saunders (2003), Conservation Psychology is the "scientific study of the reciprocal relationships between humans and the rest of nature, with a particular focus on how to encourage conservation of the natural world". Through its use of psychological principles, theories and methods, we can be able to "understand and solve issues related to human aspects of conservation".
According to Clayton (2009), this new field of science aims to "integrate and publicize the psychological theory and research that are relevant to understanding and promoting the connections between humans and the natural world".
In addition, Saunders (2003) defined Conservation Psychology as the "actual network of researchers and practitioners who work together to understand and promote a sustainable and harmonious relationship between people and the natural environment."
Thus, Conservation Psychology aims to study the human behavior, as a key factor in the conservation of the natural environment.


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High Lawn Farm milk is simply the crème de la crème as far as baristas are concerned. For flavor, mouth feel, and allowing the taste of the coffee to come through they say High Lawn is head and shoulders above any other milk. Hear Chef Peter Platt talk about using it at the Southfield Store's café.
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A video I directed for Roxiny in the Dominican Republic, which follows her through a spiritual journey in the realm of magical realism. Produced by Tracey Cuesta at Serie 23. Cinematography by Gregory Kershaw. Styling by Raquel Griffin.
A video I directed for EL- P. The story is inspired by a child hood memory of mine. Had a great time shooting this in the Rockaways..
A heritage documentary that I directed for the good folks over at Rudy's Barbershop & ACE Hotels.
This is one of a series of web spots that I directed, shot and edited for the good folks over at Rudy's Barbershop.
Directed by Shan Nicholson Edited by Shan Nichsolon & Roxiny Director of Photography- Pedro Alberto & Shan Nicholson Archival Footage- Michael Holman Styled by Raquel Griffin &


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Thursday May 6, 2010
Temple Israel
Just in time for Mother's Day, award-winning radio documentarian and oral storyteller Dave Isay visits Boston to pay tribute to the most influential, fascinating, and indomitable figure in Jewish history–your Mom! Isay is the editor of the new book MOM: A Celebration of Mothers, a collection of oral histories of mothers and motherhood in America. He will talk about the women in the book and the importance of listening to the stories of ordinary people. He will also play recordings of mothers telling their own life stories and will be joined live by several special guests–some of Boston's best-known and dynamic Jewish mothers. Founder of StoryCorps, Dave Isay also created the Yiddish Radio Project for NPR, among other radio documentaries, and has received five Peabody Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur "genius" grant. Since 2003, more than 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps.
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May I tell you a story? Within the past several weeks, I have had something entirely aberrant and unexpected happen to me on two separate occasions. One uncommon occurrence is maybe worth an Instagram mention, but two in less than a month is worth a full blog post. Am I wrong?
Here's the deal. I went out to dinner. A very nice, long-awaited dinner. (And I do not use the term "long-awaited" lightly, it had been planned for over a year.). It was everything I had hoped it would be - I had a new dress, the best of companions, perfect weather, and my hair had actually turned out the way I had hoped. My smile was at its largest by the time our server came to the table and, rather than handing us a hefty check, told us that our meal had been payed for by a couple sitting several tables away. Total strangers. I was taken to dinner by two people to whom I have never spoken.
Now this has never happened to me before, and as my mind raced and 'thank yous' to our waitress (who was just as astonished as we were) poured from my lips, I could not conjure up the proper response. My "logical" brain, which has the obnoxious power to turn everything simple into an utter paradox, was racing fast to contrive some explanation for why.
"Did they know that I had been in tears just moments before I walked into my long-awaited evening? No, they couldn't, I had pulled the old careful cry. You know, the one that you do when you don't want to mess up your eyeliner."
"Did they know that this month had presented a hefty load of challenges that made lightness of heart slightly more difficult than usual?"
There was no answer. They had to chosen to be kind without cause or obligation, and I could not even thank them. They were gone, and I was there sitting and smiling and utterly surprised.
Two weeks later, it happened again. This meal was not planned to the last minute detail or anticipated for weeks on end, but it was my lunch, and before the payment could be offered, a women darted in front of me and slid her credit card. "Random act of kindness!" she yelled as she darted away with a smile upon her face and two tiny humans holding on to her summery skirt.
My lunch companion and I stared at each other in amazement and I began to wonder if I had an underprivileged vibe about me. Maybe the whole torn-jean hipster look is going too far...
This month has been hard. I had expectations and disappointments. Not all of it was what I wanted it to be, and I have not been happy about that. I have gotten annoyed because my month did not look like I had hoped my last full month of Summer would look like. I have been disappointed because I've felt ill when I have no time to be sick. I have been annoyed because people have hurt me and messed up what I wanted to be a perfect day. MY perfect day. How dare you open your mouth and mess up MY perfect day?
What a princess.
Pedantic Foodie - she is not as perfect as the About the Author page would like to tell you.
Perhaps my August has had more than its preferred share of hurt and disappointment, but it has also been filled with some very special gifts. When those strangers took me to dinner and payed for my lunch, it wasn't about the money that they saved me, it was the fact that they wanted to do something kind for me even though they really had no reason to. That's pretty incredible, especially in a world where people attack each other over clearance-priced televisions.
It made me realize that my month has seemed more hurtful and disappointing because of my perspective. My selfish perspective. August was not about Ashlyn. No month should be about Ashlyn. When I saw the exuberant smile on that woman's face I remembered that I am happiest when I am not thinking about Ashlyn at all, but rather about how I can make the weeks of the people I love a bit more wonderful.
That's what I'm thinking about right now. It's not groundbreaking, and it is certainly not new, but it was a reminder that I needed and something I wanted to share with you.
I'm sorry it is not cookies. They will have their turn soon.
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We welcome back Jonathan McEuen on Friday, March 8th for a thrilling evening of music and storytelling. The son of well-known rock star banjo picker, John McEuen, Jonathan McEuen was born to sing and play. Good genes and a star-studded extended musical family definitely work to his advantage - Crowds respond enthusiastically to Jonathan's extraordinary voice and guitar playing whenever he performs.
Jonathan has always known life on the road - first by playing guitar and singing with his family, as well as singing background and playing guitar for other world class artists including Dwight Yoakam, Dave Mason, and Robben Ford, to name a few. Co-fronting his own band with cousin Jamie Hanna (son of Jeff Hanna from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), he was signed to the major record label MCA Nashville, (a division of Universal Music Group). That experience confirmed he was ready to move forward and create music outside the confines of his influences or a specific genre. Jonathan has performed on Jay Leno, at the Grand Ol' Opry, and at Red Rocks in Colorado.
Though Jonathan's tremendous skill on guitar is clear, playing music without limitations is his commitment. He enjoys crossing genre lines and breaking molds by fusing musical traditions in his own, inspired way. Armed with a quick wit and personal charm, Jonathan moves fluidly in and out of folk, rock and bluegrass/country influences, making delightfully eclectic music for everyone along for the ride.
The show begins at 7:30, and there is a $20 suggested donation at the door.


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Filming has begun in Dublin on the fourth season of the Victorian era detective drama "Ripper Street" with several new faces joining the cast including David Threlfall as a series regular and wharfinger named Abel Croker.
Also joining him in guest starring roles will be the likes of David Warner, Killian Scott, former "Robin Hood" star Jonas Armstrong and "Harry Potter" regular Matthew Lewis. The new season is the first of two ordered by Amazon for its Prime Instant Video service.
Season 3 launched on Prime last November and attracted larger viewing audiences than some of the biggest U.S. series on the service to date, along with being the most-watched first show among new subscribers.
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Ascendia Pharmaceuticals is a speciality contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) company dedicated to developing enhanced formulations of existing drug products, and enabling formulations for pre-clinical and clinical stage drug candidates. We specialize in creating formulation solutions for poorly-water soluble molecules and other challenging pharmaceutical development projects. Using our suite of formulation capabilities and nano-particle technologies, we can assess the feasibility of a broad array of formulation options in order to improve a drug's bioavailability. Ascendia formulates products for injection (IV, SC, or IM), transdermal, ophthalmic or nasal delivery, and both immediate-release and controlled-release products for oral administration. We execute rapid, comprehensive, and cost-effective programs for our clients.
Ascendia provides complete development services – analytical testing/validation; pre-formulation development and modeling, formulation proof-of-concept, development, and optimization; and cGMP manufacturing/release of clinical trial materials (CTM). Our projects range from discovery-stage molecules, to life-cycle-management projects, to generic product development – always creating formulation solutions with enhanced biopharmaceutical properties suitable for clinical scale-up.
Our areas of formulation expertise include nano-particle engineering (milled crystals and solid-lipid particles), stable oil-in-water nano-emulsions (using no organic co-solvents), amorphous solid dispersions (both hot melt extrusion and spray drying), oral controlled-release (via fluid-bed coating), and production of liposomes.
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Ascendia also has developed and patented a proprietary pipeline of pharmaceutical product candidates for out-licensing, including ASD-002, a novel, injectable form of the anti-thrombotic drug clopidogrel, and ASD-004, an improved nano-emulsion form of cyclosporin for dry-eye syndrome. Ascendia has a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing center located in North Brunswick, NJ.
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Minneapolis pop-punk band returns with its first studio album since 2002, a politically-focused record that shades typically rowdy moments with a newfound maturity.
Relative to their pop-punk peers, the Minneapolis-based Dillinger Four always seemed angrier, boozier, and too clever by half. They've found a home at the Fat Wreck Chords label and-- based on their newest, the oft-delayed Civil War, which comes six years after their last studio full-length-- they seem to have "gone political." Dillinger Four have been together for almost 15 years, so it makes sense that they'd start to show some signs of maturity. To that end, there's even a song here that starts slow and stays that way for almost two whole minutes. Point being, Dillinger Four are still unmistakably pop-punk, from the songs built with a few overdriven power chords to every squeaky pick scrape and "Hey!" or "Whoa-oh." And they've also managed to keep the little things that have made them distinctive over the years, from their pithy song titles and wry lyrics down to the extraneous pre-recorded intros. So if their boisterous edge has tempered somewhat, it's only a trade-off for more assured songs and lyrics about lost time that feel all the more trenchant now.
The band still banks on frequent change-ups in rhythm and melody to pull in and surprise listeners. From the very first track, "A Jingle for the Product", there are hooks for at least four different songs shoved into under four minutes, from galloping verses to some of those aforementioned rapid-fire "Whoa"'s and the descending twin-guitar lines of its half-time outro. While the lyrics are more politically conscious in a vague, occasionally clumsy way, they're often overshadowed those shout-along lines the band always uses as punctuation. There are songs tailor-made for lifting a beer to ("Fruity Pebbles") mixed in with a few potshots at the rich and famous, from the obviously titled "Parishiltonisametaphor" to the less-so "The Art of Whore". And the politics are sometimes fused with something more personal: "Minimum Wage is Gateway Drug" is a major-key hand-to-mouth anthem that sounds unflappable and genuinely, justifiably pissed off all at once.
Civil War shows a band that's matured in some typical ways-- as if anyone was clamoring for "broadened perspective" from these guys-- and some unexpected and not unwelcome ones. Songs like "Gainesville" show the advantages of slowing down and letting the hooks sink for more than a fleeting moment, from its nostalgic lyrics to the call-and-response between vocals and bass on a muted, simmering rhythmic shift. There's yet to be a good answer on how irreverent punk bands are supposed to grow up. While this kind of cautious refinement may not be the most exciting or innovative approach, coming from the Dillinger Four, it does at least seem honest.


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Bring Value/
I'm working on a podcast right now. Because of this, I've been listening to a lotof podcasts, watching a lot of vlogs, and reading a lot of blogs. Some have been so much fun to consume while others, not so much.
I've been working through what, to me, is the difference between good content and bad content. I'm not talking about style and taste; it's okay that we might disagree about what we like. The world is big enough for many different flavours and styles. But regardless of a style, I believe there is a question we should always ask when we're about to publish anything. It's a question a publisher or record-label might ask — but in a world of self-publishing, we have to ask this question of ourselves.
Does it bring value?
There can be different types of value, and I think those might be tidily wrapped up with three qualifications:
Does it entertain?
Does it inform?
Does it inspire?
I feel like this should be qualified with an 'at least'; does it at least entertain? Too often, I find myself watching something because I have nothing else to do. I crave noise so much that I'm willing to just stare at a video or read something of zero value, just to avoid doing nothing. The problem is, the way our brains are wired, we really don't ever do nothing. But we do need time to have unstructured thought so, just sitting and staring at the sky might feel like we're doing nothing, but that nothing time is critical for our brain's development. Entertainment is great, but even entertainment for the sake of entertainment should be limited. In this, I'd liken it to a meal from some fast food joint vs. something from pretty much any French restaurant around. Sure, a fast food burger will give us the thrill of taste and will fill our bellies, but it will do little more good than that; and perhaps a lot of bad. When you're consuming something, is there at least some lasting value in the entertainment? Did you actually laugh, or just comment that something was funny? Did you tear up because you felt something, or did you comment that something is sad?
If it can be both informative and entertaining, we're off to a good start. But just because there's information provided, doesn't mean that you are any more informed than you were before. Simply knowing something is completely different than possessing information that you'll be able to use in some practical way. Sticky information is rare in a world where we can quickly Google anything we don't know. The ability to convey information — even if it's over the course of time — and make it stick is a rare and special skill.
If you're going to ask me to give my time to consume something you've created; or, if I'm going to ask you to give your time to consume something I've created, are we both going to be better for it? There is a lot out there that is intended to suck us in, but we need more that inspires us to go out. I know a lot of people who watch those cooking clips — you know, the ones where they time-lapse some gorgeous hands chopping and stirring and flipping… but they seem content to just watch the videos and never even try to make what they watch and then share, much less be brave enough to try something new. Content of great value inspires us to action!
One of the core values of the Ink & Feather Collective is to always bring value. It's hard work! There so much content that would be so much easier to produce by replicating or stating the obvious, but we would just be adding noise, and no one needs that. Through our work, we hope to inspire others to think about the value of what they're bringing to the world. Let us all commit to lessening the amount of twaddle we both create and consume and turn up the threshold of what is worth our time.


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Important Note on Payroll Calculators and Paycheck Calculators: The calculators are designed to provide general guidance and estimates. These calculators should not be relied upon for accuracies, such as to calculate exact taxes, payroll or other financial data. Neither these calculators nor the providers and affiliates thereof are providing tax or legal advice. You should refer to a professional adviser or accountant regarding any specific requirements or concerns.


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1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 whole onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts (recipe calls for thighs...no way)
Place chicken in the bowl of a slow cooker. Top with salsa, diced green chiles, cumin, onion, and garlic. Cover and set on low. Cook for 8 hours.
Remove chicken from pot, shred, and return to juices.
Spoon chicken into taco shells with whatever toppings your family likes. Or use the meat to
make burritos, tostadas, or as a filling for enchiladas.
With toppings and one taco shell = 8 WW points. I used mine on a salad, which reduced points to 5.


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Green Forest Timber Headquarters - Parramatta Road, Granville, New South Wales
Green Forest Timber is a supplier of timber decking material for homeowners. They came to YGP for help designing a new headquarters that would inspire customers, facilitate efficient business operations, and embody the brand's principles of sustainability and modernity. Our final product was a cost-effective design ready to be taken to the construction stage.
From the project's conception, we closely collaborated with GFT and major consultants, striving to create a facility that met all the company's needs while at the same time enhancing customer experience. Our services included design conception, development application, and construction certificate acquisition.
The site's corner location gave us an incredible opportunity to command streetside attention. We did this with a streamlined exterior. Inside the building, we designed a multi-functional space that includes office suites and warehouse storage space, as well as spacious showrooms that engage customers with product displays. The inviting atmosphere is enhanced with an on-site café, where customers can relax between browsing and consultations.


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How much does it cost to create a simple website?
While we offer multiple ready to go and all inclusive packaged deals, there is always a way to create a custom solution. Cost will greatly depend on required site features, speed of delivery, and available contents.
I have multiple websites to set up and I have a lot of friends whom I'll be recommending to you, can you give me a discount?
Yes, absolutely! We can certainly give you a discount, on your second project.
When and how do I pay for your work?
We require 50% deposit on any project. Remaining balance will be due on the completion day. All monthly support packages are automatically billed on the date you've signed up. We accept all major credit/debit cards and PayPal. Other payment methods can be considered on per case bases.
I've signed up for a monthly support plan but need more or less hours. What do I do?
We'll be happy to either upgrade or downgrade your plan. Please email us a detailed request and we'll look into it ASAP.
Do you offer complete site management, SEO, SMM, and PPC management services?
Yes, we offer all of these and a little more through another company we partner with. Please email us a detailed request and we'll follow up with a quote ASAP.
I'm ready to hire you but I don't have any products or any other information. I can only give you a business card. Can you still build me a website?
Absolutely! In fact, we've built it already while you were reading FAQs. Please let us know where to forward your invoice.


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House Beautiful Living Rooms - This is the latest information about House Beautiful Living Rooms, this information can be your reference when you are confused to choose the right design for your home.
How about House Beautiful Living Rooms, did you find the right choice for your home? No need to worry if you not found it, there is still a lot of information about home design that will make you more amazed. You can find it on the home page, category pages, or search page. Keep visit us to update your information about home design.
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If you're planning to sell your home in the next few months, this FREE service is designed to help establish your home's current market value. Simply choose Market Analysis and fill out the requested information. I will use comparable sold listings to help you calculate the fair market value of your home.
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the girl with the patchwork heart: a story (a hope)
sometimes she could feel it coming towards here before she ever saw it.
she would feel the rattle in her bones, look up and watch it approach.
a swift sweep across the horizon. a runaway train.
coming for her.
and she was helpless.
simply had to stand there and await its impact.
such was attraction.
most of the time she could ferret it out before it overwhelmed her.
she learned to read the signs.
dark curls of the hair. mischievous sidelong-glances. brooding dispositions. a kindred sadness. long eyelashes and deep-set eyes. strong hands and broad shoulders.
but this. this was altogether something new. different.
this had caught her totally by surprise.
she turned around one day and there it was.
he was good.
it was his goodness.
palpable. quietly radiating.
simple and pure.
and she wanted to touch it.
she wanted to reach out.
place palm against chest and feel it.
to know it with her fingertips.
but she knew.
wherever--however the attraction began.
despite pure intentions and good beginnings it carried in it the seeds of great heartbreak.
and she had loved so often. outwardly. in so many directions at once.
been forced to patch her heart together with nothing but scraps of twine and discarded threads.
and so she couldn't imagine.
couldn't imagine how heartbreak was not the inevitable end.
so she closed her mouth. stopped talking. bent her head as he approached.
tried desperately to preserve what little she had.
and yet.
she wondered.
if he might show her.
an alternate ending.


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On Thursday October 27, 2011, USS Iowa was removed from the Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet and placed at the Port of Benicia, where she spent one night before beign transferred to Richmond. For the next three months, USS Iowa will undergo significant refurbishment before making the long journey to Berth 87 in Los Angeles where she will become an interactive museum.
The battle this ship has experienced since her decomissioning was politically based and spanned across the past ten years as she sat in Suisun Bay. There was always a push to turn the battleship into a museum in San Francisco, but the Board of Supervisors was against mooring a miliitary ship based on a "homophobic entity" within the confines of the city, which caused other organizations to raise money in the hopes to move the ship to another California dock.
USS Iowa is the last of four remaining battleships of its kind and the last of the four to be turned into a museum. The 887 foot long USS Iowa, built in 1940, was the fastest ship in her class of battleship and the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Her main battery consisted of nine 16"/50 Caliber Mark 7 guns which could fire 2,700lb shells approximately 20 miles.
In 1989, during a gunnery excersise, an explosion occurred in the center gun room destroying Turret #2 and killing 47 sailors.
The ship was decomissioned in 1990 and placed in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet short thereafter.
Port of Benicia
Leaving the Port of Benicia
Approaching the Carquinez Bridge
USS Iowa after passing under the Richmond Bridge
Nearing Berth 3 in Richmond
Tugboat pushes USS Iowa towards the pier
Aft guns
Arriving at Berth 3 in Richmond
Flying the US Flag in Richmond
Forward 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 guns
Portside guns, 5"/38 caliber twin turrets
Securing the mooring lines
WWII Veteran Joe served aboard USS Iowa during her first deployment in 1942.


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My name is Alysia Paige!
Welcome to my blog, I hope that you can find a home within it's pages.
This is the part where I have to write a professional description, but... I'm not good at them. So here are a bunch of words (not all in order) that accuratly describe things I am or love.
Christian // Lifestyle Blogger // Musician (guitar + piano + singer) // Songwriter // Knitter // Scone-baker // Barista // Coffee Geek // Frequent Flyer // Worship Leader // Lord of the Rings Fan // Wife to Sam // DIY // Art // Cooking // Fashion
I started this blog (formerly known as "The Wanderer's Blog") several years ago. I had first blogged about life updates so I could feel personal to those far away or for those whose schedules just were not compatible.
Then somewhere in that, I found my love to write.
I want you to see yourself in my posts, to look at it and point out the areas where you think, "Hey, I've thought that before!" or "I'm not the only one who does..." I think that the most special thing about human beings is our incredible ability to relate to one another. We are always searching to feel understood in something, and I hope you find that here.


text: The Merriam Webster Dictionary describes a Trilogy: as a series of three dramas or literary or musical compositions that are closely related and develop one theme. We feel that this is the only way to describe these three multi talented individuals who have transcended lifes obstacles to unite and create a level of musical genius that the world has been longing for. When you experience life's hardships, disappointments and struggles, you have a tendency to depend on elements you believe are truly important as an individual. Three elements which have been key in the lives of these three extraordinary individuals are Love, Life and Loyalty.


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This is the new, farm-made blank I referred to in my last posting. It and others like it will begin to appear around the perimeter of The Map as soon as I get back to my Cold Spring studio.
This "blank" is made of Map misprints and remnants which have been collaged with wallpaper paste onto heavy card stock. I like the quality of these sheets- a little rumpley and sturdy. They definitely have a handmade quality to them which I respond to.
I'll soon move onto the next generation of "blanks": ones in which more beautiful, recycled paperboard shows through.


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The community continues to come together to help end hunger
Since 2014, more than 1,000 people from New York and beyond—including current and former Crossroads guests, regular supporters, and people encountering Crossroads for the first time have come together on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
For some, it is a leap of faith to sit down to dinner with people they've just met. While many may wonder what to say or how to respond, most often attendees speak of their delight at how easily conversation begins to flow once platters of delicious food are passed around the table.
This annual dinner transforms St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City into an elegant dining room where the walls that sometimes divide us are broken down. It's the perfect setting for us to enjoy each other and a taste of a world without hunger and homelessness.
To learn more about Crossroads Community Services, please visit our website: www.crossroadsnyc.
"Never underestimate the power of a great meal."
-Nick Saul The Stop Community Food Center, Toronto
In 2010, Crossroads Community Soup Kitchen regulars requested we serve a special dinner not on Thanksgiving Day, but on the evening after when many organizations take the day off.
Two years later, Chef David Garcelon of the Waldorf Astoria, offered to prepare and donate the food for the dinner and the guests could not stop talking about it.
Then Chef Garcelon recruited Chef Jacques Sorci of the Lotte New York Palace, and together with Crossroads Executive Director Edward Sunderland asked an inspired question, "Would the soup kitchen guests be willing to share this post-Thanksgiving Day dinner with the broader community?"
Naturally, the answer was "yes." And since 2014, Fare Share Friday has been an event celebrated annually.


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Lots of us think about trying polyamory, open relationships, or non-monogamy in relationships after successful monogamy- but how do you know if you (and your relationship) is ready for that change?
I've been working with open relationships for years and have identified four key questions to consider to know if polyamory is right for you and your relationship.
Ask yourself the following questions to get clear.
Polyamory Self-Check Questions:
1. What do I really want?
Lots of folks come to me thinking they want nonmonogamy in their relationship because they philosophically agree with the concept- but they have no idea what they want. Spend a little time getting clear about what you might want. Here are some more questions to help:
Who do you want to be involved with?
What do you hope to share with these people?
When or where might you connect with them?
2. What do I have to give?
Open relationships often sound like a lot of fun- you get more affection, sex, and friendship for example- but when considering them we rarely consider the energetic commitment we're making as poly people. Relationships take work, and more relationships means more work.
Do you have the free/flexible time, physical energy and emotional energy (this is a big one) to invest in multiple relationships?
3. How do I (and we) cope when things are really hard?
First experiences in open relationships can bring up lots of unexpected self-learning - often some of the most challenging learning we can face.
If you and/or your partner have a hard time managing emotional reactivity, insecurity, and/or loneliness I highly recommend in learning some self-care and self-soothing practices before attempting non-monogamy.
4. How do we resolve conflict now?
Adding more people to a relationship means more variables and often this means more opportunity for misunderstandings. If you and your sweetheart have a hard time resolving misunderstandings as is adding more partners to the mix will only further complicate things.
Take some time to work on your conflict resolution together before starting an open relationship.
Start your open relationship with confidence. Use these questions to help lay a foundation for successful non-monogamy.
Download this free self-check tool to expand your self-awareness and prepare for healthy polyamory.
Gina Senarighi, MS, MA, CPC is a sex educator and relationship coach specializing in polyamory, open relationships, jealousy, LGBTQ issues and infidelity.
She can help you:
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Contact her for a free consultation to see if working with her is right for you.
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Colours with Love online palettes
'Colours with Love' online palettes for you to use at home. Be guided through a selection process to identify a suitable palette for you and how to use it in your home.
Customised consulting: colours, materials. Private and commercial clients.
A colour consultation is a collaborative process. My role is to observe and listen and ask questions, before making assessments and suggestions. The most important factor is that we are all individuals with personal preferences and differing colour responses.
For an interior colour scheme I will be observing the quality of the light (daylight and artificial lighting), the volume of the spaces, architectural details, function and desired atmosphere . I will be checking the usage (day, night) and enquiring after floor coverings, window treatments and furnishings. I will be noting any features that may need disguising or accentuating and utilise techniques to make this possible. Enquiries will be made regarding client likes and dislikes, and how they want to feel in the space. Sometimes it is necessary to know whether the property is for sale and adjust the colour scheme to achieve maximum return for the client.
You will receive a colour proposal and paint specification along with large paint company brushouts and any materials and sampling and furnishing details if required.
Customised colour schemes are not replicated or transferred from one project to another. The work is site specific, made-to-measure, unique.
Fees: hourly, on application Contact us
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Glenn Close says Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by dozens of women, "was known to be a pig," adding that she herself "never was preyed upon" by anyone but did have a couple of "uncomfortable" auditions with men.
The famed producer was fired from the Weinstein Company in October amid the allegations, which have since increased. Multiple women, including actress Rose McGowan, have accused him of rape. Weinstein has apologized for his past behavior with colleagues but denies taking part in non-consensual sex. He has not been charged with a crime, although several police investigations against him are ongoing.
"In the Harvey case, you'd be lying if you said you didn't know that he had a terrible reputation," Close, 70, told Jezebel in comments posted on Friday. "He was known to be a pig."
Weinstein, who has stayed out of the spotlight amid the scandal, has not commented on Close's remarks.


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Basketball: Petro de Luanda Conquer "Vladmiro Romero" Trophy
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Luanda, 01/28 - Petro Atlético de Luanda senior male team conquered Friday night, at Cidadela pavillion, here, the 12th edition of the Super Trophy "Vladmiro Romero", by defeating their rival 1º de Agosto by 97-89.
Led by the youngster Carlos Morais, who ended the game as best scorer with 23 points, Petro de Luanda "Petrolíferos" played well during the match.
At the end of the game, 1º de Agosto coach, Mário Palma, recognised the potential of the opponent, affirming that his team played badly.
Alberto de Carvalho "Ginguba", Petro de Luanda coach, stressed that the victory was due to the team`s good shape, mainly made up by young players.
He defended more work and appealed to his athletes to respect their opponents,so that they can achieve other conquests.
This is the first time Petro de Luanda conquer "Vladmiro Romero" Super trophy, since it was instituted six years ago, by the Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB), in honour of the late national coach.
Vlademiro Romero trained Petro de Luanda and Angola national team.
Training the national team he conquered the Africa Nations Cup in 1995, in Algeria, and took the team to the third place in 1997, in Dakar, Senegal.


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Commemorate an occasion and support the Twins Community Fund!
Looking for the best way to wish someone a happy birthday or celebrate a special occasion? Create a lasting memory at your next Twins game with a personalized, Twins-O-Gram on the Target Field scoreboard. Proceeds from the scoreboard messages benefit the Twins Community Fund.
Scoreboard messages for all games are on sale now.
Ordering Deadlines
Online scoreboard message requests must be submitted three (3) business days prior to the date of the game. If you have missed the online deadline, call 1-800-33-TWINS to process by phone.
Ordering Information
Scoreboard messages can be purchased online for $77. Payment must be made prior to the announcement. Your credit card will be charged upon approval of the message.
To order a message on the day of the game, go to a Guest Services location at Target Field prior to the game starting.
Available Dates
If you do not see the game listed, you have missed the deadline to order online or that date may be full. Orders will be processed in the order in which they are received, and will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. You will receive email confirmation shortly after the close of the submission period to confirm your order.
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Scoreboard messages will appear one time each starting at the top of the fifth inning in the lower right corner of the main scoreboard and on the ribbon board in right field. Messages may extend into the following innings.
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Messages can be up to 66 characters including spaces and punctuation. The Twins reserve the right to approve and edit any message. Messages that are obscene, offensive, or include foul language or the names of MLB players will not be accepted.
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It has been a really rough week for James Kimondo, guys. Thanks to Kenyan activists who urged women to withhold sex for 7 days as a political protest, he's suffered a great deal of anguish.
Kimondo claims that the week-long sex protest "resulted in stress, mental anguish, backaches and lack of sleep," and is currently suing the women's organization, G-10, for damages. Ann Njogu of the Centers for Rights Education and Awareness, doesn't seem too concerned about the lawsuit: "I have not been served with the papers, but I was told they are coming and I am eagerly waiting. It will be interesting to see the face of a man who is not willing to abstain for the sake of his country." The ban was set into place in order to force leaders to set aside political rivalries for the greater good of the country. [CNN] [BBC]


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Miami Mice - The Complete Collection by Mark Bode
Miami Mice - The Complete Collection by Mark Bode
"Miami Mice - The Complete Collection", is the long awaited anthology of Mark Bode's original four issue comic book series created in the mid-1980's at the height of Miami Vice TV Show craze, featuring a Foreword by Kevin Eastman (co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), has bonus unpublished material along with a color section of all the cover artwork (138 Pages, B/W + Color, Trade Paperback Edition).
$16.95 + S/H (2014, Golden Frog Press)
note: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make a special cameo in one of the stories, as Mark Bode was one of the early artists brought in to draw the turtles back in the 1980's.
Adult Content: Must be 18 Years or Older to purchase this publication: (some graphic violence, nudity, and mature language).
Mark Bodé
Mark Bodé
Bode at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009.
Born(1963-02-18) February 18, 1963 (age 51)
Utica, New York
Area(s)Cartoonist, Artist
Notable works
The Lizard of Oz
Notable collaborations
Mark Bodé (born February 18, 1963 in Utica, New York) is an American cartoonist. The son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bodé, Mark often produces works similar to the elder Bodé's style. He is best known for his work on Cobalt-60, Miami Mice, and The Lizard of Oz. Bodé has also worked for Heavy Metal magazine and on The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Bodé is also a tattoo artist, spending many years working around Northampton, Massachusetts, although he now lives in California.[1]
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Exhibits
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Early life[edit]
Mark Bodé was born February 18, 1963 in Utica, New York, the son of the cartoonist Vaughn Bodé. Bodé began drawing at age three, and even colored in some of his father's artwork with markers. He claims that his father...
"brainwashed me into seeing his world, so the characters I started coming up with were heavily influenced by him. Right before he died he told me: 'We'll always be Bode and son. Share my style, but don't get too close.' I couldn't wait to work with him.[1]"
Vaughn died when Bodé was 12 years old, on a visit with his divorced father in San Francisco.[1] Mark found his father's body.[2]
Bodé attended art school in Oakland, California. He also studied animation at San Francisco State University. In 1982, he attended The School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City as a fine arts major.
While attending SVA, Bodé met Marvel Comics editor Archie Goodwin, who was starting up a new magazine called Epic Illustrated. Bodé became a contributor from 1983 to 1986.[3]
Bodé has completed and expanded upon many of his father's works.[2] As a 15-year-old Bodé colored the unfinished work Zooks, the First Lizard in Orbit for Heavy Metal.[4][2] In 1984 he expanded and illustrated Cobalt 60, originally created as a short story by his father in 1968. Written by Larry Todd[5] and fully painted by Mark Bodé, the story was serialized in Epic Illustrated, and later collected by The Donning Company/Starblaze Graphics and re-published as a four-issue limited series by Tundra Publishing.[6]
Bodé was the creator of black-and-white comic Miami Mice, published by Rip Off Press in 1986. Bodé and Todd collaborated again on Rip Off Press' 1987 comic Gyro Force.
From 1988 to 1995 Bodé wrote and drew comics with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. The two collaborated on several issues for Mirage Studios, including issues #18 & #32. Bodé was also the solo creator on the special edition Times Pipeline of TMNT. The Cobalt 60 saga was completed and was published as four graphic novels with Eastman's company Tundra Publishing.
In 2004, Fantagraphics published Bodé's The Lizard of Oz, a send-up of The Wizard of Oz, starring his father's iconic creation, Cheech Wizard.[1]
Bodé's anthology work includes Subway Art, Spray Can Art, Mugs and Mascots, Burning New York, Broken Windows, Dondi White, Aerosol Kingdom, Picturing the Modern Amazon (by New Museum books), Jack Kirby's Heroes and Villains, 15 Years of Heavy Metal, 20 Years of Heavy Metal, and Comic Book Superstars.
Tattooing and spray can art[edit]
Bodé took up the art of tattooing in 1994. He trained under the guidance of tattoo artists Al Valenta, from western Massachusetts, and Myke Maldonado, from New York.[citation needed]
Bodé also took up spray can art, and has done many mural tributes to his father's characters over the years.[2] In his career as a spraycan artist, he has done mural work globally in London, Spain, Italy, and Germany as well as locally in his hometown of San Francisco.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Bodé lives in Daly City, California, with his wife, Molly; they have a daughter named Zara.[2]
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- November 2013 — West Bank Gallery, London
- October 2013 — Warfield Theater mural, San Francisco (with Osgemeos)
- May 2013 — Montana Gallery, Barcelona
- 2013 — Yard Five, Berlin, Germany
- August 2012 — 1AM Gallery, San Francisco
- July 2012 — Arctic Gallery, Amsterdam
- 2010 — 1AM Gallery, San Francisco: Wizards, Lizards and Broads[2]
- 2008 — Berghain Club, Berlin
- 2005 — Oaklandish Gallery, Oakland, California
- 2004 — The Upper Playground Gallery, San Francisco
- 1999 — New Museum: Picturing the Modern Amazon
- 1993 — The Psychedelic Solution Gallery, New York City


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|Road Fools 8 – DVD sold out | Watch Road Fools 8
Road Fools 8 marked our first release on DVD. Stops include Madison, Minneapolis, Mankato, Racine, Mundelein, Chicago, Joliet, Milwaukee, and Appleton.
Crew: Joe Tiseo, John Heaton, Chris Doyle, Rick Moliterno, Brian Vowell, Steve Crandall, Matt Beringer, Josh Heino, Dave Osato, Brian Wizmerski, Brian Terada, George Dossantos, John Englebert
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Road Fools Europe include England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Holland during an 11 day trip.
Crew: Van Homan, Josh Heino, Adam Banton, Dave Osato, Nate Wessel, Dave Freimuth, Rueben Alacantara, Kris Bennett, Ian Morris, Markus Wilke, Deane Hearne, Fids
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Road Fools 5 rustled up a crew of cowboys, hit the trail, and rode hard from Oklahoma City, across the Lone Star State and into Louisiana.
Crew: Garrett Byrnes, Mike Escamilla, Dave Freimuth, Chris Hallman, Mat Hoffman, Van Homan, Troy McMurray, Taj Mihelich, Jay Miron, Robbie Morales, Ralph Sinisi, Nate Wessel