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With a brief break in the nasty winter weather the DMV's been having, I decided to fish the Upper Patuxent River off of Hipsley Mill Road. The sun had been shining for most of the day, air temperatures had climbed into the 50's, and my hope was the warmth, coupled with stained water, would make for good streamer fishing.
I walked along the river, following the muddy trail before dropping in to the river about a 1/4-1/2 mile from the parking lot. The water was at a decent height, but the river was cloudy (at some points, coffee colored) and cold. I fished a woolly bugger on my 3wt, using split shot to swing the fly under log jams and crawl it along the bottoms of pools, but without any action. I did not spot a trout in this region of the river as I worked my way back to the lot.
A few midges were hatching, but not as much as I've seen in years past on this river. I think a week long warm spell will get things going, but for now, fishing will probably be slow.


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This iOS app will be used with a connection
I want an mobile app. So track my balance.
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Top 10 Best Websites To Watch Anime Online
Are you one of the anime fan? Basically, anime is a Japanese term. Anime is a word obtained from animation. Anime was started in 1917 in Japan. The Japanese anime are known for their superb graphics and beautiful themes. Anime is very famous among all age groups, especially children. There are many anime lovers across the globe which are absolutely very crazy to watch their favourite anime. Anime has a very strong fan following around the world. Some fans do not find proper websites to watch anime online.
There are many downloading websites available on internet which serve anime online. Some of them may be free or paid, but the problem is that most of these anime websites display unnecessary ads, some of they may show some errors. In this way, these super crazy fans are always in the confusion that where to watch anime online? Which are the websites that will show us our favorite anime in superb quality? Which are free and will show fewer errors? Thus, watching anime online is not that simple task.
So, in this article, you will get perfect answers to all these questions. This article contains the top 10 best websites where you can watch your favorite series of anime with no obstacles.
Best Websites Where You Can Watch Anime Online
1. Crunchyroll.com
Crunchyroll is one of the best anime websites where you can watch excellent quality anime. There are many websites that stream anime but these websites may be legal or illegal. But the best part of the Crunchyroll is that it is the legal website which gives you free as well as paid anime watching services.
Crunchyroll is very popular in most of the countries for its premium and high-quality performance. Some of the videos are free while some are paid. For enjoying paid membership you have to subscribe to the Crunchyroll by paying some money and then you will become a member of this premium package. Once you buy this premium membership you will get ad-free anime which is the most satisfying part of it.
Crunchyroll has provided 14 days free trial which enable you to watch anime of $7/month. Also, you are able to cancel this trial anytime within these 14 days. In addition to this, you will get this with an ad-free experience. If you don't care much about your money then don't worry this is the best website for you
2. Chinaanime.tv
China-anime is an anime website which made anime streaming online easy & which also offers you an efficient service with high quality. On this website, you will get anime series of all time as well as some fresh episodes for free of cost.
This website has a good anime collection which is always updated with the latest episodes with quicker updates than any other website. It also provides English subbed anime. The anime can be downloaded within a few intervals of time. It is the top website which offers you an ad-free service with efficient performance.
3. 9anime.to
9anime.to is another website that serves for your entire satisfaction. The unique thing about this website is that it provides you English dubbed anime. On the internet, if you search for websites that will provide you anime dubbed in English you will hardly find a very small number of websites.
Therefore 9anime.to stand apart from other anime streaming websites. In addition to this, it will give you anime in HD quality. Not only it provides dubbed anime but also it serves you subbed anime. This online anime streaming platform is the best platform where you get a collection of a wide range of anime that can be downloaded in less time. 9anime.to is a far better option than kissanime due to some of these above mentioned unique features.
4. Animelab
Animelab is a legal anime streaming website. This website is accessible in only two countries in the world. Those two countries are none other than Australia and New Zealand. The fundamental features of this website are accessible to all users but if you consider premium membership, then the premium feature is available for only subscribers who take premium membership.
The premium package gives you both subbed and dubbed version of anime. Animelab is composed of a very rich collection of anime. For premium members, the cost of membership in Australia and New Zealand is almost the same.
5. kissanime.ru
Kissanime has the largest supporters in the world. Also, they have their own app on Play Store called as kissanime. It provides anime of high quality such as 1080p. kissanime supports Javascript and HTML5. If you are not a registered member on their website then you are only allowed to watch your favourite shows but you cannot download them. This online anime streaming site gives high-performance loads anime in very few seconds.
6. Animeultima.io
This is the customer-centric anime providing a website. Due to its user-friendly interface, it is more popular. It also takes some polls to increase user interface. Also, there is a discussion forum where you can make your opinions. To participate in this forum you have to first register yourself and sign in with your account.
7. Animeseason.com
The best characteristic of animeseason is that it gives you ad-free anime. Captions, as well as titles, are there for the anime episodes. This website has mainly 4 different sections. Depend on users likes and reviews they have designed their favourite anime list which gives animeseason a unique identity. Also, this site has given users a way to create their own favourite list. Users have to just drag and drop the anime to create this list. Due to a very less amount of ads, you must visit animeseason to spend your quality time while watching.
8. Animefreak.tv
Animefreak.tv is not among the popular ones. But the anime that they provide are not usually present anywhere else. Due to this reason, this website takes a position in this article. The unique content this article provides is almost free and is of worth notable.
9. Viewster.com
Basically, it is a streaming website, but it mainly provides anime. It shows a different user interface for different countries in the world. It also has a wide range of anime available with different categories with satisfying content. The content is refreshed an in regular interval with many of the popular and classic anime series. The Android and the iOS app makes is a better pick when compared with any other anime platform.
10. Funimation.com
It is a legal anime streaming website supporting English dubbed anime. On this website both dubbed and subbed version of anime are present. Dubbed version for paid subscribers and subbed version for free users. This website offers fantastic English dubbed anime. The number of features for premium members is more in number than free users. If you do not worry about money then, this is another best option to spend your money.
Finally, this article gives you a brief review or information about the best anime websites available on the internet. Now you must get an idea of where you watch anime. If you have to spend your money then, Crunchyroll is worth for you otherwise it's up to you where to watch.
For enjoying free experience China-anime etc., are best for you. Hope this article has cleared your all the questions related to searching anime websites. Don't spend your time and money anywhere apart from all these websites. What are you waiting for? Go to these websites and enjoy your favorite anime online.


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Posted: Dec 22, 2012
Rhody Starters:
Melendez, Whittaker, Thomas, Gaspar, Tabakman
Providence Starters:
Roberts, Rule, Baldwin, Iisola, Harris
Rhody Leaders:
Points: Melendez (19)
Rebounds: Gaspar (9)
Assists: Gaspar, Bullard (2)
Steals: Melendez, Cloutier, Boone (1)
Blocked Shots: Melendez (2)
Minutes Played: Melendez (33)
Providence Leaders:
Points: Rule (16)
Rebounds: Harris (8)
Assists: Roberts (3)
Steals: Roberts (5)
Blocked Shots: Baldwin (2)
Minutes Played: Iiskola (39)
Inside the Box Score:
- With the loss, Rhode Island drops to 5-7 while Providence improves to 3-8.
- Rhode Island struggled in the first half, shooting just 25.9% (7-27) from the field with no player netting more than one basket. The Rams also connected on just 3-of-8 attempts from the line while PC held a 27-18 rebounding advantage over the opening 20 minutes.
- Overall, Rhody finished 13-of-19 from the line an 17-of-57 (29.8%) from the field. Providence meanwhile, shot 41.5% (27-65) and connected on 21-of-24 free throw attempts.
- The Friars held a 44-43 edge in rebounding as well as an 11-3 advantage is steals.
- Providence also committed just six turnovers on the afternoon, while scoring 25 points off of URI's 19.
- Rhode Island connected on a season-high five three-pointers. Tayra Melendez was 3-of-3 from long range and Ajanae Boone was 2-of-4.
- Melendez led all scorers with a career-best 19 points - 16 of which came in the second half. She also blocked two shots and added six rebounds.
- Lara Gaspar was the game's top rebounder, finishing with nine boards and a pair of assists.
- Five different players scored in double figures for Providence: Tori Rule (16), Symone Roberts (14), Alexis Harris (14), Evi Iiskola (11) and Brianna Edwards (10).
What's Next:
The Rams return to action after the holiday break when they travel to NJIT for a Dec. 30 meeting with the Highlanders.


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The currents at the mouth of the Columbia River swallow ships, sailors and time itself in regular gulps. To leave a lasting mark here requires something that can withstand the forces of a river that drains an area the size of France where it collides with the big-fisted edge of the world's largest ocean.
Maya Lin has walked this surf-cuffed rock at land's end, trying to find a way to use the Lewis and Clark bicentennial to look 200 years ahead. More than two decades after she created one of the nation's best-known pieces of public art, the black granite panels of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, she is devising a lasting tribute to the most celebrated of American adventures.
Nothing is left from Lewis and Clark's winter on the Pacific in 1805-6. For nearly four months, 31 men, a teenage girl and a baby hunkered down at continent's edge, on the other side of the river, in a fort no bigger than the average new American house.
When Ms. Lin was first asked to commemorate this odyssey, she was puzzled, she said.
''I said: 'Lewis and Clark? That's the last thing I would ever think of doing something on,' '' she said in an interview.
But she said she was drawn into the many ironies -- the layers of two centuries -- that the story of the 8,000-mile journey evokes. Particularly here, where the United States runs out of continent, and where Lewis and Clark reached the ocean, people say they are prone to look backward and forward, to try to touch some piece of this history.
''Lewis and Clark summon in us a moment in time,'' Ms. Lin said. ''And looking 200 years ahead, I'm trying to be optimistic. But I am exceedingly saddened by what we have done to these rivers.''
Ms. Lin is constructing at least four memorials along the Columbia, marking places where cultures and rivers converged and nations forever changed course. Relying on the elements -- stone, wind and water -- her artwork, called the Confluence Project after the private nonprofit group that is financing it, is scheduled for completion in 2006, and will be designed to last 200 years, she said.
''A big part of it is going to be about water, what these rivers mean,'' Ms. Lin said.
Two centuries ago, it was monumental enough to send an expedition overland to view the Pacific. Now, swimmers, artists, historians and legions of casually curious follow the same route and still discover something -- about the land, themselves or the course of a young nation's history.
Every generation reinterprets Lewis and Clark, the Corps of Volunteers for North Western Discovery, as Lewis called the expedition. And the Columbia River, holding the relics of prior ambitions, is where many of those thoughts are born. Franklin D. Roosevelt was chugging along beside this river in a train in 1920, wondering whether some use could be made of ''all the water running down unchecked to the sea.''
Later, as president, Roosevelt ushered in the era of big dams, which buried Lewis and Clark campsites upriver and changed a way of life from the Continental Crest to the sea.
But even with most of the river shackled, the pilgrims keep coming, especially to the last 200 miles of the route. In the desert of eastern Washington State, where the Snake River meets the Columbia, people drive past one of the biggest nuclear cleanup sites in the world and a tangle of industrial clutter to arrive at a little state park where the corps camped in October 1805. In 100-degree heat, they stare at the flat water covering the campsite, and they imagine.
''The river is remarkably clear and crowded with salmon in maney places,'' Clark wrote. It was swift, carrying the corps to the ocean at a clip of 30 miles a day.
Now the Columbia River is clouded, a sluggish reservoir. ''People are surprised at how different everything is than how it was when Lewis and Clark camped here,'' said Ken Maki, a volunteer guide at the state park near Pasco, Wash.
Mr. Maki, at least, got to see one of the most powerful sites of the Columbia, Celilo Falls, where the river narrowed and dropped through steep canyons. A major Indian trading center and fishing site for thousands of years, the falls were buried by a dam in 1957.
''It was the first thing I saw when I came to Oregon,'' he said. ''I will never forget it.''
There was talk among the Indian tribes along the Columbia of asking the government to draw down the water behind one of the dams and let Celilo Falls reappear for a brief time in the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. But many Indians said it would be like seeing a lost loved one, leading only to renewed grief.
While passing near the falls, Clark counted what he said were 107 baskets containing about 10,000 pounds of dried salmon, prepared by Indians.
Indians still fish the Columbia, reaching into the water with dip nets from wobbly wooden platforms. For the last 25 years or so, the river has seemed nearly barren, but of late more salmon are returning; biologists attribute their return to good ocean conditions and better management of fish ladders at the dams.
''I don't know what's happened, but we've been praying, doing our ceremonies, and all of a sudden the fish seem to be coming back,'' said Wilbur Slockish Jr., a Klickitat Indian. For the first time in 38 years, enough fish have come up the river to allow the Indians to have a brief season of gill net fishing in the Columbia River Gorge.
Mr. Slockish was selling chinook salmon to tourists for $3 a pound. When they asked about Lewis and Clark, he was blunt. ''They were trespassers,'' he said. ''They came here without a passport and no invitation.''
The Pacific Northwest was not part of the Louisiana Purchase. England, Russia and Spain were exploring the coast, but no country had claimed absolute sovereignty. The United States gained control of what is now the Pacific Northwest after a treaty with Britain in 1846 established the boundaries.
Now the years force new perspectives.
The Indians who loomed so large in Jefferson's projections and Lewis and Clark's encounters have been erased from the start and the finish of the route the explorers took to the Pacific. The Osage were removed from their home in Missouri shortly after the expedition ended in 1806, and the Chinook, a maritime trading nation whose members still live here at the Columbia's mouth, were turned down by the Bush administration in their most recent effort to be formally recognized as a tribe.
Today there is a town of Chinook, a river named Chinook, a helicopter, a type of wind, the biggest of salmon and a dialect, all named Chinook. But here where the Chinook live, scattered in small communities on each side of the lower Columbia River, there is no Chinook nation, or reservation.
Trespassers or not, Lewis and Clark were impressed by the slot in the Cascade Mountains, the river gorge where the Columbia broke through the mountains long ago. It is desert on one side, now stocked with wineries and orchards, misty forest on the other.
The long-vanished rapids of the Columbia frightened and amazed the explorers. Near The Dalles, on what is now the Oregon side of the river, Clark described a river ''boiling & whorling in every direction.'' The corps prepared to run the rapids in their dugout canoes. The Indians lined the river to watch the spectacle -- what could have been a mass suicide.
They made it through what would be considered Class V rapids -- which only the most daring of canoeists would try today -- without injury.
Now the Columbia River Gorge is a National Scenic Area, which gives it protection from development excess, and the elements provide a year-round tourism industry in a place that calls itself the windsurfing capital of the world. Where the corps shot rapids in canoes, people now ride big kites attached to boards.
It took Lewis and Clark barely three weeks to scoot down the Columbia from the desert to the coast. But once they came within sight of the river's mouth, the expedition slowed. The rain came in sheets. The tidal currents made river travel dangerous. On Nov. 7, 1805, Clark made his famous sighting of ''Ocien in View.'' For decades now, historians have said he was wrong; he could not have seen the ocean because a narrow peninsula at the mouth of the river blocks the view.
But by superimposing maps of the lower Columbia over Clark's sight line, a logger's son, Rex Ziak, said he found that Clark had not been wrong. The land changed, not the event. He said a jetty, created more than 100 years ago, altered ocean and river currents, and moved the mouth of the Columbia.
On such epiphanies, the story refuses to fade. ''I think the real history of Lewis and Clark will be written not by academics, but by thousands of people who live along the route and say, 'Hey, wait a minute,' '' said Mr. Ziak, who has just published a book, ''In Full View'' (Moffitt House Press), on the cold and chaotic November that Lewis and Clark spent on the lower Columbia before building a fort.
One day Mr. Ziak stood on the beach on the north side of the Columbia, at the spot that has taken on high-toned significance. It is where a vote on where to spend the winter was taken. In that vote, Clark's slave York and the Indian girl Sacagawea were given equal say. It was, say many historians, the first time in American history that a black slave or an Indian was given the vote.
Northwesterners interpret the vote as a fate of geography. Free of the restraints of the East Coast, the corps became more egalitarian, the thinking goes. If so, they reverted to their old ways once they headed back to America. Clark kept York as his slave, and he joined Lewis in furthering the cause of Indian removal. He referred to Sacagawea as ''Janey'' or sometimes just ''the squar.''
The corps of discovery failed at its basic mission: to find an all-water route across the continent. But in setting a standard for government-sponsored wanderings, detailing a part of the continent that seemed to be nature's perfect work, the expedition continues to fire the imagination -- with the corps journals, all 1.5 million words, as a guide.
After dissecting the journals as a monk would parse scripture, Mr. Ziak says the explorers were like castaways by the time they finally reached the ocean.
Mr. Ziak is inspired by the stoicism of men who slept in log hollows, suffered through interminable rain, and still found time to sketch a map and make botanical observations that have held up after two centuries.
''I'm just some local guy trying to understand my history,'' he said. ''But I don't see many examples where we have learned from our past. Lewis and Clark can become a great moment of enlightenment for us. There is so much there. Or it can become like a Super Bowl, with a bunch of guys going down river rapids and drinking beer.''
Here at a land's end, the years have healed some of the route. Old pilings mark the places were nearly three dozen canneries processed salmon, which were slaughtered at a rate that could not be sustained. Now much of the lower Columbia looks more as it did 200 years ago. At the river's mouth is another monument, the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge.
The name Cape Disappointment has nothing to do with Lewis and Clark. The cape was named in 1788 by a British sea captain who was looking for the River of the West -- the Columbia -- but could not find it behind the wall of breakers at its mouth.
When members of the corps of discovery first walked up to the bluff at Cape Disappointment, there was finally a sense of triumph. ''The men appear much Satisfied with their trip, beholding with astonishment the high waves dashing against the rocks & this emence Ocian'' Clark wrote.
As Ms. Lin has wandered up the same rock, looking upriver and then west to the setting sun, she says one question keeps returning: ''Will any of this be here in 200 years?''
American Voyage
Two hundred years ago, the Lewis and Clark expedition set out to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, a vast region of mystery and promise. This is the last of four articles in which The New York Times revisits places along the voyagers' trail, examining how the land and people have changed since 1803. The articles and photographs will remain online at nytimes.com/national.


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12 September 2018 – 27 January 2019
Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
Curators: Valentin Diaconov, Ekaterina Lazareva, Iaroslav Volovod
The group exhibition «The beginning, the end and almost everything in between. To the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman»
October 17 – November 25, 2018
National Center for contemporary arts (Ural branch), Yekaterinburg, Russia
Curator: Svetlana Usoltseva
The exhibition for the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman reveals the influence of the director not only on cinema but also on visual culture in general. One exhibition space presents works by contemporary artists and archival materials – photographs from the set and the director's private life provided by the Swedish Institute. They are united by themes characteristic of the Berman's films: loneliness, relationships with others, relationships with themselves, monologues and dialogues.
July 16 – August 10, 2018
Cultural Transit Foundation, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Curator: Anna Cherepanova
19 April — 27 May 2018
Chelyabinsk Museum of Fine Arts, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Curator: Svetlana Shlyapnikova
My project «Under the dome» was nominated for The Sergey Kuryokhin Award 2017.
Personal exhibition «Under the dome»
15 February — 10 March 2018
Contemporary art gallery «OkNo», Chelyabinsk, Russia
Curator: Svetlana Shlyapnikova
Final exhibition of the project «Museum: Participant Observation»
The parallel program of the 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art November
15— 24 December 2017
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Curator: Daria Kostina, Irina Kudryavtseva
I'll take part with new site specific sound installation «In the presence of a visitor» created specially for the project.
Group exhibition «Work Never Stops»
The special project of the 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
November 9, 2017 — January 21, 2018
Tyumen Museum and Education Association
Curator: Svetlana Usoltseva
A variety of meanings behind the idea of a carpet and the process of its creation formed the basis of the project.
Currently the only program of its kind in the country, Garage's grant program was launched in 2012 in order to create a system of support for emerging artists. I was selected as one of eight winners of this program in 2017.
I was nominated for Kandinsky Prize 2017 in the category «The Young artist. Project of the Year» with my exhibition «Landscape» (contemporary art gallery «OkNo», Chelyabinsk, Russia, 2016).
November 16, 5:00 pm. Kunstraum Dreiviertel, Monbijoustrasse 69, Bern
Wall-online.ru published an interview where I talked about my past exhibition experience.
Preparing for my first residency in Switzerland starting in September.
Group exhibition
December 12–26, 2018
Contemporary art gallery «OkNo», Chelyabinsk, Russia
Curator: Anna Legotina
Garage Museum made an amazing promo video for my project «Lookbook».


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Venue: KICC, Nairobi, Kenya
Dates: 04 - 06 July, 2019Â
Timing: 10.00 am to 06.00 pm
Business Visitors Only
Kenya has a well-developed building and construction industry with quality engineering, building and architectural design services being readily available. This industry is currently on an upward trend following re-habilitation and reconstruction of roads and bridges etc.
With increase in population, and growing demand for affordable housing, opportunities exist in the construction of residential, commercial and industrial buildings including prefabricated low-cost housing. Investors can also manufacture and supply construction materials and components for the sector.
Farming Problems Solved By Innovative Machines
In 2013, Mr Burii designed EasyDry 500, a machine that can dry 500 kilos of grains in three hours. It is a portable machine using open technology and can dry maize, wheat, rice among other grains, reducing moisture content from 20 to 13.5 percent.
Untapped Potential In Kenya's Oil and Gas Basin
The Kenyan government has uncovered that it has only explored about 12 percent – 10,000 square kilometers – of its 85,000 square kilometers of oil and gas basin found in the country.
Oil Exploration in Kenya to Generate Revenue
Stakeholders from Kenya's oil and gas sector have sounded the alarm on the lopsided attention on proceeds from oil exploration to warn of hidden risks to the fiscal obsession. The cautionary advice comes as both government and its citizenry continue to battle the management of expectations from the impending decision on the full-scale exploration of the country's crude deposits.
Kenya Stays Focused On Expanding Oil Chase
Kenya is shifting to conduct geological tests in search of oil and gas in the shallow offshore area of the coastal Lamu basin as the country progresses to becoming an oil state.
Kenya Named Second Biggest Market In Africa By Uber
There are currently 363,000 active Uber users in Kenya, according to the latest statistics released by the company to mark its fourth year of operation in the continent.
South Africa is told to be Uber's biggest market in Africa with 969,000 active riders, while Kenya is second.
High Level Talks by EAC Oil and Gas Stakeholders in Kenya
Oil and Gas stakeholders from the East African Community partner states held a high-level forum to discuss oil and gas investment opportunities in the region.The forum was hosted in Nairobi – Kenya ahead of East African Petroleum and Exhibition Conference 2019 that will be held in the coastal city of Mombasa in May 2019.
Keitt Exporters To Diversify Into Oil
To help mitigate risk and ongoing trading restrictions with China and Taiwan Kenya's Keitt Exporters is exploring potential new opportunities in added value avocado products.
According to sales and marketing manager Grace Thuita The company is looking at processes and machinery to produce avocado oil as a way of gaining further value from the fresh product.


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Best Digital Marketing Tools
Best Funnel Builder Software:
ClickFunnels is a robust and powerful landing page builder. In addition to allowing you to build email optin funnels, you can also easily create product launch funnels, membership site funnels, sales funnels and more. ClickFunnels plans range from $19/month to $297/month, with the standard plan costing $97/monh. Clickfunnels also offers an advanced and rich feature set including order bumps, one click upsells and downsells. I use ClickFunnels in my business and recommend it to everyone who needs to build funnels more complex than a basic email optin funnel.
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Best Email Marketing Software:
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Actionetics is the email marketing software that I personally use in my business. It is not offered as a standalone solution. Rather, it is included in the ClickFunnels Etison Suite plan. Actionetics is the perfect email marketing software solution for existing ClickFunnels users that want the convenience and power of having all of their digital marketing tools under one roof. Actionetics is also a perfect solution for affiliate marketers who are concerned about having their account restricted or shut down. Since Actionetics requires integration with a 3rd party SMTP email service, you'll also need to sign up for SendGrid (what I use), Send13 or Amazon SES. Your Actionetics account will never be shut down. If your SMTP account gets shut down, simply plug a different one into Actionetics and continue to send email without interruption.
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Dreamhost has been hosting all of my domains and websites since 2007. I feel that Dreamhost is the best website hosting company and best domain registrar. Dreamhost offers a robust and affordable shared hosting plan that is both all inclusive and unlimited. For newer websites and lower traffic established websites, a single DreamHost shared hosting plan can be used to host all of your domains without experiencing any website performance issues. You can also create and host an unlimited number of professional email addresses for each of your domains on the shared hosting plan. You can easily https secure each of your websites with easy to purchase and install Komodo SSL certificates for $15/year. Dreamhost shared hosting costs $10.95/month. If you purchase a discounted annual plan they'll also include a free domain name for a year.
Bluehost is one of the most well known and popular website hosting companies online today. Many people prefer to go with the most popular solution rather than gambling on a company they've never heard of. With a feature set and price point comparable to Dreamhost, Bluehost is a perfect solution for hosting websites that do not have a very large traffic volume. They are especially known for their highly responsive customer support team. Hosting plans start at $8.99/month for 1 website and 5 email accounts. Worth noting is that all plans require a 12 month term commitment. However, if you are only hosting 1 website and don't mind committing to a 1 year term, then this is a more affordable web hosting option than Dreamhost
WP Engine:
If your website has a very high volume of monthly site visitors, then the other recommended shared hosting plans may not meet the technological needs of your website. WP Engine offers affordable and reliable managed WordPress hosting. Your site will be on a dedicated IP address instead of sharing server resources with many other customers (as is the case on shared hosting plans). WP Engine ranges from $29/month up to $149/month per website hosted, depending on the plan selected.
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Ryan Newman (39) takes a spin, after tangling with Joey Logano (20) (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
BROOKLYN, Mich.
Ryan Newman and Joey Logano got into it in the NASCAR garage in a heated post-race exchange, after the two tangled on the track late in Sunday's Michigan 400.
The incident began as Logano was trying to pass Newman on the inside off the corner. Logano's car got a little light in the nose, aerodynamically, and he overcorrected, and bumped Newman's fender, sending him into the wall.
Newman, who wound up 23rd, was very hot at Logano.
But Logano, 10th, responded "he races me way too hard. He races everybody too hard. I'm not the only one that complains about it every week.
"And he just went in there and door-jammed me.
"I was down there (on the low-side) trying to save it, and trying to save it.
"When someone is right on your side, it takes your air off (the rear spoiler and makes the car squirrelly).
"I'm down there just hanging on and hanging on.
"I saved it three times before I'm like 'I can't save this one. He should have given me room by now.'
"I will have to call and talk to him about it, because I know I'm not the only one that complains about it. I don't know why he races everyone so hard. I hear it from too many people."
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He's suppose to race hard! That's his job!
Too many drivers out for a Sunday ride with the top down. Just what fans want to hear a driver complain about: "He's racing me too hard" or "it's too early in the race to be racing that hard". If they don't want to race hard, let somebody drive it that will. The money must be too good when drivers complain about having to race hard. And here I thought Logano was different.
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Updated February 11, 2016
One of the most compelling events of every Olympic cycle is the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. They're held every four years to select the three-person teams that represent the United States in that year's Olympic Marathon.
The top three women and men in the trials races are named to the team. The fourth finisher is considered the alternate and is named to the team if one of the top three finishers withdraws before the race with injury.
The U.S. system for selecting its Olympic Marathon teams is rare. Most countries have a committee select the teams based on performances in more than one race; some also consider long-term competitive records. The U.S. selection process is generally considered by elite marathoners to be the fairest, although it can result in runners who are likely to be most competitive at the Olympics being left off the team.
The date and location of the trials vary, because cities bid to host the event. Trials races have been held as long as nine months before the Olympics and as short as three months before.
In 2012, the men's and women's trials were held on the same course on the same day, in Houston, the day before the Houston Marathon. The format was widely praised, and will be repeated at the 2016 trials.
When will the Olympic Marathon Trials be held?
Saturday, February 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Marathon, which is usually held in mid March, will be run the following day.
What's at stake?
The first three finishers in the men's and women's races will represent the United States in the 2016 Olympic marathon in Rio de Janeiro. The women's Olympic marathon will be run on August 14, the men's on August 21.
Who can run in the trials?
Only entrants who have met qualifying standards between August 1, 2013, and January 17, 2016. For men, that means 2:19:00 or faster in a marathon, or 1:05:00 or faster in a half marathon. For women, the standards are 2:45:00 for a marathon or 1:15:00 for a half marathon.
What are "A" and "B" standards?
The 2:19 and 2:45 times are required to run the trials. These are considered "B" standards; entrants can run the trials but are responsible for their travel and lodging expenses for the race. The original "B" standards were 2:18 and 2:43; the standards were revised on December 11 to make them compatible with new, slower Olympic qualifying standards announced by the International Association of Athletics Federations on December 10.
Men who run 2:15:00 or faster and women who run 2:37 or faster are considered "A" qualifiers. Their travel expenses to the race are paid for by the race organizers.
Runners who qualified with a half marathon time are responsible for their travel expenses.
Who puts on the trials?
USA Track & Field administers the race in its role as the organization responsible for selecting the U.S. Olympic track and field team. A local host committee is responsible for aspects like race-day logistics and prize money.
Will the trials race be held on the Los Angeles Marathon course?
No. The Los Angeles Marathon is run on a point-to-point course from Dodger Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier. The trials course will consist of one 2.2-mile loop, followed by four six-mile loops, primarily on South Figueroa Street in southern Los Angeles. The start and finish will be near the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Will the men and women start at the same time?
There will be separate starts. The men begin at 10:06 a.m. and the women at 10:22.
How many runners will be in each race?
USATF's final list, dated January 18, 2016, includes 246 women and 211 men qualifiers.
Of the women, 42 are "A" qualifiers, 204 are "B" qualifiers, and 48 are half marathon qualifiers.
Of the men, 27 are "A" qualifiers, 184 are "B" qualifiers, and 125 are half marathon qualifiers.
The number of starters for each race will be less than the number of qualifiers. Some runners have to withdraw before the start with injury or illness. Some of the half marathon qualifiers appear on the list even though they've not expressed interest in running the trials; U.S. 5,000-meter record holder Molly Huddle is one such qualifier.
Runner's World put together detailed graphics on the qualifiers, showing how they qualified, where they qualified, the Olympians in the field, and the families that are running.
Who are the defending champions?
Shalane Flanagan and Meb Keflezighi won the 2012 trials in Houston. Desiree Linden, Kara Goucher, Ryan Hall, and Abdi Abdirahman were the other team members.
Who are the top contenders?
Barring serious injury or race-day disaster, Shalane Flanagan and Desiree Linden appear to be near-locks to make the team again. Flanagan's (2:21:14) and Linden's (2:23:54) best qualifying times are almost six and more than three minutes faster, respectively, than the next fastest qualifier, Amy Cragg, who has run 2:27:03 during the qualifying period.
The third woman could be one of several women with times in the high 2:20s to low 2:30s, including Cragg, Serena Burla (2:28:01), Annie Bersagel (2:28:29), Kellyn Taylor (2:28:40), Lauren Kleppin (2:28:48), and Becky Wade (2:30:41). Cragg was fourth in the 2012 trials, but, like many of the next-tier contenders, hasn't been consistent enough to stand out as the clear pick for the third spot.
The other 2012 team member, Kara Goucher, ran 2:37:03 in her most recent marathon, New York City in November 2014, although she did run two strong half marathons last fall. Whether Goucher can find the fitness to make her third Olympic team will be one of the compelling stories of the trials.
The men's race also has two clear favorites, Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein, although it could be argued that neither is as close to a sure thing as Flanagan and Linden are in the women's race.
Defending champion Keflezighi has repeatedly risen to the occasion at big races, most famously to win the 2014 Boston Marathon. His biggest challenge is likely to come from his body—Keflezighi, 40, will run the trials three months after the New York City Marathon. He is the only one of the top contenders to run a fall marathon.
Ritzenhein could also be troubled by injury. Second at the 2008 trials, he was fourth in 2012 after an injury-shortened buildup for the race. Ritzenhein has been healthy since moving from Oregon back home to Michigan in 2013 to train by himself, and he beat Keflezighi at Boston in April. But his long history of injury must be taken into account.
Behind those two are several men eager to prove themselves. Galen Rupp, who qualified at a low-key half marathon in December with a 1:01:20, announced on January 28 that he intends to run. Rupp, who won an Olympic silver medal at the London Olympics in the 10,000 meters, will be making his marathon debut. The 2015 U.S. champion, Jared Ward, appears to be on a performance upswing; such runners often make the team early in their marathon careers. Luke Puskedra ran a huge PR of 2:10:24 at Chicago in October and has to be considered a serious contender. Athletes such as Jeffrey Eggleston (fastest qualifier of 2:10:52), Fernando Cabada (2:11:36), Nick Arciniaga (2:11:47), Matt Llano (2:12:28), and Shadrack Biwott (2:12:55) haven't demonstrated consistency in big races.
The trials event record holder, Ryan Hall, announced his retirement from professional running in January and will not be racing in Los Angeles.
In a recent Runner's World poll, 15 experts from running predicted the top three finishers, with Rupp getting most votes on the men's side and Linden topping the women's chart.
More detailed information on the top contenders in the men's and women's races, including video interviews with many athletes, can be found here.
Will the race be televised/streamed?
The trials will be broadcast live on NBC beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern. The network will also air the men's and women's races nationally on NBC Sports Live Extra, which is a streaming app available on desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs.


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From rum tasting to cannon firing, The Fortress of Louisbourg has some pretty cool attractions. The fortress was originally founded in 1713 by the French and developed over decades into an epicentre for fishing and trade. In the 1760s the fortress was destroyed and this site laid untouched until archaeologists began to reconstruct the fortress back to what it was in the 18th century. Today, it stands as the largest reconstruction project in North America and is located on the beautiful coast of Nova Scotia.
With more than a dozen buildings open to the public, this site is a 'must visit' when visiting Nova Scotia as it helps you gather a sense of the area during its prime. Explore on your own or take a guided tour to see daily demonstrations of food and culture from back in the day.
What are our favourite activities when we visit? Shooting a cannon and then drinking rum, of course. If you only visit the fortress for one day, why not spend the morning learning how to fire a cannon and then the afternoon relaxing over some traditional rum like you're a soldier in the 18th century.
Fire a cannon!
Do something you've never done: get trained as a cannoneer and fire a real life cannon identical to those that defended 18th century Louisbourg.
July 1 to September 5, 2016
11:00 a.m. and 2:25 p.m.
45 minutes
$55.20 per cannoneer (taxes included | entrance fees are separate)
More information: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/activ/canon-cannon.aspx
Rum tasting
After working up a thirst firing cannons, head on over to the tavern to experience the taste and aroma of Fortress™ Rum. It's a traditional rum matured in oak barrels in the Magazin du Roi at the Fortress of Louisbourg.
May 23 to June 30, 2016: 1:30 p.m. (English) / 2:30 p.m. (French)
July 1 to September 5, 2016: 2:30 p.m. (French) / 3:10 p.m. (English)
September 6 to October 10, 2016: 1:30 p.m. (English) / 2:30 p.m. (French)
35 minutes
$10.80 (taxes included | entrance fees are separate)
You must be 19 years of age or older.
More information: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/activ/rhum-rum.aspx
Spending more than one day visiting The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site? Try these other awesome activities:
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Let me start by clarifying one pretty important thing: a have absolutely no idea what Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is about. I have seen a lot of bewildering pictures over my 30 plus years on this planet, and this is at or near the top of the list of being utterly head scratching cinema.
Despite this, I really, really enjoyed it.
Uncle Boonmee is suffering from acute kidney failure and his days are sadly numbered. What little remains of his life he wishes to spend with his loved ones, including the spirit of his late wife and his son who has been missing for some time, but he returns...as a monkey with glowing red eyes. With them, Boonmee explores his previous lives in a search for answers as to why his time is ending with such an unfortunate fate.
Okay, so I suppose I can't say I have no idea what it is about, that seems like a lie. Clearly the concept of reincarnation is vital to the story, but what occurs along the way is what has me baffled. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul crafted something enigmatic and completely fascinating here, and being that I am open minded regarding the topics of life, death, ghosts and the possibilities of an afterlife, I was pulled in early by this one and the film never let go.
Rather than becoming frustrated by such unique, confounding cinema, embrace it. I will eventually come back to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and see if I can start peeling back the layers.


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Technical Paper
Reliability of Resonant Micromachined Sensors and Actuators
There are an increasing number of applications for resonant micromachines. Accelerometers, angular rate sensors, voltage controlled oscillators, pressure and chemical sensors have been demonstrated using this technology. Several of these devices are employed in vehicles. Vibrating devices have been made from silicon, quartz, GaAs, nickel and aluminum. Resonant microsystems are in constant motion and so present new challenges in the area of reliability for vehicular applications. The impact of temperature extremes, cyclic fatigue, stiction, thermal and mechanical shock on resonant device performance is covered.


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Since beginning his career as a professional musician at the age of fourteen, Karl Cochran has played, worked,
toured and collaborated with such accomplished musicians as Ace Frehley, Joe Lynn
Turner, Eric Singer, Bob Daisley,
Corky Lang, John Corabi, Carmine Apppice, Tony Franklin, Kristen Chenoweth, among many others.
Karl has been teaching guitar, bass, voice and music theory since 1984. He owns his own professional recording studio,
and regularly produces, records, and engineers many clients. He has worked with Wilde West Music, and co-wrote
the theme song for the Disney XD and Disney channel series, called "I'm In The Band," along with many songs and clips in the show itself.
Karl is a long time member of one of New Jersey's top cover bands, Far Cry,
who has successfully toured the region's club circuit since 1995.
Karl has toured with and been an important contributor to several Joe Lynn Turner (former vocalist for Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Yngwie Malmsteen) solo records, including Joe's April 2007 solo release
Second Hand Life.
Karl also co-wrote the song "Into the Void" with Ace Frehley for the KISS "Psycho Circus" album, which went platinum worldwide in 1999.
Read more about Karl's musical career...
Far Cry have been regularly playing the New Jersey club and bar
circuit since August 1995, and the Far Cry name has been around for much longer than that.
They are just about the only classic rock cover band still regularly gigging in the New Jersey area.
Far Cry plays just about
everything from The Allman Brothers to ZZ Top, from Black Sabbath to Stevie Ray Vaughan. If they know it and
you want to hear it, there's a good chance they'll play it. Just to keep things interesting, they even sprinkle
in some newer material like Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots. At last count, they have a song list of
almost 100 songs. Click HERE to see the Far Cry page, and find out more about
the band.
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If you love rock-n-roll in the vein of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and Grand Funk Railroad, with ripping guitars, powerful vocals and great songs, then this is the album for you!
"fourteen grooving hard rock tracks that exude everything thats great about genuine rock n roll....Cochran is able to exhibit his incredible ability (hes possibly the most underrated guitarist Ive come across in recent years) on a wide range of styles. With each of the vocalists (plus a couple of lead vocals from Karl himself) adding strong performances to every track, the album is absolutely flawless...If we did ratings here, this would surpass whatever upper limit we had. 110%, 6/5, 11/10 whatever you want to say. Outstanding."
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Welcome to the home page of the Adelaide Juggling Convention 2020.
Tickets available now at trybooking
Meet and learn from Australia's première jugglers and manipulators in a 4 day event. Offering workshops from Juggling to Unicycling and Hoops to Fire Spinning.
There are 3 nights of shows including the Juggling Convention Gala Show on Friday night at the Tandanya Theatre.
Multiple tickets available from the 4 day pass to single day tickets.
Accommodation is not provided.
AJC 2020 – 16 – 19 April 2020, Goodwood Community Centre, 32/34 Rosa St, Goodwood
Adelaide Juggling Convention Gala Show, 17th April 8pm. Tandanya Theatre, 253 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, Tickets $30


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Director-General voices alarm at murder of Mario Sy, third journalist killed in the Philippines in two days
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the murder of Mario Sy, a photo journalist shot dead in his home in General Santo City on 1 August.
"I condemn the murder of Mario Sy," the Director-General said. "It is very alarming to see three journalists killed in the space of two days and I urge the authorities to do all in their power to bring the culprits of these crimes to justice."
Mario Sy, a freelance contributor to Sapol News Bulletin newspaper, was shot by an unidentified man who entered his house in the province of South Cotabato.
The killing came just two days after the double murder of journalists Bonifacio Loreto and Richard Kho. They are remembered on the dedicated UNESCO webpage, UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists.
Media contact: Sylvie Coudray +33 (0)1 45 68 42 12
UNESCO is the United Nations agency with a mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom. Article 1 of its Constitution requires the Organization to "further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations." To realize this the Organization is requested to "collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image…"


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Assuming Beckham avoids that whole April-June thing that happened last year, he's an ideal No. 2 hitter. He has plus on-base skills and good power-exactly why he should hit second. Hopefully, he won't have the bat taken out of his hands too often to bunt-after all, isn't one of Pierre's greatest assets his base-stealing ability? If Beckham is allowed to swing away, the Sox lineup will have a lot more success.
Jerry Blevins was even worse than Ziegler in that department: the lefty struck out his fair share of batters, but he gave up more hits than innings pitched. His 3.70 ERA still looks respectable, but Blevins was one of those players that every fan feared when he entered a tight spot.
If the second lefty can remain seated for an entire fortnight, it stands to reason that there will be even less use for a third lefty. And if Sergio Santos maintains his significant reverse splits, Ohman would actually be the fourth guy you'd want to see against a lefty.
Simply put, Harrell doesn't strike out enough opponents while walking too many. He appeared in eight games-three starts-with the 2010 White Sox and hardly looked impressive in those 24 innings, walking 17 and striking out 15. Like Humber, Harrell has been mediocre in triple-A, posting FIPs of 4.34 and 4.46 in 2009 and 2010 with Charlotte. Harrell doesn't have much-if any-edge over Humber, and that's not saying a whole lot.
The Knights are 13 games under .500 so the sale jerseys brass might just want to leave well enough alone. The talent at Class-AAA is what it is and they have to sink or swim with what they have and hope they do not have to dip into that part of the farm system like they did a year ago. The big club is having struggles of their own at 11-15 in a wide open American League Central – for second place that is – with no guarantee that it will be good enough to make the playoffs even with an extra Wild Card being added to the mix.
The Royals (17-11, 10-5 home) maintained a 1-0 lead throughout most of the afternoon, after an RBI double by Billy Butler scored Alex Gordon in the first inning. The Royals outhit the White Sox (13-17, 6-10 away) 9-7.
To that point, Detroit's own trio of relievers have equaled the task, as Ryan Perry, Fernando Rodney, and Bobby Seay have also gone 7.1 innings without yielding a run.


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Based on the success of the One-Stop Career Center at the College of Alameda, the Peralta Colleges have opened a second One Stop Career Center at the Berkeley Adult School!
This month, we are joined by Kunda Musambacine, who has been taking advantage of the services offered at the One-Stop Career Center at the College of Alameda as he seeks a new job. Mia Taylor, the career counselor at the new One-Stop Career Center in Berkeley, describes the services offered to all members of our community. And Michael Goldberg, Peralta Director of Workforce Systems, defines the goals and strategies employed at both Centers.


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Make Time for Timelines
For organizations or departments that don't have a dedicated project manager, it's no small thing to get big comms projects out the door. In our last post, we talked about how not to let the actual writing process gum up the works—namely, by allowing adequate time for writing and editing, and by uncoupling the writing process from the design process.
While that advice may be easy to heed in theory, it can be tricky in practice: Creating large documents involves tracking a lot of moving parts, including points of collaboration and project dependencies that can be challenging to accurately time. That's why creating a detailed, realistic project timeline at the outset of any big writing project is key.
Luckily, there are a lot of tools that can help—many of them free. If you're new to creating project timelines, you can start simple: Microsoft offers a free template for Excel that's incredibly easy to use (if devoid of bells and whistles).
The template allows you to enter dates, tasks or milestones, and people, and to manipulate the visual representation to optimize its readability.
Depending on the project or document management system used by your organization, you may already have tools you can configure to create project timelines. Sharepoint, for instance, offers a customizable project task list; and online tools such as Trello offer options for making more complex Gantt-style project roadmaps.
Whatever route you take, developing a project timeline for big writing projects will make your life easier, and your final product better.
New Packages for Nonprofits
We've been doing a bit of mental spring cleaning at MWS—namely, how best to package our most requested services. That's led us to a bit of spring cleaning for our website: check out our new Services page!
Our three packages (Comprehensive Communications Plans, Review of Public-Facing Communications, and Review of Communications Operations) describe the support we provide for the challenges we see most often among our nonprofit clients. We created them to offer the most efficient, effective means of determining and resolving organizations' needs.
But we also offer support for discrete projects such as grants, websites, blog writing, reports, workshops, and presentations. If you don't see what you need, reach out! Let us know what's on your communications spring cleaning list—we can almost always help.
Our post on beta readers offered a strategy for soliciting structured feedback before project release. But it didn't discuss strategies for handling that feedback once it arrives in your inbox.
Reading criticism is hard. After all, writing requires time and self-expression. No matter how professionally oriented, criticism can sting.
But integrating criticism is even harder. It's never easy to judge which critical feedback is useful and which isn't.
The simplest strategy? Look for repetition.
Repetition can be straightforward. If more than one beta reader (or more than one feedback form) specifies the same weakness, well, it's a weakness.
But repetition can also be oblique. Consider the beta-reader responses to a question that asked about the translation of SME material into everyday language:
And repetition can be overwhelming. It's no fun to read about the many different problems with your project. Luckily, these can usually be condensed into just one or two actual issues. For example:
Criticism might not be fun, but it's so fruitful. And not just for you. Soliciting critical feedback and then actually (and visibly) using it sets in motion a positive feedback loop that strengthens your project, your team, and your business's commitment to your organizational end game.
While a beta release refers to the rollout of an early, mostly untested version of software, the beta phase (and the iterative form of software development in general) is an excellent way to pretest communications projects, too.
Software development usually proceeds from a pre-alpha phase (where R&D is completed), to an alpha phase, (where core functionality is built), to a beta phase, and finally to release.
That beta phase is so crucial because it puts the software—usually ugly and incomplete—out into the world. Chosen users can then play with it and provide the targeted feedback so necessary to completing and releasing the work.
Communications projects (reports, technical manuals, strategic plans) follow a somewhat similar route. First, there is the research and development; then, the outlining, drafting, and collating; finally, execution and testing.
But a beta release is rarely figured into this execution—and it definitely should be.
While most of us pay close attention to after-the-fact metrics, a beta release tests whether content is functional in a way that meets readers' needs before delivery. Communicators can use the release to gain on-the-ground feedback and integrate it into a project ahead of publication.
To make the most of this opportunity, make recruiting beta readers (using a generic application like Google Forms to help identify members of your target audience) a part of R&D. Later, when the project is almost complete (but still malleable!) push it to beta readers with another form soliciting the feedback required. Common questions include responses to SME material or to calls to action.
For any client-facing project with a long development phase, a beta release creates a space in which meaningful info can be gathering and used. It's a bit of a time investment, but the payoff makes it absolutely worthwhile.
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association—now in its sixth edition since its inception in 1929—is a constant companion to many of our academic writers (whether they like it or not!). We recently interviewed Mary Lynn Skutley, the editorial director of APA Books, who headed up the manual's latest revision. From Skutley, we learned firsthand just what goes into the making of this slim volume, frenemy to so many.
Finding the Right Editor: A Love Story
Whether you're starting the new year with a new project, or looking to wrap up your dissertation or publication this semester, finding the right writing support is key. If your writing group isn't translating to publication-ready pages and you're considering working with a professional, it's useful to understand what kinds of support are available and how to find the best fit for your needs.
Coauthor S.O.S.
At MWS, we often work with coauthors to develop writing plans, streamline and correlate the editing process, and prepare papers for publication. We love watching the creative possibilities that the coauthor relationship can foster, but we know from experience that the conditions for such possibilities must be thoughtfully planned. Read on to find out how to make your next coauthored project an efficiently executed success. ...
Be an Efficient Academic
If you've already decided to dedicate your summer to finishing your dissertation, revising and resubmitting an academic article, or polishing an original manuscript for publication, make the most of your limited time by adopting a trick of the editor's trade. A style sheet offers a time-saving reference that streamlines the revision process and ensures polished work. ...
Make Summer Matter
With the academic year coming to a close and summer's expanse of unstructured time looming, scholars face the perennial question of how to sustain their work, organize their writing activities, and ensure a productive season—all while relaxing and rejuvenating for the upcoming year. These tasks can be anxiety provoking, but here at MWS, our experience with academic writers and researchers has enabled us to identify ways for scholars to get the most out of summer without feeling overwhelmed. Read on for best practices for summer writing. ...
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English PhD, former arts administrator, obsessive cook, native East Coaster, mom to two rabblerousers.
Molly Gage
English PhD, former high school teacher, obsessive organizer, native Midwesterner, mom to three troublemakers.
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Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Whinfell Forest, Cumbria CA10 2DW, UK – 01768 893000
Absolutely amazing food and service! Definitely recommend the tandoori sizzler!!
The food was absolutely exceptional for a restaurant in a park with a captive audience. I would consider it excellent in any location. The jalfrezi was delicious with a garlic nan. Great lamb tandoori with a chilli nan. Good range of children's options including non-indian options, if they're required. All topped off with friendly service, it was a wonderful, unexpected surprise for our first night in Whinefell forest.
Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Whinfell, Penrith CA10 2DW, UK – 01768 893000
I was in Center Parcs at Whinfell last week and we went round to the Lakeside twice while on my break, once for lunch and once for tea. There is an indoor and an outdoor area at the Lakeside so it was nice to sit outside as we were in the middle of our heatwave. There are various menus available when you sit down - s main menu, a drinks menu, a children's menu and a children's cocktail menu. There are various things on each menu to choose from and a really good selection.. There is also a carvery available at the Lakeside. When you are ready to order at the Lakeside, you go up to the tills and order and pay when you order. There is a large seating area inside and it is pleasant to sit in but it is lovely sitting outside on a nice day, with a good view of the boating lake. You can sit and watch the people on the pedalos or the kayaks, etc. This restaurant is just a couple of minutes walk from the village centre so very conveniently placed. I would definitely recommend it for a meal and if you are having sweet I recommend the sticky toffee pudding - it was the nicest one I'd ever tasted!
Nice place with decent enough variety for adults and children. Carvery also available which was quite nice. Soft play for children under 10. Staff friendly and helpful. Place seemed pretty clean and tidy. Nice view over the lake especially from the outdoor seating area. Will visit again.
Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, Whinfell Forest, Penrith CA10 2DW, UK – 01768 893000
Friendly service, food is good. Can be very busy with a bit of a wait with one of the queue discs. The food is not so good that you absolutely have to go but it is an enjoyable family experience.
Very efficient and well managed eaterie lovely meal nice pleasant service and clean and comfortable accommodation
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Critics' Corner: Why Do Still We Love the Muppets After All These Years?
Grae: It's time to start the music, it's time to light the lights! It's time to get things started on the Muppet Critics' Corner tonight!
Dave: I like your enthusiasm. It reminds me that I should try having some. Now we should begin by saying that we have both seen The Muppets already. BUT…
Grae: (and there's always a big but…)
Dave: We are not allowed to discuss the details of that movie until the studio lifts the embargo on reviews.
Grae: And we are good little critics that follow the rules.
Dave: ... which is a thing that readers should understand about how the relationship between movie critics and studios often works. We get to see things early and, in return, we promise not to blab too soon.
Grae: Yeah. We can't say anything about it, people. Not even if you torture us.
Dave: Other than that...we both loved it. I don't think we'll be in trouble for saying that.
Grae: The Muppets have been gone so long, it's been nice to start thinking about them returning and reassuming their position as one of the most enduring parts of pop culture ever.
Dave: Absolutely. But our praise will mean nothing unless something vital takes place on a large scale...
Grae: What's that?
Dave: Well, I just found out that my nine-year-old niece and my seven-year-old nephew have never seen the Muppets do much of anything.
Grae: WHAT.
Dave: They were nominal Sesame Street watchers, but with the glut of options in children's entertainment, they were more often tuned into Nickelodeon or The Disney Channel. They have no idea what The Muppet Show was, nor have they seen any of the Muppet movies.
Grae: I feel like this is a reason we should go back to only having eight channels and Steve Allen tells everyone what to watch.
Dave: They do have half-remembered glimmers of that TV Christmas movie from a few years ago, the one where Piggy starred in "Moulin Scrooge" as Saltine.
Grae: Hmm. Although I didn't see that, I am guessing it is the Muppets at about half speed, if it's anything like the more recent movies.
Dave: Yes, it was a lesser version of them. It was still The Muppets, but there've been some missteps.
Grae: You have to go back to the beginning (cue wavy lines indicating flashback). So what is your game plan to make your family whole human beings again?
Dave: I'm going to make the kids watch The Muppet Movie before the new one comes out, so they have, at least, some reference points.
Grae: Why do you think their parents haven't led them to the banquet of Muppet awesomeness?
Dave: They do this weird thing for fun: they go to all of their children's athletic events and school functions and are always participating in their kid's lives instead of parking them in front of the TV to watch Fraggle Rock.
Grae: So they're neglectful, basically.
Dave: Exactly. Which is why Uncle Dave has to come in and save the day. And plus, it's completely educational. The Muppets can teach you so much--Kermit teaches you how to be nice and diplomatic, Piggy teaches you how to get ahead by bulldozing everything in your path. Fozzie teaches you to be fat and tell jokes.
Grae: Statler and Waldorf teach you how to make fun of people so other people laugh.
Dave: Gonzo teaches you to do whatever Gonzo does.
Grae: Beaker teaches you how to take a punch.
Dave: Animal teaches you how to be awesome on every level, and Sweetums teaches you to be comfortable in the background doing nothing and not freaking out about it, just being chill.
Grae: And the Swedish Chef teaches you how to put the gobbley in da pot.
Dave: These are all important lessons. But here's my big statement about Why the Muppets Are Important. They are masters of communicating on multiple levels at once, and that takes brains.To be indirectly funny and make people of all ages fall in love with you, you have to aim for a diffuse sort of appeal, and the Muppets do this. Kids hear and see one thing. Adults see and hear another.
Grae: Much like Looney Tunes, but with a much bigger "Aw" factor, because Looney Tunes never made me cry.
Dave: Exactly. In The Muppet Movie, when they meet Big Bird on the street and he tells them he's on his way to break into public television, you laugh. And kids just go, "Big Bird!"
Grae: The Muppets are master jugglers, delighting all ages at once. They could even be racy and completely get away with it. Like seeing Lena Horne and Kermit together helped me understand how to act on a first date.
Dave: Well, that explains that. But yeah, they're always intelligent and incisive and never cruel, or flippant, or pandering. As a group of characters, they're completely varied and, yet, all manage to walk a tightrope of appeal, even if they're essentially negative, un-role-model characters like Miss Piggy.
Grae: The Muppets are just about connection, be it rainbow or otherwise. Their message is always to keep trying, be good to all the people you know, stick together and tough it out even when it's not necessarily practical.
Dave: It's an ideal way of being that's not annoying. So if you're going to ignore your children by pushing them in front of a TV, this is what you push them to. You're being responsible that way, at least. You're giving them the best that pop culture has to give.
Grae: Exactly. It's a responsible babysitter (unlike me when I was a teenager).
Dave: Yes. And they communicate complex, seemingly contradictory messages as well, like the idea that there's still fun to be had in failure.
Grae: And don't forget to sing a song to express yourself.
Dave: Right. The music isn't just a way to stop and do something else, it's part of their personality--it's comedy and it's storytelling, and when it's great, like "The Rainbow Connection," it's also incredibly moving.
Grae: That song never fails to tear me up. Then I remember that it's sung by a frog and I laugh.
Dave: "The Rainbow Connection" was nominated for Best Song at the 1979 Academy Awards. And it lost to…"It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae. Quick, sing "Goes Like It Goes" for me.
Grae: I just tried, but it came out sounding like the "The Rainbow Connection."
Dave: Exactly.
Grae: Another reason the show endures in our hearts is because trust is such a big part of the Muppet world. The audience has to trust them in order to surrender and have fun and the characters must always have faith that they'll do the right thing in the end.
Dave: I think the closest thing to them that we have right now as a cultural phenomenon are the Toy Story characters.
Grae: Who also manage to be magical without being lame.
Dave: They're a group of characters that appeal to children and adults simultaneously while dealing with the entire audience on appropriate levels of sophistication.
Grae: In fact, I can't think of another example, especially ones that have multiple movies or shows, which is why we have to cling to these things and cherish them appropriately. It's much easier to just write a poop joke and have someone fall down, then get everybody home in 86 minutes.
Dave: So let's say you've never seen anything Muppets. You must see The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, and Muppets Take Manhattan.
Grae: And at least a handful of episodes of The Muppet Show.
Dave: I was a big fan of '90s TV show Muppets Tonight, which is where Pepe the Prawn was introduced.
Grae: He is not a shrimp…HE'S A KING PRAWN!
Dave: Yep. And he is in the new film -- sorry, another spoiler.
Grae: If you see the best Muppet movies before this one, you will appreciate the new film even more. But it works on its own.
Dave: You should just pony up and buy them. These are films to love and watch over and over, frankly.
Grae: They help us oldsters remember a time where every moment had the potential to become a dance number led by a pig, chicken, or snowth.
Dave: So okay, everybody reading this, just take our advice and go see The Muppets. We are not on the take from Disney when we tell you this. We are just on board for this one thing. Trust us. In fact, go back and look at my Cars 2 review if you want verification that I'm not simply a shill for The Mouse.
Grae: From now on, can we call ourselves the Statler and Waldorf of Movies.com?
Dave: Sure, though I've always thought of myself as more of Sam the Eagle meets Rowlf.
Grae: I'll take that as a yes.
Now you tell us--what is it you love about the Muppets? Are they still relevant? And will you see the movie when it opens next Wed.?
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With his cap visor pulled low over his face, Jalson Espinoza watches a group of gang members from a rival neighborhood push through a massive throng of Sandinista supporters gathered to hear President Daniel Ortega speak. To the outside observer, many of the other young men in the crowd looked just as tough and menacing, dressed in bandanas and going shirtless to show off their tattoos. But very few of them are true gangbangers, Espinoza says. "You can tell who the real vagos are by the way they walk," he says in a raspy voice, using the Nicaraguan term for gangsters.
Espinoza should know. At 26, his street resume makes America's most notorious gangsta rappers look pampered by comparison. In a decade of gang life, Espinoza has been jailed 14 times, shot twice, had his jaw broken with a machete, and lost an eye to a rock fired from a slingshot.
But the thug life is a thing of the past, Espinoza says. He has traded in his gang colors for the red and black of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, for which he works as a youth organizer in a rough neighborhood in Ciudad Sandino.
In Nicaragua, a movement that started off channeling youth rebellion into the violent overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 is once again the governing party. And in many poor neighborhoods, the Sandinista Front has more street cred than the local youth gang.
Under the leadership of the National Police, an agency created by the revolutionary government of the 1980s, the Sandinistas are using their status on the street to win the war on the gang problem that has plagued much of Central America. But it's a war they're waging without violence.
Rather than adopting the disastrous heavy-handed anti-gang polices of neighboring Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, which have actually led to an escalation of violence and repression, the Nicaraguan police several years ago launched an intervention program aimed at engaging young men to turn them away from gang life. Since the program began in 2003, police claim that gang membership has declined dramatically. According to official statistics, 42 gangs have been demobilized and almost 4,000 of their members have been reintegrated into society. Of the 62 gangs that existed here four years ago, only 20 remain, with a total of 363 still-active gang members. Those are impressive figures in a Central American region where total gang membership is estimated at around 69,000.
"We don't need more jails or laws in Nicaragua, we need more opportunities for young people," says Commissioner Hamyn Gurdi�n, head of the police effort to demobilize gangs. Gurdi�n who during the 1970s, at age 16, had gone into the mountains to join the Sandinista rebels says that guerrilla experience, shared by many police officers, helps them to empathize with gang members and identify personally with the three-step demobilization process: cease-fire, disarmament and social reintegration. "That experience made us sensitive to their problems," he said. "Their life, the lack of opportunities they have, that is what it was like for us, only instead of fighting with assault rifles, they throw rocks."
The Sandinista government's message of peace and reconciliation, and its populist dedication to economic empowerment of the poor, appears to be resonating on the streets. "For young people, the last 16 years have been lost to governments that didn't give us any opportunities," Espinoza says, repeating President Daniel Ortega's line about the three conservative administrations that ruled before his return to power this year. "Maybe [Ortega] will give us new opportunities and jobs."
Old-fashioned Nicaraguan nationalism may also have helped keep the gang culture at bay, since the major transnational gangs that terrorize Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras the Mara Salvatrucha and the M-18 are essentially foreign, originating in Los Angeles. Mauricio Bustamante, 19, spent three years living in Guatemala spying on M-18 for the Salvatrucha before returning to Nicaragua and getting involved in his old local gang, the Cumbas. He says that Nicaraguan gangs have rejected the culture of the Salvatrucha and M-18 in keeping with the Nicaraguan spirit of resistance to foreign intervention.
The strongest pillar of support for the anti-gang efforts of the National Police, however, comes from within the community. Many gang members still live with their mothers and grandmothers, who can play a key role in the demobilization and reintegration process, Gurdi�n says. "My mother told me she wanted nothing to do with me after the fourth time I got arrested," says Espinoza. "But once she saw that I was trying to get out of the gang, she immediately started to support me again."
The police are helped by the fact that under the scars and tattoos, even the toughest vago is still a mama's boy at heart.


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