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Today is the last day that you can get Billy's Cascade for Kindle for $0.99!!!Tomorrow it will go up to full price. This was my second book, but it remains the one that I'm most proud of. I've always wanted to do a story for my grandfather. What I decided on was to tell about a period of my life that was a crucial point of growing as an individual. While I did fictionalize most of the book (mainly because I didn't want my real-life experiences out there) I didn't fictionalize the relationship that Jane has with her grandfather. That is 100% real. Soon the audiobook will be done. I can't wait to show it to you! It's going to be great 😊
J&P Podcast #6
In this episode, some really great information about Billy's Cascade: The Audiobook. Plus Kelly talks about her upcoming comic series D.S. al Fine and the soundtrack! It all starts here! Check it out!
The Second Episode is Out!…
I had such a great time recording this podcast and I was very happy about who my special guest was!
Plus check out the amazing book cover done by Roy Mauritsen
While it's not available for pre-order, we'll let you know when you can order it on Amazon.com and Audible. If you're an Audible member, remember to save your credits for this one!
It's going to be great! Click the picture to hear the podcast!
Billy's Cascade is a Go for Audible
Billy's Cascade is a story that is near and dear to my heart. Mostly because it tells of the real-life relationship I had with my grandfather and how he influenced my life. Though it was fictionalized since I didn't want the true story of my real-life out there, this is a story that I loved writing.
Soon, it will be, what would have been, my grandfather's 100th Birthday. To celebrate his birthday, I will be doing a special Kindle Countdown Deal for Billy's Cascade and will reduce the price to $0.99 from June 9th until June 14, 2017.
In addition, I am pleased to say that we are going forward with the audiobook of Billy's Cascade starring voice-actress Kelly Brajevich. However, this is not the first time that Kelly and myself have worked together. Aside from being great friends for many years, we were both involved with J&P Productions producing AMV's when she used the handle FullMetalCan and I was J.Alana. To add to her many talents, she has now branched out as an author in her own right with her upcoming comic book series D.S. al Fine which I KNOW will be a huge success! Please support her, it just looks amazing.
Billy's Cascade was a project I had thought long and hard about for a long time now and I was never sure who could voice this role – until now. I am so pleased to be working with Kelly on this project and I know she will make it a great success! In my earnest opinion, besides being a native Long Islander, like myself, she has the exact flavor and tempo to tell this story and I am super happy to be bringing this project to Audible.
To hear my grandfather's mp3 The Night is Young click here to listen on Soundcloud
Keep on the lookout for more updates as they arrive and thank you for all of your support!
Have a great week!
Potholes gets a 3.5 star review from BadAss Blogettes!
I was so excited to receive the following review from Bad-Ass Blogettes! It's great to see Potholes get this much attention.
Check out the full review here on GoodReads and then click "follow" to follow me on Goodreads!
Have a great weekend!
Lights! Camera! Acton!
Since the days I was old enough to hold a pen in my hand and draw, I've dreamt of one major thing all of my life: I've wanted to see my written work translated to the silver screen (or smaller screen.) When I was a kid making up screenplays and recording them onto cassette tape with my friends, I've always known I wanted to produce movies and write books. And although I've had some curveballs thrown at me to take me off of the path of my intended dream – I never stopped focusing on that goal.
I've always said if not for J&P Productions there would never have been J.Alana Giresi or J&P Media. And if it wasn't for the fanfiction that I wrote nearly ten years ago and later produced as a fan-media production, there would have never been The Turn of the Dime, followed by Billy's Cascade and now Potholes. Though I've always been a producer and entrepreneur in some capacity, I've never taken on the original production and brought that to the commercial film industry.
Until now…
I can confirm to you that Potholes is being translated into a screenplay and will be submitted for review to a well-known film studio. It is my hope that the majority of the film will be shot on Long Island.
While there are details that we cannot divulge at this time, we will let you know what they are as each step comes into view. Potholes was so much fun to write and I'm hoping that the film adaptation will also be just as fun to watch. As always, I personally thank you for your support.
Edition 2 was just released this past week and is already off to a great start. To get your copy, please click this link here I am also pleased to announce that Edition 2 was edited and revised by the fantastic Lorelei Logsdon the author of Comorbid: A Psychological Thriller
In the meantime, check out the trailer to get a partial idea of what the film project may look like. The trailer was directed and edited by the fantastic Roy Mauritsen. The voice of Jill Singleton is played by the talented Kristen Nelson who will also be narrating the audiobook version of Potholes which is currently in production through J&P Media.
Hope that you enjoy the trailer and please feel free to leave a comment, subscribe to my home page, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter channels.
Thanks, and as I leave I say….
….See Ya On the Next Vid!
Three Major Projects On the Way!
Okay, for quite a while now I've been pretty secretive over what my plans are for 2017, and now – I can finally announce them. I'm pretty excited about this news because it marks the first time I have produced any type of media project in ten years.
The first project I'd like to announce is Potholes: The AudioBook. Narrating the audiobook is a great voice actress who I'm very happy to be working with for the first time. I've loved her work in the anime His & Her's Circumstances, Boogiepop Phantom, and the web series Dr. Shroud. She, like me, have been long involved in the ICON Science Fiction Convention on Long Island. So I'm pleased to announce that Kristen Nelson will be narrating Potholes: The Audiobook.
I am also announcing a second audiobook that currently is in production, and I am very pleased to be working with this individual as well. When it came down to the choice for this audiobook, I had two in mind, and I am overjoyed with the selection for the audiobook for The Turn of the Dime. Neils Olesen will be cast as the narrator for The Turn of the Dime. Neils also produces a fantastic podcast each week called "Nine Minutes to Midnight."
Both projects are scheduled to be concluded in the Fall of 2017. Lastly, there is another project near and dear to my heart which may be revived by 2018. We will keep you up to date on that one. It is our hope that this last project is revised, but there are many factors which will determine that. I do have to say that I was quite inspired by RobotUnderdog. I will give you more information as it comes out.
Edition 2.0 of Potholes will be launched on scheduled May 2, 2017. Once again I was so happy to have it edited by the wonderful and very talented Lorelei Logsdon, who wrote the fantastic novel, Comorbid: A Psychological Thriller. In addition, if you purchased the kindle version of Potholes, you will be eligible to get Edition 2.0 as a free update.
Finally, I just wanted to take a minute to wish you and your family a very Happy Holiday Weekend. Happy Easter and Happy Passover. Thank you for your support and I'll speak to you soon.
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Michael York as Tybalt
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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Dear Jen, Thank you for visiting my site! Isn't Grace a queen? You my dear are a royal lady yourself and are the master jeweler! Love the costume on Mr. York. My favorite royal movie of all time is Lion in Winter with Hepburn and O'Toole; her crowns and jewels in one particular scene just intrigue me. Happy weekend and thank you for such lovely art. AnitaReplyDelete
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We test all silver tone with a magnet before performing a visual inspection for marks. Marked silver will be advertised as such. In some cases, we may also list other items that present as silver when tested. Rather than risk damaging these items to determine what's inside, we've spent the better part of a decade learning how to distinguish the real stuff from the plated stuff.


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Who: Lizzy Caplan.
When: Thursday, May 26.
Where: Outside The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
What: A lemon yellow Roksanda Spring 2016 dress with black platform heels.
Why: Yellow was everywhere at Cannes this month, but it's rare to see someone pull it off in the wild. Caplan's bright lip plays off the bold color of her dress, ensuring she's not overpowered by its yellow-ness, and she elevates the ankle-length silhouette with an in-vogue platform heel. Simple, elegant, functional — and so cheery.
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City Public Works Announces Weekend Parkway East Closure, RestrictionsThere's some bad news for anyone planning to use the Parkway East this weekend.
Accident Closes Outbound Parkway East Near Squirrel Hill TunnelAn accident has closed part of the Parkway East near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
Crash Closes Outbound Lanes Of Squirrel Hill TunnelA multi-vehicle crash has shut down both lanes of the outbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
PennDOT Repairs Tie Up Traffic On Parkway EastIt was was the Noon Parkway East Blues -- traffic backed up, detoured and delayed.
One Injured In Motorcycle-Car Accident In Squirrel Hill TunnelOne person was injured in an accident involving a motorcycle and a car in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel late Wednesday night.
Cell Phone Service Coming Soon To Squirrel Hill TunnelIt won't happen instantly, but the solution to zero cell service in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel begins Monday night.
PennDOT Says Cell Service To Be Restored In Area Tunnels By Mid-SeptemberHow many times have you gone through one of our tunnels in Pittsburgh on your cell phone and as you go through the tunnel you have to tell the party at the other end, 'I'm gonna lose you. I'm in a tunnel.'
Parkway Crash Sends 1 To HospitalOne person was hospitalized after a four-car crash on the Parkway.
Fatal Rollover Crash Closes Down Parkway EastA woman was killed following a rollover crash on the Parkway East near the Wilkinsburg exit Wednesday night.
4-Car Pile-Up Stops Parkway TrafficTraffic was stopped near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel following a pile up Saturday morning.
Squirrel Hill Tunnel Outbound ClosingThe outbound lanes of the Squirrel Hill tunnel will be closed this weekend.
PennDOT To Close Squirrel Hill Tunnel Outbound This WeekendThere's a new traffic alert if you're planning on traveling around town this weekend.
Outbound Liberty Tunnel To Close For 16 DaysThe outbound Liberty Tunnel will close Friday night at 8 p.m. and remain closed for 16 days.
Road Projects Mean Delays, Detours This WeekendIf you're driving around town this weekend, it's all about detours and delays.
Squirrel Hill Tunnel Inbound Lanes Closed This Weekend Drivers in the East End will have to find another way to get around the Squirrel Hill Tunnel this weekend.


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"Cease endlessly striving for what you want to do and learn to love what must be done."
Quote by Goethe, beautiful illustration by Ruth Simons.
These words above my sink are very intentionally placed. When we moved into this house nearly two years ago, I was so excited to have a yard and a place for all my craft and creative endeavors that I didn't even give much thought to the fact that the house has no dishwasher. Making me the dishwasher. At first, it wasn't that big a deal (and even now, I try not to complain because I'm abundantly thankful to have dishes and food and a house so I know this is not a very big deal). But nevertheless, my attitude became progressively bitter about doing the dishes. I complained about a task that had to be done and wished for time to do, well, just about anything else.
But then something clicked a few weeks ago. In this little home sweet home of ours, my attitude has been off. When I should have been rejoicing over a warm house to have friends over and a safe roof to fall asleep under, I was complaining and avoiding work.
When I needed to be doing the tasks given to me with joy, I was resisting and seeking laziness that not only perpetuated my bad attitude, but was really stealing future joy.
Lately I've learned that this pattern is true in my life: when I resist work and dwell in laziness, I steal my future joy. I set myself up for later frustration and more work than if I had just joyfully accepted the task at hand.
I must learn to love what must be done and stop seeking laziness. That sounds almost contradictory: seeking laziness. But that's essentially what I was doing most of the last year. Seeking after my own comfort in a way that was lazy and unintentionally stealing future joy.
I saw this happening with the dishes, and with cleaning in general. I would let the dishes pile up and pile up, because it was easier (lazier) to just add a dish to the pile. So after a week of piles of dishes and a very distinct smell, I'd roll up my sleeves with a bitter heart and angrily scrub the dirt off. My heart was essentially mimicking this scenario: avoid the true work, wait until something has to be done, then do it begrudgingly with much muttering and frustration.
This month I started doing things differently. Maybe it was a resolution, but really I think it was just time for a change. First, I started spending time in the Word each morning. As simple as that sounds (afterall there's nothing new under the sun, right?) it really changes the game.
All of a sudden I found myself being changed and softened by drawing near to Him. My frustrations and angry moments were fewer and further between because my heart was being reminded of how good our Father is. That's the thing about drawing near to God, He's always going to draw near to you too. The Spirit will produce fruit, and there is more room for that to pour out of your life when you're daily coming to the cross and putting to death the heart of flesh that constantly rears its ugly head.
So as I found myself seeking Jesus more and more, I found my attitude adjusting slowly into one of eagerness and intentionality, not laziness! I made a goal to go to bed each night with a clean sink. I stop and take five minutes to wash the dishes and put them in the drying rack before I head to bed. I wake up each morning with a clean sink, clean dishes, and a smile on my face as I start the coffee.
I started doing this at the end of December and haven't missed a day. It's almost become a fun challenge for me because I know each day I'll be thankful I did it the night before.
And the thing is, it's not about dishes at all. It doesn't matter really if I go to sleep with clean dishes or with a messy house. What matters is that my heart is set on Jesus. And this little area just so happened to be one that needed some heart adjusting.
It's a small thing, but it was a chance for me to recognize a bad attitude. See, I don't want to spend my moments seeking laziness and steal my future joy. I want to spend each day seeking after Jesus wholeheartedly, so that I can dwell entirely in the joy He so graciously provides.
I never want to miss the beauty that the Lord has placed in front of me because I've traded my joy for frustration or sadness by focusing on what I lack. He is a gracious Father, and these small baby steps of discipline are teaching me to dwell in that more each day!


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With the world how it is today, you have to be pretty fortunate to travel. While it is easier than ever before to get to far off destinations and increase your cultural awareness, with more demands on our time it can be difficult to take a moment for ourselves and make time for others.
Often we ask ourselves what we want from a trip away. Choosing to spend 2 weeks on a white sanded beach tends to be about relaxation. A 24 hour break in Switzerland could mean you fancy a quick culture injection. What about those of us who venture further afield? Perhaps we are looking for something a little deeper…with a purpose!
Africa has so much to offer. Whether you are looking to backpack or want to experience a luxury safari. The country is vast, vibrant and colorful and the communities are diverse. It's also relatively simple to get to. Just a few hundred miles from the southern point of Spain, it gives you the ability to fly direct or perhaps take the road less traveled, by boat and car.
If you stick to the West of Africa you will find Ghana, nestled right by the Gulf of Guinea. A country full of natural beauty you will find waterfalls on mass here. There are the great plains to appreciate, throwing up beautiful wildlife and it is also home of the largest artificial lake in the world, Lake Volta. It is one of the safest regions of Africa where music is at the heart of the people. Expect to be welcomed with warmth and smiles and experience family hospitality and love.
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Ghana offers up beautiful beaches and once in a lifetime encounters with some of the most adored animals in the world, monkeys. For those who are passionate about food there are delicious local delicacies on offer and of course, Ghanaian chocolate. Within the country it also has rain forests and deserts. There is a thriving population of wild, colorful birds here too. There are busy markets for shopping and the opportunity to find beautifully handcrafted products.
There are so many ways to see this stunning country. From package deals which offer you comfort but may take a little authenticity out of your trip, to hopping on a flight and backpacking your way, getting your teeth into the natural habitats and meeting the communities first hand or you could take it a step further and volunteer in Ghana. Giving you the best of both worlds. Time away discovering the true meaning of humanity.
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Traveling to destinations offering this much cultural awareness is a rarity. We tend to squeeze in a quick fix holiday before heading back to work, within a week feeling just as unfulfilled as before we left. Ghana is a country that will stay with you, in your heart for years to come. So take an opportunity this year to discover something magical.
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| 10.7°C Dublin
POOR old Triggs must fear the worst when he sees the photographers.
Golden retrievers, after all, are known for their intelligence. And at this stage Triggs surely equates the camera lens with the start of a lengthy, intense walk through the countryside beside his brooding master.
That's the way it has been for years.
But his luck is in at the moment. Not only is he alive, despite tabloid papers in Ireland and Britain reporting just last month that he had succumbed to cancer, but pack leader Roy Keane isn't presently involved in any great drama.
And so the appearance of a camera recently when the pair were out -- along with third-in-command Ossie -- wasn't the signal for a marathon trek through the woods but, rather, simply a charity shoot.
The Ipswich manager has never been shy about either his love of dogs or his support of guide dog charities, both here and in Britain. (Then again, Roy Keane's never been shy about much).
And he is just one of a number of celebrities who have been photographed with their pets in an effort to raise funds for the training and placement of 800 guide dogs next year.
"The Amazing Partnerships exhibition of celebrity photographs is a great way to illustrate the special bond that exists between an owner and their pet," Dame Mary Perkins, founder of exhibition sponsor Specsavers, said yesterday.
But while former cricketer Ian Botham, politician John Prescott and violinist Vanessa Mae introduce us to their dogs, Triggs is a celebrity in his own right, as evidenced by the headlines generated last month.
He's been around the block in more ways than one. That's how it was when Roy got sent off for pushing Alan Shearer in 2001 and was thinking of quitting.
"I walked Triggs a long way," he said, as cameras flashed.
A year later, Triggs became an international brand when Roy returned home from Saipan and put his best friend through his paces while glaring at the world's media.
Triggs was pressed into more photography work when his master left Manchester United and, later, Sunderland.
Little wonder then if Triggs felt wary when photographer Adrian Houston appeared recently. But happily, he didn't have to go the extra mile.
The pictures will be on display early next month at the Haunch of Venison Art Gallery in London. They will be available to buy in a silent auction at the gallery on November 4.
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Indian doc continues to be interrogated
Australian police, however, say there has been no fresh development in the case.The terror trail...world Updated: Jul 07, 2007 20:38 IST
Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, detained in connection with the failed UK terror plots, was on Saturday continued to be questioned by Australian police and a British counter-terrorism official in Brisbane.
Haneef, who worked as a registrar at the Gold Coast Hospital, was detained by police at Brisbane airport on Maonday as he allegedly attempted to leave the country on a one-way ticket.
Jordan: FBI has confirmed that Asha, a Jordanian, had contacted the Philadelphia-based Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates for work but hadn't taken the test
Iraq: British officials are investigating possible links between the attacks and Al-Qaeda in Iraq. MI5 has said many Britons have joined the Iraqi insurgency.
India: Kafeel, Sabeel and Haneef hail from Bangalore and studied in same college. Four more doctors of Indian origin being questioned in Australia.
Australia: Massive investigation on. After Haneef's arrest in Brisbane, computers and other material seized from hospitals in Perth and Kalgoorlie. Sabeel and Kafeel had applied for work in Australia but were rejected.
The Australian police along with a British counter-terrorism official continue to interrogate Haneef. An Australian Federal Police spokeswoman on Saturday, however, said there had been no fresh development in the case.
Haneef is reported to be the cousin of brothers Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed, two of the key suspects in the terror plots in London and Glasgow.
Federal police is sifting through more than 31,000 documents - some in foreign languages - seized in raids on Friday on two West Australian hospitals.
Five migrant Indian doctors working in Western Australia and New South Wales were also questioned by police on Friday as part of the widening probe into the botched terror plots.
At least one of the Western Australia doctors questioned on Friday lived in Britain before moving to Australia, the media here said on Saturday.
They now work at Royal Perth Hospital and Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital in Goldfields, 600km east of Perth.


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In a conversation with an equestrienne friend, I asked if she had ever read any books written by Robert M. Miller, DVM - she had not. She also was not familiar with the concept of imprint training of foals. I guess she was mostly focused on her horse' performance rather than early training of foals.
Dr. Miller wears many hats — veterinarian, equine behaviorist, author, and cartoonist. My first exposure to his work was his whimsical cartoons on veterinary life published in Vet magazines. One of which is displayed below.
He is best known for his pioneer work in the concept of imprinting foals. Early in his practice, Dr. Miller observed how dangerous it was-to vets and horses alike-when adult unbroken horses were first handled for treatment. He developed a protocol of handling foals at birth to imprint an acceptance of human contact in the newborn foals. The lessons learned in the first few days of life persists to adult and makes the grown horses comfortable around humans and safer to train and treat if necessary.
The process is relatively simple. The newborn is touched everyplace from ears to including feet and legs. The foal may be haltered and taught to lead. Feet may be picked up and examined, mimicking future activities. The goal is to get the youngsters used to all the handling they will experience as adults. Horses have exceptional memories and will remember early lessons for life.
Imprinting occurs in most species. Ducklings hatched by a chicken will imprint on the hen as their Mom and follow her around. — a strange sight to see a line of ducklings following a chicken.
I don't know of anyone deliberately imprinting dairy caves but raising calves in individual hutches is a close second as it allows the animals to bond with their human caretakers . It does, however, lack the actual physical touching associated with imprinting.
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Saving A Classic "Gotcha"Webarchive contains most of Billmon's oeuvre with the exception of some of the last posts he wrote before his site died. The following is one such post, which I want to save for posterity:
A Problem With Pronouns
In their distrust of the mainstream media, their defensiveness over President Bush and the war, and their understandable urge to buck up the nation's will, many conservatives lost touch with reality on Iraq. They thought that they were contributing to our success, but they were only helping to forestall a cold look at conditions there and the change in strategy and tactics that would be dictated by it.
National Review editor Rich Lowry
When the Media's Right
December 19, 2006
It is time to say it unequivocally: We are winning in Iraq . . . Even as there has been a steady diet of bad news about Iraq in the media over the last year, even as some hawks have bailed on the war in despair, even as Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld has become everyone's whipping boy, the U.S. military has been regaining the strategic upper hand.
National Review editor Rich Lowry
What Went Right
April 27, 2005
Split personality disorder can be a terrible thing.
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2017 is here! Time to make a fresh start, set new goals and accomplish the things you didn't get to last year. Get it all down on paper with one of these free planner printables. Simply choose your planner from the listed formats and print. Once printed, trim along the guides, and if desired, punch using your favorite planner punch, like the Happy Planner Punch from Me & My Big Ideas. Another option is to simply trim down and use a tape runner to adhere to an existing page in your planner.
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I think AK cried a little.
When Clayman and I first developed the idea for this show the one person we were damned and determined should be a guest was AK - a man who loves PBR intimately, romantically, and affectionately. Call this one wish fulfillment.
This week, on Pickled Eggs & Cold Beer, we're talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon.


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Lyn Hogrefe, M.S. Ed.
Lyn Hogrefe, Executive Director of the Happy Hormone Cottage in Centerville, Ohio, is a 30 year veteran teacher. Her passion for teaching middle-schoolers became apparent as she worked to develop relationships in her self-contained 6th grade classroom. Since she taught in poverty, her biggest challenge came in getting her students engaged in their own learning and in getting them to believe in themselves. She wrote and received several grants for her T.E.A.M. work concept (Together Everyone Achieves More) and was asked to present her ideas at an Excellence in Education forum at the state capitol in Columbus, Ohio. Lyn is included in two recent editions of Who's Who Among America's Teachers and received the coveted "Teacher of the Year" award from her district in 2004-05.
Lyn has transferred this passion from middle-schoolers to middle-aged women. Through her own personal struggles with balancing her hormones, she became involved with BHRT (bio-identical hormone replacement therapy). Her education of and interest in natural compounded hormones has compelled her to develop her vision to educate and help women navigate through their own journey. In talking with women, she realized that women want and need not only education on healthy options for dealing with hormone imbalance and aging, but they also need their voices to be heard. To meet this need, Lyn began her Happy Hormone Cottage endeavor in August 2009 as a safe place for women to come to be educated and empowered to own their journey to natural hormone balance. Her mission is spreading the word to women everywhere that as our hormone tanks begin to deplete at around age 35, we must refill them for a high quality of life free from disease. When asked why she took this role as a women's health advocate, she asks, "Why not me?" She is most excited to partner with and support New Hope for Cancer with Dr Mark Rosenberg, who is involved in the integrative and holistic treatment of cancer, which is saving lives. Lyn and her team are committed to supporting his patient treatments and his ongoing research.
Kelly Brown
Executive Director, Certified Holistic Cancer Coach
Kelly is a native of Dayton where she attended Patterson Co-Op High School and earned a B.A. in Communication from Wright State University. She has held several positions in the field of strategic communication for over 20 years. She left corporate America over a decade ago to focus her career on mission driven organizations. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Women's Health Initiatives Foundation.
She resides in West Carrollton with her husband Larry and their two Golden Retrievers, Goldie and Daisy.
Kelly is passionate about putting her time and talent into projects and causes that are greater than her. She says, "life is short so my objective is to focus my energy and experience on my family, my faith and my community. I love to work with organizations that share my goals."
She chooses to serve on the WHIF Advisory Board because, "I have had my own life changing experience through hormone therapy. I know how greatly it can improve a woman's life. I know how passionate Lyn is about educating women so I am compelled to be a part of this movement to save lives through disease prediction and prevention."
Outside of her work with the foundation, Kelly also assists Lyn Hogrefe with marketing and client services consulting at the Happy Hormone Cottage. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and travelling. She serves the community through the Kiwanis Club of Dayton and Southbrook Church.
Eric Dorney
I was born in Dayton and spent most of my life in or around the area. I have a diverse background of education including degrees in philosophy, psychology (WSU), professional music (Berklee College of Music), and of course Fitness and Nutritional certifications through ISSA (International Science of Sports Association).
I currently own a personal training studio named Motivated Motions. I've been doing fitness/personal training for almost 6 years; I decided a few years ago to branch away from gyms and open my own place. I wanted to do this was because I was tired of the bureaucracy that came with personal training clients/contracts and how big corporation gyms seem to see people more as profits coming in on the conveyor belt than actually giving them a one-on-one experience with the proper attention they need... or as I like to say, "I'm putting the 'personal' back in personal training".
Motivated Motions has been up and running since April 2012 and I still love every minute of it. Seeing people take better care of themselves, having more respect for themselves and having a good time while doing it is definitely one of life's big pleasures for me. Being able to connect with people on a real level is a wonderful opportunity that my career has given me. It is an honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Women's Health Initiatives Foundation and more importantly serve the women they help.
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Dr. David M. Ellison is a highly skilled physician, is board certified in internal medicine, and has extensive experience and training in anti-aging, functional, cosmetic, nutritional and preventive medicine. He uniquely combines the best of traditional, holistic, and cosmetic medicine to give his patients the most well-rounded approach to achieving optimal health, wellness, and vitality that can be found in the area.
He founded Cincinnati Wellness Center (formerly Embody) in 2009 to offer patients a new kind of experience for their health, wellness, and anti-aging. He opened the doors to provide people with the latest proven medical technologies which preserve and restore youthfulness and vitality. What do you call the discipline of medicine that combines holistic, traditional, functional, anti-aging, natural, cosmetic and wellness approaches to a person's healthcare with the goal of preserving or restoring vitality and a person's full potential to live and feel the best way possible? Dr. Ellison has coined the term "Foundational Medicine" to refer to his unique approach.
Dr. Ellison strives to always operate in the best interest of the patient, and he has built a strong reputation on this quality. This means not only providing objective recommendations, but also making sure that he and his staff have the latest training and conduct extensive research before adding new technologies.
"Cincinnati Wellness is persistently on the leading edge of medicine," says Dr. Ellison. "We were the first in the region to offer many of the technologies now commonly available. But, we aren't given to trends or fads. We do our due diligence to test and research new technologies thoroughly before adding them to our practice to make sure they'll meet the needs of our patients and deliver results safely and effectively."
Dr. Ellison's interest in this type of Medicine began long before he opened the doors of his practice. He graduated from medical school and completed his residency in Internal Medicine. His early career was mostly devoted towards academia as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, OH. Dr. Ellison's dual training gives him a unique perspective on the benefits that a multidisciplinary approach can have, not just on the outward appearance of an individual but on their overall well-being.
April Kinnett
I have been a resident of Centerville Ohio for twenty seven years. My background lies in the Building industry, Business Ownership, and current Entrepreneur. I have enjoyed serving my Community in various capacities such as Rebuilding Dayton and Christmas in April.
I served on the board of The Heart of Centerville, helping to take the membership from 28 to over 100 members. I established the Community Affair in the Heart of Centerville to introduce our community to their local small business.
Everyone has a purpose in life; my purpose is to help and support women through the many walks and challenges of life. I feel my energy, ideas and heart will genuinely assist in contributing to the Women's Health Initiative.


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Wesley Chau
Wesley is a Political Science major who showed up to one of our meetings and never left. He's actually in the Writers' Room as we speak, sitting there, in the dark, alone. This is all Wesley ever does. We're not really sure what he does for food. But he's there every meeting, ready to go. Some say he's a robot, some say he's a mirage. All we know is that he knows that we know that this is kinda weird. Not the weirdest one on staff by far, though.
Paula Harrington
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Born somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy, Paula Harrington somehow ended up on The Hoot staff and nobody really knows what to do about it. She has written some of the strongest material for the team, and we are not just writing this because she has a laser gun to our heads. The first letter of all her articles combined spell the sentence "D.E.A.T.H. T.O. A.L.L. H.U.M.A.N.S." but we ain't scared.
André Heizer (Co-founder)
President Kelly Connoisseur
André Heizer is a Communications Studies major at FAU who as a co-founder likes to refer to himself as the "John Adams of The Hoot," but nobody really cares. He is using up all his 32 elective credits on classes that involve mostly knitting. You can read his stupid thoughts at @andreheizer.
Nicholas Palmieri (Co-founder)
Chief 90s Correspondent
Nicholas Palmieri is an FAU alumnus who graduated in Film and is just another millennial statistic, apparently. He co-founded The Hoot and has been slowly trying to stage a mutiny against André. He spends his free time reading comic books and doing tech support for his grandma. Check out some 140-character statements that only he and a hariless marsupial indigenous to Norway find funny at @npalmieriwrites.
Caitlyn Kavaky
Resident Meme Queen
Caitlyn is a Management Information Systems major who identifies as an attack helicopter. She spends most of her time running dank meme pages, trash talking 12-year-olds on Call of Duty, petting many of her cats, and selling her soul to the online Steam gaming community.
Billy Peery
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Billy was an original Hoot member who then left us like a dirty little slut to volunteer for Hitlary. We cried for months about it, but we got over it– our momma taught us to be strong. But the universe is a twisted place and somehow one day we ran into Billy at a picnic table and I guess he's back now?
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Brandon Empsall
White Guy
Walter Munoz
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Walter is the human name we made up for DJ Jebediah Luscious, who is a living, breathing orange. Luscious enjoys writing for The Hoot whenever Luscious is not on tour. Doesn't understand why the game Apples to Apples can't be more inclusive. No relation to Donald Trump. Give them a squeeze sometime: @OrangeBallSack
Aaron Todd Weinstein
Rock Daddy
Michael J Piranio
Michael Piranio is an English major at FAU, and he can fit two whole donuts into his mouth at one time. Michael really enjoys singing songs in the shower, long walks on the beach, and advocating Y2K awareness. When he is not writing for The Hoot, Michael takes to the woods to hunt Bigfoot. Send him Nickelback lyrics at @ptime16.
Ruby Ramos
Magical Sparkling Pink Human
Emily Moorehead
Cooler than you
Writer and graphic designer for The Hoot, Emily Moorehead is a widely known sophomore percussion performance major and hipster piece of shit. Also a literal meme God, MLE has seen every meme that has ever and will ever exist. When not producing quality meme content, mle can be found looking for "aesthetic" clothing items at goodwill, or at home playing her synthesizer, pretending that DIY indie music is "good art." Catch her 3am thoughts on twitter @em_purplesocks
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Much Obliged
Eli Bamberg has never seen a Vine and he is incredibly proud of that fact. His humor is entirely based around the TV show Psych and the Austin Powers movies. The inspiration for the character Victor van Dort in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Eli is known for his knowledge of useless history tidbits and thinking he's funnier than he actually is.


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A Year of Propel SEL
For the past year, 11 youth serving organizations across the Twin Cities metro have participated in the Propel SEL initiative, a professional development cohort dedicated to supporting organizations in understanding and implementing social emotional learning within programming. Participating organizations came together for monthly meetings to reflect and dialogue about SEL as a concept, and about innovative strategies on how to embed it in their programs.
Lessons Learned
Although the cohort included many different organizations, each with their unique social emotional learning journey, participants expressed similar lessons learned. For many of the participants, such as David Woods from Urban Roots, this cohort experience reinforced the "realization that SEL for youth starts with the staff's own SEL and learning environment." As David pointed out, "We want to keep building an environment that we [staff] want to continue being a part of, because youth really value and recognize the importance of seeing the same adults year after year when they come back."
Another lesson seemed to be shared by cohort members was the need to uplift the social emotional learning already embedded in youth and the cultures or contexts they come from, especially within culturally specific youth programming. "We've already been practicing SEL within African diasporic communities, but being intentional about our language and how we articulate it in the context of a traditionally white-centered approach to SEL, wouldn't have happened in this particular way without this cohort," shared ARTS US executive director Anthony Galloway.
What's Next?
While these are only a few of the many lessons and practices resulting from the cohort experience, the development around social emotional learning is far from over. As the one-year learning cohort comes to an end, here are a few key next steps:
- Organizations will have the opportunity to apply for an additional implementation stipend to use for their "next steps" on social emotional learning
- Pilot will be evaluated to inform Sprockets and other out-of school time intermediaries on how to continue supporting SEL development at the individual, organizational, and systems levels
Seeds of Inspiration
During the final cohort meeting, participants were asked to complete a fun reflection activity where they created a proverb related to SEL, inspired by their learning journey so far. Below are some of the proverbs that emerged. We hope these proverbs guide these organizations on their continuous journey of SEL, and even inspire other organizations and individuals passionate about youth work, to reflect on their own SEL journeys in order to better support the journeys of young people!
- "One cannot teach SEL if one does not know their own."
- "They who listen to youth shall have a more_____ (accurate, responsive, hopeful, etc.) view of the world."
- "It is difficult to grow a flower in a broken pot."
- "Those who feel they have mastered SEL shall always be misguided as the quest for improving never ends."
Participating Organizations
- Saint Paul Public Library
- Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center
- Hennepin County Library
- Sejong Academy
- Simpson Housing Services
- Urban Roots
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Portland, Oregon is known as one of the largest cities in the U.S., let's look at the popular majors, industries, and job titles of Portland locals. Over 500,000 people call this city home. Because of the city's high cost of living (with the average rent being over $1,000) it may not be for everyone.
Business administration is amongst the most common employed degrees in the city of Portland. With a population density of around three thousand people per square mile, Portland is considered to be average compared to the nation's other cities. Common first job titles of recent graduates are software engineers, administrative assistants, and retail sales associates.
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Mexico is a rapidly growing market in the electronic assembly industry, and having a local partner with technical support is essential. Partnering with InterLatin will enable Juki to provide on-the-spot support in a more timely matter.
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On June 30th, 2017, ISE Fleet Services registered a certified compliant ELD (Electronic Logging Device) with the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). Our journey to reach this milestone was long and arduous... and was also a series of lessons in applying an Agile mindset. In this blog post, I share what I see as some of the key lessons from our journey.
The Context
In the United States, many drivers of commercial vehicles fall under federal Hours of Service rules that limit the amount of time drivers can drive, and require the drivers to keep log books of their activities so as to be able to demonstrate compliance against the limits. These rules are intended to make our roads safer by reducing driving while fatigued. For more than 20 years, use of electronic logs has been optional, and most drivers have used paper logs. Starting December 18, 2017, use of electronic logs, along with a new set of regulations for ELDs is mandatory.
As a business, our challenge was to update our existing electronic logging system to comply with the new ELD rules, and to self-certify our system early enough to provide our customers and partners assurance that purchasing our system would be a wise decision.
Getting Started in the Face of Uncertainty
After the new rules were finalized in December 2015, we updated our analysis of impacts to our system and went through an initial round of estimating. The initial estimates were not too alarming. We were in the tail end of a large functional update to our system, so we went on to complete and roll out that update. We then structured a team around the ELD work (with other teams handling general enhancements / maintenance and partner integrations), and got started.
Getting started was difficult, as the initial estimate team had not been trained in agile estimation and planning methods, but we were conducting the project in an agile manner. Thus, we did not start with a full backlog of the work to accomplish. What we did do, was start breaking the work down into user stories and vertical slices, looking for ways we could make progress even though the big picture was still unclear. We also incorporated some infrastructure updates and technical debt reduction into this initial work, so that we would be well positioned to run more smoothly over time.
In my view, this "getting started in the face of uncertainty" turned out to have a number of advantages:
- We were able to make valuable progress and establish a team velocity - this became important later, as we did get to the big picture view.
- We were able to maintain and evolve a "done-ness" definition that ensured that completed stories were done-done and that our per-release regression testing was against a high quality baseline.
- We did not get stuck in "analysis paralysis," waiting for a complete analysis before making progress, instead we talked through the issues that would be our major impediments (issues we would have to tackle in order to make progress) and we developed a successful cross-team working relationship that allowed the other teams to also deliver value.
- Useful progress can be made, and learning can be gained, by getting started - even if the big picture is not clear.
- When estimating and planning a large project, experienced agilists can help guide a team to create an effective agile plan.
Getting to the Big Picture
We made several months of valuable progress... but the big picture still eluded us. Leadership had set a target release date, but we could not see whether our rate of progress would get us there or not. We had many choices as to the levels of non-essential functionality we would include along the way - but how ruthless did we need to be in focusing on the essentials? It was time to get to the big picture.
We decided to conduct a two-day planning workshop, which was heavily organized and facilitated, in order to get us to that big picture. Key elements of this workshop included:
Participation from business, engineering, and customer service.
A story writing activity, where we mapped the ELD rules to user stories, and also captured user stories for useful enhancements that we wanted to fold into the product along the way. (pictured above)
A prioritization activity, where we ranked user stories by the value they would deliver.
An estimation activity, where we assigned story point estimates to each story. (pictured below)
A release planning activity, where we partitioned the work into likely releases: what can we deliver early to provide value?
An analysis and next steps activity, where we drew conclusions and decided on next steps.
The planning workshop gave us a big picture view of the work left to do... about 200 user stories and how long it would take to do everything we wanted... about 3 years! This was not a good answer, because we didn't have 3 years. But it was a useful answer. The radical transparency of looking at the work and the likely rate of progress gave us what we needed so that we could start making hard decisions. That user interface overhaul that would polish the user experience and fix some bugs? Off the table. A revamp of the test automation system? Off the table. A focus on what would give us a compliant and usable product? Razor sharp.
The planning workshop gave us a clear alignment and sense of "we're in this together" across the engineering, business, and customer service teams. This alignment was sustained throughout the project. We also got a business-level appreciation for the effort, complexity, and sheer magnitude of the work ahead. (A stack of 200 story cards tells its own story). This helped start a basis for a build-up chart that would show us visually our progress against the remaining work. Through the workshop, we also received a shared understanding that our plan was probably 80% of what was needed, and that there would be additional discovery along the way.
- Involving cross-functional participants in a planning workshop builds alignment.
- A "good enough" plan (what's all the work we can think of?) is valuable, and can be created in a short period of time.
- Even an initial estimated backlog and build-up can help provide critical focus on what is important/valuable - helping drive even hard decisions about much-cherished features of lesser value.
- An established team with an established velocity for the work being done provides realistic information about the rate of subsequent work.
- Using "already estimated and done" stories as reference points helps calibrate estimation activities such as the Team Estimation Game.
- Facilitation matters: planning and conducting this workshop according to learning from Agile Coaching Institute's "The Agile Facilitator" helped ensure that our two days were focused, productive, and valuable.
- Face-to-face participation was extremely valuable; as you can see in the photographs, we made use of wall space and table space to make sure that all of the information was visible all of the time.
- Leadership response to transparency is critical and very telling. Our leadership response was a healthy one of "what can we all do to meet this challenge?" and not one of denial or "shoot the messenger."
Strategically, however, we were wrestling with a number of overlapping and competing objectives, including:
- The product must be ready in time for customers to meet regulatory compliance dates.
- We want the product at a compliant state much earlier, as this means we can join the list of registered providers, and so more customers can feel comfortable choosing our solution before the compliance date.
- We want the product at a compliance state early so that our integration partners can complete their integration and also register their systems; we want to deliver select features early to aid partner integration.
- We want to complete a series of functional enhancements that help our product and our partners' products serve a larger customer base.
- We don't have unlimited investment funds to scale the teams doing the work.
Our agile approach and big picture planning did not resolve this strategic dilemma for us. However, it did provide us with data to help us make decisions to balance these objectives.
It's Too Big. What Do We Do Now?
With the critical information of size / build-up from our planning workshop, the engineering / product team went through a planning refinement exercise. This exercise had two key focal points: Make the Work Smaller and Go Faster.
Making the Work Smaller: This was a detailed "scrub" of the backlog that we had generated. For each story, we considered:
- What part of this is essential, and what part is optional? Where can we draw a line between creating something compliant and convenient vs. fully streamlined and very polished? Can we define what's in our MVP vs. post-MVP "make it better later?"
- What similarity or shared infrastructure exists when we look at other user stories? Are there any orderings or groupings that would help streamline the work?
- What questions do we have (that lead to large estimates due to uncertainty or risk)? What clarification work can we do early that will help reduce that risk and uncertainty?
Go Faster: This was a detailed look at our experience as a team so far and our technical practices. While our retrospectives had been revealing impediments and opportunities, we took this opportunity to take a fresh look. We chose a number of improvement actions, and speculated on the range of possible velocity improvements that we might get out of these. We came out of this activity with:
- A refined backlog, partitioned into value-providing releases up to an MVP (launchable product) along with a list of key enhancements that we could take on after that launch.
- A set of improvement actions, including recommendations to leadership for actions that were outside the team's authority.
- A speculative velocity range (here's how fast we might go).
- A speculative build-up chart, showing possible completion dates; if we met our velocity aspirations, we would be later than we wanted but still in the game.
- A team mindset of challenging every backlog item and every acceptance criteria: What do we really need to do here? What can we not do, or do later?
From this basis, we dove back into the work, and started on implementing the improvement actions. What we learned over time is that our "improved velocity" speculations were optimistic. In our best sprints over the remainder of the project, we managed to hit the mid-range of our aspirational velocity, but our consistent average was lower than our low end of speculated improvement. One mistake I made in maintaining our build-up chart was showing the build-up based on the aspirational velocity range for too long, which meant we were making decisions based on optimistic information rather than actual information. We did, in the end, take into account the actual rate of progress and update our stakeholders with a new target date.
- Advertising a build-up based on aspirational velocity is tempting. Don't succumb. It delays reality-based decision making.
- Having team alignment and mindset around "what's of value" (in this case, balancing compliance, convenience, early partner integration, and time-to-market) helps drive conversations of simplicity and focus. What can we do now that will deliver sufficient value, and improve later?
Was this helpful? What did you learn from these agile takeaways that you can apply in your own projects? Stay tuned for Thursday's post, as I continue sharing insights from our ELD journey!


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Targeting an audience with often poor Internet connections, IRC wants to provide information not only on the web site, but also on CD-ROMs. Using this tool, we can create a copy of (part of) our web site on a CD-ROM.
It started when colleagues came to me with a large collection of Word and PDF files, to be shared on some conference with the participants: can you put these on a CD-ROM?
Sure, they can be copied to a CD-ROM, but to make it more user-friendly, you'd have to create some kind of interface that organizes the files in groups/folders, and describes the folders and files.
This can easily be done on the eZ Publish web site, creating a folder for each CD-ROM, perhaps sub-folders with appropriate names and descriptions, and store each file as an object of a suitable class. My colleagues can do this themselves, they best know how to organize and describe those files.
With this tool, I can export the whole folder, with an appropriate menu. And re-create it easily after some last-minute changes.
The tool also was very useful when a number of sites, hosted by us, where terminated, to create an archive copy. After reading how this works, you can probably think of some useful applications in your sitation as well.
You can download the tool as an eZ Publish extension ho_export on Github.
The tool runs as a script, bin/php/export.php. Information is read from the export.ini settings file.
First step is to find all the nodes. It starts with the given top node, and in a recursive function, it adds all child nodes (or their main nodes if these are additional nodes), and the child nodes of the child nodes, etc.
After a list of all nodes that will be included in the export has been created, it will loop through this list, and create the page for each node. It uses a simple page template and the standard content/view templates, including a simple menu of the higher level nodes. In the page, links will be checked and replaced when appropriate: binary files, images and design files (stylesheets, javascript files) are copied and the links to the copied files are used instead..
The copy is created in the var/[site]/export folder. After creating all pages, the complete set is zipped to easily download it.
All configuration is stored in the export.ini file.
You can create several exports from the same site; each export is described in a section in the export.ini file. The most important variable is the TopNode, the NodeID of the top node of the subtree that will exported. The other variables are the template to be used for each page, the logo, the template for autorun file, shortcut icon, title, and footer text.
Once these variables are set, you can create the export copy from the shell:
php extension/ho_export/bin/php/export.php -s <site-access> <section> [-u <username>]
The username is an optional parameter, so you can access objects that are not accessible for the anonymous user.
Of course, you can create an offline copy of your site with a programme like HTTrack. For a complete site, that is a better option. This tool is particularly useful to create an offline copy of just a part of the site, e.g. as a tool to create contents for a CD-ROM.
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We have been trusted and awarded to revamp the Niki Beach Hotel website, in Samothraki island, Greece. The website – through a modern design- now serves content in English, Greek, Turkish, German language. The website is based on WordPress and follows the Responsive model for mobiles.
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- MLS Number: C4224844
- Price: $798,900
- Bedrooms: 4
- Baths: 2.1
- Basement: Full
- Parking: Triple Garage Attached,Insulated,Heated,Over Sized
- Year Built: 1980
- Class: Rural
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Click the "Virtual Tour" button for a virtual walk through. This estate acreage home is steps from Chestermere lake and the home has been completely renovated to very high standards. Enjoy the lower taxes of being in Rocky View County yet the City is just a few minutes away. The entire interior of this home was recently extensively and professionally renovated including all of the plumbing, electrical, windows, kitchen, bathrooms, heating, and mechanical systems. No expense was spared anywhere. The list of upgrades is extensive, but here are some of the highlights: new maple hardwood cabinetry, appliances, granite counter tops, high efficiency furnaces, German maple hardwood, heated flooring in upper level bathrooms, extensive lighting upgrades, dimmer switches on all pot lights, lighting in all bedroom closets, custom shelving in bedroom closets, built in cabinetry in the mud/laundry room, Valor gas fireplace (that will work when power is out), basement sump with (see additional remarks)
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- Half Baths: 1
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- Foundation: Concrete
- Roof: Asphalt Shingles
- Lot Shape: Rectangular
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- Basement Development: Partly Finished
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- Total Parking: 6
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When Twitter verified Jason Kessler, a white supremacist, in 2017, it received immense backlash. Due to this, the social networking service had to suspend its verification program. Nearly 17 months have passed but the program is still on hold…or not? According to Mashable, several accounts have been verified in the last few months including those of the parents of Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey.
It certainly doesn't make Twitter look good, especially at a time when the company claimed that it's trying to be more open about its rules. While the company is not accepting any new verification requests at the same, it still continues to verify hundreds of accounts.
Twitter acknowledged Mashable's findings and confirmed that it is still verifying select accounts, by working closely with its teams and trusted partners. Twitter also assured everyone that its focus is on introducing a new authentication and verification program.
Although Twitter hasn't provided much details regarding how many accounts has it followed over the last few months, there is a method to find that out. Twitter's official handle automatically follows every account, once it is verified. Thus, coupling this with third-party Twitter analytics platforms, the number of verified accounts over a specified period can be determined.
Mashable utilized the services of FollowerWonk analytics platform to find out the number of verified accounts over the last 3 months (up to 28th March) and the number turned out to be a whopping 13,767.
SocialRank (another analytics service that only keeps track of net follows) suggests that from 20th November, 2018 to 9th April, 2019, Twitter's official Verified handle followed nearly 10,259 accounts. It should be noted that this is the net total.
Last but not the least, SocialBlade service revealed that the number of verified accounts from 12th March, 2019 to 9th April, 2019 is 2,772.
Whether the data from these services is fully accurate or not, it is enough to confirm that the "Pause" on Verification program, is misleading.
Twitter's verification program initiated in 2009 and the "blue checkmark" was mostly granted to celebrities and other public figures. In 2016 however, the company introduced an application process, encouraging everyone to apply for verification. This led to a huge increase in the number of verified accounts, with an average of 219 accounts getting verified every day.
Twitter realized that the process wasn't an ideal one and that the verification checkmark lost its specialty. This, combined with the verification of Jason Kessler, caused Twitter to put a hold on the verification program to work on a new and more efficient one.
Verification has a lot of advantages such as social media influence and it can also save you from impersonation, as it is nearly impossible to report impersonation without verification and with a name that is different from the legal name.
Despite Twitter continuing to verify multiple accounts, some well-known personalities have failed to get their accounts verified, even after filing a request. It is high time Twitter figures something out to fix this issue.
Read next: Understanding Twitter's Timeline Algorithm To Make Your Brand Stand Out In 2019 [infographic]
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Phone extensions
A phone extension is a short internal number assigned to an employee, a project team, or a department of your main business number.
The telephone has become an invaluable sales tool, ever since its invention. The first contact between customer and business remains most commonly — the telephone. First impressions count, so whether the first voice your prospective customer hears is a receptionist's or an IVR (Interactive Voice Recording) professional tone and courtesy are paramount. Despite the technological advances in telephony — from the old party line and operator through to PBX switchboards, cell phones and Cloud-based services, the constant factor is, as always, customer service.
The telephone has become an invaluable sales tool since its invention by Alexander Graham Bell. Sales over the telephone are made or interest in a product or service is generated every hour of the day and night around the world. Ask anyone who owns and operates a business if they could survive without a telephone, and the majority, if not all, would say that doing business without the use of a telephone would be impossible.
In this electronic world, the first contact between a business and a customer is usually made on the telephone. That first voice a customer hears when calling a business is an important one. Tone and courtesy are as important for the receptionist as a knowledge of the product or the service the business offers.
In this day of condo offices and other shared business spaces, that first contact — whether with an Interactive voice response (IVR) or contacting a receptionist — is vitally important. We have all spoken with a receptionist from another country who seems to have a limited grasp of English. Interactive voice response systems that use a voice menu function extremely well and can help the caller get to the required department without delay. The idea of even a small business using a virtual receptionist for small business is taking hold.
As businesses grow in size and complexity this virtual receptionist for small business needs becomes apparent. The potential customer or the satisfied customer does not want to waste time on the telephone in contacting a business for the first or fiftieth time and any system, whether a simple voice menu or an interactive voice response, is a great asset for any business.
The interactive voice response is shortened to IVR, and it has made customer to business contact much easier. The IVR is replacing having to deal with a discourteous receptionist or one who hardly understands English. We all want a fast track answer to our questions for any business and the business owner wants to maintain a helpful positive image. Business owners know that making a sale can be hard, but losing a sale is very, very easy. The first contact between customers and a business must be a combination of friendly and courteous discourse and helpful answers to the client's business questions.
The business owner was, at one time, the perfect receptionist! When a customer calls or walks in the door, the owner knows that this is his/her golden opportunity to make, not only a sale, but to create a customer who will come back again and again and will help the business by telling friends and family about the benefits of this business. Once the initial stage of business success has been achieved the business owner must relegate tasks to competent employees. The owner must keep his or her employees happy and keep their morale high in order to continue the success of the business. These owner/employee relations are one of the most difficult aspects of any business. Having an interactive voice response system in place solves a very large problem with that initial contact phase of any business. Once again a machine, the telephone and a service, the virtual receptionist for small business systems have combined to make customers and business owners happy. Thanks IVR.


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1992 Lexus SC400 For Sale, Connecticut, $4300 obo NEED TO SELL ASAP
I am a serious seller and have had my car listed on ebay and craigslist so
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A "Straight Ligero" cigar from Oliva made with all-Ligero tobaccos including triple fermented long fillers from three different regions of Nicaragua. A full bodied smoke without harshness. Handcrafted in Nicaragua by the famed Oliva family. Featuring a peppery binder, and your choice of a light brown, nutty Habana wrapper, or a sweet yet dark maduro wrapper. The Habano has a nutty base accented by mocha, earth and pepper, while the Maduro in all its chocolaty goodness offers additional notes of cinnamon, coffee bean and spice.
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Yeah, so this is my first build. I enjoyed building this a ton.
I eventually scrounged $1200 and starting ordering parts I had carefully researched and read reviews of. I decided to hold off on the dedicated GPU until more research had been done. I ordered the parts when the GTX 10 series had just been launched, so I decided to wait until the $200 upcharges on amazon had gone down and some more reviews by more credible parts of the community had been made. But eventually I decided to go with what I have.
I ordered 2 packs of 3 Corsair sp120 rgbs. I decided to go with these because I knew I needed more fans, and I knew I needed some RGBs. It kinda combines the two, and LTT's video of them made them look really good. I had to tear apart most of the system to install them, but I kept the motherboard and CPU heatsink connected. I had to take off the radiator, so I switched its orientation. I am really pleased with the new look. I'm now officially as much Corsair and Asus I can be in the Phanteks case, but it isn't going anywhere. I added the pictures. My build has some stray wires because I'm too lazy to do cable management rn, but I'll fix them later and post some new pictures of my setup when I get a less empty desk.
Part Reviews
Damn. Just damn. It's probably the best part of my build. The past restrictions on what I could and couldn't play was always the processor. This thing is amazing, and it's overclockable. What more could you ask for? What more? I was debating between the extra $100 for the hyper-threading and extra .5 GHz base clock with the i7-6700k, but I have no complaints.
CPU Cooler
Since this is my first build, I have no reference to any other cooler. I can say that it gets the job done and it gets it done well. I hit 40 degrees Celsius under load with Rainbow Six Siege, Discord, Spotify, and YouTube, and maybe some Homework open. I am on Skylake so this is normal to be that low. HOWEVER, I do hear the occasionally coil whine from my system. It's not that bad and can be fixed by manually raising the fan RPM.
No complaints. None. This motherboard looks badass, is badass, and ties the black, red, and grey together well. If I did it again, I would choose this again. I love it. Well worth the price, and Asus' packaging made the experience very easy, carefree, and they included come cool stuff with it. I read a large amount of negative reviews about the audio being faulty with the mobo, but I haven't had anything but positive experiences.
I have no complaints. It looks badass and gets the job done. What more could you ask. Very high clearance but not an issue for my build
Cheap. Fast. Gets the job done. The price to performance is pretty high and it's a lot faster than what I had. It doesn't match my color scheme so I hid it in the back mountings. >:) I use this as my boot drive and put a few games on it works great
It's cheap. It's big. It gets the job done. I put most of my stuff on it. Nuff' said.
Video Card
If I were to have one thing buried with me. It would be this. I love it. I used to have a Laptop Dedicated GPU and it was AWFUL. This was worth every penny. It looks great, the RGB's look sexy. I have amazing benchmarks. The packaging was very high quality; it probably could've been run over by a semitruck and been okay. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR JUST BUY IT ALREADY.
<3 THE BEST CASE EVER. IT MAKES ANY OTHER CASE LOOK LIKE A TOASTER. IT IS SEXY AND VERSATILE <3 My only complaints are that the exhaust fan and front two fans have white fins. Ewww. Additionally, screwing the GPU bracket in while the exhaust fan was in was extremely difficult. I had to get a second pair of hands. I love that the radiator top bracket slides out and makes the whole process that much easier. The zip straps in the back were very great. The included three front lights were easy to install, and the installation process was a breeze.It's the hardware canucks case of the year just buy it.
Power Supply
It has a lot of wattage for me. It gets the job done. It has very nice braided cables included. The cables make me wish I hadn't bought custom cable extensions because they are so high quality. Is k. ):
Great quality. I should be using the RGBs more for the premium paid but is k. I don't mind paying a premium to Corsair. It's quality. One thing I don't appreciate is that it has 2 USBs. One for additional power and one to connect to the computer. That's how much of a power hog it is. It doesn't sound that bad but when you have limited USBs on a computer, things get tight.
I love it. Much better than the crappy Razer one I had before. It feels more like a mouse for man, and less like a mouse for a boy. I don't used the "sniper" utility switch very much but the accessible dpi change on top is nice for when I switch games and join in and think "Oh **** my sensitivity is way too low/high" which unfortunately happens way too often to me. The RGBs are very nice, and the included weights make it very versatile. :)


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Breathtaking detail, amazing clarity and exquisite contrast offered by the LG OLED C9 TV must be seen to be believed. Hair-raising blacks and vibrant colours, enriched by LG's powerful NEW Alpha 9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor and depth of colour offered by 4K Cinema HDR with Dolby Vision produce a truly cinematic experience.
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Level 1-4 (Trick or Treat)
This page contains the solution of level 1-4 in episode 1 (Trick or Treat) from the popular iOS and Android game Angry Birds Seasons. Below you can find a walkthrough to earn all 3 stars.
Blast through the left side of the structure with a blue bird, causing the hollow stone square to fall. Continue work your way from left to right with another blue bird or two until all pigs are popped. Feel free to add a comment when you've got a different strategy.
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