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Day 102: Short and Sweets
Irene, of course, rocks this look. I have been trying to find a way to wear this cricket jumper for ages. There is something I find interesting about sports clothing as fashion items when I am in the op/thrift shop/store, but it is hard to work them when I get home. Have a couple of other 'sporty' pieces I will have to do something with as the year progresses. Now I am just making words with these buttons on the keyboard because I feel I have to. But a more urgent 'must' is to not bore you, so I will join Inspiration and Va-Va-Voom in bed and the three of us will come back better and stronger tomorrow!
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Coleslaw recipe with radishes and herbs. A twist on the classic coleslaw.
Salads are great, especially when they are the second, or third fiddle to a good piece of meat. And coleslaw really needs some protein. You just can't have it with some bread, or on its own.
There are tons of coleslaw recipes out there, and I'm not even sure that someone hasn't thought about this combination before, but anyway, here it is.
- 1 small cabbage
- 1 medium onion (white or red)
- 7-8 radishes
- 2 medium carrots
- salt & pepper
- mayonnaise and mustard
- thyme, oregano, parsley
Grate the onion (on the large side of the grater) and the radishes. Place them in a kitchen towel (textile) and squeeze the excess liquid from the onions and radishes.
You can also use your hands, but some of the veg will escape through the fingers…Grate the carrots the same way, they don't need any squeezing.
Shred the cabbage as fine as you can. The sharpest the knife the better. Or, if you have a mandolin slicer, even better.
Mix all the vegetables together, add a pinch of salt and pepper (not too much) and leave to stand for 20-30 minutes.
Now it's just the case of putting this salad together. Use the mayo (use as much as you like) and the mustard (same here, mild or hot) and finely chop all the herbs.
Mix everything very well and season once more (if needed) with salt and pepper. Serve. In my case under a kangaroo meat burger and some German sausages. Awesome coleslaw recipe.
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Punjabi Palace
135 Melbourne St, South Brisbane Qld
This is a well-established restaurant in an inner suburban area that has been changing character, so that it now finds itself on the fringe of a tourist area. But there's no reason why locals can't enjoy it, and we began our meal with a plate of nicely cooked onion bhaji pakoras, before passing on to a satisfying vegetable dahl and an alu palak of spinach and potato. Perhaps it was exposure to Popeye the Sailor Man that led to my love of spinach, but I'm always happy to sit down to a dish of this vegetable, and usually appreciate the way it has been cooked, as I certainly did at the Palace. This dish is also available as paneer palak, and there is no shortage of paneer (cheese) dishes on the menu. An Indian salad comes as a tricoleur of cucumber, tomato and red onion that are laid out to form stripes, a beautifully fresh and moist accompaniment to the main dishes which has a strong enough taste to be able to hold its own against their spices, and the pan fried alu paratha, utterly non-greasy, is a winner. It being lunch time we didn't linger, but walked into the street in very good cheer.


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The best bites served at Bambu are the ones you have to assemble yourself at your table. The Isaan sausage for instance, should be eaten with a spoon, each bite adorned with fiery chili, ginger strips, onions, limes and crunchy peanuts. The lime pops with acidity, the peanuts add earth, all while your mouth bathes in a warm glow.
The catfish requires some table-side adjustments, too. The fish is fried twice and shredded, and the flesh is crunchy like panko breadcrumbs. A sweet sauce served on the side is ladled over every bite just before you eat it, helping maintain the texture.
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You can go to Bambu and order egg rolls and dumplings and finish it all with some mango and sticky rice, but you can do that at any Thai restaurant in Dallas. Ask your waiter what's special and so long as you've convinced him you're an adventurous diner, you'll be guided toward interesting and unique dishes.
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This Sunday, we will once again hear a very familiar passage from Luke's Gospel. The Lord's Prayer is, without a doubt, the most familiar prayer in the western world, which is why despite the familiarity of this passage, many will find the Lukan account to be very disconcerting. Luke's version of Jesus teaching his disciples how to pray is very different from the Matthean version that we Episcopalians are used to praying on a daily basis. It is, to use a modern idiom, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged.
In fact, the Lukan version is so stripped down from its more familiar Matthean counterpart, that two full pages in Metzger's A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament are devoted to scribal accretions on the very simple original. Some of them are familiar. Some add in "who art in heaven." Others needed it to include "on earth, as it is in heaven." The most interesting addition is an invocation of the Holy Spirit that seems to come from left field: "Your Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us." Still, the most likely original version is that which we will hear read on Sunday.
"Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial."
While it might be interesting in a sermon to play on the differences between the more familiar version from Matthew and Luke's acoustic rendition, I wonder if it wouldn't be more helpful to let it sit on its own. Let the people feel uncomfortable, as if you'd had them read Psalm 23 from something other than the King James Version. Instead of focusing on what isn't in Luke's version, pay careful attention to what is. As the week goes one, we'll look more deeply at the particular petitions, but given the context, with Jesus having set his face toward Jerusalem and the urgency of his message that the Kingdom of God being at hand, what are we to learn from this abbreviated teaching on prayer?


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A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny…
The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend.
When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate.
She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you'll trip up.
Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden secrets than a thief lord.
Do they all belong at the new school they call home?
Sitara had been ignoring them. She was focused on the School of Air, where she could see with her own eyes the students—normal, un-winged students—actually flying. Not very far, but honest-to-gods flying. There was an open round balcony on the second flower of the Air Tower. From there, students were launching themselves from the balcony with what looked like microbursts of air. There were robed Initiates stationed on the ground and in the Air to make sure their launches where successful. Will I be able to do that? she wondered.
"Fascinating, isn't it?" came a voice from her left. Startled, she looked around and saw a man with silver hair and brown eyes standing there. He gestured with white hands towards the flyers. "I think flying unassisted is one of the most fascinating things about being a student of Air."
That was when Sitara blinked and nearly fainted. The air was shimmering around the man, as if conspiring to block her vision. Vedaris stepped forward to her side, away from the other youths' conversation about graduation and senior raditions. With a careful hand on her shoulder, he aimed a glare at the white-haired man who was unsettling her. He opted to go with a street cant when saying, "Wha's yer problem, bloke?"
And at that very moment, Vedaris' Innate magic decided to act—or rather, react to Sitara's. His eyes widened in disbelief; it was as if a cloak had dropped from the man's shoulders. Vedaris turned to Sitara ever so slightly with a whispered, "Do you see that?"
Sitara, still silent but now in shock, indeed saw the same thing. Cartilaginous wings sprouted from the man's neck to his lower back, rooted in his shoulder blades. White wings. Huge white wings. Vedaris gulped and tried to remain calm.
The man, who had stood looking at the flying students until now, turned to face them with a cool and calculating look. After a long moment he said icily, "It's rude to reveal another person's true form, you know."
Sitara, snapped back into reality by the censure, blurted, "I…I…we're sorry. I just, just saw the light bending around you, and then when Vedaris came over, and well…it's like it fell away." She continued in a rush, almost tripping over her words, "Are you an Ansari?"
Vedaris forbore rolling his eyes, thinking, Of course he dreckin' is. What else looks Human but has huge white wings?
"Indeed," the winged man said, glaring at Vedaris. "I am Thoth, of the School of the Unknown." He shifted his gaze to Sitara, tilting his head in a big-eyed stare reminiscent of an owl. "The light just fell away, you said? Yet the light would not just fall. You commanded it to do so, unintentionally or not. Always remember that."
He directed his next comment to Vedaris: "Young man, here is your first formal lesson. Seeing is not always believing. Good day to you both." And then he turned and walked towards the towers.
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Well, I may have a new favourite city. Gosh Florence/Firenze is beautiful! We stayed for a few nights, in a little place called La Scaletta next to the Ponte Vecchio bridge (THE sunset catching spot of Florence). Honestly, we probably wouldn't have picked this place to stay if we'd bothered to spend ANY time planning our honeymoon but it's a really quaint spot with a fantastic location. The rooftop view is simply amazing and it was within walking distance of everything we wanted to see.
From the very first second you set eyes upon Florence it's just art, architecture, colour – SO much to see. Although it's a compact city, you'll need to be prepared for walking. Luckily, there are leather sandal shops on every corner!
Hands down Florence's number one can't miss (because even if you tried you couldn't) sight is the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. THAT DOME. I must have 1000 pictures of just that. Haha, worth it.
There was a classical concert on our first night in Florence and as we'd just had Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel) as our 'walking up the aisle song' (wedding entrance song?) we thought it was a little sign that we should go. It was just over an hour and there was this little girl in front of us (I think probably about 3 years old and learning the violin) who was really into like the first 15 minutes and then kept nodding off – head bobbing to the left and right for the entire concert. So cute. The concert was in the Santo Stefano al Ponte church/auditorium – which was STUNNING. So glad we went.
Michelangelo's David. Go see him! He's in the Accademia Gallery. Don't queue. Why do people queue?! You can either pre-purchase your tickets online or you can buy them at 105-107 Via Ricasoli – right across the road from where the queue starts. I think there was a 4 euro difference in ticket price between queuing (for hours, honestly) and just going to the counter on the left hand side of the entrance to the Accademia Libreria. We bought them on a Sunday morning about 9am (as they were all sold out online) and walked straight across the street past the queue. Quick security check and you're in. There are also guides and touts around the place selling tickets for there are then entry.
So apparently the cafe at the Gucci Museo is worth a visit…we wouldn't know as it was closed. Sob.
As we were in Italy we thought it was our duty to sample every gelato offering around. Generally in Italia you pay first and then bring your receipt over to the gelato counter and they'll tear it and serve you. Vivoli was my favourite spot. It was quiet here after dinner one night so we sat in a cosy corner nattering away. We also tried La Strega Nocciola on Via Ricasoli (right behind Eataly) one afternoon. This is a tiny place with the loveliest chap behind the counter. You can try whatever you want here before committing (you can do that everywhere in Australia really but it doesn't seem to be the done thing in Italy. I guess they're afraid of wasting gelato!). Grom – John ordered lemon gelato here. I tried it and my cheeks are still wincing. Crikey. Venchi – not sure what's with the queues coming out of these outlets. It's like the McDonalds of gelato. Meh.
We adore Eataly and pretty much every time we see one we'll go in. One afternoon we got some picnic supplies and bought tickets for the Giardino di Boboli/the Boboli Gardens. We had to queue for tickets, maybe for about 20 minutes (7 euro per person) but it was the perfect place for a city picnic – it wasn't too easy to find a spot to picnic initially…you know when you're just looking for somewhere that's just perfection? We found the spot eventually – under the shade of a tree, overlooking the Fountain of Neptune with the city in the background.
There are specialty paper shops called Il Papiro all over Italy, and there was one right next to our hotel where we came across them hand decorating their paper – a technique called peacock feathering! It would be beautiful for wrapping paper. If you fancied spending 20 euro to wrap like an A5 sized book. Ahhem 🙂


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Even though Gmail has been proven quite reliable over the years, there have been isolated episodes of data loss. In any case, I backup my mail locally: better safe than sorry. On my Linux machine I use "
getmail" to download my mail through POP and store it in a single "
mbox" file. First of all, I enabled POP on my Gmail account: went into Gmail Settings, clicked the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab, ticked "Enable POP for all mail", and chose "When messages are accessed with POP keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox".
Then I installed
getmail, and prepared the environment.
getmail by default uses a "
~/.getmail" directory to work, and in particular it searches for a "
~/.getmail/getmailrc" file to read the configuration. So I created this file, together with an empty
mbox file that I will use to hold all my mail.
$ mkdir ~/.getmail $ touch ~/.getmail/gmail.mbox $ touch ~/.getmail/getmailrc
Then I edited the "
~/.getmail/getmailrc" to contain this information:
[retriever] type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever server = pop.gmail.com username = "mymail"@gmail.com [destination] type = Mboxrd path = ~/.getmail/gmail.mbox
After this setup, I simply run "
getmail" from the command line, it asks for the Gmail password and retrieves all the mail it can through the POP protocol. I had to run it several times before it downloaded everything.
It is also possible to include a password in this file, but I don't want to keep my Gmail password inside an unencrypted file. The downside is that every time I run getmail I have to insert my password. Since I update my backup once a week, that is not a big issue. By putting the password inside the configuration file it is also possible to run a "
cron" job such as "
su username -c getmail" that backups the mail by itself.


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This week, we are still in St Cyrus for our Coastal Tour and I have added a few pictures which were taken at the beach. It is such a beautiful beach and one of my favourites! These pictures were taken just over a week ago when we had the lovely sunny weather.
I took the car and parked just opposite the Visitor Centre and the dog and I walked over the bridge, up over the dunes and right along the beach. The sun was shining, there was hardly any wind and it was just great to be able to be out and enjoying it.
Today we don't have the sunny weather that we had just over a week ago but it doesn't need to be a sunny dry day for me to head out for a walk! I love being outdoors, even if it is just for a short walk on a day like today.


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Informatik - Playing With Fire (CD)
Release Date: 03/26/13
Never content to follow trends or formulas, Informatik continues to refine their unique sonic vision on their seventh full length album: Playing With Fire. The album's opener, 'No Sympathy', offers a rich showcase of their musical talents with its scathing lyrics, densely layered guitars, and intricate vocal arrangements. The irresistible groove of 'How Long' is destined for the club floor with its inventive programming and spectacular sound design. The albums centerpiece, 'No One', with its vast pastoral soundscapes and cinematic orchestration, is bound to be the crowning achievement of their career. The listener is constantly challenged to keep up with the album's frenetic pace while trying to grasp its constantly shifting idiosyncratic neo-retro aesthetic. Truly, Informatik is Playing With Fire...can you take the heat'
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This week, we concluded our Wednesday Night at Hope marriage series, and we wrapped up discussing how we must constantly adjust to what season our marriage relationships are in. Dr. Gary Chapman, author and marriage expert, has a great resource, The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage, that help us understand the different seasons marriage goes through at some point (while not necessarily in order).
Which season are you in?
"Winter marriages are characterized by coldness, harshness and bitterness. The dreams of spring are covered with layers of ice."
Conversations are only about logistics–who will do what and when they will do it. Communication is relegated to silence, arguments, criticism and at times verbal abuse. Lives are lived independently, although under the same roof. This is caused by rigidity: unwillingness to consider the other person's perspective and work towards compromise.
The emotions ever present in a winter season of marriage are hurt, anger, disappointment, loneliness and a sense of rejection. The attitudes of spouses in the winter season are a pervasive pessimism, seeing the worst, thinking problems are too big, discouragement, hopelessness and the nasty habit of blaming the other person.
The natural inclination of individuals within a winter season of marriage is to avoid the elements and withdraw. There is either a conscious or subconscious desire to hurt the other spouse with harsh words or even violent acts. Spouses tend to feel detached and desperate for change.
There is, however, a positive side to the winter season. According to Chapman, couples tend to "maintain hope. People don't lay down in snow and wait to die…they seek help. Trials produce patience and perseverance, and forgiveness makes room for love."
"Spring is where most marriages begin," says Chapman. "The excitement of creating a new life together is not exclusively for newlyweds."
The emotions in a spring marriage are characterized by excitement, joy, hope and happiness. Couples feel animated and buoyant, and their attitudes towards one another are positive. There is both gratitude and anticipation of the future, and an overall feeling of optimism and trust.
Just like newlyweds or second/third/fourth honeymoon couples tend to do, the actions of a spring marriage are the constant thinking of how to express love in both word and deed. Couples want to do things to deepen the relationship and benefit the other person.
But just as the harshness of winter marriages has a positive side, the excitement of spring marriages contains negativity. In natural terms, many people suffer with allergies and hay fever during the spring and a spring marriage can contain the same kind of unexpected irritations as well.
"Fun is the theme of a summer marriage," says Chapman. "Life is beautiful and reaping benefits of efforts to understand each other. Spouses share a deep sense of commitment, satisfaction and security in each other's love."
Emotions include happiness, satisfaction, accomplishment, connection, peace and FUN! Attitudes are beautiful, but they must be watered, or else they will wither in the heat of the sun. There is usually a desire to keep growing together. The communication is constructive, and couples have learned to accept each other's differences.
A couple in the summer season of marriage needs to be forewarned, though. There are unresolved conflicts under the surface that must be brought out if a marriage is to remain in the ebullience of summertime.
"These marriages look fine externally; outsiders may even comment on how happy the couple seems to be. Yet inside the marriage, things are changing."
Fall marriages can either be a prelude to winter, or a couple can dig deep and make time reverse so they can go back to spring again. Emotions in this season include sadness, apprehension, rejection, resentment, loneliness and emotional depletion. Couples in the fall season of their marriage have attitudes of great concern over their marriages; there is an uncertainty about where things are going.
The beauty about the fall is the fork in the road that makes itself available to couples. Either they can lead into winter with attitudes of neglect and allow the marriage to drift in a negative direction, or they can go back to the spring season with actions that foster a positive relationship. A couple can either grow closer together or drift further apart in this season.
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- Re-read the Lord of the Rings, especially in light of the Hobbit film about to come out.
- A Jane Austen marathon – I've read two in full, read some or most of another two, and have never begun the final two. I wonder whether it would be useful to spread them out, or if it might be easier to contemplate themes across them if I read them all in a rush.
- I've recently come back into possession of my childhood favorites, the Redwall books, and am considering a Redwall read-a-thon. Nostalgia plus warm fuzzy escapism – sounds like the perfect recipe for a rejuvenating Christmas break.
- My general TBR stack is ridiculously large and could use some serious attention. There is a good pile of languishing Viragos I've been meaning to tackle, as well as Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and Mary Mapes Dodge's "The Silver Skates," both of which seem like appropriate winter reads.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -C.S. Lewis
Friday, December 7, 2012
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Samantha, I'm so glad the semester is finishing so well for you! I hope you have plenty of time to relax over the break. I was actually just thinking about your blog this morning, so it's quite the coincidence that you posted!ReplyDelete
I can't give any advice for what you should read over the break. That's such precious time, you should read whatever sounds the most fun and interesting. I had totally forgotten about The Silver Skates! I think I read it as a child, but this would be the perfect time of year to read it again, so thanks for the idea!Replies
Thank you, Amy! I'm happy to pass along a suggestion - but hopefully it's a good one, as I've never actually read the book! I found it among my mother's childhood books when I went through her basement last summer. Perhaps it'll fit in nicely with your current theme of reading seasonally!Delete


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Our site audit will give you a complete SEO insight of all pages within your website.
Once completed, your dedicated SEO auditor will provide you with an audit report listing technical and on-page SEO problems, and offer recommendations on how to resolve them and boost ranking.
Wikipedia defines a website audit as follow :
Website audit is a full analysis of all the factors that affect website's visibility in search engines. This standard method gives a complete insight into any website, overall traffic. and individual pages. Website audit is completed solely for marketing purposes. The goal is to detect weak points in campaigns that affect web performance.[1] - Wikipedia.
Why you need a website review?
No matter how professionally designed you think your website is, a website review is a MUST and should be performed on a regular basis (at least once or twice a year) if you want to keep that top position in search results you worked very hard to attain and spent a lot of money for it.
- To offer the best use experience and accurate search results based on queries, search engines update their ranking algorithm regularly.
- Google introduces changes to its 200+ ranking algorithm almost every day and if you don't follow suit and apply those updates, that #1 position in Google will be lost and find your website buried very deep within Google's search results.
If you don't want to find your business in the bottomless pit of the search engine result pages (SERPs), it is paramount that you have your website regularly reviewed by an experienced site auditor at BuzFind
Got a question, our SEO site audit has answers
Have you asked yourself the these questions?:
- Why is my website not showing up on Google (or on other major search engines)?
- Or why my website is only bringing irrelevant traffic?
- Last but not least, why are visitors leaving my website as soon as they land?
The answers to the above questions could be:
- Your website could be hosted on a slow or poorly configured server
- Or because of indexing problems caused by technical SEO issues, or some wrong directives within your Robots.txt
- You are targeting the wrong keyword
Spending thousands of dollar on your website doesn't mean your website is meeting Google guidelines, or is optimized for search engines.
If you think having high quality and relevant content is guarantees your website road to Googledom...
Think Again.
Google has 200+ ranking factors that you must meet, or at least the most important ones if you want your website to be listed above your competitors in Google search results based on search query you're promoting your page for.
Some of those ranking factors are:
- User experience (UX)
- Page speed
- Mobile first
- Quality and relevant content
- Backlinks relevant to the topic of the page
- On-page SEO elements
- and so on.
With our SEO site audit services, your questions will be answered.
Get a personal website auditor
A good SEO audit should not take a couple of seconds to complete. An in-depth audit would take minimum of 1 or to days to process when done properly done.
Once an audit of your website has been completed, your professional website auditor will report to you on the health of your website and list any search optimization issues preventing your site from attaining Googledom, bringing free and relevant organic traffic and increasing your revenue.
Armed with this valuable audit report, your web designer will have in his/her hands recommendations that, once properly administered, will improve your ranking in search engines, bring high free traffic to your online business or local store, and increase sales.
Our Site Audit Is Performed Manually
Every step of BuzFind site audit services (included with our affordable SEO) is manually performed by one of our experienced website auditor, and not by a free SEO audit tool.
What this means is that once our site audit process is complete, you'll be handed over a comprehensive site audit report customized just for your business.
At BuzFind, you won't get a cookie-cutter site audit report to share with your web developer, or your in-house SEO team but a full site audit performed by a human and not an SEO audit software or tool.
Can I perform an audit myself using free SEO site audit tools?
You might have come across some SEO audit tools (free and paid) and are thinking of auditing your website yourself.
One think to note is that free website audit tools are very limited and are not meant to offer a full website analysis, but a lead generation tool (get your email, and such), and not a full site audit.
Some so called free website audit tools are;
- SEOmator - A free SEO audit tools meant to quickly scan your website to check it against common optimization problems and best SEO practices
- Zadro SEO Auditor - Get page and domain authority, find out about your website's page speed and social media presence.
I could go on and on with the list of free site checkers, but I am afraid to end up with a novel about website auditing tools.
One thing to note and remember about some site audit tools is that they are limited to scanning your website only.
STILL WANT TO AUDIT YOUR WEBSITE YOURSELF? THEN LET US RECOMMEND THE BEST SEO AUDIT TOOLSt
I understand that as a small business owner, your budget might be limited, and the cost of a site audit can be expensive.
Below are what we strongly believe (and many other SEOs) are the best Paid site audit tools.
- SEMRUSH - SEMrush will give you a comprehensive site audit report on the health of your website in a matter of seconds and in one click. You'll get a clear picture of any technical issues affecting your website SEO and keep track of any changes you made. Plus, you can download your audit report in either a PDF or CSV format.
- AHREFS (A Suite of SEO Tools) - The reason I am mentioning AHREFS is because I believe AHREFS is more than an SEO audit tool that allows you to find technical and on-page SEO issues, get an in-depth look at your site's backlinks (backlinks analysis), find keyword ideas and learn about their difficulties, competitive analysis, track your ranking in search results, and much much more.
IMPORTANT - The above audit tools are just like the fastest racing car you...very powerful, however, they are only as powerful as the person behind the wheel.
That is why we recommend hiring a professional website audit company that will do the leg work of auditing your website for you and provide you with a full report detailed with issues (if any) and recommendations so you can focus on running your business.
Just in case you want to perform a website audit yourself, then I would recommend reading Search Engine Land's '4 mistakes to avoid during a website audit' article before you do.
Why choose us over other website audit companies
If you search for 'website audit companies near me', or 'website audit services', you'll be presented with a long list of SEO companies to choose from, which is another challenge in itself.
You should make BuzFind your website audit company of choice because:
- Manual site audit - Even though we use the site audit tools mentioned above, 75% to 80% of your website audit will be performed manually by a real person
- Affordable prices - Many professional site audit companies will charge about $750 to $1,000 per audit (depending on the type of website you have). Our website audit services are lower than the competition
- Comprehensive site analysis - While some search engine optimization companies' audit reports are one-size fits all, the audit report you'll receive will be detailed and very comprehensive listing everything you need to know about your website problems, and offer recommendations that once properly implemented, will improve your business ranking with all major search engines.
Plus, we are open 24/7/365 days when you someone to audit your website, and answer your search engine optimization(SEO) questions.
What is the Cost of an audit?
One of many questions we get is...
How Much Our SEO Audit Services Cost?
It is difficult to put an exact price on our SEO audit services.
A good and comprehensive SEO audit will require the following:
- Knowledge about your business
- Your competition (up to 2)
- The type of website you have (is it a blog, business presence, or an eCommerce website?)
- Keyword you're targeting
Note - Auditing an eCommerce website will require more time and effort than doing a website audit for a presence website or a blog because eCommerce website has different and more technical SEO requirements such as categories and product pages and such.
Do we offer free SEO audit?
Because performing a good and comprehensive SEO audit will take time and resources, unfortunately, we do not offer free site audit.
Imagine for a moment we did offer free website audit...
How long do you think we'll stay in business?
Plus, BuzFind doesn't offer cookie-cutter site audit based on SEO audit template.
Because your site is different then your competition who sells the same products or offers the same services, your website audit will be customized to fit your business size and needs.
What will we need to perform a site Audit?
Once you hire us to perform a site audit, a professional website auditor will be assigned to you.
Your dedicated SEO website audit professional will schedule your first free initial website consultation to learn more about your business, what your goals are. From there, he/she will create a site audit checklist based on all the information you provided him/her.
In order to perform a comprehensive SEO website audit and provide you with a thorough site audit report, we will need you to provide us with the following information, which we believe are important to running a comprehensive audit scan of your website:
- Your website's domain
- Your business niche
- The keywords or key phrases you want to target - This could be changed depending on our keyword analysis result
- Your hosting package - We can find out about your hosting provider
- Design platform used to design your website
What Is Included With Our SEO Audit Services
Our SEO audit services include auditing your website by looking at the below-listed items.
It is important to understand that our SEO audit is manually performed in-house by an experienced search engine professional and is based on your business SEO needs and goals.
Every SEO audit report we create is custom-tailored and unique to your business.
It is a good idea to get a website review from an experienced SEO professional that knows how to look under the hood of your website to find hidden issues affecting your search results.
Our SEO audit services will look at (listing a partial list):
- Site Design and Layout review
- Brand Analysis
- On-page SEO audit
- Technical SEO audit
- Content analysis
- Website Speed check
- Backlinks Analysis
- Social Profile
To learn about BuzFind's SEO audit Process, click here.
Our Website Audit Will Give Your Clear Insights About Your Website Overall Health, And Offer Recommendations


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WoW, which is short for World of Warcraft as we all know is a very popular MMORPG game played by millions of people online, it all started in 2004 and now there have been many expansions such as The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor and Legion. These are all well and good, but what do you do when there is a total WoW server outage or you cannot login?
Well, if you cannot get to play online due to a server issue or you are having any other problem you can report them right here on Down Today. This is where you can share your troubles as well as answer other players dilemmas.
Some of the main issues other that server and login not working include, game lagging, crashing mid-game, website not loading or World of Warcraft was not able to connect to the network data source. Maybe you would like to ask questions about WoW Realm Status, DdoS, Armory or Corrupted Blood Incident.


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One line listing of check info for a date range. May apply all normal filters. Clicking on a check row will display additional information about the selected check.
The Payroll Listing displays all employees on the payroll in the selected date range. If you change a filter click Update List show the changes. The Payroll Listing can be exported in .xlsxand .pdf file formats for printing or record keeping.
Click on the employee line to bring up the Check Detail. Gross pay, Employee Taxes, Employer Taxes, Deductions, Benefits and Leave/Accruals are all displayed below the check.
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Friday 05 September 2008
Warm-up ¬
1. Describe two events which lead the reader to agree that Stanley Yelnats has bad luck. What happened? In what way did they have a negative impact on Stanley? (two paragraphs, minimum 5 sentences each)
2. How did Zero help Stanley while he was gone? Why did he do this? (one paragraph, minimum 5 sentences)
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A young politician from the party that pioneered Multipartism in the country the Movement for Multiparty Democracy has described the culture which has started to slowly creep into the country's democracy were candidates are disappearing on nomination day as an elaborate strategy by enemies of democracy to derail the nation's democratic growth.
Prince Ndoyi who is also former ZANASU Vice President has called for an emergency meeting by the electoral body' commissioners to ensure that the opposition UPND find a candidate and file in nominations after their candidate allegedly disappeared with money and materials meant for nomination.
Commenting on the UPND candidate who bolted at the eleventh hour, the outspoken youth leader said no well meaning Zambian should celebrate the cancer which is slowly eating away the country's democracy fought for by its fore fathers and now being destroyed by suspected elements with intentions to prolong their stay in power.
He explained that his comments should not be misconstrued to be targeted at any individual political party but that it was about the country's democracy and the little democratic gains the country has made over the years which are about to be wiped out by those with "money bags."
He added that with insinuations that the UPND candidate was bought the nation should not be shocked to hear that the UPND had pulled out of the dialogue process and the peace accords they have signed with the PF.
"…We may not be surprised if UPND today dismiss calls for national dialogue, I think we have underestimated the Opposition and laying too much stock in our own infallibility, we may soon realise that we have boxed ourselves into a tight corner.
"We have a danger of "democratic wildfires" today, which is precisely what led our Founding Fathers of our democracy to establish checks and balances in the form of tightly circumscribed voting rights, where the voter is allowed the right to choose even from weaker candidates. It is our God given duty to guard our democracy from the tyranny of the majority and the passions of the mob. The Founders constructed large, hefty barriers between the popular will and the exercise of power.
"This should not be misunderstood for anything, this is not about UPND nor is it about PF. This is about democracy, and the little democratic gains we have made over the years. PF and UPND are nothing but tiny little dots on the map of Zambia, and therefore we are all tasked to protect our future," Ndoyi said.
He adds "As an infant democracy, we cannot all fold our hands and sleep peacefully at night while celebrating that finally UPND is disintegrating. As a young person who prides in the hopes of our democracy I refuse to remain silent and be party to this. This is a cancer that should be amputated forthwith. And its only fair that Dr Banda must be summoned to the police to answer the difficult questions."
And Ndoyi urged the opposition UPND to formally complain to Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) about the incident with their candidate so that the electoral body can envoke its powers and allow them to find another candidate who can file in nominations.
"Therefore, we call upon the UPND to formally complain to ECZ that a candidate ran away with a certificate, material and money purported for use in the election. And the ECZ commissioners must quickly convene to hear out the UPND and allow them to file in or else call off this election till further notice.
"ECZ cannot afford not to sanitise this corruption at this juncture or else we may not be having elections in future because candidates will be pulling out. They must protect their role.
He has since called on the ECZ to take this opportunity to revive and salvage their dwindling fortunes as a credible electoral body with teeth to bite.
"This "elections integrity" is now left for the commission(ECZ) to suck out the venom from unprincipled style of politics being exhibited by the immoral lot as a way to retain its image, independence, strength, credibility and intergrity. Its there duty to secure the nation's voting system and safeguarding the voter's right to a fair choice in a health democracy," he said.
Meanwhile Ndoyi has called for the immediate arrest of Faustin Banda for obtaining money by false pretence.
He said individuals should not be allowed to hold the country's entire electoral system at ransom thereby jeopardising the country's democracy.
The young politician has been incensed by the recent behaviour of politicians whom he said are using the bellies to think at the expense of providing credible checks and balances as well as the development of the country.
The opposition UPND on Thursday suffered an embrassment after their candidate disappeared a few hours before nominations for the forth coming Kasenengwa parliamentary by election. The opposition has further accused the ruling party of going on rampage buying opposition councillors and causing deliberate local government by elections at the expense of taking development to the people.


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The booming industry of electronic cigarettes has already attracted millions of users from all over the world. Several studies have proven that e-cigarettes would greatly impact society in so many amazing ways. So, what makes all these people switch into vaping? Read on and find out what e-cigarettes have to offer.
Benefits of Vaping
E-cigarettes did not become a trend for nothing. It offers a variety of benefits from health to economic reasons.
Electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to tobacco.
First of all, e-cigarettes have been proven to be so much safer than tobacco. Aside from the more manageable nicotine content of e-cigs, they also eliminate all the worse health hazards that smoking tobacco brings.
What makes smoking tobacco very bad to public health is that it produces thousands of chemicals, many of which are carcinogens and tar. In contrast, vaping do not burn tobacco. Scientist Professor Michael Siegel argues that while experts are yet to identify all the chemicals emitted by cigarette smoke, the chemicals in e-liquid vapors have already been known.
Switching to e-cigs help you regain your sharp sense of taste and smell.
Because vaping is safer to people's health compared to tobacco, it eliminates much of the health side-effects that smoking causes. One major health difference that vapers observe after switching is that they begin to smell all the sweetness and aromas they missed during their years of tobacco smoking. They also begin to regain their taste buds' sensitivity to subtle flavors. In fact, 79.8% of vapers have reported an improvement in their sense of smell, as revealed in a study by the University of Alberta in 2009.
E-Cigs help us save a lot of money.
A typical Australian chain smoker can consume as many as 20 cigarettes a day (or more). So switching to e-cigs could help you save as much as $5000 a year, or less if you smoke fewer cigarettes a day. You savings may also vary depending on how much you are planning to spend on e-cigs and how you use the device.
E-cigs let you legally smoke in most public places.
Perhaps one of the best benefits of e-cigs is the freedom it gives to vapers. Currently, most public places, both indoors and outdoors, allow e-cig vaping. However, some private establishments may put restrictions on the use of e-cigs.
Do e-cigs have any side effects?
E-cigs are usually safe except for very few people who are allergic to propylene glycol (PG). The small percentage of vaping population who are allergic to PG may experience sore throats and dryness of throats. However, if you are allergic to PG, you can use 100% VG e-liquid, available from most e-liquid manufacturer. Apart from that, e-cigs don't have any more side-effects.
Sometimes, though, people confuse allergic symptoms to the effects of quitting smoking. When you experience the following conditions, it is because your body is trying to cope with smoking withdrawal:
- coughing
- mouth ulcers
- respiratory problems
- chest pains
- mood swings
How does it compare to a regular cigarette?
Weight >> Aside from health improvement, e-cigarettes differ from traditional cigarettes because it is heavier, given all the parts it needs to function. Weight, however, doesn't really pose any issue to most vapers since it would only take a few days for a new user to get used to it. Most even move on to heavier refillable tank systems and variable voltage e-cigs.
Taste >> Depending on your smoking preferences, your e-cig experience may give similar or different taste. With hundreds of e-liquid in the market, however, many vapers begin to experiment with different flavors and find them quite enjoyable.
Throat Hit >> Vapers often talk about the difference of smoking and vaping in terms of throat hit- that sensation you feel at the back of your throat after inhaling either cigarette smoke or e-cig vapor.
Vapers claim that different e-cigs have different throat hit sensations. While one could be slightly tickly, the other could be virtually identical to a cigarette.


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Motor control for home and building automation
Widely used in motor control for building infrastructure and major home appliances, fans and pumps with a grid connected power supply offer you a medium to high power rating. Likewise for grid-connected power tools. With its range of dedicated solutions, including a variety of dedicated AC/DC power management ICs and active PFC devices, Infineon lets you achieve ultimate efficiency and top power ratings in your home and building applications. In our wide portfolio, you'll find solutions for the desired motor control feature set – such as XMC microcontrollers – along with a variety of ways of connecting to a building automation network.
Example home and building motor control and drives
Converter system diagram for industrial drives
XMC drive cards for low- and high-voltage operating ranges
The XMC1300 and XMC4400 drive cards are microcontroller boards with galvanic isolation for evaluating 3-phase drives of up to several kilowatts. These two drive cards are best suited to customers looking to experience XMC microcontrollers and DAVE? Motor Control Apps library with their power board/ existing Infineon power boards and their own motor. The debug interface is isolated from the XMC microcontroller and position detection interfaces in order to guarantee safe operation during software development. The XMC1300 drive card can control one 3-phase drive, while the XMC4400 drive card can control up to two. The DAVE? Motor Control Apps library, together with xSPY for software development and motor parameterization, is the best fit for the XMC1300 and XMC4400 drive cards.
Solution Finder – your guide to a successful design
Use our Solution Finder to quickly and easily find, compare and purchase the right semiconductors for your project. Simply select your application and the online tool visualizes suitable components in useful system diagrams, which you can customize to your needs.
You can already access 400 solutions for motor control and drive applications in our tool. Coming soon: solutions for lighting, power supplies and other applications.
DAVE? - free development platform for code generation
For simplified and quicker software development, turn to DAVE?, our free development platform for code generation.
Do more with DAVETM apps
Included with DAVE? software is DAVE? apps, an extensive, powerful library of more than 170 applications in four categories: Service, standard middleware, specific middleware and peripheral.


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Math Links- Help with homework and tons of fun games!
ParentConnectXP- Online grades and more!
The "No Child Left Behind Annual Report Card 2007-2008" for Jackson is now available. Please click on the link or go to the NPS website, http:/www.norman.k12.ok.us/ and click "Academic Reports" on the right side of the main menu. In addition to viewing our school's accountability report you will see a report for the district. If you don't have Internet access, please stop by the office for a print copy.


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The government can expect to rake in billions of dollars from natural gas exports in the next 20 years, claimed Yitzchak Tshuva, controlling shareholder of Delek, which is a major partner in the Nobel Energy consortium that has begun pumping gas from its off-shore oil discovery.
Opposing views are trying to prohibit exports, arguing that Israel should make sure it has enough gas for domestic use before exporting.
Tshuva told a business conference on Sunday that it is possible to keep gas reserves for the country while exporting, the Globes business website reported.
"The government should encourage gas exploration deals in Israel, and ensure that more companies, both Israeli and foreign, will enter the industry," he said. "More companies means more drilling, and Israel will strengthen its position as an important player in the field. It should be remembered that the government's take from the gas industry, from taxes and royalties has been set at 60%, which means that the Israeli public and the state's treasury are the main beneficiaries of the industry's success."
He also asserted that Israel ill have more "geopolitical power" by virtue of its exporting natural gas.
The Delek-Noble consortium discovered the huge Leviathan energy field in 2010 and it is estimated to contain 18 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
Yigal Landau, CEO of Ratio Oil Exploration, told Israeli radio on Sunday, "The domestic market is small and limited" and that agreements have been closed with other companies have guaranteed a local supply for years.


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Hello world,
New York City is open for business this Labor Day Weekend. Last weekend this time the subway system was shut down and people were settling inside with a few good movies and some just to pray that hurricane Irene would go away. But what a difference a week makes. This weekend people are out and about enjoying the good weather. Above is just a few scenes around the city. Don't forget the big West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway on Monday, September 5. Have a great Labor Day Weekend.


text: What would you do if your own child, a first grader, came home with his name written many times on a paper. You ask him why and he replies that in his class now when they forget to write their name on their paper when turning it in, they have to write it over and over. Also, the total required goes up every time someone in the class forgets. Now it is up to 40. The kids know who the "forgetters" are, which is embarrassing. You work at the same school as this teacher. WHAT on earth do you do? I'm livid.


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Getting ESX and ESXi Memory Info
With a vSphere Client, you can easily check the memory information of a host, either ESX or ESXi. To get that, you click on a host from the inventory tree, and then configuration tab. From the left side Hardware section of the configuration page, you click Memory and see a pane displaying the memory info as follows:
Note that if you have chosen a ESXi host, you won't see the Service Console part because there is no console OS any more in ESXi. BTW, VMware wants you to migrate from ESX to ESXi and here is a link with helps.
This seemingly easy information is actually not easy to get. At first glance, it should be in the config property of HostSystem (managed object representing an ESX or ESXi). The config property has a sub property called systemResources, typed as HostSystemResourceInfo. But you will get null for the systemResources property most, if not all, of the time, as reported in VI Java API forum.
Interestingly enough, HostSystem has a systemResources property in peer to the config property as well. Luckily, it's not null so you can dig down for something. Still, with 3 sub properties of complex types included, how to get the memory from the data object?
Here are the steps to collect and calculate the numbers:


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Skillets & Cast Iron Cookware
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$22.95Use this attractive durable carry bag with a weather resistant liner, wrap handles,and industrial strength zipper to store and transport your Camp Chef Grill. It is designed for use with the SG100 Grill. It is made with a durable polyester weave. It measures 41" x 18" x 1.18" Learn More
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$24.95This True Seasoned(TM) pre-seasoned 14" cast iron skillet is ready to cook with right out of the box. No messing or fussing around curing this skillet like our grandmothers had to do. Just rinse it with hot water, dry it, and set it on the stove and start cooking. Great for frying all foods. Dual pour spouts make it easy to pour gravy or drain grease from the skillet. Hang it on the wall or from a kitchen rack and you'll be able to display the scene from Crater Lake National Park cast into the bottom of the skillet as part of Camp Chef's commemorating 100 years of the the National Park system. Learn More
$21.95This True Seasoned(TM) cast iron lid is a self basting lid that fits the 14" Crater Lake National Park commemorative skillet. It does not require curing or seasoning. Just rinse it with hot water and put it to use. Learn More
$25.95Two sets of the Safety Hot Dog Roast Sticks lets the whole family roast hot dogs or mashmallows. Never worry again about a childs tears when their hot dog or marshmallow falls into the fire! Each roasting stick will hold two hot dogs or up to eight mashmallows at one time.The reverse turn in these wood handled roasting sticks eliminates hot dogs, link sausages, and marshmallows from slipping off the stick and into the fire. Learn More
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Are we able to organise charity matches, where we get a couple of teams sorted out and play a friendly game every now and then (possibly with live sims if we organise it well)? I think it'd be great, and we could raise some good money for the kids at the local hospital, amongst other things. :) I think CW needs a few more fun matches to get some of the members back into the spirit of things!
EDIT: Friendly games would also be ideal for people who are looking to showcase themselves in any way should they not be getting much gametime. New people who haven't yet been selected for a team could also get into the swing of things before being thrust into the CW League.


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GAMA translating NDPE policy into action in Papua
Over 51,000 hectares of HCS forest landscape or 77% of the total effective area of the two concessions - equivalent to more than 15 times the size of Brussels - remain there, having not been replaced by new palm oil plantations since August last year when the NDPE policy was implemented.
This forms part of a series of news reports from foresthints.news shedding light on the substantial impacts made by palm oil and forestry companies with respect to the protection of Indonesia's HCS forests as well as the habitat of key critically-endangered wildlife species.
Ground-based evidence
After recently completing a spatial analysis, the foresthints.news team carried out a ground-based verification in the two concessions which revealed that GAMA is on the right track when it comes to no deforestation in Papua's HCS forests following the adoption of its NDPE policy.
The following photos represent ground-based evidence that there has been no further palm oil expansion involving new deforestation of the HCS forests in the two GAMA concessions since the company implemented its NDPE policy.
GAMA's firmness in enforcing its zero deforestation policy has yielded concrete results on the ground, unmissable to any observer of the two concessions, with major areas still dominated by an expanse of relatively intact forests.
The photos below depict a stretch of HCS forest landscape accounting for 77% of the total effective area of the two concessions and previously targeted for clearing and subsequent development into new palm oil plantations, which is instead being protected by GAMA as the first anniversary of the implementation of its NDPE policy approaches.
Furthermore, the completely insignificant amount of HCS forests logged before GAMA adopted its NDPE policy, less than 1% of the total effective area of the two concessions, has not been subjected to any further clearing for palm oil expansion. This demonstrates the company's class in executing its NDPE policy.
The following photos show HCS forests in the two concessions, a relatively small amount of which were logged selectively but were then not converted into new palm oil plantations after GAMA declared its NDPE policy.
At present, there are around 14,000 hectares, slightly more than 22% of the total effective area of the two concessions, covered by existing palm oil plantations that were developed by this leading palm oil supplier prior to the adoption of its NDPE policy.
However, 77% of the total effective of the two palm oil concessions is still covered by HCS forest landscape, far more significant than the 22% made up by existing palm oil plantations, a fact for which GAMA deserves appreciation.
Clear lesson learned
The serious efforts made by GAMA in implementing its NDPE policy, which are still being facilitated by AidEnvironment, constitute a clear lesson learned. The company's approach exemplifies NDPE best practices in the palm oil sector.
GAMA's impressive actions in executing its NDPE policy are not confined to Papua, as the company has performed similarly in its palm oil concession (PT GAN) in West Kalimantan's Kubu Raya regency, including achieving legal compliance.
This has resulted in Bornean orangutan-inhabited peat forests spanning an area over twice the size of Brussels being maintained to this day, as proven by satellite data along with a ground-check and detailed in two earlier news reports by foresthints.news.


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Since first discovering this part of Dove Dale I have returned twice to try and take this photo. Finally the light was good enough and the sky had enough drama to accompany the ruggedness of Thorpe Cloud. The photo was taken from Bunter Hill. If you are planning a visit to Dove Dale then Bunter Hill is well worth the hike, it stands directly opposite Thorpe Cloud and offers panoramic views from the top.
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Come along for the ride as Gympie Times photographer Craig Warhurst takes us from Rainbow Beach to Double Island Point.
TOURISM campaigns encouraging locals to holiday at home have helped bolster popular holiday destinations hit hard by the high dollar and unfavourable weather.
"IT'S still big, but it was even bigger," Scott Elms said yesterday as he looked back on a holiday season for Rainbow Beach.
RAINBOW Beach is eagerly awaiting a busy and lucrative Christmas holiday period.
RAINBOW Beach businesses want big government out of the way so their town can grow naturally into its new role as a regional tourism leader.
GRANTED, I haven't travelled widely overseas, but I have had a fair look around Australia and still find it hard to discover any place that beats the Blow.


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Three guys and Bruce
Three guys were at a deer camp. No one wanted to room with Bruce, because he snored so badly.
They decided it wasn't fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns.
The first guy slept with Bruce and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes all bloodshot.
They said, "Man, what happened to you?" He said, " Bruce snored so loudly, I just sat up and watched him all night."
The next night it was a different guy's turn. In the morning, same thing-hair all standing up, eyes all bloodshot.
They said, "Man, what happened to you? You look awful!"
He said, 'Man, that Bruce shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night."
The third night was Fred's turn. Fred was a tanned, older cowboy; a man's man.
The next morning he came to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. "Good morning!" he said.
They couldn't believe it. They said, "Man, what happened?" He said, "Well, we got ready for bed.
I went and tucked Bruce into bed, patted him on the butt, and kissed him good night.
Bruce sat up and watched me all night!
My opinions on matters of the day that, generally, have pissed me off. Being described as a 'Surly Curmudgeon', by those who meet me on a good day, I have a poor regard for the human species. This is my place for my free speech- not bloody yours. Crap under your own rock.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Cowboys ain't dumb
Three guys and Bruce


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Inn at the Presidio
A handsome three-story Classic Revival brick building, the Inn encompasses 22 stylish accommodations with contemporary furnishings; 17 are one-bedroom suites with a separate sitting room with queen sofa bed and fireplace. All suites have king-size beds, while the balance of five accommodations have either a double or queen-size bed. Top level suites offer San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge views. The interior design celebrates the Presidio's rich past with artisan details and natural fabrics to invoke a comfortable, residential character with simple, yet quality furnishings and accents.
First-class amenities such as robes, coffee makers, tea kettles, a mini-fridge, daily maid service, complimentary wireless Internet access, and business services ensure guest needs will be taken care of with ease. Complimentary Continental buffet breakfast as well as an evening wine and cheese reception provide an opportunity for guests to mingle, either from a rocking chair on the front porch, the dining room, or its deck, which leads to a terrace with firepit. Reasonable self-parking is available for just $6 per night.
The property is pending LEED Gold Certification and follows strict green practices.
The Presidio as well as the Inn are smoke-free environments.
Inn at the Presidio, a charter member of Historic Hotels Worldwide since 2013, dates back to 1903.
Room amenities include:
- Gas fireplaces in all Classic King Rooms
- Complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the Inn
- Cable flat-screen television
- Radio docking station for MP3 player
- Data port
- Front porch rocking chairs
- Outdoor patio with firepit, chairs, and tables
- Hair dryers
- Full length mirrors
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron and board
- Minibar
- Coffee makers
- Tea Kettles on request
- Complimentary choice of newspapers
- Pets Welcome $45 pet fee
- DVD player on request
- 2 cordless telephones w/speaker phone
- Voicemail
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I have been looking forward to this wedding all year long! On a beautiful day in May, Mary Taylor + Michael celebrated their love alongside their closest family + friends. We couldn't have asked for better weather, especially considering the catastrophic floods that ravaged our town just days earlier. Despite it all, the ground was dry and the sky was blue and the angels sang from the heavens that this was going to be a lovely wedding. And that it was. From the very beginning of our portraits on the most perfect southern porch you can imagine, to the sparkling send-off, this day was just magical. MT + Michael – enjoy these memories of your day, through my lens!
Dress | David's Bridal
Flowers (Bouquets/Boutonnierres): Kathie Sutton (family friend)
Flowers (Ceremony/Reception): Hillary Herrington – Nancy's Haute Affairs
Wedding Coordinator | Melissa Fowler – Nancy's Haute Affairs
Groomsmen Attire | Men's Warehouse
Bridesmaids Dresses | David's Bridal
Band/DJ | AnyDayDJ
Hair | Whitney Sansom
Ceremony Venue | Old Christ Church
Reception Venue | Barkley House
Officiant | Jay Windham
Catering | Nancy's Haute Affairs
Cakes | Family + Friends
Stationery | Invitations by Dawn
Pedicabs | Gulf Coast Pedicabs


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Today I completed the $40,000 spending requirement on my Citi Hilton Reserve card to reach Diamond Status with Hilton Hotels. This is one of the few cards that allows you to reach top tier status with a hotel chain strictly by meeting a spending requirement. My family and I have an upcoming stay in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria next month. I will let you know if we get upgraded to a suite or club room due to my newly attained status. We will be using the two FREE weekend nights that came as the sign up bonus with the Citi Hilton Reserve card. I will post a full review of the hotel with pictures after the trip.
The Citi Hilton Reserve card is one of the Visa signature cards. We will be using that card on our upcoming trip to Napa California in the Spring. We will be visiting several wineries that participate with Visa Signature. The $10/pp tastings at those wineries will be FREE solely because of having that credit card. Nice perk! We have planned private tours for two days while we are there. We will be staying at the Hyatt Andaz in Napa for three nights. Two of those nights will be FREE due to the sign up bonus for the Chase Hyatt Visa Card.
I will post a review of that trip as well when we return.
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I'm staring down a perfect storm of blah this February. Not only did my football team have a lousy season, but their divisional rival is in the Super Bowl. It's one of the snowiest winters I have ever seen, with drifts that just keep growing—so I promise myself that I won't leave the house until May. I can't keep that promise, but the fact that I make it at all is a sign of how fed up I'm getting with winter. Oh, and, not to be left out of the gloom storm, Valentine's Day is fast approaching. That holiday stung me badly two years ago when I was dumped a mere 12 days before Valentine's Day and left with nothing but my broken heart and the non-refundable ticket that I had purchased so I could see the guy who had dumped me…for Valentine's Day.
So, with all the doldrums and blah-ness going on, I have decided this is an excellent time to ignore reality and read a good book.
For me, a good mystery is like comfort food, it hits the spot and satisfies my craving. Sometimes I want to branch out and read mysteries by authors I haven't read before, but when I want a book that won't disappoint, I turn to books by my tried and true authors. And, I can guarantee myself books by my favorite authors because I stockpile them for just such an occasion. For authors I really like, I try to avoid being completely caught up on their series so that when I need a good mystery by a particular author I don't have to wait a couple months for his or her next book to come out.
In honor of my comfort food theme, I'll list books with a food selection. Seems to me that if you need some deep winter comfort, then you might as well go all out.
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander. This fourth book (five in the series) in Alexander's series of mysteries featuring Lady Emily, takes place in Constantinople during the Victorian age of the British Empire. In the three books prior to this one, Lady Emily has had to content herself to solve murders as a meddling amateur, but now, accompanied by her new husband, she's an official agent of the British Empire. Her investigations promise to lead her into the lavish world of the Sultan's harem and extreme danger. Who says the Victorian's didn't know how to have a good time? Alexander has become one of my favorites because she manages to make me feel like I learned something new and interesting about Victorian culture without it feeling like a lecture and without sacrificing good storytelling to do so. Snacking suggestion: I think this jaunt to the Orient calls for tea, Turkish delight, and baklava.
Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill. Dr. Siri Paiboun is once again raising some geriatric hell in Cotterill's fifth book (seven books in the series) about Laos' National Coroner. It's the 1970s, disco is taking the rest of the world by storm, while in Laos the new communist government is trying to keep things under control—but they probably don't know that their National Coroner, Siri, is conducting an exorcism on a possessed pogo stick and preparing for his wedding. It would likely only embarrass the young communist government to find out that their National Coroner is the reincarnation of a powerful Hmong shaman. What I like about this series is that, for as hokey as the idea might seem that this coroner, a man of science, becomes the reincarnation of a powerful shaman and talks to the dead to help solve their mysteries, Cotterill somehow makes it work. He writes about the country of Laos and its people with humor and compassion as they adjust to changes in their government and world. Snacking suggestion: Although not a Laotian dish, Laos is just across the river from Thailand, so I'm craving pad Thai and spring rolls—maybe some iced coffee too.
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall. India's portly sleuth, Vish Puri returns in Hall's second book (two in the series). Vish Puri ("Chubby" to his friends and family), is India's Most Private Investigator, a man who spends most of his days vetting potential spouses for wealthy Indian families, but every so often a unique case comes along that taxes Puri and his team of peculiarly-named professionals. I like how Hall's protagonist bemoans the erosion of traditional India and Indian values at the hands of modern society and technology, all while he uses modern society and technology to solve his cases and try to uphold traditional Indian values. And, Hall writes as if he genuinely loves India, you can feel the heavy, humid air of the monsoon, smell the saffron, and see the vivid colors of the countryside in his writing. Snacking suggestion: In honor of Chubby, I think samosas and a mango lassi are in order.
Well, you know how I'm going to ride out the winter doldrums and why I'm going to have to spend a lot of time on the treadmill and doing Pilates, samosas will sneak up on you. If you have a favorite author and food pairing to share, I'd love to hear it. One can never have too many good books. Happy hibernating!


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A view from the wooden pirogue (fishing boat) that we used to get around the Delta Saloum!
A view from the wooden pirogue (fishing boat) that we used to get around the Delta Saloum!
The mosque closest to school.
ndank: slowly
There is a Senegalese proverb that goes: Ndank ndank, mooy japp golo ci ñaay. Translated literally it means, Slowly, slowly, one catches the monkey in the brush. If you rush after the monkey, he will run away. But to creep up after him step by step, and you will succeed.
It is a proverb deeply applicable here. Slowly the afternoon is spent drinking àttaya. Slowly, day by day, I am getting better at Wolof, more accustomed to the Senegalese ways, finding my place in this new life.
Yow, gan gi, bul ñibbi léggi.
Toogal ci basan gi naan ak nun àttaya.
Naanal lëwal bi, dafa wex ni noor. Soo ko naanee dinga yég ngelaw li ak tangaay wiy dam yaxi nit ñi.
Naanal naareel bi, dafa neex ni nawet wuy délusi. Soo ko naanee dinga gis ñax miy sax, soow miy ball ci leket yi ba xiif wéy.
Toogatal tuuti naan ñetteel bi ndax dafa saf suukar ni mbëggeel.
Yow, gan gi, bul ñibbi léegi. Toogal ci basan gi naan ak nun àttaya.
Stranger, don't leave so soon.
Sit on the mat and drink tea with us.
Drink the first glass because it is bitter like the dry season. Drink and you will feel the wind that blows and heat that breaks the bones in your body.
Drink the second glass because it is gentle like the return of the rains. Drink and you will see the grass grow, the milk in the calabashes, your hunger satisfied.
Stay and drink the third glass because it is sweet like love.
Stranger, don't leave so soon. Sit on the mat and drink tea with us.
(Traditional Tuareg poem)
àttaya: traditional Senegalese tea
On a Sunday afternoon, when the house is quiet and dark, everyone napping in their rooms, I wander downstairs and find my cousin Ussainu in the kitchen. Come drink àttaya with me, he says.
We wait for the tea to brew, in a little silver kettle over the fire. We wait a long time. Ussainu tells me that àttaya is a Senegalese tradition, and in the Senegalese tradition, you take your time. The first cup, the second cup, and then the cup glass—each a little less bitter than the one before—can take up to three hours, sitting with your friends, in the sun. Àttaya is about community, Ussainu says. It is a time to sit and spend time with those whose company you enjoy, to sip tea, to let life slow down around you.
When the first cup is ready, Ussainu pours the amber liquid into two little glasses, the size of shot glasses. He pours the tea back and forth between the two glasses, back and forth, so many times I lose count, until a sweet froth forms on the surface. When we finally sip it, the àttaya is cooler, slightly bitter on my tongue.
The first cup, says Ussainu. Now we wait for the second.
He puts the kettle back on the fire. I barely notice as minutes and then an hour slips away. Ussainu and I sitting in the cool shadowy kitchen as the Sunday afternoon creeps onward, talking about life, about our plans, about anything.
I love Senegal, I think. I am grateful for this opportunity to enjoy àttaya, to enjoy life, on this lazy Sunday afternoon.
Bagging a month's supply of fish to be frozen for future meals!
Had this whole barracuda for myself for lunch on the way back from the Delta–it was delicious!
My dad brought home these fruit from the farm––I'm not sure what they are, but there are soft and white and sweet inside.
jigéen: female
To be a female in a Senegalese household is to be a hard worker. The women in my house do everything—they cook every meal, each meal feeding up to twenty people. They clean the house—each day sweeping and mopping the floors, bending over so that they are folded nearly in half. They take care of the babies, bathing them and feeding them. They do the laundry and hang it out to dry.
My sister, Ndeye, explains to me a woman's role. It is above all to take care of the family, the house, and the children.
But what if you are a woman who works outside of the house?
It doesn't matter, says Ndeye matter-of-factly as she folds baby Ndeye Fatou's tiny underwear. To work outside of the house, that just means that your workload is twice as difficult.
I am so impressed by the women in the family. They work so hard, even when the boys in my house barely lift a finger and spend all their time watching football matches on TV. They love their children and form strong bonds with each other. All the women in my house, from my sister Nene to Ndeye, Rama to Diodio to my yaay are all so funny and smart. It is truly the women who are the heart of Senegalese life!


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Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the effects of industrialization & urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment & education of street children, juvenile delinquents, & other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventative System.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
Encouraged during his youth to become a priest so he could work with young boys, John was ordained in 1841. His service to young people started when he met a poor orphan & instructed him in preparation for receiving Holy Communion. He then gathered young apprentices & taught them catechism. After serving as chaplain in a hospice for working girls, John opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys. Several wealthy & powerful patrons contributed money, enabling him to provide two workshops for boys, shoemaking & tailoring. By 1856, the institution had grown to 150 boys & had added a printing press for publication of religious & catechetical pamphlets.'Tis also the feast of Saint Aiden of Ferns, Bishop (circa 550-632, A.K.A. Máedóc, Mogue): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the feast of Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Religious, T.O.S.F. (circa 1474-1533): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter twelve, verses one thru four;
Psalm Twenty-two, verses twenty-six(b) thru twenty-eight & thirty thru thirty-two;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter five, verses twenty-one thru forty-three;
or, for St. John:
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter four, verses four thru nine;
Psalm One Hundred Three, verse one;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eighteen, verses one thru five.
Individual Reading
The Book of Job, chapter twenty-two (verses one thru thirty);
The Book of Job, chapter twenty-three (verses one thru seventeen);
The Book of Job, chapter twenty-four (verses one thru twenty-five).
Commentary: IV: Third Cycle of Speeches—Eliphaz's Third Speech (22, inclusive) & Job's Seventh Reply (23 & 24, inclusive).


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It's too hot for school!
Hi girls
Who is hot? I am and I have just got back from boogie boarding at Davey's Bay. It was so much fun and I wish I could stay there all afternoon, swimming in the refreshingly cool water. It was so hard trying to concentrate at school today, I wish we had air conditioning in our class room. I had beads of sweat dripping off my nose! Mum gave me some money for a lemonade icey pole at lunch time, but it melted so quickly because it was just SOOOO HOT!
We have missed you guys these past couple of months. We all took a break from the blog so we could get stuck into the new school year. It's always hard starting the new year with a new teacher, new classmates, more homework and new activities.
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Love & swimming