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Smart travellers now expect some elements of sustainability when they travel—and welcome it when it goes beyond picking up towels and reusable soap containers. As Keith Bellows, former editor in chief of National Geographic Traveler, told me, sustainability is about preserving and protecting the places we love the most. If you frame it that way, travellers respond.
However, dream vacations must remain dreamy, and sustainability practices (a buzzed-about trend at the recent International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes) need to enhance the bottom line of a business, rather than detract from profits.
The United Nations declared 2017 the Year of Sustainability, recognising sustainable tourism as a key factor in helping communities develop around the world. The three pillars of sustainable tourism are economic (such as primarily hiring local staff), social (such as protecting rich cultural heritage), and environmental (such as recycling and using lake or ocean water to heat and cool properties).
Here are five hotels and brands doing it right, aimed at all three pillars.
The Brando
A pioneer in the world of luxury travel, The Brando, located on the private island of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia, was inspired by former owner Marlon Brando's original vision—its core mission is sustainable tourism. It is close to self-sustainable, or carbon neutral, and is LEED platinum certified, the highest level of certification.
Guests can enjoy a wood shielded spa at The Brando resort on Tetiaroa island in French Polynesia.
The property has achieved extraordinary results. All energy is renewable, and produced by the South Pacific sunshine and a biofuel power station fueled by coconut oil. A special SWAC (seawater air conditioning) system harnesses deep, cold ocean water and pipes it to land to convert it for use at the hotel. Rainwater is collected from roofs to supply all toilets, as well as for laundry service. Guests are encouraged to take part in educational tours on ecotechnology, but also Polynesian culture, animal life, and coral reefs in the area.
"Not only does sustainable tourism make good business sense, it is good for the health of the planet," says general manager Silvio Bion. The Brando is a member of National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World.
1 Hotels
Opening February 16, 1 Brooklyn Bridge is the most talked about hotel in New York City these days and the flagship property for the 1 Hotels brand. Developed with the idea that "those that travel the world also care about it," the property has cinematic views of the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan, a rooftop pool and bar, and a Seamus Mullen restaurant offering clean, healthy options.
A guest room at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge features a sweeping view of the hotel's namesake.
A rainwater tank built beneath the hotel will help irrigate Brooklyn Bridge Park during the city's blazing summer months. Most of the hotel's furniture and interior was designed using local and reclaimed materials, like walnut from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Native plants will adorn the public and outdoor spaces.
The hotel joins sister properties in Central Park and South Beach; three new sustainable properties are in the works.
&Beyond, a pillar of sustainable tourism in Africa, has 29 lodges across the continent. Ryan Hilton, a safari specialist and co-owner of Admiral Travel, points out that they operate in some of Africa's most iconic safari locations, with very productive wildlife areas. "They are the ones who set the bar—care for the land, wildlife, and the people," he says. "They have proven that the modern safari can be sustainable for long into the future."
A cheetah looks out over the Phinda private game reserve in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
&Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa shows huge commitment to best practices. Energy use is reduced through efficient air conditioning and hot water systems, and water is bottled onsite in glass bottles. They offer education, health care, and orphan support to the local community.
The company has invested heavily in Rhinos Without Borders, helping to relocate threatened rhinos from South Africa to Botswana. They have provided access to water for 56,000 people in local communities, 30 food gardens, and six commercial farms throughout Africa.
And they continue to innovate. "Creative new designs like Sandibe in the Okavango Delta in Botswana will keep &Beyond relevant for a long time to come," says Hilton.
Ted Turner Expeditions
Billionaire Ted Turner is the second largest landowner in America, a passionate environmentalist credited with helping to save American bison, among many other powerhouse actions. In 1997, he gave US$1 billion to support U.N. programs.
The Costilla Lodge at Vermejo Park Ranch is one of Ted Turner's three ranches in New Mexico.
Now travellers can get an inside look at his personal property via the recently launched Ted Turner Expeditions, three vast New Mexico ecotourism ranches where guests can explore rare species and untouched land. Visitors can choose from Vermejo Park Ranch, a 236,700-hectare wildlife wonderland; Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa, offering holistic treatments and day tours; and Ladder Ranch, which has a wide range of ecosystems thriving over 63,100 hectares.
Six Senses
Six Senses is devoted to sustainability in its hotels, resorts, and spas. A Sustainability Fund at every resort uses portions of revenue to support local charities and community projects. No plastic bottles are used, and all water is bottled onsite.
Enjoy stunning ocean views at By The Beach restaurant at the Six Senses Con Dao in Vietnam.
Specifically, Six Senses Con Dao and Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in Vietnam showcase admirable commitment. Con Dao has partnered with the nearby national park to protect and advance a severely damaged coral reef system—a move great for the environment and for guests who want to enjoy it and help. They also operate a turtle sanctuary. Con Dao supports a pre-kindergarten program, and a filtration system provides clean water for students.
At Ninh Van Bay, the hotel is devoted to their Coral Project, protecting a nearby reef and providing education on marine life, while guests experience fantastic swimming and snorkelling. Employment opportunities are offered first to those living in the area, and several programs provide purified water to the community, with more to come via new stainless steel water tanks.
Header Image: This pool at Six Senses Ninh Van Bay overlooks the private bay in front of the resort near Nha Trang, Vietnam. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY KIATTIPONG PANCHEE, SIX SENSES


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Pulse (Kairo) (2005)
Critic Consensus: A sinister spine-tingling techno-thriller whose artistry lies in the power of suggestion rather than a barrage of blood and guts or horror shop special effects.
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Where the average Japanese horror flick is petulant and nasty, Pulse is dolorous, shivery, and surreal.
It's an apocalyptic ghost story with some eerie images and a surprising turn toward the end, but it bogs down considerably between the good scenes.
It's not about blood, gore and oozing innards but unsettling creepiness that gets under a moviegoer's skin and makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
While it's rattling your nerves, Pulse leaves your brain wanting more.
It's best just to give yourself over to its dizzy dreaminess and abstract analysis of the persistent, beckoning throb of the digital underground.
By the end of Pulse the world seemed a whole lot creepier place. I'm pretty sure that means it worked.
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There is a nice movie about alienation and loneliness in the age of Internet lost in the middle of this silly, heavy-handed mess that, despite being effectively creepy, dark and oppressive, tries too hard to have a "message" and be profound (to the point of obviousness).
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Not so creepy. Not so scary. Just seemed to never end....
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A plague of ghosts abduct the living, leaving Tokyo and the world nearly deserted. Confusing, creepy, ambitious J-horror that tries to say something about modern loneliness.
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Jeanne and Cooper Visit the Farm – Episode 1 [VIDEO]
Jeanne and I paid a visit to the farm of one of our coworkers over the weekend, giving us the chance to help out with chores. The first episode has Jeanne cleaning the chicken coop. While I grew up around farm animals, Jeanne hasn't spent much time on a farm, so this made our trip interesting.


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Each person's medical history is unique, and the school nurse takes a careful look at all applicants' health records before giving her approval for students to go on the trip. If there are any allergies or respiratory concerns, it is important to have some throughful conversations with Mr. Tafel, Ms. Mai, and the school nurse to make sure that there is a proper support in the Xizhou area to support student medical concerns.
We are, unfortunately, unable to provide the kind of medical support needed for students with peanut allergies. Since peanut allergies are not common in that area of China, local hospitals simply do not have the ability to manage peanut-related emergencies.
Students with anything more than minor allergies or asthma would be putting themselves at risk if they were to have a problem so far away from a hospital that is used to handling such emergencies. We will have many meals away from where we live, and it will be very difficult to completely prevent allergic reactions by those who are sensitive to such things.


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ResortQuest Welcomes Anglers and Spectators to the 24th Annual Bay Point Billfish Invitational Tournament in Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach, Florida (PRWEB) May 31, 2007
From July 11th through 14th thousands of anglers and fans will descend upon Panama City Beach for the Annual Bay Point Invitational Billfish Tournament. While the country's finest deep-sea anglers vie for a record-setting billfish and over $ 1 million in cash prizes, thousands of fishing enthusiasts and supporters will enjoy the wide array of Tournament festivities and cheer as the fish are weighed in on Friday and Saturday evenings. Additional information about the Bay Point Billfish Invitational Tournament can be found at BaypointBillfish.com.
The festivities begin on Wednesday July 11th at 6:00 pm with a Dock party that includes exhibitor booths, food booths, entertainment and a party on the Lagoon beginning at 10:30 pm. Thursday morning kicks off with the Annual Billfish Golf Tournament and the Dock Party begins again at 5:00pm. The cannon firing, which signals the beginning of the tournament is scheduled for 8:29 pm Thursday evening. Live entertainment and another Party on the Lagoon continue into the evening. The dock parties continue on Friday and Saturday starting at 6:00 pm with the official weigh-ins for the day. A television broadcast of the event is scheduled to start at 7:00pm on Saturday.
ResortQuest Northwest Florida offers a large selection of Panama City Beach Condominiums located directly on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico and just a short drive to the festival site. For more information about ResortQuest vacation rentals available in Panama City Beach, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Beaches of South Walton, Perdido Key or Navarre Beach visit ResortQuestNWFL.com
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ResortQuest, one of the nation's leading vacation rental hospitality and resort real estate companies, provides a one-stop resource in North America's premier resort destinations, ResortQuest.com. ResortQuest is the largest marketer and management company of vacation condominiums and leading vacation rentals in the U.S. and Canada, based on a portfolio of nearly 14,000 properties, from Whistler accommodations to a Fort Walton Beach condos, with a combined real estate value estimated at approximately $ 7 billion. ResortQuest Real Estate is one of the nation's leading real estate companies focusing exclusively on resort properties, offering superior brokerage services in the country's premier beach, ski and golf destinations. ResortQuest employs more than 4,000 people and is owned and operated by Gaylord Entertainment Co. (NYSE: GET), one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the hospitality and entertainment industries, based in Nashville, Tenn., that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels and the Grand Ole Opry.
For more information, visit ResortQuest.com or GaylordEntertainment.com.
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Labour relations
There is a never-ending stream of judgments on the topic of labour relations law or the world of work. This is sometimes referred to as labour law, employment law, industrial relations law or work law. You have to be up-to-date with the latest judgments to comply with labour relations law.
Community Schemes
Given the importance of land, housing and sectional titles the scope of GilesFiles has been extended to cover the rapidly developing topic of community schemes. Not all those cases are reported in the usual law reports and this means you will be able to search for them and access them.
Protection of Personal Information
The protection of personal information as it is known in South Africa (or data protection as it is known in many other countries) is a sub-topic of the broader topic of privacy. It focuses just on data privacy and especially any judgments that apply laws such as the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
Access to Information
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA, or PAI Act) governs how you can apply to access information. Judgments help people to balance rights and interests and to decide when to give access and when to refuse.
Privacy is a broad topic and includes the various aspects of privacy, like data privacy, the privacy of communications, bodily privacy and surveillance. There are many judgments that demonstrate the application of the law to this topic in different contexts.
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Master of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program Highlights
- Train in organizational development and leadership to transform work culture.
- Earn your degree in two years of full-time study or ask about our part-time options.
- Create a flexible schedule with daytime, weekend, and evening classes.
- Gain extensive real-world experience with a unique focus on socially responsible practice.
Our Master of Industrial and Organizational Psychology prepares students to foster workplaces that encourage leadership, innovation, and wellbeing. With organizations increasingly seeking out human behavior experts to improve business performance, specialists in this rapidly growing field are reshaping the 21st-century workplace.
Our comprehensive program offers a Ministry-approved curriculum that integrates science, practice, and active learning. Bringing together theory, research, applied skills, and community service, it is designed to give students the in-depth theoretical knowledge and real-world experience to be effective, forward-thinking organizational experts.
We offer an immersive learning experience that brings together rigorous coursework with real-world experience creating positive social change—all led by experts in the field. Our training prioritizes leadership development, providing students with personalized coaching from faculty and peers, and opportunities to cultivate self-reflection, relational skills, and systems thinking.
Adler University is a recognized pioneer in graduate education, preparing socially responsible practitioners to address today's most pressing workplace issues.
Our program prepares specialists in industrial and organizational psychology to work as internal and external consultants or full-time professionals in a variety of fields, including:
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Unique to our institution is the Social Justice Practicum, a transformative, high-impact field experience completed by all Adler students to cultivate skills for becoming agents of social change. This goes hand-in-hand with the program's core professional practicum tailored to students' career goals. Through our partnership network, students gain real-world experience and build their professional reputation among those who are redefining work in the 21st century.
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Our program is designed with working professionals in mind and can either be completed in two years of full-time study or ask about our part-time options. We offer schedules tailored to your needs, with daytime, weekend and evening classes. Additionally, you are able to complete your second year's coursework anywhere you choose—you are not required to stay in Vancouver.
When you enroll, you join a cohort or group of students who will take classes together throughout the course of the program. This model emphasizes connection and collaboration among students, calling on their intellect, emotions, and core values to collectively develop their full leadership potential.
Our program environment is characterized by Adlerian encouragement, empathy, and genuine care, with the expressed purpose of supporting the personal and professional growth of each of our students based on their interests and professional focus.
Upon graduation, you will become a member of the University's Alumni Association, which along with our Office of Alumni Affairs, provides extensive ongoing networking and professional development opportunities.


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COVID-19 Update
On Friday, May 1 and at the direction of Gov. Evers, the department reopened state parks, forests and sites within the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway with special conditions. Four State Natural Areas remain closed: Parfrey's Glen, Pewits Nest, Gibraltar Rock and Dells of the Wisconsin River. All Wildlife Areas and Fisheries Areas are open. For more information, please visit the DNR's COVID-19 information webpage for the full list of conditions, including hours of operation, admission fees and more.
Van Loon Wildlife Area is a 3,918-acre property located in La Crosse County. It is located in the northwest corner of La Crosse County around 3 and 1/2 miles northwest of the Village of Holmen. The property extends 5 miles south of the Black River from Hwy 53/93 "Hunter's Bridge" to the community of New Amsterdam on County Trunk XX.
The wildlife area originated as a lease project in 1948 (known as McGilvary Bottoms). Fee acquisition began in 1957 with the purchase of 758 acres from the William Van Loon estate. The property contains six historic McGilvray arch truss bridges [exit DNR] over the Black River built circa 1892.
Habitat on the property consists primarily of flood plain forest, sand prairies and oak savanna. Situated on sand and gravel deposits of the Black River, it features groves of scattered oak forest with green ash. The sparse canopy of the savanna has permitted the development of prairie grasses and forbs and the exceptionally rich groundlayer has over 100 species documented. The mature floodplain forest situated between channels of the Black River contains canopy dominants of large silver maple, swamp white oak and green ash. Associated species include river birch, cottonwood, yellowbud hickory, American elm, basswood and black ash. Swamp white oak is reproducing well and there is good distribution of both size and age classes for most tree species, although very large individuals are relatively infrequent. The site is dissected by several flood channels and topography is nearly level. The shrub layer is moderately dense composed of prickly ash, elderberry, buttonbush, common winterberry and nannyberry.
Van Loon is a WBCI Important Bird Area [exit DNR] noted for Yellow-crowned night-herons, Acadian flycatchers, cerulean warblers and prothonotary warblers that breed there. The site also supports red-headed woodpeckers, blue-winged warblers and field sparrows. Waterbirds congregate in late summer and thousands of landbirds migrate through, particularly in the spring. Van Loon is also featured in the Mississippi - Chippewa River Region of the Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail [exit DNR].
The Van Loon Floodplain Forest State Natural Area and the Van Loon Floodplain Savanna State Natural Area are found within the wildlife area.
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The Black River (including Van Loon WA) is identified as Conservation Opportunity Area [PDF] for Large River Corridors of Continental Significance within the Western Coulee and Ridges Ecological Landscape according to Wisconsin's Wildlife Action Plan. The wildlife area is managed to provide opportunities for public hunting, fishing, trapping, and other outdoor recreation while protecting the qualities of the unique native communities and associated species found on the property. The state natural areas are primarily managed passively, with some thinning of the canopy, understory manipulation and shrub control via harvest, brushing or fire to mimic natural disturbance patterns in the savanna. Management efforts are designed to protect the ecological river corridor gradients from lowlands to uplands, along with protection of the floodplain corridor. This will enlarge the amount of habitat available, allow for the movement of species upslope and downslope as environmental conditions change over time, provide migratory bird stopover habitat and provide suitable habitat for species that require large areas or are dependent upon a mosaic of interconnected habitats, including a full range of seral stages, for their long-term survival. Populations of invasive species are controlled or eliminated by cutting, pulling, burning, herbicide treatment and/or bio-control.
Rapid Ecological Assessment for Lower Black and Trempealeau Rivers Planning Group
- Recreation
The Van Loon Wildlife Area offers many recreational opportunities.
- Birding
- Camping (primitive) | Canoe camping allowed at the head of the New Channel where it meets the main channel of the Black River
- Canoeing
- Cross country skiing (no designated trail)
- Fishing
- Hiking (no designated trail)
- Hunting
- Trapping
- Wild edibles/gathering
- Wildlife viewing
- Maps
Download [PDF] a map of this property.
If you are interested in exploring this property further, you can access an interactive map.
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text: As a matter of fact Switzerland offers all you need for your perfect holiday experience: There are impressive mountains, charming landscapes, and lovely lakes. Cozy and friendly towns and villages and a varied offering in terms of activities and attractions for the old and young await you from Lake Constance to Lake Geneva, from the Jungfraujoch to Ticino. When walking, hiking or mountain biking in the Swiss mountains you'll be in not only for action and adventures, but also for breathtaking views of numerous glaciers and peaks higher than 4,000 meters! The Mittelland region, Ticino and Switzerland's lovely lakes offer recreation and relaxation in abundance, along with perfect conditions for swimming and cycling.


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Tuesday, 12 July 2011
The bi-monthly N.W.A-related post
Luke ft. JT Money & Clayvosie - Cowards In Compton
(From In The Nude; 1993)
Contrast Cowards In Compton with Tim Dog's reply to Dre Day, the amusingly titled but otherwise rank Bitch With A Perm, as a lesson in what rappers should and shouldn't do when returning zings. Does Tim Dog really need to exist beyond his Ric Flair impression on Chorus Line or him being the subject matter of Snoop's lyrics on the 2nd verse of Dre Day and a couple of J-Zone blog posts? Your boy attended a 90s-themed rap night a couple of months back wearing a Compton cap and when the DJ played Tim Dog's most famous record some Kermit The Frog face ass whigga in a Dilla t-shirt started screaming "FUCK COMPTON!" at me. A quick consultation of the 'Life Is Like A 'Hood DVD' handbook alerted me to the "what the fuck is the use of havin' soldiers if you don't use 'em?" ruling, so I set my Napoleon-complex suffering angry little goon on him and then went back to harassing the DJ to play joints off Efil4zaggin and tsk tsk-ing him when he played godamn Jurassic 5 songs.
Speaking of Luke and Cam, I've still never heard that Suck This Dick track they did together on the Uncle Luke presents.. Scandalous: The All Star Compilation album in 2002, but one can only hope that it's closer to Luke's own Head, Head & More Head than it is to Cam & Wayne's Suck/Touch It Or Not, a blowjob-fetishizing jam so grim it made oral sex sound about as appealing as suffering from a bout of lockjaw during a 3 hour root canal.
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tim dog ' s existence justified by his role in ULTRA
- 12 July 2011 at 15:59
- done said...
Kinda shocked you're not feeling Timothy tbh. Then again I tend to agree with J-Zone on most things non-Wu related.
Theres another diss song I really like that deserves to be brought up in these discussions:
"whip that ass like Luke did in Atlanta!" The Heres What They Think About You-ish phone intro skit was a nice touch I thought. Man I love that album.
- 12 July 2011 at 21:21
- Lattisaw Tapes said...
Yes, Tim Dog needs to exist. lol
- 12 July 2011 at 21:40
- Kelvin Mack10zie said...
Funk Upon A Rhyme is, indeed, the shit.
- 12 July 2011 at 22:17
- done said...
Its not perfect but still probably in my top twenty, such a one-off.
Tim Dog was also indirectly responsible for 'Pac's death, Snoop kicking down them buildings and this:
that gets him a pass, no?
- 12 July 2011 at 22:34
- Kelvin Mack10zie said...
Hell naw. That was more of a response to Q-Tip and The Source.
- 13 July 2011 at 08:39
- done said...
Yeh but I bet Tip was more shook before Tim tested the waters. Source was inevitable though, Lil Ghetto Boy and the G-Funk Intro >>>>> Da Youngstas or whoever they gave 4 1/2 mics that month.
If I remember right they made no mention of Death Certificate's political content despite giving it a lengthy review, which is unforgivable.
- 13 July 2011 at 09:51


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Professor celebrates culture through art
Adjunct professor Narciso Argüelles said his Latino upbringing has greatly influenced his career as an artist.
Argüelles, who grew up in Tijuana, Mexico, said he learned how to be inventive as a child.
He said his experiences growing up in a third-world country provided him with a unique artistic aesthetic.
Argüelles said he graduated with a master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of California in Irvine in 1998.
He has been an adjunct professor at OCCC since 2008.
Since then, Argüelles said he's taught Drawing, 2-D and Color Theory and Art Appreciation.
"The reason why I make art … [is because] I want to bring about change."
"If I were a writer, I would write about things that bring social and economic change for Latino people," he said.
"If I were a filmmaker, I'd make a documentary — but I'm an artist, so I make art."
Argüelles co-curated an art show entitled "Art: Balance + Design" at the Main Site Art Gallery in Norman on Jan. 23.
"The premise of the show is graphic designers making art," Argüelles said.
"I got the idea because a lot of my former students are professional graphic designers now [who] still make artwork."
Argüelles said the show, which gathered an audience of about 75 on its opening night, was comprised of pieces from local artists in Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and surrounding areas. Artists included some of his former students.
"To me, the best artists have an awesome sense of design and the best designers — the ones who push boundaries — are really influenced by fine art," he said.
Argüelles said the piece he contributed to the show, entitled "The Occupied," is the first of three portraits which display "people who were sometimes denied access to the American dream."
He said being a Chicano artist, he celebrates many aspects of his culture.
He said "The Occupied" represents the industrialization of the indigenous people, as it portrays a photograph of a Native American woman standing in downtown Oklahoma City, with cracked wax bordering the photo.
Argüelles said as an art teacher, he encourages his students to be confident in their work.
He said when students ask him how to gain artistic recognition, he reminds them not be phased by rejection and to put themselves out there.
He said being an artist may not warrant financial stability, but that's not why he makes art.
"I make art … to educate.
"We, as Latino people, have to represent … that's why I got into education," Argüelles said. "I had to help the next guy."
"The message that I want to give — especially to young Latino artists — is to not be afraid … to put themselves out there," he said.
For more information, email Argüelles at email@example.com.
To view more of Argüelles's art, visit http://nastudiosokc.com.
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My Back – Done it Again
Posted by aussiecraig in Health and wellness on October 31, 2009
I managed to tweak my back a couple of weeks ago. Not enough to slow too much down, but enough to irritate the structure muscle and nerve of my lower back. But, that was only the start of the troubles.
We have at work on of those "deckchairs on the Titanic" exercise happening this week. A shuffle of the workgroups on level 1 is happening and my workgroup is being moved. Not so bad, "par for the course" in any building, moving sections around a sections grow and other things shrink.
Well, this was bad news for my back. Although, I tried to plan boxing the boxing up activity so that I was not doing things which would aggravate my back. The process of packing up all of my reference library into boxes for the move, has raised the level of irritation for my back muscles.
I found this little "electric blanket" in the shops yesterday Breville Digital Heat Pad. The only thing which is digital on this is the display, but I guess that the marketing man thought the calling it a "digital" would sell better. Really, it is just a small electric blanket.
Does it Work?
For me the answer is a definite and resounding YES. It is very effective at "pouring heat" into the irritated muscles of my back. The heat has both muscle relaxing and restorative properties.
The medical, and physiotherapy, professions would say that the heat is stimulating the blood flow to the area. This increased blood flow simulates the healing process.
I have been using one of of these Elastoplast Hot/Cold Pack. Another product which works, but the constant cycle of soaking it in more hot water, is a bit of a problem.
- Breville Digital Heat Pad highly recommended.
- Elastoplast Hot/Cold Pack works well for a short term problem.
- Moving a section is a pain in the back! And I am only half way through the process. Wednesday, bring the unpacking in the new location.


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SprintImage Address
SprintImage Yline , Xpos , Address
Print either a full size image (128 x 64) on a Samsung graphic LCD from the data held in a Cdata table somewhere in memory, or a partial image at the y line and x pos from the data provided. It will obtain the size of the image from data held within the image file.
Address - a constant, variable, label, or expression that represents any valid address within the PIC® micro.
Yline - a constant, or byte variable pointing to the Y-axis line to start the image printing from. This must be a value of 0 to 7. Where 0 is the top line.
Xpos - a constant, or byte variable pointing to the X-axis location pixel to start the image printing from. This must be a value of 0 to 127. Where 0 is the far left row of pixels.
Include "proton_g4.int" Cls SPrintImage 4,20,BatterySymbol Stop BatterySymbol: CData 2,8,_ 254,226,227,227,227,227,226,254,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255
Notes When only the Address is supplied the image is taken to be 64 x 128 pixels and will start to print at 0,0. If Yline and Xpos is added then the image size is taken from the first 2 bytes in the image file starting with Y lines.
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I have to admit, I absolutely love Red! That pup has the greatest mix of sarcasm, intelligence, and puppy attitude EVER!This story is a bit different than most romances given the nature of the main character who just so happens to be blind. The story is told from her PoV so the people, places, things, etc don't have much of a physical description other than what Red or someone else tells her. there is a lot of description for smell, touch, hearing, and tasting though. Especially in the sex scenes. Which to me gave those scenes a more intimate feel. Instead of the description of the sex scenes focusing on the looks of the lovers, it delves deeper to an almost emotional level.
I did spot a few small errors here and there.. I think it was like two and it just a wrong tense of a word. Nothing drastic. It won't impede reading and won't distract very much either.
I particularly liked the military tactics Bas and David use to sabotage each other. Those scenes will give the reader many times of giggles I can assure you.
I'm still trying to figure out how Red can talk, I guess that's a mystery to every one.
I look forward to reading Color Blind which is book 2 in this series to find out what mischief Red can get Teresa, David, and Bas in next.
I give this book 5 of 5 paws


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Paramedic Pete Adams lived through the year from hell watching his lover, Ash, fall apart, and the precarious balance between work and home is becoming more strained. His heart is always home, with Ash, but the dark side to his job is weighing him down.
Tattoo artist Ash Fagin is recovering from a nervous breakdown triggered by revelations about his traumatic childhood. His battle with mental illness is far from over, but with Pete by his side, he's feeling good again, so good he doesn't notice something missing until it walks right into his living room.
Ash believes he's had enough coincidence in his life, but when a voice from the past comes looking for him, it takes the devastating injuries of the one he loves most to convince him to let a ghost become the family he never knew he wanted.
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
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Rainbow Award winner Garrett Leigh is a British writer and book designer, currently working for Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, and Black Jazz Press. Her protagonists will always always be tortured, crippled, broken, and deeply flawed. Throw in a tale of enduring true love, some stubbly facial hair, and a bunch of tattoos, and you've got yourself a Garrett special.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible. That, and dreaming up new ways to torture her characters. Garrett believes in happy endings; she just likes to make her boys work for it.
Garrett also works as a freelance cover artist for various publishing houses and independent authors under the pseudonym G.D. Leigh. For cover art info, please visit blackjazzpress.com
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Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: G.D. Leigh
1. What was the most exciting part of making an audiobook?
Auditioning the narrators, though it was equal parts horrifying. Listening to my sex scenes through headphones made me want to get my eardrums bleached.
2. Who is the narrator and how did you choose?
Michael Lesley, and it took 8-9 rejections before Andrew Grey thought of him. But when I heard him, I knew it a heartbeat he was the one.
3. What was the inspiration for Ash and Pete?
Ash and Pete's combined stories are a tale of survival. I remember reading a quote from Girl, Interrupted that felt like Ash in a nutshell: "I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent."
4. Are there more books coming for them?
Perhaps, though I think it's more likely they would be secondary characters. I don't think I could put them through much more, and it's not in my nature to write fluff :P
5. What are you working on now?
Lots of things, but nothing even close to being finished. I'm hoping to rediscover my focus soon, but until then…who knows? :)
PETE HAD been busy while I'd been gone. I stood in front of the shiny new door to his apartment and wondered for a moment if I'd come home to the right place. Then I remembered the coarse message he'd sent me a few days ago, telling me in no uncertain terms what a bitch the new door had been to fit. A separate message—perhaps an afterthought—told me he'd left a key on top of the frame.
I reached for it and turned it over in my hand. It was silver and shiny. The old one was battered brass, bruised and familiar. It felt heavy in my pocket as I slid the new key into the lock. I considered the fate of the old key now that the door it belonged to was no longer there. Pete said I pondered the strangest things.
The new door swung open with a whisper. It felt odd after two years with a door that crunched like a gearbox. The new door was like a ghost, all shimmery and silent. I wasn't sure I liked it.
A wry grin crept over my face. Really? Four days without Pete and you're worried about a door? I took a tentative step forward. The door closed with a quiet click, and this time, I paid it no heed.
I glanced around the apartment. It was quiet and still. No TV, stereo, or signs of life. That was no surprise. I was a few hours early. Despite hating every moment of the flight between Chicago and Philadelphia, I'd caught an earlier plane home. Pete wasn't expecting me, but I could feel in my bones that he was home. The invisible cord between us pulled me along, and a minute later, I found him passed out in our bed. He was asleep on his stomach, something he only did when he was alone or too tired to notice. It used to make me uneasy—sometimes it still did—but not today. Today his bare back was exactly what I needed to see. I sat down by his head and brushed my fingers over his stubbly jaw. He didn't stir, even when I leaned down and breathed in the clean smell of his skin.
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Top: Lole (So comfy and comes in warm grey too!) || Leggings: Zella (Honestly the best leggings I've ever had! Love the high waist!) || Shoes: Steve Madden (So comfortable! Great for shopping and traveling! Or just every day!) || Earrings: Kate Spade
Hey y'all!
Do you ever find yourself struggling in your travel attire? I know I've been there a few times being a military wife! We are constantly on the road! Whether it's moving to a new home, or driving to visit relatives and friends, we are always on the go! I've teamed up with my friend Brittany Sjogren from Loverly Grey today to share our favorite travel outfits! I'm also sharing my five road trip necessities at the bottom of this post!
I recently picked up this outfit from Nordstrom and traveled to see our family for Thanksgiving in it! It's so comfy y'all! This sweatshirt tunic is so comfortable and the perfect length! I'm the girl that can't wear leggings unless my tail is covered! Tell me I'm not the only one? This tunic is such a good length for any height and it's super soft on the inside!
Now let's talking about these leggings. You've heard me rave on and on about them before... but I can't tell you enough how much you need like five pairs of them! They are so warm and the high waist is amaaaazing! Girl, you gotta go grab some now!
If you follow me over on Instagram, then you already have heard me blab about these sneakers from Steve Madden! They are so comfy! I went Black Friday shopping in these babes for 10 hours and my feet still felt great! No lie, y'all!
Alright, on to the road trip necessities! With so much experience traveling... I know exactly what you need for those longs trips! Here we go!
1. A comfy outfit!
Obviously Brittany and I have already covered this for y'all in our posts today! But I suggest making sure it's something that you feel cozy in and that you layer at least your top so you can easily take something off depending on who's controlling your A/C! ;)
2. A good playlist!
We all know that a road trip isn't a road trip without some good music! I've made a playlist for y'all right here that I absolutely love to drive to! Everything from the 80s to current! Let's just say it ends with "Bye Bye Bye" from *NSYNC! ;) I love to play music that keeps me awake and moving! What about you?
3. Snacks!
Ummmm... fat girl probs! Hah! I have to have snacks when I'm traveling. I don't know what it is but I get the munchies so strong when driving! If I'm the passenger, it's not as bad, but if I'm behind that wheel we better have something to munch on! I love Fit Snack for healthy snacks on the go!
4. A cozy blanket & pillow!
If there's one thing I've learned about a long road trip is that you need comfort! I always travel with a blanket and pillow! Especially if you're in the passenger seat!! I love this blanket so much! It's so soft and the pom pom detail is adorable! I suggest a travel pillow instead of a regular pillow for traveling. The support they give you for sleeping in a seat is so much better! I highly suggest this one! It's super soft and fits great!
5. Someone to laugh with!
Never travel alone if you can help it! Having someone to chat with and share stories with is so much fun! It also helps the drive to seem a lot shorter than it actually is! My favorite travel partner is my husband! Grab a friend or your special someone before you hop in the car! You won't regret it! :)
Thanks so much for checking out this post today! Brittany and I were so excited to share our travel tips and outfits with y'all! Be sure to go show her blog and Instagram some love from the Bloom Into Beautiful family!
What's your favorite travel essential?
Tell me in the comments or over on my latest Insta photo!


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SOMEBODY NEEDS TO tell the ranter that kids can play baseball in a public park or a private yard with the cost being merely for one baseball and one cheap bat. As a kid, I got to play despite holding the record for strikeouts. I wasn't deprived by politicians as that ranter would surely insist. Stop depending on government; soon government will enslave you.
MR. TROTTIE WAS released from prison two months ago. In that time, he's apparently gone back into the car stealing business. Why do judges and parole boards release such obvious felons?
PARENTS, YOU have to pay for your kids, not others. No matter how much talent, if you can't pay or find a sponsor for sports or any other expenses, then don't whine about it. You might get some help if you ask politely with sugar instead of whining with vinegar.
MY RANT IS ABOUT the Mother's Day concert at the James Brown Arena. It was not the artists, it was the sound system, or should I say the lack of a sound system.
DOES AUGUSTA HAVE SO much trash that it has to have it picked up twice a week?
IT'S RIDICULOUS how people keep saying the illegal immigrant couple were good people and need not be deported on only one charge.
WE NEED TO LEAVE Iraq and Afghanistan and save those billions of dollars to funnel back into our own country to use. We have the homeless problems, the lack of full assistance to our beloved vets and officers of the law.
WE STARTED RECYCLING three years ago. Now we don't need twice-a-week garbage pickup. Once for garbage, once for recycling is plenty. Anyone can recycle and cut the garbage way down. It takes a little work to wash out some of the plastic stuff though.
RANTS TO THOSE IN Washington who want to change Social Security. I have a surefire plan to ensure the stability of Social Security. All government employees and elected officials should have to participate in the Social Security retirement plan. I bet it will stabilize in one week.
RANT TO RICHMOND COUNTY drug enforcement, if there is any. You need to target that area near the corner of Windsor Spring and Peach Orchard roads. The parking lots are becoming a dope center for south Augusta. Get these slum bums out of there.


text: The stock market was a much better place to be in at the end of last year than it was a year earlier.At that stage, the JSE and the world's other well-known bourses were still licking their wounds following one of the worst falling markets in the 123 years of the JSE's existence.After a bull run lasting more than four years, it was obviously demoralising to see billions of rand of market capitalisation disappearing almost overnight in 2008.Companies with plans of listing had second thoughts, and ultimately the negative mood was reflected clearly by the mere 23 new JSE listings during the year, compared with the optimistically excessive 62 in 2007, and even the 37 in 2006.In the end, 20 companies delisted, which still meant a net increase of three and a total number of 425 listed companies in December 2008.And then, the recessionLast year, things naturally didn't go too well either.The listing crop of 10 was even poorer than 2008's 23, and the 25 delistings for 2009 were even five more than 2008's 20.However, investors were very excited about telecommunications giant Vodacom's listing in May last year, because they had been waiting for this for a long time, and the company's approximately 1.49bn shares at 5200c each were a massive injection into the market.Mining group Platmin, which placed 445m shares at 620c, Trustco Group with 707m shares at 72c, and Fortress Income Fund A and B were some of the other major listings. Ububele Holdings, which made its appearance on the AltX in November, was in fact a reverse listing in the Milkworx shell. It's quite interesting to see how some of these newcomers have fared since their listings.Vodacom stood at 5500c at the end of February, which means that it added about 6.7% of value since listing.Platmin was trading at 1110c in February, showing growth of 79% since listing in July.Fortress A stood at 980c, about 8.9% better than when it listed in October, and Fortress B fared excellently by trading at 190c – an improvement of 90% on its issue price of 100c.However, asset management group Efficient fell back from 1236c to 560c, and Trustco, still the only company on the JSE's Africa exchange, fell from 72c to 53c.Investors are still not interested in Ububele – like its predecessor Milkworx a year ago, it's trading at an average of 2c per share. If one looks at the list of 25 companies that left the market during the past year, it's apparent that several are gone through schemes of arrangement, six failed to comply with their listing requirements, two (Pals and Halogen) were liquidated, and others are no longer there for various other reasons. The total number of companies listed at the end of last year has fallen to 410 from the previous year's 425, while the total number of listed securities is down from 992 in 2008 to 966.In 2007, they reached a high of 1174.Better market capsAs far as market capitalisation is concerned, the statistics are miles better than they were at the end of 2008, because of the worldwide fall in share prices.At the end of last year, it was R5 929,1bn, compared with R4 541,9bn a year earlier, when the combined market capitalisation of all sectors had fallen to a level somewhere between 2005 and 2006.This R5 929,1bn compares with R3 586bn in 2005, R5 042bn in 2006 and is even more than 2007's R5 696,8bn before the market downturn.The JSE's liquidity of 47.9% last year was slightly lower than in the previous year, which is to be expected, because in stormy years like 2008 there's obviously a lot of market activity.Whereas liquidity (measured on a daily basis, not at the end of the month) was about 36% in 2005, it grew to 42% and 45% in subsequent years, reaching 53% in 2008.The JSE's turnover for last year was R2 796bn, a hefty R467bn lower than in the previous year. In a bad year, companies of course think twice before acquiring new capital through rights issues, their prospectus, or by obtaining new assets through other means.However, last year this climbed to R107bn, a solid 39.5% more than the previous year's R76.7bn. But the figure is still well short of 2007's R124.9bn.Sector spreeSectors that acquired considerably more capital last year than in the previous one, include consumer goods (R28.4bn as against 2008's modest R2.5bn), healthcare (R4.8bn versus only R75m), telecommunications (R19.9bn versus R45m) and financial (R26.4bn compared with R22.9bn in 2008).Foreign trading on the JSE in 2009 was a lot different from 2008: though purchasing by foreigners dropped back by about R62bn to R524.5bn, they were very unwilling to get rid of their shares, selling to the value of only R449bn during the year, while sales in 2008 totalled R641.4bn.This means that net buying by foreigners last year totalled R75,4bn, compared with net sales of R54.4bn in the previous year.On fluctuating markets, of course, it remains an art to keep investment losses as low as possible when prices fall and make the gap as large as possible when prices rise.One of the valuable aids is the beta value of shares, which indicates the sensitivity of a share price on the JSE when the market moves in one direction or the other.As is well known, a share with a beta of, for example, 1.4 moves an average of 14% for every 10% that the market moves: when the market falls, such a share will fall more than the market average, while it will grow faster than the market average in a bull market.A guidelineOn the other hand, a share with a beta of less than one will do better during bear markets and worse that the market average in good times.Research on this is usually based on company-performance periods of five years and is published quarterly.Though it's obviously not guaranteed that a company will respond exactly according to its beta, this nevertheless offers a handy guideline (and perhaps a little less stress) in bear markets and a good chance of doing better than the market average in times of prosperity.No discussion of the JSE would be complete without reference to the success or failure of its alternative exchange, the AltX.In the latest Profile's Stock Exchange Handbook (October 2009-January 2010), the JSE itself says how this exchange is faring and why it's such an important addition for companies: The AltX offers a powerful platform for small and medium companies to realise their dreams of becoming listed entities.In the longer term, this exchange has the potential of housing more companies than the main board.In February this year, there were already 76 listed companies on the AltX, with a combined market capitalisation of more than R13bn.The figure doesn't look like much in the face of well-known groups such as Uranium One (about R10,9bn), Northam (R17,6bn), Murray & Roberts (R14bn), Aveng (R14bn) and Distell (R13,3bn), but already there are examples of companies that have reached a level of maturity justifying a shift to the main board.Pharmaceutical group Cipla Medpro (formerly known as Enaleni), Mazor, Sanyati and Esorfranki are four that have already moved to the main board.CIC Holdings, with a current market capitalisation of about R390m, is another one, and its performance to date is impressive: in February last year, when it was still part of the AltX, its share price was around 74c.It's currently more than twice that at 155c.The growth in the market's sustainability index, the SRI, also merits mention.In the past year, the number of participating companies grew to the highest number ever, and SRI index head Corli le Roux recently said more and more companies are expected to join in as fund managers and other investors place an increasing premium on good sustainability performances. Buzz wordAt the time of the announcement of the SRI index results on 30 November last year, it was clear that companies are increasingly seeing the importance of sustainability.The fact that more and more are joining confirms this, and several groups, like Anglo American, Steinhoff, Netcare and Absa, made this clear in announcing their involvement. During the announcement of the index results, Professor Mervyn King emphasised that sustainability was the moral and economic imperative of the 21st century and that companies could consequently not separate good management, strategy and sustainability."It's reckless to to act without taking the parallel urgencies of finances, climatic change and ecosystem biodiversity into account, and the new Companies Act gives the authorities the power to stop reckless behaviour," he warned.The JSE highlighted the following points of progress in its report on the index:Of the 109 companies assessed so far, 67 were accepted into the index;11 companies were accepted into the SRI for the first time last year;Last year, the index already included 34 of SA's Top 40 companies;The mining sector is the most strongly represented in the index, with the financial sector and general industries also well represented.The era of responsible investment is with us, and the JSE is an essential part of it. - Finweek


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After deleting a large amount (16+) Games (nor sure if relevant), and creating a new game, upon the pinboatd closing (used for PTM ration and gravity), the window lowers by 1/4 the width of the screen. Additionally, a copy/cut/paste box consumes the bottom portion of the screen,
I can post an image of the result if needed.
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@thecheater887 Yeah post an image
An image would help. because I'm not exactly sure what you mean.
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It's like the box lowers due to the keyboard closing, except there's no keyboard, so it never raises.
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I try to focus on the good things that happen when we are out on foot and bike, because I want to remember the joy in our lifestyle. I don't want to be an angry cyclist. But there's this one street that I ride regularly that is just soul-sucking. There's no bike lane, but it's busy enough that people driving get angry at me for riding in the road.
Most of the summer it wasn't so bad to ride, but this week I got honked at again. I kept riding, because there was nothing else I could do – the street has no shoulder, no bike lane, no parking lane, no sidewalk, just a narrow gravel path on the opposite side from where I was riding. Then after the traffic going the other way (a whole three cars) had cleared, the driver passed, mostly safely, if maybe with some excessive acceleration.
This was less than a quarter mile. I delayed her (making assumptions here because white Lexus SUV) maybe 20 seconds.
Obviously this person was in a hurry. I can just imagine the conversation when she got to her destination. "I'm sorry I'm late. There was this CYCLIST in front of me!"


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Monday, 6 June 2016
Intelligent Design in Us: Our Cells React Intelligently to Environmental Cues
Joel Kontinen
Our eyes focus automatically and adjust to gradual changes in light /darkness. Science knows of many other ways in which our bodies react to internal and/or environmental cues.
A new paper published in the journal Nature Communications looks at how synthetic circuits can be prodded to perform complex computations. A report posted on Phys.org says:
"Synthetic biological systems … have tended to focus on either analogue or digital processing, limiting the range of applications for which they can be used."
In other words, they are not as efficient or resilient as authentic biological cells.
"But now a team of researchers at MIT has developed a technique to integrate both analogue and digital computation in living cells, allowing them to form gene circuits capable of carrying out complex processing operations."
Darwinian mechanisms cannot improve living systems, but when it comes to design, it's an entirely different story.
The researchers realised that our cells are able to respond intelligently to signals coming from their surroundings. They hope to make use of this natural ability to monitor glucose levels in blood or inflammation levels in the gut.
There is little if anything haphazard or random in the way our cells respond to environmental signals. The ensuing changes are definitely not of the Darwinian type.
Intelligence runs the show.
Evolution does not design. In contrast, we see signs of amazing design, organization, complexity, designed features and even beauty almost everywhere, including us.
Knight, Helen. 2016. Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations Phys.org (3 June).
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Online forums have been around since the Internet was first built and have a lot of bloggers also made the forum as a medium to attract traffic to their blog. Although not as good and as good as the web 2.0 like twitter and facebook, forums remain a lucrative media to bring targeted traffic to your blog. The tips below are eight things you should remember to bring in targeted traffic from a forum.
Select the appropriate forum
Select the appropriate forum
Choosing the right forum is one very important thing. I hope you have joined with one or two forums that match your blog's niche and content. If you are not at all the online forum, you can find forums that match your niche by typing "your niche forum", for example "online SEO forums" in Google search engine. If you join more than one forum, you should concentrate on the first forum to be active in the forum so that you become one of the best member. That way, you'll be famous in the forum. And if you've known in a forum, you can move on to the next forum.
Choose a good username
Your Username is the brand of the forum because the username is first seen in the profile of a member in a forum. So you need to make an appropriate choice of words for your username. Your username should adjust to the niche of your blog so it looks more professional. Examples are "kangmusa.pakarseo".
Put your blog address in the signature
Signature is a text link or image that will appear at the bottom of every post you. Putting your blog address in the signature is the backbone so that you get a flood of traffic from the forum. This is because every visitor who reads the forum post you will definitely see you blog address at the end of the post. Therefore, you should create an attractive and appropriate post so that traffic can be directed to visit your blog.
Wake up your profile properly
Wake up your profile properly
Profile is part of the visitor will see your username if pressed. And usually a profile will show your avatar, a brief biography and a link to your blog. In general, an avatar is used to display pieces of a photo of yourself. You can put a photo of your face in the avatar. But if you prefer to be anonymous person in a forum, your avatar should be filled with images that represent your blog's niche. While the story contains a brief biography about yourself as a whole. Create professional look of this section, not boring and multidimensional. You can tell your experience in your field of expertise. In essence make everyone see the profile you want to interact further with you.
Do not engage in spamming
When you interact with others in online forums, interact with both. Do not immediately give your business card to another person whom you just shake hands and get acquainted. Interact with others appropriately. Do not engage in acts of spamming the forum. Remember your goal to join the forum is not solely to promote your blog, but to share knowledge and interact with others in the forum.
Provide quality content
Provide quality content
You must know that the life of a blog is content. And kontenlah that will bring traffic to your blog itself. This is also true in online forums. For example, retaliate to a question from another person with an answer that is clear, coherent and useful. Do not just reply with the word "yes" or "no". One other tactic is to put your blog post on the forums. Of course posting a really good quality and useful. And at the end of the post, you can put a sentence like this, "if you think this post informative and helpful, you can visit blogAnda.com to get another post."
Create a new thread
If someone opens a thread, then that person will see the first post. The first post will be more widely read than the post second, third and so on. Therefore, a thread starter to deliver the first post is very important. You can start a thread with a question because it will make people curious. Or if you do not have any questions, you can also ask other people opinion about something. An example is "what would you do if you have income of $ 500 per day?" It will make people interested and participating in the thread you made.
Do a post as often as possible
It is also important to support the activities you promote your blog on an online forum. The more often you make a post, the more often you are seen by others. The more often you see, the more often you blog address is displayed. And the more often your blog is displayed, the more visitors that come to your blog.
That's 8 Tips for Getting Traffic from Online Forums. Do your best in online forums that match your blog, practicing these 8 tips and make sure your blog is flooded with traffic.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Former UBS UBSN.VX trader Kweku Adoboli will start telling his side of the story in court on Thursday, seeking to convince a jury that he did not act dishonestly when he made the trades that cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion.
After listening quietly from the back of the London courtroom for six weeks as one after another of his former UBS colleagues took the witness stand, Adoboli is expected to begin giving evidence during the course of Thursday's hearing.
It will be the first time the 11 jurors hear the voice of the 32-year-old, British-educated Ghanaian, who used to work as a senior trader on the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) desk.
Adoboli was arrested at UBS's London offices in the middle of the night on September 15, 2011, hours after he sent an email to a back-office accountant explaining that he had booked fictitious trades to conceal losses made on "off-book" trades.
He has pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud by abuse of position and two of false accounting. The charges cover two periods, from October 2008 to the end of May 2011, and from May 31 to September 15, 2011.
Under British law, the prosecution must prove not only that Adoboli's actions amounted to fraud and false accounting but also that his intentions were dishonest.
Adoboli's evidence will begin with questions from his own counsel, then he will be cross-examined by the prosecution.
The lawyers estimated beforehand that the entire process could take three days, although previous time estimates given in the trial have turned out to be short of the mark.
Prosecutors have portrayed Adoboli as a greedy, out-of-control rogue trader who recklessly gambled away UBS's money because he wanted to be a star of the trading floor and earn bigger bonuses.
They have described a "pyramid of fraud" in which he routinely exceeded his risk limits, concealed his positions by booking fictitious hedges and lied to the back office when asked questions about his trades.
In their cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses, the defense team have sought to show that others within UBS knew of and condoned some of Adoboli's methods, particularly his so-called umbrella.
This was an accounting mechanism he used to keep some of the profits from his unauthorized trades out of the desk's profit and loss accounts and then to drip-feed them back into the accounts to smoothe out fluctuations.
They have also tried to demonstrate that supervision of the ETF desk was inadequate, risk management systems sloppy, back-office staff complacent and chains of command unclear.
The defense have suggested that Adoboli was acting for the good of the bank, in line with management calls for greater risk-taking in pursuit of greater profits.
They have said that if Adoboli's trades had resulted in profits rather than losses he would not have got in trouble.
The long-running trial has been a public relations headache for UBS. The bank is not a party, which means that under Britain's strict laws against prejudicing trials it is not allowed to comment publicly on evidence heard in court.
UBS has had to remain silent while Adoboli's defense team have spent weeks highlighting evidence that they say reflects poorly on the bank's standards and practices.
After Adoboli's evidence will come closing speeches from the prosecution and from the defense, then the judge's summing up. Then the jury will retire to consider their verdict.
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Just made the mistake of looking at the standings for our Seattlepi.com Reader Challenge.
It ain't pretty.
How bad is it, you ask? So bad that I've clinched a tie for third place despite predicting just one Final Four team correctly and picking Pittsburgh to win the national championship.
But "Busted Bracket Brigade" and "DJ – Go Dawgs!" are still capable of the loftier feat of winning the whole thing, whatever that may still be worth.
DJ's got Kentucky losing to Kansas in the national title game, and Brigade has gone as far as he can go — with 69 points and no more correct teams left, he/she is locked into his score.
DJ is currently one point out of first place, but can clinch the pool championship if Kentucky beats Connecticut in the Final Four. If not, Brigade is our winner.
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There's nothing quite like Fushimi Inari – hundreds of torii gates lining the path towards the mountain's summit with smaller shrines littered about.
Japanese businesses and individuals donate the gates with the date and who had donated it carved into the back of the tori gates. Smaller gates start around 400,000 Yen and the largest gates at a million Yen.
Lonely planet can recommend you where to go and what to do but it's never exactly the same as getting lost and stumbling upon an amazing spot. We found this beauty just behind one of the smaller shrines with the sun rays shining down onto the city.
It took us 2 hours to hike our way up to the top so I was expecting some amazing view. Well, this was anti-climatic – there was only another shrine!
There are those that enjoy getting lost and adventuring and then there is me that hates being out of control. Off we trotted down this beaten down path where at one stage there were these body bags covering cut down bodied sized trees. I'm going to admit the thought "this is how us foreign exchangers are going to die" coming across my mind a lot of times. The oddest thing was when we stumbled upon this shrine in the middle of a nowhere with the Zelda triforce – how crazy is that? From trusty old wiki, it's a Japanese clan's symbol. Fair enough.
We met another foreign couple who told us that we were actually on a hiking trail. Thank god. Relief. We weren't going to die. We did end up on the other side of the mountain which took us another hour to circle back to our starting place but at least I'm still in one piece ;)


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A book review can serve two purposes. Firstly, it can help the reader to understand a particular work by an author. The review may assist the reader in analyzing the themes and symbols prevalent in a specific work and point out the special qualities of an author's writing style. In addition, the reviewer sometimes includes biographical details about the author's life which may have influenced his or her writing. Secondly, where the particular work under study is less well-known, the reader may use reviews of the author's other works to glean information about the author's writing style and favorite themes. These details can indirectly assist the reader by suggesting possible themes or motifs used commonly by that author.
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An analytic or critical review of a book or article is not primarily a summary; rather, it comments on and evaluates the work in the light of specific issues and theoretical concerns in a course. The literature review puts together a set of such commentaries to map out the current range of positions on a topic; then the writer can define his or her own position in the rest of the paper.
Keep questions like these in mind as you read, make notes, and write the review.
- What is the specific topic of the book or article? What overall purpose does it seem to have? For what readership is it written? (The preface, acknowledgments, bibliography and index can be helpful in answering these questions. Don't overlook facts about the author's background and the circumstances of the book's creation and publication.)
- Does the author state an explicit thesis? Does he or she noticeably have an axe to grind? What are the theoretical assumptions? Are they discussed explicitly? (Again, look for statements in the preface, etc. and follow them up in the rest of the work.)
- What exactly does the work contribute to the overall topic of your course? With what general problems and concepts in your discipline and/or course does it engage?
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- How will readers of the journa//course for which you're reviewing the volume relate (e.g., do some or all of the articles address the topic of the journal/course)?
Browse in published scholarly book reviews to get a sense of the ways reviews function in intellectual discourse. Look at journals in your discipline or general publications such as University of Toronto Quarterly, London Review of Books, or New York Review of Books. Some reviews summarize the book's content and then evaluate it; others integrate these functions, commenting on the book and using summary only to give examples. Choose the method that seems most suitable according to your professor's directions or that is compatible with others in the journal for which you're writing.
To keep your focus, remind yourself that a book review is primarily to discuss the author's treatment of the topic, not the topic itself. Your key sentences should therefore say "This book shows" or "The author argues" rather than "This happened" or "In this situation."
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For years now, I've been a fan of survival horror games. Clock Tower 3 happens to be the first one I ever played, so it's definitely memorable to me. Most of my video ideas are based on hearing a song and matching it with a series. That wasn't the case this time; I wanted to share the story of Clock Tower 3 with people who had never heard of it, so I searched for quite a while to find audio that would suit it just right. When I heard King Of Terrors, I knew my search had come to an end.
This is an action/horror video that follows Alyssa Hamilton's story. She returns from boarding school to find her family missing, a malevolent stranger in her home, gateways to other realms that have been revealed, and spirit entities that are determined to track her down for an ancient ritual. The subject matter of the game is very dark, and likewise, some of that is reflected in the video.
For my first attempt at editing video game footage, I feel it came out well. It was certainly more difficult to manipulate than anime, but that made it all the more rewarding when I was able to obtain the effect that I wanted. I enjoy VGMVs, and since there are relatively few of them (with the majority of those using footage from RPGs, such as the Final Fantasy series), I've wanted to contribute to the genre. Something a bit different, and something that I enjoyed personally. Without a doubt, the Clock Tower series is both.
I hope that you'll enjoy this video. It was a new and exciting experience for me to work with something so different from my past editing sources; I learned much in making this, and am happy with its mirroring of the mood of the game. It's ominous, dark, and grim.
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Paul Fryer's poems and images from 'Don't Be So' featured on Slow Words
M.S. on M.S. Mirage, Smuggler, Don't Be So, and Shopping List from Paul Fryer's'Don't be So' have been featured on online magazine and reading club, Slow Words. All poems are also twinned with the original Damien Hirst images from the book, click here for a closer look.
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