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Keyword research is a fundamental part of SEO.
It allows you to gauge the popularity of topics in your niche, helps you get a deeper understanding of your audience, and enhances your content to a great extent.
For that reason, having a reliable keyword research tool is a must if you want to rank higher in search engine result pages (SERPs).
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Top 8 Keyword Research Tools
1. SEMrush
If you're aiming to dominate search engines with your content, you'll need a tool like SEMrush by your side.
SEMrush allows you to:
- Perform In-depth Organic Research – Gather key information like search volume, new organic competitors, competitors' best keywords, position changes of domains in organic search results, etc.
- Find Related Keywords and Phrase Matches – SEMrush also analyzes the common keywords found on the top 100 domains for a search term on Google and Bing. These related keywords come with synonyms and other suggested variations.
- Research Long Tail Keywords – Keywords with the highest search volumes tend to have the fiercest competition. As such, it's always wise to aim for long-tail keywords as the competition is significantly low, helping you rank high in SERPs much faster. SEMrush collects all keywords that have a search volume of at least ten queries per year.
- Analyze Keyword Difficulty – Targeting difficult keywords with the highest competition is not always the best idea. The SEMrush Keyword Difficulty tool helps you determine keywords' difficulties. By indicating a particular keyword's percentage of difficulty, this tool helps you estimate how easy it would be to seize your competitors' organic positions in the SERPs.
Price: Starts from $99.95/month
Sign up for a 14-day free trial of SEMrush Pro (Value – $49.97)
Side note: SEMrush is a powerful digital marketing software that can help you with more than just keyword research. Read our full review of the software, or start your 14 day free trial to test it out for yourself!
2. Google's Keyword Planner
A free Google Ads tool for advertisers, the primary use of Keyword Planner is to help advertisers research profitable keywords for PPC campaigns.
But Keyword Planner can also be used effectively as an SEO tool to research organic keywords.
With Google's Keyword Planner, you can:
- Search for new keywords
- Get traffic forecasts for keywords (predicted clicks and estimated conversions)
- Get search volume for a list of keywords
- See how a list of keywords might perform, and even create a new keyword list by multiplying several lists of keywords together.
Google's Keyword Planner is one of the best free keyword research tools in the market. Data obtained from this tool can help you create compelling content on a consistent basis.
Price: Free
3. KWFinder
KWFinder is an easy-to-use keyword research tool that can generate tons of short and long tail keyword ideas in any niche.
Just enter your seed keyword into the KWFinder search bar and the tool will return with a comprehensive report containing tons of new keyword ideas accompanied by the following SEO metrics:
- Search Volume Trend
- Monthly Search Volume
- Average CPC
- PPC Competition
- Keyword SEO Difficulty
You can also use KWFinder's Autocomplete and Questions features to generate even more unique keywords.
Since its launch in 2014, KWFinder has slowly risen in popularity and has garnered a stellar reputation in the SEO community. It is now a part of the Mangools product suite which also includes access to 3 other tools: SERPChecker (Competitor analysis tool), SERPWatcher (Rank tracking tool), and LinkMiner (Backlink analysis tool).
Price: Starts from $29.90/month
You can also sign up for the free plan which allows you to do 5 lookups/day and 50 keyword suggestions per search.
Click here to start using KWFinder for free
To learn more about KWFinder and its features, check out our in-depth KWFinder review!
4. SE Ranking
SE Ranking is an all-inclusive cloud-based SEO software which includes a powerful keyword suggestion/research tool that you can use to obtain a fantastic set of short tail and long tail keywords.
Not just that, but you can drill down to detailed statistics on the selected keywords: monthly search volume, KEI (keyword effectiveness index), competition, suggestion bid, etc.
Just enter your seed keyword into the search box and SE Ranking will fetch the following data:
- Search Volume
- Click Cost Assessment (CPC Cost)
- Traffic Cost Assessment
- AdWords Competition
- Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI)
- Websites in SERPs (Top 5 Google SERPs)
- Advertisers
- Similar Keywords
- Most Popular Keywords Ads
You can see the complete list of websites in SERPs and advertisers by clicking on the 'See all' button below.
Similarly, you can click on 'See all' next to Similar keywords to expand the list of similar keywords. Likewise, you can click on 'Show all ads' to examine more PPC advertisers for the seed keyword.
The keyword suggestion tool is completely free to use during the trial (link below) and is a part of all the pricing plans.
Price: Starts from $4.20/month (billed annually)
Click here to sign up for 14-day free trial of SE Ranking
5. Serpstat
Serpstat is a powerful SEO and PPC platform which also has a nifty keyword research tool.
Serpstat allows you to quickly find all the common keywords you and your competitors are ranking for. Furthermore, you can uncover new keyword opportunities your competitors are targeting and track positions of your site for the keywords you'd like to rank for in SERPs.
With Serpstat, you can do the following:
- Competitors' Keyword Map – Find out what pages of your competitors' sites rank for which keywords and on what positions.
- Cluster Research – Discover all search terms and phrases that are semantically connected to the queried keyword.
- Insights on Search Questions – Research niche questions and find ideas for creating traffic-driving content.
- Positions – Check your site's rank distribution on search engines (top 10, top 20, etc.)
- SERP Analysis – Shows you top 100 Google results in organic and paid search for the keyword.
Price: Free (30 searches/month); Pricing starts from $19/month
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6. Keyword Tool
Keyword Tool uses Google Autocomplete data to create its database of long tail keyword suggestions.
Since Google's Keyword Planner is primarily a PPC research tool used for AdWords, a few experts believe Google hides valuable, lucrative keywords that you can discover via Keyword Tool.
This tool is free for the first 750+ keyword suggestions. You'll need to sign up for the pro version to see data such as search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
Price: Free (for the first 750+ keyword suggestions); Pricing for pro plans starts from $48/month
7. Ahrefs
Ahrefs is a tool primarily known for checking and analyzing backlinks. But Ahrefs also has a powerful tool called Keywords Explorer (now called Keywords Explorer 2.0) which has a database of over 3 billion keywords, helping you generate tons of keyword ideas, analyze keyword difficulty, and much more.
With Ahrefs' Keyword Explorer 2.0, you can do the following:
- Discover new keyword ideas – With the latest update, Ahrefs provides you with massive amounts of keyword ideas, including phrase match, having same terms, search suggestions, and more.
- "Clicks" metric – In addition to search volume for keywords, you also get to see clickstream data, allowing you to calculate search volumes more accurately.
- Keyword Lists – Once you come across some new keyword ideas, you can now save them into a list for future reference. A huge time saver if you're doing keyword research for multiple projects.
- Keyword Difficulty Score – Ahrefs' Keyword Difficulty (KD) score is an estimation of how hard it would be to rank on the 1st page of Google organic search for a given keyword. It is measured on a scale of 1 to 100 (low difficulty to high difficulty).
- SERP overview & Positions History — Ahrefs' new SERP overview report brings all the core SEO metrics together to help you make educated decisions about the actual difficulty of a given SERP.
Price: Starts from $99/month
8. Long Tail Pro
As the name suggests, Long Tail Pro can help you find thousands of unique "Long Tail" keywords in a matter of minutes based on 1 single root keyword or multiple root keywords at once.
Long Tail Pro (LTP) has a built-in Keyword Competitiveness (KC) metric which automatically calculates a simple 0-100 score using LTP's proprietary algorithm that is consistently being tested and tweaked. The score allows you to determine the difficulty of ranking different keywords in the top 10 Google results.
With Long Tail Pro, you can perform all of the following activities:
- Find Easy Keywords using the unique KC feature – Leverage the Keyword Competitive (KC) feature to obtain hundreds of profitable, low-competition keywords.
- Calculate Keyword Profitability – Use the brand new Rank Value feature to determine a keyword's profitability based on whether you're building an Adsense Site, an Amazon site, or selling your own product.
- Scope out the Competition with Detailed Metrics – View metrics (powered by Majestic) to help determine domain strength, page strength, referring domains to page and domain, indexed URLs, number of links and site age.
- Filter, Sort, and Export Results As Needed – Export lists of keywords, competition data, top 10 Google results, and keyword metrics data.
- AdWords Data – Input a list of keywords and get data on competition, CPC, local/global monthly searches, and the number of words.
Price: $37/month. Use code "99SIGNALS" to get a 30% discount on the total bill amount.
You can start a 7-day free trial of Long Tail Pro by clicking here.
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ENGLISH VERSION: Deacon Eugene Morgun. A short theological analysis of the draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council
The draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council is entitled "Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World".
We begin by considering the title of the document. This title promotes, as an assumption, an idea that outside the Church there is a "rest of the Christian world", with which the Church may have some kind of "relationships". This introduces, from the outset, ambiguity and vagueness into the definition of the concepts of "Church", "Christian world", and "Christians". Thus, the very title of the document makes the Orthodox Church a part (!!!) of a certain "Christian world", which supposedly contains the Orthodox Church. In other words, in the same "Christian world" we have both the Orthodox Church and "the rest".
What is the very essence of this substitution of concepts? The concept of "Orthodox Church" is a definition hallowed by the patristic tradition; however, the concept of "Christian world" was taken from a different tradition, a tradition of a society detached from the Church and secularized, the so-called "secular" society, for which the concept of "Christianity" is scientific and cultural, rather than confessional. We deliberately use the concept of "confession" instead of the concept of "religion" here. For culture experts, "religion" or "religions" is a subject of study and scientific analysis, and this scientific framework includes a certain "Christian world", which is a collection of disparate communities of people one way or another expressing their faith in the one they believe is Christ. The nuance here lays in the fact that the one they believe in is not necessarily the real Christ. It is not even a subject of science. For modern "secular" science, a certain "Christian world" does really exist as a subject of analysis. However, from the perspective of the Church, That Church that is truly One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic, this modern concept of a certain "Christian world" is completely meaningless and has no semantic content. It is outside of patristic context, and, therefore, it is meaningless.
In this way, the title of this document contains an explicit semantic error: a church concept is used alongside a scientific concept of the secular society. Moreover, since this error is repeated in various shades of grey throughout the document, no further analysis is needed. The very title of the document aggressively imposes on us terminology extraneous to the Church tradition, and since we choose to adhere to the patristic position, we cannot and should not embark on a detailed analysis of the presented verbal constructions — just because it is pointless and even harmful.
So firmly has the imposed terminology come into general use, that sometimes it is difficult to see any particular logic behind a series of strained interpretations and omissions and the alternating use of the patristic, scientific, religious and cultural terms.
How might we analyse, for example, an article entitled "Human attitudes towards the rest of the animal world"? Yes, from a scientific perspective, humans are animals. But if we take the Bible as a basis, rather than the theory of evolution, such a comparison will be at least offensive because man was directly called "the image of God" (Gen. 1, 26). The use of the word "rest" itself smuggles in the idea that human beings are also animals. This is assumed by default and cannot be discussed, as a question that has already been settled. And does it make sense to continue any analysis of such a hypothetical article beyond its title? By penetrating into the meaning of such an article, we will indirectly grant the right to exist to ideas that in their essence are explicit and blatant lies, insulting to the truth.
Of course, this is not a perfect analogy, but it gives us an illustration that can be applied to the document in question as well. The concept of the "rest of the Christian world", which allegedly exists besides the Orthodox Church, is fixed rigidly in the document's title by default, as if it was decided in advance and shall not be negotiable. However, in all ages the church consciousness refers to the "rest of the Christian world" as heretics and schismatics, who fell away from the unity of the Church, but nowadays these concepts are supposedly "outdated" and have become "politically incorrect" and "intolerant".
This is exactly what makes all sorts of modernists so dangerous: they use church terms, "filling" them with what is essentially a pagan sense, which is extraneous to the church consciousness. It is exactly this that will "seduce even the elect" (Mark 13, 22). Thus, the pseudoscientific "humanism", in which a certain "Christian world" exists among other "religions", declares the notorious "human rights", which the church consciousness can only view as the right to sin, as they have no Holy Gospel percepts in their basis. In such an inconspicuous manner, God is substituted by a man, and not just any man, but ''that man of sin…, the son of perdition" (2 Thess. 2, 3). At the level of terminology, the Church's Christocentricity is replaced with egocentricity, which directly brings us to such a worldview, the implementation of which will be the accession of a god-man called Antichrist.
Apostasy, whereby one lives his or her life in a way that abandons the God-man Jesus Christ, lays not only in the declared and frank renunciation of God, as explicit atheists do, but to a greater extent in an implicit substitution of concepts and definitions. Such actions aim to displace all the true and God-revealed knowledge and replace it with false human sophistry. This substitution is the essence of modernism, which seeks to perpetuate completely pagan and anti-Christian meanings of words that remain "Christian" in sound only. It is this that destroys the very foundations of the Christian worldview. All this eventually leads to the denial of God-man Christ, and, as a punishment for this, God will allow the accession of a god-man called Antichrist.
A lie is essentially the absence of truth. It is not shades of colour; it is darkness. We have four books of the Gospel, and this is a manifestation of the shades of meaning, since no single person can fully embrace the Truth of Christ, which cannot be expressed even by all "the books that should be written" (John 21, 25). But the demonic lie is always the same: "Is it really true that God said?.." (See. Gen. 3, 1), i.e. even without God there is allegedly some activity, God deceived you, the terms hallowed by the tradition of the Church are not sufficient, they need to be corrected, etc. If we do not reject such a devil libel right from the outset, we can easily get caught in the same quagmire in which Adam and Eve were bogged, having disobeyed God.
Thus, precisely because of this substitution of concepts, which starts from the very title and continues throughout this document should be completely rejected and considered non-compliant, in terms of its meaning, to the patristic Tradition of the Church. A more detailed discussion would only work in favour of casuistically minded servants of the devil, who are just waiting to make an infinite logomachy of this simple topic.
However, paragraphs 22 and 23 of this document should be specifically noted.
Paragraph 22 mentions that "any attempts to shatter Church unity, undertaken by individuals or groups under the pretence of preserving or defending true Orthodoxy, must be condemned». Note that, despite the insignificance of the movements whose aim is to guard the true Orthodoxy, "the great and the good" could not pass them over in silence in an official document, even though that would have benefitted them most in any respect. Any recognition of a protest is an implicit recognition of its power and, in some sense, of the incontestability of its arguments, since a strong idea that conforms to the Truth, is not afraid of a protest, because such an idea does not reject people, but attracts them.
Paragraph 23 declares that "it [theological dialogue] should always be accompanied by witness to the world through the acts of mutual understanding and love, which reflect the joy unspeakable" of the Glad Tidings (1 Pt. 1, 8), excluding any practice of proselytism or any outrageous manifestations of inter-confessional antagonism". In other words, the prohibition of proselytism means only one thing: in these theological dialogues, it would be important not to allow the Orthodox Church to have any exceptional status, so that it was merely one of the many so-called "churches". Only in this case, the prohibition of proselytism is justified. In securing specifically this condition, i.e. in depriving the Orthodox Church of the right to the exclusivity of being called the "Church", in depriving it of the duty (!) to preach the Truth of Christ and, eventually, in depriving it of the duty to bring as many people as possible to Christ, lays the true purpose of this document. In fact, the first deprives the Church of its name of "One", the second deprives it of its name of "Holy", and the third deprives it of its name of "Catholic". Would the Church in such a case still remain Apostolic?
Christ commanded the apostles, and through them the whole Church, to preach the Word of God: "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine" (2 Tim. 4, 2), expelling all lies and false beliefs. The prince of this world interferes with the Church, demands to be worshiped and, first of all, demands this from its hierarchs and pastors, as it is the most convenient way to seduce their flock. However, God is infinitely stronger than the devil and all his servants put together, so we need only to reject the cowardice, and to love the Truth of Christ, and let our Lord Jesus Christ give us faith, so that we are not ashamed before His face on the Judgment Day.

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Cape Town - Bulls coach Nollis Marais has named a young squad to travel to Cape Town where they will face Stormers in their Super Rugby opener on Saturday.
The Bulls will be captained by Adriaan Strauss, one of nine Springboks in the team.
The team has a youthful look about it and features four debutants at this level in the starting team. Warrick Gelant (fullback), Nic de Jager (flank), Jannes Kirsten (flank) and RG Snyman (lock) will make debuts at this level, with Lizo Gqoboka (prop) and Jason Jenkins (lock) the rookies on the bench.
The likes of Francois Brummer, Tian Schoeman, Roelof Smit, Jaco Visagie and Hencus van Wyk also have only a handful number of games at this level, but that does not faze Marais.
"They are playing for us because they are good enough. I have faith in this group. Yes, we have some injuries, but that is part of the rugby landscape. I back this team to go down to Cape Town and do us proud," Marais said.
The Bulls have not done well at Newlands in recent times and last won in Cape Town in 2011 and also lost six of their last eight matches to their Cape foes, but Marais believes a new era is looming.
"We certainly will be up against it and could not have asked for a tougher assignment than this. This group of players have the talent to become a special team, so if they can find some continuity and momentum in the game, we will be competitive," Marais said.
Strauss also expressed confidence.
"We have definite goals for the season. This is a new team, new era and for that matter, a new competition. We have very skilful players and if we can guarantee them enough ball, they will score tries," he said.
"We need to be competitive upfront and if we are, I believe we will be in with a good chance. We are playing a very solid team at home though, so does not really have an option to take our best game to Newlands."
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:15.
15 Warrick Gelant , 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Nic de Jager, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), Trevor Nyakane
Substitutes: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Burger Odendaal


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|Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I
|Local Correctability of Expander Codes
|Brett Hemenway
|University of Pennsylvania
|Monday, February 3
|11:15am - 12:15pm/S-101
An error-correcting code is called locally decodable if there exists a decoding algorithm that can recover any symbol of the message with high probability by reading only a small number of symbols of the corrupted codeword. There is a fundamental tradeoff in locally decodable codes between the rate (the ratio of message length to codeword length) and the locality (the number of symbols read by the decoder). Ideally, one strives for high rate and low locality. Constructions of locally decodable codes can be divided into two categories, low-rate, low-locality and high-rate, high-locality. The Matching Vector codes of Yekhanin and Efremenko have locality 3, but their rate goes to zero super-polynomially. The Multiplicity Codes of Kopparty, Saraf and Yekhanin and the Affine Invariant Codes of Guo, Kopparty and Sudan have high rate (approaching one) and locality \(n^\epsilon\). In this work we provide a local-decoding algorithm for the expander codes of Sipser and Spielman. When appropriately instantiated, this leads to a novel construction of locally decodable codes with rate approaching one and locality \(n^\epsilon\). This work appeared in ICALP '13 and is joint work with Rafail Ostrovsky and Mary Wootters. http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.8129


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Global Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) firm, Ospero, is proud to announce the launch of its new 'Distribution as a Service' (DaaS) offering, to mark the fifth annual International Data Privacy Day on 28 January 2012.
London, UK, January 25, 2012 -- Global Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) firm, Ospero, is proud to announce the launch of its new 'Distribution as a Service' (DaaS) offering, to mark the fifth annual International Data Privacy Day on 28 January 2012.
With EC Justice Commissioner Viviane Redings' 'Privacy by Design' ethos at its heart, Ospero's new DaaS offering will help the software industry prepare for forthcoming changes to the European Commission Data Directive to be announced in Q1 2012 by Viviane Reding.
The Ospero DaaS platform is aimed at SaaS, ISVs and Open Source vendors who want and need to embrace local Data Protection acts in order to comply in jurisdictions outside of their own domestic markets.
The platform was created using the Ospero '6pillars' methodology, which embraces the core principles of :-
- Security
- Sovereignty
- Service
- Scale
- Speed
- Simplicity
Jason Currill, CEO of Ospero, commented "Since the advent of the cloud, geopolitical barriers have been all but eliminated and the various data protection acts – most of which were formed before SaaS, the cloud and in some cases even before email - are now woefully inadequate to cope with global data privacy and sovereignty concerns we see today."
Ospero recognises these issues and have created a global grid of ubiquitous data centres located in key business hubs across EMEA, North America and Asia Pac - running best of breed VMware and VCE Vblocks, all accessed through a single management portal.
Mr Currill added, "We designed the Ospero vGrid (OvG) to allow vendors to eliminate as many barriers to the adoption of their technologies as possible. By using the OvG DaaS platform, not only are SaaS vendors lowering latency and data transmission costs, they are also alleviating psychological and legal barriers to adoption."
Ospero explains that above the SMB space in most countries outside North America Mid Market and Enterprise, customers are hesitant to invest in SaaS based platforms because of the complex legal landscape around the issue of where the data resides. Now, with the Ospero DaaS platform software companies can deploy their application in over 19 countries in four continents. As usual, they just pay for what they use and manage their global estate through a single portal. Ospero also operates a single global SLA and typical 24x7x365 support.
"We believe the upcoming amendments to the European Commission's Data Directive will have similar effect on the IT industry as Sarbanes Oxley had on the Finance industry," explained Mr Currill. "Customers are aware of this and SaaS vendors who plan ahead for these amendments and utilise a DaaS model to sell their offerings will not only be complying with changing legislative landscape, but signalling to their customers and partners they genuinely take data privacy and sovereignty seriously."
About Ospero:
Ospero is a global infrastructure as a service company (IaaS) headquartered in London, UK with regional offices in North America and Asia Pac. Ospero operates one of the largest single vendor data centre grids in the world with point of presence in over 19 countries in four continents. Ospero is committed to the principles of its unique '6pillar' methodology and is working constantly with leading law firms and analysts to position it selves as thought leaders in the industry. 'Protecting data, protecting reputational risk, protecting people.'
About Data Privacy Day
January 28th commemorates the signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection, which recognises the individual's right to protection of personal information as a fundamental freedom. On and around January 28, every year, the United States, Canada, and over 40 countries in the Council of Europe join in an effort to raise awareness and generate discussion about data privacy and protection. Additional countries are joining the celebration every year.
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Banditz and Self Help – Spine Waves EP
It is with much pleasure that I proudly announce the release of Ganjaology's first EP, entitled…
Spine Waves EP
Featuring Ohio's own dance floor killa – DJ Self Help – along with Orlando's hottest young dubstep duo – Banditz – this release is sure to put some energy in your spine. Transcending genre labels, the Spine Waves EP is a unique blend of beautifully crafted electronica and bass. The project involved the development of two songs from both production teams which were then traded and remixed. This exciting platform for creation has resulted in a release that is fresh, fun and full of energy. Banditz bring the heavier, bass driven, break your back energy; while Self Help brings the lighter, uplifting, bounce 'tuh dis vibe. Together the Spine Waves EP is a testament to the magnificent power of co-creation.
The six track EP is available for digital download from the Ganjaology Bandcamp, here. All the funds will be put back into the Ganjaology Project so that we can continue providing you with the best music we can get our hands on. Please help us to do what we love most, creating a platform for CREATIVITY, POSITIVITY, and BASS MUSIC. We appreciate the support!
And now… SPINE WAVE!
PS. When I listen to this album, I get the sense that there is electricity literally flowing through my spine. My face swells, my hands tingle, and my feet get numb. If you've had a similar experience with this or any other music, you might be experiencing what is called Kundalini energy. It is the energy that flows up your spine from your base or root chakra. Often this is the sensation we get when something "vibes" with us. If you think you feel me, do some research. Tap into that power. It lives within all of us. Open the door. Expand your mind. Experience Spine Waves.


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The trials of the hair obsessed entries, will just tell you a little bit about me, they may be about hair and they may not. In this case there is a tiny bit about hair and the rest is not, but I hope you enjoy learning a little bit about my life outside of hair ( if there is such a thing).
I am in grad school at the University of Denver in a program called Denver Teacher Residency, so we complete a residency year similar to a doctors residency in a title one public school in Denver and at the end we receive our masters in Education and have the option to sign a contract to work in Denver Public Schools for 3 more years in exchange for a tuition reimbursement. I am in this program for Special Education, I am doing my residency year with 3-5 grade students in literacy special ed, So this is my SPEDtacular life. . .
I recieved this note from one of my most endearingly difflicult students on Friday, I have removed his name but this is should read
_____ refused to work with the class in his class, not doing so good – Class 114.
He wrote a letter from the class about himself, just letting us all know he new he was "not doing so good" now if that is not witty I don't know what is. This student is on of the students that often gets removed from the gen ed classes for behavior and then ends up in my class for most of the day. As a result I get to learn all of the wittiness that is within this 4th grade boy that is so close to being labeled, ' an angry black man" and being put in the emotional disabilities classroom. I am not denying that this student has some behavior issues, but nothing extreme enough to consider the permanent removal from general education. He has shown me that he is a caring, smart boy that just needs to learn to redirect his feelings, something we all have to learn at some point.
I seem to have the most room in my heart for the most difficult students however because not everyone agrees with me about this student, or many other students that I find the most joy in. But I guess this is why I chose to work in Special Education right? I have been bit, scratched, hit and even peed on and at the end of the day I gave all of these children a genuine hug and said I would miss them until tomorrow. I believe that if we look underneath the things that may disgust or frighten us there is a child that will show you the world if you let them and my wish for everyone is that they find someone that will show them this, and that we loose the anger and fear surrounding these wonderful children.
I promise in the future the My SDEDtacular life entries will have more humor and less seriousness, because as much as I love these students you have to laugh at the things that happen sometimes, So to end today I will finish with a story about both my hair and this same wonderful boy.
The day after I cut my twists to be shorter, he comes up to me with the most concerned look on his face, " Ms. Mega, one of your twisties is coming out. .. let me fix it." In all seriousness this boy grabed my hair and attempted to fix it, the result was both hilarious and heart-warming. He told me that he did not want me to walk around all day with messed up hair. Now that boy is on to something,
Well that is all for today. Have a wonderful week everybody.
Love your do and grow that fro
❤ Kelsi Rae


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We didn't perform but we did spend all day the other side of the window watching and cheering them on :D
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Help! I'm drowning in storage carrots!
My family and I do love our carrots, but the storage ones tend to get a little bitter so I prefer those cooked rather than raw. What to do other soup, which has been voted off by husband and child. Carrot cake, ok, but not everyday fair. So let's add some veggies to breakfast with carrot pancakes! The recipe is a modified one from Food Network.
Carrot Pancakes
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup cornmeal
- 1/2 cup flaxmeal
- 2 scoops whey protein powder (optional)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 4 cups shredded carrots
Whisk the wet ingredients and then stir in the dry and finally fold in the carrots. Fry in a skillet until golden brown.
A few notes… They're even better when frozen and then warmed up in the toasted oven as the carrots become more tender, Husband adds that these have a bit too much "roughage" in them, and we had a laugh because they looked more like potato latkes frying in the pan. Perhaps I was over eager to dispose of the carrot cornucopia?


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Over the years, three buildings on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, had received additions with poor stone matches. To rectify this matter, the Hamilton College Director of Physical Plant, Steve Bellona, during negotiations with the construction manager, Barr & Barr, Inc., requested that a better stone match be found for the new Unified Science Center. With this mission in mind, Mark McElroy, project manager with Barr & Barr, Inc., asked Trowel Trades Supply Inc. of Colchester, VT, to look at the existing stone on the science building and come up with a good match. Ultimately, the company found the appropriate material through Rolling Rock Building Stone of Boyertown, PA.
According to Gene Pawlikowski of Trowel Trades Supply, the architect's goal was to match the existing historic stone for color, texture and size. "Much work went into getting just the exact blend of ashlar strips and roughly square/roughly rectangular stones in the right orientation to match the existing stone on the original building,†he said.
Supplying the stoneAccording to Terrence Meck of Rolling Rock Building Stone, a custom blend of stone was quarried and supplied to match the existing buildings on campus. "We chose to put multiple custom blends together so they had options from which to make a choice,†he explained. "They selected the most natural appearance single-source stone blend - what is defined as 'Hamilton College Blend A,' a rough ashlar blend. It is quarried locally [in Pennsylvania] nearly year round. It is a sandstone with medium density.
"The college wanted to have a natural deep brown color, and so we did our very best to supply the stone to their color preference, without cutting the stone to a finer quality of ashlar pattern as would have been desirable for both the installation contractors and ourselves,†Meck continued. "This means the stone was selected and sorted to maximize these natural seam colors, as available in shape. Natural color also means natural shape. Only a very small percentage of rubble stone supplied was cut on hydraulic splitters, and this was used in constructing outside corners, or quoin details at windows and doorways.â€
Since the project began over four years ago, Rolling Rock Building Stone has supplied more than 1,000 tons of 4- to 6-inch-thick bed rubble building stone for the campus, including the Unified Science Center and site walls. The company is also supplying additional stone for future campus development.
In addition to the rubble stone material, Salem Buff limestone was selected for building features including, sills, lintels, belt course, panels, coping and surrounds. Also, Crystal Gold granite was implemented for the wall base and steps. Both materials were supplied by Granite Importers, Inc. of Barre, VT. Furthermore, Vermont Unfading Green slate pavers - from Vermont Structural Slate Co. of Fair Haven, VT - were also utilized for the exterior design.
Installing the stoneworkAccording to Tom Murray from Colonie Masonry, installation of the stonework was completed in three separate phases over a two-and-a-half-year period, with an average of 15 workers on the job.
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Meck said the challenge when working with rubble stone is always the close matching of product and labor to the desired finish application requested by the design team and/or owners. "We are proud of our part in the success, and know the mason did an exceptional job in providing the completed finish the college sought,†he said. "The completed work appears far above expectation.â€
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Architect: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering (EYP), New York, NY
General Contractor: Barr and Barr, New York, NY
Stone Suppliers: Rolling Rock Building Stone, Boyertown, PA (Hamilton College Blend A); Granite Importers, Inc., Barre, VT (Salem Buff limestone, Crystal Gold granite); Vermont Structural Slate Co., Fair Haven, VT (Vermont Unfading Green slate)
Stone Installer: Colonie Masonry Corp. of Albany Inc., Schenectady, NY


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Using a type of functional brain imaging technique on patients who have been severely brain damaged could help to indicate what chances they have of recovery, according to a new study.
Typically, doctors have carried out bedside examinations to determine if people in comas are in a minimally conscious state (MCS) or a vegetative state (VS), using evidence of awareness and responses to stimuli. Yet this technique is not an exact science and many reports tell of how people have woken up and made a full recovery following a recommendation that their life support be switched off. Indeed, up to 40 per cent of patients are misdiagnosed in these cases.
Researchers at the Universities of Liege in Belgium, Auckland and Oxford examined 126 patients with severe brain injury, 81 of whom were in an MCS. Forty-one were in a VS and four had locked-in syndrome.
They used positron emission tomography (PET) and then compared the results with the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CSR-R) behavioural test.
It was found that PET could reveal cognitive processes that were not visible through traditional bedside tests and could identify unresponsive patients who still had potential for long-term recovery.
PET was around 74 per cent accurate in predicting the extent of recovery within the next year, compared to just 56 per cent for functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Furthermore, a third of the 36 people diagnosed as behaviourally unresponsive using CSR-R showed brain activity consistent with the presence of some consciousness under PET - and nine later recovered a reasonable level of consciousness.
Writing in The Lancet, study co-authors Jamie Sleigh and Catherine Warnaby said: '[This] work serves as a signpost for future studies. Functional brain imaging is expensive and technically challenging, but it will almost certainly become cheaper and easier. In the future, we will probably look back in amazement at how we were ever able to practise without it.'
Around half of patients who are in a vegetative state one month after traumatic brain injury typically regain consciousness, but those who have experienced a stroke, loss of oxygen to the brain or medical illness may not recover as well.


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So, I was reading over the real Golden Gloves, and the Hardball Times' Golden Gloves, and Tangotiger's Scouting Report, and thinking about why some players appear to be so good or bad in the field, despite how good or bad they actually are.
Take the Mariners' outfield -- people think that Jeremy Reed is pretty awesome because he makes all these great diving catches, leaping, sliding, covering more distance than seems possible at first, turning doubles into outs. Now, Jeremy Reed actually *is* a damn good outfielder, regardless of dramatics. But why would anyone criticize Ichiro for not making dives and leaps and slides to get to the ball?
Some people realize that it's because Ichiro doesn't ever need to dive to get to a ball. It's really rare that a ball lands in the outfield that Ichiro could have gotten to by diving that he couldn't have gotten to running.
How does this happen? It happens because some outfielders have better instincts than others; some react immediately at the crack at the bat. Ichiro is one of those guys.
However, a casual fan often won't notice this, and a TV-watching fan definitely won't notice this.
Why don't they notice?
Simple. It's because we are all subconsciously trained to keep our eyes on the ball.
For example, suppose a fly ball is hit to right-center. What do we as fans actually perceive? We see the pitcher holding the ball, getting the signal from his catcher. We see him nod, wind up, and throw the ball. We see the batter react and swing and hit the ball. Then, we watch the ball fly up into the air, and follow its arc; we're probably vaguely aware of where it is, whether it's foul or fair. But it's not until this point -- when the ball has almost come back down to earth -- that we actually see where Ichiro, or Jeremy Reed, is positioned. And if the ball is really closer to right, chances are Ichiro is already under it, glove up in the air, left hand bracing the glove from behind.
We rarely perceive the actual moment where the outfielder takes off to get the ball, though.
Even on TV, when they'll replay a good catch ninety million times -- like a Jeremy Reed sliding catch, they'll show it from a few angles -- first the ball flying out there, then you'll see Reed running, then you'll see him sliding, then you'll see the actual catch, with the ball landing in his glove. You'll probably see the ball land in his glove from four different angles at four different speeds. But you won't see his launch moment, the nanosecond of reaction when the bat strikes the ball.
It's a little different for infielders, I think. The amount of time between a ball hit from home plate and between Yuniesky Betancourt adroitly running in, scooping it up, and firing it to first, is slightly less. The TV cameras will definitely have that play from start to finish, including the takeoff. Even if you're keeping your eye on the ball, the infield isn't so far out of your peripheral vision to prevent you from seeing the movement of the infielders, at least the ones in the path of the ball. I know that in the postseason coverage, even on TV, I could see Joe Crede getting a good jump on knocking down almost anything hit near third base, due to the angles.
Anyway, I have no idea whether this theory is crazy, but I think next year I'm going to force myself to think about who and where I'm watching, and see what the different players are doing. I'm going to try to appreciate the field movements as, say, Jose Lopez moves into short right field to back up Richie Sexson fielding a grounder out past first base, and as Jamie Moyer runs in to cover first, rather than just being shocked and delighted as they pull off a rare 3-4-1 non-double-play, and all I've seen is the path of the ball.
Damnit, I hate when I come up with ideas like this 5 months before the 2006 season starts!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
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Debating the role of health visitors in primary care services
Mark Hamill and Marina Bigger discuss the services provided by health visitors.
Mark Hamill Dip Nursing, RN, is a Community Nurse, North & West Belfast HSS Trust.
Marina T. Bigger MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, RHV, is Service Improvement Manager for Nursing, Dental & Governance, Homefirst Community Trust.
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I would like to introduce you to another Cave-playmate, Lexi Post. She has a sizzling new book, Passion's Poison.
To help you get acquainted, I posed a few questions to Lexi:
As a lover of classical literature, what is your all-time favorite book?
That is so not a fair question! However, I will say that I fell in love with Louis May Alcott while young and her Little Women trilogy has stayed with me forever. Other classics that I love include Nathaniel Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," Isak Dinesen's "The Blank Page," Whitman's "Song of Myself," Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Emerson's "Self Reliance," Dante's Inferno, The Bhagavad Gita, Shakespeare's "The Tempest," Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" . . . Well, see, I said it was an unfair question :-}
You live in the Caribbean??! Please tell me you don't sit on the beach and write all day while a hot cabana boy brings your fruity drinks because I'll be infinitely jealous. Where is your go-to writing space?
Okay, I won't tell you. J Just kidding. My go-to writing space is at my desk. It is a large L-shaped desk my husband bought me with one side that is 6 feet high and the other side is 3 feet high so it fits under the window that looks out on to the Caribbean waters. I do go out on the beach to think of new scenes, but I can't start writing until it gets dark. I guess I'm a night-writer. As for the cabana boy, no I don't have one, but my husband cooks me all my meals and he is pretty hot 😉
(The view from her desk is pretty darn great – I'm thinking we all need to meet at her place for a cold one!)
What does your writing process look like? Are you a plotter or a pantster?
Oh, I am a pantster. But I've learned that if I don't start writing until I have a few things solid in my head, I throw out a lot fewer pages than I used to. I must have the hero and heroine and their goals, motivations, and conflicts, the villain with his GMC, if there is a villain, and my black moment. Once I have those elements, I sit down and start writing. Eight weeks later I have a very rough draft and then the revisions begin. And the critiquing, and the revisions, and the polishing, and then it goes to my editor.
Both of your books with Ellora's Cave fall under the Twilight line. What draws you to write paranormal?
It's funny, because when people say paranormal, vampires, werewolves and ghosts come to mind. All of my "paranormal" has been slightly different. In Masque I have a hero trapped in time with 73 ghosts and a modern heroine. In Passion's Poison, I have a heroine who is poisonous and must release those poison's through sex with men or die. Both of these came from the original classics. In Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," Death kills all the revelers inside the abbey and in Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter," Beatrice Rappaccini is poisonous. So I guess I'm drawn to the paranormal by the classic I'm using. My next one is titled Passion of Sleepy Hollow. I guess that speaks for itself. 🙂
What inspired you to write Passion's Poison?
One of the reasons I get my inspiration from the classics is that I love the stories, but the sad endings don't sit well with the dyed-in-the-wool romantic that I am, so I get to create something new that ends happily ever after. I wish that 98% of all classic literature didn't have a sad ending, but for some reason, that is the case. I chose Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" because I always loved the love story and her amazing ability to care for the poisonous flowers her scientist dad grew. But again this story ended unhappily. So I decided to write a happy story of a descendent of the original Beatrice. My Bea goes through a lot to get hers, but she does manage in the end.
Tell us more about Passion's Poison.
Beatrice Rappaccini is tired of the one-night stands that keep her alive. Tired of the illness she causes when she releases her sexual poisons into her partners. But when she meets Zach Woodman, everything changes. Desperate for what she can't have, she puts her heart and life on the line, ignoring the anonymous letters warning her to stay away from Zach.
Zach Woodman, logger turned chainsaw artist, has the perfect life, but no one to share it with after the deaths of the women he loved. Fascinated by the sexually experienced yet naïve Bea, he promises himself he will end their hot relationship before fate takes another beautiful woman from the world.
But he discovers Bea has no idea how to have a relationship, and he is perplexed by her strange behavior, hippie mother, six fathers and her request to give him every man's sex fantasy. It is only when he might lose her that he realizes he must make a decision that will break his heart either way.
What's next for you? What are you working on now?
Right now I am working on Passion of Sleepy Hollow. In this story the hero is the Headless Horseman from our time who meets the original Katrina Van Tassel from the 1790s, the time Washington Irving set the book in. The original story has so much detail that I have been able to stay close to it including the setting, the horses used and even the types of trees in the forests! After this story, my editor has challenged me to write a shorter story (as my agent says, I put a lot of story into my erotic romance, and so they tend to be just over 200 pages). I'm looking for a poem. That should help me keep it short 😉 Then it's on to two trilogies, one of which will be a Christmas theme. So plenty on my to-do list :-}
Lexi is an awesome guest and even came with gifts!
So does anyone else have a favorite classic that could inspire me? Let me know and I will pull one lucky commenter to win an ecopy of Passion's Poison.
And, now, an except from Passions Poison:
She liked his smile. He had deep lines etched around his mouth, probably because he smiled so much. How wonderful it must be to laugh as much as he did.
She started, caught staring again.
"If you keep looking at me like that, you're going to find yourself naked on those sheepskins in no time."
She glanced at the beige softness before the now-roaring fire and shivered. She could imagine the feel of them against her naked skin.
"Come." Zach stood beside her, his hand outstretched.
Did he want her to get undressed? A shiver of anticipation raced across her skin. She took his hand, but didn't look at him as his warm palm heated her own.
He tipped her chin up. "We better check on dinner."
She met his gaze as realization dawned. "Of course, it should be done by now. I hope we didn't overcook it."
He led her into the kitchen, but instead of releasing her hand, he boxed her in against the island counter. "Bea, you need to accept that I will not take advantage of you. However, the chances of us making love tonight are at about one hundred percent. Don't you think?"
Her breath caught in her throat at the baldness of his statement, but she couldn't deny it. Her body completely agreed with him and from the weakening of her limbs and the hardening of her nipples, it was ready to prove him right—immediately. Slowly, she nodded.
His smile lit his face before he bent his head to pull her into a soul-searching kiss. She wound her arms around his neck and his hard body pressed her against the counter. As their tongues entwined, she forgot to breathe.
Abruptly, he stepped away and put his hands into his front pockets, a gesture she was coming to adore. He stared at her as if he had to make a life-changing decision, but then looked away.
He strode around to the stove and turned off the oven. He didn't glance at her. "I'm glad that's settled. Do me a favor and pour us more wine and I'll serve."
Ready to grab your copy? You can find it on Ellora's Cave: Passion's Poison
Want more info on Lexi?
website: http://www.lexipostbooks.com/
Blog: http://www.happilyeverafterthoughts.com/
twitter: https://twitter.com/LexiPost
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lexipostbooks
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6915542.Lexi_Post


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Things are a-changin at the Studios. Our new tenants, Microsoft games studio Rare, have started moving into their new facilities and when they have settled in we'll be able to show you what they have created there. Within a month we'll also have showers installed in the former yoga studio (studio 29) and we'll be introducing Fazeley Union…
Fazeley Union will be a social cafe kitted out with superfast WiFi, a boardroom/screening room and tenants' games room. Food will be cooked and prepared on site by a local chef. We'll fire up the ovens for breakfasts and carry on to after work wine, beers and bar food.
Watch this space for announcements on the opening date, menus (which will include daily changing specials) and an events programme.
Meanwhile, the main spirit of Fazeley Union is not just about the food, but about being the social hub for Digbeth's digital and creative working community, so our ears are open to any suggestions. If there are certain playlists/events/menu items you would really like to see then drop us a line. It's your place and we want to make it one you'll love going to!!
Tinker Taylor Films are moving into Fazeley Studios as part of the Studio 16 crew!! The company is owned by RTS Award Winning producer and director Sam Taylor and specialises in shooting on Dvc HD pro, employing BBC crews and post producing in final cut studio. Tinker Taylor also works with a bunch of talented creatives to offer smart graphics, animation, bespoke music composition, prof script writing and VO.
Sam says "We are an easy going professional bunch and are dead excited about our imminent move to Fazeley Studios. We can't wait to meet everyone! "
BNI is one of the biggest referral organisations in the world (http://www.bni-europe.com/). The idea is that members meet weekly with the purpose of generating business for each other by understanding each others' services carrying each others' cards and personally recommending each other to all their contacts.
Usually they are breakfast meetings beginning at 6.45 am but Fazeley Studios is going to be the first lunchtime chapter in the area.
The first meeting is on Wednesday 23rd June and is an information meeting inviting people who might be interested in joining to come along and find out more. If you would like to come please contact Dan Wilcox firstname.lastname@example.com , 07957 398586 (£10 including buffet lunch).
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Studio 18/19 based digital agency Stickee has had four big new project wins and one great new staff win!
Adam Hinks (who many of you will know) has joined Stickee as Visual Creative and will be in charge of visual communication in proposals and outsourced productions. Stickee has two further positions open for a 'Technical Creative' with an understanding of Flash, PHP and Html and a 'Marketing Creative' with a strong background in the use of social networks and exceptional copywriting skills.
The new staff will have plenty to keep them busy with Stickees May campaign wins:
- Cecelia Ahern (Harper Collins) – An augmented reality project for successful Irish author Cecelia Ahern. Readers that buy one of her new books will find a Glpyh (code) printed on the inside front cover which they will be able to hold up to their webcam to see an animated 3D world come alive on top of their book. The more books from Ahern's collection the reader buys, the more interaction and functionality becomes available in the world.
- Save the Tollins (Harper Collins): Stickee's hit project for www.savethetollins.com is going abroad. Their localised versions will be produced for the French and North American publishers that have bought the distribution rights from Harper Collins.
- World Cup Designer Boxes Microsite (BskyB) – Stickee's 260th project for BSkyB is a Microsite for Sky's World Cup designer box collection. 3 artists (Gerald Scarfe, Phil Daniels and Wayne Hemmingway) put together designs which capture their feelings about England and its past World Cup exploits. These were printed onto the Sky HD box and are being sold as collectors' items through the Microsite Stickee created.
- ProTrek Microsite (Casio) Alan Hinkes, a veteran adventurer, is to climb 39 of the highest county peaks in the UK as part of a world record attempt that is being sponsored by Casio's ProTrek watch brand. Stickee is creating the site for the campaign which will use social networking to help Alan document his record attempt and encourage the county communities to join in.
Book Show is an exhibition of artworks, objects and structures that address the physical form of the book. It features works by artists such as Featuring works by artists including Simon Starling, Nina Beier and Marie Lund and Radim Pesko.
The launch will take place from 6pm – 9pm on Thursday 29th July just round the corner from Fazeley at Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham B9 4AR
Creative Playground is changing format to become Digital Playground with more of a focus on…you guessed it …..digital. The fortnightly socials will move from mid week to Fridays and food will be laid on by Stickee. The next event will be on 25th June. Register for membership and RSVP for the night at www.meetup.com/digital-playground


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My intentions were good. I'd set out far later this morning that I'd anticipated, to hit up a farmers market other than the one most local to me. I thought I'd try something new, seek out some new farmers, and begin my official quest for the best locally-laid egg.
You see, as all my friends know, since moving to Kentucky, and becoming both a mom, and a slightly snobbish homemade food foodie, I am completely obsessed with chickens.
If you were awake in the wee hours of this morning just before 2:00 a.m., you may have caught at least a hint of the torrential downpour that kept me tossing and turning, and fantasizing about chickens. It doesn't help that Wave3 covered urban Louisville chickens in December, or that the LEO just teased me with its own coverage. I want chickens like a young boy craves the companionship of a puppy.
As a woman who's passionate about supporting local agriculture, who has done all her research, and has as many farmers markets and Kentucky farms bookmarked on her laptop as is possible, I didn't know where I was going. Instead of double-checking on a trustworthy map, I instead trusted some poorly-linked Mapquest garbage map that sent me too far east, where I ended up at a farm that sold superb flowers and plants for gardens and landscaping, but that had no eggs.
Goodness be, no flippin' eggs!
I had to spend a little time decompressing from the disappointment of coming home without eggs, which was initially made better with the thrifty purchase of some sweet gardening nothings from a yard sale a few houses down my street…until I discovered in a headlong glance that my neighbor was harboring a laying hen in her back yard.
Be still, my beating heart!
Then, I remembered my Louisville Green Guide. For the map-challenged, a category in which I now humbly lump myself, LouisvilleGreenGuide.org is about to make my farmers market hunting easier by snickering at me with its handy Google Map.
Thank you, Louisville Green Guide. I will soon have my fresh, local eggs. And, I may be able to tame my desire for backyard chickens just a little longer.
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Special guest from Montreal, HGLDT, bass / electronic music producer extraordinaire
Mickey Pearce – Softly Softly – 12″ – S/T – Ten Thousand Yen (2012)
Special guest from Montreal, HGLDT, bass / electronic music producer extraordinaire
Mickey Pearce – Softly Softly – 12″ – S/T – Ten Thousand Yen (2012)
Barney Wilen, Don Cherry, Joachim Kühn, Steve Lacy, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Sonny Sharrock, Jac Berrocal, Jef Gilson, those are some of the musicians whom Jascques Thollot has recorded with over the years. Mind you, the biggest part of his oeuvre occured from the late 60ies to the early 80ies, Mr Thollot still occasionally plays, and tomorrow is one of those times. At the Sunside club in central Paris, you'll get a chance to see and more importantly hear his new quartet, and maybe you'll get treated with some of his original tunes from one of his old Futura albums, the ones where he led a future of jazz.
Jacques Thollot – drums
Tony Hymas – piano
Nathan Hanson – sax
Claude Tchamitchian – double bass
The unbelievable and sad news just came to us that Trish Keenan of Broadcast has died of pneumonia friday jan. 14 at age 42.
We did not expect to start this blog with such a sad news. Broadcast was and still is one of the bands we like the most, some of us following them since the first years. We were always eager to hear any new work and air it. We will miss bitterly Trish and Broadcast.
Still, we'll continue to highlight and "promote" the fringe music we like in the same fashion we've been crusading for the past 15 years or so, and you can be sure it's not the last you heard of Broadcast alonside the likes of Bernard Parmegiani, This Heat, Bruno Menny, Larry Heard, Monoton, Kid Creole, Conny Plank, Chep Nunez, Tod Dockstader, LFO, Eliott Sharp, Latin Rascals, Don Cherry, Konrad Becker, Arthur Russell, Robert Gordon, Henri Chopin, Mantronix, the Galactic Mothership, Pietro Grossi, Jean Schwarz, B.W.H., Prince, Rodney Bakerr, Nino Nardini, Sabu Martinez, Roland Kayn, Manix, Ralph Lundsten, Konk, Autechre, Eberhard Schoener, John Bender, Mike Dunn, Pierro Umiliani, Jean Cohen-Solal, Derrick May, Patrick Cowley, Todd Terry, Cluster, Transmat, Soundforce, Spoils Of War, Mark Imperial, Seefeel, Ron Hardy, Annette Peacock, Walter Gibons, Stockhausen, Crass, Maurice Joshua, Steve Lacy, NWW, Ennio Morricone, Phoenecia, Cliff Martinez, Falty DL, Dream Frequency, Pram, Frankie Knuckles, Traxx, Michel Portal, Anthony Manning, Roger Sanchez, MK, Mr Lee, Chrome, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Larry Levan, Sheila Jordan, Kenny Dope, Ubangi, Mark E, Patrick Cowley, Hosono, Terry Housemaster Baldwin, Coil, Bo Didley, James Asher, TinMan, Robbie Basho, Lidell Townsell, Julio Bashmore


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Pair of moulded mahogany and mahogany-veneered armchairs with flat backrest and carved with waterleaves decoration, scrolling armrests, atop front crook feet and back saber feet.
Upholstered with yellow silk (used condition, few stains)
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Height: 98 cm (38-1/2 in.) - Width: 61 cm (24 in.) - Depth: 70 cm (27-1/2 in.).
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Smiley's Laundromat has been hung out to dry, taking with it yet another (sketchy) Colfax institution. So what's next for this spot? The building was purchased from Triton Properties by Slipstream Properties last year, and the owner is now giving the structure a floor-to-ceiling makeover and maintenance update. When it's finished, ideally by late summer, there will still be retail storefronts for new businesses on the first floor as well as residential spaces on the two upper floors -- but a laundromat will no longer be part of the equation.
See also: - Goodbye, Smiley's Laundromat -- your ghosts are hung out to dry - Smiley's Laundromat survives the recession to dry another day - Last call for Rockbar on Colfax this weekend
"I think what's happened around the area is that most apartment buildings these days have washers and dryers in the buildings themselves," explains Anthony Loeffler of Slipstream Properties.
When his company bought the building, Loeffler adds, Smiley's former maintenance man, Richard Son, owned the laundromat business -- but he was behind on rent within the first month. Son "is like the nicest guy you'll ever meet," Loeffler says. "We have nothing but great things to say about him and all of our interactions with him. He ran it for about a year -- the laundry lease was only for about a year. So we looked at the retail space and decided to end the lease with Richard and the laundromat. He took all the machines and sold them."
With the machines gone, Slipstream began renovations. "(With) the whole retail space, we had to do a bunch of asbestos abatement," says Loeffler. "The ceiling had an innumerable amount of water leak spots from the apartments above; pipes from the fresh water and sewage systems had leaked over the last sixty years. We took out both levels of the ceiling, and now it's an amazing, tall space -- it feels huge. We're planning on redoing the floor, creating several spaces and moving in some retailers -- whoever might be interested."
The property group has no plans to overhaul the building -- just to give the former laundromat a thorough cleaning. "We are hopeful that we will be done with our renovations on the apartments by July or August, and a similar timeline, maybe a month or two, for the retail down below," says Loeffler. "We're planning on replacing all of the storefronts, freshening up the building, fixing all the brick and trying to leave as much of the character of the building as we can."
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The location is definitely a unique, he notes -- especially when it comes to Colfax's famous clientele. "The area along Colfax is an interesting place for retailers because of the fantastic demographic of the area," Loeffler says. "They like new and renovated space, so I don't think it's going to be a problem to get it all filled up."
Here's to a new face for an old favorite.
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Attention Authors! Now you can charge even less for your hard work. Now you have the option to give it away!
Barnes and Noble announced that its self-publishing platform Nook Press is rolling out a free option, meaning you can set your book price to free and give the book away. This option seems to come without any time limits, such as Amazon's KDP Select five-day limit within a 90-day period.
Why would an author want to give away his work? To increase his sales ranking. It's interesting that this announcement comes around the same time that ZDNet released news of an automated Amazon catfishing scam that netted its huckster over a million dollars just since June, but by taking advantage of free pricing and the pay-per-page structure of KDP, that's exactly what happened. The scammer dropped the price and used hundreds of fake accounts to download the free book, which then drove it up the rankings and into better visibility for paying consumers when he put the price back up.
There's another shady reason why an author might jump on the free bandwagon, at least on another platform, and that's Amazon's price match policy. Once the algorithms point Amazon towards your book being available on BN.com for free, then they'll make it free, too…no pesky KDP Select strings attached.
Of course, there are legitimate reasons for dropping the price of a book, such as leading up to the launch of its sequel. You would want as many people as possible to find and read book one in your series in order to eagerly anticipate the upcoming release of book two, and you would also want to benefit from the rankings leverage that free downloads can provide. There are also individuals who write self-help or advice-driven ebooks who just want others to benefit from their knowledge or experience.
For B&N's part, they say that this option has been a long time coming, one that has been requested by authors. It's good to see the company adapting and listening to indies' needs, especially when it comes to the business side of being an author.
Mercy Pilkington is a Senior Editor for Good e-Reader. She is also the CEO and founder of a hybrid publishing and consulting company.


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German director Joe May was light-years removed from his glory days at UFA when he helmed the "Little Tough Guys" entry Hit the Road. This time, the youthful protagonists-Tom (Billy Halop), Pig (Huntz Hall), String (Gabe Dell) and Ape (Bernard Punsley)-are all the orphaned sons of gangsters who'd been murdered by mob boss Spike (Edward Pawley). "Graduating" from reform school, the boys show every sign of follwing in their parents' footseps, so they're paroled in the custody of kindhearted reformed...more
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The Establishment – Heritage inspires imaginative design
Located in Wakefield's historic Grade II listed Unity Hall, and incorporating a newly uncovered Victorian cobbled street, The Establishment is a stunning brand new bar and entertainment venue created through a combination of sympathetic restoration and inspired design.
Situated on the corner of Bank Street and Westgate, Unity Hall was built in 1904 as the headquarters of Wakefield Industrial Co-operative Society and for over 100 years moved through many phases, from music hall to the home of punk in the late 1970s.
Following an extensive refurbishment, the hall was transformed by a community co-operative into a multi-purpose arts and music venue, also housing the city's growing creative digital industry.
Located in a space formerly occupied by Buzz Bar, The Establishment was designed in close consultation with the Heritage Council, with many original features having been revealed and restored during the works – including a Victorian cobbled street.
Designers for the scheme were Glyn Dyer Design.
The distinctive new venue, set over two floors, is geared to appeal to a more mature clientele, with the interior reflecting an industrial theme echoing the building's previous use as the local Co-operative Society headquarters.
The venue is located on the ground and first floor, with the works on the ground floor including the conversion of a former fire exit with ornate stonework above into a new main entrance door into the centre of the interior space. The old entrance, situated on a corner was converted into a fire escape.
Inside, a bar is located to the right of the main entrance, with a further room known as The Music Hall Room to the left. This room gives access to an external bar, garden and smoking area to the rear of the building.
The bar area reflects the vintage style theme of the interior as a whole, and is inspired by the heritage of the building, as well as the current trend for raw industrial finishes.
Glyn Dyer of Glyn Dyer Design said: "The walls, and bar frontage feature retro style white crackle glazed tiles incorporating an duck egg blue shade, which is reflected in the colour of the ceiling and is combined with a palette of warm textures and peeling paint finishes, aged steel, copper lighting and silver and grey shades.
"Further enhancing the industrial look, the copper lights are fitted in cages and additional lighting has been designed along the lines of mechanical pulleys. The space is furnished with reclaimed and upgraded loose furniture."
The Music Hall Room includes a stage and piano for live entertainment and features exposed brickwork, industrial themed wallpapers, moveable furniture and distressed copper finishes.
Glyn Dyer said: "11 m of load bearing wall was removed in this area to accommodate a new 11 m bar featuring brick timber, glass and copper finishes, enhanced by bronze overhead lighting. This was a massive undertaking in itself as there were a further three storeys above which needed to be supported – and the new supporting steelwork which was installed was left exposed in keeping with the raw industrial theme.
"The external bar and garden is accessed from The Music Hall room – via an internal corridor incorporating cobbled street which was uncovered during the course of the works. We left the original cobbles in situ, together with old doors and walls on either side as a feature."
The external space includes two 5 m diameter 'jumberellas' with patio heaters beneath, a new bar to the rear and landscaping. The original ground level was uneven, so a new raised concrete floor with a cobbled stone concrete finish was installed in this area, which was a major undertaking.
Glyn Dyer said: "The upstairs area was not previously used and had been closed off, but we decided to open this up and make a feature from it and the space now accommodates the new male and female customer toilets."
Further works include significant remodelling of floor levels within the building.
Externally the main frontage has been painted in grey and new signage in keeping with the building has been installed.
Glyn Dyer concluded: "The main challenges of the project were liaising with the planners to ensure that all the details were right and in keeping with the age of the building and its listed status. The structural works also required careful planning and consideration.
"The planners were pleased with the scheme, and the client has reported a very successful launch. This was an important project for me and was exciting to work on as I had free rein to come up with new materials and finishes."


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LCD monitors aren't just displays anymore--they often come with a full suite of extras such as speakers, USB ports, and yes, even an iPod dock. While the extras are nice, they have a habit of driving the price of the display up and if you already have PC speakers and plenty of USB ports, just a plain monitor may be all you need. That's where the Acer AL2216W (also sometimes called the AL221Wbd) fits in, offering 22 inches of screen real estate with a list price of $330--although we've seen it going for as low as $280 online. That's a heck of a deal, and we were pleasantly surprised to see that the AL2216W did pretty well in our testing as well. Sure, the lightweight styling might strike some as cheap, but we actually liked it. In all, the price is right on the AL2216W, and its basic feature set will suit many people who just need a monitor.
As we mentioned, the first thing you might notice about the AL2216W is that there aren't any extra features, just the power plug, VGA, and DVI ports around back. The stand itself is extremely light and slim, and it almost felt like it was a "fake" monitor. While its lack of weight may make it feel cheap to some, it didn't bother us, and we liked being able to easily move it. What did bother us was that there was very little ability to adjust it--absolutely no swivel and a small amount of backward and forward tilt. On the other hand, we didn't have any problems with the onscreen display controls and found them easy to use.
Manufacturer's specs
- Resolution: 1680x1050
- Dot pitch: .28mm
- Pixel-response rate: 5ms
- Contrast ratio: 700:1
- Viewing angle: 170 degrees horizontal, 160 degrees vertical
- Connectivity: DVI, VGA
- HDCP compliant
- Included VGA and DVI cables
Anytime you see a 22-inch display at this price, you begin to become a bit suspect of how it will perform. Well, for the most part, you can lose those suspicions as we found the AL2216W to perform fairly well--especially for the price. Overall, it scored a 72 on the CNET Labs' benchmark test, which puts it in good standing versus similar displays. We didn't see any evidence of ghosting or streaking in our gaming tests, and DVDs looked pretty good. Sure, we've seen stronger performance on games and DVDs from more expensive displays, but it's perfectly fine for the vast majority of people who will just do everyday computing. Text was readable at 7.5 font size, although stepping down 6.8 made it very hard to read.


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Michael Allawos grew up in Downey, California where he watched the Apollo program literally being built in his backyard. In the late seventies his family moved to West Covina. He graduated from West Covina High School in 1980. He married his wife Cynthia in 1986 and they resided in West Covina until 1999 where they then moved to Glendora with their two children, Melina and Zachery.
The Allawos' have been deeply involved in community service. Cynthia was the past PTA President for La Fetra Elementary School and was a PTA Board Member at Sandburg Middle School. She is currently the PTA President at Glendora High School along with being a Glendora Police Auxiliary volunteer. Daughter Melina has over eight hundred hours of volunteer service at Foothill Presbyterian and Queen of the Valley hospitals. Son Zachary has over three hundred hours of community service in conjunction with being an Eagle Scout from Troup 491.
Michael has been on several local committees, including LeRoy Haynes Boy's Home, Claremont of the School of Religion, Saint Dorothy Adoration and Saint Dorothy Oak Tree Festival. He is currently a member of the Knights of Columbus, advisor to the Oak Tree Festival Committee and a Saint Dorothy Eucharistic Minister.
His manufacturing career has spanned over 34 years. In 1985 he was the founder and President of Mikana Mfg. Co., Inc. This company manufactured specialty precision hardware for aerospace, communications, information technology, medical and terrestrial industries. The company partnered with NASA on the Mars Exploration Rover. It worked with Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, Bausch & Lomb and Beckman Coulter and Zimmer.
In 1989 Michael started Allasoft where he was President and Chief Executive Officer. Allasoft was on the forefront of highly configured barcode shipping labels, along with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software installations around the world. It provided integrated automated job tracking and costing software.
In 2000 Michael and twelve others founded Southland Business Bank in Irwindale, CA. He served as the Chairman of the CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) Committee, Chairman of Policies and Procedures and was a member of the Loan Committee. Vineyard Bank then acquired Southland Business Bank where he became Chairman of Vineyard Bank's Irwindale Advisory Board.
In 2007, Michael became the Chief Operating Officer for California Energy and Power. He was selected by the Department of Defense as a winner from CTSI (Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization) Defense Energy Challenge. He holds a Fluid Turbine System patent for the renewable energy industry.
Michael started Allawos & Company in 2011. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of this global business consulting firm that enables organizations around the world to identify and enhance their business opportunities through creative engagements. The company services start-ups to Fortune 50 companies, providing business plans and executive coaching to co-ownership of U.S. international companies.
With extensive experience in international relations, Michael has served as a member of the Los Angeles International Visitors and Protocol Foundation, along with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He has hosted dignitaries from Jordan, Austria, Chile, China, Russia, Switzerland, France and numerous African countries. He was bestowed the rare "Golden Eagle" medal of service from the President of Austria. His lobbying efforts have taken him to the California State Capital along with the U.S. Congress.
Michael was nominated for three years for the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award and became a semi-finalist one of those times. He has received NASA recognition and appreciation in support of the Mars Exploration Rover program, Recognition Award from the Los Angeles Consular Corps., Small Business of the Year Award, Invalid Valley Economic Development Corp. and garnered the Small Business Award from the California Senate.


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Joke of the Day Continued
May 4, 2010
Mummy was continue to looking for more blog ideas, since we were a few days behind. You should really read yesterday's post to understand this one.
Mummy: "What else do you want to say on your blog?"
Lily: "You got eight?"
Mummy: "Yep."
Lily: "Let me see it."
Mummy showed her the post…
Lily: "Okay. Six."
Mummy: "You want to say six?"
Lily: "Yep."
I promise tomorrows post will be more interesting.


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An important feature is its powerful and capable configuration system. As usual this is a two edged sword because you have to understand the resulting complexity to take advantage of the power. I have two things to offer that might help: some general configuration guidelines, and a diagram.
- Keep the number and size of edits to the distribution-supplied config files to a minimum.
- Arrange that related names and aliases share a common prefix (e.g. foo in what follows) so that they sort together (host names, which are most usefully based on DNS names, can be an exception to this)
- Keep to a minimum the number of distinct names created (e.g. use foo as both a contact and a contact group name and so don't create foo-contactgroup)
- Note that, unlike most other 'names', service_description isn't a global name and only needs to be unique within the set of hosts that provide it. It doesn't need and shouldn't have a foo prefix, and should be a short, human-readable, description of the service
- Keep names (especially those commonly displayed in the web apps) as short as reasonably possible
- Express group membership by listing group name in the individual objects, NOT by listing the individual objects in the group definition (or if you want, the other way around but be consistent!)
- Use inheritance wherever possible to avoid replicating common settings
- Use a naming convention so that separate groups of people can create global names without clashing
- Store information belonging to each group of people in a predictable location (e.g. always put host information in files or directories starting "host") to make navigation easier
- Optimise the web-based display
Object relationships
Nagios's Template-Based Object Configuration is one of its most powerful features but it's difficult to get you head around it when starting out. Here's a diagram that might help - it shows most of the relationships between the various objects:


text: Botox has a lot of uses beyond fighting facial wrinkles. It's FDA-approved for that, as well as treating eye muscle disorders, neck muscle problems, and excessive sweating, and doctors use it legally (though sometimes controversially) for other purposes as well. But for anyone who didn't fully grasp just how many other uses, the New York Times put together this simple, but eye-opening, illustration. "The Body Botox," indeed.


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Sustainability in Joliet
Sustainability exemplifies a community's ability to address environmental, economic, and social issues of today while enabling the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Triad of Sustainability addresses:
- Environmental and Ecological Integrity
- Economic Prosperity
- Social and Cultural Equity
The City of Joliet promotes various sustainability projects throughout its various departments, and maintains partnerships with other local governments and conservation agencies.
Joliet is proud to have been selected as a recipient of the 2013 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award.
Public Works
The Public Works Department has implemented various Public Works projects with a focus on the environment.
The City of Joliet promotes sustainability in various Planning projects recognizing the importance in the protection of the environment and improving the economy while helping to sustain for the future.
Joliet is considered a major transportation hub on the crossroads of mid-America, and sustaining a good future and protecting the environment is one of the key destinations. (Come back for future updates on the Joliet Transportation Center)
Partnerships - The City of Joliet is proud to have partnership relations with the following:
- CelebratingSustainability.com
- DupageRivers.org
- HickoryCreekWatershed.org
- AuxSableCreekWatershed.org
Feel free to visit the following Recycling links:


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A lightweight lotion that exfoliates the top layer of the skin, removing dull, old skin cells, while promoting new skin cells for a brighter complexion.
Ideal For: All skin types
Size: 2 oz / 57 g
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Apply topically in a thin layer to the skin once a day or as directed by a physician.
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