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Microsoft announced an enhanced partnership with Perfecto Mobile to provide mobile app developers with a multiplatform testing experience for mobile devices.
Acknowledging that mobile-first development requires testing on the wide variety of devices, Microsoft has tapped Perfecto Mobile, a provider on on-device testing solutions, to deliver mobile testing extensions to Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio Online based on Perfecto Mobile's MobileCloud platform.
The companies have expanded their existing partnership with new offers for Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers and Azure users, as well as new features for users of Perfecto Mobile and Visual Studio.
Mobile app developers need to target multiple platforms, including Android, iOS and Windows Phone. To do this, many developers write native apps for each platform, which typically means Java for Android, Objective-C for iOS and a choice of C++, C# or HTML for Windows Phone. However, Microsoft said its customers complained about productivity issues related to that strategy so the company has been working on improving the developer experience.
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"We're working on lot of things to help mobile developers, like improving emulators for these different platforms, but in the end nothing beats on-device testing to find the last 20 percent of problems with an application," said John Montgomery, Microsoft Partner Director Program Manager for Visual Studio, in an interview with eWEEK. "So most developers are confronted with a pretty hard problem, particularly in the Android ecosystem, which is very heterogeneous, they have to go and get a drawer full of devices to test on."
Enter Perfecto Mobile, which offers a cloud-based solution with thousands of physical devices running various platforms located securely around the world, said S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, in a blog post on the partnership. "This cloud-based approach provides an enterprise-grade solution that supports device governance, offshoring, security and scalability."
Somasegar added, "With Perfecto Mobile's Visual Studio templates, development teams can easily extend product builds and manual and automated testing to thousands of devices from their existing Team Foundation Server installations or Visual Studio Online accounts. Any development team can use TFS to manage Windows 8, Android and iOS versions of their application, while testing each version on the relevant set of real devices in the MobileCloud. When test failures occur, Perfecto Mobile automatically generates TFS work items which include screenshots and a full video of the tests that were run making it easy for developers to find and fix the issue."


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The series based on fairytales by István Csukás was one of the most popular cartoons of the eighties. Pom Pom, the amazing transfiguration artist, usually settled on Tiny's head, always knows some funny story about what is happening. Attila Dargay's inimitable gags and Ferenc Sajdik's amusing caricatures have been the children's fun for generations.
13 individual fairytales
Produced by Pannónia Filmstúdió, Directed by Attila Dargay, Written by István Csukás, Graphic Design by Ferenc Sajdik, Background Design by Gizella N. Csathó, Gabriella Szálas, Director of Photography Zoltán Bacsó, Music by Zsolt Pethő, Edited by Magda Hap, Voices: József Petrik József (Pom Pom), Klára Kovács (Picur), László Csákányi (Gombóc Artúr), Head of Studio: Dr. György Matolcsy
Published and distributed by Hungarian National Film Fund – Film Archive, 2017

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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Blog Hop Ornament Giveaway!!!!
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What an awesome Giveaway! The ornaments that everyone created are so Beautiful. I Love your stitchery ornament.ReplyDelete
Oh joy! Off to blog hop..ReplyDelete
Thank you ladies for joining in the fun....I'm going to blog hop too. :0)ReplyDelete
Morning.....wonderful stitchery.......a hopping I will go.......Blessings Francine.ReplyDelete
Hi Theresa! I think this is my first visit here. I love your stitched ornament. Cross stitch is one of my favorite "crafts" to do. Thank you for joining in the blog hop!ReplyDelete
Blessings, Jessica
Love it, so charming!ReplyDelete
I'm a new follower and am having loads of fun snooping around your blog.
Please include me in the giveaway :)
Morning dear! I'd love a chance to win your ornie. Thanks for being a part of the giveaway! Hope all is well. BlessingsReplyDelete
Hi Theresa:ReplyDelete
Please enter me for a chance to win your amazing ornie. I am already a follower. So glad to see you joined in the ornie giveaway.
What a beautiful stitched ornament, thank you for the give away.ReplyDelete
I love your ornament Theresa, thank you for this great chance to enter the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Good luck to everyone!
Shared on my blog as well.
Am loving your blog. Thanks so much for contributing for the give away. Please sign me up. I am sorry I didn't find you sooner as I would have loved your other give away. Sadly I rarely win, But I always hope! Blessings!ReplyDelete
These are all so adorable. Thank you for the chance. I am a GFC follower too as Amy OrvinReplyDelete
I am hopping along each blog to enter!
i've joined the hop and folloed the blog,too. deniseReplyDelete
Hi Theresa, love your crossed stitch pillow! Please count me in. Thanks so much for the chance ~ LoriReplyDelete
I love your joy ornament! We love anything with that on it (my daughter's name is Joy). I'd love to add it to my tree as well as all the other ornaments. Please enter me!ReplyDelete
And I'm your newest follower too!
Thanks so much!
Hi Theresa, I am a follower of your blog and I LOVE the cross stitch pillow you made and for it to say JOY well boy that fits right in for the Christmas year "JOY". We all need to have Joy in our hearts and have Joy ALL YEAR LONG!!!!. I can't cross stitch for anything in this world, It sure is a special talent to cross stitch, and you have it.ReplyDelete
Please count me in for this awesome chance.
I LOVE doing this hop blogging.It has been so much FUN!
Happy Cross Stitching.
Theresa you stitchery is adorable, I would love to win it! please sign me up. I am a new follower too!ReplyDelete
Oh Theresa...Drool!!!ReplyDelete
I would so love to win your gorgeous ornie.
Please count me in.
Or course, I'm already a follower of your blog.
Oh, wow, what a fabulous giveaway!! Your cross stitch is just beautiful, Theresa! You are so talented and I know firsthand tee heeReplyDelete
I am a follower and I love your Cross Stiched Ornament. Enter me in the giveaway please.ReplyDelete
I am a new follower and LOVE stitcheries! I am so impressed by those who do them! I just love how they speak of times gone by! I would love to be entered into the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I am so happy to have found your blog and become your newest follower.Love your ornament and envy you your talent.Please enter me in the drawing.Hugs,JenReplyDelete
Love your stitchery ornament! I can't believe that someone will win all of those ornament...hope it's ME! lol I'm a follower and would love to be entered in this giveaway:-) xoReplyDelete
Your ornament is so cute. I would love to win the Blog Hop Give a way. I have become a followerReplyDelete
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Hi Theresa,ReplyDelete
Love your christmas ornament. I am a new follower and would love to be entered in the giveaway.
Julie-Anne xx
Hi, I just love your ornament for the giveaway. I have never seen one before.ReplyDelete
I am a new follower. I think your dolls in your header are sweet. :)
Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks.
If you'd like to stop by and visit, here is where you'll find me...
Good morning, Theresa. Your ornies are so cute. I am a follower. Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you :)ReplyDelete
hi theresa,ReplyDelete
i just signed up to follow you, posted to facebook and would love to enter this giveaway!! thank you!
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Please enter me in this giveaway. What fun it has been finding new prim lovers and seeing all the wonderful creations they make.ReplyDelete
What a fun ornament hop! you do beautiful stitching!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for being in this ornament give away!
What a fabulous giveaway! I would love to be entered. I am a follower of your blog.ReplyDelete
I would love to be entered into the giveaway! I am a new follower :) Thank you!ReplyDelete
Wow 32count is little. I love it. ThanksReplyDelete
Wonderful giveaway Theresa! Love your awesome ornament for the giveaway. Please enter me, and I would be so happy if I won, I am a follower. Blessings,ReplyDelete
This is so much fun! Thanks for the opportunity! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Theresa, so happy you joined in! I love your ornament and would love to hang it on my tree if I was the lucky one......I am so happy to be following along now and I am enjoying visiting with everyone and seeing all there awesome creations. Wishing you luck!ReplyDelete
Hugs Mary
Hi Theresa, i love your little stitchery! So glad your part of the blog hop! KatieReplyDelete
The sweet cross stitch is a favorite of mine! Happy holidays!ReplyDelete
Hi Theresa! Love your stitchery! Please sign me up for this awesome giveaway! I would love to be the winner! Thank you for participating in this blog hop. I'm glad I found your blog and I look forward to reading more of your posts.ReplyDelete
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Hi TheresaReplyDelete
I love your stichery, thankyou for taking part in the blog hop!
So much fun
I love, love your stitchery ornie!!ReplyDelete
Love your stitchery. So creative!ReplyDelete
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Nice stitching, please enter meReplyDelete
I love your pretty stitchery...thanks for a chance at winning itReplyDelete
Please sign me up for this wonderful giveaway, ValerieReplyDelete
WoW, these are fabulous ornaments to win and just see the wonderful crafters' along the way!ReplyDelete
Please enter me in your giveway and I am off to visit the other orafters also.
I am following you too and have been for awhile!
Smiles, Cyndi
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so very beautiful....I'm a new follower please enter me
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I would love to have all these Ornie's for my tree!ReplyDelete
Thats realy beautiful. I also love to stitch ornaments. Thanks for this beautiful give away !ReplyDelete
I love little cross stitched ornies! I so hope that I win! I'm a new follower!ReplyDelete
I want to thank all of you for your kind words about my Ornie and for joining in the fun. I've loved reading all your comments too!!!!!! :0)ReplyDelete
Beautiful stitching Theresa!!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful day~Becky
I love your stitched ornament! And I really love the idea of stuffing it with sawdust! I have a few ornaments I have made that I stuffed with pine shavings and I love the old fashioned effect it gives! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Hi Theresa~ReplyDelete
Forgot to say I would love to be entered in the giveaway. I'm a follower.
Good MorningReplyDelete
I just wanted to stop by and say Thank you for the wonderful Ginger Man. I love him.
What a wonderful OLM ornie swap.
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Toronto woman seeks Newfoundlander who admired her coat at Rocky Harbour funeral
Goldie Watts would literally give you the coat off her back.
Four years after a woman admired her tweed coat at a funeral in Rocky Harbour, Watts wants to find the admirer so she can send the coat to her.
Watts lives in Toronto, but she visited Newfoundland for her late friend Myra Simms' funeral, held on Oct. 12, 2015 at St. Matthew's Anglican Church.
While at the funeral, a woman told her twice that she loved her coat, Watts said.
"She was like a little kid on Christmas morning, she was so enthusiastic about the coat," said Watts.
The 71-year-old said she has been downsizing in recent years.
"I was going through my closet, and I thought, oh my God, I never wear this coat. And I was thinking about that woman, and I kept thinking, why didn't I give the woman that coat? It's just sitting there. I have four coats. How many coats do I need?
"We all have too much stuff when we're younger and as you get older you kind of say, 'OK, I haven't used this for years, it really needs to go to someone.'"
Watts said in the last five years she's given away 80 per cent of her possessions, most often giving clothing to her friends.
"There's a joke, 'Where'd you get that?' 'Goldie's store,'" she laughed.
Watts said this particular coat was made from a tweed fabric she noticed one day while picking out material to recover a couple of chairs. She had it made by a tailor about seven years ago, but it still looks brand new.
Watts would like to mail the coat to the woman who admired it four years ago.
"I'd just say, 'Thanks for admiring the coat – I hope you enjoy it,'" she said.
'Something wonderful about Newfoundlanders'
Watts' decision to try to find the mystery woman doesn't surprise the daughter of the late Myra Simms.
"Goldie is a force," Corinna Simms said.
Corinna said she doesn't know her mother's old friend very well, except that her mother would often talk about her friend Goldie who she met when she lived in Toronto as a young adult.
Watts said she felt Myra was like a sister.
"She was family to me. She was alone in Toronto. She was at our house every single day. Every day she came up, and she used to call my mom 'Mom.'"
"There's just something wonderful about Newfoundlanders. I don't know, I think it's the warmth and the simplicity of people. I don't mean simplicity as they're stupid or whatever because definitely not, but there's this beautiful simplicity.
"I think that's why Myra and I were really good friends. She was not pretentious. She was down-to-earth – that's what it is. And when I talked to anyone that I met that day at her funeral, there's this wonderful warmth that comes from people."
Myra moved back to Newfoundland after a few years in Toronto, but she kept in touch with Watts for close to 50 years, until her death at age 68.
Corinna estimated there were about 50 to 60 women at the funeral, and most of them likely live in the areas of Bonne Bay, St. Anthony or Pasadena.
She said her family thinks it's "quite nice" and "sweet" that Watts would like to send the coat to whoever liked it.
"It's probably something my mother would have done, frankly. I wouldn't be surprised, they had that quirkiness in common.
"Mom would probably not have gone to the extreme of calling (The Telegram), but she would have been on Facebook and saying, 'Who was it that wanted this coat?' She would want to give it away because it would make her feel good.
"I can certainly see Mom doing that. Maybe that's why Goldie's doing it."
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Creations, Sweet Home Alabama Tree
Do you decorate the same way every year or change it up? Last year I used cream, gold and silver, but this year I decided to add some red, inspired by these stockings I found at Target
I saw a tree at a local shop trimmed with cotton garland and all sorts of organic elements, pine cones, birds and owls~ they called it the "Alabama Tree"
What a wonderful idea, a tree themed to your state, or your hometown…
I found the cotton garland on clearance at Grandin Road after the holidays last year, and couldn't wait to create my own Sweet Home Alabama tree this year. With the newly added red to my color scheme, this tree would practically decorate itself!
a 4′ pre-lit and flocked thin tree is the base
I wrapped it in the cotton garland
Now for the fun!
At the very top sits a red cardinal, which are a common sight in my backyard, along with a pinecone and white washed jingle bells
An Alabama "A" and some red and white stripped balls, mix in with the cotton and gold lettered gift tags
I found these pink pigs at Home Goods, and fell in love…aren't they just the cutest?
they represent our Southern BBQ addicition here, in the "Heart of Dixie"
I added some red Alabama elephants and shiny footballs from my Football Tree
and ornaments fashioned from some Sweet Home Alabama beer coasters
For one last touch I added some chevron patterned state of Alabama ornaments
Gift wrap was glued on to a cardstock shape of the state, using the same method I used for the Advent Tree numbers here
I was planning to just pile some cotton around the base of the tree, and then I found this cute basket [$10] and couldn't resist
The basket would be really easy to recreate~just a few buttons, cotton and some spray paint
Have you started decorating? I like to do a little at a time, slowly adding holiday touches here and there…
I got my supplies at
Hobby Lobby/stripped ornaments, chevron wrapping paper
Target/tags, hearts, A
Home Goods/pig ornaments
Faux cotton garland available here
Happy Decorating!
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Comments22 Responses to "Creations, Sweet Home Alabama Tree"
This is such a cute idea, Jenna! I find something nifty every time I visit!
Ha, the pigs are cute! Your tree turned out great, love the basket. Took all weekend but all of my Christmas things are out. Now if only my shopping would fall in place:@)
Too cute! This is such a creative way to bring a little "down-home" Christmas into the kitchen. I am going to check out the cotton garland.
Cute, cute Alabama tree, Jenna! ♥ the cotton garland. I should do a Kansas tree with nothing but sunflowers…thanks for the idea.
Have a wonderful week.
Darling tree. Love all the Alabama theme. Roll Tide!
My decorating is going slowly. Had to do shopping today so maybe I'll get going tomorrow.
I really love the way your themed Christmas tree came out, you were so creative! Have a lovely rest of the week and weekend.
I grew up picking cotton to have money for the Saturday night movie @ Crockett theatre so what's not to love & bring back memories of your tree 🧡
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We like theater real in the city of big shoulders, even if it gets a bit gritty. That's one reason among many why you should queue up to see "Hellcab" by Profiles Theatre before the run ends on January 12.
With 100% true tales, most of which were experienced directly by playwright Will Kern in his life as a Chicago taxicab driver, we get to see the holidays through the eyes of an overworked cabby exposed to slices of humanity in all shapes, sizes and styles.
His cab is the living room where it all hangs out.
It's Christmas time, and instead of "..A Wonderful Life" we go along for a ride rich in that underside where humanity disappoints.
Whether it's couples arguing or copulating, our cabby gets a whole lot more than what he bargained for.
He gets an earful of no love lost between sisters.
Crack heads,
gangbangers real and imagined, and winos come and go from his cab, intermingled with a nymphomaniac attorney or barely repressed closeted homosexual boys who say they are on the hunt for female sex.
And, don't forget the guy raving wildly about the importance of mining the moon.
Misogyny seems to be a common currency—rapes verbal aplenty and physical too.
Our cabby tries to give his good advice when he can, but there seems to be a dearth of takers.
Our poor cabby would much rather be at home in Rockford than prowling the streets for customers and is about to give up hope altogether when he has his moment of finding grace from a passenger. No, it's not quite like Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life". . It's better. It's real. It's about human connection.
How fantastic that this play that began in '92 at the Famous Door theater is rolled out for many a holiday season. Better yet, that original cabby star Paul Dillon who first brought this classic to life returns to star this year.
The playwright took a hand at making this a movie. It's clearly the vignette stuff of live theater, not cinema. Director Darrell W. Cox has a very talented cast to work with and he's apparently made the most of it. Go see it.
Profiles Theatre
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Buy tickets online at the Profile Theatre's website or call (773) 549 1815.
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By Andrew Liszewski
Here's an interesting mod that involves converting a large Eveready flashlight into a portable iPod 'boombox.' The flashlight itself is completely stripped out including the bulb assembly which gets replaced by a 4-inch MagnaDyne speaker.
An iPod Mini handles the music playback and using an AirClick remote can be controlled when the flashlight is sealed up. The last piece of the puzzle is a simple amplifier salvaged from an old set of PC speakers that is powered by a single 9-volt battery. While there's no real detailed instructions provided on how to assemble all the parts this photo makes it pretty obvious how it should all go together.
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A recently published study of the effectiveness of online display advertising showed that branded content sites consistently outperform portals on key metrics . The study, done by Dynamic Logic for the Online Publishers Association, measured purchase intent – in other words, it looked beyond the clicks to understand the value of the click to the advertiser.
That's where ad networks and portals fall short compared to ads placed on branded content sites where purchase intent scores were nine times better. The study goes as far as to say that – according to Mediaweek – ad networks effect on purchase intent was negligible. The most dramatic variation in performance was with video ads placed on branded content sites versus ad networks, where the video ads on specific sites tested performed 93% better than the ad network placements.
There's an ongoing battle in the marketplace between ad networks, who are pricing at low cpms and selling so called remnant inventory, and the branded content sites, such as CNN.com and Forbes.com (which are named in the article), who sell placements on their sites at a premium rate. This study goes a long way in proving the value of branded content site impressions and validates their premium pricing.
It's good news for content publishers, and good reason to think carefully about how much inventory – if any – a publisher (broadcaster, webcaster) wants to hand over to an ad network. Many sites use ad networks as a repository for significant amounts of remnant advertising, but of course the result is that drives pricing (cpms) down, and delivers poor results to advertisers.
This could easily apply to Internet radio and online audio campaigns as well. While it's tempting to compete for low cpm network radio ad dollars, the downside to this is that advertisers realize mediocre results and fail to reinvest or invest more in Internet radio. At the same time, every low cpm deal contributes to deflating pricing in the marketplace. It's difficult to reject any deal in this economy, but the price for flooding the marketplace with cheap cpm inventory could be steep.


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The Ministry of Health is aware that the New Zealand Defence Force has found elevated levels of PFOS/PFOA* chemicals historically used in fire-fighting foams in ground water within the Ohakea and Woodburn airbases and potentially in ground water in neighbouring properties.
Health is working closely with Defence and the Ministry for the Environment to provide appropriate advice and support for actions planned by those agencies.
Long term the best way to avoid exposure to PFOS and PFOA is to limit their use in New Zealand. The Ministry of Health supports action by the Ministry for the Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority to achieve this.
Currently there is no consistent evidence that environmental exposures at the low levels New Zealanders are generally exposed to will cause harmful health effects. The persistence of these chemicals in the body has prompted concerns about possible health effects.
The Ministry of Health has accepted the Australian drinking-water quality values for PFOS and PFOA as interim guidance levels – as neither New Zealand, nor the World Health Organization currently have set maximum acceptable values for these chemicals in drinking water.
These interim guidance levels will be reviewed as part of a wider review of Drinking-Water Standards, being undertaken as one of the actions arising from the Inquiry into the Havelock North Water Contamination Event.
A 2013 study found that New Zealanders generally had PFOS levels in their blood than were lower than those found in the blood of people in the USA, Canada, Germany and Australia and PFOA levels were similar or lower.
More information
For information about actions being taken by Government agencies to reduce exposure to these chemicals, see the Ministry for the Environment resource on PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances).
* PFOS/PFOA are two chemicals from a group of compounds known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances which are persistent in the environment and human body.


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The global battle against climate change has passed a historic turning point with China's huge coal burning finally having peaked, according to senior economists.
They say the moment may well be a significant milestone in the course of the Anthropocene, the current era in which human activity dominates the world's environment.
China is the world's biggest polluter and more than tripled its coal burning from 2000 to 2013, emitting billions of tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide. But its coal consumption peaked in 2014, much earlier than expected, and then began falling.
The economists argue in a new paper on Monday that this can now be seen as permanent trend, not a blip, due to major shifts in the Chinese economy and a crackdown on pollution.
"I think it is a real turning point," said Lord Nicholas Stern, an eminent climate economist at the London School of Economics, who wrote the analysis with colleagues from Tsinghua University in Beijing. "I think historians really will see [the coal peak of] 2014 as a very important event in the history of the climate and economy of the world."
The team's analysis, published in the Nature Geoscience journal, concludes that China's coal peak "may well be an important milestone in the Anthropocene and a turning point in international efforts to [cut] the emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases".
Read more at China's Coal Peak Hailed as Turning Point in Climate Change Battle


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SO memorable was the "Ring around the collar" campaign introduced by Wisk in 1968 that the laundry detergent continued to use it for more than three decades. But while removing stains remains a popular claim from detergents today, Wisk is now hanging such claims out to dry.
In a series of online-only videos shot in a mock documentary style, "Inside Dirt: The Dirty Truth About Your Clean Laundry," a crusading filmmaker (played by the actor Jim Annan) declares what he calls "a state of detergency" and confronts consumers at places like gyms and laundromats. To demonstrate that clean-looking clothes may be soiled, he holds an ultraviolet light up to shirts, revealing spots primarily on armpits.
"Ever since laundry detergent was invented, we've been sold the same stories," he says in one video. "It's the visible stains that you have to worry about — but what about the stains that you can't see?"
Wisk, a Sun Products brand, was reformulated and adopted the moniker Wisk Deep Clean in 2012, and it now claims to remove hidden body oils and sweat better than competitors.
The new videos, by Union in Toronto, part of MDC Partners, with direction by Jeff Low and production by OPC, will officially be introduced on Tuesday on YouTube and on a new Web site for the brand, Inside-Dirt.com. Also on Tuesday, the videos will be promoted and advertised on Web sites including the Huffington Post, Hulu and NYTimes.com.
On The New York Times site, online readers will be able to perform a virtual version of the demonstration from the videos: the cursor acts as an ultraviolet light, and waving it over what appears to be a clean shirt reveals spots.
In the first nine months of 2012, Wisk spent $3 million on advertising, and Tide, the category-leading Procter & Gamble brand, spent $107.6 million, according to the Kantar Media unit of WPP.
Switching from a sales pitch about eliminating stains to one about unseen soiling may seem to be an about-face, but Cheryl McKenzie, group account director for Union, said that what remained consistent for Wisk was a willingness to address unpleasantness.
"This is a brand that has had a history of being very straight talking and telling it like it is," Ms. McKenzie said. "Ring around the collar was an issue that no one was talking about and was taboo at the time, and the new taboo that no one is talking about is that while you can't see the dirt that's in your clothes, it's there."
In October, Wisk introduced an online-only commercial where actors were handed a jar with a gelatinous yellow glob meant to represent hidden body oil and sweat from 35 loads of laundry. The spot, by Poptent, has attracted more than 2.1 million views on YouTube.
Lora Van Velsor, director of marketing for Wisk, said that while her brand and others have traditionally focused on removing stains, household cleaning brands already address unseen germs.
"When we talked to consumers," Ms. Van Velsor said, "they said that whether it's in the kitchen or the bathroom, they're looking for thorough cleaning. They know that it can't just look clean — it has to be clean all the way through."
With laundry detergent formulations having improved enough in recent decades that many consumers trust store brands for stain removal, "there is so little differentiation in the category that you have to step above stains in order to break through," Ms. Van Velsor said.
Introduced as the first liquid detergent in 1956, Wisk adopted the "Ring around the collar" slogan 12 years later. Early commercials featured housewives harangued by an unseen chorus of schoolchildren chanting "ring around the collar," then noticing the stains on their husbands' shirts. In the 1970s, an equally irritating parrot delivered the slogan.
Wisk was the top selling liquid detergent through the mid-1980s, when Tide introduced its first liquid version and overtook it. It has a 2 percent share of the liquid laundry detergent market, in contrast to Tide's 38 percent share, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a market data company.
In a comparison of laundry detergents in the August issue of Consumer Reports, Wisk Deep Clean scored highest for top loaders, with 63 out of a possible 100, followed by Tide Plus Bleach Alternative and a Target store brand, which tied with 61 points. But Wisk was far from victorious at cash registers, with sales dropping 29.4 percent in the last year, in contrast to a 4.3 percent drop in sales for the liquid detergent segment over all, according to data for the 52 weeks ending Jan. 27 by SymphonyIRI.
Many consumers are migrating from liquid detergents to single-dose detergents, a new segment that is dominated by Tide Pods, with a 67.6 percent share of the $478.6 million segment, according to SymphonyIRI.
This month, Wisk introduced its own single-dose product, Wisk Deep Clean PowerBlasts, and in an e-mail, Ms. Van Velsor acknowledged that "2012 was a challenging year for Wisk," but predicted that the new product and new campaign would reverse declines.
To help drive home the message that Wisk removes unseen perspiration from clothing, the brand has been handing out samples at gyms. In a promotion that began in January and runs through February, it will distribute more than 720,000 samples in about 700 gyms, primarily in eight cities including New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
"This year," says one poster displayed at gyms that shows workout clothes spilling out of a duffel bag, "resolve to sweat fearlessly!"


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To help small businesses better use the full potential of Facebook, the social networking giant has launched an online Facebook for Business guide. The service can be found at Facebook.com/business.
Facebook is calling it an "online education center," where entrepreneurs can learn the everything from profile creation, targeting advertisements and promotions, to customer interaction. Facebook's renewed emphasis on enterprise use of its platform is for now limited to just the new guide, but in the recent past, Facebook Credits was launched as a universal virtual currency, and hopefully, the company will bring other momentous changes soon.
Interestingly, the move comes a few days after Google decided to stop allowing company profiles on its up and coming Google+ social networking site, something that has caused quite a bit of a stir.
Source : Thinkdigit.


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TOKYO — Unlike Major League Baseball, for whom Rawlings has been the official supplier of baseballs since 1977, Japan's top league has long used multiple manufacturers.
This season, however, for the first time in the 75-year history of Nippon Professional Baseball, every team is using the same supplier.
In any given season, as many as nine manufacturers had supplied baseballs to Japan's 12 teams. Many clubs, in fact, contracted with multiple suppliers and freely switched the balls they used in their home games depending on the series, the month or some other variable that had to be revealed in advance to the commissioner's office.
Citing rising costs and declining domestic production, Commissioner Ryozo Kato began the tedious and touchy process of unifying Japan's ball last year. Mizuno emerged as the lone supplier.
But old customs are hard to break, and in tradition-bound Japan, the move to a unified ball comes with a twist: it is required only for official games played between major league teams. Individual clubs can continue choosing their own baseballs for minor league games, spring training games and practices. According to the commissioner's office, at least two teams that contracted with multiple baseball makers last year, the Hanshin Tigers and the Yakult Swallows, continue to use those balls in unsanctioned events.
In Japanese baseball, power has traditionally rested with the teams. Franchises have operated independently on a variety of issues, including deciding which ball manufacturers to contract with, much as players in the United States and Japan decide which manufacturers' bats, gloves and spikes they use.
In Japan, a culture evolved in which sporting goods makers, especially smaller regional ones, became dependent on their relationships with local clubs to supply thousands of balls each year.
"In order to build relationships that stand the test of time, you have to be willing to endure lots of hardships on your customers' behalf," Katsuhisa Matsuzaki, a spokesman for N.P.B, said in Japanese, describing the traditional arrangement. "For a team to then turn around and say to a supplier that persevered, 'Sorry, we don't you need anymore,' is not the Japanese way."
So instead of trying to undo longstanding relationships, Japan's commissioner's office established standards over the years to attain a degree of uniformity among the game balls being produced by multiple manufacturers.
That began as far back as 1950, when the Central and Pacific Leagues came under one governing umbrella. Over the years, standards pertaining to the balls were gradually tightened. This happened, for example, in 1981, after a game was delayed by 20 minutes as one team accused another of using a suspicious ball with extra zip. But until this year, teams could use any ball that adhered to the standards.
The new Mizuno ball for this season has been called the noncarrying ball, a reference to the effect of the lower-elasticity rubber that encases the cork center. Not surprisingly, pitchers like the new ball for that and other subtle changes they can use to their advantage.
"It breaks better, moves more advantageously for the pitcher," Hisashi Iwakuma of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, speaking in Japanese, said of the new ball. "Whether you throw a fork or a curve or a slider, the break is bigger. Even your fastball doesn't have to be perfectly straight; you can make it miss the sweet spot of the bat."
Iwakuma said pitchers could manipulate the slightly lower height of the red stitches and their slightly wider spread.
Japan's regular season was extended until this week because of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March and unusually heavy rain. But the ball is believed to be responsible for an abundance of curiosities.
Through Friday's games, seven pitchers among the 12 clubs had earned run averages below 2.00 while throwing more than 170 innings. By comparison, despite his dominant performance of 24 wins in 29 decisions, Detroit's Justin Verlander, the major league leader in E.R.A. among starters at 2.40, would not crack Japan's top 10.
Among those Japanese pitchers is Yu Darvish, 25, who many believe will be made available to American teams this winter by the Nippon Ham Fighters. But Darvish's 1.44 E.R.A. was only second best in the Pacific League. As a testament to his acumen, though, he had a 1.78 E.R.A. last season.
In another oddity, Darvish's team tied a Japanese record with five consecutive shutout victories during a stretch in May. That was part of nine shutouts in 11 games by the Fighters' staff, three of them complete-game shutouts by Darvish.
Robust pitching has turned the batting races into rather pedestrian competitions. Worry abounds that the race in at least one league could produce the lowest average for a batting champion in Japanese history. The Hiroshima Carp's Katsuya Morinaga holds that distinction, capturing the Central League's 1962 title with a .307 average. This season's race has come down to the Yomiuri Giants' Hisayoshi Chono (.315) and Hanshin's Matt Murton (.312), with three others teetering around .300. Last year, 14 players in the league hit .300 or better, with .358 taking the title. In the Pacific League, five players were hitting over .300, with the leader at .339.
Most noticeable of all, home runs were down. With three players totaling 40 or more homers last year, the overall title was claimed with 49. This season, only the Seibu Lions' Takeya Nakamura and the Yakult Swallows' Wladimir Balentien will finish with more than 30.
Although Japan's new ball is not meant to replicate the American major league ball, a conscious effort was made to make it much more similar than before. That is a crucial point in Japan, where performance in international competitions like the quadrennial World Baseball Classic, which uses the American ball, weighs on the national conscience. Kato, the commissioner, said as much at a news conference when he unveiled the new ball before the season.
"Certainly, an impetus for the uniform ball was seeing with my own eyes the difficulties Japanese pitchers had with the different ball at the W.B.C.," he said of the 2009 tournament, which Japan won. "By unifying our approach to the domestic game, we can lessen such discomforts that arise for our players on the international stage."
That could pave the way for Mizuno to bid on the contract to supply the American major leagues. The leagues' contract with Rawlings, which replaced Spalding after a century as the sole ball supplier, expires in 2013.
At the preseason news conference, Kato was seemingly focused on something larger than his own league when he proclaimed Japan's new ball to be "of a higher quality than the one used in the American major leagues."


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How to Raise Passionately Generous Children
posted by: Mile High Mamas
One of the most frequent conversations I have with other parents is around raising our kids to be thoughtful and empathetic vs. entitled. Yet, our children are who most innately embrace the true definition of philanthropy: love of humankind.
Philanthropy helps solidify family values, communication, and trust. By deciding together where to spend your time, talent, and/or treasure, children can learn leadership, decision-making, confidence, organization, empathy, and more.
In raising my daughter, Sophie, I've focused upon her cultivating a sense of gratitude and kindness. Through countless botched "teaching moments" and breakthroughs, here are some nuggets I've learned along the way:
- Lead by Example.Talk about your philanthropy. Talking about giving increases by 20% the likelihood that children will give. This holds true across race, gender, and age. When appropriate, have your kids join in when you volunteer.
- Show Enthusiasm and Support for their Interests.Encourage children to get involved in a cause they care about, or better yet, create opportunities to collaborate on the cause. Explore options together: charitable giving, volunteering, or being of service with your unique talents.
- Make It a Family Affair.In our busy family lives filled with sports, homework, play dates, and more, engaging in philanthropy is a great way to spend quality time as a family while helping a worthy cause and instilling core values. When your family has decided upon what cause you would like to support, commit to year-round service, even if only quarterly, and choose times to evaluate impact upon the organization you've supported, and the impact upon your family. This can be formalized with creating videos, scrapbooks, and children reporting back at your family gathering: "What I learned this year about the cause, and about myself."
- Use books, movies, and other mediums to discuss giving. Throughout children's books, television shows, and movies, the theme of giving often appears. Use these mediums as springboards for deeper conversations with your child about what it means to give, how it feels to receive, and why giving is important.
Shameless plug: My daughter and I co-created a philanthropy/acts of kindness children's book to inspire conversations around giving back and the yummy feeling it creates in our hearts. Aimed at a pre-K through elementary-school audience, The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse is the story of a tiny mouse with a big heart, and the transformative power of anonymous good deeds upon a community. While Sophie is simply the original Anonymouse, the vision is to inspire countless "Anonymice" to pursue their own kindness adventures.
In honor of Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 12-18, you can share your child's random act of kindness on our website for the chance to win a school visit by the original Anonymouse! Sophie Lynn will go to one lucky winner's school, girl scout troop or other group of your choice for a reading of the book and interactive activity including creating kindness superhero masks! Either way, Sophie will personally respond to every submission!
Like most parents, generosity and empathy are values I wanted Sophie to cultivate to help make the world a more kind and loving place in which to grow up. We invite you to join us!


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The Trust shares a purpose with parents/carers to keep children safe from harm and to have their welfare promoted. All new parents/carers are provided with the following statement prior to their child starting with the Academy:
"The Trust takes child protection and safeguarding very seriously. We have a very comprehensive child safeguarding policy which we are happy to share with you upon request. If your child informs staff members at their Academy of any issues which cause us concern, we may request the help of outside agencies. Depending on the nature of the concern and the severity of the issue, we may or may not contact parents/carers regarding the disclosure the child has made. We would in this instance contact the relevant professional body and seek their advice. Please be aware that our aim is always to act professional with the child's safety and best interest at the forefront."
We are committed to working positively, open and honestly with parents/carers. We ensure that all parents/carers are treated with respect, dignity and courtesy. We respect parents/carers' rights to privacy and confidentiality and will not share sensitive information unless we have permission or it is necessary to do so to protect a child. Each Academy will share with parents/carers any concerns we may have about their child unless to do so may place the child at risk of harm.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust follow each Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) procedures when dealing with any matters of a child protection nature. The Academy will endeavor to discuss all concerns with parents/carers about their children. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when an Academy will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with LSCB Child Protection Procedures). The Academy will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents/carers. The Trust's Child Safeguarding Policy is available to all parents/carers upon request.
What are the times of the school day?
During Transition we aim to ensure Year 6 become familiar with the school day, so the aim is that times will be the same as for other students. Further information will be issued in due course.
School starts for all students at 8.45 am prompt.
Period 1 8.45 – 9.45 am
Period 2 9.45 – 10.45 am
VMG/Break 10.45 – 11:20 am
Period 3 11.20 – 12.20 noon
Period 4/Lunch 12.20 – 1:50 pm
Period 5 1.50 – 2.50 pm
How is the School Uniform organised?
We will provide a full uniform to Year 7 students when they start the school. As students grow out of their uniform, parents are expected to buy official replacements, and there are more details about how to do this here: http://www.ripon.outwood.com/uniform It is planned that Year 6 students will be measured in school during Transition, and that Uniform will be able to be collected on certain days within the school holidays, towards the end of August (date to be confirmed).
What equipment will my child need?
All students will be provided with a Planner. They are expected to have a school bag that is large enough to contain an A4 folder. The basic equipment that is required from September is:
A black pen.
A pencil and pencil sharpener.
An eraser.
A calculator
A ruler
What are the lunchtime arrangements?
Year 7 students have their lunch as a year group, between 12.50 – 13.20pm. This ensures there is minimal queuing time and that they can eat together in their first year at the academy. The catering is provided by the Academy who operate a 'Pay Online' system. Parents can load student accounts from home, or students can add money using two optical finger recognition stations in the school. We will provide log-on details for parents in due course, and there is no need to contact Carillion directly at this stage.
SEN and Inclusion
During the coming months, Mrs Tarplee will be visiting primary schools to meet Year 6 teachers to gather crucial transition information. Colleagues from several of our partner primary schools will also be working alongside Year 6 students at Outwood Academy Ripon during these three weeks in July as part of the Transition process.
Question Form
If you have a question that you think the answer would be of use to other Year 6 parents, please use the form below, and relevant information will be added to the Frequently Asked Questions section of this page. We will of course also answer specific questions relating to your child directly via this form. You can also email email@example.com.
Following the changes to Government advice, from Monday 23 March our schools will be closed, except for providing childcare to a small number of children. During the period of closure we will not be able to collect correspondence sent via post. There are also only a small number of staff in the academy making it difficult to answer the telephone.
Therefore, where possible, we ask that you contact us via this contact form.


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I have been a medical marijuana patient for 3 years and I am my own caregiver. The skills Ive acquired over the years by growing houseplants, flowers & landscaping helped me in growing my own medical-grade cannabis. My goal as a grower was to grow as good as, if not better than, the top shelf strains at the dispensaries I have frequented. I'm happy to say that I achieved that goal.
I find it rewarding to help & share what I have learned with those that have a black thumb.


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If you've ever seen a smartphone with an OLED display, you'd have to agree it's one of the sharpest images, with most vibrant colors, and blackest blacks. Scaling up the beautiful 3″ OLED screen seemed like it was never going to happen until now. Samsung has just unveiled their amazingly gorgeous 55 inch Super OLED TV. This TV seriously delivers the ultimate in picture quality and design.
The Samsung Super OLED is produced from a single pane of glass. The OLED pixels are comprised of self-emitting RGB sub-pixels laid directly on to the display panel. It can differentiate varying degrees of blacks and shadows which helps to deliver the most accurate image possible.
As if the Super OLED wasn't already too-good-to-be-true, it actually offers faster response times than LED, reducing motion blur, and it happens to weigh less too. The screen runs almost all the way to the border, and is so thin that the profile is practically non-existent. Samsung says that with the screen off the TV "appears like a framed piece of luxurious floating glass" appearing to be a work-of-art rather than an electronic device.
Like the future Samsung Smart TVs, the Super OLED will be equipped with a camera, dual-microphones, and a dual-core processor that enables intuitive control, voice activation, hand-gesture activation, and a ton of an endless amount of on-screen applications.
There's no word on pricing or availability yet for the Samsung Super OLED display, but we'll be saving up our money for one of the sexiest, clearest, and truest looking television sets we've seen!


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NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRNS), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative neuropsychiatric therapeutics, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,625,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $8.00 per share, before underwriting discounts. The shares are scheduled to begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "MRNS" on July 31, 2014. In addition, Marinus has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 843,750 shares of common stock at the same price to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on August 5, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
Stifel and JMP Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Oppenheimer & Co. is acting as lead manager and Janney Montgomery Scott is acting as co-manager for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.


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I was so excited to get my gaming laptop and then life got in the way…so it's been sitting in my bedroom in a box for a week. It was so worth the wait. I'm pretty pumped to get this baby up and running!
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Why Fitness And Gaming Go Hand In Hand
It's been a while since I was in the workout mindset for a few different reasons. Life was terrible, then hectic, then confusing, and now I've landed somewhere in the territory of crazy…in a good way. In my life, there's pretty much zero reasons for me to ever be physically active. I write all day in an office, then sit on a bus to get home, then sit and paint or game. My legs pretty much never need to be used. BUT. A few months ago I started having really extreme pain in my knees and lower back. The culprit? You guessed it – sitting all damn day.
Getting back support in my chair started helping with the back problems, but my knees were pretty much in constant pain and I couldn't figure out why. I tried changing my shoes and tried to walk more, but I needed a serious change to stop feeling like a 73-year-old woman. So my partner in crime suggested that I started working out. Like actual cardio working out. I called a friend who honestly was the sweetest EVER about getting me onboard with Beachbody and then another friend suggested ClassPass. With the two programs combined, I started out on a two-week journey to getting fit. I figured if I could just make it two weeks I'd be good.
I'd be lying if I said it was easy to start. But with the help of some cat stickers, and a hand-drawn sticker chart I started working out every other day and I finally started to feel more like myself. I've always been a pretty healthy eater, but working out started making me more conscious of how important a balanced diet was. I switched from white rice to brown. I started stocking up on healthy snacks like dried mango and mixed nuts. I started upping my protein intake and drinking way more water. And guess what? After two weeks my knees started feeling so. much. better. I will say, for the first week and a half they were still hurting and I did a lot of modifications on workouts because I wanted to make sure that I wasn't further injuring my knee in the process of trying to heal it.
The awesome thing is that by taking this time to honor my body I had more energy to do things that I loved, and I wasn't as sluggish. Do I now have the body of a bodybuilder, no. But that was never the goal here. I started working out because I want this body to be as healthy as it can be for as long as possible. I want to have the energy to enjoy the things I love, not be walking around in some kind of coma going from one sitting posture to the next.
I've never considered myself a gymrat, or someone obsessed with getting their body perfectly toned, but I love having the option of going to a yoga or cardio class whenever it works in my schedule and being able to easily turn on a workout when I'm feeling sluggish when I get home after work. Usually, this only takes an hour out of my day to workout/shower and I can already feel the results. And it makes me that much more alert for when I'm playing or painting fanart, or blogging!
It's not about perfection, it's about taking steps toward being healthier and happier. For me, it started a month ago. For you, maybe it starts today. Join me?


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S.C. Junior Match Play - Preview
Emily Dunlap of Greenville, S.C. will look to lift the girls' trophy after an exit in the quarterfinals at last year's championship.
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (July 7, 2018) -- The Carolinas Golf Association will conduct the South Carolina Junior Match Play Championship at Rock Hill Country Club in Rock Hill, S.C. from July 10-13.
Related: Championship Web Site | Full Field of Players | Starting Times | Scoring | History
Players to watch:
Girls' Division
Emily Dunlap of Greenville, S.C. is the third ranked golfer in the SCJGA Girls' Rankings and has 10 top-15 finishes in 2018. Dunlap made it to the quarterfinals in last year's championship and will look to capture some silverware this year.
Karlee Vardas of Lexington, S.C. is the 11th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Girls' Rankings. Vardas has four top-10 finishes in 2018 including a second place finish at the PKB Girls' Southeast Classic back in April.
Anna Grace Brock of Greenwood, S.C. is the 13th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Girls' Rankings. Brock has five top-10 finishes in 2018 and is coming off of a strong performance in the WSCGA Junior Girls' Championship where she finished ninth.
Phoebe Carles of Clinton, S.C. is the 16th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Girls' Rankings and was able to grab a win back in April at the AJGA Preview at Carolina Trace.
Boys' Division
Nicholas Mayfield of Rock Hill, S.C. will be defending his home turf at Rock Hill CC as the eighth ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings. Mayfield has five top-five finishes in 2018 including a win this past June.
Austin Scott of Charleston, S.C. is the ninth ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings. Scott has six top-10 finishes in 2018 and made it to the Round of 16 at last year's championship.
Manning Sloop of Rock Hill, S.C. will also be playing at his home course for the tournament. Sloop is the 14th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings and has seven top-15 finishes in 2018.
Ian Faulconer of Simpsonville, S.C. has seven top-5 finishes in 2018 and will look to get over the hump at Rock Hill CC. Faulconer is the 17th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings.
Keegan Vaugh of Myrtle Beach, S.C. is the 18th ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings. Vaugh has six top-5 finishes to go along with one win in 2018.
Zach Reuland of Rock Hill, S.C. is the 22nd ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings. Reuland has three top-15 finishes and will hope to improve on a round of 32 exit in last year's tournament.
Gene Zeigler of Florence, S.C. has racked up 10 top-10 finishes in 2018, including three wins. Zeigler is the 23rd ranked golfer in the SCJGA Boys' Rankings.
Rock Hill Country Club's original nine holes, now the club's front nine, were designed by famed golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast. Tillinghast, who had already designed and built legendary courses Winged Foot and Baltusrol, would soon begin construction of the Black Course at Bethpage State Park around this same time. In 1949, the second nine holes were designed and built by Arthur Hamm, a former field supervisor for Donald Ross. This will be the third time Rock Hill CC has hosted the South Carolina Junior Match Play Championship to go along with the 2001 and 2009 championships.
The South Carolina Junior Match Play Championship begins with 18 holes of stroke play qualifying for all divisions. The boys' division will then be cut to the low 64 for match play. The girls' division will be cut to the low 16 for match play.
Entry is open to any male or female amateur golfer who has not reached their 19th birthday by July 13, 2018, who has not started college, is a legal resident of South Carolina, is a member or their parent is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has a current USGA handicap index® at a CGA member club that does not exceed 18.4. Entries are subject to rejection at any time, including during the event, by the CGA or the host club. The reason for rejection may include unbecoming conduct or cell phone use during a stipulated round. All players must conform to the "USGA Rules of Amateur Status" as specified in "The Rules of Golf". For complete residency and eligibility requirements, refer to the CGA Tournament Manual at the CGA website (www.carolinasgolf.org).
Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA's official Twitter account, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.
Schedule of rounds:
Tuesday, July 10
Stroke Play Qualifying: Tee times from 8:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday, July 11
Boys' Round One Matches: Tee times from 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Girls' Round One Matches: Tee times from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Boys' Round Two Matches: Tee times from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 12
Boys' Round Three Matches: Tee times from 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Girls' Round Two Matches: Tee times from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Boys' Quarterfinal Matches: Tee times from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Girls' Semifinal Matches: Tee times from 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Friday, July 13
Boys' Semifinal Matches: Tee times from 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
Girls' Championship Match: 8:30 a.m.
Boys' Championship Match: 12:30 p.m.
About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.
The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.


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Market Street Inn Bed & Breakfast is the perfect choice to experience a weekend getaway or even a long-term stay. Celebrate your next birthday, anniversary or any special occasion at our inn for a romantic and memorable vacation. If you have business in the Springfield or Decatur, Illinois areas, our inn offers business rates and long-term stay options.*
Our 1892 inn's main house is a beautiful Queen Anne Victorian mansion containing eight upstairs guestrooms, all with private baths and fireplaces.
A newly completed renovation in 2004, the 1899 carriage house is located just south of the main inn. The Carriage House features two suites, each with a private entrance, patio, kitchenette, and off-street parking. Our ADA-approved accessible suite is located in the Carriage House.
Main Inn Rooms
Carriage House Suites
Guest Accommodations include:
- Private baths in all 10 guestrooms, most with whirlpools
- King-size or queen-size bed
- Central heating & cooling
- Fireplace in most guestrooms
- Social hour with complimentary beverages, cheese & fruit
- Iron and board & hairdryer
- WIRELESS INTERNET in room
- Candlelight breakfast
- Complimentary bottled water & soda
- Phone, TV, DVD player
One ADA parking space with level surface and no curb.There are no covered passenger pickup/drop-off areas.
- ADA-compliant incline from parking to level sidewalk to the entry door. There is no access to the main building. However, we meet the guest at the accessible parking area and escort them into the accessible suite.
- Breakfast is catered to the accessible room: Helen's Suite.
- There are no public restrooms on the property.
All rooms can be reserved through our online reservation system or by calling 217-824-7220.
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You want some hot films in August? Then don't miss the "Black August Films,� a powerful series of films at The Brecht Forum. The must-see films include "All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond,� and "The Battle of Algiers.� The Panther film, August 10 at 7:30 pm, is a powerful, moving and comprehensive documentary on the resistance of Black Panther Party members against the relentless attack upon it through COINTEPRO FBI-led terror tactics.
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60s civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those turbulent times.
Then on Tuesday, August 15 at 7:30 pm, see "The Murder of Fred Hampton.� On December 4, 1969, in a predawn FBI-directed Chicago police raid, Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was murdered as he lay face down in his bed. He was only 21 years old. Within hours, Panthers arranged to get a film crew into the scene. The footage directly contradicted the State's Attorney's version of the raid. The film documents the subsequent investigations as well as Hampton's organizing activities, his public speeches and the programs he founded for children during the last 18 years of his life.
On Thursday, August 17, the series continues with at 7:30 pm, with "The Battle of Algiers.� An amazingly relevant movie for the times which we are now living in, "The Battle of Algiers� investigates the insurrection in Algiers by the FLN against French colonial rule almost 50 years ago. It documents the dynamics of the conflict from the recruiting of an insurrectionist and the creation of a subversive organization to the initial assaults targeting the police and representatives of the government, the authorities' response and the escalation of violence by both parties.
On Tuesday, August 22 at 7:30 pm, you won't want to miss "Uptight.� This is an updated remake of John Ford's "The Informer.� The Irish Republican rebels of the original are replaced by Black activists, Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto, and "the troubles" of 1921 are transformed into the days just following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
On Thursday, August 24, at 7:30pm, the powerful series continues with "Nothing But A Man.� Set in the 1960s, "Nothing But a Man� is an uplifting love story about a man and a woman whose bond overcomes racial and class barriers. Duff, a railroad section hand is forced to confront prejudice and self-denial when he falls in love with Josie, an educated preacher's daughter.
Finally, on Tuesday, August 29 at 7:30pm, come see "Cosmic Slop.� In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all Black people on earth.
Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.
Suggested donation for all these films are $6, $10, and $15. No one is turned away. The Brecht Forum is located at 451 West Street, between Bank & Bethune, New York, NY 10014. Also see www.brechtforum.org or call (212) 242- 4201.
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1) Opt for a wedding planner
Often seen as a luxury for a UK wedding, wedding planners are a must if you chose to wed abroad. The perfect wedding planner is worth their weight in gold. They will have knowledge of the local area, be able to speak the local language and be able to source the best extras for you. Ours are included in the package cost!
2) Beware of those hidden extras
Chose a company that has clear wedding package inclusions. Know exactly what you are getting for your money, and read through any contract carefully. It's important to know what you are getting, but its also important to know what other things you may want and to get quotes for them too.
3) Look for free wedding packages
With a wedding abroad, it's more than likely the case that the majority of your friends and family will be flying out with you, you may also want to stay in the same hotel. Some hotels will offer free wedding packages which include the basics. Generally there has to be a certain number of people travelling with you, or you have to book a certain room type.
4) Which destination?
There are many things to consider when picking the destination you want to marry in. Is there a country that means a lot to you? Did you get engaged while on holiday and now you want to go back there? Weddings abroad don't have to be about wedding ceremonies on the beach. In Cyprus, you can marry legally in church, or what about on an animal sanctuary in Kenya, or even a hotel made completely of ice in Lapland?
5) Embrace the culture
Marrying in Italy? Then why not toast with Prosecco rather than Champagne. Saying 'I do' on a Greek Island? Then why not have a Meze for your wedding breakfast. There are many options you could consider, to bring a bit of local life to you wedding ceremony, so think about your music, food and drinks. Speak to you local wedding planner, who will help inspire you with some options.
6) Who's on the guest list?
Most people marrying abroad will have a smaller guest list then they would if they were tying the knot back home. However, if your nearest and dearest do decide to celebrate with you, you can often benefit from group packages or additional gifts..
7) Make sure it's legal!
Often the most daunting and complex thing about getting married abroad is all the different legalities around getting married in another country. A weddings abroad company can remove this stress by doing all the hard work for you. They can tell you exactly what documents you will need, what to get signed and where to send them too. It means you can focus on choosing that all important dress, or picking your centrepieces.
8) Think about affordability
One of the main reasons couples are attracted to a wedding abroad is that they can work out a lot cheaper than the average UK wedding. The average cost of a wedding abroad is £7k-£8k, and that includes all the essentials like your dress and the cake. The great thing about opting to go abroad is not only are things more affordable, but your money stretches further. It means you can still have good quality guest favours, flowers and transport!
9) Narrow down your choice
Picking a venue can be a minefield, especially if you have chosen somewhere you have never been before, but that's where good quality advice pre-booking can work wonders. The other thing to think about is what's important to you and your guests, for example if there will be a number of children coming you may require additional facilities.
10) Don't forget the honeymoon!
Not only is it your wedding day but after, you get to spend time with your new husband on your honeymoon, so make the most of it by booking some memorable excursions. In Mexico you can swim with dolphins or visit Chichen Itza; one of the new seven wonders of the world. Or how about a luxury sunset dinner cruise in Cyprus with fireworks to top off your evening?


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Twenty-five dead pilot whales were discovered Thursday near Kice Island in southwest Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
They were part of a pod of whales first seen swimming around Gordon Pass in Naples in Collier County on Sunday, NOAA Fisheries Southeast marine mammal stranding coordinator Blair Mase said.
Biologists marked the whales, which were spotted again off Marco Pass near Marco Island on Monday. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat stayed with the group for much of Monday, when they were two miles off-shore, before officials stopped monitoring them.
But early Thursday afternoon, officials received a report from a boater who saw the whales on Kice Island, Mase said.
Mase said the whales came in on the high seas and were beached on Kice Island. It is on the south side of Caxambas Pass, which divides Marco Island and Kice Island, NOAA Fisheries spokeswoman Kim Amendola said. They were discovered 16 miles south of where they were originally spotted on Sunday.
A FWC field biologist went out and confirmed that the whales were all dead, and had been there for about 24 hours, Mase said. The biologist was accompanied by FWC law enforcement.
Sixteen of the whales were females, and nine were males, NOAA Fisheries said as it gave an increased death toll late Thursday afternoon.
Officials initially said that about 20 whales were found.
Earlier this week, four pilot whales died and four more were euthanized around Lover's Key near Fort Myers in Lee County.
Mase said the necropsies on those eight whales were completed Wednesday. Some of the whales looked emaciated, and some appeared to be in decent condition, she said.
"They did all have empty stomachs, which is something that we were suspecting," she said.
Five of the whales were males and three were females, including one that was pregnant, Amendola said.
In December, 51 pilot whales were found stranded in Everglades National Park, and 22 of them died. No cause of deaths has been determined yet for those whales, Mase said Thursday.


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There are many types of heart disease, but this article will explore five types of heart disease that are common to happen. Hopefully, this article can add your knowledge concerning this leading cause of death disease.
#1 congenital heart disease
There is a fallacy of thinking that many people do when they believe that all heart disease is brought about by outside factors or that it needs some periods of time for heart disease to build up. This is, of course, not true as one of the most common types of heart disease is congenital heart disease.
The term congenital or hereditary heart disease refers to heart disease which is passed down through the family, and this is considered as being a congenital type of heart disease as it is principally inevitable and unpreventable. If you have an account of early heart disease in your family then you also are at danger for congenital heart disease.
The most first-degree family members that you have who have endured from heart disease, such as your mother, father, brother, sister and so on, in particular those who experienced it at a younger age, the higher your risk of getting it as well.
Although congenital heart disease can be caused by many factors, some of them are actually preventable. For example if heart disease is clustering in your family, then it may just be because of the way that your family lives, including unhealthy practices such as poor diet, little or no exercise, and smoking. All of these aspects can contribute to heart disease and can create the sequence of congenital heart disease.
# 2 congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure is when the heart does not pump adequate blood to the other organs in the body. Congestive heart failure can often result from heart disease and constricted arteries. Congestive heart failure results in a heart which works a lot less efficiently than it should and can make further problems. Symptoms regularly consist of swelling and edema, shortness of breath, and kidney problems which in turn can lead to mysterious weight gain. Even elevated blood pressure and alcohol abuse can lead to congestive heart failure.
A patient may be examined for congestive heart failure if they have suffered from heart disease in the past, are alcoholic, have a family history of heart problems or show one or all of the symptoms that are caused by congestive heart failure. There are choices of examinations that aid a doctor in diagnosing this heart crisis. Treatment should begin without delay, starting with changes to diet and exercise, as patients should abolish salt from the diet altogether and sternly limit their fluid intake. Further treatment should be done by a professional.
#3 coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease is the most frequent type of heart disease of all, and is also the leading reason of heart attacks. Coronary heart disease is a term that refers to damage to the heart that happens because its blood supply is decreased, and what happens here is that fatty deposits build up on the linings of the blood vessels that provide the heart muscles with blood, resulting in them narrowing. This narrowing decreases the blood supply to the heart muscles and causes pain that is identified as angina.
There are a few factors which are considered as being responsible causes of coronary heart disease. One in particular is high cholesterol that can increase fat concentration in your blood and create the building up of fatty deposits. Another one of the major factors of coronary heart disease is cigarette and tobacco smoke, as a smoker's risk of getting heart disease is two times that of a nonsmoker, and studies have actually revealed that after five years of quitting smoking, the risk of developing heart disease is the same as that of someone who had never smoked in their life.
#4 pulmonary heart disease
Pulmonary heart disease is heart disease that comes from a lung, or pulmonary, disorder, or a complication of lung problems where the blood flow into the lungs is slowed or even totally blocked, resulting in increased pressure on the lungs. There are a number of different symptoms that typically come with pulmonary heart disease, such as shortness of breath, syncope, dyspnoea, and chest pain.
It is a state which is often misdiagnosed, and has frequently progressed to late stages by the time that it is actually correctly diagnosed. It has been previously chronic and untreatable with a poor survival rate. However, there are now numerous new treatments which are accessible which have extensively improved the overall prognosis of this disease.
#5 rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease frequently derives from strep throat infections. This can be a reason for alarm for many because strep throat, while often preventable, is a quite common condition that affects many people who do not treat a minor sore throat infection in time. However, there is no reason to be because rheumatic heart disease that comes from strep throat is fairly rare. Actually, the sheer volume of cases of rheumatic heart disease has decreased considerably since the 1960's.
If rheumatic fever, which happens due to chronic strep throat, is contracted and leads to rheumatic heart disease, the situation can be treated in a way that is much easier than the common treatments for other types of heart disease. This treatment usually involves taking cortisteroid anti-inflammatory medication to reverse any possible cardiac problems the fever might make. This does not rule out the risk for the requirement for more advanced treatment such as surgery, but it does signify the probability for a simple, yet effective treatment.


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On June 17, Yahoo reported that the NBA is currently projecting the 2016-2017 salary cap to hit an all time high of $94 million dollars – an even higher spike than previously anticipated. The cap for this past season was only $70 million, so the increase means that most teams will be able to sign at least one, but possibly two players to maximum contracts this upcoming season. Depending on years of experience, max players will receive between $22 million and $31 million per year.
As such, NBA fans should expect to see a huge rise in the amount of money being negotiated by top players around the league and a very exciting free agency season beginning Friday, when teams are able to start negotiating with free agents.
What is to blame (or thank) for this epic cap spike?
The cap is determined by the rules laid out by the NBA's 2011 collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"). Pursuant to the CBA, the annual salary cap number – the amount teams can spend on free agents – hinges on projecting "basketball related income" ("BRI") to be received by the NBA and its subsidiaries in the upcoming season. Over twenty pages in the CBA are devoted to defining BRI, but essentially it includes ticket sales, concessions, parking, advertising, merchandising rights from jersey and apparel sales, and (most notably) television contracts, among others.
While the NBA has seen a recent rise in attendance, and consequently income related to concessions, parking, and apparel sales, that rise only attributes to roughly $2 million dollars of the total cap increase. The real reason for the upcoming salary cap increase is an extremely lucrative broadcast rights deal secured by the NBA in October of 2014, and set to take effect this upcoming season.
Pursuant to the nine-year deal negotiated by the NBA, ESPN and Turner will pay a collective $2.6 billion per year to the League for exclusive broadcasting rights. That trumps the current deal with those networks by approximately $1.67 billion. Under the terms of this deal, 164 of the NBA's 1,230 regular season games will be nationally televised; up 74 games from the previous deal. Additionally, under the new deal, the NBA made a distinction between "window exclusivity" and "game exclusivity." Meaning that although ESPN and Turner will have exclusive rights to certain games, local television will be able to broadcast other games that are being played at the same time (much like the NFL's flex scheduling).
What is the impact?
There is more than meets the eye with a rising cap. Not only will the cap number increase, but the NBA's luxury tax and salary floor levels will also be higher. This means that many fewer teams will be forced to pay the League's punitive luxury tax for being well over the soft cap. Also, certain teams (looking at you Philadelphia) that are well below the salary cap may struggle to reach the minimum amount that a team must pay its players. If a team does not reach the salary floor, it must pay its players the difference between the team's total salary and the floor.
So, if you were wondering why LeBron James only signed a two-year deal with a player option after year one with the Cavs, you have your answer (and no, he won't be taking his talents back to South Beach). Lebron (and/or his agent) realized that getting back on the market after one year would allow him to sign a higher maximum contract, and six to eight million dollars more in the upcoming season. With the cap going up again in 2017, expect James – and other surefire superstars such as Kevin Durant – to sign a short-term deal for the same reasons.


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