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|26 Mar 2011
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
hi all :)
in my newsletter from addictivetips they reviewed this program SlimCleaner its like ccleaner but the user interface is rather swish and colourful im testing it out right now (so far so good) :)
Many users prefer using CCleaner for getting rid of unnecessary files from temporary file directories. However, many apps like CCleaner are not very effective and leave behind clutter from many directories (e.g. the log files and Temp from the Windows directory, Prefect files and even the Temp in user profiles). A better alternative to CCleaner can be the previously reviewed Xleaner. However, if you would like to have a software that contains the attributes of the robust Xleaner and provides the ability to identify and removed toolbars, applications and the like that hijack your system components, then you should try SlimCleaner. It cleans and optimizes Windows systems using a crowd-sourced approach, as well as provides configuration options for programs, startups and service settings. Moreover, it provides information and removal options for applications and services that take over system tasks and unnecessarily consume system memory and strain the CPU.
The Cleaner tab provides detailed options regarding the selection of Windows directories, applications and browsers that you wish to clean clutter from. Select the desired options and click on Run Cleaner to start the cleaning process.
Please note that this software is still in its beta stage and therefore, you may face some bugs or functionality problems. Although we did not experience any of them during testing.
ADDICTIVETIPS >>> Clean Clutter And Remove Hijacking Programs With SlimCleaner
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|26 Mar 2011
I've uploaded 1.5. It accepts either Progman class name or WorkerW class name as indicator that the desktop is the active window. If this rev doesn't work I give up. :)
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|26 Mar 2011
Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
Downloaded and test SlimCleaner
I am a bit leery about this app, when run, it mentions Initiating Cloud Transmission and other cloud stuff, as if it is transmitting information back and forth over the web. I will try to take a look at it later. But, be aware, that it could be transmitting information about your PC to somewhere.
I am not saying that this app is doing that, just that I saw something going on that make me pose the question and want to post the warning of what I am seeing.
Actually, they do,, as stated here...
From there FAQ......
3. How does SlimWare Utilities use the "Cloud" and What is "community-powered" software?
SlimWare Utilities utilizes community feedback and non-personally identifiable information about computer configurations to aggregate and make personalized recommendations for each computer that connects to our cloud. This means users of SlimWare Utilities applications get real time information that helps them optimize, strengthen, and enhance their personal computing experience.
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|27 Mar 2011
I've uploaded 1.5. It accepts either Progman class name or WorkerW class name as indicator that the desktop is the active window. If this rev doesn't work I give up. :)
Regards....Mike Connor
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|28 Mar 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Must have taken hours to put this list together. I'm going to try the CPU Speed one.
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|28 Mar 2011
START MENU 7 (Start replacement program)
I have found the Win 7 Start Menu a little lacking in functionality and ease of use, so I tried this program about 6 months ago and can report that it is very stable and trouble free.
Start Menu 7
The basic file is free to use.
There is a premier version - quite honestly there's much much difference, but I bought it to say thanks to the author.
In use - you can customise the layout, skin, colour and activate or change hot-keys for programs and even sut down routines,
eg: Win key + F7 puts my PC to sleep
Win key + 3 opens My Pictures,
which is a lot less faffle I can tell you.
The menu layout is akin to earlier versions of Windows, better grouping too and it allows you to drag and change the order, create new menu folders and delete the crappy Readme entries, which are annoying after you've read them last year already.
I am using the dark skin, ie not aero for the menu as transparency can be a right butt pain in a menu; but Aero is available for fanbois.
Nuff said
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|28 Mar 2011
This is better, and FREE! ( But I am sure donations are appreciated!);
Welcome to Classic Shell
Regards....Mike Connor
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|29 Mar 2011
I've uploaded 1.5. It accepts either Progman class name or WorkerW class name as indicator that the desktop is the active window. If this rev doesn't work I give up. :)
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|29 Mar 2011
Win7 Ultimate 64bit
A word of warning re: Comodo Firewall. It is an internet connection buster when it uninstalls and it also BSOD'd on me twice in the process of uninstalling & it did not do it cleanly and I had to spend at least an hour cleaning up the registry...they don't appear to have a removal tool. So I had to rely on System Restore in the end.
I'm staying with Windows Firewall for now and keeping my fingers crossed that it and Avast will protect me.
Quote from comodo forums:
"This is a batch file for removing left-over files and registry entries. It should only be used if:
* You can't uninstall Comodo Internet Security
* You can't install Comodo Internet Security
* Comodo Internet Security is already uninstalled, and you want to make sure everything's gone
The batch file will remove files and registry entries associated with the following components:
* Firewall
* Antivirus
* Defense+
* Ask Toolbar, Hopsurf Toolbar, Live PC Support and SafeSurf
Vista users will have to run the batch file as an administrator. For Windows XP-users, make sure you're logged in on an administrator account.
Registered users: Download the attachment at the end of this post.
Non-registered users: Download from one of the following locations:
CIS Clean-up Tool.zip
Comodo Removal Tool
Now unzip it using Windows built-in extractor or a software like WinRAR or 7-zip, and then run it."
Just sharing.
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NetDrive - The Network Drive for Windows
Regards....Mike Connor
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G'day Dog Lovers,
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) is preparing for a paw-fect Open Day on November 21 at its headquarters in Kensington, Melbourne.
Everyone is invited to come along and witness first-hand the important work SEDA does and the amazing difference that Seeing Eye Dogs make to people's lives.
The day promises to be action-packed with lots of activities and attractions to entertain the whole family. There will be dog demonstrations, veterinary health checks, entertainment, food, and Eadie the Trick Dog will showcase her amazing talents.
Best of all, SEDA's special 50th Anniversary Golden Litter of seven-week old pups will be on show in the breeding centre.
For more information, call 1300 84 74 66 or visit www.seda.org.au
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This workshop shows simple but hugely effective editing techniques to get your images sharp, bright, light and looking the best they can. You'll learn helpful photography tips, how to use hashtags properly, understanding flatlay styling and vignetting, and learn how to make your feed cohesive... This workshop is for individuals and business people too who just want to have a beautiful feed and are not sure how to get it!
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Think about what makes a honky tonk, and a few images are likely to come to mind: Cowboys and girls drinking beers, doing some two-stepping, shooting some pool and smoking. Lots of smoking.
No honky tonk in North Texas is more iconic than Billy Bob's. But the Fort Worth venue is preparing to break with tradition with a full-on indoor smoking ban, including e-cigarettes, starting this Sunday, May 1.
"It's just an idea we had that's really customer-driven," says Chris Spinks, Billy Bob's director of marketing. "We surveyed the majority of concertgoers and it was a common theme. People didn't enjoy leaving Billy Bob's smelling like cigarette smoke."
Fans who purchase tickets online are emailed surveys after each show they attend. There is no ordinance banning smoking from establishments in Fort Worth, but the surveys prompted the venue to make a change. "It's a pretty good sample size," Spinks says. "We heard a lot of feedback from folks who said they'd never go back to Billy Bob's until it was non smoking, and this and that. We heard it a lot from our customers and decided to finally address it."
Dallas instituted a city-wide ban on indoor smoking in 2009, and Denton did the same in 2015. Fort Worth, however, hasn't followed suit.
Billy Bob's isn't the first establishment over in Cowtown to make the change voluntarily. Keys Lounge instituted its own ban on smoking last year, while Magnolia Motor Lounge and Live Oak have always been non-smoking. The Grotto, meanwhile, has gone non-smoking only in the venue portion of the building, with a door separating it from the smoking side.
Until now, Billy Bob's has had a similar arrangement, with smoking already banned in the performance showroom.
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He doesn't see any reason why the lack of smoking indoors should hurt Billy Bob's mystique as a honky tonk, either. "As long as you got a place to set you beer at all times, generally that's what defines a honky tonk — along with live music and things," he says. "It's more about where you put your beer than whether you're smoking a cigarette." Still, Billy Bob's has already built outdoor smoking patio to accommodate smokers. It's been open for a month. "The patio's got sand, it's got lights; it's nice. So hopefully we're doing [smokers] right the same way [as non smokers]," he says. Smokers won't need to deal with the hassle of re-entry in order to use the patio. "We put up some signage around the venue encouraging them to go out and try it."
The patio is just one of many changes currently underway at Billy Bob's, which celebrated its 35th anniversary on April 1. "We have new lights and a new sound system, and new TV screens are going in," Spinks says of the showroom. These changes also came as a result of fan feedback. "There were peole that couldn't see, really, at all time. We want to make sure people have the best experience when they come here."
Further plans are afoot as well to do a proper celebration of Billy Bob's 35th anniversary, with a concert slated to take place in November. Spinks says a full lineup or artists and "more details" are coming soon. "We want to make sure the night is special and celebration of all things Billy Bob's," he says. Just don't light up indoors.


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I have no adequate words to describe how amazing it is to be able to be part of women's pregnancies and births. Natalie and Philip are awaiting their little baby in May, and we did a Belly session in their home in April, a month before her estimated due date. There's something really special about being at home for a belly session. The light is amazing, and you're surrounded by familiar smells and things that are dear to you. Thank you, Natalie and Philip, for being game to have your in-home session, and I look forward to documenting your birth story any day now!
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Night mode is an automatic setting which takes advantage of the new wide-angle camera that's in the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro models. It's equipped with a larger sensor that is able to let in more light, allowing for brighter photos when the light is low.
Apple Introduces Revamped Two-Factor Authentication for iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan
The new two-factor authentication system is different from Apple's existing two-step verification system, using "different methods" to trust devices and deliver verification codes. Apple also says it includes a "more streamlined user experience."
Based on the support document, the new two-factor authentication system works similarly to the existing two-step verification system. Any device that you sign into using two-factor authentication in iOS 9 or El Capitan becomes a trusted device that can be used to verify identify when signing into other devices or services linked to an Apple ID.
Apple recommends that iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan beta testers using the new two-factor authentication system update all of their devices to iOS 9 or El Capitan for "the best experience." As outlined in the release notes, customers who use two-factor authentication with older devices may be required to put a six-digit verification code at the end of a password instead of using a dedicated verification field.
If you enable two-factor authentication, iTunes purchases on Mac and Windows will require you to append a 6-digit code to the end of your password on every purchase. The 6-digit code will automatically be sent to your iOS 9 or OS X El Capitan devices.Older devices are also not able to receive two-factor authentication codes when used with devices running iOS 9 and El Capitan, but customers who stick with the older two-step verification system should not run into any issues as Apple tests the newer two-factor authentication system. Apple does not recommend that customers using two-step verification swap over to two-factor authentication until the feature is available to all.
First introduced in March of 2013, two-factor verification is an opt-in system that increases the security of Apple ID accounts. Since its debut, Apple has been working to expand two-factor authentication to cover several different services like iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime.
It is not entirely clear what other changes the new two-factor authentication system brings to iOS and Mac devices, but the switch to a new system may allow Apple to further extend the functionality of two-factor authentication in the future.
Update: An Apple spokesperson told Macworld that the troublesome recovery key feature that has caused people to lose their Apple ID accounts in the past has been removed in the new two-factor authentication system.
With the existing two-step verification system, either a recovery key or a trusted device/trusted phone number is required to access an Apple ID account. If both should be lost, such as when a trusted device is stolen, an Apple ID is irretrievable.
With the new authentication system, Apple's customer support team will help users recover their Apple IDs through a recovery process should both trusted devices and phone numbers become inaccessible.
If you can't sign in, reset your password, or receive verification codes, you can regain access to your account by requesting account recovery. Simply provide a verified phone number where you can receive a text message or phone call regarding your account. Apple will review your case and contact you at the number provided when your Apple ID is ready for recovery. The automated message will direct you to iforgot.apple.com to complete the required steps and regain access to your account.As noted by Apple, not all beta testers and developers will have access to the new two-factor authentication system right away, but Apple plans to add additional testers gradually as we get closer to the release of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan.
Account recovery will take a few days—or longer—depending on how much information you can provide to verify that you are the account owner. The process is designed to get you back into your account as quickly as possible while denying access to anyone who might be pretending to be you.
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The fact that people are involved isn't what concerns me. What concerns me is that for this to work Aplle must retain the ability to access your account, meaning they can be obliged to access your account by the American government, and people hacking Apple can access your account too. This I bad news. Remember when Apple were promoting the fact that if the NSA asked for access to your account Apple were unable to comply even if they wanted to? Clearly this is no longer the case.
This, a thousand time this. Apple being able to provide access to your account means apple holds the master key to unlock your account. This is a blow to us who rely on Apple for privacy as it's allows open season access for the US Govt or clever social engineers.
Why are they involving humans in recovery process yet again???
Did they not learn from the infamous 2012 case???
Leave it 100% to machines!!
Humans can be easily manipulated.
The fact that people are involved isn't what concerns me. What concerns me is that for this to work Aplle must retain the ability to access your account, meaning they can be obliged to access your account by the American government, and people hacking Apple can access your account too. This I bad news. Remember when Apple were promoting the fact that if the NSA asked for access to your account Apple were unable to comply even if they wanted to? Clearly this is no longer the case.
Apple still refuses to use my Google Voice # for authentication purposes. Not real enough for Apple, but I use it daily. Ah well.I'm guessing they take advantage of email -> text addresses provided by phone carriers. Unfortunately, Google has not made this available for Voice. I'd use it in a ton of places as well.
As for having the ability to have them to let you back into your account in case you're locked out, I hope that isn't a requirement for everyone. As someone who operates rather securely, if I screw something up and lock myself out, I want that data to be completely inaccessible. I do not want Apple retaining a secondary backup key to access my information; only I should have the key. Though, not everyone is comfortable with the potential loss of data, which is why it should be an opt-in feature.
Hey Juli Clover,
Did you just post two different articles on macrumors.com that started with the same introduction?!
Recycling at its heights, journalism at its lows.
Those two posts were written simultaneously because they were interrelated and it was at a time when we were doing a million things at once. I didn't mean to word them exactly the same way though, so I apologize for that, and I've changed the beta post.
Sometimes when you write, you skip over whole words and phrases when you read it back to yourself and repetitive bits like that can go entirely under the radar. Sorry for the brain fart there.
By the way, if you see a typo or a title/phrase/word in a post that you have an issue with, you can email us and it'll get our attention faster. It sometimes it takes me awhile to get back to the comments on a post when it's busy. tips at macrumors.com or juli at macrumors.com.
i called in on Apple Support, they told me to turn off icloud and turn it on. when turning back on, I needed to send a verification code. verification code never got send to my SMS or my Google Voice, never got pushed to my iPad, and then i tried my iPod touch but the verification process said I was attempting too many codes.
Good, app specific passwords, two factor authentication, etc as it is right now is just confusing as all hell. It took me like 30 minutes to sign into imessage on my mac because of the app specific password crap. It was a PITA to set up.
Agree. I have to complete the App Specifice passwords things so often I wonder how I would recognize if they were bogus pfishing attempts.
Did you just post two different articles on macrumors.com that started with the same introduction?!
Recycling at its heights, journalism at its lows.
This, a thousand time this. Apple being able to provide access to your account means apple holds the master key to unlock your account. This is a blow to us who rely on Apple for privacy as it's allows open season access for the US Govt or clever social engineers.
Yeah, if this is not going to be opt-in/opt-out, then I'm really getting pissed. I'm currently using 2FA with my own master key that they provide during setup process. If this means they can still bypass this (currently or in the future, as the Apple spokesperson stated) then not only is it worthless but it also scares the **** out of me. If "not even Apple" gives you a fully private mobile OS (as they advertise it to be all encrypted and all), then who will? Android (google), windows (microsoft)? What about Tim Cook's statement about charging people while selling devices so they are consumers and not the product or being collected information about?
Given the fact Apple advertises their software to be private, this is really really bad news. If true, it's a dealbreaker for me, since the main reason I'm using Apple is because of privacy. I don't want anybody to be able to access my devices/information without me handing all the necessary keys over (aka passwords/PIN's/etc...). No company should have something like a "master-key", unless you specifically ask them to do so.
"Saying that you don't care about privacy rights because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say."
Don't they already have access to your passwords though?... I don't get the concern. You make an account WITH Apple. They obviously have your password somewhere whether you have 2-Step Verification or not.
The entire point with secure password management is that the service provider doesn't have to know your password. They only need to retain the result of a mathematical function where your password was one of the inputs.
This is a slightly different thing from the two-factor authentication here, though:
What Apple have allowed users to do up until now, is to say that "I'm a responsible person and I want to take full responsibility for owning my own 'master key' even if it means that my data will be lost if I lose most of my devices plus this master key."
This new two-factor system seems to show that they're moving to a less privacy-centric model, switching to a system where they, not you, own the master key, at least for those who adopt the new style authorization system. In other words, Apple puts themselves in a position where they have the ability to give away your private data to third parties.
If the old system was as safe as they claimed it was, then they won't be able to unlock data for those who refuse to upgrade to the new system, but any new customers will likely be forced to use the new, less private, less secure, system.
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The upcoming sequel to Deadly Troubadours!
I am currently going over the manuscript with a fine toothed come trying to find any stray typos and misspellings that were glanced over in the prior multiple reading by multiple eyes.
Also, my cover/interior artist Rika Thomas is working hard on all the art for the book. I'd love to share but she doesn't want to put anything up in the public eye until she is ready.
Right now you can pre-order Sand, Sea and Stone on Indiegogo.
As expected, I am writing about the process of crowdfunding under the very clever title of Indiegogo:
Indiegogo 3: Writing for Love?
Here are some sample pages from the Sand, Sea and Stone. I'll admit this are warts and all versions during the first run through of the novel. Some of the scenes are basically the same as in the final novel and some have been drastically re-written (for various reasons.) Sure, I thought about making them picture perfect, but I also like that they are here as little time capsules.
The start of the first chapter.
A fight scene.
Some videos hosted on my often neglected YouTube location.
A pitch for the Indiegogo campaign.
A book trailer for Sand, Sea, Stone.
Goodreads is a site that basically exists to catalogue and review books. You can find Sand, Sea and Stone there as well as the first book, Deadly Troubadours.


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Many couples who separate never discuss what happened to their relationship; a relationship which started out with love and hope for the future. Like people, all relationships change and develop through the years; events outside the relationship, such as the death of parents, growing children or work problems can also affect it and bring about changes.
Difficulties in communication can be a key factor in relationship breakdown. It is not easy to look at painful and traumatic areas, to cope with conflict or to struggle with differing needs at different times in a relationship. Many turn to family or friends which can be helpful and supportive initially. However these people may be too close to help improve the situation, particularly over intimate issues. Every relationship is unique and goes through times of change. Sometimes these changes are hard to manage and it is often better to seek professional help than to hope matters will just improve. Relationship counselling will enable you to have a better understanding of yourself and your partner and help you to become aware of the origins of your relationship difficulties and how to address them. The counsellors are not there to take sides but are there to help you work on your relationship together.
Who is it for?
Relationship counselling is open to all. Our confidential service can help you deal with your relationship difficulties whether you are married, living together, in a LGBT relationship, separated or divorced.
Do the counsellors have special training?
Experienced counsellors offering Relationship Counselling have undergone additional training to work with couples and relationship issues.
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If your partner doesn't want to come with you or you wish to discuss things alone you may come on your own. However we do encourage couples to book the initial consultation together where possible.
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If the Relationship Support Service is appropriate for you then the counsellor will arrange regular sessions with you at a mutually convenient time.


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Title: Town Bad Girl
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Label: Nightmare Records
Release Date: 4/15/2008
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
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Great under rated band
nunovanhalen | MN | 01/27/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Found this very rare cd used ,the cover caught my eye for obvious reasons so I bought it.
When i listened to it I was very impressed ,has an 80's metal sound
some songs sound a little like def leppard...some are just good rockin tunes...overall this is a great cd, get it if you can ever find it!
Return of Romeo
Michael Courtney | San Antonio, Texas United States | 05/02/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What a great CD by Hollywood's Legs Diamond. This Cd marked the return of original guitarist Roger Romeo, who may not be on lists for great guitarists, but trust me he is. Without my collection in front of me I can't say for sure, but I believe this may have marked the return of original drummer Jeff Poole, also. He's not Neil Peart, but he is an excellent drummer of the caliber of Joe Dube [Starz]. The singer is still Rick Sanford and the keyboards/guitars are Michael Prince. Despite never having tremendous airplay, sales, or label support these guys are one of the best bands from the mid '70's to the '90's. You can't go wrong with a Legs Diamond CD, except for possibly "The Wish". "Town Bad Girl" is one of their best releases and ranks with "Legs Diamond", "A Diamond Is a Hard Rock" and "Firepower" for pure energy and sustain [no matter how many times you play it or how much time has passed, it still rocks!]. Killer tracks are Town Bad Girl, a remake of Stage Fright, Can't Get You Out of My Mind, Painkiller, I am For You and Nervous. From ballads, to classic rock, or hard rock Legs Diamond is a band that has what it takes. Great musicians, exceptional lyrics, not too overproduced, energetic, not mainstream, but sounds like they should have been. Discover one of America's best kept secrets. If you'd like a better starting point you may try Favorites, which has a sampling of most of their released CDs. Definitely recommended!!! You will want more!!!"
Classic rock
50 year old rocker | lebanon oh | 07/30/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I picked this cd up through my import buddy and much to my surprised it was very good.In places it does sound a little like deff leppard but it mainey has it own sound .From pain killer to bad town girl nervous this is a rocking album i am very impress with this and hope to buy more leggs diamonds cd in the futhure"


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Thursday, April 5, 2012
April Release Blog Hop
16 comments:
- Kim said...
Beautiful cards Cathy! Your lilly card is stunning and Cocoa looks adorable riding on his little track! So cute!
- April 5, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Mrs. GraceWorks said...
OK, that train track is brilliant!!! What a good idea!!!!
- April 5, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Bridget said...
Cathy, two fabulous cards. The subtle pink, black and white is such an elegant mix and you've showcased the calla lilly beautifully! Cocoa on the train is just plain adorable!!!
- April 5, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Anita said...
Amazing cards!
- April 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Crafty Math Chick said...
I always love stopping by your blog on the hops because an adorable gold retriever greets me! :) You colored your calla lilies so beautifully and I love how you made train tracks for Rhubarb out of that fence die - So clever!
- April 5, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Monika/Buzsy said...
Fabulous cards Cathy! The first one is so elegant end beautiful. Love the soft coloring, the dry embossing, and the corners... the tag looks great with the greeting. Cocoa is darling! FUN colors. :o)
- April 5, 2012 at 1:01 PM
- Steph Herbert said...
Fun and fabulous! I have to have these new stamps. Your cards are just adorable! :)
- April 5, 2012 at 1:07 PM
- Giovana said...
Beautiful cards!! Love your coloring and the train track is just perfect ;)
- April 5, 2012 at 1:15 PM
- Ceal said...
Awesome cards, that Ca11a lily one is Gorgeous! and I just love Cocoa in his train and those tracks!
- April 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- CRAZY4 CHRIST said...
First card is so pretty1! Second card is super cute and creative, love how you used the fence to make train tracks!!
- April 5, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Melisa Waldorf said...
That Calla Lily is just gorgeous! very pretty. and I love the train tracks you used with Coccoa. Perfect! Have a blessed day!
- April 5, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- DJ Rants said...
Oh I love how you used the texture with the beautiful flowers!! And the fence makes such a great railroad track, perfect idea!! Fabulous coloring too!!
- April 5, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- Chris - Creations in Bloom said...
Wonderful cards. Especially Cocoa's... that is a sweet happy card.
- April 5, 2012 at 10:23 PM
- Patricia said...
The black and the embossing combine to make that lovely calla lily really stand out on your first card. The satin bow is a perfect finishing touch.
Your use of the fence die to create the railroad tracks for Cocoa's train is simply brilliant.
- April 6, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Marie said...
Spectacular cards, Cathy. You created two different themed cards and each one if magnificent. Love Cocoa.
- April 7, 2012 at 8:54 PM
- merrymstamper said...
Gorgeous cards Cathy!!! love the Calla Lily, it is elegant. Cocoa is just too cute riding on the train tracks! clever.
- April 9, 2012 at 8:01 PM


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Looking for specific information on Security Service Providers in Sydney has always been troublesome; there's no way to easily drill down when looking for a particular service, and most directory websites are full of advertisements that drown out the information you want.
A recently launched website, SydneySecurityCompanies.com.au offers a currently free self-registration service for Sydney Security Companies and offers end-users information and links to help ensure they're getting value for money, and a reliable security service provider.
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New! Negotiations for a one year extension of the current contract have been concluded successfully. A special meeting of the STMFU will be held on June 18th at 9:00 a.m. in STM 450 to ratify the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) spelling out the details of this extension. The details are available here: MOA June 09.pdf
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- The ICCE curriculum pattern is designed to provide a broad range of study options to suit students' learning and aspirational interests and needs. Both breadth and depth of study are accommodated within the ICCE curriculum pattern.
- The ICCE also recognizes that students benefit from engaging with learning contexts that extend their thinking beyond the immediate acquisition of subject knowledge and understanding.
- The foundational premise of the ICCE curriculum philosophy is that subject mastery is an essential foundational undertaking that underpins all other thinking activities and outcomes.
- It is recognized that students need to be extended beyond merely learning factual information or understanding concepts, into the application of higher order/critical thinking skills.
- The extension of learning into creative thinking applications is consistent with the Biblical perspective that is fundamental to the ICCE curriculum philosophy. The Lord Jesus defined wisdom in terms of applying what is heard or learnt; he said, "Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it" (Luke 11:28). In the Epistle of James we read, "He who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does".
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Want to know what my favorite language is? It's "Attractionese"! I coined the term "attractionese" to help us practice the language of attraction.
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It's what's expressed in your heart prior to being delivered to your mind, to your tongue.
It is authentic desire.
I coined the term "attractionese" to help us capture the essence of the language of attraction, the language of what makes our hearts jump for joy.
Because it is the language of our heart's joy, the best usage of this language is positive attraction.
Talking and acting in positive terms so as not to interfere with our heart's desire
For some, this is a pretty challenging language.
But, as with mastery of any language, Attractionese takes practice. Sometimes, sheer rote practice. But, to get what we really want, it's THE language with which we must inundate our consciousness and, indeed, inundate our actions and behaviors, as well. (While, at the same time, as much as possible drowning out distractions from detractors.)
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November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, and Lehmann Eye Center is encouraging East Texans with diabetes to learn more about the preventative measures they can take to protect their eyesight from the disease's debilitating effects.
"If you have diabetes, don't wait until you notice an eye problem to have dilated eye exam," Dr. Robert Lehmann said. "The longer you have diabetes, the greater your risk of vision problems. Early detection and treatment is vital, because once vision is gone, it usually can't be restored."
Diabetic retinopathy occurs in more than half of the people who develop diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is a potentially blinding condition in which the blood vessels inside the retina become damaged from high blood sugar levels. Diabetes can cause cataracts at a younger age and double the chances of developing glaucoma.
The Center for Disease Control estimates more than 29 million Americans have diabetes and nearly one-third of those with the disease don't know they have it. Early symptoms often go unnoticed, and vision problems may not be detected until the disease has become severe.
Diabetic eye disease cannot be cured, but early diagnosis and strict maintenance of blood sugar levels can help slow its development. Ophthalmologists offer a number of treatments to stop or reduce vision loss. These treatments are only effective if the disease is detected early enough, so annual comprehensive dilated eye exams are extremely important for people who have been diagnosed with or may be in danger of developing diabetes.
Diabetic retinopathy symptoms may include:
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I'm back at Laughing Horse Books in my chauffeur capacity. The Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges is an interesting title. From the dust jacket: "The more we sever ourselves from a literate, print-based world -- a world of complexity and nuance, a world of ideas -- for one informed by comforting, reassuring images, fantasies, slogans, and a celebration of violence, the more we implode."
This reminds me of my text-drives-graphics posting, and my general sense of living in a time of intellectual slovenliness. It's really not president Obama's fault that Americans have become mental midgets. You go with the army you've got.
I've been thinking back to Madison Square Garden in 1979 (right?), an event I did not attend, where Bucky was telling us we needed to go with the tetrahedron over the cube. WTF?
You need a serious-minded intellectual culture to even engage in a discussion that metaphysically advanced i.e. it takes some setting up, some context. Who has the patience, the focus? Seeing The History and Mystery of the Universe might be a place to start (in DC next year), but doesn't television have a role to play?
When were the Discovery or National Geographic channels planning to get around to this chapter in our history? Probably never right? What's a tetrahedron anyway?
As I wrote in Synergeo earlier:
Of course many of the specialists aren't really able to follow the action that well, having next to no grounding in the basics. It's a kind of chicken-egg problem, as you can't see what the fuss is about until you take the time to study the battlefield and that's hardly encouraged by the antediluvians (what the battle is about: keeping Bucky obscure, the more obscure the better -- so art colonies are a worry, also museums, think tanks... glad we're on the right side of history eh?).Alan Kay seemed somewhat skeptical that we'd have the brains, in this day and age, to reinvent something as amazing as TCP/IP. This was at our summit in London a few years back. As Dr. Susan Haack pointed out, there's no guarantee against backsliding. Kay might be right.
Per the thesis of Idiocracy, we may have been over-taken by over-specialization, reached some point of no return. Of course I don't want to believe that, why be such a defeatist? Perhaps we still have some aware zip codes out there? Nod nod, wink wink (to quote Monty Python).
Like we've got Trevor Blake, Dave Koski... other scholars of note. But if you look at what passes for math teaching... what a vast sea of mediocrity, with little uptake or manifest ability to adapt.
And what's up with Philosophy these days?
All this dim bulb activity doesn't keep 'em from raising tuitions I notice. "Less with more!" would appear to be the rallying cry in the gulag.


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text: I know I'm late to the 640 party and you "old timers" are sick and tired of hashing around the same old issues...but humor a noob will ya... I've read all the old threads my eye's can take about the low fender issue...and several times I"ve come across mention of somebody heard of somebody else who raised the front fender 3cm or 1" or so... Here's one. I never have run across someone posting that they actually did the "low fender short lift kit mod". I'd like to try to keep the low fender...but I need a little education about forks. The manual of my 05 says the front forks have a travel of 10.5" or 275mm...well 275mm is actually 10 13/16"...so I'm gonna assume they are more accurate in the metric system and use the 10 13/16" measurement. I took some measurements with the bike on the centerstand and a jack under the skidplate to get the front wheel in the air. There is exactly 10 13/16" of stanchion tube hanging out of the upper fork tube. There is 10 13/16" of clearance between the low fender and the bottom of the lower triple...only 10 9/16" between the fender and the black plastic brake line retainer. I need to know what acts as the stop for fork travel. I assume there is something internally? There must be something to prevent the upper fork tube from traveling all the way down the stanchion, until the seal and retaining spring bangs into the lower axle clamp mount. I only have 550 miles on my 640, and that has only included catching some small air over waterbars and stuff...never felt the front bottom out yet...the "dirt line" on the lower stanchion is 1 1/4" off the bottom. I have bottomed the Marzocchis on my GS out...and there is still 1 3/4" of stanchion left. So I'm wondering if KTM's 275mm figure is a theoretical marketing figure, and the actual, useable fork travel is something less. Does anybody know how much of the stanchion tube is left as "free play" when the forks are bottomed out. I'd like to raise the low fender by that much...hopefully say 3/4"... Anybody doing winter maintenance, with the forks out and can give me a figure?...what am I not seeing here?


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Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), global communication and information center for specialized agriculture worldwide, today announced executive management changes to lead the company's continued global growth and diversification:
– Michael L. DeLuca, is promoted to President to lead theglobal expansion of integrated media and business solutions for all Meister markets. DeLuca was formerly Vice President, Sales and Integrated Marketing at Meister and prior held digital, events, PR, and editorial management positions in the media industry.
– William J. Miller takes on the role of Vice Chairman to lead new strategic geographic and market initiatives. He also assumes executive responsibility for Meister's affiliated companies. Miller was formerly President at Meister.
– K. Elliott Nowels, Vice President, Business Development, will expand his role in executing components of MMW's long-term growth strategy. He will also continue his work as director of Clear Window MultiMedia, Meister's creative integrated solutions group.
"The volatile business climate and dramatic shifts in global agriculture have created exciting new opportunities for Meister to extend its leadership in serving these markets around the world." says Gary T. Fitzgerald, Chairman and CEO. "We are committed to developing new integrated media and business solutions to support global agriculture in meeting the challenge of supplying quality food and fiber for an expanding world population."
Meister Media Worldwide, based in Willoughby, Ohio, brings integrated media and business solutions to global agricultural market communities including fruits and citrus, vegetables, cotton, ornamental horticulture, precision agriculture, plant protection, and Latin American agriculture. Offerings include 17 regular magazines, digital products and services with15 e-newsletters and 25 websites as well as trade shows, exchange events, video production, web development, research and creative business development services. Visit Meister Media Worldwide at www.meistermedia.com.


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The Seventeenth International Conference on Information and Communications Security
Beijing, China, December 9 – 11, 2015
Call for Papers
Conference Overview
The 2015 International Conference on Information and Communications Security will be the 17th event in the ICICS conference series, started in 1997, that brings together individuals involved in multiple disciplines of Information and Communications Security in order to foster exchange of ideas.
ICICS 2015 will be co-organized by Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University and Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Original papers on all aspects of information and communications security are solicited for submission to ICICS2015. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
? Access control
? Hardware security
? Anonymity
? Information hiding and watermarking
? Anti-virus and anti-worms
? Intellectual property protection
? Applied cryptography
? Intrusion detection
? Authentication and authorization
? Key management and key recovery
? Biometric security
? Language-based security
? Cloud security
? Network security
? Computer and digital forensics
? Operating systems security
? Cyber-physical systems security
? Privacy protection
? Data and system integrity
? Risk evaluation and security
? Database security
? Security for mobile computing
? Digital currency
? Security in wearable computing and Internet of things
? Distributed systems security
? Security models and Protocols
? Electronic commerce security
? Security and Privacy of Big Data
? Engineering issues of cryptographic and security systems
? Trusted computing and trustworthy computing technology
? Fraud and cyber-crime
? Usable security
Instructions for Authors
Authors are invited to submit original papers not previously published nor submitted in parallel for publication to any other conference, workshop or journal. All submitted papers must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references.
Submissions should be in English, as a PDF or PS file with all fonts embedded, in the Springer-Verlag LNCS format (details can be found at: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0), typeset with 11pt font, and using reasonable spacing and margins. Papers should not exceed 12 A4-sized pages including the bibliography, but excluding well-marked appendices. Note that papers should be intelligible without all appendices, since committee members are not required to read them. Submitted papers may risk being rejected directly without consideration of their merits if they do not follow all the above submission instructions.
At least one author of each accepted paper should register the conference and give presentation at the conference.
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: September 1, 2015
Notification of acceptance: September 28, 2015
Camera-ready due: October 9, 2015
Conference: December 9-11, 2015
Additional Information
Conference homepage: http://ICICS2015.org/
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Among the preceding conferences, ICICS1997 took place in Beijing, China, ICICS1999 in Sydney, Australia, ICICS2001 in Xi'an, China, ICICS2002 in Singapore, ICICS2003 in Huhehaote city, China, ICICS2004 in Malaga, Spain, ICICS2005 in Beijing, China, ICICS2006 in Raleigh, NC, USA, ICICS2007 in Zhengzhou, China, and ICICS2008 in Birmingham, UK, ICICS2009 in Beijing, China, ICICS2010 in Barcelona, Spain, ICICS2011 in Beijing, China, ICICS2012 in Hong Kong, ICICS2013 in Beijing, China and ICICS2014 in Hong Kong. The proceedings were released as Volumes 1334, 1726, 2229, 2513, 2836, 3269, 3783, 4307, 4381, 5308, 5927, 6476, 7043, 7618, 8233, and 8958 of the LNCS series of Springer, respectively.


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In the last decade, cash-machine skimmers have risen from fictional threat to very real crime. Now, the European ATM Security Team has announced that the total number of skimming attacks around the world is falling – but the total gains made by crooks continues to rise.
An analysis of autobank attacks in 2014 reveals that the number of skimming hits reported around the world has fallen from 5,822 in 2013 to 5,631 in 2014—a modest decline of 3 per cent. In fact, the total number of cash machine-related fraud attacks has dropped massively, from 21,346 last year to 15,702 this year – a fall of 26 per cent and the lowest level since 2010.
It's thought that the decline in total attacks is due to a massive 95 per cent drop in Transaction Reversal Fraud – where crooks take a couple of notes but let it swallow the rest – and a 31 per cent fall in cash-trapping attacks.
But it's not all good news. The total losses due to cash-machine fraud are up 13 per cent to $300 million (£202 million). That's mainly driven by a surge in losses from skimming, which have risen by 18 per cent and account for $255 million (£172 million) of those losses.
However, losses in Europe, where the implementation of Chip and PIN cards is widespread, fell, so that means it's the US and Asia-Pacific regions that are on the receiving end of a lot of the fraud.
"The rise in international skimming losses is not being seen in European countries where regional card blocking, often known as geo-blocking, has been widely implemented," explained the European ATM Security Team's executive director Lachlan Gunn in a press release. "Keeping an active magnetic stripe on a European [Chip and PIN] card continues to make that card vulnerable to card skimming and geo-blocking significantly reduces the risk of successful compromise."
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Interesting article about how users completely ignore your hard planned navigation elements to get right to the gusto – with a few navigation concepts from Nielsen and Hurst. Good Read Navigation Blindness
Category: Web Standards
A link list of Web Standards
I run across so many different links everyday and I soon forget them, or my bookmarks get overwhelming – so just cause' it is MUCH easier this way, here is a link list on "Web Standards": levitrastore.net http://www.sitepoint.com/article/standards-sensible-design http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/ http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000266.php http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/checklist.cfm http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/Web-Quality http://www.maccaws.org/kit/way-forward/ http://webstandardsgroup.org/standards/ http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040913.html
So this is what it is all about, eh.
The Blog. Well, I have one now - suppose I better write some goodies in here every now and again. I expect I will mostly fill it with resources for web standards, and neat things I find. Better than bookmarks (since I have about three zillion of those). As you can see with my new [...]


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The North Carolina Postsecondary Education Alliance is a diverse group consisting of emerging leaders with developmental disabilities, representatives of state
agencies and organizations, legislators, educators, and families as well as other advocates. Our mission is to expand the options for postsecondary education for
individuals with developmental disabilities throughout North Carolina.
This website provides a list of resources pertaining to the PSE options across the state of North Carolina. In addition, you can find recent NCPSEA newsletters as
well as information about upcoming alliance meetings.
The following resource contains information about PSE programs, including community colleges and universities, across North Carolina. You will find contact
information and website addresses so you can learn more.
NCPSEA Program Information Grid
Think College at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts
Higher Education Opportunity Act
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
College Foundation of North Carolina
NC Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Career Development and Transition
For more information, interested in becoming a member of the NCPSEA, or are currently a member and would like to feature an update of your program on our website,
please contact:
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NCPSEA member and 2015-16 LEND Self-Advocate, Kenneth Kelty was featured on Kerry Magro's "68 People to Know with Autism for Autism Awareness Month" Check it out


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A Systematic Review of the Literature Addressing Veterinary Care for Underserved Communities
Elizabeth LaVallee, MS (MAPP alumna, 2015), Megan Kiely Mueller, MA, PhD, and Emily McCobb, DVM, MS (MAPP alumna, 2002)
Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
First published ahead of print June 28, 2017 as doi: 10.1080/10888705.2017.1337515
Currently, there is a care gap in veterinary medicine affecting low-income and underserved communities, resulting in decreased nonhuman-animal health and welfare. The use of low-price and community veterinary clinics in underserved populations is a strategy to improve companion-animal health through preventative care, spay/neuter, and other low-price care programs and services. Little research has documented the structure and effectiveness of such initiatives. This systematic review aimed to assess current published research pertaining to accessible health care, community-based veterinary medicine, and the use of community medicine in teaching programs. The review was an in-depth literature search identifying 51 publications relevant to the importance, benefits, drawbacks, and use of low-price and community clinics in underserved communities. These articles identified commonly discussed barriers to care that may prevent underserved clientele from seeking veterinary care. Five barriers were identified including the cost of veterinary care, accessibility of care, problems with or lack of veterinarian–client communication, culture/language, and lack of client education. The review also identified a need for additional research regarding evidence of effectiveness and efficiency in community medicine initiatives.
Read more here
- Virginia Shugrue
MS in Animals and Public Policy
The MS in Animals and Public Policy (MAPP) is an intensive, 12-to-16-month graduate degree program that focuses on human-animal relationships and their implications for policy and community action.
Center for Animals and Public Policy
The mission of the Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy (CAPP) is to conduct and encourage scholarly evaluation and understanding of the complex societal issues and public policy dimensions of the changing role and impact of animals in society. Work conducted by the Center is based on the tenets that animal well-being matters, that animal and human well-being are linked, and that both are enhanced through improved understanding of human-animal relationships.


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Working with film has changed something for me and to be honest it's not the first time that I've given it a go. About four years ago I tried it but got a little frustrated that I couldn't create what I had in my mind. So moving onto more recently and I can't shoot enough of the stuff! I spend most of my time reading about either different film formats, film stocks or other photographers either on the internet or on Instagram. If you're reading this and you can recommend anyone who you find inspiration from, that would be amazing and I'll try to do the same for you.
Anyway this is a shoot I did with Jeannie, who's we've known for a good couple of years now but have never got around to taking her picture. How beautiful is she? She's pretty special person from what I know of her. They were all shot on a Pentax 645n with a 105mm f2.4 lens and a mixture of Kodak Portra {Colour} & Kodak Tri-x {I think this is my new favourite black and white}. I still feel like I'm at the start of my journey with film and I look forward to every moment with it. Would love to connect with more people who have the love for film or just really appreciate it. Or if I can take your picture?
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Munichandraiah, N (2010) Electrocatalysis. In: Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 90 (2). pp. 261-270.
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Electrocatalysis is a core field of interfacial science because it involves enhancement of reaction rates as in the case of heterogeneous catalysis, with an additional control through the variation of electrode potential. Electrocatalytic rates are influenced by the electrode potential either directly or indirectly. Because of increasing significance of green chemistry and clean energy with an intimate relationship between heterogeneous electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy conversion (batteries and fuel cells), the field of electrocatalysis has grown rapidly. In this article, basic concepts of electrode kinetics to assess electrocatalysis, and catalytic aspects of a few important electrochemical reactions are reviewed.
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Dave Gaiser
Director of Sales
Dave brings more than 30 years of outstanding professional sales and managerial experience to his role as Director of Sales with Wholesale Janitorial Supply.
With proven results in a wide variety of product marketing and sales efforts, Dave's career has also been highlighted by his success in business strategy and development, operations management, sales personnel training and development, and a deep commitment to exceptional customer service and satisfaction.
"My life's work—from my days in catering and restaurant management to selling Institutional Foodservice to my experience in marketing and sales—has always been centered around the customer and great customer service."
Dave began his professional career as the Marketing Manager for Seattle-based Service Paper Company, a job he refers to as the highlight of all his business experience.
"It was an account no other vendor wanted," he said, "a small four-unit coffee shop called Il Giornale Coffee. I serviced the heck out of them. Then the owner, Howard Schultz (best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks), called one day to say he bought his old employer, Starbucks, and needed to change the logo on all the printed items. So I serviced the heck out of them until they grew beyond our capabilities."
After five years at Service Paper Company, Dave moved on to become the Northwest Branch Manager at local Southland Master Distributors before relocating to Sacramento, CA to become the Sales and Purchasing Manager at Ralph's and Farber's, a food service distributing company.
He then took on the role of General Manager for OnmiSource, Inc., a master wholesaler of sanitary maintenance chemical supplies in the Pacific Northwest.
With almost 15 years of experience to his credit, Dave accepted his next venture—with Lagasse, Inc.—a wholly owned subsidiary of United Stationers Inc. Lagasse is one of the nation's largest wholesale distributors of office supplies, furniture, computer peripherals, JanSan (janitorial and sanitation), foodservice disposables, paper, industrial supplies, safety products, and e-business technology solutions.
In his first year as Northwest Territory Manager, Dave increased sales by 138 percent. As a result, he was promoted to Western Regional Manager where he would become the Sales Manager of the Year. He also spent seven years developing the Southwest territory for the company, amassing more than $12 million in revenue.
During his tenure at Lagasse, Dave also played a key role in developing major accounts as well as hiring and training six territory salespeople.
Most recently, Dave spent just over three years covering the Southwest territory as a sales professional for Saalfeld/Xpedx, a nationwide redistributor of foodservice, industrial supply, medical supply, and JanSan products.
"There is great satisfaction from being able to draw from my past years of work and life experience in order to create a growth and development plan for taking Wholesale Janitorial Supply to the next level," Dave said. "Our industry and web-based selling is continually evolving and we must adapt and find innovative ways to seek new customers and retain our loyal ones. We have to be well-priced and relevant to our customer's needs."
Dave currently lives in sunny Gold Canyon, AZ—at the foothills of the Superstition Mountains—with Corky, his wife of 30 years.


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Both Turkey and the United States have a long history of doing a delicately balanced political dance.
The American Ambassador and the Ottoman Minister of the Interior
Henry Morgenthau, US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, often dealt with Talat Pasha, Minister of the Interior, before and during the first half of World War I (1913-14), and throughout the Armenian Genocide (1915-16) until Morgenthau was replaced and returned home in 1916. (The Americans entered the war in 1917.) Talat tried to convince Morgenthau that Armenians had "enriched themselves at the expense of the Turks," and were determined to "establish a separate state." While the former may have been true of a few merchants, it was not true of the vast majority of Armenians, who were peasants (as were the vast majority of Turks and Greeks, too). Before the genocide, the majority of Armenians living in the Empire were loyal Ottomans, and were supportive of the administrative reforms that were to be instigated in the six eastern vilayets. After WWI (1918), the Armenians who were left wanted independence from Turkey in eastern Anatolia.
Talat was also very interested in American money. Only six weeks into Morgenthau's posting, Talat told him that "there was no money in the Turkish Treasury" and if Americans would give them "a small temporary loan" of "only $5,000,000", that would tide them over. Though Morgenthau told Talat he would see what he could do to help, he quickly learned that the American government and American investors did not regard the idea "as an attractive business undertaking."
After the genocide, Morgenthau wrote that Talat "made what was perhaps the most astonishing request I had ever heard:" He asked that two life insurance companies, New York Life Insurance and Equitable Life of New York, give the Empire "a complete list of their Armenian policy holders" because, with the Armenians "practically all dead now and have left no heirs to collect the money," the Ottoman Empire would be the rightful beneficiary. To his credit, Morgenthau lost his temper and refused.
But Morgenthau no saint either. He was almost as loose with this tongue as the current American president, though he waited until he left his post to published his memoirs, where he described Turks as, among other things, "dull witted and lazy." And money was without a doubt an issue for the Americans, too. Companies such as Standard Oil and the Singer Sewing Machine Company had invested millions in Turkey, and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions owned millions of dollars worth of property. It was important to the United States of America to maintain good relations with the Ottoman Empire to ensure not jeopardizing American interests. Hence, the US never declared war on the Empire.
The Current American President and the Turkish President
Today US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet at the White House. The delicate dance continues, though at least one of the leaders has no diplomatic experience and relatively little idea of diplomacy.
The United States and Turkey have been allies since WWII, and up to now, through NATO. With the Truman Doctrine of 1947, the US declared its intention to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece, which at that time were threatened by the Soviet Union. Since then the US has contributed significant military and financial support to Turkey. However, since the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the resulting war, the relationship has become less and less close.
One of the recent reasons is that another ethnic group wants its independence from Turkey. This time it is the Kurds, who want a homeland in the area of eastern Turkey, northern Syria, and northwestern Iraq. The most visible group that has been fighting Turkey for independence is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and has been declared a terrorist group by Turkey, the US, and European Union. Another group, the People's Protection Units (YPG), is a Kurdish militia which has fighting ISIL/ISIS in Syria. Turkey sees the YPG as an extension of the PKK, so when the Trump administration announced last week that it would be providing weapons to the YPG to continue its fight against ISIS, Turkey was very upset.
The American support of YPG is an extension of Trump's declaration during his presidential campaign that he would eradicate ISIS: "I would bomb the shit out of them. I'd just bomb those suckers. I'd blow up the pipes, I'd blow up the refineries, I'd blow up every single inch—there would be nothing left." In response to the announcement of supplying American arms to YPG, Erdogan said that "targeting a terror group and trying to eradicate them with another terror group is not, in my view, an ideal understanding of politics."
A Safe Prediction
Given Trump's commitment to "America First", it is likely that there will be no financial support for Turkey itself. It will be an interesting meeting today, but one this is for sure: There will be no official recognition of the Armenian, Pontic Greek and Assyrian Genocides by either country. That would take an American President who believes in truth, and a Turkish President who believes in human rights.
May 17th: According an article by Nicholas Fandos and Christopher Mele in The New York Times today, there was a "brutal attack" on peaceful protester outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington DC, not long after Trump welcomed Erdogan to the White House, praising him "as a stalwart ally in the battle against Islamic extremism, ignoring Mr. Erdogan's authoritarian crackdown on his own people. A state-owned Turkish news service, the Anadolu Agency, reported that members of Erdogan's security team were involved in the attack. The NYT webpage shows disturbing video of men in white shirts and dark suits, ostensibly the security team, kicking and punching peaceful protesters.
Photos left to right: Talat Pasha, Henry Morgenthau, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan


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Oxfordshire town planner fails to hold council to their mistake
White Horse District Council erroneously marked land outside of the green belt
White Horse District Council erroneously marked land outside of the green belt
Judge rules the council failed to take safety into account when granting planning permission
In a dispute over uPVC windows, the High Court has answered the question "what is a building?"
Nisa Local owner challenged a decision to allow a disused GP surgery to be turned into a Co-Op store
Parking restrictions justified despite problems they may cause for elderly congregation.
Common sense ruling, which backed the tenants, should also be welcomed by landlords.
The freeholder sought to charge leaseholders for repairs and repay them when the insurance paid out
Value of land that was compulsorily purchased by Hounslow council in dispute
The couple were suing Network Rail Infrastructure under the Land Compensation Act 1973
Expert appointed in a valuation dispute did not have the jurisdiction to alter the valuation date
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a network of paths should be registered as public rights of way
In what may be a legal first, a developer has won a High Court injunction preventing a local council from holding a referendum on a neighbourhood plan. Developer Lochailort Investments was given the court order yesterday. It stops Mendip District Council from holding a referendum on the plan for Norton St Philip Parish Council. The […]
Plans by Gladman Developments to build a 330-home development in Kent have been rejected on appeal.
The firm has been in a planning battle to build its own crematorium while seeking to block another
Locals claimed the development would ruin the village environment and put pressure on rural services
The case concerns a proposed development at Maypole Wood, Maypole Road, Langford, Essex
A south London skip hire business has won £8,116,023.37 plus interest from Network Rail in compensation for its premises – almost £5m more than Network Rail argued it should pay. The ruling analyses, among other things, the difficultly of assessing the compulsory purchase compensation due to businesses operating without debt. Welcocks Skips Limited has been […]
Property bought to accommodate carers on training courses ruled to be subject to higher rate tax
The five-judge panel is weighing two cases joined into one
Ruling is a new twist on the right-to-light cases that frequently come before the court.
The High Court in London has given developers the go-ahead for a housing scheme in Pagham
Appellant claimed he should have been allowed to buy land back after Crossrail no longer needed it
The tenant had a "one hundred percent beneficial interest" in the property
The developer has won another chance to convince authorities to allow it to build 70 homes
A planning judge has dismissed an earlier ruling that allowed the fundraising scheme
Proceeds from the sale of Santander's headquarters in Madrid must go to the insolvency administrator
Proceeds from the sale of Santander's headquarters in Madrid must go to the insolvency administrator
Householders in a leafy suburb of south-east London have failed in their court bid to remove a set of long-forgotten restrictive covenants that are stopping them from selling their property. The case highlights the arcane quirks of the London property market, where householders, keen to improve their investment in one of Europe's most expensive property […]
Unappointed contractor's claims quashed
Site will provide 62 new homes
The Court of Appeal upheld the ruling in favour of Persimmon
The case is the first to test rules dating from 2013.
Holiday park near Newquay has planning for an expansion rejected after challenge by local resident.
Out of the 22 grounds of claim against airport expansion, 19 were dismissed as 'unarguable'.
The High Court dismisses a series of legal claims opposing the building of a new runway.
The case highlights some of the legal complications caused by upheaval in the retail sector
The firm has had its compulsory purchase compensation wiped out after losing a series of appeals
Case centred on whether a clause in a conveyancing contract was a covenant or an easement.
Property deal missed a 10-year deadline by four days, saving the developer £1.4m.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a long-running case brought against housebuilder David Wilson Homes (DWH). Developer Phillip Jeans, through his company Harbour Castle Ltd (HCL), has been suing DWH for as much as £27.5m, claiming that the builder breached an agreement to "use all reasonable endeavours" to obtain planning permission on land owned by […]
Leeds City Council fails in appeal against 55-home development on "protected land".
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales fails to stop wind farm being built at Llandegley, Powys.
Court rejects legal bid to have the UK's National Planning Policy Framework overturned.
Investor Glenn Maud has lost a High Court bid to claim almost €1bn from Royal Bank of Scotland.
Investor Glenn Maud has lost a High Court bid to claim almost €1bn from Royal Bank of Scotland.
The judge who ruled against the EMA in its dispute with CWG has granted it permission to appeal
The judge who ruled against the EMA in its dispute with CWG has granted it permission to appeal
Judge rules that Brexit is "not a frustrating event"
The act of ripping up an old surface and replacing it is capable of indicating factual possession
A property asset management company has been left with a legal bill of tens of thousands of pounds


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It is important to help divorcing parents develop an effective parenting plan that meets the needs of their child and upon which the parents can agree. A child specialist is available to provide appropriate developmental information and also assist the parents find a constructive and non adversarial way to reach a parenting plan agreement. One of the basic goals of this consultation process is to help parents become more focused on and better able to understand and respond to the needs of their children. There are three general ways to help parents better focus on the needs of their children.
Interest Based Negotiation
The first approach involves teaching and helping parents better understand the underlying developmental and special needs of their children. I have a handout that lists some common needs: relationship, emotional, social, physical, educational, medical, cultural, and religious needs. Some of these are developmental needs of children as they grow, while others may be related to more special problems children are experiencing.
McMillen Matrix
A second way to help the parents better understand their children is the use of the McMillen Matrix (Todd McMillen, collaborative law attorney, Boulder, Colorado). This process encourages parents to look at the pros and cons of various Parenting Plans from three different points of view. I use a white board or some visual display and set up a matrix of pros and cons on the vertical axis and the mother/father/child's point of view on the horizontal axis. Thus you will have 6 areas in which to make comments.
Parent 1:
Parent 2:
Each parent takes a particular Parenting Plan and lists pros and cons from 1) their point of view, 2) the other parent's point of view and 3) the child's point of view. This encourages the parents to consider different perspectives and to better understand their child's needs. This certainly can lead to a discussion about how various parenting plans will meet the needs of their child.
Alternative Parenting Plans
A final approach is generally used in conjunction with either the first or second approaches discussed above. In this situation, the parents are asked to come up with a Parenting Plan that meets the needs of the child. They bring in their "first choice" plan and we discuss the pros and cons of each, using something like the McMillen Matrix. Then, I ask the parents to bring back three parenting plans, the first, any adjustment they would make from what they learned from the first exercise, plus two compromise parenting plans, wherein they incorporate preferences of the other parent.
Developmental Consultation
Professionals who are knowledgeable in early child development and attachment theory/research can sometimes provide information to make parenting plans more responsive to developmental and special needs of the child. I do not typically suggest how many overnights the child might have with a particular parent. Instead, I give parents ballpark spans of time that the children are able to tolerate being away from their parent given their age, and special needs. We talk about the number of overnights the child is away from the parent and what it is like from the child's point of view. We also talk about visits (not overnight) with the other parent and phone calls to maintain the continuity of the relationships. Sometimes parents need to think about how to vary a parenting plan as the children get older, how to deal with high conflict situations (less flexibility and more structure), and how to help their children with grief over the divorce. If the way the parents are structuring the overnights does not fit with the developmental needs of the child, then I give feedback. For example, if the parents what to alternate each week, this may not work well for young children. Instead, perhaps splitting the week so that the child is not separated from the other parent for so long a period of time would be more developmentally appropriate.


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Music, dirt, grubs, pick axe./
There is a clarinet player from France on my roof right now, with his pregnant wife from Germany, who plays violin. Just a little gloating to start the post off.
To tell the truth, I'm fairly exhausted. The clarinet is helping. The firecrackers? Not so much. There is some sort of Catholic feast tomorrow in our part of our Goan village, thus-- firecrackers. Any excuse will do around here, any excuse.
You know when you really want to write a post about the meditation center garden, but you want before and after pictures, and the before pictures are somewhere, on some drive or something, and you keep putting off looking for them, so you never post the photos of the garden?
(An aside- Just now Solo was requesting a snuggle, so I went to lie down beside him for a minute while he drifted off to sleep, and he smelled like watermelon because I let him eat watermelon after his shower tonight, and that's backwards.)
Today I bought a pick axe, which is not pictured here. I need to break up my soil after the heavy rains, and the rakes are not cutting it. (Literally, ha!) A pick axe is what is used in India, for pretty much every type of digging. It felt so intense, driving home with a pick axe on my scooter. A bit overboard, like I was going to dig the foundation of a house, or cut through a glacier, rather than plant some spinach and basil. (Secretly, I also felt very cool. I always do, when I'm buying weird stuff like that.)
Today I also turned my compost pile. (My landlord accidentally threw out last year's compost pile, which would have been perfect by now. I didn't cry, you will be proud to know.) I had to use my hands to turn a lot of it, which was pretty gross, not least because of the million grubs inside it. I have since researched the heck out of grubs in compost, and found that they are not a big deal, although I should probably turn it more often because it might be a bit too wet. It smells great, though, like rich amazing compost and not like rotten food.
I was amazed by how hot it was inside that compost pile. Really, really hot! The bacteria are doing their jobs and dear Lord it is so hot here! You should see the sweat dripping off my face when I'm working in the garden, how I have to take my glasses off because they just fall off if I don't. We wait until four o'clock before we start working, but still. Still.
Solo, sans pants as usual, watches me spread the compost I bought, not the compost I made last year, because my landlord threw it out. Accidentally.
Why are before pictures so hard to find? And why is before so hard to remember? I have to force myself to it, on tired days like today. I say, remember, Rae, how you used to have to walk Solo through the coconut grove for hours? Because he was colicky? Remember all that? Take courage! Everything is so much easier now.
One thing is for sure. I may be happier digging around in this little garden than I have ever been here before.


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What is the older generation's obsession with the word 'compromise' when it comes to marriage?
Marriage has too many complicated stereotypes attached to it. The more obvious ones include what the rishta aunties say all the time:
"Apki beti khana pakati hai?"
("Does your daughter cook?")
"Apki beti lambi hai?"
("Is your daughter tall?")
"Apki beti ziyada umer mein bari tou nahi?"
("Your daughter isn't too old, is she?")
"Apki beti zeyada tou parhi likhi nahi hai?"
("Your daughter isn't 'too educated', is she?")
The aunties want their sons to be the ones who run the show — the girl shouldn't be too smart, too educated. She has to be just the right amount of literate.
Also, she should definitely know how to cook because that's supposed to be her job after getting married. She should know how to make all kinds of desi dishes, know a thing or two about baking and brownie points for that girl who can whip up some 'gora' food for her husband's cravings from time to time.
Doesn't this read like a casting for a movie? Or ingredients for a dish?
Every auntie has something in common with Victor Frankenstein: They, too, want to have the 'perfect' specimen.
When the couple has children, the girl obviously has to be the nanny because cleaning diapers, washing clothes, keeping the house clean have to be a part of her resume. She shouldn't be too much of a spend-thrift but should also be well-kept. Her hair should be perfect, but not too perfect so it doesn't look like she spends most of her time at the salon.
This is basically what used to be expected of girls when they were getting married a few years back. Slowly but gradually, times are changing. People are evolving and mind-sets are reshaping. Parents are realising that their girls are so much more than just house maids.
I no longer feel I have to ask how they expect their daughters to mould their ways according to their husbands when so much time and money has been spent on their education, empowerment and liberation. The divorce rates have taken care of that.
The urge to write this blog came to me after watching the ad for BIBA that aims at breaking the stereotypes surrounding arranged marriages where girls are asked to serve tea and display their domestic prowess.
So many marriages fall apart because the two individuals realise how they cannot compromise enough for each other. And that, I feel, is okay.
I've heard the older generation speak of the girls of this generation as being "sar chari" (spoiled). I don't understand the older generation's obsession with the word 'compromise'. It's perfectly logical to not want to mould your true self completely for another individual.
Instead of glorifying the idea of compromise, we should be encouraging our girls to spend as much time as possible with the person they intend on marrying, just so the chances of divorce are lowered. But even if things don't lead to it eventually — it is not the end of the world.
The BIBA ad does exactly that. It calls for equality between the two genders in a marriage. If the girl cooks and cleans, so should the man.
I hope that our local advertisements also become stimulated by the changing times. Sexist jingles, gender-centric ideas and patriarchy are no longer the ingredients for a successful ad campaign. Our advertisements should reflect the sentiments of our society.
The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of The Express Tribune.


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Flat Is The New Up
By Steve Borsch, Minnov8
"Is it true that "Flat Is The New Up?" Not if you're a company just outside St. Cloud, Sartell-based w3i, which is consistently proving that "Up Is The New Up" every quarter through quite impressive and sustained growth. Our guest on this week's podcast, co-founder Rob Weber (@robertjweber), tells us how they got started and what they're up to now.
W3i was marketing apps when apps weren't even cool and their founding is a great story. In 2000, the three Weber brothers (Ryan, Aaron and Rob) discovered the power of free and launched Freeze.com. Along with their team, they developed applications to satisfy users' pent up demand for free content while pioneering new revenue models to spread the development and marketing costs across millions of installations — over 250 million to date."


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IBM United Kingdom Limited
Birmingham Road
CV34 5JL (mail)
CV34 5AH (directions)
Telephone: 01926 46400001926 464000
Fax 01926 311 34501926 311 345
By Car
From M40 (south/London via Oxford) Warwick/Stratford.
Leave the M40 at junctions 15, and follow signs for the A46 to Coventry. Leave the A46 at the first exit signposted A4177/A425 Solihull/Warwick. Take the third exit from the roundabout and IBM is immediately on the left.
From M6 - north/north west
Leave M6 at junction 4 and join the M42. Follow M42 (westbound) to M40. Leave M40 at junction 15 onto A46, then follow directions above.
From M5 - south west
Leave M5 at junction 9 and take A46 following signs for Evesham, Stratford and then Warwick.Go over M40 continuing to follow signs for A46 Warwick/Coventry. Leave A46 at the next exit, signposted A4177/A425 Solihull/Warwick. Take third exit from roundabout and IBM is immediately on the left.
From M6 - east
Leave M6 at junction 2, following signs to A46 Warwick. At the end of the A46 there is a large island signposted A45, Coventry Airport/Warwick. Follow the A45 Birmingham signs, leaving at the first exit to rejoin the A46 towards Warwick. Ignore first exit to Warwick (A429) then leave at next exit (A4177/A425 Solihull/Warwick). Take the first exit at the roundabout and IBM is immediately on the left.
From M1 - north
Leave the M1 at junction 21 and join the M69, which eventually becomes the A46. When the A46 ends at an island follow directions from M6 - east above.
From M1 - south
Leave the M1 at junction 17 and join the M45. Stay on M45 until it becomes the A45 (Coventry), then follow A45 until A46 (Warwick) is signposted. Take A46 Warwick exit and then follow directions from M6 - east above.
There is ample onsite parking.
Please note that a strict wheel clamping policy is in operation for anyone parking on double yellow lines around the site.
By Train
The main intercity stations are at Warwick Parkway station (0.5 miles away), Coventry (10 miles away) and Birmingham (18 miles away).
If walking from Warwick Parkway station it should take around 15 to 20 minutes. On leaving Warwick Parkway station turn right and follow the road across the canal and across the roundabout. As the road is pretty busy, it is recommended that you take a taxi (usually available outside the station). IBM reception at Warwick on 01926 462262 01926 462262 can also make arrangements for a taxi to meet your train as necessary.
By Air
International Travel
Birmingham International Airport is 18 miles from the location. IBM reception at Warwick on 01926 462262 01926 462262 can make arrangements for a taxi to meet you as necessary.


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Bacopa australis( *Buy 10 Free 1)
Bacopa australis
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Type: stemp
Growth rate: High
Light demand: medium
CO2: medium
True Aquatic: Yes
Placement In Tank: Mid-Backround
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Bacopa australis is easy to grow in an aquarium. Under certain conditions it creeps across the bottom to form an elegantly decorative light green cushion. When Bacopa australis grows in a good light, the leaves become reddish. It is easily propagated by taking side shoots and planting them in the substrate.