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Employees Of Donation-Based Stores Reveal The Weirdest Things People Have Ever Brought In
You thought this would be a nice donation for who?
There's a saying: One man's trash is another man's treasure. But sometimes, one person's trash is another person's nightmare to deal with at a donation-based clothing store. So Redditor mellow_harsher took to the message boards to ask:
I used to sort through donations at Goodwill. What's the strangest thing you've found in a thrift shop? I'll start.
Her story:
I processed donations for a year and a half, and found so many strange items. People will donate literally anything. Used diapers? Sure. Bags of trash? All the time. Sex toys? You betcha. What's your most bizarre find?
Just Buyin' My Old Stuff
When I was about 8, I got a dollar to spend at the thrift store. I found a small wooden doll chair that I liked, and bought it for like $0.25. Once I got it home, I saw that my own last name was etched into the bottom of the chair. Turned out my uncle had made it in woodworking shop when he was a kid, it had been sold at a garage sale, then eventually ended up at the thrift shop.
Good Deals Man
I know a guy that bought a 1957 Fender Stratocaster at a Goodwill for $20. The guy at the counter apologized to him because it had two broken strings. He said his hands were shaking as he gave the guy the money.
That s* never happens to me.
Bear-able Purchase
Not really strange, but I found 200 dollars stuffed in to a little ceramic bear.
Yes, I took the money and bought the bear. . . in that order.
The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
I worked at a thrift store in Alberta. Sorting was always the most fun job. It sucked that about 60% of stuff people donated ended up in a landfill. Some of my best (or worst) finds while sorting:
-Some dude donated a sweet Gary Fischer mountain bike that was worth a bunch of money.
-Money in pockets was always the best, never more than $11 for me though :(
-Brand new pair of blundstones, and Sorrel boots
This one dude bought 6 turkey basters one day, and when asked why he was buying 6 turkey basters, he said "Because you only had 6", and walked out. Love thrift stores.
Floating On Air
I found a little trophy with "Best Float 1969" engraved on it. It has sat on top of every toilet I've had for the last ten years.
Hello My Ragtime Gal
I found a taxidermic frog sitting in a tiny rocking chair. I bought it and mailed it to a friend. She has to keep it, it was a gift.
Rocky Raccoon
Well, this was more a yard sale than anything else, but: A stuffed (as in, taxidermied or taxidermized, whatever) raccoon. For $20. How could anyone resist?
No Ads About It
Once found the display model of a hoodie at a thrift store. Instead of being a solid color, or having some standard design, it was printed with the advertising schtick.
On the left breast pocket area it has an arrow pointing up and the words "stitched-in drawstring doesn't get lost!" On the other side, an arrow pointing in: "No-stick zipper!"
"Anti-fuzzing liner!"
"Deep Pockets!"
"Antimicrobial fabric!"
Money Money Money
My exgirlfriend and her grandmother frequented old thrift stores for clothing and handbags. The grandmother had bought her some big old red bag for like $10, my ex must not have been fond of it cause she didn't touch it for like three months. Finally, she uses it one night, checks the side pocket and there's two grand inside.
Monster Watcher
I found a shirt a t-shirt that said "I <3 Booty The Monster Watcher". I kick myself for not buying it, and still don't know wtf it means.
Always The Duct Tape
I found an NES with a bunch of games duct taped to the top. Inside the cartridge slot was a Half-Life CD.
A Blast From The Trunk
A few years back I was looking for some cheap Halloween costume ideas, and for the price of $1 I became the proud owner of a signed copy of Carrot Top's Junk in the Trunk... unfortunately it was signed for someone named Erica, and I am not an Erica, so I'm waiting to make friends with a girl with that name so I can give her the best Christmas present ever
Hey Old Friend
I found a Macintosh Classic for $20. The hard drive hadn't been erased and was filled with vintage Mac games from the 80s and early 90s. There was even an icon of boobs without a name that popped up a "Reformatting Hard Disk..." dialog when you opened it.
A Most Unusual Painting
I found (and bought for 19.99) a painting of two men riding through the old west on horses with revolvers being chased by a somewhat distant group of lawmen or bandits. The best part: the two men are Tupac and Bob Marley. Found in Slidell, Louisiana. Ill try to get a picture up, its at my friends apartment now, I totally forgot about it until this post.
I collect Cabbage Patch Kids, a type of doll that was very popular in the 1980's, although they still make them today. I used to stop by the thrift store pretty often to check their toy section for Cabbage Patches, and one day I found a boy cabbage patch with a bow in his hair, wearing a backwards dress that was so long in the front it covered his feet. He had a cape on that matched the dress which covered his feet from the back as well. He looked good, and even though the clothes were odd, more than 50% of the Cabbage Patch I find at thrift stores are naked, so any clothes are great. I actually spend far more on doll clothes than I do on the dolls themselves.
Anyway, I brought the little guy home and pulled his dress up to check the signature on his butt, because I can tell by the color of the signature what year he was made. What I found freaked me the hell out. The doll's legs were soaked in a dark red, brownish stuff...it was clearly blood. I tried to tell myself it wasn't blood, but I knew it was. I put the doll in the bathtub, put on some gloves, and started to scrub him. I got most of the blood out.
I still have the doll, but he sits on the shelf. I don't want to touch him. I don't know how he got bloody, or why someone would give a blood-soaked doll to a thrift store.
Incongruous Lit
When I worked at Goodwill, designer clothes were quite normal to see in the donation bins. Not so normal: a box full of live snakes and a veteran in pickup truck dropping off twenty boxes of Harlequin romance "novels".
More Stuffing
I worked at a place that would collect and ship durable goods for charity, usually things like clothes and small furniture. We once received a large cardboard box, close to 8 cubic feet. Inside was completely stuffed with packing paper, except for the very bottom where there was a horse riding helmet. Gifts from the 1%.
That's Mine!
When my brother was six, he had a bicycle that he was completely in love with. It was black with aggressive red flame decals, big rubber handgrips, and glow-in-the-dark beads clipped to the spokes of the wheels.
One day he and my dad biked to the park. They leaned their bikes up against the fence and went to hang out on the play structure. Fifteen minutes later, they turned around--his bike was gone, stolen.
About ten years later, we were walking back to the car after going out to eat, and we passed a Goodwill on the way. Then we saw something in the window, and froze--a child's bicycle. Black, with red flame decals; big rubber hand grips; and glow-in-the-dark beads clipped to the spokes of the wheels.
Sparkling Cyanide
Cyanide. I don't know what it was supposed to be but it was a jar with some weird brand name and the only other writing on it was warning very poison contains cyanide.
Run-In With The Law
I just paid 25 cents for a t-shirt that says:"I wanted to become a cop-but I decided to finish high school instead". But I'm too paranoid to wear it out in public, my luck I would get stopped while wearing it :)
Necessary Instructions
My sister and I were in a thrift store looking for old leather bound books to use in her wedding centerpieces. Shoved in between some atlases I found a book on sex etiquette. I opened it to a random page and it was the funniest thing I'd ever read. I was laughing so hard that people were staring. Best of all, there was an inscription in the front cover: Remember, you can always say no!
I couldn't convince my sister to use it in her centerpieces though. I stashed it behind some dictionaries and went back to buy it the next day. I'm going to add my own inscription and give it to her as a shower gift next month. I am the best sister ever.
Weaponized Donations
My dad's friend when he was a kid used to climb around in the Goodwill bins because he was small enough to fit inside.
He found a speargun in a bin once, complete with extra spears. This was a legit one for spearing sharks I'm guessing.
He said because of his age he could barely pull back the bands to arm it.
After he shot a spear into his garage door his mother saw it and took it away from him.
Stopped in an antique shop with my dad once, My family has always been very savvy and my dad has been a dealer for twice my lifetime.
I was snooping around, being a little kid, when I came across an old wooden cigar box. I broke the latch and opened it, finding some 20-30 odd sterling pilots wings, an old old piece of thin paper, a worn rock and assorted medals.
My dad took it to the counter, we paid maybe $50 for it.
The worn rock was a worry stone.
The paper was the accommodation notice for a WWII pilot who safely (crash) landed a bomber behind enemy lines after it was demolished by flak and mechanical malfunctions. His entire crew survived. He was rewarded with praise and medals.
I still have roughly a dozen of the wings and have made a good amount of money off the rest, selling only to collectors.
I was able to research the exact battle it happened during, but there is very little history on the pilot himself.
Why Does This Exist?
I got this a few weeks ago for 50p out of a charity shop because I couldn't believe someone actually made a board game in such dark satire/bad taste.
Ladies and gentle I present to you: War on Terror: The Board Game.


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Gravesend entrepreneur who combined slush and Smart car reaps rewards
PUBLISHED: 12:00 10 May 2014
What started out as a "silly idea" turned out to be a huge success just a few months later for a young entrepreneur.
Adam Trice, 25, of Neilson Place, came up with the idea to install a slush machine dispenser in the back of a Smart car after dreaming up a different way he could cater to the demand for the popular product.
Slush Hut turned out to be a big hit and Adam has now quit his job as a site manager at Adventure Park to focus full time on his business venture.
"Within a month of thinking of it I had the first car," he said.
"I have only recently packed in my job, probably about a month ago, to focus full time on this."
Adam noticed the popularity of slush drinks, which consist of crushed ice and flavoured syrup, in his previous job where they would sell a large amount.
"Even in the winter it was so popular," he explained.
"As a kid I was always asking for a slush or an ice cream or something. It's sweet and refreshing, at any age people like the slush. I've had anyone from the age of one to the age of 90 come up and ask for one."
Adam has one car which is parked at Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham on a daily basis, and he has been able to buy another which he takes to weddings, children's parties and events.
"We have 4 flavours and you can mix the flavours. There's sour apple, bubblegum, something a bit different from the normal flavours," Adam said.
"The blue is the most popular one."
The popularity of the slush drinks coupled with the novelty of them being dispensed from a smart car have been good for business.
"Rarely do you get anyone walk past and not notice it, if a couple walk past they'll stop and say look at that!
"People stop and take pictures of it. I think it is quite novel having it there."
The young businessman is relishing being his own boss and is putting plans in place to franchise the cars.
He said: "I love working for myself, its fantastic.
"You do have to push yourself. I probably work a lot more now but because I enjoy working for myself I don't mind so much.
"It doesn't really feel like work to me to be honest."
Adam credits Young Person's Start Ups, funded by the Government, for helping him make his dream a reality.
As well as providing financial support, they helped him put together a business plan and offered him advice on how he should spend money wisely.
Adam said: "It worked for me, there's no reason why someone else can't use the same kind of concept."
■ To find out more about Slush Hut visit slushhut.com. For information on Young Person's Start Ups visit startuploans.co.uk.
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Fun day raises €1,000
For the fifth year in a row, the sun shone in Ennybegs, Killoe for the Hazelbrook Farm Ice Cream Fun Day hosted by Loretta and Arthur Stewart on May 30.
More than €1,000 in total was raised on the day, which is in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland - a cause very close to the couple's heart, as their late son, Jack, would have had Down Syndrome.
With the local National School closed for the day, there was a steady stream of visitors throughout. Mary Corr of Step by Step playschool brought along her group of children for the day too, as well as €60 that they had raised for the fund.
Loretta also commends local girls Rian and Roisin Shaw for their contribution. The girls knitted hairbands and egg cup warmers and sold them on the day to add to the final total.
There was a bouncy castle to keep the children entertained, and facepainting was done by the talented Samantha Kelly.
Thanking her own family and Arthur's for their continuous support, Loretta also thanks Bridget Sheridan, Gabriel Flynn, Fr Casey and Jessie Brierton for their help and support.
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If the notion of getting "Lost in the Amazon" and finding yourself in a weekly horror movie has any appeal, then by all means set your compass for ABC's The River, the most exciting thing to happen to TV's midseason since, well, Monday's premiere of Smash on NBC. If Smash is a show-stopper, The River is a terrifying heart-stopper, a cleverly cinematic supernatural adventure that takes us on a wild ride into an exotic heart of darkness. (It opens with back-to-back episodes Tuesday at 9/8c, and the second hour is even scarier than the first.)
As a lifelong horror fan, I devoured the first five (of eight) episodes of The River, which exceeded my expectations as it embarks on a treacherous quest where every day's a mayday and the nights are even worse. If you're familiar with the work of executive producer Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity), you know to fear most those moments when everyone's at rest and the ever-watchful cameras go into time-lapse mode, revealing things no one else can or would want to see. Likewise, the narrative wastes no time taking us into places we'd never dare venture.
The River is framed as a mock-docu-reality show, following a crew of family members and colleagues searching for a famous TV naturalist (Bruce Greenwood) who went missing on the Amazon six months earlier, in a boat tricked out with cameras like a floating studio. When his beacon goes off triggering a renewed manhunt, they find the boat, but not the man, whose catchphrase is "There's magic out there." Dark magic anyway, because at every step, be it in water or jungle or forbidding cave, there are mystical dangers of primitive legend awaiting them, none spookier than in tonight's second hour, when they encounter a "spirit tree" of macabre dangling dolls that they actually choose to make camp under. Bad idea!
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I tried to configure the MicroGateway on my windows machine (Apigee Edge in the cloud), but i am getting the following error during configuration.
PS C:\Users\XXX> edgemicro.cmd configure -o xxxxx -e test -v default -u firstname.lastname@example.com
current nodejs version is v8.11.3
current edgemicro version is 2.5.26
file doesn't exist, setting up checking org for existing KVM
error checking for cert.
Installing new cert. creating KVM adding private_key adding public_key C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\cli\lib\cert-lib.js:187 'value': key.publicKey ^ TypeError: Cannot read property 'publicKey' of undefined at C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\cli\lib\cert-lib.js:187:30 at C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:718:13 at Immediate.iterate [as _onImmediate] (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:262:13) at runCallback (timers.js:810:20) at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:768:5) at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:745:5)
Answer by srinandans@google · Sep 15, 2018 at 06:09 PM
A quick update: At the moment, I suspect there is a backward incompatibility between OpenSSL versions.
I have created workaround for this issue. The edgemicro configure command takes two new parameters - key and cert. Like this:
edgemicro configure -o org -e test -u email@example.com -k ~/workspace/tls.key -s ~/workspace/tls.crt
Users can use OpenSSL to generate a self signed key/cert pair like this:
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout tls.key -out tls.crt -config /private/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf -extensions 'v3_req'
or, procure a signed certificate from your enterprise CA.
I expect to publish this release in the next day or two.
What key is it..Private key ? Also i am planning to use the docker image docker pull gcr.io/apigee-microgateway/edgemicro:latest, how do i pass the key and secret to this image to run this image.
Yes, the key referred to there is the private key.
Two things:
1) I haven't yet published the release
2) These parameter only affects "edgemicro config". This step is done outside docker, so the usage of the docker image is unaffected.
Answer by srinandans@google · Sep 13, 2018 at 02:49 PM
I presume openssl was installed and available in the path. Can you please confirm if a KVM called "microgateway" was created and the key and cert installed on it?
For my case KVM was not created, stack trace is exactly similar to Jeff. I tried to configure with Apigee Evaluation version and Paid version, bot gives the same error.
Answer by Rahul Nair · Sep 13, 2018 at 03:26 PM
I have exactly the same error, i also tried to upgrade npm and node.js , edgemicro-auth proxy is created in Edge. There is no KVM created though. Please find the stack trace
current nodejs version is v10.10.0
current edgemicro version is 2.5.26
file doesn't exist, setting up
checking org for existing KVM
error checking for cert. Installing new cert.
creating KVM
adding private_key
adding public_key
'value': key.publicKey
TypeError: Cannot read property 'publicKey' of undefined
at C:\Users\_nairr\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\cli\lib\cert-lib.js:187:30
at C:\Users\_nairr\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:718:13
at Immediate.iterate (C:\Users\_nairr\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edgemicro\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:262
at runCallback (timers.js:694:18)
at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:665:5)
at processImmediate (timers.js:647:5)
same question - is OpenSSL installed and in the path?
Open SSL is installed and is in path, i am running in Windows 7 though
Are you an "orgadmin" in the Apigee org?
Answer by Jeff Ai · Sep 13, 2018 at 10:59 PM
Thanks all. I can confirm the following
1. Open SSL installed and working on Win10 (I also tried on a Mac with the same error).
2. I configured as orgadmin.
3. Didn't use a trial account.
4. No new KVM was created.
@srinandans - also, when you say it is a bug so a fix is on the way? :-)
Something strange is happening. I have tried this 3-4 times. And it only failed once. Maybe the management api is timing out. Does it happen if you try it again?
hi @srinandans - I have tried many times - and never worked. I had a look at the source code, but could not figure out where the key object is created.
createCert(function(err, keys) { if (err) { return callback(err); } const privateKey = keys.serviceKey; const publicKey = keys.certificate; const async = require('async'); pem.getPublicKey (publicKey, function(err, key) { async.series( [ function(cb) { if (!options.force) { return cb(); } deleteVault(generateCredentialsObject(options), managementUri, options.org, options.env, vaultName, cb); }, function(cb) { console.log('creating KVM'); console.log('adding private_key'); console.log('adding public_key'); var entries = [ { 'name':'private_key', 'value': privateKey }, { 'name': 'public_key', 'value': publicKey }, { 'name': 'public_key1', 'value': key.publicKey // where is key defined? },
Here: https://github.com/apigee-internal/microgateway/blob/master/cli/lib/cert-lib.js#L340
I have now run it 10 times. It worked every time...
Answer by Jeff Ai · Sep 14, 2018 at 04:08 AM
Please see my previous comments - after I've updated the code. It now works fine. I have also tested on my mac (LibreSSL 2.2.7) and it also worked (it was not working before). However, as I mentioned before ... i am not comfortable with the "solution".
Answer by Jeff Ai · Sep 14, 2018 at 03:05 AM
Thanks @srinandans - after much debugging. I finally was able to configure microgateway (I have not verified it yet).
I found the error was with the command for openssl x509
I logged the parameters as (my log)
"RUN OPENSSL WITH x509,-utf8,-in,C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\8d65ce3ddae4080f8783f5eb5d264dd4988eee59,-pubkey,-noout"
and the error
OPENSSL CLOSED WITH STDERROR x509: Unknown digest utf8
x509: Use -help for summary."
Then I changed the pem.js code to remove the 'utf8' option, e.g.
params = ['x509', // '-utf8', // JEFF '-in', '--TMPFILE--', '-pubkey', '-noout'

Then it was OK
configuring host edgemicroservices.apigee.net for region xxxxxxxx saving configuration information to: C:\Users\xxxxx\.edgemicro\xxxx-nonprod-test-config.yaml vault info: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- xxxxxxx -----END CERTIFICATE----- The following credentials are required to start edge micro key: xxxxx secret: xxxxx edgemicro configuration complete!

I was able to verify and repeat the whole process multiple time since the fix.
But this is more a 'hacking" then a proper solution.
hi @Rahul Nair - sorry it was a typo - it should be in the pem.js file.
Thank you :) I mereley reinstalled the Microgateway this time it worked
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Using Raptivity Presenter - Interactive Graphs Pack
Pricing and Support
Raptivity Presenter, a PowerPoint add-in that allows you to add interactivity to your PowerPoint presentations, has already been reviewed on this site. In this review, I'll explore a new pack called the Interactive Graphs Pack for Raptivity Presenter which allows you to add interactive graphs and charts.
Raptivity Presenter is from Harbinger, a company based out of USA and India -- Harbinger develops interactivity products such as Raptivity and YawnBuster for procedural training, management training, soft skills training, banking etc. You can learn more about Raptivity Presenter - Interactive Graphs Pack and download the trial version from their site (link no longer exists).
The Interactive Graphs Pack includes 3D effects along with various graph and chart interactive features such as auto build-up, graph reading, legend picking, cluster annotation etc. You can even import information from an Excel sheet to create a graph. The pack consists of two categories of graphs where one can either focus on details of series or interpret the cluster as a whole instead of individual entries. You can export the graphs and charts into a PowerPoint file thereafter.
My contact at Harbinger for this review was Shivesh Vishwanathan -- thank you, Shivesh.Back
Using Raptivity Presenter - Interactive Graphs Pack
Download the installer, run the setup routine and follow the instructions. When installed, follow these steps to use Raptivity Presenter - Interactive Graphs Pack:
- Open a presentation or create a new blank presentation in PowerPoint 2010, change the slide layout to Blank by selecting Home tab | Layout | Blank. And choose the Add-Ins tab on the Ribbon, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Add-Ins tab on the Ribbon
- Within the Menu Commands group click the Raptivity Presenter button to get a drop-down list (see Figure 2). Choose the New Interactivity option.
Figure 2: New Interactivity
- This opens the Raptivity Presenter Media Explorer, as shown in Figure 3. Here you can select an interaction model for customization. For this walkthrough, I chose the Interactive Graph Pack option (highlighted in red).
Figure 3: Raptivity Presenter Media Explorer
- In the next window you can see the interactions available within the Interactive Graph Pack. These are either Graphs and Charts or Cluster Annotation Graphs (see Figure 4). For this tutorial, I chose Graphs and Charts.
Figure 4: Graphs and Charts
- This brings up the interactions within the Graphs and Charts category, as you can see in Figure 5. Choose any of the chart types. I chose the Bubble Chart option.
Figure 5: Interactions within Graphs and Charts
- This opens the Raptivity Presenter interface, as shown in Figure 6. Here, the interactivity is added as 'Untitled1' in the list on left. And at the same time based on the interactivity selected, a wizard launches (see Figure 6 again). Click Next to move to the subsequent screens that allow you to include information about the project such as title, number of bubbles, etc.
Figure 6: Raptivity Presenter interface
- Once done, the Detailed Customization window opens (see Figure 7).
Figure 7: Detailed Customization window
- This is where you can further tweak all the parameters for this interactivity.
- This area contains two tabs: The Interactivity Editor tab allows you to customize some of the parameters by clicking on the interactivity. You can also create objects required for some of the interactivities. The Quick View tab allows you to preview the interactivity.
- About this Interaction Model section displays the functionality of the interaction model.
- Select Parameter provides customizable parameters based on what interactivity you have selected.
- Set Parameter Values displays the parameters for the object selected under the Select Parameter area.
- The Notes section shows helpful info for the parameter being customized.
- As soon as the parameter value is changed, the preview is updated to show the change.
- Other than object parameters, you can undo/redo any operation. Apply an in-built color theme to the interactivity, do a spell check using Raptivity Presenter's Spell Checker, and set the Target View Size of the interactivity. Once done, click the OK button.
- This will bring you back to the Raptivity Presenter interface, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8: Raptivity Presenter interface
- Save your interactivity by clicking the Save icon on the toolbar -- or choose File | Save Raptivity. The file is saved with an .RPP extension.
- Once the interactivity is saved you can now publish it to your PowerPoint presentation. Figure 9 shows the interactivity placed on the slide.
Figure 9: Interactivity on PowerPoint slide
- You can view the interactivity in slideshow view within PowerPoint.
Pricing and Support
Interactive Graphs Pack costs $299 if purchased individually. You can even buy Raptivity Presenter Gold which includes Interactive Graphs Pack. Multiple license are available.
Support option includes e-mail, online training and phone support.Back
Raptivity Presenter's Interactive Graphs Pack is a capable product that can be helpful in creating charts that look different than the default PowerPoint offerings. Also, since charts created using the Interactive Graphs Pack are all Flash based, they include interactivity and animation out of the box. Having said that, the Interactive Graphs Pack could benefit from fewer steps needed in creating a chart.Back


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Hemmeroid Thrombosis: Hemorrhoids Treatment - How you can Eliminate Hemorrhoids Completely
Hemorrhoids is such a common occurrence that anyone who has a flare-up of hemorrhoids shouldn't be unduly embarrassed about the problem. Talk about it openly with your physician or health advisor. Everyone of us has hemorrhoids. It is just that for some, the condition is dormant and thus the sacs are not inflamed, weak and full of blood waiting to be able to spill out. In this case, when we live a healthy life and take a very good care of our food intake, after that our entire body will function in harmony while the cells lining the hemorrhoids will remain healthy doing their normal cell functions.
For me and for many I know of, who are really cautious on how they treat these swelling in the rectum, self treatment is a good technique to try out in trying to solve the problem. It may be noted however, that hemorrhoids choose heal on their own, of course I do not expect that anyone would just sit quietly (figuratively speaking) and wait for nature to take its course when we all know how busy everyone is, these days. So below are a few hemorrhoids treatment I can recommend to an individual. They are easy to understand and could basically be done at home or anywhere at your convenience.
These days there are many people who are now very much dependent on ready to order medicine or as we fondly know all of them "over-the counter remedies". This phenomenon is most likely because of their accessibility as well as peoples incomes. In a way this good news to those who are suffering from "a rather not talked about sickness". I am of course discussing hemorrhoids. Until there are still those who are shy to be able to even say the word "hemorrhoids" in public, much less admit that they are afflicted with it.
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The Following Steps can be Taken to Treat the Problem:
The arterial wall coating the hemorrhoids are usually very fragile as well as thin and thus gets easily ruptured. So to strengthen the walls, it has been found that taking a daily dose of Vitamin C 1000mg helps. A few of my clients have found fulfillment in using this supplement.
As a surgical procedure, a hemorrhoidectomy is proven to be effective and is a long-term solution for the condition. Now, hemorrhoids may not be deadly, but the problem can be terribly embarrassing - and painful. The good news is that you do not have to put up with that. Talk to a doctor and discuss your alternatives. There is very little chance that it would cause serious complications, but by knowing about the options that are available for you, whether surgery or medications, you will be able to be able to learn how to keep yourself safer, as well as healthier.
Hemorrhoidectomy, in spite the ideal and effective method of eliminating hemorrhoids, continues to have limitations. A physician has to be conferred with so that it would be decided if the ailment is already at a stage the place where a surgical procedure is already vital, or if it is something that could be treated without the patient having to go under the knife like by means of medications and other simpler techniques.
Get Enough Liquid
People with hemorrhoids are afflicted by them because they do not have enough water in their system, hence the difficulty in defecating which led to the problem of bulging veins and the lot. So water is essential in curing the sickness.
Is recommended if the pile is already swelling a lot and that it has grown harmfully big, and if it has invaded both the internal and the external part of the rectal area and in effect, the gastrointestinal system.
- Eat a lot of fibre everyday.
- It has been found that in nations with plenty of fibres, the occurrence of hemorrhoids is very low.
Conclusion, hemorrhoids are very much curable this only needs a little bit of common sense and a lot of discipline.
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- Many remedies are available but most of these tend to be only temporary in nature.
- Hemorrhoids just tend to flare up when you least expected these.
- Suffice to say, most treatment will relieve hemorrhoids to some extent.
Hemorrhoidectomy is a highly effective solution to hemorrhoids -- a condition caused by the swelling of the veins in the rectal area is via surgically removing the problematic part. Though known to be costly, hemorrhoidectomy for hemorrhoids is reliable yet has bigger risks, seeing as it what people mean about incisions and stitches.
The Procedure Includes Side Effects
You should expect bleeding, swelling and pain especially for the first few days after the restoration. This is because the tissues in your body are still adjusting to the changes that have been forcefully introduced to the affected area.
There are Several Reasons for the Existence of Hemorrhoids
First of all, the intake of an irritant food may cause the hemorrhoids to be able to flare up. Straining during bowel motion as well as bowel irregularity may well aggravate the condition due to the extra pressure applied throughout bowel movement. Pregnancy may cause the emergence of hemorrhoids in expectant mothers. Frequent lifting of heavy things with disregard to be able to posture and weight add on to stimulate the hemorrhoids.
You can Test Herbal Remedies
Herbal cure are very effective and of course natural. So lower possibility of infection or complications. It has been know that going herbal guarantees a faster rate in shrinking the hemorrhoids, as well as provides a more assured cause the problem. The following are herbs you can use for your hemorrhoid treatment: aloe vera, St. Mary's thistle, chamomile, and also arnica. These herbs are known for their ability to soothe burning feelings as well as to shrink bulges and swelling in the hemorrhoidal bloodstream.
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Get Plenty of Exercise
This will help with the overall muscle movement. However, there is one remedy, for which I am confident will fully help take care of this unfortunate episode once and for all. If you are looking for a complete treatment of hemorrhoids that requires no surgery, and which usually consists of treating the situation using 100% natural ingredients, contour availability of personal and personalized support toward achieving success, then select to Hemorrhoid Treatment. You will find the cure very effective.
Another way of getting a hemorrhoidectomy for haemorrhoids done is the stapled hemorrhoidectomy procedure. In this, the tissue around the affected area is actually scraped off as well as stapled. One drawback for this procedure however, is recurrence of the condition is highly probable. Nevertheless, it is still one of the most preferred methods of removing hemorrhoids for it does not even require a patient to be confined in the house. In fact, the process only takes about a quarter up to thirty minutes. This process must be done all over and over again to be able to significantly reduce the chances of reacquiring the condition.
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When hearing of a miracle cure for anything, the initial reaction to this is usually one of question. Miracles? There are no miracles. What we need is good, fact-based, hard science. But for those who have had an experience with hemorrhoids and then suddenly appear upon the Hemorrhoid Miracle, you would not have the neural to tournament such a hyperbole, due to there being just no other way to describe the hemorrhoid miracle cure!
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- Hemorrhoids are actually swollen arterial blood vessels in the wall of the rectum that get inflamed and flooded with blood.
- When there is inflammation, naturally there is redness in the affected area.
- The person may also complain of pain, and also fever if any contamination sets in.
- At times there is a burning feeling as well as itchiness.
- Hemorrhoids can be both external or internal depending on the location of the hemorrhoids.
- The sad thing about this is that mainstream doctors tend to be at the rear of the curve when it comes to health care developments.
- Your physician is most likely in tune with breakthroughs of decades past because that is when he or she studied medicine.
- But you need a thing oriented to your present, and the future.
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Hemorrhoidectomy for hemorrhoids is performed by first applying anaesthesia in order to the patient, either by general anaesthesia where the patient is knocked out, spinal anaesthesia where the patient will feel numb from the waist down, or the local anaesthesia where the latter is injected on the affected portion. After that, the medical process of cutting off the hemorrhoid is executed. This is, of course, going to be stitched and applied with antibiotics. It sounded easy, but there are a lot of side effects to be able to this process as you may end up not being able to urinate well for several days and may also are afflicted by urinary infection.
However, this problem is actually very much existing now in our society for a number of reasons which we will get into later. At any rate the fact that hemorrhoids are here and they look like they are staying in our society for a long time yet, it would be good to be equipped with the knowledge about hemorrhoids treatment.
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Millions upon millions, if not billions, have been invested by people trying to alleviate their suffering from this particular much-too-common affliction, simply to continue suffering, if not suffer more. But upon trying the H Miracle, many lives have been turned around and they feel free again. Hemorrhoids are a nasty inconvenience that human beings have had to be able to live with for years, however thanks to this affordable product, they could say goodbye to this ailment and enjoy things that the healthy take for granted.
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People could go for years searching for the best hemorrhoids treatment, only to be constantly disappointed. Even so-called natural hemorrhoid treatments as prescribed by doctors turn out to be duds. A temporary reduction of hemorrhoid symptoms may be achieved but this is hardly enough.
Prevent Heavy Lifting's
Like I said in finding the cure it would be seem to go back to the cause of the problem. Hemorrhoids are caused by the strain exerted on the rectal area because of the force we use. Once we carry heavy burden or weight this is shared by the rest of the body, hence the effect it has on our own rectal veins.
- Epsom salt- Epsom salts is actually a natural hemorrhoid treatment that can be used anytime as well as anyplace.
- It is ideal for home treatment given that, the material is easy to come by and quite affordable as well.
- The effect of Epsom salt on the infected location is that it takes away the pain and may also lead to a long term cure on constant use.
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Making use of stool softeners, drinking lots of water mixed with fibers will actually help in removing this inconvenience.


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I am working on my daughter-in-law's Christmas present for this year. I am using Knit Picks Gloss Lace in the mermaid color using the Feather and Fan pattern.It gave me fits trying to get it going . I had to cast on to a straight needle and knit a few rows of garter stitch before I could put it on the circular needle. I used a size 5 to cast on with and knit the garter but the circular needle is a size 4. I have 252 stitches on the needle with 14 repeats of the stitch pattern but height wise I only have 4 repeats done
A Smoke Ring
Sounds like a wonderful project. Knitting a few rows straight is a good idea with so many sts and such fine yarn. Love to see a picture of the finished ring.
Sounds intriguing. But what's a "smoke ring"?
A smoke ring is a long cowl that is knitted in very fine yarn, lace or fingering yarn. You can pull it up and over your head for a hood instead of using a scarf. My daughter-in-law doesn't wear scarves or hats said she would wear a smoke ring if it was knitted in very fine yarn.
Salmonmac said"Sounds like a wonderful project. Knitting a few rows straight is a good idea with so many sts and such fine yarn. Love to see a picture of the finished ring."
When I get it it finished I will take a picture of it and upload it.
Sounds like it's really gonna be a Beauty! Thanks for sharing details with us! It helps everyone build on their own knitterly knowledge!
This is the cowl I knitted.The color is washed out by the flash. It is lying on a white towel, not a yellow one. I know she will love it. I tolde her to wear it to work and when her co-workers want to know where she bought it, I told her to tell them that they can't buy it anywhere, it was handknitted just for her. However if some one would like to make a special order, I would be happy to make one for a price.
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Short Film Helps Angry Kids Learn to 'Just Breathe'
This 4-minute film is a must-see for every parent, and their kids!
Last night my 6-year-old got so mad she had to go to bed that she started kicking and punching my husband, and screaming at the top of her lungs. "What is wrong with her?" I wondered. But after watching a short film called "Just Breathe," I realize that what I was witnessing was a very angry child who didn't have the tools to calm herself down in that moment.
"Just Breathe" is described on Amy Poehler's Smart Girls website, the mission of which is described as being "dedicated to helping young people cultivate their authentic selves," as a look at "how [kids'] emotions affect them and how they physically feel."
The 4-minute short from filmmakers Julie Bayer Salzman and Josh Salzman starts out with kids talking about things that make them mad, like a sibling hitting them, or another kid saying, "I don't want to play with you."
And then the kids describe what happens when they get mad, like that they get a headache, and their faces get red.
The kids admit it's easy for them to feel out of control.
Then, the video encourages kids to, well, just breathe. Hey, it works for me, a 37-year-old!
First, kids should find a quiet place, then try to relax, and breathe.
I will often tell my children to take deep breaths when they are angry or anxious. It's a small thing they can do to gain back their control, and avoid doing something they'll regret, liking hitting or punching Daddy.
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Do you think breath is an effective tool for angry kids?
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SST is a difficult parameter to define exactly
because the upper ocean (~10 m) has a complex and variable
vertical temperature structure that is related to ocean turbulence and
the air-sea fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum. Definitions of SST provide a
necessary theoretical framework that can be used to understand the information content and relationships
between measurements of SST made by different satellite and in situ instruments.
The following SST definitions were agreed at the 2nd and 3rd GHRSST-PP workshops.
Each SST definition has been carefully considered by the GHRSST-PP Science Team
in order to achieve the closest possible coincidence between what is defined and
what can be measured operationally, bearing in mind current scientific knowledge
and understanding of how the near surface thermal structure of the ocean behaves in nature.
Figure 1 presents a schematic diagram that summarises the definition of SST in
the upper 10m of the ocean and provides a framework to understand the
differences between complementary SST measurements. It encapsulates the effects of
dominant heat transport processes and time scales of variability associated with
distinct vertical and volume regimes of the upper ocean water column (horizontal
and temporal variability is implicitly assumed). Each of the definitions marked in the
bottom right of the figure is explained in the following sub-sections.
Figure 1. A schematic diagram showing a vertical temperature profile
through the ocean surface layer during (a) night time and (b) day time with solar heating.


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Samsung recently unveiled the new LN46A850S1F LCD TV. The 46" Full HD LCD Tv offers you a stellar picture quality with 80,000:1 contrast ratio, 178/178 viewing angle, 3ms response time and 1920×1080 resolution. The combination of these intelligent features offers you nothing less than the world's best technology, picture quality and functions. For granting you a stunning surround sound, it adopts 10Wx2 built-in speakers packed in the SRS TruSurround XT. It also equips 3HDMI and 1tuner Pip.
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On Saturday, I had a succession of long car journeys ahead of me, so I succumbed to instant retail therapy and actually bought the Pet Shop Boys's 3-CD greatest hits compilation, PopArt, in an actual shop instead of waiting online and saving lots of cash.
When I do get a new CD, half the pleasure comes in finally opening the thing, and reading what I can – the liner notes, whatever. On a Greatest Hits package, you'd expect at least some kind of contextualising liner notes, perhaps a brief stop tour on the best songs, or even a few words from the Pets.
What do you get on PopArt? Nothing. Nada. Three CD sleeves, three CDs, publishing notes and some photographs. What's there to look at? What a rip-off.
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In diabetes, the body is unable to use glucose (sugar) normally. Glucose is the body's source of energy. Your brain, muscles and body need it to function. Developing babies also require it. Your body uses the insulin hormone to process glucose. After 24 weeks of pregnancy, the placenta produces higher levels of pregnancy hormones. If they cause insulin's normal function to decline, gestational diabetes results and can last until the baby is born.
A healthy lifestyle after gestational diabetes will be an important part of preventing type 2 diabetes, both in you and in your child. Long-term complications associated with diabetes can affect the kidneys, eyes, nerves and blood vessels. By controlling your blood glucose levels through good nutrition and physical activity, you can prevent long-term risks to your health.
Once your baby is born, you still must take action to prevent diabetes. If you used insulin during your pregnancy to control blood glucose, you no longer need to take it. Once the placenta leaves your body, it no longer produces high pregnancy hormones. Your delivery team will check your blood glucose levels to make sure they are within target range. Since your insulin sensitivity will likely improve, the insulin your body normally produces will effectively control your blood glucose.
Eye exams are recommended every one to two years, and cholesterol tests every one to three years. Your doctor will recommend other routine blood tests.
To be sure that your insulin sensitivity has returned to normal, you will need to do an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). It should be done within six weeks to six months of your pregnancy. You had this same orange sugar drink during your pregnancy at 24 to 28 weeks.
If you are planning another pregnancy, keep your family doctor and gestational diabetes team involved with your glucose control. Your family doctor will review the results of any blood work you have done. Even if your family is now complete, it is still important to have a yearly follow up appointment with your family doctor.
weight (kg) / height (m2)
|Less than 18.5
|18.5 to 24.9
|25 to 29.9
|Greater than 30
BMI is a simple ratio of weight divided by height [weight (kg)/height m2]. See www.heartandstroke.ca for a bmi calculator.
To lower your chances of developing type 2 diabetes, you need to return to a healthy weight after your pregnancy. Physical activity and a healthy diet are the best way to reach this goal. To get an idea of your suggested weight, look up your BMI (body mass index).
A healthy waist circumference is another great target. Achieving this will help reduce your risk of heart disease and other chronic conditions.
Weight loss after pregnancy is different for each woman and with each pregnancy. It depends on your pre-pregnancy weight, your age, the amount of weight and how you gained it during your pregnancy.
Being active is a great way to reduce your weight and get in shape. Still, do not rush into heavy exercise too soon after the birth of your child. Give your body some time to recover. Walking is a safe activity with which to start, but don't overdo it. Once your doctor gives you the go-ahead, begin by exercising your pelvic floor and tummy muscles. Check with your doctor or obstetrician before trying other forms of exercise. They may suggest waiting for six weeks before starting a new exercise routine.
Ideally, healthy eating and exercise are the best ways to maintain a healthy weight. Continue eating a healthy diet after the birth of your child. Remember to choose whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean proteins. Small frequent meals during the day are best. This helps reduce the amount of glucose entering your body at one time, making it easier for your insulin to do its job. Although your pregnancy hormones are gone, your body may still be partially insulin resistant or not produce enough insulin.
Obesity Canada recommends that a woman's healthy waist circumference should be less than 80 cm or 31.5 inches. A video on how to properly measure the waist can be found at www.heartandstroke.ca.
Your daily calorie needs after pregnancy will be similar to those during the second and third trimesters, especially if you are breastfeeding. An additional 400 to 600 calories support the production of breast milk. If you bottle-feed your baby, the extra nutrients help assist the healing process in the first six weeks after birth.
Your excess fat stores provide some of the additional calories needed. Plan to include an average of 300 additional calories in your diet, and allow the remaining 200 calories to come from fat stores. This will help in losing weight. After six weeks, you can further reduce calories to encourage a gradual weight reduction of one or two pounds per week.
High in protein and calcium (about 300 calories each)
See the sidebar the the right for healthy snack ideas.
If you do not get enough calories, you may feel tired, dizzy and weak. This can affect your milk production and lower the amount of antibodies in the breast milk. These antibodies enhance the baby's immune (defence) system, and are important in the first months of life. It is essential to drink plenty of fluids, water being the first choice.
Adequate calcium-containing foods maintain your bone strength and calcium storage. Dairy products, kale, almonds, and canned salmon including the bone are all rich calcium sources. See Canada's Food Guide for more information on including a variety from each of the four food groups each day.
Spread out foods containing glucose in small, frequent meals and snacks:
Balancing your meals increases the fibre rich foods, proteins and healthy fats you take in. This slows down the digestion and absorption of sugars and starches.
If you are planning another pregnancy, you must first gain good control of your blood glucose. Continue using birth control until you have reached your goals. As well, be sure to:
If you are planning another pregnancy, ask for a referral to the Diabetes in Pregnancy (DIP) clinic.
You will not need to have the OGTT during this pregnancy. An early start with the DIP clinic may help improve your blood glucose control and reduce any complications that could be associated with your pregnancy.


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News & Reviews: Recordings
Matt Flinner Trio: "Traveling Roots"
Tight ensemble playing and compositional brilliance from the mandolin whiz and his compatriots.
by David McCarty
April 19, 2016
Every since winning the 1991 Walnut Valley Mandolin Championship at Winfield, Kansas, as a youngster, Matt Flinner has been a superstar in the mandolin world. A brilliant player, composer, bandleader, teacher, and transcriber, Flinner's solo records and work with Phillips, Grier, Flinner stand as pinnacles of modern mandolin brilliance. His latest release, Traveling Roots, with his exceptional trio (guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin) takes his pioneering spirit in new directions. The recording features the exquisitely tight interplay Flinner has forged over many years of touring and recording with Martin and Thorin, both of whom share composing duties with Flinner.
The dozen deftly woven musical tapestries presented here reference a wide variety of styles and genres. For example, Martin's opening cut, "Hide nor Hair," threads a delicate line between jazz, classical, and progressive acoustic. Flinner, who's been known to transcribe Led Zeppelin solos for mandolin, tosses in a rock-influenced tune called "150 Banjos" led by a propulsive, driving bass line from Thorin. And Flinner's "One Dog Night" could easily become a parking-lot picking standard for the 21st century. Traveling Roots showcases one of progressive acoustic music's most talented and innovative bands. Filled with brilliant harmonies and tight ensemble playing, the Matt Flinner Trio's latest outing is also one of their very best. Compass Records, compassrecords.com
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[Free Download] Just received this FreEP (ya thats Free + EP uhh) from James Silk in my inbox and thought it would be good to release this for him to all of you. He has chosen 4 tracks by DJ T. (that honestly are some of my favorites from last year) and has given the tracks a little James Silk Sexines. These are all available for free download (thanks James!) and you can get them all right here!
Track list:
1. DJ T. feat Nick Maurer – Burning (James Silk's Burn This remix)
2. DJ T. feat Khan– Leaving Me (James Silk's Static remix)
3. DJ T. feat James Teej – Sense (James Silk's Frozen Plates remix)
4. DJ T. feat Cari Golden– City Life (James Silk's Perpetual Motion dub)


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When a brother or sister in Christ tells you something in confidence, make sure it goes no further.
Gossip is a gallow that kills morale, trust and love.
Some fancy themselves on being the local church's reporter! They always have the scoop and they're ready share what they've heard through the grapevine or straight from the horses' mouth. But simple fact of the matter is – God despises the grapevine of gossip that betrays trust and the talker who destroys fellowship amongst his people (Proverbs 6:16-19).
The church doesn't need any TMZs! So if that's what we're in the business of listening to other's problems for, then wisdom says we better shut down the shop before we sell a multitude of things that cannot be bought back.
"A talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter." (Proverbs 11:13)


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
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In just under two decades we've witnessed abrupt changes in how many businesses operate. Ordering toilet paper online would have seemed absolutely absurd ten years ago. However, getting similar household items online is becoming more and more commonplace. Want to find a good restaurant? A quick Google search and some Yelp reviews will help you zero in. And businesses cannot survive without a web presence. Things have definitely changed, and this has only been accelerated by the smartphones we carry with us wherever we go.
Posted Jan 13, 2016
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo struck a chord with readers last year. Everyone from pack rats to neat freaks turned to the book to help them get their homes in order. And bloggers jumped on the decluttering bandwagon, helping people who didn't read the book get some use out of it as well. But the more I read about cleaning out my closets and desk drawers, the more I realized Marie Kondo has wisdom for content marketers as well.
Posted Jan 11, 2016
Content marketing is every where. It's so ubiquitous it can be easy to turn a blind eye to it. if your email inbox is anything like mine, you're constantly being bombarded with white papers, newsletters, and infographics. It's easy to start ignoring them. But once in a while, an example of really great content marketing leaps out at you--often when you least expect it. Here are my favorites from 2015.
Posted Jan 08, 2016
New Year's may have come and gone, but it's never too late to make resolutions, predictions, or even predictions about predictions for the coming year. Case in point: Even though it's been a few weeks since Hotwire PR released its annual Communications Trends Report-which forecasts significant trends for marketers in 2016--many industry professionals are still digesting the published prognostications and determining which will develop into viable trends.
Posted Jan 04, 2016
When it comes to a content strategy, the goal is often fairly simple to define. You may want to generate more qualified leads, get more press coverage, support client success, or whatever it may be. The plan, however, is where things get a little more tricky. No matter what it is you're planning, I believe you can only change three variables when it comes to content strategy. And they all start with the letter "C": content, channels, and contributors.
Posted Dec 24, 2015
What content do employees want to share on social media? And why do they think that it's valuable to share this information there? Surprisingly, no one has ever thought to ask non-C-level employees their thoughts on sharing content-until now. Trapit, a company that enables social media content sharing by employees, commissioned what it calls the first survey of rank-and-file employees about their thoughts on sharing company information on social media.
Posted Dec 16, 2015
Content marketing is for failures. As this relatively new (or old, depending who you ask) discipline of digital marketing works through a few awkward-and sometimes painful-growth spurts, one pattern seems to pervade: You will almost definitely get it wrong before you get it right.
Posted Dec 14, 2015
In 2008, when Seth Godin, marketing wizard, proclaimed that "content marketing is all the marketing left!" it was not a signal to brands and companies to create and distribute reams of messaging disguised as content to their target audience. But in many cases, that is exactly what happened.
Posted Dec 11, 2015
ScribbleLive, a data-driven content marketing platform, announced a new integration with Hootsuite, a widely used social relationship platform, as part of its open platform initiative. The ScribbleLive App for Hootsuite, now available in the Hootsuite App Directory, helps content and social media teams collaborate together to achieve greater reach and engagement with their target audiences.
Posted Dec 10, 2015
Avid travelers have a unique lifestyle. They're curious. They're adventurous. And most of all, they value the experience of travel. Marriott rents hotel rooms. Or does it?
Posted Dec 08, 2015
You may have recently noticed a podcast renaissance of sorts. The success of Serial woke many brands, marketers, journalists, and more up to the power of the podcast. As a result, podcasts are popping up in almost every facet of business with renewed purpose, and targeting new audiences.
Posted Nov 30, 2015
Kaon Interactive, a provider of interactive 3D sales and marketing engagement applications, announced three new capabilities aimed at engaging prospects in the 'now moment,' resulting in a faster understanding of B2B business benefits through the buyers' journey.
Posted Nov 19, 2015
Rodale has been undergoing a lot of change. As the company shifts from being a publisher to being a "healthy living company," it also made a change at the top-with president Scott Schulman stepping down and Maria Rodale becoming active in the company once again, according to Folio. And now the company has closed down Rodale Grow, its content marketing group.
Brands need a clear understanding of how content marketing contributors are performing. Without an accurate, holistic view of their performance, it's difficult to connect the right contributors with the right types of projects, and hard to use actual results to guide decisions. Contently recently launched a new page in the Analytics section of its platform highlighting key metrics for all contributors, including the number of people, overall engagement, average time, average finish, and attention time. Brands will see which contributors are resonating best with their audience.
When it comes to content marketing, too many of us are guilty of breaking the cardinal sin: disguising thinly veiled sales pitches as "content." When you think of marketing like a first date, the problem with this approach is obvious. Imagine the person sitting across from you explains that they were captain of the debate and track teams, graduated summa cum laude from Yale, and founded their own company all before they turned 30. Impressive, right? Now imagine that they spend the entire date telling this story without asking you about yourself once.
According to a new survey by Constant Contact, Inc., the majority of small businesses expect 2015 to end on a high note, with 67% expecting their annual revenue to exceed 2014 revenue. The economy remains an obstacle, however, with 46% saying it is still taking a toll on their business. Despite this, small businesses are maintaining a cautiously optimistic outlook, with 78% expecting 2016 revenue to increase (44% are expecting an increase of 10% or more; 34% expect an increase of less than 10%). The holidays, however, are invoking less confidence. When owners of B2Cs were asked if they expect 2015 holiday revenue to exceed 2014 holiday revenue, 40% said yes; 26% said no; and 34% were unsure.
Posted Nov 12, 2015
The customer journey reached a tipping point in 2014 when the volume of mobile traffic overtook desktop traffic. Forrester estimates that mobile and tablet commerce will top $293 billion in 2018. Mobile moments--anytime that a customer pulls out a mobile device--are redefining customer relationships according to Forrester. And, Forrester's statement couldn't be more accurate, "In an era of empowered, perpetually connected customers, you need your customers more than they need you. To succeed, you must get serious about the way you define, implement, and manage the customer experience."
I spend a lot of time talking to companies about their content strategy. I'm happy to see that more and more companies are putting an emphasis on creating a road map for their content efforts, rather than putting something together and seeing what, if anything, sticks. Even with a greater awareness, marketers struggle to know what a great strategy looks like. Here are the seven steps I walk them through.
Posted Nov 10, 2015
The Content Marketing Institute's (CMI) 2015 reports on B2B and B2C (business-to-consumer) content marketing trends reveal some important disconnects among demand, effectiveness, and satisfaction with results. For instance, while 86% of B2B respondents indicate that they are using content marketing, only 38% say that their efforts are effective. While 83% say they have a content marketing strategy, only 35% have a documented strategy.
Posted Nov 09, 2015
Today's digital landscape is not too far removed from the baseball parks of 1998. We are bombarded with articles, blogs, videos, white papers, newsletters, emails, text alerts, and listicles clamoring for our attention. For years, we've witnessed this glut of content permeate every device and screen we interact with. Five years ago, audiences universally despised digital pop-up ads; whereas today, they are universally accepted in the interest of getting to the latest celebrity tidbit or thought leadership download.
Posted Nov 03, 2015
IBM announced the addition of six new Watson Ecosystem partners who are developing apps and services powered by cognitive computing. The new partners, Engage, Macaw Speech, Opentopic, StatSocial, Vennli, and Domus Semo Sancus, are developing use cases in the areas of call center support, speech telephony, content marketing, social media analysis, survey analysis, and risk management.
Posted Oct 29, 2015
Want to be recognised for your outstanding content? Then it's crucial you continually monitor the competition. From revealing opportunities, to highlighting failures; competitor analysis gives you invaluable insight into what works, and doesn't, as well as enables you to track how you're performing against others in the industry. Use these seven tips to keep a firm eye on the competition.
Posted Oct 28, 2015
Are you a journalist? Does a chill run up your spine when people start talking about "content"? Are you confused by the idea that working in a newsroom makes you a "content creator" and not just a reporter? Join the club. I talk to a lot of content experts, many of whom seem to think that creating a magazine/newspaper/news site is the same as creating "content."
Posted Oct 27, 2015
Proven sales pitches and promotional tactics that register with Baby Boomers and Gen Xers can bomb when directed toward 18-34 year olds. That's because, whether it's due to intrinsic fickleness, innate skepticism, or vexing demographic complexity, Millennials can be downright difficult to market to. But if you can speak their language and attract their eyeballs, you stand a better chance of engaging this increasingly populous and powerful consumer segment.
Posted Oct 26, 2015
We've all been there, looking at a website reading through the content and skimming it for the pertinent information. Halfway through we are so bored we check our phones to see if we have a text, a new tweet, or someone has liked our Instagram post. The truth is that it's easy to write boring content. It's tougher to take content that can be boring and make it interesting. In this post, we are going to take a look at how you can easily take potentially boring content and make it engaging.
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You don't need to be a restaurant owner to appreciate the 25 menu-tweaking tips compiled by Restaurant Business. Some of the more obvious measures to update an old menu include throwing more organic food into the mix and offering vegetarian-friendly items that even a hard-core carnivore could love—but the magazine also offers some innovative ways to repackage food scraps.
Evan Mallett, chef-owner of Black Trumpet Bistro in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is already thinking about the leftovers when he chooses fromage for his cheese plate, because he converts the scraps into another menu item—fondue:
'I'll pick something like a Comte that will melt well for the base, and select complementary cheeses that will add flavor without compromising the velvety texture,' Mallett explains. The fondue, served with bread and vegetables, is practically a food cost freebie at $21, and makes a great vegetarian entree or shared appetizer.
Meanwhile, Chef Michael Reilly of Legends in New Suffolk, New York, found a new use for the restaurant's leftover individual cheesecakes:
Reilly discovered that if he laid out a prepared spring roll wrapper, filled it with a 3-in. cooked cheesecake round and wrapped it up tight, he could pop the whole thing in the deep fryer and create a crispy sweet roll that was hot on the outside, and a little warm but not too oozy within. Served with caramel and chocolate dipping sauces as a special, the dessert became so popular that Legends took the original cheesecake off the menu, creating a new signature in the process.
Amazingly enough, Reilly found a way to make cheesecake even more detrimental to one's health—but at least now that the original cheesecake is off the menu, he can use freshly baked cake for these indulgent treats.


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The anxiety level of Full Tilt Poker players has been slowly rising for the past ten days as news regarding the sale of the troubled poker site to Group Bernard Tapie (GBT) hangs in limbo with no new word from the Department of Justice (DoJ) or GBT on when player repayment will commence.
"We are waiting to hear back from the DoJ and still hoping to finalize an agreement," said GBT attorney Behnam Dayanim. "It takes time. We have an oral understanding with the DoJ that we're trying to reduce to writing."
Just ten days ago, Full Tilt players were excited and optimistic that their frozen account balances would eventually be returned as Dayanim gave a timeline of two weeks in which he optimistically hoped that an agreement with the DoJ could be reached. As the days march on without a solid deal in place, players begin to wonder if the sale of Full Tilt and the reimbursement of players is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
"I'm still optimistic it will get done quickly," Dayanim said. "Certain factors are outside of our control, but the estimate Laurent gave [two weeks] is a reasonable one." Following an agreement with the DoJ, Tapie's group will have to finalize acquisition terms with Full Tilt Poker. It is expected that Full Tilt's board of directors will be required to approve any sale.
In an email that was sent from Full Tilt CEO Ray Bitar to company shareholders earlier this month that also saw extensive online circulation among the poker industry, the DoJ would most likely assume responsibility for reimbursing U.S. players, while GBT would handle the refunds of players throughout the rest of the world [ROW]. Dayanim gave reasons for the separation of the two player pools.
"There are two big differences between U.S. and Rest-of-World players," the GBT lawyer said. "One difference is that the DoJ views the activity of Full Tilt in offering wagers to U.S. players as being unlawful. It doesn't take that view with ROW players."
Regarding the second difference between American and ROW players, Dayanim said, "From Tapie's perspective, there's a difference in that the ROW players will continue to be players with a re-launched site. Contrastingly, Tapie will have no further interaction with U.S. players."
In addition to being reimbursed for their Full Tilt accounts, many players are curious as to how long it would take for Full Tilt to be up and running again and accepting wagers from non-U.S. players.
"It's a two-step process," Dayanim was quick to explain. "The first step is an agreement with the DoJ. The next step is an agreement between Full Tilt and Tapie. We still need to get the first step done. Then, there needs to be a period of due diligence. Once that period closes, if we close on the acquisition, then we'll be able to get the site running in short order. In terms of reimbursing players, it all depends on the details of the agreement with the DoJ."
The recent court papers filed by Full Tilt board member Chris Ferguson that lay claim to the players' funds seized by the government are expected to have no bearing on Full Tilt sale negotiations.
"We had no involvement in the filing of the claims, but we were aware that they were being filed," Dayanim said. "The claims present no concern to us, and likewise present no concern with respect to our ongoing negotiations with the DoJ."


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Swords & Souls GAME INFO
Swords & Souls is one of the most detailed and content filled free online fighting action game there is around right now. You will be able to create your very own warrior, name it whatever you like and choose how it looks before getting taken around the city and introduced to what you are about to embark on by a scarecrow.
The aim of the game is to train your warrior so that he is strong enough to fight numerous creatures and opponents in the battle arena which allows you to earn coins. With the coins you manage to earn, you will then be able to choose what you spend them on from upgrading your training gym so that your base stats grow stronger, to new weapons, special abilities and even a lovely home where your sword and souls warrior can rest easy!
The training has different mini games within it which you must try to master and complete which will allow you to grow either your attack, defense, dodging ability and chance of a critical attack.
Swords & Souls literally has hours and hours of gameplay so for the casual players there is a built in auto save which means that you can leave at any point and then as long as you come back to play the game at our site here at Free-Games.net your data will not be lost and you can carry on right where you left off.
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There is a disturbing and (unfortunately) growing trend to embrace deceit, distort truth and avoid accountability. Make no mistake that this trend will die and those that go down this dark path will forever regret it. In many ways it does remind me of the dark side in Star Wars. There are often ways to trick and scheme your way to gain some level of success, but it is never sustainable. Sure, some people may even get really lucky and manage to skate on a razors edge all the way to the top. But…it won't last.
The reason is quite simple. Accountability (or the lack thereof) is infectious.
For example, let's say you work at a company where everyone is really good about getting their work done on time but then a new person joins who ignores deadlines and never works hard. That person may be a junior employee, but if the organization allows him or her to continue for some time, other people in the organization will inevitable start slacking as well.
"Eh, I don't have to get this done by tomorrow. Bob is always a week late with his stuff and no one seems to care."
And that is just for an entry level employee. Obviously the situation would be much worse if the leaders in the organization did not hold themselves accountable.
But…it happens. Too often, unfortunately. And once it starts, it can become a cancer that spreads quickly and could eventually destroy the organization.
That is why it is extremely important to do the following:
- Heavily promote and encourage accountability throughout your organization. In particular, ensure all leaders are shining examples for everyone else.
- Set up a system that creates transparency so there is no question about what actually happened.
- When someone makes a mistake (as is normal), ensure that they have a chance to hold themselves accountable and take the appropriate actions.
- If someone doesn't take the appropriate actions after a mistake, ensure that they have the right coaching structure so that team members can help hold each other accountable.
- If someone proves after some time that they are unwilling or unable to be accountable, then it is time to part ways since they clearly do not belong.
Yes, this is hard and it takes work. But a focus on accountability is how an organization continues to grow and thrive.


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For Hand Of Mercy, it's been somewhat of a long road to success – at least by the standards of todays Internet hype-driven music industry. Starting out in 2007, the band has taken the long road – touring their arses off, and releasing music and perfecting their art.
But for all intents and purposes, the formula for this band has worked. Have fun, play shows and make friends. With a 100% percent DIY approach to everything they do, the band has been able to tour with some of the best bands from Australia and the rest of the world. To date, their tour resume reads like a who's who of Modern Hardcore heavyweights – The Amity Affliction, A Day To Remember, The Ghost Inside, August Burns Red and most recently, a national main support on Parkway Drive's "Sick Summer II" Tour in January 2012.


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Once upon a time, fresh out of Code Academy, I Googled for a way to design a GUI in Python. I came across Qt Designer. Cool! It reminded me of Microsoft Access and Visual Basic. I could lay out windows, buttons, boxes and so on just the way I wanted, set their properties and add some code. I began learning about "slots" and "signals", Qt's system of connecting what a widget is supposed to do to what the user does to it. But before long, it hit me:
The code I was using to create this wonderful GUI was not Python; it was Qt.
Somewhere along the line I'd read that Qt could be used to make a GUI for use in Python, yet Qt and Python are completely separate languages, so how, I asked myself, could I possibly use a GUI created in Qt, in Python? It sounded about as likely as running a Mac OS application on my Android phone. For whatever reason at that time, I couldn't find a clear answer to this, and other options such as wxPython and Tkinter drifted into my view, so Qt was quickly forgotten. wxPython looked cool but when I decided it would be best for me as a newbie to learn in Python 3, wxPython quickly dropped off my radar. I noted Tkinter is included with Python and has been around forever, so it seemed to be the best option of the three. Unfortunately, I found Tkinter's documentation to be fragmented and in some cases, ancient. Trying to produce a simple table object gradually wore me down over a period of months, which taught me the hard way that Tkinter is apparently just fine for GUIs with simple buttons, text boxes and lists, but nearly useless for data objects any more complex than a listbox. The one or two times I've run across table-like objects for Tkinter, I found they were not compatible with Python 3.
Luckily, I was only one more frustrated Google search away from discovering an amazing concept that brings diverse languages together in harmony, letting them play ball joyously with one another and get along like BFFs:
I eventually discovered Pyside, which re-introduced me to its friend Qt, and now Qt and I are buddies again! The secret? Lay out, code and design the GUI of my dreams in Qt, and when done, it's only one magical command-line incantation away form being transformed into a Python class object, ready to be called upon any time! Pyside changed the direction of my DataQ project and injected it, and my Python learning adventure, with new life. Before long I was able to finally create a real GUI widget for my app and even able to my data into it.
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Simple Ways to Practice Justice and Compassion
About the Author:
AMBER ROBINSON is an ordinary woman seeking to bridge the gap between the needs for justice and balancing family, work, and service. Her life's passion is to write and advocate for children with Compassion International. She speaks to groups who want to incorporate justice pursuits in simple, practical ways. She is an imperfect Christ follower and reluctantly optimistic.
Amber began this journey when chronic illness forced her to reevaluate her priorities and learn to serve with limitations in everyday life. She networks with leaders in the justice movement as well as everyday women with various limitations in time, resources, and energy but long to serve in simple, practical ways. What can we do at home, shopping, in business, or with family and friends? Not everything, but we can find our "one thing".
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Images from the media leave us shaking our heads. We want to do something about the hurts of the world, but we aren't sure what steps to take. In Mercy Rising, author Amber Robinson offers the tools women need to make the impact their hearts desire. Filled with helpful hints, inspired insights, and solid biblical wisdom, this organized resource will show you practical ways to find and focus on serving those who suffer.
With clever charm and earnest exploration, Mercy Rising will help even the busiest of women find the right place to spend meaningful moments practicing justice and compassion.
My Review:
I received this book a week after we had a missionary from Africa staying with us. Needless to say, my heart was WAY primed for this topic!! There are so many less fortunate in our world!! It doesn't seem to matter how desperate someone's situation is, there is always someone more in need. It doesn't matter if you are in the United States or a third world country, there are people who need the basic necessities of life that most of us take for granted. Mercy Rising if full of ideas and information on how YOU can get involved. Monetary ideas, service ideas, prayer ideas, and the list goes on. It doesn't matter if you have a lot of time or NO time, there IS something you can do and it will make a difference.
I loved this book, the stories of real people just like us making a difference. I loved all the ideas, big and little, the lists of organizations you can get involved with, the information to help you decide where YOU fit in. I also love that each chapter ends with a list of questions to enhance your thoughts on what you have just read.
I really didn't feel this book was just for women, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a difference, anyone who doesn't think what little they could do would make a difference, and especially to those who have never really thought about making a difference!!
Thank you Amber Robinson for the complimentary copy of your book in exchange for my honest opinion.
Counting it all Joy!!


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Like many of us, Ellen O'Donohoe was more likely to put her feet up on an evening then get out and go for a run. But that all changed when she caught the 'running bug' from her housemate and in just three weeks time Ellen will be running her first ever half marathon for Scope at Run to the Beat. Like many of our participant's, Ellen's motivations for signing-up with Scope are personal – here's her story documenting her training, injuries and fundraising over the past few months:
I was never very sporty growing up. I was always happier reading a book rather than playing sports. I surprised myself by getting into running. I was looking for a way to exercise (to lose some weight, if I'm honest) and decided that sticking to an exercise routine would be easier with a friend so I began joining my housemate who liked to run. It took a while, and I didn't see it happening, but I grew to love running.
A tough Winter
Even so, earlier this year, during the bitterly cold winter months, I was finding it harder and harder to go running. I decided to sign up for a race, something I've never done before, so that I would have something to work towards. Running for charity made sense to me because I knew it would help to keep me motivated. My cousin had cerebral palsy and knowing of the support that Scope provides to people like her made me want to raise money for them.
The highs and lows of training
I started training right away, I had a long way to go from my two-three miles every week. I steadily increased the miles I was doing and was very proud the first time I reached 10K. Something I never would have believed I could do just a few years ago. Unfortunately, I pushed too hard and pulled a calf muscle. It was so frustrating. I was unable to run for six weeks!
During that time I focused on fundraising instead. I organised a sponsored bleep test at work and convinced a few colleagues to join me. I planned it well in advance so my leg had time to heal (although it was close) five racers took part, including myself, and together we raised nearly £80.
A dash to the confidence
To help with my training and to get me used to the race atmosphere I signed up for a shorter race. I agreed to be part of a relay team for the Upton Tri in July, running 10k. It happened to fall on one of the hottest days of the year. By the time I was due to run my section the temperature had already reached 30 degrees. It was horrible. I made it half way around before the heat got the better of me and forced me to walk/run the rest. It took me a long time to reach the finish line, so much longer than I hoped. I finished the race disheartened, wishing I could have done better and worried about what this might mean for the race in September.
A little over a week later, I ran 10 miles for the first time in training. It did wonders for my confidence. It was such a difference from my practice race. For the first time I felt that no matter what happened, I would be able to make it across the finish line.
Injury free until race day?
As far as fundraising goes, my friends and family have been very generous. I still have a little way to go to reach my target but I'm hopeful I'll make it. For now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will stay injury free until race day. Despite all the ups and downs that I now know comes with training I hope, that by race day, I will be strong enough and prepared enough to run the whole 13.1 miles.
If you'd like to sponsor Ellen and help her reach her fundraising goal then do visit her online giving page. We'll be there on race day to cheer Ellen and our other Team Scope runners along the Run to the Beat course – if you'd like to be there with us then please do volunteer by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or why not take on your own challenge for Scope?