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Today in history – William Boyd died September 12, 1972. He was better known as the beloved Hopalong Cassidy with his fantastic horse.
He was a western hero to children. In 1950, his show had become the 7th most popular television show in America. All kids wanted to be like Hoppy, wear a black hat or own any of the toys, chaps and guns that were mass produced at that time.
A few years ago we did some eBay purchases for a friend in Northern Ireland and vintage lunch boxes were one thing we went on a search for.
Well, what did we find……a Hoppy lunch box and thermos of course! The lunch box was a little battered but my goodness….wonder how many time it had been wagged to school and stashed under a desk waiting for lunch.
Probably filled with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a cookie or piece of fruit and thermos of Koolaid.
The Hopalong lunch box still had a child's name on on it. Noel Johnson. Wouldn't it be fun if by some chance Noel Johnson or his descendants saw this image and contacted me! I could tell him where his lunch box resides now)))
In my early school years, our sandwich of choice was a wiener sandwich with mustard, wrapped in waxed paper, bologna with mayo or peanut butter and jelly. We always had Koolaid to drink either grape, strawberry or orange. Sometimes we would have Tang.
I can remember riding on the bus, holding the lunch box in my lap and smelling that sandwich through the little vents in the metal box.
My lunch box was a Mickey Mouse one. Here's a picture of one like it, but it's not mine. Mine was forever lost or tossed away after it was no longer needed.
In searching for old lunch boxes for my friend, I found that many times the thermos became separated from the box to no surprise.
We had a lot of fun finding boxes that were in surprisingly good shape, and even more fun bidding on them. It's really fun to bid when you're bidding with someone else's money! We came away with quite a few finds))
The Davy Crockett box in the photo was purchased on eBay. It didn't have a thermos, but we found one elsewhere!
This lunch box has Davy Crockett "King of the Wild Frontier" on one side and Kit Carson on the other.
Reading about the both of them was a favorite past time. And who doesn't remember the Davy Crockett TV show with Fess Parker!
During my search for lunchboxes one of the greatest finds was a Roy Rogers lunch box and thermos. Our youngest grandson immediately took possession of it and declared it his. I have to say….I was mighty tempted to hang on to that box, but opted for a photo shoot then packed it up and sent it across the water to the buyer. But we had fun with it for an afternoon))) Here's some images.
This photo was taken in the playhouse we built a few years ago for the grands. The old chairs came out of the school I attended in the late 1950's and 1960's.
I hope the boots are on the right feet…..Matt was notorious during this time for putting his boots on the wrong feet!
He really did have a hard time understanding why this wasn't his lunch box to take home. This vintage Roy Rogers box and thermos was well more than $100 on eBay so I promised to find him another…..course you know how that goes…..he's in the second grade now and I never came up with a replacement((( But we had fun that afternoon playing in the backyard and having lunch.
*Note: Well, would you believe when I was writing this post that Matt walked in (now in the second grade) and saw….awwww….my lunchbox…..why did you sell it???? lol Made me do a search on eBay and look for another! We saw them ranging from $50 to $1,800!! Yikes….maybe I can talk him into some bright and shiny new)))

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Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
Āsana and Movement – Lecture Notes from TKV Desikachar April 1992
The traditional model, Śikṣaṇa, for Yoga was to stay in a posture, Krishnamacharya introduced movement in the postures.
He decided that you could be in one posture and do a number of variations.
– Yoga has been adapted to life in the modern day.
– Any posture far removed from the normal posture is a problem and therefore risky if there is any problem with the body.
– Inverted postures present problems because of the tension that people carry in their necks.
– Postures that create tension should be avoided.
– Moving into the posture after the exhale is an adaptation.
Krishnamacharya designed aids to help people achieve postures.
Slow movement has a different action on the muscles, it is harder work.
The role of Āsana, its purpose and goal must be respected.
Opposite postures are a handicap but can help us to appreciate something different in a posture.
We must feel ourselves and what is happening in a posture.
Students need to be aware of which parts of the body to bring attention to, without the teachers hands to remind them; so by reminding them in another posture they will be aware of which part to move.
– Notes from TKV Desikachar's lectures at a 6 day retreat in England in April 1992
Courtesy – Paul Harvey's Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Call for a public advocate in SF
Call the MTA? Good luck. The MTA's bread and butter is parking tickets. It's not in its best interest to have an effective process for investigating unfair tickets — and it doesn't. The majority of complaints are simply dismissed as unfounded.
Call your supervisor? Maybe, but your supervisor's job is to write laws, and the law says that tickets have to be fairly administered. All he or she can do is call the MTA and ask for an investigation.
Call the mayor? As the head of the executive branch, it's his job to make sure laws are carried out. But the mayor appoints every MTA commissioner. When you complain to the mayor, you're complaining to the mayor about the mayor.
Most people just get mad and pay the damn ticket wishing there was someone on their side in City Hall.
Well in New York; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Detroit; Anchorage, Alaska; Cincinnati; and every major city in Canada, citizens can call their public advocate.
A public advocate is an elected official whose responsibility is to make sure that people get fair treatment by their local government. New York City has had one since 1993. Bill de Blasio was public advocate before being elected mayor.
The public advocate is like a complaint and whistle-blowing department — but with teeth.
Is a city agency ignoring your calls? Call the public advocate. Has the city charged you a fine or given you an undeserved ticket? Call the public advocate. Are you watching the city waste money on methods that don't produce results? Call your public advocate.
She'll not only hear your complaint, she'll fight to make sure you're fairly compensated and the same thing doesn't happen to someone else.
This isn't an attack on the mayor or the supervisors — it's about fixing a broken system. Our city government has no truly independent agency empowered to fight for the public.
Corruption can go unanswered because the budget for the Ethics Commission — the body meant to investigate elected officials — is controlled by the mayor and the supervisors.
Police violence can go unaddressed because a mayoral appointee heads the agency that's supposed to investigate the police department.
There will be people in City Hall who will try to tell you that we don't need independent oversight, that things are working just fine. That's nonsense. Investing around $2 million — 0.02 percent of our $9 billion city budget — in an office that investigates government waste and bureaucratic ineptitude is a no brainer.
Homelessness and street cleaning have gone unaddressed for years, City Hall has been faced with corruption scandals, and trust in the police department has never been more strained.
The mayor and the board of supervisor need to show that they aren't afraid of independent oversight. City Hall needs to introduce legislation that creates the Office of the Public Advocate and put it on this November's ballot.
Let your supervisor and the mayor know that a public advocate for the people of San Francisco is long overdue.
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1) Think about prime send times
Depending upon your unique subscriber list, content, and company, you'll have a prime send time that varies from everyone else's. According to an email report by Experian Marketing Services, most emails performed best when sent between 8:00 p.m. and midnight. This block of emails boasted a 22% open rate and a higher-than-normal clickthrough and sales rate.
These results may be on account of inbox crowding: if you send your email While this is a great baseline to start from, it's important to remember that each company's prime send time will vary, so it's important to look into your analytics to find your best sending time.
2) Give something away
People love free stuff and it's just as true in email marketing as it is anywhere else. Recently, Bluewire Media ran a test on their 6,300 email subscribers. They were wondering which types of content earned the highest click and conversion rates. What they found was, overwhelmingly, that emails giving away templates and tools were opened at a much higher rate.
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To get more engagement from your customers and produce higher levels of conversions for your company, offer to give something away every now and again. Whether it's a template or an eBook, freebies keep your users interested and help you produce great email marketing results throughout the new year.
3) Optimize for mobile
We can't say enough about this. Mobile is a huge deal right now and if your email marketing content isn't optimized for mobile platforms, you're missing out. Mobile traffic makes up 47% of the average email open rate. That said, it's hugely important to make sure that everything you send out via email looks and performs great on a mobile phone.
This means converting your content to one column templates, increasing font size to make it more readable on a small screen, ensuring that buttons are at least 44 pixels x 44 pixels, and making CTA buttons obvious (above the fold) and easy to click (by placing them in the middle of the screen).
4) Make use of weekends
Earlier we talked a bit about your prime send times but what about your prime send days? According to the aforementioned Experian study, emails sent on Saturday and Sunday outperformed emails sent on weekdays. That said, consider whether sending your marketing emails on the weekends is something that will work for your clients and company.
5) Keep your whole list active
Say you have a list of 1,500 email subscribers. Great! The problem is that only a portion of that list is likely to be active. In fact, some studies have found that most lists have an inactivity rate of 63%. That said, in order to make the most of your email list, you'll have to figure out a way to engage the entire list rather than just a portion. One of the most effective ways to do this is through what marketers call a "Re-engagement campaign."
Re-engagement campaigns look a little different for every marketer, but essentially they involve testing different subject lines to find out which ones earn the highest open and click rates from the highest portion of your list. Keep in mind, though, that any re-engagement campaign you run should offer value, as well. Once that inactive 63% of your list clicks an email, they're going to want to see something good.
6) Write to one person
Nobody wants to be just one person in a crowd of subscribers, so help your readers feel unique by writing every email as if you were writing to them and them alone. This approach makes your emails more personal and provides a higher level of value for every reader.
7) Be respectful
Remember how we said earlier that 144 billion emails are sent every day? Most consumers feel like all of them wind up in their personal inboxes. For this reason, it's hugely important to be respectful of your readers' time. To put this another way: don't spam anyone. Spam is one of the quickest ways to get yourself booted from the inbox and companies that don't send spam are generally more well-regarded by their customers.
That said, only write an email when you have something valuable to say and be careful to get to the point as quickly as possible. This will keep you in your customers' good graces and allow you to maintain your inbox privileges.
8) Remind your readers that they're not alone
Why do people sign up for email lists? To get great content, information, and offers. But what's one of the easiest things marketers can do to ensure that their readers are anxiously awaiting the next email?
The answer is simple: remind readers that you're on their side. This takes a variety of different forms, including polling readers for content ideas, offering surveys, letting readers know you sympathize with their struggles, and then offering them actionable solutions to deal with them. This tip should pervade your content and, when done correctly, can take your emails from "blah" to "wow!"
9) Reward readers
So you've got a faithful list of readers. How do you keep them that way? You give them a reward! By rewarding your readers for faithfully opening your emails, you inspire them to continue doing so in the future. Rewards can be anything from access to a super-secret sale to insider info, industry tips, or inspirational content that's not shared anywhere else.
10) Make use of power words
When you get 20 emails an hour, nothing much stands out. Until, that is, you see a subject line that includes emotive, exciting power words. Incorporating sensory phrases into your email marketing can go a long way toward improving your open rate and ensuring that your emails are well-received by readers.
11) Keep headlines simple
If your readers have to puzzle over the meaning of your email headline, they're going to hit "Delete" in no time. Trust us on this one – when it comes to email marketing, the simple path is almost always the right one. Emails shouldn't be brain twisters – they should simply provide valuable information in a quickly digestible package. Enough said.
12) Automate it
One of the easiest ways to make email marketing easier for you is to automate it. Services like MailChimp and Constant Contact both offer automated email marketing with simple drag-and-drop template layouts. Utilizing an automated service like this can help ensure that your emails get out when they need to as well as giving you a place to monitor your analytics.
13) Make the most of your CTAs
If you're going to include CTAs in your email, they need to be clear, concise, and compelling. You should be telling your readers exactly what you want them to do and reminding them what they'll get if they do. CTAs aren't platforms for guesswork and when you lay it out clearly for your subscribers, you're likely to produce better results.
14) Keep body copy short
You're writing an email, not a novel. Long, bulky, text-dense emails are going to lose your readers' interest in a hurry, so you're best off keeping your body copy short and concise. The next time you edit your email, challenge yourself to cut your body copy in half before you send the email out. This will distil your points to the most important ones and ensure that your readers are getting only the information they need.
15) Be natural
Now more than ever, consumers want to interact with authentic marketers and companies. To help this come through in your email marketing, avoid using strict formulas, be conversational in your tone, and ensure that you're interacting with your readers like you would interact with real people. This will help make your emails something readers look forward to.
When done right, email marketing can be more effective than other types of marketing, including social media marketing. To get it right, though, you'll need to keep these 15 tips in mind. Doing these things ensures that you're sending valuable, exciting, actionable emails that your readers will love to engage with.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The long winter has meant frozen lakes, iced-over garden beds and many questions about when we can put the spade to dirt and start planting the garden.
Even 5-year-old Edina gardener Ari Farsht wants answers. He gardens with his mother, Amy. Last year he planted tomatoes and cucumbers.
"I want to know when it's warm enough to plant a garden" Farsht said.
Gardening expert Trace Tomforde from Minneapolis' Mother Earth Gardens says the warm spurt over the past five days has made a significant difference.
You can now plant potatoes, onions, carrots and spinach, lettuce, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.
But Ari said he's worried about the changing weather forecast for this week.
"I don't think you should plant it today because it's going to be slushy snow sometime this week," Farsht said.
Tomforde said all of those seeds and seedlings are hardy enough to go in the ground before the last frost, which means they're certainly ready to go now. But tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are not ready.
"Those things can't go into the ground until it's significantly warm, which is usually late May," Tomforde said.
This is the same recommendation experts make every year. According to Tomforde, this year is really not that abnormal in the scheme of typical Minnesota winters. But gardener Dawn Yeager begs to differ.
"This winter though has been so long and so cold and so much snow. And so the three days of sun you're just going crazy, like 'Let's just get going,'" Yeager said.
Still, there may be casualties of the late defrosting like veggies that prefer cool soil – namely peas and snow peas.
Tomforde also said that some of the flowers that typically bloom in the spring aren't going to put on their normal show, like magnolias, tulips, daffodils. They may still bloom, but they'll be spent very quickly.
Instead of enjoying tulips for two weeks, we may enjoy for two days.
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By Krosis#35940 6 years ago ( 6.4.5 )
spin2win#26022 in reply to Nibbler323#20500 6 years ago ( 7.1.2 )
Uh.....i doubt that.
Icee#91581 4 years ago ( 9.0.3 )
REQUIP! Dark War Diety armor!!
ms puppet#94700 3 years ago ( 9.6.3 )
And then comes the real Erza (#3604) three years later.
EDIT: Sorry if this was late, the WSM Collab just ended in Japan almost a month ago.
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misticspea#101589 3 years ago ( 12.0.3 )
This is Erza
ryanatk#53162 in reply to Nibbler323#20500 6 years ago ( 7.2.1 )
Nibbler323#20500 6 years ago ( 6.4.5 )
They didn't give her bigger boobs cause then it would be ©copyright from the real Erza.This reply has been flagged as spam Show
By m.Frog#30211 6 years ago ( 6.4.2 )
Now with 100% bind resistance, Dark Minerva makes a high-performance sub for many kinds of teams, especially with attack oriented devil leaders like red Sonia, Hera-Ur, Ultimate Hera, and Satan.
For mid-level players, D-Minerva is a great leader for black & red technical dungeons and descends. SoD Lucifer is a popular pairing; even if Lucifer is bound Minerva can ensure high damage reduction without the worry of being bound herself.
Quick Bomb's usefulness is in its defense reduction and rapid cooldown, rather than the damage. It can lower demon defenses enough for low-attack Luci teams, or make high defense bosses vulnerable before performing a spike-attack or a high-attack skill like gungnir.
Quick Bomb at high skill levels cuts down a lot of time when cycling through dungeons. This is especially useful in metal dungeons; a double-Satan team would cut through king & super-king defense with minimal effort after Quick Bomb. The skill effect lasts through all rounds so all you need to do is to detonate Quick Bomb once at the first battle, as long as you kill off all enemies in 1 turn. If you mess up, it just takes a few turns for another Quick Bomb. With some skill boosters you can even detonate Quick Bomb at turn 1, so those with stones can maximize Super King & King Carnival runs using this method.
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scott#50009 6 years ago ( 6.5.5 )
Nevermind, this character rocks on my ronia team. Just need to max out Quick Bomb.
scott#50009 6 years ago ( 6.5.2 )
Wish the Resist Bind would apply to the whole team, then she would rock, otherwise, I don't see the value.
By IAmRandom3#6999 6 years ago ( 6.3.1 )
She will complete my Devil Team which is looking very nice atm!
Now I just need Sonia friends and my own Sonia.
By Cloudy[!]#25943 6 years ago ( 6.4.2 )
3 turn minimum CD. That's the type of skill I want.
By DevaBus#29112 6 years ago ( 6.5.5 )
i don't get how there are two comments where people say "Erza" and get two completely different responses >3>
chrysoth#61443 5 years ago ( 7.2.3 )
Check the dates.
By thebaddest#34879 6 years ago ( 6.4.5 )
A good sub for Ares?
By Barksdale#60846 6 years ago ( 7.2.2 )
Rolled a Minerva in the PC godfest. Can't wait to evo her up to this :D
By Low#40854 5 years ago ( 7.2.3 )
Her active is beast if you can skill up. Too bad it takes a boss drop from the gunma collaboration or annoying bunnies from ragnarok.
By Samael#90199 4 years ago ( 9.0.3 )
You're going to want to bring her with you into the Hera-Ur dungeon to obtain her Hera for awakening. Sit her on lead, a max G.Odin friend on the bench and load the rest of the team with high hp or high damage blues and it's pretty good chances you'll blow through Hera-Ur descended. Haven't tried Zeus yet but War deity's obviously better for his. Fortunately the awoken mats aren't that bad at all so just switch between the two in order to grab her Zeus and Hera mats. She's perfectly suited for helping you grab them and evolve her into an ultimate bad mother.
By nerdotaku#42741 6 years ago ( 6.4.5 )
I know I comment on almost all the other girls saying I need them, but you know I really only love you Minerva. Please be mine next gala.
By wtfizzle#14344 6 years ago ( 6.5.2 )
Krosis#35940 6 years ago ( 6.5.2 )
Man that was a really funny joke you come up with it yourself?
misticspea#101589 3 years ago ( 12.0.3 )
This is Erza
By Vic#44126 6 years ago ( 6.5.5 )
Black Wing Armor ERZA!!!! =D *drools*
By Dragonsong#45013 6 years ago ( 6.5.2 )
What is she a hooker? COVER UP!!!
Anon#24960 6 years ago ( 6.5.2 )
Somebody has never seen Hera at all...
Dawn#72866 5 years ago ( 7.5.1 )
Yeah, she's quite the hooker. I haven't met someone who's come in contact with her without a broken jaw yet.
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One of the first things I learned about in recovery was the link between fear and faith. Over the years it continues to be a source of insight, comfort, and spiritual growth.
In active addiction I could find no respite or relief from the fear that drove my insane thinking and actions. One of the things I feared the most was recovery—and the reality of facing life on life's terms without the escape-hatch of inebriation and delusion. One day I realized that my old life will always be available to me if I want it back and that the truth of my hesitation was a fear that I wouldn't be good enough for the new life recovery offered. That I would fail.
There is a strong relationship between fear and faith. My understanding of that relationship often finds daily relevance in my desire to control people, places, and things. It happens without me thinking about it or realizing I'm doing it and is a stark reminder of my frequent lack of faith and underlying fears. When I am trying to control life and run the show myself I am usually fearful at some base level and afraid that things won't work out well—or in the way I want them to.
Fear remains a common foe in my daily effort to live and grow spiritually. It is very often the root cause of my agitation or discomfort. Sometimes when I pause and remember to think about what I am fearful about in my problems or struggles I can quickly identify what particular thing is causing my discomfort. Other times it's not clear exactly what I'm in fear of—but it is enough to simply recognize and acknowledge the feeling. When I am stuck in fear I often preclude God's chance to show me new solutions.
Ultimately, when I have slipped away from faith and into fear it is because I have lost sight of my ability to trust in or accept the results that my Higher Power will provide.
An honest connection with a Higher Power opened the door to the arrival of faith in my life. Faith rides with me on the horse of my actions in life and allows me to seek the help of God and my friends because I've nothing held back—nothing hidden that causes shame or guilt. Acceptance, and ultimately transcendence, of life's fears is easier when I'm properly prepared and supported. Fear becomes a much more natural part of my living and less likely to control or propel me in ways I don't see or understand.
The idea of replacing fear with faith is fairly simple but learning how to put it into practice regularly, and thoroughly, has taken many years. The first stage is recognizing when my actions are being motivated by fear and then understanding in what way I am trying to control an outcome. Seeing how my faith and ability to trust work together enables me to remain connected to God's plan for me and allows me to step back from my own desire to take charge and force my will into the world around me.
Slowly I began to experience how the gifts of recovery accumulate in ways that build and increase my faith. As I faced the inevitable challenges of life and got through them I added another "win" to the faith column. Each of these wins helped overcome the sense of fear and doubt that was rooted in my addictive past.
These experiences showed that when I weathered the storm of today I would always return again to the calm sunshine of tomorrow.
Today it is the attraction of recovery rather than the fear of the consequences of addiction that keeps me excited and eager to participate. I've learned that I need only the courage to face today and can let the fear of the future and the pains of the past remain where they are. The spiritual awakening provided by the process of recovery frees me from the trap of ruining my present with fears about the past or future and connects me to something larger than myself. Instead of the fear and worry about what others are thinking and doing, I am able to know what I am thinking and believe in. Today I follow a path guided by a security of faith and spiritual belonging rather than the isolated longing and fearful worries of addictive thinking.
Ultimately, recovery asks that I demonstrate through example how faith has changed my life. The daily commitment to faith in the relationship with my Higher Power shows me how to find the value of my entire life within the journey of a single day—today.


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The visiting Indian Parliamentary Delegation and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe held a discussion yesterday.
On this occasion the Indian delegation told the Opposition Leader that during their Jaffna tour they had seen with their own eyes the development activities taking place there.
However the Opposition Leader's office said that the delegation had told the Opposition Leader that the problems of the people in those areas had still not been properly solved.
In addition the delegation had informed the Opposition Leader that an objective of their tour was also to ascertain the stand of other Sri Lankan political parties.
On this occasion the Opposition Leader had also asked the Indian delegation about the sufferings caused to Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu.
Responding to this, the Indian Delegation had told the Opposition Leader that they had come to Sri Lanka representing India.
The Delegation had told the Opposition Leader that they were not in any way making their current Sri Lankan tour relevant to Tamil Nadu.
The Opposition Leaders' office said that it had been emphasized at the discussion that it was important to maintain good healthy friendship between Sri Lanka and India.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan Artists engaged themselves in a religious observance of Determination at Independence Square yesterday under the theme "Come ….see the truth".
On this occasion veteran artists Satischandra Edirisinghe and Raveendra Randeniya expressed their views as follows;


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UCLan student, James Marsh, recently undertook a two-day work experience placement at the ITV studios Orange Tower in Media City, Salford.
Currently in his second year of studying BA (Hons) Film, Media and Popular Culture, James sourced this opportunity through his own connections and persistence to get in touch with professionals within the industry. Provided with the opportunity to meet the director of ITV as well as networking with presenters and journalists, James commented on his highlights of the placement:
"It was fascinating to see how the staff members didn't stick to one job; one day they might be operating cameras, the next they might be working on sound. I also enjoyed the filming; going out, observing and learning what goes into setting up for the press conferences."
Working at Media City allowed James to explore the different aspects of the industry he is currently studying and working towards developing his career. The first day involved working behind the scenes at the shoot of a press conference, a children's football game and Q&A session with the Rochdale football players whilst the second day gave James the chance to explore the technical aspect such as the studio preparation and observing the live filming of the 6pm news.
As well as an invaluable experience, James took the opportunity to build on his contacts within the industry for enquiring about potential apprenticeships and job openings after he graduates. Reflecting on his University study, James commented on his experience of the degree course:
"It's a really enjoyable course. You don't just learn about film, you learn about all forms of media; and all of the lecturers on the course will be more than happy to help you along the way."
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Are you interested in exploring more digital archives related to Latina/Chicana history? Check out the following links.
Chicana Por Mi Raza Digital Memory Collective
Oviatt Library Digital Collections Latino Archive
The Benson Latin American Collection Onda Latina Collection
The Benson Latin American Collection VOCES Oral History Project
The UCLA Library Digital Collections Los Angeles Latino Families Photo Project
The University of Iowa Digital Library Mujeres Latinas Digital Collection
Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art: A Digital Archive at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The University of North Texas Portal to Texas History Mexic-Arte Museum Holdings
The University of Texas at Arlington Tejano Voices project


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Glossary of Musical Terms
Our glossary of musical terms lets you look up any musical term unfamiliar to you, and comes to us courtesy of our good friends at Naxos.
The word 'cembalo' is usually used to indicate the harpsichord.
A chaconne (= Italian: ciaconna; earlier English: chacony) is in origin a dance popular in Spain in the early 17th century. It came to signify a form in which there are a series of variations over a short repeated bass or chordal pattern. Famous examples of the form are found in Bach's Chaconne for unaccompanied violin in his D minor Partita or the earlier Chacony in G minor by Henry Purcell.
Chamber music
Chamber music is music for a small ensemble of instruments, intended for performance in a room or chamber, as opposed to a church or larger building.
Chamber orchestra
A chamber orchestra has come to indicate an orchestra smaller in size than the usual symphony orchestra.
A chanson is a French song. The word is used to indicate songs from the troubadour compositions of the Middle Ages to the art-songs of the 19th and 20th centuries.
(see Plainchant and Gregorian Chant)
The word chapel (= Latin: cappella, capella; French: chapelle; German: Kapelle) signifies, in the ordinary sense, a place of worship. In music it may be used to indicate a group of musicians employed by the church or by the court, as in the English Chapel Royal, the group of musicians employed by the English monarch, or, in later continental terminology, any musical establishment.
A choir is a group of singers. The word is generally used to indicate such a group in a church, or the part of the church in which such a group is normally placed.
A chorale is a German Lutheran hymn-tune, a number of which were composed or arranged by Luther himself and adapted in later centuries to various harmonies, the most famous of all by Johann Sebastian Bach. The word is also used in America to signify a choir or chorus.
Chorale prelude
The chorale prelude, an introduction to a chorale, was developed in 17th century Germany as an organ composition based on a chorale melody. The form is found in the later 17th century in the work of Buxtehude and in the early 18th century most notably in the 45 chorale preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach.
A chord is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes. The adjective is chordal. The study of harmony involves the correct placing of chords with relation to each other.
A chorus is a group of singers. The word is also used to indicate a refrain in a song.
Chromatic notes are those that do not belong to the diatonic scale. If an ascending scale is taken from the note C, in the form C, D, E, F, etc., chromatic notes would be C# (C sharp), D# (D sharp), etc., notes not found in the diatonic scale of C major, which has no sharps or flats.
A clarinet is a woodwind instrument with a single reed, as opposed to the oboe, which has a double reed. The clarinet was developed from the year 1800 onwards from the earlier chalumeau, which played notes only in the lower register. The new instrument added notes in the higher register. Clarinets are built in different keys, most commonly in B flat and in A.
Clarino was the word often used in the 17th and 18th centuries for trumpet. Now the word describes the upper register of the trumpet, much used in the baroque period, when the trumpet, lacking valves, could only produce successive notes in the highest register, an art that later fell into temporary disuse.
In the most general meaning of the word, classical music may designate fine music or serious music. More technically the word may refer to a period in the history of music, the later 18th century, the age of Haydn, Mozart andBeethoven. The classical may be differentiated from the so-called romantic, the relatively experimental and less formally restricted kinds of music that became current in the 19th century.
The clavichord is a small early keyboard instrument with a hammer-action. The strings are struck by a tangent, a small oblong strip of metal, eliciting a soft sound. The limited dynamic range of the clavichord make it unsuitable for public performance, but it was historically much favoured by composers such as Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and a leading keyboard-player in the middle of the 18th century.
The five lines generally used in musical notation have no precise meaning without the addition at the left-hand side of a clef, a sign that specifies the note to be indicated by one of the lines, from which other notes may be gauged. The so-called treble clef, familiar to pianists and violinists, otherwise known as a G clef, is used to show that the second line from the bottom is G. The so-called bass clef, otherwise known as an F clef, shows that the second line from the top is the F below middle C. C clefs are used on any line to show the position of the note known as middle C. Most frequently found are the alto clef, a C clef on the middle line of the stave (the group of five lines) and the tenor clef, a C clef on the second line from the top. The alto clef is the principal clef used for the viola, the tenor of the string family, while the tenor clef is used for the upper register of instruments like the cello and the bassoon. In plainchant, with its four-line stave, there are C clefs and F clefs which may appear on any line.
A coda (Italian: tail) is the ending of a piece of music. This may be very short, but in a composition on a large scale may be extended. The diminutive codetta may be used to indicate the closing part of a section of a composition.
Originally signifying colouring, the word coloratura is generally used to describe vocal music that is extensively ornamented and calls for ability in a very high register. A typical part for a coloratura soprano is that of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflste).
A concertante part in a piece of music is a part that calls for some element of solo performance, as in a classical concerto. The word is found in the phrase Sinfonia concertante, which is used to indicate an orchestral composition with two or more solo instruments, a title used from the late 18th century onwards.
The concertino is the small group of solo instruments used in a concerto grosso in contrast to the whole body of the orchestra, consisting of ripieno players (see Concerto grosso). A concertino may also be a small concerto (see Concerto).
A concerto is a piece of instrumental music that contrasts a solo instrument or a small group of solo instruments with the main body of the orchestra. In the earlier 17th century the word had a more general significance, but in the early 18th century it came to mean primarily a work as described above.
Concerto grosso
The concerto grosso developed towards the end of the 17th century, particularly with the works in this form by Corelli, followed by Handel and many other composers. A small group of soloists, often two violins, cello and harpsichord, the concertino, is contrasted with the whole string orchestra, the concerto grosso, with its less skilled ripieno players. The concerto grosso may involve wind instruments as well as strings. The form has been revived by some 20th century composers, at least nominally.
Consort, used in earlier English, indicates a group of instruments, as, for example, a consort of viols in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. A broken consort is a consort of mixed instruments, strings and wind.


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Update 2: The pencil was a pen, and the stabber (the Post calls him "deranged stoner Cordero Coroberto, 35") had been attempting to light no innocent tobaccey cigarette but "a blunt"! (That's marijuana cigarette to you. Happy 4/20. Don't do that.) Via the Daily News, he said, "I was just trying to light my blunt and the b— wouldn't leave me alone, so I hit her." Buzz. Kill.
It was with an audible gasp of horror that we learned the news that a woman had been stabbed in the head with a pencil on the 3 train today. This is because we, too, have been stabbed in a body part with a pencil, though it was during the changing of classes during middle school, and we were an innocent bystander caught in the fray, and it was in the hand. We've had time to get over that. That does not mean that all those memories and unresolved emotions didn't come rushing back with today's news!
Via NBC NY, the woman had complained that the man had (rudely, and against the rules!) lit a cigarette in the car of a downtown express 3 train. The altercation became heated, apparently, and as the train pulled into the Chambers Street station around 9:15 a.m., the pencil stabbing occurred.
Fortunately, passengers alerted the conductor and the woman is fine and has been treated for a minor flesh wound. The attacker has been arrested and charged with assault. As in that case in middle school so long ago, there is no word on the pencil. But all this begs the question: Who carries a pencil nowadays, anyway? (DNA Info says it was a pen.)
There's still a bit of lead in our hand if you look real close.
Update: Ronethea Williams, a witness on the train, wrote about her experience on her personal blog and in the comments on Gothamist. She says the man "just looked like a guy on the train. I wouldn't have even thought that he was crazy had he not tried to light a cig on the train." The story sounds pretty insane. She writes,
We continue riding and I hear a commotion. A woman is yelling at a guy, but I'm not sure what it's about. I chalk it up to stressed out New Yorkers and continue reading about Gwen Stefani & No Doubt's reunion assuming they would soon realize they were being silly and stop. They don't. The woman gets louder and says "Don't light that thing on the train!" I look over and see that the guy she's yelling at has a lighter and the flames seem larger than normal. It wasn't one of those $.99 cents Bic lighters, it was pretty hardcore. Congratulations kids, I'm now alarmed. The woman continues to tell the guy to stop and tries to knock the lighter from his hand and things get physical. The entire train is looking at this go down and people are starting to get a little frantic. The man tells the woman "I will f*cking kill you". The woman yells at the man "I will f*cking kill YOU!!" They are pushing one another. Another woman steps in to help….
2 men run over to try to help restrain the guy. For context, this guy is probably 5'7 150lbs…I could probably take him. I'm in the middle of the car trying to calm people down and I look over and see blood gushing from the woman's face. While she was restraining the guy in the corner, he took out his knife (edit: according to reports it was a pen) and SLASHED her face – from her temple to her nose. Yes. I'm riding the train to work…and someone has just gotten stabbed in the face. Twilight-freaking-zone. The craziest part is that the woman continues to try to get the knife (pen) from the guy and beats his hand until he drops it. She's obviously running on adrenaline. We are still between 14th & Chambers.
After much commotion, the train pulled into the station where an MTA worker attended to the woman. Our blogger concludes,
This woman was doing what she thought was right. She was standing up to this man for her safety…for our safety. This story will probably not make the news because this is New York – it's not news unless someone brutally dies…or someone involved is famous. My colleague was on a train behind me and was simply told "We are being held because of an 'incident' on an earlier train". I will never think of "incident" the same again.
Originally posted Tuesday, April 19, 1:35 p.m.
Woman Stabbed With Pencil on Subway [NBC NY]
[UPDATE] Woman Stabbed In Head With Pencil On Rush Hour Subway [Gothamist]
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on April 20, 2011


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do better then those who snubbed him.
Napoleon attended the Ecole Military School in Paris in 1784 after receiving a scholarship. This is were he received his military training. He studied to be an artillery man and an officer. Napoleon finished his training and joined the French army when he was 16 years old. He was appointed to an artillery regiment , and commissioned as a lieutenant. Once again he was not well liked by his fellow officers because he was short, spoke with an Italian accent, and had little money. Napoleon spent little time with his regiment. He was more concerned with trying to free his home land of Corsica, witch had been taken with force by France. Soon after being commissioned his father died, and he was forced to provide for his family. Napoleon spent the next seven years reading the works of the philosophers, and educating himself in military matters by studying the campaigns of the great military leaders of the past.
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a revolt in Paris. Paul Barras, commander of the home forces, appointed Napoleon to defend the capital. "With amazing swiftness Napoleon massed men and artillery at important places in Paris The attack of 30,000 national guards was driven back by his men. About 200 men were killed on each side, but he had saved France from civil war." (pg.7 Britannica Junior Encyclopedia #11 N-O).
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The last day for producers to register their farm businesses for 2018 is fast approaching. To qualify for the Farm Business Registration (FBR) program, producers must gross at least $7,000 in eligible farm income annually. All eligible Ontario producers must register for FBR by
March 1.
Each year, producers can direct their FBR fee to one of three accredited farm organizations (AFOs) – Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO), National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) or Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) – and apply for membership in that organization. Choosing an AFO is an important part of the FBR process.
A producer's current AFO is shown on their invoice. To change AFOs, producers can simply call Agricorp at 1-866-327-3678 or review their invoice and information sheet for more details.
For French-speaking producers, services are also provided by the Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens (UCFO).
Paying through a financial institution takes only a few minutes, and the fee is processed faster than paying by cheque. Farmers can pay using online banking, by telephone banking or in person at their branch.
When paying the FBR fee through a financial institution, producers should be sure to direct their payment to the right payee. There are different Agricorp bank accounts for different programs and AFOs. It's important to pay the right account to avoid delays.
When producers make their FBR payment, they should check their payee for the following:
There are a number of benefits to FBR. Producers who register their farm businesses:
For more information, visit the
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i feel like i owe you all a bit of an explanation for why i haven't blogged in FOREVER. i know i don't write much about my personal life here on the blog, but i figured this was a good time to let you know that even though i haven't been blogging, i've still been working.
there are 30 full posts just waiting to be put up! starting today, every friday you can expect a new and exciting post… so put this url back into your favourites and check back often.
while on my hiatus from blogging, this is what i've done:
moved to a new place in vancouver!! missing all my old roommates, but enjoying being able to walk everywhere i need to go.
also, check out our awesome christmas tree…
got a hair cut! i think my long hair was just holding me back….
started cello lessons! i've wanted to learn the cello for a long time, and i'm very excited i finally decided to jump in. my poor roommates…. lets just say i'm not a master yet, but i can play a pretty mean c major scale.
croched a blanket! since i was little i've always enjoyed needle work. over the christmas holidays i had a large amount of yarn sitting around just calling to be made into the ugliest and best ever blanket. two months later, i can now keep warm.
lastly, and in my opinion, most excitedly, i have been taking millinery lessons with the wonderful kelly dunlap. (aka the saucy milliner) i plan to continue adding to my collection of handmade, one of a kind hats for a long time to come.
hopefully you all enjoyed this little foray into the last 6 months of my life.
as promised, more posts to follow!
ps, thanks to marie skerl photography for all the fun images that accompanied this post!


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Author: Kevin Leathers
You hear that high-pitch squeal coming from the Internet? That's the legions of Link fangirls screeching in glee that an official manga, based on what seems to be everyone's favourite Zelda game, The Ocarina of Time, has been released. It's so official it even has the Official Nintendo Seal. It even has a little blurb about how awesome the game is and how many copies it sold. It could only be more official if it came with its own Navi fairy that flies around overhead screaming "HEY! LISTEN!" repeatedly into your eardrums until all reality and purpose lose their meaning and you mutter "Hey! Listen!" for the rest of your life while rocking back and forth in a padded room. God I hate that fairy.
So yes, here we are. It's all well and good that we have a manga based on everyone's favourite video game, but now the questions have to be asked - did we really need a manga series based on a video game and does it do any justice to the legacy of the series?
As per the Ocarina of Time storyline, the manga follows the growth of young Link, a boy in the care of the child-like Kokiris under the guidance of The Great Deku Tree. Link is tasked to deliver the Kokiris Emerald to Hyrule Castle, but discovers along the way that his destiny is much, much larger than that.
If you know the basic storyline of Ocarina of Time, then you've pretty much read the manga. While it does take a few creative liberties to help the flow, the story across the two volumes seems incredibly rushed. One cardinal sin is that Link talks. Not only does he talk, he doesn't shut the hell up. Then again I suppose staying quiet for twenty years will do that to a person. It is a creative liberty and having a main character in a manga not talk for the entire thing would be dull and boring, but a lot of the dialogue feels forced and just doesn't seem to bring out the right kind of character.
The other main issue with the manga is that it isn't in the least bit interesting. Once the excitement of reading about Link and his adventures has passed, you then realise that you're reading a very standard manga that could be so easily interchanged with an array of different characters and settings and still keep the same basic plot.
It's boring and even worse things are done at a lightning pace. While it would be difficult to draw and create plotlines involving the dungeons in great detail (that's a given) but most of the time the story will jump straight into a "boss" fight, where Link uses his new abilities / tool that is given to him before facing said boss, defeats it in about three pages and moves on. In a game, you're given these items as a means of achievement and progression. In a book, it's a quick and easy plot device which seems to appear for that one section before disappearing again completely. "I've found some plants that are actually bombs. Oh look, I can throw them and make that large lizard thing explode. Hoorah. I'll never need these again!" It makes you wonder why bother having them in the manga at all - Link might as well just solve everything with his sword and be done with it.
I could rant on and on about how this manga series has gotten hold of the Zelda DNA and rewritten it into an unloved and unwanted creature, but I think it is safe to say you have my feelings on this already.
Taken as a manga in its own right and forgetting the license, then it's unlikely that it would even blip on anyone's radar. The manga is quite forgettable and has some awful pacing as we whirlwind through dozens of scenarios and have already worked through half of the "game" by the end of the first volume. There is nothing to keep you hooked to the storyline and you end up caring nothing about the characters or the setting. It loses the charm that it's source material was renowned for, which just makes this title an even bigger disappointment.
Yes the "Viz Kids" branding is going to be pointed at and the words "this isn't aimed at you" are going to spoken. That is true in some respects, but anything with the Legend of Zelda title will always be picked up by the fans and be opening-criticized, no matter what age group it is aimed at. To its credit, younger readers may find the story interesting to start with and could easily get a new generation of gamers into the series. But as soon as that flicker appears, you need to rip the book out of their hands and replace it with a Gamecube controller.
Fine, I have been incredibly critical of the manga, especially being a huge Zelda fan. But even as a standalone manga, this series has very few redeeming features. Once the wow factor of "OMG ZELDA MANGA! W00T!" has been and gone, it all starts to feel like a very substandard homage, with very little care and attention paid to what actually makes the series such an engrossing adventure.


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In a study conducted by SEMrush and Ghergich & Co., we analyzed 6.9 million featured snippets. Furthermore, we analyzed 80 million keywords. The goal was to break down featured snippet percentages by keyword group.
Our focus was on questions, prepositions, and comparisons search phases. I have seen great success earning featured snippets in these three areas. But I wanted the data to back up what I saw on the ground. Now, thanks to SEMrush, I have it. TL;DR Raw Data Linked at the bottom of this article.
Let's start by looking at the power of question keywords.
New to Featured Snippets? The data says start here!
Something shocking happens when I remove questions, prepositions, and comparisons from our large data set. Contrary to popular belief, only 7% of generic keywords have featured snippets. Small studies show higher numbers, but 80 million keywords is the largest study I have seen.
(Generic keywords are any non-question, preposition, or comparison keyword.)
You can see in the chart that 41% of questions have featured snippets. Comparison and preposition keywords are also more likely to show featured snippets.
If you are starting to look at featured snippets, side with data and optimize questions.
Questions show a 480% increase in the percentage of keywords with featured snippets.
Featured Snippet Question Findings
What jumps off the page is how well questions do at earning paragraph featured snippets. The main exception to that rule is "how" phrases. "How to" keywords are fantastic at earning featured snippet lists.
Featured Snippet Preposition Findings
Look closely at preposition keywords, and you can see what I mentioned about "how to" keywords. Prepositions are a great opportunity to optimize ordered and unordered lists.
Featured Snippet Comparison Findings
Our analysis of comparison keywords is a bit tricky to break down. On the surface, it seems they are well suited for paragraph featured snippets. But that is because there are not a lot of well-structured comparison tables for Google to pick from.
I have had success formatting pricing comparisons into tables and earning featured snippets. The content did not change — only the way we presented the data. Pricing keywords are the type of end-of-buying-cycle keywords that tend to have high conversions.
Featured Snippet Overall Breakdown
The chart shows that if you try to rank for questions, go for a paragraph featured snippet. If you are trying to rank for prepositions, use a list. Pricing comparisons perform well in tables.
Now you have the data on what type of featured snippet to optimize for. Let's look at how to optimize your content for featured snippets.
How Long Should Featured Snippet Content Be?
Optimal Paragraph Lengths
As a good rule of thumb, I tell copywriters to create paragraphs in the 40–60-word range. You need to be succinct and avoid giant walls of text.
Optimal Lists Lengths
You should use longer lists whenever possible, so Google is forced to truncate the results. You need to give the user a reason to click through to your site. If it only makes sense to use a short list, try to use enough words for each item, so Google truncates each list item.
That said, keep what is best for the user in mind. Sometimes that is a short, straight to the point list, and that is ok.
Optimal Table Lengths
Like lists, you should look to create tables that Google will truncate. Focus on end-of-buying-cycle keywords, such as price.
Optimal Featured Snippet Image Size
The takeaway is to use landscape images. We found that the most common aspect ratio for featured snippets images is 4:3. The media image size in pixels was 600w x 425h. Landscape images also look less pixelated when Google scales them down.
What is a Featured Snippet Hub?
A featured snippet hub is an internal URL that has earned 10 or more Google featured snippets for a single page.
I coined this phrase to give a name to something exciting we saw in the data. You can't really be in marketing without naming everything you come across.
We found individual pages earning 200-300 featured snippets for a single internal URL.
Breakdown of Featured Snippet Hubs
In total, we discovered 3,800 URLs earning 10 or more featured snippets for a single page. Analysis on these featured snippet hubs shed interesting light on featured snippet optimization.
Secure HTTPS Adoption is No Longer Optional
70% of featured snippet hubs have adopted HTTPS. This number shows a steep rise over the past six months.
Use Media to Break Up and Visualize Your Content
Analyzing image use is hard because some images are for design purposes. To combat this, we only looked at images containing alt tags. On average, we found 14 images with alt tags per URL. Some of these images are still likely to be design-oriented, but the takeaway is pretty clear.
The days of using a stock photo at the top of your article and calling it a day are over. They should never have existed in the first place. Don't fixate on the count, fixate on providing visual aids inside your content to drive your points home.
Authoritative Domains
Median Root Domains 3,500
Median Awesome Score 60
Think of authoritative domains as relative to your niche. Few small businesses need to earn 3,500 root domains to be considered a topical authority vs. the competition.
Social Engagement
89% of the featured snippet hub URLs have social activity. This does not mean social shares equate to higher rankings or earning snippets. What it means is that content we see in these positions shows strong user engagement signals.
Mobile Friendly or Die
We ran all 3,800 URLs through Google's Page Speed API. Site speed scores were what I expected, but the mobile friendliness and usability scores were off the charts!
The average Mobile Friendly Score is 95/100. The average usability score is 96/100. For a list this large, obtaining that high of an average score demands attention.
I do not believe the exact score matters in the end. What matters is that mobile users have an excellent experience on your site. They must be able to access answers quickly and navigate your site with ease.
HTML Elements
95.77% of featured snippet hubs use lists. Not only one list, but many ordered and unordered lists per URL.
Anatomy of a Featured Snippet HubExample 1
This URL Earned 96 Featured Snippets
High User Engagement: 750 social shares
Mobile Friendly: 99/100
HTTPS Adoption: Yes
Media Usage: 12 health-related images
Word Count: 2,100 words
Clear Headers: 12 h1–h6 tags
Succinct Content: Average paragraph length is 42 words
Uses Lists: 7 ordered or unordered lists
Cite Facts: 48 external fact citations
Anatomy of a Featured Snippet HubExample 2
This URL Earned 87 Featured Snippets
High User Engagement: 7,000 social shares
Mobile Friendly: 98/100
HTTPS Adoption: No
Media Usage: 15 iPhone related images
Word Count: 2,078 words
Clear Headers: 16 h1–h6 tags
Succinct Content: Average paragraph length is 34 words
Uses Lists: 6 ordered or unordered lists
Cite Facts: 6 external citations
This is a great time to mention that correlation is not causation. I do not look at featured snippet hubs as a black box that holds secrets to earning featured snippets. I am simply pointing out some common themes that I think are instructive for content creators. Understanding that, our findings make total sense from a search engine's perspective.
Let's look at a few things Google must do when sending users to specific content.
If you look at the common findings for these hubs, they align with a search engine's goals.
1. Provide succinct answers
Average paragraph is 42 words
Lists are great for mobile
Clear headers for scanning
2. Use trusted sources
Strong external links
Strong social engagement
3. Establish thorough topic coverage
48 external fact citations
2,100 words
4. Focus on secure browsing
5. Ensure great user experience across devices
High mobile friendly scores
High mobile usability scores
Thanks to SEMrush, we have the data on what type of featured snippet to optimize for. You know the exact lengths you should use for each type of snippet. You also have insights into feature snippet hubs and why Google trusts their content.
Use this study to re-optimize your best old content that ranks in the top 10, but lacks featured snippets. Put these findings in place for all future content production.
Give search engines the answers they need. Use succinct formats, focus on mobile user experience, and you will reap long-term rewards.
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"And she found in his face not fury alone, which would not have surprised her; but hatred so deep so as to become insupportable in its lack of personality." The Rockpile, pg. 25.
"He affected not to have heard; he put his hands in his pants' pockets and pulled out some change and pretended to count it." The Outing, pg. 35.
"He shivered suddenly in the sharp, cold air and buried his face in David's shoulder. David looked down at him and tightened his hold." The Outing, pg. 43.
"David put his arm around him. But now where there had been peace there was only panic and where there had been safety, danger, like a flower, opened." The Outing, pg. 57.
"He dropped on his face in the straw in the barn, his yellow head useless on his broken neck." The Man Child, pg. 80.
"'Oh, I know, you're Jewish, you get kicked...
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A twenty-first century union movement must begin with recognition of one point: the working class divides along lines drawn by the oppressions built into capitalism. These divisions lead some theorists to believe–incorrectly–that the United States has no working class but a series of identities fighting for recognition (and often fighting only against the specific form of oppression they face).
Divisions within the working class are linked to larger social divisions. Divisions on racial lines are not simply divisions within the working class but a component of a larger set of societal racial divisions. As a result, people's social and political identification tends to cross class lines because of the all-round nature of special oppression. For example, African American and Chicano workers might identify with other things African American and Chicano, respectively, because of the scale and scope of racial oppression. Women workers might identify with issues that affect women who are not of the working class (though this process is complicated).
This does not mean, crudely, that "everyone has it tough." Rather it means that class cannot be understood in a linear fashion. One cannot, for instance, inoculate oneself against racism and sexism or overlook the experiences that one has had as a member of a group that has known racial or gender oppression. Such experiences inform ones' existence in general but also the way in which one perceives other components of reality–in this case, class.
~Bill Fletcher Jr. & Fernando Gasparin, Solidarity Divided


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Pastors are supposed to have answers…tonight I don't have any answers, I only have a lament. A lament for the Newtown, Connecticut. A lament for the folks who lost a loved one today. A lament for those who will have to try put pieces back together in their fragmented world. A lament to the coming Christ who we need now more than ever. I don't have answers…all I have is a lament.
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World Bulletin / News Desk
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has sold its Television Centre complex in the White City area of London to developer Stanhope for about 200 million pounds ($311 million), as the broadcaster cuts costs amid a funding freeze.
The BBC put the 14-acre site on the market in June 2011 and exchanged contracts with Stanhope at the weekend, it said in a statement on Monday.
Stanhope, reportedly backed by Japanese property company Mitsui Fudosan, has not revelaed what it will do with the concrete doughnut-shaped site, part of which has protected status.
The BBC intends to vacate Television Centre by 2015 and will move the bulk of its 5,000 staff to the refurbished Broadcasting House in central London and MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester, as part of plans to cut its property holdings by 30 percent.
The broadcaster faces an increasingly tough funding environment. In October 2010 the government said the licence fee, a levy on viewers which is used to fund its activities, would be frozen for six years.
Last week the BBC World Service made its last broadcast from the landmark London building Bush House, where it had been for 70 years, as part of a push towards greater efficiency by using more modern technology.
Television Centre was the setting for some of the broadcaster's most famous shows like Top of the Pops and Monty Python's Flying Circus.Last Mod: 16 Temmuz 2012, 16:18


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The EXPAND procedure converts time series from one sampling interval or frequency to another and interpolates missing values in time series. Using PROC EXPAND, you can collapse time series data from higher frequency intervals to lower frequency intervals, or you can expand data from lower frequency intervals to higher frequency intervals. You can also interpolate missing values in time series, either without changing series frequency or in conjunction with expanding or collapsing series. You can also convert aperiodic series, observed at arbitrary points in time, into periodic estimates.
By default, the EXPAND procedure fits cubic spline curves to the nonmissing values of variables to form continuous-time approximations of the input series. Output series are then generated from the spline approximations.
This example illustrates two applications of the transformation of the frequency of time series data.
data monthly; set sashelp.citimon; keep date fm1; run; data quarter; set sashelp.citiqtr; keep date gdp; run; data weekly; set sashelp.citiwk; keep date wspglt; run;
The following statements illustrate the conversion to a common frequency for the three data sets QUARTER, MONTHLY, and WEEKLY that are created above. The data sets QUARTER and WEEKLY are converted to monthly frequency using two PROC EXPAND steps. The OUT= option creates an output data set, the FROM= and TO= options specify the input and output intervals. The ID statement is used to specify a SAS date or datetime variable to identify the time of each input observation. The variables to be converted are listed in the CONVERT statement. The observation characteristics of series are specified with the OBSERVED= option in the CONVERT statement. When OBSERVED=TOTAL or AVERAGE, as in this example, the interpolating curve is fitted to the data values so that the area under the curve within each input interval equals the value of the series. The WSPGLT=INTEREST option in the CONVERT statement in the second step renames the variable WSPGLT to INTEREST.
proc expand data=quarter out=temp1 from=qtr to=month; id date; convert gdp / observed = total; run; proc expand data=weekly out=temp2 from=week to=month; id date; convert wspglt = interest / observed = average; run;
The three data sets are then merged using a DATA step MERGE statement to produce the data set COMBINED.
data combined; merge monthly temp1 temp2; by date; if interest=. then delete; run;
data samples; input date : date. defects @@; label defects = "Defects per 1000 units"; format date date.; datalines; 13jan92 55 27jan92 73 19feb92 84 8mar92 69 27mar92 66 5apr92 77 29apr92 63 11may92 81 25may92 89 7jun92 94 23jun92 105 11jul92 97 15aug92 112 29aug92 89 10sep92 77 27sep92 82 ;
To compute the monthly estimates, use PROC EXPAND with the TO=MONTH option and specify OBSERVED=(BEGINNING,AVERAGE).
proc expand data=samples out=monthly to=month; id date; convert defects / observed=(beginning,average); run; title "Estimated Monthly Average Defect Rates"; proc print data=monthly; run;
The results are shown below.
proc expand data=samples out=daily to=day; id date; convert defects = interpol; run; data daily; merge daily samples; by date; run; proc gplot data=daily; plot interpol*date defects*date / vaxis=axis2 overlay cframe=ligr; title1 "Plot of Interpolated Defect Rate Curve"; axis2 label=(angle=90); symbol1 c=blue interpol=join value=none; symbol2 c=red interpol=none value=star; run; quit;
SAS Institute Inc. (1993), SAS/ETS User's Guide, Version 6, Second Edition, Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.


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Mulayam and Modi are the same: Amir Rashadi Madni
Amir Rashadi Madni founded the Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC), a political party born in 2008 out of Delhi's Batala House encounter, decided to contest the elections in his native Azamgarh after Mulayam Singh Yadav chose it as his second seat after Mainpuri.india Updated: May 11, 2014, 00:28 IST
Amir Rashadi Madni, 53, founded the Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) — a political party born in 2008 out of Delhi's Batala House encounter— decided to contest the elections in his native Azamgarh after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav chose it as his second seat after Mainpuri.
He is expected to cut into Muslim votes in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Excerpts from an interview:
Why are you contesting?
I did not want to. But when Mulayam became the candidate here, my party asked me to contest against him. It was of the view that only its president should contest against the chief of another party — just the way Arvind Kejriwal is contesting against Narendra Modi in Varanasi. If Mulayam was so keen to stop Modi, why did he not choose Varanasi over Azamgarh?
Why against Mulayam Singh Yadav?
I will reply with this verse: Teri chaahat mein ae Mulayam hum darbadar ho gaye/Apni hasti se hi bekhabar ho gaye/Tum sanwar kar ae sanam Saifai ho gaye/hum ujad kar Muzzafarnagar ho gaye (Muslims all these years loved Mulayam, but he focused on his village Saifai, family, own political interests and ignored Muslims. While Yadavs and their village Saifai flourished, Muslims suffered and got Muzzafarnagar riots).
So it took one riot for you to turn anti-Mulayam?
Not one; UP had 138 riots in 2012 and 247 in 2013 as per a home ministry report. If Muslims are not able to forgive Modi for one Godhra, how will they forgive Mulayam for so many riots? Muslims are being exploited in the name of secularism. Muslims loved Mulayam like no other leader, but he disappointed us.
What is your take on Modi?
Modi and Mulayam are the same. If Allah wants Modi to become PM, no force on earth can stop him. And if Allah doesn't want him to be PM, no force of earth can make him one.
When, why and how did you form RUC?
I founded it in October 2008. We had assembled a protest group in UP following the killing of two Azamgarh youth in the Batla House encounter. We wanted an investigation into the encounter. But no one was listening to us. I took three trainloads of protestors to Delhi to demand a judicial probe. We converted the protest group into RUC, a political party, and contested the 2009 LS and 2012 UP assembly polls.
Does your party have a future?
For 66 years, Muslims have been a mere vote bank for political parties, just the way dalits are. Others attract Muslims votes by instilling the fear of Sangh (RSS) or BJP or Modi, as is the case now. It is high time Muslims created their political leadership. The RUC will become that political force in five years.


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For 17 years, the Love Field Antique Mall stood at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Cedar Springs Road, directly across from the airport, and for 17 years, it was our family's default once-a-month-or-so hangout. My old man went to gawk at the classic cars parked in the hangar-sized garage; the 3-year-old who lives in our house went to find original Star Wars action figures; the missus figured, well, surely we'd find something to fill that empty space. And I loved the whole thing, especially the antique book store in the back corner.
But it's gone now. Gone. Happened on April 15, we were told this morning by the woman who answered the phone there. And it happened just...like...that. The vendors had no warning that the building's owner was selling (the building's on the county books as being worth nearly $2 million). But he did -- to a man named Steve Rogers, who owns the neighboring Holiday Inn Express and Select two doors down from the mall. And what will he do with it? Well, former vendors at the mall have been told he will either turn the building into a convention center of some kind...or a Courtyard by Marriott.
As for the vendors: "They've all scattered," Unfair Park was told this morning. "A third have yet to move out, but they've gone all different directions. The cars are gone too. And we didn't know it was coming. It's money, it's money, it's money. That's all I can say." --Robert Wilonsky
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On Good Friday, my mom and I went out to find something nice for me to wear for Easter Sunday.
The possible ones:
But in the end, went with a nice top instead of a dress since I already have an Easter dress (from high school) that I wear every other year.
Mama and I walked around some more in Downtown Los Gatos:
We had such a nice time enjoying the weather and talking lots :).
On Saturday night, there was a birthday dinner celebration with some church peoples for my brother, Alex, and Zack! For big groups, Buca di Beppo is pretty much the best!
Cheesy garlic bread to start (BTW, these are extremely delicious. Only one piece will not do):
And something similar to a waldorf salad:
And Frutti di mare, baked rigatoni:
And a chicken and sausage cream sauce penne pasta:
Happy birthday, you guys!
And also, the cake was a strawberry ice cream cake from Coldstone Creamery. Super yummy!
After dinner, we were going to go bowling, but decided to just get some beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, right across the street. The boys had beers and I ended up getting the Ultimate Arnold Palmer (Grey Goose, iced tea, and lemonade). It was really good!
And the best part of the night was that we were playing Monopoly Deal while having drinks:
It was my first time playing and I'm glad I was teamed with Joe. We won one of the games, which I don't think I would have if I played by myself.
Anywho, hope the guys enjoyed the birthday celebrations!
Easter Sunday service was wonderful!
And our pastor was the maestro/conductor as we all sang a special song together:
It was also lovely to see everyone dressed up:
And there was a lot of good food brought for the Easter Lunch potluck:
Even the Easter bunny made an appearance!
And while everyone played some volleyball, I was watching these two boys run around:
For dinner, Joe, my older brother, and I went to our favorite banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) place for dinner:
^They scoop out the bread on the inside so they can pack it even more with meat and pickled veggies. SO GOOD!
Oh, and che, of course (a Vietnamese dessert drink with jellies, fruit, beans, etc). This was a picture form a different time. The one Joe and I shared last night had taro, beans, and jellies:
I ran a mile today in 5:39. It was a tough mile, but a great one to run on this glorious April Fools Day.
And I came up to SF to go to class and realized the school is still closed today because it's Cesar Chavez day. WHOOPS.
No one is here, haha:
Now I have no choice but to actually do schoolwork. Darns it.
Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend!


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A Short Update from Kampala, Uganda
The whole team and I spent the day taking in some of the sights of Kampala today, as well as packing and prepping for the Rwenzori.
We're all here, and we depart for Kasese and the Rwenzori tomorrow morning.
Read more and see some images from Kampala here!
-Jake Norton


text: Cyber Security & Cyber-Physical Professionals Come Together For Armored Things Open House 29 May 2019 / Physical Security On Monday, September 17th, Armored Things hosted its inaugural Open House focused on cyber-physical security in large venues. Attendees included thought leaders from various Boston area startups, sports technology industry partners, physical security companies, homeland security experts, and the investor community, all of whom are united in a mission to utilize technology to enhance physical security.The event drew a large audience from the Boston community interested in learning about challenges that security professionals face when protecting large spaces.Speakers included Juliette Kayyem, CEO ZemCar & former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at DHS; Mike Downing, CSO Oakview Group, Chintan Gohil, Verizon Smart Cities; Josh Walker, President & Co-founder Sports Innovation Lab; Christian Connors, CEO Shooter Detection Systems.Two key takeaways from the event The security industry is constantly adapting to protect the public from different types of threats. As a result, leaders in this industry have begun looking to partner with technology companies to face new security challenges in both the physical and cyber security space. The sports industry has been the first industry to quickly adapt to integrate new technologies to improve venue security focused technologies. Other industries are likely to follow, as advanced protection against both physical and cyber attacks becomes increasingly important. Armored Things is working with these partners and thought leaders to revolutionize cyber-physical security. Through the integration of devices and data that are already live in large venues, we believe we can be predictive - and hopefully preventative - when it comes to understanding threats and powering next-generation incident response.


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One of the most important maintenance operations that you should perform in spring is gutter cleaning. There is no telling what the gutter had to endure during the environmental setbacks of the winter, not to mention that spring comes with its own negatives.
Gutters are a sensitive area of the roof that must be inspected carefully. There is no way you can spot the problems by looking from the ground, so you should use a ladder and climb closer.
Look for debris accumulation (leaves, twigs, dirt) that may cause water clogs, as well as for signs of damage (holes and cracks).
Once spotted, these problems must be dealt with as soon as possible, in order to prevent water leaking too close to your home and causing infiltrations that may endanger the structural integrity of the building. One of the best places to start is calling a professional roofing company like https://www.jntdevelopers.com/ to do the repairs.
Cleaning the gutters is not so complicated. You need a small plastic scoop and some rubber gloves to remove debris. Once you have finished, use a garden hose and flush the gutters, just to be sure that there is no other blockage or unspotted cracks.
If you want better protection for your gutters, secure them with gutter guards. These filters ensure that your gutters will stay debris-free for a longer time.


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Our Story:
Jay Butler was created under the inspiration of two important men whose influence guided the values and priorities of our company. The first, Jay Desgrange, was a mechanic, a fire chief and a solider. The second, Frank Butler, was a sheriff and an exceptional baseball player. Both men valued their family, their country and their communities. Each of these attributes played a part in the inspiration behind creating our line of shoes and leather goods as well as the values that we hold as a company.
We take pride in our ethical sourcing, our high quality goods, and our ability to be a local company that services their community. We believe that by staying true to our traditional beliefs, we can create classic footwear and leather goods at the best possible value.
As part of this, we have adopted a direct to customer sales model. We do not sell through middleman or any retailers who mark our products up. Our goal is to sell shoes to our customers directly. This allows us to keep our prices low while still maintaining a high standard of quality. We take pride in developing personal connections and long-lasting relationships with our customers. If you ever want to talk about shoes, menswear or have any questions about us; just send us an email.
It is not difficult to find loafers that are inexpensive. Nor is it difficult to find ones that are well crafted and well styled. It is difficult to find loafers that are all three. In fact, I found it impossible to find that loafer so I set out to create it. The result of that mission is Jay Butler. I hope you like it.
Justin L. Jeffers
Founder & Creative Director
- How do Jay Butler shoes fit?
Please refer to our Men's Shoe Size Guide for specifics on sizing. Our shoes fit true to size and are sized in US sizes in a normal width. We recommend using your size for dress shoes and other loafers, as sneakers and other athletic shoes tend to run larger. We have found that our sizes run in line with Allen Edmonds and Sperry. If you have a wide foot, we recommend going up a half size to accommodate the extra width.
When converting from UK sizing to US sizing, we recommend going one full size up. For example, a UK size 9 would be the equivalent to a US size 10.
- Can women wear Jay Butler shoes?
Yes, women's sizes are two full sizes smaller. For example, if you wear a women's size 8 it is the equivalent to a men's/Jay Butler 6.
- Will Jay Butler shoes stretch at all?
You should expect the shoes to stretch slightly in width, but they will not stretch in length. Our shoes are designed to have a snug fit around the toes and ball, this helps keep the shoes comfortably on the foot.
- Can I see Jay Butler products in person before purchase?
Our shoes are currently available for sale at a few select boutiques along the east coast and in Chicago, please refer to the Stockists page for further information. Until recently, we were based in Philadelphia, however, we have moved out to San Francisco. Once we have a more permanent space we will update this page with a location to welcome you at.
- I do not see a color or size that I would like, what should I do?
If an item that you would like to purchase is sold out or missing from our store, you may pre-order the item to ensure that you receive it when it comes back in stock. Please email us with your inquiries.
Shipping, Returns & Exchanges:
Please utilize our returns & exchanges management system if you would like to initiate a return or exchange.
- What are my shipping options?
USPS Ground shipping is free for orders over $125. For orders less than $125, shipping costs an additional $10.
Overnight shipping can be requested for an additional $25 per pair of shoes for domestic shipments. Overnight shipping may be requested and paid for using the Overnight Shipping product.
International shipping is available at an additional cost of $50 for one pair of shoes, $75 for two pairs of shoes, and $90 for three pairs of shoes. International shipments are also sent via USPS International unless requested otherwise. Countries may charge customs or importation fees for our products. It is the responsibility of the customer to pay these fees, as the fees are out of our control.
- What is the returns policy and process?
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you are welcome to return or exchange items. Please utilize our returns management system if you would like to initiate a return. Returns and exchanges are also accepted for any item that suffers from a manufacturer or shipping defect. Returns are accepted within 30 days of purchase. Please email email@example.com with your name and order number if you believe your item(s) are defective. Please include a photograph of the issue in the email.
If the shipping on your order was free, the shipping on your return will also be free. However, if shipping was paid for (international shipping, for instance), then that cost will not be refunded. We will provide you with a shipping label. Items must be returned in an unused and unworn condition, including the original packaging. If items are returned in a used condition, they will be sent back to the customer with no return granted. Upon inspection of returned items, a refund will be credited by original means of payment. Jay Butler is not responsible for covering the cost of return shipping for international orders.
- What is the exchange policy and process?
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may exchange your items for different ones. Please utilize our exchange management system if you would like to initiate a return. Please send an email to email@example.com with your name and order number if you believe your item(s) are defective. Please include a photograph of the issue in the email.
If your initial shipping was free, your return will be free as well. Once the original items have been received and inspected, your exchanged item(s) will be sent to you. Jay Butler is not responsible for covering the cost of exchange shipping for international orders.
- How long will it take for my order to arrive?
We ship via USPS Ground out of the northeastern part of Pennsylvania. If you live in New York or Philadelphia and you will receive your order in 1-2 business days. If you like outside of those regions, your order will arrive in 2-3 business days. Please refer to our Shipping Timeline map for further information.
Craftsmanship & Materials:
- Does Jay Butler offer custom products?
At this time, we do not offer custom services for our shoes. However, we are able to accommodate custom orders for our leather goods. For any existing style of leather good, a custom color scheme can be developed. The different customizable elements are the color of the leather, trim, and lining. New styles and designs cannot be created. Please allow 2-3 months for fulfillment from time of order.
Additionally, we offer custom services to organizations, which have a minimum order of 8 pieces. The cost per item is the same as it would be for non-custom orders. Quantity discounts are available for orders over 25 pieces of the same variation.
Logos and seals of organizations may be added to items through our custom embossing program. This service is offered at an additional cost $150 for casting of the stamp, and an extra $5 per item stamped. For inquiries relating to customized products, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Where are the Jay Butler products made?
All of our products are hand-crafted in Mexico.
- Who makes Jay Butler shoes and leather goods?
Our products are created by expert craftsmen and craftswomen, and many have been working with shoes and leather for several decades. We are also fortunate enough to have artisans working for us that represent the second or third generation of their family in the craft. Our company values safe working environments, reasonable working hours and fair wages. We also take the necessary steps to ensure there is no child labor used in any of the facilities we work with. We do not use sweatshops or any other forms of unethical production for our goods. If you would like to see how our shoes are made, please view our video about the crafting of our shoes.
- What types of leathers does Jay Butler use for its shoes and leather goods?
Our shoes are made from full grain and suede leathers. Our leather goods are made from a variety of materials including crocodile, ostrich, sting ray, full grain leather, pig skin, and goat leather .
More Information:
- How can I get the latest news and updates about Jay Butler?
We recommend that you subscribe to our email newsletter that features new products, updates, and blog posts. Please click on the envelope icon on the top right toolbar and you will be prompted to submit your email address.
- Where is Jay Butler based?
We are headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- How may I contact Jay Butler?
You may contact us by email at email@example.com. Additionally, you may find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Please refer to our Contact page for more information.
- Does Jay Butler sell gift cards?
Yes, we do sell gift cards. Please refer to our gift card page for more information.
- I am interested in working/interning for Jay Butler, what should I do?
We gladly accept resumes for both employees and interns. Please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com with your resume attached as well as a cover letter. If you are applying for an internship/co-op and would like school credit, please also include the contact information of the person(s) at your school whom we will need to speak with. Please keep in mind that Jay Butler is based in San Francisco.
- I have a question that was not answered here, what should I do?
Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: We were contracted to design and develop a new website for the Heart of the South Cruiser Club in North Alabama. H.O.T. South Cruisers is a Toyota Land Cruiser Association chapter. It was founded in 2012 and is an active group that seeks out events and out of the way trails to explore. Whether you…Read more