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Fair Trade Décor Welcomes Nigerian Jewelers
Del Mar's Fair Trade Décor boutique honored Taureg artisan and community leader Elhadji Mohamed Kaumama and his son Ismael of Niger with a special event to feature the family's handcrafted silver jewelry. The Kaumama Family Collective has been crafting jewelry in the Agadez, Niger, area for 25 generations and are known for high-quality artwork involving silver, ebony and semi precious stones. The Tuereg believe that jewelers have special powers because they must handle fire in order to make the jewelry. This year, Elhadji is representing 50 artisans from Niger at festivals, museums and events in nine cities, including the Santa Fe Folk Art Festival.
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Crudo to open in October
The Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch will open a new permutation of the nationally acclaimed Fig & Olive Restaurants under the stewardship of Executive Chef Pascal Lorange, whose restaurant repertoire includes Michelin-starred venues around the world. Slated for an October opening, this Mediterranean Riviera-style eatery will feature brunch, lunch and dinner items. The Del Mar Times reports that Lorange, one-time private chef for Julio Iglesias, has also created meals for the Clintons, Oscar de la Renta and President Obama. Be on the lookout for raw plates, including sashimi and carpaccio, as well as seafood en papillote and homemade pastas. If you want to get things cooking with Lorange, he'll be offering twice monthly culinary classes on location. Sounds delicious! PHRVillage.com
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The Inn to Feature Art of Fashion
Fall is always the most interesting season for fashion, and the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe plans to help fashion-forward individuals explore the newest trends. TheCountryFriends.org recently announced that on Sept. 17, guests can explore boutique shopping, a runway show and luncheon on the lawn. The special event kicks off at 10 a.m., when attendees are invited to sample petite sweets and sip on champagne. At 11 a.m., check out fall fashions during the runway show. Luncheon on the lawn will take place at 12:30 p.m., followed by wine and dessert tasting at 2 p.m. Auction items include two round-trip Alaska Airline tickets to Hawaii or anywhere Alaska flies and a one-week stay at the Ho'olei at Grand Wailea. Aloha! Proceeds benefit The Country Friends charities. TheCountryFriends.org
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Local Author Launches Baby Boomer Book
Congrats to Rick Bava of Carmel Valley, who recently published In Search of the Baby Boomer Generation, a book that he wrote at the Del Mar Library. Recently, he presented copies to both the library and then-manager Gretchen Schmidt to thank them for supporting his literary efforts. Bava wrote the book after traveling around the United States interviewing hundreds of Baby Boomers from all walks of life and socioeconomic classes. It's a great coffee table read, with plenty of interesting insights from around the country. For more info on this Baby Boomer whisperer, check out Bava's blog. RickBavaOnBabyBoomers.blogspot.com
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Snake Oil Debuts Broken Yolk Breakfast Cocktails
Mixologists have concocted special cocktails especially for Del Mar's brand new Broken Yolk location, including fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables. "Imagine fresh juices spiked with seasonal spices and infused garden herbs," says Frankie Thaheld, the company's Director of Culinary Mixology. "We will be utilizing quality, low proof spirits to give a charge to the balanced and delicious mixes. Think soju and agave wine, aperitif wines, vermouths and sherries. This is going to revolutionize the way people dream of brunch cocktails." This sounds perfect paired with an omelet or decadent artisan sandwich. Brunchers can also request that the specialty drinks be prepared mocktail style, sans alcohol. Cheers!
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Carmel Valley Community Planning Board Plans for Cleaner Skies
Congrats to members of the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board for their earth-minded vision of beautiful skies in North County. San Diego's draft Climate Action Plan includes the goals of reducing greenhouse gases by 50 percent by 2035, according to the Del Mar Times. The plan involves five main strategies to reduce greenhouse gases: incorporate energy efficient and water efficient buildings, focus on clean and renewable energy, encourage bicycling, walking, and public transit, moving toward zero waste, and boost climate resiliency. The goal: reach 100 percent clean energy by 2035.
Carmel Valley
Polar Bear Photographer Launches New Book
Congratulations to Andrew Bazeley of Rancho Santa Fe for launching his photography book Waiting For Dancer with Canadian collaborator and arctic expert Dennis Compayre. The adventurous duo travel into the Canadian arctic wilderness to capture striking images of polar bears. These luminous photographs provide a behind-the-scenes view of powerful and sometimes aggressive predators in their snowy kingdom to the north. WaitingForDancer.com
Rancho Santa Fe
Peter Scott Reveals How Being Fit Gets You Paid
It might be hard to believe, but, according to Peter Scott, mindset and fitness mentor for high achieving entrepreneurs and author of the newly released book The Fearless Mindset, there is a direct correlation between your fitness and your finances. Scott explains that by prioritizing your fitness through daily habits and rituals, you skyrocket your energy, focus, and confidence, empowering you to create more value in your business and make more money as a result. The problem is that an overwhelming number of business owners struggle to find the time to work out, eat right and connect with their loved ones. Time constraints, business pressure and work stress all contribute to this challenge. Fortunately, there is a way to overcome this, according to Scott, who is on a mission to help entrepreneurs systematically get fit in less time, double their income and become unstoppable.
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Warm Welcome to Baked Bear Ice Cream
San Diego's original artisan cookie and ice cream sandwich parlor opened doors on their newest location at 13480 Highlands Place in Carmel Valley. The company's co-founders, San Diego natives Shane Stanger and Rob Robbins, opened the original location in 2013. Carmel Valley's location will feature a streamlined, modern design with a full bakery in back, walk-up counter, and 12 ice cream flavors displayed. Picture homemade brownies, donuts, craft ice cream, hot fudge sundaes and a specialty Bear Bowl – a warm chocolate chip cookie pie with a scoop of ice cream on top. Things are definitely getting sweeter. TheBakedBear.com
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This course contains 6 modules which together are designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to improve the physical literacy of children aged 4-7 years:
• Module 1 - Physical development
• Module 2 - Fundamental movement skills - stability
• Module 3 - Fundamental movement skills - locomotion
• Module 4 - Fundamental movement skills - object control
• Module 5 - The teacher support resources
• Module 6 - Introducing the Movement Assessment Tool
This course comprises e-learning packages, reflection activities and quizzes.
After Module 1 you can test your understanding in the quiz to earn a Physical Development digital badge, and after Modules 2, 3 and 4 you will have the opportunity to earn a Fundamental Movement Skills digital badge.
You will also have access to digital resource cards to help you deliver fun and meaningful physical activity sessions to the children in your setting.
Once you have purchased the product you will be sent an auto order confirmation. Once we have received payment, one of our team will be in touch with your e-learning enrolment details. Please note, your enrolment details will not be distributed until we have received payment.
The product fee includes an annual licence for a single user. The user has unlimited access to the e-learning for 12 months from the date of enrolment. After this time, they will need to renew their licence by re-purchasing the product, should they wish to extend their access.

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Canby's Red Oak or Sierra Red Oak
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Leaves: Tardily Deciduous
Height: To 60 feet
Spread: To 40 feet
Growth: Moderate
Habitat: Limestone soil
Light: Sun to partial shade
Comments: Highly tolerant of heat, drought, alkaline soil and pests. Resistant to Oak wilt Decline. New growth is red turning dark green glossy leathery and fall color is dark red to maroon.


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Social Media Marketing Strategy
The Social Media Marketing Strategy is designed to help businesses make sense of their digital / social media strategy. To put some structure and process behind what for many is a confusing, dark, money-pit where marketing dollars go without a clear path to achieve business objectives. In short, My BFF stands for My Business Friends Forever.
Build an Audience:
By growing the right audience for your products and services, you have the opportunity to reach customers and prospects who have voluntarily "Liked" your page. The simple action of selecting the Like or Follow button tells you that the consumer is interested in learning more about your products and services. Why not make them your new BFF!
Think of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, and YouTube as your virtual storefront only, in this case, potential customers are visiting your store 24/7. They may not buy the first time, but the more customers who visit and the more they come back, the greater your chances are of selling them your product or service. Growing an audience for your business is step number one and today it is easier than ever. Publishing a continuous drumbeat of great content is important, but the fastest way to build an audience for your social media networks is through advertising. At IMG Digital Group, we specialize in social media advertising campaigns. Social advertising is one of the most cost-effective forms of marketing.
To ensure you build out your social sphere efficiently,
IMG Digital Group will conduct a detailed analysis of your business goals and objectives and apply best practices including:
- Create and design branded profiles and business pages on relevant social networks.
- Maintain relevant social network profiles (update artwork and About Us pages) to optimize your digital reputation.
- Design custom social ad campaigns that drive your target audience to your core business objectives (website traffic, leads, page growth, etc.)
Foster Relationships Online:
In today's "always-on" media environment, your customers are researching you and your business online well before they contact you. What they find out has a powerful influence on whether or not they do business with you. All of this activity is happening before they initiate contact.
To ensure you are making a great first impression online and fostering those online relationships, IMG Digital Group will:
- Develop a digital content strategy that provides a consistent digital drumbeat of engaging visual content and social media posts that reinforce your business or brand's unique value proposition.
- Design a cogent digital path to your website from all social networks that are relevant to your personal brand / business objectives.
- Continually research your audience and your competition to ensure your social media marketing is reaching the right people.
Follow Up:
Social media for business is a new way of thinking and it requires discipline and process to achieve results. While social media has great potential to expand your business, its potential is amplified when combined with a strong consumer response capability. To ensure you are maximizing your return on investment, IMG Digital Group will:
- Monitor inbound business inquiries / comments from consumers.
- Engage consumers through a series of standardized responses to be developed in tandem between the IMG Digital Group and client.
- Develop business rules for escalation of consumer comments / complaints.
- IMG Digital Group will provide quarterly reports on agreed upon key performance metrics and conduct regularly scheduled conference calls to ensure continuity of the goals and objectives throughout the engagement.
Additional Services:
- Advertising
- Public relations
- Media training
- Social media marketing
- Speech and video script development
- Spanish-language marketing services
- Video production
- Website development
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A dedicated system to Track Pathology from GP Surgeries to the Pathology Lab
Transport Bag Tracking
You can simply track the collection and delivery of Pathology Transport bags. Each bag will have its own barcode, which is simply scanned on collection and on delivery. You can mix and match with Sample Level Tracking if you wish.
Sample Level Tracking
Samples can be given their own barcode tracking label (GP can print via the Website or they can be given 2 part pre-printed barcodes). This is ideal for critical samples, where you may need to prove an individual sample was collected and delivered.
Location Point Barcodes
Location Point barcodes can be produced for each GP Surgery you collect from. This enables the driver to just scan the Location Barcode, before scanning what they are picking up and / or delivering. This is much faster and more accurate than using menus. You can have multiple locations in each building (surgery / lab) if you wish.
keeping things on time
Samples are time critical
Whether you are tracking transport bags, individual samples or a combination of both, you need to ensure they are delivered within your time window. DeliveryPoD gives you real-time early warnings of bags / samples that are getting near their threshold. This allows you time to take corrective action. DeliveryPoD supports "Cross Docking" – the transfer of items / bags to another van that is going straight to the Pathology Lab
GP Surgery Schedules
Creating Good Habits
Each GP Surgery / Clinic can be given a set of scheduled Collection Times, which are then monitored so you can see whether drivers are arriving between the Earliest and Latest Allowed Times.
This helps GP Surgeries to expect the driver at the scheduled time, so the bags / samples are ready to collect.
By monitoring arrival and departure times you can even see which surgeries are holding the drivers up. Surgeries don't realise that talking to a driver for 5 minutes is creating an issue with the first samples they collected!
Scheduled collections can be placed into routes with a name, such as "Preston North". The time a route is started and finished is recorded, so you can see behavioural patterns that might lead to issues such as a driver consistently starting a route late.
Multi Contract Capable
Reducing Cost for the NHS
Lets face it, there is a cost to simply get a van to a GP Surgery or clinic. If we can take Pharmacy, NHS Supplies, Patient Records to the Surgery, then collect Pathology, Patient Records we can massively reduce the overall cost to the NHS. This is why DeliveryPoD supports multiple contracts on the same van. You can go as far as stipulating individual actions for each GP Surgery, such as "The Harvey Practice – Delivery Pharmacy, Deliver Supplies, Collect Pathology" – when the Location Barcode is scanned the driver is instructed accordingly. Data can be separated out for each contract as well, so Pharmacy, Patient Records and Pathology can have separate reports. As with everything in DeliveryPoD – you can configure this on or off.
Sample Times on Vans
Keep within 4 Hour Window
Ensuring that samples / transport bags are not on vans beyond the fixed time window can be a difficult challenge. DeliveryPoD provides real-time alerts of when samples get within a set period before / after their time window. Transport Bags can be monitored with Transit Sure, a utility that shows bags withing a set period of their time window. Cross docking (transfer of bags / samples from a van continuing on a route, to another van on its way back to the lab). Combined, these features give you the means to massively improve your performance.


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O'Neal makes presence felt as Suns edge SpursMar 10, 2008 - 12:09 AM PHOENIX (Ticker) -- For most of the game, Shaquille O'Neal did his job against Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs. Amare Stoudemire finished it off.
O'Neal collected 14 points and 16 rebounds while swarming Duncan on the defensive end and Stoudemire was big down the stretch as the Phoenix Suns pulled out a much-needed 94-87 victory over the Spurs on Sunday afternoon.
Stoudemire had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Steve Nash added 19 and 14 assists for the Suns, who finished the game on a decisive 14-2 run en route to just their fourth win in 10 games since plugging O'Neal into the lineup after a blockbuster trade on February 6.
"A lot of teams have size in the West, and we added size, let alone a guy with championship experience," Nash said. "One win we are not going to say we are a finished product, but we are on our way to improving and getting to feeling confident with the playoffs coming up."
O'Neal was brought in from the Miami Heat to defend the West's elite big men, such as Duncan, who has given Phoenix fits in the past. On Sunday, Duncan scored just 17 points on 6-of-19 shooting.
"Things haven't been going great, but it's not like teams have been beating us. We have turned the ball over a lot and tonight we played pretty good defense," O'Neal said. "That type of team, if you double down, they become almost impossible to beat because everyone gets off, so I told coach let me guard (Duncan), let Amare guard him then we will see."
"That is kind of why we did this," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "It is different. Plus, you have a 7-1 and then Amare coming from the weak side you have to shoot over both of them. That is what we were missing before."
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich supported the move.
"When you lose some games, you get criticized," Popovich said. "But we are smart enough as coaches to ignore most of the criticism. The last thing Mike D'Antoni has to worry about is fans who are not knowledgeable, who react childishly.
"He is a (heck) of a coach, and the criticism he got around here is just ignorant."
The 7-1 O'Neal also made his presence felt on the offensive end, hitting 6-of-11 shots - mostly from point-blank range.
"They need me to score some points they know they can throw me the ball, but I am not going to be demanding the ball all the time," O'Neal said. "We have a lot of options on this team."
But it was O'Neal's new protege, Stoudemire, who came up big in the fourth quarter. He nailed 1-of-2 free throws to give the Suns their first lead of the final period, 86-85, with 2:29 left in the game.
On Phoenix's next possession, Stoudemire corralled an offensive rebound and was fouled on the putback attempt. He then nailed two free throws to give his team a three-point lead.
"Despite the bad shooting, we got this win defensively," Stoudemire said. "We normally shoot better from the field but, defensively, we did a great job. At the end, they committed fouls, and we knocked free throws down the stretch. Shaq and I tried to control the paint, so it was a great win."
Manu Ginobili nailed a tough floater to make it 88-87, but the Suns scored the final six points of the game, capping their decisive spurt with Nash's two free throws with 18.7 ticks left.
"Missed shots were a big part of the game," Ginobili said. "Duncan missed a couple of easy ones, I missed two layups. So, when the game is close, it often comes down to making shots and not turning the ball over. We turned the ball over while they made shots."
In the first half, D'Antoni gave Nash his customary rest, allowing the Spurs back into the contest. San Antonio went on an 11-2 run to take a 28-22 lead on Ginobili's 3-pointer early in the second.
When Nash returned, the Suns settled down, but a 3-pointer by Ime Udoka with 45.6 left in the second gave San Antonio a 48-45 lead at the half.
Phoenix led most of the way in the third, but a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Bruce Bowen gave San Antonio a 70-69 advantage entering the fourth. The Suns then outscored the Spurs, 25-17, in the final 12 minutes to secure the victory.
"We missed too many layups. We needed to make shots it as simple as that," Duncan said. "Playing them now is a lot different. They play a different style, they are not as fast but, in the same respect, they are better defensively and rebounding wise."
Ginobili had 22 points and Tony Parker added 21 for San Antonio, which has lost two straight after an 11-game winning streak.
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Good to be King
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Forward by Congressman Ron Paul, R-Texas:
Michael Badnarik has created a constitutional primer that will edify and entertain schoolchildren and seasoned libertarians alike. Good to be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom presents a thoroughly readable explanation of how our constitutional republic should work, and how the system became broken in the first place.
Mr. Badnarik starts with fundamentals, identifying the difference between rights and privileges. He discusses the critical and needed distinction between republican and democratic systems of government, arguing that freedom can survive in America only if we return to our republican roots. He also illustrates the forgotten tenets of federalism and states' rights, arguing that federal usurpation of state power has accelerated the loss of our freedoms.
The author then provides a detailed explication of the true meaning of major constitutional provisions and amendments. He does an excellent job of demystifying our founding document, demonstrating that ordinary Americans can and should understand the Constitution and how it applies to their lives.
Anyone who believes in limited government - that is to say anyone who believes in liberty - will benefit from reading this book. If we wish to remain free, we must constantly question and challenge conventional views about the proper role of government in our society. Good to Be King will serve as needed ammunition for libertarians and constitutionalists committed to resisting tyranny in America. I commend Michael Badnarik for authoring a compelling text on the foundations of liberty in America.


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Contrary to popular belief, designing a kids room is not as easy as it sounds. Designing a room that will be appropriate for a younger kid growing up can be tricky, as kids preferences change drastically from year to year, depending on current trends, new Disney characters, or simply just because of growing up. What is their favorite thing now, they could outgrow in as little as in a few months.
This is why I created this post, to point out the most important points to consider when designing a kids room. Links to products are all below, on images and in links.


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We spent a long weekend in Alachua County, Florida, in an area known as Haile Plantation.
Thomas Evans Haile was a South Carolina cotton grower who established a plantation near Gainesville in the 1850s. I'm not up to speed on what became of Haile following the Civil War, after the Emancipation Proclamation freed his 66 slaves. My guess is he suffered a reversal of fortune.
Haile and his wife died in the 1890s. The plantation was left to the 14th of their 15 children, a defense lawyer in Gainesville. The great house was used for parties until the 1930s, when it was boarded up and left to rot. Eventually a movie producer saved the place and helped turn it into an historic site. The Haile landholdings are now an extended, growing housing development, with a golf course and country club.
Thomas Evans Haile's presumed fate is a metaphor for what happened to the Deep South after the Civil War (or as the conflict is known in the region, the War Between the States).
There's something peculiar about the South. Where I'm from, most people focus on the present, some the future. If the general orientation in the South is not directed toward the past, then that is at least true to a greater extent than it is north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Maybe some of this slightly altered reality derives from the South's literary tradition. Faulkner, Capote, McCarthy, Williams, O'Conner – chroniclers of the ruined and doomed, splendor lost, silk gone to rot, family dynasties undone.
The echoes in the South whisper of the aristocratic and chivalrous, yet its heroes are deeply flawed – as heroes often are. The powerful and mighty fallen on hard times, the plantation great houses crumbling; 18th century downtowns mostly untouched due to a lack of capital; pride, prejudice, violence. Romance and ruin, religion and whisky, tradition and rebellion. Feuds and duels. Unspeakable desire. Loss, yearning, madness, lust and revenge under the pitiless sun or the cold moon, blood soaking red clay.
Even nature conspires to create a mood of elegant decadence. The oak trees are draped with Spanish moss. In the bayous, alligators doze with their heads barely out of the water, watching you with dead reptilian eyes. Snakes crawl out of the tall grass toward where your feet move along the path, see you, and flee — and it does not disappoint you in the least to see them go. You are reminded that nature is, as the poet said, red in tooth and claw.
It is a haunted land. Haile's plantation house has its ghosts. The presence of the dead is never far away. You feel them when you are walking down a deserted country lane beneath a canopy of gnarled trees draped in moss like crepe at a funeral. In these silent places where carriages once traveled back and forth to balls or to town to visit the bank or the cotton exchange or slave markets, the dead are with you. The past intrudes into the present. You can almost hear the murmur of great families humbled but unbroken. Chalk writing on the alley wall is a voodoo letter written in another time for delivery to you, today. You hurry past, not stopping to try to make out its meaning.
I half-jokingly made some social media posts during the trip saying I was "vampire-spotting in the Deep South." But in a way I truly was. I was looking for the undead among the living, and I was in the right place. The South is a part of the country where the tales of the idyllic past, the age before the Fall, hide concealed secrets, and the fierce southern sun is not quite bright enough to dispel the last shadows.
The South is, in a word, Gothic.
(My new book, Telluride Blood, I Vampire, is here: http://amzn.to/1NE15tk)


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Professional Trusted Painters and Decorators Crumlin
Alex Trend Painters initially developed a base in the Crumlin in the 2009. We supply a wide range of commercial Painters and Decorators services to Crumlin and bordering locations. Despite exactly how huge or tiny the job, Alex Trend Painters, Painters and Decorators in Crumlin are able to supply you a complete and also different range of paint services. Our residential painting services consist of insides, outsides, woodwork, embellishing and also ornate fragile surfaces. Our Painters and Decorators services ensure a full surface prep work is executed before painting even begins. Additionally, we provide a vast array of business and industrial paint services too.
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Utilizing just the highest-grade paints and also equipment, we assure that our job will certainly produce a phenomenal finish. Our many years in the sector have actually gathered a wealth of understanding as well as techniques that have been tested and shown, which we employ in all of our tasks. Our group at Alex Trend Painters identifies the worth of a careful approach. The appeal is often in the details, as well as a detailed technique is critical for accomplishing the high criterion we have actually established for ourselves. This does not always come at the expense of time. Our solutions are extensive, yet efficient. Along our painting services we also do the following: commercial painting, wallpapering, 3d wall panels, interior or exterior painting or house painting.
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Are you contemplating giving your home or business a new look? Do you need to repair water stains on ceilings and walls or over walls in which mold has been removed? It may be tempting to do the job yourself, which may lead to cost savings. However, there are many reasons you should consider selecting a professional painter and decorator service.
Prices of Equipment
Good painting of interiors or exteriors necessitates an investment in gear — brushes, rollers, sprayers, tarp to protect surfaces and surfaces, ladders, scaffolding, sanders, compound knifes, patching materials, solvents, the list can quickly become long and pricey. Hiring a professional painter and decorator means that the painter comes with the tools they will require to do the job correctly, will wash up those tools when they're done and will require them away to be stored elsewhere.
Protection of Your Premises and Avoiding a Mess
A professional painter and decorator will have the right gear and be knowledgeable and knowledgeable about the way to protect furniture, floors, cupboards, paths and other items which you don't need painted from any damage. If your work involves staining, an expert will have the right equipment and experience to use the stain properly to achieve the perfect finish and once achieved, protect the finish.
A professional painter will even completely clean up the work area when the job is completed.
Planning is Key
A professional painter and painter will know that preparation is the trick to a good looking, long lasting paint job. The walls or other surfaces which have to be painted may have to be thoroughly cleaned, patched, degreased and/or primed. Areas with water or mold staining may require additional therapy and patching before they are ready for a last paint job. It is a lot of work and if it is not done correctly with appropriate instruments and techniques, it won't lead to an excellent finish.
Skills and Patience
Painting takes patience to produce a gorgeous quality finish and in addition, it takes skill that's developed with training and experience. A professional will learn how to complete each of their preparation and painting jobs involved to achieve the best outcome.
Back in Dublin, there are a number of options a professional painter and decorator can start for you, which you could not have the skills or experience to do yourself, including specific finishes (intumescent finishes (that can be fireproof), faux finishes and textured painting, for instance ).
A professional painter may also understand the materials which are needed to do the work right. Which primer will offer the correct coverage? Latex or oil? Matte, semi-gloss, high gloss? Which primer base is demanded? What paint foundation? Should the wall be prepared with drywall compound or plaster? Spray or roller?
A professional painter will be able to recommend materials that are best to achieve the look you need, while preventing any harm to your surfaces. With this information, you can attain a greater quality finish that will last.
For outdoor tasks, a professional will understand the right weather, temperature and sun conditions to finish the job with all the best results. Stains react differently in direct sunlight than when it's overcast, and at different temperatures. While rain obviously impacts the job, humidity and heat may also impact the quality of exterior paint finishes. A regional expert painter will understand the proper stuff to use to make your exterior last as long as you can in Dublin's climate.
Climbing on ladders while attempting to apply paint correctly is a skilled job that requires careful focus and attention to prevent severe injury and damage. The higher the website which needs painting, the greater the danger of an crash. For interior jobs with high areas or exterior jobs, a professional painter may have all the tools and expertise required to perform the work correctly and safely, including the proper dimensions and design of ladder and scaffolding.
Your time is valuable and painting yourself takes a significant quantity of time. Using a professional painter and decorator take care of the work for you can save you days and days of effort, and can usually be achieved in a much shorter period of time.
A study from Trinity College Dublin indicates that the average Irish man requires 28 hours per day to accomplish all of his or her tasks. Avoid adding a paint job to this and talk to a professional painter about your requirements.


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UW schools hope programs avert nursing shortage
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Four schools in the University of Wisconsin System are hoping a new grant program will help avert a nursing shortage in coming decades.
An Eau Claire Leader-Telegram report (http://bit.ly/1ak3Yfs ) says the schools want more nurses to become nurse educators, so they can train more people to fill open positions.
As incentives the schools are offering fellowships and loan-forgiveness programs. The grants will be available to nurses enrolling in graduate programs at UW campuses in Eau Claire, Madison, Milwaukee and Oshkosh.
The money is part of a $3.2 million UW System economic-development incentive grant.
A report from the Wisconsin Center for Nursing says the state could face a shortfall of 20,000 registered nurses by 2035 — a result of expected retirements and an aging population.


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Following the Orlando Shooting, Facebook Enabled 'Safety Check' for the First Time in the U.S. -- Start Up Your Day Roundup
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The world mourns. Following the mass shooting in Orlando, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for the first time in the U.S.
Software update. Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference begins today. Watch the keynote here starting at 10 a.m. PT.
Typo. Amazon Echo users are discovering surprising objects on their shopping lists.
Game on. Images of Microsoft's new Xbox One S have officially been leaked online.
Take-backs. Facebook is now going to delete photos automatically synced from your phone -- unless you download another app to prevent it.
Sticky situation. Japanese chat app Line makes $270 million a year from the sales of its virtual stickers.
Take your pick. McDonald's Japan is featuring three new toppings on three popular burgers for a limited time.Just desserts. Starbucks has unveiled a new deliciously sweet Frappuccino.


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It's kind of been a rough news week for all of us at New Times. We sit here in our seizure zebra-striped building in Wynwood, pecking away at our keyboards, fleshing out stories, and tracking down sources to give you the most interesting stories of the day.
Don't get us wrong. We wouldn't change our jobs for the world. But sometimes even our thick skin mentality gets shaken up by what we uncover. It's weeks like these -- and surely, you'd agree -- that we thank goodness weekends still exist.
The good news is that this weekend is full of things to do that will distract us from this beautiful, albeit disastrous, city we live in.
Black Violin: String hip-hop. See y'all there.
Secretsundaze: The secret is that it's not on Sunday ;)
J. Phlip: Her name makes the word "flip" sound hot.
Lil Jon: Don't hold it against us if we occasionally yell out YEAHH when we're drunk. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Paul van Dyk: The 6 pound, 7 ounce baby Jesus of EDM.
Bronies of South Florida Summertime Beach Party: This is actually a thing. Really.
Second Saturday: We're praying it doesn't rain. It's been a minute since we've gone to Artwalk.
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Lilia Skala
Galvanizing, stern-featured Viennese character actress with extensive Broadway experience ("The Diary of Anne Frank," "Medea and Jason") and regular if limited film and TV credits. A decade after recreating her Broadway role in the film version of the Irving Berlin musical "Call Me Madam" (1953) Skala first gained attention in features with her splendid, Oscar-nominated performance as the disciplined, argumentative but good-hearted Mother Superior who coaxes an itinerant handyman (Sidney Poitier) into building a church in the delightful sleeper "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
Most typically in prominent, commanding supporting roles, Skala has also played nuns in TV-movies including "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (1965) and the pilot for "Ironside" (1967). She also played doctors regularly, performing well as Lindsay Crouse's mentor in David Mamet's psychological thriller "House of Games" (1987) and as one of the doctors who enhances a retarded man's mental capacities in the less-than-sterling "Charly" (1968). Skala's amusing recurring role as the battleaxe mother-in-law on the 1960s sitcom "Green Acres" was a welcome chance for her to do comedy; more typically she has played dramatic roles in the apocalyptic drama "Testament" (1983, as a music teacher) and the striking prairie saga "Heartland" (1980, as a brusque rancher). Also in 1983, she played a former ballerina who inspires Jennifer Beals in "Flashdance." One of her most affecting performances used the tough aspects of her acting persona to counterpoint her lonely, careworn character in the ballroom-set anthology "Roseland" (1977), which Skala effortlessly stole from a sterling ensemble cast of elderly character stalwarts. In that film, she tugs heartstrings by dying on the dance floor, a smile on her face.
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Played first sizable American feature film role in "Call Me Madam", recreating her 1950 stage role
Returned to feature film work in "Lillies of the Field"
Played the recurring role of the mother-in-law of Oliver Douglas (Eddie Albert) in the popular CBS sitcom "Green Acres"
Co-starred in "Roseland"
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Metro New Orleans' upgraded levee system has greatly reduced the risk of flooding for most area residents. But it has multiplied the worries of local flood control officials, who worry about how to pay for the massive costs of maintaining the system and running its new pumps and gates.
The U.S. Army of Engineers will turn over completed segments of the system to the east and West Bank regional levee authorities over the next year. The authorities oversee the operations of what were independent levee districts on the east and west banks of the river before Katrina. For Bob Turner, executive director of the East Bank levee authority, the biggest problem will be the Lake Borgne Levee District in St. Bernard Parish.
The district's shrunken tax base post-Katrina won't provide enough taxes to pay for the operation of its majority share of the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier, the massive wall built to fend off surge from the region's eastern flank. The barrier includes a navigation gate across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and a second gate at Bayou Bienvenue.
The state's Congressional delegation is attempting to shift the cost of operating those structures to the corps, but that's anything but certain.
The Orleans Levee District is expected to face a similar jam when it picks up operation of the new Seabrook navigation gate/surge barrier at the Lake Pontchartrain entrance to the Industrial Canal. While the Orleans district's tax revenues now equal its expenses, that's unlikely to remain the case far into the future, Turner said.
"Orleans is right at the tipping point for the long term," he said.
The local levee districts will also have to pay the cost of raising the height of earthen levees to account for sinking soils and rising water levels in as little as 5 to 7 years to withstand the 100-year surge level.
Under state law, the regional levee authority can approve its own property tax millage to pay for additional costs that any individual levee district can't afford. But Turner said a new tax would require approval by a majority of voters in each parish within the authority's boundary, which includes Tangipahoa and St. Tammany parishes. Getting more than 50 percent of votes in those north shore parishes, whose residents may not see the benefits to them of the St. Bernard or New Orleans improvements, is likely to be a problem, Turner said.
"The levees are designed as a system, and FEMA requires that they be used as a system, but under present laws, we really can't fund their operation and maintenance as a system," he said. "That's going to be a difficult challenge."
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West, which oversees the corps-built West Bank and Vicinity levees in New Orleans, including Algiers, Jefferson Parish a parts of St. Charles and Plaquemines parishes, has similar financial problems. The West Bank authority also has a different political wrinkle: the authority's border actually doesn't include St. Charles and Plaquemines parishes.
"Our only territorial jurisdiction for operation and maintenance today is the west bank of Orleans and the most populated areas of west Jefferson Parish," said authority President Susan Maclay. Like its East Bank sister, the authority is working with the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to see how its borders can be legislatively reshaped to solve that part of its money problem.
The biggest financial burden in the West Bank will be running the $1 billion West Closure Complex. The massive structure includes a gate to block storm surge traveling up the Harvey and Algiers canals and the world's largest pumping station, whose 11 pumps can move enough water to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in less than five seconds. The pumps will assure that rainwater within the West Bank levee system can be pumped south towards the Gulf of Mexico during a hurricane.
Like the two gates on the East Bank, West Bank authority officials hope the Congressional legislation requiring the corps to operate the structure will be approved. If not, the authority will be faced with a long-term financial problem, Maclay said.
Even more troublesome, Maclay said, is the expected cost of keeping earthen levees at the proper heights. Most of the West Bank levee system was built on soft soils where levees didn't exist before Katrina. That will require raising levee heights in as little as two to 3 years, especially along a lengthy stretch just north of Lake Cataouatche.


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"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself...
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England"
Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
What has happened to thee?
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been suspended for four weeks for being insensitive to a reporter. After the reporter asked something that Livingstone must not have liked, the exchange went as follows:
Livingston: "What did you do before? Were you a German war criminal?"
Reporter: "No, I'm Jewish. I wasn't a German war criminal."
Livingstone: "Actually, you are just like a concentration camp guard. You're just doing it 'cause you're paid to, aren't you?"
Well, I can see suspending him for being incoherent and, even worse, not witty, but just what is intolerably offensive about this? Has he offended Germans by suggesting they are war criminals? Does the fact that the reporter announced he was Jewish mean that he couldn't also be a mercenary? Or is the fact that he was Jewish mean no linking him with anti-semites? Was Livingstone just too rough with a reporter?
That's the problem with "speech codes" they are subject to the same law of expansion that governs Michael Moore's pants size.
How long would Winston Churchhill last in today's Europe. Here are two of my favorites. Did he really say them? I'd like to think so.
Bessie Braddock (meeting Churchill while he was in his cups): "Sir, you are drunk."
Churchill: "And, Madam, you are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober."
Nancy Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison."
Churchill: "Madam. if I were your husband I would take it."


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Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Here's hoping this year has as many freebies as 2019!
I broke this massive list into sections. There's so much free food, that I even split that up into free meals and free everything else (appetizers, drinks, sides, desserts, etc.)
Unless otherwise noted, these freebies are only available on Sunday, November 11 for Veterans and Active Duty Military personnel. You will need your valid military ID for almost all of these offers!
Retail Discounts & Sales
Academy Sports & Outdoors – 10% off purchases through Sunday.
Dollar General – 11% discount on in-store and online purchases for all veterans, active duty military, members of the National Guard & Reserve and their immediate family members. This discount will be available in all store locations or online by using the promo code MILITARY11 … so … everyone can use it online?
Food Lion – 10 percent discount on Monday.
Great Clips – Free haircut.
Home Depot – Veterans get a 10% discount. Active Duty get a 10% discount year round!
Publix – Save 10%. Excludes prescriptions, alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lottery tickets, postage stamps, money services, Publix Delivery, and Publix Curbside.
Southeastern Grocers – BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie are all giving away 11% off your total bill. I know it has to do with the date, but I like to think they're trying to one-up Publix. Oh, yeah, grocery stores are like goofy gangs with feuds in my head. It's awesome.
Sports Clips – Free haircut.
Target – All military personnel, veterans, and families get 10% off both in-store and online purchases through Monday, November 12!
Tractor Supply Co. – Veterans, active-duty personnel and their dependents get a 15% discount. They have a landing page with some pre-sales on it already too.
Walgreens – 20% discount Friday-Sunday.
Free Meals & Entrees
54th Street Grill & Bar – Any free entree, up to $12.
Applebee's – Free meal from 8 possible options.
Arooga's Grille House – Free meal on Monday.
Aspen Creek Grill – Free meal from a select menu on Monday.
Back Yard Burgers – Free classic burger.
Bakers Square – Free breakfast from 3 choices.
Bandanas BBQ – Free meal.
Bar Louie – Free burger or flatbread, up to $15 in value.
BJ's Restaurants – Free entree up to $12, Dr. Pepper drink, and possibly a Pizookie dessert.
Bob Evans – Free meal.
California Pizza Kitchen – Free meal from 13 different options.
Chili's – Free meal from 7 options.
Claim Jumper – Free meal from 9 options on Monday.
Cotton Patch Cafe – Free fried steak or chicken fried chicken (….that's not a typo).
Denny's – Free Grand Slam breakfast from 5am-noon on Monday.
Emmet's Social Table – Free meal on Sunday and Monday.
El Torito, Acapulco, Chevys and El Torito Grill – Free 3-item combo meal.
Famous Dave's – Free meal of 2 meats, 1 side, and a corn bread muffin on Sunday and Monday.
Fatz – Free Calabash Chicken Basket.
Firebirds – Free meal on Monday.
Friendly's – Free Big Two Do Breakfast or a free All American Burger for lunch and dinner.
Golden Corral – Free dinner on Monday from 5-9pm.
Hooters – Free entree from 6 choices.
Houlihan's – Free entree.
Hy-Vee – Free breakfast buffet on Monday.
IHOP – Free stack of Red, White, and Blue pancakes from 7am-7pm on Monday.
Joey D's Oak Room – Free entree.
Jon Smith Subs – Free 6″ Steak Bomb sub on Monday.
Little Caesar's – Free $5 HOT-N-READY lunch combo from 11am-2pm.
Logan's Roadhouse – Free meal of an entree and two sides from 3-6pm.
Max & Erma's – Free meal of 1/2 lb. burger, fries, and drink.
Margaritas Mexican Restaurant – Free entree.
McCormick & Schmick's – Free entree from a select menu.
O'Charley's – Free $9.99 entree, either Sunday or Monday.
On The Border – Free create-your-own combo meal with endless chips & salsa.
Primanti Bros – Free classic Primanti Bros sandwich.
Red Robin – Free tavern double burger and bottomless steak fries.
Rib Crib – Free meal of two meats and one side.
Romano's Macaroni Grill – Free Mom's Ricotta Meatballs + Spaghetti.
Shanes Rib Shack – Free sandwich, regular side, and 20-oz. beverage November 8th through November 10th only.
Sheetz – Free 6″ turkey sub & drink AND a free car wash.
Shoney's Free all you care to eat breakfast bar on Monday, Nov. 12 from Open-11am.
Sizzler – Free complete lunch until 4pm.
Sweet Pea's – Free single item from their menu.
Texas de Brazil – Free dinner meal plus 20% off for up to six additional guests both Sunday and Monday.
Texas Roadhouse – Free lunch from a list of 10 possible entrees.
Toojay's – Free entree.
TravelCenters of America – Free meal on Monday.
Twin Peaks – Free meal off a select menu.
Wienerschnitzel – Free chili dog, small fries, and small Pepsi.
White Castle – Free combo meal.
Wild Wing Cafe – Free meal.
Free Drinks, Sides, & Desserts
Ben's Soft Pretzels – Free regular jumbo soft pretzel on Monday.
Biggby Coffee – Free coffee on Sunday and Monday.
Buffalo Wild Wings – Free wings and side of fries.
Chipotle – BOGO burrito, bowl, salad, or order of tacos.
Cracker Barrel – Free Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola® Cake dessert or Crafted Coffee.
Dunkin' Donuts – Free donut.
Fogo de Chao – 50% off on Friday-Sunday.
LaMar's – Free Donut & coffee.
Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que – Free dessert on Sunday or Monday.
Menchies – Free 6 oz. frozen yogurt.
Pilot Flying J – Free coffee of any size and your choice of a PJ Fresh breakfast sandwich, packaged pastry item or a Cinnabon Center of the Roll Saturday-Monday. You'll need to use the free Pilot Flying J app to redeem the offer.
Price Chopper – Free coffee & donut.
Red Lobster – Free appetizer or dessert.
Ruby Tuesday – Free appetizer.
Scooter's Coffee – Free drink.
Starbucks – Free tall, 12 oz. brewed coffee.
Yard House – Free appetizer.
Entertainment & Outdoor Freebies
Main Event – Free $10 in arcade game play and one free entree.
Verizon Up Rewards – Check your account for a free $5 AMC movie gift card.
Colonial Williamsburg – Free admission to all active duty military, reservists, retirees, veterans, National Guardsmen, and their immediate dependents from Saturday-Monday.
Knott's Berry Farm – Free admission for yourself and one guest from November 1 – 15 and November 26 – December 21, 2018.
National Parks – No entrance fee for the general public!
Akron Zoo – Free admission and immediate family members receive 50% off admission.
Atlanta Zoo – Free admission and $4 off general admission for up to six accompanying guests.
Birmingham Zoo – Free admission for all veterans, active and retired military and their dependents. Valid on both Sunday and Monday.
Cincinnati Zoo – Free admission and the offer also allows military personnel to purchase up to six (6) half-price admission tickets for members of their immediate family.
Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo Free admission Saturday-Monday.
Nashville Zoo – Free admission for active military personnel, military veterans and their immediate families!
Oregon Zoo – Free admission for military veterans and active military personnel, as well as family members who accompany them to the zoo. Families of deployed military personnel also will be given free admission.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium – Free admission and families get half-off, Saturday-Monday.
Riverbanks Zoo – Free admission.
Sedgwick County Zoo – Free admission to all military personnel and immediate families on Sunday and Monday.
Sunset Zoo – All guests receive free admission in honor of American soldiers and their families.
Woodland Park Zoo – Free admission.
Aquarium of the Pacific – Free admission while friends and family receive $3 off adult and $1.50 off child admissions.
Mystic Aquarium – Free admission both Saturday and Sunday.
Newport Aquarium – Free admission from November 10 to 18 and family members receive their military discount of $3 off adult tickets and $2 off child tickets.
Hot DANG that's a lot of freebies. There couldn't be a more deserving holiday for them either! Thank you to all our military men and women serving, both past and present!


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When Phoenix Design Week kicks off on Monday, September 24, there are plenty of ways to get in on the design-centric fun -- whether it's your life's work or you're simply an avid admirer of desirable design. To aid in your choosing process (you have plenty of options), we picked three must-attend events that'll provide different insights into the design world.
Unfinished Spaces Screening @ FilmBar Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray's documentary Unfinished Spaces looks at Cuba's National Art Schools, an ambitious architectural endeavor designed in 1961 by a trio of architects appointed by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. As the country's revolution continued, the project was neglected and left unfinished.
See also: - Phoenix Design Week 2012 Introduces Experimental 'Exquisite Phoenix' - Best Sign of Design - Phoenix Design Week
AIGA Arizona presents the movie on Monday, September 24, atFilmBar
. A mixer begins the evening at 5:30 p.m. The film starts at 6:30. Admission is $5 at the door; no advance tickets are being sold.
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Pedal Craft 2 @ Kitchen Sink Studios The second edition of the cycle poster exhibition that fuses design, arts, bikes, and community opens at Kitchen Sink Studios on Friday, September 28, at 6 p.m..
The event includes a talk at 8 p.m. from cycling advocate and author Grant Petersen, who will also sign his book Just Ride, and a group ride to downtown hangouts. Admission and participation are free.
Creative Mornings PHX @ TBA No, TBA is not some cool new hangout. We've got our ears perked for more deets on our city's first-ever Creative Mornings event, which will take place on Friday, September 28, at a yet-unannounced location and a yet-unannounced time. Creative Mornings includes a 20-minute lecture and breakfast. Admission to the event is free. It will continue on a monthly basis after the kick-off. Keep tabs on the event through CMPhx's Twitter (@Phoenix_CM) for updates.


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How Google's Panda Update Changed SEO Best Practices ForeverBlog Post: June 23, 2011
Perhaps we are all looking in the wrong tunnel? The fundamental flaw in search engines is that we (the SEO community) look to find leaks we can use to our advantage. Forever and a day, people trying to get their site(s) recognised before someone elses will engage in what I call probing.
I use several sacrificial domains to probe for not quite white and never black hat techniques. Panda if it exists with any substancial alterations to how we work, is not going to change anything. All it will do is cause the end site owner to pay more for SEO because we now have to learn new ways to probe for flaws. Someone has to pay for that time.
I'm not sure if Panda is actually functional in Australia. I have noticed several of my sites that usually rank between 3 and 10 have moved down a place or two but not enough to measure because the same sites have moved positive in Bing and Yahoo.
One question I can't find the answer to is how intelligent are on-line shoppers? Are they smart enough to know how to change Win 7's defaults to use Google or are they happy to use Bing? I have some evidence (Not enough for clear decission) that at least one of my sites is more productive in Bing than Google. Bothe engines return the site on the same page.
Are there any statistics anywhere outside MS and Google that can be used to target a particular consumer using a different search engine?
This morning I find my site (brisbaneweddingphotographers.com) gone from Google's visible results!
Odd... This site has returned on the first page of Google when searching for Brisbane Wedding Photographers for over four years... Now it's gone. Has the Panda struck? Hmm. According to Microsoft "Expression"'s SEO check the Index page - the only one I've really bothered with in the past, it is clean.
This vidcast has been very enlightening. I'll have to find the time now to learn a whole new method of ranging my 30 sites as I watch most of them slowly slip from the search results. Thanks for the heads up. Many questions are now answered. Of course the BIG one is still unanswered... Whow to recover from Googleblow or Pandahit.


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To celebrate, the resorts are hosting a Five Day, Five Diamond Scavenger Hunt from Aug. 22-26. Visitors and guests will have the opportunity to win exclusive prizes by finding the day's diamond hidden somewhere different each day throughout both Five Diamond resorts. So follow both resorts at @PalazzoLasVegas and @VenetianVegas to find clues daily.
Post a photo of yourself with the found treasure and use the hash tag #5day5diamond for a shot at winning daily prizes such as a two-night stay at the Venetian or the Palazzo, show tickets to one of the resorts' acclaimed shows, dinner for two, a private gondola ride, a gift certificate to The Grand Canal Shoppes and The Shoppes at The Palazzo and an extravagant 18-karat white gold pendant with round white diamonds and white diamond center stone exclusively from luxury jewelry designer Simon G. Jewelry. Winners will be randomly selected each day and announced via Twitter.
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Interview: Dr. Daniele Fortunato talks about Caffeine, the Nutritionist-Athlete Relationship and more (Part II)
This is the second part of the interview with Dr. Daniele Fortunato if which we discuss about caffeine. You can find part I HERE.
Is caffeine for athletes a friend or a foe during a competition?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: Caffeine has been used in sports for long time. This is because its effects on the central nervous system are well known and in some circumstances these effects improve sports performance. Especially is the case of endurance sports where fatigue always arises and is a limiting factor.
Caffeine delays the onset of fatigue and increases the heart rate. But this is a double-edged sword: in precision sports, like dancesport, it is important to stay focused, clear and calm. In this case caffeine could be an obstacle.
And if a person is sensitive to caffeine, but needs the same effect, what can he replace it with?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: There are many people who are particularly sensitive to caffeine because they do not catabolize it well. Therefore, in these cases it is necessary to avoid it totally.
A supplement based on high-dose pure royal jelly has been launched on the market in the latest period. Royal jelly has been used for several decades as a supplement for children. Now, for the first time has been tested on professional athletes with incredible results. The only problem with this food is its quality and its purity.
In Italy we are investing a lot in the processes of purification and conservation of royal jelly. We want to ensure an effective and highly concentrated product that is able to provide athletes a significant increase in performance.
How does a relationship start between you and an athlete who's asking for your support during his preparation? What kind of initial tests must be done in order to establish the correct nutritional plan? How often do we need to monitor the progress?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: It's always necessary that at least the first visit is done in person, in order to do a good evaluation of the body composition. We need to analyze the anthropoplyometric parameters, to do a stratigraphy and evaluate the functional state of fat and muscle tissues of the various districts of the body. It's very important to establish together a diet that is compatible with all the needs of the athlete.
The first visit must then include:
- an accurate pathophysiological anamnesis
- the study of the training sessions and competitions
- the acquisition of specialists' reports
- clinical analyzes
- pharmacological therapies in progress
The following check visits can be done online, for example via Skype or any other way about every 2 weeks. Then, when possible, they are performed in person.
So you could even have a distance relationship with an athlete, without the need to check on him every week?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: Exactly. Professional athletes hardly remain in the same place for many days, so you have to adapt to their lifestyle, as you do for their nutrition.
If an athlete wants to follow a vegan or vegetarian diet, can he still guarantee his body a diet that will satisfy it?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: Sure, it is possible. However, in this case, the support of the nutritionist is fundamental. It's really hard that with the do-it-yourself you get good results and it's difficult to avoid important nutritional deficiencies that affect not only the sports performance, but the patient's health itself.
To conclude, could you give an advice to those who try in every way (and most of the times fail) to lose weight, without following a nutritional plan specially created for them?
Dr. Daniele Fortunato: Losing weight is easy. Losing weight properly is a little bit more difficult. If a person does not want to rely on a nutritionist, my advice is to simply eat a bit of everything in moderate quantities. Remove foods that are clearly harmful to health and exercise at least 3 times a week. I say it because losing weight incorrectly brings much more damage to health than having a few extra kilos. So if you do not know how to do it, it's better to avoid doing it.
Nutrition is an extremely complex matter. Just think that even we, nutritionists, if we need to lose weight, we often have to develop a diet for ourselves as if we were patient, or we often rely on colleagues. Always be wary of those who must sell you a product, whether it is a supplement or a substitute for a meal or a miraculous program that involves taking slimming products.
Always ask for the qualifications and the registration number of the Biologists or Doctors' Order. Like this, you can easily check his skills, trust who has studied medicine and biology and is able to take care first about your health and then about your physical appearance.
You can find more info on Dr. Daniele Fortunato on his website: www.dottorfortunato.it
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Italian, dancing since the age of 5 and currently based in Moscow. With his partner Ekaterina Utkina, he is in the top 50 WDSF Adult Standard World Ranking, representing the Russian Federation.


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We're going to need bigger pants? Or are we?
It is 15 years since the release of the first Bridget Jones movie, and the famous 'hello mummy' quote as Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant, discovered that Bridget, played by Renée Zellweger, was wearing 'absolutely enormous panties'.
With that one scene Bridget and Daniel made it acceptable, even sexy, to wear support pants – and talk about them. Today, the market for support pants, now more widely known as shapewear, has grown significantly. The UK-based retail chain Debenhams recorded a 75% increase in shapewear sales between 2009 and 2013, a trend which has continued. This growth has been led by an unprecedented level of innovation within the sector. Manufacturers have invested in the design, of shapewear, reducing the size, increasing the comfort and improving the style.
Sri Lanka is at the forefront of shapewear innovation, design and manufacture having invested heavily in R&D over recent years, leading to a successful market position. Manufacturers have worked hard to develop products that consumers want at affordable prices, and have built a strong supply chain around it. Through this investment new materials are being used including, patented technologies, such as silicone technology, which have transformed the industry. The supply chain involved in the production of a typical pair of shapewear pants covers 70,764 miles, 16 different manufacturing sites, across three continents, to provide a pair of pants to a customer in London.
You can access the full PDF version of this infographic using the 'download' link at the bottom of this step.
A complex supply chain exists to make one pair of shapewear pants with materials sourced from Sri Lanka, USA, Germany and Eurasia.
It is heartening to see that they have used local capability where possible and sourced globally for components where technological advantage lay in other continents. Even in a product as apparently simple as pants, innovation is critical to ensure long term survival in what will otherwise become a commoditised market.
We are also seeing the innovation developments in shapewear crossing over into compression wear. Nike put the technology to the test in their kits for both the England and France teams in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. This was to enhance the performance and aid recovery of the sportsmen.
The discussion of underwear sparked by the first film can now move on to whether local integrated production or a flexible global supply chain is the most sustainable way to source your shape wear. Who would have thought that there was so much innovation, technology and a 70,764-mile supply chain supporting what appears to be on the surface to be a simple pair of pants.
This step is written by Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy at WMG, Jan Godsell, and Dr Rivini Mataraarachchi from the University of Moratuwa.
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Month: November 2009
Going against the flow…good thing to think about…
Going against the flow…it seems to be a style of living and thinking for many…especially those who seems to have the most impact in any given human situation. Yep, there can be risks to that style of life…but frankly, "no risk…no glory". As Seth Godin says below, maintaining the status quo is a recipe for failure. Seth's post today is worth a quick look:
Some artists continually seek to tear down boundaries, to find new powder, new territory, new worlds to explore. They're the ones that hop the fence to get to places no one has ever been.
Other artists understand that they need to see the edges of the box if they're going to create work that lasts. No fence, no art.
Can't do both at the same time.
My guess is that you're already one kind of person or the other. When people present you with an opportunity/problem, what's your first reaction? Some people immediately start looking for loopholes or weak boundaries. "You didn't say we couldn't do xxx". For these people, the best and most obvious solution is to completely demolish the problem and play by different rules.
Other people, some just as successful, take a hard look at the boundaries and create something that plays within, that follows the rules, but that is likely to win because of this.
In my experience, either can work, but only by someone willing to push harder than most in their push to be remarkable. Going with the flow is a euphemism for failing…
What a great video!
Insightful article on steps needing to be taken in the transition of "ekklesia"
A brother in the Lord by the name of Roger Thoman recently wrote an article for the Simple/House Church website that is insightful on some of the issues that any traditional "church" faces when transitions are "in the wind". These stages are theological, biblical and "heart checks" that must be navigated for real transformation to occur. I think his list is helpful…if you want to see the entire article, click HERE.
1. Letting go of old paradigms of church life.
2. Exploring New Testament gatherings.
3. Re-boot to Jesus.
4. A new missional heart and longing.
5. Fresh discovery of our own passions, spiritual gifts, and calling.
6. Integration of an organic, fruitful lifestyle with organic gatherings that support it.
7. Our kingdom influence spreads and even becomes reproductive in its impact.
Walt Mueller is right!
Walt Mueller of the Center for Youth and Parent Understand put it well – "Youth culture is a map and a mirror. It is both directive and
reflective. We watch it to see where it's sending us and our kids. We
watch it to see where we are. We monitor, deconstruct, and exegete it
to know how to bring the map of the Biblical world and life view to
bear on the realities that exist. A world that's not the way it's
supposed to be keeps heading in that direction. We're in desperate need
of being straightened out, fixed, and made new. That's why we listen
and watch carefully. Looking for a cultural map and mirror to ponder and talk about over the next month or so? Here's one worth engaging. "You 86 the rules. You do what just feels right. . . "
Is this really what Christmas has been reduced to?
Just when we think we are safe from "The Naked Pastor"…he does this! Brilliant!
Great video – Walking your prayer life!
A Post from Bobby Vaughn on "missional" living!
Good post from the Northwood Church blog (Bob Roberts)…definitely says it as it needs to be said – it is much more difficult to be a follower of Jesus in your own context than in a context in which you don't belong.
"I have a confession to make. As a pastor, this isn't easy for me to
say. 5 years ago I would have rather have gone to Vietnam and love the
people "over there" than go to my next door neighbor and get to know
them. It's so much easier, cleaner and gives me that warm fuzzy
feeling inside. But my confession doesn't end there. Here's the long
and short history of my adventures on Latania Lane.
wife and two daughters (at the time… I now have 4 daughters, but that
is a story unto itself) moved to Keller, Texas December 23, 2005 from
Grand Junction, Colorado. On one of the first evenings in our new home
we were sitting on the floor unpacking boxes when we heard what seemed
to be a mob outside our front door. I eased over to the blinds, trying
to be sneaky… 'cause, you know, you don't want to look like the nosey
neighbor, and peeked through. There, on my front lawn was a group of
about 8 to 10 people just standing there talking and laughing. Now,
I'm from Colorado – the "rugged individualism" state – and this sort of
behavior was just peculiar. I couldn't figure out why all these people
were just standing there… having conversations! My wife, being the more curious of the two of us, ventured out to see
what the commotion was all about. She was gone for almost an hour.
When she returned she says to me, "They just hang out and talk… almost
every night!" The Church Planter side of me immediately thought, "Wow!
We don't have to work at community here! They do it for us!" But my
second thought was, "Uh oh. If they've already built community among
one another, what's left for me to do?" Crazy thought, I know. In the
following months we learned that our street celebrates holidays
together, we play together, we camp together, we laugh together and cry
together… Latania Lane is our family and home away from home. Like family, we fight, but also like family we forgive. Over the last 4 years, I have had several people call me their pastor,
even though they do not attend church (some of my neighbor's scars from
"church" run deep). You see, I learned something from Bob Roberts and
NorthWood Church – something that some people don't understand and
criticize us for – and that is that we serve not to convert, but
because we are converted. I love my neighbors to the point where I
would not hesitate to lay my life down for any one of them. And I know
they feel the same. The fact is, most of the time my neighbors
minister to me more than I do to them. They know my glaring defects,
my hurts and my struggles and love me anyway. I know their defects,
hurts and struggles… that's what makes family. Why do we as followers of Jesus oftentimes choose to look past our
neighbors? And when we do try to get to know them, why go with the
intent of not loving necessarily, but to convert? Like Bob says, don't
get me wrong! I want every one of my neighbors to know Jesus and
follow him, but banging them over the head with my Bible won't get them
there. Bob's international involvements have taught all of us at NorthWood
some valuable lessons, but the most important lesson he has taught us
all is that love is the way to see transformation. I'm going to talk
to my fellow NorthWood-ers for a second. Don't be like me. Don't go to
Vietnam, Mexico, and Haltom City and forget to love your immediate
neighbors. Don't sacrifice your neighbors' because you "did the work"
somewhere else.
Love your neighbors.
Quick take…
Vicky and I received a Christmas "circular" advertising for Jesus 'stuff' over at the local Christian bookstore. Their "logo" for the month? "We give because He gave". I know that might be a helpful logo/slogan for them during the upcoming shopping season…but really? I mean, really? Do we really want to equate what Jesus did to what we buy to give? I mean, really?


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Australia's version of SOPA is now law: Why didn't anyone stop it?
Updated: Friday, June 26 2015 10.30 a.m. with a statement from Wikipedia
On January 18, 2012, black banners appeared across hundreds of websites from Google to Tumblr. On Wikipedia, visitors saw a message that read "Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge."
After a grassroots movement across America demanded Internet companies take a stand against two site blocking laws proposed by the U.S. government, the influential sites told their millions of users to contact their elected representatives, and posted links to petitions and protest marches. According to Twitter, 2.4 million tweets relating to the laws were sent that day. The bills were pulled not long after.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), would have allowed the U.S. government to seek a court order forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block foreign websites enabling or facilitating piracy for U.S. Internet users, among other measures.
Sound familiar? The site blocking bill that became law this week in Australia will allow copyright holders of content like film and television to apply to the Federal Court for an injunction forcing ISPs, such as Telstra, to block foreign websites that facilitate piracy.
On Monday evening, while the site blocking law passed easily in the Australian senate, the home pages of Google and Wikipedia, not to mention every other website, were up and running.
Why did the protest against SOPA and PIPA become a movement that successfully killed the two bills, while the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill faced only opinion pieces by technology journalists, a murmur on social media and one public hearing?
The small Australian population, the fact that most influential online companies are foreign, and the stark silence of homegrown digital players are all potential factors in the lack of cohesive action against Australia's ill-advised site blocking bill.
Australia just isn't that big a deal
Australia's small population may have something to do with it. Jeremy Malcolm, senior global policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), told Mashable Australia the critical mass of Internet users who might notice and take action on such laws just doesn't exist Down Under.
The lack of grassroots sufficiently interested in matters of digital policy is a problem, he suggested. An Australian now living in California, Malcolm said it makes a difference when, like in the U.S., you have hundreds of thousands of people who can pull together and share their energy and funds. The established culture of freedom of expression in the U.S., stemming from a written bill of rights, also continues to make a difference.
Most of the anti-SOPA activists in 2012 would agree Wikipedia and Google had a huge impact, he said, but people matter too. "The grassroots movement set the scene for that. They were both necessary and sufficient causes," he said. "Those are the kind of protests that mobilise the world."
The stakes are also higher in the U.S. "When laws like SOPA and PIPA come in, they will impact the whole world," he said. "Australia's laws, not so much."
Most influential Internet companies are not from here
Companies like Google, Twitter and Wikipedia were not founded in Australia, and although they are enthusiastically used here, they don't seem wholly invested in Australia's digital policy debates. While Google, for example, did submit comment to the senate inquiry into the site blocking bill, there was never an indication a SOPA-style protest was on the table.
"I think obviously Google grew out of Silicon Valley, so they're always going to have a bias towards U.S. policy ... Companies like iiNet have been more active, because they're more invested," Malcolm said, referring to the Australian Perth-based ISP.
Steve Dalby, who commented frequently on the bill in his former position as chief regulatory officer of iiNet agreed, telling Mashable Australia that while companies like Google voiced their concerns, they are at heart, American companies.
Malcolm said Google's policy direction in Australia appears to be focused on working behind the scenes, getting Australia to adopt international obligations of freedom of information, like those contained in the controversial free trade deal currently being negotiated, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). "It's not true to say they're not pressuring the Australia government," he said "But maybe through transnational means and not local government."
In 2012, more than 1,800 Wikipedians joined together to discuss potential actions to take in response to proposed legislation SOPA and PIPA, a spokesperson from the The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation that supports Wikipedia, told Mashable Australia. "Major decisions, such as the decision to blackout English Wikipedia in 2012 in response to the SOPA/PIPA legislation, are taken in partnership and in consultation with the community of volunteers," she added.
"In Australia, there is a vibrant Wikimedia community ... As the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects, we can't speak on behalf of the community. We do know, however, that protests are often an unpredictable grassroots effort that grow into something larger, or do not. Past reactions to SOPA/PIPA legislation by the Wikipedia community hopefully show how much these decisions are led by the community of volunteers who write Wikipedia."
Mashable Australia also contacted Tumblr, Reddit, Google and Twitter — all companies that participated in the 2012 protests against SOPA online — for comment. None had responded by the time of publication.
Australian companies have been silent
The lack of debate over the metadata retention law passed in March, and now the site blocking bill have made it clear: homegrown Australian companies rarely speak out on matters that affect the Internet.
iiNet has always been happy to participate in discussions of public policy, Dalby said, but he questioned why Australia's other ISPs have failed to make their positions better known. "The big players, Optus, Telstra, send mixed messages," he said. "They only generally comment on competition matters and are generally silent. If they had the courage of their convictions, they may have spoken up a bit more."
Dalby pointed out that it's not just companies we traditionally think of as "Internet companies" or ISPs who need to participate in the conversation. All industries are moving online, he said, from the banks to insurance and retail. Sooner or later they are going to wake up to the fact that when online policy debates are occurring, they need to participate.
Take the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) debacle of 2013, for example, when the government agency accidentally took down around 250,000 legitimate websites in an attempt to shut down a few fraudulent sites. "Could you imagine what would happen if the websites of some of those online insurance companies went down, how much damage that would do to their business?" he asked. "Why don't they recognise the threat to their business? Why don't they participate in the discussion?"
"They talk about the digital economy, but people still think in terms of brick and mortar," he added.
See you at the ballot box
Dalby predicts Australia will see a few more disastrous proposals of Internet policy from the government before it attracts the interest of mainstream and corporate Australia. "I expect in five years time this metadata law and website blocking will be repealed," he said. "The next generation of politician will realise it doesn't work and adds a cost to the community."
"I'm telling everyone, if your local member is Labor or Liberal, you should go and tell them you're not going to vote for them," he said. "The only thing they care about is their jobs, so that's where the pressure has got to come from."


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[JURIST] The regional court in Baden-Baden, Germany announced on Friday that it is ending its inquiry into Aribert Heim, a wanted Nazi war criminal known as "Dr. Death." Heim was accused of experimenting on Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust, including performing operations and amputations without anesthesia to test the limits of pain tolerance and killing thousands of people. German prosecutors stated that Heim's son and lawyer provided sufficient evidence [BBC report] to prove that Heim had been living under an assumed identity, Tarik Hussein Farid, in Cairo and died of bowel cancer in 1992. Reports initially surfaced in 2009 that Heim was dead. The hunt for Heim was extensive, extending even to South America [JURIST report].
International courts have been working to locate and try against Nazi war crimes suspects. In August German prosecutors announced that they were contemplating [JURIST report] bringing charges against an 87-year-old man suspected of having been an SS guard at the Auschwitz [JURIST news archive] concentration camp. Earlier that month the High Court of Australia [official website] rejected a request [JURIST report] by the nation of Hungary to extradite a Nazi war crimes suspect. Also that month, Slovakian authorities announced that they have filed new charges [JURIST report] against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.