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PlayFACTO focus in learning mathematics effectively and developing brain connection through play, exploration and creative works. PlayFACTO create active and memorable learning experiences for children in math. The well designed manipulates and engage children through activities to do mathematics, while at the same time having fun together, and encouraging more positive attitudes toward mathematics.
Just give your children authentic, real world experiences where learning can be take place naturally. Good, child centered maths games are much more appropriate and engaging than workbooks, dittos or even flashcards.
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Surviving Dorm Life
Leaving your family's home and moving into a dorm or other shared living space can be a difficult experience. Most college students take time to adapt to their new living situation. Read on to learn more about how to survive, and thrive, in a dormitory.
A dorm (short for dormitory) is an on-campus living facility where students share rooms with one or more roommates of the same gender. It's uncommon for a room to have its own bathroom. Usually there is a single common bathroom shared by all the students on a floor or hall.
Dorm living requires sharing close quarters with another person who you may or may not get along with. While this situation can make building friendships easier, it can be quite stressful if roommates do not 'mesh.' Your roommate may snore too loudly, fail to clean up after themselves, or keep late hours too frequently. Perhaps one of the best ways to handle a strained living relationship is to maintain open, honest communication with each other. Resolving issues can be much easier when both residents make a point to listen to one another and remain respectful. If civility fails, however, students should contact their resident advisor and see if other arrangements can be made.
Time Management
Dorm living is often the first experience of life away from your parents. While resident advisors are generally assigned to each floor to control wild parties and other disruptive behavior, students are still relatively free to do as they wish. It is not uncommon for those spending their first year in the dorm to suffer academically. Too many late nights and social gatherings may make attending class, completing homework, and studying for exams difficult. Students can prevent this from happening by making a point to manage their time effectively. Scheduling recreation time for yourself is important, but be sure to set time aside specifically for homework and class.
Adapt to Your Surroundings
Dorm rooms often don't contain a full kitchen, or a washer and dryer. While eating out is always an option, there are alternatives. You can bring portable kitchen devices, such as small indoor electric grills, hot plates, or microwaves (depending on your schools regulations). You can also rent or purchase a small refrigerator to keep food fresh and beverages cold. Dishes can be washed in the bathroom sink. You can survive without a washing machine or dryer by making good use of campus laundry rooms or off-site laundry facilities. Enjoy a laundry night with your friends or roommates.
Dorm living can be a memorable part of attending college. While many students struggle with the transition, others consider the friendships established and lessons learned to be among the most important of their lives. Taking the time to prepare for dorm living can help make your overall dorm and college experience much smoother and happier.
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Every pupil who attends Burnage Academy For Boys is member of a House. Each house is made up of pupils from across year groups and is identified by a different colour tie. Boys remain in the same house for the duration of their time at school. There are four houses at Burnage Academy For Boys:
The house system allows pupils to receive the best pastoral care and academic monitoring, whilst also encouraging group loyalty and teamwork with competitive events such as sports day and inter-house sports competitions. With a wide range of activities available, the house system promotes wider participation and interaction with pupils from all years.
The house system embodies the values of the school, encouraging each pupil to 'be the best they can be,' and forms an integral part of the school community. Pupils who are actively engaged in the house system will develop a sense of belonging and achievement outside the classroom.
Each house is affiliated to a charity for which they fundraise and support throughout each academic year. Pupils and parents are encouraged to get involved, with activities ranging from collections and sponsorship to community events hosted by the school.
Each house also has a Year 11 House Captain who is selected to assist with organisation and development. The House Captains (along with their Prefect teams) will regularly present parts of assemblies and are expected to have a positive presence around school.
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Imagine if there was a way to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from interested customers and 'backers' before you even launch your product. For many entrepreneurs, using crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter to raise money is almost too good to be true: you get to pre-sell the concept, gauge the market demand, and collect money to develop your product before you even open the doors!
On the flip side, many crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and other platforms end up falling flat on their face. We caught up with the founders of Orbitkey, Charles Ng and Rex Kuo, to find out how they raised an incredible $210,793 using Kickstarter, and the lessons they can share with other entrepreneurs looking to do the same.
1. What was your background prior to starting your business?
Charles grew up in Indonesia and received his BA in industrial design at RMIT University. He spent his early career working at a product design consultancy and was involved in the design development of various products ranging from medical, consumer and hardware design.
Rex stems from three places. He was born in Taiwan, raised in NZ and now calls Australia his home. He worked as a legal drug dealer by day (pharmacist) and a serial entrepreneur by night.
2. Tell us a bit about your product – how did you get started and how long have you been in business?
The Orbitkey is an elegant and practical way to carry your keys, it stops key rattling, prevents scratched phones and wallets, keeps your keys organized and can be customized with different bands and accessories.
The idea started from our own frustration with rattling keys. Charles built a simple prototype from some leftover screws at home to stop his keys from rattling when jogging. It was not until one year later when Charles shared the idea with Rex did we decide to make a business out of it. We looked at what needed improvement (rattling, unorganized, bulky, key scratches etc.), what was available already on the market and set out to design something that people can be proud to carry.
We decided to introduce the product via crowdfunding (Kickstarter) late last year and we've been in business for just under a year.
3. For those who are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, can you briefly explain what Kickstarter is and why you decided it would be the right vehicle to help you raise money for your business? What were the results of your campaign?
Kickstarter and crowdfunding is a new way to fund projects. Project creators set a funding goal and deadline, if people like a project, they can pledge money to make it happen. The creators keep 100% ownership of their work but in exchange for contributing towards the campaign, the "backers" of a project are often rewarded with something in return. In our case it was an Orbitkey of their choice once the first production run was complete.
Kickstarter was the perfect platform for Orbitkey to test the waters. We loved our design but we needed to know if others did too.
The main advantage of funding Orbitkey on Kickstarter instead of approaching investors is that you're more likely to get a more accurate response in terms of how successful the product is before you mass produce it. This is because you're pitching your design to your real customers and less relying on the very few people with lots of money – who decide whether or not a product should be funded.
For our 30-day campaign, we set a funding goal of $10,000AUD, we ended up raising $210,793AUD by the time the campaign finished!
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4. A lot of people have tried to run Kickstarter campaigns but many haven't had anywhere near the level of success as you've had with the platform – can you run us through 2-3 key things you did differently which you could attribute your success to?
We spent just under a year preparing for our Kickstarter launch. We wanted to make sure everything was perfect before the launch, however we eventually found out that it was never going to be perfect. There wasn't anything that we did differently but the 3 things that helped us a lot were:
i) We kicked off the campaign with a really good start, reaching our $10k funding goal within the first 24 hours. We noticed that most of our early backers were friends and family and their immediate connections. During the lead up to the campaign, we made a conscious effort to involve as many people as possible during the preparation so come the day of the launch, people were more likely to share our project. Due to successful launch, we were lucky enough to be featured on the front page of Kickstarter under "most popular projects" category. A large portion of our backers actually found us from that category.
ii) Understanding that the Kickstarter community is very unique, it's very different from a standard e-commerce store. "Backers" support your project because they want to help it come to life, not to profit financially, it was important for us to keep our backers updated; during our 30-day campaign, we sent out updates almost every second day.
iii) We try to always think from the supporters' perspective when putting together the presentation of our idea. This can be done by showing how your product would benefit them and what incentive they would get by supporting your project early on.
Way too often we see projects that raise a lot of money but do not deliver as promised. To run a "successful campaign" for us is to achieve a few key things, such as:
– Raising enough money.
– Keeping backers informed of the progress.
– Delivering a high quality product on time.
– Getting positive feedback from your backers.
We tried our best to follow the points above and were pleasantly surprised at what we managed to accomplish in the end.
5. What lessons did you learn throughout the course of your campaign that you could share with those who are planning their first Kickstarter campaign or having another crack at it?
It's important to set a modest timeline and try to think of all the factors that can affect the viability of your project no matter how small it is.
We promised to deliver products 4 months after the campaign finished. Having our manufacturing done in China with Chinese New Year just around the corner didn't do us any favours. We knew it was coming but didn't think it would affect us as much. With such a tight timeline, we had to fly over to China and spent almost 3 months there to oversee the production of the Orbitkey.
Also, don't try to make too much profit from the campaign if you can help it. Instead, reward your supporters for backing your project early on.
Additionally, what we find is that the supporters you get from a crowdfunding platform can be quite different from your everyday consumers. They generally have an understanding that with new companies and products, unexpected problems often arise. When we have setbacks that are going to affect the product we're delivering or the delivery date, we always make sure to tell them as soon as we can. Of course, if you have already figured out how you're going to solve the problem, that's even better!
Through this transparency, you find that respect and trust will grow. It will in turn get you loyal supporters who value your effort and will go out of their way to share how awesome your project / product is.
6. What have you put the funding towards and what has it allowed you to do that you otherwise wouldn't have been able to do?
The majority of the funding went towards the first production run – we had almost 8,000 Orbitkeys to deliver!
We had initially planned to oversee the production from afar, but after the success of the campaign and with a really tight timeline, we decided to fly over to China and spent 3 months there overseeing the first production run. Having said this, it was actually a good thing as we were able to control the quality of the Orbitkey to make sure it was up to the standard we were happy with.
Having the extra funds also allow us to produce extra stock which could be sold to our customers sooner rather than later.
7. What other marketing methods are you using to promote your product and why are you focusing on those?
Social media – No one likes to feel like they're being sold something, but when you see your friends acknowledging a brand on your Facebook or Instagram feed, it breaks down all the barriers.
Digital Magazines – We've been lucky enough to be featured by quite a few digital magazines (Cool Material, Gear Hungry, Hypebeast, Everyday Carry, etc.), but more importantly, magazines with relevance to our target market.
8. What would be your advice to other entrepreneurs who have came up with a novel product and are trying to get it to market?
Launch it on Kickstarter! Besides from raising the funds needed for production, you can also use the crowdfunding platform to test market acceptance. It's better to find out that your product may not be as popular as you think before wasting thousands of dollars on production. Lastly, Kickstarter is also an excellent way to define your target audience and connect with your customers.
Having said that, make sure you test, test, and test some more! There's a big difference between coming up with a concept and actually making it work, especially for the end users. When you think you've got it figured out, another problem would arise that needs to be addressed. We spent many months' trialling different designs and refining them until we came up with something that we were truly happy with.
9. What have you learned from a product design perspective throughout the course of enhancing and improving your Orbitkey product?
As designers, we always believe in prototyping as a crucial part of the design process. We have seen a lot of projects that were purely at concept stage when it was released. While some of them turned out to be successful, there were quite a few which failed to take off. We look at Orbitkey as a long-term business and for that reason; we really wanted to mitigate the risk of failing on our first campaign.
There were a few engineering challenges we needed to overcome and we would not have been able to do it without prototyping. While we wanted to make sure that the concept we came up with actually works, it also helps us create a more convincing pitch to the backers. Having a prototype that shows how the product looks and is used definitely makes it easier for supporters to relate to.
Another thing we really appreciate was the interaction with the customers and how it influences your decision making in the design process. It wasn't until the project was live and people were throwing ideas in the comment section that we know the power of crowd sourcing. We tried to use it to our advantage by showing the supporters what we're planning to release, and to keep them up to date with the refinement of our ideas and allow them to tell us what they think of it.
Post-Kickstarter campaign, we received a lot of feedback which influenced how we refined the product for second-batch production. Kickstarter allows us to build a core group of open-minded supporters who want to be part of the process.
10. How long have you been in the Scalable & Saleable Program and what have you learned in the program that has helped you in building your business?
We signed up to the program in September and attended our first S&S workshop in October, it has been an eye-opening experience for the both of us.
There were a lot of points that we wanted to take away from the workshop but 2 things that we have started to implement are:
Branding – We've taken a step back and looked at the "why" for our business and revisited our brand promise.
Press – Jack's talk on building the brand through the media has inspired us to reconnect with journalists that we've encountered in the past and also work on building new relationships.
11. What are the plans for your business in the next 6-12 months?
Our plan is to expand the Orbitkey range overseas and develop our corporate branding packages. We're looking to take onboard the advice we've learnt from S&S and outsource wherever possible in order to free up our time to work on developing the business.
Lastly, we're also looking to expand our range of products and maybe even start another Kickstarter project!
To find out more about Orbitkey, check out their website.
Do you have a question for Charles and Rex about how to build a successful Kickstarter project? Ask them in the comments!


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Pulmonary and Cardiac Function in Asymptomatic Obese Subjects and Changes following a Structured Weight Reduction Program: A Prospective Observational Study (2014)
Background The prevalence of obesity is rising. Obesity can lead to cardiovascular and ventilatory complications through multiple mechanisms. Cardiac and pulmonary function in asymptomatic subjects and the effect of structured dietary programs on cardiac and pulmonary function is unclear. Objective To determine lung and cardiac function in asymptomatic obese adults and to evaluate whether weight loss positively affects functional parameters. Methods We prospectively evaluated bodyplethysmographic and echocardiographic data in asymptomatic subjects undergoing a structured one-year weight reduction program. Results 74 subjects (32 male, 42 female; mean age 42±12 years) with an average BMI 42.5±7.9, body weight 123.7±24.9 kg were enrolled. Body weight correlated negatively with vital capacity (R = −0.42, p<0.001), FEV1 (R = −0.497, p<0.001) and positively with P 0.1 (R = 0.32, p = 0.02) and myocardial mass (R = 0.419, p = 0.002). After 4 months the study subjects had significantly reduced their body weight (−26.0±11.8 kg) and BMI (−8.9±3.8) associated with a significant improvement of lung function (absolute changes: vital capacity +5.5±7.5% pred., p<0.001; FEV1+9.8±8.3% pred., p<0.001, ITGV+16.4±16.0% pred., p<0.001, SR tot −17.4±41.5% pred., p<0.01). Moreover, P0.1/Pimax decreased to 47.7% (p<0.01) indicating a decreased respiratory load. The change of FEV1 correlated significantly with the change of body weight (R = −0.31, p = 0.03). Echocardiography demonstrated reduced myocardial wall thickness (−0.08±0.2 cm, p = 0.02) and improved left ventricular myocardial performance index (−0.16±0.35, p = 0.02). Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (+0.14, p = 0.03) and pulmonary outflow acceleration time (AT +26.65±41.3 ms, p = 0.001) increased. Conclusion Even in asymptomatic individuals obesity is associated with abnormalities in pulmonary and cardiac function and increased myocardial mass. All the abnormalities can be reversed by a weight reduction program.
Postoperative subconjunctival bevacizumab injection as an adjunct to 5-fluorouracil in the management of scarring after trabeculectomy (2013)
Purpose: Scarring after glaucoma filtering surgery remains the most frequent cause for bleb failure. The aim of this study was to assess if the postoperative injection of bevacizumab reduces the number of postoperative subconjunctival 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) injections. Further, the effect of bevacizumab as an adjunct to 5-FU on the intraocular pressure (IOP) outcome, bleb morphology, postoperative medications, and complications was evaluated. Methods: Glaucoma patients (N = 61) who underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C were analyzed retrospectively (follow-up period of 25 ± 19 months). Surgery was performed exclusively by one experienced glaucoma specialist using a standardized technique. Patients in group 1 received subconjunctival applications of 5-FU postoperatively. Patients in group 2 received 5-FU and subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab. Results: Group 1 had 6.4 ± 3.3 (0–15) (mean ± standard deviation and range, respectively) 5-FU injections. Group 2 had 4.0 ± 2.8 (0–12) (mean ± standard deviation and range, respectively) 5-FU injections. The added injection of bevacizumab significantly reduced the mean number of 5-FU injections by 2.4 ± 3.08 (P ≤ 0.005). There was no significantly lower IOP in group 2 when compared to group 1. A significant reduction in vascularization and in cork screw vessels could be found in both groups (P < 0.0001, 7 days to last 5-FU), yet there was no difference between the two groups at the last follow-up. Postoperative complications were significantly higher for both groups when more 5-FU injections were applied. (P = 0.008). No significant difference in best corrected visual acuity (P = 0.852) and visual field testing (P = 0.610) between preoperative to last follow-up could be found between the two groups. Conclusion: The postoperative injection of bevacizumab reduced the number of subconjunctival 5-FU injections significantly by 2.4 injections. A significant difference in postoperative IOP reduction, bleb morphology, and postoperative medication was not detected.
Based on the work of Eisenberg and Noe [2001], Suzuki [2002], Elsinger [2009] and Fischer [2014], we consider a generalization of Merton's asset valuation approach where n firms are linked by cross-ownership of equities and liabilities. Each firm is assumed to have a single outstanding liability, whereas its assets consist of one system-exogenous asset, as well as system-endogenous assets comprising some fraction of other firms' equity and liability, respectively. Following Fischer [2014], one can obtain no-arbitrage prices of equity and the recovery claims of liabilities as solutions of a fixed point problem, and hence obtain no-arbitrage prices of the `firm value' of each firm, which is the value of the firm's liability plus the firm's equity. In a first step, we consider the two-firm case where explicit formulae for the no-arbitrage prices of the firm values are available (cf. Suzuki [2002]). Since firm values are derivatives of exogenous asset values, the distribution of firm values at maturity can be determined from the distribution of exogenous asset values. The Merton model and most of its known extensions do not account for the cross-ownership structure of the assets owned by the firm. Therefore the assumption of lognormally distributed exogenous assets leads to lognormally distributed firm values in such models, as the values of the liability and the equity add up to the exogenous asset's value (which has lognormal distribution by assumption). Our work therefore starts from lognormally distributed exogenous assets and reveals how cross-ownership, when correctly accounted for in the valuation process, affects the distribution of the firm value, which is not lognormal anymore. In a simulation study we examine the impact of several parameters (amount of cross-ownership of debt and equity, ratio of liabilities to expected exogenous assets value) on the differences between the distribution of firm values obtained from our model and correspondingly matched lognormal distributions. It becomes clear that the assumption of lognormally distributed firm values may lead to both over- and underestimation of the "true" firm values (within the cross-ownership model) and consequently of bankruptcy risk, too. In a second step, the bankruptcy risk of one firm within the system is analyzed in more detail in a further simulation study, revealing that the correct incorporation of cross-ownership in the valuation procedure is the more important, the tighter the cross-ownership structure between the two firms. Furthermore, depending on the considered type of cross-ownership (debt or equity), the assumption of lognormally distributed firm values is likely to result in an over- resp. underestimation of the actual probability of default. In a similar vein, we consider the Value-at-Risk (VaR) of a firm in the system, which we calculate as the negative α-quantile of the firm value at maturity minus the firm's risk neutral price in t=0, i.e. we consider the (1-α)100%-VaR of the change in firm value. If we let the cross-ownership fractions (i.e. the fraction that one firm holds of another firm's debt or equity) converge to 1 (which is the supremum of the possible values that cross-ownership fractions can take), we can prove that in a system of two firms, the lognormal model will over- resp. underestimate both univariate and bivariate probabilities of default under cross-ownership of debt only resp. cross-ownership of equity only. Furthermore, we provide a formula that allows us to check for an arbitrary scenario of cross-ownership and any non-negative distribution of exogenous assets whether the approximating lognormal model will over- or underestimate the related probability of default of a firm. In particular, any given non-negative distribution of exogenous asset values (non-degenerate in a certain sense) can be transformed into a new, "extreme" distribution of exogenous assets yielding such a low or high actual probability of default that the approximating lognormal model will over- and underestimate this risk, respectively. After this analysis of the univariate distribution of firm values under cross-ownership in a system of two firms with bivariately lognormally distributed exogenous asset values, we consider the copula of these firm values as a distribution-free measure of the dependency between these firm values. Without cross-ownership, this copula would be the Gaussian copula. Under cross-ownership, we especially consider the behaviour of the copula of firm values in the lower left and upper right corner of the unit square, and depending on the type of cross-ownership and the considered corner, we either obtain error bounds as to how good the copula of firm values under cross-ownership can be approximated with the Gaussian copula, or we see that the copula of firm values can be written as the copula of two linear combinations of exogenous asset values (note that these linear combinations are not lognormally distributed). These insights serve as a basis for our analysis of the tail dependence coefficient of firm values under cross-ownership. Under cross-ownership of debt only, firm values remain upper tail independent, whereas they become perfectly lower tail dependent if the correlation between exogenous asset values exceeds a certain positive threshold, which does not depend on the exact level of cross-ownership. Under cross-ownership of equity only, the situation is reverse in that firm values always remain lower tail independent, but upper tail independence is preserved if and only if the right tail behaviour of both firms' values is determined by the right tail behaviour of the firms' own exogenous asset value instead of the respective other firm's exogenous asset value. Next, we return to systems of n≥2 firms and analyze sensitivities of no-arbitrage prices of equity and the recovery claims of liabilities with respect to the model parameters. In the literature, such sensitivities are provided with respect to exogenous asset values by Gouriéroux et al. [2012], and we extend the existing results by considering how these no-arbitrage prices depend on the cross-ownership fractions and the level of liabilities. For the former, we can show that all prices are non-decreasing in any cross-ownership fraction in the model, and by use of a version of the Implicit Function Theorem we can also determine exact derivatives. For the latter, we show that the recovery value of debt and the equity value of a firm are non-decreasing and non-increasing in the firm's nominal level of liabilities, respectively, but the firm value is in general not monotone in the firm's level of liabilities. Furthermore, no-arbitrage prices of equity and the recovery claims of liabilities of a firm are in general non-monotone in the nominal level of liabilities of other firms in the system. If we confine ourselves to one type of cross-ownership (i.e. debt or equity), we can derive more precise relationships. All the results can be transferred to risk-neutral prices before maturity. Finally, following Gouriéroux et al. [2012] and as a kind of extension to the above sensitivity results, we consider how immediate changes in exogenous asset values of one or more firms at maturity affect the financial health of a system of n initially solvent firms. We start with some theoretical considerations on what we call the contagion effect, namely the change in the endogenous asset value of a firm caused by shocks on the exogenous assets of firms within the system. For the two-firm case, an explicit formula is available, making clear that in general (and in particular under cross-ownership of equity only), the effect of contagion can be positive as well as negative, i.e. it can both, mitigate and exacerbate the change in the exogenous asset value of a firm. On the other hand, we cannot generally say that a tighter cross-ownership structure leads to bigger absolute contagion effects. Under cross-ownership of debt only, firms cannot profit from positive shocks beyond the direct effect on exogenous assets, as the contagion effect is always non-positive. Next, we are concerned with spillover effects of negative shocks on a subset of firms to other firms in the system (experiencing non-negative shocks themselves), driving them into default due to large losses in their endogenous asset values. Extending the results of Glasserman and Young [2015], we provide a necessary condition for the shock to cause such an event. This also yields an upper bound for the probability of such an event. We further investigate how the stability of a system of firms exposed to multiple shocks depends on the model parameters in a simulation study. In doing so, we consider three network types (incomplete, core-periphery and ring network) with simultaneous shocks on some of the firms and wiping out a certain percentage of their exogenous assets. Then we analyze for all three types of cross-ownership (debt only, equity only, both debt and equity) how the shock intensity, the shock size, and network parameters as the number of links in the network and the proportion of a firm's debt or equity held within the system of firms influences several output parameters, comprising the total number of defaults and the relative loss in the sum of firm values, among others. Comparing our results to the studies of Nier et al. [2007], Gai and Kapadia [2010] and Elliott et al. [2014], we can only partly confirm their results with respect to the number of defaults. We conclude our work with a theoretical comparison of the complete network (where each firm holds a part of any other firm) and the ring network with respect to the number of defaults caused by a shock on a single firm, as it is done by Allen and Gale [2000]. In line with the literature, we find that under cross-ownership of debt only, complete networks are "robust yet fragile" [Gai and Kapadia, 2010] in that moderate shocks can be completely withstood or drive the firm directly hit by the shock in default, but as soon as the shock exceeds a certain size, all firms are simultaneously in default. In contrast to that, firms default one by one in the ring network, with the first "contagious default" (i.e. a default of a firm not directly hit by the shock) already occurs for smaller shock sizes than under the complete network.


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A new children's version of the Wisdom Spin Brush, we were briefed to create an eye-catching packaging design, highlighting key features, plus 4 unique designs for the brush decals to appeal to the under 12s.
Using the key elements from the adult Spin Brush Whitening packaging we injected some colour into the design to reflect the youth market. Decals were themed to appeal to boys and girls and the brush handles coloured to co-ordinate.
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In case you are looking for something cool in the New Year or your state just adopted a more reasonable approach to medical cannabis, this product review is just the news you need. Also if you are beyond the joint stage and have moved on to a more sophisticated option for urban settings, then you can YoCan.
The model used here is the YoCan Evolve Plus, shown here in the Special Edition B&W tile print metal case.
A Yocan is a type of dual coil vaporizer used to medicate with crumble, wax, budder, shatter, or filled vape cartridge.
Silicon jar [base], quartz dual coil [combustion chamber], coil cap, 1100mah battery with USB inset, atomizer tube
When unboxed the unit is fully assembled. You must unscrew the atomizer tube [top] from the main unit including the quartz dual coil, then unscrew the coil cap, exposing the twin coils. Drop or swipe the extract material upon the coils, replace both the cap and atomizer tube, then press the black rectangle button just under the [coil] base. It's best to hesitate for a second or two before drawing the vapor into your mouth.
The hit is smooth and the distinction between types of extracts (shatter, budder, crumble) can be experienced with a rear nose burn that almost makes your eyes water, almost. The head change is very quick but the couch lock is momentary. In an instant it's welcome to your world.
The unit has a solid heft to it which adds to the quality of the unit. Only the [coil] base is plastic and the machined threads lock for screwing without any problems. Just remember to treat your YoCan with the proper feel for vaping your medication. For a filled vape cartridge, unscrew everything including the base, then screw your cartridge into the threaded connection.
Your YoCan comes with a USB connection cord [short], an extract tool, and a second quartz dual coil to rotate to avoid reclaim buildup. This model YoCan is part of a product line made in China, a country where medicating with locals is extremely forbidden.


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Homicides mapped: 1999 to 2011
The map below shows the locations of all the homicides in Edmonton from 1999 to 2011. The map also shows where the homicides happened.
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How to navigate the map: Use the checkboxes in the legend to select a year or method of homicide to have it appear on the map. By default, all years are displayed. Click the points on the map to bring up an information dialogue with details about the crime. Keep in mind some of the locations are approximate.
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Today's the day. The stenomod is for sale. I have seven ready to go right now and five more in the pipeline, almost ready.
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I've been following the Bon Appetit Food Lover's Cleanse this year, and while all the recipes I've tested so far have been delicious, I don't think I'll ever be a person who follows an exact eating plan. As a fellow cook and I were discussing yesterday, taking away my freedom to improvise in cooking is basically like denying my creative expression.
That's why, with a fridge absolutely bursting with lush, leafy, crispy vegetables and a pantry full of every grain, seed, and nut I can imagine, it's hard to follow the plan. I keep finding myself halfway through a stir-fry before I realize I'm using the bok choy that was supposed to be for that soup…
Boy am I glad I made this tahini sauce, though. I'm not normally one of those people who licks all the batter off the spatula, but I found myself trying to get every last drop of this stuff out of the food processor.
Tahini, in case you're not familiar, is sesame seed paste, a common ingredient in hummus. Alone, the flavor is a bit strong, but as a base for sauce, it has a subtle, nutty taste and a creamy texture. This dipping sauce layers fresh herbs and greens over the starchy tahini, and the result is something I can hardly describe. It's light and refreshing at the same time as it feels as indulgent as Ranch dressing.
I've used this sauce as a dip for cut vegetables and as a salad dressing. If you use it as a dressing, you may want to thin it with a bit of water.
Greenest Tahini Sauce
Makes about 2 cups
Adapted from Bon Appetit's Food Lover's Cleanse 2014. I reduced the amount of garlic , as I find I'm quite sensitive to it, and I had to sub kale for the watercress, which I couldn't find in Waco. I think adding cilantro made up for some of the peppery watercress I missed out on. In future, I might try subbing arugula (rocket) for the watercress instead, and omitting the kale and cilantro. I also added lime juice to the recipe because I ran out of lemon partway through, but also because lime juice is green, and this tahini sauce is supposed to be the greenest.
1 clove garlic, peeled
½ cup fresh mint leaves, stems removed
1 cup kale, chopped small
½ cup fresh parsley
¼ cup fresh cilantro
½ cup tahini paste
2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Salt, to taste
1. In medium pot of boiling water, cook whole garlic clove for 30 seconds, just to soften. Remove with slotted spoon.
2. Return water to boil. Add kale, cook 20 seconds. Add parsley, cilantro, and mint, and cook another 10 seconds. Strain and submerge in a bowl of ice water.
3. Once cool, strain and squeeze out excess water with a paper towel.
4. Purée greens and garlic until finely minced, then add tahini, lemon and lime juices, and a pinch of salt along with ¾ cup of filtered water. Process until greens are finely chopped and tahini is evenly incorporated throughout. Add water slowly to reach desired consistency, adding more water, lemon/lime juice, and salt according to your tastes.
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Opportunities to work with the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA)
The HCA is the advocacy charity for traditional heritage crafts. In just over nine years it has made significant achievements in the recognition and celebration of traditional crafts, from hand-spinning and green woodworking to cutlery and shoemaking. We usually have a range of opportunities to join us as volunteers. We advertise Trustee vacancies, internships and salaried posts here, when available.
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By Dr. Anthony Fernando PhD.
Have you ever noticed that there are two different types of people in the world?
Firstly there are the 'superstars'. Just like their celestial counterparts, superstars radiate warmth, love and positive energy.
You can recognise a superstar by the following characteristics:
- They are positive
- They speak well of the people around them
- They smile and laugh easily
- They accept compliments graciously
- They encourage and support those around them
- They have clear goals and enjoy the process of working towards them
- They take action
Then there are the 'black holes' of the world. These are the people who seem to suck the life and light out of everything and everyone around them.
You can recognise a black hole by the following characteristics:
- They generally have a negative view of the world
- They regularly criticise others
- They are quick to point out why other people's plans will never work
- They rarely smile or laugh unless they are laughing at someone else
- They often do not have clear goals and instead just plod along from day to day
You probably know people who fit well into these two categories, but as with anything in real life, these distinctions are not clear cut.
In reality, all of us are capable of being a superstar or a black hole depending on what we are thinking and how we are feeling at any given moment.
This week I'd like to encourage you to take a look at how you are interacting with those around you on a day-to-day basis. Are you a superstar – radiating warmth and positive energy to everyone you meet, or do you tend to be a bit of a black hole?
The greatest thing about becoming aware of how you are acting is that you always have the choice of how to behave in any given circumstance. Each and every day you can choose whether you are going to be a superstar or a black hole.
Action Steps:
As you go about your weekly activities, take note of how you are interacting with those around you. Wherever possible – choose to be a superstar and radiate warmth and positive energy to everyone you meet.
Dr. Anthony Fernando PhD. graduated from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where he was awarded the Dean's List Fellowship for academic excellence. He went on to join Accenture, a global IT consulting firm, where he became a Senior Consultant specializing in enterprise application design and multimedia software development.
In 2002, Dr. Fernando started his own business developing educational computer software. He is also the creator of the 'Inspirational Quotes And Pictures' Google Gadget and the 'Don't Quit' Presentation which have inspired over a million people around the world. He's also written a best-selling book, "The Oracle's Secret."


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"In order to write about life, first you must live it." ~ Ernest Hemingway
Friday, January 9, 2015
Book Review: As My Body Attacks Itself
In December , I was approached via e-mail by a woman, Kelly Morgan Dempewolf, PhD, with Sjögren's syndrome, who asked if she could send me a free copy of her book (that is my disclaimer by the way) As My Body Attacks Itself, in order for me to do a book review on this blog.
This self-published work, which is 192 pages, is a memoir describing her experience with Sjögren's syndrome. As a patient who published her own book on the illness, of course I was instantly intrigued as to what she had to say in this book. Here is the book description taken from the back cover of the paperback:
"50 million Americans suffer with an autoimmune disease and countless more deal with chronic pain, fatigue, and illness. These diseases are often invisible, yet they touch every part of a person's life and of the lives of the people they love.
This book is an honest, raw look at the thoughts, concerns, fears, and struggles as Kelly deals with Sjögren's syndrome (the second most common autoimmune disease). The story isn't just about Sjögren's, or even just autoimmune disease. It's for everyone impacted by chronic disease of any kind.
Kelly's hope is that patients will find solace and validation; friends and family will gain understanding and the abilities to empathize, communicate and support loved ones; and medical professionals will gain understanding and ability."
The book is divided into 41 plus chapters and reads similar to a person's journal or even an online blog. Each chapter is divided into different topics and these range from topics like disease envy and pain medication to others like brain fog and parenting. Each chapter is written from her perspective and details, quite elaborately, her journey and experiences with each of these issues or events. If you are someone who has Sjögren's syndrome, I am certain that you will read parts of yourself, and your experiences, while traveling through this book.
Because this book is a story about a personal journey, I don't think it is possible to fairly review the book beyond that because in doing so, a reviewer would be judging another person's very real and very painful experience battling an often misunderstood and little-known illness. And I feel that nobody has the right to really do that.
Rather, I think it is important for you to read the book yourself and see what comfort you may be able to find in reading a story about a brave woman going through a struggle similar to the one you, or your loved one, may be going through right now. You can find Kelly's book on Amazon by clicking HERE.
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7 Ways a Hashtag Can Rank Your Post Well
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6 Simple Tips for Planning & Designing Social Media Content
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3 Simple Yet Comprehensive Steps to Create a Social Media Marketing Plan
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In order to quickly subdue the enemy, the Ground Spiders fumigate their enemy's nest with poisonous gas.
There have also been cases where indigenous colonies will flood their enemies by drawing water from the rivers. But the objective of war is to capture and enslave the opposing colony, so tactics that would cause mass deaths are unsuitable. On the other hand, the wars on the mainland are mostly centered around acquiring and protecting limited resources, so killing the enemy might be more efficient in their case.
The gas that they used remains unidentified to this day. The remains of the gas dispersal equipment we found only tells us that the Ground Spiders built a furnace out of stones and mud upwind from the Robber Flies.
I guessed that the rotten-egg smell came from chunks of sulfur that they harvested from a volcano. When sulfur is burned, it creates hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide, which are both extremely poisonous and heavier than air so they would be able to penetrate deep into queerat nests. However, it's hard to imagine those two things alone have the power to exterminate an entire colony.
Satoru was of the opinion that the Ground Spiders went digging through abandoned cities for plastics that contained chlorine. For example vinyl chloride burns to create hydrogen chloride gas, which is also very poisonous and heavier than air. There are a plethora of gases that are lethal, and even more things that can be combined and burned to create them. Or, most terrifying of all, it could be something new that we have yet to discover.
Purging the gas from the Robber Fly colony took some time.
Even using cantus to displace massive amounts of air was not an easy thing. No matter where you tried to move the air, there would be a force pushing back on it. Creating a powerful whirlwind, Satoru churned up the polluted air closer to the ground and carried it far away, letting the clean air flow back in. The image he created for that must have been quite something.


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Multi award-winning jewellery brand Chupi introduced signature creations in solid 14ct gold as the Irish brand made its debut at International Jewellery London this year.
The brand already has a cult following, with consumers loving the founder and her unique designs, so creating pieces in solid gold was a natural next step for the designer who was already creating fine jewellery bespoke commissions for clients.
The Drop in the Wild pieces are all designed, hand-crafted and finished in Ireland and adorned with unusual and unique stones including grey diamond, prasiolite, morganite, aquamarine and topaz.
As with the brand's fashion jewels, no part of each piece has been forgotten, with rings featuring delicate nature-inspired details such as bands resembling twigs.


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It's that time again, and the American Translators Association's 56th annual conference is open for registration! We'll be meeting from November 4-7 in sunny Miami, Florida, and the program looks fantastic. We received a huge number of session proposals for the 175 slots this year, which is usually an indicator of a well-attended conference (last year in Chicago was our second-largest conference ever).
You can read all about the conference and register at the link above. A few special features to mention:
- Wednesday's preconference day is always a great chance to get some in-depth training before the conference starts. This year we're once again offering Tool Training (for SDL Trados Studio, memoQ and Deja Vu), and a number of preconference seminars (including a not-to-be-missed French to English seminar on French cultural literacy, presented by Angela Benoit and Eve Bodeux).
- I'm also really excited about the Book Splash, where various ATA authors will be exhibiting and selling their books (I'm hoping to debut the third edition of How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator).
- If you're attending the conference for the first time, I highly recommend signing up for the very helpful Newbies and Buddies program. This pairs up first-time attendees with seasoned attendees before the opening reception, so that you have someone to help you navigate the conference.
- And, oh happy day, this year we have free wifi throughout the conference space.
One final item: if you meet the requirements for ATA Voting Membership, please complete the free, fast, fully online process today so that you can vote in the 2015 ATA elections. We have a great slate of candidates (I will humbly mention that I'm honored to have been nominated for President-elect), including six people running for three Director spots, but you can't vote for any of them if you're not an ATA Voting Member. And you can vote by online proxy even if you're not attending the conference.
Hoping to see lots of you in Miami in November!


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Prof. Venancious Baryamureeba is a Professor of Computer Science
By Alexander Kyokwijuka
Makerere University is supposed to have a new Vice Chancellor by July, 2017. Prof. Venancious Baryamureeba, Prof. J.W. Balunywa, Prof. Edward Kirumira, and Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe are said to have expressed interest in the job.
Prof. Venancious Baryamureeba is a Professor of Computer Science and currently the founder and CEO of Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU. He serves as: Chairperson, Makerere University Business School, Chairperson, Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board, Chairperson, COMESA Innovations Council and Chairperson, Uganda Vice Chancellor's Forum among many other high profile roles.
Prof. J. Waswa Balunywa is an exceptional management, leadership, entrepreneurship scholar and academic administrator, credited for having revolutionalised business education and spearheading the private students' scheme in Uganda that has become a model for many universities across the country and region. He is currently the Principal of Makerere University Business School, a position he has held since 1999 to date. The 61 year old Business Administrator has served on the Bank of Uganda Board from 2001 to 4 June 2012 and was the last board Chairman of Uganda Airlines. He also had a short stint at Busoga Kingdom where he served as a Prime Minister of the same kingdom from 2007 to 2008. He thus presents the requisite experience in Management that Makerere University would enjoy in a VC.
Makerere University DVC F &A Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, a Registered Professional Architect and Chairman of the Architects Registration Board and a Past President of the Uganda Society of Architects, is a founder member and the National Coordinator of the Innovation Systems and Innovative Clusters Programme for Uganda. He was elected the first Chairman of the Council of the Pan-African Competitiveness Forum (PACF) in 2008. He is also a Board member of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI).
Prof. Edward K. Kirumira, the Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University who was the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences since 2003 for eight years and a long time senator at the same university is the other gentleman eyeing the Makerere University VC job. Having been one of the finalists in the last search process that saw Prof. J.D. Sentamu take office and has not yet lost hope for the same. The population and reproductive health expert has associated with extensive research and is well exposed to some of the most thought after educational institutions in the world like Harvard University, Exeter University (UK), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Copenhagen Denmark. This thus proves the resilient VC hopeful in Prof. Edward Kirumira.
In my opinion, the Makerere University Search Committee, the University Senate and University council should carefully scrutinise the four gentlemen and deliver the best innovative, visionary, energetic and competent person for the top administrative job, leaving politics behind. Repeating old mistakes would thus deepen the troubles of the Ivory tower, should the drivers of this process fail to read between the lines.
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ANNAPOLIS (May 12, 2015)—Today Governor Larry Hogan signed into law HB 216, banning plastic microbeads as an ingredient in personal care products in Maryland. The law, sponsored by Delegate Dan Morhaim (D-Baltimore County), requires manufacturers to phase out the use of plastic microbeads in 2018 and bans the sale of products containing them at the end of 2019. These changes effectively require manufacturers to use natural alternatives like oatmeal, apricot stones, salt, and rice.
Microbeads can be found in everything from facial scrubs and soap to toothpaste and makeup and are listed on ingredient labels under their material names of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate or polymethyl methacrylate. The beads, used to exfoliate dry skin or add color to products, are too small to be captured in most wastewater treatment plants and instead are released into rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Due to their chemical makeup, they attract other petroleum-based chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers, becoming as much as one million times more toxic than the water around them.
"Our samples of the Chesapeake Bay found numerous microbeads floating at the surface. Given their size, we can only imagine how many are eaten by fish, shellfish, and other aquatic life, and even end up on Marylanders' dinner plates," said Julie Lawson, director of Trash Free Maryland, which championed and co-authored the final bill. "We shouldn't be washing our faces and brushing our teeth with plastic, and we certainly shouldn't be washing plastic down the drain to pollute our waters."
Similar bans arose in other states in 2014, particularly after researchers found alarmingly high concentrations of microbeads in the Great Lakes. Illinois and New Jersey passed bans last year, but with loopholes for so-called biodegradable plastics like polylactic acid (PLA). Unfortunately PLA only biodegrades at extremely high heat, not in the cool temperatures of the water.
With the agreement of the Personal Care Products Council, Maryland's ban effectively closes this loophole. The law requires the Maryland Department of the Environment to establish regulations so that alternative exfoliants meet international standards to biodegrade in wastewater treatment plants and the marine environment, and for MDE to review the regulations periodically to ensure the strongest, most relevant standards are in effect.
"This bill is a big win for Maryland, but it is also a major step toward a nationwide shift in how these products are designed," said Stiv Wilson, campaigns director for The Story of Stuff Project and creator of the national effort to ban microbeads. "We are creating structural and transformative change on how we use plastic particles in commerce."
Last week The Story of Stuff Project released a two-minute "explainer" film on microbeads:
"We still have a few years before these products are off store shelves," added Lawson. "Our next step is to educate consumers about the problem and that alternatives are already readily available."
The campaign extends its thanks to sponsors Delegate Dan Morhaim and Senator Joan Carter Conway, as well as champions Chairman Kumar Barve, Delegates Clarence Lam, Steve Lafferty, Jim Gilchrist, and David Fraser-Hidalgo, and Senators Paul Pinsky and Karen Montgomery for their leadership.
Trash Free Maryland is the leading advocate for public policies to reduce trash pollution in the state. We work toward a state of Maryland that is free of trash, debris, and litter, where communities, public spaces, and waterways are safe, healthy, and support economic viability.


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Dr. Ömer Kurtbağ is as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Gaziosmanpasa University in Tokat, Turkey. Dr. Kurtbağ completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Uludağ. He earned an MA degree and a PhD in International Relations from Ankara University. Selected by the EU Commission, he served as a Jean Monnet Scholar at Middlesex University, London (2005-2006). In 2010, Dr. Kurtbağ held a short-term visiting postdoctoral position at East Carolina University in the United States. His research interests are International Relations Theory, EU-Turkey relations, Turkish foreign policy and US foreign policy. His articles and papers include: "Turkey's Recent Foreign Policy Activism in Its Neighbourhood versus Its EU Membership Goal: How Compliant Are Turkey's Regional Ambitions with EU Foreign Policy," in Belgin Akçay and Bahri Yılmaz (eds.), Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Political and Economic Challenges (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012): 229-252; "Resetting Turkish Foreign Policy in the Wake of the Arab Spring and Its Impact on the Turkish Activism in the Middle East," The Seventh Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference, Universitat Abat Oliba, Barcelona, Spain, 25-28 June 2012; "US Foreign Policy in the Age of Global Uncertainty: The Obama Era between the Tea Party-led Opposition and the Global Power Shift in the World Politics," International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, (July 2011): 387-398; and "Empowering Critical International Theory By Applying Action Research Methodology to Its Inquiry," METU Studies in Development, Vol. 38 (April 2011): 1-20.
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Everyone uses UTF-8 thesedays, so we should remove xchars and work out how to switch over to UTF-8 internally.
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Husband 'killed his wife while performing a sex act on her when his gun went off accidentally'
When quizzed it's reported that he claimed he'd been pleasuring her in the morning at their home in Las Vegas when she tugged at his gun and it accidentally discharged
A HUSBAND accused of killing his wife has claimed a gun accidentally went off as he carried out a sex act on her in the garage.
John Fitzgerald Gonzalez, 53, was arrested after his wife Nicole, 41, was found dead having been shot in the stomach.
When quizzed he claimed he had been pleasuring her last Thursday morning when she tugged at his gun and it accidentally went off, reported Las Vegas Review-Journal.
He then phoned the police and when they arrived at her home in College Green Street, they found Nicole on the ground next to her vehicle with a gunshot wound.
She was pronounced dead at St Rose Dominican Hospital at about 8.45 am the same day.
A arrest report seen by the Las Vegas Review-Journal said: "It is unknown if the sex was actually consensual or if it was coerced by force or threats of force."
The newspaper found Clark County family records that confirm Nguyen had filed for divorce seven weeks earlier, prompting Gonzalez to leave.
But according to his arrest report, he told police Nguyen had recently wanted to get back together.
He also claimed they had an appointment with her lawyer later that day to cancel divorce proceedings.
They married in 2010.
Strangely, the husband also said, according to the documents, that he was carrying two guns with him because he was paranoid about being ambushed.
Gonzalez told police his wife reached for the gun during the sex act and it went off.
He said he held the gun by the grip and pulled the trigger when she tugged the gun toward her.
"Detectives found his excuse for having brought the gun and keeping it by him during sex implausible," police wrote in the report, adding they were sceptical of his description of how she reached for the gun.
A potential murder investigation is continuing, cops say.
Metro Lt Dan McGrath said: "We are still establishing how this woman came to be shot in her garage."
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Great Day In Shibuya
Well, we had a rare day off here in Shibuya. It was not a travel day. What a concept!
Yesterday was a travel day… but we got to Shibuya in time for some ramen at Samurai.
Samurai was the real deal. Delicious and cheap. After dining Jack and Myron and I went for a walk.
A great town to walk in, day or night.
A good dinner, a good walk and a good night's sleep. Today, Jack and I had lunch at a rib joint of all things… and again, delicious.
This evening, the folks from Thumbs Up hosted us at a fabulous seafood restaurant called Kaikaya.
We met Arisa when we played McCabe's some months back. Her Dad owns Thumbs Up and she and her Mom took us all out to dinner. Now Arisa is a formidable musical talent in her own right. You need to check out her work! She is a dandy for sure!
The quality of the food was matched and surpassed by our hostesses.
There's a story behind the rubber chicken, but I'll save that for another time.
Foto by Doug Allsopp
Well, that was our day today. Hard work, but somebody's got to do it. Tomorrow is our lecture/show at Tokyo Women's Plaza Hall.
I'm exhausted… time for bed!


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Examining The Web's Top Blogs
Today while reading my RSS feeds I came across a really interesting post from SEOMoz titled Examining The Internet's Top Blogs: What We Can Learn From Their Success.
They basically carried a research with the most popular blogs around the web, and presented the results on several charts like the following one:
Browse all articles on the Blogosphere category
26 Responses to "Examining The Web's Top Blogs"
HP van Duuren
Thanks for your Post,
I recently had a Post on my Blog about Super Electronic Gadgets for Writers and discovered in my Statistics that this Post had the most Page Views! Someting to keep in mind with Posting new Posts
So I also have put a somewhat similar Post on my Home Business Lifestyle Blog titled: Super Electronic Gadgets for Online Entrepreneurs and Look on which Blog are the People with the biggest Passion for Technology 🙂
All the Best,
To your Happy – Blogging – Inspiration,
Dan N
Wow I wouldn't have thought tech blogs would be so disparaging from the rest. How about blogs about people who are famous for no reason? I wonder where those rank.
Frank Gil
Tech blogs take up the most spaces, then how about gossip ones?
***** don't want to admit…sorry for typo…it must be contagious
Most of the top blogs are fantastic. Then there are others that make you wonder ….WTF!!! But I know it's based on several factors.
I love blogging! Getting to the top (which some do want to admit) would be great. If for nothing other than the traffic that comes with it. The more your blog pops up in search engines and on other sites…the more likely you are to get readers to peruse that material you work so hard to provide.
Thanks for this nice and useful information.
Wow, i can see you have done that with mac. Looks like technology dominates.
hmm… interesting… considering clothing sales trumped tech sales last year, it's interesting there isn't more fashion blogs up there.
team ray
tech is one of most overrated sector in blogging imho
Danny Dover
I am really happy to hear that all of you enjoyed my article. Daniel thanks for sharing it. A couple follow up answers for you all:
technotip.org – "Wonder what % of the "business†blogs consists of internet marketing and SEO blogs?"
None of them. I put all of those under technology/search engines
Indie Music – "Also interesting that "Green†wasn't colored green."
I know I know….!! 😉
tacogirl – "I was surprised that travel did not make it up as a category."
So was I. I talked to a group of travel bloggers and they suggested that it might be because travel is something people only think about for short period of time, thus they have no need to subscribe to rss. Also a lot of travel blogs are only intended for small audience (families and friends)
Thanks again and let me know if I can do anything else,
I was surprised that travel did not make it up as a category.
Lex G
Time to start a science fiction blog 😉
I would not easily of guessed that Tech is the leading category.
Thats great. I would rather take it another way… Technologies blogs are very popular…I would rather try to blog on those which have less blog articles so that when someone search for the particular topic…the blog has a higher chance of being in the top 3.
Now there is also the very important part of why we blog. We would surely want to blog on topics we like or are interested in. I particularly like to blog about politics and some tech stuffs and also about everyday events and situations that occurs.
By the way am doing a small survey about bloggers. I would be glad if any of you buddies here would participate. I would give a backlink with the results on sunday. My blog is not that popular but am just doing it for fun and to see bloggers feelings and choice.
But… where are the blogs about making money online? I think many of them are among the top.
Thanks, I was looking that piece of information for a couple a days.
Nick Stamoulis
Wow great stuff… loved the visuals. I like that it was assumed that blogging is more about ability than budget – so true.
Thanks for sharing Daniel… I am proud to have 2 tech blogs 🙂
Don't be shame in improve your enterteinment statistcs.
SEO Genius
Thats a great article, amazing that tech blogs take up more than 50% of the overall statistics, what a world we live in 😀
wow.. tech blogs are way way higher…
Jaan Kanellis
Wow what a blog bubble we live in.
Indie Music
Also interesting that "Green" wasn't colored green.
"Technology" seems like a very broad category and could easily overlap with another vague label "Business." Is daily blog tips technology or business?
PS: Hey DBT – I also used your RSS buttons on my blog. Hope you don't mind. Let me know if you have issues.
That's pretty impressive "Green" warranted its own category. And also surprising that overall, there really aren't that many "make money online" blogs.
Wonder what % of the "business" blogs consists of internet marketing and SEO blogs?
I wounder about the "Entertainment News" niche…its so small.
And http://technotip.org is proud to be a technology blog….
Anyway, thanks for the research and thank you Daniel for sharing with us..
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San Diego's Antengo Marching to Next Round in Mobile Classified Ads
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consult with Wandell on business development—even though Oien has a full-time job as the founding CEO of ScoreStream, a startup with a mobile app for crowd-sourcing prep sports scores.
Wandell acknowledges that Craigslist represents a huge challenge, and Antengo faces lots of other startup competition from companies like Vendly, Slinggit, Zaarly, and Tradyo (along with mobile versions of Web classified startups like Oodle, Monster, and Trulia. But he maintains that no one has nailed the mobile user experience and "the space is still wide open for the taking." As one of the first entries—Antengo refers to its team as "pioneers of mobile classifieds"—Wandell says the company is a first mover with the best plan in place to saturate the market the fastest.
"Our main role is connecting the buyer and seller," Wandell says. "Our main difference from Craigslist is that they can't empower the mobile seller to close the transaction, and they can't get behind the seller in the way eBay creates power sellers."
Antengo takes a similar approach, through a featured selling model that elevates listings for sellers who pay a nominal fee. With millions of listings, Wandell says, "Our sellers have a tougher time getting exposure because we have so much content now."
The company also has been developing mobile payment technology that enables buyers to use PayPal or Google Wallet, or to pay for a transaction through their cellular service provider. Antengo would take a small percentage of each sale, and Wandell says that represents the larger and more long-term revenue stream.
"It's an exciting time for us," Wandell says. "We've got a good upward growth curve, and we think we're poised for a Series A round in the first quarter of next year."
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The mobile classified ads about selling/purchasing used cell phones in San Diego is now got very popular in this whole world, all people are now want to see them.


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Voluntary work for committing assault
Mark Brophy, Drim, Mountrath, last week handed in €500 compensation for the victim of an assault causing harm.
Judge Staines had previously ruled that if the money was paid, Brophy would be ordered to carry out 150 hours' voluntary work.
The matter has been put back to October 9, 2014.