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Constant Contact Small Business
Constant Contact is an online marketing company. The headquarters of the company is located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Additional offices are in Loveland (Colorado) and New York (NY). Constant Contact was founded in 1994, and it is now one of the world's largest email marketing services. The company's services have made it possible for marketers to send out email messages that capture prospective customers' information. To learn more about Constant Contact, read the following.
First, you need to collect email addresses before you can set up an email marketing campaign. This can be very pushy, but Constant Contact allows you to create dynamic signup forms that target your audience. These emails are designed to help you build brand awareness and grow your business. Constant Contact also allows you to automate emails with Zapier, an email marketing automation software that lets you send email messages based on certain criteria. These guides will help you to learn more about Zapier and automate your email campaigns.
Constant Contact also allows you to segment your email list based on the subject line. Rather than sending emails to every single contact on your list, you can segment your list using tags. This feature allows you target specific tags such as gender, age or geography. In addition, you can send emails to specific groups within your list. Constant Contact also offers an optional autoresponder. You can set up autoresponders to remind customers to sign up for your email list.
In addition to email marketing, Constant Contact also offers intuitive marketing applications that help small businesses and nonprofits grow and nurture their relationships with customers. Email marketing, social campaigns, event marketing are just a few of the many applications available. Additionally, Constant Contact's social marketing tools allow you to link your Facebook accounts, run Facebook ads, and integrate campaigns into your email marketing strategy. Constant Contact offers a simple interface, and its integrations with social media platforms help make it a powerful marketing tool for any niche.
As an added bonus, Constant Contact offers a free 60-day trial for new customers. You can cancel the service at any time if you aren't satisfied. Constant Contact offers a free trial. If you are not satisfied with Constant Contact, you can upgrade to a paid account. The monthly cost may be affordable for your business. Constant Contact Plus is a great option if you are looking to automate your email marketing.
Modern marketing emails are meticulously formatted with clever graphics and attractive fonts. It is almost as difficult to format a snazzy email template as it is to design a website. Constant Contact's email editor makes the process simple, and it comes with hundreds of pre-designed templates. You can preview emails in popular email clients before sending them. Constant Contact is the best choice for modern marketing campaigns.
Email marketing is a numbers game and you need to be patient with it. Constant Contact lets you create lists and send emails to specific contacts, track the performance of each email, and even create segments and schedules. Constant Contact offers real-time analytics and reporting tools. You can see which devices opened your email and how many people opted in. It also provides 100GB of free email ingest each month.
Constant Contact's greatest strength is its ease-of-use. You can import lists from several formats, including Excel and Word. It is easy to create great email campaigns with tons of appealing templates and drag-and drop capabilities. You can also modify the sequence of emails and add delays. Constant Contact allows for drip campaigns, but there are a few downsides to it. Constant Contact lacks the features of other marketing automation software. Its limiting features can make it difficult for some users, but it is an excellent option for businesses that do not require advanced functionality.
Constant Contact's email-marketing service offers an easy-to-use interface for users, making it ideal for small businesses. Prices start at $20 per monthly and go up exponentially as the contact list grows. If your list grows, you can upgrade to a higher-end package for an additional cost. However, the price is still affordable. The free plan allows you to send emails to up to 500 subscribers. However, it lacks advanced automation features, such as advanced marketing workflows.
Constant Contact offers an Email Plus plan if you want to send more than promotional offers to your list. Email Plus includes dynamic sign-up forms, 2GB of file storage, and access for up to 10 users. Event marketing, online donations and surveys are some of the other features included in this plan. Constant Contact offers several plans to meet your needs. However, you should note that its A/B testing features are limited compared to those of some other email marketing services. "


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Ella Seaver is one of the Sandy Hook students going back to school for the first time since her peers and teachers were killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The students will be in a different building located in a neighboring town.
The first grader and her parents tell CNN's Gary Tuchman how they've prepared for the day and the mixed emotions they're all feeling.
"It's good, she needs to go back. They all need to go back. You know, they say the best thing you can do is get back to your normal routine, although that being one of the hardest things you can do," says Ella's mom, Aimee Seaver. She added that her fear is less about Ella's safety, and more about her daughter's reaction to the situation.
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I hope that all goes well and that everyone can move forward into a brighter future!
Great follow-up reporting. You kept it positive. Thanks!!
take kathy off of the New Year.s show--It is embaressing the stupid things that she does.
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Single MaltScotch Whisky
Malt whisky is the 'original' whisky of Scotland. Although other grains were used, barley was grown specifically for making beer and whisky. However, with the success of blended whisky in the late 19th century, little was drunk as single malt outside the Highlands until the 1980s, when 'the vintages of the North' were rediscovered by an enthusiastic public and began to be made available by distillery owners.
Currently there are around 90 operating malt whisky distilleries in Scotland – it is difficult to be precise, since sometimes distilleries go out of production for periods, in order to balance stock levels. Single malts from a further 30-odd now closed distilleries may still be found.
Although made from very simple materials – malted barley, water and yeast – the make of each distillery has an individual character, owing to a variety of factors, such as the length of fermentation time, the style and size of the stills, and how they are operated, the type of condensers used and amount of spirit saved (called 'the cut').
By law, Scotch (both malt and grain whiskies) must be matured in oak casks in Scotland, and the casks themselves can make a huge contribution to the flavour of the finished product, according to a) how long the whisky has been left to mature, b) how often the individual cask has been used to mature Scotch and c) whether the cask is made from European oak or American oak. This makes it difficult to identify the mature products of individual distilleries.
Since at least the 1880s, blenders have identified different styles of whisky coming from different parts of Scotland. The original division, dating from the 1780s, was between 'Lowland' whisky and 'Highland' whisky. Then the whiskies made in Campbeltown and Islay were discerned to be different, and the whiskies of Speyside were added to the list.
With the dramatic growth of interest in single malt whiskies since the 1980s, the 'Highland' region has been sub-divided into Northern, Western, Eastern, Southern and Islands.
In truth, regional differences in the style and flavour of malt whiskies has more to do with tradition (how a malt is made in one place or another) than terroir, and although it is not possible to make a malt with identical character to another in a different distillery, it is possible to imitate a regional style out-with the region in question.
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Free Woodworking Plans Deck Seat Railing
The basis of the processing technique can be reduced to the assembly of four pieces of wood, that is the realization of a frame and the filling of its interior with worked panels; this is, despite countless variations, the basis of the construction of any carpentry object.
In fact, all the frames are paneled on the external and internal fixtures, as indeed are the furniture at least before the advent of semi-finished materials which will be discussed later.
Material used: Solid wood, in the countless essences that nature offers, has been the main material of carpentry for centuries. For several decades, however, with the advent of new technologies, it has been possible to replace solid wood with more practical and cheaper semi-finished products.
Wood agglomerate panels are produced and used, such as plywood, chipboard, blockboard, laminated wood, MDF, Osbaldo other. However, the use of solid wood remains the most considered product for the craftsman carpenter. In the production of fixtures and in any case external products speaking of carpentry, we necessarily speak of solid wood or laminated wood, whether the product is artisanal or industrial.
The production of furniture and furnishings in general instead has now turned to the use of the semi-finished products already described, thus developing a craftsmanship parallel to the classic carpentry.
Over time, real furniture industries were born, mainly oriented towards modern furniture. This type of production, also made up of small entrepreneurs with few employees, does not use the classic carpenter's tools but computerized automatic machines, Specialized carpenters In industrialized countries, carpenters can still be found with a very specific market niche in the construction of made-to-measure furniture: home furnishings, shop and window furnishings, theatrical or stage furnishings; these artisans, also called "custom-made carpenters", Free Woodworking Plans Deck Seat Railing , use both hand tools and small electric tools.
It is a market segment that can be defined as the "hard core" of the modern carpenter trade and which proposes, at times exclusively, to work only real wood and solid wood, perhaps in a cheaper version such as veneered or plated (always wood of fiber and solid wood).
The colors proposed by these last artisans are almost always hand-made and in an excellent way. Joinery workshop In a carpentry workshop, the presence of at least one wooden carpenter's bench , equipped with the appropriate vices and various manual tools (hammers, saws, pincers, planers, spandrels, series of chisels and screwdrivers, etc.) is a must ; these objects, however, are losing their primary function, making room for new equipment that is more in keeping with the type of work that a carpenter now does.
In the modern carpentry workshop, in fact, the indispensable machine tools in every process are the master. The most used machines are: the miter saw, the band saw , the circular saw , the planer (flush and thick), the spindle molder(milling machine), as well as small tools for sanding, finishing and assembly (orbitals, drills, screwdrivers, clamps of various lengths, nailing machines, etc.); in small laboratories or at hobby level circular saw, planes and spindle molders can be replaced with a particular machine tool called combined because alone, it allows performing the three processes: cutting, planning and milling .
To perform jointed tenon and mortise is employed molder equipped with a trolley or simply the circular saw but are of great help, however, and increasingly widespread: the chisel mortising machine is increasingly present and mortiser chain while for smoothing the belt sander.


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Admitted students, families to arrive for Princeton Preview
More than 2,000 people are expected to visit campus this month for Princeton Preview, as newly admitted students and their families arrive to sample the University's academic, residential and social offerings. The annual hosting program will be held Thursday through Saturday, April 11-13, and Monday through Wednesday, April 22-24.
Princeton has offered admission to 1,931 students, or 7.29 percent of the 26,498 applicants for the Class of 2017.
The event will allow prospective members of Princeton's Class of 2017 to sit in on classes, take campus tours and attend panel discussions with students, faculty and deans on topics such as academic and residential life, undergraduate research, and life after Princeton. Panel discussions also will be offered on opportunities available through the Study Abroad Program and the Bridge Year Program, which allows up to 35 entering freshmen to defer their enrollment and spend nine months abroad in service.
Princeton Preview participants can attend an activities fair hosted by student organizations and clubs as well as open houses at Career Services, the Center for Jewish Life, the Davis International Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center. Admitted students will spend the night with Princeton student hosts and attend social events in the residential colleges and elsewhere on campus.
Students and their family members will begin arriving as early as 8 a.m. on Thursday and Monday, and the program will run through 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Wednesday.


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The following is a guest post written by Sue Adams, the winner of my SLIG Blogging Contest Contest! This post originally appeared at her blog, Family Folklore.
Having recently completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical Studies with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, I have been looking around for further educational opportunities.
As my diploma dissertation was a study of manorial land records between 1712 and 1927, of Clent Manor, Worcestershire, England, the "Advanced Research Tools: Land Records" track presented by Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) 2012 peaked my interest. The course runs from 23-27 January 2012.
Although my study focused on land inheritance, I had originally intended presenting results by mapping land holdings belonging to individuals or families. However, faced with vague property descriptions, I realised this was more difficult than I had anticipated. Of the copyholdings bought, sold or inherited by the Waldron family of the Fieldhouse, I could locate less than half. Below is the map that I did not include in my dissertation because of these difficulties.
The Fieldhouse itself was easy (no 13), it is marked on current maps and the listed building records confirm that the house was built in the 1750s. Some fields that were enclosed and first granted by the Lord in 1788 were described well enough for me to work out their location relative to roads and adjoining property (nos 1-7). Descriptions referring to ancient field names that so not appear on any maps are more difficult, but I managed to find an archaeological report that gave approximate locations for a few names like Kitchen Meadow, Long Meadow and Wallfields. So I could approximate the locations of land (the rest of the nos on the map) with descriptions like the following example:
"three pieces of land called the Halfmoon Hills containing about sixteen acres two pieces of land adjoining called the Wallfields containing about eight acres and Meadow called the Kitchen Meadow containing about six acres and one Meadow called Long Meadow containing about four acres and one close adjoining called Ollerpiece containing about two acres in Upper Clent"
Winden Field is a place name that occurs frequently in the manorial court records, but I do not know where it was. It is thought to be the name of one of the open fields dating back to the medieval farming system.
Occasionally, land descriptions refer to the tithe map. In Clent this dates to 1838 and records the landowners who were liable to pay tithes, a tax collected by the church which supported the clergy. None of the land owned by my study family is directly linked to the tithe map in the court rolls, but it may be still possible to correlate the two.
So what does all this stuff about English land records have to do with and course on American land records? Well the problems are similar and the SLIG course offers some tools applicable to land records anywhere. The Strathclyde program is biased toward Scottish research and records (it is a Scottish university!), which some think a disadvantage for English based researchers. However, I benefited from seeing how English and Scottish records differ and the comparison has deepened my understanding making me a better researcher. American records will be different again, and that is interesting.
As I am based in England the main expense of attending SLIG is the airfare. However, as RootsTech (2-4 February 2012) and APG Professional Management Conference (1 February 2012), follow a few days later, I could attend all three. Now the airfare seems a little less extravagant!
About Sue Adams: My interest in family history was ignited by the death of Raymond Coulson, a cousin of my paternal grand-mother. Tracking down the beneficiaries of his estate got me hooked and led me on to research the tales passed down the generations. The story continues …


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Best Season Ever (Katie Woo Series). Red, White, and Blue and Katie Woo! (Katie Woo Series). Boo, Katie Woo! (Katie Woo Series). By Fran Manushkin. Illustrated by Tammie Lyon. Picture Window/Capstone, 32 pp., $19.99 each. Ages 5-8.
By Janice Harayda
Early readers — short chapter books with a limited vocabulary — are hard to write, and Fran Manushkin just clears the bar in this series about Katie Woo, a 6-year-old Chinese-American first-grader and her friends Pedro and JoJo. Tammie Lyon's upbeat watercolors lack subtlety, and they get little help from the mundane plots and serviceable prose of these three books, which find the trio debating which season is best, celebrating the Fourth of July, and trying to scare people on Halloween. Each book has a glossary and other material at the end, and in Boo, Katie Woo! the back matter includes a recipe for a Halloween punch made from grape and orange juice, which apparently turn black when mixed. "Witch's Brew might look pretty gross," Manushkin writes, "but it will taste terrific."
Best line: A party idea in the supplemental material for Boo, Katie Woo!: Make an "Icy Hand" for a Halloween punch by filling a non-powdered latex glove with water, freezing it, and removing the glove before floating it in the bowl.
Worst line: No. 1: A picture of Pedro heading a soccer ball and the words, "He backed up to hit the ball with his head" in Red, White, and Blue and Katie Woo!. Katie is 6 years old, and her friends are about the same age. American Youth Soccer discourages children under the age of 10 from heading, and U.S. leagues generally don't teach it before then. No. 2: A picture of Katie standing outdoors in a sleeveless dress in a snowstorm on the cover of Best Season Ever. This seems to be a fantasy when the other pictures are realistic, and it sends a confusing sign about what the book contains. No. 3: These books don't explain why they phoneticize the Chinese surname "Wu" to "Woo." Would a two-letter word have been harder for children to grasp than a 3-letter one?
Consider reading instead or or in addition these books: The "Henry and Mudge" early-reader series by Cynthia Ryant and Suçie Stevenson, which includes Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days.
Published: 2011
You can also follow Jan (@janiceharayda) on Twitter at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda.
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Place your information in the Event Details box. If you need a different design, size or color place the information in the Event Box and I will contact you.
Design time can take up to 1 week, If you need a rush order - please contact me to ask about rush times and fees.
After your order is approved I will design a proof for your approval. The proof is sent to the email address you checkout with so please make sure you have access to this email address. I will make up to 3 complimentary changes to your original digital proof.
Printed invitations will be printed on high-quality card stock. You can choose between Front Only or Front and Back. These will be shipped to you after you approve the proof that will be sent to the email you use at checkout.
The printed invitations come with white envelopes.
If you purchase a file and print it yourself. I recommend a professional quality printer and photo quality cardstock that is thick. Cardstock is very absorbent and will soak up a lot of ink when printing. Please make sure your printer is set to the highest photo quality printer settings and use the correct cardstock to prevent your invitation from looking faded when printed at home. I suggest using a professional quality print company as printing at home can be tricky without the proper equipment.
A proof is sent for your approval before printing, once approved these are non-refundable. If you change your mind before designing has started 50% is only refunded, as I have reserved a design spot for you.
How Does This Work ?
Select your size and Pdf / Jpeg or Printed in the drop down menus. You can select front only or front and back if it is available. Due to variations in monitor colors and printer ink colors, the colors of the file may be slightly different.
- Printed Invites are Front Only or Front and Back so please select which one works best for you. Due to variations in monitor colors and printer ink colors, the colors of the file may be slightly different.
- The items you are purchasing is either a digital file or a printed item, you will select which one you want in the drop down menus.
- Design time is up to 1 week, if it takes longer I will contact you.
- Rush orders can be accepted depending on the item and it $10 extra per file or item in addition to the price of the file or item. If you need rush shipping I will need to get an exact address to calculate the rush shipping charges.
- If you item requires photos upload them in the photo box, if you have questions you can click on Message me or send them through e-mail to Elaine at email@example.com
Invitations, Business Cards, Posters, Birthday Stat Boards, Water Bottle Labels, Wine Labels, Liquor Labels, Stickers, Address Labels
- these are on premium card stock or the appropriate label paper - I copy the wording you send so please double check your spelling and information to make sure it is correct.
- As of April 10,2020 the rate starts at $8.30 - USPS for Priority 2 Day Shipping (depending on where you live it could be longer) my system is connected to the USPS for accurate pricing for your location. Shipping is Not Refundable
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- For Printed and Shipped Backdrops or Banners each is made of vinyl material material (14 oz. high tenacity polyester vinyl) and has exceeded the minimum requirements of the flame resistance established by the following tests : National Fire Protection Association
- Our material has been treated with a flame-retardant chemical or are inherently noninflammable.
- Shipping is Free on Backdrops at this time
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- Price per sign goes down the more signs you order. For a better deal per sign you can order more signs.
- If you are placing a custom order for yard signs. A proof will be sent to you for approval. Once you order has been placed the signs will be printed and sent to you. There is a No Refund policy. If you have any questions before placing this order please contact me. Once you purchase the order it is considered an active custom order and is non refundable.
- Please make sure you photo is a 300dpi file it can be jpg, pdf or png. If you are wanting a logo placed on the sign it should have a transparent background.
- 10 to 50 Yard Signs with stands - shipping Free in USA
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- Digital file design time is up to 1 week. (Not including weekends or Holidays)
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- Your invitations and printed items will be sent Priority Shipping through USPS. I will provide a tracking number once your item has shipped. Depending on your location, Holidays and weekends it could possibly take more than 2 days to arrive from the date it was shipped. ***Please be aware you only pay what the USPS charges.***
- Please leave your event information in " Event Details", I will reserve a time to start designing your item once the information is received. If you change your mind and no longer want your order after it has been placed and I have not started working on it, you will receive a 50% refund, due to a design time being reserved for your order. If you change your mind after I have started working on your order, the entire order is non refundable. Please make sure you double check any spelling and grammar. The information you supply will be copied and pasted. *If your item is listed with photos to be added please upload them to the photo box, if you have any question you can send them via e-mail Elaine to firstname.lastname@example.com .
Please let me know if you are printing with Vistaprint, Shutterfly, or any other online company as they do not always offer true 4x6 or 5x7 sizing. If changes to sizing are needed after you have approved and received the file there is a charge of 50% for resizing. If you need information changes there is a charge of 100% of the item price.
I will send you a proof once I have the design completed to get your approval.
I allow up to 3 changes for free. Any additional changes will be a $2 per change fee.
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- For Digital Files - If you need changes after the original file has been approve by you and e-mailed to you or downloaded by you, I do charge 50% the price of the item to make any revisions, if the revisions are date, time, locations or names the charge is 100% of the original price of the items, as I am recreate the invite with new information.
- For Printed Items I am not responsible for spelling or any other changes after you have approved your proof file for submission. If you need to make changes you will be charged 100% of the original cost and shipping, as your items are being printed.
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What an insane weekend this was, I had no time for anything! I am almost done with the maxi tut but unfortunately I couldn't get it finished this weekend but you will have it soon. I wanted to show you what I wore today and my slight variations on the same pattern I used for the print maxi I wore last week, B5650.
I wanted a wider waistband so I added 2" to the pattern and added belt loops so I could belt it and use it with my sash. I wanted the ties to be wide enough to create a big bow ;-) aside from those few changes the skirt pattern itself wasn't changed.


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Today in the news: Police find bombs, body in Florida dorm
News to know
Police found a bag of homemade bombs in a Florida dorm room, and several guns, which one of the students had apparently used to kill himself, CNN reports. The body was a male student who had shared the room with three other roommates.
The incident started at 12:20 a.m., when someone pulled the fire alarm in Tower 1 dorm on the University of Central Florida campus. Police also received a call saying there was someone in the building with a gun. All of the nearly 500 students living in the dorm were evacuated. Police are still investigating, as well as federal authorities. They are unsure who the 911 caller was, and what their connection was to the fire alarm and shooter.
Quote of note
"Young people are targets of marketing and the availability of cigarettes, and this legislation will help prevent another generation from the ill health and shorter life expectancy that comes with smoking." - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg has proposed a law banning stores from openly displaying cigarettes. Cigarettes would need to be hidden under the counter or behind curtains.
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How to Attract Butterflies to Your Yard
Create an inviting habitat for butterflies with careful plant selection and placement.
Invite butterflies
Monarchs, swallowtails and many other winged beauties call Midwest gardens home. To learn how to make your yard more inviting, read on about the plant that provide nectar for adult butterflies or leaves for caterpillars.
Location and protection
Butterflies are cold blooded so need lots sunshine to keep warm. Luckily, the flowers they dine on love the sun as much as they do. Plant your butterfly magnets in a spot protected from the wind that gets at least six hours of sun a day. Add a rock or two for a perch. A large saucer for sips is a nice touch. And don't use pesticides: They can't distinguish between butterflies and pests.
A profusion of blooms
Whether you fill a couple of pots or a whole bed, big clumps of color are what attract butterflies. Plant groups of five or more of a variety rather than a single plant. Here, drifts of sunflowers, black-eyed Susans, globe thistle and phlox make for a brilliant beacon to butterflies.
Serve a buffet
Butterflies have different length proboscises (tongues) that determine which flowers they can feed from. To attract many kinds of fluttering friends, plant a variety of flowers. The bed pictured here includes phlox, coneflowers, goldenrod, milkweed, bee balm and the ornamental grass Prairie dropseed.
Feed the babies
Baby butterflies--aka caterpillars--tend to be picky eaters, so indulge their needs by growing plants they love. Don't worry about the damage to plants hungry caterpillars cause, just hide it behind taller plants, such as Joe-Pye weed, where adults will sip.
The following plants should attract and satisfy the caterpillars of some of our Midwest varieties:
Dill, parsley (pictured) Black Swallowtail
Hops Commas
Milkweed Monarch
Pawpaw Zebra Swallowtail
Snapdragon Common Buckeye
Violets Great Spangled Fritillary
Wild senna Cloudless Sulfur
Willow Mourning Cloak, Viceroy
Wormwood American Lady
Season-long blooms
The trick to getting repeat customers is to plant species that bloom at different, yet overlapping, times through the growing season. Planting perennials means the butterfly buffet returns year after year with little effort on your part.
Spring blooms
Put the welcome mat out for butterflies by planting some of these:
Blackhaw viburnum
Dame's rocket
Lilac (pictured)
Wild plum
Summer blooms
Keep them coming with these:
Butterfly bush (Buddleia)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus)
Bee balm (Monarda)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Blanket flower (Gaillardia)
Blazing star (Liatris)
Lanceleaf coreopsis
Leadplant (Amorpha)
Milkweed (Asclepias)
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus)
Prairie clover (Petalostemum)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea; pictured)
Fall blooms
This group of plants is especially important because they provide nectar when many gardens are running low on blooms.
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'Cushion spurge (Euphorbia polychroma)
Goldenrod and dwarf goldenrod (Solidago canadensis 'Baby Gold')
Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium; pictured)
Pale-leaf sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) Scabiosa
Sedum 'Autumn Fire'
Sneezeweed (Helenium)
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
Sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
Chose varieties so there are blooms from spring to frost to cover any gaps in perennial bloom times.
Mexican sunflower (Tithonia)
Zinnias (pictured)


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Elderly grocery store owner refuses robber
MARSHFIELD, Wis. - A masked robber apparently thought the 96-year-old owner of a neighborhood grocery store in Marshfield would be an easy target for his crime. But, he was so wrong.
Margaretta Wolf has owned the store bearing her family name for 54 years. And she wasn't about to turn over her cash to the armed intruder after he ordered her to open the cash register.
"I said: 'I'm not opening up that cash register and that's it, I'm not opening it. I said you can have all the Tootsie Rolls you want but I am not opening that cash register,'" said Wolf.
The man in the silver mask and carrying a knife continued to give Wolf orders during the robbery attempt Monday.
"He said, 'Walk in the back of the store,' I said, 'I'm not walking no place, I'm standing right here,'" Wolf recounted.
The elderly store owner stood her ground when the man flashed a pocketknife and placed it on the counter.
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Wolf said the would-be robber appeared frustrated, looked around, spotted a security camera in the corner, grabbed the knife and fled.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The mysterious death of a 30-year-old Palestinian gas station attendant in Israeli custody stoked new West Bank clashes Sunday, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising.
A senior Palestinian official alleged that Arafat Jaradat was tortured by Israel's Shin Bet security service, citing an autopsy he said revealed bruising and two broken ribs.
Israel's Health Ministry said the autopsy did not conclusively determine the cause of death, but that the bruising and broken ribs were likely the result of attempts to revive the detainee.
Jaradat's death came at a time of rising West Bank tensions, including several days of Palestinian marches in support of four hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli lockups. In all, Israel holds nearly 4,600 Palestinians, including dozens who have never been formally charged or tried.
Frozen Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the recent re-election of Israeli hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Palestinian cash crisis and the Palestinians' sense of being abandoned by the Arab world seem to have created fertile ground for a third Palestinian revolt.
Over the weekend, Israel's army chief convened senior commanders to discuss the growing unrest.
Jaradat's death "is liable to become the opening shot" in a third uprising, Israeli military commentator Alex Fishman wrote in the Yediot Ahronot daily Sunday, arguing that the "Palestinian street has been boiling with anger for a number of weeks now."
However, Israeli officials have previously expressed concern about a new uprising, only to see bursts of Palestinian protests fizzle.
The first uprising, marked by stone-throwing protests and commercial strikes, erupted in the late 1980s and led to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The second uprising broke out in 2000, after failed talks on a final peace deal, and was far deadlier, with Israel reoccupying the West Bank in response to bombings and shootings.
In recent years, the West Bank has been relatively calm. Despite recent tensions, the Palestinian self-rule government has not broken off security coordination with Israel in their joint campaign against Islamic militants.
Palestinian activists also say they learned from the mistakes of the armed revolt a decade ago and are turning to more creative protests against Israel's 45-year rule over lands they want for a future state.
Former Palestinian security chief Jibril Rajoub, speaking in Hebrew on Israel Radio, tried to reassure Israelis, declaring Sunday "on behalf of the entire Palestinian leadership that there is no plan to lead to bloodshed."
Jaradat, a father of two from the West Bank village of Saeer, died in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel on Saturday, six days after his arrest on suspicion of stone throwing.
Jaradat's attorney, Kamil Sabbagh, said his client told an Israeli military judge Thursday during a hearing that he was being forced to sit for long periods during interrogation. He also complained of back pain and seemed terrified to return to the Shin Bet lockup, although he did not have any apparent signs of physical abuse, Sabbagh said.
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On Sunday, Israel's forensics institute performed an autopsy attended by a physician from the Palestinian Authority.
After being briefed by the Palestinian physician, Issa Karake, the Palestinian minister of prisoner affairs, told a news conference late Sunday that Jaradat had suffered two broken ribs on the right side of his chest. The autopsy also showed bruises on Jaradat's back and chest.
Israeli officials initially said Jaradat apparently died of a heart attack, but Karake said the Palestinian physician told him there was no evidence of that.
Later, Israel's Health Ministry said Jaradat did not suffer from disease and that it was not possible yet to determine his cause of death conclusively.
Jaradat "faced harsh torture, leading to his immediate, direct death. Israel is fully responsible for his killing," Karake said.
Protesting Jaradat's death, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli troops in several locations, including the West Bank city of Hebron and at a checkpoint near the military's Ofer prison on Sunday. In two locations, troops fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel pellets.
In the clash near the checkpoint, troops fired live rounds, shooting the 15-year-old son of the commander of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in the chest and stomach, said Palestinian health official Dr. Ahmed Bitawi. The teen, Walid Hab al-Reeh, was in stable condition, while another man was wounded in the arm, Bitawi said.
The Preventive Security Service is key to security coordination with Israel. The Israeli military said it was aware of a report that a Palestinian youth was seriously hurt by gunfire, but could not confirm that soldiers used live rounds to disperse the protest.
Kadoura Fares, who heads a Palestinian group advocating for prisoners, urged Palestinians on Sunday to keep demonstrating. He also said that one of the four hunger-striking prisoners, Jafar Izzeldeen, was moved to a hospital Sunday because his condition was deteriorating.
Recent West Bank protests have focused on the fate of prisoners, an emotional Palestinian consensus issue.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been imprisoned since Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in 1967, meaning virtually every Palestinian family has had someone locked up.
The detainees are held on a range of charges, from stone-throwing to deadly attacks. Most Palestinians embrace them as heroes resisting occupation, while Israelis tend to view them as terrorists.


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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Mini Artichoke Turnovers
The sauce started with melted butter and minced shallot and garlic. Flour was added, and then white wine was whisked into the roux. Once reduced a bit, milk was whisked into the sauce and when it thickened, the chopped artichoke hearts, shredded parmesan and pecorino, some thyme, and lemon zest were added. I actually made the filling a day in advance, so once it was cool, I stored it in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, I rolled a sheet of puff pastry out to just over 15 inches by 21 inches and cut it into 35 three-inch square pieces. A tablespoon of filling was placed in the center of each square. The pastry was folded over the filling into a triangle and then two corners were folded in to meet in the center making a neat packet. When all 35 were filled, they were placed on a parchment-lined baking sheet and placed in the freezer, and the process was repeated with a second sheet of puff pastry. They were baked straight from the freezer after being brushed with egg wash.
They came out of the oven golden and flakey, looking like ideal partners for cocktails, and the wine, lemon zest, and thyme in the filling gave it more interesting flavor than the stand-by artichoke dip. They were one of the big winners of the night since they were long gone well before best picture was announced.
Mini Artichoke Turnovers
from December 2010 Living
4 tablespoons butter
1 large shallot, minced
2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup whole milk, warmed
salt and pepper
pinch cayenne
3 cups canned artichoke hearts, rinsed, drained, and chopped
1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
1/2 cup finely grated Pecorino Romano
1 tablespoon chopped thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
2 packages all butter, frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 large egg, lightly beaten
-Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, and add shallot and garlic and cook for one minute. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about two minutes. Whisk while slowly pouring in the wine and allow to cook until reduced by half, about two minutes. Whisk in milk, bring to a boil, and allow to thicken while stirring. Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
-Remove from heat and stir in artichoke hearts, cheeses, thyme, and lemon zest. Let cool completely, and refrigerate until ready to use.
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out puff pastry to a 1/8 inch thickness, about 15 inches by 21 inches, on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 35 3-inch squares.
-Arrange 1 tablespoon artichoke mixture in the center of each square. Brush two perpendicular edges with water, and fold over to form a triangle and press to seal. Brush a corner of the triangle with water and join it to the opposite point to form a little folded-in packet. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Refrigerate or freeze until firm, 30 minutes to 1 hour. (Or, freeze for up to two months.)
-Brush turnovers with egg wash. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
Posted by lisa is cooking at Sunday, March 06, 2011
39 comments:
Simply adorable, and the way you describe them, they sound so fantastic! Send one my way please!ReplyDelete
*kisses* HH
Never made turnovers with artichokes and love the way you made your turnovers. They look so cute :)ReplyDelete
Oh, those look so scrumptious!ReplyDelete
I am not a big fan of artichoke but when I saw the other ingredients I was hooked!! Especially adding that cheese makes my mouth water!ReplyDelete
Oh those looks absolutely cute and delicious!ReplyDelete
Wow they look very cute... I have never tried this, even heard about this recipe....but sure to try it out soon :)looks so inviting. Great recipe.ReplyDelete
Artichoke dip in one little savoury bite sounds perfect to me.ReplyDelete
They are so cute and perfect as finger foods for parties. I feel like grabbing some of them now. Looks so irresistible!!ReplyDelete
This might be a good recipe to explore my inner baker. Looks great!ReplyDelete
I'm sure the guests couldn't wait to pounce on these. They look terrific! And don't feel bad- most of my predictions were wrong as well. I'm just glad I didn't bet any money!ReplyDelete
They are so cute! Prefect party food!ReplyDelete
Those are gorgeous and they sound delicious. I have been craving artichokes lately. I have been getting my fix by getting grilled artichokes at our Italian deli. These little turnovers would probably work better for a crowd.ReplyDelete
Wow, Lisa--if there is anything to bring out the savory in us, this is it! These are gorgeous and that filling sounds divine. I am sure they were a hit...would be surprised if they lasted to the first commercial break! Cheers.ReplyDelete
Oh Lisa, these little artichokes puff look delicious, light and so tasty. What a lovely appetizer they make. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead :-)ReplyDelete
Wonderful recipe indeed! This year I got almost all nominations right, which is very unusual... but I did not have a party going, so I'm jealous of you.. ;-)ReplyDelete
These look amazing! I have a partial can of artichoke hearts and I will be making this. I like they can stay in the freezer. Ideal for catering cocktail parties.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2011 at 8:36 PM
These look absolutely scrumptious, love the artichoke filling, perfect little bites!ReplyDelete
I make a similar turnover with artichokes and they are addictive!! Love the way you folded yours - much better than the way I do it!!!!ReplyDelete
Lisa! These look so tasty...I would have made all 70 because I might have eaten them all myself. Warm artichoke in puff dough - what could be better?!ReplyDelete
i can count on one hand the number on times i've seen savory turnovers, and none of them have ever contained artichokes. tasty work, lisa!ReplyDelete
Filling is very interesting. They look great, so cute and inviting :)ReplyDelete
I love the idea of a savory turnover, especially stuffed with one of my favorite veggies! Delicious.ReplyDelete
Perfect movie night and party food! So cute and delicious!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,...These mini turnovers look amazing & soo tasty, Lisa!!ReplyDelete
Great party food!
"Mini" anything gets me every time but these look spectacular. I'm always looking for an alternative to filling puff pastry with besides chicken or mushrooms - these are perfect! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Wow, great party food. Did you serve these warm? I'm catering a series of art gallery openings and I am challenged by the fact that the gallery does not have an oven - just a microwave. I'm sensing that these need to be warm...ReplyDelete
Lisa, these are gorgeous! And they sound super delicious...as well as super addictive. You probably need 70 of those even for a small gathering, because I bet nobody can stop at just having one or two of these. :-)ReplyDelete
Dana: Actually, I didn't re-heat them after taking them to the party. They do stay warm in the middle for a while. I just put them on a tray without covering it so they wouldn't get soggy from the steam.ReplyDelete
These sound perfect! Love artichokes. I'm bookmarking this recipe in my appetizer folder!ReplyDelete
I never think of making a savory turnover. I have no idea why. The filling sounds divine Lisa. All my favorite ingredients in it. I am just dreaming of the combo of zest, thyme, garlic and artichokes. What a great party treat.ReplyDelete
Yum! I love the mixture of sweet and savory - apples and artichokes are an unexpected combination - and your turnovers look very innovative and yet delectable.ReplyDelete
I love artichokes, this looks like a really interesting recipe.ReplyDelete
I am not surprised these were gone in a flash!ReplyDelete
WOW - these look so incredibly tasty! I love appetizers and these are a must make! Sorry to hear your picks were off, but I hope the night was fun.ReplyDelete
Awesome Lisa :) I don't think I've ever had artichoke like this, will have to change that :)ReplyDelete
Artichoke are not commonly available in Singapore, and when I do stumble upon some, it usually looks quite wilted! I'd definitely make these the first chance I get my hands on some ;) Looks delectable and I think it's the cuteness that won me over :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 3:04 PM
These are adorable and sound so tasty! I can't wait for an excuse to make them!ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa, I have spent 5 wks in HK, excuse my silence. Your artichoke turnovers are awesome and delicate. No surprise that they were the winner. Thx for sharing the recipe. I need to bookmark this !!!!ReplyDelete
OH YES, I want to eat a bundle of those. I think I may have all those ingredients in the house too.ReplyDelete


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Data pulled by payments company Square found that Chicagoans tip more often than any other major city studied. In Chicago, customers tip 63 percent of the time with the average tip at 16.7 percent, roughly twice the 9.25 percent sales tax rate.
Denver and Austin, Texas, were tied for second with 62 percent of customers tipping, and Denver residents actually tipped the highest percentage of any city studied — 16.8 percent.
Atlanta and Tampa finished last in the list, with just 51 percent of customers leaving a tip.
Square studied the way its users tip in 10 major U.S. cities and found Chicago to be the most generous city in America.
Square examined 10 major metropolitan cities around the U.S. for the study, taking into account population and "density of Square sellers," according to a company spokesperson. The cities are all located in different states with the exception of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and generate "hundreds of thousands of payments and millions of dollars in payment volume."
Square has recently added features to its consumer products in a bid to encourage consumers to use Square for their daily transactions. Square Cash was updated so that users can now charge one another through the app or through email. The company is also testing a new mobile app called Pickup for restaurant takeout orders.


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The composition of each product is based entirely on pure active ingredients found in the skin, meaning Bioderma products can guarantee they will be tolerated perfectly. Each skin care product has undergone clinical studies and been created under the supervision of experts on dermatology, allergology and toxicology. Since it was founded in 1970, the brand has developed several patents. For example, Bioderma Sensibio – the Bioderma micellar water — was the very first cleansing water in history and remains one of the most popular to this day. The Bioderma Sébium range, meanwhile, contains the patented Fluidactiv complex, which fights all signs of oily and problem skin effectively.
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Nööödles offers travellers the experience of flavourful and nourishing noodles that are made fresh daily. With popular choices of noodles such as wonton noodles, beef noodles and Penang curry mee, travellers can enjoy their favourite noodle at this family-oriented restaurant, any time of the day.
With a feast that will definitely please your taste buds, all of Nööödles' dishes are halal, and free from MSG and boric acid. The restaurant uses traditional recipes from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand as well local staples. Travellers who are longing for a comforting meal should try a steaming bowl of noodles at Nööödles!
Store Hours24 Hours
LocationDeparture Hall (Level 3A), S2-3A-L04


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Is that can of soda causing your kids to bounce off the walls? You're probably thinking, "Of course! They're on a sugar high!" Parents and teachers often claim that eating sugar causes hyperactivity and behavior problems in children. However, numerous scientific studies have examined this claim, and none have found a connection between sugar or artificial sweeteners and hyperactivity.
Many parents feel that sugar causes hyperactivity in their children. The idea that food can impact behavior was first introduced in 1973 by allergist Benjamin Feingold. He based his "Feingold Diet" on stories from parents who reported that food additives, including sugar, made their children restless or irritable. Since then, studies have found that parents who expect sugar to affect their children are more likely to perceive their children as hyperactive after eating sugar or drinking sugary drinks than a nonbiased observer would. Many physicians respond to parents' concerns by recommending low-sugar diets for hyperactive children.
A number of researchers have investigated the "sugar hypothesis." For example, Wolraich and colleagues put children aged 3-10 on three different diets for three consecutive three-week periods. The children were either normal preschoolers, or grade school children who were described by their parents as being sensitive to sugar.
The children were given either one diet high in sucrose, one high in aspartame (an artificial sweetener), and one high in saccharin (a sweet substance that presumably has no effect on behavior) during each three-week period. The children, parents, and researchers did not know which diet the children were on as it changed for each three-week period.
Observations of 39 behavioral and cognitive performance factors found that there were no significant differences between the three diets for the "sugar sensitive" children. Preschoolers showed slight variation among the 39 traits, but the differences did not form a pattern.
There is no evidence that consuming sugar or aspartame can make a child with a normal attention span hyperactive. Although sugar does make energy available to the body, it does not increase excitement or activity. Children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) may metabolize sugar differently, and there exists the possibility that sugar may aggravate a behavior disorder that is already present. However, the majority of studies have found that even these children do not have negative or hyperactive reactions to sugar.
Despite widespread belief to the contrary, extensive research has not found a connection between sugar and hyperactivity. Such a link may seem to make sense because children are often hyperactive at social events where sugar is likely to be consumed, such as a birthday party or Halloween.
Hyperactivity and behavior problems are challenging to diagnosis and treat. Sugar-free diets have no place in the management of children with these conditions.
While it may be off the hook when it comes to children's rowdy behavior, sugar still has few redeeming qualities. Dental cavities, obesity, and diabetes should provide plenty of incentive for parents to separate any child—wild or tame—from a seemingly limitless supply of sweets.
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