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Diaphragm Pacing System for CCHS
The Diaphragm Pacing System manufactured by Avery Biomedical Devices is a device used to provide respiratory support for patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency whose diaphragm, lungs, and phrenic nerves have residual function. The device delivers electrical impulses to the hemidiaphragms in order to restore breathing function. It is used in patients with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) in order to restore regular breathing function.
About CCHS and the Diaphragm Pacing System
Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS, also historically known as Ondine's Syndrome) is a congenital form of Central Sleep Apnea, which studies have shown to be caused by a mutation of the PHOX2b gene.
CCHS is characterized by adequate ventilation while the patient is awake and by hypoventilation with shallow breathing during sleep. More severely affected patients hypoventilate when both awake and asleep. With CCHS, this is caused by the brain not utilizing the phrenic nerves (the neurological pathways between the brain and each hemidiaphragm, originating at the C3-C5 vertebrae) in a consistent manner. While this may cause a major difficulty in patients with CCHS, there may be an option to facilitate regular breathing with a diaphragm pacing system.
Success Stories
Avery's Ballerina
Elise has Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS). Shortly before her ninth birthday, Elise and her family were told by her doctor about the Avery Diaphragm...
How a Diaphragm Pacing System Works
A diaphragm pacing system consists of surgically implanted receivers and electrodes and an external transmitter with antennas which are worn directly over the implanted receivers.
The external transmitter and antennas send radiofrequency energy to the implanted receivers just under the skin. The receivers then convert the radio waves into stimulating pulses.
These pulses are then sent down the electrodes to the phrenic nerves, causing the diaphragms to contract. This contraction causes inhalation of air. When the pulses stop, the diaphragms relax and exhalation occurs. Repetition of this series of pulses produces a normal breathing pattern.
Who Is a Candidate for the Diaphragm Pacing System?
A diaphragm pacing system can provide ventilatory support for patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency whose diaphragm, lungs, and phrenic nerves have residual function. Typically, these patients have high spinal cord injuries, central sleep apnea or other central neurological disorders or a paralyzed diaphragm.
Ondine, a water nymph from German mythology, cursed her unfaithful husband "As long as you are awake, you shall have your breath, but should you ever fall asleep, then that breath will be taken from you and you will die!" From this ancient myth comes the name "Ondine's Syndrome," still used in certain parts of the world as a name for CCHS due to the difficulty of breathing during sleep.
Advantages over Mechanical Ventilation
Diaphragm Pacing Systems provide many advantages for CCHS patients over mechanical ventilation (Positive Pressure Ventilation, or PPV). Some advantages include:
- Lower risk of upper airway infections due to reduction in suctioning, elimination of external humidifier and ventilator circuits, and potential removal of tracheostomy tube in some patients where appropriate
- More natural breathing function that is physiologically more accurate and comfortable
- Compact design without bulky tubing and batteries, which allows for greatly increased mobility (some of our patients still enjoy swimming and horseback riding!)
- Superior sensory and related motor functions, including improved sense of smell, ease of eating and drinking, and normal breathing and speech patterns.
- Significant long term cost savings – Diaphragm Pacing Systems typically pay for themselves in roughly two years, with patients saving an average of $20,000 per year thereafter
For More Information
The Diaphragm Pacing System may be an excellent option for patients with CCHS to improve their quality of life and decrease difficulties caused as a result of care for CCHS. For more information, please call us at 631-864-1600, or click the "request info" button below and fill out the contact form. We would be happy to get you more information about how the diaphragm pacing system may help, and connect you with a physician familiar with the device in your area if needed.


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KHARTOUM (AFP) — Sudanese security banned two newspapers from publishing on Saturday after they protested against draconian censorship measures and arrests of journalists.
National security agents summoned staff from Ajras Al-Hurriya and Ray Al-Shab as the dailies were due to resume publication after a self-imposed three-day strike, newspaper executives said.
"They told us 'you didn't inform us about your strike and... we're taking the measure of stopping you for one day'," said Murtada el-Ghali, the editor in chief of Ajras Al-Hurriya. He said the same rule applies to Ray Al-Shab.
Security agents had initially informed the newspapers they would impose a three-day ban, but the punishment was reduced.
The editors have accused the dominant National Congress Party of trying to silence opposition in the run-up to scheduled elections in 2009 and vowed to press on with a long-term campaign to fight for a free press.
"This is done by the National Congress as a political party. They want to ban the people from freedom and other voices in Sudan than their own," Nagi Dahab, general director of Ray Al-Shab, told reporters.
Sudanese journalists went on hunger strike last Tuesday, downing tools for three days insisting they would no longer accept government restrictions.
Sudan's interim constitution, which is supposed to guide the country through a six-year phased implementation of a 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended two decades of civil war, upholds freedom of the press and expression.
But laws guaranteeing press freedom have not been passed and security officials inspect the editions of every newspaper nightly.
Editors who resist censorship risk their publications being banned outright or confiscated from distribution offices.
Sudan's robust media includes around 30 independent daily newspapers, representing a range of political views, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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ALPENA, MI – The City of Alpena and the organizers of the 40th Annual Michigan Brown Trout Festival are preparing the Alpena Small Boat Harbor for the opening this Friday.
The 40th Annual Michigan Brown Trout Festival takes place from July 18th-27th, 2014 this year. The Big Tent is up. Security fencing is being put in place. Vendors are setting up. It's all being done for the expected crowds that will come out to enjoy what this annual festival has to bring.
This year a new addition to the Michigan Brown Trout Festival has been added. The PNC Bank Kiddie Fishing Classic has been added as part of Family Day, Sunday, July 20th, 2014.
Children 14 and under can pre-register for this brand-new fishing event at PNC Bank located at 122 N. Second, Alpena, or in the BIG TENT on Sunday, July 20, beginning at 7 a.m. The fishing event will conclude at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20th, 2014, followed by the awards at 4:00 p.m.
This annual event brings in many tourists and anglers to the area. It is a wonderful economic boost to the community.
More information about this event can be found here.


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Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter
30th Apr 2017
Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter
The Supper at Emmaus allows us to see the emergent Christian Faith and its relationship to past scripture, to the physical appearance of Christ. Jesus is disclosed as 'God's presence and his very self and essence all divine' as he becomes known in the breaking of the bread. The Dutch Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was a visionary painter, able to see into the heart of our humanity, as is the case in his Supper at Emmaus (1648), now in the Louvre in Paris. He is able to convey so much more than a beautiful surface, but portrays an iner world, also.He does this, for instance, in his numerous self-portraits, leading us into a rich interiority of the person, delineating the many facets of his humanity at various stages of his life, the truth about himself, his pride, his humiliation, his humor, his sufferings, his compassion, his aging, his wisdom, his greatness, and his littleness. This marvellous gift of disclosing his own inner life can be seen in a self-portrait at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath of Rembrandt just a year before his death. You can catch a 214 bus and go and see it for free!
So likewise the actor Anthony Hopkins in 'The Remains of the Day' can convey a raft of emotion in one gesture, one look. The meeting of the stranger on the Road to Emmaus is akin to Mary's meeting with the gardener who happens to be Jesus. She recognizes Jesus as he calls her by name, here Jesus is recognized in the breaking of bread, and reminds us that it is in this same breaking of bread in the Eucharist that Jesus is to be truly known and in which his real presence is felt and known. We are taken to the heart of things.
But this movement is subtle and apprended by faith. It is astonishing that the two disciples who met the Lord on the road did not recognize Him, even when He explained the Scriptures to them for we learn that "…beginning with Moses and the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things that were concerning him." (Lk. 24:27) Though in they realized only in retrospect that their hearts were burning, it was when "he took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave it to them," that their eyes were truly opened. This is the moment caught by Rembrandt. He helps us to see that the world of ordinary things is nonetheless shot through with the 'deeper' presence of God. This echoes the Letter to the Hebrews 11.1 and the telling description of faith as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen…" The account of the meeting of the stranger on the road to Emmaus allows us to see how subtle and delicate a flower Christian faith really is and that for it to be otherwise would make of it something too ready made, too sure of itself. But Faith, it is suggested, is to provide the bedrock for our witness in a challenging world. Faith must be tested; tested, sometimes to the very limit of its capacity to remain as such, and it is in this way that God is experienced not as a religious antidote to all that life throws at us but as the source of its very hope. For many this remains hidden from direct view and all too quickly unheeded and discounted. But Christ still summons; and faith in HIm still beckons...
In Rembrandt's painting we see Christ in His infinite tenderness at a banquet of love and intimate communion with His disciples, as with eyes turned to heaven, He breaks the bread. The two disciples, in the company of an uncomprehending servant, are astonished, as Christ is revealed in such to them in such a way. He is not dead now. He is alive in a way they could never have imagined. A new kind of very immediate recognition is made possible.
Blessed John Henry Newman writes:
A thick black veil is spread between this world and the next… There is no access through it into the next world. In the Gospel this veil is not removed, but every now and then marvelous disclosures are made to us of what is behind it. At times we seem to catch a glimpse of a Form which we shall hereafter see face to face."
Christ, the Light of the World, is radiant. In the painting, the luminous white table cloth, like an altar cloth, reflects His light. Rembrandt seems to be linking this scene to the mystery of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. In both there is a sudden revelation of His divinity in His humanity, and the disciples are amazed. "Their eyes were opened, and they knew him" (Lk. 24:33).
The breaking of the bread alludes to the Last Supper and to the great mystery of the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the Mass. Soon (after the Ascension) they will no longer see Christ with their human eyes. Christ is teaching them: they must learn to recognize Him as we must learn to recognize him in his real presence both in the Eucharist and by natural extension in the world and in people around us. This is the Mystery of Faith. This lies at the heart of our witness, a witness both to what we see and know as well as a witness to a hope borne out of Jesus Christ our Lord, who has risen from the dead and now, as at Emmaus, beckon us into the new life that he has made possible.


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Manual Link Building And Search Engine Optimisation In 2016
We're edging ever closer to 2016, and already prediction posts are publishing.
Recently, hoopla around manual link building arose when a 2016-focused post predicted its demise. My fellow columnist Eric Ward shared his thoughts on why manual link building will never be obsolete. I suggest you read his post — he's experienced, insightful and basically the godfather of link building. If you're interested in SEO and links, you should be aware of what Ward has to say on the matter.
I agree with Ward that manual link building will continue to play a vital role in SEO — and search as a channel — into 2016 and beyond. Without the intentional, strategic pursuit of links, you're missing out on search as a channel and leaving marketing opportunities on the table.
Today, I'm going to share my perspective on why manual link acquisition will continue to be important. I work for an agency serving nearly a hundred clients of all sizes, and our primary work is manual link building. It's a topicnear and dear to my heart, and I can say with confidence that links are vital in online marketing and shouldn't be ignored.
The Evolution Of Link Building
The year 2016 isn't the first year the demise of link building and SEO has been predicted — and it will hardly be the last.
Stated plainly, link acquisition has come a long way from the pre-Penguin era of spam.
Prior to the Penguin algorithm, link building was riddled with spam and automation, and quantity mattered more than quality. Penguin hasn't eliminated all spam, of course, but the majority of link spam has been penalized or devalued, and this has helped clean up the link building industry.
Google has stated that a new Penguin update (version 4.0) should be released by the end of the year, and the new version will update in real time.
Links have always been an important ranking signal, having famously been the core of Google's original search algorithm. Algorithmically counting a link as a vote of confidence is what differentiated Google in the first place, making their results better than competing search engines.
Today, links remain powerful, precisely because Google continues to invest in links as a signal. With every Penguin update or manual action from Google's webspam team, Google makes links a little better as a signal, removing some of the spam — or noise — that was making links less trustworthy.
With the advent of Penguin in 2012, many within the digital marketing sphere began to move away from link building. Some reasons for this included:
- Penguin devalued link spam, making link acquisition more difficult.
- Penguin making link spam "high-risk."
- Google was vague on the details of what triggered Penguin, which spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (and misinformation) regarding links.
- Clients hit by Penguin became wary of link building, and SEOs and marketers attempted to distance themselves from the term.
- SEOs are a naturally adaptive lot, and content marketing was growing in popularity.
All of these factors created a perfect storm for the conflation of content marketing and link building. Many SEOs viewed content marketing as a replacement for link building and started touting "link earning" through content marketing — a strategy that involved crafting high-quality content that would naturally attract links.
The only problem was that the links never came.
Securing meaningful links still requires manual effort.
Securing Links Requires Manual Effort & Promotion
Without manual promotion, you're leaving link equity on the table. You're letting valuable marketing opportunities slip through your fingers.
Links are still a strong signal within Google's search algorithm, necessary to ranking within competitive SERPs. Leaving link equity on the table means lost search visibility. Furthermore, links offer marketing value beyond SEO, including:
- Creating new online connections and relationships
- Tapping into new audiences and communities
- Branding value (trust, authority and awareness)
- More access points to your site
- Referral traffic
Links are important online, and missed link opportunities equal a substantial loss of marketing value.
Some links may come without manual effort, but these links are few and far between, and there is always more opportunity. To take full advantage of the link opportunities available, you must strategically and manually pursue links.
Real link building can't be automated because real, manual link building requires:
- Human creativity
- Strategic promotion
- Persuasiveness
- Human-to-human interaction
- Marketing savvy
- Audience research
- Critical thinking
- Relevance
- Relationship building
Real links require manual promotion and effort. Real links are built by humans for humans, and these are the types of links Google wants to value.
Links Will Continue To Matter In SEO, Search And Online Marketing
Links should be part of the larger marketing cycle, due to their foundational value to the web. As long as you need to market your business, you'll have a need for manual link building. Other marketing practices will naturally generate link opportunities — and without manual, intentional effort, these opportunities will be missed.
Regardless of how Google or any other search engine alters and tweaks their algorithms, links will continue to be fundamental to the web. Google's search algorithm is not what makes links valuable — it's the value links add to the web that make them so worthwhile. Links serve a core function to the internet — without them, the web would be incredibly difficult to navigate.
People use links to navigate the internet, and that's not going to change in 2016 or beyond. Manual link building will continue to be valuable, and should be a consideration in online marketing.
If you ignore links, you're missing out in search, and you're also missing valuable marketing opportunities.


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How it works
The first step is to register with us and create a user account. This process is free and you are not obliged to purchase anything.
Should you wish to purchase a video, they are sold on a per person basis so each user who wishes to watch our videos and gain verifiable CPD points will need to make a separate purchase. We do offer the ability to purchase the same video for multiple users at a reduced rate. Details of how to do this are included below. To purchase one of our videos, please follow these easy steps:
- Log-in to your user account
- Select the video you want to purchase and add it to your basket
- Proceed to Checkout
- Enter your credit/debit card details
- Confirm your order
- As soon as the purchase has been successful the video will appear (almost instantaneously) in your account.
- You will receive an email confirmation.
To purchase a video for multiple users please follow the above steps and before you proceed to 'continue to checkout', click on the add delegate button and complete the required fields. If you do not wish to purchase the video yourself and only purchasing on behalf of someone else, please click on the minus symbol adjacent to your details on the right hand side.
If the individuals do not have their own account the person completing the purchase will be given the ability to create an account for each individual which will have to be verified by the individual account holders.
You can watch a short clip of each video by clicking on the relevant subject.
All the videos are approximately 1 hour in duration and by watching a one hour video, reading the downloadable notes and taking the assessment, you will attain one and a half (1.5) CPD hours.
Each video is split into chapters so the video is easily divided into bite-size sections which can be watched individually.
Your user account will contain the videos you have purchased, and will record your CPD points accrued.
The videos are priced at £30 + vat each. For group discounts please contact the office.
Each video is accompanied by comprehensive, downloadable notes or slides.
At the end of the video you can take an assessment and upon achieving at least 60% in the assessment a personalised CPD certificate will be emailed to you giving you your verifiable CPD.


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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the Stars
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
Goals are dreams with deadlines
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go
The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up
Some people dream of success...while others wake up and work hard at it
People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do
Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out
After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to Start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the Stars.
If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.
The race is not always to the swift...but to those who keep on running
You can 't go through life quitting everything. If you're going to achieve anything, you've got to stick with something
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another
It is never too late to be who you might have been
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail
Problems are not stop signs, but they are guidelines
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing
The best way to get something done is to begin
The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle
The impossible is often the untried
Don 't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Know your limits...but never stop trying to exceed them
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare
The man who goes alone can Start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Aim for the Stars and maybe you'll reach the sky
In the constant confrontation between the rock and the water, the water wins finally, not by strength, but by perseverance
Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of your choice
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop


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Travelin' Man 4 lets users dial into a DID that points to extension 864 which prompts the caller for an account number and PIN. Once verified, the caller will be prompted to enter an IP address to be WhiteListed in IPtables. The syntax is 12*34*56*78 where * is used for periods. Within a couple minutes, the user will be sent an email confirming that remote access from that IP address is authorized.
Operating System Requirements:
1. PIAF-Green or Incredible PBX with CentOS 6.x, Scientific Linux 6.x, PIAF OS 3.6.5, or Ubuntu 14
2. Incredible PBX for RasPBX (only BeagleBone Black has been tested)
Software Prerequisites:
1. Travelin' Man 3 - http://nerdvittles.com/?p=815 (optionally installed with Incredible PBX)
NOTE: Travelin' Man 3 is preinstalled with RasPBX, but you must run /root/secure-iptables and amportal restart to activate it.
2. ODBC add-on to PIAF-Green - http://nerdvittles.com/?p=604 (already included with Incredible PBX for CentOS/SciLinux and latest Ubuntu 14 release)
NOTE: ODBC is not functional and Travelin' Man 3 is dormant as delivered on RasPBX platform. Issue the following commands to activate both:
Verifying Functioning Prerequisites:Code:# WARNING: This code is for RasPBX platform only apt-get -y install unixODBC unixODBC-dev libmyodbc cd /root ./secure-iptables amportal restart wget http://incrediblepbx.com/odbc-raspbx.tar.gz tar zxvf odbc-raspbx.tar.gz ./mysql-odbc ./mysql-sample ./odbc-gen.sh amportal restart
1. iptables -nL (shows a WhiteList is operational with legit IP addresses)
2. Dial 222 and enter 12345 and verify "Uncle Ward" response (shows ODBC works)
Configuration:Code:cd /root mkdir tm4 cd tm4 wget http://incrediblepbx.com/tm4.tgz tar zxvf tm4.tgz mysql -uroot -ppassw0rd < tm4-accounts.sql mysql -uroot -praspberry < tm4-accounts.sql sed -i '/\[from-internal-custom\]/r 'tm4-864'' /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf cat tm4-func >> /etc/asterisk/func_odbc.conf mkdir /etc/asterisk/tm4 chown asterisk:asterisk /etc/asterisk/tm4 cp tm4-update /root/. cd /root /root/odbc-gen.sh
Before you can add WhiteList IP addresses by dialing 864 (TM4), you first must set up some accounts and passwords for authorized users dialing in. Each account supports ONE and only ONE IP address. Each time the account is accessed to add an IP address, it will overwrite any previous WhiteList entry.
To add accounts: /root/tm4/add-account. Use an 8-digit acctno (first number must not be zero and all digits must be numbers). Fill in a descriptive name for the account under acctname. Choose a 5-digit PIN (first number must not be zero AND all 5 digits must be numbers). Enter an email address for the account user to be notified when their new IP address WhiteList entry has been activated in the IPtables firewall. Permission defines which rights this user account will have on the server. 0 means ALL access rights, i.e. SIP, IAX, SSH, etc. If you wish to restrict access for an IP address to only certain services, then enter a list of authorized services separating the entries with commas, e.g. 1,2,3,4,5 (no spaces!).
Available permissions include:
0 - All Services
4 - Web
5 - WebMin
7 - t*f*t*p
Travelin' Man 4 is intended to support remote users that need access to your PIAF-Green or Incredible PBX server from sites outside your firewall. The procedure is simple. The user dials into a DID that points to extension 864. Since the 864 extension has been added to extensions_custom.conf, you will need to create a Misc Destination called Travelin Man 4 pointing a DID to 864 BEFORE this extension can be used in the FreePBX dialplan with either a dedicated Inbound Route or perhaps an IVR. If you don't have a spare DID to dedicate to TM4, you can obtain one at no cost from IPkall.com.
Once connected to 864, the caller will be prompted for an account number and PIN. Once entered, the credentials will be verified against the TravMan4 DB. If there's a match, the caller will be prompted to enter an IP address to be WhiteListed in IPtables. The syntax is 12*34*56*78 where * is used for periods. Once the caller confirms the address, the call will be disconnected and the new IP address will be placed in a queue: /etc/asterisk/tm4.
Every 2 minutes, a cron job in /etc/crontab will check the tm4 queue for files. The file names are the account numbers for the callers. The contents are the IP addresses to be WhiteListed. The tm4-update script will handle the rest. If the IP address does not include extra or missing periods, the entry will be added to the IPtables file and the service will be restarted with iptables-restart. The caller will be sent an email confirming or rejecting the WhiteList request.
Troubleshooting Tips: If you get a call from a user saying that an IP address was whitelisted and they received a confirmation email, but they still cannot gain access. The first thing to do is run iptables-restart to determine if there are any whitelisted IP addresses which have been rejected for any reason. As noted, the IP address in red above could be registered, but it would be rejected by IPtables when the iptables-restart command was executed. The end user would not be alerted to this problem!
Also be sure to alert callers to check their EMAIL SPAM FOLDER for the emails. Gmail in particular is very careful to reject emails from accounts such as [email protected] These can be whitelisted in Gmail by clicking the down arrow in the search bar and typing @piaf in the From: field. Then click Create Filter with this search. Check the following options: Star It, Never Send It to SPAM, and Always Mark as Important.
To change a WhiteListed address, the caller can call in again with the same credentials and specify a new IP address. The Administrator can manually remove the credentials from the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file and iptables-restart. The admin should also remove the account entry from the TravMan4 Accounts table using phpMyAdmin to assure that the caller can no longer gain access to add a new WhiteListed IP address.
Administrator Utilities:
The following utilities are provided in the /root/tm4 directory to assist with management of accounts for Travelin' Man 4: list-accounts, add-account, del-ipaddress, and del-account. Functions are self-explanatory but here it is anyway...
./list-accounts will display a listing of existing accounts in acct name order.
./add-account allows an administrator to add new entries to TravMan4 without resorting to phpMyAdmin.
Syntax: ./add-account acctno "account name" pin email permissions
./del-account allows administrator to remove account from TravMan4 and deletes corresponding WhiteList entry from IPtables with IPtables restart.
Syntax: ./del-account acctno
./del-ipaddress allows an administrator to remove an IP address from TravMan4 and also delete corresponding WhiteList entry from IPtables and restart IPtables. The account itself is preserved with existing acctname, pin, email, and permissions.
Syntax: ./del-ipaddress acctno


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Thank you for your interest in having someone from The Marin Foundation team speak, train, teach, lecture or consult at your event, church, university, seminary, non-profit or business.
For more information please email email@example.com.
You will then receive the following:
- A general Intake form that overviews your particular requests and dates
- An Option Sheet that lists the particular talks, trainings and lectures of your requested Foundation team member. If none of them match your needs, we are more than happy to craft our message to your specific situation.
When those are returned you will be informed if your request is available.
If accepted we will then send you a contract to sign and finalize.
Andrew Marin
For Andrew's full bio, click here
With strong communicative skills and deep insights into biblical themes and the interplay between people, politics, sex and faith within our surrounding culture, Andrew is internationally known for his ability to stir an audience's soul to live a countercultural life that engages the best of what this world can be. From places such as Capitol Hill to the United Nations to small living room house churches, Andrew's messages are focused on tangible applications of what dignity, love and reconciliation with the other, the enemy, and the root of contempt and disconnect looks like. Whether it is communicating on topics of sexuality, faith, or leadership principles to governments from around the world, Andrew cares about seeing a bold life and faith brought back to the norm of what it means to exist in society today.


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T-Mobile customers use their apps over cellular networks more than those with the other big three US carriers, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, according to a new study from P3 and Fierce Wireless.
On average, T-Mobile customers logged 141 app sessions each day on cellular data, while the next closest customer set — from AT&T — reported 102 apps per day. Verizon customers were the least likely to use their apps while on a cellular network. The high rate of app usage while on cellular data also amounted to more data consumption, with T-Mobile subscribers averaging 139MB of cellular data per day and 268 MB over Wi-Fi.
Here are the key takeaways from the study:
- Wi-Fi still accounts for the larger share of data sent from smartphones. Aside from T-Mobile users, most US consumers across the big four networks still try to avoid surpassing their data limits by ensuring that they're conducting most of their data-heavy activities while connected to Wi-Fi. T-Mobile's many data-free options mean that its customers are less worried about going over their limits.
- However, Wi-Fi usage is declining as a share of time spent in app. This doesn't necessarily mean that users are spending less time in app over Wi-Fi, but it is likely a sign that users are spending more time in app over cellular data networks. This is probably due to the increases in network speeds (from 3G to 4G LTE), which support video much better than earlier iterations of network standards.
- Facebook and YouTube are the most-used apps across the big four US carriers. This tracks the growing trend of users consuming increasing amounts of video on mobile devices, which is likely a result of faster network speeds and larger smartphone screens. The high usage rates for these platforms also provide businesses with the best reach for mobile video ads.
The increased time spent in app over cellular networks will provide businesses and developers with more opportunities to reach consumers. In the past, slower networks meant that many users did not interact with their devices until they were on a Wi-Fi network. The fact that users are willing to engage and view rich media over cellular data networks suggests that businesses can push more engaging, location-based advertisements, including animated stickers and videos.
And much of that data usage is tied to live streaming video, which has surged in popularity in the last two years. If 2015 was the year that brands and advertisers embraced online video, then 2016 will see the medium take the next step as live streaming takes off.
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April 2007 Archives
The synth sound in the Art of Noise's "(do) DONNA (do)" is effectively the same one as the really great noise in Justin Timberlake's "My Love," it's taken me until now to figure out. "Let us say, for instance," my old teacher wrote, "there are but six things left to feel in the world, six things left to put your mouth on: Bliss & Loss--for two, Trembling & Compulsion--four, Desire & Disease--you see?" The moment in which I realized my thought-train was going seriously astray was when I looked at the mottled pink board, iron filings dusting its translucent dimples, and thought: "oh, I'm not allowed to use that."
Also, and much more coherently: new Sterling pictures!
Spent this past weekend in Seattle at the Experience Music Project pop conference, giving my talk about Clydie King and seeing lots of other people's presentations. I always think, though, that the most fun and most interesting/useful parts of the conference happen in its interstices: not just the formal ones, like the Q&A discussions after presentations, but hanging out in the hallways of EMP with other people whose professional interests dovetail with my own, seeing old friends and meeting new ones (like the awesome Devon Powers), drinking at the Edgewater Hotel bar with the GirlGroup types, singing karaoke with half-drunk music critics (Rickey Wright did "Tumbling Dice" and I chimed in with a couple of the Clydie King lines), and so on. Okay, that last might not be professionally useful. Although it might.
I've started writing some reviews for Pitchfork--the first three, in reverse order, are the new Joanna Newsom, three Dolly Parton albums, and a Red Crayola reissue. Gotta say: two really nice things about reviewing for Pitchfork are that 1) I get to write without hypercompression of the kind some other venues require--as much as I enjoy writing super-tight, it's nice to uncramp my limbs sometimes--and 2) it feels really immediate, in a "part of the conversation" way. Too bad the farmer's market doesn't accept cultural capital.
My hair is now the least new wave it's been in years. Which is fine as a certain kind of thought experiment--do I project a more professional air, or is it just that my thought processes churn faster without the overheating problems caused by too much hair?--but I'll bet you a nickel I'll be scrabbling at the Clairol lightener box inside of a month.
In the Dept. of Things Douglas Wrote That Are in Print But Not Online: the 40th-anniversary issue of Rolling Stone includes a feature on "40 Songs that Changed the World" that I wrote (although it was the RS editors who picked 'em).
Several readers have been asking me what I've been listening to lately. The answer is "disturbingly little, aside from the above": I spent two weeks last month with my hearing significantly impaired (fortunately, those were weeks I was working on the book), and I'm still catching up on the stack of pleasure-listening that's been coming in. And I keep going back to that Gwigwi Mrwebi album that came out last year--a reissue on Honest Jon's of a perfect, frictionless late-'60s South African jazz-soul instrumental record that takes zero effort to nestle into and groove. More when I've got more to report.
I haven't forgotten your existence, dear lacunae reader, I just haven't been doing much that's blogworthy: went to Florida for five days with Lisa & Sterling, proofed the book, worked on a handful of writing projects. One of which is about to come to public fruition: this Friday, at the Experience Music Project's Pop Conference in Seattle, I'm giving a talk about Clydie King.
Really, though, my experience right now is so circumscribed that there's not much use in talking about it. I'm like a squirrel storing nuts, like an ant faking industriousness, like a bird assembling shiny things for potential future use. Things may heat up in a few weeks; we'll see.
Oh, there's a new mix CD: the Bookworms, Camberwell Now, M.I.A., Scritti Politti, Sylvia Hall, the Mountain Goats, Antibalas, Sir Richard Bishop, Martha Bass, France Gall, Wolter Wierbos, Honey Cone, the Human Hearts, Osaka Monaurail, Syreeta, OOIOO, the Huxtables, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Manning, Group Doueh, Bossanova, Gwigwi Mrwebi. The usual protocols for getting a copy apply.
Quran Freeman: if you happen to be Googling your (former?) name and come across this, drop me a line!
Everyone else: by way of apology for the interruption, here are the Beatles (with new drummer Ringo Starr) tearing it up at the Cavern Club.
haggadah slightly rewritten from the one I've been using the last two years
spring vegetable soup with matzo balls (the latter from a mix, I'm not proud, they come out fluffy that way)
mango-date haroset (very successful)
Ashkenazic haroset (the old standby)
Sephardic blood-orange and olive salad (to which I added dark brown heirloom tomatoes and watermelon radishes; Wendy did the prep on this one)
stuffed Savoy cabbage leaves with tomato-wine sauce (rather labor-intensive; glad to have done it once, not about to repeat the experiment)
kinpira gobo with nettles (not exactly a traditional Passover food, but hey, I had some burdock and some nettles around, what was I going to do? this, I think, was the unexpected hit of the evening--basically I just made straightforward kinpira gobo with burdock, carrots and rather a lot of ginger, plus 2 tsp. of chili paste, and then at the point where you let the burdock braise for 20 min. I added the nettles)
Moroccan beet salad (note to self for future iterations of this recipe: blanch the red onion for a minute before adding it so it doesn't overpower the sweetness of the beets with onion kapow)
Israeli eggplant salad
rhubarb and carrot tzimmes (sounded like a good idea, smelled a little odd when it was cooking, conveniently forgotten and left in fridge during meal)
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We, the BaW08 Team, would like to thank all of those who could make it to the live session today at yahoo messenger with Michael Coghlan. It was a very nice event, he talked about integrating voice technology into teaching and discussed the potential of some tools with participants. We also had the pleasure to listen to him singing "Happy Online", which has become a hit among us webheads. Vance Stevens also joined us and spoke for a few minutes about his experience with voice tools in e-learning. Thanks a lot Vance.
For those who could not be present or would like to read/see/listen to it once more, here is the chatlog michael-chatlog.doc , the Slideshare Presentation and the recording (will be posted soon).
We would like to say to Michael that we really appreciated having him here with us once again. We would also like to know your opinions and reactions on the event.
Thanks a lot
José Antônio
On behalf of the Week 2 Team (Dennis and Fernanda)


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Top Chef Just Desserts
Episode 1: Showpiece
Top Chef Just Desserts returns with a rather Texan crew this time: More than a quarter of the pastry chefs going to for the title this season hail from this sweet Southern state.
This should make the show especially fun to watch because we in Houston have the chance to om-nom-nom on the kinds of treats we're drooling over on the set.
The contestants include Rebecca Masson, the "sugar hooker" of Houston's Fluff Bake Shop; Vanarin Kuch, who's worked as a pastry chef at Hotel ZaZa and Rice University; Amanda Rockman, a Katy native now in Chicago; and Lina Biancamano, a baker in Fort Worth.
We'll see if these Texans bring the drama as much as the bunch in the first season, which locked me in immediately with its crazy chefs, including a guy so unstable he had to leave the show.
There seems to be a different kind of crazy among the desserts chefs, since pastry is such a specialized skill set and one that relies on wit, creativity and playfulness.
That's also what makes the show fun to watch… no matter how complicated the technique or how foreign-sounding the name, the chefs are still just making dessert, and there's something totally crave-able and accessible about that. Yum. On with the recap.
Quickfire challenge: Make a modern version of a soda shop classic. (Yes I'm calling it soda shop because soda shoppe is silly.)
Host Gail Simmons and hunky head judge Johnny Iuzzini, my favorite sweet thing on TCJD, met the new contestants at a soda shop. They were asked to pair up and make fancy versions of favorite treats.
They rush into the soda fountain's kitchen and get to work whipping up sundaes, banana splits, ice creams, egg creams and other desserts.
Rebecca, paired with milkshake master Carlos, get compliments from Johnny for their breakfast-themed milk-and-cereal shake, topped with frozen Capt. Crunch.
Winners were Amanda and Nelson for pickling cherries to include with a deconstructed sundae.
Lina gets last pick for a partner and ends up with a high-school-looking amateur, Craig who pretty much has no idea what to do. Lina gets stuck around an idea about Elvis since they are a '50s soda shop setting. They ask her what's up with her dish, and she's just like "I did banana praline because of Elvis," and Johnny, a rockabilly guy himself, is like, "I know Elvis, and no thanks to this." Not a good start, lady.
Elimination challenge: Create a showpiece and two desserts inspired by a fairy tale.
The TCJD challenges typically rely on thematic challenges, but I thought in the premiere episode it was a little bit much to go from this old-school soda shop theme for the quickfire to a renaissance fair (NOT faire) feel in the elimination.
At the kitchen, the contestants picked storybooks, which divided them into teams. They had to create a large-scale showpiece and two plated desserts inspired by fairy tales for a gala.
Poor Nelson, who's from Buenos Aires, spent the first several minutes of the challenge completely confused because he wasn't familiar with these particular stories. Judging by their creations, he wasn't the only one. The bottom teams had some wacky ideas about how to bring these fairy tales to life in desserts.
Take the Hansel and Gretel team, with Fort Worth lady Lina, Houstonian Vanarin and Melissa. You'd think this sweet-centered story would put them at an advantage, but they completely ignored the details of the story. No gingerbread. No candy. No sweets to lure kiddos. They went completely random with sagey smoked pineapple on brioche cake and a chocolate nougat with hibiscus apple seltzer (ugh, that doesn't even sound good, does it?). Bossy Lina bragged about winning "the best cupcakes in Austin" and made the team go with a cake-based showpiece, which wasn't as sleek as the others'.
Little Red Riding Hood team, Amanda, Carlos, Chris and Matthew, tried to out-do each other with elaborate sugar work. They served a rose bomboloni (filled donut), coconut tapioca and red berry gelee, as well as a black chocolate cake with poached cherries. Gail, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, cleaned the bowl.
Craig the amateur, Amanda and Katzie got Jack and the Beanstalk. Craig needed a lot of help with building the showpiece, and I'm not sure if it's because he's not skilled as a pastry chef or not skilled as a carpenter. Either way, the team was behind, and their show piece was haphazard twists of broken pulled sugar vines and sparkley flowers. Their desserts were on-theme, but off in terms of taste: lemon ricotta with sweet pea sorbet and lemongrass stalk cakek with brown butter.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears was the inspiration for sugar hooker Rebecca, Orlando, Sally and Megan did one dish for goldilocks—rice-pudding style porridge with cherries and tuille—and one dish for the bears—an almond bar with fruit and honey ice cream. Not only did they do the best job sticking to a theme, their show piece was the cutest, with perfect detail around the little cabin and artsy angles and height.
Winner: Although Rebecca and the Goldilocks team we among the judges' favorites, the Little Red Riding Hood team won the challenge. I'm not sure why the judges didn't name an individual winner, as they typically do even when it's a team challenge.
Packing their tools: Fort Worth's Lina got the enemy edit from the beginning and already had to say goodbye. Her team's flavors were so weird, and she's the one who pushed cake over candy, chocolate or gingerbread on the showpiece. I guess having "the best cupcakes in Austin" doesn't mean much on the national stage.
P.S. I'm totally gunning for Rebecca. Get it!
Top Chef Just Desserts airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.


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{Do the gray days of winter make you crave color too?}
Next day update:
So far pink has not been the choice my readers are going with.
And I may be coming to my senses.
and I've realized something.
What I really want the most {but don't want to do because
I know it will be one of those projects that I will regret
while in the midst of it} is to re-upholster the couch.
~ Have I mentioned I've never done this before? ~
{but when has that stopped me in the past.....}
My photos make the fabric look better than it is in real life.
If it was white and black I could paint the wood white.
After viewing these photos my actual couch looks dirty to me.
Interesting how taking a photo can make one see more clearly.
I will now be searching youtube for how to re-upholster.
Hey, wait. Have any of you tried painting your upholstery with chalk paint?


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28th March- Ljubisica (Croatia) – Letenye (Hungary)- 100km
The day started off so well, early rise and nice flat roads. I must say that at least with the proper hills you get a hell of a view at the top, the large expanses of flat farm land can get a bit tedious so I had my podcasts (serial) to keep me entertained. In no way am I complaining though, I'm 100% done with mountains.
I approached the border to Hungary and sat for my daily hot chocolate- I think I'm addicted to them! Thankfully the lovely Herman, from Herman restaurant exchanged my Croatian Kuna for Hungarian Forint, yet another currency to figure out. £10 is equivalent to around 4,000 forint- this should be fun with all these notes!
A couple of police officers stopped to check out my bike, paying particular attention to my Brooks saddle. For those non cyclist geeks- Brooks make (apparently) the best saddles in to world. They're leather and don't look comfortable, but look pretty vintage stylish- they actually mould to the shape of your bum in time, making it bespoke and the best seat to suit your own bum.
Another 20km down the road and I wasn't on a road anymore but a lot of bloody off road, mountain bike suitable tracks. At one stage i was swerving to avoid trees, the next I was in grass so long I had to get off my bike.
Once I got into civilisation, after about 10km of this madness I needed a beer- my first Hungarian 50p beer. It was a very small town I stopped in and I was stared at like I had two heads. They're big starers here so I always smile or wave, but most of the time the stare just continues.
I met a delightful one eared morbidly obese man sat on the bench outside trying to speak to me in Hungarian with his mouth full of sandwich, bits flying everywhere. Nice.
Time to get the GPS out and see where he hell its been taking me. It somehow changed its own setting overnight and had set to 'go onto unpaved roads and take the scenic route'. I cursed silently when I realised that it'd be another 60km to my destination (10km going back over the same road) and I'd already done about 80km. I really didn't have it in me, physically and mentally so the next sign I saw for a guest house I stopped at and breathed a sigh of relief.
It made my day when the place had a little French bulldog puppy who lived there and the goulash with about 6 slices of bread went down a treat.


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Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom haven"t let their alleged arguement get in the way of their respective Spanish holidays.
On Wednesday the Canadian singer was spotted enjoying some time out on a yacht with Fast and Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez, before hoppping on a jet ski.
Showing off his numerous tattoos, 20-year-old Justin sported a flat peak cap and sunglasses as he rode the jet ski around the crystal blue waters of the Balearic Sea.
Orlando, 37, was also seen relaxing on a boat with friends, two days after he was filmed exchanging words with Justin at the Cipriani restaurant in Ibiza.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor was in the company of model Erica Packer, whose ex-husband James has been romantically linked to Orlando"s estranged wife Miranda Kerr since December.
Many have speculated that 31-year-old Miranda was the subject of the Orlando and Justin"s disagreement as the Baby singer posted a picture of the Australian model shortly after the incident with her husband, but deleted it minutes later.
Justin previously met Miranda, who has three-year-old son Flynn with Orlando, in 2012 and the pair were photographed together backstage at the Victoria"s Secret Fashion Show, sparking rumours of a romance.
Miranda herself has remained quiet on the issue and has continued promoting her latest campaign for denim company 7fam.


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I had a bagel and sunny-side up egg.
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Good Weekend
I had a bagel and sunny-side up egg.
46 comments:
That does sound like the purrfect weekend!ReplyDelete
that sounds lovely!ReplyDelete
That sounds like the best weekend ever, dear friends! Especially the napping part. :) Happy week to you!ReplyDelete
It looks like you had a perfect weekend!ReplyDelete
My human always get jealous with this !ReplyDelete
It's good to be a cat =^x^=
My new blog address : http://mrpuddy9.blogspot.com
looks like happy (sleepy) cats ...ReplyDelete
We agree!ReplyDelete
That was a purrfect weekend :)
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
Oh yea, that does sound like a super good weekend!ReplyDelete
Tat looks like a great weekend! #1 would like to say thank you for giving her a good idea of what to have for lunch!ReplyDelete
The Chans
Dearest Tamago-san; Wow, your "Good Weekend" is so "COOL"♪ Not like our hot and muggy weather:-)ReplyDelete
And your lunch looks really yummy; your phrase "tummy-side up" gave me a big smile (♡^.^♡) How sweet to see 3 of you taking a nap together♬♬♬
Niko-chan, Hope you two will have a wonderful new week with Mom and Dad as well☆☆☆
Tamago-sanとboysの楽しい週末が垣間見れて 楽しかったです♪ とてもbigな掃除機だぁ~~~ o(^_^)o
慣れない立ち仕事をして 少しバテ気味だった主人もようやく回復の兆し p:-)
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear Japanese friend in America, xoxo Miyako*
Napping is THE purrrfect activity. PS: we are so impressed by how relaxed you are with the Beast Known As Vacoom.ReplyDelete
Oh, what a perfectly wonderful weekend...very relaxing :) Love that last photo of your little darling on the cat sofa.ReplyDelete
Happy Monday, my friend. Hugs!
Sounds grand to us. All that fresh air can make one tired.ReplyDelete
seems perfectReplyDelete
I'm getting sleepy just looking at your post!ReplyDelete
Oh what a relaxing week end!ReplyDelete
A weekend couldn't be better than that!ReplyDelete
Have a lovely week, too!
Wow, you guys have some great napping spots! It really hot here so Skipper is trying to stay cool. Have a great week also.ReplyDelete
Now I want a bagel and egg! Are Goro and Niko not afraid of the vacuum?? You have the coolest Catio!!ReplyDelete
That sounds like a good weekend indeed!! Lots of napping - nothing better!ReplyDelete
Niko's spot up high is the best!ReplyDelete
Niko's spot up high is the best!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you boys have such a great variety of napping spots to choose from!ReplyDelete
Maggie, Mickey Mouser, and Rufus the Red
Well, napping is an essential part of a kitty's day, after all.ReplyDelete
doodz....with de eggs ceptshunz oh de burd egg yur mom consoomed & her runnin de vacuum masheen, it WAZ a total lee grate week oh end !! happee week a head two ewe both & N joy sum snoozin ♥♥♥☺☺☺ReplyDelete
Delicious lunch, napping time ... looks like a great weekend ! :-)ReplyDelete
Fun post, Tamago !
Have a nice week,
Goro você é muito corajoso! Quando uso oReplyDelete
aspirador de pó não fica nenhum gato por perto,
todos fogem. hihi
Cafunés para vocês meus amores.
Dearest Tamago,ReplyDelete
Oh what a sweet, sweet post.
Your Goro is not afraid of the vacuum cleaner... that is exceptional. Ours run from it!
Love the napping photos and often I wonder if we all should learn more from them?!
We want to bike every evening but yesterday we had a thunderstorm and tonight even worse and it looked still very threatening.
So we decided to walk instead, with long umbrella as a walking stick and just in case.
BUT our Spooky (a.k.a. doggy) wanted to walk with us. So we walked up and down our street for only a section as I did not want to turn onto a more heavy traffic street. God forbid!
Even his tiny sister, Tiggy-Tiger came running down to join us. It was funny and they safely walked back home with us. Both of them get way off the road when a car comes. But it is a warm fuzzy feeling to have such fur babies that act like being magnets to their humans.
Of course all of them got a treat, the two walkers got a triple treat...
That sounds like a purrfect weekend guys! We had much the same, except mom had scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese on her bagel. MOLReplyDelete
Sasha, Sami, & Saku
your weekend was alot like ours - pawsome! :) have a great week!ReplyDelete
pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto
You certainly have a very creative living space for both you and the cats ~ Great photos!ReplyDelete
Happy Week to you ~ ^_^
That does sound like the purrfect weekend; tummy full, heart full :)ReplyDelete
the critters in the cottage xo
Goro, you made us chuckle...you are a tough taskmaster with the housework supervision! Looks like you all had an awesome weekend...napping with kitties is just the best! Have a wonderful week, sweet friends!ReplyDelete
So glad Goro that you are supervising the vacuum cleaning. That is an important job. And such good napping going on at your house.ReplyDelete
You lunch looks super delicious!! Glad you had a good weekend.ReplyDelete
Momo & Pinot xo
long naps are awesome!ReplyDelete
Oh you HANDSOME ManCats! You lunch was great and your weekend plans were superb!ReplyDelete
My cats run away when they see me coming with the vaccuum cleaner ! But napping whole day they love too !ReplyDelete
that sounds like an awesome weekend!ReplyDelete
That bagel and sunny-side-up egg makes me hungry :)ReplyDelete
Seems like the perfect weekend! Have a great week!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great day that I could get into. TW never thought of putting an egg on her bagel.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2016 at 8:34 PM
Hi, Such precious pictures! AND, so many comfy places to sleep! Wishing you a very nice weekend.ReplyDelete
Perfect weekend to us! With one important exception: VACUUM CLEANING ??? And you're close by?? Vacuum cleaning would ruin any day.ReplyDelete
Mowzers, you help with the VACUUMING? Um, we abstain from that, but we're in on the napping part!!ReplyDelete
Looks like such a wonderful and relaxing weekend ♥ReplyDelete


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Hello, readers! I finally managed to start up my blog which has been lingering in my head for a long time.
You can know more about me here. I quote this as a place where you will find something to read, on most of the interesting topics around us!
From fashion and beauty to life and thoughts, from books and music to movies and shows, I am going to document all my thoughts, experiences and knowledge here at my blog!
I am an end of February born, which makes me a Piscean! If you are a Piscean there are a lot of fun facts coming your way. I hope you can relate to them as I do!
Thus, Simply Everything! I wanted to make sure that I have at least one blog post ready in all of the above categories and so I kept my blog private for a while. Now that I am done, let's get started!
Do not forget to follow me on Facebook and Instagram!
In case you are wondering, why these random pictures? Well, I have an abstract mind, staring into space and dreaming is my hobby. These pictures speak more than words, you can keep looking at them and feel relaxed. Don't you feel? Let me know!
Finally Started My Blog!
Hello, readers! I finally managed to start up my blog which has been lingering in my head for a long time.


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Hard Rock.
Pagan folk metal, Live in "Relax" club (Moscow) 23/11/2005.
Pagan folk metal.
DVD, Negative Existence October 23rd, 2009
Live ritual.
Finnish black metal documentary.
3 live shows from 2012.
Old school South-American chaos black metal.
Dark metal.
Black / death metal, comes w/ poster.
Slavonic black metal, pro DVDr.
MPEG4 video CD, no audio material.
Heavy metal.
Viking / Black / Folk Metal.
Old school death metal/gore.
5.1. dvd-audio
Depressive black metal.
Recorded live at cult pagan fest Kolovorot XII.
Features exclusive music videos and interviews with each band, their live sets, a photo gallery and a new Hells Headbangers commercial.
Electronic Industrial Metal.
Grind core.
Black/Death Metal.
Horror movie.
Black metal, 2 live gigs.


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Full disclosure, I'm not any sort of expert on all religions. Or even a few. To be honest, over the last 30 years I've been exclusively studying to become a High Priest in the Church of Beer, reaffirming my faith 12 ounces at a time (pints, when I'm in Europe).
Latest word on Aaron Hernandez's death is that he scrawled "John 3:16" in red ink on his forehead before he committed suicide. No confirmation yet if he did it backwards while looking into a mirror.
Hernandez is, for the most part, considered to be Hispanic. His father is of Puerto Rican decent. His mother is of Italian decent. So you might be asking, so what?
It means that there is about an 85-95% probability that Aaron Hernandez is Catholic.
And again you say, so what?
To which I answer: John 3:16 means something completely different to Catholics than it does to Christians. Some Catholics almost ignore John 3:16.
In other words, we have a Catholic who's only parting message to the Earthly realm is a salvation statement of a Christian's completed status.
Let that sink in for a minute while I grab another beer…


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Christopher Stevens
Terror Raids Ignore Benghazi Suspects
The Obama administration failed to act against Libyan Islamists who attacked the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last year during the capture last weekend of a senior al Qaeda terrorist in Tripoli according to U.S. officials.
Meanwhile, the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab is "gripped with fear" following the unsuccessful covert U.S. military strike against one of its leaders.
Special Forces Team Forbidden to Enter Benghazi
Benghazi Failure
Defense Official: Al-Qaeda 'Played a Role' in Benghazi Attack
Experts: Dogs, Bathtubs Scarier than al Qaeda
Obama Admin Contradicts Itself Again on Libya Attack
The Blame Game
As President Barack Obama's administration has sought to contain the political fallout from a Sept. 11, 2012, attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi that claimed the lives of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, responsibility for the attack, and the failure to properly explain it to the American people, has been assigned to a number of individuals.
The Truth Will Out
Several agents tasked with defending murdered United States Ambassador Christopher Stevens left his side to retrieve their weapons and armor as the U.S. consulate in Libya came under attack by heavily armed militants, according to testimony provided by State Department officials Wednesday during an often tense congressional hearing on the attack.


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Regional History
History of Timbering
County Histories Oral Histories Calhoun County
Gulf County
Jackson County
Wakulla County
Introduction to Oral Histories
Places, like people, have memories and histories. The counties along the Apalachicola River and neighboring Wakulla County are no exception. Through the collection of oral histories from those who know an area best, places become alive and their memories restored.
Many parts of this region are witnessing dramatic changes. The St. Joe Company is rapidly developing its extensive land holdings. Branding the region "Florida's Great Northwest," St. Joe writes in its promotional material that it "has embraced place-making - the art of creating true places - as a business strategy."
"True places" already exist here. The region is not a cultural blank slate any more than it's a biological blank slate. We have included oral histories in this ecological characterization of the Apalachicola River to show that the region's culture is as rich as its biology and that in fact the two are often inextricably linked. The land has been influencing people and people have been influencing the land for thousands of years.
"Place" may mean family and work and community as well as attachments to the land. For this website, we have extracted from our interviews segments relating to land and resource use.
Complete transcripts and tapes from the interviews are available at the Reichelt Oral History Program at Florida State University (444 Bellamy Building, 850-644-4966). Additional interviews have already been completed from other counties and, upon final review by the interviewees, should be available here at the end of August 2005.
The oral histories collected for the ARROW web site was funded by a Historic Preservation Grant from the Florida Department of State's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs in 2004-2005.


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IF you need any further evidence that the Indianapolis 500 is the biggest one-day sporting event in the world, check out the size of the cheque Will Power takes home for winning.
The Australian earned $US2,525,454 ($A3.3 million) for winning the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500.
Power's winnings made up the biggest slice of the over US$13 million overall prize purse awarded to the 33 drivers in Sunday's race, with last-placed Australian James Davison taking home over US$200,000.
Power was the guest of honour at Monday night's traditional Indy 500 awards banquet, his winning car taking pride of place on the stage.
"I never thought I'd be standing up … well, I wouldn't say never, but I had my doubts about seeing my car sitting there," he said. "It's surreal."
"As you saw from my emotion after the win, how much it meant to me. I've won so many races, so many poles, but I feel like my career would not be complete without a 500 win, and I finally got it.
"And that's why I have a sore throat. I definitely screamed."
Power took the lead with four laps to go when Oriol Servia and Jack Harvey had to pit for fuel, the 37-year-old held off pole winner Ed Carpenter over the final few laps for the victory.
In an eloquent victory speech, Power first thanked his wife Liz — "She makes my life so easy, she's made me a better person" — to team boss Roger Penske and his crew of engineers and mechanics — "We had the quickest guys on pit lane yesterday, that's where we made our ground" — to teammate Simon Pagenaud — "I still don't remember living with you!"
He also had a touching message for the series' fans, citing their passion for the sport.
"Not only the love for people, but the hate as well," he said, leaving the audience in stitches.
"That's when you know that people are really passionate about who they're backing, is when they can scream out that 'you suck!'"
Along with the winner's purse, which will be distributed among the team, Power will also receive the 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 that served as the Pace Car for the race.
Not that he'll get to drive it.
"That Corvette there, that's definitely going to my wife," he said. "That's her dream car."
— Power is the 72nd different driver to be a winner or co-winner of the Indianapolis 500.
— He is the 12th winner to start from third place on the grid, or outside the front row.
— At 37y 2m 27d of age, Power is the 43rd oldest driver to win the race. He is also the fourth driver to win the race at 37 years of age, joining Wilbur Shaw (1940), Graham Hill (1966) and Dario Franchitti (2010).
— Power is the first 37-year-old driver to win an Indy 500 NOT held on May 30. Shaw, Hill and Franchitti all won races held on the 30th of May, while Power's victory came on May 27.
— It's only the second time the No. 12 has won in the race's 102 runnings. The last time was 93 years ago, when Peter DePaolo won in 1925.
— Power won the 10th-fastest Indy 500 in history, run at an average speed of 166.935 mph (268.656 km/h).
— Power won the race for the first time in his 11th start. Only two drivers have had to wait longer for their maiden win: Sam Hanks (1957) and Tony Kanaan (2013) won in their 12th starts. Also taking their first win in their 11th tries were Jim Rathmann (1960 and Johnny Rutherford (1974).
— Power is the first driver to sweep both IndyCar Series races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May — the Grand Prix and the 500 — since the road course race joined the schedule in 2014. Power has won the GP in three out of the last four years.
— The victory vaults Power to the top of the 2018 IndyCar Series standings, two points ahead of Alexander Rossi.
- with AP
Originally published as Multi million-dollar payday for Aussie's Indy 500 breakthrough


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Family Farm Seaside
Family Farm Seaside
Family Farm Seaside
1) Connecting to Facebook
When you log in to Facebook with your game for the first time, you will get 3 RC for free.
2) Daily Login Bonus
If you log in every day (no matter how long you spend playing the game that day), you will receive a daily bonus. On every 5th consecutive day that you log in, you will receive RC or another special item, such as Gasoline, Fertilizer or OP.
For more information about the Daily Login Bonus, please find the FAQ topic "Daily login bonus".
3) Level up
Every time you level up you will receive 1 free RC.
4) Achievements
You can get free RC by completing achievements, which can be found in the Achievement House.
For more information about the Achievement House, please check out the FAQ topic "Achievements".
5) Mystrons
You can collect Mystrons from the calendar, the fortune wheel and from fishing. Mystrons can be traded in for various items in the Mystery Store which can be accessed from the in game Menu button.
6) Fortune Wheel
If you are feeling lucky, then have a spin on the fortune wheel and you'll have a chance of winning some free RC.
7) Facebook Fan Page
We often have contest on our official fan page, where we give out free RC. Make sure you like our fan page to receive all updates.
8) Fishing
Get all the stars in the Fish Book. The Fish Book can be found at the fishing pier. For certain fish you can get free RC.
9) Dedicated Farmer Bonus
Finish the Dedicated Farmer Bonus. You can find this at the upper left corner of your screen, the icon looks like a treasure chest. Continue collecting these bonuses and rewards and you will eventually receive free RC as well.
There are four ways to add a neighbor using the in game neighbor panel.
- Farm ID: Using a player's Farm ID. Ask your friends for their farm IDs to add them or publish your Farm ID in the forum or Facebook fan page.
- Facebook: Connect to Facebook to see your Facebook friends who are also playing Family Farm Seaside.
- Email: Send an email request to your friends to ask them to play the game and then add them as a neighbor.
- SMS (Short Message Service): Send your friends a text message to invite them to become one of your neighbors.
You can find more neighbors on the Family Farm Seaside fan page and the forum. In the current version of the game, the maximum number of neighbors is 300.
Sending Ticket to Support:
To send a ticket to Customer Support, first access the FAQ.
Click on the blue gear icon (Settings Panel) on the right and click on "Help and Support" - this will open the FAQ. The FAQ will be in the language of your device setting (not your game language).
Look through the FAQ and read through a fitting topic. If that does not help, you will see in the FAQ Topic on the top right a Speech Bubble or the text, "Contact us"- just tap it.
This will open a new panel where you can write what you need help with. Remember to write down your name and Email Address. The ticket will go to the support team of your game language.
When you receive an answer from Support, you will get a push notification on your phone and you will find the reply in your game.
When you have received a message, you will also see a red dot next to the blue gear and then also on "Help and Support".
Note: If you can not access the game and you do not see the Helpshift panel, feel free to use our webform version of the FAQ: https://funplus.helpshift.com/a/family-farm-seaside/
Access the Forum:
You can access the forum by going to the settings panel (blue gear icon on the right). Press the speech bubble with the three people, as shown in the picture below, and you will be redirected to our forum.
Hope this helps, and Happy farming!
Some Android players have been experiencing issues (error 18, 963, etc.) when trying to update the game. This is due to a Google Play Store app error. Here's a few methods on how to fix it:
- Method 1
- Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and Select All.
- Go to Google Play Services Framework and select Clear Data & Clear Cache to remove all data.
- Go to Google Play Store and select Clear Data & Cache to remove all data regarding Google Play Store.
- Method 2
- Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and Select All.
- Go to Google Play Store and select Uninstall Updates to remove all data regarding Google Play Store.
- Restart device > open Google Play Store and check if you still get the error message.
- Method 3
- Go to Settings > Storage > unmount SD Card.
- Try to download or Update the application.
- Go to Settings > Storage > re-mount the SD Card.


text: AvidBeam Technologies, the leading provider of video innovative solutions for analyzing video Big-Data, presents ViBETM technology at the second industrial conference sponsored by ministry of Telecommunications and Information technology. Video Analytics is no longer science fiction at Mission Impossible and James Bond movies. It is now hitting mainstream markets and AvidBeam is pioneering multiple innovations in this space. ViBETM is a business platform for video data analytics to serve enterprises, gated communities, commercial buildings, Retail Malls, warehouses, factories and other premises that must be secured.


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Bethiah Mosher Furnas ~ Quaker Minister & Poet
Sketch by Diana Bouton
Bethiah Mosher was born on the third of March 1813 in Cardington, Ohio, a town founded by her granfather Asa Mosher. Her father, Robert Mosher and mother, Edith Nichols had come to the Ohio valley from New York as small children. By 1800 they owned significant acreage within township limits as well as valuable farmable land in the surrounding valley.
Members of the Mosher family were instrumental in organizing schools and establishing the Quaker meeting. They built the first grist and saw mill and Asa Mosher sat ont he first town council. Bethiah grew up in a family of relatiave prosperity and civic prominence. It must have beena loving happy home because she stayed in close touch with her sisters throughout her life and deeply mourned her parents at their passing. She was raised in the Quaker church. Pictures of her show a strict adherance to the Quaker fashion of "plain dress." On September 23, 1853, at the age of 22, she married Robert F. Furnas, a young farmer from Waynesville. Her poetry gives us a peek into the trials of their courtship. Bethiah and Robert had eight children:
- Mary Furnas, b. 1855
- Seth W. Furnas, b. 1857
- Calista Furnas, b. 1860 ~ d. 1862
- Eunice Furnas, b. 1862
- Edith D. Furnas, b. 1864 ~ d. 1873
- Phebe Furnas, b. 1868
- Robert H. Furnas, b. 1870
- Joseph Furnas, b. ca. 1872 ~ d. 1874
Bethiah continued her family's tradition of community service by focusing her considerable acumen and creative energy on the enhancement of the nascent communites growing around her. Her diary shows she played an active role in the creation of the school system in Waynesville. She became a minister of the Miami Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). She was a skilled and prolific writer, leaving us the legacy of her poetry. We feel her compassion in the obituaries she wrote for the local Paper. While living in Kansas, she directed plays, undoubtedly some of her own creation, for a local cildren's theater group. As an intelligent, articulate yet gracious member of the community, we can only imagine how friends and neighbors must have depended upon her kind heart, openess, and warmth.


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Today was legs and back but we put the S&S touch to our workout and added a 2 mile run beforehand. OUTSIDE. in the cold. before the sun came out. WEERRKK.
After we we where nice and warm we came inside and did the P90x legs and back workout. We were super quick considering we pretty much knew all the exercises so we didn't have to watch the video (it's a lot of talking!). We replaced all the chin-up/pull-ups with back exercises on the machines in the gym. lat pull downs, rows, and reverse back lift thing (it's like doing a crunch but in reverse) We finished everything up with ab ripper x. We found it inspiring that our gym-mates in the studio were also P90x grads so they are always happy to give that all-acknowledging nod that says "good job bringing it - keep it up" or will share a "Ahhh I remember that exercise!" One guy was even doing the ab ripper x!
So.. there's day 4. we still need to take our measurements and photos before we get too deep into this so we will try to do it tonight.
If you're joining us, here was our workout:
Outdoor 2 mile run in 20 minutes
Balanced Lunges
Calf Raise Squats
lat pull down
Super Skaters
Wall Squat
Step Back Lunges
Alternating Side Lunges
reverse crunch
Single Leg Wall Squat
Dead Lift Squats
lat pull down
Groucho Walk
Calf Raises
Sneaky Lunge
80-20 Seibers Speed Squat
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Of school and murder
Why do we talk about being 'human' as being superior to other species that walk the earth? Is it because we can think? Because we can feel? And what is the point of thinking and feeling if all we feel is animosity, the desire to harm other human beings? Where does this bizarre need to harm other individuals come from? Why do men behave like we still are cave people, ousting each other for survival? And how does this make us different from animals that bite each others' heads off for food?
That kid was all of 19. He came to med school with the idea of becoming a doctor. Did he know that his end wasn't far? What did he do to those drunken jackasses parading around as "seniors"? What gave them the right to injure another student? What gave them the right to even lay a finger on another human being, let alone a fellow student? Does education not teach these people anything at all?
And they have been charged with homicide, not amounting to murder. Is it only murder if it is premeditated? Does being drunk and not 'setting out to' kill the boy absolve them of the heinous sin?
Why do we live in a world where human hatred for the human race is increasing everyday? Why should I bring children into a world where it is okay to kill other people in the name of ragging, culture, jihad and what have you? A world where life has lost all meaning, so much that the generation we expect to change the face of the earth, is only regressing towards what can only be described as stopping short of cannibalism?
I can only disagree with Hemingway when he says "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for."And agree with Will Somerset.
P.S.: I am not on a sabbatical. I have just been caught up in work and some other developments that make it hard to devote as much time for the blog as I used to. Makes me sad, it does. But the awesome news I can give you is that my Mommy is visiting me! Yayyyy. I am going to see her after a gap of a year and a half. I cannot even begin to describe how wonderful it is going to feel!


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Jammu-Srinagar NH to be opened for one-way traffic today
Nearly 150 vehicles bound for Srinagar and stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway due to slippery road conditions and heavy snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday were cleared on Thursday afternoon. However, no fresh vehicular movement was allowed on the highway on Wednesday.india Updated: Jan 02, 2014 21:27 IST
Hindustan Times
Nearly 150 vehicles bound for Srinagar and stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway due to slippery road conditions and heavy snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday were cleared on Thursday afternoon.
However, no fresh vehicular movement was allowed on the highway on Wednesday.
Traffic inspector general of police Muneer Khan said, "As many as 140 Srinagar-bound vehicles, including 100 light motor vehicles and 40 trucks, were cleared across Jawahar Tunnel today. We had a tough time clearing the vehicles due to accumulation of snow and blizzards striking the area around Shatani Nallah near Bahihal."
He added, "We will allow one-way traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on Friday."
Meanwhile, the industries minister on Thursday reviewed the measures taken to restore the vehicular movement on the Jammu-Srinagar and other national highways, besides interior roads blocked following the recent heavy snowfall.
It was discussed in the meeting that the Jammu-Srinagar was likely to be thrown open for one-way movement of traffic on Friday, as the clearance of stranded vehicles, including goods carriers and passenger buses from the 300km artery road would be completed by Thursday evening.
The Qazigund-Jawahar Tunnel and Ramban-Batote stretches have been cleared, and the Jammu-Patnitop section of the national highway has been opened for vehicular movement.
It was also discussed that traffic movement on national highways connecting the erstwhile Doda district and the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri would also be restored fully by Friday.
Besides, landslides near Thathri, which blocked a section of the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway, would be completed on Thursday. The post-snow status in Poonch and Rajouri districts was also reviewed in the meeting.
Later, industries minister Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, roads and buildings minister Abdul Majid Wani, accompanied by Jammu divisional commissioner Shantmanu and Jammu inspector general of police, flew to Banihal, Kishtwar and Doda to assess measures taken by the district administrations concerned to restore services in snow-affected areas and mitigate their difficulties, and asked the deputy commissioners concerned to keep a vigil on hoarding and black-marketing to keep market prices under check.
Kichloo claimed that a helicopter service would be started for Dachhan, Marwah and Wadwan areas of Chenab Valley to airlift stranded passengers and patients.
Vehicles stuck
Meanwhile, more than 1,100 vehicles were stranded at various locations around Jammu and at Udhampur.
A traffic police official said, "More than 1,100 commercial and private vehicles bound for Srinagar are stuck in areas near Jammu, and 625 vehicles are stranded at Nud, 112 at Sidhra, 263 at Jammu bypass, 45 at Bantalab and 110 vehicles are stranded at Jakhani and Udhampur."
Residents allege creation of false scarcity
Even as the Border Roads Organisation remained busy clearing roads of snow, hundreds of vehicles carrying essentials were stranded at various places on the national highway.
Residents in Srinagar alleged that closure of the highway had many shopkeepers selling eatables at higher prices. They also alleged deliberate shortage of supplies in the market.
Officials ordered not to leave HQs
The government has directed all deputy commissioners and district superintendents of police not to leave the headquarters without prior permission of the designated authority.
The government order has further directed that the divisional commissioners and inspector generals of police of the respective divisions and zones shall also not leave the headquarters without permission of the chief secretary.
CM holds video conference
Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday held a video conference with district administrations to take stock of the situation arising in the wake of snowfall.
He also reviewed the pace on progress of restoration operation of affected services in south Kashmir, which witnessed heavy snowfall.
The district development commissioners and senior officers of Pulwama, Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian districts briefed the chief minister on all aspects of the restoration operations.
"Market vigil has been intensified and hoarders and unscrupulous elements warned of severe action if found indulging in black-marketing, hoarding and creating difficulties for people," the officials claimed.
The chief minister asked the officers "to be alert and responsive to the public needs in the present hour of challenge".
First Published: Jan 02, 2014 21:24 IST


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Salon stylists and owners listen up! If you are missing out on adding the wonders of SNS Nails, it is time you stop. For a quick overview – SNS is the new process of nail manicure, and is quite different from what we have used so far. Before introducing it to your clients you got to know all about the products and use them yourself.
What is SNS Nails?
It is a new way to paint your nails and doesn't include liquid colors. The colors in the set come in powdery form, and you have to retain them with the help of nail gels. They are supposed to be a healthier alternative and come with nutrients like vitamins and calcium. They don't require harsh drying method. Manicuring will be easier than ever before and is quick to dry!
Where to get SNS nail products?
The very first step to take is to get SNS nails supply. Where do you get it from? It's all of classynailart.com, so you simply need to browse through your requirements, add them to cart and purchase.
Now, you need to know what to buy and of course check out the SNS nails cost. These are expensive compared to the shellacs and acrylic nail products. So for the starters, go slow. Grab yourself one or two nail powders, and the pre and post coating gels.
Start off with the SNS Natural Set Nail Dipping Powder which is famous for giving you the perfect French manicure. Add the SNS Dipping Powder Gel Base, Top, Sealer Dry, Ea Bond, Set of 4 along with it. The gels have refills to follow up, so once you have the enough of these tiny bottles, you can purchase those. Once you get your first order delivered, unpack and prepare your nails for the process.
How to prepare your nails for SNS?
Assuming that you would apply it to somebody else, you need to try these out on artificial nails. It will help you deal with your customers and know this process better. Follow the next points to go about it:
Step 1:
- You have to prepare your nail plate to reduce chances of lifting or peeling
- Remove the Pterygiums skin around the nail plate – this promotes longer stay of artificial nails
- Sanitize your hands
- Push the cuticles back with a cuticle pusher
- Remove the shine of your nail plate from cuticles to free the edge
- Wipe the filling dust from nail plate with a sanitized brush
Step 2:
- Check the numbers in the bottles and pick up Number 1 to prepare your nail
- Use Number 2 for coating the nail bed – this is the sticky gel which will absorb the powder
- Now dip nail into the color powder
- Repeat this step for thickness
Step 3:
- Use bottler Number 3 (the activator), and wait till it dries
- Buff the shape and then wash your hands with water
- Apply the activator again
Step 4:
- Apply the last bottle for the top coat – it is thick and gives your nails a shiny finish
- Let it dry and flaunt your nails
These were the easy steps to get your SNS nails manicure right! Now, you can use it on your salon experts and then on your customers. There is one more purchase option for you, and actually turns out good for beginners. This is the SNS dipping powders French Nail Dip Kit. The combined pack includes all that you could require to start off with this new nail art process. It is exclusive for French manicure and has shades of white and light pink.
Facts about Signature Nail System:
Before introducing products onto your customers, there are some facts to know about them. This will help you promptly answer their questions and they'll rely more on what you say.
What kind of products are these?
This is the best solution for having French manicure with their primary Pink & White Dipping Powder Systems. However, they have more shades to go about. These give you great nails with using UV light or primers. These help you have your nails done in half hour and stay for over 2 weeks. This is the revolution to nail manicure and a must addition to your makeup essentials!
What does the powder contain?
The powder includes chemicals like Benzoyl Peroxide, Acrylic Ester Polymer and Titatum Dioxide, and these are organically processed.
How to remove SNS manicure?
You have to sand off the shine from all your nails. Next, add acetone to foil and rub your nails. You can also soak nails in acetone for about 10 minutes till they seem to come off. Wipe with paper towel for the finish.