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As we set out to design Squarespace 6, we knew that building the right structural foundation for your content was paramount. Squarespace is much more than a tool for making pretty web sites — it's a full-fledged content management system. A content storage locker central to your online identity. As such, it does two things really well: content storage and content retrieval.
Network Effects
Anyone with something to say wants an audience, and social networks can be a powerful means to publicizing your content. Squarespace is not a social network itself, it's a publishing platform. However, we've made it incredibly easy to publicize and push your content across any number of networks existing today, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, Pinterest, and more.
There are many advantages to integrating with existing social networks rather than building our own, and they benefit our users as well as our company.
- You need a strong home base. Networks come and go. Not so long ago, networks like MySpace were everywhere; now, they're nowhere as prominent as they once were. Years ago, Google rankings meant everything to a publisher; now, depending on your audience, Twitter may be more important. These things shift seismically as new trends grab hold. Because Squarespace always aims to integrate with as many of these networks as possible, rather than favoring our own, we are incentivized to integrate with popular new services as they emerge.
- You are our customer, not our product. You'll never have to wonder what our business model is or how it affects you. Our product is a simple, beautiful content management system — end of story. You own your content and the way it's displayed. Run ads if you want, or don't. You're in control. This story can change dramatically depending on the service you select. Free services often sell your data, or sell their own advertising against your content to make their businesses work. It's up to you to decide whether that's acceptable.
Data Portability - Your Website as an API
As previously noted, Squarespace isn't simply a website builder, it's a content management system. It manages your content; what you do with that content is entirely up to you. While the web is one medium where Squarespace shines, there's no reason the same content couldn't be used in a mobile app, for instance.
That's why every single bit of data you put into Squarespace 6 is freely and easily accessible in JSON format at a public URL.
No other CMS on the planet offers this, but because of our underlying data structure, it's very simple for us to do so. Simply append any Squarespace URL with '?format=json-pretty', like the URL for the blog you're reading right now, to try it out.
JSON is the de facto standard for data on the web, and your entire site on Squarespace becomes an API endpoint with it. Not only do you have external programmatic access to every piece of data, be it a collection, page, or permalink, it serves double duty for developers as that selfsame structure is used to style pages in our development platform.
Further, should you ever choose to move off our platform, we've made sure our WordPress export was ready from day one on all Squarespace 6 sites. This, combined with the ability to host your site on your own domain, means that if you ever need to move to self-hosting, you can do so without losing content or breaking permalinks.
As a platform, we're fully committed to both data extraction and portability, so you can move as you wish and get your data to where you need it. We hope it proves as useful to you as it has to us.

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Brooksville, FLORIDA
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Current landlord is not maintaining property. Windows in rear and front bedrooms require repair. Door leading from unit to laundry room requires replacement and/or repair. Heating and cooling costs are affected due to these needed repairs. The duct work under the unit requires repair due to what appears to be mold and what might be tears and holes from air blowing through vents when heat or air is not on. Some minor storm damage to outside has not been repaired though reported by tenant. Wiring for the washer and dryer has been affected by rodent infestation prior to current tenant's attempts to step in where landlord has failed to maintain premises according to Florida Statute 83. Landlord has consistently used the barest of monetary forms to make only minimal necessary electrical repairs. Often hiring what appears to be unlicensed friends. Though this cannot be substantiated. Anyone interested in this property should address these issues prior to rental or purchase. This property could be a nice place to live with tender loving care or used as a rental if a landlord who is willing to actually put some work into bringing it up to the standards outlined in F.S. 83.See this property: 7264 FAIRLANE, BROOKSVILLE, FL
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Looking for the perfect steak? You'll find it at Omaha Steaks! Omaha Steaks has everything from Filets to Burgers. Omaha Steaks for the perfect steak for that perfect dinner!
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Walmart discount shopping, Walmart photo services, Walmart clothes for the whole family, Walmart books, movies, DVDs, CDs, Walmart Electronics, Walmart computers, Walmart gaming systems, Walmart games, Walmart toys and fun for the whole family! And Free Shipping from site to store – what a way to take advantage of convenience and easy shopping at Walmart!


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Tents Grommets
Being a quality conscious enterprise, we have been maintained our position in this domain by providing Tents Grommets. The provided grommets are manufactured at well-equipped production set up by skilled professionals using premium quality raw materials. These are widely used in cushion covers, tents, curtains, etc. for preventing abrasion or tearing of pierced material. Moreover, the offered Tents Grommets can be bought from us at the most competitive price.
Item Code: TG 02
- Robust design
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Half Time at Coachella Day 1
April 19 – After a hectic day of travel with delays and minor hiccups we are finally here. Only four hours of sleep since Monday but at this point who cares? — Coachella has begun.
First day and it's hot. We are camping here so by 8am the heat acted as my alarm. So be it!
Masses of people have descended upon the desert for week 2 of Coachella and the venue is epic.
After getting the lay of the land I made my way to the stages. My first act to see was to see San Franciso based hip hop artist Aesop rock at the outdoor stage. He killed it. The crowd was jacked and he new it.
Next move was to the main stage to see the Stars perform followed by Pete Tong in the new Yuma tent.
Taking a break now but will report more on the days events later.
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Please repair pitch marks
At The Leicestershire Golf Club we are privileged to play on our greens throughout the winter. We are seldom moved to winter greens and are the envy of many a club in the county. Can you please always remember to repair your pitch mark and remind your playing partner to do so, in the event they forget.
Please read "Repairing Pitch Marks" under "Course" on the club website.


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NFL to Use Ascent Media to Manage Technical Services for Satellite TV
The National Football League has selected Ascent Media Group (formerly Liberty Livewire) to provide technical support for the distribution of its satellite TV subscription package, NFL Sunday Ticket for the next five years.
Ascent Media will provide downlink, commercial integration, digital distribution, signal coordination, uplink and monitoring services for the Sunday Ticket. They also designed and built a studio control room for NFL Sunday Ticket host segments in Ascent Media Network Services' Stamford, Conn.-based production and distribution facility.
Ascent Media receives NFL game feeds via C- and Ku-band satellite antennas and fiber and then routes the feeds into an integration area. They use 15 game-integration stations to insert commercial, interstitial and live studio content for the Sunday Ticket. All recorded programming is stored on a server and independently available to any of the game stations. Ascent Media also provides NFL transmissions distributed in analog to DirecTV, DirecTV Latin America and C-Band subscribers as well as cable systems in Canada.


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Sales Order T&Cs UAE
Version 09.04.2015
- Interpretation
1.1 In these Terms the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
Applicable Laws any laws in force in the Emirate of Dubai or the UAE from time to time, including the DIFC Laws, or otherwise applicable to us
Action: a single agreed occurrence within the Paid Search Process as specified on the Sales Order
Budget: your agreed budget in respect of third party costs and disbursements which we procure to deliver the Services as set out in the Sales Order or as varied by these Terms
Campaign: an agreed advertising campaign
Charges: our quoted charges set out in the Sales Order or as varied by these Terms
Click: a visitor delivered to your website from a link in a PPC Campaign
Client (you or your): the person whose details are set out in the Sales Order and who has requested the Services
Client Materials: any documents, manuals, data, materials or other information provided by you in relation to the Services including, without limitation, creative and material subject to your Intellectual Property Rights
Company (we, us or our): Latitude Digital Marketing Limited (DMCC Branch), operating and existing under the laws of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and the federal laws of the UAE, and its successors and assigns
Company Materials: any documents, manuals, data, materials or other information provided by us in relation to the Services
DIFC Laws: the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre as applicable
Terms: the terms and conditions set out in this document and any Special Conditions
Confidential Information: all trade secret and confidential or proprietary information concerning its products, services, customers, suppliers, business accounts, financial or contractual arrangements, or other dealings, computer systems, test data, software, source and object code, business methods and development plans, and Know How contained in any format and whether or not communicated orally and whether or not marked "confidential"
Contract: a contract for the provision of the Services
Digital Media: a Campaign using digital processes including, without limitation, banner advertisements, social media, web development and affiliate building where you agree to pay us for the provision of each such process and related consultancy services
Group Company: in relation to either party any company which is its parent undertaking or its subsidiary undertaking or a subsidiary undertaking of its parent undertaking or any other person controlled by or under the same control direct or indirect
Initial Term: the initial time period for the provision of the Services as set out in the Sales Order
Intellectual Property Rights: any patent, patent application, Know-How, trade or service mark, trade or service mark application, trade name and logo, registered design, design right, copyright or other similar intellectual or industrial right whether or not registered or capable of registration and whether subsisting in the United Kingdom or any other part of the world together with all or any goodwill relating thereto
Know-How: inventions, discoveries, improvements, designs, techniques, computer programs and other processes and information (including without limitation that derived from formulae, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, component lists, manuals, codes of practice, instructions and catalogues
Paid Search Process: the process commencing with a visitor from a link in a PPC Campaign and ending with an Action in respect of that visitor
Personal Data: shall be interpreted by reference to DIFC Law No 1 of 2007 (the Data Protection Law) as amended or replaced from time to time
PPA Campaign: a Campaign where you agree to pay us an agreed price for the occurrence of every Action
PPC Campaign: a Campaign using paid search where you pay to us the full cost of all Clicks purchased from key-word providers plus an agreed management fee
Sales Order: our sales order form setting out amongst other things your details and the Services
SEO: search engine optimisation being the on- and off-site improvements to your website to make it more visible on agreed search engines
Services: the services detailed in the Sales Order and being either Digital Media, a PPA Campaign, PPC Campaign, SEO or any combination of them
Special Conditions: any special conditions agreed between us and set out in the Sales Order
Term: the time period from the commencement of the Contract to its expiry or termination as provided for in these Terms
UAE the United Arab Emirates
Written/Writing: includes registered courier of a reputable standing, facsimile transmission but not electronic mail (email).
1.2 Any reference in these Terms to a statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to it as from time to time amended, consolidated, modified, extended, re-enacted or replaced and includes all statutory instruments, notices or orders made under it.
1.3 The headings in these Terms are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.
1.4 Any reference to a person includes a reference to an individual or a body corporate or unincorporate or a partnership.
1.5 References to any gender include any other gender and the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
- Basis of Contract
2.1 Orders for the Services shall be made on the Sales Order. Any order you submit shall constitute an offer to buy the Services subject to the Terms and we shall not be deemed to have accepted it unless and until we have signed the Sales Order and returned it to you.
2.2 The Terms shall apply to and be incorporated into the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions, including any terms subject to which any Sales Order is accepted or purported to be accepted, or referred to on any purchase order you submit.
2.3 The Sales Order is incorporated in the Contract. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Sales Order and the terms and conditions set out in this document, the terms of the Sales Order shall prevail.
2.4 We reserve the right to correct any typographical or clerical error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information.
2.5 Unless otherwise provided for in the Contract, you may not cancel any order which we have accepted.
2.6 The signed Sales Order binds you to an exclusive relationship with us for the supply of services which are similar or identical to the Services for the duration of the Term. During the Term you shall not enter into any contract or arrangement with any person (including an in-house department) for the supply of services that are similar or identical to the Services
- The Services
3.1 We shall provide to you, and you shall purchase from us, the Services subject to the Terms. Any changes, additions or variations to the Services, the Sales Order, these Terms or the Contract must be agreed in Writing by our respective authorised representatives. In such circumstances you shall pay us all associated Charges, Budget, costs and expenses.
3.2 You shall ensure that the terms of any order (including any specifications) which you submit are sufficient and appropriate for your requirements.
3.3 You shall provide us with all necessary Client Material within a reasonable period of time to enable us to perform the Contract in accordance with its terms and you shall ensure that it is accurate in all material respects.
3.4 You should retain duplicate copies of any Client Material which you provide to us as we shall have no liability for any accidental loss or damage to the same, save where such accidental loss or damage is as a result of our breach of Contract or negligence.
3.5 We reserve the right (but are under no Contractual obligation) to make any changes to the Services which are necessary to conform with any applicable safety or other statutory, regulatory, code of conduct or legal requirements. We reserve the right to make such other changes to the Services (provided they do not materially affect the nature and quality of the Services) if in our reasonable opinion such changes assist with the delivery of the Services under the terms of the Contract.
3.6 If the Contract is for SEO Services with a performance element to the basis on which we calculate our Charges, you agree to comply fully and promptly with any recommendations which we make to you as part of the Services.
3.7 Where the Services involve us delivering a specified number of online advertising events (such as impressions) to individuals ("Events"):
3.7.1 you acknowledge that those Events are subject to factors beyond our control, such as the relevant individuals accessing web pages at which those Events may be delivered; accordingly, the specified number of Events shall be treated as a target only and, subject to clause 11.1, we shall have no liability for any failure to deliver that number of Events; and
3.7.2 we may, acting reasonably, expand the selection of targeted individuals to an appropriate audience in order to obtain the desired number Events.
3.8 You shall ensure that the Client Materials do not infringe any Applicable Laws, regulations or third party rights (such as material which is obscene, indecent, pornographic, seditious, offensive, defamatory, threatening, liable to incite racial hatred, menacing, blasphemous or in breach of any third party Intellectual Property Rights) ("Inappropriate Content").
3.9 You acknowledge that we are not an expert in intellectual property rights and profess no expertise in determining whether or not any Client Materials might be deemed Inappropriate Content. We reserve the right to refuse to upload Client Materials where we reasonably suspect such content is, or could be construed as, Inappropriate Content. We will notify you if we become aware of any allegation that any content in the Materials may be Inappropriate Content.
3.10 You will indemnify us on demand against all claims, damages, losses and expenses arising as a result of any action or claim that the Client Materials or any other material linked to from the Client Materials constitutes, or is purported to constitute, Inappropriate Content.
3.11 We may not rely on the indemnity in Clause 3.10 to the extent that the action or claim arises out of your compliance with any of our designs, specifications or instructions.
- Charges
4.1 You shall pay to us the Charges for the Services. You shall also pay the Budget to us, save where the Sales Order provides that you shall pay the Budget (or any part of it) directly to any third party providers, in which case:
4.1.1 you acknowledge that it is a material provision of the Contract that you shall pay such Budget to the third party provider promptly and in full. and
4.1.2 you shall comply with our reasonable instructions in relation to the access, operation and management of the PPC Campaign account to which the budget relates.
4.2 The Charges, Budget and any other payments for the provision of the Services are exclusive of any applicable duties and taxes under any Applicable Law which we shall add to our invoices and which shall be payable by you.
4.3 All payments by you shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and without any deduction. If you are compelled to make any deductions whether by law or otherwise you shall pay additional amounts to ensure we receive the full amount which we would have received but for such deduction.
4.4 If any act or omission on the part of you, your personnel or any person contracted to you results in us being unable to deliver the Services (in full or in part) or to comply with our obligations under the terms of the Contract then you shall:
4.4.1 pay to us such Charges as you would otherwise be required to make if the act or omission had not taken place; and
4.4.2 indemnify us, and hold us harmless, against all costs, expenses and losses incurred by us as a result of such act or omission.
4.5 If we are unable to deliver the Services (in full or in part) or comply with our obligations under the terms of the Contract because it is necessary for us to conform with any legal or statutory obligations or regulations to which you are subject and we are not (including, but not limited to, the Regulations of any stock exchange or financial market regulator), then you shall:
4.5.1 pay us such Charges as you would otherwise be required to make if the conformity to ensure compliance had not been necessary; and
4.5.2 indemnify us, and hold us harmless, against all costs, claims, demands, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities incurred by us as a result of such non-conformity and subsequent actions taken to ensure conformity.
- Invoices and Payment
5.1 Our invoices must be paid within the period of time set out in the Sales Order (beginning on the date of the invoice) or, if no such period of time is specified in the Sales Order, within 30 days of the date of the invoice. If the Sales Order specifies a payment term of more than 30 days, we may reduce that payment terms to 30 days at any time upon Written notice to you if you have failed to pay any of our invoices on time or if you otherwise suffer any material adverse credit history.
5.2 We may issue invoices for the Charges and Budget in advance of the Services to which they relate. Unless otherwise stated in the Sales Order, you must pay those invoices before we commence those Services; if we have not received payment in full and cleared funds we may postpone performance of the Services until such payment has been made.
5.3 Where we issue an invoice in advance of the Services to which the invoice relates, the invoice may represent an estimate of the aggregate Budget and Charges for the relevant Services. Accordingly, we will reconcile any amounts paid by you pursuant to our invoices against the amounts actually incurred in the performance of the Services, and will either:
5.3.1 issue further invoices to represent amounts properly payable by you in respect of Budget and Charges;
5.3.2 issue credit notes in respect of any amounts which you have overpaid, and repay you accordingly; or
5.3.3 carry forward any such overpayments and apply them against any Charges and Budget payable by you for any further Services, or against any other sums which you owe to us.
5.4 You may request in Writing a postponement in delivery or completion of part or all of the Services. We shall have the discretion to accept or reject such request. If accepted, except to the extent we agree otherwise in Writing we shall be entitled to continue to invoice you for the full amount of any fixed, minimum or recurring Charges and such invoice shall be paid as if the Services had been delivered or completed.
5.5 If you have a genuine good faith dispute about any of our invoices, you shall:
5.5.1 pay any undisputed part of the invoice in accordance with clause 5.1; and
5.5.2 notify us in Writing within 10 days of the invoice date and at the same time provide all documents and information in support of your reasons. If no notification is received by us in accordance with this clause, you shall not be entitled to dispute the invoice afterwards.
If together we are unable to resolve the dispute within 25 days of the invoice date, the dispute may be referred on the application of either party to an independent accountant nominated by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. If the independent accountant finds wholly or partly in our favour you shall pay the invoice (or the relevant part of it) within 7 days of the independent accountant's decision.
5.6 We shall be entitled to appropriate any payments received from you to any outstanding invoices or other payments due to us from you in any order we may deem appropriate.
5.7 If you fail to make payment of any sums payable by the due date then without prejudice to any other of our available rights or remedies, we shall be entitled at any time to:
5.7.1 suspend the performance of the Services; and/or
5.7.2 charge you interest and fixed sums at the rate of 12%.
5.8 You shall be liable for Charges upon a Click or an Action occurring regardless of whether or not your internet web page is operational for any reason whatsoever.
- Delivery and Acceptance
6.1 You shall use tracking mechanisms agreed in Writing with us to verify delivery of the Services. Any time and date given by the Company for delivery is an estimate only and time shall not be of the essence for the performance of the Services.
6.2 We shall each have the right to audit the tracking mechanism to verify delivery of the Services upon 48 hours notice.
6.3 Upon delivery of the Services (which for the purpose of this Clause 6.3 shall include any report) you shall be responsible for inspecting the Services and shall notify us in Writing within 10 days of delivery of any allegation that the Services do not comply with the Contract or are otherwise incorrect. If you fail to give such notice in accordance with this Clause the Services shall be deemed to comply with the terms of the Contract (and are otherwise correct) and you shall not be entitled to make a claim afterwards that the Services do not comply with the terms of the Contract (or are otherwise incorrect).
- Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 Subject to Clause 7.3 and save as provided in Clause 7.6, all Intellectual Property Rights used or subsisting in or in connection with the Services and the Company Materials are owned by us and shall be our sole property. You shall not during or at any time after the Term in any way question or dispute the ownership by us of the same, and you shall not at any time transfer, sell or distribute the same. Subject to payment in full of all Charges and Budget on the due dates for payment and compliance with the other terms and conditions of the Contract, we shall grant to you the benefit of a non-exclusive licence on a worldwide basis for the use of our Intellectual Property Rights in the Company Materials to such extent as is necessary to enable you to make reasonable use of the Company Materials and Services.
7.2 Save as provided for in Clause 7.1, you undertake not to use, re-use or recreate the Company Materials or the Intellectual Property Rights relating thereto, all of which belong to or have vested in us.
7.3 All Intellectual Property Rights in any Client Materials shall belong to you and you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive royalty-free licence to use all Intellectual Property Rights in the Client Materials for the purpose of providing the Services.
7.4 You warrant that you own, or have a valid and subsisting licence to use all Client Materials. You further warrant that our use of the Client Materials for the purpose of providing the Services will not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights of any third party.
7.5 You will indemnify us against all costs, claims, demands, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities of whatsoever nature arising out of or in connection with your breach of Clause 7.4 and any claim that the use or possession of the Client Materials or the provision of the Services in accordance with the Contract infringes the Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights of any third party.
7.6 Subject to payment in full of all Charges and Budget on the due dates for payment ,compliance with the other terms and conditions of the Contract by you, and provided always that the Initial Term of the Contract shall have run in full , then upon termination of the Contract we shall grant to you the benefit of any PPC Campaign account set up by us with a third party service provider to deliver the Services to you including, without limitation, all current and historic data and settings relating to activity within that account. In such circumstances, upon the expiry of the Contract, we shall transfer any such account to you or to such other person as you may direct in Writing. This Clause 7.6 shall not apply to Contracts for PPA Campaigns, Latitude Express, trial contracts and Contracts with a term of less than 6 months.
7.7 In relation to PPC Campaigns, should you issue an instruction to us to bid on branded keyword terms of your competitors you shall indemnify us for any liability arising from such bid activity.
- Confidentiality and publicity
8.1 Both during the Contract and after its termination or expiry, the parties shall treat as confidential (and shall procure that the personnel of each of them treat as confidential) and shall not (and shall procure that the personnel of each of them does not) other than in the proper provision of the Services, use or disclose to any person any Confidential Information belonging to the other party or its clients or suppliers, nor permit its use or disclosure.
8.2 Clause 8.1 shall not apply where Confidential Information is divulged to:
8.2.1 either party's own employees and then only to those employees who need to know the same;
8.2.2 either party's auditors, an officer of any relevant tax authority, a court of competent jurisdiction, governmental body, Ministry or authority (including a free zone authority) or applicable regulatory authority and any other persons having a right, duty or obligation to know the business of the other party and then only in pursuance of such right, duty or obligation.
8.3 Both parties undertake to ensure that persons referred to in Clause 8.2 are made aware before the disclosure of any part of the Confidential Information that the same is confidential and that they owe a duty of confidence to the other party.
8.4 Each party shall promptly notify the other party if it becomes aware of any breach of confidence by any person to whom it divulges all or any part of the Confidential Information and shall give the other party all reasonable assistance in connection with any proceedings which the other party may institute against such person for breach of confidence.
8.5 This Clause shall survive the termination of the Contract.
8.6 Clause 8.1 shall not apply to any information which:
8.6.1 may come into the public domain otherwise than through unauthorised disclosure;
8.6.2 the recipient party can show was in its possession or known to it by being in its use or recorded on its files prior to receipt from the disclosing party and was not previously acquired from the disclosing party under an obligation of confidence;
8.6.3 the recipient party obtains or has available from another source without breach by it of any confidentiality obligations owed to that source or the disclosing party; or
8.6.4 is required to be disclosed to any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body provided that prior to such disclosure the recipient shall notify the disclosing party (to the extent permitted by law) of the full circumstances and the information that will be disclosed.
8.7 Notwithstanding Clause 8.1, unless you notify us otherwise in writing you agree that we may:
8.7.1 use your name and logo (both on our website and in our publicity materials) to describe you as a recipient of our services; and
8.7.2 generate case studies referring to you and the Services and use them to promote our business, subject to us consulting with you and obtaining your Written approval of any such case studies.
This permission shall continue for a reasonable period after completion of the Services. In exercising our rights under this Clause we will use up to date logos and comply with your reasonable brand guidelines if you provide us with them.
8.8 You agree that during the Contract and for a period of twelve months following its termination you will not directly, or by an agent whether for yourself or for the benefit of any other party, employ any of our officers or employees or induce or endeavour to induce any of our officers or employees to leave his or her employment with us. This provision shall not apply where the employment of our officers or employees automatically transfer to you or any other party by operation of law.
- Term and Termination
9.1 The Contract shall come into and continue in effect for the period specified in the Sales Order subject to earlier termination in accordance with its terms. If the Sales Order does not specify the period for which the Contract shall remain in effect, or when the Contract expires or can be terminated, either Party may terminate the Contract by giving the other at least three months' notice in Writing.
9.2 Either party shall be entitled to terminate the Contract at any time in Writing to the other party if:
9.2.1 the other party commits a material breach of any of the terms of the Contract including these Terms and (if the breach is capable of remedy) fails to remedy the breach within 30 days after receipt of notice in Writing to do so;
9.2.2 the other party fails to pay any amount due under the contract on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 7 days after being notified in Writing to make such payment;
9.2.3 the other party or its Shareholder(s) (or any of its Shareholders) becomes subject to an administration order; a receiver or administrative receiver or similar is appointed over, or an encumbrancer takes possession of any of the other party's property or assets; the other party enters into an arrangement or composition with its creditors, ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of its business, goes into liquidation or bankruptcy, becomes insolvent, or suspends or threatens to suspend payments of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due.
- Termination Consequences
10.1 Immediately upon the termination or expiry of the Contract for any reason whatsoever:
10.1.1 we shall be entitled to issue an invoice to you for any uninvoiced Charges and Budget and for any other sums payable by you to us under the Contract, and such invoice shall be immediately due and payable by you;
10.1.2 You shall pay to us all sums then owing to in respect of invoices already issued by us; and
10.1.3 each party shall return to the other any Confidential Information (including Company Materials and Client Materials) belonging to such party and all copies of the whole or any part of them or, if requested by the disclosing party, shall destroy the same and certify in Writing to the disclosing party that it has been destroyed.
10.2 Any termination or expiry of the Contract (howsoever occasioned) shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party nor shall it affect the coming into force or the continuance in force of any provision of the Contract which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force on or after such termination.
- Warranties
11.1 Subject to Clauses 11.2 and 12 we warrant that:
11.1.1 we shall use all reasonable skill and care in providing the Services; and
11.1.2 the Services will materially correspond with their specification in the Contract at the time of delivery.
11.2 We shall not be liable for any costs, claims, demands, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities or other claims of any nature whatsoever caused by or arising from:
11.2.1 any Client Material, information or instructions supplied by you being incomplete, incorrect, inaccurate, illegible, out of sequence or in the wrong form;
11.2.2 any act or omission of yours, your personnel, or any other person contracted to you;
11.2.3 any failure by you to comply with any legal or statutory obligations or regulations,
11.2.4 any failure by you to comply with any recommended course of action which we make to you as part of the Services;
11.2.5 any act or omission of any third party person (not within our reasonable control); and
11.2.6 any infringement of Intellectual Property Rights or any other rights of any third party arising from the Client Materials.
11.3 Both the Client and the Company shall at all times in respect of the subject matter of the Contract comply with all Applicable Laws and regulations.
- Limitation of Liability
12.1 This Clause 12 sets out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents, consultants and subcontractors) to you in respect of: any breach of Contract, any use by you of the Services, Company Materials or any part of them, and any representation, statement or tortuous act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with the Contract.
12.2 Without prejudice to Clause 11.1, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
12.3 Nothing in these Clauses shall exclude or limit the liability of either party to the other for death or personal injury caused by the first party's negligence or for any damage or other liability incurred by the other party as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by the first party.
12.4 Subject to Clauses 12.2 and 12.3, we shall not be liable to you whether under contract, misrepresentation, mis-statement, any tortious act or omission including negligence, infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise, for any loss of profit, business, business contracts, depletion of goodwill and similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information or any special, indirect or consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses, revenues which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Services or the Company Materials or your use of the same.
12.5 Subject to Clauses 12.2 and 12.3, our total liability to you in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) misrepresentation, mis-statement, restitution, infringement of Intellectual Property Rights or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or the contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to an amount equal to the value of the Charges payable by you to us over the Term.
12.6 Save as provided for in Clause 7.5, you shall not be liable to us whether under contract, misrepresentation, mis-statement, any tortious act or omission including negligence or otherwise, for any loss of profit, business, business contracts, depletion of goodwill and similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of use, or any special, indirect or consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses, revenues which arise out of or in connection with the Contract.
- Data Protection
13.1 The details of your name, address and payment record may be submitted to a credit reference agency, and Personal Data will be processed by and on behalf of the Company in connection with the Services.
- General
14.1 Neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay or non-performance of its obligations under the Contract (except for its obligation to make payment) arising from any cause beyond its reasonable control including any of the following: act of God, act of terrorism, governmental act, war, fire, flood, explosion or civil commotion, industrial action (excluding internal industrial action), failure in telecommunications services, unauthorised interference with either Party's systems or services via the Internet. A party affected by such an event shall use reasonable endeavours to mitigate its impact and to recommence performance of its obligations under the Contract as soon as is reasonably practicable. If the affected party is unable to perform its obligations under the Contract by reason of such an event for more than four weeks, the non-affected party may terminate the Contract immediately by serving notice on the other, and neither party shall be liable to the other by reason of such termination.
14.2 Either party is entitled to sub-contract the performance of any of its obligations under the Contract provided that such party shall be liable for its obligations under the Contract to the same extent as if it had carried out the work itself. The Client shall not assign, transfer, charge or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights or obligations under the Contract without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
14.3 The Contract and these Terms set out the entire agreement between the parties in relation to their subject matter and supersede all previous written or oral agreements, representations, undertakings, warranties or arrangements between the parties in relation to that subject matter. Each party acknowledges and agrees that in entering into the Contract it has not relied on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made negligently or innocently) other than as expressly set out in the Contract. Nothing in this Clause shall exclude or limit any liability of the parties arising as a result of any fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
14.4 Failure by either party to exercise or enforce any rights available to that party or the giving of any forbearance, delay or indulgence is not to be construed as a waiver of that party's rights under the Contract.
14.5 The rights and remedies provided in the Contract are cumulative and (except as otherwise stated) are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
14.6 All notices, requests, consents and authorisations made pursuant to the Contract must be in Writing and must, where the Company is the recipient, be sent to its chief trading address specified in the Contract (or such other trading address as is notified to the Client from time to time), and where the Client is the recipient, be sent to its registered office or chief trading address as specified in the Contract (or such other trading address as is notified to the Company from time to time). Notices may be sent either by registered courier of a reputable international standing or fax. Correctly addressed notices sent by registered courier are deemed to have been delivered when stated on the courier's delivery confirmation. Notices sent by fax during the recipient's business hours are deemed to have been delivered at the time set out in the transmission confirmation document and notices sent by fax outside the recipient's business hours are deemed to have been sent on the first business hour of the recipient following transmission.
14.7 If any provision of the Contract is found to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction then that provision shall be deemed to be deleted, but without affecting the remaining provisions.
14.8 The parties do not intend to confer any rights on any third parties by virtue of the Contract and an entity which is not a party to the Contract shall have no right to enforce any of its terms.
14.9 Nothing in the Contract constitutes a partnership or agency between the parties. Neither party is deemed to be the agent of the other for any purpose, and neither has the power or authority to bind the other or to contract in the name of the other, except as expressly set out in the Contract.
14.10 The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract or of any term of the Contract or of any non-contractual obligation undertaken or incurred in connection with the Contract (including those arising out of pre-contractual dealings) will be governed by the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre.
14.11 Without prejudice to Clause 5.5, the parties irrevocably agree that the Dubai International Financial Centre courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide any suit, action or proceedings, and/or (as the case may be) to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in any way relate to the Contract or its formation, existence, construction, performance or validity or of any non-contractual obligation undertaken or incurred in connection with the Contract (including those arising out of pre-contractual dealings) and, for these purposes, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Dubai International Financial Centre courts.


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Disneyland. I was going to create Disneyland.
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|Divider in the back of my room in attempt to form a wall to block out the hallway
|I finally found a good use for all my ear hats!
|Literature to Disney films
|Class library is closest to camera, looking into my classroom from hallway
I believe learning should be everything Disneyland stands for. My classroom environment encourages and reminds my students to use their imaginations, believe in the magic of life and learning, enjoy being kids, be creative, laugh, believe in themselves and their classmates, and have fun. The decorations prompt conversations about how Walt Disney created Disneyland from just an idea and allow us to draw parallels to our own learning.
My classroom environment also provides a fun, safe place for my students to come and learn each day. For some, it serves as an escape from their home life.
Your classroom is your students' home 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, 180 days a year. As a teacher, you "live" there many more hours a day, 5-7 days a week, and definitely more than 180 days a year. I believe you have to feel comfortable there in order for your students to feel comfortable there. It needs to be a place you love to be.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics announced improvements to 2017 Football Overnight RV (ORV) parking this past spring resulting from analysis related to overall fan experience and safety recommendations. Included in the improvements is an increase in space by more than 50 percent for each ORV spot as compared to last year, as well as accommodations to improve ingress and egress at the Overnight RV lot.
In June, Penn State announced that all game day and season RV and Overnight RV is sold out for the 2017 season. Fans who do not have a RV parking permit will need to make other arrangements and Penn State Athletics has partnered with Grange Park (see below) to provide an economical alternative with hook-ups and shuttle service to campus on Friday and Saturday of home football weekends.
Fans who have not already purchased an RV parking permit should not attempt to park in the official lots near Beaver Stadium. Those fans will be asked to turn around by police and traffic personnel, which will disrupt the flow of traffic heading to Beaver Stadium.
Grange Park provides RV patrons with economical space, hook-ups and shuttle to Beaver Stadium
Penn State Athletics has partnered with Grange Park, site of the Grange Fair, to provide an economical alternative with hook-ups and shuttle service to campus on Friday and Saturday of home football weekends.
The RV features for Penn State football fans at Grange Park include:
- 1,500 RV spaces with water and electric hook-ups;
- Shower houses;
- Home game week: $60 per night (Thursday-Saturday nights); $30 per night (Sunday-Wednesday nights). $40 per week to keep RV at Grange Park in between home games. RVs must depart Grange Park by the day after the final home game.
- Grange Park opening and closing times during home game weekend: Thursday, 6 p.m.-11:59 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m.-11:59 p.m.
- Grange Park will operate a shuttle service on Friday and Saturday of home football weekends. The round-trip cost to downtown State College (intersection of College & Allen Streets) on Friday is $5 cash per person and on Saturday to near Beaver Stadium is $10 cash per person.
Fans should check with Grange Park staff on specific shuttle operating hours. General operating hours on Friday will be first shuttle departing Grange at 5 p.m. and final shuttle leaving downtown at 11 p.m. On Saturday, the first shuttle will depart Grange for Beaver Stadium 3 hours prior to kick off, with shuttles returning to Grange at 35, 75 and 120 minutes after the game ends.
- The Grange Park customer service booth will open three-and-a-half hours before kickoff for all home games.
- Grange Park is approximately 14 miles from Beaver Stadium.
Fans interested in parking their RV at Grange Park can reserve a spot by calling 814-364-9212.
Advance car parking available for $20; Fans reminded of security screening at stadium gates
General car parking in the Beaver Stadium lots purchased in advance is $20 per car, while paying to park on game day when arriving at the general lots will cost $40. Fans are encouraged to purchase parking passes in advance to not only realize the savings, but to assist in smoother traffic and parking operations by displaying the pass as they approach roads to stadium parking. Fans can purchase up to three advance single game parking passes per account, per game.
Car parking can be purchased in advance by calling 1-800-NITTANY (weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) or purchased at the Bryce Jordan Center ticket office (10 a.m.-6 p.m.).
The No. 6 Nittany Lions open the season Saturday, Sept. 2, hosting Akron in a noon kick.
The Beaver Stadium parking lots will open Saturday at 7 a.m. and the stadium ticket office, near Gate E, will open at 8 a.m.
Stadium gates will open Saturday at 10 a.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and Penn State has announced there are incentives for fans who arrive during the first 45 minutes after the stadium gates open.
Penn State will provide security screening for all guests at the entry gates using metal detection wands. With this security measure in place, all public gates, including the ADA and student gates, will open two hours prior to kick off to provide ample time for all fans to pass through security. Fans will be asked to remove items from their pockets upon entering the stadium. Umbrellas are not permitted in Beaver Stadium.
For more information on tickets, parking or other questions, fans should call 1-800-NITTANY, which also will be open this Saturday at 7 a.m. until one hour after the game ends. Fans can also send an email to email@example.com.
For parking maps, the bag policy and a complete list of items prohibited from entry into Beaver Stadium, fans should go to Penn State Football Game Day Central: GoPSUsports.com/gameday.


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The Fortnite update introduced a new LTM called The Downtown Drop made by Creative artists NotNellaf & Tollmolia. In this game, you slide and jump around with the purpose of collecting coins and Jordan sneakers to win. As you run around you will be able to throw Boogie Bombs and Shockwave Grenades to mess with your competitors and boost yourself.
With the new game mode, they brought new items inspired by basketball and skateboarding that include the Get the Grind Outfit and Clutch Outfit. Special challenges were also added to be able to earn free back bling skateboards with nine different types of styles. Check out the video and skateboards at Epic's site here.
Fortnite Update v9.10 was released today that introduced Hot Spots, unvaulted the Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle, and fixed various bugs. The new Hot Spots are randomly selected locations on the map with high amounts of loot and an increase in supply drops. To know where to drop, you can find the selected location shown in gold text on the map.
There will be at least one Hot Spot per game and a 25 percent chance of two spots and a 5 percent chance of three spots. In those spots, you can find 12 to 16 Loot Carriers that drop a weapon of Rare or higher. For more details on some changes to the weapons and gameplay check out the patch notes here.
A new Limited Time Mode in Fortnite Battle Royale was released today in partnership with the new John Wick movie. The object of the game is for your squad to be the first to collect the specified gold token count. You have three lives and start off with a few gold tokens. Once you eliminate someone you will obtain all of their tokens.
However, the more tokens a player has the more visible they will be on the map. So be careful when getting on top. This mode also comes with special challenges to earn free rewards like a black glider, wrap, and the Gold Token Back Bling. As well, you can purchase the John Wick set in the item shop. Check out this John Wick update at Epic's site here.


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I have already talked in two previous posts about the fantastic charity Women for Women. My friend who is the Corporate Partnerships Manager for the UK office has just flagged up one of their latest campaigns. Annually, Harpers Bazaar and UK fashion boutique Browns collaborate on a charitable cause which supports women's issues. This year, they are working with Women for Women. 6 famous French female designers have specifically designed t-shirts with the "Women for Women" message. I am loving the Sonia Rykiel and Isabel Marant designs (my credit card won't be loving them but at least it is for a good cause and not just my lust for clothing!) This is definitely a chance to get a little bit of designer but also contributing to a good cause which is a definite plus and one of the aspects of fashion that I love....fashion with a heart....who could ask for more?
(From L-R: Vanessa Bruno, Isabel Marant, Agnes B)
(From L-R: Clare Waight Keller for Chloe, Martine Sitbon, Sonia Rykiel)
For more information and to check out the interviews with the designers on this project, please go to the Women for Women UK Harpers Bazaar/Browns page.


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Our deacons and elders are an integral function of TBC, and they are here for the personal and spiritual help of the members of Trinity Baptist Church. Simply put, our deacons are all about service. They are here for you! Feel free to seek out any deacon and they'll help you with your needs. If you have any doctrinal, administrative, or organizational questions, please seek out one of our elders or pastors.
Our deacons are Bill Mathews, Mark Millheim, Steve McClaine, and Tom Scallorn.
Our elders are Dave Baumgartner, Dan Bailey, Herb Hess, Trevor Stone, Paul Langworthy, Ray Templeton, and Randy Ward.


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Smackdown this week came from Knoxville, Tennessee and as the last show before the big Survivor Series Pay-Per-View on Sunday, it had major implications on the weekend's showdown.
Smackdown opened with Michael Cole interviewing Triple H ahead of the big Team Cena vs Team Authority battle in St Louis.
With team leader John Cena absent from the event, he caled the other members of Team Cena out to the stage for a big announcement.
Afrer watching a segment from Cena's interview with Michael Cole on Wednesday, he made the announcement that the members of Team Cena will be fired if the Authority win on Sunday.
However Cena himself won't be fired but will be punished until he inevitably quits the WWE in an announcement that rocked the entire team.
Almost all members of Team Authority were in action on the night in three very big matches.
Ryback and Big Show vs Seth Rollins and Kane
The main event was a big time tag team match between four of the men who will compete in Sunday's big match.
The match would end on a disqualification after Rusev, Luke Harper and Mark Henry would get involved and that would start a heavy beatdown.
All members of Team Cena would be laid out by the end as the Authority was left standing tall as Smackdown ended.
Dolph Ziggler vs Rusev
Ziggler took on the big Bulgarian and put in a very good showing in a physical match between the two which opened Smackdown.
Rusev would inevitably get the win without any assistance from the rest of Team Authority as Ziggler's bad week continued.
Erick Rowan vs Cesaro
Cesaro may not be in the big match on Sunday but he has clearly aligned himself with the Authority, and he was challenged to take out Rowan on Smackdown.
As expected, this was a physical match with Rowan getting the win off a very unique move forcing Cesaro to tap out.
After the match Rowan's former family member Luke Harper would circle the ring as the tension between the two continued to build.
Brie Bella vs 'Nikki Bella'
On Monday night we saw Brie Bella dressed as AJ Lee take on Nikki, tonight we saw AJ dressed as Nikki take on Brie.
AJ got a great reception in her Nikki costume and the Divas champion even emerged victorious.
Los Matadores vs The Miz and Damian Mizdow
Two of the teams in Sunday's fatal four way match for tag team championships squared off with one of the most bizarre endings yet.
As the Usos and Gold and Stardust watched on, Miz was tossed into the Usos and that lead to Mizdow jumping into the tag team champions.
Los Matadores got the win after pinning the Miz keeping them on good form going into Survivor Series.
Dean Ambrose has a message for Bray Wyatt
Ambrose told a story from his childhood and explained how his entire body is a weapon he will use to hurt Bray Wyatt.
Wyatt then responded from a prison cell, claiming that the two will destroy each other come Sunday.
Video highlights:
Triple H's announcement:
Ziggler vs Rusev:
Erick Rowan vs Cesaro:
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A couple of weeks ago I complained about being the weather being too hot. A hot day can discourage some people to leave the bike at home and drive. I confess that I am one of those people. Riding 14 miles in a hot day is no fun, so I went out in a search for a solution. Enter the Arctic Heat Cooling Vest:
The Arctic Heat Cooling Vest is a revolutionary product designed to counter the harmful effects of heat stress. It is fast becoming an essential piece of sporting equipment for athletes seriously seeking a competitive edge.
For industry, the vests are an effective and convenient method of protecting employee's health as well as improving productivity.
People that suffer from heat stress through medical conditions e.g MS and eczema gain great relief by using the Arctic Heat Cooling Vest.
The Arctic Heat Cooling Vest contains a special non-toxic completely biodegradable viscose gel that absorbs the water it is soaked in. The materials used in the vest are designed to lower skin temperature, which in turn stabilises the core body temperature. By controlling and stabilizing the core body temperature a person can perform at his or her optimum level for much longer, sustained periods.
It also reduces sweating and assists the natural cooling system of the body.
My vest came in yesterday, so I will be riding with it on the way home. I will post my first impression of the vest tomorrow morning.


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From Zero to Hero/
Re: ZERO–Starting Life in Another World is one of the best anime releases of 2016. I understand that this sounds like a bold claim. But when an anime is gripping enough to guarantee me watching the entire thing before the first episode is even over, that likely indicates that it has something going for it. Let's start with the first episode since it is a doozy.
Enter Subaru Natsuki, a somewhat stereotypical shut-in who wakes up to find himself transported to another world. Realizing the situation he is in, he hilariously assumes that he is a protagonist-like figure, somewhat ribbing on how common this trope is starting to become in anime. After almost being killed by a group of thugs, he is rescued by a white haired half-elf who tells him to call her Satella. She is looking for a thief who stole an emblem from her. Subaru chooses to tag along with the half-elf, mostly since he has nothing better to do.
Eventually they find where the thief had brought the emblem to: a loot house located in the slums of the city. As they begin to investigate, they are attacked from behind, and killed. Now here is where it gets interesting, as this is not the end to their story. Rather than this being some lead-up to an alternate protagonist, it is instead the reveal of Subaru's hidden power, and one of the series' core concepts. When Subaru dies, he is reset to a specific point in time, with all of the knowledge he acquired on the first loop.
This repeating story is where the plot gets interesting, as rather than a long stream, it unfolds more like a wide river, broadening at each reset. Whenever Subaru dies, he finds out more about the current situation he is in; secrets that he never would have unlocked without the proper pre-requisite knowledge. For instance, by the end of the first episode we learn that Satella is not actually the half-elf's name. Only after multiple resets does Subaru actually learn her name. This is the core of the plot, a situation unfolds, and Subaru must find a way to deal with it, but usually he ends up failing because he lacks perspective.
The alternate world concept and the death reset are reasonably common tropes, but it's odd to find them together, or so effectively used. While Subaru has to learn about the world around him, he also needs to struggle with his death rewind ability, as it's not exactly the most fun activation cost for an ability. Even when the show seems to use generic anime tools, it usually finds a way to subvert them or utilize them in a more realistic fashion.
But the heart of the story is not the world defining moments. What creates this story is the interaction between the characters and how the story analyzes its protagonist's flaws. Even from the first episode, you can tell that the characters are not just two-dimensional stereotypes. It is certainly a character piece as much as it is action; considering that they manage to pull off an entire episode with just two characters talking. There is a point about halfway through that flips the game around and drastically alters the tone. This is seen by some as a bad thing, but for me and a majority of the people watching, it made the show ten times as good.
To top it all off, the animation and musical score are on par with shows like Fate/Zero, or Fullmetal Alchemist. Both of these factors are most noticeable during some of the more elaborate fight scenes that each arc usually culminates in. They go together to make some of the most epic battles that feel fluid and dynamic, with a great sense of pace. Even just the colours themselves are bright and expressive, but they can shift to dark and disturbing when heads start to roll. Though it generally has good animation, there are some uses of CGI that noticeably stand out, and are unsightly, especially in contrast to the main art. However, this is generally reserved for background characters in larger city settings, so it doesn't detract from the experience too much.
Re: ZERO–Starting Life in Another World is all about the struggle. It is about a cruel merciless world. However, it is also a bright adventure, which somehow turns out for the best. This isn't through an overpowered protagonist, or whimsical luck. No. It is only through hardship and learning from one's mistakes that victory can be achieved. It is an amazing watch, and I would say that all 25 episodes are worth it.
Tyler Cooke
Tyler Cooke hails from the small town of Alliston, Ontario, right outside of Barrie. He is known as a quiet individual, but also as the most boisterous character in class, depending on the day. His hobbies include reading, playing tabletop games, scouring Tumblr for memes, and of course playing video games.


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Body Composition Analysis
Body composition analysis can be used to investigate whether potential antiobesity drugs reduce body weight by producing a clinically-beneficial selective loss of fat or by producing non-specific decreases in water (dehydration) and/or protein content (muscle wasting or cachexia) which can be harmful. Body composition analysis can be determined by classical chemical analysis or using a FoodScan™ near infra-red meat analyser. This machine has received AOAC (Association of Official Analytical Chemists) approval as a reference method for the analysis of moisture, fat and protein in meat and meat products.
Key features of the gold-standard chemical analysis method are :-
• Suitable for rats and mice
• Measures carcass fat (Soxhlet), carcass water (freeze drying), carcass protein
(Kjeldahl) and carcass ash (furnace)
• The measurement of ash (bone mass) means that it is more precise than any other
Chemical analysis can be used to determine faecal fat, protein, water and ash content and also the composition of individual tissues if required eg total liver fat content.
Key features of body composition analysis performed using the FoodScan™ analyser are :-
• Methodology validated in rats
• Measures carcass fat, water and protein content but not ash
• Cost effective and quick alternative producing virtually identical body
composition results to those obtained using chemical analysis
All analyses can be performed on tissues and carcasses from studies performed at RenaSci or at other facilities.
Please contact us for further information about chemical analysis of tissues or carcasses or determination of body composition using the FoodScan analyser.
Cheetham et al. 2008. Effect of the MCH1 antagonist, GW803430, on body weight, food and water intake, glucose tolerance, fat pad weight, ex vivo binding and various plasma parameters in dietary-induced obese C57BL/6J mice. Program No. 584.24. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, DC, 15th-19th November 2008.
Dickinson et al. 2008. The effect of chronic administration of sibutramine on body composition in dietary-induced obese female Wistar rats – an evaluation of the Foss FoodScan™ analyser. BPS Winter Meeting, Brighton, 2008.
Jackson et al. 2004. Comparison of the effects of sibutramine and orlistat on body weight, food and water intake and body composition in dietary-induced obese rats. Program No. 76.19. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, California, 23rd-27th October 2004.
Jackson et al. 2005. Comparison of the effects of rimonabant and sibutramine in a rat model of dietary induced obesity. Program No. 532.13. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, DC, 12th-16th November 2005.
Vickers et al. 2005. Comparison of the effects of rimonabant, sibutramine and orlistat on acute food intake and in a model of dietary induced obesity in the mouse. Program No. 532.12. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, DC, 12th-16th November 2005.


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Hi Ian, On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Laura Carlson wrote: >>>> 10. I've drafted bug for CAPTCHAs >>>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/CAPTCHA >>>> Any suggested text or ideas to improve it? >>>> I have also filed a bug with Steve (and he agreed) to provide and >>>> example in his document. >>>> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9169 On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >> Seems like this is dependent on the "title" bug, because per the current >> >> HTML5 draft using a title attribute is an appropriate way to provide >> >> descriptive text for a CAPTCHA. Since the title bug has been rejected, I'm >> >> not sure a separate bug is worthwhile (perhaps Ian will correct me if I'm >> >> wrong). On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Laura Carlson wrote: >> Ian would this be rejected as a duplicate of the title bug? On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Ian Hickson <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Sorry for the dumb questions but, I see a lot of bugs... which is the > title bug, This is Steve's title bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7362 This is Steve's title Change proposal: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ImgElement20091203 > and what is the problem that you're asking about? This is the draft CAPTCHA bug: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/CAPTCHA Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. CarlsonReceived on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 12:24:04 UTC
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Managing large scale networks is challenging but tools and insights pioneered in the datacenter can help simplify network management. In this session we will start with a day in the life of the network operations professional responding to an alert: An issue is causing service degradation and is affecting a large number of routers. Using the application hosting infrastructure available on IOS-XR 6.1.1 and linux tools like iPerf we'll quickly trouble shoot the issue and resolve it on a pair of routers.
Then, using Ansible, a tool that application and infrastructure owners use to orchestrate changes in the data center, and a set of Playbooks developed by Cisco to manage network devices, we'll remediate the issue across a fleet of routers automatically to save time and reduce errors.
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Why The Pope And Dalai Lama Are Unlisted
(It is nearly Christmas, about 11pm. The Vicar has been out all day visiting elderly parishioners and has fallen asleep in front of the television. The phone rings.)
Me: "Hello. St. ***'s Vicarage. Can I help you?"
Man: "I need to speak to the Vicar."
Me: "I am afraid he is unavailable at the moment. Can I take a message?"
Man: "Can't you contact him? This is really urgent."
Me: "I am afraid I can only disturb him in an emergency. What is the problem. I am a Reader (lay minister). Perhaps I can help?"
Man: "I have this really deep theological question. I'm sure only the Vicar can answer it."
Me: "I do have a degree in theology, sir. I'm sure I can help."
Man: "When is the Twelfth Day of Christmas?"
Me: "??"
Man: "Are you there? I told you, only the Vicar would know."
Me: "It's the 5th of January. The day before Epiphany."
Man: "Are you sure?"
Me: "Definitely. Why do you need to know?"
Man: "Me and my mates are doing a pub quiz. It's the one question we couldn't answer. Thanks. Bye!"
Me: "…"


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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Markus Schwendtner, executive secretary for the IKCA (International Kiteboard Class Association) noted his appreciation to event host, "The renowned St. Francis Yacht Club, one of the birth places and still a hot spot for kite course racing, hosted an amazing event for the nearly 70 kite racers and 20+ Formula Windsurfers in this combined championship event of the IKA and Formula Windsurfing Class."
12 races in challenging conditions were held over the course of four days, split into three days of qualifying series and one day of final series. With two discards for the whole event it was crucial for competitors to stay out of trouble and avoid mistakes and equipment failure. Winds up to 30 knots at the top mark situated right under the Golden Gate Bridge and steep choppy seas made the event a challenge for both sailors and equipment.
The women's kiteboarding podiums were completed by Boriana Viljoen (Ocean Rodeo) and Warenta Smutny (North), and as published briefly yesterday, Bryan Lake (USA, Cabrinha/Mikes Lab) and Adam Koch (USA, Ozone/Mikes Lab) for the men.
How did it feel to be up there on the podium?
EH: It felt great!
Seemed like you were in the game the entire event?
EH: Yeah, I sailed really consistently. I got in a few tangles which didn't help my overall score but I sailed really consistently in both the qualifiers and the gold final series races. I was the only girl to make the gold fleet which was cool! I ended up getting 23rd overall and I think the next girl finished 25 spots below me. So I was pretty much racing against the guys which I'm used to and I love!
What training did you do to prepare for the event?
EH: My training regimen includes just sailing here - all summer. I haven't traveled, I've just been sailing at Crissy and it's been amazing. We've had the best summer here I can imagine.
Were you happy with your result?
EH: Yeah! I wanted to get top 20 but once I saw who registered - we ended up getting a huge group of the best international men - once I saw that they were going to come I knew I wasn't going to finish as high but at the same time it was super exciting to be racing against the best in the world in my home. None of the good international girls showed up which was kind of disappointing. I'd like to see where I stand in comparison to them before I go to the Worlds in October.
Is there a range of conditions better suited for you?
Do you see yourself windsurfing again?
EH: I'd love to go out if the gear was rigged ready to go and conditions were perfect, but I'll never go back to … rigging again. Kiting is more exciting.
The next two major events of the International Kiteboarding Association will be the European Championships in La Baule, France (26.-30.09.2012) and the Kite Course Racing World Championships in Cagliari, Italy (02.-07.10.2012), before the South American Championship in Buzios, Brazil (15.-18.11.2012) and the first ever ISAF Sailing World Cup with the inclusion of Kiteboarding as Olympic Event in Melbourne, Australia, conclude the 2012 season.
Awesome pics compliments of Erik Simonson/Pressure-drop.us
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It's a show with a near-endless list of memorable TV moments, but any Breaking Bad fan will recall the angry pizza throw as one of the most iconic.
So adored was the scene – in which a pissed off Walt reacts to Skyler refusing him entry into the house by launching the pizza he'd just bought for her onto the roof – that Vince Gilligan has had to publicly ask people to stop reenacting it on visits to the Albuquerque residence that served as the exterior for the White family home.
That decision to chuck it away is in itself controversial; surely the best way to retaliate would be by scoffing the entire thing for yourself and leaving the empty box on the driveway? But the really big question – and one that has bothered the internet since the episode first aired seven years ago – concerns why the pizza was unsliced. It's not unusual for a pizza restaurant to let you do your own slicing at the table, but a takeaway? What is this madness?
You don't need to be a genius to deduce that lobbing a pizza that was sliced would almost certainly cause it to break apart, meaning it would very quickly be raining cheese & tomato. If the writers wanted it to remain intact, then leaving it unsliced was a simple editorial decision – even if doing so is an unspeakable crime in the eyes of the mighty God Pepperoni.
But in the meticulously crafted world of Breaking Bad, things are rarely just left as they are. In a totally different episode, Badger turns up at Jesse's party with a pile of pizzas – all of them unsliced, just like the one the notorious meth-maker tossed. In the scene, Jesse questions why they hadn't been cut, which sounded very much like a clever callback intended to clear up any remaining confusion.
As suspected, it was no coincidence. In Vince Gilligan's recent Reddit AMA a curious fan asked, "Was Badger and Skinny Pete's conversation at Jesse's party about the pizzas not being sliced written in after the fact to explain how Walter's pizza landed on the roof intact? Everyone knows a sliced pizza would have come apart."
Gilligan's response cleared up an lingering doubt once and for all:
"Yes! We had a long discussion before we shot the pizza on the roof scene about whether or not the pizza should be sliced—because, as all you physicists know, a thrown, sliced pizza would come apart due to centrifugal force or angular momentum (or something like that). And yet, you're right: no self-respecting pizza parlor sells an unsliced pizza. So we figured we needed to explain it (in the "They pass the savings on to you" scene), or else face our audience's righteous wrath!"
If only every show on the telly had the same approach to loose ends.


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Hello Everyone!
What do you do with all those old records that are just laying around? Well, today I decided to turn some of them into a really cute chalkboard. BTW- I have a ton of records so be prepared for a lot more record tutorials, lol.
You can check out the video on how I did it.
This is such an easy tutorial, you can make a few at a time, perfect for dorms, offices, or even gifts.
Primer (I used Kilz 2)
Chalkboard paint (I used the spray paint version)
Clean the record before you get started. I really liked the center of some of the records so I taped over them to protect them from the paint.
The others I just left and painted over the whole thing. I really like both versions.
Then I primed the records. Actually, I just primed 2 of them and just painted the other 2. I think it worked out just fine without the primer, so that is up to you what you want to do.
Then I applied 3-4 coats of chalkboard paint on the record. Do this outside. Follow the instructions on the can they are all a little different.
Once they were fully dry and after 24 hours I conditioned the record by rubbing chalk all over it and cleaning it off. Then they were good to go! Old records repurposed into a really cool chalkboard!
Now, the question I always get asked, is how do you hang the record once you are done. You can use a plate hanger, or velcro command strips, or nail, or screw it in through the hole. Or you can get a picture display stand and out it on your desk. They are a ton of way to display your new record.
I am in love with how this turned out.
What have you made with old records? I am needing some ideas for the stack I have acquired!
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Summer skin danger by MD Thordis Berger
There are two main types of damaging ultraviolet (UV) sunlight: UVA and UVB.
UVA rays penetrate deeper into the skin, damaging the middle layer (known as the dermis) that contains elastic tissues that keep the skin stretchy. The result? All of the effects associated with the aging process... and that includes wrinkles.
UVB rays are absorbed by the top layer of skin, known as the epidermis. This results in the desired sun tanning - but the not-so-good burning. Both UVA and UVB rays increase your risk of developing skin cancer. Getting a sunburn is therefore a warning sign that you are putting yourself at risk.
There are three major types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Most skin cancers are non-melanoma; 75% of those are basal cell carcinomas (BCC) related to sunburn.
Mild and uncomplicated cases of sunburn usually result in minor skin redness and pain - even these mild cases should be taken seriously. If this happens to you, it's best to cover up and get out of the sun immediately. If necessary, cool the burn with cold compresses. Initially, the skin turns red about 2 to 6 hours after exposure and feels irritated - you'll see the peak effects at 12 to 24 hours.
More severe cases can result in severe skin burning and blistering, massive fluid loss (dehydration), electrolyte imbalance, and possibly infection. If a large portion of your body is severely blistered or you have fever or confusion seek medical attention. Blisters should not be scratched or popped as this can lead to infection. Signs of infection include red streaks or pus.
You can reduce your risk of skin cancer by limiting or avoiding exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Checking your skin for suspicious changes can also help detect skin cancer at its earliest stages.
For this reason, even if you have carefully practiced sun safety all summer, it's important to continue being vigilant. Once a month, you should examine your skin head to toe (don't forget your back). Look for new moles and any signs of suspicious growths or any other significant changes. Lesions that change, itch, bleed, or don't heal should be further investigated by your doctor.
The first signs of skin cancer can appear as one or more atypical moles, hence why it's crucial to get to know your skin very well and to recognize any changes in the moles on your body.
For prevention and early detection, get familiarised with the ABCDE signs of skin cancer. If you see one or more, make an appointment with a physician immediately.


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the best prince
(the best ruler), a Thessalonian, (Acts 20:4; 27:2) who accompanied St. Paul on his third missionary journey. (Acts 19:29) He was with the apostle on his return to Asia, (Acts 20:4) and again, Acts 27:2 On his voyage to Rome. We trace him afterwards as St. Paul's fellow prisoner in (Colossians 4:10) and Phle 1:24 […]
-A companion of Paul Ac 19:29; 20:4; 27:2; Col 4:10; Phm 1:24
Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29; 27:2). He was Paul's "fellow-prisoner" at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24).


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Tick Tock.
How did it get so late so soon?
Here I am.
Trapped in the amber of the moment.
There is no why.
There is no how.
The clock ticks and seconds, minutes, hours and days pass by.
There goes a year.
The past increases and the future seems to recede. As the years start to run into each other it seems that my possibilities are no longer limitless.
My regrets are mounting.
What to do?
Time is an unstoppable force.
It is my enemy and it will inevitably defeat me.
I don't stand a chance.
Time is a thief too.
It has robbed me of my youth.
It takes it all.
Whether I want it to or not.
I hate it.
It never does what I want it to do.
Each moment is a paradox of now or never.
It is something that can't be replaced.
Time is a fucker.
I need to remind myself that the future starts today.
Not tomorrow.
The future is in fact only a split second away.
Here it comes now.
Today will die tomorrow.
Time kills it.
It is a murderous son of a bitch.
It is such an unreliable and torturous force as well.
When I was holidaying back in Australia I wanted it to stop but it flew by so fast.
Now I am back in Singapore it has slowed to a crawl.
It is a mysterious substance too.
I can't feel it and I can't touch it - yet it impacts on everything I do.
It has value though.
This unstoppable force.
As I get older I realize that it is the most valuable thing that I can spend. It is the most precious thing there is.
It is so perishable though.
I have been wasteful before but I now need to spend it wisely.
I must not squander it.
If Time were a commodity then Yesterday would be expensive.
Tomorrow would be cheap.
So what then is eternity?
Is it an infinite extension of time or is it a complete absence of time?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It seems to be able to do so many things this Time.
Sometimes it seems to move so rapidly.
Occasionally it seems to stand still.
It always runs out though.
This is what scares me.
I know can't fight it but I don't want to waste it anymore.
I can't afford it.


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None of us need to own art to survive. It's not like food, or shelter or even insurance or a car, but even in a poor economy, there are people that want to buy art and continue to do so. Art feeds the soul, beautifies our surroundings, and enriches our experience of life.
Why do most people buy art? That's the question that you have to ask yourself as an artist when you are in the game of selling your work. You hope to have some people on your team that are asking themselves the same questions, but you have to be sure that you're not letting other people do all the thinking for you.
I think that there are four primary reasons people buy art:
1. status - these are collectors. They may truly appreciate, even love art, but they want to impress
2. decor - these are the people that want to fill a spot on the wall with something beautiful
3. artists that want to look at your work- these are people who know your work, admire it and want to be like you.
4. Investors-people who view your work as an investment. They are also collectors but may have a different viewpoint than the status-seekers.
Let me say that I'm certainly not making a judgment about whether one type of buyer is more worthy than another. All art buying is good art buying. Only that it is useful to know determine the motivations of a buyer to assist you in giving them what they need.
Contrary to, popular belief, the work does not sell itself. You have to identify what kind of potential buyer a person is. Once you've done this you can begin to talk about the work in ways that will make sense to that buyer. For instance, someone who is only interested in filling the space over the couch, probably doesn't care very much about the story behind the piece, but they may be very interested in seeing your portfolio that has photos of your paintings in various interior spaces or learning about the durability of the surface of your painting. It's all about framing the conversation around what your patron needs from the purchase.
An artist who is a potential buyer wants the story, the mystery and the process. They want to hear about the kind of paint you use and how you are a master at using it. They are in awe of the work and your lifestyle and they want it too. They want a little piece of you.
Someone interested in status may be a competitive buyer and wants the price reassuringly high, but still may want to feel like they made a smart buy. They probably would like to see your list of accolades and resume. They may even want to visit your studio or be reassured by a dazzling gallery. They want to easily understand the work, so when their friends ask them about their new acquisition, they can intelligently speak to it. "This artist's work is about the water" or "This artist's work is about using a blow torch on metal". It can mean different things to different people, but patrons want the words to explain the work and you have to give those words to them.
Folks who buy art for an investment are usually in the upper echelans of art buyers. They buy from galleries or directly from established artist they have a relationship with, but you never know when a discerning patron could look at your work and feel that you will be an up and coming artist, an artist to "watch".
You've got to quickly make a determination about what kind of buyer is interested and have all the tools available to help you answer their questions, remove their reservations and then make them feel wonderful about the purchase they're about to make! You've got to give them more than something they like, but rather something they love, whatever their reason for buying.
Lastly, I don't believe that selling your work is somehow contrary to making the art, that it somehow taints and commercializes it. The fact of the matter is, if you want to be a working artist, if you want to make more art, you have to sell it. Being a good doctor and getting paid for it, doesn't diminish your status as a doctor, nor should getting paid for being a good artist, diminish your status as an artist.
Best of luck!!


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(Reuters) - Second-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic and third seed Sara Errani of Italy were both bundled out of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on Friday in gripping quarter-final upsets.
Rising Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard, a semi-finalist at the Australian Open in January, continued her rousing run at the tournament as she ousted Jankovic 6-3 4-6 6-3 after a match lasting just over two hours.
Bouchard, who beat former world number one Venus Williams in the previous round, won five of the last six games to book her place in the final four, where she will meet Andrea Petkovic, the 14th seed.
"I knew in the second set my game wasn't where I wanted it to be," Bouchard told reporters.
"She (Jankovic) did a good job of stepping in and controlling, and she changes directions a lot, so I was really on the run.
"That's not where I want to be most of the time. I needed to get back to my game. I had to move forward. It was important to have short-term memory."
Germany's Petkovic, who ousted compatriot and 2009 champion Sabine Lisicki in the third round, advanced to the semi-finals with a 6-3 1-6 6-1 victory over Czech Lucie Safarova.
Also going through to the semi-finals was 17-year-old Swiss qualifier Belinda Bencic, who stunned third-seeded Errani 4-6 6-2 6-1.
Bencic, ranked 140th in the world, broke her opponent's serve seven times in the last two sets to reach her first WTA semi-final.
The quarter-final between Bouchard and Jankovic featured two of the most athletic movers in the women's game and the pair slugged it out with a dazzling display of marathon rallies and brilliant retrieving.
"I tried my best out there, but it just wasn't enough," Jankovic said, before praising her opponent.
"She's very solid. She stays so low and takes your balls so early off the ground, so even if you hit hard, she just picks them up so easily and kind of directs them. That's her biggest strength."
Bencic will meet Jana Cepelova after the Slovakian continued the upset theme by bouncing compatriot Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-1 in 74 minutes in the last quarter-final.
Ranked 78th in the world, Cepelova is searching for her first career title and won almost 70 percent of her first serve points to take out the 32nd ranked Hantuchova.
Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Gene Cherry


text: Things I really dislike: feminist writers who criticize a work of art/entertainment because it doesn't fit with their view of a multidimensional women who want more than just marriage and babies. Real life doesn't conform by what is "right" and art most certainly is not a place to sell the one and only truth. I hope to G-d women don't go to a sitcom to know about their reproductive options. Which reminds me, I need to watch an episode of New Girl, even if Zooey is still the main character, Shmidt and Winston make up for it.


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I don't know. If I'm honest about it, it feels weird. But one of those weirds that is based in curiosity and interest and the unsettled feeling running through me is foreign, but not unwelcome. This is the second day – it's not even enough of a trend to feel like it might take root into a habit.
I used to think I would exercise more if it made me feel something other than discomfort. I don't know why today, as I was traipsing around my bedroom to an oddball playlist and a muted Leslie Sansone 2-mile walk, I thought..this feels good. And then, out of the surprise of that, I thought back through the general sense of exercise experiences in my life. Most of them have been fraught with the same kind of fear that informs my driving/life anxiety and panic. I recall some gym class where we asked to do situps and other physical activities and needed to do a particular number in a stipulated amount of time. Running a mile in fifteen. I would come face to face with these tests and find my muscles shivering. I thought there was something really fucked up with me. Everyone else could do it and my stomach shook and got stiff and refused to pull me up. I remember this as scary, as shaming, as embarrassing. Just don't do it and the feeling stops. The fluttering, elevated heart rate needed to be slowed – nobody can live at that speed! The idea that you just needed to strengthen the muscle didn't occur to me and no one mentioned that I was fine, I just needed work a bit more and strengthen up. My body was, and is, this traitorous pedestal for my thoughts. Pushing it to do more risked it turning off all together. Not unlike Amelie's incorrect and uninformed diagnosis from her father that she had an irregular heartbeat and that exertion was a potentially fatal risk, I decided for myself that I didn't have a body meant for full bore living.
I don't imagine this is a unique experience – being shaped by the first sensation that your body is different and doesn't necessarily behave the way everyone else's does. I do think that my reaction might be a bit off the bell curve. Over the years, I'd pick up exercise programs and throw myself into them with no premeditation. When I got lightheaded doing something gentle like yoga, I thought, stupidly, viscerally, out of the powerful, out of whack pituitary that it reinforced the truth. Then, my self-identified Emily Dickinson-inspired writerhood has no room in its mythos for sweaty armpits and
Exercise can't be fun if you're doing it on a knife's edge. If it's an all or nothing proposition of skinny, rock-hard muscles training for marathons that would explode your heart with its intensity or laying very still and waiting for death…I thought for a long time that, by necessity, by logical standards, I had to pick the latter every time. Nobody was putting that choice in front of me, but that's how I saw it.
Today…did not feel that way. Today's half an hour felt bouncy and buoyant and let's go, let's go, let's go! That 30 minutes felt the same as ten. I felt like I could keep going. It felt like a brief, natural high where all my worries and griefs could be shifted to one side.
And we have another walk planned in an hour or two for the dogs and I feel fine about that. More walking means, I think, more ice cream and dried apples and more of whatever I eat for dinner after this morning's lengthy attempt to make huevos rancheros needlessly complicated.
And writing! There's time and energy to write now. I feel several percentage points clearer in my skull.
This is good! Remember this when tomorrow I'm made of custard and hate everything. Remember this when I can't remember my ability to crawl out of bed.
I am always trying to measure and control and reduce excessive excitement. If I start believing in something, especially related to my own dreams and influence over them, it'll boil over and come to nothing. I miss the bubbling. The OH SHIT, this is possible. I keep doing this, I give myself more security over my health, not less. My little year-end secret knickers project for myself becomes more viable.
Come here with me, into my little teapot. Here there is a roaring tempest and the storm cries: It's good! It's good! It's good!


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Bud mellows: Legendary coach Grant prefers indoor games
MINNEAPOLIS — Legendary coach Bud Grant had his best seasons when the Vikings played outdoors at Metropolitan Stadium, but he actually would have preferred being indoors.
Sunday's high temperature in the Twin Cities is projected to be 15 degrees with a low of minus-7. But it will be warm indoors for the divisional playoff.
"If had a choice, I'd rather play indoors, of course,'' Grant said. "But we played outdoors. We practiced outdoors because we played outdoors, and we didn't have to worry about it. Other teams had to worry about it because we were here and we did it every day. But I don't think there was an advantage. Everybody is slipping on the field or if the field is hard, everybody suffers from that.''
Grant coached the Vikings from 1967-83 and in 1985. His teams played outdoors during his first 15 seasons and indoors at the Metrodome his last three.
The Vikings made their only four Super Bowl appearances while playing outdoors, but Grant said that was because they then had better teams. He believes playing outdoors can be somewhat of an equalizer for the lesser team.
"If we were a better team, we didn't want the elements,'' Grant said. "If you have a better team, you'd rather have better conditions.''
Johnson seeks sack
Vikings defensive tackle Tom Johnson didn't get to hit quarterback Drew Brees in practice when he played for the Saints from 2011-13. He'll get that chance Sunday.
"I want to get a hit, I want to get a sack, I want to get a win,'' Johnson said.
In two previous Minnesota games against New Orleans, Johnson has yet to sack Brees. In Week 1, he had a sack on Brees that was nullified by a roughing-the-passer call, which Johnson disputed.
"He's Drew Brees, so they want to call the flag on it," Johnson said.
- Xavier Rhodes wasn't surprised at recently being named first-team All-Pro at cornerback. What jumped out was also being named to the second team at defensive back. "I was surprised,'' he said. "I didn't know you could do that.'' Overall, Rhodes said, "I was pretty excited I was able to get those accolades.''
- Vikings long snapper Kevin McDermott expects to be ready for the start of spring drills after having surgery Monday to repair a labrum. McDermott, whose season ended because of a dislocated left shoulder suffered Dec. 23 at Green Bay, said the procedure will prevent his shoulder from popping out. He said his arm will be in a sling until mid-February but he will be able to do movement exercises.