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For Sale by Owner
Many people like to look at all the options that are available to them when it comes time to sell a home. Some like the idea of listing their home with a professional while others are interested in going down the road which is commonly referred to as 'For Sale By Owners' (FSBO).
While many people feel there are clear advantages to selling their own home others realize that that is not necessarily the case. There are numerous points to consider when weighing your options.
- The Real Estate Market: The market is constantly changing and a REALTOR® keeps up to date on those changing housing and financial market trends, current inventory, supply and demand within each of the market areas and further statistics that can be ever so important when making decisions.
- Bargain Hunters: Private sales attract bargain hunters who expect to pay less. Since the seller and buyer are each trying to save commission they are usually quite far apart before they have even started their negotiations! Many buyers simply assume that they should reduce the cost of the home by 5-6% and that is before additional negotiations would even have begun.
- Pricing Your Home: Some sellers ask too little, others ask too much. Once a house sits unsold for too long it becomes stale. Often sellers are forced to reduce the price and may have to accept less money for their home than they would have received had they started at the right price originally. There are many factors in pricing a home and again they involve current market trends, unsold inventory, location, condition, size/updates, and the number of buyers on the market. A REALTOR® will use a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) or evaluation to help the seller identify the right price to ask.
- How many buyers are actually contracted with a REALTOR®? Approximately 60% of all buyers are already contracted and working with a REALTOR®. Most buyers who are moving from another home already have an agent they are working with who has now sold their home. Who are they going to use? Their REALTOR® is their trusted advisor. Many REALTORS® will still consider taking their clients to see a FSBO, however many of those REALTORS® have had uncomfortable or even terrible experiences dealing with home owners who do not always stand by their word.
A REALTOR® must carry Errors and Omissions Insurance which provides an understanding that a REALTOR® must act in accordance with the laws of the Real Estate and Business Brokerage Act. A FSBO does not have insurance and thereby has no protection.
Much of a real estate company's business comes from corporate relocations or personal referrals between offices across the country. These buyers seldom have the time or knowledge to deal directly with owners. This market of qualified buyers who may have been perfect for your home, may be unavailable to private sellers.
- Qualifying Buyers: It is very possible that a complete stranger will come up to you at your home, ring the doorbell and ask to see your home. What if the stranger has no real interest, does not have the money, cannot even qualify for a mortgage and is even possibly there for alternative reasons? A REALTOR® qualifies their buyers, before even setting up appointments.
- Handling Inquiries 24/7: It's common that many showings on a home can be requested with little notice or when you are at work or planning an event with your family. When marketing the home yourself you have to understand that you need to be available when the buyer wants to see your home. Any time you are not available your home is effectively 'off the market' and you may not get that second chance to show! At Royal LePage Team Realty we're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with 24 hour pager assistance. This means that we know when a request has been made for a showing on your property and we are there to handle all inquiries, field any potential calls and qualify buyers.
- Staging: Most homeowners are quite attached to their homes as they have usually poured a lot of time and attention to making their house a home. Our own personal tastes are usually reflected in our homes. These tastes are not necessarily the best when it comes to selling your home. By having the introduction of a 'home stager', it is statistically proven that you will sell your home quicker and at a higher price than those that have not had any staging. A home stager is a person who prepares a house so that it is ready for sale. REALTORS® get to know what buyers are looking for. My stager consultation is complimentary to you when you list with me to ensure that your home shows superior to the others.
- Multiple Listing Service (MLS): This system provides a vast networking of thousands and thousands of prospective buyers, many who may not be living anywhere near your home. Most buyers are very tech savvy and rely on the MLS system to keep them up to date on all the latest activity. A FSBO does not have the ability to reach nearly as many potential buyers.
- Legal Content, Negotiating and Offers: Offers are written on legally binding contracts that are there to help protect the buyers and the sellers. The last thing you want or need is a sale to fall thru at the last minute because of incorrect paperwork. A REALTOR® is trained to understand the legal documents. Additionally, emotions can sometimes play into the negotiation process and a sellers objectivity and judgment can become clouded when the negotiations are reaching critical stages. Your REALTOR® has the ability to be impartial and professional and still look out for your best interests.


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She brings lemonade for her man, and water for the horses. Is it any different than when I bring my husband a beer while he's working on his Jeep on a hot day?
This is another painting for Karin Jurick's Different Strokes From Different Folks painting challenge. This time we're in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I've never been to Lancaster County, but my ancestral roots run deep there. I'm only a couple of generations removed from making quilts instead of paintings.
A few images captured along the way:
I've got to admit that empty landscapes don't hold my interest. Maybe because I'm a city girl, they seem sad and lonely, like empty stage sets waiting for the actors to bring them to life. That's not to say that I don't appreciate other artist's landscapes – some painters do fabulous things with dirt and sky! I just feel that if I want to enjoy this painting, I need to add some people. Amish people.
I use Photoshop to layer images together so I have only a single reference to work from. I was envisioning a farmer working the fields, and luckily I had photos I'd taken of a man with some horses at the state fair last summer. With a little makeover he might pass for Amish, so I traveled to Google Land to look for tips on clothes, hats, and beards. A lot of their fabrics are blue or purple – I wonder what kind of dye they're using? Must be a natural plant dye. My guy's going to get a nice purple shirt, because I love purple.
This time I'm painting on a bright yellow/orange/red background. The yellows will help the transparent greens to glow, and the complementary red and orange will help tone down the greens.
Blocking in the colors. I'm trying hard NOT to cover all that orange. I need some peeking through for interest.
Here I've added the Amish women.
The horizontal lines in the field have been changed to sweeping curves to show the woman's path. Also, I'm hoping it helps show that we're on a hill.
I don't know why, but this exhausted me! Nothing seemed to go right, and I really struggled with the horses and the man. By the time I got to painting the landscape details, I realized I was out of time. Karin's deadline for the DSFDF challenge is in a couple of hours, so I'm calling it done and submitting it. Maybe later I'll go back and fix a couple of things, like the man's shirt and hat.
Very beautiful job on this. Very vibrant and tells a great little story.
Glad you got in under the wire!
This is a wonderful painting, and I LOVE how it tells a story! I struggled with what to put in the foreground on my rendition too. I didn't even think of the Amish – what a marvelous choice!!!
So amazing! Your paintings always take my breath away!
This is just lovely! Beautiful colors and a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing your process.
Beautiful and wonderful interpretation! Tells a great story of strength and care.
Thanks for taking us on your "journey" with this beautiful painting. Quite inspirational and such a unique entry!
I like how you incorporated the Amish farmers and horses into your landscape and also your demonstration. Beautiful job!
So very nicely done. Seems like it could be a mural from the depression era. Thanks for posting your step-by-step as well; very instructive!
I particularly liked this entry for DSFDF – you captured the heart of Amish County in Pennsylvania, and this tells a wonderful story. Very nice!
Thank you for posting your process photos. It is very interesting to see how your painting developed. I love seeing the orange and red peek through.
great piece very nice addition to the picture. Beautiful
The Amish farmer and his team make this painting a real "stand out" on the DSFDF!
Thanks for showing the development.
Wow, Leslie…your interpretation is a real work of art. I get a real sense of a narrative with this piece…bravo!
Very nice. I enjoy the use of orange and the progression. Thank you very much.
amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing your process too! You continue to be one of my favorite artists.

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Last night we had settled in for the evening when lights appeared on the horizon. It's unusual for cruisers to move into an anchorage at night because you can't see hazards and distances are hard to judge in the dark. The lights of four incoming boats got our attention. We could soon see much more of the newcomers than we wanted too as they entered the anchorage and set up shop.
Three mega yachts and one medium power yacht all dropped anchor in the middle of the cove making a rough circle around Pura Vida. Music snapped on and party time commenced.
Turns out the medium size yacht was the "kitchens". Fast dinghys ran between it and the three large, luxurious yachts. It was too dark to see clothing but we felt comfy making the assumption that it was staff doing the running.
The whole thing was bizarre. We felt like interlopers crashing a ritzy party and unable to leave. Fortunately they were well behaved partiers and other than running generators all night and dropping the hook uncomfortably close there were no consequences to this bizzare invasion. It was an interesting, up close look at how the other half uses their boats!
My camera doesn't take good photos in the dark, so I don't have any images of the invasion, but our friend from another boat took a photo of Pura Vida that I just love, so I'm posting it here.


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Many businesses struggle with investing in better backup and recovery software, according to the Data Center Journal. Either because of cost or already having a working solution, many cannot justify the additional expense of investing those funds in improving storage. However, without adequate disaster recovery, large amounts of data could be wasted when disaster strikes. But why does this expense need to be justified in the first place? For any company or group, its data is the fundamental force behind successful operations, but some executives are still unwilling to allocate the right budgets to protect that data.
According to the news source, there are a variety of solutions to help IT professionals justify investing in new backup and recovery services to CIOs and other business decision-makers.
One problem that many companies encounter is that decision-makers look for the return on investment (ROI) on everything, and disaster recovery doesn't have one. By looking at DR as an insurance policy, rather than part of the bottom line, this may help a company make more informed investment decisions regarding the protection of its data.
Additionally, backup can come with some serious costs, but improving technology through online backup in the cloud or virtualization of servers, for example, can help keep those costs down. IT professionals can also use public data to help outline the costs of data loss and how reliable disaster recovery software can help negate those costs, potentially saving a business millions of dollars an hour. The average retail company can lose up to $1.1 million every hour that its systems are down, according to the news source.
By analyzing the ways to save on DR, and the costs of not having adequate protection, a business can more easily justify the expense of improving its solutions and protect itself against almost any emergency that might arise.


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SAO PAULO, Brazil — There was a slight breeze on an otherwise warm afternoon and just beyond the giant black and white murals of Brazilian soccer legends was a colorful skyline, featuring apartment buildings, lime, peach and sky blue. A trio of players — including an American and a German — bounced a ball back and forth, until the entire team huddled together to begin practice. Back home, the sport has overtaken traditional pastimes such as wrestling and weightlifting in popularity.
"They have unbelievable talent," a former coach said. "I can really only compare it to Brazil. Kids are playing on the streets, people are passionate about the game. It is their lives. They live with it every day."
Only this group isn't Brazilian. In fact, Iran's national team is uniformly regarded as one of the worst in this World Cup. It has little funding and even less stability. Many oddsmakers slapped Iran with the longest odds of any of the 32 teams in the tournament, as high as 1,500-to-1 — on par with or a hair worse than Costa Rica and Honduras.
It's a ragtag bunch featuring a Portuguese head coach and an American assistant, goalkeeping coach Dan Gaspar. Fourteen of the 23 players play in Iran, while others come from leagues in Kuwait and Qatar, as well as two from the English Premier League and one from Major League Soccer.
Iran was once anointed a charter member of the "Axis of Evil" by President George W. Bush, but on the pitch, international politics are checked at the door. As are egos.
"On our team, we don't have key players or stars such as [Lionel] Messi or [Cristiano] Ronaldo," Ali Kafashian, president of the Iranian Football Federation, said this week. "The main factor of our team is unity. They're together."
Despite its long list of woes, Iran enters today's showdown against a powerful Argentine team with a point in hand, tied for second in Group F despite an opening match that brought rounds of jeers from the stands. Iran tied Nigeria, 0-0, on Monday, relying on a conservative strategy that packs players on the defensive end and barely acknowledges the goal on the opposite end. Iran had just three shots on goal in the game.
"We're known for our defending," said defender Steven Beitashour, who was born in San Jose to Iranian parents and plays professionally with Vancouver of MLS. "We might not have 20 chances like some other teams. We might just have three, four, five chances."
It's a strategy for the desperate, but Iranian players and coaches make no illusions about who they are. They're the top-ranked Asian team in the World Cup field (No. 43 in the latest FIFA rankings) and lost only twice in their qualifying run. They don't allow many chances but they don't take many either.
"You have to judge our players not as players from Liverpool, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona or Corinthians," Iran Coach Carlos Queiroz said, "but as players that play in an amateur league."
Queiroz's is the biggest name on the roster. He had stints on the coaching staff at Manchester United and Real Madrid and was once considered a contender to lead the U.S. men's team. Iran is the third team the 61-year old Queiroz has brought to the World Cup, but this experience has been markedly different than coaching South Africa (2002) or Portugal (2010). Even before Iran takes the field Saturday against Argentina, Queiroz has already decided he'll be coaching somewhere else four years from now.
"They don't have enough governmental support," he told the Portuguese newspaper Publico this week, "and, it seems clear to me, they'll stop having effective interest, because of a lack of finances, in maintaining the work done at the national team level."
Funding has been a constant source of frustration, and the federation says it has been unable to collect money from foreign-based sponsors due to international sanctions. Those sanctions have also forced the soccer team to compete in a bubble of sorts, as it has been unable to schedule quality international competition in recent years and become isolated from much of the soccer world.
The team had to cancel a training camp in Portugal before the tournament, plus a friendly match against Ghana, because of budget constraints. Media reports before the tournament suggested the team ordered cut-rate uniforms, instructing players to wash them in cold water to avoid shrinking and, in a break from tradition, to refrain from exchanging tops with opposing players. Team officials deny this, however.
Regardless, the list of needs is long: a better domestic league, proper pitches, better facilities, qualified coaches and, in every area, more money.
Resources have apparently not kept pace with a growing passion back home. This is only Iran's fourth World Cup. It has managed just one win in 10 games on the sport's biggest stage — memorably topping the U.S. team, 2-1, in 1998. In Tehran, the celebration spilled over into the streets when Iran formally qualified for this World Cup, and thousands of fans are traveling with the team in Brazil.
With a large talent pool, Iran has "unlimited potential to turn the corner and compete at the highest level," said Omid Namazi, an Iranian assistant from 2011 to '14 who recently joined the U.S. women's national team staff. But the exposure from this World Cup will likely have a limited impact.
"I don't believe this will change football in Iran, in general," Namazi said. "In order for it to change, they need to really invest in infrastructure, youth academies, coaches, training, educating the fans, new stadiums, new pitches. There's a lot that needs to be done."
More from the World Cup:
Follow all of Friday's action on the World Cup live blog
Costa Rica shocks Italy to advance to knockout round
Reviewing the Colombian team's dance moves
Altidore officially ruled out of U.S.-Portugal match
Suarez and Uruguay put England on the brink of elimination
John Brooks of U.S. rises from obscurity with winning goal vs. Ghana
Ghosts of 1950 loss to Uruguay still haunt many in Brazil
Isolated Amazon city of Manaus celebrates its World Cup spotlight


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Light Night Leeds is back on the 10 & 11 October and there are 5 installations that I think are totally instagram worthy!
If you don't already know, Light Night Leeds is the biggest annual arts and light festival in the whole of the UK. Pretty impressive! Artists from all over the world help to transform the city by showcasing their illuminating works. It's a true feast for the eyes, and this year the mind, body and spirit too, which is their celebratory theme for 2019.
Taking over indoor and outdoor spaces across the city, you can enjoy interactive installations, projections, music, dance and parades. It's big, it's busy and it's beautiful. And I'm not ashamed to admit I attend for the instagram worthy pieces. I'm a true millennial. So here's my top five insta ops:
1. With Love
A gigantic red heart has appeared outside Leeds Town Hall. I imagine this will be a tricky solo shot to get due to popularity but either way it's bound to look dreamy. You can interact with it too and get a lasting musical memory from this love(ly) installation. As a couple, get your beats per minute measured and turned into a familiar love song. Read more here.
2. Wave Field
A light up, musical seesaw at Victoria Gate. YES PLEASE. Tap into your inner child and pair up with a family member, friend or stranger to create wonderful harmonies together. The more visitors who take part, the richer the sound. I'm picturing lots of fun instagram shots/videos as well as a gorgeous aerial. Read more here.
3. Lightbattle X
I love a friendly battle. I'm pretty competitive. This bicycle challenge over on Briggate asks visitors to pedal as fast as they can in a bid to push their light the furthest. Laughs galore I think. Cool, action shots are a must. Read more here.
4. Voyage
I'm always wowed by water based installations – the way lights bounce and move is mesmerising. This colourful light show decorates Leeds Dock with over 100 illuminated origami boats. You can even interact with the boats by connecting to the Voyage WIFI network and logging into voyage.com. Magical landscape photography will look stunning on any instagram page. Read more here.
5. Angels of Freedom
And last, but certainly not least, you HAVE to get that angelic wing shot. Five beautiful angels have descended on Victoria Gardens, each boasting their own unique colour changing wings. Prove you're a true angel and gain your wings and halo by posing next to these heavenly beings.
So, who's charging up their camera and cleaning off their mobile lenses ready to get their instagram worthy shots at this year's Light Night Leeds?
Find out more about the event here
Here's 10 things I thought were unmissable at Leeds Light Night 2017
Photo credit: Leeds Light Night website


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Designed for early career nutritionists and industry professionals seeking a more comprehensive foundation in dairy cattle nutrition principles, this course blends classroom-based instruction with practical skill development. This course is a collaboration between Cornell University and W.H. Miner Agricultural Institute.
- Agronomy, forage quality, and silage management
- Feed bunk management
- Carbohydrates, protein and amino acid nutrition
- Calf and heifer nutrition
- Nutrition and environmental components
- Transition cow nutrition and management
- Miner Institute Dairy Center Round Robins
Dr. Larry Chase – Cornell University
Dr. Heather Dann – Miner Institute
Dr. Pascal Drouin – Lallemand/Miner Institute
Dr. Rick Grant – Miner Institute
Dr. Sabrina Greenwood – University of Vermont
Joe Lawrence – Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY
Sarah Morrison – Miner Institute
Dr. Tom Overton – Cornell University
Dr. Kristan Reed – Cornell University
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh – Cornell University
June 3 – 6, 2019
Miner Institute
586 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY 12921
This course is limited to 70 participants and will fill quickly! Pre-registration is required to reserve your spot, so don't delay!
Registration Fees
$650 per person
Includes lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday, dinner on Monday and Wednesday, refreshment breaks and course materials. Course fee does not include hotel accommodations.
This course will fill fast so register today!


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Cultural Understanding Through Art & the Environment: Dietrich Varez Block Printing with Desiree Moana Cruz
***In-person classes are temporarily postponed. Please visit our Virtual Classroom to take Hawaiian Botanical Printing with Desiree!
First Mondays from 11am -1pm at Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village
VAC's Legacy Program has inspired a new series of Hawaiian Values Printmaking Classes. Using a collection of donated linoleum block prints by Dietrich and his wife Linda, participants can witness the direct connection between the natural environment and Hawaiian principles and values. Instructed by Desiree Cruz.
Following the guided Niaulani forest walk, guests can ink carved linoleum-block prints depicting flora and fauna found in the diverse Hawaiian rainforest environment.
These programs are supported by the County of Hawai'i Research and Development Office. Registration is not required and a $10 supply fee applies. Please call (808) 967-8222 for more information.


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Virginie Gosselin
Photography - Editing
Blessed with vast technical skills, a flair for style and a talent for rendering beauty, Virginie is an extremely talented photographer, capable of rising to any challenge. Thanks to her listening skills, her attention to detail and her ability to work within a team, Virginie leads her projects with an energy that is both serene and effective, to create vibrant and catchy visuals.
Born into a family of craft cheesemakers in Quebec's Montérégie region, Virginie studied photography at Dawson College and combined her two life passions—photography and local gastronomy—to become a leading culinary photographer. Her love for good food allows her to transform each culinary creation into attractive and appetizing images.
Rewarded with several local and international prizes, Virginie is blessed with vast technical skills, a flair for style and a talent for rendering beauty. As an extremely versatile photographer, she is capable of rising to any challenge. In addition to her specialization, Virginie also does product, advertising and editorial photography.
On set, she keeps her hands busy both photographing and delicately positioning every detail of the picture, in constant pursuit of perfection. Resourceful « handywoman », Virginie conceives all sorts of accessories for her project herself. If she doesn't find what she seeks, she will construct it with pleasure.
Thanks to her listening skills, her attention to detail and her ability to work within a team, Virginie leads her projects with an energy that is both serene and effective, to create vibrant and catchy visuals.
- Le Creuset, Still life, Applied Arts, 2019
- Atelier Make, Still life, Applied Arts 2019
- Jatoba, Arts de la table, prix Lux, 2019
- Igloofest, Évènementiel, prix Lux, 2018
- À la recherche du goût, Arts de la table, prix Lux, 2018
- Intemporelle, Recherche personnelle, prix Lux, 2018
- Rendez-Vous, Nature morte, prix Lux 2018
- Piknic Electronik, Ad, Communication Arts, 2017
- Piknic Electronik, Grand prix Lux, 2017
- Piknic Electronik, Still Life, Applied Arts, 2017
- Piknic Electronik, Conceptual, Applied Arts, 2017
- Hrafntinnusker, Paysage et nature, Lux, 2017
- Cheese book, Best in the World, 2016
- Livre Au Gré Des Champs, Lux, 2016
- Food photography, Applied Arts, 2016
- Food photography, Applied Arts, 2015
- "Young Blood", Applied Arts, 2014
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If you're dumb enough to believe the world will end on Dec. 21, as the Mayans have predicted, then you just might be dumb enough to spend that down payment you've been saving for a new house to enjoy your last day on Earth.
San Francisco's Hotel Adagio is hoping you will "live life to the fullest" during this last night on Earth at the Union Square boutique hotel on Dec. 21 for a price that'll probably kill most people anyway. figuratively speaking: $122,112.
See also: Harold Camping Apologizes for There Still Being a World
Here's what you will get in this no-telling-what-tomorrow-brings package:
And if the world doesn't end, you will wake up to one thing every San Franciscan longs for, and that's free parking. But then reality will kick in: You'll have to check out and drive home, probably with a hangover that'll make you wish the world had come to an end.


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As 2019 chugs to a close, it is time to look at the top client reporting utilities currently fueling business intelligence reporting for marketing agencies.
The implementation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has redefined how data is gathered and used online within the union. The law has left marketers worldwide, shifting uncomfortably in their seats and raises concerns about the efficacy of third-party data ad targeting, as agencies rethink their clients' marketing strategies.
Imposing explicit laws on how businesses obtain and handle personal data online within the EU territory, the GDPR targets practices such as Dynamic Marketing, which allows businesses to set flexible service and product prices based on market demand trends and provides a perfect example of marketing tactics which will be result in heavy fines.
The GDPR outlaws and polices such strategies in the interest of protecting public privacy. It ensures that fair marketing practices are employed by all businesses, local or foreign, operating within the region. Businesses that acquire and utilize information in this territory by employing and deploying non-compliant protocols, face hefty fines if caught.
Despite the imposing presence of the "new sheriff in town," for agencies and their clients, the need to translate online data into actionable information is still a front-and-center priority and creative strategic approaches will demand tip-top, agile and comprehensive reporting utilities to effectively respond to the legislation.
Here are 15 top client reporting tools, currently used by agencies.
- SMhack
SMhack comes with a rich set of reports for marketing agencies. You can add all your client's social media profiles and organize them into groups. You will be able to create white-labelled reports for your clients across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Features : Reporting across multiple social profiles with in-depth reports, White Labelled Reports, Social media scheduling and more.PROs : The most cost effective reporting solution for marketing agencies. Flexible customer success team that helps you create the right reporting template for your client. White labelled reports for your clients.
CONS: The reporting solution is only for social media profiles. However, they can add other reports quickly into the tool if it is critical for your client.
- Price Range: $9/month
- 7-day trial version available for testing
Megalytic leads the pack with its feature-rich service offering. It lets users create fully-integrated, customized dashboards by importing data from various platforms such as Google Analytics, AdWords, Facebook or spreadsheets.
Features: White label packages, branded cover sheets, AdWords PPC tracking, SEO metrics and more.
Pros: An extensive collection of user-friendly widgets allows honing reports to reflect client specific KPIs. Multiple drop-down menus facilitate easy navigation between clients and data sources within dashboards.
Cons: No telephonic support available. App is exclusively web-based and not supported by mobile platforms.
- Price Range: $39.99 – $399.98/month.
- 14-day trial version available for testing.
TapClicks provides cloud-based reporting solutions. With over 150 third-party integrations, it delivers analytics and management tools for elegant and efficient client reporting.
Features: API, ad hoc reporting, data filtering, drag and drop interface, third-party integration and more.
Pros: This user-friendly interface provides feature rich dashboards that are super customizable and easy to deploy.
Cons: Pricing is a quite steep and the utility is not supported on mobile devices.
- Priced from: $250/month for a Basic package
- 14-day trial version available for testing.
AgencyAnalytics provides SEO, PPC, social, email, review and call tracking dashboards with interactive visual analytics reporting.
Features: Scheduled reporting, user management, WYSIWYG report editor, client dashboards and much more.
Pros: Great templates available and the awesome Marketing Overview option gives comprehensive KPI insights. Drag and drop dashboard creation adds to the overall excellent usability of this app.
Cons: Delivery is exclusively web-based and not available for iPhone, Android or Windows Phone.
- Priced from: $49 – $499/month
- 14-day trial version available for testing.
Klipfolio offers real-time data visualization of analytics on web browsers, mobile devices and TV monitors. Hassle-free connectors facilitate easy importing of data from numerous sources, both online and off-line.
Features: unlimited users, direct file upload from PC or network, secure connection to SQL databases, effective visualizations and many more.
Pros: The platform is user-friendly with excellent data source integration. It was a breeze to navigate, with flexible architecture and a variety of themes that provide slick data visualizations. Multi-platform delivery is available on web, iPhone and Android.
Cons: Windows Phone not supported.
- Priced from: $29 – $199/month
- 14-day trial version available for testing.
Databox offers real-time business analytics reporting builds reports based on KPIs pulled from various data sources such as cloud services, spreadsheets, and databases.
Features: Daily scorecards, weekly summaries, mobile alerts, annotations and more.
Pros: The user-friendly interface is super-responsive and easy to navigate. Anywhere-anytime access to data is facilitated by Databox's multi-platform delivery on web, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone platforms.
Cons: Databox is very hard to fault as the app really delivers in every area.
- Priced from: $0 – $248/month
- No trial software as free membership is available.
Raven Tools offer a WYSIWYG reporting platform with comprehensive SEO tools and White Label marketing reports.
Features: Comprehensive reports cover everything from site audits, keywords and competitor research, backlink analysis and link spy to PPC, social, email, and call tracking.
Pros: Multi-platform delivery for a web, Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone platform allows nifty on-the-go accessibility for busy marketers.
Cons: Only available on web.
- Priced from: $39 – $399/month
- 14-day free trial version available for testing.
Wordsmith for Marketing is created by Automated Insights and promises delivery of automated reports.
Features: White-labeled client reports spanning SEO, advertising, social media and content marketing.
Pros: A key feature is the use of natural language generation (NGL) which makes reports easy to digest even for non-technical users.
Cons: The website does not provide adequate information and potential users will have to request a demo to find out more and test the utility.
- Priced from: $1000/month and includes up to 500 reports
- Fee Structure: monthly subscription service.
- No trial version available, but a demo can be requested.
Data Hero creates beautiful data visualizations with comprehensive integration across numerous data sources.
Pros: The platform offers drag-and-drop ease for creating your KPI dashboards and users can easily access and assimilate data from various platforms such as Google Analytics, Hubspot, Facebook Ads and more.
Cons: The app is not available on mobile devices.
- Priced from: $49 – $99 per month
- 14-day free trial available for testing the Team offer.
DashThis is a web-based platform for digital marketing reporting.
Pros: Pre-built templates and preset widgets create reports for the most commonly used KPIs.
Cons: Navigation within the app is not great and requires some training to employ all features. There are no video tutorials on the site which will add to the novice's frustration.
- Priced from: $33 – $499 per month
- 15-day free trial of the Professional package with access to 10 dashboards for the trial period.
Dasheroo is a great utility for almost any sized marketing operation.
Features: Metrics monitoring and reporting across various channels such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Mailchimp, Instagram and other popular platforms.
Pros: Dasheroo offers excellent value for money with seamless integration and breezy navigation. Operating the app was easy and even a novice can create great looking reports in just a few minutes.
Cons: Customer support is limited to online knowledge base and video tutorials. Excluding features such as charting, report customization, labelling and monitoring allowed developer to simplify the delivery, although some marketers may be disappointed by this. Not available on mobile platforms.
- Priced from: $9 – $69/ month
- Free membership is available here.
Amplitude provides comprehensive product analytics reporting for web and mobile.
Features: A/B testing, API, charting, conversion tracking, dashboards, real-time reporting, financial analysis and many others.
Pros: Excellent visualization and in-app navigation.
Cons: Integration offering is sparse, with only Optimizely and Slack provided for. Pricing is not available on the website.
- Priced from: ±$900/month
- Free subscription options offer limited features while pricing for Growth and Enterprise options is available on request.
- Live demo available for testing.
Funnel gives small to large enterprises, automated marketing data collection with 405 data source integrations and allows for outputting reports to any destination they choose.
Pros: The application allows marketers to build a sophisticated reporting stack. It provides almost limitless data source connections and the user-interface is intuitive and elegant in delivery.
Cons: Subscriptions are pricey, and this is not well positioned for freelancers and small agencies.
- Priced from: $499 – $999 per month
- Free trial is available after you have booked a demo.
Kissmetrics is a web analytics solution geared toward optimizing marketing by helping marketers to understand customer behaviors.
Pros: Kissmetrics has an inexhaustible list of features and integrations but software is difficult to install, and the interface proves somewhat sluggish.
Cons: Deploying the vast array of tools offered will be challenging for even an intermediate user and setup can be quite lengthy.
- Priced from: $500/month for up to 50 000 monthly tracked people.
- Free trial available.
With SEMrush marketers can optimize strategies across SEO, PPC, social media, content and PR disciplines. The toolkit provides digital marketing reporting from SEO and PPC to social media and online advertising research by processing vast amounts of SERP data.
Features: Backlink, keyword, paid traffic and competitor analysis plus rank audits are all included.
Pros: Provides a comprehensive overview of all key website KPIs.
Cons: Prone to crashing during high-volume data exports.
- Priced from: $99 – $399/month
- No trial version available for testing.
Grow BI Dashboards and Dashboard Software helps small and medium businesses to collect, assimilate and access data from multiple and diverse platforms and export it into comprehensive data visualizations and reports.
Features: Sources incorporate spreadsheets, databases and SaaS applications like QuickBooks.
Pros: The application is supported by web and iPhone platforms
Cons: Android and Window Phone platforms not supported.
- Pricing is customized according to your organization's needs.
- Free trial available for testing.
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- Sewing Machine (or needle if you're ambitious and want to do it by hand)
- Black Felt
- Coat Hanger
- Black Thread
Using my sewing machine, I stitched two of the wings together all along the top about 1/4″ in from the edge, and then another stitch about 1/4″ below that curved line. Then I stitched 1/4″ in from the edge all along the edge of the rest of the wing, making sure to leave a space open where the wire will go in between the two upper stitches. Repeat with the other wing.
After both wings were stitched, I took scissors and cleaned up along the edges and make they all look neat and clean.
Next, I took an old coat hanger and straightened it out using pliers. I made a curve in the middle to match the curve on the width of Whiskey's back, where the wings would go. Then I placed one of the finished felt wings down and curved one of the sides of the hanger to match the curve in the fabric. I repeated with the other side. Using wire cutters, I snipped off any excess coat hanger.
To make the belly band to go around Whiskey's back, I measured around his chest, adding 1 inch for overlap. Then I sewed velcro tabs on to make it easy to take it on and off.
This is how the band looks on his chest when put on. Next, I measure along the front of his chest, from the edge where the band is on one side, to where is was on the other side.
I added an inch on one side to sew it into the existing band, and then an inch on the other side for the velcro tab tucked in under the existing band. So it was the front of his chest + 2 inches.
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Tips to Help a Skittish Standard Poodle Feed Better About Houseguests
By: David Codr
Published Date: December 18, 2018
For this Omaha dog training session we helped 1 year-old Standard Poodle Maple by sharing tips to help her get over her barking and skittishness of house guests and fear of visitors to the home.
I knocked pretty hard when I arrived to create a strong response and it worked, maybe too well. For the rest of the session Maple barked, kept her distance and was hesitant to come near me unless I was providing treats.
While I shared dog behavior tips with the family, I strategically tossed treats to Maple, taking care to have them fall in front of her so she had to take at least one step towards me in order to get it. This is a great way to help a dog practice approaching something or someone they are unsure about.
I used a version of this approach to help the dog get over her fear of new people. Actually in Maple's case, id classify it as more of an anxiety of new people. Likely due to under socialization as a puppy and inadvertent rewarding of undesired behaviors.
I shared a number of tips to help the humans start to flip the leader follower dynamic. I think part of why Mable was reactive to strangers who visit is she thinks she has the same rank and status as her humans. It's my belief that she thinks it's her job to protect the family from people she doesn't know. Adding in rules and structure is a great way for a dog to start to realize they don't need to be a guard dog.
To help the dog stop barking at guests, I filmed a free dog training video where I shared secrets to helping a dog feel good about people visiting the home.
Creating a positive association with guests, combined with redefining the leader follower dynamic will help stop her barking at guests. But just like anything else, it will take practice. Many people assume their dog will know how to behave when guests come over, but without instruction, direction or clear communication, many dogs get confused and act in ways we don't like.
The family can also help set Maple up for success by increasing her daily exercise through some creative activities, especially 30 minutes before guests come over. This can help put her into a more accepting mood.
Maple is a great dog, she is just confused about her place in the home and her role / job. Consistently enforcing rules, streamlining communication, increasing exercise, rewarding desired behaviors and teaching her new tricks will help her family demonstrate they have the leadership thing covered.
To help the family remember all the tips we shared in this in home dog training session, we shot a roadmap to success video.Tags: anxiety of new people, dog behavior tips, don't need to be a guard dog, free dog training video, help the dog get over her fear of new people, help the dog stop barking at guests, helping a dog feel good about people, in home dog training, Omaha dog training, Standard Poodle
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So of course I love TAL. I look forward to it all week and it makes my commute very enjoyable. The thing is, of course I almost never listen to a single episode all at once, I listen while I'm driving so I stop it when I get out of the car and resume where I left off when I get back. The iPhone podcast app has never had a problem saving my place and immediately picking up where I left off once I start my car again. This app though? It happens only about half the time, sometimes the episode will resume as normal, and sometimes it resets to the beginning. It's of course really frustrating when that happens, because then I have to scroll around and listen for the point where I left off. It's a hassle. It's the only problem I have with this app and if they fix it I will update my review to five stars. Until then, I'm going back to listening to TAL on the podcast app.
So let me say I love This American Life. I chose to purchase this app because the sales pitch was: buy this app so that you can access the entire TAL archives. Then a week or two in to my purchase they locked out access to the archives. Not sure if it's a bug or not. There are 50-60 available still through staff favorites page etc. but that's not what was advertised. I see there is a live stream to listen to episodes randomly but it doesn't seem to connect. And if I'm going to listen while I have no cell service then I need to download ahead of time which I can't do with the live stream. So what's the deal? Fix the app and get it back to the original idea. Bottom line, I paid money to download the app so that i can listen to my selection from the archives and that doesn't work! UPDATE********** They have redesigned the app and they are back on track. I just started using the new version but it seems to be everything that was promised. Way to go TAL! You heard the criticism and responded with a great update! I love that I can search episodes by different info. For example if my friend says, "hey I was listening to episode 432 and it so crazy!" I can go search ep 432 download and listen. Changing my review to 5 stars!!! Thanks for making a great product!
Like everyone else here, I love the show, but I really hate this app. The old version certainly wasn't perfect, but at least it worked! This app used to be the only thing that made my commute bearable...and now it's ruined! It takes forever to respond to commands, like play or pause, forward or rewind. Sometimes it just doesn't respond at all. All the episodes I marked as heard are now no longer marked as such. It's no longer possible to pause your listening, quit the app, and pick up where you left off. I really hope the devs are seeing these reviews! What could have possessed them to release this shoddy upgrade??!! ------------------- Apparently TAL can't seem to find someone who knows how to write an app that works. The same head-bangingly frustrating problems exist after purported "bug fixes" in the latest update. But now there's an added bonus! Now some of the episodes won't play at all! You tap "Play," and nothing happens! Same thing when you tap "Download"—nothing, nada, zip! It's just so AWESOME! I would love to hear Ira address this problem on the show. He owes an apology to his listeners. Except, of course, we'd never be able to hear it unless we caught it on the radio.
I've been reviewing some of the app reviews, & I am baffled on how many people are complaining that the app has 'bugs'. I haven't noticed any glitches, bugs, or anything of that sort. So, I am not sure if it depends upon the type of phone or devise you're using, but I listen to this app on both; iPhone7+ & my iPad. Both devices play my app w/out any issues, (used on both; WiFi &Data Plan). So., in short the App is Wonderful, I personally haven't noticed any of the negative things that have been reported on the app Review. If you're new to 'THIS AMERICAN LIFE' - & contemplating on whether-or-not you want to spend the $1.99 or $2.99... well don't contemplate ... because I can promise you, you won't regret it!!! This app has been the only reason I have been able to make the loooong drives back & forth to Oregon (from CA). On a monthly basis. I LoVe LoVe LoVe this ApP!! I ❤ Ira Glass!!!
A log in option would be nice. I have hundreds of shows marked as "heard it" on my work phone. I'm being promoted to our corporate office and I'll get a new work phone. This means aaaaaaaaall my history will go away when I delete the app. I also listen on my computer during the day time and it would be nice if the information would sync with my application. I LOVE the show soooooooo much. You guys have helped me make it through a year of a one hour commute to work. I'm sure that TAL is one of the main reasons I lasted this long with that horrible commute. Now I'll be working from home sometimes and have a shorter commute on other days. I'll have to listen to one show a day verses the two a day I used to look forward to. Thanks so much for making my drive enjoyable. I love you guys!
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Agarwal Packers & Movers capitalized on missed calls with cloudby Rashi Varshney June 8, 2015 0 comments
Delhi-based Agarwal Packers & Movers Ltd (APM), a logistics & supply chain management group serves over 1264 locations across the country with 78 self-owned branches and 2.5 million square feet of warehousing facility, a fleet of 100 vehicles, and 24×7 customer care service.
"Logistics and Transportation market in India to grow at a CAGR of 10.72% over the period 2013-2018," highlights a recent report 'Logistics and Transportation Market in India 2014-2018', conducted by the Research and Markets. It also adds that demand to outsource logistics activities is one key trend in the market.
Several vendors in this market are outsourcing their logistics activities to 3PL or 4PL service providers, so that they can focus on their core areas and activities.
Since the inception of APM in 1987, the firm has transformed from a simple transport company to the India's leading managed logistics and supply chain management group. With this growth, it became important for APM to efficiently tap business leads and opportunities at the company.
Challenges faced
The challenge was to capture all of the 68 branches in a single calling trunk dialing and to make a real time database of clients for the purpose of recalling, real time lead management, etc. Since the 68 branches were not integrated, there was no one manning the numbers, which led to a lot of missed calls. In effect, the company was missing out on business leads as a result. This was one of the most important challenges.
The Implementation
The company adopted cloud communications and built a call center with the help of 15 working staff handling approx. 1500 calls per day in a 24×7 environment. The company integrated multiple numbers through SBN (Single Board Number), centralized at a single location. Now, each and every call gets recorded in the system. This way the firm gets data of customers to serve them more efficiently and aptly. APM is one of the first to implement this project in household relocation segment.
The Result
The company got the first mover advantage, as Agarwal Packers & Movers is the first company in the household re-location segment to have launched an IVR system. The company process benefited and was awarded with Limca Record Holder for two consecutive years from 2013 and 2014 for most household shifting. Customers can now call any of the 68 branches, using a single number, i.e. 6001 5001, by pre-fixing the STD code for the respective city. The returns came in terms of effectiveness which was increased by almost three times.


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Bay Of Poets & Dream Castle among strong turf team for Meydan this week
Four-year-olds Bay Of Poets and Dream Castle go for a first G2 success in the Zabeel Mile at Meydan, UAE, on Thursday, 22 February, one of three turf Pattern races on the eighth fixture of the Dubai World Cup Carnival.
Bay Of Poets (Charlie Appleby/William Buick) has made two appearances over nine furlongs at Meydan so far this year and stayed on well to take second, beaten three and three-quarter lengths by Benbatl, in the G2 Al Rashidiya on 1 February.
Last year's 2,000 Guineas fifth Dream Castle (Saeed bin Suroor/Pat Cosgrave) also heads into the Zabeel Mile on the back of a strong G2 performance at Meydan on 1 February, having finished a close third in the Al Fahidi Fort over seven furlongs.
A field of 10 for the Zabeel Mile includes South African G1 scorer Whisky Baron, last year's winner Championship and Al Fahidi Fort runner-up Janoobi.
Charlie Appleby commented: "Bay Of Poets is a horse who always travels well through his races and we are hoping that a strongly-run mile will play to his strengths."
Saeed bin Suroor said: "Dream Castle has been a little disappointing on his two starts so far this year. He always shows a lot of class in his work in the mornings and ran well to finish fifth over this trip in last year's 2,000 Guineas.
"He is fit, ready to go and I am hoping there are no excuses for him this time."
Thursday's other G2 is the six-runner Meydan Sprint, in which Blue Point (Charlie Appleby/William Buick) kicks off his four-year-old season against prolific Meydan winner and course record holder Ertijaal.
Shamardal colt Blue Point, dropping down to five furlongs for the first time and drawn two, was one of Europe's leading sprinters last year with a pair of impressive G3 victories over six furlongs at Ascot and a fine third in the G1 Commonwealth Cup over the same course and distance.
Charlie Appleby added: "Blue Point is in great order and his preparation has gone very well. This will be his prep race for the Al Quoz Sprint (G1, 6f) on Dubai World Cup Night (31 March) and I would expect there to be some improvement to come for his first run of the season.
"He is racing over five furlongs for the first time but he shows a lot of natural pace and it wouldn't be a concern. It could potentially open up a few options looking ahead to the European season."
Four Godolphin contenders for the 10-furlong G3 Dubai Millennium Stakes include Folkswood (Charlie Appleby/William Buick), runner-up in the G1 Jebel Hatta Sponsored by Emirates Airline on Super Saturday last year.
The five-year-old makes his first start since a tremendous Australian campaign that included victory in the Listed Cranbourne Cup as well as a fine third behind Winx in the G1 Cox Plate over a mile and a quarter at Moonee Valley in October.
He is joined by a trio of Saeed bin Suroor-trained horses – Leshlaa (Pat Cosgrave), who readily took a handicap over the same course and distance on 8 February, Listed winner Team Talk (Oisin Murphy) and G3 runner-up Carry On Deryck (Gerald Mosse).
Charlie Appleby remarked: "Folkswood produced a career-high when finishing third to Winx in the Cox Plate and then produced a very creditable performance to come home fifth in the G1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington in November.
"He looks in good order and this will be a nice prep race ahead of another crack at the Jebel Hatta next month.
Saeed bin Suroor said: "Leshlaa won nicely over this course and distance on his latest start but this will be a tougher race. He comes into this contest in good form and I am hopeful of another good result.
"Team Talk has been working well and is ready to go again, while I have been happy with Carry On Deryck since his last run."
Less than a length separated Gold Star (Saeed bin Suroor/Christophe Soumillon), Walton Street (Charlie Appleby/William Buick), Eynhallow (Charlie Appleby/Brett Doyle) and Huge Future (Saeed bin Suroor/Gerald Mosse) when they finished first, second, fourth and fifth in a 12-furlong turf handicap on 1 February and all four re-oppose over the same course and distance.
Wolf Country (Charlie Appleby/James Doyle), a Listed winner in France last year, also lines up in the same race.
Footbridge (Charlie Appleby/George Wood) goes in a mile handicap on the dirt as the eight-year-old, fourth over the same course and distance 12 months ago, makes an appearance at the Dubai World Cup Carnival for a fourth consecutive year.


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Big Prize from Yokohama Tire
The overall winner of the "Every Man Challenge Race" at this years King of the Hammers (KOH), could receive a huge prize of $10,000, from Yokohama Tire. In order to qualify, racers must race on either Yokohama GEOLANDAR M/T G003™ or GEOLANDAR X-MT™ tires from start to finish and display a Yokohama decal on both sides of the race car.
Yokohama will be selling tires on site during KOH week. To pre-order tires for KOH, contact Bob Root at Trackside Performance 949-589-5394.
Celebrating 50 years in the U.S., Yokohama Tire Corporation is the North American manufacturing and marketing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., a global manufacturing and sales company of premium tires since 1917. Servicing an extensive sales network throughout the U.S., Yokohama Tire Corporation is a leader in technology and innovation. The company's complete product line includes tires for high-performance, light truck, passenger car, commercial truck and bus, and off-the-road mining and construction applications. For more information on Yokohama's broad product line, visit www.yokohamatire.com.
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Paula lives in central Vienna, loves to ride her bike and truly enjoys publishing her photos on this blog. So this is Paula's Diary. A blog, rather than facebook.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The Last Picture Show
I am currently having a really good time, going trough my recent photos, 'developing' them in black and white.
Late night, time to quit the flow. Time to recharge my battery. The camera's battery is all set, ready for new adventures. More is to come and I can tell you, I am THIS close to adding the label 'Art' right here. Seriously!
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The Last Picture Show is one of my favorite movies of all time :). I enjoyed catching up on the Hamburg posts. I especially loved:ReplyDelete
"What you can't see is how quiet it is. All you hear are birds chirping and bicycles running down the hill."
Jealous! I get so tired of big, loud US city streets, with cars whizzing and honking, leaf blowers blowing, loud diesel engines (trucks), air plane engine noise (we're near the airport), people talking loudly on cell phones, and so on. It's gotten so bad that whenever we hear a bird chirping, usually very, very early in the morning, we point it out to each other.
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Aamir Khan and Load Wedding Duo, Fizza Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi, Attend Conference in China
Aamir Khan met Fizza Ali Meerza at the Asian Film and TV Week in China. Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi's film 'Load Wedding' released last year to much critical acclaim and Aamir Khan's critically and commercially successful film Dangal was also screened at the festival
Aamir Khan was recently attending the Asian Film and TV week in China where he also posed with Pakistani producer Fizza Ali Meerza. Aamir Khan's film Dangal is being screened at the festival and has amassed a large number at the box office in China. Dangal earned over 800 crores in China when it released last year. Following the success of Dangal, Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar also did very well at the Chinese box office. It earned over 700 crores as well and beat Dangal's first day business in China. Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi's Load Wedding did not do as well at the box office but was highly appreciated by critics.
Fizza also posed with acclaimed Iranian director Majid Majidi, who also directed Ishaan Khatter's debut film Beyond The Clouds. Majid Majidi is an Academy Award winning director who was also in Dubai in 2017 for Dubai International Film Festival where his film was screened. His film Children of Heaven was released in 1997 and it was about a young child who 'lost his shoes and attempts to win them back'. It was nominated as the Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars. Aamir Khan's film Dangal was based on the real life stories of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters Geeta and Babita Phogat who became professional wrestlers. Fizza and Nabeel's Load Wedding showed the story of the burden of dowry on the middle class and lower middle class families in Pakistan. It starred Mehwish Hayat and Fahad Mustafa.
Said a press release from Filmwala Pictures, the production house behind Load Wedding, "We are in China for - Asian Film & TV Week. At the Asian Civilization Dialoug hosted by Chinese President Mr. Xing Ping Jing, President of Sri Lanka, King of Cambodia, President of Singapore and Director General UNESCO attended the event. Filmmakers from all Asian countries represented their country - including Aamir Khan from India, Majid Majidi from Iran, Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi from Pakistan, including others. Load Wedding is opening the Asian Film and TV Week Festival in Guanghzou on 17th May, and also screening in Beijing on 18th May, among many other popular films from the region, including Dangal, Childeren of Heaven and Taare Zameen Par."


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August 13, 2019, 6:00 PM @ Spruce Hall at Forest Park
Park Board / Tree Committee meetings are open to the public and are held the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm.
In lieu of a meeting on August 6, Board members and staff will be touring various National Night Out activities being held in our neighborhood parks. The next meeting will be held one week later, on August 13 to review the Forest Park Playground replacement project.
August 13, 2019, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM @ Main Library
Interested in anime?
Already a fan or curious to know what it's all about? Join us for old and new favorites, plus snacks and socializing.
Anime Club is for teens going into grades 6-12.
August 13, 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM @ Main Library
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is loosely based on the life of Margaret Fishback, the highest-paid advertising writer in the United States in the 1930s. Told through a series of flashbacks, Lillian Boxfish, now in her 80's, reminisces about her life as she walks through the dangerous streets of New York on New Year's Eve, 1984.
The Southside Book Club; Terrific books! Substantial discussion! Light refreshments!
Books reserved for this discussion will be available for you to pick up at the Main Library beginning July 9.
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Definitions for "lepton"
Keywords: muon, neutrino, tau, elementary, fermion
an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions but does not participate in the strong interaction; it has a baryon number of 0. Some known leptons are the electron, the negative muon, the tau-minus particle, and the neutrinos associated with each of these particles.
The fundamental matter particles that do not carry color charge. They are all spin / particles, and include the electron, muon, tau, and their corresponding neutrinos. See also: fundamental particle, spin, electron, neutrino, Debriefing
Along with q uarks, leptons make up all known matter. Unlike quarks, leptons do not participate in strong interactions. Neutrinos and electrons are two common examples. There are three flavors of leptons: electron, muon, and tau.
a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion
Small bronze coin. Originally the smallest practical weight applied to gold and silver. The word "mite" was employed because the coin was so small in size.
A small Greek bronze coin best known as the "Widow's mite" of Palestine; one half Prutah
Lepton is a composition scored for celeste, harp, and piano by Charles Wuorinen and the name of an album of compositions by Wuorinen released on Tzadik (#7007) in 2002 as part of their composer series. Lepton is also the name of Wuorinen's cat.


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Nursing requires creativity and innovation and reflective writing helps develop these skills. Reflective essays that focus on clinical and medical experience can contribute knowledge to the discipline and help serve the greater good of humanity. Ideas for reflective essays start with reflective journal writing and guided reflections developed from clinical judgment models like Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model, according to professors at the Oregon Health and Science University, School of Nursing.
Verbal Communication
Verbal ways of communicating with clients can focus on psychological and physiological factors. You could reflect on the therapeutic benefits of listening to patients stories and how this process helps them cope with the physical stress of treatment or the loneliness encountered by those who have few or no visitors. For example, stories may give clues to the spiritual health of the patient, which can inform the dialogue used with nursing procedures. Listening to personal stories can also lead to reflective writing that identifies how to enlist family members in caring in order to improve treatment.
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication can help establish empathy -- an essential component of the healing process. Reflective essays can focus on how a nurse's body language such as posture, gesture, touch, facial expression and eye contact can establish rapport with patients. You could reflect on nonverbal communication from patients such as facial expressions and utterances to provide clues for evaluating or improving patient care. This type of communication is critical for clients who are impaired due to medication, surgery or developmental factors and provides an avenue for patient involvement that would otherwise not be possible.
Human Basic and Special Needs
Safety concerns and promoting comfort during exercise and activities such as eating, mouth care, bathing, sleeping, urinary and bowel elimination are important for clients with basic needs or special needs such as wound care or immobility issues. You could reflect on the timing of procedures such as handover, on the variation of safety protocols or how to best provide basic and special needs depending on the stage of client development. For instance, age groups such as the elderly, children, adolescents and teens may require different sleep and elimination patterns.
Cultural Diversity in Nursing
The psychological factors associated with diversity awareness influences healing. For example, some clients may be concerned about modesty during a physical examination, feel strong emotions about taking certain medications, or they may be emotionally challenged due to infections that have a social stigma. Connect diversity awareness to routine care such as health assessment, vital signs, fluid balances, physical examination, administering medications and infection control, and show how it helps patients cope or how it helps acquire information about folk remedies, ethnic nutritional regimes, religious requirements or personal food choices that may affect healing outcomes.


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Endpoint Management
Monitor, assess, and manage video endpoints with all the right data in one page.
It is nearly impossible to analyze utilization and lifecycle of management at scale. Endpoint Management brings all the relevant data on usage, performance, firmware, lifecycle, cost and more into one single tool.
Track endpoint costs and usage to determine value.
It can be a challenge to avoid overbuying endpoints and licenses that end up collecting dust for the majority of users. Vyopta makes it easy to find unused software, hardware, rooms, and phones so you can simply reallocate instead of purchasing new. vAnalytics uses pricing and usage info to tell if you are getting the most out of your large rooms, immersive rooms, huddle rooms, software, or executive endpoints.
You can then deliver reports about which endpoints are the most and least cost-effective. This makes it simple to decide when to replace or upgrade endpoints, where, when, and how to add video to your organization.
Simplify infrastructure licensing and capacity planning.
vAnalytics normalizes capacity needs from every technology vendor so you can understand the percent of resources being used despite whether you've purchased by user, participant, or concurrent meeting. For instance, if you have purchased software licenses by user (e.g., Jabber) and bridge licenses by concurrent meeting (e.g., Cisco SMP), you will no longer need complex formulas to determine exactly what your environment needs.
Better performance and usage data.
Video collaboration is the most sensitive application on the network to any performance issues, and a few bad experiences can scare users away for life. By combining call quality data from the endpoint, bridges, and gateways vAnalytics creates the most comprehensive and accurate picture of overall performance so that you can accurately identify bottlenecks and problem areas in your network. You can view this from one interface with our new Endpoint Details page to leverage historical data to diagnose any problems quickly.
Make video asset management easy.
vAnalytics stores firmware, serial number, model, manufacturer, and address information so you can easily see which devices need firmware upgrades or other maintenance activities. Vyopta also collects the various vulnerability announcements from all our technology providers so you know your exposure to hacks in a single glance.
You can also see information about published vulnerabilities because Vyopta instantly identifies all open Cisco vulnerabilities, compares that to your entire network of devices, and tells you which ones require update for critical vulnerabilities.


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Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest album lists, including a number 10 ranking on Classic Rock magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever, and number 37 on The Times' 100 Best Albums of All Time. In 2003, Q magazine included it on its list of the 100 greatest albums ever, while Rolling Stone ranked it 54th on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
It kicks off with And the Gods Made Love, a track that intentionally incorporated backmasking. Play the song backward, and you hear Hendrix say, "Yes, yes, yes, I get it. Okay, one, okay, one more time."
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I'm going to apologise now, as this is going to be a bit of a vague review because I can't find the menu online to give you the proper names for each dish! So hopefully the pictures will speak for themselves.
My dear friend Iron Chef David had his birthday at an Indian vegetarian restaurant in Carlton last weekend. Since he is vegetarian and half the group is also vegetarian, us meat eaters happily gave up meat for this special dinner. But to be honest, I didn't even notice the absence of meat as all the dishes were so packed with flavour.
The best thing by far was these dumplings. We still talk about them a week on. We got 2 plates of these as they were only an entree size and we all wanted dumplings. The balsamic syrup helped to compliment the most amazing filling. I probably could have just dined on these all evening, but there were many other dishes we had to cram onto our table and try.
Avocado rolls, in a tempura batter (i think) with a lovely green sauce..... remember I said this was a vague review!
Very nice, crunchy in the right places, and soft in the right places.
These croquettes were delicious, with sweet potato and a nice sweetish sourish sauce. Served with tofu, kim-chi and a few vegetables. They look as good as they taste.
Vegetarian satay sticks. The vegies look like meat but it's all vegetables. The satay sauce was lovely. Served with pickled vegetables and rice.
This is quinoa. Probably my first experience with quinoa and I will say it's yum! Looks like cous cous, similar texture as cous cous, served with a lovely salad and tasted great with the satay.
Soba noodle curry. I love soba noodles, and with a curry soup it was an excellent combination. Packed with tofu, and vegetables, this one would definitely fill you up.
There were a couple more dishes that I didn't get a photo of because we were too busy making room on the table for all the dishes and we were all very hungry!
The restaurant is set in an old house, plenty of seating and the staff were extremely helpful. There is a few options here for vegans as well. I would say bookings are essential as there aren't many Indian vegetarian restaurants in town!
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What's next for FedEx? Maybe delivery bots!
Not that long ago, the idea that global shipping and delivery specialists FedEx were looking to develop specialised robots to deliver parcels would have sounded like something out of a science fiction film. In today's world, it seems somehow easier to take. According to a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), that might be the case. The filing was for "FedEx SameDay Bot," and identified said bot as "robots for documents and package delivery" that would be used mainly for "shipping and delivery services, namely, pick-up, transportation and delivery of documents and packages."
FedEx's share price has increased by more-than 2% over the past 30 days
Source: Yahoo Finance
The interesting thing is that FedEx already has a SameDay program that gets customers their goods within hours. The downside is that this service is administered by squishy humans – not the pristine perfection that is modern robotics. Asked what they felt the "bot" would add to the SameDay program, FedEx replied with a somewhat disappointing: "Per company policy, we do not comment on specifics of projects in the developmental phase."
Like many big players in the logistics world (as well as big players in other worlds) FedEx already makes liberal use of robotics in some of its facilities. It's also investing in a variety of further robotic ideas, like driverless tugger technologies and robotic trailer unloading systems. But robots that deliver parcels to the door is a step further still. However, in a near-future where cars drive themselves, your toaster is connected to the internet, and meat is "grown" in labs, maybe a robot dropping off your birthday cards won't be the weirdest thing in the world.
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Happy New Month of April
I pray this April will bring you all progressive blessings that those others around you will, wonder how is your prosperity possible.
I use "is" because the blessings will be continuous they can't ask "was" in Christ Jesus…AMEN!!!
Today's song of my day is Make Room by Jonathan McReynolds.
I share this song, because it is the declaration of my heart –
I find space for what I treasure
And I make time for what I want
I choose my priorities
And Jesus, You're my number one
I will make room for you
I will prepare for two
So you don't feel that you
Can't live here, please live in me
I am humbled by the lyrics of this song BUT also pained that I don't reciprocate the LOVE my heavenly deserves every moment!
Why do we treasure earthly accolades and accomplishments more than you?
Why do we make time to ask you for our wants but not your wants?
Why do we prioritize ourselves over you?
My prayer today: Father, make our hearts to burden after you – because we REFUSE to be separated from you (Isaiah 59:2)


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You've probably heard the phrase "self-care" being used a lot lately online.
But what exactly is it? And how does it apply to your sex life?
In this weeks sex tip video, Annabelle tells you all about sexual self-care, and how you to make sure you're getting the very best of it in your life.
Read on to discover a few toys and accessories to help you up you sex self care game, and add your best tips for self-care in the comments below.


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Tropical Depression JOYCE
ZCZC MIATCDAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Tropical Depression Joyce Discussion Number 24 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102018 Issued by the NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1100 AM AST Tue Sep 18 2018 Earlier in the morning, the low-level center of Joyce became decoupled from a small area of deeper convection. However, another convective burst has recently developed after 12Z closer to the low-level center. The initial intensity of Joyce was held at 30 kt based on a recent ASCAT pass, which showed an area of 25-30 kt winds on the north side of the circulation. The number of wind retrievals close to 30 kt was rather limited, so Joyce's winds should decrease below 30 kt when it eventually loses deep convection. The depression is in an environment with strong westerly vertical wind shear (30-40 kt) and marginal sea surface temperatures (around 25C), and thus the primary forecast question is when Joyce will succumb to the relatively hostile environment, lose deep convection and become a remnant low. The GFS and ECMWF models both show some deep convection lingering into tomorrow before warming upper-level temperatures and increasingly dry air aloft kill off any remaining convection. Therefore, the 12-hour forecast point maintains tropical depression status, and the 24-hour forecast point indicates a post-tropical system. The initial motion of Joyce is now more southerly (185 degrees at 7 kt), and it will begin to turn increasingly to the southwest and west as the central Atlantic ridge builds to the north. The new forecast track is essentially an update of the previous one, which was close to the TVCA and HCCA consensus models. Minor adjustments were made in the first 24 hours to account for a slightly faster observed motion to the south in the past 6-12 hours. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 18/1500Z 31.6N 27.4W 30 KT 35 MPH 12H 19/0000Z 30.6N 27.7W 25 KT 30 MPH 24H 19/1200Z 29.9N 28.7W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 20/0000Z 29.4N 29.9W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 20/1200Z 29.0N 31.5W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 21/1200Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Lamers/Blake NNNN


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Date(s) - 03/25/2016 - 03/26/2016
6:45 pm - 9:30 pm
Manhattan Jewish Experience
Come and join a lively night of Kabbalat Shabbat singing and interesting topics of discussion. Food provided for everyone afterwards. Bring a friend, bring a date, meet someone there. As the days get earlier we will have an oneg at night filled with singing, food, drinks, and stimulating conversations. We look forward to celebrating together.


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How to make an Eskimo costume?
Eskimo's are not really Christmas, but an all year round costume. Eskimo's are from Alaska and they tend to live in the colder sections of the state living off the land. This year if you want a sexy costume that is a bit different for your Christmas party you might consider the Eskimo. We have materials and instructions listed below to help you create the perfect costume.
##Materials Needed:##
* Brown fleece
* White cotton fabric
* Knee high boots
* Pattern
* Sewing machine
Step 1: For a sexy Eskimo costume you will want a short dress that is form fitting. The top of the dress should be a corset style bodice that will cinch in the waist and accentuate attributes. You will most likely going to want long sleeves on the dress. The dress will be made from the brown fleece. The skirt of the dress should flare out a bit, and reach mid thigh.
Step 2: Once the dress is completed you will need to add some white cotton around the bottom of the skirt, for hemming. You may also want white cuffs and a white collar. This is up to you and the pattern you chose.
Step 3: You can make the Santa style hat or buy one. If you make it you might want it to match the dress. You can use the same materials and ring it with cotton, as well as adding a cotton ball on the end.
Step 4: The boots can either be black or white, but they should reach to your knees if possible.
You can also wear stockings and a matching coat to keep warm during the Christmas season. Eskimos while not Christmas do make for a great idea for that time of year.


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DescriptionBe daring yet sexy in this dress! Featuring sleeveless, scoop neck, strappy cut out.
Fabric: Cotton
Neckline: Scoop Neck
Sleeve Length: Sleeveless
Dress Length: Above Knee
Embellishment: Cutout
Pattern: Solid Color
Style: Sexy
Size Chart(Inch) S M L XL Bust 27.6-31.5 28.3-33.9 29.9-35.4 32.7-37.8 Length 29.5 29.9 30.3 30.7 Shoulder-width 13.8 14.6 15 15.4 Waist 23.6-29.1 24.4-30.7 26-32.3 27.6-35.4 Size Chart(CM) S M L XL Bust 70-80 72-86 76-90 83-96 Length 75 76 77 78 Shoulder-width 35 37 38 39 Waist 60-74 62-78 66-82 70-90
The dimensions data from the measurement of the product, "click here" to see the measuring methods details, and allow 1-2cm (0.4-0.8") differences due to manual measurement, thanks.
Actual fabric colors may vary slightly from online colors due to variations in screen color settings.
30 Days Return + Shipping PolicyShipping & Delivery
Receiving time = Processing time + Shipping time
Note: In orders with more than one item, the processing time will be based on the item with the longest processing time.
We will prepare your order after it have verified. Such as: strict quality control, arrange the suitable carriers.Return Policy
Return within 30 days from the delivered date.
1. Items received within 30 days from the delivered date.
2. Items received unused, undamaged and in original package.


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More than just pottery, our Moonlight collection encourages self reflection and contentment, offering subtle reflective surfaces, smooth lines, and calm, cool colors to help you find your center.
Inspired by a full moon, this vase is unique enough to display on its own or adorn with flowers. With an optional lid to help hold flowers straight, this vase is versatile in its utility. A muted metallic glaze with subtle golden shimmer covers the top, adding a little drama to the rounded form, and a black glitter glaze covers the bottom. A slight metallic banding wraps around the middle where the two glazes overlap. Display a classic flower bouquet, or get creative with artistic Japanese style Ikebana arrangements, either way it will look great!
These pieces are made, not manufactured, making each piece unique, just like you.


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Big Bend Brew Off – Final Judging
The Big Bend Brew Off started as NFBL's homebrew competition about ten years ago. Thanks to support from local business, community, NFBL membership, and participants travellng or entering from the south east region, the BBBO continues to be a staple NFBL event.
It's not about kegstands and beer pong. To support those in pursuit of brewing better beer, judges from the south east region recognized by the Beer Judge Certification Program gather at Tri-Eagle Sales to critically assess homebrewed beer and recognize excellence in brewing.
2018 competition registration will open December 1, 2017.
Friday, January 19 First Day Judging followed by a Judge and Steward Reception.
Saturday, January 20 Second Day Judging following by a casual banquet and awards.
Full schedule will be posted in December 2017.