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Native advertising corresponds to many types of advertising, from paid search and social ads to the sponsored editorial offerings from media companies. Put simply, it's confusing as hell to understand.
Success at native means both the user of a media site or app and the advertiser explicitly get value out of the experience. To understand if a particular kind of native advertising is going to be successful, marketers should assess four criteria: Format, reach, context, and identification.
The seven core types of native advertising** all function to varying degrees against these criteria.
For example, the paid search ad is a proven format that generates a reasonably predictable response rate; an in-feed 'click to play' cinematograph will be less predictable, and probably less reliable. Pinterest's promoted pins provide considerable reach for some populations; a native ad appearing programmatically in apps and targeted for a specific behavior may have far lower reach. Likewise, there's wide variety for context and identification.
To help marketers make smart decisions, we broke down all seven native advertising types against these four criteria, and explored compelling examples of each. For Forrester clients, have a look at the analysis – our Vendor Landscape: Native Advertising Technologies, Q3 2016. Not a client? This'll have to do as a teaser.
*** those seven types: paid search, paid social, in-feed exchanges, native ad vendors, publisher networks, publisher-specific custom native, and influencer activation.
Posted by Ryan Skinner on the B2C Marketing Professionals Blog on January 17, 2014
Forrester analysts are encouraged to "make the call" and here's a call that is sure to invite some heated disagreement (native advertising has a way of doing that).
Today my report about native advertising came out and, if I had to bottle up the recommendation of the entire report in a two-word slogan, this would be it: Worth pursuing. That's not "pour all your advertising dollars into it", "go hog wild!" or any variant on that theme. By "worth pursuing", I would say that it: a) is a very imperfect tactic, b) holds great promise, and c) requires some experience to get right.
(First of all, if you're not sure what native advertising is, quickly go here [definition] or here [examples]).
Let's start by assessing the promise of native advertising. What's so great about it?
From a marketer's perspective, the opportunity to go from a position "next to the show", "interrupting the show" or "between the shows", to "part and parcel of the show" is extraordinary. The church/state editorial wall that media outlets have trained advertisers to respect has become porous, and it's the outlets themselves who are pounding holes in it (most recently, the New York Times). That change should not be underestimated.


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The System and Works
You can differentiate the tachograph system into three parts, a sender unit which is mounted on the gearbox of the vehicle, the tachnograph head and a digital driver card. The output shaft-turns generate electronic pulses in the sender unit, which is transmitted to the head which interprets them and displays them as speed data. Since both, the sender and the receiver are electronically paired and the data encrypted, it disallows tampering or replicating of the pulse signals in the intermediate wirings.
There are choice modes as well which keeps the records of driver's activity. When in motion the drive mode is automatically activated, and when the vehicle is at idle, it shifts to the default mode of 'other work'. The driver selects to 'rest' or 'availability' mode when the vehicle is stationary. It is pertinent that the driver keeps a record of these data, and he should be able to provide it to the transport authorities on demand, as they also define the working hours of the driver.
Digital Cards
The digital card is a data base of the driver's driving information. The transport operators use the company's card to retrieve data information about their employees from the tachograph head. Which can be locked, thus prohibiting other operators from obtaining it, but they can be overridden by control cards used by law enforcement agencies to retrieve data from the tachograph head. Then there are workshop cards, which are used for calibrating tachnographs, and it is for the use authorized tachograph technicians.
Data Storage
The tachnograph head's internal memory stores all the activity data, and is simultaneously transferred to the flash memory chip embedded in the digital driver card when it is inserted into the head. The digital driver card is the one which is issued by the driving authority of the country to an individual driver. The memory bank ensures data integrity as it designed to prevent altering and deleting of data. When the memory is full the oldest data recorded is replaced by the new inputs.
The digital tachograph system has the advantages as it can be analyzed by computers and infringements identified. Information is explicitly read and more accurate.

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Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments
|Thought, philosophy: a thought corresponds to a complete sentence. There is debate about whether we can attribute such thoughts to animals. See also mentalism, mental states, opacity, thinking, reality, world/thinking, propositional attitudes, propositions, intensions, objects of thought, relation theory, mentalese, computation.
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Semantic relegation/Wright: Instead of talking about words, talking about facts, objects, substantial truth. Boghossian promised to avoid this descent.
Thought/sentence/object language/meta language/Wright: the question whether the sentence "My lawn is green" is true, depends on its meaning, but not on the status of the thought that my lawn is green.
In the semantic descent of sentence to thought - we left the meaning behind us.
WrightVs: this does not do more than sticking your head in the sand.
How could the assertion that P escapes the fate of its metalinguistic counterpart if the fate of the latter is sealed only by the cooperation of the content?
Language is not a mere clothing of thought. We have no wordless contact with the thought that P. Thoughts must be mediated symbolically.
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We seemed to have missed the storm system that was supposed bring us more snow. The clouds moved out and the sun was out all day. The high yesterday was 39 with a low of 26. The day is promising to be another beautiful day today.
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A memorial service was to be held for James Leslie Crawford Jr., 33, at 11 a .m. today, Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Church of Christ the King on Blue Mill Road in the New Vernon section of Harding Township. Mr. Crawford died on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, when terrorist hijackers crashed jetliners into the World Trade Center twin office towers in New York City. An equity trader with the firm of Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, he was working on the 104th floor of the north tower. His wife, Lisa B. Crawford, last heard from him by phone that morning, before the first plane hit.
Mr. Crawford was an "avid sportsman and lived life to the fullest with his beloved family and many friends," said his wife, who is seven months pregnant. "Hi s friends and family alike will sorely miss his zest for life."
He is also survived by his parents, Betsy and James Crawford of New Vernon; two sisters, Liz VanDuyne of Greenwich, Conn., and Leslie Dunlevy of Mendham. An obituary for Mr. Crawford appears on page 16.
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A devastating suicide bomb tore through Kabul's diplomatic quarter yesterday, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others in what appeared to be an assassination attempt on a former vice-president in Hamid Karzai's government.
The attack, close to the British embassy and other legations as well as a hotel popular with foreigners, once again showed the ability of insurgents to strike at will in the heavily guarded heart of the Afghan capital.
The bomber detonated his black four-wheel-drive vehicle just as Ahmad Zia Massoud was leaving his fortified compound, flipping the car on to its roof. He escaped, but his secretary and one of his bodyguards were among those killed in the blast.
Mr Massoud is the brother of the legendary guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was killed by al-Qa'ida assassins shortly before the attacks on the World Trade Centre in September 2001.
The explosion was metres from his house and the Heetal Hotel, whose $250-a-night suites are popular among Westerners. None of the guests were injured and the hotel was not thought to be the target.
It was the latest in a series of attacks in the capital blamed on the Taliban, although uncharacteristically the militants have yet to claim or deny responsibility for this bombing. Six weeks ago a suicide squad stormed a guesthouse killing five UN workers over the course of a two-hour siege that prompted the organisation to scale back its operations in Afghanistan.
Across town President Hamid Karzai, who was giving a keynote speech on corruption, condemned the "terrorist attack" as "an attack on humanity and Islam" and ordered security forces to track down those who had planned it.
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Early infections are associated with increased risk for celiac disease: an incident case-referent study
General pediatric medicine and surgery
Celiac disease is defined as a 'chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals'. Sweden has experienced an "epidemic" of celiac disease in children below two years of age. Celiac disease etiology is considered multifactorial; however, little is known regarding potential risk- or protecting factors. We present data on the possible association between early infectious episodes and celiac disease, including their possible contribution to the Swedish celiac disease epidemic.
A population-based incident case-referent study (475 cases, 950 referents) with exposure information obtained via a questionnaire (including family characteristics, infant feeding, and the child's general health) was performed. Celiac disease cases were diagnosed before two years of age, fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Referents were randomly selected from the national population register after fulfilling matching criteria. The final analyses included 954 children, 373 (79%) cases and 581 (61%) referents, with complete information on main variables of interest in a matched set of one case with one or two referents.
Having three or more parental-reported infectious episodes, regardless of type of infection, during the first six months of life was associated with a significantly increased risk for later celiac disease, and this remained after adjusting for infant feeding and socioeconomic status (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-2.0; P=0.014). The celiac disease risk increased synergistically if, in addition to having several infectious episodes, infants were introduced to dietary gluten in large amounts, compared to small or medium amounts, after breastfeeding was discontinued (OR 5.6; 95% CI, 3.1-10; P<0.001).
This study suggests that having repeated infectious episodes early in life increases the risk for later celiac disease. In addition, we found a synergistic effect between early infections and daily amount of gluten intake, more pronounced among infants for whom breastfeeding had been discontinued prior to gluten introduction. Regarding contribution to the Swedish celiac disease epidemic, which partly was attributed to concurrent changes in infant feeding, early infections probably made a minor contribution via the synergistic effect with gluten amount.
Celiac disease is defined as a 'chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals'
While differences in genetic predisposition of the population and gluten consumption could explain part of the differences in celiac disease occurrence
Previous studies have shown an association between celiac disease and factors related to infectious load, such as having siblings, attending child day care, and socioeconomic status, although these findings are still inconsistent
We present data on the possible association between early infectious episodes and celiac disease, including their possible contribution to the Swedish celiac disease epidemic.
Study design and participants
We performed a population-based incident case-referent study based on a prospective incidence register entitled the Swedish National Childhood Celiac Disease Register
Figure 1
Flow chart depicting participation in the study
Flow chart depicting participation in the study. Numbers of children and percentages are given in the boxes. In total, 714 children with suspected celiac disease (abbreviated as CD in the figure) were reported to the register. Consent to participate was obtained for 475 cases below two years of age with a celiac disease diagnosis based on three consecutive small intestinal biopsies. Boxes with dotted lines indicate excluded children. Two referents to each case were randomly selected after matching criteria were fulfilled. Grey shaded areas indicate invited infants and those included in the final analysis.
All families received a questionnaire entitled "Child Health in the 1990's" where parents were asked about a multitude of events and exposures during the first years of their child's life, including family characteristics, infant feeding, and the child's general health, without revealing a special interest in celiac disease
Early infectious episodes
Factors associated with infectious load
We investigated two additional factors for which previous studies have reported associations between both infectious load and celiac disease i.e. the presence of siblings and socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status of the family was defined according to the Socio-Economic Index of Statistics Sweden,
In a post hoc approach we also investigated the relation between celiac disease and antibiotic treatment (including any kind of antibiotic) during the first six months of life.
Infant feeding
As previously published in detail
Statistical analyses
Analyses were based on 373 cases and 581 referents in matched sets, if not specified otherwise. We used conditional logistic regression to evaluate associations between categorical variables in both bivariate and multivariate analyses. Separate analyses for girls and boys were performed. Statistical interaction was analyzed on the additive scale. Proportion of cases attributable to exposure was estimated and decomposed into different exposures taking interaction into account. Data summarization and statistical analyses were done with PASW Statistics 19.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). Statistical significance was defined as an odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) not including 1.0, or a P-value <0.05.
Study population characteristics
Among the 373 included cases, there was a predominance of girls (67%) (Figure
We found no significant association between having siblings, compared to not having siblings, and celiac disease (OR 0.99; 95% CI, 0.74-1.3; P=0.92) (Table
Antibiotic treatment
Among the cases 26% (n=97) had been treated with any kind of antibiotic during the first six months of life. The corresponding proportion for the referents were 23% (n=134). No significantly increased risk for celiac disease was seen regarding antibiotic treatment (OR 1.2; 95% CI, 0.87-1.6; P=0.27). Separate analyses for girls and boys showed similar results (data not shown).
Early infections and celiac disease risk
Having three or more parental-reported infectious episodes during the first six months of life was associated with a significantly increased risk for later celiac disease (OR 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-2.0; P=0.009), as compared to fewer or no infectious episodes. Adjusting for infant feeding and socioeconomic status did not affect the risk estimate (Table
Early infections and gluten amount
There was a statistical interaction between early infections and amount of gluten; i.e. the combined effect was higher than the sum of the effects, as depicted by the non-parallelism between the lower and upper two lines in Figure
Figure 2
Interaction between early infectious episodes and gluten amount
Interaction between early infectious episodes and gluten amount. Large amount of gluten-containing foods is represented by solid lines, and dotted line represents small-medium amounts. An interaction i.e. a synergistic effect, between infectious episodes and gluten is depicted by the non-parallelism between the two lower and two upper lines. The interaction was more pronounced in infants when breastfeeding was discontinued prior to gluten introduction. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals, with reference 0–2 early infections, gluten introduced in small-medium amounts during on-going breastfeeding, listed from lowest to highest risk estimate were; 1.2 (0.8-2.1), 1.8 (1.1-2.9), 2.6 (1.4-5.0), 2.7 (1.7-4.3), 2.9 (1.8-4.5), 3.2 (1.8-5.9) and 5.6 (3.1-10).
In this study, the proportion of cases attributable to exposure was in total 48%, whereof 4% of the effect was related to early infections alone, 38% to infant feeding alone, and 6% to the interactions between early infections, gluten amount and breastfeeding.
In this population-based incident case-referent study we found an increased celiac disease risk in infants with three or more parental-reported early infectious episodes (before 6 months of age), regardless of the type of infection. In addition, we found a synergistic effect between early infections and daily amount of gluten intake, which was more pronounced in infants for whom breastfeeding had been discontinued prior to gluten introduction.
In contrast to previous studies, we found no significant association between having siblings and celiac disease
The seasonal difference in celiac disease diagnosis
On the other hand, our finding that the celiac disease cases experienced more infections early in life could be related to an inherited genetic susceptibility for both celiac disease and infections. Previous studies have reported a moderately increased risk for a number of infections in celiac disease cases, for example hospital admission for influenza, although these findings could also be related to nutritional deficiency, increased mucosal permeability or other factors
The microbiota interacts with genetic and environmental factors such as infant feeding, through a complex immunological process resulting in establishment of oral tolerance to gluten, or failure to do so resulting in celiac disease
Concurrent with the beginning and end of the Swedish celiac disease epidemic, infant feeding changed
A limitation of our study is that it was retrospective and based on parental reports in a questionnaire. Consequently, there was an inherent risk for recall bias, even if the interest in celiac disease was not indicated in the questionnaire and incident recruitment of both cases and referents was used. The infant feeding data has previously been evaluated using a "multiple imputation procedure" without effect on the results
This study suggests that having repeated infectious episodes early in life increases the risk for later celiac disease. In addition, we found a synergistic effect between early infections and daily amount of gluten intake, more pronounced among infants when breastfeeding had been discontinued prior to gluten introduction. This synergistic effect substantiates the importance of breastfeeding with respect to celiac disease risk, especially in a setting with high infectious load. Regarding a contribution to the Swedish celiac disease epidemic, which partly was attributed to concurrent changes in infant feeding, early infections probably made a minor contribution via the synergistic effect with the amount of gluten.
CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
AI, LÅP and OH were responsible for the original design and data collection. The first draft of the manuscript was prepared by AM who also performed the statistical analyses, with support from HS, LG and MLH contributed substantially with specific knowledge within their respective fields of knowledge. All authors participated in data interpretation, critical revision of the manuscript and approved its final version.
We thank Susanne Walther, administrator at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health. We also thank all participating families. The study was funded by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the Swedish Research Council, Medicine and Health, and the Västerbotten County Council. The first author received a scholarship for manuscript preparation from Queen Silvia's Jubilee Fund. This work was undertaken within the Centre for Global Health Research at Umeå University, with support from FAS, the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research.
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Coeliac disease is associated with intrauterine growth and neonatal infections
Rotavirus infection frequency and risk of celiac disease autoimmunity in early childhood: a longitudinal study
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Socioeconomic position and education in patients with coeliac disease
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Lower economic status and inferior hygienic environment may protect against celiac disease
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Increased risk of hospital admission for influenza in patients with celiac disease: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden
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- GCI repurchased 620,520 shares of its Class A common stock in the first quarter of 2011 at an average price per share of $11.26. GCI is authorized to repurchase $123.5 million of its common equity depending on company performance, market conditions, and liquidity, and subject to board oversight. At the end of the first quarter of 2011 GCI had approximately 46.8 million shares outstanding.
- GCI is the second largest wireless provider in Alaska with 140,200 wireless subscribers at the end of the quarter, an increase of 1.1 percent over the end of the fourth quarter of 2010.
- Consumer revenues for the first quarter of 2011 totaled $88.4 million, an increase of 10.0 percent over the first quarter of 2010. Revenue increases were strong in the data and wireless product lines during the first quarter of 2011.
- Commercial revenues increased $4.1 million to $31.8 million as compared to $27.7 million in the first quarter of 2010 and decreased $1.4 million from $33.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. The increase in revenues for the year was primarily due to an increase in data service revenues, mostly from the oil sector. The decreases in sequential revenues were also related to oil sector data service revenues which were impacted by seasonality.
- GCI had 145,300 access lines at the end of the first quarter of 2011, representing an estimated 36 percent share of the total access line market in Alaska. Access lines increased by 500 lines over the fourth quarter of 2010.
- GCI's facilities-based access lines totaled 114,300, representing 78.7 percent of its total access lines at the end of the first quarter of 2011. Reported facilities based access lines increased 4,400 lines over the fourth quarter of 2010. The increase in lines is primarily due to the result of a review of the database and a reclassification of lines from the off-net to the on-net category.
- GCI had 118,000 consumer and commercial cable modem customers at the end of the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 1,600 over the 116,400 cable modem customers at the end of the fourth quarter 2010. Average monthly revenue per cable modem for the first quarter of 2011 was $52.21, an increase of 13.9 percent over the $45.85 figure posted for the prior year and a decrease of 2.4 percent from the $53.47 figure posted for the fourth quarter of 2010.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Communication, Inc. ("GCI") (Nasdaq: GNCMA) today reported its first quarter 2011 results with revenues increasing to $164.8 million over revenues of $152.4 million in the first quarter of 2010. Adjusted EBITDA increased $2.3 million or 4.5 percent over the first quarter of 2010 EBITDA of $51.1 million. EBITDA margin decreased to 32.4 percent as compared to 33.5 percent for the prior year. GCI's first quarter 2011 net income totaled $1.5 million or earnings per diluted share of $0.03 and compares to net income of $1.7 million, or earnings per diluted share of $0.03 for the same period of 2010. First quarter of 2011 revenues were level with fourth quarter of 2010 revenues. Adjusted EBITDA increased $3.0 million or 6.0% over adjusted EBITDA of $50.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. "We made steady progress toward our long term goals during the first quarter of 2011," said GCI president Ron Duncan. "Our metrics continue to be solid and we're on plan for the year. Much of our effort during the quarter was directed toward preparations for our TERRA construction project. I'm pleased to say that we are on track with our permitting and are fairly confident that we will be able to complete most of the TERRA project this year, thus bringing TERRA revenues and EBITDA on line more than a year ahead of schedule. When finished, TERRA will provide terrestrial connectivity from Anchorage through to Bethel improving voice, data and wireless connectivity for more than 30,000 Alaskans who today rely solely on satellites for service." GCI previously provided guidance on revenues of $685 million to $700 million and adjusted EBITDA of $233 million to $238 million for the year 2011. GCI's first quarter results are consistent with achieving its annual guidance. Highlights


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|Reviews for Human
| Snovolovac chapter 3 . 2/11/2016
well, for the love sweet feelings overload, this was awesome. thanks for sharing
| Guest chapter 3 . 3/5/2014
Poor everyone! Great story.
| Pizzapig chapter 3 . 10/9/2013
Love this story so much, perfect little story.
| Pizzapig chapter 1 . 10/9/2013
Chapter 1:break my heart why dont you, but seriously that was a realy good chapter, well written.
| FireAngel5683 chapter 2 . 8/30/2012
I kind of hats Sam for making dean do that
| FireAngel5683 chapter 1 . 8/30/2012
Awww I don't want Dean to be alone.
| Wolftag chapter 3 . 5/24/2012
;_; It's so sad and wonderful at the same time. I liked it!
| A. Leanne Vast chapter 3 . 3/13/2012
simply. beautiful.
| The Ashes Fan chapter 3 . 1/14/2012
Totally loved this, the angst and pacing, the parts of romance intertwined in it, just lovely, I like that there was a price to pay for their relationship, and just basically, it was awesome :)
| Allego chapter 3 . 8/7/2011
You make it so natural and easy.
Everything, in this situation, is fucked up. But it's still good. Castiel is without grace and Dean lost everything, but who cares ? Because together, they work. You make it work and that's amazing.
I love how honest everything seems when you write it.
| FrameTrap chapter 3 . 6/7/2011
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| Satyra J chapter 3 . 2/22/2011
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| Adja chapter 3 . 1/31/2011
Oh, I'm glad they end up together. I really enjoy your stories. :)
| Heart Torn Out chapter 3 . 1/20/2011
Beautifuk. Well done.
| StellaMarisByStarlight chapter 3 . 11/27/2010
This was beautiful!
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This review is from: ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ran my original config just fine but needed a LOT more out of it so went with an msi board, much better
no sli, awful overclocking options for a p67 which is just completely unacceptable, even for asus. slow boot past bios, it really slowed down my ssd, just the worst board
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Gluten-Free Corned Beef Hash Skillet Is an Easy Meal
Gluten-free corned beef hash is an easy 30 minute meal. The cabbage and other vegetables add variety and nutrition and make a complete meal in a skillet.
It's an ideal dinner recipe to cook on a busy weeknight that will have your family coming back for more.
Mediterranean Beef Rump Roast in the Slow Cooker
I made the most delicious, gluten-free beef rump roast braised in my slow cooker the other day. It was lean and flavorful and it sliced easily so it was easy to serve. The juices were fragrant with the Mediterranean seasoning and the savory vegetables. And, to top it all off, the sandwiches that I will make from the leftovers will be wonderful… We've had this before… Many times!
When I did thicken the juices to make a gluten-free gravy the way my husband likes it, we really enjoyed it. I used sweet rice flour for thickening this time. But, arrowroot powder or potato starch flour would work too if you're cooking paleo.
A little while before serving time, I stirred the thickener into some of the juices and then stirred that back into the crockpot. It made such an easy gravy! There was plenty of flavor in the juices, so without any thickening it would still be excellent if you are on a low-carb diet.
Gluten-Free Mini-Meat Loaf with Mushroom Sauce
Here's an old favorite that's already easy to make, made a little faster. The smaller individual-size loaves cook faster.
Because they're smaller, they're also quick to freeze. They thaw quickly for a meal later, so I often double the recipe and make extra.
When I was converting this recipe to be gluten-free, I discovered several different possibilities…
Gluten-Free Hamburger with Dill Sauce for a Great Cookout!
Are you ready for a great cookout this weekend? I look forward to a gluten-free hamburger with all the trimmings throughout the year, but I enjoy them even more when we can grill them outside.
Gluten-free hamburgers are just as easy as any other kind, as long as the grill is clean when you start.
One of the best things about hamburgers is that each person can choose what they want or don't want on their own.
Beef Round Steak and Vegetables in the Slow Cooker for an Old-Fashioned Dinner Delight
Gluten-free and Gluten-y family members alike will all absolutely love this beef round steak with vegetables from the crock pot recipe.
It's a classic stick-to-the-ribs family-style meal that is every bit as good as your favorite stew… And, you can thicken the delicious broth that you'll get after simmering for several hours in your slow cooker into a silky-smooth gravy that will make the meal even better.
This meal only takes 20-minutes or so to put together and then can simmer for as long as necessary… Whatever that means in your world. It's a low preparation-time recipe that you and your whole family are sure to enjoy.


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Mavuno Harvest
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Mavuno Harvest is a U.S. based food company, started by a Peace Corps volunteer which works with smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their incomes by connecting them with the U.S. market. (Check out their video here ).
Rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa are wholly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. However, lack of access to markets, and inefficiencies in the supply chain lead to wasted food, and thus reduced incomes. It is estimated that smallholder farmers (like Niwandinda and Ankwatsa, 1st and 2nd pic) are only able to sell 30-40% of their fruit while the rest lays to rot.
Mavuno Harvest was founded by Phil (3rd pic left) to address this problem with a simple solution: drying fruit. Drying fruit allows farmers to create a new healthy and delicious product which consumers love. It also avoids waste and allows farmers to sell 100% of their harvests, creates jobs and keeps money in the communities that need it most. They can be found nation-wide in some of the best stores in the U.S. Their fruit is 100% organic, fair trade certified, all natural and non-GMO verified.
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This week at Bungie we're making a list of stuff that we haven't said about The Taken King… yet.
We've already said that we'll be kicking off the second year of Destiny with a major expansion. On the road to launch we plan to prove that The Taken King is more than DLC – it's a game. Going forward, Weekly Updates will be a source of information and insight on how we're updating Destiny for everyone this fall, highlighting key features and the content that we know you care about.
Before we dig in, we want to tackle the basics in more detail, and specifically answer the question, "What's in the box?"
Destiny: The Taken King introduces the following to Destiny on every platform:
- New story missions and an array of sidequests that conspire to tell the story of our battle to defend our Solar System against Oryx and his Taken army
- New narrative driven by cinematic cutscenes starring an engaging cast of characters
- New Exotic Weapons, Exotic Armor, and Exotic Questlines
- The Dreadnaught, a full new destination, with unique secrets, rituals, and treasures to uncover
- A new breed of enemy combatants, The Taken, armed with new abilities and weapons
- An increased Level Cap, and new ways for your Guardian to grow more powerful
- The most substantial injection of new, unique, and redesigned weapons, armor, and talents to date
- New subclasses with all new Supers and abilities
- New cooperative Strikes with unique and dynamic new Boss battles
- Redesigned and reimagined Strikes – Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III – are now overrun by the Taken
- New Crucible multiplayer maps with new Crucible modes, including the previously revealed Rift and Mayhem
- And, of course, last but not least, our biggest six-player Raid yet
That content and those features will form the baseline of every version of Destiny: The Taken King. Between now and September 15th, we'll also explore a range of topics that we know are important to you, including weapon rebalancing, economy improvements, an overhauled quest experience, bounty enhancements, faction allegiances, end game content, and more.
We've learned a lot these last ten months – about the game as well as the people we're playing it with. If you've been adventuring alongside us through The Dark Below and House of Wolves, you know our creative process follows an evolving playbook. The Taken King will present its own unique leap forward, and we're excited to unpack it for you this summer.
More on all of that in the weeks ahead.
07/07/15: The Day of the Player.
Throughout this summer, we'll have many chances to delve deeper into the second year of Destiny. For now, it's appropriate to talk some more about the first. It's been a long, strange trip, and we have yet to do it justice. Fortunately, there's a time intended for that.
Exactly twelve months ago, we had seen the first signs of a Destiny community. The Vanguards had broken new ground in the Alpha. The second wave of explorers were lining up to breach the boundaries of the Beta. Ever since those first sparks of character creation, we've seen a global population of Guardians emerge.
Our inaugural journey around the sun is cause for celebration. Bungie [Community] Day is just the occasion. This tradition was set into motion by players of Bungie games. We made it official on 07/07/07. Since then, the seventh day of the seventh month has been a time to recognize an amazing group of people who assemble in games to become a community.
Pay us a visit again on Tuesday. We'll have some celebrations of the awesome stuff you've done this past year, along with some invitations for how you can express yourselves.
We'll also tell you how any player who has braved the first year of Destiny can achieve permanent, exclusive legendary status. This is something we've been working on for a while, and your own triumphs are the crucial ingredient.
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|"Alex Karasulu" <akaras...@apache.org>
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On Dec 17, 2007 12:13 PM, Jörg Henne <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Graham, > > Graham Leggett schrieb: > > Hi all, > > > > Although not directly related to the directory server itself, I thought > I > > would ask here as the concentration of LDAP experts is high :) > > > > Has anybody heard of a Java package that does object to LDAP mapping, > > along the lines of Hibernate or Torque in the land of SQL? > > > > In other words, I would like a Java class hierarchy of objects > > representing LDAP objectlasses and LDAP objects. > > > > If such a thing doesn't exist, would the directory project be keen to > > adopt such a new piece of code as its home, if it were to be written? > > > the openthinclient.org project contains an LDAP mapping component which > uses a persistence model similar to Hibernate with an XML based mapping > specification similar to Castor's. Although it is currently part of the > aforementioned project, if has always been designed with a stand-alone > operation in mind. > > What the LDAP mapper currently can do: > - map "entities" (essentialy POJOs) to LDAP objects > - handle CRUD operations > - handle one-to-many (multi-valued attributes referencing objects as in > groupOfNames) relationships > - handle many-to-one relationships (single-valued attributes referencing > objects) > - handle bi-directional associations (currently with two active > association ends leading to somewhat brittle behaviour - to be replaced > with JPA/Hibernate style association management where only one end with > be "responsible") > - handle parent-child relationships (nesting of objects within the tree) > - handle some degree of transitive persistence (save/update a graph of > objects in one go) > - offer reasonable performance through lazy-loading and caching > - support different mappings for one Java-class allowing one domain > model to be used on different DIT "dialects", e.g. RFC-based directories > and MS-ADS-based directories. > I could have used that several times in the past 3 years. Let's talk about it more and glad to hear below with your responses to Emmanuel that the license issue can be rectified. Now that we have some attention on this topic let's crank something out that people can use. Whether you guys have something already working or you want to start fresh no matter to me. The sooner we can avoid writing needless handwoven code for LDAP persistence the better. > What it currently can't do: > - support for transactions though compensating actions has been designed > into the system, but hasn't been properly implemented. Implementing it, > would be rather simple, though. > - the mapping model works for us, but might be too limited in some cases. > - handle attribute types beyond simple strings > - be properly documented :-) > > There is one other product in this area I am aware of: spring LDAP. I > had a quick look at spring LDAP, and it appeared to me to have a rather > limited scope of merely eliminating LDAP chores more along the lines of > a templating rather than a mapping. However, it supports transactions. > > I have toyed with the idea of donating this component to the Apache > Directory Project, but have so far kept quiet, since the level of > maturity wasn't where I would have deemed it fit for general > consumption. This however, has changed in the last few weeks. So, if you > consider rolling your own mapping solution, I think you would be a lot > better off with the openthinclient.org component. The component > currently lives at > > https://openthinclient.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/openthinclient/suite/trunk/common > in the org.openthinclient.ldap package. Also contained are some > test-cases illustrating basic usage. The GENERIC_RFC.xml mapping file > could serve you as a rough guide to mapping your own objects. > > Just as a quick note to the broader Apache DS community: > For the lack of a proper writeup of what I/we've been up to I'll give > you a quick update. A few years ago, levigo developed a Linux based thin > client management solution which has been deployed at quite a few > customers, driving some thousands of thin client systems. Through the > years it has always been a solution catering more to specialized cases, > than to a real mass-market. > About two years ago we started to replace the existing solution with a > complete overhaul. This new solution was based on the idea of serving > everything thin clients need from a single server with a simple > deployment, to replace the old one requiring separate native TFTP, NFS, > and DHCP servers. Second system syndrome along with limited resources > has dragged out development of this system much longer than we > anticipated, but in the past months the system reached a state where we > can successfully pilot it in various settings. > Since levigo's business model with respect to thin clients does not > hinge on the sale of licenses, we open-sourced this solution in > September. The project pulls together several technologies in order to > achieve the goal of a single-server thin client solution: Java-based > servers for NFS, TFTP, and PXE (a DHCP derivate for network boot > applications) as well as Apache DS for the storage of all configuration > information. At least two components of the system might be of interest > for integration into Apache DS: > - the PXE proxy has a lot of code which could be forged into a full DHCP > server - I've always wanted to do this, but haven't found enough time yet. > - the LDAP mapping mentioned above. > That's pretty cool. I'll take a closer look at it. It would be cool if we can get our DHCP module up to speed too. Also I talked to an acquaintance who would has already implemented SLP and would like to do it here as a module in ApacheDS in MINA. Don't know for sure but this might add some value. Regardless it's good to hear from you again. Regards, Alex
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Cold. It's a feeling that I believe has never been loved. A shivering feeling that goes down your spine when you know something is rong. Yes something was deeply rong. Rong, that's another word that has a very distinctive feeling. You cant really discribe it iether, it's just there. It's a feeling that lingers in the air infront of you like you know something bad has just happened. I felt both these to feeling as I opened the door to our house. Light was streaming in from the windows but in a kind of greenish way. Everything was the way it was supposed to be,nothing out of order. My collection of papers and nicknacks was just as how I left it, messy. My only lasting books were on the brown table near the window and it appeared that my brother had sweaped the rotting floor. I knew something was rong though, I walked up the old wooden floors towards my brothers room. It was quiet, not even the sound of breathing.Silent. I opened Eric's door to find that the rong I had been feeling was very much rong. My brother wasen't in his room. I had a slow panicky feeling bubble up inside of me as I relized this. I rushed to the bathroom to check if he was there,no. I checked in the basement but once again,no. I walked half ran down the stairs to look in the kitchen but just as I had suspected he wasen't there. I started loosing it, opening cutlery drawers and food cabinets as if he would be there. I know I might sound crazy to you but my frightened reaction was very reasonable. You would think I might consider the facts that he had gone to the park with a few of his friends or went to the dumpster near billard road to sneak a smoke
but the thing about my brother is he's different. Were all different. I grabbed my keys from the counter and ran out forgetting to lock the door behind me. It was risky these days to leave your house door open, so many things happened around here that you diden't know what was coming. I started the engine plugging the keys in, then I leaned back and tried to think very hard, nothing. I scrunched up my face concentrating as if my life depended on it, but it wasen't my life in danger, it was my brothers. This thought shook me up even more. It was the hunting season and he knew much better then to be walking around in the evening time. A quick image flashed through my head,the boundy lane,a place we generaly tried to avoid. I looked out the side window watching as abandoned houses passes by,god our world had really come crashing down on us. I knew this fact should have struck me allong time ago but it haden't and I dont think it ever would. I should explain to you everything right now but my brain feels empty. Basicly were all that still lives. Were all young, children really. Our parents died, our grandparents died, even some of our siblings died. It was a deadly virus,some sort of bug but for some reason it diden't kill us young ones. Anybodey now a days gets ready for there 25th birthday because we all know that on your twenty fifth year you will die.
Our world finally stopped,animals died, the skies turned gray and all that was left was children. Our whole world looks deserted now,as if a big layer of black snow had fallen,barrying us in utter darkness. I cant even remember what the blue sky's looked like, they say when you reach fifteen you begin to forget. I am fifteen. Most of us left our homes and took to the streets, there was to much danger in staying in one place. My brother and me had almost left our selves but we learned quickly that hiding in our rotting cold house might just be a better option. And after all this I sit in my small half broken car,torn and dented, like it just came out of the junk yard. It was a big risk taking my car,no one drives anymore,but I needed to get there fast. I pulled to a stop on the side of the road,climbing out. I did a full turn but saw nothing. I spotted a small path leading through mud and followed it.The mud got deep and reached my nees. Who knew what could be in this, bugs,leeches, the thought disgusted me. I moved my way towards a big tree beside me where the land was a bit higher and less wet and muddy. I reached the tree and leaned against it,a bit out of breath. I was about to continue down the path when I heard an ear piercing scream behind me. I looked around franticly, children died all the time,ussaly murdered. The scream could of been my brother. I broke into a run, pushing my way through the muddy grass that gripped at my ankles and cut me. I spotted something move infront of me and another quieter scream suddenly ringed in my ears, whoever this was, was probably dead. A bad feeling sinked into my stomach but I diden't stop running.
"Eric!" I screamed.
I made it into a clearing, out of breath. Bending my stomach over as I were going to throw up.
The voice I heard next was like a gift from god. I looked up to find my brother staring at me. His face looked so perfect, beautiful dark brown eyes, curvy lips, his dark hair falling over his left eye. I was so hipmatized by him that I almost diden't notice the blonde girl who was lying on the ground. She was staring at me to, tears streaming out of her eyes. Her cheek was cut and I couldn't help but notice the kitchen nife in my brothers hand.
"What are you doing!?" I yelled startling both myself and Eric.
I rushed towards him throwing my arms around his neck,pressing my chin into his choulder. I knew I should be mad at him but I coulden't help but feeling so much love for Eric at that moment. I loved my brother more then anything in the whole world,or at least what was left of it.
"What are you doing I asked?" eying the blonde girl who was now huddled up in ball.
"Miss blondie here was sneaking through our house!" He said a little louder then necessary, I'm sorry Clara but I had no other choice."
I knew what he was telling me, he was going to kill her. We had no choice,this I knew. We had killed other children in the past,almost everyone has but I never came with my brother. It frightened me,I just coulden't handle it. I turned to the girl.
"Is this true?"
"I wasen't up to anything, really,I was just looking for food!" The girl pleaded,looking desperatley between the two of us.
"Well I can tell you,there aint no food in our house, there ain't no food in anybody's house you fool!"
I was outraged by this stupid little princess who diden't have the brain to think that maybe shes not the only one starving, maybe the whole world was starving! I stood up on to my tippy toes,reaching to whisper into Eric's ear. My brother was seventeen and was very good looking. When we were younger he treated me like a queen. Carrying everything for me. Taking responsibility for me when it was my fault. I leaned in, pressing my mouth to his ear.
"Take her with us." I whispered softly.
"Whats your name?" I asked staring at the blonde girl sitting on the chair infront of me.
"Life" She answered staring down at her feet.
"Why the hell is your name Life"
"My mother said that it's a good name. She said it's an importan name because it represents something that is everything.
"That is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. There is no life anymore."
"My name is Life wether you like it or not." She gritted through her teeth." She suddenly stood from her chair and walked right up to me,her mouth practically touching mine. "MY NAME IS LIFE!"
She then sat back down,quivering with anger. Clearly she liked her name. My brother came back from the kitchen holding a wet dirty cloth. He nelt down so that he was at the same level as Life and then began do clean her wound on her face. I took the Greenadine leaf that had been lying on the ground and began to crush it with my hand. Once I had crushed it enough it quickly turned into a grose green paste. I leaned over to Life and began spreading it over the cut, making sure it covered the complete wound. My brother had made the cut pretty deep wich if your talking strategy was good idea since if she got away there was still a good chance she would die of infection. Everyone dies of infection now. I looked at her again,relizing she had been staring at me the whole time.
"Whats your name?" She asked so quietly I could almost not hear her at all.
"My name is Clara,my brothers name is Eric."
"You are very beautiful,very. I had a sister like you once,almost the same." She closed her eyes as if she were searching for an old memory. My hair was a brunette color and my face was pale. I had never associated myself with beauty and although I diden't believe her it was still refreshing to hear those words.
"Thank you" I said trying not to smile.
My brother grinned as he listened into the conversation. I haden't noticed how pretty Life was until now iether. She had light blue eyes and rosy cheeks. Her slender body and a long elegant neck made her look older not to mention how tall she was. I believe my brother had said she was sixteen. One thing was for certain,I did not want this chick hanging anywhere near me or my brother. She looked like trouble. I smoothed my ripped and sleevless shirt down trying to make myself look a little more tooken care of as her. My brother stood up and stretched his arms up yawning.
"Well it's getting late, you can sleep in my sisters room."
"What?!" I was mad at him for even considering it.
"You heard me,unless you want her in my room"
I frowned.
"alone."He added smiling.
"Your disgusting." I said smiling back,hitting him on the shoulder. He laughed and then tackled me down,tickling me ti'll I was practically begging for mursey.
"Sorry to be asking so many questions but what is rong with your parents bedroom?"
"What do you think" I snarled at her.
"What my sister means to say is, our parents were very close to us,we loved them dearly and just like so many other adults they died because of the virus."
"I know that,but like, whats the big deal, my parents died to and i use there room all the time, or at least when i did live there."
Life started playing with her t-shirt, Scrunching it up then letting go,wrapping it around her finger and she continued this until my brother finally awnsered.
"We'll it's just one of the rules that our parents had made,they alwase said to never go in there room, that it was a life or death situation." Eric looked at me.
"Our parents would never hurt us but when my mom and dad had told us this, I am sure that I saw an evil flicker it my mothers eye, as if she was about to hit me, that had been the day I had come so close to hiding in my parents room during a hind and go seek game. My parents had been so angry,I was seven." I explained in a flat voice.
"Are you meaning to tell me that just because your mom and dad said not to go in your room not to mention that you were seven you really haven't tooken even the smallest peek?!"
"Listen Blondie, one thing we need to get straight, your not welcome here, your lucky your even alive. Your leaving tomorrow and after that.." I hesitate. "After that we'll just pretend we never met you and that will be that."
She seamed completely offended by this.
"Clara,your being rude sis, just relax."
"You want me to relax! Look at us, were living in a rotting house,were slowly dying! Look around,what's going to happen when slim leaves start dying out,we'll starve,and after that,our world we'll be just like any other,lifeless.
Tears were coming from my eyes, Life seamed to be crying to. I bent down,resting my head on the wood floor. It's horrible, how there really is nothing I could do.
"I think it's time we all get a rest" Eric sais in a deep voice. Me,Life and Eric all climb up the old creaking stairs. The smell of dust lingers on the wall. I trail my hand on the dark brown banister and dust covers my hand. I look down at my feet, there so sore. Cracked heels and a bad case of athletes foot are the least of my worries though at the moment. I diden't think keeping Life here for the night is good idea infact if I had it my way I would hand her a piece of card board and make her sleep outside. I should just let my brother deal with her before,it was stupid of me to give her any mercy,after all she did sneak around our house.