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Long story short - General Contractor, been in business for 30 some years, wants a website. I wrote up a proposal, went over it with him, told him I would need vital content from him such as pictures and referrals. So now I'm getting the run around that he hasn't taken pictures for years etc. I was like I'm sure you've done friends and families remodeling - have them take some pictures on their digital cameras and send them over...
With home remodeling, pictures of work are basically the most important content on your pages. I really want to make him a truly quality site, the design I'm very happy with, but the content is going to be lacking if he doesn't find a way to help me out. I'm not exactly comfortable getting stock images of house remodeling...that's like getting stock images of websites for promoting your web design.
Do I just use what he gives me and just put the site up even if the content isn't the greatest (given I tried my hardest to get the information from the client), get paid and get out?
Make sure to give him the best advice you can, and let him make the choice. I would encourage him to get a proper photographer in to take some shots. But don't just tell the client to do something. It's better (I think) to be proactive and offer to help out and organize this sort of thing for him. Offer to come in and help get content together, get a photographer in, etc. etc. Of course, make it clear that you have to charge for your time on all this.
Well said. He's probably just to lazy or busy. Anyways since its your job to make the site and your job to get results you must do your best. Because if he doesn't see the results he's probably going to pounce back on you. So tell him that and do the best you can.
Just like in design, getting good content all starts in the proposal. Seems to be too late this time, but next time be sure to put together a needs list and make it a condition of your proposal. If you need photos, put it in your needs list with explanations of how you will use them. In fact, before you write a proposal you should have a questionnaire that includes questions on what his goals and expectations are for his web content. And most importantly, does a photograher fit into his budget?
I've written quite a bit of content for General Contractors. Some want pictures, some don't. Although they are a great help, they are not critical to good content. For this project, get together with your client and find out what he thinks his website needs in terms of content.
If he wants photos, explain to him that, if he prefers you can certainly use stock photos but they will undermine the credibility of his business since they all appear in several sites on the web. You might also remind him that valid testimonials are a big benefit to web sales and there is no better testimonial than pictures and a description of them from a satisfied customer.
At the proposal stage I did note that I would need pictures and testimonials from him. He seems to be one of the most least technical savvy people, even lacking very basic email skills...smh
Anyway, I would be interested in hearing how pictures are not at the very top of the list for general contractors's websites. I know if I was shopping around for home remodeling I'm not sure I'd even consider looking at a site with no pictures. I want to be able to see the type of work the company does and what the quality of it looks like. After I know they have the skills, then I would look into testimonials, length of doing business etc.
I guess if they don't supply images, it's their loss. Just do the best you can with what you've got. Base your wireframe on the content they have.
Have a cut off date and after that use lorim ipsum. Surely they will get the idea when their site goes live then. So long as copywriting has been cited in the contract to be the responsibility of the client by such and such date.
The days I used to wait for clients for perfect content before completion are over. I now work with Lorum Ipsum text, once I've done this, I get complete payment until they finish their content upload which I help them with the technical side of the CMS. I am not sure if this is the best way to go about things, as I am certain there are better possibilities. In terms of content / proof-reading, I help them with this after they have initially lived their content, and likewise with any SEO on-page factors. There are so many dependancies for any web design project, and if you're not careful you can wait for endless content, and changes without recieving any payments for your efforts.
I hope this helps.
Here's the problem with that: A website should be built around the content, not vice-versa. I really commend Bades for trying to do things right, but the sad truth is that many of us (me included) are lacking in selling the value of good content to our customers. We need to spend more time showing and selling them on the idea that content is an investment, not an expense.
One idea that I use (when practical do do such things) is I offer to go to locations customers recommend and take photos and even interview customers. I structure this into the payment. I am careful to let the customer control whether this is a comfortable idea or not. The truth is that many contractors don't have time to do these things, they have a hard enough time getting ontop of their everchanging schedules and unless they believe that this website will make a significant difference then they won't put much stock into it. However, if you can say 'I know that you are busy, but I am offering to
To me, part of design websites for customers is adding value to what you bring. If you have a customer that is unable/unwilling/unknowing why it is important to get you these things then it is our jobs as web designers to ensure they get a good quality site. You can position it too General Contractors like you are a General Contractor for the web; you bring the right materials and the right people together to get the best possible site. This is language contractors generally understand.
If you know that you are not a decent photographer then hire one and budget it with your client, same it true for the writing/content editing.
@Shyflower;. The last time I did not I waited 8 months before the site was completed, and even I was kept being changing the content, up until they decided to proof-read it themselves and did not opt to get it professionally checked. I feel, from a business point of view it's best to work on the content last, that way you get paid, whether or not they have the content in place. What is a requirement before the I start a website is the logo, the content unfortunately never goes first as this would be incredibly hard for me to complete a site.
Hi Sega,
IMHO it is far easier for clients to refine things rather than create things. This is why I have the site content written for them based on my customer research, current marketing material and discussion notes. Once the first version of the content is created I schedule a client to read through the content with me. Often times they will like most of what is there but they think of things they should also be included. I will explain to them how adding these things will affect their budget but generally they are ok with it as they feel it is important. If in their eyes changes are too expensive then they don't get made and I let them know that we can do this as a subsequent project or iteration of work. This process has worked very successfully for me.
I like your style. Too often I see remarks from developers that look at websites as pieces put together rather than a composite, as you suggest. When you put focus on any one part of development, rather than the big picture, you end up with piece-meal instead of a well integrated web-presence.
IMHO, one of the major bugaboos of web development is the idea that a business -- whether off line coming online or a web entrepreneur -- is capable of writing its own content for the web. They leave out the fact that, even if the domain owners are good at their job, they are not familiar with writing for the web or what a website needs to succeed in this highly competitive arena. I know a lot of successful business people who are totally clueless when it comes to writing and a lot of great writers who are clueless about selling on the web or anywhere else. The successful web writer is well-grounded in salesmanship, writing principles, and especially the specialty of knowing what works on this medium (the web) and what doesn't.
Bottom line is that it takes a combination of all three -- web savvy, writing skills, and salesmanship to build a competitive web presence.
:tup: And if you are not great at all these things then contract things like photography and writing, build it into the price - make sure to include money for your time to mange contract work. Become well versed in adding business value (ie. learn the things the customer is good at, and take off their hands things that are not). Sell these 'offloading of responsibility' ideas to them in a way they see you are trying to help them rather than fleece them and most of the time they realize that what you are positioning to them has sound reason and weight their decisions on it.
For example I will say
With businesses that I have done similar work, if the customer writes the content then it can take 20 or more hours of their time - most times the customer did not have this time, and I don't think you do either. In addition, web content is written differently than books or magazine content as people scan rather than read web pages. Writing for the web is a critical skill, because your site design will be based around this content. A web writer I work with can get your content written in 8-12 hours. They know how to pull the important information out of the assets we are preparing. We will need to allocate $xxx.xx dollars to the project; however, the content is the most important aspect of your site, only second to people finding your site. If they find your site and the content is not good, they won't stay or come back. In other terms it is important to get this done right.
Definitely go with advising him and stating your "professional opinion" on why his website is not the "ideal" site you and your customer have in mind. You could discuss about his target market's preference and the ongoing online trends in creating web presence. Tell him how originality works in building a website especially on the content department.
After working with really huge clients / rich people i can tell there are basically two scenarios:1. They have 100500 managers and a 500 pages brand book.2. They dont have anything and director will let you speak to him for around 10 minutes before he needs to go. Although he is sure that YOU need to know what his business needs.
And i can tell you that i enjoy the second type more. Its like solving a math task where X is defined by something like 400 < X < 10432 (instead of X = 3). Work turns out to be creative and even though they might not have images you are free to create / draw it.
Do have to admit your approach is way better. When you said this affects the budget, could you explain in what way? How much more does it affect the price. I have a ere feeling that if I tried to do the same clients would decline so that they could save money. From experience they always prefer if things do not cost much?
A main drawback to my approach is that granted I might get paid, however, clients always leave their website's half-finished from a content point of view. I do send frequent reminders, but many fail to understand the importance. Maybe they feel that because I got paid I should no longer ask anything from them.
Yep, I really like your approach, I think I might (will) have to steal that one!
I think this is the main problem. Not one of those professions is a master or can survive on their own.
For me content is a priority, the days of SEO magic and died to good quality content and web design. Clients never understand this, I always do stress it from the beginning and now I am hoping to positively influence more clients into understanding this. Content should be written naturally but with a point of view of what is commonly searched for. This way we can create good business. Clients however, fail to understand the combination, and many don't want to get themselves in a huge debt as are sceptical if there will be a return on investment. It's increasingly difficult to give them what will work if clients are 'scared' to pay a little more.
Apart from good on-page search engine optimization and unique well written content, we have to focus on the security as well as supporting existing clients.
It affects the cost because to get good contractors where I live, I have to spend between $60 to $80 per hour; typically $60 per hour for people I give more than 20 hours a month (this rate can be negotiated; although I know that my writers need to make a living so I don't negotiate this). So typically for a 20 page site it would cost around $800 to $1000 which make the project 25% more expensive, if I would do this myself (shudder). The main thing is that after I show examples of what content customers versus professional writers have written, the customer very clearly knows which one they like better, even if we don't get into the 'why people don't read on the web' talk. So to me I expect as a cost of doing it right and confidently position its' worth to the customers and given that most companies where we are don't update their business designs within 5 year cycles then it works out to be about $200 per year or about $17 per month. Most times I don't have to get to these discussions as they understand it is part of the cost.
I think they may be a missed opportunity? If your customer opts not to write content, it's partly completed, or is not written well for the web then the next conversation I would have with them "Is your site driving business the way you want? Are you getting the returns you need to feel this is a good investment?" Often this conversation opens the door to 'Lets fix the content so it works better for Search Engine placement and reads better. We may also consider building in a couple of hours a month where we walk through the Google/Web analysis and I help you understand where you have better traffic, what content seems to be most visited and then we focus more on those or we improve other important areas so we also will encourage more traffic. My company got many of these types of monthly web maintenance type tasks and they really helped our customers; we made sure the customers realize that our efforts where driving this increase in traffic/sales. This further increased our business value to them and opened additional opportunities for new business with the same customer.
You can't steal what is gladly given
Those skills are just as important for the developer to have as it they are important for the developer's client. If you aren't selling the complete package, you need to up your game. I guess to start you need to ask your clients if they want the complete package that will help them pre-build a good web presence or if they just want a design.
You're completely right!
@ServerStorm; Thanks for helping me see something in a completely different way. So from a content gathering point of view you ask clients for all their material first, prior to developing a sitemap and having a professional content write it? Is there a procedure you take prior to doing this.
For the Google Analytic I can completely see your point of view. At this time I simply letup Google Analytic to email the clients without my involvement, however, content and social media would be ideal if more traffic is desired.


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German astronaut Alexander Gerst shaves the head of American astronaut Steve Swanson as they follow through on a World Cup bet aboard the International Space Station on June 26. Swanson and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA made good on their bet with their German crewmate, shaving their heads to match Gerst's bald pate in the wake of the U.S. soccer team's loss to Germany 1-0 in the World Cup.
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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover used the camera at the end of its arm in April and May to take dozens of component images combined into this self-portrait where the rover drilled into a sandstone target called "Windjana." The selfie was released on June 23, a day before the "Marsiversary" of the robot's landing on Mars. By Earth's reckoning, that landing happened almost two years ago — 687 days, which equals one Martian year.
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Is it absolutely necessary to know PHP and jquery in order to start a web design business? I am working on learning those, but should I wait until I learn them before I start marketing myself as a web designer?
Most jquery is copy and paste. And you can learn php as you go. No you don't have to wait.
Spits coffee over monitor!!Splutter ...What??!!
:)[/ot]I don't think you have to wait either.I find the best way to learn is to have an actual project to work on and to solve real problems as I encounter them.Whilst you are working on client projects, you can start filling in any gaps you might have and the SitePoint forums are a great place to ask if you do get stuck with anything.
What? You can find most snippets you need on google.
This is true.However, you do need a half-decent understanding of the DOM and what is going on behind the syntactic sugar of jQuery, so as not to get in trouble.
Thanks guys, I will learn as I go.
You can either be good at jquery or really good at google. Out of nessesity I have become really good at google. But there are still many times (as Pullo knows) that I would of been nice to be able to edit the jquery myself. Still on my list of todos
Not knowing PHP or Jquery is the least of your worries if you're starting up as a freelancer.
IMO you should be spending 90% of your time and effort figuring out how to sell.
You could train a monkey to build an adequate website nowadays, but the monkey can't do Sales...
I completely agree with this.If you can't sell yourself and/or your services in a convincing manner, it really doesn't matter how much of a jQuery ninja you are.
One resource which has been invaluable to me in this respect was the BoagWorld podcast.It might be worth checking this out. I recommend listening to the old episodes, too. A lot of the material they cover is still relevant today.
Not sure I agree with the first part of this statement, but if you run into something you can't handle with your current skill set, you can always outsource it to another developer.
Funny that is the same way I feel about sales. If a monkey can be trained to build websites than surely one can be trained do sales. I'm sure a monkey can easily be trained to say yes to all customer request and cut the time estimated by the engineer in half. Surely… oh we also can't forget beginning every request with "Just …" or "I don't think it is that difficult but could you…", (insert other random phrase to dumb down ACTUAL amount of work required) .
And yet, good software developers are easier to find then good salespeople. Trivialize the value of sales at your own risk


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assistant interim principal Trent Grundmeyer explains Hype Cycle at the Coon Rapids-Bayard West Central Iowa Tech Institute on Wednesday.
October 31, 2013
More than 100 educators attended the West Central Iowa Tech Institute at Coon Rapids-Bayard on Wednesday. Attendees described it as a "tech conference focused on student learning" not "technology for technology's sake," a theme they agreed was "the right message."
The day kicked off with a keynote address from Shannon Miller on giving students a voice. She shared the stage with a fourth-grade student who explained how she was empowered through technology in classrooms.
"She showed that empowerment comes from real-world products," said Brent Jorth, CRB principal and conference organizer. For example, rather than just turn in writing assignments for a teacher, the student writes a blog that is followed by individuals across the United States and abroad.
Breakout sessions covered topics ranging from how to use specific technology and programs, such as MacBooks Airs or Google Docs, to how to further engage students through gaming platforms and current events resources.
Leslie Pralle Keehn, former eighth-grade history teacher and current institutional technology consultant for the Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, presented a session on gaming that left standing room only.
Keehn cited a study that indicated there were more than 1 billion gamers in the world, defined as any individual who spends an hour or more per day playing video or computer games. Every teacher could recognize that student who would run home to play Xbox, or stay at the library until it closed to play an online game with friends, she said, wondering how to "harness" that enthusiasm.
She cited five principles of gaming that could work to engage students - the ability to redo something they failed on their first try, collaboration with others to reach a goal, "leveling up" or becoming "masters" in various subjects, rewards or acknowledgement for hard work, and fast feedback that allows students to know immediately if they are understanding a concept.
She tested her theory on an eighth-grade history class. Students watched videos through HippoCampus, read articles and completed projects, such as tracing Americana Revolutionary battles on Google maps, in order to reach different levels. Keehn supplemented the required lessons with additional assignments students could choose to do for extra points, allowing them to delve further into the areas they found interesting.
She kept a leader board of the top five and began tweeting out changes to the board or announcing when students moved up to a new level. She was surprised to find the students tweeting back if she hadn't updated the game fast enough, and was further surprised to discover students spending weekends doing homework for fun. She had designed only five levels, and by the end of the class, the students were helping her design more.
The game format allowed her to develop different requirements for different students in accordance with individual education plans. But in the end, one of her special-education students stunned her, surpassing all of his classmates to win the game.
"It's a way of getting different kids engaged," Keehn said, acknowledging that while it wasn't a perfect solution, gaming was one way to combine best teaching practices and technology.
She found that the students who were traditionally "good at school" hated the game. Rather than figuring out how to demonstrate their knowledge, they just wanted Keehn to tell them how to get an A. But in life, there isn't going to be a clearly defined path to get an A, she said.
"The question in education now is what are we giving kids that they can't Google," Keehn explained. "We're helping kids learn how to learn."
She taught a second session on using the Internet to provide primary resources and timely, relevant supplements to class discussion. She focused on materials available through CSPAN. For example, there is already a full unit available to teachers on the chemical weapons in Syria, content that could be used in social studies and science classes. The network also has live feeds of congressional representatives and presidents speaking, which could be used in English classes to distinguish between different types of debate; financial materials on economic changes that could be utilized in math classes; and Supreme Court cases that break down Constitutional rights as judicial opinions are released.
"There is such a vast library," she said. "It's surprising how few people know about it."
Carroll High School assistant interim principal Trent Grundmeyer also presented several sessions at the conference, including one focused at administrators on how to use two free online reports to guide adaption of various technologies. The Horizon Report and the Hype Cycle trace various tools, such as tablets, open-source classes or 3D printing, to predict the "likely time frame to mainstream adoption."
"Some districts purchase technology to keep up with the Jones'," Grundmeyer said. "That's not a good way to do business or spend tax dollars."
The reports show what technologies are two to three or four to five years from adoption in the classroom to help schools stay ahead of the curve rather than behind. By knowing what technologies will be vital in the future, teachers can focus their professional development and training accordingly.
According to Grundmeyer, the reports have been fairly accurate so far. For example, one-to-one initiatives and cloud computing were predicted to reach mainstream. Now, more than 50 percent of Iowa districts have such initiatives, an acceptance rate surpassed only by Maine.
The reports also offer examples and models of how technologies can be used. For example, 3D printing, predicted to be about four to five years from mainstream acceptance, can be used to bring DNA helixes and dinosaurs to life for students as the resources get cheaper.
The key to selecting technology is to know the end goals, said Grundmeyer. Chromeboks, MacBooks and iPads can all be used in a one-to-one initiative, but MacBooks are better for creative uses, Chrombooks for collaborative functions such as Google Docs, and iPads for replacing textbooks with digital versions.
"Our job is to set up what we want for our kids," he explained. "Technology is not just a toy anymore. It's necessary in education."
When used together, the reports can help educators determine when acquiring technology will be most efficient and cost effective.
"You can't do all the research on your own, but you can know what to look at to see what's around the corner," Grundmeyer said. "That's our job as leaders."
Maggie Haines, eighth grade teacher in Winterset, and Austin Temperley, principal of Des Moines Christian School, were both impressed with the immediate potential of the conference sessions.
"I attended to get ideas I could take back to class tomorrow and I have," said Haines.
Temperley agreed, adding that the applications and tools presented throughout the day were "very practical."
Jorth said that he was pleased with the turnout and that feedback was positive. He hopes to double attendance at a similar event in the future. CRB superintendent Rich Stoffers agreed.
"We started with an idea to transform learning," Stoffers said, adding that a key motivation for the conference was the planned one-to-one rollout in the district scheduled for the upcoming spring.
"We're not there yet, but we're definitely transforming thinking," he said. "It's one thing to say we're going one-to-one, but another for the teachers to get involved. The main thing now is the follow-through."
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From Tea to Transformation #FIRSTPhantomTea
by Mo Neville
Last year, at this very same "Phantom Tea" time of year, I shared an article I had written in 2011 regarding a life-changing moment that occurred while sharing a simple cup of tea. This year, as we gathered in a circle at our conference table, detaching from our computers (if only for a few hours!) and assembling the Phantom Tea packets, I was once again reminded of the importance, power, and warmth of a simple human connection.
It seems the basic notion of smiling at someone, making eye contact, or just saying hello, actions so uncontrived they are hardly spoken of, have become effortful, and sometimes, in some lives, even obsolete. So much so, that some of the world's most influential people are joining together to stop the spreading of isolation and loneliness. It is no wonder that media icons Oprah Winfrey, Gayle Kine, and Sonjay Gupta are now lending their names and their support to a campaign that reflects this very same message of connection: Just Say Hello.
And although this article is not "new," and in fact, was my very first post when I arrived at FIRST nearly eleven months ago, the message itself is as resounding today as the day it went from a life experience to a life-changing moment.
I hope when you open your tea packets this week, you think of my story below – or better yet – that you reach out to a friend, a neighbor, or even a stranger you have never met. I hope that you are inspired to share a cup of tea, a bit about FIRST, and your life with ichthyosis…
…or to simply say hello.
Ode to Tea…
{April 1, 2001} I spotted the name in the daily soup of tweets…One Hundred Cups of Tea. Now, you can call it karma, a sign from the universe, or whatever your word is for "knowingness", but I knew in approximately 3.3 seconds – the time it took to read the first sentence of his mission (can having tea with a stranger change your life?) – with no plans of traveling to the UK, and with a rather bitter distaste for tea in general that I would be having tea with him someday.
That day was today.
I will admit I had a little bit of the pre-caffeine jitters. But I was definitely more excited than nervous. After all, this person was making the most inconvenient of gestures – after traveling the first 3,500 miles, he'd stop in route from one side of the world to the other, to meet some lady he'd exchanged a few pleasant emails with…for a cup of tea. I mean, really, who does that?
After struggling to decipher the new atm-ish parking meters peppering the streets of Philadelphia, it suddenly dawned on me – what if we don't get along? As I opened the coffee shop door with a four-sugar lump in my throat, I was pinched by the thought of the worst case scenario: volcanic silence – that unstoppable eruption of nothing to say moments…particularly painful amongst strangers. Ugh. I hate when that happens.
There was a slight, early-twenty-something-rocker-type with his head buried in a laptop, sitting in the middle of a couch. He is young enough to be my son, I thought. That can't be him. Maybe it's the other guy, slightly balding, with the golf shirt and the Wall Street Journal under his arm. Nope. The young guy stood up. And as he moved in closer it was undeniably the friendly-faced tea sipper from the internet. "You must be Greg," I said, hoping he didn't deny his identity and run from this forty-(ahem) year old woman, saddling a cumbersome stack of bags and books. "Yes, hello, nice to meet you Mo."
Phew. My worries were dissolved by the mere tone of his voice. How cheerful, I thought.
In fact, it took but five minutes to settle in, order our chai teas, and start chatting through the hours like two old bitties at basket bingo. Not only had I lost concern with a difference in age or a lack of conversation, but I quickly recognized we were more like-minded than I might have imagined.
He began by sharing an important moment. The moment, in fact. The one when he found himself walking around London, a place he'd move to with such high hopes of finding his life's next phase – but instead only finding a growing frustration with the take-no-prisoner pace of the city. One day, while making his way through the fumes of impatience, he noticed something deafeningly odd. "I was looking down at the sidewalk instead of up at the beauty. I'd already forgotten about the castles. The history. Why I'd even come to London." He stopped and thought, "I don't want to live this way."
But instead of running away to that next safe place; instead of continuing an outward search to recapture his optimism; his zest for adventure…Greg journeyed inward.
He wondered why he…and London…came to feel this way at all.
He wondered about the voices between our individual worlds – the ones that judge, that doubt, that keep us away from the conversation…the ones that make us strangers. "What if we look up, look at each other, actually have a conversation. Will it make any difference at all?"
Mostly, he wondered "Can a simple cup of tea with a stranger, change my life?" Soon after his journey to have tea with 100 people, whom he had never met, began.
He spoke of the people he's shared tea with thus far; the lone German woman he'd met on the bus; the older couple at the airport; the man outside the restaurant in the midst of a full-blown panic; the emails, the odd per-chance meetings; the occasional struggle to fill the awkward space of silence – the profound lessons he'd been learning from each and every encounter.
"I know now more than ever how important it is to have conversation. We're pushing away from each other and we need to push back in the other direction, we need to really see each other again," he explained.
Soon the story of Greg was becoming very clear to me. This young Canadian man, a self-admitted non-social-butterfly, whom I'd never seen, nor heard of, who had taken a plane to New York, a bus to Philadelphia, slept in a hostel, and made his way through a strange city for a stranger…was the perfect person for me, or anyone, to meet for tea. Because, as evidenced in his poetic one hundred cups journal, he is not only a delightful storyteller, but he is blessed with the gift of listening.
After three and half hours, it was time for us to part ways. I walked to my car, stuffed a soggy parking ticket in my purse and smiled as I realized something that I will carry with me for the rest of my days. Hmm. Just one cup of tea and we are no longer strangers.
I sat and jotted a few thoughts…
I think, some day, this young man's life may be quite celebrated; at least for those who need him to be.
I think I will drink more tea.
I think I will one day write more of an ordinary Canadian who chose to have tea with 100 strangers — and in doing so, achieved the extraordinary.
I think someday, because of him, there will be a little less loneliness in the world.
I think there will be more empathy.
I hope so.
It's such a beautiful dream…


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Hello Miss Eimee,
First of all I would encourage you to find a practitioner that you feel comfortable with. Not one who talks at you and who doesn't take the time to really listen and answer your questions. Every doctor, midwife and practitioner is different and you'll be able to find someone you really like if you take the time to ask around to find out which practitioners others really like. You can also interview midwives and doctors. The ones who are most open to taking the time to talk to you before you hire them will likely be the ones you'll want to partner with for your care (and yes, it is a "partnership").
My very first thought about your irregular cycles that happen only 2 or 3 times a year and that seems to be hereditary is that you may have PCOS. This is Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome and it's becoming more and more prevalent.
Women with PCOS tend to:
Gain weight around the middle/tummy area
Have acne on their face and/or back
Have hair growth on their upper lip or chin (facial hair)
Have periods only a few times a year.
You can do some things to naturally regulate your cycles and balance hormones. Exercising for at least 30 minutes every day (without stopping) is a good start. Avoiding all refined sugar is another helpful tip.
Here's another thread on this forum that discusses PCOS. I hope you'll find some helpful information there.
Warm regards,


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Two arrested, northeast Gainesville house seized
Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.
The Gainesville Alachua County Drug Task Force seized a house on Wednesday and found large amounts of cocaine, marijuana and cash as well as two firearms, according to Gainesville Police Department spokesman Officer Ben Tobias.
The task force served a search warrant around noon on the house at 1031 NE 8th Ave., Tobias said, and Gerald Richardson, 30, and Marcus Chatman, 26, were arrested. Both men list the raided house as a home address on arrest records.
During the search, the task force located two firearms, a report said. Chatman told police he purchased the guns for between $500 and $600 and used them for protection, police said. Chatman was previously convicted of a felony narcotics violation, so on Wednesday he was arrested on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Also, officers reported finding about 185 grams of marijuana in the house, and Richardson was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to sell.
Tobias said additional evidence, including the cocaine, was still being processed and analyzed, and additional charges may be pending. Task force members also found stolen items in the house, Tobias said, so the GPD Special Operations Unit responded. Officers said the occupants may have been trading drugs for the stolen goods.
This was the first raid of the year for the task force, Tobias said, and it generally does about 50 a year. Occupants of the house were distributing the drugs, he said, but not making them on the premises.
Both Richardson and Chatman were in the Alachua County jail on Wednesday night.
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A9 TV; 29 July 2011
Some circles in America think that the PKK will be useful for the formation of a great Armenia and a great Israel. Yet such a system would annihilate Israel. That would be a terrible foolish system. It would also ruin Armenia.
What these circles in the USA really want is the Armageddon mentioned in the Gospel, a huge world war. In that case there will be no more Kurds or Armenians or Jews. My apologies to the American people, of course. They are fine and good people. But there are those among the evangelicals who want bloodshed, and it is them I am referring to. They are in charge of the U.S. secret state. We cannot clear the way for them.
The communist system is fixated about not going back. You cannot say, "I am giving up." They will just shoot you. Since going back means death in the communist system, people are conditioned to keep moving forward. They cannot go back. They know what happen to them. That is why they do all they can to kill anyone who defects from the PKK. They have shot most of them, you know, those people who have confessed, or others. Even if there are just a few of them that is still enough to cow the others.
The most effective way of opposing the PKK, communist movement, the essential solution, is by waging an intellectual struggle. But nobody has so far talked about the intellectual struggle. Only I speak of it. And I shall continue to insist on the intellectual struggle. But that is the answer.
For example, there is a disaster in Pakistan and everyone coughs up money. Or they say we must collect money and give alms and charity. Pakistan has been devastated. But Somalia has been in a wretched state for as long as I can remember. There is constant talk of aid and they are constantly wretched. Sending aid is fine. But instead of all this organized activity you should be demanding Turkish-Islamic Union, and that will totally resolve the problem. If we had Turkish-Islamic Union, Somalia would be like Paris. Wealth, plenty and abundance would pour in. Pakistan is wretched. People in Morocco are wretched, and our brothers in Iraq are wretched, their children going barefoot. They are wretched in Moro and Chad and everywhere. They cannot even wash once a month. They only eat meat very rarely. They are living from hand to mouth.
Countries invest at least half their earnings in weapons. It goes on tanks and shells and bullets. But there will be no need for that with Turkish-Islamic Union. Arms will disappear. Money will not be spent on arms.
Turkish-Islamic Union is equivalent to the way of the Mahdi. Islamic Union is equivalent to the way of the Mahdi. But you can see how Allah is devastating the world because they refuse to talk about it and how He is showing the world that. Everyone is uneasy, there are suicides and people crying and shouting and starving to death … If they obeyed the command of the Messenger of Allah (saas), fulfilled the requirement for Islamic Union, and obeyed Allah and the Qur'an's command, instead of suffering all this misery, then the matter would be resolved.
Let us imagine that one family gave a billion in cash. That would meet the needs of people in Somalia for two days at most. That money would not be enough. They do not only need food. They need shelter and medical services. There are millions of people there. Which one will you give money to? It is not enough. Not enough to turn the mills, as they say. But when we have Turkish-Islamic Union, money will flood in, goods and food will pour in, their material needs will pour in and the matter will be completely resolved. Our Prophet (saas) says that this is the way. He says this will happen in the time of the way of the Mahdi. Those who say, "No, we know better than the prophet" are responsible for this.
Instead of lamenting, they should be saying, "O Lord! Give us Turkish-Islamic Union, give us Islamic Union. Bring us the Mahdi and send us the Prophet Jesus (as)." Then Allah would heed their prayer. But some people persist in arrogance and obstinacy. And so these afflictions continue, too.
When there is a huge Turkish-Islamic Union army of 30 million, when we have Islamic Union, it will be highly deterrent, like NATO. They will discover the importance of democracy, manners, kindness, proper behavior and being a Muslim. There will be no need to describe them.
The solution is radical. The radical solution is Turkish-Islamic Union. There is no sense in pretending not to understand.
There is no need to do anything. The matter will be resolved if people say "I want Turkish-Islamic Union" in their families or when they go to the store. It will end for good. Say just one word on Facebook, say, "I want Turkish-Islamic Union."
The reason why the economic crisis has not affected Turkey is the abundance of the way of the Mahdi. It is afflicting everywhere, and if it is not affecting Turkey, that is the reason, insha'Allah. Turkey is under Allah's protection. It is under the protection of Allah.
This is important in terms of the emphasis of destiny. [There was an earthquake on the day of Mr. Adnan Oktar's arrest]. We are arrested on that day, and there is an earthquake. Allah causes it as a distinguishing sign in destiny. There is an earthquake on the day when the followers of the Prophet Jesus (as) are arrested. That is also a determinant of destiny. It is significant in terms of pointing to destiny, insha'Allah.
Some people do not care in the least about Islamic Union or Turkish-Islamic Union or Somalia or Afghanistan or Pakistan or East Turkestan. They do not care about the people being beaten in East Turkestan. You can see what they are preoccupied with, what they are concentrating on. They do not say, "Our brothers must pray for Islamic Union." They have other priorities.
The apathy and collapse of conscience in some people... In East Turkestan they stretch Muslims out and break their arms. They crush the fingers of tiny children. They kick anyone in range. They take young girls away at midnight. They take them off to Mao's brothels, tens or hundreds of thousands of young East Turkestan girls. But some people don't care, they just worry about getting married. This person wants us to pray for him to get married. May Allah bring you to your senses and make you a supporter of Islamic Union, insha'Allah. That is what your most urgent need is.


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How to Tell Your Guy Is Marriage Material
Are you looking at your watch and waiting for your boyfriend to pop the question? These signs will help you figure out whether he's actually marriage material in the first place.
-Marcelina Hardy
If you've been watching The Real Housewives of Atlanta, you know of Kenya. She's the former Miss America sorry, Miss Universe—and she has wanted her boyfriend Walter to propose to her since her first appearance on the show. While her dramatics might be a bit ridiculous at times, she does a good job at showing how frustrating and sad it can be to find someone that you believe could be a perfect husband and dad—but then discovering that person is just not interested in marriage… at least right now.
If you've been looking at your watch and stamping your foot, just waiting for your boyfriend to pop the question, you are not alone. Millions of women sit around wishing, hoping, and waiting for the day they'll hear, "Will you marry me?"
The problem, though, is that these women may be missing something crucial to the relationship: A man that is truly marriage material.
Read Love Your Relationship in 2013 With These New Year's Resolutions
Need some help figuring it out? Here are some of the signs that indicate whether a man is marriage material to help all of the desperate women out there decide if they should fish or cut bait.
1. He talks about marriage.
When a man talks about marriage, he's thinking about marriage (obviously!). But, just because he talks about marriage in general doesn't mean he wants to marry you. To know if he is interested in marrying you specifically, pay attention to whether he talks about marriage with you as part of that conversation.
2. He has a timeline.
Some men are planners, and they will tell you that they are planning to marry you. The plan is set for him, but is it set for you? His plan may include marrying you, but it might not be for years. If you're looking for marriage in the next year and he's looking further down the line, he's obviously not marriage material right now.
More signs up next!


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Travel blog: Vienna
Vienna, Austria
By Lise Laurberg
arcspace.com recently visited the Austrian
capital to have a special look at the Viennese version of a
contemporary cultural cluster: the Museumsquartier. Spanning a
century of buildings the cluster is a Chimera of cultural
institutions leashed by Adolf Loos and his hatred of
In and around the former imperial horse stables, a new cultural complex began to take shape in the 1990s. New buildings designed by architects Ortner & Ortner contain the Leopold Museum and the MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art) and define a large and surprisingly lively public square in front of the historical stable building, today housing the Kunsthalle Wien, an exhibition space for international contemporary art and discourse.
The MUMOK museum complex is weaved together by a playful quantity of smaller public spaces, passageways and bridges connecting the museums to the many cultural destinations and shops in the courtyards of the area.
The notorious abominator of the ornament, Adolf Loos, designed the Goldman & Salatsch Building, finished in 1911, overlooking the Michaelerplatz. After refusing to participate in the architectural competition to which he had been invited, the angry architect was eventually commissioned for the job. Loos' modern design for a building to be situated right across the imperial Hofburg caused a great deal of scandal and only after a compromise - including placing flower boxes in the upper floor windows - did the building authorities allow the project to be finished.
To 21st century eyes, the Looshaus does not look so bereft of ornament - but comparing it to the extravagant decorations of the surrounding architecture you get the point.
Kärntner Bar
A couple of years earlier, Loos had designed the Kärntner Bar, today well hid behind a scruffy parasol, but still serving great coffee and drinks in its dark and mysterious interiors. The cheerful abundance of costly materials inside - brass, mahogany, onyx, marble and silk - ripe with more than a century of cigarette smoke, makes the American bar in Vienna worth a visit.
Not far from the Kärntner Bar is the Stefansdom, an impressive Gothic church from 1147 with a colorful Majolika roof unlike anything we have ever seen in the world of real, serious Western architecture.
Right across, we found Hans Hollein's provocative building from 1990, which we did not really fall in love with. But considering the resistance that met the Looshaus back in the day, the future may well prove that we are just representing the ignorant reactionaries of our time…
Last updated: February 12, 2014
See also
Bergisel Ski Jump 2002
Bergisel Mountain, Austria
Nordpark Cable Railway
Innsbruck, Austria
Frank Gehry: At Work
"Gathered Sky" by James Turrell
Will it Sustain?
The 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale


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To young girls living in poor, rural communities along Brazil's longest, busiest motorway, prostitution is a way of life, writes Emma Clayton.
Along the 2,819 miles of the BR-116 are nearly 300 places where children are known to be sold for sex.
In many communities along the highway, prostitution is an accepted way of making money – and for girls as young as ten abuse and exploitation is a normal part of childhood.
But thanks to a place called the Pink House, there is a glimmer of hope for these girls.
When dance teacher Lauren Batty first arrived at the Pink House from Ilkley, she found girls standing at the back of the room, arms folded, nervous, with low self-esteem and reluctant to speak out. But when she turned the music on their faces broke into smiles and they started to move.
Gradually, through building trust with Lauren, the girls have learned to see their bodies as more than just something to sell and, with increased confidence and new life skills, they're looking to a future free from sexual exploitation.
The Pink House is a safe house in Medina, in Minas Gerais state, attended by around 60 girls aged ten to 17. It is run by Meninadanca, a charity helping young prostitutes re-claim their lives. Meninadanca – meaning 'girl dance' in Brazilian – builds confidence, self-esteem and skills through dance and other 'girl-specific' therapies. Following assessments by professionals, the girls work with volunteers using their own skills to help them.
Meninadanca was founded by British journalist Matt Roper who, after seeing a young girl selling herself on a roadside early one morning, was horrified to discover the extent of child prostitution on the BR-116. Travelling along the highway, he found entire communities caught up in child sexual exploitation and became determined to try to re-build traumatised young lives. Matt started working with teenage girls living on the streets in Minas Gerais, many addicted to crack cocaine, and in 1998 he opened a dance class centre. The girls called the project Meninadanca.
Last year Lauren spent six months as a volunteer at the Pink House in Medina. A dance and drama teacher, with a degree in performing arts, she worked with Bradford Youth Services and heard about Meninadanca through a colleague. Attending a conference held by the charity, Lauren was shocked to learn of the scale of child exploitation and, when a vacancy for a volunteer dance teacher arose, she found herself travelling to rural Brazil in January last year.
"Medina is surrounded by mountains, many people travel by horse rather than car," says Lauren, 25, from Ilkley. "Nobody speaks English. There were two other British volunteers when I arrived but their stay was coming to an end, so for a while I was the only English-speaking person."
Lauren stayed with a local pastor and his wife, gradually picking up some Portuguese, the main language of Brazil. "They treated me like a daughter. Living with them in the town meant I learned about the culture and way of life," she says.
It didn't take Lauren long to see that, because of culturally ingrained attitudes, putting girls on the streets was acceptable to many parents. "These are poor families and it's an income. It has been going on a long time, through generations. Mothers who were young prostitutes themselves are now getting their daughters to do it," says Lauren. "Authorities tend to turn a blind eye; child prostitution isn't widely acknowledged.
"The BR-116 is heavily used by truck drivers and there is trafficking – girls are often picked up and taken to cities. When the World Cup comes to Brazil this year the road will be a lot busier."
When Lauren first met the Pink House girls she was heartbroken. "What hit me most was how hardened they were. They'd been robbed of their childhoods; prostitution was the only life they knew," she says. "There was a reluctance to speak out, I had to gain their trust – but dance is a great way to engage them and build trust."
Lauren used dance therapy to help build the girls' confidence and self-image. "Dance helps with confidence, posture, spacial awareness, co-ordination, self discipline. It's empowering," says Lauren. "Initially the girls danced provocatively but that wasn't something we wanted to encourage. I showed them how to consider their bodies in a different way.
"Our aim is to empower girls to change their lives, believe in their abilities and equip them with life skills to escape poverty. By changing one girl's life, we hope to change the direction for generations to come."
Meninadanca aims to establish more safe houses in towns and villages along the BR-116. The charity also works with girls' families, trying to change attitudes and break the cycle of poverty and prostitution. Through its Changing Minds Programme, engaging with wider communities and encouraging people to see the girls differently, Lauren organised dance shows at public venues.
"It was so rewarding seeing the girls' confidence grow," she says. "When the music came on their faces were filled with smiles. There are three rival communities in Medina and girls from each of them now attend the Pink House together. Meninadanca has brought about integration never seen there before and it's gaining support from communities, families, local authorities and the police."
Lauren plans to return to Brazil this year, to broaden the range of skills to teach. She has been raising funds to buy a sewing machine and material – and she has learned to sew so she can help the girls.
"I want to teach them to make clothes, bags, accessories and do alterations," says Lauren. "A couple of months ago I'd never even used a sewing machine, never mind made anything, now I've learned how to make pyjama bottoms and a draw-string bag from scratch. l've bought material and resources to equip the Pink House sewing-room.
"My hope is that teaching the girls new skills will lead to a way out of abuse and prostitution and give them hope. It's investing in their future, helping them make a living for themselves. I want to involve their mothers in sewing classes too."
Lauren is also helping to run a Pink House salon. "We work with the girls holistically around health, body image and self-esteem, and teach skills in hair and beauty. Some girls have gone on to become mentors," she says. "We want to set up a garden too."
Through a Christmas present donation scheme – asking for £1 donations to buy presents – Lauren has bought items like dolls and fashion accessories to take out for the girls. "Many of them are still little girls, they haven't had a childhood. They go to school in the mornings and come to the Pink House in the afternoons," says Lauren supports herself while she volunteers and is raising funds for flights and living expenses. "I'd like to thank my network of supporters," she adds.
Lauren's life has been "turned around" by working with Meninadanca and aims to return to Brazil on a regular basis. "There's not a day when I don't think about those girls. There will always be a part of me there," she says.
- For more about Lauren Batty's work with Meninadanca, call her on 07907 775287, read battysblog.co.uk or visit meninadanca.org.


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Milan, Italy 20124
+39 02 2900 9858
Housed inside a 173-year-old railway station, the Italian fashion brand's first-ever hotel is as quirky and Surrealist-inspired as its clothes. The 65 fairy tale-themed rooms are as wacky and whimsical. "Alice's Room" features a teacup-shaped dining table, while guests of the "Little Red Riding Hood" are greeted by a stuffed fox. And even if you're staying elsewhere, it's worth a trip to the bar. There, the lights are fashioned out of stilettos, and the aperitivo—the Italian version of tapas, usually served at cocktail hour—are as good as the cocktails.
Via A. Manzoni, 31
Milan, Italy 20121
+39 02 8883 8888
One visit to Milan and it's obvious that Giorgio Armani, in the famous words of Jay Z, runs this town. Whether you're dining on classic Italian fare at his namesake restaurant, or feasting on the freshest sushi at the spot he runs with Japanese restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa, the iconic designer's presence is felt throughout the city. But for the real Armani experience, reserve one of the 64 rooms or 31 suites that form his hotel. Each space is furnished entirely in Armani Casa items, from the signature gray linens to the brushed silver lamps.
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Why work at the University Libraries?
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Diversity is one of our core principles, and we strongly value our diverse workforce. We are service oriented, and value continuous learning, integrity, and flexibility.
View our mission, vision, and strategic plan and learn about Our Values.
Our current landscape and looking to the future
The University of Arizona Libraries, the Arizona Health Sciences Library and the University of Arizona Press recently completed a collaborative strategic planning process to chart our course into the future.
Our Strategic Plan 2015-2018 outlines our goals and initiatives as part of the University's Never Settle plan.
An overview of statistics related to our holdings, facilities, equipment, online visits and more can be viewed in our Statistical Snapshot.
Recent initiatives
Our innovative approach to supporting the educational, research, and community missions of the university have brought us national recognition. Below are some highlights of such recent initiatives.
We support student engagement, learning and success through such innovations as:
- Embedded, customized resources in the University's course management systems
- Guide on the Side tutorials that engage learners by allowing them to actively apply their learning
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We engage with our community and partner to enhance the lives of citizens of Arizona and the world and to create economic impact with such efforts as:
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We are a large, forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing excellent services and resources to our varied constituencies. Our facilities are located across five sites on the main and health sciences campuses of the University of Arizona. We also serve UA South and our distance students, faculty and researchers.
Our library staff are friendly, talented, and creative people. They have been recognized for some incredible achievements in recent years.
Every year, library staff participate in campus initiatives to better our community, including UA Cares, Wildcat Welcome, Walk Across Arizona, and the Arizona Assurance Mentor Program. We are proud of our colleagues who volunteer their time and efforts to make our community a better place to live, work, and study.
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You will find a great selection of restaurant and entertainment choices throughout Tucson, especially in downtown Tucson, which has been revitalized over the last few years. A modern streetcar is set to be opening in 2014, connecting the university to downtown.
Music acts from around the globe perform regularly at the historic Hotel Congress and Rialto Theatre. You can also see live music, from jazz to Latin to rock, at such local haunts as La Cocina and Sky Bar.
Tucson boasts the largest performing arts organization in the state, the Arizona Theatre Company. You can experience Broadway in Tucson at the Tucson Music Hall, and a variety of musical, theatrical, and comedic performances at Centennial Hall through UA Presents.
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Tucson is known for being bike and pedestrian friendly. We are ranked 5th in the country for spending per capita for cyclists and pedestrians, and have more on-street bike lanes than any other city. We were one of only four cities to earn "Gold" bicycle and pedestrian-friendly status. See the story about this study.
Our public bus system, SunTran, won "America's Best Transit System" for 2005, and in 2012 received the state's Outstanding Transit Organization and Outstanding Training Program awards. More Sun Tran awards.
Tucson is consistently ranked as one of the least polluted cities in the country, ranked 4th cleanest city in 2012 for year-round particle pollution. See cleanest cities.
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BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsille described his relationship with the wireless operators as "constructive alignment" because he emphasized that BlackBerry was the chief ally of the operators -- not a threat. All parties -- BlackBerry as well as the operators -- loved this arrangement and wanted it to continue forever. Minor threats such as Palm were swatted off like flies. The years between 2003 and 2007 were all sweetness, light and jingles for the wireless operators and for BlackBerry. Then came the iPhone stink bomb. Steve Jobs was the opposite of Jim Balsille's "constructive alignment." It was Jobs' way or the highway. Any operator carrying the iPhone had to comply with every millimeter of Apple's wishes. No logo on the device, no crapware apps, no nothing. Great for the consumer; bad for the operators. Apple was confident that it had a product the operators wouldn't be able to ignore, even though they hated it. All Apple needed was a crack in the Hoover Dam of the operator wall. With AT&T ( T) hungry to take down Verizon Wireless from the U.S. market leadership position, Apple got its opening. Apple and AT&T milked this for all it was worth, and Verizon felt compelled to respond with desperate measures. Verizon went to BlackBerry for an all-touch version called Storm, which became a total disaster. It also licensed the "Droid" name from Lucas Films and agreed to promote Android heavily as its answer to the iPhone. Android was free and customizable, so the operators -- not only Verizon -- proceeded to promote it as their favored solution, trying to keep Apple away from total industry dominance.


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This does look pretty bad ***, but I doubt I have the gall to open my phone up.
Lame they're stopping them from selling this.
Overpriced for a light.
Seems impossible to add to cart using that facebook shop...It does like this forever loading thing and nevers lets me add to cart
Well I cant seem to add it to my cart using that facebook shop thing...what am I missing?? After I choose the Iphone mod I get a never ending loading screen
Just bought one. Thanks for the heads up!
Always wanted this since iPatch announced they had created them and would sell them for over $150 and only be available in the UK.
So i bit the bullet and bought this before they sold out.
I'm just going to return my shiny blue color conversion to zeetron and go back to back with this LED apple logo.
Thanks again. Very excited.
It takes about a month to receive the product.
Total cost for 1 kit is $56.40 after shipping
Since the APIs for the led has been opened up, I'm sure anyone could make an alarm app that uses the led. But my coding skills is minimal at best.
Nice mod!! Just bought one. I wasn't going to pay full price but since it was 50% off I grabbed one. Didn't have any problems purchasing it and used paypay for the smooth transaction. Shipping from hong kong will take a little time but worth the wait. Since I use the otter box commuter it will look pretty wicked.
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They are wrestling with the big questions of our time: Do they keep property taxes at 7.4212 mills, the rate they have had since the 2008-2009 budget? Or do they raise it to the rollback millage of 8.0614? Or do they look for new sources of funding? Or should they tell the state to stick it in their ear when they create programs, tell they county they must have them and no, the state will not provide money for them? And exactly what services are residents willing to go without in order to keep taxes low?
The old millage raised $13,886,900 in revenue this year, but with an average 5.8 percent drop in property values, the county could see less revenue.
Under the rollback rate the county would raise $13,957.046.
The county budget has been whittled to a svelte $59,192,855, down considerably from the 2007-08 budget near $70 million.
It has been done without cutting employees or services.
But the county is looking to be leaner in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 and the year after that.
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IMPROVEMENTS to Worcester Foregate Street station will make the city more welcoming to visitors, said MP Robin Walker.
He was speaking at the official opening of the station yesterday (Friday, March 14) following the completion of a £785,000 project to upgrade the entrances and ticket office areas.
He said: "Foregate Street is the gateway to Worcester, with over a million people passing through it a year, and this renovation is a major improvement to the look and feel of the station. It's vital that the station is as welcoming as possible, because it's the first thing visitors by rail see as they arrive."
He also called on Network Rail and train operating companies to continue improving services, with half-hourly trains to Birmingham, hourly trains to London, and a new Worcester Parkway station.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester, president of rail users' group the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, said he also welcomed the upgrade.
He said: "This is the busiest station in the county by quite a long way. It's part of a pattern of increasing use of public transport, including the railways, which are busier than any time since 1922."
The work involved replacement of old canopies and entrances, automatic doors at both entrances, new double- decker cycle racks, improvements to the travel centre and, to come soon, bigger and better electronic information boards.
The upgrade was a collaboration between London Midland, Worcestershire County Council and Network Rail, with funding from the Department of Transport. It followed a £1.1 million restoration of the bridge over Foregate Street, which was completed last year.
The project is is part of a major overhaul of the county transport network, which also included a £500,000 rebuild of Malvern Link station.
Earlier yesterday, West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin unveiled a plaque at the station, where the work included new buildings on both platforms and a new access from Osborne Road.
She said: "I am pleased that the work to improve Malvern Link train station is now complete and is another chapter in the re-vitalisation of the town.
"I welcome the fact that the work was planned with the input of the civic society and other local experts to ensure that they are in keeping with the station's heritage. I am also working with the county council on a pavement upgrade.
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CHINO - An investigation into the nearly perfect test scores at a branch of a local charter school has come up empty.
Oxford Preparatory Academy in Mission Viejo had been accused in October of test score-rigging, but private investigators hired by the charter's authority were unable to find any evidence of cheating.
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"Yes, it's true that the allegations were found to be unsubstantiated," Capistrano Unified School District spokeswoman Beverly de Nicola said.
"And that's the end of it."
Capistrano Unified officials had hired private investigators to look into the Orange County branch that had gotten a nearly perfect score on the state's Standardized Testing and Reporting test scores.
STAR scores are, in large part, the basis for the state's Academic Performance Index ratings. Scores range from 200 to 1,000 and the state has set a target of 800 for all schools to reach.
The Mission Viejo campus received a 993 out of 1000 API score this fall.
The Chino campus got a 972 API score this year, up 14 points over the year before. San Bernardino County schools received an average API score of 767 this year.
"There was never any question in my mind that all allegations would prove to be unfounded," said Bob Kuhnert, chairman of the Oxford Corporate Board of Directors.
But Kuhnert expressed some concern about victims of the allegations.
"First, our students and teachers have been smeared without any just cause. Secondly, considerable sums have been spent to investigate these false allegations. These are monies that could have and should have been expended on the education of our students," he said.
"That is perhaps the greatest damage from this entire incident."
The Mission Viejo school was started by the two founders of the Chino campus, Executive Director Sue Roche and Chancellor Jason Watts.
Private investigators previously hired by Oxford Prep were also unable to substantiate the allegations against the school.
"It's our responsibility to follow through and investigate and we're very pleased with the outcome," de Nicola said.
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The Apple Store has "content boxes" around logical groupings of things, seen here.
Some related questions...
1.) How are those created?
Are they just DIVs?
2.) How can you create the rounded corners without using CSS3?
3.) How do you create the subtle shadow ate the bottom of each box?
4.) If those are DIVs, then how flexible are they if I use a "Fluid" layout or at least an "Elastic" layout?
Mostly divs, although some of the smaller groupings are using ULs.
Background images or JS. They've created some tiny top divs with rounded background images for the top, and bg image on each main div for the bottom.
They've used bg images. Again, it could be done with CSS3 (not supported by all, of course) or JS.
It still can be done, but requires some more trickery. The dreaded sliding doors is the general flavor.
I tried FireBug but it kept causing crashing and spinning out of my FireFox so I uninstalled it. (FireFox has gotten increasingly "sucky" in the past 5 years...)
I guess I could have viewed the source, but usually professional websites have so much junk in their code - thanks to hidden stylesheets and everything being created in DreamWeaver that it is IMPOSSIBLE to follow?! (Apparently none of the designers were SitePoint members?!)
Oh. They did such a good job I wasn't sure since it just looks like a thin grey line drawn around things. (Had they had solid rounded corners - like Tabs - then I would have figured that out.)
To be clear, I didn't mean Fluid or Elastic inside the boxes, I meant how well do those boxes - with fixed dimensions - play in a Fluid or Elastic layout where things move.
I suppose if you know what you are doing it isn't a problem, but who knows?!
I'm happy to inform you, FireFox has gotten increasingly better in the past years
The 4th version of it, tops IE9, Ch10b, OP 11.01, Saf 5.03 in many areas. Actually IE9 and Ch 10b are for me HUGE HUGE disappointments. So much hype about IE9 and it proves to be about JS more than anything else, forgetting, like always, the task at hand: making amends with X/HTML and CSS.
So far, FF 4b and Firebug are the most flexible and reliable tools a web dev has. You really need to look into your OS installation.
Safari and Chrome have pretty good inspectors, too. IE has dev tools, but they aren't as nice to use. Opera has Firefly (I think that's the name).
Should be ok, but the real point of having a fluid site is that all main components are fluid. Still, fixed width elements can float beside or drop depending on the viewport width.
Actually Opera has a Dragonfly A pretty good one. And yes, Ch inspector has a lot of power in it too. Saf inspector is pretty much the same, and IE dev tool lacks the flexibility, but it does its job.
How well fixed dimension boxes play in a Fluid or Elastic layout? They do, if you have other boxes, that are not having fixed dimensions, to compensate.
Ah yes, I can never remember the name, for some reason. Don't like it much anyway.
I'm running FF 3.6.13 on my MacBook, and I feel that all of version 3 has been disappointing. (I have had lots of crashing problems and hang up over the last few years. Runs more like a Windows computer...)
I still use FF, but just saying...
Also, I definitely had issues with FireBug, and after I uninstaleld it things got better.


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Doring Bay's previous lighthouse, made with latticework, was destroyed in a storm in 1991.
That 1st sighting of Doring Bay at sunset is guaranteed to take your breath away. It has all the romantic elements of a seafaring adventure tale: last light dancing off the old crayfish factory, mist rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean and a lighthouse flickering its beam from the land to the ocean.
And there's always the chance of spotting a passing whale or 2 out at sea.
The Doring Bay lighthouse, in the little Namaqualand fishing harbour of the same name, is the most eye-catching icon in the area. In times gone by, Doring Bay (Thorn Bay) did duty as a minor trade port. Legend has it that supplies would be dropped off here and then hauled to the inland villages by camel.
Few serious fishermen paid much attention to the red-gold crustaceans that seemed to swarm about these waters. The fantastic abundance of crayfish (lobster) meant little to local fishermen – except, occasionally, as bait.
'We used to take the crayfish out from under the rock, twist their tails off and use that to catch the sea bream,' says a local publican, Reynold van Wyk.
That state of affairs has changed radically. This part of the world is now famous for its crayfish, and there are restaurants all along the West Coast dedicated to providing 'the perfect tail' to locals and travellers.
Stocks of crayfish vary, however.
Back in the mid-1930s, the North Bay Fishing Company set up shop in Doring Bay, at the base of the lighthouse. To claim the area, they hired a man to moor his little skiff in the middle of the bay and stay on it for 6 months to establish some form of permanent residence.
They then set up a crayfish-processing factory, and Doring Bay experienced a crayfish boom until local resources were depleted and the village went into a slump.
But now, say locals, the 'kreef' (crayfish in Afrikaans) are coming back – albeit erratically – and the once-depressed fishing community of Doring Bay goes out to sea again.
These days, the old factory at the jetty under the Doring Bay lighthouse is home to the Fryer's Cove wine cellars. But there's a community kitchen nearby where you can still buy your crayfish or, if you prefer, a piping hot plate of good old fish 'n chips ...
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