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In the next five years, factories will change more than they did in the last 50 years. A look at the Factory of the Future.
Manex recognizes Manufacturing 4.0 or the Smart Factory for the inevitable force that it has become. We are entering the fourth industrial revolution thus the 4.0 moniker. It is not driven by a single force, but a combination of technologies, including sensors, algorithms, and robotics. In use for decades, but now at a low cost, with broad access, high speed, fine precision and now interconnectivity or internet of things (IoT) have opened the door to a new reality. Their synthesis is connecting all parts of manufacturing; people, processes, materials and creating far more than the sum of their constituent parts. However, we believe that this process in the small and medium-sized manufacturing space will be an evolution not a revolution. The first step will be the need to reconcile legacy, then digitize and then smart manufacturing.
Computability – the ability to work on a problem within a computer rather than the physical world not only drives an increasing evolution of smartphones, digital assistants and self-driving cars, but is driving a new revolution in manufacturing. Computation will get smarter, faster and will forever change business models, distribution models and generate new types of value. Sensors, computers, robotics and material science will augment the following four basic actions when making anything.
- Capture– sensors
- Compute– algorithms what and how to make
- Create – machines follow digital instruction to shape things into precise forms
- Compose – Better materials are brought together to make better things.
We have always used physical tools to magnify our ability to shape objects. Now, digital fabrication will give us infinite expressibility. We can shape and place the right materials in the right places at the right time in the right ways, enhancing our craftsmanship.[1]
What is the Factory of the Future?
The Factory of the Future is a vision for how manufacturers should enhance production by making improvements in three dimensions: plant structure, plant digitization, and plant processes.
Why do we have to prepare for the Factory of the Future? In a report on Industry 4.0, Tecnalia lists the following six socioeconomic trends we have to commit to for the Factory of the Future at this time:
- Availability of new technologies that allow us to reach goals unthinkable until now
- Scarcity of natural resources driving efficiency
- Adopting environmental sustainability
- Aging population and late retirement which leads to physical work reduction
- Specialization of the production staff
- Customization
What will the Factory of the Future look like?[2]
The Factory of the Future will have the following characteristics:
- Automated – Collaborative robots (cobots) performing tasks of lower added value and changing from one task to the other easily (Cobots in action)
- Digital (Connected) – Incorporating electronics to capture data in a massive way and manage production processes in real time
- Intelligent – Interpreting the data of the processes and facilitating the decision making in advance, promoting the continuous improvement and innovation
- Flexible – In design (involving customers) manufacturing and logistics to adapt immediately to changes in demand
- Sustainable – With a rational and responsible use of resources and energy
- Human – All of the foregoing will only be possible if we properly train our employees and activate their talent. People will continue to be the center of activity and will make a difference in this scenario
The Factory of the Future will continue to require Manex services, especially:
- ISO Training including Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP)
- Lean: Automation is the ultimate realization of Lean. Automating requires Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Lean to properly implement.
- Food Safety Compliance
- Leadership Training
Join us in this evolution that will become a revolution for California-based manufacturing companies. Let's make the future happen and let's be globally competitive.
Call us today to discuss Manex's Automation Services including Auto-Quotation and Online Ordering System and Digital Factory.
[1] The Future of Making by Tom Wujec
[2] Sisteplant; PSA; Tecnalia; Siemens
About the Author
Gene Russell is President and CEO of Manex and has over 30 years of senior executive strategic planning, operational management, and consulting experience in the manufacturing and technology sectors. With his extensive knowledge of manufacturing operations, he has developed and implemented key strategic initiatives for companies, allowing them to improve performance and achieve profitable growth. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution. In the American Civil War, Virginia's Secession Convention resolved to join the Confederacy, and Virginia's First Wheeling Convention resolved to remain in the Union; that led to the creation of West Virginia. Although the Commonwealth was under one-party rule for nearly a century following Reconstruction, both major national parties are competitive in modern Virginia.[10]


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Here are some close up pictures of the witches. I used the print and cut feature on my Silhouette Cameo and colored them with Copic Markers. Behind the girls are journal calendar cards from Websters Pages, Once Upon a Halloween.
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Banner- Heidi Swapp
Spider Web Punch- Martha Stewart
Cat and Sentiment Stamps- Jaded Blossom Too Cute to Spook
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Hello! Welcome to my page! I am Kayla Huff and I am so excited to be able to teach your child and have them in my class this year! I am a 2007 graduate of Roxton High School and I will forever be a proud Roxton Lion. I am also a 2009 graduate of Paris Junior College and a 2012 graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I graduated with an associate's degree and then a bachelor's degree in general studies, but soon returned to school to fulfill my God-given purpose to teach. I completed the AMTRAC program through TAMU-C to obtain my certifications. I began teaching in 2013 in my hometown for Roxton ISD where I taught for two years. I also spent two years at Honey Grove ISD teaching middle school math. I am beginning my seventh year of teaching and third year here at Justiss Elementary. I am pumped up for another fantastic year! My passion is without a doubt --math! I have experience in every math level from 2nd to 9th grade algebra, with my favorite (so far) being 6th grade math! My goal is to teach your child to like math, but to love learning!
I have been married to my best friend, Dustin Huff, for 6 years! He is a firefighter for the City of Paris. We share an amazing son, Dayne, who will be 5 in December. We are expecting a daughter, Kaytin, in October! Dayne is our greatest adventure and we can't wait to add Kaytin to our fun! My kids are my favorite thing to talk about! My free time is mostly spent at my church, Victory Baptist, where my husband and I assist leading the Revive youth group. When we are not at church, we are spending time with our extended family and friends—or if its summer, you'll find us at the beach! :)
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They played the 12" of 'Uncertain Smile', by 'The The', one of the worst band names ever ('The This. The That. How about we call it The The? Heh heh heh.' this conversation was held thousands of times and the possibility dismissed, until Matt Johnson decided to go ahead and use the name).
The song is really good, it's got a jangly simple guitar bit, nice use of synthesizer, and a great vocal performance. So, thanks to iTunes I soon had a copy (of the non-12" version, I kept getting an error on the 12" version) of the song in my collection.
Around there things started to break down. I listened to some of the other tracks from that album (Soul Mining), and from other albums by The The, but nothing really moved me to fork over $0.99. I would then go to Pandora.com, where 'Uncertain Smile Radio' would serve up a series of similar shoulder-shrug selections (The Ramones' 'I want you around'? Joe Jackson? Dave Matthews band?). Eventually I gave up and listened to 'Hallogallo Radio' (The first song on Neu!'s album, Neu!), which if you're me is consistently good, even when it whips out the art-rock era Genesis ('Submarine'). If you are anyone else, it probably sounds like art-damaged music that's alternately boring and grating.
Whilst writing this I googled up "The Making Of Matt Johnson's 'Uncertain Smile'", on a site that makes the most Ritalin-addled mySpacer's page look like a model of clean and readable web design. It was somewhat interesting to see that Matt Johnson himself had a hard time reproducing the magic when he re-recorded the song for the album:
The song Uncertain Smile featured on Soul Mining, the subsequent The The album. A completely new recording was made back in London, which must have disappointed the punters who bought it after hearing the original single. Both at this remove and at the time, it sounds curiously confused and unfocused, as if trying for whatever reason to make a fresh statement of the song but unable to escape from the grip of the first single.


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SEATTLE – Mel Brooks flipped the switches on his latest creation here, inject ing life into his new Broadway-bound musical, "Young Frankenstein."
The Monster's off the table, singing, dancing and terrifying the good people of Transylvania in this lavish $20 million spectacle.
The follow-up to Brooks' hugely popular "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein" has been earning its sea legs in Seattle before heading to New York, where it opens at the Hilton in November.
Seconds before the curtain went up at the Paramount Theater Thursday night, Brooks, 81, quietly slipped into his seat on the aisle.
He laughed at all his jokes (some new, many old), sang along with all his songs and led the standing ovation for his cast, which includes such top-drawer Broadway talent as Roger Bart (Dr. Frankenstein), Andrea Martin (Frau Bloucher), Shuler Hensley (the Monster), Megan Mullaly (Elizabeth), Christopher Fitzgerald (a standout as Igor) and Sutton Foster (Inga).
"Young Frankenstein," which in New York carries a top ticket price of $450, closely follows Brooks' beloved 1974 film. All the famous lines – "Put ze candle back," "He vas my boyfriend," "Wherewolf? There wolf!" – are in place, as are such classic scenes as the meeting between the Monster and the blind hermit (Fred Applegate, nicely channeling Gene Hackman), Inga's "roll, roll roll in ze hay" and, of course, the showstopper, "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Director Susan Stroman has pulled out all the stops for that number, backing up The Monster with a line of tuxedo-clad chorus boys, who belt out: "Sooper Dooper!"
Other musical highlights include "There Is Nothing Like a Brain," sung by Dr. Frankenstein and his medical students, "The Family Business," in which the ghost of Frankenstein's father steps out of his portrait above the fireplace and encourages his son to carry on his work, and the very funny "Deep Love," in which the frigid Elizabeth discovers a part of the Monster's anatomy that's very large.
Brooks and co-writer Tom Meehan have added a few new scenes and some new jokes and given the ending an unexpected twist. But for the most part, if you've seen the movie, you know what's coming.
At the opening-night party in the Space Needle high above Seattle, leading actor Roger Bart said the musical plays like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," which attracts cultists who call out all the funny lines during the film.
"It's a very strange thing to hear people laughing at a joke before you say it," he said. "Sometimes they yell out the lines before we do."
Die-hard fans of the movie version of "Young Frankenstein" should get a kick out of the audience-participation element of the musical, just as die-hard Monty Python fans do at "Spamalot."
But detractors, including some influential theater critics here in Seattle, carp that, when stacked up against the movie, the musical's a pale imitation.
Misha Berson of The Seattle Times, this city's most respected critic, wrote: "Though it may well draw crowds . . . a less clone-like 'Young Frankenstein' would be a better justification for all the expense and talent lavished on this celluloid spinoff when it lurches to Broadway."
The critic for The Stranger, a Village Voice-like paper here, wrote: "The musical didn't stray far from its source material, and most of the songs were forgettable. The most exciting moments were a few almost-falls among the dancers."
At the opening-night party, several Broadway insiders, spirited not off into corners, since the Space Needle is round, but into fire exits, whispered that while they thought "Young Frankenstein" would be a hit in New York, it was not nearly as inspired nor as much giddy fun as "The Producers."
Brooks, Meehan and Stroman will continue to work on the show before it arrives in New York.
The top priority, sources say, is cutting the first act, which right now runs a fatiguing 90 minutes. And Brooks, looking dapper in a blue blazer and red silk handkerchief, is still fine-tuning many of his jokes and lyrics. One source said he's been "a little cranky lately" because he's still not satisfied with his $20 million Jolly Green Giant.
"Young Frankenstein" has a lot to live up to.
Not the least of which is that $450 ticket price in New York.


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The Dialogue Room: An Innovative Space For Creatives
Just opened in Cape Town, the Dialogue Room offers an exploratory space in which designers, architects and clients can meet to create new concepts.
The Dialogue Room is an innovative space birthed from the collaboration between Cannata, a company renowned for its production of engineered stone and porcelain products, and Aimee Wolfaardt of Haardt Design Studio.
As a sensory and interactive space, The Dialogue Room is a far cry from the normal conventions of a showroom and aims to become a fertile ground for thought-provoking discussion and discovery in a relaxed yet dynamic way.
ALSO READ: Four Key Design Principles You Should Never Ignore
The founders of the space aim to provide a platform on which local talent can be showcased, and to work closely with other creatives to showcase Cannata's capabilities through their new collections of furniture and decorative stone products.
In creating their new collections, Cannata will team up with established or emerging designers to create new masterpieces of design including functional and beautiful furniture.
ALSO READ: The Home Of The KLûK CGTD Designers Has A Unique Aesthetic
For the launch of The Dialogue Room, Cannata partnered with Studio AN, a Cape Town-based architectural and interior design brand, to create a collection called Morph. The conceptual idea behind this collection was found in the most unlikely of places: the fantasy notion of merging a table made of stone with jelly sweets.
Morph is a colllection of marble and terrazzo pieces named after the process of transformation from one process to another, and the collection is rooted within transition and growth.
Studio AN has created several pieces for the Morph collection, including a light, stool, bench, mirror and cabinet. The pieces can be described as pushing the boundaries of the usual uses of stone materials, as well as enhancing their natural characteristics.
We're especially taken with the table light and the offbeat mirrors, and look forward to Cannata fostering more explorations of special materials via their use in innovative design pieces. Follow The Dialogue Room on Instagram to stay informed about what they are up to next.
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Meet Bentley, the three-year-old dog that nobody wants.
When Bentley was just a pup, he was surrendered by his owner to a shelter in Nassau County in Long Island, N.Y.
Bentley was one of a litter of pups surrendered that day, so many years ago – his siblings found homes, but he never was adopted.
Today, the now adult dog, continues to wait, and hope that at some point, someone might want to call him their own.


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Cultivating Spiritual Power for our Healing and Happiness
Our fifth annual retreat offered to People of Color in the tradition of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh will be held on the East Coast for the first time! In this five-day retreat for people of Native-American, African, Latina/o, Asian/Pacific Islander, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern ancestry (as well as their Caucasian family members), we will touch healing and nourishment through the practice of mindfulness and our reconnection to our ancestors.
This retreat offers us the opportunity to practice and enjoy the art of mindful and peaceful living in our daily life. We will learn to recognize and embrace our pain in transformative ways, find peace within ourselves, and foster stronger sisterhood and brotherhood in our communities. It will give us an opportunity to stop, rest, and touch the source of wisdom, compassion and healing in ourselves, so that we can renew our relationships and bring peace and understanding to our world. Through the practice of mindfulness we will learn how to nourish happiness, gratitude, good communication and serenity in our daily life. Some of the questions we will explore are:
• What are our sources of spiritual power in us?
• How can we cultivate our spiritual power to maintain balance in our life?
• How can we nurture faith, joy, creativity, and compassion in our daily life?
For further information, please check our website later on for more details regarding this retreat (www.bluecliffmonastery.org), or call us at 845.733.4959.
My letter to the editor in response to the Architecture Issue of the NY Times Magazine was published. In it, I had expressed disappointment at the lack of perspectives from landscape architects, and the recognition of the influence of landscape architecture among our favorite "starchitects" whom were prominently featured in several articles. Maybe they'll come out with a Landscape Architecture Issue!
Letter to the Editor, NY Times Magazine:
The architecture-themed issue, "The Next City" (June 8), was a wonderful exploration of how today's cutting-edge architectural firms, like OMA and MVRDV, are exploding the boundaries of conventional architecture. However, I would have liked to have seen perspectives from landscape architects, or what some refer to as "landscape urbanism." Even architects like Rem Koolhaas, Bernard Tschumi and Stan Allen are turning toward landscape architecture to infuse and renew their own architectural-design strategies. Planning cities by single buildings was, and continues to be, a shortsighted strategy. To truly design our urban centers, we must now think of the city as a landscape of infrastructure (transportation, utilities) and systems (ecological, social, institutional).
I have a small confession; I like to watch CBS Sunday Morning. If you have ever seen this news show, you'll know that it is catered to a much older (than me) audience, mostly because it doesn't use a lot of flashly graphics, and I don't know of very many mid-twenty year olds that wake up before 9 am on Sunday to watch the news. But I'll save why I like CBS Sunday Morning for a separate post. Anyway, I learned about Alice Smith from CBS Sunday Morning (pretty lame, I'm sure), and I've been hooked ever since I listened to her entire album. She came to NYC to perform at Joe's Pub. Here's a video clip I took from my digital camera. Hopefully you'll be able to see what a talented singer she is from the short clip. And yes, that's Me'Shell NdegéOcello playing bass in the back!
Here are some scenes I took from this year's NYC Pride. It was a beautiful thing to see so many family taking over the streets!
The writing is punchy and imaginative, and I imagine that if read aloud, the short chapters would sound like spoken word. I'm really digging how the author captures the experience of waiting for a train:
This is the fabled journey underground, folks, and it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. On the opposite track it's a field of greener grass, you gotta beat trains off with a stick…The postures on the platform sag of stiffen appropriately. With a dial controlling the amount of static. What are their rooms like, the men at the microphones…Look down the tunnel one more time and your behavior will describe a psychiatric disorder. It's infectious. They take turns looking down into darkness and the platform is a clock: the more people standing dumb, the more time has passed since the last train. The people fall from above into hourglass dunes. Collect like seconds.
For the past three months I've been living in Brooklyn, in a very slowly gentrifying area between Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. Historically, I understand it to have been a largely West Indian neighborhood, though I'm not sure who was there before that. Presently there are more whites and young professionals slowly moving in, myself included though only passing through (gentrification in process). For me, it's a blessing to live here — beautiful brownstones lining the streets and enough amenities within walking distance where I don't feel like I have to break an arm and leg to find groceries, coffee shops, boutiques, and ethnic restaurants. Not to mention easy access to the Brooklyn Museum, Main Library, Botanical Garden and Prospect Park.
One of the coolest neighborhood spots I learned about is Tom's Diner, located at the corner of Washington Ave and Sterling Place (it even has its own blog!). They serve excellent food, and you get to dine within an atmosphere of a traditional and authentic feel of a diner. The owners knew nearly everyone, young and old, walking in and out of the restaurant. You could sense that it was a place people cherished.
Suzanne Vega fans may already know that her song Tom's Diner references this very diner. The song also appeared on the soundrack of 90's flick 'Untamed Heart'.
Tom's Diner opened in 1936, and it is a testement for this restaurant to have remained a strong neighborhood establishment through all those years. I learned that in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, neighborhood residents and patrons held hands to protect the diner from the riots, looters and violence resulting from King's death. Tom's Diner is the kind of place that holds together the fabric of urban neighborhoods. These kind of places require an openess and generosity from the owners, who offer a place where individuals and families can commune. It's the kind of place that keep communities intact and thriving, even through times of economic hardship or social unrest.
Yesterday, the Judson Memorial Church located in Manhattan hosted a conference called "How the Church Failed Us: A Way Back from Spiritual Violence". Attendance was sparse, but I believe this was a result of poor outreach rather than disinterest and relevance of the issue. The conference brought people of Christian faith together to discuss how religion was being used to alienate and oppress people of color and queer folks.
I found the panelists and speakers engaging, flowing well from topic to topic. The most enjoyable speaker for me was keynote Ron Buford, former director of the "God Is Still Speaking" campaign. I didn't know about this campaign before, and how socially transformative and progressive (i.e. controversial) it was, transforming churches into spaces of affirmation rather than condemnation. Ron's words about the need to address our nation's lack of spiritual development reminded me of Grace Lee Boggs' writings.
My partner and I were also invited to speak on a panel and share our personal experiences with spiritual violence. Though I wish it weren't such a tall order, my partner and I are trying to find a spiritual home(s) affirming our interfaith, inter-racial, queer relationship. As a buddhist, I was tentative to be a panelist at first, but was assured that my experience growing up in a white, conservative Southern town was an important one to share.
It's taken me many years to develop an understanding about the way my childhood friends made me feel guilty about not being Christian. Their hurtful words were wrapped up in what they were hearing and internalizing from their own churches, perhaps not necessarily from God. The way they questioned my spirituality were denials of my own family, culture and spiritual journey. At best, they regarded my being buddhist a novelty, and not a legitimate practice. So when I became an activist, it was too easy for me to equate Christianity with being oppressive and fundamentally conservative.
I think that something is taking place in my own spiritual development, where moments of opportunity, affirmation, and reconciliation are taking place. To have had the opportunity to share my story at this conference, in a Christian church, was such a moment. And as an activist, I found it very hopeful to that these kinds of challenging conversations are taking place within the church.
Seredipitously, I was offered a job within three weeks of moving to New York! I'm working at a landscape design-build company, which specializes in rooftop gardens and is expanding its green roof projects. The photo here is an example of a garden we designed and installed.
In many ways I am feeling very "new". I'm (re)learning a lot and remembering that there are people who are not community organizers and don't necessarily think like community organizers. The days pass by very quickly, and there is barely time to even think about blogging.
I'm (re)learning how to travel all over again. Walking is wonderful, though I need better shoes. Most notably, I'm enjoying every moment of public transportation, which is so very much needed in Detroit, even when my train breaks down and I have take three extra trains to get to work.
Still staying in tune on the Michigan front:
This week the Detroit Free Press published a pretty good article about local activists in Michigan who are speaking out about global warming through workshops and presentations for community organizations, neighborhood block clubs and church groups. The individuals highlighted (including my friend and former employer) are part of a cadre of volunteers trained by Al Gore and The Climate Project and who are now raising awareness about climate change in their local communities. The Climate Project website is very interactive and includes a calendar of events for you to see what local activities are taking place in your state.
The presenters' tasks are to be available to talk about climate change and make the technicalities behind global warming more accessible to non-scientists (i.e. regular folk). So if you want to do something tangible about combatting climate change, get in touch and tap into this resource to bring them out to your own community organization.
Last night I went to the Top of the Rock to see New York City's skyline. The view was fantastic. It was raining, so I couldn't get a good shot of the city, but here's a photo from Gothamist.
Today I pack up my belongings into my car to complete my move to New York City/Brooklyn. While living in Detroit, I remember lamenting over the handful of folks who decide to leave the city each year, for whatever reason. It is not my intention to be that person who couldn't see the beauty of what is taking place in the city.
Rather, I'm on a pursuit to become a landscape architect/designer and trying figure out how to pull together my background as a community organizer into this new path. In putting a lot of my writing energies into composing a reflective and honest personal statement for grad school applications, I realized that much of what I wrote was about Detroit and its people that impacted my life.
Sharing the text of my personal statement seemed like the perfect way to give tribute to Detroit and to the residents who are continuing to lay the seeds of social change. I will post my Love Letter to Detroit as soon as I hear back from schools, so regrettably, I must ask you to check back in April for the tribute. 😉


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1, before buying, you have to carefully measure the size of the living room and the size of the surrounding furniture to ensure the size of the required coffee table. If your living room is large, then you need a large coffee table. In addition, the coffee table can be placed at one end of a bench, the other end can be placed on the two small stool to make up for the blank.
2, if your living room has two sofas or more sofas, may wish to choose two coffee tables with the same paragraph, to avoid taking items inconvenient. This way of placing, but also easy to people can easily move the line of sight.
3, there are children or often entertain guests of the family, the edge of the coffee table is the best choice to prevent food, snacks, red wine, coffee, etc., scattered on the carpet. And the height of the coffee table is also the best with the surrounding sofa cushions are highly consistent, the height of the coffee table is not higher than the height of the cushion, otherwise it is not easy to take the cup. Usually the height of the coffee table is 60cm.
4, if you do not want the coffee table to become the visual focus of the living room, you can choose a coffee table with a coffee table, and wooden frame color and other items in the room similar to the color, so that you can distract the line of sight.
5, if you want the living room space is more fashionable, then you can choose a metal frame transparent glass coffee table, this will make the space looks more no sense of blocking.
6, want space to feel free, comfortable, and increase the storage space. Old wooden table with white paint wooden frame, both retro and modern. While the table placed under an antique suitcase, increased storage space.
7, for the surrounding living room, the round coffee table is the best choice, regardless of primary and secondary, to ensure that any direction can be touched.
8, like the retro style, you can choose an antique trolley as a coffee table, to create a thick retro feelings. And when buying, you must pay attention to check the pulley to prevent scratching the floor or carpet.


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Two of the most indelible characters in summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy are also its two fully CGI ones: surly raccoon Rocket and loveable tree Groot. In an interview on Art of VFX, production VFX supervisor Stephane Ceretti explains the meticulous production that led to the memorable characters.
"For [director James Gunn], animating Rocket and Groot was like directing actors," Ceretti explains. "James and the Marvel group were adamant that they should be as real as possible, in their look, animation and design, and behavior. James kept saying that Rocket is the heart of the movie and Groot is the soul, and that they should not be considered as Bugs Bunny in the middle of a bunch of humans, but as real, physical and tangible characters."
Two main VFX vendors, Framestore and MPC, worked extensively on the production of both Rocket and Groot. "It was essential that the fur would match between the two vendors and was quite a challenge as they were both using different fur systems and render engines. Framestore created the Rocket model. They are using Arnold as a render and the fur is fully raytraced with shadows and transparencies. It was a huge amount of fur and as we needed super close ups on Rocket's face the level of detail was insane," Ceretti says.
"For Groot, we obviously looked at different types of trees and moss, but Groot is not made of a single tree," Ceretti explains. "The guys from MPC went to Kew Gardens in London to photograph multiple tree types and get detailed textures for various parts of his body. For his growth animation, we referenced time-lapse animation of growing trees and plants. For his animation, Groot is very childish in a way, like a young teenager, always looking around and trying to understand the environment but at the same time easily distracted by anything. So looking at how kids behave and sometimes loose track of situations was a good reference for us."
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Sounds cool. But since you're reading this, you are most likely skeptical. If this is so, I truly don't blame you , there is a good deal of scams online. So it is best to do your own homework.
In this review, I will show you exactly what I found so that you may decide by yourself.
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The Advertising Boost site (AdvertisingBoost.com) claims it's possible to double or triple your earnings utilizing their services. Irrespective of the type of business you operate and no matter what business you operate indoors.
Consequently, you get access to free holiday packages, which you may then provide to your existing clients or potential customers.
So for example you are able to give a totally free holiday/vacation to anybody who likes your business page on Facebook, chooses to a email list, starts a free trial of your service or merchandise or makes a purchase.
Whatever type of"guide" or sale you want, the individual would fulfill whatever activities you need, to get this free vacation package.
So does this sort of promotion really do the job?
Yes. Offering vacation incentives is a proven method to build your small business.
Consider this. Who does not require a free holiday, only for sharing your article… or promoting your facebook page?
However, the question is, why would be Advertising Boost the perfect way to reward your customers?
Let us find out more.
Advertising Boost is a subscription-based vacation incentives program, using a price of $49 a month.
The retail value of those vacations is seemingly everywhere from $585 to $1,500 and also the resorts are apparently decent quality.
What's the catch?
To start with, there's a limitation of one certificate redemption per customer for travel in America and a single redemption outside the United States.
Secondly, the visitor has to pay the hotel taxes, which ends up to a max of $19.70 daily predicated on this site… and possibly resort fees.
Apart from that there are apparently"no strings attached".|}
Unlike some holiday bonus suppliers, recipients don't have to attend any sales or timeshare presentations.|}
Besides the packages themselves, members gain access to promotion materials. Such as business specific videos that is going to help you sell folks on the thought.
There is also a bonus known as"Ultimate Facebook Secrets" free of charge. That's apparently a 6 hour step by step education about using Advertising Boost to crush it with Facebook advertising.
All this appears to be a good thing. I mean, $49 per month is cheap in comparison to what other websites charge for this kind of stuff.
How It Works
To begin with Advertising Boost, all you want to do will be sign up on their website for $49/mo.
There are no contracts and you may cancel at any given moment.|}
The moment you're a member, you should start giving away free vacation packages to pretty much whomever you desire.
The Process apparently requires less than 30 minutes also:
When you follow the above mentioned actions to send somebody a free vacation, the person has 7 days to activate the vacation certificate. And around 18 months then, to opt for the dates they'd really like to travel.
We help fill vacant rooms that the hotels, hotels turn into further revenue from different regions of their house and future reservations.
Than nothing in any way.
So this notion works because everyone benefits in 1 way or another. The receiver receives a free (or very low cost ) trip, it's possible to raise earnings and the hotel makes more income than if the place was vacant.
So… which makes sense.
Personally, I signed up to an affiliate recently, and already made sales… so Im currently a believer!!
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Finally, anyone who purchases the Annual Strategy (Gold Membership) would be PAID to send people on holiday!!
Here's the commission plan:
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1-10 = $7
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Advertising Boost is a marketing incentive application that costs $49 a month and gives you access to free holiday incentives. You can subsequently use to help develop your company in 1 manner or another.
How good the packages are and how well they will do the job for you, is something only you can figure out for yourself… but like I said earlier, I've already made sales|}
I guess one way to discover, would be to register, go on a vacation of your own, see how things shake out. If nothing else, then you get a pretty fantastic bargain on a hotel stay!!
This way, you know just what people will be getting for this, before beginning a marketing effort and putting your own name behind it.
Anyways, that is my own take. Don't be afraid to talk about your personal experiences with Promotion Boost.


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[SOUND] Do you guys know what black garlic is? Yeah. So, black garlic is a fermented garlic. You can make some at home and your mind will be blown. If you have a rice cooker, Put some garlic in the rice cooker on warm for nine to twelve days and you'll have [Laughter] black garlic. I mean this is if you don't use your rice cooker often then you can totally make it, but Any liquid in there? No liquid. Dry Dry just on warm don't hit the button for cook cuz then you'll ruin it. But just on warm for nine to 12 days. Kind of go around, or every few days and just kind of move everything. And you'll have absolutely black garlic. And it's the most tastiest thing you'll ever have. And then what can they do from that? They can probably pop it out, puree it? Pop it. Keep it in canisters in the fridge or freezer. And it will hold for a month? Or? It will hold for maybe about three months. You can hold it in your fridge. You can make a paste and have it and use it a little bit at a time as you need it. So it's a good thing to have and hold. Give it away for Christmas presents. [LAUGH] When's the last time someone gave you black olives for Christmas, right? This is actually what it looks like. So it's completely black. Want to cut it? Cut it. I'll show you guys in a sec. [BLANK_AUDIO] I added soy sauce. Yes, to puree it. It has a lot of umami. As you see, it's completely black. A black clove. Just put it down there. Did you add soy to the [UNKNOWN]? To a puree? Yeah. Yes. Just leave it in the fridge. In a squeeze bottle and you'll be fine. [BLANK_AUDIO]


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November 21, 2018
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles holds an annual convention where clergy and lay delegates from all the churches in the Diocese come together to make decisions. These decisions cover budgetary concerns, governing issues, and resolutions regarding current events or church-related issues. Decisions are made by vote after discussion and debate.
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AMPTP pressure Actors
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has released an open letter to begin pressuring the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to agree to their terms for the upcoming contract negotiations.
In the carefully worded letter they say that they hope both SAG and AFTRA accept the framework agreement that both the Directors Guild and Writers Guild have both agreed to.
What's already clear is that this is putting both sides in the SAG negotiations at quite a distance apart as they have already asked for more terms than the previous Directors and Writers Guilds.
There are a couple of extra twists in here though. High profile members of SAG have already been openly criticising the SAG leadership and pressuring them into negotiating early and agreeing to similar terms as the other Guilds. Then there's the fact that if SAG don't agree then AMPTP and the studios have the option to go to another Guild of actors, AFTRA.
So far things don't look good for either party, and I think we could be seeing the beginning of another series of protracted and public posturing from both camps. However will SAG risk the chance of the AMPTP going to another Guild?
Frankly I'm not sure just what the membership of AFTRA is like compared to SAG, and so far I've heard that all the big names are with SAG, so would that end up being counter productive for the AMPTP and the studios, or would all the big names jump ship at that point?
You can read some details of the open letter over on Variety. This one looks like it could be messy, and rather complicated.


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Make Self-Publishing Mighty – Setting Goals
Claire O'Sullivan
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Steps to publishing have many different routes, including (yay!) self-publishing. These free the writer from the constraints of the traditional route. I point to the length of time one may wait for agents/traditional houses to accept a novel. Not all (many) make it through slush pile(s). Indie is self-publishing peppered with a light to traditional publishing taste, except… different.
The cavalry has arrived. No, really. The cavalry is here and self -publishing, after several years, is gaining popularity. Again, yay! That cavalry is you. So this is a sexist image, but… okay, I think he's hot.
How does one enter the foray of fast growing market? As you read, don't lose heart. It seems overwhelming for first time self-publishers. Self-publishing is a funny animal. It has ups. Then… downs. The market waxes and wanes.
These are the goals you must have to follow through. You are starting a business, and floundering around ends in 'dead fish' fodder.
While tempted to throw your first draft to a self-publishing outfit, don't, have a cup of coffee. Do not pay an agent or publishing house unless you are wealthy (or a politician). Do you want to spend your hard-earned money for 'I'm published' gleam in your eye? The real sparkle is in their eyes: the scratch in your pocket. Oh, get your mind out of that gutter. Money.
Here it is:
You've completed the manuscript. That is an endeavor. And a half.
Determine your budget for every step of this endeavor listed. I cannot stress this enough. Encourage an elephant to sit on you before you write checks. Have a look around for self-publishing groups.
What do you want to sell, e-books only? Consider Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/about/tos Or both e-books and paperback? I recommend both, but in the end, this is up to you. E-books are far less expensive but bring fewer royalties (though I have heard some great success stories). Smashwords gives you about 70-85% of royalties… though you pay 35 cents per book sold. This royalty number is awesome. You keep copyright, and can participate in other parts of the program. Well worth the look. Your biggest obstacle with ebooks is the dearth of readers who are aghast at any work requiring more than 99 cents.
Set a time goal. Six months before your novel is ready for printing, start your online advertising. Tell your friends. Get the word out. You are Wonder Woman. Or Superman. Pick one.
Plan a marketing program. Let's talk cost. Squish your toes in social media. Make it sexy. If you don't have a website, fer cryin' out loud, get one. WordPress blogs are free. Their websites cha-ching your pocket from one hundred to five thousand dollars. A domain name will cost from ten dollars to one hundred. Go Daddy and others will offer for a fee, SEO (search engine optimization) to improve visibility.
Some custom websites charge ten times that amount.
Facebook fan page. Love this. If you want advertising on your Facebook fan page advertising costs, but nominal. Twitter is free. With WordPress blog free, you can post to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter… you get the idea. You can find free or pay for website services. I went cheap. As in, starving-artist-free: http://cmahoneyfnp.wixsite.com/claireosullivan a DIY site.
ISBN number. You must have one for your novel. That's the little barcode on the back so you get paid. CreateSpace offers one free, however it remains with them … forever. You can also purchase one for one hundred dollars or more.
Get your murder hat on. Why do I mention this here in your goals? You want your book to sell I suspect. So, slash those scenes like Dexter in a bad mood, those that don't push the plot along. Some self-publishing businesses will not pass three-hundred-eighty pages. Paying for editors is not cheap. Pretend for a second your novel is five hundred pages. You want to pay said editor a zillion buckaroos for pages to be removed, and edited… again? How do you spell redrum? Editors often charge thirty to forty dollars per hour. Your team of readers/critique buds can help with murder. One with the vase. One with the rug. One with the shovel.
The cover. I know you already have a cover in mind. Now find an artist/photographer to design, or look at stock photos, you can pay a lot or minimal. On my website, I have stock images I want on my new works. Some folks have luck with fivver, a less-expensive method. Fivver is a conglomeration of people who will work in five-dollar increments. Ask your Facebook fans which cover mock-up they like best.
CreateSpace offers free front/back and spine flaps with limited covers, though you can upload your own. When they create a cover for you, now you are looking at over three hundred dollars. I changed one book's title and cover three times… that's a buncha clams if you switch from one picture or another through custom artists. Keep that in mind. This was my second free cover (which I liked), another DIY on CreateSpace. The Big However… upon beginning the first chapter as a reader, I realized my fiction (and title) didn't fit the cover—the formatting was fine. Don't bother looking for it, the cover never moved passed the proofing stage. Sigh. Looks lovely, though. Keeping it for my next book.
CreateSpace is an easy platform that offers eBooks and paperback. They do the hard work such as bookbinding. They will gently place your work on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, and it's ready. Amazon Publishing is not currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts, but this is their site: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/work-with-us .
Preview your work online. Order five book drafts if in paperback. Most self-publishing requires a minimum. CreateSpace requires five. When you receive the box, shout with glee, review it, and bust out the champagne (or beverage of choice). I have declined some first copies and reformatted. No they don't give you your money back. Rats. Each print-on-demand book through CreateSpace costs three dollars and ten cents. Minus shipping and handling.
Social media blitz and marketing. Put pictures of the books, a box of books in fact, onto every social media site you have. Plug to your friends, and now, family (they don't count early on). Take the box you've ordered to local bookstores. Go to signings wherever you can find them. Authors Innovative Marketing on Facebook is chockfull of ideas for authors. Post your novel on Goodreads. Don't forget! Put a PayPal button click on your website, and your Facebook fan page-
Before you think the endeavor is beyond you, it's not. Royalties may be great: but read the contract with a jaundiced eye. Not … really jaundiced, but … Consider the amount you will pay for twenty-five books, print-on-demand. Three-dollars per book. Consider shipping/handling and your profit and loss.
So check around. Self-publishing sites that are true self-publishing sites are tough to find. Vanity and boutique presses, shrouded vaguely, tell you the cost for purchasing a package and then sink their teeth in your pocketbook like Monty Python's savage attack bunny… "Run away, run away!"
If you are interested in Indie publishing, the larger Indies (for independent, not East Indian) pay well. And do not make fun. I thought that's what Indie meant… hey, it was a long time ago, yeesh.
https://www.myidentifiers.com/Get-your-isbn-now ISBN site
This is Diggypod. I don't consider these folks self-publish but you may get some ideas: https://www.diggypod.com/self-publishing/companies/
Here is CreateSpace, and I do recommend taking a look: https://www.createspace.com/
Post your books on https://www.goodreads.com/
And … a list of the top Indie publishers: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/73281-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2017.html
Here you have it. Goals for your journey to self-publishing.


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Sandvik has announced that its president and CEO, Björn Rosengren, will resign and leave the company as of 1 February 2020. In a separate statement, Switzerland-based ABB has appointed Mr Rosengren as its new CEO, joining the company on 1 February 2020.
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Chris Kamara: I thought the offer to make a Christmas album was an Ant and Dec wind-up
Footballer turned pundit Chris 'Kammy' Kamara may not be your first thought when it comes to Christmas music, but the Sky Sports News stalwart has given his all to his festive-themed debut record – as he explains to Lucy Mapstone
CHRIS Kamara isn't too fussed that he's raised a few eyebrows with the announcement of his debut album.
The footballer-turned-TV star and pundit, beloved for his colourful commentary, enthusiastic reporting and comical gaffes on Sky Sports, is releasing a Christmas record, adding jazz crooner to his already brimming CV.
For those who know him best for his bumbling sporting errors and uttering his "unbelievable Jeff!" catchphrase to his Soccer Saturday co-star Jeff Stelling, hosting Ninja Warrior UK or even his years as a tough-tackling midfielder, it certainly might seem a bit bizarre.
But, having displayed his vocal abilities on a celebrity version of BBC One talent show All Together Now last year, it was a bit of a no-brainer for Kamara to get behind the mic and show the world his more soulful side.
"Once people hear it, they just love it, they absolutely love it, which is crazy," Kamara insists, shrugging off any bewilderment that came after the announcement of his big band and swing-flavoured festive LP.
"The feedback is only negative from the people who haven't heard it, so as soon as anyone hears it, it just changes their mind straight away."
The TV personality, 61, says he is "too long in the tooth" to get too bothered by criticism, adding that he prefers to "treat everything with a positive" whenever he can, although his wife Anne was a bit on the fence at first.
"My boys are great, Ben and Jack, they're fantastic and they go, 'Oh yeah go for it dad, we always love everything you do'. Whereas my wife is the one person in the family who keeps my feet on the ground and goes, 'Oh, what are you doing now? Why are you doing that, you're opening yourself to criticism'.
"But I know she has heard the final result and she's pleased for me now."
He does admit to still finding it all "absolutely crazy" though, and he is overwhelmed by the positive reaction so far, which he says outweighs the negative.
"It's been absolutely phenomenal, and it isn't a case where I'm having to think about it – it's a case where you just go, 'Flippin' hell, how much love have people got for this?'" he laughs.
For all his confidence in his abilities, Kamara did feel dubious initially about taking the musical plunge.
"When I got the opportunity to sing with a 22-piece big band I'm thinking, 'Right, flippin' hell, these people have done the Royal Albert Hall and the London Philharmonic. This is how low they've come now with me singing in front of them!'" he jokes.
"But they were absolutely fantastic and they were saying to me it sounds great as much as I was saying to them how good their music is, so it was a two-way thing."
Kamara was approached by a record label earlier this year after appearing on All Together Now, where he sang a rousing rendition of Your Song by his idol Sir Elton John.
"They thought my voice would be perfect for a swing album," he says, adding: "I did think it was a wind-up initially.
"I said, 'This is Ant and Dec at their best, they'll jump out at me!'"
But it was not a wind-up, and several months later he has recorded a festive album of nine Christmas classics, including Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Walking In A Winter Wonderland and Frosty The Snowman.
There is also one original song, the title track Here's To Christmas, written especially for him by Kelvin Andrews and Richard Scott, who have worked with Michael Buble and Robbie Williams.
Unbelievably (Jeff), there have also been reports that he could be going up against a new posthumous track by George Michael for this year's Christmas number one.
"I took a screenshot of the newspaper yesterday and sent it to my wife with a couple of laughing faces," says Kamara, highly amused.
"It's like, is this really happening, is this for real? It's not a fight between Robbie Williams and George Michael, it's not a fight between Rick Astley and George Michael... it's a fight between Chris Kamara and George Michael!" he laughs again, shouting his own name gleefully.
The Christmas theme is one that is particularly poignant to Kamara, given that he only started to really celebrate the holiday season later in life.
He says that the season was difficult for him when he was younger, "because my parents didn't have a lot of money".
"My birthday is on Christmas Day, so to get one present, never mind two – one Christmas present and one birthday present – didn't happen very often. In fact, it might never have happened at all, that I can remember.
"And then of course I was a professional footballer from the age of 16 until I was 38," he adds.
The Middlesbrough-born sports star started his football career playing for Portsmouth before moving on to teams including Swindon Town, Stoke City and Leeds – then moving into management.
"I had 22 years of playing football on Boxing Day, so I was never really in the party mood on Christmas Day because I was either in a hotel getting ready for a game or going to bed at 10 at night to prepare for the next day."
He adds with a smile: "I've made up for it since I retired, I have to say!
"But now Christmas means so much, now we've got grandkids and our own kids, we always make sure they have a fabulous Christmas. Christmas is all about family."
It may be too soon to think too far ahead but, if the record does well in the charts, is there a chance he might be tempted to carry on with his music career and release more albums?
"We've got things planned, that's one thing for certain," he says, revealing that the Royal Albert Hall is booked for a concert in November next year, adding: "But it all depends on how well the album does.
"I'm certainly not going to ask the record company to try again if this doesn't work, but the positive feedback they've had and that I've had suggests that we're going to do alright.
"I don't turn down any opportunities... I like to give things a go.
"If they work, great, and if they don't work out? Well, at least I've had a go."
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Last week, we embarked on a mission to expose secret dishes that Denver restaurants don't divulge on their menus -- dishes that you have to specifically ask for if you want to be privy to the secret stash.
We already revealed that Keegan Gerhard, the pastry/savory chef at D Bar Desserts, has a slew of off-menu dishes, including "The Presley" and the "Elvis Presley," both of which honor the king of pelvic thrusts.
Olav Peterson, the owner/executive chef of Bittersweet, is currently working on his fall menu, and while it won't launch until October, you can get a sneak peek of what he has in store by ordering the Norwegian gravlax, an off-menu dish that you won't see on Peterson's board for at least a month.
A whimsy take on a bagel and lox, the plate is graced with a knoll of gravlax, house-cured pickles, Granny apple slaw, caper berries, garlic- and chive-smooched cream cheese mousse, a cured egg yolk and housemade toasted bagel chips. It sells for $11.
By the way, if you haven't stopped by to admire Peterson's patio gardens, flush with fresh herbs and summer produce, including beautiful chard, you owe it to yourself to do so.
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