text: In the world of microservices (yes, there's that buzzword again!) and distributed systems, we often find ourselves communicating over HTTP. What seems like a simple requirement can quickly become complicated! Networks aren't reliable and services fail. Dealing with those inevitable facts and avoiding a cascading failure can be quite a challenge. In this talk, Steve will explore how we can build .NET Core applications that make HTTP requests and rely on downstream services, whilst remaining resilient and fault tolerant. This session will focus on some of the improvements which have been released in .NET Core and ASP.NET Core 2.1, such as IHttpClientFactory and the new, more performant SocketHttpHandler. Steve will identify some HTTP anti-patterns and common mistakes and demonstrate how we can refactor existing code to use the new HttpClientFactory features. Next, Steve will demonstrate other HTTP tips and tricking, including Polly; a fantastic resilience and transient fault handling library which can be used to make your applications less prone to failure. When integrated with the Microsoft IHttpClientFactory; wrapping your HTTP calls in retries, timeouts and circuit-breakers has never been easier! If you're building services which make HTTP calls, then this talk is for you! NDC Conferences https://www.ndcconferences.com/ https://ndc-london.com/


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Analyzing a bevy of diverse data, scientists have drawn a new map of the human brain in extreme relief. Their approach demarcated 180 areas in each half of the outer layer of the brain ŌĆö including 97 regions in each half that havenŌĆÖt been described before. The high-resolution map will allow scientists to more precisely scrutinize brain regions and see how they change with, for instance, age and disease.
Many previous maps of the brain have been built with just one type of data. The new map, described July 20 in Nature, forms a holistic view of the brain by combining several different types of information. These specs included how areas behaved while doing certain tasks or nothing at all, as well as detailed anatomical data about the shape and thickness of the brain. Using these metrics from 210 healthy people, neuroscientist David Van Essen of Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues found that each hemisphere contains 180 distinct areas (separated by black lines in image). In this view, colors show how tightly linked each area is to other brain areas that handle auditory (red), touch and movement (green) or visual (blue) information.
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We still get questioned and read pundits who ask whether there's any ROI from business blogging. And we still shake our heads and wonder if those folks have any clue what constitutes "return" on a business person's "investment" in blogging.
So let's start with our latest experience in getting a return:
Drill Instructor Yvonne's selection by the readers of Marketing Sherpa for her blog Lip-Sticking: Smart Marketing to Women Online for honorable mention as Best Blog of 2005 in the "Niche Marketing" category.
Marketing Sherpa has over 173,000 readers. Over 2,000 people actually took the time to review the nominated blogs and cast votes. In the article reporting on the winners and the voting process, the editor wrote about the selected blogs in Yvonne's category, "All three of these blogs are not only useful for advice on their topics, but also worth watching if you plan to launch a Blog to promote yourself as a niche marketing consultant."
What's that kind of publicity and endorsement worth? (And don't forget, she gets to display that nifty Best Blog 2005 logo on her blog, too!)
Yes, we've gotten actual clients who pay us actual dollars from the various blogs we publish and write for. And yes, we get a small revenue stream from book sales and paid advertising on our blogs. But there's a lot more to the ROI from blogging than direct cash revenues.
So what's the investment? Well, the out-of-pocket cost ranges from zero, if you want to use one of the free blogging tools and climb the relatively short learning curve yourself, to a few hundred bucks, if you want help with designing and building your blog, to a bit more if you want help learning to apply your networking and writing skills in the blogosphere.
In short, compared to other ways of getting great exposure, connections, and PR, the dollar investment is negligible.
The real investment is the time it takes to find your blogging "voice" and then use the tool to connect -- engage in real conversations -- with your customers, your colleagues/competitors, your supply and distribution chains ...
That point is critical: a blog is not a business in itself. It's a TOOL. It can be a very powerful communication and social networking tool. But in the end, it's just a tool. I received a copy of the e-mail version of The Coursey Report, in which he asserts that he too fails to "get it" when it comes to "blogging as a business." (The relevant portion of the report was entitled "Trying to Understand the Business of Blogging" and has been posted on Tater Blog.)
Trying to analyze blogs themselves as a business is like trying to understand a hammer as a business. You can make a business out of making hammers and Six Apart, for example, seems to be doing the same thing as a company making blogs.
But lots more companies can be built by learning to use a hammer and then building a carpentry business, or a picture framing business, or an auto body shop, or dozens of other trades that use hammers.
A blog is simply a tool. In the right hands, it is a exceptionally powerful, efficient, and inexpensive tool for extending your business networking to a growing, global online community.


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Good food is our business
Pizza with a flaky, crisp crust and a soft bread dough interior. Filled with your favorite toppings and baked to perfection. Subs, baked on fresh bread with meats that makes your mouth water.
Food can't get better than this.
A Family
Jim's Pizza Box has been serving the greater Milan and Huron areas for forty years. We are locally owned and operated. We credit much of our delicious recipes to our matriarch, Momma Josephine. Her Italian-American recipes are still served in our kitchens today. Most notably her pizza and pasta sauces, homemade soups, and comfort food specials. We would like to take this time to thank you, the customer. You are the most important part of our business.
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Waverly Hills Sanatorium was an abandoned sanatorium Sam and Dean visited in order to collect the many ghosts haunting there.
In their bid to defeat the Darkness once and for all, Sam Winchester formulated a plan to use souls to build a destructive bomb. Unsure of where to gather enough souls, Dean suggested this sanatorium.
The boys entered the place and began hunting the souls down. Once they had collected everyone, Billie the Reaper came and took notice of their actions. She decided to help them create their bomb.
Since the bomb was ultimately deactivated, it is unclear what happened to the souls who once haunted this place.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a hospital in Kentucky, used in the 20th century for people with tuberculosis. It is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in the US.
- According to Jared Padalecki, he suffered a bad allergy attack while shooting the scenes at this location.
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Oxford SEO Explained
SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. The major search engines such as Yahoo, Bing, and Google all display the most relevant web sites at the top of their search pages. The procedure is free, and in that accord, web owners are tasked with aligning their stuff to increase their websites recognition. All these make SEO the process which helps websites increase their organic traffic and get better quality visitors.
You can think of SEO as a version of those billboards you'll see every day on your way to work in Oxford. Consider SEO in this same fashion, after seeing a billboard multiple times on the highway, you may be interested to stop in the store. This is exactly how SEO works. People searching online for a specific topic or information will be interested in a company that keeps on getting displayed on their search page.
Search engines use crawlers to collect information from the internet and an index to rank the various web pages in their database. Optimization entails changing titles, meta descriptions. There are countless people using the internet on a daily basis and thousands of business are taking advantage of this and optimizing their websites. This is a list of reasons why a business should consider investing in SEO, regardless its size or area of activity.
1. SEO Is An Investment, Rather Than A Cost
One of the first steps as a business owner is seeing that SEO is an investment and not an added cost. Investments often get profits while expenditure reduces them. Stereotypical people, may ignore SEO and consider it a myth since designing a site is simple. Nonetheless, it's worth keeping in mind that the ultimate goal of SEO is to drive traffic towards your business.
For instance, someone looking for a good restaurant to dine at in Oxford will choose a place that pops up on the first page of results, not the second or the third. There's no such thing as a successful business without investments.
Premier SEO agencies are not entirely committed to attaining the best ranks but also to enhance your site's functionality. They will take care of various aspects such as hosting, coding and blanks within the website.
2. SEO Is A Cost Effective Solution
In light of the piece published by Forbes, SEO is more economical than other online marketing strategies like buying leads for an email marketing campaign, social media promotion or PPC. SEO is committed to your online presence since it is a natural system in contrast to other online marketing campaigns such as PPC that call for some financial investment.
Very many web users may check out advertisements even when they are not interested, something that makes these strategies very costly. SEO is better than other digital marketing strategies, because it delivers a better ROI.
With SEO, any startup in State can stay in business without having to invest in printing promotional materials or in purchasing costly newspaper and outdoor advertising. In this situation, a startup has just a good of chance as a company with deep pockets.
3. Consumer Research is Increasing In The Oxford Area
A perfectly functional website is not enough to grow your business and attract new clients. Businesses can surely buy online exposure, but SEO can help them become known for the quality of their products or services. If the information on your website is persuasive and up to date, leads are likely to make a purchase.
SEO can upgrade your website to match the expectations and the conversational tone of your potential customers. As more people converse within your pages, the website keeps on gaining in popularity while generating trust among clients. The internet never forgets and posting falsified information has grave consequences. Negative reviews are something you don't need, as they can harm your business quite badly.
4. Credibility Is Key Online
People tend to trust businesses and brands that rank among the first in their favorite search engine. Individuals believe in companies that are readily available on the web and can be researched if need be. The customer will focus on the high ranked business instead of looking at the paid ads.
Typically, online trust is one of those things that needs to be earned, however, seeing a spot in the top of the search engines gives the user that sense of trust.It is also important that paid advertisements require constant cash, whereas search engine rankings just need to be maintained. This is great as a user can easily head back to your site for a repeat visit.
5. SEO Is A Valuable Asset
By using SEO, the value of your website grows over time. This means the larger your site gets, the more traffic you are going to recieve. While paid strategies could land you on the top page, the advertisements go away as soon as you stop paying for them. On the contrary, organic search results will stick even in the absence of all investments.
6. More Mobile Searches Than Ever Before
Several web users today look up items with their mobile devices. Considering how convenient mobile devices are, it really should come as no surprise. Mobile search users tend to rely more on organic results than on advertisements. This is so since natural results are more personalized and offer more advantages. Business owners who comprehend the importance of mobile internet search should concentrate on SEO.
Mobile devices also have the ability to be linked to a wide variety of social media platforms. Many people discuss business on Twitter, Facebook or WhatsApp day-to-day. When seeking for solutions to their problems, users could decide to perform an online search, so it's mandatory that they find your website before the ones of your competitors. If your information is reliable and useful, you can be sure these people will recommend your services to their peers.
7. SEO Offers Great Benefits To Small Businesses
It is easy to bypass the significance of SEO marketing when driving a small startup. However, these small firms have a lot to benefit from SEO since most of the searches look for answers that are near their location. For instance, a new person in town trying to find a restaurant to have lunch in will check the internet to find a famous eatery in the area that serves their best dish. Top ranking business are the most likely to benefit from such users. Consider the fact that people often review businesses after they have found them online is just an added benefit.
Local Oxford businesses are typically the ones who have the most to gain from SEO as they can gain so many recommendations from local customers. If you had the notion that getting an SEO professional is an unnecessary expenditure, keep in mind that individuals are always checking into new towns while paying visits and trying to find new options.
8. SEO Offers Firms Vital Insight
SEO is going to be able to provide you traffic that you can track through Google Analytics. This type of information is absolute gold as you can see what your customers are doing. Watch how they browse, what they look at, even the days they are most active. Each of these discoveries can assist a firm in coming up with tactical plans that could be of great benefit to your business both in the short and long term.
9. Your Competitors Are Doing It
SEO doesn't stop once you obtain your desired top rankings. You have to do everything it takes to maintain these positions. When a business ignored SEO for a while, competitors will obtain higher rankings, which is a sign that they consider SEO as being important. When a business gives up taking care of its website, it leaves money on the table by not taking advantage of its potential customers.
10. SEO is Here To Stay
People spend more and more time online. The web offers so many options for people especially in between their rigid programs. This means people tend to depend less on television and print media. If you invest in SEO now, you are setting yourself up for the future.
11. Outranking Bigger Competitors
It's very difficult for small businesses in Oxford to draw in clients from established brands. SEO provides them an affordable solution to become available for their potential customers, and to obtain fast results that wouldn't be possible otherwise. An old business may overlook the importance of SEO, thus giving small businesses a tremendous competitive edge and an opportunity to acquire clients. At the end of the day, trust gets generated and potential customers become loyal customers and advocates of your brand.
12. SEO Is Your Perfect Team Member
As soon as your website gets created and updated by an SEO expert, it will keep on generating traffic 24/7, all year round, even during bank holidays. SEO will never become sick or resign, thus being better than any human employee you could possibly get. It is a tool that becomes invaluable for businesses who need to cut costs while still making a profit.
13. SEO Is A Good Foundation For Social Sharing
Content that is posted by social media enthusiasts, for instance, Facebook is connected to SEO components such as title tags and meta descriptions. An SEO expert can optimize these parameters for increasing the viral potential of your content.
14. Outsourcing The Hard Work
You may not want to have a permanent employee to handle your SEO. Luckily, there are several SEO companies in the market, and they can work on your site and attract traffic to your company, from the outside.
Outsourcing is more cost effective than getting an in house expert since the agency commits all its resources to your websites and has several experts working on the various aspects all for the common interest.
The thing to remember about outsourcing is it is going to allow you the opportunity to focus on your business while the agency tends to your website and helps it grow and rank, while staying within a budget.


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Whether you like it or not, you've stumbled upon Bazzi's hit single, "Mine," because this feel-good tune is everywhere. There is no avoiding at this point with it dominating the airwaves and basically becoming a meme. What a time to be alive!
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The first US execution of 2017 happened on 11 January.
Christopher Wilkins, 48, was executed by lethal injection at the Texas state penitentiary at Huntsville.
Wilkins was convicted of a double murder in 2005. During his trial he admitted to killing a man in a dispute over a pay phone, and driving a stolen car into two people on a sidewalk, because he thought one had stolen his sunglasses.
During his trial in 2008 he said that the death penalty would be "no big deal."
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Fallout is a series of many things; a deconstruction of classic science fiction, a direct homage to said classic science fiction, a now long running franchise that's practically 2 decades old and so much more. Above all, it's a beloved series with an amazing and devoted fanbase. Sure, there is much division over older and newer generations of games (which I myself will admit to taking part in); but we've had more than enough proof that fans have kept the spirit of Fallout alive. Archive sites like the Nexus contain thousands upon thousands of mods, adding new features to the game or rewriting it in its entirety. You may wonder what this has to do with Fallout 4? While others have focused on traversing the world of the wastelands and following a story, this one allows you to customize the weird wastes ahead. So, why do I praise it as a great game, but comdemn it as a poor Fallout title? More ahead. (Warning: Spoilers)
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The Doc Speaks: Do I want to believe?
Lemme start by saying that I am not a superstitious person, but it's hard to deny some things in this world (let alone universe) defy our comprehension and will probably continue to do so for eons to come. What could this be? Alien beings, parallel universes, otherworlds seen in myth and legend? Beyond the fantastical, we have theories of sinister organizations working underneath our thumbs, pseudo-government tyrannies run by companies, among other things. Sounds like science fiction and are probably inventions of creative minds, but what amount of truth can be found in those statements? Sure, this is quickly starting to sound like the beginning of a poorly written creepypasta, but it does make one wonder. Whether intended for plain old entertainment or an attempt to broaden our horizons, various bits of media have wondered what lurks within our own world, as well as what lurks beyond ours. And beyond the media, such notions are ingrained into countless cultures around the world. Even if it's popular mythology, these stories continue to live and breath much like we do. Let's have a look at some examples I personally enjoy.
The Doc Speaks: Let's Explore the Multiverse!
I won't deny it, I really enjoy the ideas of parallel realities, distant dimensions, entire planes of existence, and so on and so forth. It's one of the things that initially got me into comic books, as well as games such as Dungeons & Dragons (because Planescape is awesome.) Truly, all forms of reality are at your finger tips with your imagination as the only possible restraint. So with that, here's some reasons why I would encourage the creation of a multiverse, whether for roleplaying games or for writing something else entirely.
The Doc Speaks: My Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi/Horror series intros
Admittedly, this came up after watching a recent editorial done by Nostalgia Critic on what he thought were the 11 best television intro sequences. To some extent, I was in agreement with quite a few of them, since you'd think opinions are likely to overlap or connect in one way or another. Back on topic, that list embodied what he felt best prepared the audience for the show ahead or helped to establish the general mood. Or at the very least, got them excited for the rest of the 22/46 or so minute time slot. Genre fiction works in particular inject that sense of ambiance and expectation within the intro, so that way viewers can get immersed into the world as soon as the show truly begins. So with that, here are 10 of my personal favorite openings to sci-fi and horror themed TV shows!
Movie Review: Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic World, to many, is the sequel we've been waiting to see. Following the footsteps of the first movie (and retconning the 2nd and 3rd out of existence), we see the park back and better than ever after rebuilding from the disaster that happened 20 years ago. However, the park is bigger and better than ever, being more so a theme park than the original model. Attractions and shows operate throughout the theme park, but yet the crowd demands more. The result is a superior hybrid called the "Indominus Rex", the ultimate hunter. Through some adept cunning, it gets loose and mayhem is wrought on the park soon after. So, how does it stack against the classic? Is it one for the records or is it better remaining buried deep? Let's have a watch and find out!
The Doc Speaks: Fresh off the Wasteland Survival Guide!
Fallout 4's confirmation brought waves of excitement all across the internet. People active in the fandom and even people outside of it cheered upon hearing the new title being teased just a couple of days ago. As for myself? I had a mix of cautious optimism and the kind of cynicism a curmudgeonly old fart would have, but none the less a renewed interest in Fallout, if not the post-apocalyptic genre. Granted, the newest entry in the Mad Max franchise helped too. And while I'd love to focus on Fallout games more than I already have, I just want to ponder about the genre as a whole; metaphors, cautionary tales, and tropes of course. While this started as a rambling rant (much like my chaotic "review" of HATRED), this became another longwinded look into some aspect of speculative fiction and the media by yours truly. So, let's ride into the atomic sunset and soak in some healthy radiation once more!
Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Greetings from the untamed waste, my good prospectors and bandits! The summer blockbuster season has only just begun as we've seen a couple familiar faces either be teased (i.e. Jurassic World) or make their way to theatres everywhere (i.e. Avengers, Poltergeist). Among those beloved franchises is one that has stood the poisoned sands of time, Mad Max. Despite speculation over being a reboot or sequel, George Miller himself described it as more a return to the universe's mythology instead. As to how this film fits in the series, it's left relatively vague. In fact, the date the series take place has been altered by speculation and retcon alike. Likely picking up somewhere after Thunderdome (since it's not really described when), this film focuses on Imperator Furiosa's rebellion against tyrannical leader and slaver, Immortan Joe. In fact, while Max gets plenty of time to explore how his character continues to handle the empty Outback, Furiosa's story takes center stage. So, how does the film handle? Well, let's take some war rigs down Fury Road and find out!
My Top 10 Favorite X-Files Episodes
While I had originally planned to do a review this week, a bit of news had changed that. Just recently, Fox Media had confirmed rumors and speculation about a new X-Files series. While Carter had both planned to make another movie after the lackluster 2008 film, "I Want to Believe", there hadn't been much news outside of fan speculation. Fast Forward a couple years and the series was officially continued through the limited-series of comic books aptly named "Season 10". But even then, this was more so a gift to the fans rather than continuing the ongoing series. That said, we have at least 6 new episodes of the television show to look forward to. However, I'm not here to focus on the upcoming series so much as look back at the classic series. Or rather, I'm here to look at ten of my favorite episodes! Some are amazing, some have been panned by critics, and some are just wonderfully weird. As you'd expect, there is probably an amount of overlap with what other fans have said. But hey, there's plenty of episodes worth remembering by a large group of people. One more thing! While I tried to avoid a lot of spoilers, there are still quite a few ahead, so take heed if you haven't finished the series yet. More after the jump.
The Doc Speaks: Was I too harsh on Fallout 3?
For those who remember, a couple of my reviews have had somewhat subtle digs at Fallout 3, Bethesda's reboot of the Fallout series. This game helped to bring the series back into public eye with a different setting, an advancement of the timeline, and new mechanics to play with. Instead of continuing plotlines taking place on the west coast United States, focus was shifted towards developments on the east coast, particularly the "Capital Wasteland." But, as I've mentioned, I have been rather critical about parts of it. And for a while, I even hated the game. Admittedly, it's on the bottom of my Fallout list (next to those spin-off games shoved into the strictly non-canon section.) However, after returning the the game, I can't say I really hate it anymore. Of course, there's much more to it than just that.
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The Doc Speaks: Apocalypse Boogie (Why do we love Doomsday?)
Like countless other walking slabs of flesh and sentience, I ponder about some rather macabre subject matter. Among those topics is the "end of the world" or "the apocalypse." This speculative pondering even has a genre dedicated to end-times shenanigans. Countless theories and ideas provide the backdrop for countless stories that take place after the end. So, my question is this; why do we love the post-apocalyptic genre so much?


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Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
Can you ever go wrong with Adele?? I mean really?!?! But of all of her fantastic songs this one just grips me, it pulls me in and it wont let me go. Her voice is incredible in this song, I can feel everything that she is feeling. It haunts me, I hear it in my head as I'm falling asleep and its playing in my head when I wake up. It's been a while since a song has stuck with me like this one is. It's my new favorite song, well until I find my next favorite song lol.
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Delta Sigma Pi co-ed business fraternity seeks new members
Wayne State University's Gamma Theta Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, the country's foremost professional fraternity for men and women pursuing careers in business, invites students to join its ranks. Delta Sigma Pi maintains a consistent structure of professional and personal development, as well as a lifelong commitment to supporting its members and maximizing their impact in the world.
Delta Sigma Pi was founded at New York University in 1907 to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community. The Wayne State chapter was established in 1949.
The co-ed organization is seeking business and economics majors who would like to be part of its dynamic group. More information, including membership requirements and a calendar of recruitment events, can be found on the Delta Sigma Pi – Gamma Theta Chapter website.


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Dr. S. S Tomar is an experienced , dedicated and confident doctor practicing Homeopathic Medicine for the last 27 years who has devoted his attention to bring good health to every individual through homeopathy.He is a homeopathic consultant well versed with psychotherapy which helps in the root cause of a patient's disease by delving into the patient's mind.He is specialised in a wide range of health related problems ranging from: MND (Motor Neuron Disease) , Cancer , Auto Immune Disorder , Ulcerative Colitis , Asthma , Hair, skin diseases, respiratory problems , childrens diseases, stress management, obesity , gastric disorders and many more.
He has done his (D.M.S.) a Regular 4 ½ year course and One year internship in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery from Council of Homeopathic Medicine West Bengal, Kolkata, India. in the year 1986.


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Group Travel Program Unites U.S. and European Counterparts
"Top Performers" is an important employee engagement and incentive program, which recognizes the achievements of our client's very best contributors. The program rewards top performers with an unforgettable travel experience.
The group travel program includes team-building, a recognition event, and leisure activities, and it provides opportunities for organizational leaders to reinforce the messages and goals for the new year.
The bank was challenged with merging its U.S and European cultures into one unified company. Read the case study and see how this company turned to their partner, Next Level Performance, to develop a program to fit the challenge.


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Does not work: various ulimit settings for daemon
We have container build from this Dockerfile, running RHEL7 with oldish docker-1.10.3-59.el7.x86_64. Containers are started with:
# for i in $( seq 500 ); do docker run -h "$( hostname -s )container$i.example.com" -d --tmpfs /tmp --tmpfs /run -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro --ulimit nofile=10000:10000 r7perfsat done
and we have set limits for a docker service on a docker host:
# cat /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/limits.conf [Service] LimitNOFILE=10485760 LimitNPROC=10485760
but we have still seen issues with "Too many open files" inside the container. It could happen when installing package with yum (resulting into corrupted rpm database,
rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*; rpm --rebuilddb; saved it though) and when enabling service (our containers have systemd in them on purpose):
# systemctl restart osad Error: Too many open files # echo $? 0
Because I was stupid, I have not checked journal (in the container) in the moment when I have spotted the failure for the first time:
Dec 21 10:18:54 b08-h19-r620container247.example.com journalctl[39]: Failed to create inotify watch: Too many open files Dec 21 10:18:54 b08-h19-r620container247.example.com systemd[1]: systemd-journal-flush.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 21 10:18:54 b08-h19-r620container247.example.com systemd[1]: inotify_init1() failed: Too many open files Dec 21 10:18:54 b08-h19-r620container247.example.com systemd[1]: inotify_init1() failed: Too many open files
Does work: fs.inotify.max_user_instances
At the end I have ran into some issue and very last comment there had a think I have not seen before. At the end I have ended up with:
# cat /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf fs.inotify.max_user_instances=8192 fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
Default on a different machine is:
# sysctl -a 2>&1 | grep fs.inotify.max_user_ fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 128 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 8192
Looks like increasing fs.inotify.max_user_instances helped and our containers are stable.


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No culinary visit to Bologna would be complete without a visit to Majani, the maker of Italy's first solid chocolate.
There are many old shops with appealing window displays in the historic district of Bologna that beg passersby to step inside. While the city is better known for its artisanal traditions of mortadella and salumi; ragu sauces, and sfoglia (handmade egg pasta twisted into wonderful shapes), another not-to-be missed culinary shrine for visitors is Casa Majani 1796.
Steeped in history, the confectionary shop's elegant window displays, Belle Epoque furnishings, and artistic packaging are only overshadowed by the taste of its gourmet chocolates, known throughout the world.
The family business began in 1796 in a small workshop, set up by Teresa Majani, which produced high quality chocolates in the shadow of the Basilica San Petronio, the main church of Bologna.
Originally called The Laboratory of Sweet Things (il Laboratorio delle Cose Dolci), the business was so successful that in 1830, the family purchased a larger space at numbers 5 and 7 Via de' Carbonesi (its present location), which later became known by locals as Palazzo Majani. The family lived upstairs above the first floor workshop, store and tearoom.
Surprisingly (to me), until the end of the 1700s, the aristocracy and clergy only consumed chocolate in liquid form. But in 1832, the Majani workshop in Bologna became the birthing place for the first piece of solid chocolate in Italy. It was called Scorza (in English, bark) because it looked like the bark of a tree.
Until 1871, Italy was still divided into different states so Guiseppe Majani needed a passport (issued by the Papal State) to travel to Turin in 1856 to purchase the latest steam-driven technology for making chocolate for the aristocracy. Just imagine: He made that trip before the invention of the refrigerator and the automobile.
From there, you might just say that the business took off, becoming a favorite for the city's social and intellectual aristocracy, earning accolades and medals at exhibitions throughout Europe long before the democratization of chocolate occurred (Think: Hershey's and Mars) as we know it.
A turning point for the growth of the company took place in 1911, when it won a competition to create a chocolate, their signature Cremino Fiat, to celebrate the launch of the first FIAT car, the Fiat Tipo 4. Aldo Majani added a fourth layer of chocolate to the popular cremino chocolate cube, a favorite with many chocolate lovers. The winning chocolate—made of layers of hazelnut and almond paste alternating with sweet gianduja chocolate—was wrapped in foil and then covered with white paper imprinted with the gold and black FIAT logo. It is still sold in the store today and all over Italy.
Unfortunately, like many businesses in Europe, Majani suffered through tough times during World War II, when the family lost its majority share of the company. But in 1985, Francesco Mezzadri Majani and his mother Anna recaptured ownership and were able to reestablish the family business.
In its plant outside Bologna, Majani is one of the few chocolate makers that still starts the process of chocolate-making with raw cocoa seeds imported from Central America. This lengthy and intricate procedure they use is very costly but creates results that are especially pleasing to the palate.
Inside the downtown shop, visitors can arrange for a chocolate tasting of several Majani chocolates (as I recall, it cost about 3 euros per person), including the FIAT, scorza, and tortellino (singular for toretellini), and orange peel dipped in chocolate.
Truly fresh chocolate is seasonal so the company closes down production between June and September. In the fall, visitors at the store can purchase the traditional marron glacés, glazed candied chestnuts.
*We visited Majani on a Discover the Flavors of Emilia walking tour offered by Bologna Welcome (official tourism site).
Majani 1796, Via De' Carbonesi 5, 40123 Bologna
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9am-1pm and 3.30pm-7.30pm (closed on Thursday afternoon)
For additional information: Emilia Romagna Tourism (official tourism information site)
For more information on the history of the Cremino Fiat: Packaging in Italy.
Previous posts about Bologna and Emilia Romagna on More Time To Travel:
- Eating pizza in Bologna
- Visiting the oldest bakery in Bologna
- Italian pasta etiquette: What you need to know
- Celebrating mortadella in Bologna
- Salame Rosa: Mortadella's cousin
- CSI Bologna: The pickpocket
- Celebrating World Pasta Day
- A day in Bologna
- The warm hands that make pasta in Bologna
- A road trip on the Via Emilia
- Brisighella: Forget the spa and start pumping…olive oil
- Casa Artusi: A living museum of Italian home cooking
- The Malatestiana Library in Cesena
- Sant'Agata Feltria: On the trail of the white truffle festival


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What does it mean to swaddle a baby?Swaddling is the ancient art of snugly wrapping your baby to help him feel safe and secure.
Being wrapped up can stop your baby from being disturbed by his own startle reflex. You may have noticed your baby doing little jerks of his body when he's sleeping. These jerks are his startle reflex (hypnagogic startles) and are completely normal.
Swaddling can also help settle your baby down when he's overstimulated.
In many regions, babies are settled down in cradles (palnas) fashioned out of soft cotton cloths or sarees. These cradles hold the baby snugly and serve the purpose of swaddling the baby as well providing a rocking motion.
Check that your baby isn't hungry or wet, before you start. Keep his face and head uncovered, so he can breathe easily and doesn't overheat. If your baby is swaddled, he probably won't need another blanket on top.
How do I swaddle my baby?Here is a step-by-step guide to swaddling your baby.
- Place a cotton cot sheet on a flat surface and fold down the top right corner about 15cm / 6 inches.
- Lay your baby on his back with his head on the fold.
- Pull the corner near your baby's left hand across his body. Tuck the leading edge under his right arm and around under his back.
- Pull the bottom corner up under your baby's chin.
- Bring the right-hand corner over and tuck it under his back on the left side. Some babies prefer to have their arms free, in which case you could just swaddle your baby under his arms.
You can swaddle your baby until he is about one month old. After that it may stop him moving around and hamper his development. When your baby begins to kick off covers, it's a sign he no longer appreciates being bundled so snugly!
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17 February 2017
NIELIT Kurukshetra organized a career development workshop on 1 February 2017 for class – IX students. The workshop was focused on how they can use IT in their study to make difficult subjects easy to understand. They were explained career paths open to develop their career in IT. Students were told that even if they are not good in Science and Maths, there are many options in the streams of Multimedia, Hardware, Designing and Publishing, Content Development and many others.
Students raised questions about institutions to take guidance in IT. They were shown presentation about courses available with NIELIT-Kurukshetra for school students. The seminar was attended by Coordinators, teachers of senior secondary wing and around 100 students of Class-IX.
After attending the workshop, students not only got motivated but also communicated that they will try to change their study methods and would include IT for better learning.
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The contemporary global economy is full of an ever growing number of opportunities in an ever growing number of different markets and industries. The rapid rise of the global economy over the past century has not only coincided with increased levels of GDP, market diversification, and astounding technological innovation. It may also be characterized by the increased costs of participation – in terms of both physical and psychological well-being.
This is not to say that the growth of the world economy has only caused physical and psychological damage – it has, without a doubt, led to the lifting of many out of abject poverty (according to the Economist roughly one billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the past 20 years), amazing technological innovation, which has raised the world's general standard of living, and finally, this growth has reduced war between nations through interweaving their economic well-being through trade (according to the World Trade Organization, the decline of protectionist economics after World War II has coincided with this past half century's relatively low levels of overt war). Yet, on the flip side of the coin, this new economy has traded the intense suffering of the undeveloped world for a set of new problems, that stem from the excessive productivity that characterizes the first world.
Participants in this new world economy, whether entry level employees or high level executives, are simply self-destructing under the multi-faceted pressure of the workplace. The need to perform competitively has been amplified as the pool of competitors (in terms of businesses or employment) has expanded dramatically in the global market place. This is because of a plethora of reasons, but primarily through the intensification of market competition through technology. In the past, even in the most competitive of industries, an employee would work their shift and return home for downtime and rest. Now the boundaries between work and home life have become increasingly blurred, with the adoption of new technology. According to Daily Mail, a psychological study on 57,000 employees showed that roughly half of these people worked beyond their scheduled hours and were more likely to be afflicted with ailments such as insomnia, headaches, fatigue, anxiety, stomach pain, and cardiovascular problems. The use of emails, pagers and phones allows work to be done outside the official domain of work – this may make this unhealthy work/life balance appear completely self-induced: "Why doesn't one simply not use such technology outside of work?" The answer to this question is that working outside of work makes an employee much more competitive and thus more prone to getting promotions or raises, etc. Any employee who refuses to do the same will likely find competing with their peers very difficult.
Ironically, such technology was conceived of as being able to reduce the average worker's stress by making the individual more productive and thus able to finish tasks faster as well as more efficiently. Instead the demand placed on employees only increased in tandem with their skyrocketing productivity. Amazingly, it seems that as of late, the market has become aware of the apparent unsustainability of such conditions or at least the demand for ways to reduce such stresses.
The past few decades have been fascinating in that thousands of businesses that aim to commercialize physical and psychological well-being have become incredibly successful. The success of such industries are without a doubt due to the increasing demands placed on the modern day worker. Companies that are reflective of this new budding market have found recent success in specialising in health foods (e.g. Whole Foods), or in psychiatric medication (according to Harvard Health Publications antidepressant use in the US rose 400 per cent between 1988-1994 and 2005-2008), or even spiritual activities (e.g. commercialization of Transcendental Meditation, or growth of yoga studios, etc.)
Yet, such businesses are less eager to optimise one's standard of living than to simply capitalize on the average person's demand or need for some way to counteract or cope with the incredible stress they experience day to day. This is not to say that such businesses and the services they provide are immoral nor should even be avoided. In fact, such businesses and their products may very well help to alleviate the problems faced by today's employee. Even so, alleviation of stressors is not necessarily optimization of well-being – it may just be that the very cultural , engendered by the globalized economy, which treats everything as a means to an end is the real root of the problem. Even if one is in great health with an incredibly successful career, what does it matter if every day of this individual's life is spent in a frantic race to sustain or improve such conditions? Even if physical and psychological health can be achieved through market—based means, can our more fundamental spiritual/existential well-being really be achieved through such aimless means-to-end thinking?
It is worth asking as to whether or not a society as a whole may wish to prevent or even curtail the ever pervasive growth of work into every facet of our lives. Or possibly, taking the time for an individual reevaluation of what is truly meaningful may just reveal that the costs of falling behind in the global rat race may be well worth the rewards.
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That's right! I have become a Daring Baker, apparently alongside most of the rest of the food blog community as the group now numbers somewhere around 400. What fun! Many thanks to Lis of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice for starting the whole thing and then allowing more and more of us to participate.
Rolls made with white potato
This is the reason it's been a little quiet here lately. All year long as I would visit some of my favorite blogs, I would see amazing things like the strawberry mirror cake, Gateau Saint Honore, even the chocolate crepe cake that so many disliked and I was so envious. Ooooh, I want to be a Daring Baker when I grow up! It would be so much fun to make the same thing as some of my favorite food bloggers and then have a little 'Show-n-Tell' at the end. So after a hectic summer and early fall, I committed to be a Daring Baker, to make my challenge recipes no matter what they may entail, to wait to share until the given date, and I eagerly awaited the recipe. Oh, what marvelous thing could it be?
loaf made with white potato
Potato bread?! What the . . . ? Potato bread. But there's no chocolate in that at *all*. In fact, the instructions clearly stated savory only. Not only that, but my first challenge involved the dreaded Yeasty Beasties! Well, what sort of Daring Baker would I be if I just turned tail and ran? I totally contemplated cowardice. Desertion in the ranks. Hmm, did someone say 'dessert'? No. Well, there's only one thing left. Accept the challenge! (You have to say that with a Chief Inspector Clouseau accent.)
loaf made with Yukon Gold potatoes and bread flour
So I approached this with the attitude that I would have to try this a few times. My bread attempts have been rather lame. The first batch I used some white potatoes and saved them out from a batch I boiled for mashed potatoes. I didn't have time to make the bread that day so I put the water and potatoes in the fridge and then brought them up to temp the next day to bake bread. I just mashed the potatoes with a fork in a bowl so there were a few lumps and irregularities, but it was pretty mushy. The recipe called for making a loaf of bread with 2/3 of the dough and then rolls or focaccia or a braid or something with the remaining 1/3. I forgot to slash the top of that loaf, but the family did like the rolls made that day. You can find the recipe here.
focaccia bread made with Yukon Gold dough, topped with olives, roasted red peppers and basil
That made me want to try it a little differently. The second batch I made with Yukon Gold potatoes and ran them through my food mill on the finest grate. I also made this batch immediately after cooking the potatoes *and*, just to make it completely impossible to make a good comparison, I used a bag of bread flour I had rather than all-purpose. This day I also made a focaccia, spreading the top with oil and basil and then sprinkling some roasted red pepper and black olives on top. This batch had absolutely the best texture and made me feel all brave and daring with those little Yeasty Beasties. Whoo-hoo! Success with bread! The family loved this round, especially since I spread a little butter over the top of the loaf and it softened the crust compared to the first batch.
sweet potato braid stuffed with pepperoni and mozzarella
By the third time around, I was getting quite daring and decided I wanted to try sweet potatoes, having forgone my praline sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving. Originally I was thinking I would make a braid with the leftover ham from our Thanksgiving dinner, but I didn't want to wrestle with The Husband while he made us sandwiches for lunch so I could bake the bread, so I used pepperoni instead. The kids thought this was fantastic. I used my pizza seasoning grinder to put some herbs on top.
sweet potato braid with pepperoni and mozzarella
Now that I'm daring, I decided that the third time with the challenge I would flaunt the rules too. I made my loaf sweet. (shh! don't tell!) The sweet potato was just calling for a little cinnamon and sugar — what could I do?
sweet potato loaf with cinnamon and *sugar*
See that little swirl of cinnamon and sugar peeking out of the loaf? I spread the rolled out dough with canola margarine and topped it with a little brown sugar and cinnamon and then rolled it up.
sweet potato loaf with cinnamon swirl
Tartlet 1 declared this was the absolute best of them all. She's my kid, what can I say? She liked the sugar and cinnamon with the bread. I'll probably make this bread several more times. It was nice to make a few sandwiches with thick slabs of home made bread. Thank you Tanna for a great challenge!
sweet potato loaf with cinnamon swirl
Unfortunately, if having a food blog is likely to make one gain 10 lbs, I think being a Daring Baker will probably have me gain 20. Do I see a show of hands for taste testers in the future? I thought I might find a few people willing to sacrifice for the good of the food blog. I'll be contacting you next month! To see all 400 renditions of Tender Potato Bread, visit the Daring Bakers blogroll.
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Finding Your Middle
As organizations break barriers between dev and ops, are we entering a new era of another extreme? In this extreme, every team owns their service from dev to ops, and introducing central teams for shared activities is considered as an anti-pattern. Is that so? Is there a role for centralization? How should you structure your teams to get be best possible outcomes? What guardrails should you consider? Based on real-world experience dealing with operations at large organizations, in this talk, you will find answers to find your middle ground.
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Kelly Osbourne: 'Who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?'
Former "Fashion Police" host Kelly Osbourne is in hot water for remarks she made on "The View" Tuesday regarding Latinos.
During a discussion about the front-runner status of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Osbourne said that "If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?"
Osbourne then quickly backtracked: "No, I didn't mean it like that! Come on! I would never mean it like that! I'm not part of this argument."
Even if her intention was to satirize Trump's controversial stance on immigration, a lot of viewers were unamused.
Not only did Osbourne become a national trending topic on Twitter, but the hashtag #QueridaKellyOsbourne (which translates roughly to Dear, Kelly Osbourne) inspired some poignant commentary about the danger of the stereotypes:
Even former "View" co-host Sherri Shepherd joined the conversation, although after initially being critical, the comedian offered sympathy to Osbourne:
Current "View" co-host Rosie Perez, a Latina actress, came to Osbourne's defense at the end of the show and on social media:
Ironically it was Osbourne who called out her fellow "Fashion Police" co-host Giuliana Rancic for insensitive comments she made at black actress Zendaya's expense back in February. Rancic had joked that the young star's dreadlocks smelled "like patchouli oil … or weed" at the Academy Awards.
Osbourne left the show shortly after that incident and Rancic offered a lengthy public apology.
Meanwhile, the daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and judge on the upcoming "Project Runway Junior," has since taken responsibility for her "poor choice of words" and denied being racist in a profanity-laced Facebook post.
"I whole-hearted f–ked up today. I don't want to bullshit anyone with lame excuses. Although, I was stopped mid-sentence by Rosie [O'Donnell] and couldn't finish my point I will not let Rosie take responsibility for my words. I should have known better as I was on 'The View' and it was live," Osbourne wrote. "I've learned a very valuable lesson. It is my hope that this situation will open up a conversation about immigration and the Latin community as a whole. By the way I clean my own f–king toilets."


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She is outgrowing childhood. I can sense womanhood on the horizon. The last of her baby fat is slowly fading from her cheeks, and I've got the x-ray from the dentist clearly showing her one. last. baby tooth…
And it's starting to really sink in…
…this girl child is moving towards independence.
Developing her very own groove.
Tween transformations.
I didn't realize what a big deal this stage of life is until the biggest little (can I even call her a little anymore) celebrated her 11th birthday.
Her half birthday just passed, so we're well into her 11th year. It's definitely my favorite thus far, leaving me filled with anticipation of the future fun we'll have in her teen years!
She's developing a wisdom (it's making her quite witty); … her own personal style is beginning to really emerge. She's willfully and intentionally taking on more responsibility around the house; she's also enjoying more liberties.
We are living her coming-of-age story… And it's worth documenting.
I think tweens get lost somewhere between first birthday and senior pictures, and I'm writing this post to tell you…
Don't forget to shoot your tween.
Hire a pro…or DIY it. Just get the images.
Don't forget to print them.
You could leave your memories on a hard drive and see them the couple of times a year you go to clean up your files, or you could display prints in your home, your office, your studio, and see them daily.
She's had a lot of pictures taken, so it's not really her thing anymore. I don't get a lot of photographs of her, and that's probably the number one reason I'm so glad we decided to do this shoot.
She put together an outfit and put on a little makeup (which her mom had all the feels about)… and we went out together for a stroll downtown. We had a great time and made some beautiful photos together!
These images capture the childhood she's leaving behind her, the tween she has recently grown into, and a glimpse of the woman she will one day become.
Memories get preserved. She gets a boost to her self esteem, at a time in her life where self-confidence is both essential and sometimes in short supply.
What are you waiting for? Go shoot your tween!


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HCM CITY (VNS) — Local authorities are struggling to find affordable ways to solve the continuing problems of silt buildup in estuaries in the central region, a problem that hinders the movement of boats in the area.
Most of the 19 estuaries located from Quang Binh Province to Phu Yen Province are full of silt, according to a report in Tuoi Tre (Youth) news paper.
Quang Binh is the region's hardest-hit province as its Nhat Le, Ly Hoa, Dinh and Roon estuaries have severe buildup of silt.
Fisherman Nguyen Ngoc Quy said the Roon estuary was 100 metres wide and boats with an engine of 400 horsepower could travel through it easily.
But in recent years, the buildup of silt has narrowed the estuary to 30 metres, and now has a depth of one metre at low tide, blocking fishing boats.
"Every year, about 50 fishing boats are stranded at the estuary," Quy said.
Most stranded boats have broken propellers, rudders and other parts, he said.
"Some stranded boats broke and sank," he said.
Fishing boats now have to hire small boats to transport fish through the estuary, he said.
Similarly, the width of Da Dien estuary in Phu Yen Province's Tuy Hoa City has narrowed from about 1 km a few years ago to less than 100 metres because of the buildup of silt. During low tide, boats cannot travel through the estuary.
Da Dien estuary is used by more than 600 fishing boats in Phu Dong Ward and Ward 6.
Dao Quang Minh, deputy head of the province's Fisheries Resource Exploitation and Protection Sub-department, said sand built up because there were few floods in the last three years.
Phan Khanh, head of the Tuy Hoa's Economic Bureau, said about 2,000 cu.m of sand, soil and stones build up in Da Dien every year.
Scientists over the years have suggested measures to curb the buildup of silt, but the results would only be temporary and the cost remains prohibitively expensive.
In 2009, Tuy Hoa City, at a very high cost, dredged Da Dien estuary but silt built up again after one year.
In Binh Dinh Province, boats find it difficult travelling to the Tam Quan Bac boat shelter in Hoai Nhon District because the estuary developed silt.
The shelter is a place for more than 1,000 boats to avoid storms, but most large boats have to dock at other places.
Pham Trong Ho, director of the Binh Dinh Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said Binh Dinh planned to dredge the estuary at a cost of VND1-1.2 billion (US$47,000-57,000) a year, but it was only a temporary measure as the amount of money was insufficient.
Tran Huu Tuyen, head of the Hue Science University's Geography and Geology Faculty, said in recent years that many construction projects had caused the decline of water flow at river mouths, contributing to the buildup of silt.
More research should be conducted to find cost-effective ways to curb the buildup of silt and do it in a sustainable manner, he added. — VNS


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I want to use Visual Studio 2008 and C# to read an elevation point from a raster layer. The raster layer is from a file provided by ESRI called "ETOPO2(2 min) - USGS.lyr" and came with the ESRI EDN DVDs. When I use the OnMouseMove event on the axMapControl I can return the latitude and longitude as decimal degrees from the map and display these on a status bar.
I have not been able to correctly return the elevation pixel value from the raster layer. If I use the Identify tool and select the raster layer it does report back the elevation point as the Pixel value. I would like to show the elevation value in a status bar along with the latitude and longitude when the mouse is moved over the map.
Any help or sample code would be great.


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Thursday - Oct 22, 2020
Thursday - Oct 22, 2020
Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, NY is an elegant dinner theatre featuring fine dining and full scale musical productions. Delicious pre-show lunch followed by a full scale musical production of - KINKY BOOTS.
Depart: 7:30 AM
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Manchester, Park & Ride Commuter Lot, Buckland Street & Pleasant Valley Road
West Hartford/New Britain
Depart: 8:15 AM
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Commuter Lot across from Target, Village Square Rd & Hartford Rd., New Britain / West Hartford
Please park on the left side of the lot as you enter the driveway.
Depart: 9:00 AM
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Chase Parkway Commuter Park & Ride across from Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury
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Exit 2 off I-84, Commuter Park & Ride on Mill Plain Rd., Danbury
These trips are non-refundable. Please provide a substitute.


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How to Engage Your Audience and Build Omnichannel Loyalty
Breaking through the noise and keeping your target audience's attention is probably one of the hardest and biggest obstacles you'll have to cross on your road to success in this business.
The Internet has become an overcrowded place. According to recent research, more than 4 million articles get published everyday online. And that's just articles. What about ads? How many new ads go live everyday?
Sure, not all of them are about iGaming, but let's imagine that at least 1 percent of this entire sum targets your desired readers, directly or indirectly.
Scary, right?
If you want to make it as an iGaming affiliate, you need to accept the fact that the battle for user engagement and attention might get a bit bloody. Especially if you're just entering the game without any previously established contacts and success in the market.
Affiliate marketers live and die according to the amount of engagement they generate from their target audiences. It's a performance-based business where your entire revenue depends on your ability to get specific groups of people to click on your links and respond to your offers. If you fail to get users to bite on what you're throwing their way, then you need to start thinking about trying your luck in another profession.
However, if you're determined to make it as an affiliate marketer in this cut-throat business, there are certain things you can do in order to boost the engagement and make sure that people remember you brand and come back to your website and pages.
1. Brand Yourself as an Expert
Your expertise is your biggest asset in affiliate marketing. If you want to get people to respond to your output and follow you across multiple channels, the first thing you need to do is let everyone know that you're the master of your craft. This is the cornerstone on which you should be building your business.
However, that's often easier said than done.
It takes a lot of hard work and strategic maneuvering to convince someone that you're an actual expert. You cannot just tell someone that you're a master of your craft and expect them to believe it – you need to show them.
Apart from collecting sufficient knowledge to brand yourself as an expert, you need to share your professional victories with people. We're talking about hands-on examples where you did something good and helped someone expand their business or reach their professional goals.
Another great tip for branding yourself as an expert is narrow down your focus. Try building your reputation in a subspecialty. For example, it's easier for you to sell yourself as an affiliate marketing expert in iGaming, instead of an affiliate marketing in general. The goal here is to stick to your guns and brand yourself in a niche where you usually operate.
If people recognize you as the undisputed expert in your chosen specialty, they will start to closely follow your work. The trick is finding a specialty that provides value to them and becoming the best source of information they can turn to.
In order to do that, you must actively participate in discussions within your online community, speak at conferences and meetups, and do a lot of blogging.
2. Speak to Your Targeted Audience Directly
The way you communicate your expertise is of great importance. As you probably know, every channel you use is unique. In order to provoke engagement and establish a stronger connection with your target group, you need to make them feel like everything you do online – you do it specifically for them. For that one guy or girl who's reading your blog post or watching your video. Appeal to many, but speak to one – that's the goal. This how you should build and use your customer personas.
You don't want to seem distant, cold, or even overly professional. All of these traits tend to push people away. You should try the genuine approach. Put your face next to your brand and help people see that you're not in this just for the money. Show your followers you take an honest interest into connecting with them on a personal level.
If you make your content personal, if you get people to feel like they're having a 1-on-1 conversation with you, it will be a lot easier for them to connect to what you're saying. They will be more open to provide you with much-needed feedback on the brands, products, or deals you're promoting.
One-on-one communication is much more intimate and engaging than trying to hard sell through a megaphone. Try to remember that.
3. Produce Unique Content that People Actually Care About
For a lot of people who use the Internet on regular basis, content is the go-to resource for extracting valuable information and forming opinions on any number of subjects.
According to Dragon Search Marketing's study, more than 60 percent of all Internet users are influenced by content. They use it to educate themselves and understand everything there is about specific products and services that interest them.
A lot of affiliates know that and that's why they now investing heavily in content. Brands like NerdWallet, MoneySavingExpert, The Wirecutter, and Dating Advice – they have all seen their investment in developing kick-ass content pay off.
Apart from getting people to acknowledge and interact with your brand, one of the best and biggest perks of investing in content is its cost-effectiveness. According to Content Marketing Institute's report, content costs 60 percent less than any other outbound marketing tactic and it brings in 3 times as many leads and sales.
However, developing content that works is often something that most affiliates struggle with. In order to generate some genuine engagement with your content, you cannot just sit down and write the first thing that comes to your mind. If you want to make your efforts count, you need to do a lot of prep work.
Knowing who your audience really is, where they hangout online, which sites they visit, which social networks they prefer, and what they search online – is the first step to producing great content. Without developing proper customer personas and doing a thorough keyword research first, you won't be able to secure desired engagement from the right people.
After you figure out who your best users and what they search online, you can start coming up with content ideas and writing the actual copy.
This is where it gets a bit tricky. Most affiliates fail in this part of the process because they don't invest enough time in the actual writing.
In order to get people to actually acknowledge your material and click on your links, you need to make sure that your content stands out. You have like a split of a second to stimulate someone to click on your page, so you need to ensure that your "first impression" is spot on. There are numerous headline writing formulas and copywriting tricks that could help get your desired audience's attention. The goal here is to select the method that helps communicate your value in the best way possible.
In this line of work, apart from sharing personal experiences and allowing people to meet the real you, what works best is the so-called PAS formula. Short for Problem-Agitation-Solution, PAS is a copywriting hack that enables you to show readers that you really understand their problems and pain points, that you're familiar with the complexity of their issues, and more importantly – that you can still help them overcome their troubles.
The reason this particular formula works so beautifully lies in the following: technically, you're not directly selling anything to your audience. You're basically just following your desired customers' intent, and responding to their needs in the most effective manner.
4. Ask the Right Questions
One of the best ways to differentiate yourself from the competition is to try to spark up a conversation with your audience. A lot of marketers, especially those who operate in the iGaming industry, don't really take the time to communicate with the people they're trying to reach. All they do is bombard them with ads and links of social media, and they wonder why nobody is responding.
If you want to generate some genuine engagement from different channels, you need to actively participate in comments and discussions. You have to follow people and respond to what they're posting online. Apart from them, you should really invest a certain degree of effort into developing content that invites them to join an interesting conversation. Communication is a two-way street.
Asking people relevant questions about the industry, being interested to find out how they interact with different companies, brands, and services – will certainly help them notice and remember you.
For example, if there's a hot topic trending in your industry right now, you should share your two cents with the community and ask people to comment and share their opinion on that specific issue. The idea here is to encourage a healthy debate, and not just dump your content on someone's newsfeed.
Jumpstarting this kind of discussions will also help you determine which topics should you add to your content calendar. Depending on the users' engagement in these debates, you will see what information your audience is missing and what can you do to make your brand even more relevant for them.


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Steve Hamilton is shown here on card number 171 of the 1963 Topps set. In 1963 he played for the Senators slightly more than Bud Zipfel did.
Very slightly, two innings worth in three games to be exact. In those two innings of relief he faced 13 batters. Steve's ERA ran to an astronomical 13.50 and his WHIP came in at 3.500.
Hamilton was clearly not starting the season off on the right foot. That didn't seem to matter to the New York Yankees though. On April 21, 1963 they sent Jim Coates to Washington in exchange for Steve. In less than a year Steve Hamilton had arrived in Washington and left again.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Senators Saturday - Steve Hamilton, 1963.
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Kelly Reichardt works resolutely outside of the Hollywood system, making integrity-fuelled art, and so money and industry reach are not her currency. Meanwhile, despite an ongoing foray into fascinating indie projects, Kristen Stewart's post-Twilight glow is like a lighthouse beckoning all comers. So how did the former sidestep the crowds around the latter in order to cast her as Elizabeth Travis in Certain Women?
"Some friends of mine made a film with Kristen, Still Alice, so they gave the script [for Certain Women] to her. Her response was, 'If it happens, let me know, and I'll come do this', but right up until the day she arrived on set, we were like, 'Is Kristen Stewart really going to show up?' And then there she was. It was like, 'Oh hey, here you are.'"
"I had worked with Dakota Fanning and with Jesse Eisenberg [on 2014's Night Moves] and they are two of her closest friends, so they put in a good word. I had had really fun experiences with both Dakota and Jesse, so I think because of that Kristen was game for it. But she was completely unperturbed by the size of the part. She's not the lead. She plays a supporting part in the movie, and she made so much of that character.
"She let Lily Gladstone's character set the pace and be the focus. She was so generous – a really generous actor, I thought. She helped give it some shape, because Lily's a really different kind of actor, really intuitive and Kristen, likewise, is an intuitive actor, but she's also been doing it a long time and she's a technical actress. I thought that it played well in terms of who the two characters are. She had a barbecue for the crew on the day off and was just totally easy and not at all demanding.
"I loved her in The Runaways, that's really what I loved Kristen in most. It's an imperfect movie but all the women in it are really… I loved the real Runaways so I really did not want a movie of The Runaways, but she's really good in it!"
Read our full interview with director Kelly Reichardt.


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