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Chadwell Heath
You might be amazed to see girls like the ones on this page in an area like this. Don't get us wrong, it's a nice place and all but it's not the sort of location that will normally have the beauties lining up, is it? It hasn't quite got the glamour and reputation that you would expect, given just how beautiful our escorts in Chadwell Heath are. You may well be wondering what girls this beautiful are doing working out here, and why you can hire their company for such a reasonable price.
On the Outskirts
It's the kind of place where you'd still expect to find a Woolworths, the sort of place where you have to wonder if they'll ever truly catch up to modern life. For some, it's a big problem. Things have come on a long way and for those used to London's high standards it can be a daunting prospect leaving the capital's advanced life. They worry that everything, from Chadwell Heath escorts to the local restaurants, will be of a lesser quality. After all, the city just does everything better. And they're right: things out here can be a little rough and ready. If you're looking for polish and refinement then it might not be the ideal spot for you.
Superb Stunners
One area where you'll never have to worry though, is when you're looking for an escort in Chadwell Heath. There might be plenty of backwards agencies around here, but we're not one of them. In fact, we're the best thing that could possibly happen to the area. We're bringing central standards to the furthest reaches of the capital, and the ladies that we offer are all the kind of beauties that you expect to see in the very best parts of the city. We believe that every man deserves the chance to see a skilled stunner, so we make sure that you get exactly that. Why should you need to rent a mansion of a house every month in the overpriced centre of town, just to get a quality companion by your side? Our Chadwell Heath escorts are just as good as those babes, and you won't have to be in the centre of the city to enjoy them.
Too Good to Be True?
We know what you're thinking: it all sounds too good to be true. The idea that a top Chadwell Heath escort is going to be anywhere as good as one in the middle of town is certainly not the easiest one to swallow, but it's true. If you're doubting us, take a look at the galleries on this page. This kind of beauty isn't the sort that you're going to get from any other agency round here, and the same goes for every aspect of our babes. From their impeccable service to their perfect charm, they're going to leave you beaming from ear to ear. All they need is a chance to show you just how good their company can be. So why not try one of the lovely Chadwell Heath escorts tonight? You might be surprised.


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Droughtlander is one of the worst times of the year for Outlander fans. With four or five months to wait until the series returns to Starz, getting through the next few months isn't going to be easy. To help fans out, Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona recently offered a few tips on how to get through the remainder of Droughtlander without going crazy.
Tip #1: Don't Neglect Everyday Activities
According to TV Guide, Balfe told fans not to forget about their usual responsibilities while waiting for Outlander to return for Season 4. Just because you are sad about not seeing Jamie and Claire hit it up on the small screens doesn't mean you should neglect your usual chores around the house. "Feed your kids, feed yourself. Get out and go for a walk. Try not to let the house plants die," Balfe told fans. Not only is this good advice, but performing your daily routine might distract you enough to forget that Outlander isn't here yet.
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Tip #2: Read Diana Gabaldon's Books
There are only 3 seasons of Outlander that have been released, but Gabaldon has published 9 Outlander books so far. All of these books are available at your local library or book store, or you can read them on an e-reader. Whatever your method of getting them, burning through all 9 of Gabaldon's books should eat up a lot of time. If you've already read them all, why not give them a second (or third) look through? You might want to pay special attention to the 4th book in the series, Drums of Autumn, which is what the next season is based on.
Tip #3: Binge Watch The Series
After you have finished your daily activities and read Gabaldon's books, you should re-watch the first three seasons of Outlander. This will help you get your Outlander fix and refresh your memory of what is happening on the show. In fact, this is what Balfe recommends the most to help get you through Droughtlander.
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Tip #4: Drink – A Lot
When all else fails, you can always turn to a little bit of alcohol to help you get through Droughtlander. With Jamie and Claire headed for America for Season 4, Heughan recommends going with a good bourbon instead of ale for those long nights without Outlander, as this will help "pass a few days away." This method might not make the months go by faster, but it'll help for short periods of time.
Starz has not announced an official premiere date for Season 4 of Outlander. The series is expected to return sometime in the fall, though Heughan teased that Droughtlander might not last as long as expected. Here's to hoping for a late summer premiere.
Season 3 of Outlander is available to stream on Starz on demand and is out on DVD.


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When you are to work in commercial real estate brokerage, there are some things to get right and implement at the earliest stages of your time in the industry. The profession of commercial real estate will give you a lot of opportunities over time if you focus correctly. Your personal systems are the foundation of getting things done and improving your results. Don't take too long to implement these things. Make it a successful vocation and boost your employment activities.
A career in commercial real estate brokerage is something special that you can optimise over time with unique skills, market specialisation, and property investment. Ultimately you should refine your skills so that you are matched into the clients that you want to serve for your location and your property type.
There's always plenty of competition in commercial real estate so be prepared for the triggers of business activity how you can be competing against other agents and brokers locally.
So if you want to grow your career and commercial real estate, set the rules for your business day. Get out of the office each day so that you can reach out to new people and explore property opportunities. Cover the streets logically to a plan and a system. In doing that you will find buildings that you can work on and clients that you can serve. Some clients will be better than others, so make your choices and work with the best clients with high-quality buildings as part of their portfolio.
Engage with the local business community in every way possible, as those companies and corporations are the foundations of commercial real estate occupancy and change. In your location and territory, there will be local businesses to serve when it comes to sales, leasing, or property management. So there are plenty of things for you to do and consider in your brokerage career. Structure the prospecting plan that you can implement regularly in your career. Refine that prospecting plan over time so that you can reach out to ever more people in relevant and acceptable ways. That can then be the foundation of opportunity for you over time with new properties, new clients, and new transactions.
Don't Be Ordinary in Real Estate Brokerage
The message behind all of this is that you should not be ordinary in any way or respect as a broker or an agent. Take steps to be unique and special when it comes to serving your clients with their property needs, and match your services directly into their portfolio. Get to know exactly what they need when it comes to property activity, investment challenges, and property choices. Understand their property pressures and challenges that could occur throughout the year, and position yourself for the best responses were possible. Predict the client pressures of property change and churn. Be prepared to show the client where things can be improved for them with their existing portfolio.
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Bestselling author of Call Me Evie J.P. Pomare returns with his breathtaking new thriller In the Clearing. Nothing is as it seems in this chilling depiction of a community trapped in the stranglehold of a cult. When a young girl goes missing and someone unexpected arrives in town, secrets long covered up are exposed. J.P. discusses the inspiration behind his latest psychological page-turner with author Tim Ayliffe.
J.P. Pomare (Australian)
J.P. Pomare is the bestselling author of the psychological suspense novels In The Clearing and Call Me Evie. For the past four years J.P. has also hosted and produced the podcast On Writing. Originally from New Zealand, he now lives in Melbourne with his wife.
Tim Ayliffe (Australian)
Tim Ayliffe leads a double life as the Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News and the author of crime thriller novels that explore issues like the rise of China, terrorism and far-right nationalism. His first book, The Greater Good, was followed in last year by State of Fear. He's currently working on the third. All feature former war correspondent, John Bailey, who has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In his 20 years as a journalist, Tim has travelled across the globe. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two children.


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Erie Township Police Department will be accepting applications for full time Police Officers. Applicants must be available to work all shifts including weekends and holidays. Applicants must meet the following qualifications: currently certified by Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES), must possess a high school diploma or GED and a valid driver's license (having a satisfactory driving record). Previous law enforcement experience is preferred. Applicants must pass an oral interview(s), comprehensive background investigation, medical exam, and psychological evaluation. Applications are available at www.erietownship.com or available via email request to email@example.com. Applications will be received in the Clerk's office until Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. 2065 Erie Rd. PO Box 187, Erie MI, 48133. Erie Township is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Township Board will serve the best interest of the Township.
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Constraining Reservoir Models by Integrating Data Across Disciplines
Field X in the North Sea was discovered in the 1980s, and large subsurface uncertainties exist regarding reservoir extent, fluid contacts, and reservoir properties. An integrated study was conducted to define subsurface models that honored the available data set and captured the uncertainty range. These subsurface models then were used in a dynamic realm to understand the effect of dynamic uncertainties such as aquifer strength, gas-cap size, and relative permeability, with an overall objective of generating low-, middle-, and high-case production forecasts.
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Two wells have been drilled in Field X, with Well X1 being the discovery well and Well X2 being the appraisal well (Fig. 1 above). The two wells confirmed the presence of an oil rim, approximately 200 ft thick, overlain by a primary gas cap. The hydrocarbon-bearing Tay formation was composed of thin-bedded sands, 3–5 ft thick. Data acquired from the wells included basic lithologs, reservoir pressures, fluid samples, and core data. Both wells had been production tested, which helped in understanding the producibility of these thin bedded zones. Seismic data in this area were processed and were also available for the feasibility study.
Regionally, the Eocene Tay formation is deposited in a structurally diverse basin, influenced by salt and gravity tectonics during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. The Tay formation can be subdivided into three major subunits—Upper Tay, Middle Tay, and Lower Tay.
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12 imagesThe name to this land was given by Captain James Cook who sailed along the Arctic coast of the Chukotka Peninsula in 1778. The Cape North is the northern territory of the most closed area on the planet: only Soviet military bases and labour camps of the Gulag disturbed the Arctic wildlife and eternal silence of these lands. Today there are no people. The military base has moved to another position. Wrecked ships, abandoned airplanes, disintegrated vehicles, buildings and God knows what else heaped up on the shore intrude with their irregular shapes into the calmness of northern landscape. That was the very beginning of winter. Week after week the snowstorms followed one after another changing the shapes around, that every next day the area became almost unrecognizable offering new images and new themes to explore. It is very difficult to photograph in that weather. The human-height size snowdrifts cross my way making every trip exhausting and dangerous with the possibility to get lost or to waste all my energy resources on the way back to my shelter. The fierce wind blows away all body warmth leaving my hands and face frozen, and snow charges obscure the lenses. In the unclear light one can meet a polar bear at any time. These animals often visit the shore searching for the food and stay almost invisible until the very last moment face-to-face. The sea lives by its own rules and do not surrender to the frost longer then the land. At the shoreline the water is mixed with ice and huge heavy viscous waves fall ashore with a horrible noise. Later the snow covers the frozen parts of the sea, erasing the borderline between the sky and water. There is invariable gray light everywhere. The photographs here are naturally black-and-white. Dim light of the approaching polar night leaves only subtle shades of colour in the surrounding gray views. In the short pauses between snow charges when the air thins I try by feel and touch to find the outlines of a ship or abandoned house, set the frames to capture the object. Cape North as all Arctic lands completely depends on the elements. The elements in constant motion transform the world abandoned by people. It sinks in the sand or pebbles, the sea swallows its parts, the sea salt corrodes metal. Covered by thick layer of gray seawater ice wrecks look like monsters, voiceless and immobile. Here we may observe the initial phase of how the chaotic world created by people returns irrevocably to the original consistency of nature.
20 imagesThe Chukchi hunters of Lorino, a quite modern and developed by the Chukotkan standards settlement, harvest the gray whale under the International Whaling Commission regulations that permit the northern indigenous people to kill a limited number of whales for their own consumption if the meat is important to their diet and the hunt is central to their culture. Though whales have been historically hunted out here for ages, for long decades hunting from small boats was forbidden by the Soviet authorities, and only big state-owned whaling ships were used. After the USSR fell apart and economy of the northern territories collapsed that the people were left without bare essentials, in order to survive the Chukchi hunters in Lorino had to learn the traditional skills from the village elders. Today whale and walrus meat is what everyone here lives on, though this is not only a matter of providing food on the table, it is their pride and lifestyle. Since 1993 when the Chukchi hunters were allowed again to kill whales, the hunters of Lorino have developed their whaling skills almost to the state of art, and nowadays Lorino is called the world's capital of the whale hunting.
20 imagesIt is a former settlement at the Bering sea where Chukchi used to live in the olden days. Its name is Akkani, that means an edge of cape. Here hunters used to get walrus and whales for ages but in the Soviet period people were relocated to a new place in 30 kilometres to the south in the more modern town Lorino. But walrus migration ways remained unchanged - the nearest they come to the coast is in Akkani. And hunters come here to catch their luck. For walrus Chukchi use lighter equipment than for whale hunt, and the process itself is not so dangerous and hard. They still use spears and harpoons when hunt sea mammals and even say that firearm cannot compete with this ancient weapon. Full grown-up walrus males can weigh up to one and a half of a ton. In Mechigmensky bay water is relatively calm and walrus often come here to feed on. The hunting starts here in July-August and goes on up to deep autumn.
16 imagesChaunskyi forced labour camp was founded in 1951 after the significant uranium deposits were discovered on the Arctic coast of Chukotka in 1947. In the years after the World War II the USSR was in urgent need of materials for its first atom bombs and absence of any infrastructure in Chukotka was not an obstacle for those deposits development. Thus three settlements, Northern, Eastern and Western, fenced with the barbed wire were set in the deserted mountains near Pevek. The camp belonged to the Dalstroi, the organization under the NKVD, which was responsible for the development of the USSR's eastern and northern territories. All barracks, factory buildings, roads, power plants here were built manually by the prisoners. The inhabitants of the Eastern settlement, which is on the photographs, worked in the mine and uranium enrichment factory. Allegedly, only the sentenced to death were involved in the uranium development and stayed there forever killed by the radioactive dust. In 1953 the camp was urgently closed. The order about the closure came suddenly, no time was given to cease the operations in organized way. The mines and enrichment plant were left in a hurry, all equipment, tools and personal things were thrown around the barracks. Throughout of the Chaunskyi camp two-year-existence around eleven thousand detainees were kept here. The Dalstroi uranium mines had bad reputation among Soviet prisoners: in addition to the cold climate, poor food and hard work, the radioactivity did not leave chances to survive. The camp graveyards had taken up spacious fields where the dead were just heaped over with stones. The exact number of killed and dead in this camp is unknown, as well as unknown their names, since the materials about the Dalstroi are still classified as related to the nuclear industry.
27 imagesLandscapes of the Bering and Chukchi seashore at the Chukchi Peninsula north-east, Russia. Part of the project "Lands at the edge of the world". 2015.
20 imagesTraditional Muslim wedding in the village of Naranagh. Kashmir, India. Two grooms took part in the wedding ceremony in April. Two chefs and twenty assistants were invited to cook the food for one hundred guests.
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16 imagesThe photographs are made in Singapore at the floating fish farm called kelong. They are quite unusual for the super modern and prosperous Singapore known as the most hi-tech city in the world. Even local people know nothing about Singaporean kelongs and were very surprised to hear about their existance from foreigners. At the same time the red-faced fishermen were proud to host the very first foreigners visited their farm. Around a dozen of floating farms (what is very little compare with kelongs in China or Malaysia) are situated in the Johor strait between Malaysia and Singapore. Live fish, crabs and prawns fishermen keep in the sea water, feed them and finally sell to Singapore restaurants. Exotic species go to aquariums (for example a giant stingray is fed for the Oceanarium on Sentosa). As the fishermen say they don't have any support from the Singapore government and have to rely only on themselves in the tough conditions of modern market. In a day that wasn't lucky the kelong workers got about two kilos of prawns and a bucket of small forage fish.
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20 imagesThis is if not the most polluted place in the world, but a real environmental catastrophe zone where people are dying in a hopeless situation.It's a small town Karabash located in the southern Chelyabinsk region, Russia. There is a large copper smelter dating from 1910 and until now poisoning the surrounding land and people. A century of toxic fumes and chemical waste made the landscape devastated. Every year the plant throws out about 200 tons of gasses that contaminate the adjacent territories. The mountains around have lost all vegetation, the water in the nearby river and soils around have bright reddish-yellow colour, the air quality is very poor. There is no running water in the town because the natural sources are toxic, and it is good if once a week a tanker brings fresh water for people and their gardens. The local people suffer from serious diseases: oncology, eczema, dementia, intrauterine development deviations, cerebral paralysis are common there. The smelter workers life expectancy is 45 years on average. Children from Karabash were found to be considerably smaller than children from the normal regions. In the USSR no one cared about ecology but even for last 20 years the situation has barely improved. In late 1980s after the town was named an 'environmental disaster zone," the factory was shut down, but that left people jobless and pushed the town into poverty. The smelter was opened again. Despite millions of dollars invested to modernize the smelter there are no significant changes in life quality. Sometimes it is hard to breathe and sulphuric acid runs over your face in a hot day. The present smelter director recently funded a new church construction but did nothing to improve purification units or provide staff with the breathing equipment. The local authorities instead of actions prescribed by international experts to rescue the people, spend investments hiring search engine professionals to manipulate the searching results. It takes some additional effort to get from Google real information related the Karabash problem but not positively-speaking pages.
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20 imagesThey are the Nenets who's living on the south of Yamal. Their land is at the border between taiga and tundra where the Nenets hunt and catch fish in their traditional way. Half a year their children attend a boarding school in the settlement Kharampur and half a year spend in the tundra with their parents. The adults organized a nomadic kinder garden to keep an eye on their children and continue basic training what gained a great interest of the local government which decided to develop and support this form of primary education.
24 imagesTraditional Russian felt boots valenki are worn in the winter frosty weather. Made of sheep's wool they have the natural colour from black to white, may be soft or hard and are extremely warm and perfect for walking the dry snow. As hundreds years ago they are handmade. This kind of footwear appeared in Russia in the end of seventeenth century and considered as fashionable and was quite expensive in those days. The manufacturing was exceptionally seasonal: it started after the end of harvest and went on through whole autumn and winter till the Eastertime, before sowing and cattle pasturing. In the middle of the last century felt boots manufacture was well developed and millions of pairs of felt boots wormed people's feet. But nowadays the old handicraft gradually goes down - felt boot manufacturing is commercially inefficient, nevertheless felt boots are still produced at small factories in different parts of Russia and very required by country population. Several factories keep working in Altai villages, where craftsmen preserve the skill of creating this essential part of Russian peasantry lifestyle. In spite of the modernization of the felt boots manufacturing there are lots of handy operations and the entire technological cycle could be run by one craftsman from beginning to final product. People here work in hard conditions and their salary is no more than five dollars a day, but for them there is no another way to earn money.
23 imagesTobolsk is a small Siberian town, it was a capital of Siberia in the olden days. They are veterans of the Great Patriotic War (World War II) of 1941-1945. Nowadays many of them are older than 80. Most of them for some last years have not been able to go outside of their flats. Some of them were lucky to survive passing through the whole war since its beginning till the end. For almost all men a service in the Soviet Army went on for a several years after the end of the war in Germany until the beginning of 1950s. Despite a huge period of time in 65 years since the war ended - all of them remember.
15 imagesThe very young birds berkutchi, Kyrgyz falconers, take out from a nest in the high mountains. His last golden eagle -- the fifth in his life -- a Kyrgyz hunter Kadyrin got right from the rock up in the mountains. Until the bird has grown up and become strong it lives in a cage. During this time the wild bird must get accustomed to a man. But not every bird can be taught to hunt with man. The autumn is a right time of hunting for a man and for a golden eagle. In that time berkutchi could go to the mountains almost every day. A golden eagle can see for a three kilometres distance. And no one wild creature does surrender without fighting, every animal - a fox or a hare - wants to be alive and struggles for its life until the last breath. Who is smarter - a man or a bird? The berkutchi says - of course, a man! It is a man teaches a golden eagle to hunt. The art of falconry has been known for a several thousands of years. No one wild bird can be completely tamed, but they are together - a berkutchi and a bird. Those who have this passion find it is impossible to live without hunting with a golden eagle and after an old hunter's death the bird passes into hands of his son. So the history repeats through generations.
27 imagesThe settlement Octyabrsky appeared in 1940s and a fish processing plant here was one of the biggest on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Nowadays in the settlement only around a thousand people stay for a winter season. Those, who live here quite long in difference with seasonal workers from eastern parts of the former USSR. A hospital is closed here, an ambulance could get the same fate soon. A school principal say, that practically all kids may consider as the poor, so meals for kids are free in the school. In the end of summer teachers and schoolchildren gather cranberries in the tundra, then during a year bake sweet pies with berries, make stewed vitamin drink. There are a vegetable garden and greenhouses on the schoolyard and school staff try to survive by growing potato and other food. In warm years they gather quite a good harvest, but a climate here is very unsteady and lean years happen. The school house were built forty years ago and for a long time has not been repaired. In the end of 1990s there wasn't electricity here and a kerosene lamp was a real worth. In the same period a general withdrawal of population happened. Now a considerable part of adults suffer from alcoholism and need a medical assistance to stop drinking. A reason of trouble, they say is unemployment.
16 imagesTobolsk is a small town spectacularly sited on a high bank of the Irtysh river down from confluence with Tobol river. Founded in 1587 by Cossacks leader Yermak it was the capital of Siberia in the olden days and one of first Russian towns in Siberia. Being prosperous town on the route from East to West with active economical and cultural life Tobolsk began to decline when general railroad bypassed it in 1890s. It is the only town in Siberia and one of the few in Russia which has a stone kremlin. It was built at the turn of 17th and 18th centuries. With an ensemble of the St. Sophia Cathedral and palatial buildings the kremlin of Tobolsk was proclaimed a national historical and architectural treasure in 1870. In the lower part of the town there are several orthodox churches from the 18th and 19th centuries and the mosque surrounded by old wooden houses.
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5 galleriesThe most remote and northern region of Russia -- the Chukotka peninsula. There Chukchi tribes hunt whales, breed reindeer surviving in the severe nature conditions as hundreds of years ago. A part of the project "At the edge of the world".
6 galleriesThe traditional Chukchi life captured in the Kamchatka peninsula, at the Far North-East. A part of the project "At the edge of the world".
1 galleriesAltai, Russia. Traditional trades and festivals of local people.
2 galleriesThese people live in a small settlement Telek surrounded by high mountains and rough clean rivers in the central part of Kyrgyzstan. They breed fat sheep and dairy mares, make and sell cream and butter. The soil is so cold there that only barley crops and potatoes can grow, but local people are warm-hearted and generous.


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All projects start somewhere. But how you start them can often dictate how the rest of the project or client relationship will run. Run a client project kickoff meeting well and the rest is much more likely to succeed; Run it badly, and you can find a project or relationship going backwards before you've even started.
But before you start thinking about the client project kickoff meeting, have you met with the client and had a proper internal project kick-off meeting?
If you haven't already, bookmark this page and check out our Kickoff Meeting – The complete guide to starting projects right where you'll discover our top tips and tricks for nailing project kickoffs. And be sure to read through to the end of this post where you'll find a project kickoff meeting agenda template.
Now, back to that client project kick0ff meeting agenda, here are a few pointers to remember along the way.
1. Be careful who you invite to prevent meeting-bloat
Well before you schedule the meeting, think carefully about who you want to be there and who's going to make the meeting a success. When there are too many people in the room you can end up with meeting-bloat which can cause total meeting paralysis.
With too many people in the room, a meeting can become totally ineffectual when no one is quite sure who's 'supposed' to do the talking and say what so no one ends up saying anything useful. And in those instances you usually end up with just one or two people doing the talking anyway, so why not just invite them?
On the other hand, if you end up meeting and not having the right people there, it too will end up as total a waste of time. Keep the invites to a minimum but make sure the important people are there – if they can't make it, reschedule. It's better to delay and do the meeting properly rather than doing the same meeting twice – that wastes even more of people's time and will very quickly start eating through budget unnecessarily.
2. Be prepared and make a good first impression
Don't just rock up to a kickoff meeting hoping that everything will probably be fine and you can just wing it. It requires some thought and preparation.
There's nothing worse than a project kick-off meeting where nobody is any the wiser or gets anything from it. It's all too easy to have a meeting and talk lots but not actually be any nearer to being able to start a project because you didn't get the information you needed.
So make sure you're absolutely clear on the objective of the meeting. Then ensure you're aligned with your client counterpart. Sometimes a meeting is really just a glorified meet and greet, and sometimes that's fine. But if you want to make the meeting useful, be clear on what you think the next/first steps should be on the project and work out what you need in order to make that happen.
3. Set a clear agenda
Once you've defined your objectives for the kickoff meeting, work on developing an agenda which allows you to meet those objectives.
When running kickoff meetings we're trying to answer the basic questions:
- Why – Why are we doing this project in the first place? What business need does it satisfy? How does this project meet a consumer need?
- What – What's the solution? What are we going to do / make?
- How – How are we going to work together to make the project happen?
- When – When are we going to do it?
- Where/Who – Where is the starting point for kicking things off? Who's going to do what?
Below is a sample agenda for a kick-off meeting, although I wouldn't format it like this in a meeting, I've divided it up into the sections outlined above to make it clear how these agenda points correspond to them:
- Introductions – if possible, include an office tour, get the client to meet the team who will be working on the project
- The Big Picture – try and get the client to explain the overall context to the brief
- Project Briefing – get the client to describe what their business problem is and the consumer's need and the business' solution
- Success – understand how we will know if we've been successful and if possible, any failures from the previous vendor
- Review business & user goals
- Review priorities dependencies & constraints
- SOW (Scope of Work) Discussion – discuss what the approved budget covers, and what it doesn't
- Process review – review the process that will be undertaken to achieve the business goals, and satisfy the consumer need
- Requirements – if possible have a co-creation requirements gathering session to begin to flesh out requirements
- Review communication plan – discuss how, and how frequently you communicate project status
- Discuss Risk, Issue and Change Management – understand the client's attitude to risk and define your approach to manage it
- Review roles & responsibilities – establish who's the day to day contact, and who should be communicated to
- Review client project governance – understand who's actually calling the shots, and understand how long it's going to take to get their approval on deliverables
- Review Timings – ensure everyone's clear about what's happening, when
- Discuss next steps – where do we go from here? What's the starting point? Identify who's responsible for what, and when they need to do it by
- Question & Answer session – give people a chance to raise anything that hasn't already been covered off
4. Have a pre kick-off, kick-off
I've found kick off meetings where there's more than 5 people in the room tend to go better if the meeting isn't the first time that people are meeting together. Once you've completed your agenda, don't just sit on it and feel smug. send it in advance to your client and, get feedback ask them what else they want to discuss and begin a dialogue on the meeting content will before the meeting happens.
If at all possible find an excuse to meet up with the client before the kickoff meeting to talk about it with them. As important as meeting up with the client beforehand, ensure you meet up with your team and run through the project so that it's clear that everyone's understands the agency's perspective before you start. Doing this will also help you shape the meeting and prepare for how you're going to run the meeting.
5. Keep things running smoothly in the project kickoff meeting
When it comes to the project kickoff meeting itself, as a project manager it's your job to make sure you and your team are prepared. Set up the room properly, make sure the projector's working, make sure reception knows the names of the clients attending. Have your agenda printed and refreshments ready. Kick-off meetings can sometimes be a bit 'cold' so have something to ease people in. Have a deck, or something to show and share, maybe a new technology you think could be applicable to their project or even just a related project just to get people talking.
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Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is favouring keeping unbeaten Smart Melody against her own sex when the filly makes her Melbourne debut at Flemington.
Lees has nominated Smart Melody for the Listed Cap D'Antibes (1100m) for three-year-old fillies on Saturday as well as the Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) which is open to all three-year-olds.
He also has the filly nominated for the Heritage Stakes at Randwick but said it was more likely the three-year-old would head south to run at Flemington as part of a planned path towards a Thousand Guineas start at Caulfield next month.
"She will gallop here in the morning and then travel down probably tomorrow night," Lees said on Monday.
"I'm leaning more towards the fillies' race.
"It appeared a nice option for a three-year-old filly and after that she will go to the Thousand Guineas Prelude.
"If we think she's showing signs of being able to run the mile she'll go on to the Thousand Guineas, as opposed to the Flight Stakes which is just coming up on us a bit quickly.
"That's all dependant on whether she's good enough and can run the trip too."
The Group One Flight Stakes (1600m) for fillies in Sydney at Randwick is on September 29 but the Group One Thousand Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne is two weeks later on October 13.
Brenton Avdulla will ride Smart Melody in either Flemington race.
The Cap D'Antibes Stakes has 19 nominations with Smart Melody on the limit of 55kg under the set weights plus penalties conditions.
Smart Melody won a maiden at Newcastle and a two-year-old handicap at Canterbury by 5-1/4-lengths in June and made her season return at Wyong on August 31, keeping her unbeaten run intact with a 1-1/2-length victory in an 1100m benchmark-74.
"She's pretty talented," Lees said.
"She's unbeaten, albeit all on rain-affected ground. But I think it looks a nice option for her on Saturday."


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(This post is inspired by Elise, my favorite blogger. I've done this before, but its been awhile!)
Eating...a super ripe peach.
Running...Faster and Longer. Half marathon in one and a half weeks.
Wearing...My favorite LuluLemon work out clothes.
Loving...Wednesday boot camp. My favorite class in all the world.
Listening...to nothing. There is silence in my house right now, which is really, really nice.
Reading...part way through the "China Study." A Pro-Vegan book. As a mostly Paleo eater, this I'm sure is very odd. But I like to be well informed on all fronts.
Taking...vitamins every day. Go me!
Sleeping...not so well lately.
Hoping...my kitty Flash will heal from surgery well and soon. (He had his eye removed on Monday. Poor little guy. He's been sleeping non stop! He still purrs when you pet him.)
Wishing...Matt would arrive home soon so he can tape up my wrist. Its hard to type. Its better, but not all the way.
Working...on getting my photos organized. I have so many photos from 2010 to 2012 that its getting rather ridiculous.
Feeling...hopeful and excited.


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Message from President, John Jaronczyk
Even during the hardest times, there is always much to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is a day when we gather family together and regardless of the circumstances or the challenges we have faced over the past year, we collectively give thanks for what we have. It is a day to count our blessings and give thanks to those who have enriched our lives and helped make possible all that we have achieved. We, as a Union Board, are thankful for the noble and dedicated work that COBA members perform every day to make our communities a better place to live.
So on this occasion, on behalf of the COBA Board of Governors, I thank you for being part of our COBA family and wish you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving and a peaceful and joyful start of the Holiday Season!
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The state of asset management
Which asset management trends and topics might dominate in the second half of the year — and beyond?
Money Management Executive reached out to several industry leaders to get their take on key issues, including technology advancements, the increasing focus on ESG investing and developments in ETFs.
Guggenheim Investments President Jerry Miller weighs in on the ever-present active vs. passive debate — and says passive may see some challenges ahead. "Cracks are beginning to appear in the case for passive investing, especially in the fixed-income world," Miller notes.
Wells Fargo Asset Management CEO Kristi Mitchem says the rise of a new generation of investors "requires that we rethink the world of asset management."
Reality Shares CEO Eric Ervin sees blockchain spurring transformation: "With even traditional asset management firms embracing blockchain technology, we expect others to swiftly follow suit."
Here's what Miller, Mitchem and four other executives foresee.
Wells Fargo Asset Management CEO Kristi Mitchem: A new generation of clients
The asset management industry is facing major socioeconomic and demographic forces that are transforming the investor experience for all stakeholders — including institutional investors, Main Street investors, advisors and employers.
Moreover, expectations for what they want and how to obtain it are now influenced by a confluence of technology, the need for human guidance and increasing lifespans.
The magnitude of this generational transformation requires that we rethink the world of asset management, focusing the entire organization on solving key challenges facing our clients and the industry.
Almost all young investors polled by Schwab expect the funds to be their primary investment vehicle in the future.June 12
There's no reason that today's millennial-friendly microinvesting apps can't switch focus from spare change to real assets, industry executives warn.May 16
Many millennials find it difficult to think beyond their student debt, which averages $32,731 with an average monthly payment of $393, according to the Federal Reserve.December 22
Consider the number of factors at play: the influence of millennials and women as lead investment decision-makers; the horizon of the boomers' significant generational wealth transfer; the changing nature of workforce management; the tension between high-tech solutions and the desire for human interaction; and the demands placed on institutional investors to refocus their desired outcomes and portfolios.
This generational shift represents the industry's biggest challenge — and opportunity.
Investors today expect more. For individual investors, their definition of prosperity has changed. Across generations, prosperity is being redefined as longer-term, inclusive and goal oriented.
Investors are also more informed, and perhaps most crucially, they will likely live longer than previous generations — and they expect their assets to support the life they want to live well into retirement.
For the institutional investor, approaches and goals are shifting.
Investors are eying outcomes beyond returns, including social impact and longer-term needs, such as helping employees address longevity risk and increasing their financial well-being.
Asset managers and advisors must embrace creative problem-solving, innovation, collaboration and adaptability to truly meet the needs of today's — and tomorrow's —investors.
Guggenheim Investments President Jerry Miller: Reconsidering active
The shift out of active management into passive has been one of the most profound changes in the history of investment management. Over the past decade, investors have taken trillions of dollars out of actively managed funds and poured them into passive funds, lured by lower fees and, in some cases, better performance. But cracks are beginning to appear in the case for passive investing, especially in the fixed-income world.
Most actively managed intermediate-term bond funds outperformed their passive peers on average over one-, three- and five-year periods through 2017, according to Morningstar.
Investment-grade bond returns as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index have steadily declined over the past five years, and dropped about 1.5% year to date. The market repricing for a longer and steeper path of Federal Reserve rate hikes has been a key source of the negative return. The upward shift in forward rates has also resulted in higher equity market volatility and wider credit spreads.
Investors looking to manage risk may reconsider the benefits of actively managed fixed-income strategies.
Active managers can adjust duration and curve positioning in anticipation of rate and yield-curve shifts. They can identify value beyond benchmark indexes and avoid troubled industries, and can better analyze risks posed by lax underwriting standards that have prevailed during this bull market. These advantages allow active managers to be better-positioned to navigate the challenges that arise from a changing investment landscape.
Nuveen Managing Director Jordan Farris: Time for responsible investing
The trend toward responsible investment has grown rapidly during the past several years.
Since 2010, assets in funds categorized by Morningstar as socially conscious have nearly doubled.
Increased awareness of responsible investment, as well as more useful products within which to invest, has driven more investors to incorporate their personal values into their investment decisions.
Investment managers are also incorporating ESG factors into the investment selection process in an effort to lower stock-specific risks.
As an example, managers may select companies that achieve higher ESG ratings in areas such as health, safety and board diversity in an effort to reduce stock-specific risk within a portfolio.
Effective health and safety programs can mitigate unexpected costs caused by workplace injuries.
Additionally, a more diverse board with a wider range of competencies, knowledge and perspectives may lead to better decision-making and more-effective corporate governance.
Investment managers may also seek to reduce exposure to companies with very low ESG ratings.
These firms may be more vulnerable to the kind of tail risk events that can lead to increased volatility. (Security breaches at Facebook and Equifax are two notable recent examples.)
Stronger corporate governance structures, for example, may reduce the likelihood of controversies such as corporate fraud or abuse. Whether branded as "socially conscious" or not, an increasing number of investors, both individual and professional, are incorporating ESG criteria into the investment decision-making process.
Exponential ETFs CEO Phil Bak: Embrace the index
The operational and legal requirements around calculating and disseminating an underlying fund index serve as a small pebble in the shoe of our ETF business. Yet I come today in praise of the index, not to bury it.
Just about 90% of the 2,145 U.S.-listed ETFs track an underlying index. Actively managed funds account for less than 2% of total ETF assets under management. For index-tracking ETFs, there may be a handful of name-brand indexes out there. But for most ETFs, it is unclear whether the index or the fund came first, and which one was created out of necessity of the other.
Here are a handful of requirements the index rules bring along for the ride:
- Exchange listing diversification and inclusion requirements
- Intra-day calculation of underlying index values
- Dissemination of all index values to a major market data vendor
- Public disclosure of index rule set, which includes all reconstitution and rebalance implementation and timing schedules and contingencies
- Real-time calculation and dissemination of IOPV/iNav.
These requirements were created for a good reason. They also bring a cost and an operational burden.
Concerns came into focus when a $1.9 billion exchange traded note lost 90% of its value in a single day.February 15
The standard process for launching exchange traded funds is flawed, argues Allan Roth. He proposes a better way.November 15
There are 148 ETFs focused on dividends. We looked at the eight cheapest, and then whittled even further.June 14
But these burdensome rules are forcing fund companies to codify and crystalize their strategies, and to present them open-book to the world.
Any active fund manager will have a specific process they follow. But they also have emotions and pressures to meet performance benchmarks while catering to the whims of their investors.
As investors increasingly turn to ETFs and modern investment strategies, the advent of the self-indexed fund is removing those mapping-error risks from the equation. More so, the index requirements are instilling a transparency and discipline of process that is transforming financial products.
Systematic investing is the new active management, and, as asset allocators increasingly look to rules-based, process-driven strategies to try to provide alpha for their clients, the index requirements protect managers from themselves, and ultimately protect fund investors.
Viteos CEO Chitra Baskar: Innovation in tech needed
A common conversational topic for most hedge fund COOs and CFOs these days is that of complexity.
The asset management industry has moved from long/short simple equity listed products to more-complex offerings, and this has made things trickier for funds.
As investors have started to demand higher returns, funds have had to devise complex products in order to beat benchmarks and create alpha.
To address the increasingly complex layers of these products, funds have also had to build their own technology solutions.
Managing this library of complexity requires strong domain and technology skills that must scale with business volumes.
Finding and retaining people with the skill sets to address this complexity is another challenge. Then increasing regulatory oversight completes the picture.
So what are the critical success factors that are needed to reliably manage this overall complexity?
This is a game where the winner is decided by high-end domain expertise, technology prowess and the desire to always get smarter through best-practice learning and industrialization.
As funds push the limits of products and strategies, they must also keep pushing themselves when it comes to innovation.
This means funds must proactively track industry trends, build IP assets around them, industrialize best practices, promote timely transition and accurate execution for complex funds, re-imagine business models with a digital focus, balance customization with standardization and always question the status-quo.
This is not an easy task, and many funds may not take these steps. But the ones that do are more likely to thrive — because today's complexity will be tomorrow's de rigueur.
Reality Shares CEO Eric Ervin: The rise of blockchain
Blockchain technology is transforming industries across the globe, and the asset management industry is no exception.
The implementation of blockchain solutions presents the opportunity for asset management firms to increase speed and efficiency, cut costs, improve security, enhance the client onboarding process and much more.
Large financial services firms have already begun to test the waters in the blockchain arena. Late last year, Vanguard announced they're leading an effort to streamline the index data sharing process using blockchain technology.
Currently, most index providers have to share information with the fund issuer manually, resulting in emailed spreadsheets going back and forth every night after the market closes.
Vanguard's decision to put their index providers on the blockchain will reduce these email communications, ensure the secure transfer of classified information, diminish costs and virtually eliminate the risk of human error.
With even traditional asset management firms embracing blockchain technology, we expect others to swiftly follow suit.
Distributed ledger technology is expected to provide advisors with more transparency in a variety of transactions.February 8
Greater transparency, high value, low cost and instant access: the financial technology has the power to provide it all.July 26
So-called stable coins may be the "key to unlocking widespread adoption," a virtual currency founder says.February 21
Not only will blockchain continue to revolutionize and simplify how financial services firms operate, but it will offer an opportunity for investors to potentially profit from this transformative technology.
Since January 2018, six blockchain-related ETFs have launched. Within only months, the funds have collectively attracted over $400 million in assets. In addition, there's an arsenal of cryptocurrency funds pending SEC approval.
In 10 years, we expect asset management to be a vastly different industry, as financial services firms adopt blockchain solutions to enhance their business operations.
Investors will simultaneously demand increased exposure to this disrruptive technology.


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Despite Mod Circuit being the first track you play in the game, the ModNation Racing Championship does not consider it as the first track of the Home Tour, instead dubbing Farm Frenzy as the first race of the season, and instead considers Mod Circuit as a pre-eliminatory course.
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text: CHISINAU, FEBRUARY 16, 2010. In the framework of its policy of contributing to the improvement of Moldova' business and social environment, AmCham Moldova launched the first edition of the "Products of Moldova" Catalogue.The goal of this project is to increase exports of Moldovan products by targeting the diasporas of Eastern Europeans living in the United States, Canada and Western Europe who are already aware of the quality of Moldovan products. To give an idea of the potential of this market, the diaspora of CIS and Eastern Europeans living in the U.S. is nearly 20 million. Canada and Western Europe also offer significant target populations who might be interested in purchasing Moldovan products.Supported by CEED project financed by USAID and the EU-funded SEPIA project, AmCham Moldova has developed a catalogue of products produced in Moldova for export including product descriptions, pricing and companies' information. For the first edition, 31 Moldovan companies were selected to be promoted abroad. These are specialized in the fields of economy specific to Moldova, such as: agricultural foods, wine products, soft drinks, cosmetics, textile industry, producers of carpets and toys. The companies, included in the first edition of the catalogue, were selected taking into account such criteria as: company's positive reputation, export orientation, quality certificates possession according to the legislation in force.The Catalogue will be distributed to almost 2000 ethnic grocery stores and shops that serve the diasporas living in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. The information will be updated each year.The catalogue is also available in an on-line version www.productsofmoldova.md. The site's visitors have the possibility to resort to a large variety of simple instruments easy to use, having more browsing options: company's name, field of activity, categories of offered products, trade marks and the list of products. The on-line version of the catalogue allows the potential clients to obtain updated information about the products and services of the Moldovan companies. AmCham would like to thank all those that attended the Event. We will be looking forward to meeting you soon at the AmCham upcoming events.Special thanks to "Dionysos-Mereni", "Chateau-Vartely", "Acorex Wine Holding", "Purcari", "Cricova", "DK-Intertrade", "Lion-Gri" for their tasty wine, and "Natur Bravo" for its delicious juice.


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Our Journey To Norah & Our Exchange Student Annie From China.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Zoo Days
I really needed a sticker that said $2.00 each on it to put underneath this. The lizard in the exhibit looked like he would have totally gone along with it.
Norah attempting to hatch the fake penguin eggs in the fake penguin nest.
Yep! Looks like a big cow bone to me too.
Norah and Glen in front of the big three dimensional crocodile picture in the reptile house.
This little gem was in the corner of the crocodile picture. Wasn't it nice of the one frog to give the other frog a piggy back ride. HAHAHAHA!
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Originally posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com. In that post I've included videos with how it sounds to screen readers, but because they aren't hosted on youtube, I cannot link them here. Check them out on the original blog post!
I wrote a tweet thread a while back where I started talking about ways to keep accessibility in mind on the platforms we use such as Twitter. Sometimes we don't have control over the platforms we use, and the best we can do is ensure our content is accessible. This tweet thread got a decent amount of attention, but unfortunately, it's easy for things to get lost in the Twitterverse. I decided to write a blog post elaborating a bit more on each of the critical points I made while also ensuring that you could find them more easily.
Be careful with your emoji use
Thank 👏 you 👏 Kent! (don't do the clap thing either, it's a huge pain in screen readers)— Marcy Sutton (@marcysutton ) January 9, 2019
Marcy pointed out here how the clapping hands are actually a pain for screenreaders.
Here's what it reads if you turn on your screenreader: "Thank clapping hands you clapping hands Kent." Can you imagine if it was done between every single word on a longer sentence? I see passionate people do this all the time, particularly when they want to say something regarding social issues. I get torn between two worlds because I know how awful it is for screenreaders, but usually, there is a message behind the tweet that I support.
In general, we should be careful about our emoji use. I created a tweet just for the purposes of this blog post. If we clog an entire tweet with just emojis and no words it sounds like word vomit.
I love emojis, but let's not abuse them. We should use words more!
Don't use special characters in your handle or your tweets
I've already mentioned this tweet in previous posts, but I'll repeat it:
You 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 it's 𝒸𝓊𝓉ℯ to 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 your tweets and usernames 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖞. But have you 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 to what it 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 with assistive technologies like 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻? pic.twitter.com/CywCf1b3Lm— Kent C. Dodds (@kentcdodds ) January 9, 2019
If you listen to his video, can you hear how much it doesn't make any sense? It may not be as cute or as fancy, but it's usually a good idea to not try to use fonts that are unsupported on the platform. Twitter doesn't give you the ability to choose a font, so you shouldn't try without testing to ensure it works for everyone.
Enable Alternative Text on your Tweets
And actually use them! If you're on your Desktop computer, you can enable them by:
- Click on your Profile Picture and go to Settings & Privacy
- Go to the Accessibility Section in the left sidebar
- Check "Compose image descriptions"
Look, I even recorded it for you!
Once you get this enabled, you should be able to see an "Add Description" on your images. Also, Twitter, why isn't this enabled by default?
Test your Profile's Page Contrast
Have you ever tested the color contrast on your Twitter Profile theme? After checking the default themes on my Twitter profile, I discovered that they have shockingly poor contrast. I use the Webaim Color Contrast Checker to see what the contrast is. The minimum contrast for Large Text is 3:1 and for small text is 4.5:1. Here are the contrast colors:
Orange Theme - The background color is
#FE6A1Fon a white foreground color which has a contrast of 2:88:1. (FAIL)
Yellow Theme - The background color is
#FAB81Don a white foreground color which has a contrast of 1.76:1. (FAIL)
Light Mint Theme - The background color is
#7FDBB6on a white foreground color which has a contrast of 1.65:1. (FAIL)
Mint Theme - The background color is
#19CE86on white foreground color which has a contrast of 2.06:1. (FAIL)
Periwinkle Theme - The background color is
#91D1FAon a white foreground color which has a contrast of 1.65:1. (FAIL)
Blue Theme - The background color is
#1A94E0on a white foreground color which has a contrast of 3.30:1. (PASS large text only)
Gray Theme - The background color is
#ABB8C1on a white foreground color which has a contrast of 2.03:1. (FAIL)
Dark Pink Theme - The background color is
#E81C4Fon a white foreground color which has a contrast of 4.46:1. (PASS large text only)
Light Pink Theme - The background color is
#F58EA7on a white foreground color which has a contrast of 2.26:1. (FAIL)
Purple Theme - The background color is
#981CEBon a white foreground color which has a contrast of 5.67:1. (PASS both large and small text)
So if you count that, out of 10 themes only 1 (!!) has a passing contrast on both large and small text. 2 pass with larger text. The rest fail. This stinks on Twitter's part, but you can also add your own custom HEX Color Code! I just changed mine to have it be one of the colors in my design on my site.
Communicate with words, not symbols making a picture
"Today's tea" seems to be pretty popular on Twitter, but I can't stop thinking about what this sounds like on a screen reader.
Today's tea:— Jay Shelat (@jshelat1) February 7, 2019
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\ Grad students /_
\ should be / |
\ paid livable /___|
\ wages for /
\ their hard /
\_ work _/
Because I couldn't stop thinking about it, I found a tweet and turned on my screen reader. I posted a video on my blog about what it sounds like.
So, uh, yeah. Not sure how to fix it aside from not doing it.
Transcribe Memes and Gifs
As of this writing, there is no way to add alt text to gifs. I usually do this by typing in
[gif alt: Descriptive phrase] in the body whenever I add a gif. Sometimes I see people respond back to me with a gif message and a gif alt back, and that makes my heart sing. You should do the same with Memes, especially once you have enabled Alternative Text on your photos using the tip above. (Source: Life of a Blind Girl: 6 ways to make your social media posts accessible for people with a visual impairment)
Capitalize the words in your hashtags
This one is new to me, but it makes a lot of sense. Without it, it makes a lot of screen readers mash up the words and sound like a jumbled mess. (Source: Life of a Blind Girl: 6 ways to make your social media posts accessible for people with a visual impairment)
I want to thank people who write blog posts like the one mentioned for the source of the last two sections. If you haven't already, I would read that article because there are items that I wanted to include, but this post was starting to get too long. Even as an accessibility person, I still have a ton to learn about these platforms. I have also learned a lot from great advocates in tech as well, such as Marcy Sutton, Deborah Edwards-Onoro, and Tatiana Mac! Accessibility isn't just about coding, it's about real people who use products that have become everyday use and commonplace.
Remember to think before you tweet. Who are you potentially excluding from reading your Twitter content? If you have any thoughts on this post, feel free to reach out to me on, you guessed it, Twitter.
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I'm a self-taught Front End & JS Dev and professional learner with accessibility expertise. I'm passionate about breaking down concepts into relatable concepts, making it more approachable.
Adding alt text to gifs, I will keep that in mind, thanks
It's a really fun way to get creative too! I usually describe why I am using the gif!
Thanks for the GIF one as I tend to use a lot of GIFs but don't know what to type as alt text. And the last one was new. Does it mean I have to write #HASHTAG like this?
No it's more like if you have a hashtag that's a phrase, capitalize the first letter of the word of the phrase
like #LoveYouTwitter ?
Ohh sorry I just skimmed fast. Should've read it :)
"Thank clapping hands you clapping hands Kent."
That's what it sounds like in my head.
I have no idea what it's supposed to mean, either. Does it mean the person strongly agrees with, is sarcastically slow-clapping or is just being cutesy? I haven't the foggiest.
When I see someone say "I ❤ :unidentified mammal: :100!: 🔥" I assume they're talking about a sportsball team, but even if I was familiar with the mascots for different locations, I'm going to struggle to work out whether you're talking about a beaver or an otter at the tiny pictogram sizes we're sharing. And it'll be different on different people's devices.
If I see more than the occasional smiley in someone's tweet, post, comment, whatever, I generally just skip the whole thing, and I bet I'm not the only one.
Hey Lindsey! Thanks for sharing these excellent tips - I'm hopeful that we'll see more people start to understand the importance. I admit that while I do have alternative text enabled, I am not very good at adding it - I've seen more people starting to do the alt thing with GIFs, too. Great advice here!
"Today's tea" when read by assistive technology sounds like some form of strange rap... I guess someone could make a song out of it... Nevertheless, I agree that it is best to avoid it.
This is a really great article! I guess it depends on your target group. Some followers are expecting the newest and most trendy combination of emojis and symbols 🙃
I'm having a hard time picking a good theme color. My current one passes for night mode but falls a little short on normal mode. Do you optimize for one over the other?


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Tenuta di Trinoro
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- Vintage
- 2011
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Region
- Toscana
- Parker
- 93
- Appellation
- IGT Toscana
- Volume
- 0,75 l
- Grape variety
- Cabernet Franc
- Serving temperature
- 16
- Drinking window
- 2013-2020
Parker review
Aged eight months in French barrique and ten months in cement, the 2011 Magnacosta is a pure and unforgiving expression of Cabernet Franc. The density is startling and the wine peels back in thick layers to reveal a dark heart of black fruit, black pepper and tobacco. You can taste its chewy ripeness down to the last delicious drop. Anticipated maturity: 2016-2028. 93/100
PressAntonio Galloni's Vinous: 92/100. Tenuta di Trinoro's 2011 Magnacosta is 100% Cabernet Franc made from cuttings sourced from one of Pomerol's most prestigious estates. Plums, black cherries, mocha and espresso all wrap around the palate in a incredibly juicy, opulent wine. The 2011 is super rich and concentrated, but it works. This is the most immediate of Tenuta di Trinoro's high end bottlings. Andrea Franchetti's 2011s are extreme. There is no way of getting around that. The wines are intense, opulent and among the richest Tuscan wines I have ever tasted. Stylistically, the 2011s could pass for wines from Napa Valley if it weren't for the distinctly Tuscan elements of structure that underpin the fruit. The 2011s are ripe and silky, with suggestions of sweetness and alcohols in the 16%-16.5% range. But that is Franchetti. He makes wines that reflect each vintage to the core. The 2011s spent just 5-6 months in 100% new oak barrels and were then racked into cement, where they finished aging. In the 2011s, readers should expect wines with Amarone-like levels of viscosity and richness, especially with the top wines in the range. 92/100
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Mid Century Vintage Modernist Teak Metal Wall Shelving Bookcase Unit /477
Good vintage condition throughout and whilst the surfaces to the shelves are all excellent some of the side edges have missing veneer here and there as shown. They could be repaired by replacing the veneer to bring them to perfection. The black coated metal brackets are all original and in excellent condition. Fixing to the wall with a screw in the loophole at the top and require no other wall fixings.
Mid Century Vintage Teak and Metal Wall Shelving System with 5 shelves. Easy to construct with one screw in each wall bracket to loop at the top - weight of shelves hold in position. Shelves slot onto the metal frames with grooves underneath and need no other fixings.
Good vintage condition throughout and the surfaces to the shelves are excellent with no ring marks or evident scratches. However there are slithers of the veneer missing to the side edges of some of the shelves. See images. Price reflects. Black coated metal brackets in excellent condition.
5 x Teak Shelves - W 70 x D 20 cm
Overall dimensions:- H 81 x W 135 x D 22 cm
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