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This sentence came from a book called Screamfree marriage. Basically this concept will be explained below.
- Calm down (collect your thoughts, never do or say anything in the midst of anger)
- Grow up (ask yourself, if this is really what you want? Otherwise, review your actions and be honest to yourself, so that you can improve)
- Get closer (you should seek to connect, even though it might not turn out well, it is definitely better than just switching off)
- Repeat (repetition leads to a more efficient process and will ingrain this thinking into your daily life)
Being first-time parents, I would be lying if I say that I do not quarrel with my wife over baby domo. In fact, the frequency of our quarrels has increased and revolves mostly about the care of baby domo.
It is definitely a difficult concept to grasp and practise, but having the knowledge is half the battle won.
This concept can be applied not just to parenting also investing.
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Save Sabarimala, Save Freedom of Religion in India
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Indian Citizens For Sabarimala
Dear friends and fellow-citizens,
I speak on behalf of the many informed, educated Indian women and men I know, who are instinctively convinced that the Freedom to Worship one's personal Concept of the Divine is inalienable from the freedoms of thought and expression, which are deemed to be the first condition of liberty, enshrined in our democracy.
The renowned Hindu temple of the deity Sri Ayyappan at Sabarimala has, for nearly a millennium, practised the unique custom of restricting women of reproductive age from entering the temple, in addition to prescribing several rituals and religious observances for all pilgrims there. Every year, the better part of nearly 50 million devotees, i.e. almost 4% of the Indian population, across religions, castes and social classes, observe the prescribed religious fasts for self-purification and together make the difficult pilgrimage to worship their celibate Deity Sri Ayyappan at Sabarimala during the limited seasons that the hill shrine is open to the public. This arduous pilgrimage is of immense spiritual significance to the Hindu religious community, and it is, arguably, almost comparable in significance, for devout South Indian Hindus, to the Hajj for devout Muslims.
The Sabarimala verdict, passed on 28 September, 2018, by the Honourable Supreme Court, removed the religious restrictions on the entry of women of childbearing age into the temple. The verdict provoked widespread discontentment and apprehension among the section of Hindus who attach great personal significance to the unique concept of the deity Sri Ayyappan at Sabarimala as a God who embodies celibacy as an ascetic virtue. The Sabarimala shrine is the only temple of Sri Ayyappan at which women are restricted, because no other Ayyappan temple is so inseparably linked with the concept of this Deity as a Naishtthika Brahmachaari or Constant Celibate. Therefore the Sabarimala temple is, arguably, a keystone and a most important symbol of indigenous Hindu faith in South India.
The historic tradition of restricting the entry of women to Sabarimala has a known basis in the religious narrative of the temple, as described in its primary source, the Bhootanaatha Upaakhyaana, which is the Sthala Puraana of the Sabarimala temple.
According to the Bhootanaatha Upaakhyaana, the deity Sri Ayyappan of the Sabarimala temple is worshipped as being united with the Chaitanya (Spiritual Energy or Essence) of an ascetic prince, Sri Manikantthan, who lived in the local kingdom of Pandalam in the 12th century AD. Sri Manikantthan renounced the world at an early age and embraced strict vows of celibacy, in which He determined not to look upon women of childbearing age. Upon His attainment of Samaadhi (or the Soul's disunification from the body to merge with the Divine), it is believed by devotees that His Spiritual Essence merged into the idol of the ancient temple of Dharma Shaasta at Sabarimala, and He was worshipped thenceforth at Sabarimala as being one with the principal deity Sri Ayyappan Himself.
The religious customs of the Sabarimala temple have since then been adopted in accordance with Sri Manikantthan's express wishes and injunctions during His lifetime. Women of reproductive age were restricted from visiting the temple in deference to the express wishes of Sri Manikantthan, so that this deity's particular vow of celibacy- namely, that He would not glance upon women of fertile years- would not be violated. In fact, the men and women devotees who visit the temple are required to have purified their minds and bodies by observing 41 days of a strict religious fast that includes celibacy.
Was the Sabarimala temple's religious custom of restricting the entry of women of reproductive age discriminatory towards the gender?
The verdict presumes that the temple tradition of age restrictions for women is discriminatory, but those who understand the religious sentiment of Hindu women devotees know otherwise. Not only is the religious custom of age restrictions on women's entry unique to the Sabarimala temple and inalienable from the spiritual significance of this temple, but there are also other celebrated temples in the State which are primarily associated with the Feminine aspect of Divinity, and where certain important rituals are performed exclusively by women. Hinduism does not believe in a patriarchal Divinity, but, rather, Hindus worship the Male and Female Aspects of Divinity alike, and there is scarcely a temple where Male and Female Deities are not accompanied by their Consorts who are equally venerated.
It is perhaps important to define the term, discrimination, with greater precision than we are used to. There are a number of institutions and services everywhere that practise some form of exclusion based on gender, but they do not, certainly, all amount to discrimination. The Article 14 of the Indian Constitution specifies that the State shall not deny to any Indian citizen equality before the eyes of the Law. This would seem to suggest that the law of equality can be invoked only when there is a legitimate allegation of denial, and this allegation has been established in fact. In other words, it seems useful to allow the viewpoint of the deemed sufferer to drive the decision of whether or not discrimination has been perpetrated in a particular instance, provided the individual is sufficiently informed about the notion of discrimination and its possible applicability in their own case.
We would like to submit that the primary stakeholders in this verdict are the devout women for whom the Aspect of Sri Ayyappan consecrated at Sabarimala- that of a Naishtthika Brahmachaari or Constant Celibate- is their own intimately valued concept of the Divine. Such women worshippers are among the community of faithful devotees who are the true stakeholders of the Sabarimala temple, and it is they that the verdict seeks to empower. These women devotees would not, by any means, wish to defy the injunctions of their personal God to enter His temple. They would also resent the violation of the temple's sanctity through the millennia by the entry, breaching the temple's religious restrictions, of other women for whom this unique concept of Sabarimala Ayyappan is not their deeply held idea of God.
The PIL at the Honourable Supreme Court was contested rigorously by the able Advocate representing the interests of the ReadyToWait campaign, which strived to embody the sentiments of the great majority of faithful women worshippers of Sabarimala Ayyappan. Thus it seems contrary to our ideas of justice and democracy that a group of non-stakeholders of a religious institution could create a legislation in our Apex Court, overruling the vehement and reasonable protestations of the primary stakeholders, imposing upon them a "reform" that they did not solicit, on the grounds that they were being discriminated against by the existing practice.
The Hindu temple means infinitely more to its devotees than just a facility to serve their need for religious and ritual worship; the temple is a veritable Abode of Divinity at which it is they who are welcomed as guests of the Deity.
It is vital for followers of this debate to understand and appreciate the fact that each Hindu temple represents, for devout Hindus, not only a place to congregate and pray, but a physical manifestation of the unique Aspect of Divinity that is represented there, conceived as finding a tangible existence in the temple idol into which the Divine Essence is ritually consecrated. Furthermore, every religious Hindu believes that the customs and rituals associated with a temple are essential to the appeasement of the Deity who is worshipped there. Therefore, for the devout Hindu, the temple is not a socio-religious institution to facilitate worship, but a corporeal representation of an Aspect of the Divine. There is abundant evidence in the current religious usage of temples, and in history and in culture, to establish this statement. When a particular temple or its customs are violated, the very Essence of the unique form of Faith embodied by that institution is also destroyed for the devotees who worship there.
We thereby reason that the present verdict, far from empowering the hundreds of millions of women devotees and believers in the Sabarimala Ayyappan, in fact threatens to deprive them of their Constitutional Right to worship their preferred Aspect of the Divine at the only religious institution that embodies this Aspect. It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. We fear that the Sabarimala verdict can unwittingly deal a heavy blow to our nation's cherished ideals of secularism and democracy, and set an unwelcome precedent that could, in time, erode both the rich heterogeneity and the communal harmony of our indigenous civilization.
The present Sabarimala verdict seems likely to be exclusively abused, and there seems, in fact, small likelihood that it can lead to a peaceful, inoffensive usage.
Who are the women that would seek to visit Sabarimala under the protection of the present law, in full knowledge that they are able to do so only because the law shields them from the indignation of the earnest devotees of the Sabarimala Ayyappan?
Sabarimala has always been open to persons of all faiths, worshippers and spectators, provided they complied with the customs and restrictions of the shrine. As a result, we fear that it is the women who do not understand the religious significance of the shrine to its faithful worshippers- who are atheists or iconoclasts, and who do not value or respect our collective traditional heritage and religious beliefs, or who, professing themselves to be rationalist or progressive, cannot comprehend the significance of these customs to the sincere devotees- who will likely use the new sanction to visit the temple, either in order to make a statement about their own ideological persuasions, or to experience the grand spectacle of Sabarimala without consideration for the deep religious sentiments that make Sabarimala the powerful spiritual institution that it is.
Our Proposal for a Solution to the present deadlock
I write this petition as angry clouds form threateningly over the Pampa. I fear, as many of us do, that the wrath of those who have been deeply injured by the verdict will eventually tear our peaceful, progressive society asunder and distance us from ourselves. We therefore propose the following urgent remedial measures to preempt that painful outcome:
- A State ordinance should be urgently promulgated to stay the implementation of the SC verdict until the question of reinstating the traditional religious restrictions on women's entry has been resolved to the satisfaction of the primary stakeholders.
- A consensual decision must be arrived at upon who the primary stakeholders of the Sabarimala temple, and of the Supreme Court verdict, are, and upon whether there indeed exist legitimate grounds in this case to allege gender discrimination when the views of the primary stakeholders have been duly prioritized.
- A religious committee should be constituted within a reasonably short time frame, headed by the Sabarimala Tantri, His Highness The Head of the Pandalam Royal Family, Representatives of the temple administration, as well as Devotees' representatives belonging to the different social classes and genders, in order to adjudicate on the relevance and advisability of the traditional restrictions on women's entry at Sabarimala, and perhaps, in future, upon such other questions of a religious significance to the temple, which, by Article 25 of the Constitution, do not fall within the purview of State.
We have great faith in the ultimate wisdom of our Indian civilization, and in its capacity to discover and embrace the path of truth and righteousness. We indeed understand and value the importance of legislation as an instrument for legitimate social reform, but we, the deemed beneficiaries of this particular verdict, declare that this is a doubtful reform to be enacted through legislation, and may amount to a denial of our Right to Freedom of Religion.
Therefore, we believe we have reason to hope that this petition will be received with favour and acted upon urgently in order to rectify this injustice perpetrated on one of the most tolerant and peaceful religions in history, and on us.
Swami Saranam
Gayathri Nair, On behalf of
The Indian Citizens who value Freedom of Religion
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Regular readers of my blog (sic!) will already know that my abiding passion is children's picture books. I've had a couple of story ideas going around publishers with no luck to date, and, despite me being able to claim that I illustrated 52 picture books last year alone, I still feel unfulfilled in this field. However, I have just finished a short picture book for a writer in the States – Susie Ramsey. Susie approached me with an idea for a board book featuring two frogs who fall in love one moonlit night. As you can imagine dear reader, I was hooked from the start.
During the illustration of those froggy pictures Susie also asked me to squeeze in illustrations for another book project which revolved around revolting dishes, again, it appealed to my tastes, so here are a few details of some of those pictures.
The final title has not yet been resolved.
In my next posting I'm planning to include some of he froggy images so watch this space!
Another totally enjoyable commission, this time from Navy Blue up in Edinburgh.
Tony needed a pack for his new cereal bars which will only be on sale in duty free outlets.
So I can now add his portrait to my list of celebrity characters I've worked withh.
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I'm not sure if these little pirates have been anywhere near the Caribbean, but they were certainly fun to illustrate.
The electronic version was particularly wacky though that was probably due to it being a Japanese prototype that I received to photograph! The screaming instructions were hilarious.
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The European Union has invited 10 mostly eastern European countries to join the bloc by May 2004. Half of them, plus two others, are scheduled to join the NATO alliance at about the same time.
Following its successful introduction of the Euro single currency at the beginning of 2002, the EU redrew its map by year's end to incorporate Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and the Mediterranean countries of Cyprus and Malta. But it stopped short of giving long-standing candidate Turkey a firm date to begin its own entry negotiations, saying such talks would begin soon after Turkey is deemed to meet EU criteria for membership at a December 2004 review.
The expansion, the biggest in the EU's history, will create a community of 450 million people in 25 countries and an economy of more than nine trillion dollars, close to that of the United States. Bulgaria and Romania are expected to join the EU in 2007.
The EU's expansion follows that of NATO barely a month earlier. The alliance invited Bulgaria and Romania to join, along with the three Baltic states, as well as Slovakia, and Slovenia. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary joined NATO in 1999.
The eastward moves by both organizations have reintegrated countries cut off from the European mainstream for more than six decades. They reverse the partition of the continent that was forged by Hitler's armies and solidified by Stalin's Iron Curtain.
In order to join NATO, the newcomers had to strengthen their democracies, subordinate their military to civilian authority and work out diplomatic solutions to long-standing nationalist quarrels. But as the alliance shifts the focus of its mission to fighting terrorism and containing rogue states, they, as well as their western European counterparts, will have to move aggressively to modernize their military forces to be able to close the capabilities gap with their American allies.
The EU, on the other hand, faces the challenge of adapting its institutions to accommodate its new members, most of them considerably poorer than the average western European country.
To qualify for membership, the newcomers had to adopt EU legislation. But, as analyst Steven Everts, of the Center for European Reform in London noted, there is some doubt as to whether they have the administrative capacity to implement EU laws.
"It's slightly easier to pass the legislation, but it's somewhat more difficult to be able to implement it. So there's a bit of a question mark. And the second question mark is over the levels of corruption in eastern Europe, which are still higher, on the whole, than they are in the present EU," Mr. Everts said.
Mr. Everts believes the EU will be exerting considerable pressure on the newcomers in the months ahead to make progress in those areas before they actually join the union. He said he worries more about the EU's ability to make decisions once it becomes a bloc of 25 nations.
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It"s been quite the year for The Band Perry, who are up for Best New Artist on Sunday night at the 54th annual Grammy Awards. Over the last 12 months, the group has scored two No. 1 country hits, and seen the trio"s breakthrough hit, "If I Die Young" sweep last fall"s Country Music Assn. Awards.
The brother/sister act, composed of Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry, have dreamt of coming to the Grammys their whole lives and now find themselves sitting on the second row Sunday night. "We"re not leaving until we meet Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen," said Kimberly on Friday, right after the band"s rehearsal with Glen Campbell.
"It"s so surreal. We just keep having pinch me moments," said Perry of performing with Campbell, who is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys this year. "He"s such a dear soul. He loves his music he loves his guitar."
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Though the Perry siblings weren"t born for Campbell"s heyday, their parents were and are huge Campbell fans who raised their kids on his music. When asked how their parents reacted to seeing their kids play with Campbell, Kimberly said that at the first rehearsal, she didn"t know where her parents had gone. "They were in the hallway, bawling their eyes out. They were watching one of their heroes and their kids play together."
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First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Sudipta Bar is first author on 'Neuromuscular degeneration and locomotor deficit in a Drosophila model of mucopolysaccharidosis VII is attenuated by treatment with resveratrol', published in DMM. Sudipta conducted the research described in this article while studying a PhD in Dr Rupak Datta's lab at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, India. He is now a Post Doc in the lab of Prof. Pankaj Kapahi at Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, USA, investigating the molecular basis of neurodegeneration and how neurodegeneration affects memory.
Sudipta Bar
How would you explain the main findings of your paper to non-scientific family and friends?
Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII) is a rare, hereditary lysosomal storage disease mostly accompanied with behavioral abnormality, organ failure and premature death. MPS VII is known to be caused by mutation in the β-glucuronidase gene. The only treatment is enzyme replacement therapy, which is an expensive, invasive and lifelong treatment procedure. Deep insight about the disease progression is also vaguely known and one of the limitations is the availability of a more suitable and handier disease model organism to study this human disease in a lab animal. We generated a fruit fly model of this disease by deleting the β-glucuronidase gene from the fruit fly genome. The fly model shows many similar phenotypes as a human patient. For example, premature death, short lifespan, storage of lysosome in brain and neurodegeneration. We used this model to study the disease in detail and found a major abnormality in dopaminergic neurons and muscle. Dopaminergic neuronal loss and muscle degeneration in this fly explained the basis of the disease-associated movement disability. We found that these defects could be corrected by treatment with resveratrol, thus providing a therapeutic lead. This novel MPS VII model holds the key to deeper exploration of the disease mechanism and drug discovery.
What are the potential implications of these results for your field of research?
The new fruit fly model, along with available genetic tools, will become more powerful to study the mechanistic details of MPS VII. The fly can be used in large-scale screening of drugs; for example, we observed the rescue of the disease phenotypes upon treatment with the drug resveratrol. This protective effect of resveratrol can be studied further as a potential MPS VII disease management strategy. In addition, the flies show abnormality in lysosome-mediated recycling processes in the brain along with neurodegeneration, which makes the model ideal to study the roles of lysosomes in neurodegeneration. Since the phenotypes among different types of MPS disorders are similar, the observations made in our MPS VII model may potentially be relevant in terms of a broader understanding and management of other closely related MPS disorders.
"This novel MPS VII model holds the key to deeper exploration of the disease mechanism and drug discovery."
What are the main advantages and drawbacks of the model system you have used as it relates to the disease you are investigating?
The advantages of this fly model include that it is easily maintainable and in a short time period we can get thousands of flies to use in large-scale experiments, which is not possible with the existing mouse model of MPS VII. The fly genome can be easily manipulated with reporter constructs and genetic tools, which makes the study of the disease easier. This model is good for studying neurodegeneration, muscle degeneration and different visceral organ failures, but cannot study the bone-related abnormality found in MPS VII patients as the fly doesn't have skeletal system.
What has surprised you the most while conducting your research?
Our model fly brain shows significant loss of dopaminergic neurons, which can be easily tracked by using whole-brain immunostaining. This phenotype was not known for this disease; this surprising result along with the other important novel finding in our study – muscle cell death – in the model fly can together explain the movement disability of MPS VII patients. We found these phenotypes to be rescued almost completely by resveratrol treatment. Almost complete rescue of these phenotypes with resveratrol was unexpected to us.
Describe what you think is the most significant challenge impacting your research at this time and how will this be addressed over the next 10 years?
The major challenge of finding a drug-based treatment procedure for this disease is insufficient knowledge about the disease. The genetic cause and abnormality in the corresponding metabolic pathway are well known for this disease but inadequate knowledge about disease progression and related molecular pathways need to be addressed in the next decade for the management of this rare disease. Our new model and already available genetic tools of Drosophila together will be useful in this study.
What changes do you think could improve the professional lives of early-career scientists?
Mentors and institutions should encourage early-career scientists to carry forward their independent projects, to improve the power of thinking and hypothesizing a new idea.
What's next for you?
After completing my PhD, I recently joined the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, CA, USA, as a postdoc, where I am studying neurodegeneration using the fruit fly as a model. In the future I have two interconnecting broad areas of interest; one is to study the mechanistic details of neurodegeneration in some disease conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, and the other is to explore the mechanism of memory formation in the brain.
Sudipta Bar's contact details: Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Blvd, Novato, CA 94945, USA.
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CLASS L TRACK: Bunnell's N'Dabian, Williams each post 2nd -place finishes
NEW HAVEN—Bunnell High School seniors Christ N'Dabian and Abigail Williams both earned runner-up status in their respective events during Friday night's Class L indoor track championship meet at the Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High School.
After posting the third fastest time in the preliminaries, N'Dabian ran a 6.63 in the finals to earn second place in the 55-meter dash, just 0.04 seconds away from the top spot.
Williams placed second in the girls long jump with a leap of 16 feet even, four inches off the winning mark. Kaylah Phommachanh placed sixth in the event with a personal best leap of 15 feet, one-half inch.
Jayleen Herrera also competed, putting forth a 14-2 effort.
Kesiri Gonzales placed fifth in the 55-meter dash in 7.58 seconds.
The Bulldogs' girls 4×200 relay earned a couple of points placing fifth. Dardielle Exantus, Phommachanh, Gonzalez and Williams combined for a time of 1:52.05.
The Bunnell girls placed 14th overall with 13 points while the Bulldog boys were 20th with eight points.
Alex Mosley (6.80 seconds) and Marquise Lawrence (6.82) were eighth and ninth, respectively, in the 55 prelims, missing out the finals by hundredths of a second. Jesone Khantikone ran a 7.16 while Jonathan Gulish had a time of 7.32.
N'Dabian also ran the 300, finishing 12th in 37.74 seconds while Mosley was 20th with a time of 39.64.
In the boys long jump, Khantikone leaped 18-3 to finish 13th, on spot in front of Cullen Roper (18-2).
Also in the girls 55, Phommanchanh was 16th during prelims (7.78 seconds) while Exantus was 18th (7.79). Mia Noisette ran a 8.26 in prelims and Shanice Bernard ran an 8.58.
Williams also placed 10th in the 55 hurdles, running a 9.53 time while Susie Poisson was clocked in 10.41 seconds.


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Why can't we accept the fact that Justin Bieber axed the duration of his Purpose Tour because he was exhausted?
The media is looking for something salacious, but there's nothing to be found. Justin Bieber abruptly cancelled the remainder of his tour – 14 shows – due to what his reps said was "unforeseen circumstances."
Paparazzi caught the pop star walking around in Santa Monica hours after the announcement and asked him point-blank why he decided to cut it short. "Everything's fine. I've been on tour for two years. Yeah, just resting, getting some relaxation. Gonna ride some bikes," he said. Biebs also offered an apology: "I love you guys. You guys are awesome. And I'm sorry for anybody who feels disappointed or like, betrayed. It's not in my heart or anything."
TMZ reported the following day the reason was actually his recommitment to Christ. They even had a source label it a "religious enlightenment."
When paps hounded Bieber today (Wednesday, July 26), naturally they brought that up. TMZ published a video of the encounter, and the pop star looks visibly perplexed at the notion that he would quit the tour for God. He shakes his head and mumbles "no" a couple of times.
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On May 17, 2018, several important changes were introduced to the Residential Tenancy Act. To highlight some of these key changes,
- If a landlord wishes to end a tenancy for demolition, renovation or repair or conversion of the rental unit, the landlord must now provide 4 Month Notice to end tenancy. The tenants will have 30 days to dispute the notice. Previously, a 2 Month Notice was required and tenants were required to dispute within 15 days. Note: The notice should be served at least 4 months before the effective date of the notice and before the day that rent is due.
- If the landlord had ended the tenancy to renovate or repair the rental unit, the tenant holds a right of first refusal. This means the tenant has the right to enter into a new tenancy agreement at a rent determined by the landlord after the renovations are completed. If the tenant chooses to exercise this right, the landlord will need to provide a 45 day notice of availability and a tenancy agreement, OR *compensate the tenant 12 months' rent. *In some circumstances this may be excused by an arbitrator
- If the landlord evicts the tenant to renovate or repair the rental unit but the stated changes never take place, the tenant could be compensated 12 months' rent. Previously, it was 2 month's rent.
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CNN had the whole world to choose from, and it is sending its viewers to Prince Edward Island.
P.E.I. tops a list of 17 best places in the world to visit this year published by the American news broadcaster Friday morning.
"Travelers are falling in love with the island's rocky red shores and picturesque fishing villages all over again thanks to several new TV and movie productions of the Lucy Maud Montgomery classic," says the online feature.
The added attention will be welcome news for the Island's tourism industry, which marked record business in 2016 for the third straight year.
The CNN list also includes Malaysia, Colombia and Chengdu, China.
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In March 2019, Samsung Galaxy S9 went on sale, which cost a lot of obscenities. To give such money for him was not ready for all, due to which many people gave up the idea of his purchase, but in less than a year the situation changed so much as he could. We were able to figure out that the Samsung Galaxy S9 can now be bought in Ukraine at a new price, which is much smaller than ever. From now on, this device can be purchased for only 15-16 thousand hryvnias, which is almost twice less than the price at which it was originally sold.
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Clarinet Concerto (2012)
Premiered at the Belgian Festival ARS MUSICA by Jean-Luc Votano, clarinet, and the Liege Royal Philharmonic conducted by Manuel López Gómez.
This concerto try to make a travel between two strong references : the music of the armenian Duduk (through a quotation of a traditional harvest song : Kali Yerg) and some samples of arab raps provided on the web at the occasion of the Arab Spring (especially at the time of the Tunisian Revolution)
Furthermore, "Ayl" means "other" in the old Armenian. This word has the same root as the French one "Altérité", the Greek "Allos" or the English "else". It is a tribute to the theme of the festival Ars Musica 2012 : Altra Cosa. A witness of my love for the music of other non-occidental countries. Some "windows" - as written in Les Testaments trahis by Milan Kundera - some openings on the actual world with this incredible network of exchanges of informations through the different cultures on earth.
This "narrative" music is dedicated to his wonderful performer, Jean-Luc Votano.


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Ways to Cook With Pretzels
Sesame-Soy Nut and Pretzel Mix
Full of salty nuts, pretzels, and cereal and doused with a butter- and Worcestershire-based glaze, the classic snack mix racks up sodium quickly (and who honestly stops at the barely 1/2 cup serving suggestion?). Our Asian-inspired mix saves 160mg sodium per serving with plenty of crunch and bold, salty flavor in a more generous 3/4 cup portion.
Peanut Butter and Pretzel Brownies
Paring sweet peanut butter with salty pretzels and chocolate make these sweet and salty treats irresistible.
Sea Salt Soft Pretzels
Twisted, buttered, and salted. Ball park soft pretzels can be enjoyed at home for a light snack or a crowd-pleasing party appetizer.
Pretzel Pie Crust
Five simple ingredients are all you need to create this from-scratch Pretzel Pie Crust. As effortless to create as a graham cracker crust, pretzels bring a new layer of dynamic sweet-salty flavor personality to the typical crumb crust blueprint. This simple crust makes an ideal shell for any number of fillings--but we especially love it for ice cream. Simply fill with your favorite softened ice cream (strawberry and caramel-flavored ice creams are great here), freeze solid, and top with fresh berries or drizzle with syrup for an exceptionally easy, yet wow-worthy, dessert.
Junk Food Cookie Bars
The next time you're at the end of an exceptionally rough week, we'd definitely recommend whipping up a batch of these kitchen sink cookie bars. The perfect decadent balance of salty and sweet, these chewy treats are here to satisfy all junk food cravings. We loaded them up with peanut butter, chocolate chips, pretzels, Oreos, potato chips, and M&M's, but feel free to experiment with swapping in some of your favorite snacks and flavors.
Monster Cookies
They're not called monster cookies because they're scary… but they are monstrously delicious. In fact. these chunky, chewy monster cookies might just be the king of all kitchen sink cookies. Featuring peanut butter, oats, crushed pretzels, M&Ms, and chunks of milk chocolate, they hit every necessary cookie note—chewy, crispy, salty, sweet, chocolatey, and buttery.
Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Breast Tenders with Garlicky Dipping Sauce
A crunchy coating from a snacktime favorite is sure to win big with the kids--especially when paired with a creamy garlic dip. Honey mustard would be good, too.
Benne Seed Soft Pretzels
Use fresh dough to create these simple homemade soft pretzels topped with benne (sesame) seeds.
Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Nuggets
Form a crust and add extra flavor to chicken nuggets with a coating mixture of pretzels and Parmesan cheese.
Dark Chocolate Bark with Pretzels and Dried Cranberries
Three ingredients are all it takes to make this chocolaty treat of Dark Chocolate Bark with Pretzels and Dried Cranberries.
Strawberry-Pretzel Icebox Pie
This chilled, creamy strawberry icebox pie is the dessert equivalent of a swimming hole--so refreshing you can't help but dive in. Serve with lightly sweetened, sliced strawberries.
Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Blondies
These blondies with chocolate chips and pretzels are the perfect salty and sweet combination.
Soft Pretzels
Enjoy two soft, bready pretzels for under 100 calories. We love these topped with coarse salt but get creative and experiment with different toppings like cinnamon-sugar or Parmesan cheese.
Bacon-Pretzel-Peanut Butter Caramel Apples
The addition of bacon bits and pretzels offer a salty and sweet twist on the traditional caramel apple.
Strawberry-Pretzel Ice Cream
Homemade Strawberry-Pretzel Ice Cream results in a sensational salty-sweet flavor, hinting of fresh basil.
Mixed-Berry Pretzel Tart
A crushed pretzel crust offers a salty and crunchy texture that pairs perfectly with the sweet berries.
Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies
With the addition of crushed pretzels to the cookie dough, these easy chocolate chip cookies are the perfect balance between salty and sweet. Bake 10 minutes for a soft and chewy cookie or up to 14 minutes for a crisp cookie.
Hot Pretzels
This recipe starts with a ball of fresh, sticky pizza dough (sometimes called "ready to bake" pizza dough) that comes in a plastic bag and is available in most major supermarkets.
Caramel-Pretzel Blondies
Blondies absolutely do have more fun. Who needs chocolate when you have the salty-sweet flavor duo of caramel and pretzels in a delicious bar cookie?
Strawberry-Pretzel Ice-Cream Pie
Salty-sweet describes the homemade ice cream that stars in this luscious Strawberry-Pretzel Ice-Cream Pie.
Sweet and Spicy Nut Mix
This snack mix is a great 5-star addition to the party spread.
Chocolate-Almond Pretzels
These chocolate covered pretzels make for a delicious afternoon snack.
Crisp and Spicy Snack Mix
Take this to snack on before dinner. And if there's any left, toss it on a salad.
Candy Bar Pie
Take the flavors of your favorite candy bars and transform them into a pie. With a pretzel crust carrying it all, this pie is sure to be a winner.
Popcorn Balls
This simple snack recipe offers plenty of crunch and some amazing sweet and salty flavors.
Peanut butter Haystacks
These four-ingredient snacks are so simple to make and even easier to eat.
Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Dipped Pretzels are a salty, sweet pick-up dessert that's just as ideal for a snack as it is for a party.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pretzel Pie
Remember that strawberry-pretzel salad that showed up at every church supper? We've turned it into your new favorite pie with a salty-sweet pretzel crust and added zip from rhubarb. We all love our classic desserts, but sometimes it is fun to change them up a bit and create something new. The frozen strawberries used in the traditional recipe are fine if it is the middle of winter but, since plump, fresh berries available at the Farmers' Market, we thought they would make a delicious change to this pie.
Pb-Pretzel-Apple Bars
Sweet, salty, fruity, and crunchy, these bars truly pack a little bit of everything! Whip up a batch for your next picnic or hike, and stay fueled all day.
Pretzel Waffles with Peanut Butter Maple Syrup Sauce (a.k.a. Danger Waffles)
These waffles pose some personal risk but they're totally worth it
Marbled Peanut and Pretzel Bark
This stunning treat couldn't be easier to prepare, but makes for wow-worthy DIY holiday gifts. Feel free to change up the toppings to include your favorite nuts and crunchy treats—like cookie crumbles, cereal, or even potato chips. And to find even more inspired sheet pan recipes, you'll definitely want to pick up a copy of One Sheet Eats: 100+ Delicious Recipes All Made on a Baking Sheet.
Mini Peanut Butter-Dark Chocolate Pretzel Cups
Peanut butter, pretzel, and chocolate is an unrivaled trio. The perfect balance of sweet and salty, as well as creamy and crunchy, these adorable, bite-sized desserts are sure to be a crowd pleaser. Easy to make and assemble, these indulgent dessert cups are great for cocktail parties and potlucks. This recipe can also be adapted to be served in a 9x9-inch baking pan.


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A Woman's Place is in a Body Bag
On September 3rd, a second-year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno, was declared missing after meeting with The Nation journalist Barrack Oduor. The two met at Graca Hotel where Oduor was gathering information regarding the young woman's claim that a politician, Migori County governor Okoth Obado, fathered her child but was refusing responsibility for the pregnancy.
The events that followed remain unclear, but what is known thus far is that the two were mysteriously lured by Governor Obado's aide, Michael Oyamo, out of the hotel. Oduor and Otieno were then forced into a black Toyota Fielder allegedly driven by one of Obado's senior officials, Jack Gombe. Journalist Barrack Oduor narrowly escaped by jumping out of the moving vehicle. Sharon, on the other hand, was unable to elude the kidnappers. Her body was found within days of the attack in Kodera forest in Homa Bay, a part of Western Kenya.
The autopsy concluded on Friday, September 7th with doctor Johanson Oduor finding that the attacker stabbed Sharon in the neck, back, and abdomen a total of eight times, not only killing her but also perforating her placenta and killing the baby. She was also badly bruised, which Dr. Oduor claimed was likely evidence of a struggle prior to her death. Additionally, there were several used condoms at the scene of the crime, indicating the attackers also raped her.
The director of criminal investigations collected DNA samples from key murder suspects: the journalist Barrack Oduor, Governor Okoth Obado, and Obado's assistant, Michael Oyamo. Additionally, Oyamo and "former Member of County Assembly (MCA) Lawrence Mula — have been arrested and arraigned in court over Sharon's murder."
The Migori governor was arrested a few weeks later on September 21st following the DNA report's findings that confirmed he was indeed the father of Ms. Otieno's child. He remains in custody and will have a hearing on October 24th to determine the conditions of his bail.
The grisly murder of Sharon Otieno shocked not only Kenya, but the world. While news agencies keep a close eye on how the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) handles Sharon's case, crimes like these happen and continue to occur with unrelenting regularity.
Kidnapping in Kenya
The National Crime Research Center published findings regarding the frequency of kidnapping in Kenya, the potential reasons for it, the most vulnerable or common times that individuals are kidnapped, and difficulties regarding prevention and mitigation, as it is harder to find and predict kidnappers who are family members.
The report went further to include an academic interpretation of not only the incidence of kidnapping, but the motives of kidnappers, which groups of people are most vulnerable, and other factors associated with decision making. The authors received information from several stakeholders including police informants, kidnapping victims, and perpetrators.
Although Sharon Otieno was abducted in Homa Bay County along the Western border, the report found that central Kenya—surrounding the capital, Nairobi—faced the greatest kidnapping challenge despite its overall incidence falling in all counties over the past decade. Regardless of this decrease, it is notable that three-quarters of interviewees still consider kidnapping a national security issue. Locally, opinions were less coherent. Around sixty percent of respondents asserted that kidnapping was a local security issue in spite of the incidence of kidnapping in the area. The authors stated that the disparity between national and local concern may be due to the amount of information available to community members.
A key component of the report documents aggregate findings regarding perpetrator and victim profiles, finding that women are most at risk for kidnapping while men and romantic partners are those who most commonly kidnap. Sharon, a young woman allegedly seeking to expose a powerful political figure with whom she had an intimate relationship, was particularly at risk. From this, it is clear that kidnapping is not a new or unknown phenomenon in Kenya, so why has Sharon's case garnered so much attention?
Women in Society
A key area of the media focus has been on the political nature of the murder. All eyes are on Governor Obado and his affiliates while the investigation is underway. Journalists share report after report detailing the arrests and their affiliation to the governor. His own press secretary told reporters in September that any speculation of the governor's involvement was a ploy used by the opposition to discredit him. Sharon's death also intensified senate races in Migori county. The arrest and subsequent detention of his supporter, governor Obado, apparently dealt a blow to Migori senator Eddy Oketh's election campaign. Moreover, opposition from former presidential candidate, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Party, seized upon the murder investigation as an opportunity to present a narrative that Obado's government was in a moral crisis.
Public responses did not go far enough to adequately acknowledge the widespread nature of violence against women—rape, kidnapping, and murder. Homa Bay representatives demanded that perpetrators be brought to justice while also claiming that Sharon's fate should be a "lesson to all girls" not to accept 'sponsors', financially stable older men who begin relationships with young women. Furthermore, they claimed that it is for "mothers to guard their daughters and take it upon themselves to know what is happening in their lives." Statements like these reveal that women—daughters, mothers—are expected to be responsible for their own safety while men's predatory behaviors are neglected. It is quite apparent that the safety of women, across generations, continues to be dismissed by society and government in favour of policy that enables men's predatory behaviour. This may be due in part to the tendency to victim-blame, a phenomenon not unique to Kenya.
Furthermore, as in all societies, there is little discussion from mainstream politicians and media outlets in Kenya regarding the power imbalance between 'sponsors' like Governor Okoth Obado and women like Sharon Otieno. Blame attributed to the woman for what many consider foolishly or naively trusting a man with money, power, or connections. The focus remains on how the woman behaved instead of the larger picture behind power imbalances in these relationships — the common and broader societal acceptance of financial manipulation by men. There is little discussion of changing norms and poverty that makes relationships like these attractive. Nor regarding the oppressive patriarchal society in which men feel entitled to power, control, and dominance over women. The killers who raped Sharon—a signal of power—prior to killing her serve as an example of this very concept. Certainly, the perpetrators sexually assaulted Sharon to inflict maximum physical agony. However, they also did so to strip her of liberty by intruding her very being against her will. Indeed, such a violation revealed her absolute powerlessness in a physical sense, but also served to exact shame. Furthermore, the focus on women's behavior overlooks all factors – from individual acts to systemic inequalities – that create an environment where atrocities like this are committed by men against women and other marginalized groups.
The media went further to describe her as anti-social and a mystery to even friends and family. To find out more, news organizations interviewed her husband from whom she was separated at the time of the murder. He declined to discuss the matter, fueling journalists' speculations about their relationship despite their separation before she died. This characterization is significant for several reasons. Female stereotypes include outgoing personalities and strong communication skills which starkly contrast Otieno's characterization as cold and mysterious. Furthermore, people, women in particular, who are considered anti-social or as if they reject society's general mores kindle less sympathy; making it seem more legitimate to ignore the issue or blame the victim.
In Sharon Otieno's case, many jumped at her social media posts depicting a lavish lifestyle. According to media accounts, she often posted about her "opulent" getaways while her mother cared for her three children. Beyond simple investigation, such discussion lends little information regarding her relation to furthering the investigation or promoting actionable discourse to prevent further kidnappings. Instead, this account stems from a universal misunderstanding that violence against women is legitimate, when it comes to women who fail to adhere to societal expectations.
Additionally, Ms. Otieno was perceived to have failed her role as a mother. This is a perceived neglect of her womanly responsibilities, or more succinctly, a perceived noncompliance with the social stereotypes of which "mothers are expected to have nearly super-human capacities to nurture and guide. Signs of imperfection in her children or even signs that she may have goals beyond motherhood (e.g., career, a better marriage) can cause her to fall rapidly from the pedestal [society accords her in this role]".
Some social media commentators may think they are the arbiters of justice, claiming that Otieno's fate was inevitable or that she incorrectly managed her relationship with a sponsor; precipitating her murder. What investigators, friends, journalists, politicians, and onlookers have failed to find, however, was a legitimate justification for the abduction, abuse, rape, and murder of a twenty-six-year-old woman. According to the Kenyan Penal Code, "[a]ny person who of malice aforethought causes death of another person by an unlawful act or omission is guilty of murder." Thus, despite online commentary, womanhood or sponsorship or youth or pregnancy are not protected as defendable reasons to kill.
Since the investigation began in early September, several women and girls have been reported murdered, abducted, molested, and found with their throats slit. These victims all have one thing in common: they are female. In the short-term, rigorous investigation is required to find the perpetrators of these crimes and bring them to justice. In the long-term, major cultural shifts must take place worldwide to erase patriarchal domination and enhance women's equality.
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text: After the unfunny disaster that Okawari was (no thanks to that useless shota Fuyuki), I wasn't sure what to expect from Okaeri. But after seeing the OP (freaking YouTube, always deleting videos and rendering old video links useless. Damn you! *ahem*), my high hopes were rekindled. And for the most part, I give Asread credit for going back to the drawing board and putting in the work to try to reclaim Minami-ke's golden first season glory. It wasn't perfect, but I thought it was definitely a success, as Okaeri was exponentially funnier and more enjoyable than Okawari.


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More than 1,700 acres of Greenspace (open spaces) scattered throughout The Territory are maintained as natural habitat and protected from future development, including the 7-mile shoreline of Lake Galena. Wild turkey, white-tailed deer and red fox are frequently seen, along with hawks and eagles soaring overhead. Woods and meadows are lush with grasses, flowers, ferns, shrubs and trees May through October. With 24 miles of trails winding through Greenspace, hikers can spend a day enjoying the serenity and solitude that only nature can provide.
The trails closest to Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa are paved and suitable for jogging, power walking and other activities that require sure footing. Some of these trails also have lookout platforms for beautiful panoramas of Lake Galena and the countryside.
The majority of the trails are natural and not paved. They are rugged and sometimes wet and slippery depending on prevailing weather conditions. However, that just adds to their charm! Hiking and horseback riding are two of the most popular pastimes here and can be enjoyed year-round. Although the trails are not groomed for cross-country skiing, Association members and their guests can break their own trails and discover the beauty and winter solitude of The Galena Territory.


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Topshop Ohh La La Lipstick Review
Okay, so I have a confession to make. This is the first piece of Topshop makeup that I have ever bought! I know, it's ridiculous. Especially since I am always hearing so many good things about Topshop make. So anyway, the first purchase that I made was this bright coral red coloured lipstick for £8. Over the last few months I have been really getting into lipsticks and have started to build up a bit of a collection. But so far the colours that I have are pretty wintery and as I am already shopping for Spring/Summer (I know it's early but I'm so excited!) I chose this beautiful bright shade.
To be perfectly honest the tester was very scary, I've never really rocked a bright bold lip colour before and not even the pictures can show you how bright this is in real life! The best way that I can think of describing it would be to say that it's a "neon peachy colour". Not really very technical but oh well! It doesn't come out as bright on the lips but can really be built up to however strong you want it. And the formula is not matte but not overly glossy either which I really love.
One thing that I do have to say is that being a bold lip you really can tell when your lips are dry or flaky. A little bit of exfoliating before wearing this lipstick is definitely a must! I think this would look gorgeous in Spring with lashings of mascara and dewy bronzed skin. I can also imagine wearing something crisp and white to really pull this modern Spring look together.
Overall I am very impressed with my first Topshop product and will definitely be buying some more pieces on my next shopping spree. So let me know in the comments below what you think about Topshop makeup and I would love to hear about any product recommendations that you have.


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Ailsa Davies our Office Administrator is retiring at the end of this week. Ailsa has worked at Liberton for
15 years. During that time she has been a valuable asset to the smooth running of the Club. Ailsa always
greeted everyone with a friendly smile if ever they had cause to visit the Office.
I am sure that everyone in the Club will wish her a happy retirement.
Ailsa's replacement is Vivian Napier who has been with us for a couple of weeks. I am sure that everyone
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Multi Tasking Perfecting Powder
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Set, perfect, and go with the Multi-Tasking Perfecting Powder from BECCA. This water-resistant, pure mineral foundation provides buildable coverage for a weightless finish that protects and perfects the skin. With a unique, silky texture, this multi-tasking powder imparts a natural look while working as a foundation, setting product, highlight, contour, and touch-up all in one.
The Details
- Antioxidant vitamins A, B, C & E offer anti-aging benefits while allowing skin to breath
- Blends seamlessly into the skin for a natural finish
- Buildable light to full coverage
- 0.2 oz
- Revolve Style No. BECR-WU19
- Manufacturer Style No. B-PROMTPP07
- Actual packaging and materials may vary. Please read labels, warnings, and directions before use.
How to Use
- Apply with the BECCA Soft Kabuki Brush
Mica, Silica, Lauroyl Lysine, Boron Nitride, Zinc Stearate, Squalane, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Caprylate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Retinyl Palmitate, Panthenyl Triacetate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Palmaria Palmata Extract, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Trimyristin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Dipropylene Glycol, Aqua (Water/Eau), p-Anisic Acid, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Potassium Sorbate. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491/77492/77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride).
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The LFL2-CK-U range of float switches from Pepperl + Fuchs are cylindrical float switches with a sleeve design. They each come with a 5m cable available in a choice of materials.
These float switches have a cylindrical sleeve design. Please refer to the list below for information on ball design options too.
The LFL2-CK-U float switches feature a switching element that, if it deviates from the horizontal position, activates a micro switch (change-over contact).
How is it mounted?
The LFL2-CK-U float switches can be mounted through the side of the tank, through a cable gland more than or equal to G1A.
How big is it?
The sleeve measures 135 x 29.2 mm. The cable is 5m long.
Versions Available:
(339-5238) - LFL2-CK-U-PVC5 - Sleeve with PVC Cable
(350-2060) - LFL2-CK-U-PUR5 - Sleeve with PUR Cable
(350-2076) - LFL2-CK-U-CSM5 - Sleeve with CSM Cable
(339-5244) - LFL2-BK-U-PVC5 - Ball with PVC Cable
(350-2082) - LFL2-BK-U-PUR5 - Ball with PUR Cable
(350-2098) - LFL2-BK-U-CSM5 - Ball with CSM Cable
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Even though you can use the built-in WordPress support for audio files, there are plugins that might just make it easier. You can add audio files into the WordPress media library ad create playlist with the mp3 format without a plugin. However, with the right plugin, this may become easier. Here are a few of the best WordPress audio player plugins.
Audio Album
The Audio Album plugin for WordPress allows you to add collections of audio files to an album and display them on your website. This plugin makes it easy to put your playlists and audio player out on your WordPress website.
It's specifically written for displaying playlists on your site and uses the built-in functionality of WordPress. The plugin will give you more functions than WordPress provides and will allow you to use it for playlists of single tracks.
Compact WP Audio Player
When you decide to use the Compact WP Audio Player, you will be able to do many things. It's compatible with all major browsers and will allow you to use your entire post area for your audio player. You can add a smaller player, as well.
CP Media Player
Not only will you be able to add an audio player with the CP Media Player plugin, but you can also add a video player. It supports all major browsers and most devices. You can customize the media player with many different skins, as well.
Simple Music Widget
A very simple way to add an audio player to your WordPress website is with the Simple Music Widget. This plugin will allow you to show your music player with song details in the widget area of your website.
All of these plugins give you a way to add an audio player to your WordPress website. Whether you just want something simple or you prefer something you can customize, there are plenty of choices on this list and even more for your WordPress website.


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6 Tips to Remember When Using Video Chat for Customer Service
By Kelsey Jones
If you're looking for a way to provide a higher level of customer service without having to provide in-person support, customer service video chat may be a great option for your business. In addition to being more secure than many text or email support options, online users are getting used to video being part of their experience with a company. This makes it the perfect time for customer support teams to start leveraging video to create a better customer support experience.
Video customer service has a lot of benefits. Using video chat customer service helps you stand out because you can provide a customer service solution that many of your competitors likely aren't using. What's more, this level of service is perfect for many of your high-value customers whose long-term relationships you want to continue to strengthen. Video instantly creates a more personal connection, which personifies your company and can increase the trust value of your support team.
Here are some ways you can use video chat customer service more effectively.
Use Screenshare for Customer Support
Video chat technology has evolved, so many solutions are available directly in the customer's browser. This means they there's no additional software to download in order to get video support, which makes the estimated adoption rate of video customer support chat higher. Gartner estimates that "more than 100 of the 500 largest global businesses will introduce video-based chat by 2018 for customer-facing interactions."
This is perfect for technical or high-level issues that may take someone without the right experience hours to fix. Not only is this easier from a communication standpoint, but it also saves the customer and your support team time and energy. A shorter and more reliable customer support experience leads to happier customers and more available time for support teams to focus on other matters.
Make the Technology Easily Usable and Intuitive
One aspect of video chat that could make or break this technology for your company is ease of use. The right video chat solution won't require customers to download large or bulky chat applications on their computers or phones before being able to talk to or interact with a customer support person.
Many video chat solutions work right in a user's browser. This is important, as it eliminates the time it would take customers to download software they likely won't use again before they can get an answer from a real person. Making video chat connections one click and easy to use is the key to getting this new type of support used—and appreciated—by your customers.
Make Buttons Easy to Understand
An instant connection is key to a great customer support video experience. But in order to make that work, option buttons need to be intuitive and easy to understand. For many customers, this is a brand new way to get support from companies, so having video chat work instantly is key.
Options should also be kept to a minimum so they don't lead to choice paralysis, and therefore confusion. Ideally, customers can use visual technology, such as sharing their screen, being able to drop links into a chat, or sharing screenshots with the support member they're talking to. These tools help both your customer service agents and customers get the most out of their video chat experience.
Accessibility Across Platforms is Key
In order to ensure the video chat itself is easy to use, it should also be accessible across all the platforms your customers use to experience your product. These may include your app, mobile website, and the desktop version of your website. Amazon's suite of Kindle tablets famously familiarised this in 2013 by offering a "mayday" support button on new Kindles that customers could push to instantly connect to a live support person via video. The support person could see the user's screen, which was the most effective way to help the customer resolve the issue.
Amazon figured out that their customers needed instant support directly on their device, instead of being forced to use the tablet's internet browser or a separate device (such as a computer or smartphone) to access support archives or a contact form. This gave customers peace of mind and provided incentive for purchasing a Kindle tablet instead of a competitor's reading tablet. Customers knew if they had any problems a real person would instantly help them.
Good Recordings for Training
In addition to being a faster, more streamlined experience for the customer, using video chat for customer support requests, and recording select sessions, provides valuable training videos for future customer service team members. According to a study done by the University of Hawai'i and Michigan State University, seeing problems worked out on video has been shown to be more impactful and have a higher information retention rate than audio or written content.
As long as you have your customers' permission, try to use real video recordings for customer support training. Video can often be more engaging to watch, instead of just reading content. It also lets trainees and supervisors pay attention to the tone and facial expressions of the recorded support team member, which provides inspiration and insight for new trainees on future calls.
Problems are Solved Faster
Your customers may appreciate the ability to instantly talk to a real person they can see, instead of waiting for an answer via email or connecting to a support person through live website chat. This instant connection means problems are often solved faster and in a more personal manner, which helps customers feel like your company cares about them. Furthermore, being able to go through support tickets faster also helps your customer support team see higher close numbers and handle a larger volume of problems during each business day.
Video chat customer support can also go beyond just web-based requests. The Los Angeles Times reports that an ATM provider uses video chat on their machines to instantly help customers. This ingenious approach not only helps customers with their ATM request and questions faster, but also provides the company with valuable insight into the confusing points of using their machines and how they can improve the process. Customers appreciate being able to connect with a support member immediately, without having to use their phone or other device.
As we move toward more self-serving store locations and check-out processes, using video chat will help customers increase self-sufficiency. In the long run, it will cut down on the number of employees required at physical locations and will let more workers log in from home as remote customer service team members. For instance, Amazon Go's automated convenience stores, which rely on computerised vision to help the customer check out, could use video chat for instances in which the customer needs to talk to someone instead of interacting with a computer kiosk. "By 2018, five percent of customer service cases will be initiated by internet-connected devices, up from 0.02 percent in 2014," reports Gartner. Brands, including GoDaddy, Amazon, Target, and Audi, are all making video chat for customer service a part of their service offerings in order to keep up.
More and more companies are using video chat to solve customer problems quickly and in a more humanized way. It may be beneficial to consider video chat for more personalised support, better training recordings for new team members, and a faster customer service solution. As we move toward technology that can do more for us, seeing a real person on your screen, one who is committed to helping you solve your problem, is a refreshing way for companies to stay connected to their customers.


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Vegas Seven Names Picks for "Best of the City"
Last updated: August 6, 2012 at 1:32 pm. Posted by Las Vegas Blog Staff in Caesars Palace, Celebrities, Las Vegas Casinos, Las Vegas Hotels, Nightlife, Planet Hollywood Resort, Rio Las Vegas, The Cromwell. Comments Off on Vegas Seven Names Picks for "Best of the City".
Vegas Seven magazine has published its "Best of the City" edition, highlighting some of Sin City's most remarkable people, places and things.
The magazine's list of bests is far too extensive to adequately cover here, so we're just going to single out a couple of items related to Caesars Entertainment, whose blog this is. Hey, if you want objectivity, start your own blog.
Check out the full "Best of the City" feature at Seven Vegas.
Among the city's best stuff was an award for "Best Hotel Technology." Vegas Seven gave props to the Octavius app available to guests of the Octavius Tower at Caesars Palace.
Get a feel for what the groundbreaking app does online here.
The "Best of the City" issue named Rio Las Vegas headliner Penn Jillette "Best Reality TV Star."
Penn made quite an impression on the most recent edition of "The Celebrity Apprentice," and was only "fired" because "there is no justice in this world, thank you." It turned out well, though. Read more.
Drai's After Hour, at Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon, was deemed "Best EDC Week Bonus" by Vegas Seven. EDC, of course, refers to Electric Daisy Carnival, the massive electronic music festival that now calls the Las Vegas Motor Speedway home. A unique line-up of DJs made Bill's the place to be when EDC ended each day.
Also on Vegas Seven's list of the city's best was Gallery Nightclub at Planet Hollywood for "Best Nightclub Art Show." The mag points out the appeal of the nightclub's black-and-white erotic photography. Learn more.
Did Vegas Seven's list include all your favorite Vegas places and personalities? Check out the issue and let us know what you think in the Comments section or on our Facebook page.


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text: Prayer for October 11: Please pray with me. God who makes us uncomfortable, what do we say? We love our comfort Lord. We want our comfort. We want to be spectators, not doers of your word. We want someone else to get their hands dirty God. We want to be comfortable followers – we can follow when it won't take us out of our comfort zones. We say things like we want to follow, but it's inconvenient. We want to follow, but it's uncomfortable. We want to follow, but it puts in contact with people we don't want to be in contact with. We want to follow, but…Thankfully, you don't say the same things about loving us. Thank you. Amen.


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While this website may have been rather inactive, the kinship has NOT. We're going stronger than ever, and recently celebrated our first anniversary! The evening began with anniversary keg rides, then moved to Moria, to the bar at the top of the 21st Hall, where we sparred and jumped to our deaths (prompting commentary in /world, to the effect of "why are people falling from the ceiling??") and ended in a rousing game of Hide-and-Seek in Bree. Good times were had by all!
Our kinship Yule party will take place this Sunday, 17th December 2017, at 8 pm /servertime, but if you can't join us for that, never fear! There are always more good times ahead, for Here Be Dragons!
Happy Anniversary, Kinfolk!
Ali / Dec 11, 2017 / Kinship Events


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