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US, February 10, 2015: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced that Carl Reed retired from his position of CTO and Executive Director Standards Programme at the OGC on January 31. As previously reported, Scott Simmons has already assumed the role of Executive Director, Standards Program and George Percivall, OGC Chief Engineer, will assume the role of CTO.
Dr. Reed will continue to work with OGC members and the OGC to further the vision and mission of the OGC and to help educate the community on how incorporating OGC standards into business processes and technology enhances value and protects investments.
Commenting on the announcement, Mark Reichardt, OGC's president and CEO said, "Dr. Reed has been a leading figure in the geospatial industry for decades, and he was a strong proponent of open standards-based interoperability before the OGC's formation in 1994."
"We at OGC have been extremely fortunate that Carl decided to join OGC staff in 2001. Through his leadership, extensive technical insight, community experience and superb facilitation skills he contributed tremendously to the success of OGC's global consensus standards process. He also helped establish important and pervasive alliances between the OGC and other leading Standards Development Organizations to assure consistent handling of location across the standards stack," he added.
Dr. Reed's career in the geospatial industry began in 1969 with his coding of the first interactive mapping program in BASIC. In 1978 he finished the first version of the seminal MOSS vector Geographic Information System (GIS) for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, software that advanced technology still in use around the world. Dr. Reed led the development of the DeltaMap GIS and founded Delta Systems in 1986, which merged with Genasys II in 1989. While president of Genasys Americas, Dr. Reed was instrumental in the industry meetings and prototyping work that led to OGC's founding in 1994.
He was voted one of the top 10 most influential people in GIS in 1996. Recognising the importance of providing a spatial foundation for the Web, he joined the OGC as CTO and Executive Director of the Standards Program in 2001. Through his leadership of the OGC standards process and his generous sharing of geospatial expertise with other standards organizations he has played a critical role in making the world's geospatial information discoverable, shareable and useable. In 2009 Directions Media named him one of the top 10 people in the geospatial industry and in that year he was also inducted into the URISA GIS Hall of Fame. In 2014 he received Geospatial World's Lifetime Achievement award.
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I remember one occasion walking alone in the mountains during a hot Greek summer. I was thirsty. Then in a clearing I heard the sound of running water. Not much, but enough to make that unmistakeable sound. At the root of a tall tree the ground fell away and revealed a gash in the earth out of which the water ran.
As I drank, it dawned on me why so many tiny churches out in the Greek countryside are built next to springs. In many cases, the story must surely go back to some thirsty person in the dry season coming upon the spring and – like me – being overwhelmed by a feeling of gratitude. It is a feeling that affects the knees. Instinctively one wants to kneel down and offer thanks. To what? To the spirit of the spring? And if I happened to live in the vicinity of that spring I would be moved to build something so that the water would flow more easily into whatever container people might bring, and while building I might want to add something to indicate how special the place is.
What would Sisyphus or Camus do at the spring? At brief moments in "The Myth of Sisyphus" Camus shows that he is not always completely unmoved by things like springs out in the countryside. For instance, he says at one exceptional point that "the soft lines of these hills and the hand of evening on this troubled heart teach me much more [than all the theories that have failed to answer the question of the meaning of life]". Let me repeat that phrase: "the soft lines of the hills". Camus holds that glinting phrase up, but then casts it aside and tramples it into the dust of his argument. Perversely, he then denies that the hills have any soft lines. The soft lines are only in us. They are illusory. Let us not be deceived, he insists. Be lucid (a ruthless lucidty – Camus' foremost virtue) and see that the hills themselves are just lumps of earth. Our (absurd) life is the confrontation between our longing for soft lines and the irrational lumps of earth.
This theory of the absurd looks more and more like some terrible armour – armour that is impregnable to the faint sounds of the spring in the forest clearing. The absurd theoretician – having stripped the water of its soft lines and its music – sees only brute irrational liquid – liquid that is drunk by brute lips only to be excreted a short time later. Drinking and pissing. Drinking and pissing. No, nothing to be grateful for, and certainly no reason to build anything. Just a challenge. Can one live in this intellectual desert and affirm such a senseless cycle of ingestion and excretion – affirm the absurd?

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A teacher friend across the hall is having a hard year personally. She's a generous, loving, great teacher most of the time but she's fallen into the movie trap, teaching-wise.
Now, let's say she teaches Farsi. If the movies she showed were all in Farsi or perhaps showed Arabic culture, she'd be golden. But they're not. She's gone to all the fluffy, inspirational movies about teachers. It's a bad genre for the purpose of watching but it's worse for her purpose, inspiring schoolkids.
This isn't to say that those movies can't inspire kids, but is anyone catching the irony? Do all those inspirational teachers in movies show any movies? I like to imagine here of a movie of a teacher showing a movie of a teacher showing a movie...
Doesn't happen. I wonder if this highlights both my colleague's shortcomings and the fictional nature of these movies.
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Whether you are active in sports or fitness training, or lead a sedentary lifestyle, you can help your body immune system through taking the best nutrition supplements on a regular basis. Vitamin supplements can be taken specifically to improve joint health, enhance hair growth or even boost your libido.
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With fast paced lifestyles and the high incidence of people opting for fast foods to save time results in the majority of people lacking many vitamins to maintain a healthy immunes system. This is where quality nutrition supplements are extremely helpful. In a recent article it has been mentioned where many vitamins can be found in certain foods and you will be surprised to find that many of them are completely missing from your diet.
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Vegetarians for example will be deficient in specific vitamins and minerals that are only found in animal products. One good example is iron. Vegetarians should also read the information of nutrition supplements because some are produced through the use of animal products which would contravene their beliefs.
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Conferences South West is pleased to invite you to attend the above event, to be held at The Sandbanks Hotel, Poole, Dorset.
It is anticipated that up to 80 delegates will attend this year's event.
Exhibitors will be in the sited in The Railway Carriage, Sandbanks Lounge and Coffee shop area where refreshments will be served. Lunch will be served in the restaurant which is adjacent to The Railway Carriage.
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke on the phone with President Trump on Saturday.
Why it matters: Israel is closely following the Trump-Putin summit, which takes place Monday in Helsinki, Finland. One of the main issues in the summit will be a possible deal on the future of Syria. Israel wants Iranian forces, Hezbollah and pro-Iranian Shia militias out of Syria in any future deal. Israel is concerned about possible pullout of U.S. forces from Syria, which will allow further entrenchment of Syrian forces in the country.


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Recherche AVEC et non SUR les locuteurs (cf. "deafcentered research" de Antinoro Pizzuto)
- "Researchers' access to the language varieties of the community and in-group knowledge can also be a challenge. If the researcher is not a native speaker of all of the language varieties being studied or an in-group member of the community, additional research and consultation with native speakers is necessary in order to handle the data honestly and responsibly. If the researcher is an in-group member and a native speaker of the language varieties being studied, insider knowledge must be questioned and language attitudes examined." (Cashman 2009, p. 294)
- "When the community you are studying is a minority language community, additional challenges and opportunities might await you. Whether or not you are a member of the community, you may be called upon to provide information, assistance, and advocacy for the community, even on language issues that do not fall in tour area of expertise. Many sociolinguists feel that it is the responsibility of the researcher to repay the community by services such as error correction and advocacy to the community (Labov, 1982a), by empowerment of research participants through involving community members in every aspect of the research (Cameron et al. 1993), and by proving linguistic gratuity to the community in the form of services, educational information, and products (Wolfram, 1993, 1998, 2000)." (Cashman 2009, p. 294)
- "Selon l'enquête HID, environ 119 000 personnes utiliseraient la langue des signes en France métropolitaine, parmi lesquelles 44 000 déficients auditifs et 75 000 personnes n'ayant pas déclaré de déficience auditive." (DREES 2005, p. 78)


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About Sleep Apnea
When a person lays down at night, the throat may become constricted and limit airway, which causes snoring and sleep apnea. Oral appliance therapy (O.A.T.) helps treat sleep apnea and snoring with custom mouth guards. Dr. Wally Cantu and our Crown Dental team in West Richland, WA work with numerous patients who are tired of losing precious sleep, while experiencing a number of other symptoms due to sleep apnea. While some patients may require a more in-dept treatment approach, many times a snore guard is all that is neede. Also known as a night guard, this device, which is custom fit inside our dental office, keeps the jaw in an optimal position to allow enough oxygen to reach the body during sleep. If not treated, sleep apnea can lead to many larger problems, including:
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Dr. Cantu will most likely recommend patients partake in a sleep study to confirm their sleep apnea and go over possible treatments.
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If Dr. Cantu recommends, and the patient decides to get an oral appliance, a mold will be taken of the patient's mouth at our office. The mold will be sent to a dental laboratory where a custom mouth guard will be created based on the patient's needs. When the mouth guard is returned to the office, the patient will come in to have their oral appliance fitted. The patient will wear their oral appliance at night to open their airway and minimize or eliminate snoring and sleep apnea. In most cases, this does the trick and our patients see great improvement in their snoring and sleeping.
Treatment Aftercare
Patients should wear their mouth guard every night and follow care instructions given by our practice. Patients should bring their mouth guard with them when they visit Dr. Cantu for dental exams and cleanings so we can check the fit and wear of the appliance. Proper care will help the night guard last longer, however oral appliances will need to be replaced over time.
Anticipated Costs
A custom oral appliance for sleep apnea usually costs from $800 and $2,000, which includes dental visits, molds, fittings, and follow up appointment as well as the device. Most insurance companies cover some or all of the cost of oral appliance therapy.
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Sleep apnea may be preventing you or your partner from getting a good night's sleep, but a custom oral appliance can help everyone. Anyone who worries that they or their partner suffers from sleep apnea should schedule a consultation to determine appropriate treatment. Dr. Cantu works with many patients suffering from sleep issues and can help recommend the right approach. We invite you to call Crown Dental for more information.


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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway hit will rock Sydney from November 2019!
Based on the iconic, hit movie, this irresistible new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a supply teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight –A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school's headmistress finding out?


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Laurie Hernandez receives perfect scores on "Dancing with the Stars"
Laurie Hernandez continues to dominate the "Dancing With the Stars" stage, earning the season's first perfect score on Monday with an amazing tribute to Michael Jackson.
It was Cirque du Soleil week on "DWTS" and the Olympic gold medalist and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, showed off her wild side with an absolutely flawless jazz routine set to the King of Pop's "The Way You Make Me Feel," which blew the judges way.
Inspired by Cirque's best-selling show, Michael Jackson ONE, Hernandez and Chmerkovskiy did what so many before have failed to pull off: perfectly emulate Jackson's epic stage presence.
The 16-year-old Olympic gymnast rocked a hot pink mini-dress while her 30-year-old pro-partner did his best to keep up as Hernandez absolutely slayed.
Judge Julianne Hough couldn't contain her excitement over Hernandez's amazing routine, telling her that Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, "but you are the Queen of the Ballroom!"
Judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba were equally thrilled. Inaba praised the pair for their raw energy and perfect execution with "every move perfectly defined."
The pair were speaking with DWTS co-host Erin Andrews when the judges held up three '10' cards, giving the couple the first perfect score of season 23, and Hernandez could not contain her shock and excitement.
ET's Nischelle Turner caught up with Hernandez backstage after the show, where she opened up about her acclaimed performance.
"I felt like I was in a real-life music video!" she exclaimed. The routine, which incorporated acrobatics and several moving set pieces, was one of the season's most memorable yet.
As for her perfect score, Hernandez explained why she was so incredibly stunned by all the love from the judges.
"I was so surprised, because we hadn't gotten a '9' yet, and so I was just, like, 'Wow, we might get our first '9's today!' And then they went '10,' '10,' '10,' and I was just like, 'Aaaahhh!!!'" she recalled.


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July was sizzling hot and a trip downtown was a perfect way to end the month! Check out these pictures from our Monthly Au Pair meeting in historic San Antonio. A very Happy Birthday to Maria who happened to get serenaded on our River Cruise!
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SANTIAGO – Chile's transport and communications ministry MTT has launched free Wi-Fi on new buses of Santiago's public transport system Transantiago.
Padded seats, air conditioning, USB chargers, security cameras, braking that prevents sudden stops and much less polluting; are some characteristics of the new fleet that will be integrated into the Metro.
Los nuevos buses del @Transantiago contarán con aire acondicionado, WIFI, cargadores USB, cámaras de seguridad y son mucho menos contaminantes ✔💚 Más en https://t.co/NeVCzP8O5j pic.twitter.com/GTElFYvnTz
— Gobierno de Chile (@GobiernodeChile) October 14, 2018
As a way to start the process of renewing the bus fleet in Santiago, which will be from the first quarter of 2019, the President of the Republic, together with the Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, the Minister of Energy, and the Environment Ambient, presented models of the new Transantiago fleet in the Plaza de la Constitución last week.
The renewal of the first group of fleet replacement is 500 buses and obeys, as a central priority, the need to remove buses that are currently 12 years old (on average) of seniority, also being in the limit of its useful life.
On the other hand, the replacement criteria are focused on improving the travel experience of users in various areas, ranging from the typical features of the bus, to grant people vehicles of high technological and safety standards.
The total number of replacement buses is 3,000 with Euro VI technology and 200 electric buses, with the same quality standards.
Characteristics of the new buses:
- Euro VI models, which will operate in the companies STP, Vule, Metbus and Redbus
- High efficiency vehicles for fuel consumption
- Additionally, they are buses that pollute 90 percent less, in relation to a Euro III (the predominant -and oldest- fleet in the system)
- Regarding the emission levels of particulate material, with respect to a Euro V, these buses contaminate 50% less
- Regarding its benefits for users, these buses have padded seats, air conditioning, security cameras, and even a braking system that prevents sudden stops
- Entry into operation: first semester of 2019
- Costs of each bus: 350 thousand dollars, approximately
- USB and WIFI chargers
President Sebastian Piñera in the launch guide noted that the goal of this new system is "to replace the sadly celebrated Transantago by a new public transport system, which we have called Transport Third Millennium and which is to give all citizens a transport system public that is of quality, economic, clean and that guarantees the routes and the schedules and that allow to the people to be able to enjoy the times that must happen in the public transport".
Then, addressing the country, the president pointed out that "everything we are doing has only one objective. That you, lady, that you sir, that all the inhabitants of our country can use public transport and have a quality transport, worthy, that meets their schedules and routes and that allows you not only to transport yourself with dignity, but to allow recover the free time that is perhaps the scarcest resource we have in modern times."
He closed the speech emphasizing that this project of modernization of public transport will be integrated into the Metro and will not be left alone in the Metropolitan Region, but will reach all regions of Chile.
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This exciting programming camp provides you with an introduction to coding and gives you an understanding of how computer coding works through the use of both "drag and drop" tools and Javascript. This camp uses a combination of programming tools, including game software that lets you play and code at the same time. Ultimately, you take on the role of a mighty hero who can cast spells. However, to wield this magic you will need to learn how to write computer code. No prior experience necessary. All skill levels are welcome.
- Understand the basic principles of Coding
- Design and build a gaming application using CodeSpells and/or Code Combat
Topics Covered
- Review of object oriented design programming concepts with CodeSpells and/or Code Combat
- Review of the Drag and Drop Programming software development environment
- Managing data types and variables, handling user input, finding and fixing program errors
Software Used
- CodeCombat
- CodeSpells
- Steam
- Windows 10
Fleming Tech Camps focus on providing campers with experiences working with amazing technologies. We provide Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced materials - we have your camper covered no matter your skill level. Many of our campers elect to take our camp programs more then once. Each time they take a camp program they have new experiences with the topics covered and can work on more and more advanced projects as their skill levels increase.
Our camps are designed for kids that are highly motivated to learn about technology - about 65% of the day take place in a classroom. The day is broken up into six periods (not including lunch), and we offer a free extended AM and PM program at both the Cabrini University and Manor College Campuses. In addition, at Cabrini College, we offer an optional overnight program for campers aged 9 and up.
Classroom & Hands-On Computer Lab (4 periods)
More then 65% of the day is spent indoors working in the labs. Each day camper are provided with two AM and two PM instruction/lab periods.
Outdoor Activities (2 periods)
Each day our campers spend time outdoors (weather permitting) and play games such as capture the flag, kickball, 'Nurf War', and compete in water fights.
Lunch and Breaks
We will take a few breaks during the camp day - during breaks campers can have a snack and/or play in a video or board game tournament. We feature daily game competitions with Nintendo's SUPER SMASH BROTHERS and Ubisoft's JUST DANCE.
Many campers buy lunch from our partner schools. Each campuses offers an optional food service program and costs for the service differ from campus to campus. If you don't want to buy lunch, be sure to send a lunch with your child that doesn't need to be refrigerated.
Pricing for Day Camps:
Pricing, and discounts, for our day camp programs are set by our partner-locations. Pricing for each partner-location is available on the following webpages:
Extended Morning Camp - 8AM to 9AM
It's time to wake up - Mornings are awesome at Fleming Tech Camps!
The Extended Morning Program is FREE extension of the full day camp. Each day your child will have the opportunity to hang out in our lab where they can play games or work on exciting projects. The AM program also includes entry into our AM tournaments for: knock-hockey; checkers; Super Smash Bothers; and Just Dance
- The Extended Morning Camp runs 1 hours prior to the start of the camp day
- Campers can be dropped off at anytime between 8AM and 9AM (starting at 7:30AM at Rutgers)
- There is no fee for this program at Cabrini University, Rutgers University or Manor College
EXTENDED AFTERNOON CAMP - 4PM to 6PM
Camp doesn't have to end at 4PM! - Afternoons at Fleming Tech Camps are like a big party!
The Extended Afternoon is full of fun and cool activities. Taking place in our gaming classroom, our campers have access to lots of games (board games and video games), experiments, craft projects and other activities.
Your kids will have the option to: participate in a game tournaments, work on projects; join a quest in a role playing game; or just hang out!!!
- The Extended After Camp runs for up to 2 hours after the close of day camp
- Campers can be picked up anytime between 4PM to 6PM (4PM on Fridays)
- There is no fee for this service
|8:00 - 9:00
|Camper Sign In
Early Morning Activity & Extended AM Program
|9:00 - 9:20
|Camp Meeting and Games
|9:20 - 10:30
|Morning Topic - Period 1
|10:30 - 11:00
|Outdoor Activity - Period 2
|11:00 - 12:00
|Morning Topic - Period 3
|12:00 - 12:30
|12:30 - 1:30
|Afternoon Topics - Period 4
|1:30 - 2:00
|Outdoor Activity - Period 5
|2:00 - 4:00
|Afternoon Topics - Period 6
|4:00 - 6:00 (4PM on Fridays)
|PM Extended Day Program - Campers are picked up anytime between 4pm and 6pm (4pm on Fridays)
Locations & Dates For 2018:
Cabrini University - Radnor PA - Day and Overnight Camps
Manor College - Jenkintown, PA - Day Camps
Rutgers University, Cook Campus - New Brunswick, NJ - Day Camps
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I lie here, with my eyes closed. I'm ill, I need to do this- nothing. I've had my brief dose of the laptop, I've read as much as I can or should, and now I must do nothing. I often think that I have lost the ability (if I had it to begin with) to just be, to do nothing, to simply think, or think of nothing. But here I am, and I must because the pain is too much.
So now I try to relax. Find something to think of, but my mind will not be controlled thus. Instead i flit from thought to thought. From details to ideas, from memories to opinions, so breezily I can't even catch the connections that lead from one to another. I try to see them, try to hold on to the thread that takes me from abstracts to specifics, but they disintegrate.
I can hear the wind chimes tinkle gently. Ta-dak, dak. Ta-dak, dak. A car whizzes by outside unusually loudly. An infant squeals in the park. I can suddenly smell sea water, hear waves. My mouth tastes salt, then waters for spice and kaffir lime leaves. I think of FairPrice, the local supermarket, and that I haven't been there in some time now. I can see some design, a look, something I could experiment with at work, but I push the thought away. I don't want to think about office. I am aware now again, aware that I am thinking. Aware that I am trying to think. I grasp, reach out, clutch at thin air.
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The National AGM was held on the 26th April 2019 at National Office in Penrose Auckland and made available via web-conferencing for members and staff to join remotely.
Members and supporters were in attendance, including former National Council Chairperson, Helen Melrose.
Trevor Jenkin presented his Chairperson's Report and noted the highlights as:
The outcome of the National Council elections was announced. Three councillor at large positions were available and only 1 was received from a sitting councillor, Jan Daly. Kerry Stephenson decided not to re-stand this term. Trevor Jenkin confirmed that there were only 2 nominations for the position of Councillor-at-Large, they were: Joy Jenkin and Jan Daly.
Newly elected councillors are:
Formal business was followed by an engaging presentation from Dr. Tristram Ingham.
To view the 2018 annual report, click here.
In March each year we call for nominations to fill positions on National Council, as elected members reach the end of their two year term. Elected members can stand for re-election, however all people wanting to stand for National Council must meet eligibility criteria, complete an official nomination form and be nominated and seconded by current members of MDANZ.
If more nominations are received than positions available, we will conduct a ballot to elect National Council members. Only formally registered members of MDANZ may vote during National Council elections. Friends of the Association may not. Only Rangatahi members aged 16-25 years may vote for the Rangatahi Representative.
If you are interested in the role of the National Council and would like to find out more, please contact the National Chief Executive at National Office by phoning 0800 800 337 or email us at [email protected].


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Little Buds has two rooms – Tremendous Twos + room and Pre-school roomproviding full day care, session care and wraparound. We offer an extended childcare service with excellent quality care in a secure, happy and fun environment.
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Little Buds also offers breakfast and after school care for children who attend the school up to the age of 8yrs. There is also breakfast and after school care available for children aged 6yrs + within the School.
Little Buds is a secure, happy, fun learning through play environment. We have a securely fenced garden for playing outdoors where we have fun and enjoy games.
Children who start Little Buds must be in the process of toilet training.
We are open 50 weeks of the year and full day holiday care can be provided if requested. See above for school holiday opening times.
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By Mark Ackerman and Jennifer Brice
DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado State Patrol has instituted a mandatory two-day training in "fair and impartial policing" for all of its troopers.
The training is taking place as CSP statistics show state troopers may be ticketing Hispanic drivers at a higher rate than white drivers.
CSP Chief Scott Hernandez says his agency examines "discretionary" speeding tickets for bias. The specific infraction CSP analyzes is speeding tickets 10-19 mph over the limit, where a trooper has to decide whether to issue a ticket or let the driver off with a warning.
"If we use speeding, the exact same speed, the trooper will make that contact and tell us how we are treating the person who is actually sitting behind the wheel," Hernandez said.
According to CSP's 2015 accreditation report, when clocked 10-19 mph over the speed limit, Hispanic motorists were issued speeding tickets 64.4 percent of the time, and received warnings 35.6 percent of the time. The frequency in which Hispanics were ticketed outpaced black drivers (59.3 percent tickets vs. 40.7 percent warnings) and white drivers (56.8 percent tickets vs. 43.2 percent warnings).
A CBS4 data analysis found minority drivers were issued discretionary speeding tickets more frequently than white drivers each of the past five years.
"My thoughts are that's why we continually need to train and strive to get better and more accurate," said Hernandez when asked about the disparity.
CSP is one of the first law enforcement agencies that collects racial information every time troopers come in contact with citizens.
"I'm proud that we gather this data," he said. "Although it's challenging to be asked questions about what we might find out, it makes us better."
Getting a better picture of race is a goal shared with Denver Police Chief Robert White, who has vowed to start collecting racial data in the near future.
"The reality of it is there are parts of our community that feel like they are being unfairly treated by police officers," said White, who hopes statistics will either alleviate or validate community concerns.
"If the data shows something, we are going to correct it," said White.
White is asking experts and activists for input into the best ways to collect this information.
White tells CBS4 he's leaning towards the most direct approach.
"It might be in our best interest to ask the person what their race is," he said.
It's a question state troopers aren't instructed to ask.
"It's just their best guess," explained Hernandez, who said that after any stop troopers are asked to mark down their perception of the race of the driver from the following choices:
– American Indian/Alaska Native
– Asian/Pacific Islander
– Black
– Hispanic
– White
– Unknown
Because Coloradans are more diverse than the options CSP gives troopers, Hernandez urges caution before drawing any conclusions.
"I would just ask you this. How would you characterize me?" Hernandez said. "They could categorize me in two ways pretty accurately, so there's a 50/50 shot of how that might impact the data."
CSP, like many agencies across the country, has seen a rise in racial bias complaints since 2014. CSP refused to release the names of people who filed complaints or any accompanying videos of the incidents, saying the release of information would have a "chilling effect" on the complaint process.
Mark Ackerman is a Special Projects Producer at CBS4. Follow him on Twitter @ackermanmark
Jennifer Brice is a reporter with CBS4 focusing on crime and courts. Follow her on Facebook or on Twitter @CBS4Jenn.
Black Speeders Matter.
8% is a disparity? Good to know.
I live in Cripple Creek and got a ticket for no seat belt, and thats another story , but all in court were older, whites, 90% for no seat belt, one guy got a improper turn on his bike, huh? There were no hispanics in this court room, and I know for a fact the state patrol and local police let illegals off the hook , witnessed it first hand more than once! These guys drive around with no insurance and stolen plates and are NEVER ticketed !!!


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About Relyon Beds
Relyon make beds that you can 'Rely-on' for the best night's sleep
The Relyon family business has been providing a restful night's sleep since 1858. Their name originated from for the phrase 'rely-on', so you know that when you choose Relyon that you are getting premium, bespoke beds that are made for you.
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I do wonder how much use an 8mm wrench can be on a multi tool. For one thing, what the hell has happened mid-ride if you need to adjust your pedals? For another, you're going to need arms like Thor to get enough force through a 7cm tool to turn a pedal bolt, and the tool may well disintegrate in the process.
The Vel Slim 17 multi-tool measures just 10mm at its thickest point, and at just over 4 x 7cm, it disappears into pretty much any space within a seatpack, pocket or toolroll. At £35 it's not cheap, but the tools provided, CNC machining and little pouch add up to a quality buy – IF your spokes suit the size of spoke keys on offer.
- Pros: Very, very slim; pretty much every tool you're likely to need, especially if you run certain Shimano wheels
- Cons: Price, odd choice of spoke wrench sizes... unless you run certain Shimano wheels
The Vel Slim 17 hails from Cooke Components, a Hampshire-based distributor that develops the Vel range of cycling accessories and parts in-house. The attention to detail and finish on the Vel 17 tool is a good reflection of its effort to deliver high-quality gear.
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The Vel 17 covers pretty much every base for a long day ride: all the hex keys including an 8mm add-on for pedals, four spoke keys including a Mavic M7 star-shaped, and a bottle opener for that late-afternoon bevvy. There's a T25 for your brake mounts, but no T30 for chainring bolts, but they should be nice and tight before you set off, shouldn't they?
Aside from the usual tools that work perfectly well, the chain tool is actually good enough to not only remove a dead link, but re-install a Shimano pin – no mean feat given the precision needed.
With the chain tool completely unscrewed it makes for a workable spoke key, albeit one with a very odd choice of 4.3, 4.4 and 4.6mm square-faced spoke sizes, along with a Mavic M7 hex-star one. This baffling choice means that if your wheels have 3.3, 3.4 or 3.96mm nipples then you're out of luck. That'll be all my wheels, then. I have fixed hundreds of bikes over the last five years, and have yet to require a 4.3, 4.4 or 4.6mm spoke key. Maybe Shimano wheels that use 4.4mm nipples at the hub don't go out of true, or my customers just can't afford the spec they get built onto... Regardless, it's a decidedly weird choice to miss out completely the common-as-muck sub-4mm sizes most bikes in the world use.
> Buyer's Guide: 11 of the best multi-tools
The provided faux-leather pouch is good at keeping sharp edges away from tubes inside your seatbag, tool roll or pocket, and holds the tool firmly while being easily extracted with gloves on.
You may find the stubby keys and drivers struggle to access areas such as bottle cage mounts, but that's common across all tools of this sort of design.
Neil really liked the Fabric 16 tool and all that the Vel 17 adds (it's in the name, folks) is a small crosshead screwdriver that is small enough to do the covers on shift lever pods. That said, the larger one is perfect for derailleur limit screws, as is the flat screwdriver blade if needed. The Fabric 16 is also, for me, 4/16ths more useful than the Vel 17, with the Fabric's four spoke keys being of common sizes.
Unless you rock Shimano wheels in the aforementioned spoke sizes, for £10 less the Fabric 16 is, for my money, the better option here.
A nicely made tool, very slim but also pretty pricey, and check your spoke key needs...
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: Vel Slim 17 Multi-tool
Size tested: One
Tell us what the product is for and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
It's for people wanting the backup of a little toolkit in their pocket, who run certain Shimano wheels...
Vel says: "17 Function super slim multi-tool with storage pouch. Fits easily in your jersey pocket or even the smallest saddle pack."
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Key Features:
2 / 2.5 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8mm Hex Keys
2 x Cross head screwdriver
Flat head screwdriver
T25 Torx
Multi spoke wrench (Shimano 4.3 / 4.4 / 4.6 + Mavic M7)
Bottle Opener
Chain Tool (9/10/11 speed)
Storage pouch
CNC finished
Very nicely done. Feels premium.
For a tool that small, it works a treat.
CNC'd and alloy, it hasn't rusted or worn over a few months.
Not bad at all. It needs some strength, so is always going to weigh something.
There are cheaper, if slightly thicker, options (with more universally useful size spoke keys).
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Well indeed – but I didn't need to true a wheel or remove a spoke.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The slimness. It's soooo slim.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The spoke keys. Weird choices.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? No
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Only if they rocked Shimano wheels of that spoke key size.
Use this box to explain your overall score
It's a hefty premium Vel is asking here, for a multi-tool that includes four rather obscure spoke key sizes. If you have those sizes, great – because it's a really nice tool – but it ain't cheap.
About the tester
Age: 45
I usually ride: Merida Ride 5000 Disc My best bike is: Velocite Selene
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo-cross, club rides, general fitness riding, mountain biking, Dutch bike pootling.
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I ride an old steel framed bike with a square taper bottom bracket. On a recent ride, the cheap crank arm kept coming loose, the 8mm Allen wrench was very useful for tightening it back up to keep me going - had to do this a few times as the arm had rounded off a bit.
Replaced the arm with a an old Record one I had kicking around, but hadn't fitted in the first place as I didn't have the 7mm wrench required.
I purchased a Park tool IB2 pretty much for the 8mm hex thingy, the smaller hexs and the torx helped too, just to tighten the 8mm hex on my xtr cranks, but I put the thingy on the standard 6mm from my cool tool and attached the cool tool because I wanted better leverage. I of course had tried to get a 6-8mm hex converter, but they don't seem to be that available.
I have to wonder whether 17 bits isn't a bit OTT. I've just bought the Topeak Mini 9 for £7, which has the most useful ones for me (no Torx on any of my bikes). I am sure I don't need a bottle opener and I'm yet to be convinced that the chain tools & spoke keys on these things are up to the job.


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Dental crowns are often used to repair a tooth with significantly decayed or damaged tooth enamel. They are typically cemented to an abutment that is formed by the healthy interior core of the tooth with a strong dental adhesive. If a blow to the face or poor oral hygiene cause a crown to fall out, the potential complications can be quite serious.
If the abutment within the tooth has developed a new area of decay or if the root was damaged, your endodontist, Dr. Duane Taylor, might need to perform a root canal.
This is a minimally invasive course of therapy where all damaged or decayed structures of the abutment are excised. Once all compromised tissues have been removed, your endodontist will rebuild the structure with a sterile material known as gutta percha.
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When relaxation calls, guests of The K Club can delight in the luxurious K Spa, featuring an array of expert treatments designated to soothe the mind, body, and spirit. The ambiance is carefully crafted to become a refreshing atmosphere for those who seek it, with an array of sensory details to create the Spa as a place to unwind. Aromatherapy and a calming musical playlist are featured within the reception area, allowing travelers to feel rejuvenated the moment they arrive. With accolades surrounding its name, The K Spa allows guests to enjoy wraps, baths, facials, massages, and one-of-a-kind packages, all utilizing top-notch Australian spa products from the lines of VOYA and Carita. With a range of treatment options available, each guest can depart the K Spa feeling pampered and refreshed.


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We've reviewed two of the top players in the industry – Wix vs Squarespace. Today these website builders shine brighter than ever, but they come with their own pros and cons. We'll help you figure out the right one for you!
What options do I have for getting a website online?
You're probably reading this because you need to build a website. And you probably don't want to hire a digital agency. Let's go over the options that you have today:
- Use a website design tool based on AI such as The Grid or Firedrop and get a website created for you automatically — you have no control over the output and usually the results are disappointing.
- Build a website with WordPress complete with WordPress's ecosystem of specialist WordPress hosting, themes, and plugins — you have lots of control over infrastructure and functionality, but building in WordPress is less visual.
- Use simple drag-and-drop tools like Wix or Squarespace to build a website for your business — these DIY tools feature visual builder that are intuitive and easy to use. The process of getting a website up and running quicker than ever.
Website builders like Wix and Squarespace give you all that you need to setup your website, with easy drag-and-drop builders, and the simplicity you can be up and running with your website in hours.
As of December 2018, WordPress has also updated its visual editor and offers much more control and functionality for significantly less money compared to website builders. With your only cost being the cost of hosting (under $10/month) and having simple features like one-click-install, thousands of free plugins, we suggest you to give a chance to our guide How to Build a Website from Scratch and learn to use WordPress in under and hour.
If you still want to take the easiest route out there, continue reading:
Wix vs Squarespace: An Overview
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Wix has greater value for money, let's you edit almost everything you dream of, but lacks some integrations and optimizations. Use Wix if you want a website online cheap, fast and built with an easy drag-and-drop style editor.
Squarespace has advanced technical features, great looking templates and comes with everything you ever need. Use Squarespace if you care about things like site speed, SEO and stunning visuals. These features also mean that it's not as cheap.
For blogging, use either Squarespace or WordPress.
Back to our comparison…
Wix has more than 100 million registered users and people love Wix for a reason: creating, running, and managing a website shouldn't have to be so hard.
Wix for people, that want to get their site up and running quickly, but don't care about SEO, site speed and other more complex features.
Squarespace is the most spectacularly easy-to-use DIY (Do it Yourself) website builder available today. Squarespace boasts of stunning website templates, comprehensive integrating capabilities, a gorgeous editor, and the fact that it's also affordable.
Squarespace makes it so easy to set up a website that you could literally have a website up and running within a few clicks and maybe spending an hour or two adding content, images, and video. Squarespace has some of the prettiest website templates (that look good on mobile, tablets, and on desktops).
On top of those gorgeous looking templates, Squarespace integrates with Mailchimp, Paypal, and several other important marketing tools along with other applications that you could be using already.
While both of them are super popular among users, they have their pros and cons that we highlight as clearly as we can.
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The Wix Editor truly brings customizability to you. Either pick from more than 200+ professionally designed, mobile-responsive, and industry-specific or templates sorted by business-type or choose to start with a blank template.
After choosing one of the templates (categorized into industry or business types), Wix provides you with a drag-and-drop editor using which you could just drag in sections (or edit existing sections) that make up each page of your website. By quickly added and editing your sections, you are essentially using building blocks to create your website.
With Wix, every template could be edited completely. Each element can be dragged about or moved to any other part of the page. You can add new elements anywhere on the page or remove existing ones from anywhere on the page.
Wix boasts of a truly pixel perfect, canvas-like experience which makes it absolutely easy for anyone to build a website.
Squarespace editor
Squarespace has the world's best templates to base your website on and it also has a minimalistic User Interface for your DIY website editor.
For most practical purposes, any template you pick on Squarespace has stunning UX/UI, design, and mobile-responsiveness built in. Your website can look drop-dead gorgeous. That's the point of using Squarespace.
However, Squarespace doesn't come with absolute freedom you have with Wix as far as working with layouts, dragging and dropping elements, and other such features you come to expect from Wix.
As far as non tech-savvy users are concerned, with Squarespace, the process of building your website is "boxed in". You'll pick a template and make changes to that template.
Wix vs Squarespace: Features
Squarespace has everything you need to set up your website (with beautiful templates). You can also choose to go for their ecommerce packages and run your online store. Squarespace provides you with domains, websites, hosting, and a comprehensive set of marketing tools.
Hosting, SSL & Website Loading Speeds
Google is increasingly taking page speeds as an important factor when it considers your page ranking for relevant keywords your users search. If you used WordPress, you'd have control on just fast your pages load.
This is, however, based on the hosting packages you take and plugins you use along with your Website management — all of which takes work. With Squarespace, you get unlimited and fast hosting included with your package.
Squarespace also throws in 2048-bit SSL certificates (created and renewed for you automatically) making your website secure and more trustworthy for your customers.
While Wix does provide hosting and SSL, websites hosted on Wix are typically slower than those on Squarespace. Also, Wix provides standard SSL while Squarespace has advanced 2048-bit SSL.
Search Engine Optimization
Each Squarespace website is Search optimized and built for helping your potential customers find you. Squarespace websites load fast (above).
However, note that you still don't have any control on the speed of page loads for your Squarespace website. That's the whole point. Squarespace doesn't want you to tinker with servers; it just wants you to focus on your business.
Wix also wants you to focus on your business and not worry about your website. However, Wix websites come bloated with code and minimal control on your SEO work.
Wix doesn't allow something as simple and universal as being able to manage your website URLs (for pages or blog posts), for instance.
Wix is terrible for SEO while it loads your websites slowly (which further damages any chances you might have for good SEO).
Image Management
Wix has an image manager along with access to some stock photos from inside the image manager if you need them. You can also upload images and videos and showcase them as galleries.
Squarespace takes image management to a whole new level, however. With features like Adobe Image editor, Getty images direct integration, responsive image management (upload and/or manage images on mobile phone), Image focal point control, progressive image loading, Image metadata importing, and a CDN included, managing images is a dream come true with Squarespace.
Of course, with Squarespace, you also get galleries, gallery blocks, display effects, and ability to showcase videos in galleries.
There's virtually limited ways to get traffic to your Squarespace website if you don't do blogging, at a regular frequency. The idea is to provide valuable content, get your visitors to trust you, and they'll buy from you.
Squarespace is no WordPress. But you still get a robust – albeit simple – blogging solution (CMS) from Squarespace complete with text, images, videos, and galleries.
Blogging on Squarespace will make you feel like a blogger. Breath-taking new designs with minimalism at heart, your blog can't look better than what Squarespace can make it look like.
Another unique feature with Squarespace blogging is that you can directly publish your content to Apple News and reach millions of readers.
Wix has a blogging system too.
But it's not a typical CMS. It's just an HTML page that you'll build but it'll have your blog posts listed in a chronological order (it's for this reason what it's hard to customize your blog URLs). If you are used to WordPress or any other up-to-date system, you'll be disappointed with Wix's blogging system.
Integrated Social Sharing
Squarespace has invested time, resources, and effort to try to make social media work for your Squarespace site.
Social media comes integrated with every site you build on Squarespace. Update your content once or write a new blog post and just click on a button to simultaneously share your content on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest (among others).
With Wix, you'd have to use standalone apps to make social media work for you.
While "follow on social media" buttons come standard, other social media features will require a choice of apps from the Apps marketplace.
Email Campaigns
While email marketing is the most profitable channel you'd ever deploy when it comes to digital marketing, Wix breaks all the fun by forcing you to use their proprietary email marketing software. It's not bad at all, but it doesn't give you rich (and ever growing) features that companies or apps like mailchimp, Drip, and Campaign monitor provide.
Assuming you did want to use Wix's email marketing app, you'd not be able to do much with it since it might lack the integration to your CRM, for instance. Or you might not be able to connect your email marketing with Facebook ads campaigns.
Squarespace now has an all-new email marketing platform that works just like Mailchimp. In addition, it also integrates with other email marketing tools that you might want to use.
Squarespace Analytics
Wix doesn't have a specific dashboard for comprehensive site analytics. However, it does integrate with other analytics tools such as Google Analytics, HotJar, and several others.
Squarespace analytics, however, is one of the most stunning analytics dashboards we've ever seen inside a DIY website builder.
Squarespace boasts of advanced analytics, starting with the most important KPIs you'd need to know everything you need for your business website.
With Squarespace analytics, you get access to data about traffic, sales metrics, popular content, purchase funnels, abandoned cart stats (for ecommerce), site search statistics, device filtering, activity logs, and so much more.
Maps, RSVP, & Forms
Wix, as discussed above, does allow you to add apps that can help you to collect RSVPs for events, create and use forms, and embed
Squarespace content engine platform also comes with fully-customizable forms, maps, and RSVP functionalities built in. With the "customer engagement" features in Squarespace, you get the best of all-inclusive hosting and website management along with customer management features. If you are on ecommerce plans, you also get complete data regarding your orders, shipments, and payment details right inside your Squarespace dashboard.
Wix also provides you with functionalities for ecommerce, except that it's not as expansive and cohesive as Squarespace is.
Ease of Use
Wix is easy. So easy that you could build your website while you were sipping lemonade out in the porch.
Wix makes it a no-brainer to build a website for a business. It's so simple that you could use it to teach elementary school students.
Drag and drop elements. Click and swap images, videos, or text. Add forms. Click and link to whatever you want.
While the Squarespace DIY editor is much more powerful, it'll take some getting used to.
Also, unlike Wix, there's not much you can drag around and play with.
Wix is easy, but Squarespace is only slightly less easier to use.
For developers or for those who can dabble with code, both Wix and Squarespace websites can be completely customized exactly the way you want them, on brand.
Complete customization with HTML and CSS, however, is beyond the scope of this blog post and it's not the intended audience we wish to help.
The way integrations work with Wix is through its own Wix Marketplace. Some of the most commonly used tools and applications are available in Wix's 250+ app marketplace. You either get these apps for free or you'd have to pay for them (depending).
There are so many apps, for virtually everything you need, that you'll never find it lacking for what you want your website to do.
The only problem is that you might end up with way too many apps. This is as much a problem for your website management as too many plugins is for WordPress.
Want to manage events on your Wix website? Use Wix Events. Need to collect subscribers to grow your email list? Use Wix Subscribers.
While we like the Wix Marketplace, we only worry that adding on paid subscriptions to your Wix subscriptions will inflate the cost of running and managing your business.
The good thing about Squarespace is that it's a all-inclusive, comprehensive platform. So, it's not just a website that you'll build with Squarespace but you could manage your entire business with it (e-commerce included).
Squarespace has forms you could build your subscribers with. You have forms, RSVP functionality, SEO, social media, and everything else you need already included in the system. On top of that Squarespace has direct third-party integrations along with full support for all third-party integrations such as with Mailchimp, Xero, GSuite, ShipStation, and more.
Squarespace starts with a 14-day free trial after which you'll need a paid plan to have your website live.
Pricing for Squarespace without ecommerce (personal plan) starts from $12 per month(paid annually). Or you'd shell out $16 month(paid monthly). For business plans, it'll cost you $18 per month (billed annually) or $26 per month (paid monthly).
If you are looking for online stores with Squarespace, pricing starts from $26 per month (paid annually) or $30 (paid monthly). For larger e-commerce stores, Squarespace will cost you $40 per month (paid annually) or $46 per month (paid monthly).
Wix, on the other hand, has an indefinite free trial (you could just create an account and start designing your website). Your website, if you don't have a domain name yet, will be on https://yourdomain.wix.com
If and when you are ready to upgrade, you'll upgrade to one of their premium plans. Wix Premium plans can start at $5 per month (for domain connect) and can go up to $35 per month. Note that this isn't taking any paid apps you might need for your website.
Wix Marketplace has both free and paid apps and if you choose to work with paid apps, your monthly costs will add up soon enough.
Squarespace and Wix have originally set out to make it easy for the technically-challenged entrepreneurs and webmasters to create and launch websites easily. However, not everyone goes with what a template dictates. Some people like to customize their design exactly the way they want them.
For that reason, both Squarespace and Wix provide you with advanced customizability using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
Both Squarespace and Wix give you features that make it easy for you to invite collaborators — includes your own team, outside vendors or contractors, freelancers, designers, and other specialists — to help design or manage your website.
The actual approach taken to invite collaborators, assign roles to them, and to give them access to parts (or the entire site) is slightly different, however.
Disadvantages: Wix vs Squarespace
Whether you choose Wix or Squarespace, either platform has something the other does not.
You'd have to consider choosing the right platform to build your website by taking into account what you'd really need for your business, the marketing or business tools you'll have to integrate with, and the degree of control you'll have over your website (if that matters to you).
For some business owners, flexibility in design is important. For others, complete ownership of site and the ability to transfer sites (just in case) are important.
A few others will need absolute control in everything from design to the speed of websites.
As such, it's critical to note that each platform can deliver (and cannot) and set your expectations right.
Disadvantages of Wix:
- Wix has terrible SEO and Blogging system. Wix just can't compete with the sheer versatility and universal applicability as WordPress.
- Wix doesn't have site portability. If you ever wanted to transfer your site, the only way to do it is to manually move every piece of text, image, and video over to your new site. If you stop paying Wix, you lose your website. If you stop paying for any of the paid apps within the marketplace, you lose access.
- Wix forces you to use its proprietary apps for some incredibly important digital marketing functions. Take email marketing for example. Most people like to have control on their email marketing campaigns (everything from design to email deliverability) and hence they use tools like Mailchimp, Drop, or Campaign Monitor. Wix, however, doesn't work with any of these popular tools. You'll have to use Wix's own email marketing tool which doesn't give you the same flexibility and features as the popular email service providers do.
- When you use Wix, you have no control over the speed of your website. There's nothing you can do to speed up your website page load time, for instance. The same can be said for Squarespace, but they're a bit faster in this sense.
- Despite everything Wix provides for you to customize and design, there are a few customization options lacking. Like the button text for forms "Submit" buttons.
Disadvantages of Squarespace:
- Not everything integrates with Squarespace unlike WordPress. However, it's better than Wix in this regard.
- Squarespace is a closed ecosystem. What's built here, stays here. If you choose to walk away, you can't. At least, not entirely. You have the option to export content to WordPress, of course.
- Your websites are template driven. Pick a template and go with it. Need anything "custom"? Reach out to an expert.
- You won't find those little things you always took for granted in WordPress. Like, there's no preview button after you write blog posts. You can't right-click and see how your post looks like. If you thought WordPress had a learning curve, Squarespace has its own learning curve.
- Talking about blog posts, you can't batch edit blog posts. To edit posts, you'd have to look for them first within Squarespace dashboard.
- The social sharing buttons that Squarespace provides are minimal.
Conclusion: Wix vs Squarespace?
Before we come to conclusions, let's set our expectations.
DIY website builders are perfect for those entrepreneurs and website owners who:
- Want to get started as quickly as possible, with minimal fuss.
- Hate tinkering or dealing with servers, infrastructure, and technology.
- Have focus on "growing a business" than having to deal with "websites"
- Love getting leads, sales, or results rather than working 4-6 hours a day just trying to get website design right.
- Are content-focused, visual, and minimalism is at the core of your entrepreneurial mindset.
If you answered yes to any of the above, choosing between Squarespace and Wix is the next step.
The best choice overall: Squarespace.
But, don't get us wrong: we like Wix and we know the market Wix is trying to target.
Wix is for you if you just want to build a website with an easy-to-use builder and get it for a great price. It doesn't have to load super fast, need glitter, polishes and extra features. Fortunately this also means, that it doesn't have to cost as much as Squarespace.
Wix is good for you if you wanted a quick and simple web presence for your business. You get great value for money and you can always move to more advanced systems. If you want to start a blog, we'd look at Squarespace or WordPress.
Go to Wix.com and start building with their easy-to-use system.
Squarespace is like the luxury segment of DIY website builders. It does everything that Wix does with a little more style and oomph.
Squarespace is for you if you not only care about how your website, brand, and business is represented on the web but also how you manage to get leads and sales (while simultaneously making a splash with your brand) online.
Their built-in analytics tools are mind blowingly good and Squarespace handles SEO like a champ. SEO is one of the most important things when trying to settle in between Google's front page results.
Go to Squarespace.com and get the best features out there.
If you still find that none of these are a great fit your you, try WordPress. Here we teach you how to get your WordPress site up and running in a matter of hours with the world's most popular and advanced platform. Trust us, we've built over 150 sites using WordPress and teach you for free.


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A lot of times, I'll be asked while editing: "It just feels like it's missing something. What does it need?" or "How can I make this story/chapter/character feel less flat?" Nine times out of ten, these types of problems are caused by an imbalance between two key factors in the story: the internal conflict and the external conflict.
The external conflict is what a lot of people think of as the "conflict" of the story. It's your knight-fights-evil-dragons, or your cowboy-chases-away-the-outlaws. It's your drama, thriller, or fantasy.
The internal conflict is what the characters are dealing with while they're fighting the external conflict. Internal conflicts can be things like the MC learning to let go of the past, or the heroine getting over her distrust of outsiders.
Striking a balance between internal and external conflicts can make or break your story. Readers expect your story to have some of both, as each contributes different values to the story. Some types of stories naturally lend themselves to an emphasis on one over the other: comic books, for example, will be more focused on external conflict than, say, romance novels. However, any story can benefit from solid development in both areas.
Stories without enough internal conflict can feel flat, simple, or meaningless. Readers might say that your characters are one-dimensional, or that the story didn't engage them. You might hear lots of praise about your action or world-building, but not much about your characters. It may seem like your characters don't actually exist in their world. Without the emotional weight that internal conflict brings, it's usually difficult to get invested a story.
Adding internal conflict can either be really easy, or (more often than not) really difficult. It requires a deep dive into your characters and their personalities. You must examine what makes them who they are at the start of the story, and how their experiences will change them by the end. What is important to them? What irritates the living jelly beans out of them? What do they really want from life?1
Stories without enough external conflict can feel angsty or contrived. Readers might say that the protagonist is too moody, or that nothing ever happens. You might be told that your world isn't interesting, or that you didn't deliver on your premise. This is because external conflict satisfies the most basic desire to see something "happen" in a story. It gives the protagonist forward momentum, which they can use to help sort out their internal demons. (It also propels them towards their stated external goals.)
Very rarely does a story lack external conflict altogether. Most authors intuitively feel that a story without external forces at play won't work. Usually, the author needs only spend more words dealing with the external conflict and less words dealing with the internal conflict. Better yet: have the external struggles lead to progress in resolving internal issues, whether directly or metaphorically.
Finally, you need to tie them both together. In a well-written story, the internal and external conflicts are not just balanced – they're inseparable. If the protagonist runs into an external obstacle, it will halt their internal development; similarly, if they run into an internal obstacle, it will impede their external progress.
Often, the link is simpler than you might think – pessimism can lead to apathy at work, inability to let go of the past can harm relationships, and so on. What makes it tricky is that these little links are often hiding in plain sight. Try to think about your protagonist's internal conflict in its simplest form, and apply it to the external problems they face. What parallels can you draw?
Ultimately, the balance between internal and external conflict is extremely subjective, and can be tweaked infinitely without making any real progress. The important thing is to make sure that one isn't completely underrepresented, and to think critically about how the internals and externals tie together and interact.
If you're still struggling to intertwine your conflicts, the best thing you can do is to talk about your plot. Find an editor, an idea bouncer, a classmate, a hot dog salesman off the street, anyone who will listen – and just talk about your story. You will come up with so many ideas simply by having a conversation about the topic.
Hopefully this article has helped to resolve some of the inner conflict you may have been feeling regarding your story. (Sorry, I had to.)
Crossposted on my personal website.
1 It is important to note that the answer to these questions might be "the character doesn't know". An internal conflict about identifying these things can be just as interesting as one about achieving them, if written well.


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The review is building on feedback from stakeholders, including comments received following the commencement of marriage equality in December 2017, as well as previous work undertaken by the department to streamline and modernise the forms.
Any changes to the Notice of intended marriage (NOIM) form will impact on other official marriage forms – specifically the Official Certificate of Marriage, and the Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage. These forms will also be revised when the NOIM is finalised following the current consultation.
Feedback is invited on the draft revised NOIM and can be provided by email to email@example.com.


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The Application of the Canonical Correlation Analysis to the Psychological Data
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- Year:
- 2018
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Keywords:
- Canonical Correlation, Criterion Variable, Predictor Variable, Synthetic Variable
- Authors:
- Aslayn H. Datu-Dacula; Mark P. Laurente; Janet B. Macoy
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- Number:
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- Month:
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- 2347-9051
- Abstract:
- Many applied behavioral researchers are not aware that there is a general linear model (GLM) that governs most classical univariate such as analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression and multivariate statistical methods. Accordingly, many persons view these statistical methods as separate entities rather than conceptualizing their distinct similarities within the GLM. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) studies associations between two sets of random variables. CCA represents the highest level of the general linear model (GLM) and can be rather easily conceptualized as a method closely linked with the more widely understood Pearson correlation coefficients r. An understanding of CCA can lead to a more global appreciation of other univariate and multivariate methods in the GLM. Statistics anxiety notwithstanding, the GLM provides a framework for understanding all classical analyses in terms of the simple Pearson r correlation coefficient. The GLM can also be conceptualized as a hierarchal family, with CCA serving as the parent analysis. Contrary to the compartmentalized understanding of statistical methods held by many researchers, CCA subsumes both univariate and multivariate methods as special cases. The researchers demonstrate CCA with basic language, using technical terminology only when necessary for understanding and use of the method. The researchers use psychological data: personality test and intelligence quotient (I.Q.) results, using MANOVA procedure in Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0. The purpose of this article is to reduce potential statistical barriers and open doors to CCA for applied behavioral scientists and personality researchers
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I started to take part in Sinful Sunday as a way of challenging my negative body image. Despite having lost a lot of weight, I still struggle to accept that I might be attractive. The idea with Sinful Sunday, for me, was to see if that was a true statement.
MrH tells me I am beautiful, sexy, stunning… and I feel his tenderness and sincerity when he does. Momentarily I believe him but then doubt creeps in.
See, my early experiences of body image we're not good. My step dad would tell me I had no figure worth showing off. The boys at school called me flat chested and frigid. My first real boyfriend became my first husband and he left me for a slimmer taller girl. At the time I was a perfect size 10.
So the idea was this. If other people not connected to me in any way were to say I was attractive/pretty/sexy then I would have to start to accept that maybe I am.
To a certain extent this has worked. On the other hand it has created other less desirable things.
My twitter account shows links to my posts and if I share a revealing image inevitably I will receive direct messages from men. It's almost as if my sharing these images these men think I am open to a casual sexual conversation. I have amended my profile to say people must ask MrH before contacting me. Some do, and some don't. If they don't they get deleted. Mostly MrH will say no and tell them if they want to speak to me do so openly by commenting on a post.
One thing I have come to realise is this.
The only person I want telling me I am sexy/attractive etc, is MrH. When it comes to my body he is the only person who's opinion I care about.
I am his.
Some past Sinful Sunday posts:
Sinful Sunday 376 – titivating
Sinful Sunday 370 – "Sirs pleasure"


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Sanjay Jayavanth
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Title: Optoelectronic techniques in measurement of physiological parameters and their translation into handheld devices for better patient care
Sanjay Jayavanth,is a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. With over 10 years of experience in engineering and equivalent expertise in healthcare technologies, he currentlyheads the Nanotechnology Department at King Saud University's University Diabetes Center. Prior to the current position he has worked with Philips Research Bangalore,Chonbuk National University, South Korea and was a professor at NIFFT, a National Technological Institute in India. He has to his credit 09 US PATENTSdisclosures and application, more than 25 publications, and several technology transfers. His interests include micro and nanotechnologies in medicine, Hand-held diagnostic devices, Digital pathology, next generation diabetic implements, etc
The impact of the hand held devices in healthcare, particularly the blood glucose monitors, has been phenomenal in terms of the convenience and cost benefits they have brought to both patients and healthcare providers. Consequently, scientist and researchers both in academics and industry are developing technologies that enable handheld diagnostics for other physiological parameters. In this paper we briefly describe some of the recent techniques that we have been developing for measurement of parameters such as, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, erythrocyte deformability, blood glucose and serum bilirubin etc., using optoelectronics and microfludics techniques. Essentially the available techniques have been re-engineered to obtain in-chip sample preparation and on-the-spot reading to enable easy, efficient and economic testing of the physiological parameter under question. Further we also provide trends, pros and cons of the popular known 'disposable model' of handheld devices and their significance in home healthcare and hub-spoke healthcare delivery models.
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