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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Why Are Men So Useless?
I always notice this right around the time someone from HIS family is scheduled for a visit. And guess who's expected to make the house squeaky clean? Yup, me.
So the other day he says he's going to give the dogs baths before his dad comes for a visit over the holiday weekend. I said great, they're really dirty. Have fun with that. I'm thinking one less thing on my list and I can get some stuff done while he's scrubbing the hounds.
No such luck.
I have to sit in the bathroom with him JUST IN CASE he needs something. It's like living with a fucking 4 year old. What. The. Fuck? Why is it I seem to have no problem bathing the 75 pound hound all by myself, but he can't? Is it that he sees it as helping me clean, so I have to be involved?
And then guess who is left to clean up the bathroom and all its dog hair glory?
Clean-up is a major problem with the penis carrier in this house. If I'm gone for a few days, you can bet your ass that when I get home, every dish we own will be dirty and piled high in the sink. WE HAVE A DISHWASHER PEOPLE! How hard is it to put the dish in the dishwasher?
I'll tell you what, filling the dishwasher is a lot easier than building a fucking barn and he seemed to do that without a hitch.
I know there's a class that boys take early on in life that teaches how to do household chores wrong so no one ever asks them to do that chore again. Ever. And I'm also positive my husband has a PhD in this class. He probably even teaches it on the side. Actually, I think he invented it.
Calgon take me away! [This is my calgon...]
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- Fragile_Little_HumanMay 26, 2011 at 10:08 PM
can i borrow your calgon? *wipes drool from lower lip*ReplyDelete
i could write pages about this topic. and why do they feel that duct tape is a reasonable alternative to actually FIXING what's broken/loose/ripped, etc?
Absolutely love the phrase "penis carrier" and MUST find ways of using it in everyday conversation from now on. Thank you for that.ReplyDelete
Oh and I couldn't agree more with everything you said, including your brand of Calgon.
- tigerkitten36May 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM
"Penis Carrier" OMG I spit all over the keyboard! Thanks LKW.ReplyDelete
I never understood why my man thinks piling all the dishes, pots into the sink makes it easier to clean dishes? I have to first empty the sink so that there is room to rinse while loading the dishwasher.
You know, I thought I needed to start another blog to candidly bitch about my s/o. but apparently all I need to do is grow a pair. As always, you are way ahead of me. {{{bows}}}ReplyDelete
- Rikki_DDMay 26, 2011 at 11:47 PM
I don't have a significant peen to ignore me, but got the kids which sometimes I think is worse. Never ending messes to clean and dirty laundry. Hell, I can't even take a shower without my 3 year old daughter finding a Sharpie and tagging the walls, hiding every dvd under the mattress or painting my beige carpet with all the nail polish she can find.ReplyDelete
- Lindsay RaeMay 26, 2011 at 11:48 PM
Pretty sure we need to clean all the dirty off of me, Mr. Calgon. ALLLLLLLL the dirty. Get to work.ReplyDelete
The Bentist is good about cleaning. We both hate it, but we do it. But penis carrier?! PRICELESS. I'm gonna use it. A lot.
OMG I feel your pain, but in a different way. DG & I are clean people for the most part, but hate/love different household chores. HE does 95% of the cooking, trash take-outing & dishes. I do 95% of the bathroom cleaning crum picking up-ing, laundry, vacuming, dusting planning & organizing. Stuff that drives him crazy doesn't bother me, so he does it & stuff that drives me crazy I take care of because it doesn't bother him. Guess that's not too bad of a situation to be in?! HOWEVER he still drives me crazy at time....esp now since I'm PMS-ing. He can't say or do anything right at the moment ;)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 12:44 PM
Sorry, but you have absolutely no bitching rights whatsoever! HE does cooking? Trash? Dishes? If my man did that, I would be ecstatic!! My guy USED to do those things when we first started living together. After a couple of years, he's turned into the typical man. The only thing he seems to be able to do is work on HIS truck and HIS boat, and anything that is HIS. He has become completely useless otherwise. When we first met, I told him straight out that I am NOT a domestic, and I hate doing household chores and I expect my man to do some of it. I am NOT his mother (I never had or wanted kids for this reason - among others). But somehow, they manage to slowly manipulate to ensure that they get the mother that they wanted all along. Men say that women want to change them, but we don't have to! They change all on their own, from a guy that's helpful and loving to a guy that sits in front of the TV when they're not playing on the computer or working on THEIR vehicles (or similar), in other words, a 10 year old boy. The only time we come into focus is when they want sex. Men really ARE useless, and I have - after 47 years - finally come to that conclusion. As women, we're screwed. So, I've decided that my man will be used for the same. Since he's useless in all other ways, I'll use him for sex, and just live my life the way I want to.Delete
BTW, I'm not exactly angry or bitter (okay, maybe a little), just tired of trying to find the man that will stay the same person that I met and fell in love with. They ALL reveal their little boys in the end, and - as women - we're going to have to put up with wiping their little noses.
- Suzanne KuperhauseMay 27, 2011 at 7:56 AM
oh yeah - I hear ya, girl! I'm going away this weekend (yay for cross border shopping!!) and I'm afraid what I'll come home to...my hubby's excuse "I was busy taking care of the boy" but I seem to be able to do that and keep the house reasonably tidy....ReplyDelete
- MusingBella CullenMay 27, 2011 at 8:42 AM
OME, the dishes thing, YES. WTF is so hard about that? As always, I agree wholeheartedly with this post. :)ReplyDelete
- JustforfunddMay 27, 2011 at 9:05 AM
My favorite is when they call you from the grocery store because they can't find something and keep you on the line until they do! It's the testosterone, it makes them STUPID!ReplyDelete
- Jenny_JerkfaceMay 27, 2011 at 9:29 AM
It is physically impossible for ML to refill an ice cube tray. He can build a fucking raised bed vegetable garden and solve complex science-y stuff but the concept of using a plate when you're eating food baffles him. I am forever cleaning crumbs from every surface in the house.ReplyDelete
definitely need to get me some of THAT calgon! of course then i would never ever get out of the tub, but i'd be willing to pay that price.ReplyDelete
i almost killed mr. snarky a few weeks ago during a mass pre-relatives housecleaning - definitely feel your pain!
- MyAfterCarMay 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM
I can't complain too too much - the seat is always down, he's always presentable, and if I dump a load (snicker) of clean clothes next to him on the couch as he's watching sports, he'll fold them without complaint.ReplyDelete
I do love the man to pieces, but he can be totally oblivious to some things. Now, this is probably part of his easy-going (aka: good match for crazy, wound-up me) nature, but dirty socks on the floor, empty water glasses left on the coffee table every night, and sweaty, smelly gym clothes (which make me gag as I'm currently in the middle of nine months of bloodhound nose) on the bathroom floor - none of this bothers him. It's as if he just doesn't notice.
Really can't complain, though. I figure that's just part of his man-ness. I'm a lot harder to live with than he is, and I know it.
I quit my real job last year. Embracing the cult of domesticity, I prepared to whore myself in exchange for comfortable footwear to my new chief provider, and tend our unweaned dependents. The reality is that I unwittingly agreed to spend more time with three useless penis carriers. My house, despite my best efforts always smells like a fart, and they are alway laying around in their tighty-whities, but some how manage to dirty every piece of clothing in the house. Lend me your Calgon, the nakeder the better!ReplyDelete
AMEN, sistah! I have so many painful stories I could share including my husband, but I'll spare you.ReplyDelete
Men = Usless slobs, who want praise for every insignificant thing they do... and I mean insignificant.
Sisters unite...
- JussumchicMay 28, 2011 at 4:04 AM
Preach LKW, Preach!ReplyDelete
The dog bathing story could be mine! I'll never understand it nor get over the frustration.
As another point, WTH is with men and colds? Break an ankle & they play football on it. Get a sniffle (huh, a hangnail) and suddenly they are dying and need to be waited on hand and foot! A woman gets a sniffle and confusion reigns because a bj is outta the question.
Boys are stupid.
I'm 16 weeks pregnant. We have 3 dogs and 2 cats. My hubs is incapable of feeding, bathing, or cleaning up after them. I explain to him that excrement and pregnant women don't mix. He goes on a 20 minute monologue about how he doesn't know how to clean up after animals or that he waits a whole month to clean litter boxes, etc and so on. How about you stfu and just do it right now? And forget getting groceries in the house. I could have pneumonia and still have to get the groceries and unload them from my car cause he's "busy setting up our future."ReplyDelete
I hope our future smells better than our present.
I'd love some of that calgon...mostly cause I know it would clean the cat box without snarky comments. Ha!
Just because you met some men that are lazy or don't accept the "teamwork" doesn't mean all men are lazy.
In this very moment, when you use your computer to read my comment - you use a machine that was created and perfected by men. When you drive a car or use your phone& the internet - you benefit from the work of many people who were/are... men. As far as I know... MOST things we have now were created by MEN. Not women. Men. So suck it up. Maybe you are not happy with your husband's way of acting. Useless, you said. But that's not THE TRUTH about men. It's YOUR/HIS truth. And certainly... is not doing any good to write in this manner about men, as the slow minds will tend to believe crap like this to be true. If you are a mature person, give it a try and act like one.
Happy growing!
- AnonymousDecember 30, 2012 at 8:55 AM
You know, you're right! I really ask myself why I married this guy? But I know I wont have the house and garden I loved... just because of the financial benefits... pfff you know, it's true that it's like living with a 4 year old... if I don't wash him or tell him to clean his own teeth, he wont!!!!!! for days!!!!! even his pants :s wtf?! And the shit of the dog in the garden... it stays there and I'm so fed up! I just don't want to clean anymore!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 5:05 AM
Penis carrier = Penis head.ReplyDelete
Finally a place where real women talk. Men have made themselves worthless and then they whine when you won't do them. Why should I have sex with someone who cannot do anything without my help. I have actually always enjoyed cooking and cleaning. But I can't do everything. I have raised three kids and worked my ass of all my life. I have always done all the work in and out of the house and my husband expects me to go to work with him for no pay. He is completely incapable of doing anything alone. I have done so mush work over the 25 years I have been married that my joints are starting to go out. I have had a couple of surgeries now and it is getting worse because my husband makes me work constantly or he talks shit until I do it.ReplyDelete
Please, please ladies, take care of yourself and don't give any guy sex for free. That is our only power and we waist it. Do you want to die young and let some lazy jerk live off of your social security.
- Ronny CollinsApril 10, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Hi. I am a 34-year-old loner who has never had a girlfriend, and will most likely die alone. From having a mother who was a verbally abusive sadist who loved to explain to the world what garbage I am, and having a former best friend all the way back from high-school who constantly picked women up off the streets, damn near impregnated them that same night, and regularly demoted me to a Third-Fucking-Wheel… I don't even like talking about sexuality at all.ReplyDelete
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This message is for any feminists and lesbians who have actually been hurt or attacked by men in their past:
I ask you to channel all of that hatred, desire for vengeance, and justifiable anger, and aim it at ME. I want you to talk shit to me, and explain to me why I am fucking GARBAGE. PISS ME OFF… so that I can train harder, and improve my fighting skills more quickly and efficiently. Demonize me, and treat me like the bad-guy… so that I can take on the real bad-guys. Talk me into committing suicide if you want to… I can't even deny that I probably should.
Hell, if you want, I'll even compare your words to those of my mother, and give you tips on how to Improve your ability to talk shit. After all, your ability to talk shit is pretty much your greatest weapon, and you need to make sure that ability is razor-sharp, and ready for use at any given time.
So if you want to tell a man how little he means to the world, then fucking DO IT… TALK SHIT TO ME!!
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What Ancestral Really Means
What Ancestral Really Means
When NANP decided to hold our 2019 conference in my hometown of Tucson, I was overjoyed. Not because it meant no air travel. And not because I'd get a chance to invite my local allied healthcare associates to join me (and show them how cool our organization is).
It was because of Tucson's designation as America's only UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
When I tell people this, they're shocked. They say, "Really? Tucson is a culinary hotbed as opposed to, say, San Francisco or New York?" That was my first reaction, too. However, the designation means much more than having amazing restaurants within its borders.
To be designated as a City of Gastronomy, the city must meet nine criteria, including:show how its food system, food economy, and food culture can act as a driver for finding solutions to its primary development challenges
- describe how its cultural and culinary assets played an important role in the city's history and economic development
- identify programs, institutions, and organizations that support businesses and employment in the culinary industry
- present examples of food-related programs and projects that support vulnerable social groups and those that strengthen connections between the city, the private sector, and academia
Further digging into this "title," I also discovered that Tucson has the longest agricultural history of any city in North America, extending back more than 4,000 years!
With a 300-year tradition of vineyards, orchards, and livestock ranching that have forged the vast array of the local heritage foods, the distinctive cuisine of Tucson has developed from a culturally layered history, a variety of heritage food ingredients, and a continuity of traditional food preparation techniques.
That's why our conference theme, "Ancestral Path to Modern Health" is so relevant.
When we announced our theme, we received an email from one member praising us for focusing our conference on paleo dietary regimes. However, given Tucson's designation and history – and our organization's non-denominational whole food philosophy – I realized we had to explain our theme intent a bit more. Spoiler alert! It's not about a one-size-fits-all dietary approach to health.
My paleo pals who adhere to specific food ways use the term "ancestral," yet the word has a much broader definition. It means pertaining to, descended or claimed from ancestors. Which brings me to the most crucial question of all: how far back in history must something be to be labeled "ancestral"?
For example, there are many healthy, indigenous cultures in locations around the world whose foods – potatoes, corn, ancient grains – would conflict with today's paleo diet. Fat provided most of the 3100 calories required daily for native Eskimos for more than 6,000 years. The staple crop of the ancient Mesopotamians was grain, with decades of research ultimately suggesting that the Mesopotamian population was incredibly healthy. These civilizations are, indeed, ancestral.
I'm not quibbling about which dietary approach is "best." The point I'm making is that there is a multitude of ancient paths that can lead us to health today. And THAT is the point of our theme.
The announcement of our conference speakers is right around the corner, and we are incredibly excited about the volume of cutting-edge and unique topics that play into our theme. In pure "holistic nutrition" fashion, there will be new ideas – food and non-food related, ancient and modern – that you can bring into your work to help your clients heal in powerful new ways.
The art and science of ancestral healing isn't just one thing. It's many things from cultures all over the world. It must be! Though the heart of all we do involves dietary approaches to health, we must never forget that we are diverse, unique beings and a multitude of factors can influence the effectiveness of the diets we put into play.
If you haven't yet reserved the dates for our 2019 conference, I suggest you do that right now. After all, given your calling and your passions, shouldn't you see for yourself what makes Tucson uniquely qualified for this prestigious and exclusive designation?
To your health,
Miriam G. Zacharias, MS, NTC, BCHNTM
President, NANP


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Your bridesmaids are your biggest support team, so be sure to know what you can expect from them before your wedding day.
Are you set to follow your BFF down the aisle, but don't know what to do? Or are a bride who just wants to know what she can expect of her maids in the run up to the big day? We understand that planning a wedding is a daunting experience and if you haven't planned or even been to one before it becomes even scarier. That's where the bridal party comes in.
The ladies you choose to join your bridal party should be your nearest and dearest and a group of women you can depend on to make wedding planning an exciting experience. But its not all fun and games as someone has to do some planning too.
Here's what the Maid of Honour and Bridesmaids should be helping the bride with before she becomes a married woman.
Planning the Hen Night
Bridesmaids and MoH, this one falls to you and it better be good! If your bride wants one last Big Night of Freedom then the responsibility is on you to make that happen… and unfortunately that also means paying for it. Each hen typically pays her way on the hen night/weekend and then chips in a little extra to cover the cost of the bride. If you're planning a simple night out on the town then this doesn't break the bank too much, but if you are planning a weekend getaway these costs can add up so be aware of what you can handle financially from the very beginning.
Helping the Bride pick her Wedding Dress
We always advise that brides take their bridesmaids wedding dress shopping as well as their MoB. Its one of the most fun experiences in wedding planning and a great bonding opportunity as well! So bridesmaids, you can definitely expect to be trailed around bridal shops, sipping champers and giggling over dresses- both the bride's and your own!
Doing some DIY
Whether its helping the bride with her Pinterest-worthy decor or handwriting addresses on invitations, bridesmaids and MoHs can expect to be asked to get involved (and should probably say yes!). While these sorts of sessions are time-consuming they are great for helping bridesmaids get to know each other (if they don't already) and for developing camaraderie before the wedding day.
Giving the Bride a Wedding Gift
Yes, some of you maids may think that the biggest gift you can give the bride is the gift of your help with wedding planning, but traditionally you should still be giving the bride a wedding gift. This doesn't have to be a 'couple's gift' like the majority of gifts are, but can be something special just for the bride-to-be.
Attending the Rehearsal Dinner
Bridesmaids may be sick of attending 'wedding-related' events by the time the rehearsal dinner comes around, but they still have to be there! Traditionally held the night before the wedding, the rehearsal dinner is the last chance for the wedding party to be together before the wedding itself. Brides can then opt to spend the night with their bridesmaids before the wedding, or go home to their Mum and Dad.
On the Day…
On the wedding day itself there are endless responsibilities for the MoH and Bridesmaids, not simply standing next to the bride at the alter! Here's the main ones you can expect:
- Holding the bride's bouquet during the official marriage ceremony.
- Not upstaging the bride (ie- you are at her beck and call!).
- Stand in the receiving line at the reception.
- Be in all the Bridal Party pictures.
- Maid of Honour should toast to the Best Man after the speeches.
- Dance with the groomsmen (not many bridesmaids complain about this one!!).
- Try and catch the bouquet.
- Help the bride with her dress while she… *ahem*… goes to the loo.
But the biggest responsibility of all…
… help the bride to have an AMAZING wedding day. Its a once and a lifetime experience she wants to share with a carefully selected group of bridesmaids, so give it your all and throw the best wedding ever!


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16 years, 16 long years I've been waiting for this film to be made. That's a hell of a long time, let me put it this way - so much has happened since "Phantasm IV: Oblivion" was released in 1998:
- The Columbine high school massacre
- The Euro currency launched
- 9/11
- Wikipedia
- DC snipers (John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo) caught
- The Queen Mother died
- U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq
- YouTube
- Indian Ocean Tsunami
- The Bali bombings
- 7/7 bombings
- Hurricane Katrina
- Apple launches the iPhone
- Saddam Hussein was executed
- Amazon launched the Kindle
- Pope John Paul II died
- Barack Obama is sworn in as the first African American President
- Markets plunge around the globe
That's just to name a few events...
So yes, we've waited a heck of a long time, so long that I thought that this would be one of those films that remains in development hell and would maybe get a release as a comic series or a t.v. project, we've been there and seen it all before.
BUT we're actually getting our final entry into one of the most under-rated franchises in Horror. There have been a few facts pointed out about the film, here they are:
- The project has been filming little by little since 2008.
- The original working title for several years was "Reggie's Tales".
- It was partly filmed in Crestline, CA at Reggie Bannister's own home.
- Many of the familiar series elements are back... the 'Cuda and the sphere especially.
- The Lady in Lavender will be making a return appearance.
- Don Coscarelli did NOT direct the film. "Phantasm V: Ravager" was written and directed by David Hartman under the supervision of Coscarelli.
But you're probably sick of my ranting and want to see the trailer so here you are:


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Marco Scutaro can once again straighten the pinkie on his left hand, thanks to a pin that was inserted for several weeks over the offseason. An emphasis on winter core workouts has his back feeling fine for the first time in a year.
But as he enters his 19th season as a professional, Scutaro knows that there's a big difference between health on reporting day and health in the middle of May.
"The back, it's frustrating," Scutaro said. "It's hard to figure out. You go to bed feeling good and you wake up tight. It seems like, when you have a bad back, your whole body feels like crap."
The back tightness was just one of Scutaro's problems last season, although it was the primary reason he played just 127 games in the first year of a three-year contract. Another big factor: In a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 11, Scutaro was hit on the hand by a Tony Watson pitch. The Giants feared he might miss months; instead, Scutaro was in the lineup a week later after deciding to play through "mallet" finger, a condition that left him with a curled pinkie.
On Tuesday, Scutaro said he had no regrets about playing through the injury.
"I think I made the right decision," he said. "I'm one of those guys that's going to show up to the field and try my best. I feel happy with what I did. I can look myself in the mirror and say I tried my best."
While compensating for the injured pinkie, Scutaro ended up hurting a tendon on his left ring finger. He was still able to hit a team-leading .297, although his power numbers, never high in the first place, took a dip.
Scutaro's biggest issues came defensively. He had the fourth-most errors (13) among National League second basemen and often had trouble with routine plays.
"I don't want to use the back as an excuse defensively," Scutaro said. "I don't think I played defense the way I want to. I want to defensively improve this year. That's how you win games, pitching and defense."
Scutaro, 38, said he didn't take many swings over the offseason, focusing instead on getting healthy. He has a simple swing that won't take much maintenance, and he said that he hasn't thought about his injured back during the few cage sessions he has had. The Giants, however, have spent plenty of time worrying about Scutaro's back.
"We'll ease him into it," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I don't see him participating in a lot of (Cactus League) games."
Bochy said Scutaro will get more scheduled days off this season but wouldn't put a set number on how many starts he would like Scutaro to make. The veteran talked his way into the lineup a handful of times last season, but on Tuesday, Scutaro was focused on rest. It will be about two weeks before he joins full workouts.
"There's no reason to rush right now. I'll get ready for 162 games. It sounds easy …" Scutaro said, his quiet voice trailing off. "I'll go day by day."
Or morning by morning.
Belt had flown to Florida for Wednesday's scheduled hearing and was about eight hours away from becoming the Giants' first arbitration case to be heard since A.J. Pierzynski in 2004.
General manager Brian Sabean said the two sides spoke several times Tuesday, but a resolution wasn't reached at that point. The teams were quite a bit apart — the Giants offered $2.05 million and Belt was asking for $3.6 million.
Sabean indicated that these negotiations might open the door for a multiyear pact later this spring.
"We like the player," Sabean said. "We think he's one of the up-and-coming players in the National League. We'd like to keep him around a long time."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
A look at Marco Scutaro's two seasons with the Giants:
Year G Avg. HR RBI
2012* 61 .362 3 44
2013 127 .297 2 31
Career 1,386 .278 77 509
* — Acquired in July 27 trade from Colorado


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Support for south Rockhampton flood levee rises
MORE than half of the 899 people surveyed about the proposed South Rockhampton Flood Levee have shown their support for the $48million project.
Over the past four weeks Rockhampton Regional Council has employed two methods - phone and post - to survey the community.
The council mailed 1000 property owners of houses and businesses within the proposed levee area who will pay a special charge to help fund the levee construction if it goes ahead.
Of the 476 postal surveys returned, 64% of participants indicated they were willing to pay to have the levee constructed.
CQUniversity Population Research Laboratory was also hired to conduct a phone poll of 423 people across the region.
More than 65% of those interviewed by phone showed their support for a levee and that was a good number for Council CEO Evan Pardon
"Council stipulated we wanted more than 50% of responses in favour of the project for it to proceed, so I feel very confident that our residents have been given every opportunity to have their say," he said.
"We've been talking with those directly affected and the broader community since July 2013, and these survey results confirm what we hoped all along - our community understand the benefits of the levee and will support it going forward."
Mr Pardon said council officers acted ethically, dismissing concerns the survey could have been rigged to support the levee.
"There was no cooking the books, so to speak," he said.
"Interviewing over 400 residents from across the community was a statistically valid amount given our voting population and it was reflective of the entire community."
But one in five people surveyed were concerned flood water would be increased outside the levee.
"Of course, some residents had concerns about the levee's cost and effectiveness, but hopefully their concerns will be eased once the feasibility study is finalised and released in the coming months," he said.
The council will use the survey and study when it applies to the state and federal governments for the final funding of $18million from each.
See results at rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au.
LEVEE BANK CONCERNS (from phone poll questions)
CONCERNS ABOUT FLOOD LEVEE Number, Percentage
The cost/expense of the flood levee 116, 27.4%
Will increase flooding outside levee 90, 21.3%
The flood levee won't be effective 38, 9.0%
The flood levee could be breached 16, 3.8%
I don't know enough about levee 21, 5.0%
Other concerns about flood levee 139, 32.9%
No concerns about the flood levee 122, 28.8%
*20% of phone poll respondents had multiple concerns


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Big Idea 14-Organization and Development of Living Organisms
In this unit, students will be using an App called Virtuali-tee. They will be allowed to bring a smart phone or an ipad into the classroom for a few lessons. The first lesson will be on April 24th and we will continue to use the App up until the first or second week of May. If your child has a smartphone or ipad, download the App at home and send them in starting on the 24th. If you would like to see what we are doing, go to https://www.curiscope.com/ and you will see the program. I received a grant for our students that includes the shirts to be shared in class and a 3D printer to print some organs at the end of the unit. I am so excited about this and I think the kids are really going to enjoy learning all about the human body!
SC.5.L.14.1- Identify the organs in the human body and describe their functions, including the skin, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, pancreas, muscles and skeleton, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, and sensory organs.
SC.5.L.14.2-Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support — some with internal skeletons others with exoskeletons — while some plants have stems for support.


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Malta National Hockey team to participate in Eurohockey Championship III in CroatiaThursday, July 27, 2017, 19:41
Malta Men's National hockey team to participate in EuroHockey Nations Championships III
National hockey coach Pieter Bregman has selected the final squad to participate in the EHF Championships III being held in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia.
The tournament provides a great opportunity to monitor the progress achieved under the guidance of Bregman. The players have in fact been preparing rigorously for the last 8 months.
A tough physical programme was followed to ensure that players will be able to cope with the difficult schedule they will have to endure.
The other countries participating in these Championships include Italy, Slovakia, Belarus, Lithuania, Turkey and Croatia. Italy and Belarus are the top seeds and favourites to make it through to Championship II in the week long tournament. Malta, in Group B, open their commitments against the hosts Croatia on Sunday 30th July. Malta has encountered Croatia before, the last time being way back in 1999 in the Mediterranean Cup, when the Croats had won the encounter 5-2. Malta will then meet Lithuania on August 1, a nation which Malta played against twice only 2 years ago. Hopefully Malta will be able to reverse the result of those games as Malta had lost narrowly. Malta will then play against Belarus on August 2.
Depending on the results, Malta will then be playing in the semi-finals or playoffs to determine their final position. No doubt, it will be a strong competition but with the preparation they have had, the local team will be looking forward to a positive result.
The players selected to represent Malta are
Goal keepers – Ramon Chircop and Emile Borg,
Defenders – Joseph Cuschieri, Keith Scicluna, Lukas Plaehn, Juan Sarcia, Ryan George
Midfielders – Luke Brincat, Mark Camilleri (captain), Silas Plaehn, Ryan Dalli, Zach Degiovanni, Keith Calleja
Strikers – Thomas Degiovanni, John Williams, Steve Portelli, Shaun Grima
The full set of fixtures is available at the following link. http://eurohockey.org/competitions-calendar/


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Posted by Hillsdale Dental Care on Sep 20 2017, 04:13 AM
As adults, we know that oral health is important. Yet, sometimes children need a little motivation to make proper brushing a part of their routine.
If your children feel brushing is boring, these smart products can make tooth brushing more fun.
Our goal is to help our littlest patients get off to a good start. So, we're sharing a few smart devices that may encourage your kids to develop good dental hygiene.
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Playbrush makes daily toothbrushing a fun game, creating a "positive atmosphere around toothbrushing." Kids play entertaining and instructional games while improving their brushing skills.
Playbrush includes motion sensors which record how your child brushes (place, speed and duration), helping to develop proper brushing techniques.
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Grush (short for gaming toothbrush) is a motion sensing toothbrush that also serves as a game controller. The device encourages good brushing techniques by guiding children to brush at proper angles for the recommended time of two minutes.
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The Foreo Issa Mini is a compact electric toothbrush that comes in kid-friendly colors. This smart toothbrush doesn't require an app or a mobile phone. Instead it uses Sonic Pulse Technology—channeling 9,000 pulses per minute to effectively and gently clean the teeth and gums.
The soft silicone bristles are extremely gentle on kids' teeth and gums, protecting them from over-brushing. And the bristles harbor less bacteria, promoting better oral health.
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If your child needs help with extending their brushing time to two minutes, the free Oral-B Disney Magic Timer app is one great solution.
As your child brushes with the app, a picture of a popular Disney or Marvel character is slowly revealed as a timer counts down on the screen. Only after the full two minutes have passed, the full image is revealed. Children can even save their completed pictures, giving them a sense of accomplishment for a job well-done.
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Kolibree is a smart electric toothbrush with sonic vibration. Its soft bristles protect kids' teeth and gums. And its smartphone app allows kids to play games while teaching proper brushing techniques.
Parents can monitor and improve their children's tooth brushing habits, making oral hygiene and fun and educational experience.
These smart products can help children develop and maintain healthy dental hygiene that will last them a lifetime.
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Why would the temperature increase of lack of aerosols be immediate, ok, almost immediate?
I wanted to ask that weeks ago, now is the ideal opportunity.
The implication of this all is very important. If aerosols from diesel and coal use are actually COOLING the planet, then closing coal plants and switching to EVS and getting carbon out of the system would quickly reduce the number of aerosols in the atmosphere, producing an almost immediate INCREASE in global temperature of 1-2°C.
If true then we should do all to keep our dirty shield intact, as long as possible and the more the better, the negative effects of warming will come later and do not matter since all those feedbacks will dwarf the extra CO2 input.
The extra earosols will make air low quality in industrial area's, big cities, so an extra reason to move outdoors, for your health.
The extra soot will make glaciers even more fragile, sea ice as well...........
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It's by e.e. cummings... Sarah told me it's her favorite poem of all time. I didn't even understand the title, so I kept my mouth shut. Then she said she feels that the last line, which goes "Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands," is the most beautiful sentence written by an American in the past 100 years.Aw, come on. There's an entire sequence in "Hannah and Her Sisters" — watch the 4-minute clip here — that begins with a big white-on-black intertitle inviting laughter over the line "Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands." This man — if he really is an electrical engineer (e.e. = electrical engineer) — instead of finding a way to laugh with this girl confesses to the advice columnist that he has "no idea what that sentence means."
I read the poem (which I had to do in front of her, which was scary) and I definitely get that it's a love poem, but if you asked me to explain a single line in it with a gun to my head, I'd be a goner.Such violent ideation. If you're smart enough to be an electrical engineer — which, as noted above, I doubt — you should figure out how to say something like: To me, everything you say is the most beautiful sentence by an American in the past 100 years. Paraphrase it for me. I want to know why it's the most beautiful sentence to you. I want to know how you would say it.
Maybe she'll bust out laughing and say: I was just playing with you. I was thinking what would be the most ridiculous present to give to my electrical engineering guy who doesn't understand the point of being an English major. And I thought: a completely bad poem with a ridiculous line that everyone has been laughing at for years. I'd present it to you in the most bullshit form, in calligraphy on parchment, act like it was a great present, and deadpan that that stupid line was the most beautiful line ever written in English. Oh, man, you should have seen your face.
But, no, his face was the face of a lost little boy. She realizes that her funny setup only revealed his lack of interpersonal skill and humor. If she finds out he wrote to an advice columnist — a female advice columnist — asking her — asking mommy — for help understanding the poem, she'll never be able to have sex with this man.
Back to the letter:
The thing is this was clearly a hugely meaningful gesture for Sarah to give me this poem. It means so much to her. I just didn't have the heart to tell her that it went over my head. I mumbled something about how beautiful it was and that seemed to make her happy, but I felt really bad later.He worries that this incident ruined everything. I think it did — not because he couldn't understand the poem, but because he didn't turn the occasion of failure to understand into an interesting interaction between the two of them. She tried to make something happen, and he was too big of a coward to find out what it was. And then he went to some other lady — an authority figure — for an explanation.
Only after writing that am I reading the advice columnist's answer — although I did do a search to see if she knew "Hannah and Her Sisters." The columnist's answer is kind of like mine, but it's more about gentleness, with the man inviting the woman to explain the poem. She was trying "to bring you into her world a bit... a loving gesture. Don't be put off by it, and trust her enough to respond with gentle honesty."
I suspect this particular man is more capable of the timid gentleness routine than of the more vigorous interplay I'd pictured, but I'm not an advice columnist.
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Blend the bananas with 1/3 of the strawberries, blend the rest of the strawberries separately but leave a few whole ones for decoration.
Distribute blended bananas and strawberries at the bottoms of several glasses (4 in my case), then the yoghurt and chia mixture on them, next the separately blended strawberries and decorate with whole strawberries at the very top.


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In a post-Irene series of snafus of Brobdingnagian proportions including a crashed iMac, LionelMedia is offline. I won't bore you with the precise terminology but its diagnosis begins with "cluster." Stay tuned, critical thinkers and sentient ones. I'll be up before you can say "Viagra."
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Gaming has taken over the world, and while online gaming platforms have skyrocketed the sports gambling community is also growing at a rapid rate, which has generated some challenges for bookies both onshore and offshore.
State of the Art Sportsbook Apps
These challenges are mainly technological and stem from trying to keep up with consumer needs for more in-depth applications that offer added value. The days where you could offer a sub-par mobile betting application to your customers are over.
The best sportsbook software is the one that offers the most value across different channels, gamblers are now engaging their betting providers through more channels and networks than ever before, the application must now support every operating system and resolution to be able to provide the quality service players are demanding.
This realization has been taken very seriously by the management of www.AcePerHead.com, and they have strived to be at the forefront of tech innovation for pay per head services. Their multi-channel betting software offers a lightning fast interface that is both easy to use and intuitive providing a much better customer experience.
The simple clean design of the player interface is just one of the things that makes Ace Per Head the best sportsbook software provider for independent bookies. The attention to detail and the robust high-volume capacity of the platform is sure to boost your profits year-round.
The mobile platform and the live dealer casino as just a few of the options that will open new markets and revenue sources for your bookie business. The newest addition, however, is the one that will revolutionize your book, and that is the live betting platform, the service includes a standard offering however for those who understand the impact live betting can have on their bottom line will profit the most with the VIP live betting package, which offers more options on every game, creating a unique engaging opportunity for your players.
Another great feature of the software platform is their risk management tools, the bet tracker shows bets as they are being placed giving the line managers a final chance to make changes to the line before the wager is accepted, it also provides invaluable insight into possible player collusion as all bets are shown in chronological order, making it easy to spot patterns.
However, it is the all-in-one betting platform that offers the best features, combining all wagering products under one player account, agents can easily view and analyze each player's activity, there is no need for a separate account for the casino games or the racebook, everything is done under one account and one balance.
The agent backend provides an overview of the entire business, if you work with sub-agents you will have access to all the relevant information of their players, the financial reports are top of the line, cutting your admin work to a fraction of what it would normally be. Data security is embedded in the software, and in addition to this AcePerHead.com has one of the most sophisticated network security platforms available, preventing attacks and downtime, making it a no-brainer to do business with them.


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Use Under Counter LED Lights To Effortlessly Add Illumination
Having sufficient lighting is very important, especially in certain situations. One thing about many homes, however, is that they often seem to not have sufficient lighting or electrical sockets to plug in extra light fixtures. Have you ever lived in a house that seemed too dark because it didn't have good light fixtures installed? If you have this problem, then the perfect solution for you is to install under counter LED lights.
What Are Under Counter LED Lights?
Under counter LED lights are a type of lighting fixture that has proven to be very useful in a variety of settings, especially the kitchen. An under counter LED light is comprised of a long, flexible strip of LED lights. It is plugged in on one end, then stretched out underneath a counter. There are a wide variety of connectors that you can use, to attach two LED light strips together. At the end of the flexible under counter light strip, you need an end cap. This protects the end of the light strip and helps to hold the whole thing in place under the counter.
Why Use An Under Counter LED Light Strip?
An under counter LED light strip can be used wherever you have a counter to work at, but don't have enough light to see by. Of course, the kitchen is most likely the first thing that comes to mind when you think of counters. Whenever you need extra light and it's difficult to install new light fixtures, such as when your home has an open floor plan and high ceilings, under counter LED lights are the perfect solution. Under counter light strips are also great for when you have a sewing counter. In addition, they are excellent for outdoor kitchens. Add extra illumination and ambiance to your outdoor entertainment space by putting an LED light strip under your counter.


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Amp Up Your "About Us" Page to Help Your Customers Get to Know You Better
A potential customer for your small business is likely to check out your About Us page before deciding to buy. It's not surprising that customers want to know who they will be patronizing. Sometimes it's simple curiosity, sometimes it's a search for particular capability, experience, or expertise.
Unfortunately, too many websites have About Us pages that fail to inspire. Often, they contain generic gobbledygook about "world-class service" or "excellent customer experiences." In other words, pablum. C'mon folks! About Us is your chance to wow the socks off your prospects. Don't treat it as an afterthought. Read on to learn important tips to make your About Us page shine.
1. It's Not About Us, It's About the Customer
Prospects come to your website because they want a solution to a problem or to fill a need. In other words, prospects care about themselves, as well they should. That's why you need to demonstrate that you are a real business capable of satisfying your prospects' needs. You have some idea what prospects want because you speak with them, in sales calls, one-on-one conversations, forums, emails, etc. Therefore, you know what information prospects need in order to close the deal. And the information you should offer should be real data, not meaningless assurances.
For instance, imagine a prospect who wants to hire a shipper. Don't fill the About Us page with word salad about great performance. Instead, announce that you provide 98.6% on-time shipping with an error rate of .0001% over the last three years. That's measurable performance that makes prospects more likely to trust you, because it addresses their needs with hard facts. Dump the superlatives like world-class, state-of-the-art, cutting edge, etc. If you are a new business, own it. State the facts as goals and describe how you will achieve these goals.
2. You Are What You Are
Prospects want you to be candid about your business. They seem to have an innate recognition of what's false, so get rid of the fluff and keep it real. Express who you are, not who you think you should be. For example, if you are a startup, describe the benefits of a small, lean business — the ability to focus on each customer's requirements, provide short lead times, handle small orders, customize your offerings, etc. In other words, own your newness and use it as an advantage. If you are an established company, discuss your certifications, awards, and other objective indications of achievement.
3. Avoid Stock Photos
Why do so many About Us pages have pictures of skinny young people, smiling and well-dressed? In other words, stock photos. Just as prospects can detect fluff, they also can spot a stock photo from a mile away. If you can't provide real photos, don't use any at all. Use pictures of the owners, employees, facilities, and other realities. Don't use a stock photo of a model smiling mindlessly at a souped-up, three-dimensional computer display of a pie chart hologram. It just looks foolish. On the other hand, a nicely produced video where you or a partner talk about your business is a winning idea.
4. Add Meaningful Accolades
If you run a small engineering business, it's important to talk about your degrees and certifications. If you run a delivery service, it's not important to talk about your driver's license. The point is to put in information that a prospect would want to see. It could be affiliation to a professional organization, industry awards, licenses, security clearances, etc.
Your website reflects you, and that's doubly true for your About Us page. Give it the attention it deserves, and you'll always have a positive resource that can help convert prospects into customers. Should you need the funds to hire someone to help you amp up your website, look to IOU Financial for up to $500k in as little as 24 hours.


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Brain cells thought to underlie our ability to understand one another work just fine in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), according to the authors of a controversial new study. Other researchers had proposed that these cells, called mirror neurons, malfunction in people with ASD, disrupting their ability to understand what someone else is experiencing. If the results hold up, researchers will need another way to explain the social deficits that characterize the disorder.
First identified in monkeys, mirror neurons fire when an animal performs particular movements but also when it sees another monkey or a person perform the same movement. Such neurons allow monkeys—and presumably humans—to learn actions by imitating others, and, some researchers believe, to understand other people and empathize with them. People on the autism spectrum struggle to understand what's happening in other people's minds, which makes it hard for them to connect socially. Some neuroscientists had proposed that mirror neuron deficits were at the root of their social problems.
Several groups had found evidence supporting the mirror neuron hypothesis; for example, neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues reported in 2005 that children with ASD show reduced mirror neuron activity compared with healthy controls when they watch and imitate others making faces. But neuroscientists Ilan Dinstein and David Heeger of New York University and their colleagues considered the previous results in humans inconsistent and inconclusive and designed what they considered "a more in-depth test," Dinstein says.
That test consisted of two types of experiments. In the first, the researchers scanned neural activity in the brains of healthy adults and high-functioning autistic adults in a functional MRI scanner while showing them one photograph after another with one of six simple hand gestures: rock, paper, scissors, thumbs up, gun, or the hang-loose hand signal favored by Hawaiian surfers. In the second experiment, they scanned subjects' brains after instructing them through headphones to make a series of the same six hand gestures.
Two brain areas thought to contain mirror neurons, the anterior intraparietal sulcus and the ventral premotor cortex, responded similarly in autistic and control groups, whether subjects observed a hand signal or made one themselves. This suggested that the autistic group's mirror neurons were functioning normally.
The researchers sought to confirm this with additional experiments that relied on a clever trick. When activated repeatedly, many neurons fatigue and their signals fade. What's more, individual mirror neurons are believed to respond to specific movements—for example, the "paper" neurons are distinct from the "hang loose" neurons.
Dinstein and his colleagues assumed that if the activity of a brain region faded more when a subject repeatedly saw or reenacted a single hand signal than when he or she saw or reenacted a mixed series of hand signals, then it contained mirror neurons specific for that hand signal. In both autistic and nonautistic individuals, signals from the two mirror regions of the brain faded to a similar degree when they saw or reenacted the same hand signal over and over, the team will report tomorrow in Neuron. That suggests to Dinstein that autistic subjects' mirror neurons are behaving normally.
Instead, the team noted that brain regions that process visual images and execute movements in autistic people fired more variably than did those in healthy people. This could be caused by malfunctioning synapses, which would make neural networks less reliable and would make signals from the world more difficult to interpret, Dinstein speculates. This faulty signaling, rather than mirror neuron problems, could underlie some of their social difficulties, he says.
Psychiatrist Justin Williams of the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom says that although the study demonstrates "that people with autism are as good at recognizing actions as anyone else, mirror neurons play a more complex role" and may not function normally during the childhood development of real-world social skills.
But Iacoboni says that the results don't prove what the researchers say they do, because their trick of focusing on fatigued neurons will miss some mirror neurons. Furthermore, he says, simply testing brain activity involved in identifying and mimicking movements does not accurately model the brain activity underlying complex social tasks.


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Srinagar, Aug 13: Our elders say when they were young, they saw people living in close integration with each other irrespective of their religion, sharing food, speaking the same language, listening to same music, playing the same instruments, and participating in one another's joy and sorrow. Above all, they had love for what they did and wanted to pass it on to the next generation. But now, that is all history!
Language is the first victim of cultural degradation. Given the rapidly growing exposure to the new world, the learning of new languages is coming at a cost: forgetting the mother tongue, which is now struggling to find acceptability in our daily life. People feel ashamed and inferior if they talk in Kashmiri. The worst case scenario is, most of us can't write in Kashmiri.
It is estimated that in around 80 percent of the households in Kashmir, the Kashmiri language has been replaced by others, with the result when the children grow they know very little or nothing about the language.
Homes apart, even in offices and educational institutes, the foreign languages seem to have taken over, forgetting that our identity is directly related to the language we speak.
But sometimes, you come across some inspiring examples. I remember it was June 26, 2015. I and my female friend were at Kheer Bhawani in Tulmulla Ganderbal covering the annual festival. We were part of the social service camp organised by our university (CUK), serving refreshment to hundreds of devotees. Armed with two Digital SLR cameras and having been already issued cards with our names and the university we were from printed on them, we thought it the opportune time to meet, talk and listen to the people who once lived among us and shared their joy and sorrow with us.
In all our conversations we had, the one thing common we heard was, "We lived happily and peacefully together with our Kashmir brethren and we did not want to leave". I had ambivalent feelings afterwards. On one hand, I felt sad for them having left their homeland and with no hope in sight to return. On the other, I was pleased to hear them speak in Kashmiri.
Language apart, the overall culture of Kashmir is said to be facing serious challenges, mostly form what is termed as 'Net Culture'. Internet, also called information superhighway, offers a limitless access to diverse cultures of the world, which though is not harmful, but somewhere it is responsible for our younger generation abandoning their own. Also, 'cultural unconsciousness' in Kashmir is said to be playing its role in making people go away from their culture.
Educational institutes are also said to be not doing enough, which otherwise can be the best places to impart and practice culture. As much as important it is to learn the culture, it is equally important to teach. It has to be passed on from elders to the new generation, and we to prepare our new generation for that. (KNB)


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Our Mission
Maymont Group is an endeavor that aims at the preservation, collection, and sale of historical documents. We primarily focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century industrial era history. Our biggest collection was obtained from Britain and France, and our collection includes original patents and lithographs from famed inventors such as Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. While the original documents are for sale, Maymont Group owns the digital rights of the original patents that will eventually be used to create a database for academic purposes by libraries, universities, and/or museums. It is our vision and goal to preserve the intellectual information that these documents provide for posterity and to advance knowledge about industrial-era history.


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An online portfolio is an essential self-promotion tool for any freelance designer. Often the first thing a potential client sees, it's a shop window to show off your work, as well as yourself – and you need to get it right.
A professional-looking layout is a must. If front-end web design is one of your skills, then you should practice what you preach and create something bespoke. But for illustrators, graphic designers and photographers, there are a wide array of off-the-shelf portfolio templates and website themes to choose from, which can be customised into an original design with little – or none – CSS tinkering.
Read on for our pick of 10 of the very best portfolio templates to choose from, representing five of the most popular portfolio website platforms...
01. Adobe Portfolio: Andreas
One of a fine selection of portfolio website themes for Adobe Portfolio designed by big-name creatives, this portfolio template by Andreas Levers really lets your work shine.
Its minimal layout is ideal for photography as each piece of work is shown large, and alternates between being left- and right-aligned, giving each image space to breathe.
Given that Adobe Portfolio is bundled with Creative Cloud, existing subscribers may well find the option attractive. But there are many other platforms out there, as we'll show...
02. Squarespace: Flatiron
Flatiron is a Squarespace template with a particularly eye-catching gallery display, which locks together images of different aspect ratios in a visually pleasing grid.
The site navigation is simple and unobtrusive at the top left of the page, making sure your work is the star of the show.
03. Wordpress: Helium
As a platform, Wordpress gives you plenty of versatility when it comes to customisation – particularly if you have some coding skills. Helium is a strong choice for a portfolio template, as it's much richer in features than many of the other examples on this list.
The theme costs $48 (around £34) for a regular license, but the developers have thrown in various premium-rate plugins as part of the package. It includes a built-in blog, as well as the option to add a fully functional online store if you choose.
04. Cargo Collective: Betelgeuse
A common problem when presenting images of your work in a simple grid format is how to tackle different aspect ratios, as well as how to create hierarchy.
The Betelgeuse template for Cargo Collective enables you to make individual thumbnails double the size, to vary the layout and emphasise particular projects.
Inside each project page, images and videos automatically scale down to fit the template, but never scale larger than their original size.
05. Wix: Urban Photography
Another stylishly designed gallery-style homepage, the Urban Photography template for Wix is minimal and elegant, giving most of the screen real estate over to large imagery.
While it's particularly effective for showcasing photography, this theme is versatile enough to display any kind of creative work, particularly illustration, and has built-in social sharing.
06. Adobe Portfolio: Marta
Another Adobe Portfolio offering by a well-known designer, this stylish theme comes courtesy of Amsterdam-based art director Marta Veludo.
Its fixed navigation can change colour when you scroll, and keeps your core details visible while visitors browse the site.
Your logo is centred, with navigation options to the left-hand side – and the whole site is built on a responsive grid with fixed gutters. It's a slick, colourful and eye-catching option for any creative.
07. Squarespace: York
Created specifically with designers in mind, the York template for Squarespace is refreshingly minimal compared to more thumbnail-led approaches.
The main area above the fold is reserved for a large, punchy introductory statement, while large project images are either full-width or half-width.
It's a simple portfolio template that exudes confidence, and you need the work to support it. It's all about picking a handful of killer projects and letting them shine.
08. Wordpress: Throne
Another ultra-versatile Wordpress template, Throne is as suitable for a freelance creative as it is for a fully fledged design studio. It's particularly well suited to those with a deep and broad portfolio across multiple disciplines, as the navigation filters your work by category.
Like Helium, it'll set you back $49 (around £43) – but it comes equipped with plenty of widgets, CSS3 animations, video support and a wide range of page layout options.
09. Cargo Collective: Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia is a responsive portfolio template for Cargo Collective that fills the width of your browser window with columns of thumbnails. Like its Cargo stablemate Betelgeuse, Cassiopeia automatically scales project images by width, and you can also opt to do so vertically to fit a browser window.
The theme supports Sets, as well. The function enables you to easily organise your projects by category, discipline or type of client, for instance.
10. Wix: Emma Brewer
Many of the portfolios templates available for the Wix platform are pretty versatile in terms of end use, but there's usually a suggested discipline that each would suit best.
Pitched at art directors and graphic designers, this Emma Brewer theme features large, half-page-width thumbnails on the homepage, which click through to expansive project galleries.
Each has a killer screen-filling hero image at the top, a paragraph of info, and a selection of secondary images beneath – an ideal way to show branding and design projects with multiple touchpoints.
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Essential WordPress Security 2018 – Part One
One of the most pernicious myths about WordPress is that it is vulnerable to hackers. As the most popular Content Management System, running almost 60% of all websites that use a CMS, there will always be some WordPress sites that are no longer actively maintained or whose owners are simply unaware of what they need to do, so, yes, we will keep hearing about WordPress sites that have been hacked.
The truth is, however, that the huge and extremely active WordPress community, who follow the latest security trends and spring into action whenever a vulnerability is discovered, make the most secure CMS if you follow a few simple steps.
Best Plugins for Fixing Hacked WordPress Websites
Here are a couple of plugins I always rely on for identifying and fixing malware on hacked WordPress websites.
Even with these tools, ridding a hacked site of malware and malicious code is not a task for the faint of heart. If you want to leave things in the hands of professionals, I recommend that you trust Sucuri to clean your website and restore it to its former glory.


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A PS4 price drop may have just been confirmed before an official E3 2015 announcement. One popular U.S. electronics retailer currently lists Sony's flagship console for $349.99 in a non-sale fashion. Could a PS Vita price cut be coming too?
Rumors of a PS4 price drop surfaced days ago when little-known gaming outlet WholesomeGamer posted a screenshot from Sony's official retail loyalty site. According to the evidence, the average retail value of PS4 was listed as $349. This is $50 below the usual asking price of $399. Furthermore, Vita was classified with an ARV of $89. That's $110 lower than the handheld's regular retail price of $199.
If an official hardware price drop is on the way, it's likely that gamers will hear the first confirmed news of it during Sony's E3 2015 press conference on June 15 at 6 p.m. PST.
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Date: Thursday, April 12 at 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Place: Academia Cotopaxi Auditorium and Classrooms
Target Group: All Parents
Sponsored by: Academia Cotopaxi
Opening Session
From 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m
"What are the skills and attitudes universities are looking for?" and "How can I support the acquisition of these skills from Kindergarten to Graduation?" At the end of this session, we will conclude with a brief survey to gain insights about the Parent Workshops Topics offered in 2017-2018.
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- The total carat weight of this bridal set with a .75 carat center stone is 1.20 carats.
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Clean green with Braava's rewashable and reusable microfiber floor cleaning cloths. Specially designed for Braava, electrostatic white cloths are ideal for dry mopping dust, dirt and hair from your floors. Textured blue cloths can be used with just water to scrub up deeper dirt. This three-pack includes two dry mopping cloths and one damp mopping cloth. Each cloth is 8" x 11", can be washed and used hundreds of times and is easy to attach and remove from the magnetic cleaning pad.
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Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), The Island (1942)
In The Island, Wyndham Lewis depicts a deconstructed world that is in conflict with modernity – not because of modernization in itself, but because of the constant struggle to find what he called the "instinctive," "genuine" way of expressing it. For Lewis, this means of expression was through vorticism, an artistic movement headed by Lewis and Ezra Pound whose aim was to depict the all-consuming nature of a rapidly moving and changing world from a still point, or vortex. Well known for his aversion to conformity, Lewis here expresses this unique style – one that is free of "conventional limitations," that contains "surprise and primitive detachment," and that could be attempting to re-humanize the modern world in a new, unexplored way.
The composer Pierre Boulez creates music in a similar fashion; he favors violent, explosive music that almost attacks listeners without their consent in the same way that Lewis's artwork forcibly draws viewers without theirs.
"…just as the old form of egotism is no longer fit for such conditions as now prevail, so the isolated human figure of most ancient Art is an anachronism.
It now, literally, EXISTS much less.
Love, hatred, etc., imply conventional limitations.
All clean, clear cut emotions depend on the element of strangeness, and surprise and primitive detachment.
Dehumanization is the chief diagnostic of the Modern World."
– "The New Egos" by Wyndham Lewis, BLAST Magazine (1914)
Here, Lewis discusses whether or not his art is "unorthodox."
Case Study
Robert Kleeman was born in Chelsea, London, England in 1894. He was born into a wealthy family and lived a comfortable life with his parents Charles and Margaret and his younger brother Joseph. At the age of eighteen, he began attending King's College London, where he studied philosophy and literature in the hopes of one day becoming a lawyer. His studies were interrupted, however, by the outbreak of World War I. Robert, then twenty, enlisted, along with then-eighteen year old Joseph. But then disaster struck – Joseph was killed in battle, and so Robert returned home alone and heartbroken. The death of his brother affected him greatly, and he refused to go back to King's College and abandoned his dreams of pursuing a career in law. He instead turned to writing as a method of organizing his thoughts and picking up the pieces of his life left over after the end of the war. He moved away from Chelsea and lived in Manchester for a few years, but then decided that he needed to leave England altogether and moved to Paris to focus on his literary career. Now twenty-seven, Robert has dedicated his life to writing about his experiences and the affects of war on daily life in France and England. He struggles with occasional flashbacks of the trauma he endured, and evidence of this appears in his written works. However, despite Joseph's death, Robert reluctantly maintains that the war was fought in England's best interest and that the country did not have a choice in terms of participating. He is a firm proponent of English nationalism, and travels to England frequently to give lectures at universities about his experiences on the battlefield, as well as about his brave brother's sacrifice. Robert recently married an Englishwoman named Barbara and moved with her to Nice, France. Together they have a one-year-old daughter named Maisie.
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