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Contrasts Grow as Alphabet City Evolves
For decades, Alphabet City was written off as a no man's land, cordoned off by the East River, the river of traffic on Houston Street to its south, and the mountain range of Stuyvesant Town to its north. It was simply more easterly than the East Village and its lettered avenues served both as reminders to its defiance of Manhattan's prim grid, and a mnemonic device of warning: A was Alright, B was Bad, C was Crazy and D? D was Death.
"Now you have apartments for $70 a square foot along Avenue D," said Bob Perl, a local developer who owns Tower Brokerage. "That was inconceivable even a few years ago."
Alphabet City has capitalized. Recently, it has become the go-to neighborhood for franchise extensions from fancier parts of town—the West Village's Westville, Park Slope's Fonda and Chelsea's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre—rendering it a kind of Epcot version of the city's coolness.
When he told his Queens-native mother that he was putting the new UCB Theater on Avenue A, Alex Sidtis, the theater's managing director, said she recited the ABC mnemonic and told him to reconsider.
"But we wanted to put our money where our mouth is," he said, "and keep a stage space alive. We wanted to bring a new destination to the neighborhood." In October, the theater will celebrate its first anniversary in the new space.
But Alphabet City has had its own homegrown venues develop as well. The Beagle just reopened with a bolder, boozier menu. Dov Charney, the American Apparel mogul, backs the Cardinal. The Wayland is expanding to take over a neighboring business. When the Lakeside Lounge closed in April, it was reopened by some of the same principals little more than 100 days later under the name Blackbird. Royale's burgers have gained legendary status, and Kafana, the Serbian restaurant, recently was listed by Newsweek as one of the 101 best places to eat in the world.
Meanwhile, the Ost Cafe has enjoyed a cool boom for being the spot where Foursquare was developed. Even Bedlam, one of the city's wildest gay bars, has come to roost on Avenue C between a bank and a discount supermarket.
The streets are peppered with more than 20 community gardens of varying sizes, as well as the occasional gallery space. The notable graffiti murals in the area are more artful than brutal; along Houston, for example, a spot once used by people grieving for the singer Selena and Pope John Paul II is now home to spray-painted ads for local businesses.
The city's first Jeremy Lin graffiti tribute popped up on Second Street, at a spot where a hipster proposed to his girlfriend using a graffiti pastiche of their relationship. On a recent visit, the space offered a sweet, Cyrillic happy birthday wish to someone named Dasha.
Yes, the neighborhood also has more than its fair share of public housing projects, but so does Chelsea. And the Chelsea comparison isn't so far-fetched given the momentum and enthusiasm behind a counterpart to the city's High Line park, the conversion of an underground trolley terminal under Delancey Street in the adjacent Lower East Side into what's being called the LowLine.
Perhaps the most telltale sign of the brighter days for Alphabet City came last year, when Tompkins Square Park, which for decades was a seedy, drug-addled tent city for the homeless, installed permanent ping-pong tables, a nod to the changing demographics swinging toward both affluent hipsters and young families.
"We're seeing a lot more young women come to the neighborhood, I'd say a 70/30 split," said Arik Lipshitz, president of DSA Realty, a local firm started by his father in 1986. New residents work in fashion, tech and media. "Not so much finance," he said. But also not just waiters and bartenders and that kind of thing. These are proper professionals now."
He said rents can be as much as 20% to 50% cheaper than for similar properties along Second Avenue.
Remarkably, the flux has actually helped the longtime presence of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which the poet Allen Ginsberg, when he lived nearby, called "the most integrated place on the planet." Bought in 1981 for $8,000, the current space has flourished in recent years, said executive director Daniel Gallant.
"We deal in art that is naturally endangered," he said. "And we've had people move to be closer to this fertile, artists' playground and then complain about the noise." He laughed. "Luckily," he continued, "poetry is mostly a quiet art form."
In an email later, he wrote, "Many of our artists and our spectators are economically disadvantaged, and the dual themes of recession and gentrification often work their way into our events."
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Los Angeles with Kids: A Perfect Family Day
Start your "sun-day" out right with breakfast at Back to the Beach Cafe (445 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica; 310-393-8282). The menu is basic -- pancakes, bagels and omelets -- but will please even the pickiest eaters, and the location, which is right on the sand, can't be beat. Grabbing a bite to eat with the sand between your toes will set the mood for the rest of the day.
When you've had your fill of breakfast and beach, drive south on Route 1 to theSanta Monica Pier. Walking along this popular dock (which is open 24 hours a day, year-round) is a thrill for young ones, and the beach scene -- filled with seagulls and sailboats -- will be sure to entertain them. But the most fun will come from Pacific Park, an amusement park that includes a vintage carousel, bumper cars for little ones over 3, and a Rock'in Pirate Ship (plus rides for bigger kids and adults.) Admission is free, and you can go online to buy discounted unlimited-ride wristband for kids ages 7 and younger for $13.95 ($18.95 for older kids and adults). There is also an aquarium at the pier to enhance kids' ocean experience with education on local sea-life. Admission to the aquarium is $5, and is free for those 12 and younger.
The ocean air will make your crowd hungry, so travel north up the gorgeous strip of ocean-side road that is the Pacific Coast Highway (Route 1), where the drive itself is the attraction. About 28 miles from Santa Monica, you'll find the perfect lunch spot -- Bob Morris' Paradise Cove (28128 Pacific Coast Highway; 310-457-3273). This lesser-known Malibu gem offers an extensive sandwich and seafood menu, but keep an eye out for the sign -- it can be easy to miss (the sign and entrance will be on the left). It's worth the wait for a table outside, where kids can run around on the beach until the food is ready.
After lunch, head back south along the coast on I-10 E to Hollywood Boulevard and Grauman's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd.; 323-464-8111). This Hollywood landmark will engage kids with its Chinese art and architecture, and those that are slightly older can look for their favorite celebrity's handprints. But the most fun will be running into the out-of-work actors and actresses dressed as movie stars and superhero characters (just beware, the impersonators work for tips).
Next stop on your family vacation day: Griffith Park (4730 Crystal Springs Dr., Los Angeles; 323-913-4688). Make your way from West Hollywood to the Glendale area. Head to the Los Feliz entrance for pony rides, or enter further to visit the Los Angeles Zoo and Travel Town, a railroad museum.
If you want to stretch your legs, you can hike to the Griffith Observatory from Fern Dell Drive (grab a map from the visitors center or download one online -- Griffith is a big park with a lot of winding roads). The hike is easy enough for kids, about 30 minutes, but if you're bringing toddlers, you might want to bring a backpack carrier in case they get tired. Admission to the observatory is complimentary; but know that it's closed on Mondays. If you're not interested in hiking, parking is available right next to the observatory. Views are priceless -- so be sure to bring a camera.
The Griffin Observatory also contains the Samuel Oschin Planetarium -- something worth sticking around for. The shows run afternoon through evening and tickets are $7 for ages 13 and older, $5 for ages 5 to 12, and free for kids under 5 if they sit on the lap of an adult during the show.
Post-observatory, head down to The Waffle (6255 W Sunset Blvd., between Argyle Avenue and Vine Street, Hollywood; 323-465-6901), where kid menu options include mac 'n cheese and Wee Waffle Burgers. By the time dinner is done, the little ones will be down for the count, and you'll have wrapped up a perfectly spectacular family vacation day in Los Angeles with kids.
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Black hat SEO is the same as SEO spamming. It refers to the practice by some who open websites with little or no purpose than to trick search engines. The aim is to make the search engine come up with results that are irrelevant or little use to the searcher. Black hat technology makes use of automotive technology in creating countless of low quality sites. The website when visited would either use a cloaking of some kind or just redirect to a product sales page. The aim after all is to deceive the search engine user to visit a site that contains nothing more than a sales page.
Black hat SEO is more result oriented, the idea is to generate traffic fast. The method is frowned on. Its methods that might actually get websites to the top of display pages quickly but would eventually get the site banned when the search engine catches on. Black Hat, like spamming is not considered as an honorable method of generating traffic. With the time and resources put into building a website, this might not be the best SEO option for you.
White Hat SEO on the other end of the stick focuses on building quality sought after content. That is the primary motive and if done well, it achieves the secondary method which is to use SEO techniques to achieve top search engine ranking. This method of SEO also makes use of automation and technology in building websites only that the goals here are different. The websites and its content are designed and written with people in mind first and search engines second. The main tools with White Hat SEO are quality content and sound internet marketing tools, not automated websites.
White Hat SEO users recognize that top engine rankings take time and consistent updated quality content among other things. They do not try to force or hurry the results, the philosophy is "Content is King", and this method firmly believes that in the long run quality content would win.
When considering which SEO hat to use, remember these points:
- Black hat might be faster but in the end gets you banned.
- Black hat SEO is frowned upon. It won't get you or your site any respect.
- Top search engine ranking takes time and consistent effort
- In the end, White hat techniques pay off better because it understands that quality content always wins.
Leave your thoughts on this. Until next time, happy freeSEOing!


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Fashion GPS' New Office in Hong Kong!
The leading digital solutions provider of sample management and digital event technology for fashion brands and agencies worldwide, expands its global presence and footprint across Asia. Benefiting from the rising momentum of the Asian fashion industry, Fashion GPS ventures into a new base for business...December 12th, 2014 | News, Predict Fashion | Read More


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DETROIT — A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company's emissions cheating scandal, advancing a criminal investigation by agreeing to testify against others.
James Robert Liang, 62, of Newbury Park, Calif., entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government through wire fraud.
Liang is the first person to enter a plea in the case, and his cooperation is a major breakthrough in the Justice Department's probe into the scandal. Government documents say others were involved and point to multiple emails in German that likely came from VW employees in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Volkswagen has admitted to installing software on about 500,000 2-liter diesel engines in VW and Audi models in the United States that turned pollution controls on during government tests and turned them off while on the road. The Environmental Protection Agency found that the cars emitted up to 40 times the legal limit for nitrogen oxide, which can cause human respiratory problems.
Liang, who started working for VW in 1983 in Germany and also worked in the United States, was indicted in June on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and another count of violating the Clean Air Act. According to a plea agreement unsealed Friday, Liang admitted that he and others planned software known as a defeat device that could cheat U.S. emissions tests after recognizing that a diesel engine they were designing could not meet customer expectations and stricter emissions standards. Using the defeat device enabled VW to obtain a certificate from the Environmental Protection Agency needed to sell the cars in the states.
Liang pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge. He will be sentenced Jan. 11. The judge said that guidelines call for Liang to serve five years in prison. He also could be fined up to $250,000.
Volkswagen wouldn't comment on the plea, but said Friday that it continues to cooperate in the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Chutkow told the judge that two or more of Liang's colleagues also had knowledge of the conspiracy.
According to the indictment, Liang and his co-conspirators were tasked with designing new diesel engines for the U.S. market that complied with stricter emissions standards for nitrogen oxide emissions that went into effect in 2007.
Prosecutors say Liang and other engineers realized they could not design a diesel vehicle that met the stricter U.S. emission standards and performed well enough to satisfy customers. So they began work on defeat device software that would cheat on the tests, the indictment says.
Within VW, the cheating software was referred to as "cycle beating," or "emissions tight" mode, among other terms, according to the indictment.
The scheme began to unravel in 2014 when a nonprofit group discovered that the cars polluted too much in real-world driving conditions. But prosecutors say that Liang and his VW colleagues still conspired to hide the existence of the defeat devices.


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A cat has been put in "solitary confinement" by an animal shelter for letting other cats out to roam the halls.
Friends For Life Animal Shelter in Texas explained that Quilty the cat used to let the dog out at his former home, and has been repeating these tricks now he is in a shelter, by letting other cats out of their room "several times a day".
Posting photos of Quilty after he was separated from the other cats, the shelter said on Facebook: "Quilty will not be contained. And he has no shame.
"Quilty loves to let cats out of the senior room. Repeatedly. Several times a day.
"We have since Quilty-proofed the cat room while he took a brief hiatus in the lobby. His roommates missed him while he was banished to the lobby."
Quilty's escape attempts and subsequent solitary confinement have spawned hashtags including #FreeQuilty and #QuiltyNotGuilty.
The cat has also been featured on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, with a correspondent calling the cat's plight: "The Pawshank Redemption".
Jennifer Hopkins, communications manager for the shelter, told the PA news agency: "Quilty is currently on a sleepover, which is a one-week 'trial' period where a potential adopter takes an animal to their home to see how it's going to work out."
Ms Hopkins reported that the potential adopters say the cat is "doing really well".
Mr Hopkins told PA that Quilty's influence has touched the whole shelter, with a kitten quickly learning the Houdini-like cat's escape techniques.
She said: "It has now become contagious to a few other cats, including a soon-to-be announced Quilty protege, Jet.
"Jet is just a tiny kitten, but he is striving to become the escape master that Quilty is."


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'Bird switched off train line power between Manor Park and Romford'
PUBLISHED: 11:54 14 April 2014 | UPDATED: 11:54 14 April 2014
This morning's chaos on the train line between Liverpool Street and Shenfield was caused by a bird, it has emerged.
According to operator Abellio Greater Anglia, a crow on power cables shut off the supply to trains shortly after 10am.
It caused cancellations and delays for more than an hour on the busy route, preventing trains from stopping at several stations.
A statement from Abellio Greater Anglia said: "The problem was caused by a bird (a crow) obstructing the overhead line equipment near Ilford carriage depot, causing the power to switch off."
They did not elaborate on what the crow did to cause the outage.
Trains were not stopping at Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Chadwell Heath and other stations but all lines reopened at 11.05am.
Delays and cancellations are still possible.
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BSc Worldwide Business And Finance
The BA (Hons) Business and Finance diploma at Lincoln aims to equip students with the tools and knowledge to operate in a variety of enterprise environments, and to develop a broad understanding of enterprise and finance from an international perspective. GW Regulation has ongoing and in-depth relationships with regulators, enterprise leaders and students each domestically and overseas (a couple of examples being China, Korea, and India). To assist particular person investigation into an utilized enterprise problem or concern every scholar will develop a subject primarily based on existing research with the assist of a specialist workshop tutor (e.g. HRM or LSCM). We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to 4 semesters at high school stage (Years eleven and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA). The College of Mannheim Enterprise College is extremely ranked and has an excellent reputation.
She is an authorized public accountant, earned a B.S. degree in accounting from New Mexico State University and an M.B.A. diploma from Western New Mexico College (WNMU). Prior to her position at the College of California, she served for 12 years at Western New Mexico University as Vice President for Business and Administration. There may be alternatives to amass worthwhile European experience by working or conducting research abroad during your degree or shortly afterwards.
A level in enterprise and finance offers you the opportunity to entry a variety of graduate positions world wide – in monetary administration, investment banking, advertising, advertising, e-commerce, human sources or mission administration.
BCUIC is a part of the global Navitas Group, an internationally recognised training provider, and the partnership permits students to entry the University's services and services and transfer seamlessly by to attaining a Bachelor's degree from Birmingham City College.


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THE Evening Post teamed up with Broad Street Mall to attract more people into retail jobs.
The newspaper's promotions executive Kim Taylor and recruitment department head Emma Hargreaves were on hand to help out during the shopping centre's recruitment drive on Friday, October 3.
Miss Taylor and Ms Hargreaves ran a special stall and gave out copies of the previous day's edition of the Evening Post, which had a special section dedicated to jobs and careers, and also copies of Job Weekly.
Passers-by were given Evening Post goodie bags and Ms Taylor said: "A lot of people came along and browsed through leaflets and literature."


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Exam support
Find out what to expect in your exam hall
Be prepared
We're here to help
Remember, if you need any further support, we're here for you:
- Counselling & Psychological Services can support your wellbeing
- Disability Service can assist with access, study support and exam arrangements
- Interfaith Chaplaincy offers spaces for reflection
- The Library has over 2,200 study spaces with hundreds of PCs as well as Wi-Fi
- Student Services Enquiry Team in the Fraser Building can help with a variety of questions
- Nightline is a confidential telephone support and information service run for students, by trained student volunteers.
Advice on revision and exams
Need some help with revision strategies and exam techniques? Meet an Effective Learning Adviser:
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- College of Social Sciences (including Law, Business and Education)
For students from any college:
Be Prepared! Top Tips from Students
Get organised
- "Make an exam revision plan & set achievable goals."
- "Plan in breaks. By having them on your study timetable, you don't feel guilty for taking time off, and so are more likely to go back to the work after.""Draw up weekly and daily revision tasks; this promotes focus and raises awareness of the nature of the area of study."
- "Break your revision into manageable chunks and have at least one item to be ticked off every day - it gives you a sense of accomplishment that keeps you going!"
- "Set manageable goals, that give you enough time to cover each topic prior to the exam."
- "Start your revision well in advance by listing all of the topics covered in each module."
- "Prioritise studying the things you don't know, rather than the things you find easy. You have limited time to study, and have to make the most of it."
- "Eliminate distractions: don't check your social media or email. Put your phone on "flight mode" or try distraction apps which block your favourite sites for a period of time set by you."
- "Try and talk to yourself when you're revising/recalling information before an exam."
- "No distractions! If you think of something you need to do, write it down and do it later. Then have a 5 to 10 min break. Do 4 rounds of 25 min and after that have a longer break - 30 or 40 min. You deserve it."
Study & learn
- "Go to the Library early. Read books from your reading list and scan essential sections ahead of the exam prep rush!"
- "Always revise your notes the following day. The process of memorisation requires repetition."
- "Regroup your lectures and reading notes per topic and make synthetic notes of your notes."
- "Refer to past papers. While no year's exams are exactly the same, you'll often get a sense of the tone and general areas of study you should be focusing most on."
- "Use past papers throughout the year - not just at exam time. Answer questions on them as the topics are brought up in lectures."
- "Always repeat all you have learned in classes. Focus on the content of course using literature which is given in course guides."
- "If you're stuck, ask for somebody else's perspective on the problem. A new pair of eyes can be pivotal."
- "Use student forums to share and gain knowledge."
- "Meet other students to ask questions. Asking and explaining are two excellent ways of learning."
Get ready
- "Ensure you have spare pens, rulers and other essential stationery. Buy your stationery well in advance, as before the exam diet shops often run out of stock!"
- "In the days before your exams, find the rooms, sort out your pencil case and make sure that you have covered everything on your checklist, so that you don't need to worry on the day of the exam."
- "Speak to the staff! If you have any doubts, talk to your tutor and the support staff: they're there for you."
- "Attend any drop in help sessions available for your course."
Look beyond the Library!
Find an alternative study space:
Study! Top Tips from Students
- "Study throughout the year - don't leave it all until the last minute."
- "Make a realistic study plan and set monthly, weekly, and daily goals."
- "Stay on top of work throughout the year. There are 24 hours in a day - even if you only spend 2 hours of those 24 doing some work, it all adds up!"
- "Rather than focusing on how long you will be studying, write a list of daily goals instead and tick them off as you achieve each. This motivates you to go further."
- "Look at the course on the Course Catalogue. Make sure you understand the Intended Learning Outcomes."
- "Make flashcards throughout the year and study them daily. When it gets close to exam time, go through them all, hardest to easiest."
- "Use flashcards. Try forming questions from your lecture slides and go through them a few times a day."
- "Study with your friends. Ask each other questions, and reflect on how to improve your answers."
- "Set rewards for yourself once you complete a certain amount of studying. Whether it be a chocolate treat or an episode of your favourite TV show, they can really help motivate you to push through those long lectures!"
- "Make a summary sheet for each sub topic. Include only the essential knowledge and try keep it to less than 1 page."
- "Find the studying technique that works for you. Try repetition, colour coding your notes, making mind maps or diagrams, watching videos or listening to podcasts."
- "Reflect on over-arching themes of the course and pursue wider reading of multidisciplinary works that could be pertinent (if there is time)."
- "Study for your own good! Broaden your horizons. Be naturally curious. Have fun. It's important to have fun and enjoy what you do."
- "Connect and understand your knowledge. The more you can link new concepts to other things that you have learned previously, the easier it will be come to answer a question."
- "Go to all revision sessions. Teachers often give away hints on what could probably appear in the exam, or at least, they will direct the session towards a topic that they think will be useful to know for the exam. Also, make use of all apps, quizzes, recommended videos."
- "Be aware of your weaknesses and work on them. Do not be afraid to look back on your notes, refer back and ask others until you understand it."
- "Revise and read around the area in any possible way: the more you know about something, the better you will understand it."
- "Don't study on the day of the exam or the night before. Get a full night sleep!"
- "Throughout the year listen for clues from teaching staff."
- "Find a place that facilitates concentration. Try out different locations and find out what suits you best."
- "Find the place where you feel you optimise your learning. Whether it's the silent library levels, cafe, or perhaps the comfort of your own home.
- Organise your study space! Tidy desk = tidy mind."
- "Switch up your study space. Studying in the same environment all of exam season is boring!"
Rest & relax
Relax and De-Stress
Take a break
- Care for your mind and body with UofG Sport
- Practice your art skills with the Library colouring book
Manage stress
Relax! Top Tips from Students
- "Take regular breaks for exercise and relaxing and time with friends. Clearing your head can allow you to focus more, and take more in."
- "Go for a walk. Take a break and get some fresh air, even if it's just 5 minutes round the block. Stretching your legs after sitting down for so long gets the oxygen pumping and brain working!"
- "Make sure you're eating well. Instead of sugary snacks, it's better to provide your brain with healthy fats and fibre."
- "Always have mental breaks! Even runners stop for a bit to take a breath, so let your brain have one as well. Try the "pomodoro" technique. Set the timer on your phone for 25 min and study."
- "Meet with people. It's extremely easy to isolate yourself during exam time because you are so. Try to set up study groups and question each other on topics. Go for a walk in the botanic garden or just have a nice cup of tea on the grass in the quadrants."
- "Set a routine. Have a set time to get out of bed, set meal times and a set bedtime. Get a solid 8 hours of sleep."
- "Do not lose your routine because you don't have a university class timetable to follow. It might help to create your own timetable to maximise your time."
- "Add social events to your timetable to allow you to have an outlet and keep your spirits high."
- "Exercise! A healthy body equates to a healthy mind. It' s also a good way to relieve exam preparation stress."
- "Speak to your peers, friends, classmates, lecturers, family, shopkeeper, bus driver, next door neighbour. Tell people how you're getting on. Take advice."


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The Larsen C ice shelf collapse hammers home the reality of climate change
Very soon, a large portion of an ice shelf in Antarctica will break off and collapse into the ocean. The name of the ice shelf is Larsen C; it is a major extension from of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and its health has implications for other ice in the region, and sea levels globally.
How do we know a portion is going to collapse? Well, scientists have been watching a major rift (crack) that has grown in the past few years, carving out a section of floating ice nearly the size of Delaware. The speed of the crack has increased dramatically in the past few months, and it is nearly cracked through
Source: The Larsen C ice shelf collapse hammers home the reality of climate change | John Abraham | Environment | The Guardian


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ReleaseFace: WARFACE Is Now Live
The saga of WARFACE, the free-to-play shooter from Crytek that RPS has treated with all the respect we could muster, is finally coming to some sort of conclusion. It is out. It is live. Everyone in North America, Europe and Turkey can sign into their social netwrok thing GFACE (really) and play on the game's co-op or multiplayer maps for nothing. I'm impressed that they managed to sneak it out before Battlefield 4 and the next Call of Duty, and I don't think the timing is coincidental. The mighty thunder of those games won't be stolen, but a free and decent alternative to those is a nice October bonus.
It's fun, it's free, there's loads of guns, classes, game modes, daily challenges, and it has a stupid name that has never, ever felt right. All we need now is a launch trailer that treats this overly-manly nonsense as it if were the greatest story ever told. Oh, what do we have here? Chess? SeriousNarrationFace? You bet.
That is everything I expected from the trailer for a game called WarFace. It is perfect, and I'm choosing to believe there's a huge wink aimed right at us. They know, yeah? They have to know?
Thanks, PCGamesNFace.


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Web auditing at any place of the planet http://webauditing.org/
This is the history and a description of how Advanced Ability V came about.
In 1978 Ron was being audited on NED and he got ill. The more they tried to repair and handle with NED, the worse the condition became. The bank got beefed up, reads became smaller and smaller, then things stopped reading on the meter that should have read, his TA got high and stuck, somatics increased and the illness became severe. Sensitivity by can squeeze was very high and metabolism low. That was the result of trying to run engrams and engram chains with NED on someone whose case level was above clear.
I was urgently called out to where he was as it was considered that his life was in danger and when I arrived there was a doctor in 24 hour attendance.
The first thing I did was to look at the folders to see what had been happening in the recent sessions to try to figure out what the main BPC could be. I did a little assessment, found what read and indicated it as by-passed charge. This produced a small F/N and some immediate relief. That was the first assist. From the assessment and from folder study it became apparent that the main error was that an OT was trying to run engrams as his own when, if a person was clear then he would not have any engrams to run. It also became apparent from the way the engram chains had been running that there were indicators of jumped chains and the content of the incidents showed that these incidents belonged to different people or a different BT from one incident to another. One of the early sources of BPC that I checked on a meter was whether the incidents that he had been trying to run were misowned by him as his charge when they really belonged to BT/Cs. That read and indicated and started to bring the TA down and produced an F/N. That's one of the basic principles of AAV, the idea that a person who is clear or above, when asked to run something, especially a secondary or engram, will apparently find incidents and will often get mental image pictures or facsimiles to run. Thus you get the apparency that you can run Dianetics on a clear or above. If they are not his own incidents, they are misowned incidents. So, one of the early steps of the rundown is the location of incidents, especially engrams, which the person has tried to run as his own when they weren't. Early on the rundown it's not as important to locate whose incident (i.e., which BT it belonged to), as it is to locate the fact and have the PreOT recognize that he tried to own it as his own when it wasn't his and tried to run it as his own when it wasn't his.
This goes back to the axiom about ownership and persistence; assigning other authorship to a picture or saying that one created it when he didn't, causes a persistence (and it causes an increase in mass and solidity). If it is somebody else's picture and the PreOT tries to run it as if it is his own, that will add mass to it and the more he tries to run and erase it, the more mass is added to itbecause it is furthering the lie that it is his picture or that he created that picture when he didn't.
Early in the sessions it became apparent that an early action that should be done on AAV is to date/locate the point when the PreOT went clear. That in itself tends to blow off a lot of charge from the engram running after clear. After having date/located the point when the person went clear, you then ask the PreOT if he tried to run incidents after that point as if they were his own (when they weren't). The PreOT will usually scan up through his auditing track and blow off locks from his auditing track and will have cognitions about considerations he made in auditing and about why he had difficulty when he did and so on. It also clears up a mystery for him as to how come he "still had pictures after he was clear." Very often you have to clean the button "invalidation of clear" because the PreOT having gone clear at a certain point and then later, encountering BT/C's pictures or masses, will have decided he wasn't or couldn't have been clear after all. So there is often an invalidation or invalidations of his/her clear state that need to be cleaned off. Sometimes there is also invalidation by others. Usually, almost routinely, there are invalidations by the PreOT.
Doing the above brings about a resurgence, a rehabilitation of the state of clear, or similar. That's the essence of the first steps of the rundown.
One of the reasons why people who have completed III can get into trouble running engrams is because they thought that, having completed III, they must not have any more BTs/Cs. What a person achieves on III is not getting rid of all BTs/Cs. What they do achieve on III is that they get rid of those BTs/Cs who were:
a) hung up in incident II or I (which is not true of all BTs/Cs), b) sufficiently aware and awake that the PreOT could communicate with them readily and they could communicate in turn with the PreOT.
On III, PreOTs usually clean up the BTs/Cs that: are readily available and can readily go into communication and who have incidents II and I.
An early discovery on this level was that there's an earlier incident I; there's an earlier incident I that most PreOT don't run on III simply because it would never occur to them that there was an earlier one and incident I is labeled as "Start of track" in the materials. There's an incident I which occurred in an earlier universe than this one. On the subject of earlier universes, this is the fifth or sixth universe and incident I is at the "start of track" in this universe, so it isn't by any means basic on the chain.
The PreOT on III actually only skims the fat off and leaves all the others. It's not that the PreOT didn't try hard enough, he just wasn't aware of them and there's no way he would have been aware of them. An error that has often occurred in the AOs is that of forcing a person to go on trying to find and run more III. That can cause a pretty heavy mess up because it results in restimulation of BTs/Cs that ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO BE RUN ON III. When that has occurred one must repair the BPC of having been forced to go on and other out rud type BPC and rehab their completion of III.
Another phenomenon relating to BTs is that they are very suggestible. If you ask a BT for something the BT will try to produce it. They are not aware of being so suggestible. You ask or demand and the BT will try to produce what you asked for. So, even if the BT didn't have an incident II, if the PreOT demanded that the BT find it, the BT would produce something and even try to run it. It wouldn't be incident II, it would be whatever the BT thought he should come up with. If you asked a BT for "jello" with some intention and impingement, the BT would produce a picture - it wouldn't necessarily be a picture of what you or anyone else would think was jello, it would be whatever the BT came up with as "jello" although the BT didn't have a clue what jello was. Thus whatever a BT produces in response to a demand is not necessarily what one would expect, it is simply whatever occurred to the BT on your suggestion. Obviously if you demanded of a BT an engram regarding a "broken leg" the BT would produce a picture or an incident. It may not have anything to do with a broken leg. It may not have anything to do with any incident that has ever happened. It is just whatever the BT happened to think of when you asked for it. Thus demanding incidents of BTs when trying to run engrams can result in false incidents, dub-in and the weird nonsensical pictures that pcs get when being run on uncharged chains, overrun or forced to run something that is not available to be run. These symptoms have often occurred on PreOTs trying to run Dianetics or engrams after they went clear. The same symptoms can have other causes too; any of the usual Dianetic errors can produce the same symptoms. The PreOT might have a pain in his arm; an attempt is made to run "pain in the arm." The auditor asks for an incident that could have caused "pain in the arm" and weird pictures, strange shapes, masses and pressures turn on and the "pictures" shift and change around. Sometimes it can make some kind of sense in a weird manner or it can make no sense whatever. But there are no runnable incidents and there is no resolution of the somatic that they were trying to run out - and there is usually an increase of somatics, at least temporarily. Those are the indications of a PreOT trying to run engrams when he has none and BTs are being restimulated (who also do not have those incidents). It is also the result of BTs mocking things up because they are so highly suggestible. They are highly suggestible because they are in such a low state of awareness. As a person goes lower and lower in awareness he becomes groggy or dopey, below that there is a sleep-like state and lower there are various hypnotic or trance states in which the being is very suggestible - and there are much lower states of awareness, too. The point is that the lower the awareness, the more suggestible the person is. Suggestibility and other-determinism go hand in hand, also. The less aware a being is of what is going on, the more he responds to suggestion or command. In the "jello" example the BT is not aware that you said "jello" to him and that he mocked up "jello," that sequence just happens and the BT is not aware of it - except possibly in some very dim, distant, remote dream-like state. The mocking up of "jello" just happens automatically because the BT is way below awareness of what is going on. In summary, a BT will produce something (usually dub-in) when it is demanded that he do so. That is largely due to BTs being so suggestible and partly due to another factor.
The PreOT and the BTs are in contact with each other on a physical (body) telepathic basis. Telepathic communication occurs much more readily via a body than it does otherwise. In other words two people might not have enough power to be able to communicate telepathically but a PreOT can very easily communicate telepathically with a part of his body or with a BT in his body or connected to it. For some reason it puts them into direct contact via the body. Thus when aPreOT thinks a question such as asking for an incident, the BTs in or on his body will readily respond to the PreOT's think - they are in direct physical telepathic communication with the PreOT. This also makes it hard for the PreOT to sort out what thoughts are his and what aren't and causes other problems of confusion of identity.
When a clear is audited on engrams there is another phenomenon that can occur. Sometimes the engram or incident being asked for just happens to exist on some BT's time track; it goes into restimulation and the picture/incident turns on. It apparently runs. But if the PreOT makes the mistake of thinking that it is his incident (very easy to do), there is a misidentification of the PreOT and the BT and misownership of the incident occurs. Furthermore, other BTs tend to copy the picture/incident/engram and misown it as there own, resulting in persisting pictures or masses - normally they fade out in from 3 10 days, but it can be pretty confusing.
The points covered in the above paragraphs explain why, when a clear is audited on engrams, even though the clear doesn't have incidents in engram form, the clear readily "finds" incidents and pictures to run (even though these pictures usually don't make sense). The mere fact of the auditor asking for an engram to run, let alone insisting or demanding that one be found, might be sufficient for the PreOT to think there should be one and the BTs (in direct telepathic contact with the PreOT) obligingly produce their pictures or dub-in.
When you are auditing a case on AAV that has had engram running after clear those are the symptoms and phenomena that need to be cleaned up. There is usually considerable relief in doing so - much mystery is resolved and there is usually a considerable lightening up of pressures and somatics and masses.
So far we have covered: date/locating the PreOT's clear state and cleaning up any invalidation of it, cleaning up and repairing any misownership of incidents by the PreOT during Dianetic auditing subsequent to clear and we looked at some of the theory and manifestations.
After the actions covered above, the next part of the program consists of getting into a more detailed repair of past auditing. Specific sessions or auditing by a specific auditor are taken up and repaired with the appropriate correction/repair/BPC list.
For repair of a Dianetic session or chain or a period of Dianetic auditing, the Dianetic repair (L3) list is used. For L & N, its repair list (L4) is used - and so on. The repair list is assessed and handled by indication - on a Dianetic repair, for example, no further engram running is done or attempted even if the BPC found is "incident left unflat." That is INDICATED, NOT RUN. But at this point the PreOT is aware of the mechanism of misownership and is able to differentiate between himself and BTs. He therefore won't misown these again. At this point of the rundown you aren't trying particularly to blow BTs, though many of them do blow during this repair. You are trying to repair the BPC of them having been messed up on running (or trying to run) false chains or false incidents, wrong items, uncharged items and earlier similars demanded when there was no earlier similar. That produces a considerable amount of relief and usually gets rid of a lot of somatics - especially the vague, changing massy variety commonly resulting from rough auditing.
How one should go about doing this repair could be made very complicated; it's usually very easy and simple. Often all one has to do is to bring the subject up and the PreOT will start talking about a rough session or sessions or a chain or engram that never resolved in auditing. This past auditing repair is NOT just repair of engram running after clear; it includes any past auditing, whether it occurred before or after clear, that is charged.
The usual procedure is to locate a rough session or chain and using the appropriate repair list, assess and indicate the first reading line, then have the PreOT locate the BT or cluster that has that BPC and indicate it to the BT/C. That will normally produce an F/N. There may be more than one BT so affected and other BTs may need to be located that have the same BPC and indicate it to them, too. Continue assessing the list and handling it as above until that session or chain is handled or the PreOT is no longer interested in.
This repair step could be overdone in that it could be done past the point where the PreOT is no longer interested in the action. PreOT interest is the major indicator and must be present. One always consults the PreOT's interest before and during this step.
Very often during this step of locating and indicating BPC BTs will blow off simply on the correct indication of BPC. Although you can blow a lot of BTs, the main purpose of this repair action is to untangle the BPC due to auditing errors compounded by_ misownership. It's something like straightening out a tangled can of worms. Until the BPC on past auditing is handled there is a liability in proceeding on with other major actions on AAV. Auditing itself can be viewed as a time track and until earlier charge is handled, later charge will hang up and not blow. On AAV if there is BPC left on earlier auditing and one proceeds on with another or other major actions and then makes an error, the BPC can be pretty explosive or it can block progress. Thus there is a rule:
That rule is modified by not continuing to repair past the point of PreOT interest - which prevents one from overrunning the repair actions.
Should any later action or session bog, the first thing to suspect is that there is an error in the session and the next thing to suspect is that there is some unhandled BPC from earlier auditing that wasn't repaired and locate and repair it. Next to an error in the current session, an error in an earlier session is the most frequent cause of a bog or upset during AAV auditing. This is VERY useful for the auditor to know and will enable one to quickly and effectively recover from a bog.
Most of the somatics that come up were not charged in the first place (i.e. not charged as Dianetic chains), weren't reading, often register as wrong items. Part of the reason for this is that the PreOT was trying to handle somatics that had other causes than Dianetic engrams. They're often pressures or masses that were caused by BT/cluster restimulation. A pressure in the head, for example, is probably due to the restimulation of BTs/clusters in the head and not due to a chain of engrams relating to the head. Although the restimulated BTs are in the head and the PreOT's head is hurting,what is wrong with those BTs is not necessarily anything to do with a head or heads. Thus trying to run anything to do with "a head" or "pressure in the head" would be a wrong item/wrong chain. If they tried to find incidents on their tracks to do with heads, that isn't going to run or resolve the PT pressure and would only complicate the BPC. One of those BTs in the head might have "pain in the foot" or something else, completely, wrong with it. So there can be quite a tangle on PreOTs that have had a lot of Dianetic auditing after clear. What you are trying to do at this stage of the rundown is to untangle the tangle.
A frequent source of BPC on PreOTs is when they were asked for an earlier similar when there was none or when it wasn't charged. Don't repeat this error during AAV. Questions usually F/N rather quickly and often without having to go earlier similar. Most things blow on clears and above by recognition or some brief discussion. Overrunning F/Ns, especially on ruds on a clear or above, can result in the feeling that he/she can't blow anything/can't get rid of anything. Also asking for an earlier similar when none exists if pushed, can only result in a jumped chain.
Thus clears and PreOTs frequently have considerable BPC on being asked for earlier similars. Usually it's just the PT occurrence that's charged. Asking for or demanding an earlier similar that doesn't exist is a frequently reading line and a frequent source of BPC that's encountered when repairing past auditing. And when you are doing a repair on past auditing and found a reading line, if it doesn't F/N on indication, there might be an earlier similar in an auditing session but it is unlikely that there would be anything earlier than auditing sessions that was similar. So if the PreOT goes BIs when you are asking for an earlier similar, be alert for and ask whether you are "asking for an earlier similar when there isn't any earlier similar?"! It will clean up and F/N on indication.
The most thorough way to clean up past auditing is to make a list of all the pc's past auditors (by name), noting the read on each as the PreOT names the auditor (or by assessing the list for reads). Include on the list "solo auditing," "self-auditing" and "ethics actions" - these often being heavily charged.
Start with the biggest reading name and repair that auditor's auditing, then take the next biggest reading and so on. This list could be made up from the PreOT's folders if these were available but that is factually not as effective as simply having the PreOT recall and tell you the names of his past auditors (which also gives the read on each as he recalls them).
You start with a reading/charged auditor, find out what auditing that auditor did and use the appropriate correction list or lists to repair that auditing. You might also need to additionally use an LlC if it was rough auditing.
There are two main indicators that you use during this action a) what the meter reads on and b) what the PreOT is interested in.
Using "Full Flow Tables" and FESes are mostly a waste of time and although that has been done earlier, it is not as effective as asking the PreOT and usually gets into a lot of unnecessary, uncharged and uninteresting actions - thus it tends to create BPC, rather than get rid of BPC.
As a note, when you repair a listing or L & N action there frequently is no right item to be found because each BT would have had a different item for the list or no item for the list, or, any item found could be right for one BT but wrong for everyone else. So repairing past L & N usually consists of getting rid of wrong items/wrong indications, rather than finding new items.
When "self-auditing" or "solo auditing" read, simply repair them as above using the appropriate (or most appropriate) repair list or ask the PreOT what the BPC or error was.
Repair lists can be too heavily depended upon. Much of the time the PreOT can spot what the error was or what the BPC was. Always accept and go by the PreOT's data and consult the PreOT.
A special note regarding solo on III. Aside from the usual errors or sources of BPC one would expect on III, there are also sources of BPC that one could expect in view of the AAV data so far, e.g., trying to run a BT/cluster on Incident II or Incident I when it didn't have them, when it was hung up in some other incident entirely, or when it had an earlier Incident I or when it only ran copies of other BTs' Incident II or Incident I. Sometimes a BT has read on " trying to run incident II (or I) when it wasn't reading?" and there is the additional question that came from original AAV research of "an earlier universe?" It turned out that some BTs were hung up in an earlier universe, not in this universe.
Mostly these BTs blow simply on Indication of the right BPC without any further action being required. The reason for that is that the BTs that you are encountering at this stage of the rundown, although they are low in awareness, are sufficiently high in awareness that they could almost run whatever was taken up in the past auditing that you are now repairing. Or they were aware enough that they could at least respond to it in a kind of a way, even though they couldn't run it. So they're almost ready to blow and usually, for example, it's sufficient for the BT to realize he was trying to run one thing when he was actually hung up in something earlier or that he was out of PT and he wakes up and takes off!
Whether you have completed all the steps/actions of repairing past auditing or not, do not continue this step if the PreOT loses interest in it. That is an indication either that this step is complete or that you have made an error that you need to repair before continuing. When successfully completed this step of repairing past auditing usually results in a pronounced resurgence for the case!
A later addition to the beginning steps of the AAV program is the assessment and handling of a 53 as the first action and review and clearing up of any misunderstoods on III as the next action followed by repairing any BPC on III before actually getting into AAV.
That completes the theory and description of the first major part of the rundown. Doing these steps thoroughly and well makes it possible to go on to successfully do the following steps of AAV. Conversely any trouble later in the rundown will often trace back to another BT or cluster who was hung up in some BPC in past auditing.
With the advent of tremendous amounts of sec checking and heavy ethics actions over recent times, it can be predicted that there will be much to clean up on PreOTs who have experienced these actions. The amount of BPC that could result from a lot of accusative sec checking and the tremendous amount of misownership of overts, cleaned cleans, asking for earlier similars when there was none, degradation, wrong items/wrong indications, etc., could be enormous. Enough to roboticize many PreOTs. But it could be handled using these same past auditing repair steps and would result in a spectacular resurgence.
David Mayo
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T-Roots is a handcrafted line of hair and skincare products made from the very best in nature. Developed for a range of hair and skin textures, our products are filled with soothing butters, rich oils and nourishing botanicals.
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CEE CEE'S CLOSET | www.ceeceesclosetnyc.com
Cee Cee's Closet NYC was created by Chioma and Uchenna Ngwudo in New York City. Join us in celebrating the beauty of West African prints through our unique accessories. Our accessories are designed by us and handmade by artisans in Nigeria. Having our accessories made in Nigeria allows Cee Cee's Closet NYC to have a transformative impact on the lives of our artisan partners.
MESS IN A BOTTLE | www.messinabottle.com ***
Through MESSages on our apparel, we give a voice to the voiceless. We speak up for the individuals who don't have a voice. We create MESSages that are emotional, thought provoking and expressive to the current climate of the world.
Our visions is to create MESSages that can relate to anyone; no matter their age, race, gender, nationality, or religious beliefs.
*** I've purchased a few sweatshirts and t-shirts from this brand and they are always a hit!
RAW HANDBAGS | www.rawhandbags.com
RAW is the abbreviation for Recognize A Woman. RAW Handbags are unique handmade designer statement making handbags that will compliment your wardrobe. RAWH are designed for ALL women to; "Wear fearlessly, Spread womanhood and Inspire other women to be phenomenal." Each handbag is named after a powerful iconic woman, creating an inspiring relationship between the woman wearing the bag and the woman the bag is inspired by.
REBECCA ALLEN | www.rebecca-allen.com
Frustrated by the lack of options, I scoured swatches and borrowed my friends' feet to find five nude shades to complement women from dark to light, particularly all my brown ladies. You can, of course, wear any and all shades you choose!
I developed the New Pump to be timeless and wearable all year long. It's also wearable all DAY long, with a cushioned insole and a 75mm heel. I want you to walk into your office with confidence. I want to give you one less thing to think about when you are rushing in the morning.
TEES IN THE TRAP | www.teesinthetrap.com ***
Tees in the Trap was founded in the Spring of 2014 in order to highlight hip-hop, popular culture and everyday life – from a woman's perspective. We are a little trendy somewhat edgy and always fly.
Our story is simple. We are in love with tees and pop culture and we hope you are too.
Whether is the latest catch phrase, reality tv show or current event, we've got you covered – literally. We create our own trends and set the standard on what it means to be dope. Rock your own style. Don't be afraid to take chances and do you. #BLOOP
*Tees in the Trap is home to many of my favorite branded collaborations! I've purchased several t-shirts from them since their launch.
CROWN CANDLE CO. | www.crowncandleco.com ***
Crown Candle Co.is based in Bronx, NY. All of our candles are made with 100% coconut wax which burn cleaner and brighter than any other wax type. Each candle is hand poured in small batches to ensure quality and consistency. 100% cotton wicks and high quality, phthalate free fragrance oils are used to ensure that our candles burn clean and produce toxin free scents.
Crown Candle Co., was born out of my desire to do something to pay homage to my grandparents who were huge influences in my life.
*The founder of this company is a CLOSE friend of mind – so I may be biased. BUT I'm a huge fan of Excite, Refresh, and the Vibe collaboration candle.
EFFIE'S PAPER | www.effiespaper.com
Effie's Paper, Stationery & Whatnot is a lifestyle brand setting the trend for the cool accessories to buy, how to travel in style and how much coffee it's chic to drink on a daily basis.
We believe that from the door to her desk, a woman should be surrounded by pretty things that make her heart leap! Our products are a unique mix of casual elegance, motivation and social conversation that make using them fun and engaging. Although named after Kalyn's grandmother,Effie's Paper, Stationery & Whatnot is not your grandmother's lifestyle brand!
LIT BROOKLYN | www.litbklyn.co ***
Denequa Williams is the maker and owner of luxury soy candle company, LIT Brooklyn. Every candle is candle is hand poured, packaged, and shipped from Brooklyn. Within a year of it's existence, she has been featured in some of your favorite publications, Essence, Ebony, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed & more.
*I have several of Denequa's candles in my home, but my favorite would have to be Blush!
JAM + RICO | www.jamandrico.com
Established since June 2016, Jam+Rico is a fashion jewelry company providing bold, unique and colorful designs. We travel to the Caribbean and Latin American countries finding inspiration from the people, culture, music and terrain. Our mission is to provide thoughtfully created accessories to enhance your fashion wardrobe. Our pieces bring joy to the wearer and evoke confidence and beauty to each individual.
Jam+Rico stands for Jamaica + Puerto Rico, the plus sign symbolizes the depth of the culture of the Creator of Jam+Rico.
LORRAINE WEST | www.lorrainewestjewelry.com
Made from precious metals including gold, sterling silver, brass and copper and inspired by symbology and geometric shapes, Lorraine West creates strikingly elegant pieces that allow clients to connect to their own beauty and power. Lorraine West Jewelry is proudly handmade in NYC with Love.
SEWIT SIUM | www.sewitsium.com
Sewit Sium jewelry was born to uphold this idea that fashion is language and a powerful form of storytelling. Each hand crafted piece takes us on a journey through history, while embodying a story that is relevant to our lives today. The line includes powerful amulets and talismans that anchor us in the present moment, only to say "I'm here but my history walks with me."
LAMBDA VODKA | www.lambdavodka.com ***
Spirits are one of the primary sources of social entertainment and togetherness for people from all different cultures. Two love birds saw an open market in the LGBTQ Community, that lead them to launch a spirit created for "all communities" by "our communities" called Lambda Vodka.
*I haven't purchased a bottle as yet, but I tried their vodka at an event this season and LOVED it! This would make a great hostess gift!
LOVE CORK SCREW | www.lovecorkscrew.com ***
As seen on CNBC's "The Job Interview", LCS Entertainment, LLC is a wine and lifestyle brand dedicated to offering consumers wine, entertainment, and other products and services. LCS Entertainment, LLC provides consumers a line of Love Cork Screw wine varietals that offer the sophisticated and novice wine enthusiasts a range of choices for any palate. Each sleek wine bottle is colorful, whimsical and fun. LCS Entertainment, LLC is a certified MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) and a WBE (Women Business Enterprise).
*I haven't purchased a bottle as yet, but I tried their entire line at an event this season and LOVED the flavors. They were unique and would make a great hostess gift!
BETH DIANA SMITH INTERIOR DESIGN | www.bethdianasmith.com ***
Beth possessed a natural ability for creating functionality, efficiency, and organization from a very young age, an ability that she carried into adulthood. During her years in corporate finance Beth was also a homeowner. It was during this time that she discovered an appreciation of color, pattern, and texture; a love for beautiful things and problem solving; and a passion for interior design. Beth decided to pursue her passion, launch her interior design company and began attending the New York School of Interior Design. She nurtured her creativity and her craft, began building her brand, and her design aesthetic became apparent and loved. A design style that was eclectic, bold, and that had a vibe all of its own.
Beth, her work, and her design advice have been featured on TV and in various print and online publications including NBC, HGTV, Vogue.com, EBONY, Design*Sponge, and The New York Times.
*While I haven't hired Beth to work on my home, I've worked closely with her for various installs and witnessed the fabulous work she's done on the homes of people in my community. She's first on my list when we purchase our first home or move into a new apartment.
BODY LAB TV | www.bodylab.tv ***
The BodyLab is the place for high energy, motivational fitness to help you get in shape for a happier YOU. Best of all, it's convenient! Together we'll work toward reshaping your day to day routine to get you living the lifestyle you've always wanted. We also provide online fitness challenges, fitness & nutrition tips and live motivational workouts via BodyLabTV. Workouts vary in style and technique: Home or Gym training, HIIT, circuit bodyweight, weights, plyometrics and more.
*I trained with Nardia, Body Lab TV, during summer 2018 and had a great experience. If you're not based in the New Jersey area, she also has a app where she's able to provide training and support to clients virtually that I've also used!
FIT GIRL NIKKI | www.fitgirlnikki.com ***
You ever get fed up with yourself? I did. My age and my waistline seemed directly related; they both were nearly 30 when I decided to take control. I went from a overweight, french fry addict, cigarette smoker who only wanted to lose 10lbs to an athletic french fry addict who has lost over 40lbs of fat.
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." -Zig Ziglar
*If you're looking to give the gift of fitness in the new year, I highly recommend reaching out to Nikki! I've trained with her AND I'll be on her 2019 FitCation to Mexico.
KIMBERLY B. CUMMINGS | www.kimberlybcummings.com ***
Kimberly B. Cummings is an entrepreneur, speaker, and career + leadership coach. Her personal and professional development company, Manifest Yourself, LLC, provides in-person and virtual workshops, trainings, and coaching to professionals looking to lead a dynamic career and life. Through her experience as a career development adviser in some of the nation's top universities, she has learned that there is so much more to career development besides having a high paying job; it's about creating a lifestyle that allows you to do more, be more, and achieve more.
If you're looking for career + leadership development to ensure that your next career move, if your best career move – reach out to Kimberly! Whether you're looking for a new job, trying to get seen my senior leadership, or get promoted – she's able to help!
*This is me! #sorrynotsorry Check out my personal site to learn more about services and view testimonials from past clients.
OH NIKI OCCASIONS | www.ohnikioccasions.com ***
I founded Oh Niki Occasions to proposition clients like you with my unique set of skills in planning and designing weddings and events with a penchant for the details – "Head to Toe, Start to Finish." Nothing beats being able to draw from my passions for fashion, world travel, beautiful events and exciting experiences, to lend my well trained eye for design to YOU! I want to make every single detail of your wedding or special event beautiful and memorable – head to toe, start to finish!!
*Oniki was my wedding planner AND is now the official Empowerment Social event planner. When she says head to toe, start to finish – she means it! If you're planning any events – I wouldn't trust anyone else with the execution and details.
If you know any brands that I should add to this list, please comment below!


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Easy Raw Cashew Vinaigrette
For single serving:
1/4 cup raw cashew pieces
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
dash ground black pepper
dash saltFor multiple servings:
1/2 cup raw cashew pieces
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
The flavors really compliment each other.
1. Mix all ingredients in a dish and whisk with a fork. Let sit (optional). Voila!
Source of recipe: I came up with this today totally haphazardly to top my bed of baby spinach, green onions, and chopped raw yellow squash, and decided it's the best. Maybe it was the combination with the green onions, and especially the squash, but this was the best salad I've had in a long time.
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BETA (Biomedical Emerging Technology Applications) Skills
This past November (2018) I attended the national advisory council meeting for BETA (Biomedical Emerging Technology Applications) Skills. The BETA Skills project, hosted by the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce and funded by the ATE (Advanced Technological Education) program at NSF (National Science Foundation) is a three-year endeavor to define biotechnology skills for national use by educators, industry, researchers, and employers, with a focus on the technical skills that are needed to support emerging medical device and tissue engineering manufacturing [1]. Digital World Biology is collaborating in the project to enhance its Biotech-Careers.org website for summarizing the industry and presenting related career opportunities.
The motivation behind the BETA Skills project is based on the fact that personalized medicine is changing biomedical manufacturing in a fundamental way. Traditionally, biotechnology and pharmaceutical therapeutics, and devices, are produced in a large-batch manufacturing processes. In these processes, a single product is produced for large numbers of people in a one-size-fits-all model. The new manufacturing processes replace this large-batch format with individualized formats with each batch being tailored to a single person. Two specific examples include: 1) Immunotherapies, such as CAR-T, where a patient's own T-Cells are isolated, genetically engineered, and reintroduced into their bodies to fight their own cancer, and 2) Tissue engineering where a person's healthy skin or other cells are isolated and grown to replace injured or diseased tissues (see Atala below).
A result of changing large batch processes to small individualized manufacturing is that many more people are needed in the production operations. More importantly, it means that the demand for technicians is increasing. Indeed, through Biotech-Careers.org, and other sources we've had inquiries and conversations about this demand. Several several biotechnology companies stating that they currently need 100's of technicians and expect to have large increases for more in the coming years. Recent articles also demonstrate this need [2].
During the BETA Skills meeting current and future technician education goals were recommended through industry presentations. These presentations indicated that education and hands on laboratory programs, should increase their emphasis on aseptic technique (mammalian cell culture), quality processes, assay development, and biohazard awareness, to mention a few. Personalized therapies and tissue engineering depend on cell culturing, and, as the cells being cultured come from individuals, it is vitally important that quality processes track the full chain of custody from patient, through the process steps, and back into the patient. Each step will require verification of tissue origin and utilize several kinds of assays that involve DNA sequencing and antibodies.
In addition to specific technical skills, speakers also emphasized that future biotechnology employees need to be adaptable. As recent trends toward individualized medicine emphasize, the life sciences industry is in constant flux. We are moving from ideas to products at increasing rates, and, to be prepared, future workers need to be problem solvers, work in teams, and be life-long learners. Not only are biotechnology careers rewarding with their positive impacts on health and other big issues, they are rarely boring.
Digital World Biology's Role
As part of the meeting I discussed Digital World Biology's role in the project. There are several goals to our work. The first being to improve the Biotech-Careers.org biotechnology company directory. The current directory contains close to 7,000 companies and organizations (collectively employers). In the site, each employer has a page that includes a brief description of the employer's work, along with one or more keywords. Keywords are used to group employers by their business areas and thus provide a measure of many different activities undertaken by the biotechnology industry.
While the Biotech-Careers.org biotech employer directory is one of the most comprehensive, it is incomplete. So, we want to work with our collaborators to add employers and develop additional keyword tags for emerging technologies. This way students, teachers, and instructors will have an improved resource for understanding their local industry.
Other aspects of the project will be to develop new capabilities for the site that enhance our users' experiences and update descriptions of careers and jobs based on the new kinds of biotechnologies that are becoming available.
Dr. Anthony Atala and Regenerative Medicine
A highlight of the meeting was a presentation by Dr. Anthony Atala, Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Atala's lab, and the institute, are developing ways to use an individual's own tissues to replace organ transplants. Organ transplants are problematic in that donated tissues must closely match recipients' tissue to prevent graft-versus-host disease and tissue rejection. This, combined with the fact that, in many cases, donors must also be dead, means that tissues for transplants are always in extremely short supply.
In his talk, Dr. Atala gave several examples of the institute's work in developing skin grafts for burns and using patients' normal kidney cells to treat disease via injections. In the institute's most recent work, teams are developing 3D printers that can print tissues directly inside of patients! As Dr. Atala presented this work he emphasized that tissue engineering is highly multidisciplinary. To be successful, teams need to have biologists, chemists, computer scientists, materials scientists, engineers, and medical personnel. Dr. Atala's has also presented his work at TED conferences so you can learn more [3].
1. Skills for Biomedical Emerging Technology Applications (DUE #1800909)
2. Orchard Therapeutics inks contract for new gene therapy manufacturing facility,
Thousands of sickle cell and hemophilia patients are waiting for gene therapies. Can manufacturers keep up?
3. Anthony Atala TED talks:
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Roof Flashing Installation by Sydney Roof
Roof Flashing
What is Roof Flashing?
Roof flashing provides an extra layer of protection to roofs in area that are particularly at risk of suffering from water damage or spouting a leak. These areas are places such as roof valleys, chimneys, and the perimeters of skylights – namely, areas where the roof is not running in a flat pane and is intersecting with a different part, creating lines and divides. Because these areas are more vulnerable than the rest of the roof, they need an extra layer of protection to keep them safe.
Types of Roof Flashing
Roof flashing is made from a number of different materials. Most commonly, it's made of metal or lead that is rust-resistant. It is occasionally made from plastic, roofing felt, or rubber, but these sturdier materials are more reliable over the course and passage of time. Aluminium flashing is also a common choices, as this is most popular with those who are looking to install the flashing themselves due to its bendable nature. However, to install flashing properly, it requires a thorough understanding of the flashing's purpose, so this is not recommended to most people who may not be familiar with how best to install this material.
The main types of roof flashing include…
Chimney flashing – Chimney flashing is used around the base of a chimney to add protection to the areas where the chimney intersects with the roof. It's installed in several parts to suit the various intersections.
Continuous flashing – this flashing type is used to protect the joints between a vertical wall and a roof that is sloped to meet it.
Drip edges – these are installed to stop water from leaking into the roof at the edges of rakes and eaves.
Roof flashing for skylights – generally, skylights possess their own integral flashing. If a skylight does not come with this flashing, a continuous flash is supplied along the base before step flashing is used on the sides, finishing with saddle flashing across the skylight's top.
Step flashing is used as protection for areas where the roof intersects with side walls of chimneys, skylights or dormers. It's made of right-angled pieces of metals that are installed into shingles in a way that overlaps with the section that was installed beneath it.
Valley flashing – this kind of flashing is used to protect valleys that form where two panes of the roof meet. It's shaped like a W and is placed across the top of building felt. This occurs before the finishing material for the roof is installed in order to secure the roof's valleys from leaks and deterioration caused by water.
Vent pipe flashing – this type of flashing is fitted over pipes and flues. It is designed in a cone shape specifically to work into the shingles during the roof's application. Like the other kinds of flashing, this prevents leaks and water access from becoming problematic once the home is completed.
Purpose of Roof Flashing
The purpose of roof flashing supports the overall purpose of the roof: to protect the home below from damage from the outside elements and ensure proper ventilation, heating and cooling can take place. Any homeowner who's faced a roof leak can tell you: they're not fun for anyone. They can come at the worst of times, bringing with them expensive bills for fixes and, if not addressed quickly, they can develop into an even bigger problem with more additional costs. It's important that roofs are designed in a way to minimise the risk of leaks sprouting and causing these kinds of headaches for the homeowner below. Buying property in Sydney is expensive enough without suddenly needing to replace large portions of your roof, walls or insulation due to a badly timed and unwelcome leak!
Roof flashing, then, is specifically designed to keep any moisture from entering the home via the roof at its points of vulnerability. When installed correctly, roof flashing provides the maximum protection possible against leaks. It's easy to identify areas on your roof that will require flashing – anything with a joint or a valley, as well as chimneys, skylights or other pipes, will require the installation of flashing for adequate leakage protection.
Flashing can become weakened over time. When it does, it's important to hire a roofing repair contractor who will be able to install new flashing to ensure your roof continues to be protected to the level it needs to be. Sometimes all it will take is a minor repair applied at the right time to save the repair bill from growing into the thousands.
If you believe your roof flashing requires some attention, it's best to call in an expert. An experienced roof professional will be able to save you time and money in the long run by installing flashing that's up to the task of protecting your roof, your home and your family.


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The Flash: The Arrival Of Killer Frost
I'm a secret agent by day, but by night I'm a great pontificator of all things nerd on television. I write for doublewintwins.com and might be lurking in your Twitch stream. Sometimes I play Hearthstone while I wait for my lattes. Enjoy!
Season Two of The Flash is racing forward and our Fanny Pack is here to talk about the origins of Killer Frost and her presence this season in Central City.
Central City is going to get cold this season on The Flash.
Season One of The Flash introduced a number of DC characters, including some powerful villains like the Pied Piper, Captain Cold, Heatwave, Blackout, and Gorilla Grodd. Just as we know that Season Two is bringing on a few more Speedsters, we also know that Dr. Caitlin Snow is destined to become Killer Frost.
Like so many characters in the DC Cinematic Universe, Killer Frost has a number of potential back stories and has appeared in numerous comic series, cartoons, and video games. As for the CW's version of Killer Frost, her origin is likely to start unfolding this fall and soon we will find out if Caitlin Snow will remain on Team Flash or if she will join the ranks of all the villains who came before her.
Prior versions of the Killer Frost character have been explored over the years, with her first appearance in Firestorm #3 in 1978. At the time, Killer Frost's name was actually Crystal Frost, who was in love with her professor, Martin Stein. She became enraged when her feelings were not shared by Stein and embarked on a killing spree, dying after she drained all the heat from Firestorm. Later iterations of Killer Frost have her starting out as Dr. Louise Lincoln, a friend of Crystal Frost, and who became Killer Frost after she repeated Crystal Frost's experiment. This version of Killer Frost was also briefly on the Suicide Squad, and was defeated by Black Canary.
Caitlin Snow, as we see her in The Flash, so far follows that of the recent series The New 52, in that Snow begins as a scientist in S.T.A.R. Labs. The Flash has incorporated Caitlin Snow as an integral part of Team Flash, and as a character who is sensitive, kind, and unflappably loyal. It's hard to imagine this version of Caitlin Snow becoming an evil villain, but there are a few aspects of The Flash that could lend to this kind of paradigm shift for Ms. Snow.
The New 52 depicted Caitlin Snow becoming Killer Frost after she was thrown into a thermodynamic engine by H.I.V.E. operatives. The DC Cinematic Universe has already introduced H.I.V.E. in The Arrow, since we all know Damien Darhk is about to create havoc in Star City. Since The Flash and The Arrow like to incorporate each other into their storylines, it's likely the fight against H.I.V.E. will make its way into Central City as well. It's possible that Caitlin Snow's metamorphosis into Killer Frost will follow the same trajectory as in The New 52, and will further the cause against H.I.V.E. as well as give our heroes more fuel to fight following the loss of their friend.
Caitlin and Ronnie were married in the Season 1 finale of The Flash, but following in true genre form, it's doubtful that they live happily ever after. Unlike the Killer Frost of the 1978 Firestorm #3, or even the Batman animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold—which depicts her as the rejected ex-girlfriend of Ronnie Raymond—this Killer Frost shows no sign of following a "woman scorned" storyline. It is tough to imagine as well that Caitlin Snow could turn murderous following an actual death of Ronnie in the future, which seems the obvious way to work that kind of plot into the show if that was the direction the writers wanted to take. She believed that Ronnie was dead following the initial blast in S.T.A.R. Labs and didn't turn into a psycho then, so it would be hard to accept her doing it later. Prior iterations of Killer Frost portray her has vengeful against men, but considering the circumstances surrounding this version, it seems that she might have a more generalized thirst for violence than that of a gender-specific one.
The other possibility for the origin of Killer Frost in The Flash might stem from the time travel element that has been introduced. We now know that there are parallel timelines—this explains how Cisco is still alive and how Central City didn't wash away from a Tsunami. It's possible that Killer Frost emerges in a different timeline entirely, and that would be pretty cool (pun certainly intended) because we could still keep our current beloved Caitlin just the way she is if her villain counterpart exists in another reality. I hope this is the way the story shakes out, because I personally love Caitlin Snow. Plus, now that we know Barry can travel through time, it seems that saving Caitlin from herself at least in one timeline might make the top of the priority list if things start getting chilly in Central City.
Check out The Flash on Tuesdays at 8/7C on the CW.
Fanny Pack is a Contributor to ComiConverse. Follow her on Twitter: @Onapack
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If Caitlin goes into a "woman scorned" storyline,it will be because of Barry.Unless there are people who are living in denial,Caitlin has feelings for Barry which will mean she'll confess only to be rejected and cause her to later on take it out on other people
I have felt the same way watching Season 1! Caitlin and Barry had those moments when they were trying to cope with their love problems. I felt a spark there. I definitely wouldn't discount it, but I do think if it happened, then Ronnie must be dead. That could push something like that off for awhile, like potentially far into the future and lending to the future reality Killer Frost type of idea as well.
mabye ronnie isnt dead i was made to beleive that during the blast of central city when ronnie saved everyone that he didnt die,alright so you know how in season 1 where general eiling tried to kill martin stein and ronnie sent a message to stein well mabye if eiling had killed stein then ronnie would have died to because they are both linked to each other so if they are linked to each other then if ronnie did die then so would have stein because they are connected together.


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Going New Orleans: Milford welcomes street musicians June 21
City officials are looking to turn Milford into New Orleans' French Quarter one day in June, inviting people to grab an instrument and perform in the streets.
Milford will take part in Make Music Day, with a goal of filling the streets with music.
"We encourage residents to sign up and find a corner to strum, drum or sing on Thursday, June 21," states a press release from the city's economic development office.
A piano will be placed on the steps of City Hall and people are welcome to stop by and play, bring a bag lunch and enjoy the music in the parkette in front of City Hall.
More locations will be announced, and residents can follow the city on Facebook @MilfordCityHall for updates.
Make Music Day is a one-day event where free, live musical performances, opportunities to make music and other musical events take place around the world on the longest day of the year.
Musical festivities in Milford are part of a global celebration of music making in over 750 cities inspired by France's Fête de la Musique.
Milford invites everyone, from professional musicians to people who have never picked up an instrument, to join in the global music celebration by signing up at http://www.makemusicday.org/milford/ and choosing a location.
"To fill our streets with music on the summer solstice will give an opportunity for friends, neighbors and others to come out and enjoy our community," said Mayor Ben Blake. "Milford is filled with phenomenal talent and I look forward to hearing and seeing it all."
Music has been shown to strengthen social connectivity, reduce stress, lower blood pressure, stimulate memory, and is integral to a well-rounded, enjoyable life, city officials said.
Economic Development Director Julie Nash said she hopes residents will get into the spirit and line the streets with music. She says it's a perfect way to start the summer.