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From my blue period.
At the piano.
Playing with Steve Eaton for the Idaho Songwriter's Association.
Recording session from my first album, IntroSpective, with Thomas Hutchings, David Gluck, Micah Stevens, and Dylan Sundstrom.
with Curtis Stigers
Fan art by Lisa Cheney
With Lisa Kelly and JP Scott Band during Sun Valley Jazz Festival
At a Steinway piano.
with Thomas Hutchings.
Photo from the recording session for my second album, McCall, to be released in October of 2017.
This is inspiring :) Tony Monaco is one of the greats for jazz organ.
At Goodys.
Playing bass and dancing with my wife Cara, before we were married.
with Curtis Stigers at Capital High School fundraiser.
With John Clayton at the Great Basin Jazz Camp.
Jamming with Paul Tillotson. RIP Paul.
I miss the Jazz Angels. God bless my old mentor, saxophonist Phil Garonzik, RIP
Guitar pic from 2008.
Playing with the Frim Fram Four
With Jay Multanen, Brianne Gray, Quinn Van Paepeghem, and Damien Bard at Gene Harris Jazz Festival.
Piano stylings.
with close friend, NY guitarist Brent Vaartstra.
Playing with Governor Batt at his wedding reception.
With former Idaho Governor Phil Batt
With former Nampa Mayor Tom Dale.
Playing bass with the Frim Fram Four.
More Frim Fram.
We got that Frim Fram Sauce.
Who's that bass player?
Performing at the Idaho Shakespeare festival with the Frim Fram Four
Celebrating win for i48's best score prize
Camden Hughes on guitar
Ill Fever Band!
Not my first instrument, but I play brass instruments a lot when I'm teaching. Kind of of a fun shot!
Now you see me...
What is this contraption?
Relaxed with my 7th instrument.
Life is good.
Thanks to Charlie Ecker Photography.
What's that in the foreground?
Black and white.

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Earlier this month, the developer team at Microsoft Norway managed to hijack Masashi Narumoto and Christopher Bennage from the Patterns and Practices team while they were in the UK. The short stop in Oslo was highly appreciated with a packed theater.
Now, we might all have our opinion on the Enterprise Library which by the mere name can invoke horror and shrugs. However, when it comes to the cloud their approach seems to be more aligned with modern development. They have two major artifacts to start from, one is the Cloud Design Patterns: Prescriptive Architecture Guidance for Cloud Applications which is a book available online. Besides the book they also publish code and artifacts on github, which also contains work in progress.
Although it was perhaps the weakest part of the presentation in Oslo, talking about the constraints and problem areas when moving to the cloud is quite important. You can find a list of these here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn589772.aspx. We have experienced several of these ourself , and have found our solution for quite a few of them. A short introduction to some of these are in the table below.
|What we've done
|Things die, loose connection or reboot during updates.
|To solve this, we have multiple instances in each datacenter. We try to use at least four instances for all end-user facing services. Also, it must be possible to take out and add new instances without affecting user data such as state. This is easier with a slim user-facing layer rather than a monolith. As there's a possibility datacenters goes down as well, we have our solution active in multiple datacenters at a time.
|Data consistency
|To survive multiple datacenter outages, data must be available in many places. How do you keep it in sync?
|To keep data in sync and also allow writes during outages and then re-sync, we've decided to use topics and queues. We're also positioned so that we can do complete re-sync of internal data to the cloud, having idempotent operations is a part of this solution. We can always replay a message to create the final result.
|Split a monolith over processes and application boundaries. What do you do with asynchronous operations?
|Async messaging means that we can perform a minimal amount of work on each request providing fast responses. A fast response also means that each server handles fewer simultaneous requests, or at least limits the request queue. On every write operation we do a quick validation of the request before passing a command onto the message bus and returning a 200 or 204 response. This enables us to take the database offline for upgrades, the queue also protects our database and underlying systems from overload, and we can trigger multiple actions on each message.
|Management and monitoring
|Splitting your applications into smaller parts, or microservices does mean there's more knobs and gauges.
|We're logging a lot. As the Azure Application Insights was not available when we started out, we collect most of our data in ElasticSearch with Kibana on top. We have created several custom dashboards monitoring queues, response times etc. Finally most of our services expose a healthcheck endpoint which delivers red/green status information on underlying services.
|No reason to pay for fixed size when one can scale after usage
|We have a quite fixed usage pattern. It starts early in the morning with radio streaming, and the kids also watch a bit of TV before kindergarten. During daytime our radio users switch from mobile to desktop listening. After school is the start of our peak period which lasts close to midnight. Having full throttle for during night and daytime does not make much sense. Utilizing time based scaling combined with some extra power during elections etc. makes the cloud a nice place. However, measuring is very important.
The focus on problem areas during the patterns and practices summit in Oslo served as a primer and background for the continuing discussing on the specific patterns. Some of them are in Release It!, by Michael T. Nygard, as well. During the conference, topics discussed were Circuit breaker, Messaging, Polyglot storage, CDN and Caching. I will write about all of these and how we have applied them.
My next post will deal with outages and availability and should be ready tomorrow.


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25 06 2018
MINISTER'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW CHANGE TO MEADOW CUTTING DATES UNDER GLAS INEXPLICABLERural Development
IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has criticised the refusal by the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to allow farmers who have the traditional hay meadow measure in GLAS to cut their meadows now rather than have to wait until July 1st.
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With the final 15% GLAS payment now due to commence IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has called on Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to make payment worth nearly €30m to all 49,000 farmers in the scheme without any delay.
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24 04 2018
IFA HILL FARMERS SAY COMMONAGE PLANS MUST NOT HOLD UP FINAL GLAS PAYMENTFarm Schemes, Hill Farming
IFA Hill Farming Committee Chairman Flor McCarthy has called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to lift the requirement that final commonage plans must be in place before the final 15% GLAS 2017 payment is made.
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06 02 2018
GLAS DELAYS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR IFA PAYMENTS SUPPORT SERVICEFarm Schemes, Rural Development
The IFA Payments Unit has dealt with nearly 800 cases since last September. This is the beginning of the payment run each year by the Department of Agriculture.
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29 11 2017
GLAS PAYMENTS COMMENCEFarm Schemes, Rural Development
Advance payments for GLAS and AEOS are commencing this week. Advance payments represent 85% of the full year payment for 2017.


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From the desk of Steve Shultz:
This is a most important article and word by Chuck Pierce, C. Peter Wagner, and Barbara Wentroble. These are the days of team-playing when a word is given.
Not every reader will agree that it was wrong to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because they attacked us first. But America eventually demonized all Japanese people and many innocent were killed with those bombs. For that reason, it helped in the war but not all acts of war are the correct act. Just pray about it. I know that even as a child, born long after the war, I had hatred for the Japanese. That was wrong of me. For that I repent too!
Some ask us why we keep calling for prayer when they are already praying. But from our chair, many people ask us, "How should we pray?" and the Bible teaches us to pray without ceasing. That would be a short answer. Always keep increasing your prayer life. And as for this time, especially for Japan.
Dear Gap Standers:
Here is a strategic letter from Peter Wagner that will help focus your prayers for Japan. Further below is a prophetic thrust for Japan released on March 20, 2011 by Keith Pierce, me and Barbara Wentroble.
Chuck D. Pierce
C. Peter Wagner: Some Personal Thoughts About Japan for Informed Intercession
Three weeks ago, Japan suffered one of the most devastating natural disasters on record, and the end is not yet in sight due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Japan has been one of the nations that I have been quite deeply involved with for over 30 years, so I have been attempting to process these events with the help of numerous emails from friends who are praying for Japan, and most of them have been praying for Japan for a long time. In these days, God has spoken to many intercessors, giving them a renewed assignment to focus their strategic intercession on Japan. I believe that God spoke to me, indicating that I should circulate this paper expressing some of my personal observations.
Looking at the big picture, we can observe that Japan as a nation has been in serious decline, reflected in the stock market, the economy as a whole, and the standard of life. You can check the charts and see that the tipping point occurred in 1990, the year that Emperor Akihito performed the Daijo-sai ceremony which I will describe later. The Nikkei Index was in a rising trend until 1990 when it turned around and began a bear market that has not yet stopped. Since the 1990s, Japan's share of the world GDP has declined by half, and China has now replaced Japan as the world's No. 2 economy.
I believe that God has a Kingdom destiny for Japan, but the enemy has built seemingly impenetrable strongholds to prevent it from manifesting. God did not cause the natural disasters; satan and his forces did. They came to steal, kill and destroy. However, this time God did not choose to use His sovereign powers to prevent them from wounding Japan.
[Note by Steve Shultz: This is how I see it, too. God COULD cause any disaster, but normally He makes a choice not to intervene "as much." However, had He not intervened somewhat, many more would have perished.]
[Note by Steve Shultz: This is how I see it, too. God COULD cause any disaster, but normally He makes a choice not to intervene "as much." However, had He not intervened somewhat, many more would have perished.]
Peter Wagner: Most of the people I am hearing from believe that something like this earthquake and tsunami will ultimately be used by God to open the gates for Kingdom blessing.
? Cindy Jacobs says, "If we all pray and act in this crisis, I do believe that the Holy Spirit wants to breathe the wind of revival across Japan and bring a mighty spiritual awakening to the land of the rising sun with healing in His wings."
? Chuck Pierce says, "Now is a time to declare that old religious structures in Japan will fall and many will experience the freedom and reality of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."
? Barbara Yoder says, "I feel we are in a very critical window where Japan can be turned."
? Ron Sawka says, "Let's believe for this earthquake to be a sign of the Lord shaking old structures that resist Him and, like Paul and Silas, we will see a massive turning to Him."
? Cindy Jacobs says, "If we all pray and act in this crisis, I do believe that the Holy Spirit wants to breathe the wind of revival across Japan and bring a mighty spiritual awakening to the land of the rising sun with healing in His wings."
? Chuck Pierce says, "Now is a time to declare that old religious structures in Japan will fall and many will experience the freedom and reality of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."
? Barbara Yoder says, "I feel we are in a very critical window where Japan can be turned."
? Ron Sawka says, "Let's believe for this earthquake to be a sign of the Lord shaking old structures that resist Him and, like Paul and Silas, we will see a massive turning to Him."
Let me give you some personal background information about my involvement with Japan. I could call it "The Great Japan Disappointment of the 1990s."
During the Praying Through the Window initiative of the 1990s, I suffered a disappointing defeat in Japan. I had become associated with David Yonggi Cho of Korea, and I joined his Church Growth International board in the mid-1980s. Among other things, I enthusiastically adopted the goal that he had set for the evangelization of Japan. Toward the beginning of the 1990s, Cho began visiting Japan once a month, he learned the Japanese language, and he projected a goal of 10 million born-again Japanese by the year 2000. This was a substantial risk, since, of all the nations of the world, Japan has been one of the most notoriously resistant to the Gospel. Of a population of 125 million, Japan had fewer than 1 million Believers, even though the Gospel had been freely preached for a century, and especially since World War II.
What did that have to do with me? I made the evangelization of Japan one of my highest priorities for the 1990s. I literally believed in Cho's 10 million. I wrote about it, I spoke about it in public meetings, and I visited Japan many times to help open the doors. One of those visits, I embraced an unforgettable spiritual experience on my part and on that of the Japanese Christian leaders I was ministering to.
A Prophetic Prayer
I was planning to minister in Japan with Yonggi Cho in August 1990. Just a couple of days before I was to leave, it so happened that Cindy Jacobs and I were among the speakers in a large conference in Indianapolis where I shared my passion for 10 million Japanese Believers by 2000. Unexpectedly, the leader of the meeting called Cindy to come forward and pray for my coming visit to Japan. Cindy's prophetic prayer said in part:
"Lord, I thank You that You are sending Peter Wagner to Japan. Father, it was the American people who caused great devastation when they dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lord, I thank You that You are sending back an American to undo the atrocity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Father, Peter will be used like a nuclear bomb in the Spirit to break apart the darkness that satan has worked against the nation of Japan and the Japanese people..."
I didn't know how profound this prophetic prayer was until I stopped off at my home in Pasadena, California, for one day to repack my bags for Tokyo. While I was praying for Japan the morning of the day I was to leave, for the only time I can remember, I began to weep profusely for a nation! When I finally calmed down, the phone rang and it was my wife, Doris, who had stayed in Indianapolis on the prayer team. She said that her team had been praying for Japan and they sensed that the Lord wanted me to repent for the sins of dropping the atomic bombs in World War II. Such a thought had never previously entered my mind, but I had no choice and I took it as a divine assignment.
Immediately, I opened my Bible to Nehemiah where he confessed to God that his father's house had sinned (Nehemiah 1:6). Dropping the atomic bomb was a sin of my father's, not my sin, because I was only 15 when the war ended. But then Nehemiah went on to say, "And I have sinned." I didn't fight the war, but God reminded me that I deeply hated the Japanese people! Yes, I had sinned! Furthermore, He showed me that there were 15-year-old boys in Hiroshima who didn't fight either, but they were now dead or disabled. I started weeping again with twice the intensity!
The Congregation Melted!
When I arrived in Tokyo and it was my turn to speak, I had found two representatives from Hiroshima who had suffered and two from Nagasaki, and I brought them on stage. I taught on remitting the sins of the past through identificational repentance, then with more tears I repented to those who were on the stage with me. By the time I finished, the whole auditorium, seating 1,000 influential Church leaders, was filled with the noise of weeping, and handkerchiefs showed up from wall to wall.
Yonggi Cho himself came up on the platform and confessed his hateful feelings toward Japanese as a Korean. He was raised under the abusive Japanese occupation of Korea. Pastor Hiroshi Yoshiyama later wrote, "The congregation melted in tears and repentance. We have never had a conference like this before." In fact, a whole book about the event was published in Japanese. I have a copy, but I cannot read it!
This was not the only such event in Japan through the 1990s. Once, in a moment of excitement, I prophesied that pachinko parlors (gambling establishments) all over Japan would be turning into churches. Numerous prayer journey teams from several other countries traveled to Japan and prayed at key power points. They did warfare against some of the highest profile principalities and powers over the land. Cho continued to minister to large crowds every month, and I joined him from time to time. I was convinced that we had used the weapons of spiritual warfare properly on behalf of that nation and that we would literally see the 10 million before 2000.
However, it was not to be. Through the 1990s, the rate of Church growth in Japan remained unchanged, and the year 2000 saw fewer than 1 million Believers in the country ? the same number as in 1990 and far short of the 10 million goal! Later, Cho admitted publicly in his newsletter that he had set the goal of 10 million Believers in his flesh, not through God's revelation. Since I had associated with him so closely, I had to confess the same thing for myself.
People may rationalize this in one way or another, but I cannot join them. I set a goal, I did not reach the goal even with sincere dependence on God, and I admit that I lost! This, as you can imagine, was a major disappointment!
An Analysis
I once asked Cho why he thought churches grew so rapidly in Korea but not in Japan. His answer surprised me. Although recognizing that there are many reasons, one, he suggested, was the serious damage done to traditional Korean culture through 36 years of Japanese occupation and, subsequently, through communism from the north. Christianity grew relatively unhindered by the traditional Korean principalities of darkness.
On the other hand, Japan's culture has been virtually uninterrupted for 3,000 years. Paganism is deeply rooted in the warp and woof of the nation. The spirits over Japan have had their way and they are not prepared to allow Christianity more than a token presence.
The most serious setback for Japan's territorial spirits came during a seven-year period following World War II. Despite a Buddhist facade, Japan's most deeply entrenched spirits are the principalities controlling Shintoism, which is a spiritualized form of nationalism. The chief visible figure employed by these dark angels is the emperor. In the popular mind, the emperor was himself a deity. But as a part of the World War II peace process, Emperor Hirohito publicly denied this status and the Japanese government agreed to separate itself officially from any religious institution, including Shintoism. General MacArthur called for thousands of Christian missionaries, many went, and Christianity grew well for what are now known as the "seven wonderful years."
For more than 30 years it appeared, in the visible, that Japan was maintaining its status quo. But in the invisible world, the dark angels began regaining their foothold. The growth of the Church slowed to a crawl. Then Hirohito died and his son, Akihito, would become the new emperor. A crucial question revolved around the Daijo-sai ceremony, the spiritual component of the traditional inauguration of the new emperor.
The Daijo-sai
Let me show you some of what Wikipedia says about the daijo-sai:
"The Daijo-sai or the Great Thanksgiving Festival is the...most important ? and also the most controversial ? of the inauguration rituals, because it is the one in which the emperor is united to his Imperial Ancestress in such a way as to share in a unique way in her divinity. The ceremony is not mentioned in the Constitution imposed by the American occupation forces, and so its present constitutionality was questioned at the time of the accession of the present emperor Akihito.
"First, two special rice paddies are chosen and purified by elaborate Shinto purification rites...
"Meanwhile two thatched roof two-room huts are built within a corresponding special enclosure, using native Japanese building style which precedes all Chinese cultural influence. One room contains a large couch at its center...
"After a ritual bath the emperor is dressed entirely in the white silk dress of a Shinto priest, but with a special long train. Surrounded by courtiers, the emperor solemnly enters first the enclosure and then each of these huts in turn from 6:30 to 9:30 PM in the first, and in the second [enclosure] from 12:30 to 3:30 AM..."
Notice that the only furniture in the second hut is a couch. The ceremony climaxes in an intimate encounter between the new emperor and the sun-goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, the chief spiritual ruler over the nation. It matters little whether the ensuing intercourse is physical (succubus) or spiritual. In the invisible world, the two ritually become one flesh and, through its supreme leader, the nation officially invites demonic control as long as he is emperor.
Unfortunately for Japan, as for Haiti, a foolish decision was made and Emperor Akihito decided to reverse his father's post World War II position and once again became, in the popular mind, "deified" through the Daijo-sai ceremony. Not only that, but the government paid the expenses of the multimillion dollar ritual over the vehement protests of the Japanese Christian leaders.
Since then, predictably, the overt participation of government officials, as national leaders, in pilgrimages and rituals connected with traditional Japanese paganism, have been on the increase.
The Implications
Think of what Paul says: "For even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing [Isn't this a good description of Japan?], whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them" (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). In this case, the agent of satan, the god of this age, who has been delegated to blind the eyes of the Japanese, is the notorious queen of heaven, assuming the deceptive adaptation of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami.
A related description of the queen of heaven, referred to as the great harlot, is one "with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication" (Revelation 17:1-2). This is obviously played out in the despicable Daijo-sai ceremony.
Japanese people are good people and basically open to Jesus and Christianity. As an example, many more Japanese young people choose a Christian wedding over a Shinto or Buddhist wedding. Many Japanese pastors and expatriate missionaries enjoy a substantial revenue stream performing weddings which almost always require a session or two of "counseling." Japanese are not enemies of the Gospel ? they are simply blinded by the Sun Goddess and her occult Shinto trappings. It is almost too much to ask, but if the Emperor were somehow overcome by the power of the Holy Spirit to repudiate his vows to the Sun Goddess, in Japan we would surely see one of the greatest people movements to Christ ever recorded.
Remember what Chuck Pierce said? "Now is a time to declare that old religious structures in Japan will fall and many will experience the freedom and reality of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!"
Japan: Re-Alignment and Rearranging ? "Though Tragedy is Abounding, My Grace Will Abound More"
Here are some prophetic words for Japan from Sunday, March 20, 2011 from Keith Pierce, Chuck Pierce and Barbara Wentroble:
"Truly, Japan, do not fear the shaking nor the trembling that you are going to begin to feel, because this shaking and this trembling is a (re)alignment ? not just a tearing down. When you pass through the waters do not be afraid, because you will not be completely overwhelmed. When you pass through the fire do not be afraid, because you will not completely be burned.
"I saw the force that came, poured down and destroyed. But I AM a FORCE that is bigger than that force. I have come now to shake, align, rebuild and restore. Yesterday's history has brought destruction in your heart. But today's rain and water will bring restoration in your soul. As you align today, tomorrow, the next day and even the next three weeks, three months and six months, you will begin to sense Me. You will see Me and understand Me like you have never understood Me before. So even right now, bloom in your destruction, bloom in your despair. Arise with hope, because I have taken My place as Jehovah Shammah. Yes, I am there."
"This is the beginning of three and a half years of rearranging. Things I meant at the end and in the midst of 1948 that never came about now will come ? the rearranging of My purpose in your life. History will not repeat itself, but now history will begin in a new way. So enter in, even though the tragedy is abounding, My grace will abound more."
"For did I not say that the government would be upon My shoulders? Japan, I am causing an apostolic government to arise in a new way. For My government has higher authority than natural government. I am putting a governmental anointing upon My people in a new way so that they will align with Me and My covenant purposes for that land. Where there has been anti-Semitic government, I am now raising up My true apostolic government. I shall put a new authority on you to begin to shift that land into My covenant purposes. I always tear down that that is opposed to My government and I raise up that that will align with Me.
"So may the apostles of Japan rise up in this hour, and receive a new governmental anointing to shift that land in to My covenant purposes."
Submitted from Chuck Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries
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April 1, 2011
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Last I heard, Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid are not government handouts but your benefits that you paid into. However, food stamps and other welfare (are) handouts!
Better close off that gap where Wendy's used to be on West Jefferson Boulevard. People are making illegal U-turns there.
Why is it the speeders, those making illegal turns, running stoplights, etc., are ignored during the day? But at 3 a.m., watch out. You see police cars with stopped cars everywhere!
When it rains or the snow melts, the south side of Lake Avenue floods just east of the new Maplecrest Road. Looks like the ditch got filled in from landscaping. Can't they cut a new ditch to keep the water off the road?
Churches are now serving a supper once a month to gain memberships. Are they that hard up for money?
Why punish all students for restroom smoking or other things? Being unable to use restrooms can cause students' health problems, like infections, and cost parents time and money.
It is an undeniable fact that the Earth's and most animals' worst enemy is humanity.
Is it possible to be too virtuous and too decent of a human being to prosper in capitalist America?
To the cry-babies complaining some neighbors haven't shoveled their sidewalks yet: Have you considered they might be disabled or elderly and can't afford to hire someone? Instead of jogging today, offer help.
We go to the Northwood Postal Station quite often. It is a busy station, but we always are treated very well. They know what they are doing, and they do it well.
Why do Carroll, Homestead and Leo high schools compete in leagues with schools so much smaller than they? It proves nothing … to beat small rural schools … .
Four years in prison for a bank robbery. What was the judge thinking? He will be out in two years robbing another bank in order to pay his fine. Good work, judge. No wonder bank robberies flourish in Fort Wayne.
What's the matter, … (a local budget retailer)? You just had a massive 50 percent off sale. There was so much stuff, it was hard to get around. The reason I haven't donated … (items) is because items cost too much to buy from you. Lower your prices and maybe you would get more donations.

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GUAM, Feb 18, 1998/ FW/ — Madeleine Vionnet was born in 1877 and founder her fashion house in 1912. Her greatest contribution to design is her invention of the bias cut in 1922 that made her famous.
Cutting patterns along the bias forces the fabric to cling to the body and move with it, which created her trademark look of draped, form-conscious clothing.
Regarded by many as the greatest dressmaker of the 20th century, Vionnet was always conscious of women's bodies. She dispensed with corsets and other constricting garments and used barefoot models to present her first solo collection.
Though simple, her dresses were never plain; the use of a Cartier necklace as a halter strap is a classic Vionnet innovation. This inimitable combination of comfort and glamour made Vionnet's clothes a favorite among European nobility, Hollywood royalty–notably Marlene Dietrich, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Katharine Hepburn–as well as socialites and other trendsetters.
Opening her first boutique in Paris at 50 Ave Montaigne in 1923, she followed it by opening a store in New York in 1925. Her house grew to employ 1,200 seamstresses, and was the first to create prêt-a-porter designs from haute couture for the US market.
Vionnet closed down her house as World War II broke out in 1939, dying in 1975 at the venerable age of 99.


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28 January 2018 daily horoscope for all signs brings nothing but good results for Taurus, while for Gemini the news is not so good.
Aries daily horoscope
You are extremely focused on your work. The ambition you have is very strong and this is going to help you accomplish whatever you want. The boss already has a very good impression about you, but with your attitude from today his opinion on you is going to become better than ever.
Taurus daily horoscope
Today you will have a very realistic view on every little thing. Friends and work buddies are asking you for advice, because they know how analytic you can be. Some project that you started some time ago may find their ending today and their results are going to give you an amazing boost in your career.
Gemini daily horoscope
Today's daily horoscope for all signs brings to you bad news. A project that you had to do for today will not be seen by your boss as good as you would have wanted to. Because of this you will have to make some changes. Don't worry though, the changes are not going to take a lot of time, there are small things that can be fixed in no more than one hour.
Cancer daily horoscope
Someone you love will be a little bit distant today. Don't focus on that too much, it is not a big deal, everybody needs some alone time once in a while. Focus more on your work and on delivering your projects on time. Some obstacles may appear on your way to success today, but if you are confident enough, you will manage to overcome them.
Leo daily horoscope
Today you want to organize a meeting with some old friends you want to get back in contact with. You have many stories to tell each other, so the day is going to be an interesting one. Regarding your work, some problems may appear, but with your skills and the help of a friend you will manage to find the best solution for them.
Virgo daily horoscope
Your day brings you mixed feelings. You are happy for the new beginning that is right in front of you, but at the same time you are sad because of a few things that you love and you have to leave behind at least for some time. Don't be afraid and go forward without looking back, things are going to settle in by themselves.
Libra daily horoscope
You have pretty strong opinions today and no one and nothing seems to be able to change this. Sometimes you have to look at the situation from the other person's perspective. Your attitude may upset some of the people you love. Try to be a little bit more careful with what you say, try to accept that different people have different opinions sometimes.
Scorpio daily horoscope
Today, more than ever, you want to be in control of your life. You don't like it at all when people come to you and start giving you advice. You feel like you don't need someone else's opinion. People try to help you and to show their love and support for you by giving you some pieces of advice, so try to take them into consideration.
Sagittarius daily horoscope
Some people might think you are not capable of doing some things today. So you want to show them what your abilities really are. You can achieve anything you want and you want to let them know it. Because of this you may have the tendency to overreact and to take in too many projects that you would probably not be able to finish in time.
Capricorn daily horoscope
Your health situation may not be that good today. Some old problems that you had may come back. A visit to the doctor will solve the problems immediately. It would be a good idea if you rest for a while. You family will be there to support you and to spoil you in order to get better.
Aquarius daily horoscope
It is going to be a busy day for you today, you have to put your life in order. If you don't organize your life and projects, everything may become a huge mess that you won't be able to fix too quickly. Ask for the help of your family or of your loved one. The reorganization will be easier with their help…
Pisces daily horoscope
A lot of weight stands on your shoulders today. Not only that you have many tasks at work, but you also have some things that you have to take care of at home. It might be hard for you to have so many things to solve in such a short time, but your abilities will help you manage to solve them.


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Miranda Kerr is finally breaking her silence following the news that she will no longer be an Angel at Victoria's Secret. She addressed rumors of her "difficult reputation" and why she's decided to spend less time modeling for the lingerie brand. "She wanted the change to be in place by the time she was 30; her birthday is on Saturday," the Sydney Morning Herald reports. "This is a natural evolution,'' said Miranda, who is preparing to move to New York soon since her husband, Orlando Bloom, will star in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway.
As for her reputation, she said, ''I'm sure anyone that has worked with me would agree that it's not true."
Miranda hinted to the newspaper that she might like to try the business side of fashion, although she didn't provide more details. She will focus more on her beauty brand Kora Organics. She'll also continue to work with Qantas, Samantha Thavasa, and Reebok, in addition to being the face of Mango. I wrote about her new campaign for the brand last week.
"I've reached a point in my career where I'm developing my own opportunities that are really reflective of my passions," Miranda said. Still, also plans to walk in the next Victoria's Secret show.
__So, there you have it! Phew, I'm glad we have all that cleared up. What do you think of Miranda's move away from VS? __


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Current K-pop #1: MBLAQ, DBSK
One I love, one I love to hate (or just kind of…hate).
MBLAQ's "CRY"
I love this! MBLAQ gets better and better with each release. I love the laid-back, slow R&B feel to the song, and it feels very Rain, which I'm sure is not surprising. In fact, it reminds me a lot of Love Story, and then some of the dancing reminds me of Hip Song. It being so reminiscent of Rain's work is probably not an asset, but this song is better than what's out there right now.
There are some parts of the choreography that are so great to look at when they're all synchronized (ie, in the music video), but are disappointing me in the lives. MBLAQ is still really green on stage, and it shows. I know boy band dancing and staying in sync is a lot harder than viewers give performers for, but still, it's messing up my enjoyment of their performances. That and Mir & Thunder are BLACK HOLES for this group. In my world, MBLAQ would just be Seungho, G.O. and Joon. And even Joon I'd urge him to tone down the try-hard, just a tad.
HOMIN's "KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN"
Yes, I really don't like this.
Let's talk about this song isolated from whatever drama may have been associated with the whole comeback. When I first heard this song, I found it really reminiscent to two other Yoo Young-jin songs, "Hey! Don't Bring Me Down" and "Man in Love" (SuJu). I like that it has a stark militaristic beat but this song is so piecemeal and so incomplete. It's little fragments of ideas put haphazardly together.
The song is littered with things that are by themselves really great: the chorus, the fantastic drum beat all throughout, "나는 Keep it low 나는 Keep it low," the little battle cry dancing at the end right before Changmin's high note. But put all together, this song is incredibly messy and listening to it makes me feel really aggravated. There are too many mix of styles and for the first time, I feel that this mix of styles is really not something Yunho and Changmin in particular are very adept at adopting. They're both good singers, but not much else in terms of manipulating their voices.
I find their rapping horrendous and the speak/talk/spit-words-out thing is really not working. Yunho's adopted this horrible nasal thing ever since "Purple Line" and it exasperates me that he thinks it actually works and that people actually enjoy listening to him sing/talk like that. Changmin has no rapping skill whatsoever, and what's more interesting to me is that his rap lines are so obviously laced with Yoo Young-jin's own rapping that it really frustrates me as a regular SM follower and listeners. Yoo Young-jin's involvement in this song goes so far beyond composing/producing — he raps, he narrates and it just feels like too many cooks in the kitchen. Maybe it's because Yoo Young-jin is so desperate for some singing action and he knows he'll never be as hot or can dance as well as the other idols that he can't pursue the typical path of a singer. Maybe he also knows that two voices are not five, and he's trying to fill that void. Whatever his thought process, I really don't like the end result.
And then in terms of performances, I like what they've done to divvy up the spotlight between two members in the choreography. It's fresh. What I don't like is how Yunho dances. Changmin is fine, but he's always been one of those idols who can dance because they've been disciplined to do so, not because they have an innate sense of rhythm. So I feel nothing, no attachment to his movement. Changmin has always had trouble controlling his pitch, and his screams on top of an already hectic song give me a headache, which says nothing for the absolute hate I have for Yunho's nasal rapping. I wish they just SANG a song (a reason why I liked "Maximum" a lot more) instead of playing around with skills they obviously do not have.
At the end of the day, my biggest problem is how much of a mess Yoo Young-jin made with this song, and how his expectations really went against what HoMin are capable of after 7 years of performing as artists. Let's not place HoMin's capabilities in this song against what "could have" been had they had 3 extra members. Let's just look at it and say that both Yunho and Changmin are stepping out of their comfort zone in terms of what they were required to do in this song. As someone who's watched them perform for years now, it's apparent to me that their greatest weaknesses as artists are magnified through this song.


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Every week, I look at a software patent that's been in the news. You can see previous installments in the series here. But this week, Luis Villa has done most of my work for me:
IBM has generally been very good about supporting open source, and as steven says, they've been very up front about their motivations- they are doing it because they want to make money, and they think open source and open standards help them make money.
This consistency has extended to their opinions on patents- they have made it clear that they think the system is broken, but they have also made it clear that they think patents are a perfectly legitimate business tool, and that they want to fix the system so that they can continue to make money on patents…
So it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that IBM are using patents to go after Amazon. What surprised me, after skimming the patents, is that the patents they are using to go after Amazon are so broad. With the exception of one (which is so opaque I can't figure out what exactly it is patenting) a cursory reading suggests that these are exactly the kinds of broad, obvious patents that everyone (even IBM) at least says on the surface that they hate. Maybe by demonstrating that they have what Tim Bray calls 'the Internet Tollbooth' they think they can precipitate real patent reform, but that seems unlikely; more likely they just want a cut of Amazon's pile. Shame, really, but it shouldn't be a surprise.
Companies have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to maximize their profits, so it shouldn't surprise us when companies do legal but shady things that enhance their bottom lines. However, it should make us ask why the patent system is giving companies the incentive to engage in such rent-seeking. It does nothing to promote "the progress of science and the useful arts" to give companies monopolies on ideas like "System for ordering items using an electronic catalogue" that are so obvious that it's inevitable that dozens of companies would independently "invent" them.


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Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 13th September 2018 Written Episode, Written Update on Tellyupdate.co.in
Amyra wakes up and finds Sikander missing in the room,Amyra looks for him. Sikander and Kulfi in tears,Sikander apologies to kulfi for being so harsh and rude,Kulfi stops him and says I know you were helpless, I lived so many days with you so I knew there was some reason behind with,like always you don't hurt people,even my mom used to do so,she would tell mami She will hit me in the room but would start crying when we would get there,and wipes Sikanders tears,Sikander asks how are you,Kulfi looks at Tevar standing at the corner of garden, and gets him near Sikander and holds their hands,and says I knew you got that lori for me and so one little thing for me,patch up please,both look at each other and remember the argument.
Amyra cries infront of lovely and says I know dad is with
dirty girl he misses her and doesn't love me,Lovely says baby dad loves you and I will go check,Amyra says I will,Lovely thinks if she goes and Sikander is really with Amyra her heart would break. kulfi says cmon forget the past,shake your hands and patch up,both smile at each other and shake hands,Kulfi starts dancing.Sikander says naughty girl always convinces and now I have to leave,Kulfi says till Amyra calms down,I can't come to your place right, I won't force but come at times to see me,Sikander says you know what it's Ganesh utsav from tomorrow and we will have ganpati bapa in society and all will be down and so you can meet not just me but everyone else,Kulfi says that's so nice, and hugs him.
Amyra and lovely going downstairs to check where's Sikander,Amyra gets impatient and asks who is holding on to the lift for so long,Lovely says baby calm down,Sikander walks out with Mohendar,Amyra asks dad where were you,you were with kulfi right answer me,Mohendar says he was with we were talking something important,Amyra hugs him and says I'm sorry I was so scared that you got angry and went back to Kulfi,Sikander kisses Amyra and says I'm sorry kid come let's go to bed and walks away with her,Kulfi and Tevar playing in garden,Kulfi thanks him,and says I'm so sleepy shall I,Yevar very happy and rests her head in his chest and says go to sleep,Kulfi falls asleep,Tevar very happy.
Lovely asks Mohendar what important talk was it,will it cure bhabhi,what are you trying to do,he says what happened with gunjan was just an accident and would Sikander be so calm and with Amyra if I would have told him the truth, Lovely asks so what was it,Mohendar says go ask him and leaves. Lovely walks in and asks what important talk was it, Sikander walks to her and says let's go out,Lovely asks what was so important that you had to leave Amyra,and Bhaiya had to talk so late,Sikander says why be so worried it was just about bhabhi and her health,Lovely says you are hiding something tell me what is it,Sikander says yes I am,I had to go meet Kulfi because she didn't sleep past 3 days,Lovely says all okay but Bhaiya,Sikander says he just covered for Amyra,Lovely says fine and leaves.
Sikander gets message reading you got it right what you have to do. Mohendar meets Sikander downstairs,and tells Sikander that by reading kulfi diary me and lovely found out,Kulfi father is famous singer but Tevar became singer just now,Sikander says you are so right,we need to go through diary for more details,Mohendar says one more thing Lovely is too scared for Amyra and so better to keep all this a secret even from her,Sikander replies to Mohendar and says yes all will be fine soon.
Tevar clicks kulfi picture while she was asleep,Kulfi wakes up and looks at the picture and starts laughing,Tevar says now get ready we are going we have to welcome Ganesha,Kulfi says yes I have to thank him too,because I had prayed to meet you near Ganesha,Tevar says I thought You never wanted me,Kulfi says I did,Sikander sir is very nice but not my father,Tevar says I'm very Happy. Amyra with Bebe preparing for Ganesh Chaturthi, Sikander walks and says I have recording work and will come back soon Amyra if you miss me call me. Kulfi hugs Tevar and says I know you didn't want to patch up with Sikander sir but for me you did,you are very nice.
Sikander walks to tevars house,Tevar and kulfi playing,Kulfi leaves him and rushes to Sikander on seeing him,and hugs him,Sikander says I have a gift for you,and hands ganpati idol,Kulfi very happy and shows it to Tevar,Tevar says very pretty go keep it inside,Kulfi runs in,Sikander says sorry,I'm giving frequent visits which isn't good but it's just that I'm too worried for kulfi,and so came to see her,and you know if we work together she will adjust quickly at your place, Tevar says thank you sir,I never thought we would be friends again,but because of my daughter we did, go talk to Kulfi you both will feel good,Sikander says thank you and walks in,
kulfi in her room,Sikander walks in and says if my plan works I will find out is Tevar kulfis dad today itself.
Pre cap : Sikander prays to Ganesha to help him show the truth, Sikander checks tevars old pic and one in locket and says this means Tevar isn't kulfi dad.
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CORONA, CA -- AVT, Inc., provider of custom vending machines, micro stores, and automated medicine dispensing systems, can provide hospitals, pharmacies, alternative heath clinics and marijuana dispensaries with sophisticated solutions for automated dispensing and secure storage of medicines and regulated products.
According to Pharmacy Times, "The pharmacy automation systems market is expected to grow to $7.8 billion by 2018, having been valued at 4.7 billion globally in 2011." This market gain of over 65% does not include figures for the rapidly growing legal marijuana industry, which according to CNBC, could grow to $10.2 billion.
"We are clearly in the pole position in one of the fastest growing sectors in the nation," James Winsor, CEO of AVT commented. "Our newest systems have been engineered to have a UL safe rating that meets or exceeds state requirements, a multi-point interior locking system, a double-walled design for additional protection, plus intrusion alert with motion sensor activation."
According to an article in Pharmacy Purchasing and Products, the growth in the Automated Dispensing Systems market is not surprising, considering they provide "Improved medication security, robust tracking capabilities and inventory control, and fewer dispensing errors compared with manual systems."
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently recommended using automated medicine dispensing systems. "It is apparent that the use of this technology will decrease medication errors," they reported. "Technological solutions will continue to emerge with efforts to improve safety and quality in all aspects healthcare delivery."
All of this points to a booming market for AVT. "We have the safest, most advanced systems in the industry," Winsor stated. "Our expertise in this market is second to none, and we look forward to building our role as a key player in the rapidly growing healthcare and legal marijuana industries."
For more information on AVT or for consultation on safe and secure automated medicine storage and dispensing, contact the company at (877) 424-3663, or visit the website at: http://www.autoretail.com
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- Can't -- let myself become -- The Hulk --For if I do -- The Defenders are dead for sure! But I -- I Don't know how long -- I can Hold Out!
- -- Bruce Banner
Appearing in "Val's New York Adventure!"
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Synopsis for "Val's New York Adventure!"
Confronted by the Lunatik, Val battles the raving vigilante, however the during their fight the Lunatik savagely beats Ledge before taking Val on a chase across the city.
While back in Russia, the rest of the Defenders are picked up by the Russian authorities, while in custody Bruce Banner (the only member unaffected by the radiation) pleads for the American ambassador to talk the Russians into letting him save his friends. Banner then works with the Russian scientists to cure his friends, however when the rejuvenation process fails to cure Hellcat, Bruce works on an alternate method and against the urge to change into the Hulk. Banner ultimately succeeds however he passes out from exhaustion. Afterwords, the Defenders are allowed to return to the States, Namor returns to Atlantis, and the Red Guardian is taken into custody by the Russian authorities.
Back in New York, Val's chase with the Lunatik leads to the New York Subway, where the Lunatik manages to lose her by jumping onto a passing subway train.
- Iro is credited as Pete Iro.
- Lunatik next appears in Defenders #61
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Congrats, you have been recognised as the entrepreneur of the week on Stacyspeaks.com.
Name: Olajumoke Fasheun
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Educational Qualification: Bsc. Mass Communication (Undergraduate).
Brand name: Ewa Fabrics and Weavon
Commencement Date of Business: The business officially started in June 8, 2017 but has been in operation long before it became known to the public.
Number of Years Business Has Been in Existence: 3 years ago
Description of Business: Sales of weaves, wigs and fabrics.
Are Your Parents in Support of Your Business?
At first they were not in support of my business but as time went on they became in full support when they saw how enthusiastic I was.
Motivation: My motivation truly is my mum she gives me the drive to want to be independent.
Role Model: My role model is myself in 5years time. I already admire the woman I want to be by then so I have started working towards it and following the footsteps of "what would the Jumoke of 5years time do now?"
Major Business Challenge: The major challenge of my business at the initial stage was getting good suppliers. The suppliers I was using sold some bad products to me so I had to compensate my customers and this made me run at a loss but it really didn't matter because my major aim was customer satisfaction. Therefore customer relations and feedback is a necessary part of my business; I love to leave my customers happy so that they'll want to patronise me another time.
Major Business Achievement:
The major achievement hasn't been attained but owning a brand that is getting to be known amongst people is a step towards achieving it… by Gods grace in a few years time I should be able to tell u the major achievement.
How Do You Source For Finances To Run Your Business?
Major source of finances has been my savings since my first year in school but of recent I collected a loan from my Mum… lol … iya jebu she will collect her money back with interest being an investor in my business.
Where Do You See Yourself in 7 Years?
In 7 years time by Gods grace I see myself owning one of the biggest fabric distribution houses and weavon stores in different parts of the country home and abroad as well as establishing my own foundation for the less privileged with an attached ready-made cloth store for as low as 50naira for the less privileged.
If You Are Given 50k to Invest In Your Business What Would You Use it For?
I would use it to invest in ewa fabrics and weavon like buying equipment and tools necessary for the growth of my business e.g. different wig heads, sizes of comb, hair moisturizers and many more.
Advice Someone Who Is Scared To Start A Business:
It's never too late to start something you want the whole world to know you for but the earlier you start the better for you.
Make A Shout Out To People Who Have Been Supporting You Relentlessly:
I would be wrong to mention specific names but I do appreciate all family and friends who have always been there for me.
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Product Description
Model NO.: GN-3622L
Style: European
Folded: Unfolded
Condition: New
Frame : Power Coated Steel /Aluminum: Fabric : Waterproof
Weave: 100% Hand Weaving: Appearance:Leisure & Fashionable
Trademark: Greenall / OEM
Specification: SGS
HS Code: 9403
Material: Rattan / Wicker
Usage: Outdoor
Customized: Customized
General Use : Outdoor Furniture: Material : PE Rattan /Wicker
Color : Optional: Certification: Passed SGS Testing
Delivery Time :25-45days: Special Use : Garden Set
Transport Package: Air Bubble + Cartons
Origin: Zhejiang, China
1. Produc Specifications
1.Powder coated Aluminum frame with PE rattan
2.Waterproof ,UV resistant
3.Suitable for outdoor use
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|SGS tested ,UV-resistant ,PE rattan
|Durable 1.2mm aluminum/steel tube
|polyester fabric ,waterproof
|25-35 days of 20 feet container
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c . OEM and ODM is available , lcolor and size are optional,it also can be according to the design and requirement of customers.
d. 180-250g fabric , Cushions has zipper ,easily removable and cover with high desity sponge
e. it's suitable to be used in indoor house and outdoor place,to feel comfortable
f . two years gurantee use
g. Popular and modern style
h the design are good to save the container space,so it could save the shipment cost
j. this style are worthy and have big loadabity,also the price is reasonable
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1. Question: What is the Minimum order?
Answer: Our MOQ is a container, at least 10sets per item, a 40HQ can mix within 3-5 different items, and a 20GP can mix within 1-2 different items.
2. Questions: How long is the warranty of furniture?
Answer: Our warranty is 2 years for rattan and aluminum frame.
3. Question : How long is your delivery time ?
Answer: 25- 35days after receiving T/T with 30% for the deposit as a container, also it depends on the type of order and model of furniture we have to make.
4. Question: Can I leave my cushions outside all year round?
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Daynite24+ is a day and night anti-wrinkle cream providing perfectly coordinated basic care for every skin type and age. Dermatological studies have shown that the Biotulin® active ingredient combination reduces wrinkle depth by up to 25% within just one hour. *
Daynite24+ provides the skin with moisture and vitamins during the day. The light consistency does not create any ugly shine, as your usual make-up can be easily applied after morning use of Daynite24+.
At night, Daynite24+ regenerates the skin due to natural grape seed oil.
During development, particular emphasis was placed on the nourishing properties of individual active ingredients. The skin is optimally supplied by hyaluronic acid, ideally stimulating the skin's own collagen formation.
*According to an independent dermatological study conducted by Derma Consult, Germany.
Active ingredients and their properties
Daynite24+ is a water-based cream and paraben-free
Its main components are plant extracts relaxing facial muscles: Spilanthol (Acmella Oleracea – paracress plant) and Imperata Cylindrica (blady grass), complemented by Hyaluronic Acid, which hydrates the collagen fibers and therefore has a major anti-ageing effect.
Biotulin® contains spilanthol, a local soothing ingredient that is obtained by extraction of the plant acmella oleracea (paracress). It reduces muscle contractions and relaxes facial features. Up to 25% of crow's feet, forehead wrinkles, glabella folds between the eyebrows and nasolabial folds are visibly smoothed within just one hour of use*.
Hyaluronic acid supports the effectiveness by additionally padding the skin and supporting collagenous and elastic fibres. Its skin-tightening and smoothing effect is immediately visible.
Grape seed oil
Grape seed oil is obtained from crushed seeds of grapes (vitis vinifera) via pressing and extraction. It has exceptional antioxidant properties due to its polyphenol and tocopherol content. These are among the most effective free radical catchers that nature has to offer. Its active antioxidant ingredients are 20 times stronger than vitamin C and 50 times stronger than vitamin E, slowing down the skin cell ageing process, so that the skin preserves its youthful, fresh, and healthy appearance.
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Apply Biotulin®DayNite24+ twice daily directly to cleansed/toned skin, or ideally over top of Biotulin® Supreme Skin Gel.
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EXCLUSIVE: Shay Mitchell Shares Love of Travel as She Announces Nashville Getaway Contest for Fans
Shay Mitchell loves to hit the skies!
The Pretty Little Liars star, a spokesperson for the Blue Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, talked to ET's Katie Krause about her love of globetrotting, which inspired the 30-year-old actress and her fans to use the hashtag, #Shaycation, on social media.
"The #Shaycation hashtag came to life purely just from my love of travel and wanting to share my experiences, my vacations and getaways with my fans and my friends," Mitchell said while announcing that she and American Express are teaming up to give one lucky fan and their friends a chance to win a trip of their own.
"To celebrate the launch of the new Blue Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, they are hosting a really special contest, where a winner and three of their friends can win a trip to Nashville for a super, fun filled food excursion," Mitchell explained. The card has no annual fee, and offers two miles per dollar spent at U.S. restaurants.
Those interested in learning about the Taste of Travel with #DeltaAmexBlue Contest can visit DeltaAmexBlue.com
Meanwhile, Mitchell revealed that when she's not traveling, she'll be rooting for her PLL co-star, Sasha Pieterse, on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars.
"I will be more than happy to sit front row screaming the loudest for Sasha," she shared. "One hundred percent."


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Here, at SnowDrone Transfers, our aim is to provide great transfers to and from the Alps with minimum stress, maximum comfort, and most importantly, as efficiently and as entertaining as possible allowing you to sit back, relax and enjoy the views! But what makes SnowDrone different?
Modern 4×4 Vehicles Ready For All Conditions
All of our vehicles for this season are brand new or just 1 year old Volkswagen Caravelles with 4×4 capability and are the long wheel base version. Our fleet are all rigorously maintained and fully insured and use the latest engines offering increased economy and a reduced environmental impact. All our vehicles are fitted with snow tyres and carry snow chains ensuring that our drivers can travel easily to your destination through whatever conditions. We are also able to safely use alternative back roads when the main roads are at a standstill, so we can do our best to keep you moving to your destination. We know that there are cheaper vehicles out there but reliability, safety and comfort is our priority!
Each vehicle seats 8 passengers and can cater for child seats at no extra cost. For more information on travelling with children, click here.
The vehicles also have plenty of leg room, luggage space and separate passenger air conditioning controls and reading lights, while the majority of our vehicles have leather seats. The interior of the vehicles are cleaned before every transfer.
All our vehicles are tracked by GPS, which is provided by Rewire Security and GPS Live which allows us to monitor our vehicles and update chalets on your estimated arrival.
Helpful & Professional Drivers
Our drivers are all English speaking and are all required to complete our training programme. We can therefore guarantee that our drivers will act politely, friendly and professional throughout your journey. They may even crack some jokes although please do not feel obliged to laugh! Feel free to ask them about resort information and the latest events, they'll be happy to dish out some knowledge.
Our aim is to safely get you to and from the airport or ski resort as efficiently as possible. All of our drivers are fully licensed, are medically certified and are experienced in driving in alpine and bad weather conditions. They also have extensive knowledge of alternative routes, so are well placed to make intelligent decisions based on road and traffic conditions to do their best to keep you moving when others aren't. With the vehicles at our disposal, we are able to navigate the most obscure roads whatever the conditions.
Our Onboard Service
Each vehicle is equipped with free wi-fi and the free use of iPads. Each east also has access to a USB charging port along with cables for the most popular smartphones and tablets. We also supply headphones for each rear seat and even neck pillows if you want soon relaxation. We also carry chilled bottled water in our onboard cool boxes, which is available on demand.
At SnowDrone, we also recognize that keeping the kids happy equals keeping the parents happy! Not only do we have the latest child seats available, but our iPads also contain entertainment for children along with headphones. If you are travelling with children, please make us aware and include the relevant information in your booking.
Our Bi-lingual Office & Local Knowledge
We operate on the ground by basing our office in Val d'Isère, with vehicle hubs there and in Courchevel. Having both English and French speaking office staff ensures that we can provide the best possible service to our clients. We are on hand to help whenever possible and are happy to answer any queries that you may have.
Having been seasonnaires for over 10 years all over Europe and the world, we are clued up on what's hot and what's not so please ask us for any local tips on ski hire, ski lessons, ski passes, accommodation, bars and restaurants! We can also help liaise in French if needed!
Door-to-Door Service
Our door-to-door service offers you the maximum comfort when travelling with SnowDrone. Your driver will either greet you as you come into the arrivals hall at the airport and take you to your waiting vehicle where you will be driven smoothly to your accommodation in resort. Upon your departure from resort, your driver will collect you from outside your accommodation in resort (or another agreed meeting point if requested) at the pick-up time specified in your pre-departure text message.
We also pride ourselves in being as efficient as possible enabling us to get you to your destination as quickly as possible. However, whilst we will do everything we can to ensure that delays do not happen, sometimes they do happen beyond our control and this may have an effect on our service. For more information on delays and cancellations to flights or to our service, please refer to our terms and conditions by clicking here.
Competitive Pricing, Flexibility & Great Value
Not only do we provide competitive rates, but, by booking with SnowDrone, you are also guaranteed a unique yet reliable service.
Being an up and coming, independent company, all transfers that are booked with us are carried out by us. Yet despite our high standards and on board entertainment features, our priority remains providing great transfers that are affordable and which take away the stresses of your journey so all of our "extras" are included in our prices. There are no hidden charges! We also provide discounted rates for mid-week travel and regular customers.
Our booking system allows us to provide the most flexible service possible and, with secure payments, you can have further peace of mind when making a booking with us. We also recognize that our booking system may not cater for ad hoc queries and transfer requests so please do not be afraid to ask by contacting us with your bespoke enquiries. We aim to please!
Here, at SnowDrone, we appreciate the feedback and loyalty of our customers and offer discounts for regular clients and returning customers. Please email us for further details.
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Our Destinations
Private airport transfers from Geneva, Lyon, Grenoble & ChambéryPrivate airport transfers to
Val d'Isère & Tignes Private airport transfers to
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Ste. Foy & La Rosière Private transfers from the Eurostar at Bourg St Maurice & Moutiers Private transfers from Chamonix, Morzine & Zurich to the Tarentaise Shared transfers also available, details of which can be found here
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Easily book a private airport transfer online or directly through our officeCommunication before each transfer confirming arrangements Assistance with other aspects of
your holiday if needed Personally greeted by your driver & shown to your vehicle Smooth, enjoyable journey in spacious, clean & comfortable vehicles In-car extras including WiFi, iPads, usb charging, headphones & water Door-to-door service arriving as close to your accommodation door as possible Resort recommendations & discounts through our office & in our vehicles Loyalty discounts for frequent clients on request


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Skip to 0 minutes and 6 seconds DRAFFAN: What is the main problem you find now?
Skip to 0 minutes and 9 seconds TOBY HEWSON: OK speech therapists receive half hour of universities about AAC. So it is silly and selfish, because when we arrive at their doors, they start to worry because we do know more about our equipment they do. E.A.
Skip to 0 minutes and 25 seconds DRAFFAN: We also do not know much about how you use your technologies on the web.
Skip to 0 minutes and 35 seconds TOBY HEWSON: OK. I have found great equipment that calls, read and write. I started using it 20 years ago because I can't read in normal ways. It retrieves everything on internet. When it is OK to read, because something it doesn't read because sentences, they are in photos. E.A.
Skip to 0 minutes and 52 seconds DRAFFAN: You have mentioned the fact that you can't read everything on the web because text is sometimes in a photo. But what about managing to control things on the web, like YouTube? Has that caused problems sometimes?
Skip to 1 minute and 7 seconds TOBY HEWSON: Yes, but I am very lucky because I work 99% internet no problem. But banking application forms, they do have alarm clocks, which I hate because they run away from me because I work slower because I got cerebral palsy. E.A.
Skip to 1 minute and 23 seconds DRAFFAN: What developments would you like to see in the future?
Skip to 1 minute and 28 seconds TOBY HEWSON: OK. It is getting better every year. But I would love to see some time an equipment to read my brain. But it needs button to put off sometimes because swearing.
Communication aids in practice
Having learnt a little bit about Tom and his communication aid that was a tablet and the way symbol communication can be slow unless it is pre-prepared, you will now see Toby demonstrating how this is done with a discussion about his use of the web and some assistive technologies.
Toby Hewson not only founded a charity called Just Different - he is also Co-chair of Communication Matters a "UK-wide organisation committed to supporting people of all ages who find communication difficult because they have little or no clear speech." The organisation has links to resources that you might find useful.
Please share any resources you might know about that would help those with communication difficulties in different countries as English (spoken and written) often dominates and yet communication happens in many different ways being multilingual and multicultural.
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text: "We want employees to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work." This is the latest in a long line of inclusion phrases trending in the Diversity & Inclusion field. In plain language, it means something like "We don't discriminate. In fact, we actually accept people's differences. No, really!" A lot of folks take issue with this… Read more »


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The Development Board supports the Mansfield College Alumni Relations and Development Team.
The Board members support and advise the Principal and the Alumni Relations and Development Team on all aspects of our development and alumni activity - from developing fundraising strategies, to enabling meetings and discussions, to gifts in kind and donations.
Chair - Guy Hands PPE 1979-82
Julia Hands MBE
Antonio Bonchristiano PPE 1984-87
John Caird Son of George Caird, Mansfield Principal 1970-77
Roger Finbow Law 1971-74
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Who: Laura, ModCloth-obsessed.
What: Handmade vintage 50s dress with the best spring print ever.
Where: Lost and Found Vintage in Metro Detroit
How Much: $40
When I Use It: I wear it often, but most notably to the Detroit NAACP Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. It might have even shown up Aretha Franklin's hat that night…
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So you may have seen the movie Field of Dreams with the lesson "Build it and they will come".
You know the movie where Kevin Costner builds the baseball field and soon meets his dad and has superstar ball players of the past playing on his field.
Lesson of the day: If you build it and…
WORK YOUR ASS OFF… they will come!
Remember in the mid-90s when this simple fact… build it (a website) and they (visitors) will come? Yeah those were the days. Today it is much different though. Websites get easier and easier to produce through template based tools like wordpress or any other random tool advertised through commercials, magazines and heck even your bookkeeping software.
Hosting is nearly free these days and the web tools mentioned above are heading this way as well. This is a good thing right? Well yes an no. Here's the deal… the easier it is to create a website, the more websites that will fly up. Last year it is said that 51 million websites were published just in 2012. As of December 2012 there are 634 million websites being hosted world-wide.
So How are you able to compete with the other 634 million websites out there? Well it is not by slapping up a wordpress site or other free/low cost site and thinking you are going to make it rich. If all you do is SLAP A SITE UP… you will never get found. Then you are just adding to the clutter and make it harder to web visitors to find anything online of value… because they need to weed through too much crap, then get tired and just log off. Expecting to set it an forget it online to get rich is like thinking you're going to be a billionaire just because you were born. If you want to be a billionaire you're going to have to do some work right? The same is true online.
I was talking to a guy the other day that works with music bands. He wanted to sell them websites to help promote their band, but thought $300 for a website was ridiculous. I chuckled when he said this and thought… wow, I wonder what the band would say if the fans said "buying a $25 t-shirt, $15+ show ticket, or a $20 cd was ridiculous". After all I can get a band t-shirt at goodwill for $4, watch concerts on youtube for free and listen to music for free via Spotify and Pandora. So why should I pay the band all this ridiculous money?
Another guy I talked to recently thought it made more sense to build his own site than pay an expert to help guide him to success. This is fine, obviously not everyone is a good fit. However when he asked Brandwise for pricing I told him… "the build out price was not what he needs to be concerned with. The true concern was how do you plan on getting traffic to the site?" You see he was trying to build a Job board and was hoping to sell job listings to companies looking to hire employees. He was also hoping to sell advertising.
Now, I'm not saying creating a website like this is a bad idea, but the creation is just a small part of the bigger problem… GETTING FOUND and then CREATING VALUE FOR THE CLIENT is the REAL issue. Just because you build it doesn't mean they will come. When it comes to a job board how can you compete with Career Builder or Monster.com or the other thousands of smaller job sites?
Ask yourself this… if I was going to place a job listing online where would I go? Most of you are probably thinking Monster.com. Now as a business wanting to create a job board, how do you overcome this? Specialize, right? That's one way. So let's say you are the expert job board for the XYZ industry… great you have a leg up and maybe even easy SEO Ranking since you are highly targeted. What's next? Well how about filling your job board with clients listing jobs and testing your site out.
How much can you charge for such a service? Nothing! What… nothing? That right! Early on you will not be able to charge clients because there is no proven value other than your unproven industry knowledge. Once you get 100+ free clients testing your site out then maybe you can start selling listings. Until then you have no track record to prove you can do what you say you can.
So emailing all your contacts and giving away the free service to the first 100 or so companies would be a way to build the site value, but you'll need sooo much more. In order to generate traffic to the site you will need to either pay for advertising or use blogging/social media promotions (inbound marketing) to bring in the REAL traffic and REAL value to the site (active audience). Beyond traffic you need to add value which means remarkable content that is truly helpful to your audience. This means you need to set yourself up as a thought leader in your industry. This is a lot of work, but very much worth it.
So what Wordpress, Intuit, and Wix don't tell you… is the website is not what brings people or riches to your site. A great idea is useless if you can't implement and deliver or the idea. There are no silver bullets in this world wide web. Just like the real world it takes a ton of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears to reach success. If it were easy all 634 million websites would be creating several million billionaires.
So don't look for the short cuts…
- commit to your site for the long haul (it may take 6 months or 6 years, but a proven track record is what will set you apart)
- blog like crazy
- remember to focus on creating remarkable content (something someone would actually share)
- always focus on delivering value
- build relationships and attend event that get you in front of your target audience
- commit to becoming a thought leader in your industry
…then and only then will you be able to compete with all 634 million other website in the world. I hope this article helped clear up what it takes to be successful online and I wish YOU the best of luck in your online adventure!


text: Zelal -- Film Review 4:17 PM PST 11/30/2010 by THR Staff FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME A touching journey into Egyptian mental institutions. TWITTER VENICE -- Perhaps the first Egyptian documentary about the world of mental illness, "Zelal" opens a window on the residents of two locked-door hospitals in Cairo, telling their strange and moving stories with great compassion. The patients are a mixture of Christians and Muslims, often not that different from the people glimpsed in the outside world. Co-directed by well-known producer Marianne Khoury, who made many of Youssef Chahine's films, and award-winning documentarist Mustapha Hasnaoui, the film will be of particular interest to festivals. The movie opens on a weeping father who brings his son in for treatment. His moving account underlines the shame and dishonor of mental illness in Egyptian society, where it's still a taboo subject. This theme recurs in the story told by a young woman who has been sexually rejected by her husband. In another snapshot, an older woman who looks forward to leaving the hospital makes frantic preparations to return to her brother's family, only to be cast out a few weeks later. Suggesting the thin line between sanity and madness, a veiled Muslim woman visiting her delusional son in the hospital describes how, in her opinion, he is the victim of a spell cast by a Christian she-devil who installed a TV antenna on the roof while wearing see-through clothing. Though the wards are poor and run-down, with broken plumbing and torn-up mattresses, under the surface there lies a world very similar to equivalent Western institutions. Interestingly, one of the hospitals seems to be run by Christian Copts, and Jesus is as familiar to the patients as Allah. Nor is all bleak and dark: There are laughing patients and those who tenderly watch out for their friends. Some of the long-term residents work at odd jobs. Cinematographers Tamer Joseph and Victor Credimake the most of HDV, giving the film constant visual interest with contrasting colors and beautifully lit faces. Venue: Venice Film Festival (Horizons) Production companies: Misr International Film (Youssef Chahine), 3B Prods., Centre Cinematographique Marocain, Dubai Entertainment & Media Organization Directors/screenwriters: Marianne Khoury, Mustapha Hasnaoui Producers: Marianne Khoury, Gabriel Khoury, Jean Brehat Directors of photography: Tamer Joseph, Victor Credi Editor: Doaa Fadel Sales agent: Misr International Films Unrated, 90 minutes FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME THR Staff email@example.com THR