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Draw up a chair and let's talk about ghosts. After all, it's the week of Hallowe'en and All Souls' Day, making it one of those times of the year when our thoughts traditionally turn to departed spirits. Hallowe'en is said to be the day of the year in which the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, thereby allowing the two worlds a greater chance of contacting one another. All Souls' Day falls on 2 November and is the day in the Christian calendar when prayers are said for the souls of 'the faithful departed'. Many of us hope that those souls are resting peacefully, but we can't always be sure that they are.
No wonder our thoughts can turn to dank churchyards, shadowy figures and a sense of creeping horror during these early November days. We enjoy scaring ourselves with ghost stories, safe in the knowledge that they're only fiction. They aren't true. We can switch on the lights and chase those phantoms away. Can't we?
It depends on whether you have a natural affinity for ghosts and other spirits. Are you one of those people who has had several uncanny experiences over the years, experiences that you can't explain away as being a trick of the mind? Perhaps these were corroborated by other people, making you even more convinced that you saw or heard or touched something that wasn't of this world. Or are you someone who longs to meet a ghost but has never managed it, no matter how often you seek out haunted houses or hang around churchyards at dusk? Maybe you don't believe in such things at all, assuring yourself that there is no scientific proof that they exist. Perhaps you're right, or perhaps you're simply whistling in the dark to make those unnerving shadows melt away.
As for me, I've had some very strange encounters with what I am absolutely certain are ghosts. Such things have happened to me, on and off, throughout my life. And I had a good start, growing up in a house that was haunted by the ghost of a little girl who enjoyed playing tricks on us all. Not only was every member of the household (four adults and two young children) aware of this ghost because of her endless pranks, but people in the neighbouring houses used to see her in our garden and ask who she was. Has she gone away? Apparently not. I was told recently that she is still seen in that garden from time to time.
Such corroboration is helpful when deciding whether what you've seen or heard is a truly a ghost or if there is a more pragmatic but less dramatic explanation. Because – especially if you're of a susceptible and imaginative disposition, or you've spent the day scaring yourself out of your wits with the help of M R James – it's very tempting to tell yourself that any odd noise or peculiar trick of the light has a supernatural origin. Essentially, it is wise to adopt the policy of Sherlock Holmes and examine every logical explanation for what has happened, so that 'whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth'. And, where possible, to compare notes with other people who have witnessed the same thing. Well, when I say 'people', perhaps it would be better to say 'living creatures', because ghostly experiences don't only happen to humans.
Some years ago, I and my husband wanted to move home and spent months searching for the perfect place. Finally, one Sunday lunchtime, we knew we'd found it. It was a very pretty 17th-century house with a wonderfully welcoming atmosphere. The couple who owned it showed us into the sitting room. I was admiring the inglenook fireplace when something by the door caught my eye. A dark-haired young woman was looking at me in an inquisitive but affable fashion. And then she simply wasn't there any longer. I wondered if I'd imagined the whole thing, but suspected I hadn't. Anyway, we bought the house and moved in. The previous owners had left several pieces of furniture behind, including a nice rocking chair in the sitting room. A couple of days later, three of our friends came over to supper, bringing two dogs. These are the sweetest and most well behaved dogs you could ever wish to meet, yet the moment they went into the sitting room they began to bark and growl at the rocking chair. We'd put it in the corner between the inglenook and the door. The dogs weren't bothered by any other part of the house, but that corner really worried them.
Then several members of my family came to lunch. It was a hot day and we ate in the garden. My niece went indoors and when she came back she told me she'd seen a ghost. I asked her to show me where this ghost was. She led me straight into the sitting room and pointed at the rocking chair. Had she seen a man or a woman? A woman, she told me.
We lived in that house for three years. Sometimes I would be woken at night by the sound of a woman singing contentedly. We only felt her presence in the big upstairs bedroom and in the sitting room, but she wasn't frightening. She simply felt like another member of the household. And the house retained its happy, welcoming atmosphere.
Unfortunately, we had to sell the house. Several people wanted to buy it but each time the sale fell through. It was almost as though the house was waiting for the right owner to come along. One afternoon, a couple arrived to view it, and it was clear from the enchanted looks on their faces that they'd fallen in love with the house just as we had. They made an offer that same day, and we were confident that this time the sale would take place. When they returned a few days later to have another look at the house, the husband asked me outright about the ghost. He had sensed her on his first visit – and there was no doubt in his mind that she was female. When I asked him if he was aware of her throughout the house, he said he could only sense her in the big upstairs bedroom and in the sitting room. He also said he wanted her to stay. He liked her.
We liked her, too. She was a friendly soul. And most of the ghosts I've encountered over the years have been equally benign. Although not all of them. But theirs is a story for another time.


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At 9:02 p.m. - two minutes after the polls closed in Syracuse - Mayor Stephanie Miner's phone lit up with a call from the 202 area code.
"Is this Stephanie?" the voice on the other line said. "This is Joe Biden."
Miner said there was a pause.
Then, probably used to people thinking this was a big practical joke, he said, "The vice president of the United States, Joe Biden."
Biden said he was having trouble finding the results of her election, but he knew she would win and he wanted to congratulate her on a second term.
Miner said she reminded him the polls had closed only two minutes ago.
He asked if it was snowing in Syracuse and she said no.
Miner, co-chair of the New York State Democratic Committee, said she has not met Biden in person, but has talked with him by phone a number of times.
Biden has always had a special place in his heart for Syracuse. Biden is a graduate of Syracuse University law school as is his son Beau Biden.
Miner said Biden told her in the election night phone call that he is proud of her and that the real innovation in government is happening with mayors on the local level.
She told him Obamacare was working well in the New York network and he said they were working to sort out the problems.
"He said I'm very proud of you. You're doing great work there. I love you. Congratulations," Miner recounted in an interview after her victory speech at Pensabene's Casa Grande in Syracuse. "He called me kiddo."
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Minecraft Devs Release Crown And Council Free
"Surprise!" holler the Minecraft mob at Mojang, announcing that they've just released a "casual strategy game of geopolitical drama" for free. Crown and Council is now up on Steam, offering streamlined turn-based strategy to build up and crush kingdoms. It's a nice spot of fun for a Friday afternoon. Here, I'll explain a bit.
Crown and Council is a fairly simple turn-based strategy game on small maps divided into regions. Each region you hold will generate one gold per turn. One gold is also how much it costs to send your army into a region adjacent to your own and take over it. Unless there's a three-gold Fort defending it, increasing the number of attacks a region can resist. Then you get expensives ships which can attack anywhere, villages which increase a tile's gold output, universities… they're simple pieces, but combine to be quite pleasing.
75 maps are included, and it has a generator to procedurally create more.
Crown and Council is the work of Mojang's Henrik Pettersson, who has been tinkering with it for a while since starting it in a game jam. It's out now free on Steam for Windows. Steam's got a trailer too, if you want a peek first.
Mojang have released a fair few small free games before, but this is the first to get a formal store release. Heck, this is the first Mojang-made game on Steam (Cobalt, which they published but didn't make, is already there).


text: A half-mile down into the ocean, out of the reach of sunlight, crabs could be using blue and ultraviolet light to find food and avoid toxins: An ability to detect shorter wavelengths may help them discern the good grub from the bad, according to a recent study. The animals might be using light sensitivity to "sort out the likely toxic corals they're sitting on – which glow, or bioluminesce, blue-green and green – from the plankton they eat, which glows blue," said Sönke Johnsen, a biologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C. "Call it color-coding your food." The collaborators studied three ocean-bottom sites in the Bahamas, taking video and images of the crustaceans' feeding patterns and the wavelengths at which nearby animals bioluminesced. They captured eight crustaceans found at these and other sites and examined their eyes. In the darkness of the deep sea, crabs perch on corals, which are often toxic, and which bioluminesce in green and blue-green (shown). The crabs' preferred food, plankton, exhibits blue bioluminescence, as seen on the streak across the top. Seeing the difference in colors may help the animals see their food and avoid poisons. Courtesy of Sönke Johnsen, Duke University. Study leader Tamara Frank of Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center in Dania Beach, Fla., attached a microelectrode to each of the creatures' eyes, then flashed different colors and intensities of light at them and recorded their eye response. She discovered that all of the species were extremely sensitive to blue light, and two were extremely sensitive to both blue and UV light. The species sensitive to both blue and UV light used separate light-sensing channels to distinguish the colors. It's the separate channels that would allow the animals to have a form of color vision, Johnsen said. In a true-color image of the bioluminescence of the coral and plankton captured at the site, the coral glows greenish, and the plankton glows blue, Frank said, adding that the plankton is blurred because it's drifting by as it hits the coral. The image and a video show crabs sitting on a sea pen, periodically picking something off and putting it in their mouths. That behavior, and the data showing the crabs' sensitivity to blue and UV light, suggests that the creatures have a basic color code for their food. The findings were reported in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The idea is "still very much in the hypothesis stage, but it's a good idea," Johnsen said. To further test this hypothesis, the scientists need to collect more crabs and test their sensitivity to even shorter wavelengths of light. Whether the crabs are acting in a natural way during the investigative proceedings remains to be seen. The potential applications of this knowledge are yet unknown. But just look at the x-ray telescope based on lobster eyes reported a few years back. "Sometimes these discoveries can also lead to novel and useful innovations years later," Frank said.


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An intelligent woman could be forgiven for getting fed up with stubborn inequities that denigrate a lifetime of effort. For Carrie Gracie, one of the BBC's best journalists, enough was enough when she learned that two male colleagues doing comparable work were making scads more money than she was. At the start of 2018 she resigned, accusing the BBC in an open letter of perpetuating a pay structure that is 'secretive and illegal'. Just weeks later, the broadcaster announced that its top male talent would take a pay cut in a show of solidarity with their female colleagues. But while some of these battles are symbolic, the problems are endemic. Last year, a survey of Australian businesses revealed that there are more men named John, David or Peter running companies than there are women CEOs of any name. When progress seems to have stalled, we turn to rousing examples of women fighting the good fight: Pakistani education advocate and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, or Chinese activist and filmmaker Nanfu Wang. We turn as well to the pioneering work of figures less squarely in the limelight, such as the Surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim and the documentarian Alanis Obomsawin. Alice Walker observed that 'the most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any'—let us not forget, then, the strength in our midst.
'It is not I who looked for the Surrealists,' said Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), '[but] they who found me.' In 1932, as a student at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, she fell in with Picasso, Giacometti and Man Ray (for whom she modelled nude), and was soon making entrancing objets, such as Das Paar (The Couple)—a pair of boots conjoined at the toe—and a collaboration with Elsa Schiaparelli that produced marvellous gloves with bony protrusions, gold claws and even veins. (Surrealism, wrote André Breton in the Surrealist Manifesto, 'glove[s] your hand'.) Oppenheim was born in Berlin, and fine, whimsical hands were part of her ancestry: her grandmother was a celebrated children's illustrator whose drawings featured smiling anthropomorphic trees. Add to this the Surrealists' embrace of the unconscious and the influence of Jungian psychology—in which Oppenheim was well-versed—and it is hardly surprising that her spin on the movement was so playful and independent, tied to the caprices of Dadaism. Critics viewing her early work assumed her to be a man; she held the human mind to be androgynous. Through August 12, a retrospective of her work is on view at Finland's Espoo Museum of Modern Art, supplemented with photographs and portraits of the artist and a selection of pieces by her contemporaries, including Man Ray and Daniel Spoerri.
Betty Davis, née Mabry, born in 1945, is often mentioned adjacent to the famous musicians she befriended, dated and/or married: Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Hugh Masekela, Miles Davis. But she has talent and a sound all her own—a funky, groovy, sexy R&B fuelled by a powerful voice that ranges from a husky whisper to a howl. Despite two promising earlier studio albums, her third, 1975's Nasty Gal, backed by a major label, failed to achieve commercial success. The world wasn't ready for Davis's kinetic sexuality. 'Miss Davis is trying to tell us something real and basic about our irrational needs', wrote the New York Times a year before the album's release. 'Western civilization puts its highest premiums on conformity and rationality and rarely recognises the Bessies or the Bettys until they're gone.' Davis was a pathbreaker who foresaw and in various ways influenced a bevy of women artists, including contemporary Grace Jones, Erykah Badu and SATE (Saidah Baba Talibah). Nasty Gal was recently reissued by Light in the Attic, and its sultry tracks bewitch the listener. 'You and I', arranged by Gil Evans, is a ballad about lost love that Davis co-wrote with her ex-husband Miles. He plays a gorgeous trumpet solo against her plaintive cry. Prince said of Davis's music, 'This is what we aim for.'
The poet, short story writer and essayist Mary Ruefle has a gift for capturing certain transitional periods that leave you listing queasily, wondering what has happened to the life you used to recognise. In the delightful essay 'Pause', which appeared in Granta in 2015, she explores the inevitable squaring of one's inner and outer selves during menopause. Ruefle starts out sounding rather rueful about ageing, writing of the stormy feelings menopause brings, akin to those of adolescence but without parents or corralling school teachers to steer you through. And as she emphasises, while we tend to think of this rite of passage as an event, it is more an unpredictable unfolding. 'You may decide to take up an insane and hopeless cause. You may decide to walk to Canada, or that it is high time you begin to collect old blue china, three thousand pieces of which will leave you bankrupt. Suddenly the solution to all problems lies in selling your grandmother's gold watch or drinking your bodyweight in cider vinegar. A kind of wild forest blood runs in your veins.' Eventually, that wild forest blood sloughs off a lifetime of self-consciousness. 'If you are young and you are reading this, perhaps you will understand the gleam in the eye of any woman who is sixty, seventy, eighty, or ninety: they cannot take you seriously (sorry) for you are just a girl to them, despite your babies and shoes and lovemaking and all of that. You are just a girl playing at life.'
Alanis Obomsawin's We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016) tells the story of the First Nations activist Cindy Blackstock, who sued the federal government of Canada for depriving Indigenous children of crucial social services. The making of the documentary took six years. Obomsawin's next film, Our People Will Be Healed (2017), was her fiftieth, and its release coincided with the filmmaker's 85th birthday. It is a somewhat happier story about a remarkable school in northern Manitoba that has created a robust and original curriculum which celebrates its Indigenous students' heritage. Along with standard math and science courses, the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre at Norway House offers lessons in the Cree language and traditional fiddle music. 'The children are kings there', Obomsawin told the Globe and Mail. The film ends with the sun dance, a ritual prayer that is rarely seen and which was nearly eradicated by an official policy of suppression lasting until 1951. Obomsawin's subjects trust her to depict their experiences with dignity, sensitivity and compassion. As an Abenaki born in New Hampshire and raised in Quebec, she knows firsthand the historical burdens they contend with, and embodies the success they deserve.
Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen began as an exhibition focused on environmental degradation at the mouth of the Aconcagua River, organised by the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, in March 2017; it lives on in a full-colour monograph put out by Siglio Press. Vicuña is a Chilean poet and multidisciplinary artist whose work is influenced by her homeland's landscape and folklore. Her sculpture consists of found materials interwoven with knotted fabric that resembles a quipu, an ancient record-keeping device consisting of plied cord whose knots, in a base-ten positional system, denote numbers or momentous events. Vicuña's work has elements of decay, loneliness and exile, and investigates the upheaval caused by global warming. Water Songs (Cantos del Agua), a 'sound-weaving improvisation', was the artist's response to the privatisation of the water supply in Chile. About to Happen includes an essay by the critic Lucy Lippard that suggests Vicuña's environmental activism and focus on displacement are outgrowths of her complicated ancestry. Conceptually ambitious and expertly crafted, Vicuña's practice reflects an abiding interest in what makes (and splinters) communities all over the world.
Thai architect and community activist Patama Roonrakwit's ambitious and intelligent designs seek to improve living conditions for Thailand's poorest people. She has built housing in the slums of Bangkok and shelters for residents displaced by the 2004 tsunami. She makes graceful, resourceful use of light and angles, in particular the steep pitch of her lightweight roofs. 'Slum rehabilitation, if sensitively done, can accommodate the needs of everyone', she told a journalist last year. 'In a project in the centre of Bangkok, we have to rehabilitate 78 families. So I asked them what they wanted in the new space. While one person had concerns about feeding the monks, another worried about his stall of barbecue chicken and his customers.' In east Bangkok's Min Buri Market, what had been a de facto dumping ground was turned into a playground. From there, Roonrakwit worked with the community to build a common library. She works on a sliding scale, figuring out a way to make her services available while allowing her clients to 'be their own catalysts'. 'There is always a way to work out the money', she says. 'But if you don't do anything, nothing is going to happen. And I also get paid in kind, with the best seafood because most of my clients are fisherfolk.'
'The Listening Forest', the seventh episode of the Paris Review Podcast, begins with the English actress Glynis Bell reading Denise Levertov's 1981 poem 'Sound of the Axe' in memorably haunting timbre—'Once a woman went into the woods. / The birds were silent. Why? she said.' Next comes George Plimpton in conversation with Eudora Welty, the interviewer-narrator the quintessence of congeniality: 'We visited, as a Southerner would say, with Eudora Welty in the parlour of her home.' It's hard to say which of their accents is more charming, Plimpton's preposterously plummy tones or Welty's molasses-gummy drawl. She tells Plimpton that she had to put a sign in the garden to dissuade autograph-seekers. Mississippians were so thrilled to have a homegrown national treasure in their midst that they were constantly knocking on the door, bearing gifts of fruit preserves and books they wanted inscribed. 'For a while I heard I was on a chamber of commerce list of curiosities.' Then there's her laconically scathing take on Henry Miller… The episode concludes with Ottessa Moshfegh reading her short story 'A Dark and Winding Road'—a characteristically unsettling tale of ignoble appetites.
The Japanese poet Yosano Akiko (1878–1942) was born in Sakai, where her father managed a candy store. At a young age, she began sending her poems to the prestigious literary journal Myojo, whose editor, Yosano (aka Tekkan) Hiroshi, she fell in love with. He divorced his first wife and married Akiko in 1901. Following this union, she gave birth to 13 children and published more than 20 books of poetry. Akiko's verses have a quiet candour that anticipates the style of more recent female Japanese poets such as Kazuko Shiraishi and Hiromi Ito. She writes poignantly about the impermanent incandescence of beauty. 'Her hair at twenty / Flowing long and black / Through the teeth of her comb / Oh beautiful spring / Extravagant spring! / My skin is so soft / Fresh from my bath / It pains me to see it covered / By the fabric / Of an everyday world.' And beyond the page, her feminism found passionate expression; she spoke frequently about the importance of education for women, and founded a women's college, Bunka Gakuin, in 1923.
Illustrations by Jeffrey Cheung.
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Like most small business owners, you are probably in planning mode right now.
Thinking about your goals and strategies for the new year. What you want to accomplish. The new ideas and projects that you want to tackle.
What if you could get advice from not one, but 11 successful small biz owners? Today you can.
11 #ladyboss bloggers share their top tips on how to plan for a super successful year
A few weeks ago, I reached out to 11 of my favorite #ladyboss bloggers and asked them:
"What is your number one tip for maximizing planning efforts for 2017?"
Read on for their answers. No matter what your goals & plans for 2017 look like so far, I know you will pick up some valuable tips that will help you plan for a super successful year. And, please, be sure to check out their websites to learn more about these amazing ladies!
Abby Lawson is the girl behind Just a Girl and Her Blog where she works to create a beautiful home, life, and business and helps others do the same. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband Donnie and two sons, Connor and Caleb.
"I am always most productive when I determine my priorities and then set goals based on those priorities. When I have a clear picture of what I want to accomplish and the action steps I need to take to get there (along with a deadline!), I am much more likely to follow through and achieve what I set out to do."
Have a clear picture of what to accomplish and the action steps needed>> @justagirlabby
Krista is a WordPress developer who specializes in collaborating with passionate designers to craft strategic websites that directly support their clients' goals. Through WordPress development and website strategy consulting, she'll help you create websites your clients will love for years to come.
"To make the most of your planning efforts for 2017 be realistic and put it on the calendar. The thing that will waste your time more than anything is adding too many launches, events, or projects to your list. Doing so will lead you to become overwhelmed and possibly ditch your plan all together. Once you've got your plan made, put it on the calendar, broken down into smaller tasks. This will give you smaller goals to work towards and keep you moving forward!"
Adding too many projects to your list will lead you to become overwhelmed >> @heykristarae
Summer Tannhauser teaches small business owners and bloggers how to build an email list, increase website traffic, and make sales through the power of Pinterest. She matches Pinterest with content creation and conversion strategies, to create a powerful marketing "machine" for any online business.
"My number 1 tip is to be flexible to opportunities, and open to change! Although, creating a plan with specific dates, metrics to meet, and goals to reach is the BEST way to make it happen, I still fully believe you need to approach your planning with flexibility worked in.
Your 2017 plans should be a "living document." There may be times during the year where you need to reassess, pivot your focus, and be ready to jump on opportunities that come your way. That's not to say that you should be saying "Yes" to every new thing that comes up. But it is your permission slip to change up your plans to accomodate new opportunities that directly support the overall theme or goal for your 2017 year!"
My number 1 tip is to be flexible to opportunities and open to change! @ladybossleague
Amy's goal is to teach you how to be a Social Media BOSS by implementing helpful tips and tantalizing tidbits proven to double your online social presence and increase sales.
"My number one tip would be to set your goals and make a plan! Make the plan, stick to it, and reach those goals, girlboss!"
Make the plan, stick to it, and reach those goals, girlboss! @amyhowardsocial
Sagan is a freelance coach + blogger. She teaches new + struggling freelancers how to build their own successful, profitable freelance businesses through practical, actionable tips + resources.
"Take your time and be strategic about it! Use a planning method that feels good for where you're at right now (there are so many different ways to plan -- it's important to choose a tool/system that works for YOU). I also find it valuable to set a few big goals for the year, and then work backwards to create mini goals and subsequent (manageable!) action steps to make those goals a reality."
Use a planning method that feels good for where you're at right now >> @Saganlives
Allie teaches women all over the world to work from home so that they can live wherever they want, do whatever they want, and be free.
"Daily intention is what is going to help you accomplish your goals in 2017. Sitting down and actively planning each morning before starting your day can skyrocket your productivity and awareness of what needs to be done. Plus, keeping a nearby list of your goals for that week can help keep you on track! But, to answer the question simply: daily intentional task-planning will maximize your efforts for 2017."
Daily intention is what is going to help you accomplish your goals in 2017 >> @alliewahm
Kirsten Thompson is an email marketing and blog strategist, coach, and educator. She has been blogging for more than 6 years, and now works 1-on-1 with clients to help them work smarter, not harder. She is a certified ConvertKit expert, author of Inbox of Opportunity, speaker, encourager, Southern sweet tea drinker, wife, and momma living just outside of Atlanta, GA.
"Set deadlines for your goals. Seriously. I see so many people set the same goals year after year and wonder why they never achieve them, and usually it's because we forget to chip away at them throughout the year. If you set goals with hard deadlines, you can then plan each step of the process, create check points along the way to make sure you're on track, and actually accomplish what you set out to accomplish. It's very fulfilling to do big things!"
Set deadlines for your goals. Seriously. >> @sweettea_llc
Hailey Dale of Trunked Creative is a content strategist + chief marketing officer for small business owners who are ready to leverage smarter content in a way that delights them and their customers while growing their bottom line.
"You've heard of "time blocking" for your schedule? "Focus block" your big goals because while you're capable of achieving and doing anything, no one can do everything at the same time. Once you have your big list of goals, projects and dreams - assign them to their own time slot so that you're only focusing on 1 or 2 of them per month or quarter!"
"Focus block" your big goals - 1 or 2 per month or quarter! @trunkedcreative
Daniela Uslan is a business and blogging coach who helps online creators make content that is aligned with who they are and how they want to show up in the world. She loves creative play, walking her dog near the bay in Miami, FL, and drinking good coffee.
"Instead of thinking about what you want to accomplish in 2017, I would start by asking yourself 2 questions. Who do you want to be in 2017? And how do you want to feel in 2017? Once you understand the answers to those questions, you will be able to set goals that are aligned with your values and desires.
So often, we set goals whose outcomes are out of our control. For example, shooting for a certain number of email subscribers, page views, or customers. Those numbers aren't up to us. But who we choose to be and how we choose to put ourselves out there are things we can control. So to plan for a powerful 2017, set goals that you can make happen and that feel really good to you. And finally, start the year with the knowledge that you are an incredibly powerful, capable person who is valuable right now, before any of your goals are met."
Ask yourself who you want to be and how you want to feel in 2017 >> @danielauslan
Creative and Coffee is a community filled with supportive ladies working together to achieve their business dreams. It's run by designer, girl boss and all round coffee addict Sarah Elizabeth, who likes to make friends and build dreams.
"I recommend focusing on one or two big overall goals for your business, to ensure that you don't get overwhelmed. Break these goals down into manageable steps but, most importantly, make sure to set yourself specific dates to achieve each of these steps by.
This gives you something solid to work towards to prevent you feeling overwhelmed or directionless. Do try to make these time frames realistic, as it is easy to become demoralized when we don't meet our targets. If we don't give ourselves realistic time frames or don't account for 'life' happening then it's easy to miss deadlines and become unmotivated so plan accordingly. Hang in there, it will happen!"
I recommend focusing on one or two big overall goals for your business >> @creativeNcoffee
Meera is a certified email marketing specialist, freelance writer and contributor at Addicted 2 Success and Marketing Profs. She helps ambitious bloggers and solopreneurs who want to make an impact online but don't know how or where to start.
"My number one tip is to think about where you want to be at the end of 2017. I think it's pretty popular to ask yourself 'what's your word for the year'. I like to do think of 'my word' for different parts of my life. This could be family, business or health. I then break the year into quarters and schedule 1-2 goals per quarter for each area of my life I want to focus on.
But what is key is to work in every single actionable step that will lead me to the end goal. Work backwards till you can't go any further. This helps me find out where my bottleneck is or what I would potentially need help with to achieve my goal."
Work in every single actionable step that will lead to the end goal >> @meerakothand
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First Presbyterian Church during the COVID 19 pandemic:
We have joined our neighbors across the country in prioritizing community health. For that reason, we have made some temporary changes to procedures and operations. You can look to www.firstpresalbany.org/covid19 for the latest information.
Sunday Services: will be held online at 10:00am for the foreseeable future. Click here for information about doing that. (We are pleased so many of you have joined us there!) Click here for Sunday's Bulletin.
We know that there will be many questions about the impact of this transition.
Please bear with First Presbyterian Church leadership as these issues are addressed, since the guidelines or policies are changing frequently. You may watch your inboxes or check our COVID-19 webpage for the latest information.
May God's peace be with you.
On behalf of the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Albany, we welcome you to our website! You are heartily invited to poke around our site and get to know us a bit. Here you will find that we were founded in 1763, so while we're older than the U.S., we have a history of being at the cutting edge of connecting our Christian faith with modern life in 21 st century America.
On these pages you'll discover how we are an active leader in the community, ministering to the needs of people in our neighborhood, our city and around the world. We put our faith to work. We offer a spiritual grounding for addressing today's issues. Central to this is weekly worship on Sunday mornings. You can check out our worship page for service times. Worship prepares us to go out into the world as servants in a hurting world. Worship grounds us in Christian humility and compassion. We are a congregation that works for peace and justice in our society since that is a profound way of loving people, something Jesus told his followers to do.
As you move around our website, you will find that we are inclusive and friendly, and that our friends call us "First Pres" for short. You'll see that we believe we are called by God to reduce the widening gap between rich and poor. You'll see just how we worship and do outreach both near and far. You will discover our programs of Christian Education for children, youth and adults. You can listen to our music ministry or a sermon. You'll learn about our spiritual development groups. After you have looked around, we hope you'll stop by and visit us in worship on Sunday. You can tour The Upper Rooms in person. Enjoy refreshments and, if that's not enough, all first time visitors receive a gift! If you do, you too will start to call us "First Pres." Please feel free to contact us for more information.
Glenn and Miriam Lawrence Leupold, Co-Pastors


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Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: OHTH5830C
Course Title: Ensure a safe workplace
School: 650T Vocational Business Education
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5302 - Diploma of Logistics
Course Contact : Tim Wallis
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423
Course Contact Email:email@example.com
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Justin Briggs
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course Description
This unit applies to managers working in a range of contexts. It takes a systems approach and addresses compliance with relevant legislative requirements. Those who have or are likely to have responsibility for WHS as part of their broader management role should undertake this unit.
The unit is relevant for people with obligations under WHS legislation, for example persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) or their officers (as defined by relevant legislation).
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title:
BSBWHS501A Ensure a safe workplace
1. Establish and maintain a WHS management system
Performance Criteria:
1.1. Locate and communicate OHS policies which clearly express the organisation's commitment to implement relevant OHS legislation in the enterprise
2. Establish and maintain effective and compliant participation arrangements for managing WHS
Performance Criteria:
2.1. Establish and maintain participative arrangements with employees and their representatives in accordance with relevant OHS legislation
3. Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks
Performance Criteria:
3.1. Develop procedures for ongoing hazard identification, and assessment and control of associated risks
4. Evaluate and maintain a WHS management system
Performance Criteria:
4.1. Develop and provide an OHS induction and training program for all employees as part of the organisation's training program
Learning Outcomes
This unit provides the skills and knowledge required to establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation's work health and safety (WHS) policies, procedures and programs in the relevant work area according to WHS legislative requirements
Details of Learning Activities
A range of learning activities are planned for this course including self-paced and collaborative classroom based activities.
The self-paced activities will be delivered through various technology platforms and include your contribution to tutorial activities and interactive sessions.
The collaborative classroom based activities will include group discussion, group problem solving activities and opportunities to practice your skills in a simulated/real workplace environment.
We expect you to participate and contribute in all scheduled learning activities.
Teaching Schedule
|Week Commencing
|6 July
| (1) Course Induction
• Course delivery and assessment details
• Course support documents
• Online learning environment
• Grading
• Plagiarism
• Appeals
• Extensions
• Feedback
• Privacy
• Submission requirements
• Resubmission policy
• Where to get support
• Student responsibilities
(2) Pre-Training Review
• Includes skills analysis and Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfers
(3) Introduction to the course
|13 July
|WHS Management Systems
|20 July
WHS Management Systems
|27 July
Consultation, Induction and Training
|3 Aug
|Consultation, Induction and Training
|10 Aug
Hazard Reporting
|17 Aug
Incident Reporting
|23 Aug
|Continuous Improvement in WHS
|31 Aug
|Mid-semester break
|7 Sep
|Risk Management Standards and the Risk Context
|Assessment Task 1 Due
|14 Sep
|Risk Management Standards and the Risk Context
|21 Sep
|Identify and Document Risks
|28 Sep
|Analyse and Evaluate Risks
|Assessment task 2 Due
|5 Oct
Treating Risks - Risk Control Measures
|12 Oct
|Treating Risks - Risk Control Measures
|Assessment Task 3 Due
|19 Oct
|Revision and Review
|26 Oct
|Resits and Resubmissions
This course is co-delivered and co-assessed with BUSM 6458c Manage risk
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
This course is co-delivered and co-assessed with BUSM 6458c Manage risk
Students are required to complete 3 tasks. You must successfully complete all 3 tasks to be deemed competent in this unit.
Assessment Task 1 – Manage a workplace OHS system
Date handed out: Week 1
Date and time due: Week 9 - Friday 11 September - 5.00pm
Group or Individual: This is an Individual assessment task.
Purpose: As an employer or manager you must provide a safe and healthy workplace for your workers and contractors. This includes providing safe machinery/equipment and safe systems of work. It also includes identifying and controlling risks and hazards, providing training and supervision as required as well as providing adequate systems and processes for consultation and action in OHS matters.
Requirements: For this assessment task you are the Manager of JM Transport Pty Ltd. The company has just purchased a new warehouse and, according to organisational requirements, procedures for staff induction, identifying hazards and controlling risks need to be developed. There are two parts to this assessment – an OHS induction program and procedures for identifying hazards and controlling risks.
Assessment Task 2 – Continuous improvement in OHS and Risk Management
Date handed out: Week 1
Date and time due: Week 12 - Friday 2 October - 5.00pm
Group or Individual: This is an individual assignment
OHS is a continuing issue in the workplace and needs constant attention. Placing excessive reliance upon standard OHS practices and existing policies can lead to complacency and accidents. As a manger, you need to continually work towards improvement in OHS, and managing risks.
For this assessment task you need write some general recommendations about how an OHS system can best be evaluated and continuously improved. You should draw upon your knowledge of your own organisation as well as additional research undertaken in this program when formulating your recommendations. Your report should be no more than 500 words.
Assessment Task 3 – Risk Management Plan
Date handed out: Week 3
Date and time due: Week 14 - Friday 16 October - 5.00pm
Group or Individual: This is an Individual assessment task.
Purpose: Risks to an organisation's ability to operate effectively can come from a range of sources. These can include uncertainty in financial markets, project failures, legal liabilities, credit risk, accidents, natural causes and disasters as well as deliberate attack from an adversary.
As a Manager in the Transport and Logistics Industry, you will need to put systems and processes in place to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks to the organisation.
Requirements: For this assessment you will need to develop a Risk Management Plan for a transport and logistics organisation of your choice. To assist you to complete the plan a Risk Management Plan Template is provided. The template is divided into 4 sections and is designed to be completed as you work your way through the unit.
Assessment Matrix
Marking Guide (competency):
Vocational Education and Training (VET) is based on current industry needs and the focus on preparing you for the workplace. Because VET courses are informed by practical application of knowledge and skills, they are based on a system known as 'competency based training' (CBT). So when you are assessed in VET it is about whether you are competent to do the job, as well as having a firm grasp on the knowledge and skills required to do that job, as opposed to traditional curriculum based education settings that are often based on knowledge retention.
You need to demonstrate you are competent in each element of the unit of competency you are studying.
You will receive feedback on each assessment task that will inform you whether you are competent or not and how well you are performing. Once competent in all elements of the unit you receive a competency grading.
Please refer to the Final Grades table below.
Marking Guide (Grading)
After achieving competency we then grade your performance in the unit; this gives you the opportunity to have the level of your performance formally recognized against industry standards and employability skills.
Final Grades table:
CHD Competent with High Distinction
CDI Competent with Distinction
CC Competent with Credit
CAG Competency Achieved – Graded
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for assessment
Further information regarding the application of the grading criteria will be provided by your teacher.
Other Information
Submission requirements:
You are required to meet the following criteria for all assessments. Failure to do so may result in you being deemed not-yet-competent:
• Submit all assessment tasks online through blackboard, and include the RMIT e-submission declaration (see below).
• Ensure that you submit assessments on or before the due date.
• Retain a copy of your assessment tasks.
Electronic Submission
When submitting work online, you need to include the cover sheet supplied by your teacher. This includes the following declaration:
RMIT Electronic Submission of work for assessment
I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the assessment declaration.
(URL: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/declaration)
If you are found to be Not Yet Competent (NYC) in an Assessment Task you will be allowed one resubmission to demonstrate competence. Your teacher will provide feedback regarding what you need to do to improve and will set a new deadline for the resubmission. The highest grade you will receive if your resubmission is successful is "CAG".
Late Submissions
Students are required to submit assessment items and/or ensure performance based assessment is completed by the due dates. If a student is to be prevented from submitting an assessment item on time, by circumstances outside their control, they may apply in advance to the teacher for an extension to the due date of up to seven calendar days. To be eligible for an extension, you must lodge the extension form availabile at the following link with your teacher: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension
Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, the student must apply for special consideration. Applications for special consideration must be submitted no later than two working days after the assessment task deadline or scheduled examination. More information on special consideration and how to apply can be found here: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration
Final Date for All Assessments
No assessment tasks or resubmissions will be accepted after 5pm Friday, week 16.
Adjustments to Assessment
In certain circumstances students may be eligible for an assessment adjustment. Information on circumstances under which the assessment arrangements might be granted can be found at the following website: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/adjustment
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Transform your exteriors with Outdoor Steel Lighting
Transform your exteriors with Outdoor Steel Lighting
Robust, weatherproof and versatile finishes are a must when choosing outdoor lighting and accessories. Especially in the UK. In addition when the weather can quickly change from high winds and drizzly downpours to sunny spells and scorching patios. Metal finishes need to be corrosion resistant and protected from rust and staining.
Galvanised or Zinc steel finishes weather at a very slow rate which gives the coating a longer life. This means the typical UK weather can lash down as much as it wants. Consequently you'll still have a lovely lighting system that looks like new.
Stainless steel is another common finish used for outdoor materials. We have over 60 stainless steel finished outdoor lights available in our range. This metal does exactly what it says in the name. It's resistance to stain and corrosion make it ideal for outdoor use. Stainless steel also has a beautiful sheen in the finish. This looks great in a contemporary exteriors. It's strength and durability makes this a lasting metal for your outdoor spaces.
We've pulled together our pick of zinc, galvanised and stainless steel outdoor lights. Further more this is to help you recreate a contemporary garden exteriors. Whether it's a small patio or a few acres of lawn.
Outdoor Steel Lighting : Stunning Steels
Add a vintage and industrial look by choosing nostalgic stainless steel lighting together with vintage outdoor accessories. Our Leith Outdoor Station Lantern Style Wall Light offers a robust and corrosion resistant finish. Together with a stylish clear shade that exposes the bulb for a vintage appearance. We've teamed this with some old fashioned style florist buckets in a galvanised finish. Also an aluminium slatted chair to complete the transform.
Outdoor Steel Lighting : Lavender & Zinc
Teaming lavender plants ad foliage, there just something about the combination. There's a calming British countryside feel that comes with Lavender. Think of the tranquil lilac hue and calming scent of a lavender field. This calming notion contrasts perfectly with the harsher feel of zinc and steel finishes.
Outdoor Steel Lighting : Galvanised & Zinc
Galvanised and Zinc metal can also be introduced in an industrial exterior. Further more, add concrete accessories and furniture to reinforce the urban feel. Our Lark Tiered Outdoor Fishermans Lantern comes in a galvanised metal finish whilst a slatted tiered design surrounds a glass shade which exposes a bulb. The design is reminiscent of old fisherman style lighting which adds to the industrial aspect. Again, we have teamed this with a lavender plant for contrast and a heavy concrete side table. The perfect combination for a lazy summer evening.
Outdoor Steel Lighting : Grey
Finally, adding soft greys such as Putty and Chrome to your outdoor spaces brings a softer more contemporary style. This metal bird house adds a quaint country touch. This softens the harsh steel look. For smaller outdoor spaces make sure you make the most out of your limited space. Planters filled with luscious coloured foliage will add a natural and colourful accent. Keep these illuminated all day and night with out Outdoor Stainless Steel Solar Lights. These helpful little gems will light up pretty much anything. Stick them in planters, shrubbery and window boxes to highlight plants.
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JoAnn is the mother of five children and twelve grandchildren! She is a native of South Dakota and spent time living in Washington and northern California before moving south to Escondido. She joined the Grace Lutheran Church congregation in 1978 and has been an active member ever since. JoAnn worked as a volunteer in the school for many years in various capacities—eight of those years were as school Librarian. Three of her children attended and graduated from Grace Lutheran School.
In 1999, JoAnn accepted the position of Church Secretary and has become indispensible to the Church Ministry Staff. Her cordial and confidential manner has been a blessing to our church. She enjoys watching sports, reading, caring for her cats (dogs, too), and spending time with all of her grandchildren.


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US President Donald Trump has signed a directive calling on NASA to return astronauts to the moon, something he said could eventually pave the way for human exploration of Mars. "It marks an important step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972 for long-term exploration and use," Trump said at the White House on Monday. "We will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and perhaps someday to many worlds beyond."
Trump also noted space exploration was tied to other applications, "including a military application." The White House acknowledged that partnerships with other nations and private industry would be required. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the National Space Council, have previously vowed to restart moon exploration.
Few details about thorny issues such as budgets or a timeline have been put forth. NASA said it would include funding for the new policy in its 2019 budget. The US space budget has been slashed over the years. No American astronaut has been to the moon since 1972, and the agency has more recently focused on near-Earth missions.
Past presidents, including George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, also proposed new missions to the moon and Mars, but budget constraints hindered their plans. The Obama administration ultimately refocused attention on asteroid missions and an eventual mission to Mars by the 2030s.


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This video is a recording from the webinar broadcast by Red Gate on 24th January 2012.
You may've heard the idea that real developers don't need tools, and the mark of a good developer is someone who can hand-code everything. But there are certain tasks where it doesn't make sense to disregard using tools. In particular, critical tasks that need to be completed before an application or database update goes live.
Development models are also changing. Agile methodology is gaining traction as companies look to shorten the development cycle. Therefore, reducing the time spent on critical tasks such as smoothing out application inefficiencies or identifying differences between instances of your database is becoming even more crucial.
The Method R Workbench and the Deployment Suite for Oracle are featured during the presentation to demonstrate that using tools is a necessity, rather than an option, for efficient database and application development.
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SEMrush for Content Marketers
There are many challenges for content marketers when it comes to planning and writing. We at SEMrush know how difficult it can be, that's why we have an all-in-one toolkit for content marketers. To make sure you get the most out of our tools, we are holding the webinar 'SEMrush for Content Marketers' to guide you through several steps of content marketing workflow.
During this session, our Customer Success Specialist, Svetlana Kharlanenkova, will talk about:
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THE GOOD: Andy Sonnanstine was lucky he only gave up 2 runs in the first inning. A strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out, got the Rays out of the top of the first only down 2-0. And the Rays offense did exactly what they needed, scoring twice in the bottom half of the inning on a 2-run double from Eric Hinske, to get back all-square and not have to play most of the game from behind. Sonny seemed to settle down past that point, retiring 12 straight before a 1-out double in the 5th…You know the Rays were having their way on the basepaths when Cliff Floyd steals a base…The top of the order had been struggling of late, but with Dioner Navarro in the 2-hole for just the second time this season and Eric Hinske batting cleanup, the top 4 combined for 7 hits and 5 RBI.
THE BAD: It is never good when the pitching coach goes to the mound after the first 3 batters of the game. Andy Sonnanstine gave up a triple, a double and a single to start the game…The unwritten rules says a runner should never make the 1st or 3rd out at third base. But there are bad times to make the 2nd out at third base also. Like last night when Eric Hinske was caught trying to steal third base with 1 out in the bottom of the first inning with Evan Longoria at the plate. With an RBI-guy at the plate, give him a chance to drive in the run.
THE TELLING: Andy Sonnanstine was taken out with 1 out in the 6th inning, having just struck out Jorge Cantu. Sonny had thrown only 86 pitches. In his last start, Sonnanstine threw only 76 pitches and was also pulled in the 6th inning. This is strange as The Duke seems to get stronger as the game goes along. This season opponents have an .855 OPS in innings 1-3, a .799 OPS in innings 4-6 and a .472 OPS beyond the 6th inning…One of the Marlins TV announcers is an idiot, at one point saying: "there is a differnet feel…you are used to coming in here and seeing young talent in terms of speed and power, a Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes". Elijah Dukes played a grand total of 52 games for the Devil Rays…The Rays still lead the wild card by 3 games over Oakland.
- Don't forget to VOTE for Carl Crawford to start the all-star game. If you haven't voted yet today, go NOW! [MLB All-Star Voting]
- Troy Percival returned from the DL and nobody was DFA'd, as Al Reyes went back on the DL…At this point, we fully expect Percival to go back on the DL in 2 weeks with Reyes and Percy just trading places for the rest of the season. [The Heater]
- Marc Lancaster says that the Rays 1,000th loss "passed without much notice"…Dude. That shit was on Deadspin. 64 kazillion million people read that website. Mr. Lancaster should check it out sometime. All the cool kids are doing it. [Rays Report]
- Will Carrol weighs in on the Ken Griffey Jr-to-the-Rays speculation. [Baseball Prospectus]
- Baseball Prospectus breaks down some of Matt Garza's numbers and suggest that he is pitching even worse than he appears. [Baseball Prospectus]


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The Future of Mobile Engagement Is All About Social
Mobile social apps may sounds like the Holy Grail, but all of this is not worth much if not for data and personalized experiences.
Remember the days we used to chat or flirt with someone on MIRC? ICQ? AOL? With all of the different chat apps on the market these days, it feels like 1996 all over again. People now spend over 80 percent of their mobile time on apps, and a big piece of it is social apps.
Some would say that 2015 was the year of mobile messaging and dating. However, I predict that we are only witnessing the first steps of the new social revolution. In 2016 and beyond, we are going see an eruption of the messaging industry as we have never seen before. Sayings like: "Yeah, we met on Bumble" or "I only use Tinder when I travel" will become even more common. We are going to see even more and more messaging, dating and social apps.
We already know that a lot of big companies investing a lot of money on acquisitions and investments in this mobile social sphere. Apps from WhatsApp to Tango alongside Grindr and Tinder are getting big bucks for their businesses.
And, it's clear that this trend is global.
At the moment, the one who is leading the pack with over 500 million monthly active users, almost all in China, is WeChat. WeChat takes it to next level by offering over different 20 non-core services within the messaging app itself—from ordering a cab, sending money, playing a game with a friend or booking a restaurant. In order to catch up to WeChat, apps like Line in Japan and Kik in the US are aiming to add new features but that will take a long time and many resources to close those deals and integrate them in the native experience.
Facebook, another major leader in the industry, is taking a different angle than WeChat by opening their platforms for developers to develop on top of their API and allowing publishers to distribute their content in a way that is independent from Facebook's core ad business. In addition, Facebook's Messenger platform is now separated from the social network and spun off into a separate app. To emphasize the importance of messaging, Mark Zuckerberg weighed in at a public Q&A in November 2014 saying, "Messaging is one of the few things that people do more than social networking."
Even enterprise messaging platform Slack is diversifying its chat business buy building out a "Bots" API (apps within apps) for app developers to build on its collaborative platform.
And what about Google? According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is working on a chat platform, though it is still not certain whether it is going to be part of Google Hangouts or a standalone chat.
In some countries, social messaging apps are literally changing the game, some in a way that was not imagined before. For example, in Brazil a judge decided to close WhatsApp for 48 hours. Overnight, 5 million users joined WhatsApp competitor Telegram in Brazil in order to keep chatting.
In an era that most companies are trying to solve the issue of user retention, growth and monetization, social apps are finding new ways to engage their users and expand on their core offerings in ways that actually enhance the user experience. One of the main advantages that social apps have is the vast amounts of specific, personal data they receive from their users.
This makes it easier for social apps to integrate more and more services because they know what their users want. This encourages users to stay in the app and complete actions from other apps like Uber, YouTube, or Spotify without ever needing to leave the original app. This creates higher engagement and retains the users in a much more effective way. This is also a potential native, non-ad monetization source for publishers.
Mobile social apps may sounds like the Holy Grail, but all of this is not worth much if not for data and personalized experiences. Data is the key to understanding your users and allows publishers to provide a native, flawless experience that encourages users spend more time and money within your app. But, simply having the data is not enough; knowing what to do with it is the key to beating your competition.
Yinon Horwitz is the director of business development at StartApp, a mobile marketing platform.


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Recipe - Beer Batter Fish Fry
Fish and Chips Anyone?
Here is a beer batter fish fry recipe that makes for a great tasting fish and chips meal.
Works well with Catfish, White Bass, Striped Bass as well as the standard Cod Fish.
Since we like catching fish as well as eating them, do check out the video clips in the sections below that show us catching Catfish and White Bass!
Also, when cooking White Bass ("Sandies" or "Sand Bass"), be sure to trim the "red meat" that runs along the lateral line once the fish is filleted. Doing so, seems to make the fish taste much better!
Also, be sure to check out the Tartar Sauce recipe. It adds a little spice to the meal and definitely complements the fish!
Preparation and Cook Time
- 1-1/2 cups Flour
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1-1/2 cups Beer
- 2 tsp Seasoned Salt
- 1 tsp Seasoned Pepper
- 1 tsp Emeril's Original Essence, Optional
- 2 pounds Fish Fillets (or Nuggets), Catfish, Striped Bass, White Bass, Cod
Making the Beer Batter Fish Fry and Cooking Them!
- Combine all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Note: That the Emeril's Original Essence is optional.
- Next, add beer and mix thoroughly. If more beer is needed to make the batter the consistency of pancake batter, do so in small increments.
- In a deep skillet, pour vegetable oil so it is about an 1-1/2" deep and then heat it on high. While waiting for the oil to heat up, add the fish to the batter and mix it so all fillets and/or nuggets are covered with batter.
- Check periodically if the oil is ready for cooking by adding a small drop of batter into the oil. If it begins to float soon after adding to the oil, then it is ready for cooking!
- Next, take the fillet and/or nuggets from the batter, and then one by one slowly place them in the oil.
- Cook for about 5" to 15" flipping them over at the half way mark. Note: The time will vary based on the size of the fillets/nuggets but as a rule of thumb, cook them to a golden brown color.
- Once cooked, lay on a plate covered with a paper towel or napkin to let soak up the oil from the fillets/nuggets.
- Serve hot with Cole Slaw, French Fries or Potato Wedges, and Tartar Sauce for dipping. Also, for a variety, include Malt Vinegar and Horseradish for dipping as well.
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
4 Tbs Dill Relish
2 Tbs Lemon Juice
1/2 Tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 Tsp Tabasco Sauce
1 Tbs Finely Chopped Onions
1 Tbs Finely Chopper Parsley
Don't forget the Tartar Sauce!
Do try the Tartar Sauce recipe with the Beer Batter Fish Fry!
It's simple to make and tastes great! Here is how to make a tasty batch for your next fish dinner:
- Combine all the ingredients in the listed in the sidebar into a small mixing bowl.
- Mix thoroughly, and then chill in the refrigerator for at least a half-hour before serving with dinner.
- For those who like a little more spicy tartar sauce, add more Tabasco Sauce!
That' it... Enjoy!
Catfish for Dinner
As we stated at the beginning of this article, we like to catch fish as well as eat fish!
The video above is a short clip that shows us mixing a batch of batter and tartar sauce, and then cooking the Catfish we caught the day before.
The videos below show us setting a trot line and checking it later in the day. Ended up catching the two Catfish that we prepared and cooked in the video above.
Had a tasty dinner!
Setting a Trot Line
Here is a short video clip where we set a trot line.
We hoped to catch a Catfish or two for the Beer Batter Fish Fry recipe!
For bait, we tried Shrimp, Hot Dogs, and Shad!
We also set a weight on one end and secured the other end to a tree.
Checking a Trot Line
After letting the trot line "soak" for a few hours, we checked it for fish!
Not sure if a Bruiser or two would be on the line, decided to take the Jon Boat instead of the Kayak that we used earlier to set the line.
Managed to catch a few Catfish of which two were Keepers that measured 19" in length!
Fun stuff!
White Bass for Dinner, Too!
Here is another video clip that shows us cooking White Bass using the Beer Batter Fish Fry recipe!
This round we went with White Bass having caught six Keepers while kayak trolling at our local lake.
Had a lot of fun catching them; even had a good workout paddling the kayaks around the cove we were fishing.
We did catch more than six White Bass; however, they were undersized and were let go to get bigger!
Check them out and do let us know how your fish turned out using the Beer Batter Fish Fry Recipe!
Till then... Good Luck and Good Fishing!
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Great article and photos. We beer batter walleye and crappies, tried white bass before and they were like cardboard. Will have to try trimming one like you describe next time.
Bookmarked! I've been looking for a good recipe for beer battered fish and this one sounds delicious!
So many questions: (1) what type of beer would you recommend? For example, should it be an IPA, or something dark like a stout or lager (or does it matter)? (2) Step #6 says to cook for 5 to 15 inches (that's what " stands for). Don't you mean minutes? (3) I'm somewhat concerned about the safety of bringing a large quantity of oil to frying temperature by turning the heat to high. (4) If one uses a cooking thermometer, what is the temperature we are seeking? (5) In the past I have had problems with fried foods sticking to napkins or paper towels. Would parchment paper work?


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Derby City Council is pleased to announce that the former Cattle Market on the West Meadows Industrial Estate has been purchased by Inchape, a national motor dealership firm.
Following a successful marketing campaign by Cushman and Wakefield, the Council's Agent, which generated over a dozen offers for the site, Inchape, will now look to develop the site in the coming year as a prestigious car showroom.
Cllr Baggy Shanker, Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance said:
"I'm delighted that we have been able to complete the sale of the former market to Inchape. The capital receipt generated from the sale of this site will support the Council's capital programme a major element of which is the funding of the construction of a new swimming pool at Moorways".


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I've had a tab open to Brian Dettmer's website open for an embarassingly long period of time. I just can't bring myself to, um, bad pun, close the book on it.
I've been intrigued with the concept of a book as alternate medium for a long time - thus, I find myself incredibly attracted to the use of a book as a vessel, metaphor, art form, etc. I think some of this fascination truly came to a point of import with the advent of digital readers. The seemingly unchanging, ever present format of a book - in it's physical form - was suddenly, strikingly altered and threatened with extinction.
This is no small matter in the history of humanity; The invention of the printing press (thank you Gutenberg) could be considered the spark for the entire way of life as we know it. Printing enabled faster communication, the spread of ideas, leading to revolutions - scientific and religious - that have informed our entire current systems of education, market economy, business and so forth. I won't bore you with things you already know or can surmise - this is just to say, a book is a serious matter...even those trashy novels (as much as it pains me to say). If you are interested in the implications of the printing press there are some excellent resources, in book format, of course.
Brain Dettmer's pieces are always thought provoking. I find myself ruminating on another thought each time I pause on his work: how is a book altered by it's presentation/cover/posture, the implications of physically placing the human image into pages, the concept that to see the depth of a book you have to remove all the linguistic depth - the outright statements that provide knowledge related depth, and so forth. Needless to say, I'm impressed.


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Steyn Strike Ends Gayle Rampage as South Africa Win
Published: 17th January 2015 11:52 AM | Last Updated: 17th January 2015 12:25 PM | A+A A-
DURBAN: Dale Steyn ended a short but brutal rampage by Chris Gayle to open the way for South Africa to beat the West Indies in a rain-affected first one-day international at Kingsmead.
The hosts won by 61 runs according to the Duckworth/Lewis method when the tourists were bowled out for 164. South Africa made 279 for eight before their innings was cut short by rain after 48.2 overs yesterday.
Chasing a reduced target, which eventually became 225 runs off 32 overs after another brief interruption, Gayle led the West Indies to a storming start as he and Dwayne Smith put on 51 for the first wicket inside the first six overs.
Gayle, who played match-winning innings in both Twenty20 internationals he played in ahead of the one-day series, swung at almost everything as he made 41 off 24 balls, with two sixes and five fours.
He hit two fours in Steyn's first over -- one a top edge over wicketkeeper AB de Villiers -- but swung once too often and edged a catch to De Villiers.
Leon Johnson was dismissed in the next over by Vernon Philander and the West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals as they fell further and further behind the asking rate. "We made a start but lost our way in the middle," said new West Indies captain Jason Holder. Half-centuries by Hashim Amla, man of the match De Villiers and David Miller enabled South Africa to make a total which De Villiers said he was always comfortable with.
"There was a lot happening in that wicket," he said.
South Africa were rocked by two early wickets and were pegged back towards the end of the innings but runs flowed freely in between as De Villiers shared partnerships of 99 with Amla and 123 with Miller, both at slightly better than a run a ball.
Amla and De Villiers, South Africa's champion batting pair, came together with the total 16 for two in the fifth over and the runs soon started to flow.
Amla reached 5000 one-day international runs in his 104th match -- fewer than any other batsman -- when he went past 54. He hurried to 66 off 66 balls before he was run out attempting a second run to deep point, failing to beat a superb throw from Andre Russell.
The left-handed Miller made 70 off 68 balls before his dismissal, with the total on 238 in the 40th over, sparking a collapse in which five wickets fell for 41 runs in 9.2 overs. De Villiers followed soon afterwards after making a relatively restrained 81 off 94 balls.


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On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night, Tarik and The Roots performed a rap inspired by Harry Potter.
The late-night host has been doing the show in Orlando this week. He also went to "Ollivander's wand shop" to buy a magic wand and inevitably turned the entire sketch into one big penis joke.
Universal Orlando in Florida announced Wednesday that the Diagon Alley extension to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park will open on July 8.
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Sick of the gym? Science says this 40-second workout could make you fitter than manic classes
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
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Perhaps you're just a groaner, with a little talking-to-yourself thrown in.
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Push it, Jethro! Push it!
Me, I'd keep quiet about having names like that. But some people believe that you have to address yourself, as you cause yourself real anguish in order to feel good about enjoying the evening's steak, fries and lashings of ketchup.
This is the gym obsession that's been sold to us for so many years.
You have to work out hard. You have to strain, endure the pain and come out at least a quarter-pound lighter.
Now along comes the University of Stirling and says: "Och, we're not sure you're being too wise."
This Scottish university has just published research that offers a tantalizing tease of a headline: "Workouts With Fewer Reps Could Yield Better Results."
Now that I've got you at least vaguely interested, I'm going in for the true joy. The researchers say that, to offer the dry words of Dr. Niels Vollaard : "The optimal number of repetitions appears to be just two, so workouts based on supramaximal sprints can be kept very short without compromising on the results."
Please allow me to translate from the Scottish: Two all-out sprints of 20 seconds each, plus a 10-minute walk can make the laziest of bones 12 percent fitter, if done three times a week.
This particular research specifically refers to sprints on high-intensity bikes.
The underlying premise is, though, enticing. The marginally nutsoid individuals you see (and hear) at the gym doing thousands of reps may not be helping themselves too much at all.
Or, at least, not as much as they're shouting.
Indeed, the university's press release offers marginal schadenfreude towards these rattiest of gym rats: "Scientists found that after performing two maximal sprints, each additional sprint in a training session reduced the overall improvement in fitness by around 5% on average."
Of course this research, like any research, needs more research.
But we've fallen into either conventional forms of working out or fads that involve ropes and machines and strange belts that hang from the roof.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if something as simple as is being suggested here could be a marvelous -- and quick -- way of becoming a lot healthier?
Now, can we do something about people who bring their phones to the gym, play a show on them at full volume and don't even bother to wear headphones?
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Every week, we bring you five gear-related stories, from all over, that you won't want to miss. Here are this week's highlights:
Justin's Nut Butters Sells to Hormel for $286 Million
As reported by The Denver Post, Justin's LLC—a "nut-butter company with humble beginnings in Boulder's farmers markets" that has grown popular over the years with many an outdoor enthusiast for its portable, squeeze-packs of peanut, almond and hazelnut butter—just sold this week for $286 million to Hormel Foods, the food giant who also owns brands like Skippy and Spam.
Amidst concerns about the homegrown brand "selling out," founder Justin Gold said, "In all fairness, I don't feel like Justin's is selling out. I feel like Hormel is buying in."
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A Climbing Wall with "Shocking" Motivation
As reported by Discovery News, Finnish scientists have devised a "smart" indoor bouldering wall. Outfitted with a ceiling-mounted projector and camera system with full body motion tracking capabilities, it projects graphics onto the wall to help guide climbers to holds, teaching beginners climbing techniques or letting them participate in games or routes of varying difficulty levels by avoiding moving "electricity lines."
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The Death of the Great American Sporting Goods Store
In light of recent bankruptcy filings or going-out-of-business announcements from major sports retailers like Sports Authority and City Sports, Racked takes an in-depth look at what these big-box stores are failing—especially when, "From the rise of the casual camper to the boutique fitness boom, it can feel like there have never been more people in the market for sports apparel."
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Made in 7 Days: Ski and Snowboard Film
Shot in just seven days for the World Ski and Snowboard Festival's Intersection competition, this inspiring short film by Saylor Media, To Follow, was published to Vimeo earlier this week.
According to the film's description, "With help from 40 UBC Freeride athletes, the paths of inspiration are revealed to lie both ahead and behind us in time. Whichever way we look there is always someone to follow."
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5 Essential (Retro) Outdoor Skills You Should Have
Dubbed the "camping wizard skill set," this list of five great backcountry skills is not necessarily focused on wilderness survival, but rather, on trip enhancement and "impressing the neighbors" at the campground. The roundup from The Dunn County News includes things like cooking over a wood fire, knowing how to rig a tarp or tie knots, and being able to sharpen things like a knife or ax.
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'80s Week Is Invading City Stadium!
The Hillcats will return to Lynchburg for a seven-game week-long homestand on Monday, July 24th and we're celebrating the decade of neon colors and the birth of music videos! Join us for a different theme each night and be on the lookout for a giveaway and fireworks this weekend.
The Frederick Keys are coming to the Hill City for a three-game series starting on Monday, July 24that 6:30 p.m. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and we're kicking off '80s Week with I Love the '80s Night! Brush off your best duds and wear '80s apparel to the game for $5 admission! We'll also have an MTV logo coloring station and will celebrate all of our favorite things about the decade. It's also a Meow Monday presented by 101.7 STEVE FM so bring a donation of pet food for $3 off admission. Also, the first 300 fans in attendance will receive a free Team Photo presented by Charley's Restaurant and we'll have pregame autographs on the concourse from 5:30-6:00 p.m. That evening is also a 'Cats with a Cause Night where the Miller Home will be raising awareness for their organization. And members of Southpaw's Kids Club presented by Lynchburg Dental Center can run the bases after the game!
The series with the Keys and '80s Week will continue on Tuesday, July 25th at 6:30 p.m. You voted on social media fans, so that night will be Back to the Future Night! We'll be mixing the old and the new throughout the night as well as celebrate the iconic movie. That evening is also a Two Fur Tuesday presented by ABC 13 so all tickets are Buy One, Get One Free and we'll have $2 concession deals!
Wednesday, July 26th's game against the Keys will begin at 6:30 p.m. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. for Karate Kid Night! Blue Ridge Martial Arts will give a demonstration before the game and we'll pay homage to the movie throughout the evening. It's also a Winning Wednesday presented by 89.9 WNRN. Receive a free ticket to the next Wednesday home game on August 16th when you enter the gates! This evening is also Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Night.
The Winston-Salem Dash will roll into Lynchburg on Thursday, July 27th for a four-game series. The gate will open at 5:30 p.m. and the game will start at 6:30 p.m. '80s Week will continue with Hair Metal Night! The playlist will be full of the best '80s songs to get you headbanging and playing the air guitar. Plus, that evening will be a Thirsty Thursday with game-long happy hour specials presented by Miller Lite, Yuengling & 97.9 FM The Planet! It's also a GLTC and RIDE Solutions Bike to the Ballpark Night. If you ride your bicycle to the game, you'll receive $1 off admission.
The series with the Dash will continue on Friday, July 28th at 6:30 p.m. Make sure you arrive early, because the first 1,000 fans through the gates at 5:30 p.m. will receive a free Hillcats Fanny Pack presented by WIQO! Every Friday home game is a FANtastic Friday Giveaway. Plus, a few special Fanny Packs will be stuffed with something extra, so open yours to see if you are a winner!
We're turning back the clock on Saturday, July 29th with Lynchburg Mets Night! The Hillcats will wear special Lynchburg Mets themed jerseys when they play the Dash at 6:30 p.m. which will be auctioned off during the game! The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. for a Sparkling Saturday so stick around after the game for Fireworks presented by 93.7 KHF.
The homestand and series with the Dash will wrap up on Sunday, July 30th at 5:00 p.m. with the gates opening at 4:00 p.m. '80s Week will wrap up with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Night! Prepare to get a new perspective as we go big in the stadium while we celebrate the famous movie! It's also a Virginia529 Smart Savers Sunday with free admission if you show your Smart Savers Card at the Box Office. Virginia529 is the official college savings plan of the Lynchburg Hillcats, to find out more information go to www.virginia529.com/smartsavers. This afternoon is also a Family Funday presented by ABC 13 where families can purchase 4 for $40 Family 4-Packs that include 4 GA tickets and 4 hot dog combos. Plus, we'll have postgame Family Run the Bases & Catch on the Field! And be sure to follow our social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Snapchat at @lynhillcats to find a Social Sunday coupon good for the game.
Come out and cheer on your First-Half Northern Division Champions! Fans can purchase tickets for any of these games by calling the box office at (434) 528-1144 or by going online. Ticket purchases can also be made in person at the Lynchburg City Stadium Ticket Office (Mon-Fri. 9am-5pm). Playoff tickets are also on sale now for $6 any seat, so purchase your tickets today!
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Andre Iguodala to Houston Rockets? What To Make of a Potential TradeJanuary 3, 2010
Last Thursday in her blog, Deep Sixer, Kate Fagan suggested that the Rockets and 76ers have been in preliminary talks about trading McGrady. While to the casual fan getting any type of solid player in return for the clearly not so solid McGrady (at least so far) would seem like a win.
However, the issue is not so black and white. While Iguodala gives borderline all-star production, he is slightly overpaid and his contract runs for another four years after this year, limiting the Rockets financial flexibility moving forward, as it would leave them with no cap space next year instead of the $7-9 million they would have this offseason (depending on team options etc).
Morey's willingness to take on Iguodala's big contract likely would depend what the 76ers were to include in their offer. If they threw in some good young talent such as Marreese Speights or Lou Williams the offer would certainly seem more favorable than if the 76ers required the Rockets to take on either overpaid player such as Elton Brand or Samuel Dalembert.
While Iguodala certainly would be expensive, there is no doubt he would help the Rockets. He is a good but not great scorer who provides stellar defense on either 2's and 3's without fouling, is a fantastic finisher at the basket, and would take a lot off the scoring loads of Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks. He also would give the Rockets a true closer who can get the tough points at the end of games.
For the 76ers the motivation would be purely financial. They are not selling many tickets and while trading Iguodala would not help that they are already up against the projected $65 million luxury tax threshold for next year and cannot afford to pay the tax for a bad team.
If they can persuade Morey to take Dalembert (there's no way Morey even thinks about taking on Brand), they even could get a good bit under the cap and make a significant addition in the offseason.
While Morey has been very cautious when it comes to signing/trading for big contracts, he has never been in the situation he is in now, sitting on a massive expiring contract. And while he may be a little overpaid, Iguodala is almost certainly better than anyone Morey could sign with the seven or so million he would have to spend and the Rockets could then have the chance to resign their free agents (Scola, Lowry).
And right now with the Rockets clicking, Houston should make a move to fill the void that is their weakness, the closer, and Iguodala really fills that spot.
Therefore if the 76ers are really willing to part with Iguodala and don't give the Rockets a terribly toxic asset (see Brand, Elton) the Rockets should pounce. If they don't they will either have to deal with taking another team's trash or just buying McGrady out, and I still have nightmares of seeing an ESPN headline reading "Eddy Curry and Jared Jeffries Traded to the Rockets."


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