text:
For many years the GW design studio played a game called Confrontation that was the precursor to Necromunda. There were many White Dwarf Scenarios and rule sets published before the final boxed version of Necromunda was released.
There were two different sets of miniatures designed for Confrontation/Necromunda. The more common one was the Marauder set designed by Trish and Aly Morrison, released at Games Day US 1991 and somewhat available for a short while after that. The rarer ones are the Citadel ones, designers unknown (Mark Copplestone?), but the leaders are by Jes Goodwin.
The Marauder gangs are all marked Marauder and coded MM110, but the leaders are marked GW91.
Gang Leaders
Elite Gang
Maniac Gang
Ratskin Gang
Tech Gang
Marauder Nomad Gang
Marauder Psyker Gang
Marauder Scavvy Gang
Marauder Tech Gang
Marauder Venator Gang


text:
Wedding Suppliers
Since 1998, Rookery Manor has worked alongside a wide number of companies providing Wedding Supplies and Services.
Many of these suppliers have returned again and again, chosen by our brides and grooms because of the quality of their work, and their intimate knowledge of our grounds and facilities.
To assist you in picturing your big day, we have linked up with a number of Photographers and a Videographer, in order to showcase their talents with an emphasis of Rookery Weddings.
We will be continuing to provide regular updates to the portfolios, and will be happy to consider applications from additional suppliers who wish to be included.
Call our Wedding Team on 01934 751 480 to find out more.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Can You Make Money With Daily Deal Marketing?
YES!!! It was the key strategy that took my struggling coffee and smoothie business from $500K in debt to a 7-figure profitable business. I'll teach you how to do it.
No more empty seats. Customers who come back again and again, leave rave reviews and refer others.read more
Want to grow your beauty and spa businesses? Spa and salon services are some of the most requested by daily deal customers.read more
Fitness Centers
There's no better way to get people in the door to your gym or fitness center than with daily deal marketing.read more
Profit driven marketing that brings new customers who like to try new things in their cities.read more
Skyrocket Your Business Growth and Profits
Generate Customers FAST and Cash NOW
You'll learn how to structure daily deals that bring you new customers immediately without overwhelming your staff. I also share the BIGGEST SECRET I learned for how to get FREE MONEY from daily deal marketing!
Repeat Customers Who Leave Rave Reviews
You'll learn the proven strategies that will make sure you maximize the profitability of every new customer so they COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH OPEN WALLETS.
Your Customers Will Say WOW And Won't Even Care About Price
You'll learn how to structure your deals that have customers clamoring to get them. No $20 deals for $10 here. You'll MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFITS AND HAVE CUSTOMERS BEGGING FOR MORE.
Daily Deal Marketing For Massive Profits Training Program™
Skyrocket Your Business Growth With Daily Deal Sites Like Groupon. This comprehensive, easy-to-follow online video training program will teach you EXACTLY what to do and how to do it. You'll learn SECRETS even the daily deal sites don't want you to know about.
If you want MORE: MORE leads, MORE customers and clients, MORE sales, and MORE money, click the button below to register for the Daily Deals for Massive Profits Training Programs™
Ready to get MORE?
Daily Deals for Massive Profits Training Program™
MORE leads, MORE customers & clients, MORE sales, MORE money


text:
All the performance benefits of technical fabric with the touch and feel of cotton. Our Women's running singlet offers a 360 degree that allows you to run safely any time of day. These running-specific designs are versatile enough for any type of workout.
Key Features:
- Keeps sweat away from the body during play
- Silver Grey reflective Mizuno Runbird logo
- Flatlock seaming


text:
Bengali Market
Even though chaat is now widely available, you can only get the true New Delhi experience by eating it on a busy street, blocking out the sound and fury of busy traffic to focus on every bite of fresh, tangy, minty golgappas (bite-sized airy bread puffs). Bengali Market has been serving chaat for ages, so they're clearly doing something right; try the papri chaat or dahi aloo tikki. And golgappas, of course. It's mostly air and water (I tell myself), so it doesn't really count as proper food. So go on, have another plate!


text:
Why compulsory superannuation benefits the financial industry and the rich at the expense of everyone else
Published at The Monthly
Superannuation is mostly a con. It involves the funnelling of vast amounts of wealth from wage-earners to the financial sector, and continues the neoliberal project of fracturing and individualising our hopes and ambitions.
The primary beneficiaries of our super system are fund managers and other financial parasites. Second to them are the very wealthy who are best placed to make use of generous superannuation-related tax concessions to minimise their tax. This financial year alone we are expected to pay $17 billion in superannuation tax concessions to the wealthiest 10% of the population.
Meanwhile, stay-at-home parents and carers, who are overwhelmingly women, are short-changed because their work does not contribute to their standard of living in retirement. Women are currently retiring with average super balances close to half that of men. That alone should be enough to make us rethink the entire system.
Head over to The Monthly to finish reading the entire article.


text:
Courses given during ACOG's annual conference ensure that doctors across the country are delivering the highest possible standard of care.
Memphis, TN (PRWEB) November 26, 2013
Drs. Paul Brezina and William Kutteh of Fertility Associates of Memphis have been selected to direct and lead the recurrent pregnancy loss program at the 2014 annual clinical meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in Chicago, Ill. ACOG holds the nation's largest meeting for women's health care physicians every year.
As part of their role, Drs. Brezina and Kutteh will teach other physicians cutting edge strategies for managing couples with recurrent pregnancy loss. Their four-hour course, titled "Tried and True and New: Management Strategies for Recurrent First Trimester Pregnancy Loss," will blend traditional treatment management for recurrent pregnancy loss with cutting edge techniques, many of which use complex genetic diagnostics.
Drs. Brezina and Kutteh said, "Courses given during ACOG's annual conference ensure that doctors across the country are delivering the highest possible standard of care. It's an honor to be chosen to lead this important subspecialty discussion at a national level. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss affects many couples: miscarriage occurs in 20 percent of all pregnancies, but recurrent miscarriage occurs in about 5 percent of all women seeking pregnancy."
The meeting is Dr. Kutteh's 12th year to participate in ACOG's annual conference. He is considered one of the world's leading researchers in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, defined as three or more consecutive miscarriages that occur before the 20th week of pregnancy.
For more information about Fertility Associates of Memphis and its Center for the Study of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, please visit online at fertilitymemphis.com.
About Fertility Associates of Memphis
Fertility Associates of Memphis is a state-of-the-art practice providing comprehensive reproductive health care to couples of the Mid-South and beyond, treating patients struggling with infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and reproductive disorders. Our highly specialized team of physicians utilizes cutting-edge techniques, including in vitro fertilization with laser blastocyst biopsy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and fertility preservation. Our compassionate physicians, board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, have been bringing dreams to life for more than 20 years.


text:
Once your day is complete and your links are set, please reply in comments or e-mail me in this order: Your name (City, State (or Country)
VERY IMPORTANT!! Please be sure you leave the location!!
Please leave the PERMALINK - this is the link to your entry - not just a link to your website (so that when people go back to the page months later - they find the post).
Click HERE for the Entire 12 of 12 archive (January 2006-December 2007)
Nici (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
Pete and Sally (London, United Kingdom)
graphsman (Blois/La Chapelle Vendomoise, France)
Collin (Hants, United Kingdom)
Michele (New York City, New York)
Sunny (Baxter County, Arkansas)
Linda & Dave (Fresno, California)
Snowelf (Eau Claire)
Rob (Greenwood, South Carolina)
Xtina (Middle of the Desert, Phoenix, Arizona)
Beth (New York City, New York)
Kayte (Los Angeles, California)
Roz (Claremont & Los Angeles, California)
FivetoSix (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Laura (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Sheryl (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Gavin (Silver Spring, MD & Washington, DC)
Rachel (Silver Spring, MD; Washington, DC)
Jennie (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Allison (Los Angeles, California)
Himmel og Fjord (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Susan (Citrus Heights, California)
Gem (Barnsley, United Kingdom)
Meghan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Crystal (Gainesville, Florida)
Dana & Saydie (Fresno, California)
Runnerbird (New York City, New York)


text:
Johnny Marr has teamed up with Best Coast, Tom Vek and Mona for a new side project..
The former Smiths man has pulled three acts in to record new songs from objects which inspired him for Ray-Ban's 'Raw Sounds' project.
The axeman wrote a poem, took a conceptual photo in his hometown of Manchester, pulled a favourite quote from famous German philosopher Friedrich von Schiller, recorded a piece of music, and presented an old map of New York City's Lower East Side to the acts.
He told Spin magazine: I just looked around my studio and life and took the parts of my world that are of interest to me, and then rolled with it.
Marr added: "It sounded confusing to me at first but it turned out to be amazing and it resulted in some excellent new music."
Speaking about the Best Coast track entitled 'In Your Sleep', the guitarist, who recently admitted meeting up with his old bandmates from The Smiths, said he chose Bethany Cosentino's band because he loved "good pop songs wrapped up in a garage sound." She added: "I was inspired by Johnny's photo, the man and woman looking at each other through vintage cameras, because my brain goes straight to romance."
Other new tracks included in the project were Tom Vek's 'Film Your Own Television', Mona's 'Jericho' and Au Revoir Simone's 'How Long'.


text:
Various scholarship facilities are available in the college-
- SC, ST, OBC category scholarship by Govt. of Rajasthan (India).
- Minority scholarship from concern societies.
- GPAT scholarship for M. Pharm. Students from AICTE.
- Bank loan facility from nationalized banks.
- Fee rebate for economically weak students.
- Scholarships from different trusts are also available.


text:
Jason powered his way to gold in Athens 2004 as part of the 4x100m relay team. He was also World Indoor Champion at 60m. Since deciding to hang up his spikes, Jason has worked with UK athletics and the Youth Sport Trust. Speaking to corporate audiences he outlines a long and difficult journey to Olympic victory, and what it takes to succeed in an elite team: "Make the most of your talent, seize every opportunity, learn to bounce back and plan to peak at exactly the right moment."
The Mash Report
Business Motivation The Economy Awards Hosts After Dinner Performers


text:
Add filters:
Use filters to refine the search results.
Results 1-1 of 1 (Search time: 0.001 seconds).
- previous
- 1
- next
Item hits:
|Publication Date
|Comparison of creatinine and cystatin C based eGFR in the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in Indigenous Australians: The eGFR Study.
|Barr, Elizabeth Lm; Maple-Brown, Louise J; Barzi, Federica; Hughes, Jaquelyne T; Jerums, George; Ekinci, Elif I; Ellis, Andrew G; Jones, Graham Rd; Lawton, Paul D; Sajiv, Cherian; Majoni, Sandawana W; Brown, Alex Dh; Hoy, Wendy E; O'Dea, Kerin; Cass, Alan; MacIsaac, Richard J
|Comparative Study; Journal Article
|CKD-EPI equation; Creatinine; Cystatin C; GFR; Indigenous
Journal title
- 1 Austin Health, Melbourne, Austral...
- 1 Division of Medicine, Royal Darwi...
- 1 Menzies School of Health Research...
- 1 Menzies School of Health Research...
- 1 Menzies School of Health Research...
- 1 Northern Territory Renal Services...
- 1 South Australian Health and Medic...
- 1 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, ...
- 1 SydPath, St Vincent's Hospital, S...
- 1 University of Queensland, Brisban...
- next >
Date published
- 1 2017
Publication Type


text:
Mayor Betsy Hodges will be leading the charge to encourage more bragging about the city as the spotlight is on Minneapolis for All-Star Game events July 14–20.
Dubbed "The Best Week of Bragging About Minneapolis Ever," Hodges will be encouraging people to post their favorite things about the city on social media using the hashtag #bragmpls.
The bragging week will include special themes each day with mayoral proclamations highlighting the city's brag-worthy attributes and a Mayor's Bragging Challenge featuring more than 50 activities around the city. Participants are encouraged to take photos while doing the challenge and share them on social media using the hashtag #bragmpls or email them to [email protected].
The team that completes the most items and the individual that tackles the most will get the chance to have lunch with Hodges.
The themes for the bragging week are as follows: Creative Minneapolis, July 14; Move Minneapolis, July 15; Innovative Minneapolis, July 16; One Minneapolis, July 17; Sustainable Minneapolis, July 18; City by Nature, July 19; and Bikes, July 20.
Hodges announced the bragging week idea at her first State of the City Address in April. She said the city is "militantly modest" and needs to boast more to encourage more growth.
"We could discover cures for 17 kinds of cancer and we would say nothing, and if someone else noticed we would say, 'Yeah, well, thanks. Anyone else would have done the same.' And then we would change the subject to the weather," she said. "… If we are going to grow, if we are going to bring opportunity here, we can't afford to be modest. … Actively, loudly, with more vigor than we know we have we must shout to the rooftops that Minneapolis and our people are the best on Earth."


text:
In many ways, the contrast between Olympic athletes and software testers couldn't be starker:
- One class of professionals symbolizes the ultimate in human form, strength, and grace. They are paragons of physical perfection.
- The other category is the exact opposite. QA professionals are often depicted as skinny or fat (but never in between). And it's not uncommon for testers to be described as nerdy, geeky, unathletic… we could go on and on, but you get the idea (talking about ourselves of course…).
The Similarities Between World-Class Athletes and World-Class Software
As software testers, we take products through a series of pre-launch hurdles that are remarkably similar to what professional athletes go through when preparing for major competitions.
It's true.
Step 1: Visualize the Goal
Olympic athletes often use visualization techniques to get ready for their big day. They see what success looks like (if only in their minds).
Similar goal-defining steps are popular in the software world. During the initial planning stages, we map out what we want to do and "visualize" what success looks like (if only on paper).
Step 2: Removing the Fat
Nutrition and exercise are essential for world-class athletes. They must prepare their bodies for the brutal months ahead.
This isn't unlike the code review software testers invest as they trim the fat and make sure that every program has the requisite ingredients for success.
Step 3: Targeted Strength Exercises
The Olympian uses targeted gym exercises to make sure their legs, abs, back, and arms all have the necessary strength. And QA managers use "unit testing" to verify that each independent component of the program passes muster.
Step 4: Core Strength Exercises
In addition to targeted training, Olympians also use holistic exercises to get their bodies ready. This process isn't so different from the functional security testing we conduct to see how the product performs as a whole.
Step 5: Racing against the Clock
Olympic athletes often try to beat their own best times and records. They need to meet internal milestones before competing with others.
Alpha testing anyone?
Before verifying "beta-ness," we must make sure our product is actually ready for a wider audience.
Step 6: Testing the Waters
You're good. But are you good enough?
To answer this:
- Olympic hopefuls enter local competitions to see how their performances match up. They need to determine whether additional training is required.
- QA pros use sanity testing to verify whether any more launch-critical changes are necessary
Step 7: Qualifying Rounds
All internal checks pan out. Now we need real-world feedback to see if we're truly ready.
- For the Olympian, this means enrolling in qualifying rounds for the official games.
- For software applications, this means inviting beta testers to tell you whether you have a viable product.
Step 8: the Final Judgment
This is it. There's no turning back. You're ready for the final judgment.
But we're not sure who has the easier job here:
- The Olympic athlete who must impress a panel of judges?
- The software tester who must impress the entire world?
We might argue that our job is a little bit harder in this regard.
After all, Olympic judges use well-defined guidelines and can provide instant feedback. By contrast, end-users have diverse criteria that are often impossible to anticipate in advance. And if they provide feedback at all, it's usually on their own timelines.
Then again, software testers don't have to wake up at 5am or adhere to super strict diets for years. And instead of competing for a single Gold medal, we're allowed to define success in many different ways.
So it's fair to say that Olympic athletes could more easily transition to our world than the reverse.
But maybe there'll come a day when artificial intelligence puts us out of business. And you'll begin seeing retired software testers crop up every 4 years to claim the Gold.
See you at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.


text:
Penn Avenue reconstruction project nearly 2 million over bid
A four-block Penn Avenue reconstruction project in the Garfield/Bloomfield area has moved from its bid price of $4.7 million to $6.4 million -- close to $2 million more than expected -- and more could be coming.
The contractor, Matcon Diamond, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh and others, claiming breach of contract and fraud, and asking for more money for the added work, over and above what they bid on in 2013.
VIDEO: Watch Marcie Cipriani's report
Action News Investigates obtained access to the bid, and how the millions were to be spent.
Trash cans and recycling containers along the four blocks: More than $5,000 apiece, which makes the total cost close to $70,000.
Relocating existing bike racks and adding new bike corrals: $4,200 each.
Audible pedestrian signals: $29,000.
Tree grates with images carved on them: More than $3,000 each. (Total cost of more than $130,000.)
Eighteen lighted benches, which glow at night and have already been marked with graffiti: $5,600 each. (Total cost of more than $100,000.)
"I'm feeling marvelous that it's actually happened," said Aggie Brose, who has worked for this change for 18 years.
The project was supposed to take one year to complete, but has already taken more than two.
According to the lawsuit filed by Matcon Diamond, there were problems with the project they bid on from the start.
"I think, primarily, the delays that occurred have to do with some design deficiencies to the project," Matcon Diamond President Dave Matesic said. "This was not the best effort."
Matesic said that the problem was utilities not being located where they should have been, and contaminated soil. City officials have admitted that, and agreed to increase their payment to $6.4 million for the added time and work.
"What we've agreed to pay, we pay based on rationale and making sure it's legitimate," said Guy Costa, the city's chief operations officer.
Matcon's lawsuit is asking for more, claiming that their company lost money because of poor planning and design. The lawsuit doesn't specify how much more money the company wants above the $6.4 million.
Costa said the city will fight those extra fees and won't hire Matcon for the project's second phase, which he said is already in the planning stages. Phase two covers four more blocks of Penn, from Evaline Street to Aiken Avenue.
"This was certainly one of the worst I've been involved in," Matesic said.
Matesic said they were bound by the city's plans and had no control over the added work and cost.


text:
Polina and her mate blow her youthful beau's man rod and play with his testicles before anal invasion.
Report Thank you for your vote! Thank you for your vote! Views: 64063 209 likes 59 dislikes 7:17 4 years ago
Polina and her acquaintance want to make sure everyone has a excellent time during the three-way. They play with Polina's beau's man rod and ball sack before the rectal embarks.
1 Pass For All Sites
Thank you! Your comment has been sent for review.
Unexpected error occurred, please contact support


text:
WASHINGTON – In an effort to enhance inspection of break-bulk air cargo, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), this week began an Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of explosives detection devices at several commercial air cargo-handling facilities.
Testing began this week at three airports including, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL), Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), and Miami International Airport (MIA). TSA will expand the program to include air cargo facilities at Ted Steven Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) in the near future.
"A key component of TSA's risk-based threat-managed approach to air cargo security is our ability to utilize the latest technologies to screen higher risk cargo," stated Rear Adm. David M. Stone, USN (Ret.), Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation Security Administration. "This test further enhances our security regime at these crucial shipping hubs and takes us one step closer to our goal of screening 100 percent of higher risk goods."
During the two-month evaluation, TSA will analyze the use of Explosives Detection Systems, currently used in airports to screen checked bags, for screening break-bulk cargo. Break-bulk cargo, so named for non-palletized items that could later be consolidated on a pallet or in a container, commonly consists of lightweight manufactured components, individual packages and small parcels.
The OT&E is one of many initiatives included in TSA's Air Cargo Strategic Plan. The plan outlines steps the agency will take to achieve its goal of screening 100 percent of higher-risk cargo. Initiatives already in place include an enhanced Known-Shipper Database that allows TSA to determine risk, random inspections of foreign and domestic cargo, and an investment of $55 million in fiscal year 2004 to research new technologies.
TSA purchased the explosives screening equipment for use by Alaska, American, Delta and United Airlines.


text:
Sign in
Media kit
It's our sixth birthday. Let's celebrate it together!
October 26, 2020
Let's look at Clickadu history in numbers.
Meet Bemob trusted partner
October 8, 2020
Let's reintroduce you.
Tools&Utilities Insights
October 7, 2020
How to succeed with this vertical?
MediaBuyers Guide
September 30, 2020
Everything you wanted to know.
Let's do it again on IAS20
September 29, 2020
Let's meet up?
SSP Platform August Updates.
August 27, 2020
What has changed?
YNOT Summit feedback.
August 11, 2020
How was it?
Meet the new handheld campaign creation form.
August 4, 2020
An update for the better experience.
Website Monetization Guide.
July 21, 2020
Everything you need to know to succeed.
Digital advertising vs Pandemia vol2.
July 14, 2020
How much has changed since April?
Clickadu is a VAT holder!
July 14, 2020
Are you?
Why not meet on YNOT Summit?
July 08, 2020
We'll be there too.
More Push Notification targetings.
June 25, 2020
Engage more with a new traffic type.
SmartLink makes it profitable.
June 25, 2020
4 new ways to earn with your traffic.
Exclusive crypto-wallets payouts are available.
June 09, 2020
Choose your payout.
Self-Serve Platform April-May Updates.
June 04, 2020
This is the biggest update ever.
Best affiliate marketing media sources.
May 21, 2020
Who inspects the inspectors?
WMA conference goes on Virtual.
May 19, 2020
So do we!
Gambling vertical insights.
May 18, 2020
How to create a campaign with ultimate-performance.
RedTrack affiliate marketing guide.
April 28, 2020
Go for it.
Is it an appropriate time for Easter?
April 14, 2020
It is.
Digital advertising vs Pandemia: The ultimate survivor guide.
April 9, 2020
How to adapt to unstable market dynamics.
How does Clickadu protect you from the fraud traffic?
April 6, 2020
No entry for bots.
InPage Push: Additional Monetization
March 19, 2020
Monetize more.
Green stuff at your door.
March 17, 2020
Happy St.Patrick in 2020!
SSP Platfrom February Updates!
March 12, 2020
More stuff for a better experience.
Together in 2020!
December 23, 2019
A few words on the expiring year.
Black Friday huge traffic sale!
November 27, 2019
Drive millions of impressions with CPM starting at $0.01.
Ready for Affiliate World Asia 2019?
November 20, 2019
See you in Bangkok!
High five! Clickadu is turning 5 this week
October 24, 2019
Just look how much we've reached together.
FAQ for New Advertisers
October 03, 2019
Find the answers to the most common questions.
What is EasyList?
September 10, 2019
How does Clickadu help you to bypass ad blockers.
Running Push Notifications? Do it SMART!
September 06, 2019
New intelligent pricing models.
Push Notifications are now available in Self-Serve Platform
August 23, 2019
Launch and manage your PN campaign now.
You're invited to the party at The European Summit!
August 6, 2019
Meet us at Stand D6.
Chrome 76 adblocker
June 25, 2019
We have the solution.
Why you need to monetize your embedded video-player now
June 20, 2019
How come you haven't tried JS Pre-roll?
What advertisers want to know before start working with Clickadu
June 05, 2019
Questions that frequently arose but you were afraid to ask.
What publishers want to know before start working with Clickadu
June 03, 2019
Questions that frequently arose but you were afraid to ask.
Meet a new video monetization tool: JS Pre-roll
May 22, 2019
New tag type for greater revenue is available in SSP for publishers!
Happy Easter!
April 25, 2019
Clickadu launches an egg hunt.
Let's make it double: Clickadu and PeerClick anti-fraud system!
March 14, 2019
We've got your back.
Top up your account easily with Paxum billing partner
March 07, 2019
Old self payment system is back and live.
Spend less with SmartCPM pricing formula
March 04, 2019
Smart CPM is a usual pricing CPM model which allows you to bid at the best price possible.
Launch your campaigns round the
February 18, 2019
24/7 moderation.
SKIM/Direct link Ads - an infallible method to increase your profit
January 07, 2019
New advertising format.
Clickadu announces a competition for Webmasters
December 26, 2018
You don't want to miss this.
Meet RedTrack - Advanced ad tracking and analytics platform
December 20, 2018
Some things you weren't aware of.
Pre-roll Ad: New way to make the most of the audience
November 26, 2018
Meet new advertising format.
Why don'we meet at Affiliate World Asia?
November 23, 2018
We have a lot to offer.
8 tips for your successfull SmartCPA campaign
November 23, 2018
Clickadu team has collected some tips on how to maximize your profit.
SmartCPA is back and wired!
October 11, 2018
Choose SmartCPA while creating a campaign and pay smart only for conversions
See that you can get from mobile traffic: Mobile Dialog Ads (Push-Up).
July 23, 2018
Try our new Advertising Format!
Get a 25% discount from our tracking partner!
July 18, 2018
A successful bridge to affiliate marketing.
New Data Centers' Location: No More Traffic Loss
July 16, 2018
We have another great news for you. We have upgraded our Data Center infrastructure to optimize the distribution of Ads ...
Get free 30-day 'Promo Gold' plan from Clickadu new tracking partner.
June 07, 2018
On a roll of a new tracking URL release and in order for our partners to experience a convenient service we're integrating new tracking ...
Self-Serve Platform recent upgrades
May 29, 2018
Close to our huge platform update, we have rolled out a Twix new features to our advertising platform we haven't yet announced. Feeling thrilled? Well, here we go.
GDPR Compliance: Privacy Policy updates.
May 25, 2018
In order to increase personal data regulations transparency and to comply with new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (*GDPR*) law, we...
Let's make business, not war.
Clickadu Team May 11, 2018
Happy Labour Day
Clickadu Team May 03, 2018
Strike your prime deals at Tel Aviv
Clickadu Team April 25, 2018
Traditional Irish flavour Traffic Sale!
Clickadu Team March 17, 2018
Google Chrome 64 update. Shed some light on the issue.
Clickadu Team February 01, 2018
Lisbon is calling!
Clickadu Team January 29, 2018
Check if you're on the Santa's list.
Clickadu Team December 18, 2017
This is definitely not a sale...
Clickadu Team November 23, 2017
A new wave in campaign optimization.
Clickadu Team October 26, 2017
We are 3!
Clickadu Team October 24, 2017
That's what we call the hat trick.
It's time to light up your Diyas!
Clickadu Team October 19, 2017
This mug of coffee is on us
Clickadu Team September 27, 2017
Do You Folks Like Coffee? Real Coffee, from the Hills Of Colombia?
Clickadu and Keitaro are jamming out!
Clickadu Team September 12, 2017
Good Ol' United States traffic sale
Clickadu Team August 25, 2017
Follow us at Affiliate World Asia
Clickadu Team August 17, 2017
Ynot vote for us?
Clickadu Team July 18, 2017
Four nominations by Ynot Awards
Let's talk over your best deal at TES Prague!
Clickadu Team July 12, 2017
Schedule a meeting with Clickadu
Vote for us at Lalexpo Awards!
Clickadu Team June 30, 2017
Do you like Latin girls?
More unique impressions with IP capping
Clickadu Team June 30, 2017
Limit the number of impressions for one IP!
International Perofmance Marketing Awards 2017
Clickadu Team June 23, 2017
We cannot remain silent about this anymore!
Updated Payouts Terms. $10 min payout
Clickadu Team June 23, 2017
Decreased minimum payout, increased the amount of payment method!
Self-Serve Platform for running campaigns
Clickadu Team June 19, 2017
SmartCPA campaign advertising
Clickadu Team June 19, 2017
We sell traffic via Real-Time Bidding
Clickadu Team June 16, 2017
Traffic for Smartlink offers
Clickadu Team June 16, 2017
Smart JS Tag
Clickadu Team June 16, 2017
Happy Bloggers Day
Clickadu Team June 14, 2017
Spread the word about Clickadu and earn money!
Clickadu Team June 12, 2017
Clickadu Referral Program - We've doubled your referral commission!
Knock AdBlock down with the next-gen Anti-AdBlock 2.0!
Clickadu Team June 09, 2017
NOW you can open any door!
Advertise this with Clickadu API
Clickadu Team May 22, 2017
Integrate to cooperate
How to boost profit with popunder ads
Clickadu Team May 19, 2017
Find here the tips for better conversions
Meet us at AD SUMMIT!
Clickadu Team May 15, 2017
Book a meeting with us in Kyiv
Check it out if you are Groot!
Clickadu Team May 05, 2017
Check it out if you are Groot!
Exclusive offer from clickBakers!
Clickadu Team May 02, 2017
Discover the tool that will skyrocket your conversions
Card payments now available!
Clickadu Team April 20, 2017
Get your campaign on air within minutes.
Get $50 from BeMob Tracking!
Clickadu Team April 07, 2017
Welcome our new tracking partner and use the joining bonus for Clickadu customers only!
Clickadu Team March 30, 2017
Clickadu is the Best Traffic Company 2017. Prove it.
Get help online now!
Clickadu Team March 21, 2017
Our online support is at your service
TOP GEO: get the most of it!
Clickadu Team March 21, 2017
Our most popular traffic supplying countries for now
Happy St.Patrick's Day
Clickadu Team March 17, 2017
Liquid gold right from the Ireland.
We are back from TES Barcelona!
Clickadu Team March 13, 2017
Already launching new ad campaigns
Don't miss the AdsBridge special discount on the most popular pricing plans
Clickadu Team March 01, 2017
Save 25% on a PRO monthly subscription
Carnival Hot Offers for 2 Weeks Only!
Clickadu Team February 28, 2017
Dance with us to celebrate cheap traffic from carnival hosting countries.
10% Bonus for New Lovers!
Clickadu Team February 15, 2017
Get 50 shades richer with Clickadu on St. Valentine's Day!
Meet us at Ad:Tech
Clickadu Team February 13, 2017
Book a meeting with Clickadu!
Hey folks! Amazing news!
Clickadu Team February 03, 2017
Less than 4 hours to approve your campaign!
Meet us at TES Barcelona 2017
Clickadu Team January 27, 2017
Book a meeting with us to discuss amazing business opportunities!
Save now on CN traffic!
Clickadu Team January 26, 2017
Chinese New Year delicious offers!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Clickadu Team!
Clickadu Team December 27, 2016
"Forget what we became, what matters is what we've become, and our potentials to overcome."
― Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
We're back and ready for feedback
Clickadu Team December 12, 2016
A few thoughts about AWA2016.
Affiliate World Asia 2016
Clickadu Team November 22, 2016
Looking forward to
Affiliate World Asia
event? Well, let share the same boat because Clickadu Team is going to be there!
New Anti-Adblock System Overcoming Adblock
Demian M November 07, 2016
It has finally happened!
We're releasing new
Anti-Adblock System
for you. No more
money loss
with Ad-block using audience.
Meet Clickadu at Affiliate Conference in Amsterdam 7-10 of June
Vadim G June 06, 2016
Clickadu is going to the Affiliate Conference in Amsterdam next week: our head of sales Alex will be there to meet you.
Hey there!
Vadim G June 01, 2016
Are you looking to buy or sell popunder traffic? Clickadu is your solution! We deal with premium popunder traffic for all GEOs and platforms.
Privacy Policy
Cancellation policy
Please visit
, our authorized sales agent.
The address for cardholder correspondence:
Copyright © Clickadu 2020
Clickadu s.r.o.
Zenklova 32/28, Praha 8 - Libeň, 180 00
Czech Republic
Please visit
, our authorized sales agent.
Media kit
Sign in


text:
slagRebelShopify / Web Design
Van Steel is the founder of a product called the slagRebel, it is used to clear out buildup in cutting torches. We started working with him on his startup in the summer of 2016 on a site to help him sell and distribute his product online. Jenniffer Campbell from Chatterbox Promotions assisted with content copywriting and 3rdDrive out of Austin Texas shot the video seen on his homepage.
Working all over the world, Van Steel has seen a similar sight at fabrication facilities and construction sites: drums and buckets filled with oxyfuel and plasma cutting tips that have been thrown away because it was easier to do that than clean out the blowback slag. He has developed a tool to make that job easier.


text:
This summer school provides ten-day long introduction to the field of experiments, theories and simulations on soft-matter materials. Soft matters, including biomaterials, colloids and polymers, etc. are essential in our daily life. Understanding the structure, function and dynamics of soft matters as well as their interplay is crucial in the fields of biology, chemistry and material science, etc. Our program brings together experimentalists, modelers and theoreticians to illustrate the diverse approaches in this exciting field. The 2016 SJTU soft-matter summer school is sponsored by the SJTU Institute of Natural Sciences, the SJTU Zhiyuan College, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
June 22 ~ July 1, 2016
Room 602, Pao Yue-Kong Library, Minhang Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
No registration fee. Please register online. Apply Online
By Bob Eisenberg
Course time:
SJTU FIRST DAY Molecular Biology.pdf
SJTU SECOND DAY Maxwell and Law of Mass Action.pdf
SJTU THIRD DAY Stochastics PNP EnVarA PNPF.pdf
By A. C. Maggs
Course time:
By Franci Merzel
Course time:
By Tiezheng Qian
Course time:
Based on the reciprocal relations for kinetic coefficients, Onsager's variational principle is of fundamental importance to non-equilibrium statistical physics and thermodynamics in the linear response regime. For his discovery of the reciprocal relations, Lars Onsager was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The purpose of this Short Course is to present Onsager's variational principle and its applications to first-year graduate students in physics and applied mathematics. The presentation consists of four units:


text:
Prediction: Anchor Text is Weakening...And May Be Replaced by Co-Occurrence- Whiteboard FridayBlog Post: November 16, 2012
I know this will help brands that are mentioned a lot. My question is how subpages can/will be affected by this. It's easy for Google to associate the mention of a brand directly to that brand's own root domain.
However, if I am searching for a specific product that can only be found via 3-5 links into the site, and I am taken to the homepage, I might not find what I searched for (I think co-citation will have to be broadly applied).
This is a good transition overall for Google to implement, because it will generically rank brands higher based upon what other people are saying about them online. And it will in turn give the subpages better chances of being ranked due to a higher DA.
I'm curious to see if others have detected co-citation to affect subpages?


text:
Essentialisimbook-notes , strategy
Essentialism is deciding what goes on your todo list, not how many things you can cross off.
This is a summary of Essentialisim
- Essential Intent is a Strategy that is Concrete, Inspiring, Memorable and Clarifies what not to do.
- Three critical questions:
- How do I know when I'm done?
- If I didn't own this, would I buy it?
- If I didn't have this opportunity what would I do to aquire it?
- Three key differences between essentialisim and most people.
- I choose to NOT I have to
- Only a few things matter NOT it's all important
- I can do any one thing NOT I can do both.
- Three steps essentialists take:
- Explore and Evaluate
- Eliminate
- Execute
- If you don't choose, someone else will.
- Less but better
Explore and Evaluate
2) Choose: You need to choose ☐
3) Discern: Only a few things matter, the rest are fluff. ☐
4) Trade off: Which problem do I want ☑
- Try to avoid reality of trade-offs, but in reality they can't be ignored.
- Trade offs exist, can't be ignored.
- Embrace the trade off
5) Escape: Be unavailable ☑
- Need to make space to think
- To have focus, need to escape, to be able TO FOCUS.
- Space to concentrate
- Space to read
6) Look: See what matters ☑
Lead - The essence of the story.
- Journalism Concept
- Anecdote: Find the lead in high school:
- Mr Black, principal of school announced all teachers will go to a conference on new topic, by famed anthropologist, blah blah blah.
- THE LEAD IS: NO school on Thursday.
- Figure out what matters, don't relay facts.
- Start with the 5 W's
- Then find the relationship between them.
- What is the whole from the sum of the parts?
- Overwhelmed, Confused, can't find what's important? You're missing the LEAD!
- With so much distraction, need to find the headlines.
- ASK: What is the headline? What is the most critical thing here?
- Lead is usually missed by others.
- Find what is not being said.
- Focus on what you think is critical, but listen to everything.
- The big picture
- Stop focusing on the small details and look at the big picture.
- Train to look for the lead then …
- See what you and others have missed …
- Connect the dots into trends …
- Focus on what matters instead of reacting to minutia.
- Keep a journal
- Faintest pencil better then strongest memory
- Every 90 days review journal entries.
- Look for the headlines in your journal, what matters most.
- Daily view, very different from monthly view.
- Get out into the field
- The problem often isn't the first order problem.
- Need to immerse yourself in the problem see it in action
- E.g. Customer Development/Self Awareness/Customer Visits/Amazon time on factory.
- Story 20K electric incubator, Nepal can't afford:
- Goal: 1% of cost
- First blush, 200$ electric incubator.
- Team went to Nepal, saw home birth no electricity.
- Built wax that could be warmed in boiling water and put in sleeping bags.
- Key your eyes peeled for abnormal or weird
- Find the key that has been missed.
- See story as a spider web you can jump around to find the key.
- See the problem from others perspectives
- Clarify the question
- Figure out the right question.
- It's easier to avoid it. But find it, and keep focused on it.
- Only when you see the question clearly, can you answer it.
7) Play: Embrace your inner child ☑
- Play doesn't help us explore essential, it is the essential.
- Anything we do simply for the joy of doing it, rather then a means to the end (xref: hobbies)
- A mind invited to play
- Nothing fires up the brain like play.
- Don't forget to do at work as well as home
- Play makes us flexible and creative because:
- Broadens options
- Reduces stress
- Positive effect on executive function
8) Sleep: Protect it ☑
- Don't sleep, don't think. Don't think, can't choose well.
9) Select: Hell Yes" or "No". ☑
- Rule out pretty good, and only settle for "Hell Yes"
- Ask: Do I absolutely love this (as opposed to, would this be useful one day).
- The 90% rule
- Find most essential criteria, score 0 to 100, and if it's not over 90, drop it.
- Also, make criteria explicit so anyone can call your bluff, especially in a team.
- Decisions are trade-offs, and sometimes you'll lose, but it's worth it.
- Opportunity Knocks
- Easy to get drawn to an OK opportunity thinking it's a great deal.
- But, don't since it takes away your opportunity to do something awesome.
- Should I take an opportunity meditation?
- Write down opportunity
- 3 minimum criteria the opportunity MUST pass to be considered.
- 3 ideal/extreme criteria for opportunity for opportunity to be approved [Examples?].
- 2 of 3 extreme criteria MUST pass
- Explicit Validated Criteria:
- Choosing criteria is hard, get reflection/coaching on it.
- Make explicit, provides you clarity, and lets others help you.
- Finding a new opportunity?
- Tighter the criteria, better our brain/mentors can help us.
- Vague: What's a good opportunity?
- Specific: What am I passionate about AND uses my talent AND meets a real need in the world?
10) Clarify: How will we know we're done? ☑
- How will we know we're done?
- Specific enough to know what NOT to do.
- Intent Strategy that is Concrete, Inspiring, Memorable and clarifies what NOT to do!
- Pretty Clear -> Really Clear
- Pretty clear is ambigious
- Ambiguity: stress, confusion, frustration.
- Clarity: shared purpose, motivation, collaboration.
- Ambiguity Pattern 1: Playing Politics
- At work, when no idea what matters, you'll try to look good to the boss.
- Don't know what matters? Try to show yourself better then peers, since it's arbitrary.
- Probably provides no value to the company.
- At home, when no idea what matters, try to look good to peers.
- Don't know what matters? Try to show better then your peers since it's arbitrary.
- But it probably doesn't matter to you.
- At work, when no idea what matters, you'll try to look good to the boss.
- Ambiguity Pattern 2: It's all good (aka. bad)
- TEAM: Everyone does what's best for them in the moment, but it doesn't add up to anything.
- Personal: Do what's best for you in the momember, but it doesn't add up to anything.
- See picture of magnetic by poles.
Essential Intent:
|---------------+----------------+---------------------| | 2x2 Grid | Vague | Concrete | |---------------+----------------+---------------------| | Inspirational | Vision/Mission | Essential Intent | | Bland | Values | Quarterly Objective | |---------------+----------------+---------------------|
- Vision/Mission - Sounds like inspiration, but so vague ignored.
- Values - So generic, doesn't inspire passion
- Quartely Objectives - a specific tactic/how, not inspiring.
- Intent - Strategy that is Concrete, Inspiring, Memorable and says what NOT doing.
- Answer the question, do not wordsmith.
- Stop rearranging words, only answer the questions …
- Answer: If we were great at one thing, what would it be?
- Answer: If we succeeded, how would our accomplishemnt be described?
- Answer: How do we know if we're done?
- Living with Intent
- Apply to all aspects of your life.
- It's hard, but worth it.
11) DARE: Say No gracefully ☑
- Say no firmly, resoloutely, and gracefully
- Covery, Plan to spend time with his daughter, ran into friend asking over for dinner.
- Daughter sad, since she was so excited about date with daD.
- But, Covey said yes, but not today. I Have a date with my daughter.
- Daughter recalled this story at Covey's funeral.
- Good ways to say no.
- I'm flattered you thought of me, but I'm overcommitted
- I'd love to, but I don't have the bandwidth
- Use the pause, count to 5, or let the person fill the void.
- No but - I am currently writing a book, but I'd love together once this has happened, reach out then
- Let me check my calendar Gives you time to come up with a good answer.
- E-mail bounce Set a local OOF to give you the time to break through
- Yes, what should I deprioritize
- What would you like me to deprioritize to make this a prioirty?
- I want to do a good job, and I won't be able to do a job I'm proud of if I take this on.
- You are welcome to X, I'll do Y: I won't write the deck, but I'm happy to give you feedback.
- I can't, you can try X
- Ackward, but eventually you get respect/admiration.
- See Drucker's answer to Csikszentmihalyi
- Focus on the trade off
- Think about what you're giving up, know this, and you'll find the courage.
- You can't say yes, without saying no to something else.
- Remind yourself that everyone is selling something
- When you say yes, you're buying something, make that thing essential.
12) Uncommit: Cut your losses. ☑
- If wasn't already invested, how much would I invest?
- What else would I do with this time or money if I walked away now
- Sunk Cost bias
- Already put so much in, will be a win with just a bit more.
- Antidote: Realize waste is OK (especially since it's already happened).
- Anecdote:
- Realize waste is OK. Remember this story.
- Buy ticket A for 100$, 2 weeks later ticket B for 50$
- Expect concert B will be better
- A and B on same day, need to choose which to go to.
- Many pick A, because they'd waste less money.
Endowment affect (divestiture aversion) bias
- Over value what you own.
- No one washed a rental car.
- Can't get rid of a book you don't read.
- Can't get rid of clothes you don't fit into.
- Antidote: Pretend you don't own it yet
- ITEM: If I didn't own it, how much would I pay?
- OPPORTUNITY: If I don't have this opportunity, how hard will I work to get it?
- INVOLVEMENT: If I wasn't involved, how hard would I work to get involved?
- Need to admit failure to begin success.
- Until we admit failure, we'll keep going in the wrong direction.
- Stop trying to force a fit
- Sometimes it's the wrong job/opportunity/product for us. Need to let it go.
- Antidote: Get an objective second opinion.
- They can see clearly without sunk cost, or emotional investment.
- It'll give you "permission" to let it go.
- Status quo bias
- Do something just because you've always done it.
- Antidote: Apply zero based budgetting
- Don't re-evaluate from history.
- Re-evaluate from history
- What would you pay for TODAY, not delta from yesterday.
- Hard, but worth it.
- Stop making casual commitments
- Take 5s to ask if this is essential before you commit.
- Get over fear of missing out
- Loss averse, don't want to miss out.
- Antidote: Reverse Pilot
- Try to stop doing it for a while, and see if anyone notices.
- Meta: It's hard
- Uncommitting harder then not commiting but worth it.
- Feel guilt to reneg - but it's worth it.
- Grandmother mind on this.
13) Edit: Invisible Art - Cut Early, Cut Often. ☑
- Making better is through subtracting
- Best picture, usually nominited or wins best editting.
- Editting is hard to see, since it's been removed.
- A great editor provides clarity by removing the non-essential.
- Removes annoying distractions
- Eliminate everything distracting (words/images/details)
- Cut out options
- Painful, but in long run joyful, since no wasted energy and bad decision.
- To write is human, to edit is divine.
- Condense
- Increase signal to noise, by removing noise.
- Meaning to activity ratio.
- In Words:
- Are you saying what you want to say?
- Can you say it as clear and concisely as possible.
- In Life:
- Are you doing what you want to do?
- Can you do it simpler, and with minimal activity?
- Can activities/assets have double duty? (Bike riding with kids)
- Less waste.
- Would have written something shorter, but didn't have the time.
- Increase signal to noise, by removing noise.
- Correct
- Are we in alignment with our overarching purpose?
- If not correct it.
- Need to check regularly. Review scorecard and mission statement.
- Edit Less
- Best surgeon cuts the least, not the most.
- Don't step in if don't have to.
- Don't argue laws of physics.
- Talk last, and only if needed
- Minimize times of change.
- Edit continuously - Avoid big bangs
- Make more, but smaller correction
- Frequent feedback.
- Make cut/condense/correct a common part of our lives.
14) Limit: Set boundaries ☑
- If you don't set your boundaries someone will in advance.
- Make boundaries clear before hand so people don't feel jilted.
- Don't defend your boundaries and you'll not be able to maintain them.
- Boundaries are liberating
- Anecdote: School on busy road. Kids afraid to play near road. Add fence, now can get close to road.
- Don't let them put their monkeys on your back.
- Tell other your boundaries so they can respect them.
15) Buffer: Because, it'll go wrong ☑
- REALITY: You just can't predict, add buffer.
- Your estimate is wrong, add 50% buffer.
- IF you don't need your buffer, you'll get free time and feel great.
- Scenario planning.
- What risks do you face on this project
- What is the worst case scenario
- What would make the social effects of this be
- What would the financial impacts be
- How can you invest to reduce risks or strengthen resilliance
16) Subtract: Can only ship by cutting ☑
- Shipping is blocked by constraints/obstacles on the long pole.
- Produce by removing constraints/obstacles on the long pole, not be doing more work on other things.
- You ship by cutting features, not by adding features
- Mythical Man Month - Ignoring the constraints, adding more production capacity.
- Example, Boy scout hike, make the slowest hiker more efficient, put him at front of line, and help him.
- Find and fix the long pole.
- How do we know we're done? Crisp, specific statement of done.
- What is holding that back?
- List+Rank: What is keeping me from completing this?
- List+Rank: What obstacle, if removed, would make the majority of other obstacles dissapear?
- Focus on top of list.
- Remove Top Problem
- Too high a quality? Change perspective - done is better then perfect.
- Blocked on person? Ask them slowest hiker, and what you can do to help.
- Grandmother mind again - it's hard, but the first step makes a difference.
17) Progress: Drip, Drip, Drip, Done ☑
- Drip, Drip, Drip, Done.
- Progress most motivating because 1) momentum 2) reminds future success.
- Create small wins, celebrate progress
- Focus on small wins till done, forcing a big win much harder.
- Do the minimal viable progress
- Easy to know you're tackling a small chunk.
- Done is better then perfect
- Leave state where it's much easier to start (aka. Call Susan @ 206-925-3219, as opposed to call susan)
- Pixar: We don't actually finish our films, we ship them.
- Start minimum viable preperation as early as you can.
- Start early and small.
- It's not intimidating, and you can get so much done before it's urgent.
- Seeing the progress makes it easy to take the next step.
- The more clear progress, the better - put things on your wall, add check marks
- Bonus, seeing success makes us enjoy and have satisfaction the process.
- TODO: Figure out systems that make this easier:
- Book summary - start with chapter outline, then section out line per section, the flesh out. Progress helps.
- Scrum and Kanban.
- Bug Burn down charts.
18) Flow (Habit): Genius of Routine ☑
- Design a routine that focuses on essential, and makes execution effortless.
- Make the essential the default routine.
- Making it look easy
- Routines lets us avoid distraction on fluff.
- Routine cuts decision fatigue since decisions/willpower not required.
- Repetition makes it autopilot
- Autopilot mode gives us back cognitive capacity to work on hard stuff.
- Routines are usually automatic.
- A routine is; Trigger -> Routine -> Reward. After a while trigger/reward mingle.
- Remove negative routines: change response on trigger.
- New routine, create new triggers
- Do the most difficult thing first - hard stuff done while we have will power.
- Mix up your routines - each day different?
- Tackle your routines one by one - it's hard, use grandmother mind.
19) Focus: What's important now? Be present. ☑
- There is only now - be present.
- Lose vs Beaten:
- Beaten - external factors outside your control (better competition/external forces)
- Lose - Lost focus, didn't do the best you could given the situation.
- Figure out what is important now
- List 1) What do I need to do know so I can sleep well tonight
- When stressed, ask what is important now.
- Get the future out of your head
- List 2) What will I do someday (get it out of your head so you don't stress or forget it).
- Gets open loops out of your head.
- Prioritize: Work through lists in priority order
- Pause and Refresh - a breath brings you back to the present instead of monkey mind.
20) Be: Summary ☑
- Always ask what is most essential, cut everything else
- Choosing and your todo list:
- Life is about what you decide to put on your todo list, not how efficiently you cross things off.
- Focus on essential is a choice, make it, or someone else will make your choices, and it'll suck.
- Regressions:
- You'll forget that you can't do both, you can't.
- They'll happen, keep grandmother mind, and try again.
- Living a life that matters:
- Family most important thing in your life, everything else will fade over time.
- You have so little time – go look at cemeteries to see how little you have.
- Remove fear of choosing the wrong thing, just choose and move on.
- By deciding what is most important and doing it, you'll have no regrets.
A1) Essentialist Leadership Principles
- Essentialist teams
- Leading as an essentialist
- Ridciously selective
- Debate until you have a crystal clear intent
- Go for extreme empowerment
- Communicate right things, to right people, at right time
- Check often to make sure meaningful progress.


text:
Thank you for participating in the Housing Choice Voucher
Program and for making your units available for our clients. Owners
play an important role in the HCV program by supplying decent,
safe, and sanitary housing for participating families.
Owners have numerous responsibilities under the program,
including screening and leasing to families, maintaining the
dwelling unit, enforcing the lease, and complying with various
contractual obligations.
Please see the attached documents listed below for information
on the new property owner policy update.
Chapter 8: Housing Quality Standards
(Administrative Plan)
13: Owners (Administrative Plan)
2605 S. Oneida St. Suite 106
Green Bay, WI 54304 | 920-498-3737


text:
You know, it's just struck me how so many of us are so busy 'competing' for attention / kudos / success / popularity etc, that it's making it really hard for us to appreciate what other people are actually trying to do to build the world. (As always, I'm talking about myself…)
Someone sent me a newsletter for her new website: it was beautifully done, and very colourful and professional. My first thought was: 'Wow! This looks so impressive!'
My second thought was: 'Man, I could never do something this good…'
My third thought was: 'What the heck am I saying??!?!?'
Because instead of appreciating the time and effort that had gone into my correspondant's beautiful site, my yetzer instead had me wasting time and effort on tearing myself down.
I had to work for a good half an hour to stop feeling like a complete loser again, and to focus on what G-d (and Rav Arush…) want me to focus on, namely, gratitude.
Whenever I get sucked into 'competing', I can't be grateful for the beautiful light others are shining into the world.
The 'plus' that G-d sends my way turns into a 'minus', and instead of feeling happy that there are such amazing things going on around me, I start fretting that someone else's light is somehow detracting from my own.
But it's baloney!!
Once I worked all that out, I decided I needed to call the person in question, and tell her how great her site looked. I needed to appreciate her time and effort, and get my own insecurities out the way. So I did.
I'm currently re-learning, for the millionth time, that it's not a competition. There is enough success / attention / kudos / appreciation / light available for everyone, and instead of worrying that I'm not 'good enough', I just need to appreciate all the good out there, and to trust that G-d will help me to shine my own light in whatever way it needs to happen, whenever it needs to happen.


text:
American Indian Graduate Scholars Program, Public Health Training Certificate in American Indian Health
Tribal Affiliation
I grew up exposed to many different world cultures which lead me to start my career as a research assistant for an international community-university partnership at Arizona State University during my undergrad degree. From there, I joined a team of industrial psychologists to study communication patterns between Afghanistan and American employees at an international company during my Master's degree in psychology. Wanting to reconnect with my tribe, I returned to Oklahoma. Due to the large health disparities within the tribe, I sought additional education from Johns Hopkins University. I currently supervise all the research projects performed in the tribe's Human Services department. Most recently, I completed an evaluation on a home-visiting project addressing maternal and early childhood health. I also volunteer as a member on the tribe's IRB.
Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2018)
Master of Science in Psychology, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ (2012)
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (2009)
Research Interests
Injury prevention, environmental health


text:
KRON ENERGY LLC provides technical consultation, planning, selection and supply of industrial equipment by leading manufacturers on territory of United States and other countries.
We only work with largest and best-known American manufacturers of industrial equipment. Due to direct dealer contacts we can minimize..
Drilling equipment
The company KRON ENERGY LLC searches for manufacturers of a high-quality drilling equipment. At the moment we are engaged in searching and selection of the following types of products manufactured by the leading manufacturing companies of USA:
A group of a ground equipment:
- - All types of pumps, using for drilling, well operation and well repair;
- - Equipment for up&down operations (topdrive equipment, swivel, elevators, spinning wrench, gripping appliances);
- - blow out preventer equipment;
- - drilling, pump-compressor and well tubes, as well as flexible plastic seamless pipe for well operations, and for transmission of liquids to the surface;
- - drilling fluid treatmwnt system.
Downhole equipment:
- - borehole filters;
- - downhole drilling motor;
- - drill through tools.
The company KRON ENERGY LLC is working continuously to expand our network of partners and we invite you to mutually beneficial cooperation!


text:
Very beautiful building plot of 3500m² in dominant position with stunning views at the Pyrénées.
The land is at the outskirts of a little village bordering the Gers and the Hautes Pyrénées at 5 minutes from a little town with all amenities and approx 15 minutes from Marciac.
There is electricity and water to the land. The plot is accessed by a new entrance over the road drainage ditch.
The plot is along a very quiet country lane in a very peaceful environment.
réf: LJ337


text:
Today was another long one but we again beat the odds with the rain missing most of our stops. I didn't have to open the umbrella all day but our bus went through some major rain throughout the day and flash flood warnings were issued with 2″ of rain pounding down in 2 hours! We had three destinations today as well as some lectures back at the hotel. Our morning tour consisted of Niche Gardens which is a nursery that RBG has ordered from in the past. Neat sculptures seen above and below. They had some rare stuff and our two bus loads of attendees didn't shy away from buying plants. Our second stop was an unbelievable garden owned and maintained by folks that originally owned a specialty nursery on site. The woody plant collection was unbelievable and I barely got through the 4 acre garden in an hour. Fabulous. This evening we had a dinner and tour of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. This is another garden that I've always wanted to visit. Despite the pounding rain which had created washed out and flooded paths, the garden was exceptional. I would rank this as one of the top 10 gardens in the country without a doubt. The combination of vast plant content, innovative design, good interpretation and excellent maintenance was very apparent. I again took a flurry of photos over 2 hours which also included me choking down dinner in 5 minutes so I could see even more….
neat information mailboxes and rustic signage below (at Niche Gardens)
This modest house was surrounded by 4 acres of unbelievable plantings!
Founded in 1934, the Sarah P. Duke Gardens are 55 acres of both formal and informal plantings including wooded areas, streams and other features. This garden was absolutely spectacular and my next visit will need to be for an entire day as my 2 hours there didn't do it justice. The staff was very helpful and the displays were top notch.
weeping blue Atlantic cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula') used to great effect!
this garden above was designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman, a famous landscape designer


text:
Are You About to Sever the Final Thread Your Dissatisfied Customer Is Clinging To?
Published: Apr 02, 2018
Author: Cary Cusumano
I wrote nearly a year ago about a new car purchase and service experience that ultimately led me to never set foot in a local dealership again (To Sell or to Serve). There was absolutely nothing wrong with the product – I still drive and love the car I purchased more than five years ago.
When my car required servicing I returned to the dealership. The service itself, while not meeting my expectations, wasn't necessarily terrible. What really turned me from a dissatisfied customer to a disappointed one was the recognition that the dealership didn't care enough to respond to my feedback. After every service interval, I received a survey asking for my feedback. And I responded to every survey. As a customer experience professional, I also made sure to include comments explaining the reasons why I didn't rate them at the top of the scale. I even asked them to call me so I could provide constructive feedback, human-to-human.
The call never came.
Nor did an email response. Nor any kind of acknowledgement that I had taken the time to answer their questions to help them improve the experience. In the end, the survey was about collecting a number, not understanding feedback from a dissatisfied customer and taking appropriate actions to improve the experience.
One of the fundamental elements of an effective Voice of the Customer program is the need to "close the loop." When a customer makes the effort to respond to your questions, you owe it to him or her to, at a minimum, acknowledge they took the time to share their opinion and to thank them. Anything short of that amounts to talking to the customer but not listening.
As customer experience expert and author, Blake Morgan says, "…it's actually in the listening that the value is presented to the customer. It's not in the talking." And when you truly try to listen to the sincere feedback your customers want to share with you, you can heal damaged relationships just like my colleague Erin Van Remortel described in an earlier blog.
While it may not be practical or even necessary to acknowledge every survey returned by customers – someone who scored you a 10 with no written comments probably doesn't want another email from you in their basket – you should establish a standard by which you will close the loop with customers who take the time to respond to your surveys. For example:
- When the customer scores your product or service below a predetermined threshold
- Any time you have offered some incentive for them to respond to the survey
- Whenever the customer invests the additional time to write meaningful comments – positive or negative – especially if the customer specifically asks you to contact them
In either case, your response should be personal – "dear valued customer" is not personal – and should come from a real person, not an automated, "no-reply" email address, and include contact information for them to reach you directly.
Are you surveying customers because you want to know how to make their experience better? Or are you surveying them because you have a Net Promoter Score metric on your dashboard that needs to be filled in each month? Believe it or not, even if you can't fix every problem your dissatisfied customers bring to you, just knowing you've heard them goes a long way toward earning trust. Close the loop with them and weave the broken threads of your relationship into a strong cord that secures their loyalty to you.
A 2016 CX Impact Award winner from the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), Cary Cusumano is a Customer Experience and Design Thinking practitioner in Verizon Enterprise Solutions. He is a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) and Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.


text:
Wildfire Golf Club
- Sports & Recreation
- Restaurants & Catering
Located in the heart of Ontario's picturesque Kawartha cottage country, Wildfire Golf Club is a private family-focused Club featuring a spectacular 18-hole layout designed by noted Canadian architect Tom McBroom. Since opening in August 2003 on the shores of scenic Stoney Lake, it continues to welcome members of all golfing abilities and foster lasting relationships, while providing a world-class experience on and off the course for members and their guests.
Three area resorts offer affordable and convenient stay and play packages - The Irwin Inn, Pine Vista Resort and The Village Inn.
Wildfire offers a limited number of wedding dates from April through the end of October with a wedding planner on staff to assist with every last detail.
Whom to Contact
- Anna BorgesExecutive AssistantPhone: (416) 780-2177
- Jeff MillsDirector of GolfPhone: (705) 877-9453
- Glen StonehousePresident


text:
Are you having car trouble? Do you need to take your vehicle in for regular maintenance? Whether you need repairs or basic service, you'll want to take your vehicle to a reliable auto technician. With so many shops to choose from, however, how do you know which one to choose? Here are several helpful tips to help you find affordable and reliable auto repair and service in Olympia.
Ask Around
Do you need an auto repair specialist or looking for somewhere to receive basic car maintenance? The best way to find a reliable shop is to ask your friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family for recommendations. It's likely someone you know is already familiar with the best auto repair and service shops in Olympia. They'll be happy to share their experiences.
Search Shops in Your Area
While receiving a verbal recommendation from a friend, neighbor, or family member is a great start, do your own online search as well. Begin with a quick search on Google to see what auto service shops are available in your area.
Read Reviews and Ask for Referrals
Never settle for the first auto repair and service provider you find. It's important that you spend some time reading through company reviews and testimonials. You can usually find these on the shop's website. If not, you can always call and ask them to provide you with a list of referrals.
Looking for Reliable Auto Repair and Service in Olympia?
If you're looking for reliable auto repair and service in Olympia, contact Interstate Automotive Inc. today. We offer a wide variety of affordable services and will be happy to answer any of your automotive questions. Visit our website for more information about our company or call (360) 529–0771 to speak with one of our friendly representatives. Remember, we offer free towing for major repairs!
Edited by Justin Vorhees
The Best Auto Service in Olympia
Serving Bellingham, Blaine, Ferndale, Lynden, Everson, Lummi Island, Sudden Valley, Anacortes and all of Whatcom County for over 20 Years


text:
In this section you can ask Questions about Cloud Computing. Discuss how you can use Cloud Computing servers to host and run you applications. Ask any questions related to the Cloud Computing programming.
Cloud Computing allows us to use the computing resource over the Internet and also on the network. Cloud Computing system can be on the private or in public network.
There are much free and commercial software available these days to setup Cloud Computing networks.
Cloud computing provides lots of benefits including resource sharing, power saving, high scalability, disaster management, cost saving etc? There are many businesses around the moving on to the Cloud Computing system.
You can ask questions about setting up and maintenance of Cloud computing system. You can also discuss how to develop the applications for the Cloud Computing servers.
Cloud Computing is deployed on the following model:
Here is the list of latest questions on cloud computing:
View all discussion for Cloud Computing - Questions about Cloud Computing


text:
Home construction, renovation and expansion can be expensive but at the same time, very informative and learning-filled. We're nearing our 3rd anniversary here at the North East, and through the years I've personally overseen and financed certain home improvements and expansions.
I get the feeling that there's this frustrated engineer / architect / carpenter / mason within me as I really enjoy watching the contractors, masons and piyons as they do their tasks. Along the way, I've learned a number of things related to construction techniques and materials. And you'll also notice that carpenters and contractors (the small-time ones) usually recall the brand names of the materials and chemicals to use, but not really what the actual names of these are. So a friendly hardware store attendant comes in handy.
As follows are some of them:
Floor tiles (ceramic ones) have varying sizes, meant for outdoor and indoor. Then you apply tile grout to seal off the joints and spaces in between tiles. Varying brands too. If you have more budget you may also opt for laminated wood which are very classy and durable while for those with limited budget, vinyl flooring is also an option (this fades and easily gets chipped off from wear and tear). An even cheaper but less classy look will be to use linoleum as flooring.
There are various and differing paints for metal and wood (Enamel) and concrete (Latex). Then there's roof paint. There are even subcategories like quick dry, semi-gloss, flat, elastomeric, etc. Base paint, double coating, top coat, etc. Crazy and mabusisi right? Then as part of the mixture, paint thinner or lacquer thinner.
And we DON'T just go straight to painting our walls and grills. Bare metals need to be treated first with red oxide. Fresh new concrete walls need to be treated with what they call neutralizer before applying base paint (usually flat latex). And new galvanized iron roofing need to be treated first with what they call 'Turco' which is a brand of rust converter, before being painted with multi-coatings of roof paint.
Sealants and Patching
Concrete cracks may be sealed with 'masilya' or boral + water mixture. Wooden joints and cracks meanwhile are applied with patching compound + latex paint mixture. For plywood ceiling joints or hugpungan, carpenters also use 'gasa tape' prior to painting so that the paint becomes sort of flexible — it does not peel off even if the plywoods move in opposite directions. For steel windows and aquariums, the 'putty' is also different. For roof holes due to nailing, and drainage joints, there's Elastoseal or VulcaSeal.
Wood and Nails
Of course very basic, there's good lumber and coco lumber. Marine plywood, normal plywood, and Hardiflex (which is actually a brand name). There's normal nail, concrete nail, and even hardinail. Varying lengths and varying thickness. For roofing, the usual ones are the text screw or roof screw. Roof nails (the ones with big heads) are from the old era.
There's plain normal cement and then there's adhesive cement if you are into tiling your floors, bathroom walls etc. Carpenters even mix 'sahara' into the cement for concrete areas more exposed to rains such as terrace flooring, and in case your roof is made of concrete.
Panel Doors and Wood Varnish
Panel doors have standard widths like 70cm, 80cm and 90cm and may be sold separately with the door jambs. And if you're prefer wood varnish instead of plain paint for your doors and furniture, you don't just apply varnish straight on and leave it exposed. There are wood stains available to highlight the wood lines and marks and somehow even out the varying natural wood shades. Then you apply sanding sealer to protect the stain / varnish. Rub some sand paper to smoothen the surfaces, then use glossy polyurethane varnish as finishing to show off its glossy color.
Concrete Hollow Blocks
CHB! They have varying thickness for varying purposes (walls, fence etc) like 4′, 5′ and even 6′ for thick walls.
Sand mixed into cement have varying names too. Blue sand for 'palaman'(filling) in hollow blocks and for 'buhos' (concrete foundation and wall pillars) together with 'graba.' These are usually the less fine and granules are of bigger sizes. And well, they are really blue. While white sand or 'bistay' is used for concrete surfacing or 'palitada', to smoothen the walls and flooring as these are the finer smaller granules of sand. This is different still from what you see in Boracay.
Flat bar, angle bar, purlins, steel bar, square bar, galvanized / black iron, aluminum tubes are long metals with varying uses. Flat bar and square bar and galvanized / black iron / aluminum tube are often used for gates, grills and railings. While purlins and angle bars are more common in roof trusses and ceilings. For curtain rods, there are aluminum ones while cheaper ones are the chrome tubes.
So there. I hope you learned a few new things on carpentry and masonry. I hope you find these handy as you discuss your construction plans with your contractors / carpenters.


text:
Book now
Piazzale Clodio, 10 00195 Rome Italy
Area: --
View map
Book online or call +39 041 8624040
view info & map
Property Location
With a stay at Clodio10 Suite & Apartment, you'll be centrally located in Rome, within a 10-minute drive of Spanish Steps and Vatican Museums. This guesthouse is 2.5 mi (4 km) from St. Peter's Basilica and 2.6 mi (4.1 km) from Trevi Fountain.
Make yourself at home in one of the 2 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 42-inch flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided once per stay.


text:
Remember Larry Cox, the former Texas prison inmate who graced the pages of national papers like USA Today after having a run-in with guards about a year ago and was hospitalized with injuries, only to die because of alleged prison medical staff shortages?
Well, Cox's family recently filed a detailed lawsuit in Houston federal court against Texas, the prison system, the prison hospital and the two guards who allegedly beat him up.
"Typically," says the Cox family's civil rights attorney, Christopher Gale, "suits against the State of Texas are hard because there's so much immunity. But this is just so damn egregious. It's morbid. So I just said, 'Screw it, I'm going to file it.'"
According to the lawsuit:
On January 3, 2007, Cox was housed at the Estelle Unit just north of Huntsville. He had been placed in restraints when two corrections officers "proceeded to maliciously and sadistically throw down to the concrete floor and savagely beat him until he bled profusely from the head. During this beating … [the officers] repeatedly slammed [Cox's] head into his metal bunk and locker causing him severe pain."
Cox fractured two vertebrae in his neck and was treated by University of Texas Medical Branch workers. They did not detect the broken neck and returned Cox to his cell after giving him "weak pain relievers."
Over the next two days, Cox lay motionless in his cell, unable to urinate or defecate due to his paralysis. When he told prison guards of his condition, "his pleas for help fell on deaf ears."
Cox did receive stronger pain killers during the two days following the beating, however he could not take them because he could not walk over to his cell door to fetch them .
On the third day, Cox was moved to a UTMB hospital and was treated for the broken neck. But on February 6, 2007, he died. The medical examiner ruled Cox's death a homicide "by medical neglect complicating blunt force trauma."
According to news reports, prison officials have said that Cox was given a CT scan after his scuffle with the guards, which only revealed a broken nose. That first night, they have said, Cox was only given Tylenol because the prison clinic had already closed for the night.
State Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said earlier this year that a shortage of medical staff was primarily to blame.
"I don't think that prison should be nice, should be fun," says Gale, "but my God, we should not just throw away the key and let people die or kill them. I do a lot of these types of cases and I've never seen one so sickening as this one. This is horrible and I'd be surprised if there is anyone who's not shocked by this."
We Believe Local Journalism is Critical to the Life of a City
Engaging with our readers is essential to the mission of the Houston Press. Make a financial contribution or sign up for a newsletter, and help us keep telling Houston's stories with no paywalls.
Support Our Journalism
In addition to monetary damages, Gale says he will be asking the federal court to consider taking a supervisory role over the state prison department.
"I think there's a lack of training there's obviously a lack of compassion," he says. "I understand the need to be forceful, but forceful to a point. Not to where you're being sadistic and malicious."
Gale says that no one has been criminally indicted for harming Cox and that the defendants in the civil lawsuit have not yet been served.
According to news reports, Cox was in prison on a 20-year sentence for burglary with intent to commit sexual assault and later received another 15 years for killing his cellmate.


text:
At Formosa Shyen Horng Metal Sdn. Bhd, we aspire to build a company where ordinary people achieve extraordinary results. Our team-based approach provides room to pursue visions of excellence.
Vacancies Available
Oversees and directs daily production operations on schedule
- Motivate and provide job training to production staff, to ensure they meet performance safety requirements
- Meet regularly with production teams and other departments to analyze any problems and and ensure cost-effective and timely delivery of products.
- Degree / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or any related discipline
- Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply
- English, Bahasa and Chinese language proficiency
- Build strong and long term relationships with customers at all levels
- Manage all enquiries, follow ups, order processing and delivery timelines including coordinate shipment freight terms
- Follow up dutifully on collection of payment from clients
- Degree / Diploma in Sales & Marketing, Business, Engineering or any related discipline
- Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply
- English, Bahasa and Chinese language proficiency
- Candidates must possess at least a Professional Certificate, Secretarial or equivalent
- Good command of spoken & written English and Chinese
- Preferably Junior Executive specializing in clerical/administrative support


text:
Sponsors supporting Roberto Rotatori
The success of a rider and his horses is also linked to the products quality of the companies that believe in them. Roberto Rotatori since several years has been collaborating with some important brands in the horse-industry, using their products and taking their names to the international competitive scene.
If you want to promote the products of your company and have a constructive feedback from Roberto for the continuous improvement of your products, contact us.
ANIMO: high quality equestrian clothing, Made in Italy.
Sito web: http://www.animoitalia.com/it/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animofficial/
TRM Ireland: high quality and innovative supplements and care products for horses.
Sito web: https://www.trm-ireland.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TRMNutrition/
KEP ITALIA: high quality riding helmets.
Sito web: http://www.kepitalia.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KepItalia/
PORRINI FRANCO SpA: high quality horse feed.
Sito web: http://www.porrinifrancospa.it/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PorriniSpa/
FRANCO TUCCI: hand made riding boots.
Sito web: http://www.francotucci.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tucciboots/
VEREDUS: world leader in the top-of-the-line equestrian sporting equipment
Sito web: http://www.veredus.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeredusHorseRidingEquipment/


text:
The Best Telescope Eyepieces
Celestron 8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece
- Model # – 93230
- Focal length range – 8mm to 24 millimeters
- Optical design – 4 elements in 3 groups
- Angular field of view – 40 degrees (at 24mm) to 60 degrees (at 8mm)
- Eye relief – 15mm (at 8mm) to 18mm (at 24mm)
- Lens Coatings – Fully multi-coated
- Body diameter: 1.8″
- Mounting barrel diameter – 1.25″
- Overall length – 4.25″ (including eyecup)
- Weight – 7.9 ounces
- Eyecup: Rubber
- Accessories – Fitted plastic case, front and rear lens caps
- Best place to buy: Amazon
- My Rating: 4.8 out of 5
If you are proud owner of a telescope, but still have only one eyepiece for observation, it's may be time to take another one.
I present to you Celestron 8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece
This is not just eyepiece, it's eyepiece with Variable focal length (zoom) lenses!
Extremely practical thing. Especially if your first eyepiece is 25 mm, then prepare to rediscover your telescope and the night sky as well.
With my 6 inch Celestron was definitely okay to observe in detail the Moon, but now I can observe in detail each of the craters. And this is a separate science! This is because of the incredible magnification which Celestron 8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece provides.
How to calculate the magnification of your telescope? The formula is pretty simple. To calculate power, divide the focal length of the eyepiece into the focal length of the objective lens.
Here's what shows up in my case:
Before: 1500/25 = 60x Now: 1500/8 = 187x
As you can see the power goes up over 100 times!
Look closely at the storms of Jupiter, clearly view the rings of Saturn, get closer to the Orion Nebula. You know the opportunity are endless just as the night sky. Stop wondering and order now. You know very well that you will not regret it!
Check the Best Price Here:
Celestron 1.25-Inch Premium Telescope Accessory Kit – 5pcs Plossl Eyepiece Set, 7pcs Filter Set, 2x Barlow Lens
- This fifteen-piece 1.25 inch astronomy accessory kit let you get the most out and enhances the performance of your telescope.
- 6mm/8mm/12.5mm/ 20mm/40mm Multi-Coated plossl eyepiece——for different power planetary and lunar observation broad-field lunar observations, star clusters, and a wide range of cloudy nebulas and deep-sky target, as well as daytime use in any telescope.
- 5 color planetary filters —— The five color filters (Red, Blue, Orange, Green&Yellow) and a polarizing filter highlight features on Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They are an essential tool of the lunar and planetary observer, for filters permit the observation and photography of surface detail that is often virtually invisible w
ithout filtration. Moon filter —— helps to dim the bright light from the Moon, making it more comfortable to view so you can see more detail and surface features.
- 2X Multi-Coated Barlow lens —— A visual Barlow, doubles the magnification of any inserted 1.25 inch eyepiece, A prime focus T-adapter for attaching a DSLR camera. With the T2 threads (M42x0.75), you can attach a T-ring for astronomy photography. A tele-extender for increasing the focal length of the telescope when attaching a DSLR camera.
- An Accessory Case (Silver)——not only does it hold up all the accessories, but also with extra space for another two eyepieces, a laser pointer, a diagonal or other small accessories.
- Best Place to Buy: Amazon
- My Rating: 4.6 of 5
Definitely awesome kit! You should know that only the eyepieces cost much more if you get them separately. And here you have filter kit as well! And even more… All this in beautiful aluminium, foam-lined, carry case. Sounds like everything that an back-yard astronomer needs. Check the current price bellow.
Check the Best Price Here


text:
Fill In Your Details Below To Learn How Poochie Treats Could Help Eliminate Expensive Vet Dental Cleanings & Help Prevent Gum Disease Now!
This gift certificate will be emailed to the recipient after your order has been paid for.
Copyright 2020 hvPet.com. All Rights Reserved. | Sitemap |
All prices are in USD


text:
Melanie Martinez's first crack at covering "Toxic" started as a joke. "My friends were like, 'You should learn a Britney Spears song' — because I'm so different from that," recalls the 17-year-old contestant on Season 3 of The Voice. "So I started singing 'Toxic' one day, did different little things to it and that's how my version came around. It was kind of a random process."
Melanie used that ehtereal, stripped-down rendition of Spears' danceable pop hit for her Voice Blind Audition, and made a memorable first impression on the coaches and the viewing audience. "I'm really happy that was the first song that introduced me as an artist on the show," she explains.
RELATED | The Voice Season 3 Semifinals Recap: To Die Four
TVLine caught up with the Top 6 finisher to discuss her approach to song arrangement, her response to tough criticism from Christina Aguilera, and her plans for a post-show career.
TVLINE | Aside from "Toxic," your other big song rearrangement was the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army." Where do you begin the process when you're "Melanie-izing" a song?
I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody first, and then I pull out my guitar and start singing it. And [in my mind], I just thought the song went like that.
TVLINE | There are whole chunks of the original with no vocals.
Exactly. At first, I came up to Adam with the idea of singing "Seven Nation Army," and immediately he didn't think it was a good idea because most of the riff is instrumental. So I said, "Let me just give it a try, because I'm going to sing the riff." And that's what caught him and made him say yes to the song.
TVLINE | I want to ask you about your performance of "Too Close." The pre-performance package included a mention that you were going through a breakup, and when you finished singing, Adam and the other coaches started making comments about the situation, about how you were getting the last laugh on your ex. To me, it was the most uncomfortable moment of the season. You looked like you wanted to turn to dust and float away.
Yeah. I mean, Adam was just trying to be a big brother — and I really am thankful for that. But it was difficult because that made it seem like I was the victim. The coaches were saying all this stuff, but I was the one who kind of ended [the relationship]. And that was what the song was clearly about — moving on. You're too close to love someone, and you have to let them go. That's exactly what had happened, and I guess it was just flip-flopped on TV.
RELATED | The Voice's Amanda Brown on Grace Potter Covers, Distracting Dancers and 'Dream On'
TVLINE | When you first started singing "Too Close," I didn't even recognize it was Alex Clare's hit. Did you ever have concerns about changing a song so much that people would be turned off?
I wanted to do "Too Close" mostly because of the words and how they related to me. But I think that when you change a song you shouldn't change out the melody too much: It's more about reinterpreting the arrangement of instruments and the music. In that case, I just wanted to strip it down and to make it less electronic, so that people could really hear the words of the song and feel the emotion around it.
TVLINE | For Top 6 week, you had two songs to cover. On Adam's choice — Lenka's "The Show" — I felt like the staging overshadowed the performance. Were you comfortable with all those props and people carrying them around you as you sang?
Adam chose that song to show a different side of me, because I'd been doing all these somber songs for a few weeks. But I'm not necessarily a happy singer. That's not who I am as an artist. So I think that's what kind of made me get off the show. [Laughs] That wasn't who I am, and people need to see the real you. And the real me is this deep, kind of somber person. I can't really help that.
TVLINE | And in terms of the actual staging, at one point, there was a guy rowing a cardboard boat about a foot away from you!
[Laughs heartily] I know. Actually, there was a lot going on, but it was really fun. I mean, I can't deny that it was totally the most fun experience that I've had on the show.
TVLINE | Things seemed to get even weirder during your feedback from Christina Aguilera, when she huffed that you weren't even looking at her.
Oh, well, I can explain that to you very well. I was actually about to cut her off — because she kept talking about staging and stuff, and that was her only thing that she had to say, was about staging. I mean, I always appreciate her critiques, but I was looking at Adam, because he was about to cut her off, too, since she was giving credit to [Jerry Slaughter for the set concept] when it was Adam's and my idea. I just wanted to…make that clear. Yeah. [Laughs]
TVLINE | A lot of your fans felt Xtina was particularly hard on you, that she seemed to go after you in almost a personal way. Did you feel that, at all?
Yeah. I mean, obviously we're all really hard on ourselves in general, so when someone else is being hard on you, we feel it immediately — like she is putting us down. But really, I've definitely taken her advice to heart, and I've definitely tried to make myself into a better artist because of it. It definitely motivated me to do better, all the negative feedback that she's given me. And I do believe that's why I made it this far, which is a great accomplishment for me.
TVLINE | Not to harp on Xtina, but on Top 6 night, she also suggested — in great detail, and singing snippets herself — that you should be tackling Fiona Apple. And the next night, on the results show, you did a duet of "Criminal" with Nicholas David. Were you already aware at that point that you were performing "Criminal," and if so, do you think she did, too?
We'd already known for a week that we were doing "Criminal," so it's really interesting how she said that. I have no idea if she knew or not, but it kind of made it look like she chose the song for us, and she did not. But "Criminal" had been on my list for the whole entire season, and so had "Little Red Riding Hood," the other song that Christina sang to me. I'm just glad that I got to do it as my last performance on the show, especially with Nicholas, because he's someone I really admire as an artist.
TVLINE | So back to Top 6 night, on "Crazy," were you actually playing that mini-piano, or was that on stage just for effect? And what was up with the mannequins?
I think the strings in it were cut, so it was more for staging purposes. [Laughs] And the mannequins. [Laughs] Yeah, they were awesome. The mannequins were not my idea, but I thought they were super-creepy, and definitely fit the mood.
TVLINE | I felt like in a sense your approach to that song wasn't a remembrance — I remember when I lost my mind — but rather, from the point of view of a person who is still very much crazy.
Yeah. Absolutely. That's definitely what I was going for, just to kind of represent the essence of the song. I thought that I could show people a different side to the song.
TVLINE | So what's next for you now?
I'm planning on putting out my own original work. I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do. I write a lot deeper stuff. I'm just excited to move on with my career and touch people's hearts. That's what my ultimate goal is, and I'm glad that I got to do some of that on the show.
Were you a Melanie Martinez fan this season? Did you think she should've made the Top 4? And which of her performances was your favorite? Sound off in the comments, and for all my Voice news, interviews, recaps, and exclusives, follow me on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV!Follow @MichaelSlezakTV