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Oh my, it has been so long since my last blog and my heart has been so filled with words all this time. Life is just chaotic and busy and most days more than I can handle, much less putting words to paper. I've spent the past month wrestling with sick kids and harsh realities…the kind that feel like a kick in the gut and change your life forever.
My youngest, Tate, is without a doubt a blessing to our family. The child that we knew we were supposed to have even though we had said we were done. He came into the world fast and furious but was the sweetest little baby. From the start his health was a struggle and we experienced numerous doctor, ER and hospital visits. As he got a little older his demeanor changed from happy to miserably grouchy. We spent our days attempting to snuggle while he screamed and cried. He became aggressive and emotionally shut off and it was heartbreaking to see him struggle daily. My reality changed practically overnight and most days seemed unbearable. The joy in our home seemed to seep away more and more daily and I found myself wondering why this was my life.
Close to Tate's second birthday we made some diet tweaks and found an essential oil regimen that had him functioning so much better. But as time went on and we were less strict with his diet, he regressed. There are no words that adequately describe a life nothing like what you imagined, but its even worse when you see your child struggle with no way to help. We were doing everything we could to help him, and I secretly wondered what was really wrong with this child. Having raised two other children through the toddler years, I knew that his behavior was far from normal. They were the kind of fears you keep buried in the back of your mind and avoid at all costs.
Then it happened, we were at a doctor's appointment because Tate had been struggling with a "stomach bug" for over three weeks. His cultures showed no parasites or infection, so we were left with a simple answer of "it will get better". But during that visit, the Dr noted Tate's anxiety, slow speech and lack of socialization…all signs of autism. He wanted to have Tate's hearing and speech tested and the dreaded "A" word was used. I should clarify he in no way said my son suffered from Autism, but my biggest fears were right there, spoken, and a punch in the gut like no other. In one moment all of my dreams and desires for this little boy were dashed at the thought of him fighting this for the rest of his life. Struggling to connect and relate to the world, struggling to learn and thrive and live what most would view as a "normal" existence. This was my baby, and while there are wonderful people fighting this fight daily, I didn't want my baby to be one of them.
I give you this emotional context because the flurry of emotion and the impact is so crucial to a heart change…so crucial to feel that blow and find a way to keep standing. Our family clung to God, prayed, and started to explore other causes for his behavior. Almost instantly gluten intolerance and celiac disease came to light with cases of it mimicking Tate's situation, not to mention the mysterious "stomach bug" he had been fighting. We removed gluten from his diet and almost instantly he was a different child, he is socializing and happy and the "tummy bug" was gone. He was all of a sudden a normal toddler!
The emotions of the journey, which has in many ways just begun, were not so quickly healed, and that's okay. It was as if God was hitting the reset button in my life. I think back over the past two years fighting for Tate's health, struggling to survive each day and wondering why this was my life. There have been numerous times throughout the journey with Tate that I tried to find outlets for me in midst of it all…thinking that a hobby or fun thing would somehow make it more tolerable. So many blogs and articles and journals encourage mothers to seek an outlet and take care of them; I would in no way say that is a bad or wrong message, but I now believe that seasons will come when that just isn't possible. Each and every outlet I pursued required me to walk away; the at home sales opportunity that was perfect for me, the early morning workouts that just weren't feasible with so many hospital stays and sleepless nights, the play dates that were next to impossible with a child like Tate, and so many other missed chances. My life needed to focus solely on this child and my family, there was room for little else.
I've realized that it's okay to have seasons where our focus is on nothing but what's in front of us. It took me a long time to accept that my view of perfect, that all of those amazingly wonderful things I used to love doing, might not happen right now, and if they do, it likely won't meet my previous standards. And while I wish I could only embrace the perfect and revel at how amazing it is, I know that without the imperfect, my life would be a shallow mess of perfect pictures and little depth. It's the valleys that allow us to appreciate the mountaintops…I'm still waiting to find my way back to the mountaintop, but even a few more feet up the mountain is improvement. And needing to cling to God daily, while hard, isn't a bad place to be. Being able to experience his provision and grace daily with a raw heart is a huge blessing!
While this journey isn't over, and has been less than fun, I know that right now I'm being required to live in the trenches and fight for those I've been given me. I know that I fail daily and offer less patience than I should…but it's my journey and I am learning so much. The more I am required to give (and I've given so much more than I knew I had!), the deeper I love. I never knew how strong my Momma Bear instincts could be until they were tested, and who knows, you might see me crusading for a Tate cause someday soon, but I will leave that for another day.


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An article today on AdAge bemoans the continual loss of correct spelling and grammar from everything from personal messages to resumés to professional documents. I've found this to be quite the touchy subject since typically people don't like to be corrected, especially on things like spelling and grammar which are often seen as rather petty subjects. However, the importance of these subjects is underscored time and again when people on the receiving end emphasize that a misspelled word or a typo can automatically disqualify a prospective employee or applicant, regardless of their other qualifications. It demonstrates an attention to quality and detail, and it shows that the writer is educated enough to care about how their written communication is perceived.
I can't count the number of times I've intercepted a document or email going out to a client from a coworker, riddled with common mistakes that would have easily been caught by a proofreader or helpful friend or even a spellchecker. Why is it so difficult for people to admit a common weakness in this area and seek help? I know my arithmetic skills are by far my weakest point, and so I carry a calculator with me everywhere I go to double check my math. An incorrect sum can be costly and often embarrassing, and I've been burned enough times to know I should take steps to prevent these mistakes. But drive down any city street and there are public signs on every side proclaiming "theirs no better deal" or "don't loose time." It's generally considered impolite and nit-picky to correct someone on these errors. Why is that?
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Every year Apple recognizes those iOS and OS X developers whose work is a step above the competition with its Apple Design Awards. Nominations for these outstanding apps start in the spring and the winners are announced at WWDC. This year will be no different.
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text: Ksenom_O 0 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 TOSHIBA Satellite L300-1FI laptop computer has served me since 2009 or for 10 years now. And just as long has CCleaner worked on this hardware. Windows 10 with the latest updates has been installed, and it runs just fine. But when I installed CCleaner 5.57 and tried to run it, the screen went completely black, keyboard and mouse non-responsive. The only way to regain control was to hold the power button 5 seconds to force shutdown, then reboot, and avoid opening CCleaner! This particular computer model has a known issue with Intel graphics drivers, which are buggy and haven't received updates after 2009. Programs that use hardware acceleration are prone to crash. I wonder if this is the case here, too? Link to post Share on other sites


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Live With Urgency by Brandi Ladd
Live with Urgency by Brandi Ladd
The rush of the holiday season is upon us. Everyone is busy busy trying to plan parties, buy gifts, and get ready for family to come into town. It can be very easy to get wrapped up in the urgency of needing to plan and we forget about the urgency of the gift that Christmas is all about - the gift of Jesus and the life we have through Him. So as we've been approaching this New Year, the Lord has continually been putting the word URGENCY in my mind.
As I was trying to think when I became so aware of this word, I realized it was around a time where I was thinking about the freedom I have to talk about Jesus whenever and wherever I want.
Do I live my life like I have the most precious gift you will ever receive?
Do I miss out on opportunities because I'm too focused on whatever "urgent" task is at hand?
Do I miss out because I'm too busy looking at my phone or rushing to get to the next thing?
There are opportunities every day to be a light to those who are living in darkness.
Not only are we a light in attitude and action, we are the aroma of Christ. "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing." (2 Corinthians 2:14) How amazing is that? Everywhere we go we can leave the fragrance of Christ!
We are imperfect people, we will mess up, say the wrong thing, act in anger or frustration but we serve a God of grace because of the blood of Jesus. God will be glorified through our humility and repentance.
Each day we live draws us a day closer to being with God forever in heaven.
This is such an exciting and comforting truth. However, this also makes me so aware of all the lost souls in this world. All those living in darkness who don't know this truth will not be comforted. Without Jesus, they will be in the darkness forever. This truth that we know, this gift we have received, must be shared. We need to be living our lives with a sense of urgency to share the message of the Gospel.
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Anyone wondering where to begin his reading of the 16 conciliar documents could do far worse than select the "Constitution on Divine Revelation." Worthy to take its place with the other three constitutions (which deal with liturgy, the Church, and the Church-world relationship), it has for the ordinary Christian the additional advantages of brevity, simplicity and a certain limpid quality that makes it a joy to read. No other document of Vatican II surpasses it for sustained pastoral and religious tone.
Its subject is, as successive chapters detail it, the word of God, communicated to man in revelation, handed on through the apostles and the Church, and committed to writing through the inspired Old and New Testaments, which nourish the life of the Church.
Each of the Council documents has its own drama. This one cast John XXIII in a critical role. When a majority of the Fathers found an earlier schema entitled "The Sources of Revelation" abstract, unecumenical and one-sided, Pope John intervened and ordered a new draft by a joint commission drawn from both Cardinal Ottaviani's theological commission and Cardinal Bea's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. The eventual outcome was the present statement, with a new title, orientation and character.
What is perhaps most striking about the constitution is its serene concern for balance and harmony between opposites. The analytic theological mind is fond of sharp and tension-filled distinctions; the pastoral mind, presupposing the distinctions, wants to offer the people a concrete and unified mystery for its faith, worship and life. That is what this constitution does regarding the word of God.
Thus, revelation is presented as both doctrinal and historical; divine words and deeds are complementary. There is the traditional notion of the harmony of Old and New Testaments, the New hidden in the Old, the Old manifested in the New. There is, of course, the harmony of Scripture and tradition; remote from controversy, the text asserts: "Sacred tradition and sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God committed to the Church." There is the beautifully expressed harmony of word and sacrament: "From the table of both the word of God and the Body of Christ, especially in the sacred liturgy, the Church unceasingly receives and offers to the faithful the bread of life."
Other dual unities too numerous to mention await the reader: divine inspiration and human meanings; literary forms and particular texts, but also the unity of all Scripture, seen in the light of tradition; the labor of exegetes and the judgment of the Church; and so on.
What pervades all this is pastoral purpose: that the revealed, inspired, transmitted, proclaimed word of God may be the life of the People of God. It would be a mistake to read this document in any other spirit. But a far worse mistake would be not to read it at all.


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Despite warnings of a large community outcry, Dan's Papers erected a massive aluminum sculpture outside our Southampton office this week.
The work, titled "Walking Dan," was designed and fabricated by Hungarian art superstar Nisan Täuschen and funded by Southampton billionaire Derwood Hodgegrass, a longtime Dan's Papers fan and close friend of Täuschen.
At some 36 feet tall and 10 tons, "Walking Dan" stands looming over County Road 39, inciting rage and joy in passing motorists.
"People will have to get used to it," Hodgegrass said this week, explaining that Täuschen's large figurative sculpture is here to stay. "It's really quite a wonderful piece," the billionaire added. "'Walking Dan' may appear to be standing still, but the figure is quite clearly deep in thought, making long intellectual strides—a walkabout of the mind, if you will."
Hodgegrass commissioned the monumental sculpture after first learning Westhampton would be displaying Donald Baechler's large, aluminum "Walking Figure" statue near Gabreski Airport. "I felt it only right that Southampton also have some stunning and enormous public art, so I asked the powers that be at Dan's Papers if we could use their property to install it," Hodgegrass said, admitting that he had not been aware that another giant sculpture, "Tokyo Brushstrokes" by Roy Lichtenstein, was going to be installed at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill.
The Parrish Museum's "Brushstrokes" was installed back in April, but Baechler's work and Täuschen's sculpture were installed within a week of one another.
"Hell, the more the merrier, I say," Hodgegrass quipped. "I'm happy for Westhampton and Mr. Baechler, and I truly believe Nisan's work is important and should be seen," he said. "I'm grateful to Dan's Papers for allowing us to present her work to the Hamptons in such a bold and striking way."
Just hours after "Walking Dan" was in place, a coalition of angry residents began calling the Dan's Papers office to insist the statue be removed, but Dan's has absolutely no plans to capitulate.
Dan's Papers, Hodgegrass and Täuschen are now in talks aimed at installing more humongous statues in key locations around the East End.


text: Traveling is one of my favorite things to do – whether for work or for pleasure. On a recent trip to the United Kingdom I even found time for a little bit of photography. Here are some of my favorites from the trip. These particular shots are from London, Stratford Upon Avon, and West Lulworth — all beautiful places! I've already turned two of them into wall canvases and can't wait to get some more of them printed.


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- With the Sonic the Hedgehog series constantly getting Denser and Wackier, the cutscenes are scripted more and more like what you'd see in a cartoon, resulting in many more of these moments. Case in point: the cutscene in Sonic Colors when Tails first gets the translator working (right after the first boss), involving a Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick gag, much mistranslated gibberish (underwear for salad? Seriously?), and a quick but blatant fourth wall breach by Sonic.
- Sega has revealed some quotes from the game's script, collected in this NeoGAF post and on their official Twitter account. Here are some of Eggman's quotes:Eggman: "Please don't be concerned by any screaming aliens. The screams are how they communicate. Really. I promise."Eggman: "Would Sonic the Hedgehog please report to the security office? Repeat, Sonic the Hedgehog please report to the security office. We've found your er... your keys! That's it, we've found your keys. No need to be ready for a trap, since we only wish to return your keys!"Eggman: "Attention the anti-gravity toilets on this level are out of order. We are sorry for this inconvenience, and hope that you can hold it for the next 20,000 light years."Eggman: "Would the owner of a white hovercar shaped like an egg please report to the front desk? Your car has been broken into. Repeat. Would the owner of a white hovercar shaped like an egg please report the front desk? Your car has been broken i wait a minute, WHAT THE HECK?!!"Eggman: "Please refrain from foiling any evil schemes, plots, and/or plans while in the park. Foiling is strictly prohibited."Eggman: "Next stop: the Sweet Mountain. Enjoying our candy paradise is the perfect way to celebrate your next birthday...or to avoid reaching it."Eggman: "We seem to be losing pressure on Level 17. Please hold your breath against the harsh vacuum of space until you pass out from oxygen starvation. After that, you won't care. Enjoy the ride!"
- At the Sweet Mountain:Eggman: "We know they look delicious, but please refrain from licking the rides. That would be disgusting. Do you know where those rides have been? People have been sitting on those rides! WITH THEIR BUTTS! Okay, go ahead. Lick them. Don't say we didn't warn you."Eggman: "Welcome to the Sweet Mountain! Insulin will be provided at a marginal extra cost. And by 'marginal', we mean 'enormous'."
- At Tropical Resort:Eggman: The unfiltered starlight from the lovely constellations above is full of deadly radiation! Help yourself to our complimentary SPF 3000 starblock. And by 'complimentary', I mean 'quite expensive'."Eggman: "Please refrain from throwing any coins, trash, or small children into the reflecting pools."Eggman: "We here at Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park consider ourselves the universe's first fully green amusement park; although the green is from all the nausea and vomiting, but still, green is green."Eggman: "No aliens were harmed in the creation of this park. They were all harmed AFTER the park was created."
- In Aquarium Park:Eggman: "In the unlikely event of an emergency, please find the nearest escape pod. For anyone not named Eggman, your escape pod can be found back at the planet still being assembled in the factory."
Eggman: "Please avoid breaking the glass, as it is the only thing between you and ten million gallons of freezing wet death."
- At the Asteroid Coaster:Eggman: "Every visitor to the park gets a free blue hedgehog! If you can find one, please feel free to take it home with you. Or destroy it. Our choice."
- These quotes are just some of it, as this video contains all of Eggman's PA announcements. This game's script is a triumph.
- The best Eggman PA is after the final battle. In one of the few times he agrees with Sonic, he has three choice words for the PA announcement after he is defeated, "OH SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUP!"
- Sega has revealed some quotes from the game's script, collected in this NeoGAF post and on their official Twitter account. Here are some of Eggman's quotes:
- In general, the story in this game is rather humorous in tone, one particular example being the cutscene after Planet Wisp's Big Boy II boss battle. Everything, from Sonic's expressions/embarrassment, to Tails' snarky attitude about why Sonic is talking to a dead robot, just makes this cutscene one of the more humorous ones in the game.Sonic: So... we can just forget about the whole talking-to-dead-robots thing, right?Tails: Nope.Sonic: I knew you'd say that. (groans and does a mid-air Head Desk)
- Baldy Nosehair.
Sonic: (laughing) Baldy Nosehair?! That's the best thing I've heard all day! I gotta remember that one...Tails: (giggles) I know, I've already written it down.
- Even better is Sonic's reaction to hearing those words.
- This also becomes Eggman's nickname that Sonic teases him in future games.
- The intro where Cubot and Orbot praises Eggman but once they move behind while Eggman laughed about his scheme, Orbot lies down with a sign knowing this would fail...again while Cubot holds up a cup of coffee.
- Sonic moonwalking after the first boss. That is all.◊
- Sonic's line before fighting the Planet Wisp boss, after the PA announcement about copyright laws in Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park:Sonic: Eggman! I AM going to save this planet, and I AM going to free these aliens. No copyright law in the universe is going to stop me! We can save ourselves a lot of time and broken robots if you just quit now![silence]Sonic: [sigh] You try to be reasonable...
- Made even funnier by the fact that the whole SOPA and PIPA incident was going on around the time of this game's release.
- The ending sequence, with Cubot.
- "How about you and me make like Eggman's hairline and recede?"Tails:: Uh...this isn't joke time, this is 'running to the space elevator time'!
- As Something Awful would put it, Tails delivers an ICE BURN to Sonic:Tails: True. Well, good job to you on inventing a translator that allowed us to speak to the aliens in order to figure out exactly what we needed to do so we weren't running around the park looking like idiots. Oh wait, no — that was me!
- "Ooh! I think I gloated so hard I pulled a muscle!"
- Pretty much anything involving Tails's buggy translator. Public transportation and aquatic animal, indeed.
- "Yeah, that's right. I'm stretching. You got a problem with that?"
- "CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE! Repeat, CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE! All attraction access is temporarily suspended. Please evacuate the park via the emergency exit ahead. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
- This scene before the Starlight Carnival/Sweet Mountain boss:(After Eggman reveals his evil plot and sics a boss on Sonic and Tails)Sonic: Hahaha! Pay up, Tails! I told you he had an evil plot and coming here was a good idea. There it is, straight from the horse's mouth.Tails: Uh, we didn't bet.Sonic: ...Dang.
- He then just dejectedly walks over to the boss, waving off to Tails as he does so.
- Made even funnier in the Sweet Mountain version of the scene: the music actually stops right after Tails points out that they didn't bet.
- He then just dejectedly walks over to the boss, waving off to Tails as he does so.
- The final leg of the story, from Cubot's transition to red-neck accent to Gir-bot expy to Sonic's casual shot down of Eggman's final threat with theme park puns.Eggman: Leaving so soon? There are no lines, and I've saved the best rides for last! At least let me stamp your hand so you can come back in!
Sonic: Ugh, I know you're trying to be clever with this whole "amusement-park-pun" thing, but it's just coming off lame. Just say you're going to destroy us and stop embarrassing yourself.
Eggman: Curse you, Sonic! Not only do you foil my plans, but you foil my speeches as well! I work hard on them! No matter, I WILL destroy you, and I WILL be victorious!...Is that better?
Sonic: Like, a million times better. Thank you.
- The implication that Eggman pre-writes and rehearses his evil speeches.
- Tails tries out Eggman's 'Bucket o' Sushi' restaurant, now with fish. The verdict?Tails: His cruelty knows no bounds.
- The first cutscene appearance of Cubot and Orbot, with Cubot's inability to understand Eggman's sarcasm and getting a spanner in the face as a result. Coupled with Orbot having to explain one of Sonic's one-liners to a confused Cubot.Dr. Eggman: My precious little aliens...I'll harness their Hyper-Go-On power, and then nothing will stop me! I know I say that everytime, but this time, really, nothing will stop me!Cubot: Uh, boss. [Draws Eggman's attention to Sonic]Dr. Eggman: What? SONIC?!Sonic: Who're you callin' "nothing"?Cubot: Huh?Orbot: Since the boss said that nothing will stop him, and Sonic here is going to stop him, it's like he was calling Sonic "nothing".Sonic: Great! I thought nobody would get that!
- How did Sonic and Tails sneak into the park?Sonic: (While on space elevator) I can't believe somebody was dumb enough to leave the keys in this thing!
- Which makes Eggman's PA about returning Sonic's keys all the more hilarious and maybe not really a lie after all.
- After defeating the first boss, Sonic comes along and tells Tails that he had a bite to eat, did some shopping, and then destroyed a giant evil robot. Tails' reaction? "Oh, they have shopping here?"
- The whole Running Gag about Cubot's defective voice chip.
- Especially the one where Orbot changes Cubot's voice chip.Cubot: Yar! Feelin' ship-shape with me new voice chip, I am. Ah-beggin' yer pardon, squire, but me and my matey are going to sail off an' search fer that lubber Sonic. Arr!
- Especially the one where Orbot changes Cubot's voice chip.
- "The think bone's connected to the talk bone, the talk bone's connected to the mouth bone..."
- The Press X to Not Die events, which have been simplified to just mashing the A button until the announcer shouts "AMAZING!" In other words, the announcer calls you "amazing" just for pressing the same button over and over.


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UUID can significantly impact your billing if your account uses the Monthly Active Users (MAUs) based pricing model, and can also lead to unexpected behavior if you have Presence enabled.
this.pubnub = new PubNubReact({
publishKey: 'YOUR PUBLISH KEY',
subscribeKey: 'YOUR SUBSCRIBE KEY',
uuid: "myUniqueUUID",
ssl: true
Publishing and Subscribing to a Channel
my_channel. For this example, we will use the same instance to both publish and subscribe. To do this, we'll publish a message to the channel, but only after we're sure we've first successfully subscribed to the channel.
publish() and
subscribe() methods are pretty simple to use. For both
publish() and
subscribe(), the channel attribute defines the channel in use.
subscribe() method, an event is fired which is handled by adding listeners:
channels: ['my_channel'],
During your application's lifecycle, you can call
subscribe() repeatedly to additively subscribe to additional channels.
publish(), the message attribute contains the data you are sending.
message: {
such: 'object'
channel: 'my_channel',
sendByPost: false, // true to send via post
storeInHistory: false, //override default storage options
meta: {
"cool": "meta"
} // publish extra meta with the request
function (status, response) {
if (status.error) {
// handle error
} else {
console.log("message Published w/ timetoken", response.timetoken)
publish() can, and most likely will, fire before the previously executed
subscribe() call completes. The result is, for a single-client instance, you would never receive (via subscribing) the message you just published, because the subscribe operation did not complete before the message was published.
connect callback in the subscribe method.
Publish after subscribe connect
|Always set the
UUID to uniquely identify the user or device that connects to PubNub. This
UUID should be persisted, and should remain unchanged for the lifetime of the user or the device. Not setting the
UUID can significantly impact your billing if your account uses the Monthly Active Users (MAUs) based pricing model, and can also lead to unexpected behavior if you have Presence enabled.
var pubnub = new PubNub({
/* initiation arguments */
status: function(statusEvent) {
if (statusEvent.category === "PNConnectedCategory") {
var payload = {
my: 'payload'
message: payload
function (status) {
// handle publish response
message: function(message) {
// handle message
presence: function(presenceEvent) {
// handle presence
channels: ['ch1', 'ch2', 'ch3']
Unsubscribing from a Channel
unsubscribe() from the channel.
channels : ['my_channel']
unsubscribe() can be called multiple times to successively remove different channels from the active subscription list.
|Unsubscribing from all channels, and then subscribing to a new channel Y is not the same as subscribing to channel Y and then unsubscribing from the previously-subscribed channel(s). Unsubscribing from all channels resets the last-received
timetoken and thus, there could be some gaps in the subscription that may lead to message loss.


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Tangled Minds – Excerpt
She was still dressed in the gown that made his throat go dry. She still wore the necklace. It still spoke to him. J.R. burned with his desire.
"Good evening, J.R." Brianna said as she handed him a glass of chilled champagne. "It was nice of you to join me for a weekend of fun."
J.R. took his glass and sipped it watching her walk away. He
saw the dress move with her and he saw the hint of flesh as the
dress moved slightly apart with her walk. He could hardly contain himself.
Brianna stopped by the patio doors and opened them letting in the cool night air. She motioned him to her. He walked to her, still watching her. Brianna took his glass and set it down. She started the dance of undress. She stood behind him and slowly removed his jacket. As she did she kissed his ear and the back of his neck.
J. R. shut his eyes and saw her naked body under him. Then she
removed the cummerbund from around his waist. Brianna then
came around in front of him and undid his bow tie. As she did she took his lower lip between her teeth and softly bit it. He groaned. He wanted her badly.
However, Brianna was not about to rush this. He was paying good money and she was going to give him his money's worth. As she undid each button on his dress shirt she kissed his chest. As she got to his nipples she nipped each one with her teeth. J.R. did not know how much more he could stand. He grabbed her and kissed her roughly. Brianna broke the kiss and smiled at him.
"Hey, cowboy. Slow down. We have all weekend."
Brianna continued to undress him. She slowly undid his belt
dropping it on the heap already on the floor. She bent down and
picked up the glass of champagne. She dipped his finger in it and put it in her mouth never taking her eyes off of his. She saw the naked desire in his eyes. She knew he wanted her and he wanted her bad. She wasn't going to give him control. Ken had taught her that.
Brianna handed him the glass and unsnapped his pants dropping them to his ankles. As she did she slid her fingernails up and down the inside of his leg, stopping short of that part of him that ached. J.R was on fire. He grabbed Brianna again with his free hand and crushed her to him. He could feel that underneath that gown there was nothing but skin. He put down his glass and took the other hand and slid the zipper down on her dress. He slid it off her shoulders and let the gown drop. Brianna stood before him dressed only in her shoes.
J.R. roughly picked her up and strode to the bedroom. Play time was over, time to get down to serious business. No more Mr. Nice guy.
J.R. dumped Brianna on the bed very unceremoniously. He had
waited too long and he was not waiting any longer. Sure he had
her until Sunday night. But he was going to get his money's worth. He knew Ken wouldn't call or be back until late Sunday night or Monday. He was safe to do as he pleased with this little whore.
Brianna was stunned. She had never been treated like this before, not even Benny had been this rough with her. She cried out but no one was there. She tried kicking this manic but he just pinned her legs.
J. R was out of control. She had teased him at the dinner wearing that slinky dress slit up to her ass, her perfume was like a drug. Her fighting back on incensed him more. He kissed her hard and rough. He pinned her arms and forced open her legs. When she finally did open her eyes she only saw black orbs where J.R's eyes were. Still she struggled. The more she struggled the more he held her down. She would be his tonight, tomorrow, and as long as he wanted her.
Brianna finally got one hand free and clawed his face, J.R.
stopped long enough to look stunned, then he slapped her across
the face, screaming, "You Bitch. You like it rough, then rough it will be."
He flipped her over and sat up with her. He placed her across
his lap, she could feel him harden underneath her. He raised his
hand as far as he could and came down on her ass. The force of the blue left a hand print and an instant bruise, Brianna felt him getting harder.
She cried out and he laughed. "My dear, he said, almost
caressingly, "No on can hear you, we are all alone in our love nest."
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Viv Bennett, director of nursing and quality for South Warwickshire Combined Care Trust, has given a wholehearted welcome to the Health and Welfare category of the Evening Telegraph Community Awards.
The trust - which has just re-introduced the concept of matrons - is responsible for St Michael?s Psychiatric Hospital at Warwick, the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital, two mental health units for the elderly as well as community hospitals in Alcester and Shipston-on-Stour.
It also has an eating disorders and substance misuse unit in Warwick and a facility for people with learning disabilities in Leamington.
Mrs Bennett said: ?If you include our district nurses and mental health workers we have about 1,700 staff and so you can imagine there will be no shortage of suitable candidates for your health and welfare or even environ-mental categories.
?My immediate thought is that those working in our rural hospitals are very close to their communities, often they live locally and there is fusion between what they do at work and what they do after work with bodies like the League of Friends.
?Then there are our psychiatric staff who also support organisations like Mind and I can think of at least one of our district nurses who took a leave of absence to work out in Africa.
?I think we can promise you quite a few suitable candidates from south Warwickshire.?
The awards cover eight categories, with the winner in each receiving #250 for a charity of their choice. An overall winner selected from those eight will win a total of #750 for charity as well as having their name engraved on Coventry Cathedral?s Millennium Screen.
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Summer may be over but Cornwall doesn't suddenly stop. Autumn is a vibrant time to visit with plenty of happenings around the county. We've even had to dedicate a special autumn food event blog in addition to these activities below.
The British Stand Up Paddle Association (BSUPA) National Championships
Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October
Where? Watergate Bay
Britain's best stand up paddleboarders (SUP) will head for Watergate's waves to compete for the title, in the seventh BSUPA National Championships (pictured above). With Cornwall's much anticipated autumn swells often hitting the coast, conditions could see big waves – and big muscles to match. Competitors will be judged on their style and how they ride the waves much like a surfing competition but with scores taking into account how surfers make use of the paddle.
Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival
Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September
Where? Penhallow, Truro
The Little Apple Festival is back for its second year and has grown into three days of festivities. In terms of music the big pull is the BBC Introducing Stage, The Big Little Apple Top, Granny Smith's Dance Emporium. You can expect sea shanties, a huge selection of world class bands and musicians, dancing and fun for all the family, all on the beautiful working cider farm that is Healey's, where the famous Rattler is created. Weekend tickets available online.
Heritage Open Days
Thursday 10 September – Sunday 13 September
Where? Across Cornwall
Every year on four days in September, the UK throws open the doors to buildings of every age, style, size and function, as part of Heritage Open Days – celebrating our fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or that normally charge for admission. In Cornwall you'll be able to visit National Trust's Trerice Estate, the iconic Geevor Tin Mine, Leach Pottery in St Ives, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum and Gelndurgan Gardens and even Camborne Sewage Treatment Works. Tickets should be bought in advance.
St Ives September Festival
Saturday 12 September – Saturday 26 September
Where? St Ives
Two whole weeks offering a range of music, arts, and literature events around the picturesque seaside town. Some of the latest acts confirmed are violinist Seth Lakeman, Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir and comedian Kernow King among many many more. Other attractions include arts workshops and classes, arts exhibitions, talks, walks, theatre, comedy, films, cabaret, street entertainment, poetry and open studios. Ticket prices vary.
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She seems to think so. Earlier this year, Grazia magazine reported that the reality star had insured her bum for $21 million!
The magazine also says she spends $5,000 per day to keep tailor Cornelius Clay on-call to make sure her pants fit just right. That's because Kim reportedly has a size 4 waist, and a size 10 rear end.


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KMST V384 ~ New Adventurer Pirate: Cannon Shooter
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Last week, I reported about new job IDs being added to the quest data which indicated that Nexon KR will release three new classes in the future.
Today the first new class has been revealed. I actually kind of knew what was coming from the new Adventurer Pirate class because there is a script attached to the NPC Valerie which says "cannon_forewarning".
The new Adventurer Pirate class is the Cannon Shooter. Do you notice that even though it's an Adventurer, it's still separated from the original Adventurers. Maybe it will be a limited class like Dual Blade.
The skill effects of the Cannon Shooter looks awesome. They use a new weapon; the Hand Cannon. The Hand Cannon reminds me of pillar that the Karok character uses in Mabinogi Heroes.
Monkeys aid the Cannon Shooter in combat. The Cannon Shooter has this awesome 'ultimate' skill. It can summon the Nautilus ship and everything turns dark just like Evan's Dark Fog skill. Check the video around 0:55~
Unfortunately, I cannot play the game at the moment because I'm experiencing a delay/lag which makes the gameplay unbearable for me. T_T
This also happens in the public server and I hope it will go away soon because I really want to try this class.
However, I uploaded a video on my YouTube channel of a 4th job Cannon Master.
Video courtesy of 피부 from insoya.com
Everything looks almost ready for the implementation in the public server.
From reading the events in the game, it looks like this class will be released to the public server within two weeks. Probably next week already.
There is no restructuring for the Thief and Pirate planned yet which makes me sad because they both really need one. Sigh… -o-


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He was found unconscious in the first-floor apartment, carried out of the residential unit by firefighters, and treated for serious burn and smoke injuries.
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#SeriousWriters Interview with Ryan Casey
This is part two of my #SeriousWriters blog tour which discusses the lifestyles, advice, and opinions of people who are serious about writing. This time, I invited bestselling "dark suspense" author, Ryan Casey, for an interview in which we talked about his crazy release schedule and the future of reading habits.
This is how it all went down:
Dan: Hi, Ryan! Could you start by introducing yourself and telling us a bit about your work?
Ryan: Hi everyone. I'm Ryan Casey, a full time fiction writer from the United Kingdom. I've written and published over ten novels, an Amazon bestselling serial, several novellas and short stories. I tend to write what I call "dark suspense", which is a broader umbrella for the mysteries, thrillers, horror and science-fiction that I write.
Dan: What led you to begin a career in writing?
Ryan: I've always loved telling stories from a very early age. I know that's the clichéd answer, but some clichés are clichés for a reason!
I saw a great opportunity to tell my stories in the current publishing landscape and wanted to make the most of it. So far, that method seems to be working very well, so I can't complain.
Dan: You've released 10 books in the last year! That schedule's crazy! Do you ever not meet deadlines?
Ryan: Thanks! Well, I had over half of those books written in the years before last year, so I'm not as prolific as my release schedule portrays – honest! I've been writing stories for years so I have quite a backlog. Realistically I only wrote a few things last year. But I'll take the praise!
That said, I'm a full time writer, so I spend a full working day writing and editing every day.
The only deadlines I set are for myself. I actually prefer not to work to deadline, but I always meet them if I do set them. I prefer to just set a daily word quota and feel incredibly guilty about not making it half the time.
Dan: You release a lot of fiction in short episodes. Is this purely to make writing a viable career choice, or do you think the way people consume fiction is changing?
Ryan: I just do this with my Dead Days serial because my goal is to create an experience more like a TV show, written and structured in that form. So six episodes make up a season. I only do this with Dead Days though – the rest of the time I prefer to just write full novels.
It's interesting to examine how reader habits are changing, though. Dead Days is my best selling series, so what that says about the modern obsession with good serial television I'm not sure!
The thing is, serial fiction is an art and a form in itself. A lot of readers get pissed if they start reading a novel on Kindle that's been chopped to pieces and sold at 99c per chapter. And rightly so. Serial fiction is a different form to the chopped up novel. I think there's a great market for good serial fiction, written and structured like television episodes and series, in this new world.
Dan: When it comes to writing a series, do you plan the whole plot in advance or dive right in and come up with an ending later?
Ryan: I tend to have a lightly traced roadmap of the plot ahead. I like to know where I'm going to end so everything is pulling in that direction, however quickly or slowly. I also like to know a few shocking moments along the way, but I tend to leave the more minute details flexible to change.
I think of it as the torchlight in the forest analogy. I know how I'm getting in, I have an idea where I'm getting out, but the monsters inside the woods are free to creep up and surprise me.
So yeah, I'd say I have an overall idea in my head of where I'm going to go, then I just go and explore that idea in the most engaging and exciting manner possible. If the plot wants to drag me in another direction though, I'll trust that instinct. I can always clean up the mess later.
Dan: What kind of research do you do before writing?
Ryan: It depends on the project. Some of my books are set in my home town, so I know all there is to know about that place. Others need a bit of police technicality research. Dead Days involves quite a lot of scientific and medicinal research. I always research while I'm working on another project though. Otherwise it's far too easy to get weighed down in it instead of the writing.
Dan: Increasingly, writers are collaborating on novels to gain readers. What are your thoughts on this?
Ryan: I think it's a great way for two or more like minded writers to produce work.
Ryan: Trust your gut. It's usually right.
Dan: Do you have any big news or new projects you want to share with us?
I just released the fourth book in my Brian McDone mystery series. It's called Eye Snatcher, and it's about McDone's attempts to stop a horrific serial killer terrorising the children of Preston.
It's dark as hell, but it's got a lot of depth to it too, as with all the McDone books. McDone is a really layered character that flies in the face of many police detective clichés. He's great fun to write.
Ryan Casey is the author of 10 novels, the Amazon bestselling serial Dead Days, and several short titles. All of his books are available on Amazon. His latest novel, Eye Snatcher, was released on the 24th November 2014. More information about Ryan Casey can be found by following all of the links below.
Eye Snatcher Amazon links: http://smarturl.it/EyeSnatcher
Website: http://ryancaseybooks.com
Twitter: @RyanCaseyBooks
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I've always felt that spring passed me by every year, so in an effort to be more mindful and present, I really went out of my way to observe the flowers and nature around me, and there's no better place to do so than the New York Botanical Garden. Here are my highlights from my day trip up to the Bronx. Continue reading "How I Consciously Stopped to Smell the Flowers This Spring"
I'll be honest, I live for the weekends, not just because I have time to sleep in, but because that's when I plan most of my travels—especially in the summer. Throughout the years I've gotten better at packing quicker and efficiently. Here are some of the tips and tricks I've learned along the way. Continue reading "Tips to Pack for a Weekend Trip"
Let me tell you a secret: I hate washing my hair. It's not that I hate how clean my hair feels, it's more so the process that happens in order to dry and tame my hair. And although there is a constant debate that you should actually be washing your hair more often, I still stand by washing it less often and here's how I do it. Continue reading "Tips to Wash Your Hair Less Often"
There was a Korean beauty trend that went around last fall called "glass skin," which is essentially that your face looks "clear, poreless, translucent, [and] luminous—like a piece of glass."
After I figured out how to clear my skin, I knew this was something I wanted to try without buying new skincare products that might not react well with my face. I've been wearing less makeup and have been loving the look of dewy skin (especially now that it's winter and my face is dry). Here are the steps and products I use to achieve "glass skin." Continue reading "How I Achieve the Glass Skin Trend"
My journey with hair has been strange throughout my whole life, but for some reason I was cursed with bad haircuts for almost a solid two years. Tears were shed, tantrums were thrown—it hasn't been pretty (and neither has my hair). Here, I will walk through exactly what I have done to cope and what I have learned along the way. Continue reading "How I've Learned to Deal with a Bad Haircut"
The transition from summer to fall has always been the hardest for me and I've never understood why because fall is my favorite season.
I was feeling a bit down all September, so I really tried to sit in my thoughts to figure out how I can pull myself out of this funk because mental health is important to take care of and should never be overlooked. I'm happy to report that I'm in a much better place now, thankfully. Here's what I did differently. Continue reading "Falling Out of a Seasonal Funk"
Anyone who knows me knows I love nail polish and often paint my own nails at home. However, there are the occasional times where I will treat myself to a gel manicure. It's the same cycle for me every time: I love how it looks, then get sick of it after a week and feel the urge to remove it. I normally peel it off, and I know it's so bad for your nails, but I don't think soaking your fingers in pure acetone is any better. My nails usually look scraggly and dry after I peel off the gel polish and takes about a week for them to recover.
I went to get a gel manicure recently and told myself I would have it taken off professionally, but decided to just do it myself at home. I researched different ways and many of them involved the technique of wrapping aluminum foil around each finger with an acetone-soaked cotton ball situated on the nail for 10-15 minutes (this is the method I use to remove glitter nail polish). To my dismay, I ran out of foil and it was too late to go out and buy some. I kept researching and found the answer to my request. I have tweaked it a little and it works like a charm. Behold, my new favorite way to remove gel nail polish at home. Continue reading "How to Remove Gel Polish at Home Without Foil"
I have always been fond of Long Island. It's where I went for college and was my first home away from home once I left Hawaii. I finally had the opportunity to visit friends who live out in the Hamptons this summer, which has been on my list for quite some time, and it was truly nothing short of amazing. Here were my five favorite parts of this weekend getaway. Continue reading "Summer Getaway to the Hamptons"
I was fortunate enough to be given tickets to see one of Dave Chappelle's shows during his August residency at Radio City Music Hall. Beyond being an amazing experience and the fact that he brought together legendary names to perform alongside him, the show did something unlike other shows I've been to: Chappelle banned all recording devices. Continue reading "What I Learned About Myself at Dave Chappelle's Phone-Less Show"
Apologies for being MIA, this summer has just flown by and I've been all over the place. Here's a rundown of what I've been up to for the past month: Continue reading "It's Been a Minute"


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This week is Open Access Week, an annual event promoting open access as a norm in scholarly work. At Holy Cross, three members of the Homer Multitext project, Nik Churik '15, Brian Clark '15, and Melody Wauke '17, took part in a panel along with presenters from the faculty and the library staff. (Below, Brian and Melody with Nik's wristwatch in the background as the panellists are introduced in the very traditional setting of a library reading room.)
In contrast to the other speakers, the HMT members traced a connection from open access to the potential to replicate and verify scholarly work, and concluded that open access is not simply one convenient option among others, but an ethical obligation. The audience seemed to me to struggle with this idea, despite the fact that it was a small, self-selected group already interested in the subject.
One institution that deserves recognition for taking open access very seriously is the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, where hundreds of manuscripts are being digitized, and made available on line under the terms of a Creative Commons license. (Some of the older digitization includes black and white images only, but more recent additions offer very high quality color images.) Four of the Greek manuscripts they have already digitized include Homeric material, and thanks to the library's use of a standard open license, we will be including them in future releases of the Homer Mutlitext's archive. The processor-intensive conversion of the images to the zoomable format we use in our citable image service is underway, and you can now look at the first of the Munich manuscripts on our test site. If the manuscript photography we have already published has awakened your interest in the various prose paraphrases and metrical summaries of the Iliad they include, you will no doubt enjoy the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek's Codex Graecus 88 as well.
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Feldman: "People have long talked about CO2 being a greenhouse gas, but the actual greenhouse effect, that's the actual warming of the atmosphere caused by CO2, has not been measured in the field."
That's Daniel Feldman of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He says no one had actually measured the link between increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures, because it requires a lot of very high quality measurements over a long period of time.
By looking at weather data collected over eleven years in Oklahoma and Alaska, Feldman was able to pinpoint the exact amount of infrared radiation, or heat, being trapped by increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, instead of being released into space.
Using very precise instruments, he determined how much of the warming came from CO2 instead of other sources.
It's significant because Feldman was able to measure the exact relationship between increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and additional energy, or heat, at the earth's surface.
His results are very consistent with the estimates of climate change computer models, and the measurements will help scientists develop even more accurate predictions of future global warming.
Reporting credit: ChavoBart Digital Media.
Photo: The scientists used spectroscopic instruments operated by the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. This research site is on the North Slope of Alaska near the town of Barrow. They also collected data from a site in Oklahoma. (Credit: Jonathan Gero). (Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
More Resources
First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at the Earth's Surface
Observational determination of surface radiative forcing by CO2 from 2000 to 2010
Berkeley study directly IDs climate change culprit


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To achieve an injury-free workplace in Sarnia-Lambton.
To facilitate a unique partnership of experts from Education, Labour, Contractors and Industry to improve safety performance in our community.
To create an injury-free environment through the tripartite collaboration so everyone can go home safely at the end of each day.
The Sarnia-Lambton Industrial Educational Cooperative (IEC), a 20-member cooperative, was born out of the imagination and foresight of three executives from Suncor, NOVA and Lambton College in the early 1990s, having two distinct objectives:
- To improve the competitiveness of the Sarnia-Lambton industrial community through high-quality cost-effective and timely training; educational programs and services.
- To ensure a sustainable supply of well trained and qualified workers to meet a forecasted shortage of aging baby boomers in process operations, skilled maintenance and instrumentation trades, not only in Sarnia-Lambton but across Ontario.
In 2001, a major milestone occurred when the IEC members teamed up with local construction contractors and building trades to form a unique Sarnia-Lambton Safety Partnership Model with a vision of "Zero incidents by choice".
IEC/Safety Partnership Organizational Chart
Today, the IEC facilitates the growth of an injury-free culture by developing training standards; developing and delivery products and services; accrediting and auditing competencies; and maintaining training records with the engagement of experts from the unique partnership – Education, Labour, Contractors and Industry.
IEC/Safety Partnership Organizational Model
The Safety Partnership has two main objectives:
- identify and implement opportunities to improve safety performance and efficiencies
- collaborate in the development of safety standards and programs
Our success over the past 10 years has attracted visits by Ontario Labour Ministers and senior officials of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) which have provided strong affirmation that our region's unique partnership approach to safety is setting a recognized benchmark for other regions across the province.
Sarnia-Lambton continues to achieve the best safety performance in the province by setting its own world-class standards for intensive safety orientation and ongoing safety training.
The IEC has gained widespread recognition internationally for helping organizations achieve world-class safety performance through safety and leadership development programs. The Safety Partnership today represents over 250 companies and provides over 40 customized safety training programs and services for more than 10,000 workers.
Recently, we have been invited to share our Safety Partnership Model with other safety associations nationally. Our passion to create an Injury-Free Environment is what makes the IEC Safety Partnership unique. Our unwavering commitment is to ensure everyone goes home safely at the end of each day.


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The Use and Invention of Gas Generators
Your portable gas generator is responsible for many residential and commercial needs. It is used as a major power source and is often used as your necessary small appliance when there's a power outage. But your gas generator actually does more than just that. Let's take a look at when these important power sources were


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When Do I Cut Back Marigolds?
Marigolds (Tagetes spp) add a splash of bright orange, yellow or red to flower gardens and planters throughout late spring, summer and early fall. They grow as perennials in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11, but you can treat them as summer annuals anywhere. Cutting them back properly and at the right time keeps them healthy and encourages ongoing blooms over several months.
Early Pinching
Young marigold plants benefit from a light trimming in spring before they begin to produce flower buds. Although you don't completely cut back the plant this early in the growing season, you do pinch back the stem tips to encourage branching and further bud production. Pinch off the tip of each tender stem, removing no more than the tip above the last set of leaves. The stem will branch where you pinch it and each new branch will produce more flower buds and leaves. Pinch the plant back no more than once or twice, otherwise you may delay bud formation.
General Deadheading
Marigolds flower better and look more attractive if you cut off the dead flowers continually from the time the begin to bloom until they stop flowering in fall. Cut back the dead flower heads as the blooms fade, removing them above the topmost set of leaves on the stem. Disinfect the shears in a solution of 1 part bleach and 9 parts water to minimize disease problems when pruning. You can also remove any dead or damaged leaves when deadheading. Cut back old flowers once weekly when the flowers are actively in bloom.
Midseason Renovation
The plants may look leggy or begin flowering poorly in the middle of the season. Cutting back the entire plant in midsummer or in late summer forces a new flush of more compact growth and new flower bud formation. Shear back the marigolds with disinfected shears, cutting them back by no more than one-third of their height. Continue to water the plants so the soil stays evenly moist, but don't fertilize until after you see new growth. The marigolds may take several weeks to return to bloom after a severe shearing.
Fall Cleanup
Marigolds begin to die back in late fall after night temperatures begin to drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit in areas where marigolds grow as perennials. Cut back the marigolds to the ground with clean shears after they die back completely. Remove the trimmings from the bed so they don't harbor pests over winter. If the marigolds don't survive winter in your area, pull them up after they begin to decline in fall.
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David Louis
David has 37 years of purchasing experience, including supervisory and management responsibilities, for California local governments. He is a seasoned purchasing professional who works with others in a collaborative, positive and result-oriented manner to achieve budget goals and best-in-class operations, even in challenging budgetary and organizational circumstances. He has achieved all professional purchasing certifications and credentials, including Certified Purchasing Manager, Certified Public Purchasing Officer, Certified Professional Public Buyer, and Accredited Purchasing Practitioner.
David has experience in contract negotiations, materials management, green purchasing, surplus goods disposition, the bidding process (RFP, RFQ, and RFI), records management and retention, technology and online procurement, process improvement, purchasing ethics and staff training and development. His prior professional service includes director of Purchasing and Support Services for San Joaquin County, director of Purchasing for Modesto City Schools, purchasing officer and senior buyer for City of Modesto, and administrative manager and buyer for Stanislaus County.


text: About Ataxia UK Board of Trustees Dr Tony Kaye Tony's wife, Deanna, has Cerebellar ataxia, and the pair were instrumental in starting up the North-West London Branch. The Branch meets regularly and allows members to benefit from shared experiences of being affected by ataxia. This experience has given Tony a vast knowledge of fundraising. Dr Kaye is also a former trustee of the Royal Photographic Society, an educational charity that promotes photography and image-making and to support photographers in realising their potential, irrespective of their level of knowledge, equipment or skills. Prior to retirement, Tony was employed by Kodak as a senior research imaging scientist with European-wide responsibilities for product quality and development and technical liaison with marketing. Tony assists Ataxia UK on a regular basis with photography for events and print publications.


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Archive for December 3rd, 2012
Agent 47 As Adam Jensen
If you are already tired of the usual range of disguises used by Agent 47 in Hitman: Absolution, and of the guns in the game, then maybe now would be a good time to pick up the Deus Ex Suit and Zenith Gun. Read the rest of this entry »
Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse
Family Guy fans rejoice – everyone else, take a deep breath. Read the rest of this entry »
Bunny Cannon Thursday
Not Doppler's latest iOS title, which has the player firing bunnies from cannons, will be available on the App Store from Thursday December 6th. Read the rest of this entry »
The Model – Metro: Last Light- Survivors
Last week we saw how the Preacher had risen to power in the post-apocalyptic Metro and this time around we get to see a different story of life in THQ's upcoming Metro: Last Light. Read the rest of this entry »
The 12 Deals of Christmas via PlayStation Store
On the 1st December 2012, PlayStation Store started their 12 incredible deals for you to unwrap. New deals are revealed everyday for PlayStation owners, whereby offers can be redeemed on the PlayStation Store for a period of 48 hours and then they vanish. If you haven't been keeping an eye on this festive calender, we'll try and update the information for you as a reminder for our readers. Read the rest of this entry »
Official BioShock Infinite Box art revealed
2K Games have revealed the official box art for Bioshock Infinite. As you can see from the latest screenshot, it depicts protagonist Booker DeWitt suited and booted and armed with a shotgun in a backdrop of a burning US flame. While if you flip to the back cover of the box, it reveals new character Elizabeth. BioShock: Infinite is due on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
EVE Online selected for Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection
EVE Online, the Sci-Fi massively multiplayer online MMO game developed by CCP Games and launched in 2003 is amongst a select 14 video games to be accepted into the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Read the rest of this entry »
Trine 2: Director's Cut on Wii U receives 20% Launch Discount
Frozenbyte is proud to announce the European release of Trine 2: Director's Cut for Nintendo's new console Wii U. Available now on the Nintendo eShop, Trine 2: Director's Cut includes a total of 20 exciting levels full of adventure, including the recently released Goblin Menace expansion campaign and a Wii U exclusive level called the Dwarven Caverns, making Trine 2: Director's Cut the most comprehensive package of Trine 2 on any platform. Read the rest of this entry »
Preorder Castlevania: Mirror of Fate from GameStop, receive Free 3DS Case
Konami and GameStop have teamed together to offer a pre-order bonus for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate. Customers who pre-order the game from GameStop will receive this rather fancy transparent 3DS case. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate takes place between Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Lords of Shadow 2. The game will be released in early 2013, and will have four different playable characters.
Exclusive: Rayman Legends comes to Wii U 26th February
According to Pure Nintendo, Ubisoft will be releasing Rayman Legends on the 26th February on Wii U. Rayman Legends, is the successor to last year's Rayman Origins and is one of the more eagerly-anticipated Wii U exclusives. Players can utilize the Wii U controller's touch screen to destroy enemies or clear paths and use the gyroscope technology to manipulate and rotate platforms on the TV screen. With up to four players controlling the main characters, an additional player can control Murfy using the Wii U GamePad's touch screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Coming later this year to Xbox One, PS4, PC and Switch.


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Coverage of this session by Kristen Platt of SocialMedia.org. Connect with her by following her on Twitter.
1:20 — SocialMedia.org's Andy Sernovitz introduces David Meerman Scott, author of "The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Data, Content, and Storytelling to Grow Your Business."
1:21 — David: "Everybody is selling something, but the way people buy things has changed."
1:22 — David talks about planning a trip to Antarctica online: visiting different websites, avoiding filling out online forms to get the information he needs, and ultimately finding a content-rich website to help convince his wife that they need to travel to Antarctica.
1:24 — David explains how he used social media to connect personally with the folks at the content-rich website (Quick Expeditions). Using these real-time resources, he was able to convince his wife vacation in Antarctica.
1:26 — Based on this story, David says, "You can have this same experience." You are what you publish on the web. He stresses that "your opportunity is now" to reach your customers online.
1:28 — David: The biggest barrier to success is fear. Ex: What if people say bad things about us? What is the ROI of that action? We can't do that because of regulations… etc.
1:30 — David: Real-time is key. What's really changed in the last couple of years is that businesses are now about instant engagement. Real-time connections with customers will help change your fear.
1:31 — David compares this to the stock exchange: Everything is real-time and being monitored constantly. David says few companies operate effectively in the present. Typical companies only draw from experiences in the distant past and only plan business far into the future.
1:32 — Instead, David suggests to plan for now — react for now.
1:34 — David: What's the idea of a selfie? It's instant! You post it on social media and everyone sees it! David then proceeds to take a large group selfie.
It's the enthusiastic #socialmediaorg family reunion in #real-time pic.twitter.com/Xeo8yfGudz
— David Meerman Scott (@dmscott) October 27, 2014
1:35 — Our opportunity is to be a real-time evangelist to executives.
1:36 — David gives an Oracle and Market2Lead example about when they tweeted and blogged about the company merge. The result: more than $1 million in new business from one real-time blog post.
1:38 — David: Social media are tools we use, but "real-time" is a mindset. Our opportunity is to be a real-time evangelist to the CEO of your company.
1:39 — Brian Halligan, CEO of Hubspot, shares how 20% of new customers in the past 3 years had visited his bio on the Hubspot page because he was super engaged on social media. Speaking of Hubspot: Do great stuff, go public on the stock market.
1:41 — David: Our opportunity is to be the real-time evangelist to the sales people. An opened email, site visit, viewed content, a LinkedIn notifitcation about new jobs — are all sales signals. It's about being quick and being in the moment.
1:42 — David: What's up with the CIA being on Twitter?! It's the coolest thing! "If the CIA can do it, why are you so scared!?"
1:43 — David talks about newsjacking. He calls it real-time media. You inject your own ideas and stories as news breaks.
1:44 — Example: Ben & Jerry's tweeted about selling out of ice cream in CO when the state announced about their legalization of marijuana and got tons of engagement as a result.
1:45 — David: Our opportunity is to be a real-time evangelist to the PR people. Real-time is for more than crisis communications — it's for bringing your own ideas and brand into existing conversations.
1:47 — David says speed and agility are a decisive competitive advantage for your company to be a part of real-time marketing. Our opportunity is to bring humanity to the organization.
1:48 — David: We need to speak like humans in social media and online conversations. We need to inject humanity throughout our entire organizations. 51,000 companies have used "innovation" in their press releases. We need to eliminate that jargon and talk like real people. We need to remove these fake multi-cultural business people stock photos from our websites and ads.
1:50 — David: We need to be human! If you're not human, no one cares about you on social. Say no to stock photography! We need to remove our online forms because no customer is a fan of those — there are other ways to obtain leads, like social sharing.
1:51 — David asks who is the biggest Grateful Dead fan in the audience? He hands the biggest fan a copy of his book and explains how the band was a social network before Facebook was even a thing. Because people could record the shows and copy the music, fans could easily share with everyone else. That's how the band became so popular.
1:53 — David: Make your content easy to obtain and share with others.
1:54 — David explains that real-time is like exercise. If you want to get fit, you've got to get an exercise program and stick with it. You have to make it a part of your life.
1:55 — You have to develop a real-time mindset and elimate your fear of engaging with your customers online and in social media.
1:57 — Back to the Antarctica story: He wanted to jump in the southern ocean, so the crew tied a rope to him and got the doctor (in case his heart stopped). He eliminated his fear, just like you can. You can become a real-time evangelist!


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