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Closing date for the house is June 21... that's sixteen days away...
Last time I moved, I rented a u-haul and had a bunch of friends over to help me pack. It was fun to have everyone over (we had a big ol' moving party), but packing was a big pain. Especially since I left most of it till the last minute. And especially especially because we had to carry all the furniture down a flight of stairs.
This time, I have about twice as much furniture, and twice as many flights of stairs to go down. So I've arranged for professionals do the physical labor. Moving day is Saturday the 25th.
I'm still going to box up the smaller stuff myself (it saves money because the movers charge by the hour), but they get to carry it down the stairs. And they get to deal with the furniture.
I'm doing a better job than last time at getting the packing done early. Check out the pile o' boxes:


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|The Bengals' 30th-ranked rush defense will be challenged by Giants RB Brandon Jacobs.
Last meeting
Wide receiver Chad Johnson scored on a 4-yard touchdown reception in the final minute to give the Bengals a 23-22 win over the Giants in the 2004 season finale.
Cincinnati has won five of the seven matchups between these two teams. Check out the historical matchup of the last five games.
Last week
The Bengals had a tough time with both the windy conditions and the Titans defense, losing their home opener, 24-7. ... The Giants took advantage of a sluggish Rams squad and left St. Louis with a convincing 41-13 triumph.
Keep your eye on ...
Carson Palmer's statistics: In his past three seasons, Palmer averaged nearly two touchdowns and 250 passing yards per game. Through two games this season, Palmer has yet to throw for a touchdown and has only 228 passing yards. For the Bengals to have any chance against a ferocious Giants defense, Palmer will need to return to the form he showed from 2005-07.
Jacobs vs. Dhani Jones: The Giants' Jacobs has been a force so far this season, rushing for 209 yards and a 5.8 per carry average. His bruising style is difficult for any team to defend, but Jones is familiar with him from his days with the Eagles, and he will have to stand strong as Jacobs barrels towards him in the middle.
Giants secondary: Though Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh have not done much this season, they are a threat to explode. Chances are the big breakout will have to wait a week with the Giants giving up just 129 passing yards a game through the first two weeks.
Diehl vs. Odom: Missing the entire preseason with an ankle injury, Bengals DE Antwan Odom had only one tackle in limited playing time in the opener but then recorded four tackles, a sack and a forced fumble against his old Titans teammates in Week 2. When healthy, Odom is a force, one that Giants LT David Diehl will have to deal with on Sunday.
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When the Bengals have a positive turnover differential under coach Marvin Lewis they are 29-4. ... This will be Palmer's first meeting against the Giants. ... New York is seeking its first 3-0 start since the 2000 season. ... Giants wideout Amani Toomer needs 4 yards receiving to become the first player in franchise history to record 9,000 in his career.

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Hospitalizations for heart failure among seniors rising in the us
The number of older patients hospitalized for heart failure in the US has more than doubled in the last 27 years, which is perhaps not surprising considering that America's population is aging and more people survive heart attacks and heart disease.
These findings were presented by study author Dr Longjian Liu, associate professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the Drexel University School of Public Health in Philadelphia, at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2008 in New Orleans over the weekend.
Liu found that the number of patients over the age of 65 hospitalized for heart failure in the US between 1980 and 2006 went up by 131 per cent. He also found the rate was higher among women than men and that the other two major forms of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and stroke, did not show a significant increase in hospitalization rates.
Liu, who is the first to research US heart failure hospitalization rates over the last 27 years, said that that the prevention and treatment of heart failure was an urgent public health need "with national implications".
"Both the number of patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of heart failure and age-adjusted hospitalization rates for heart failure have increased dramatically over the past 27 years," said Liu.
Heart failure is when any part of the heart muscle becomes so weak that the heart can't pump enough oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the cells of the body. A person with heart failure feels fatigued and experiences shortness of breath and they struggle to get just through the day.
According to the AHA about 5.3 million people are living with heart failure in the US, where about 660,000 Americans are diagnosed with the condition every year.
For the study Liu accessed nationally representative data from 1980 to 2006 covering 2.2 million patients aged 65 recorded in the National Hospital Discharge Surveys. He searched for data on patients with a primary diagnosis of heart failure at hospital discharge and broke it down by gender and age into three age groups: 65 to 74, 75 to 85, and 85 and above. He then used census population data and statistical methods to estimate national hospitalization rates in terms of gender and time periods.
The estimates he produced suggested that:
- The number of patients aged 65 and older who were hospitalized for heart failure went up from 348,866 in 1980 to 807,082 in 2006.
- This a rise of 131 per cent over the 27 years.
- Among men, the hospitalizations went up from 16.57 per 1,000 in 1980 to 22.87 in 2006.
- Among women, the hospitalizations went up from 13.95 per 1,000 in 1980 to 19.58 in 2006.
- The annual percentage increase among women was significantly higher than for men (55 versus 20 per cent).
- The relative risk of being hospitalized due to heart failure was 1.37 times higher in 2002 to 2006 than it was in 1980 to 1984.
- Patients aged between 75 and 84 were twice as likely to be hospitalized for heart failure than those between 65 and 74.
- Patients aged 85 and over had four times more risk of being hospitalized for heart failure than patients aged 65 to 74.
- Among the three major forms of cardiovascular disease, hospitalization rates of coronary heart disease and stroke have gone down since the mid 1980s.
- This compares with a continuous and significant rise in hospitalization rates for heart failure since that time.
"Because heart failure disproportionately affects the elderly, there is no doubt that the burden of heart failure will increase unless innovative strategies are implemented. The key is to prevent risk factors for the disease," added Liu.
The risk factors for heart failure include lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical inactivity and a diet rich in fatty foods. They also include diseases like coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, valvular heart disease, diabetes, obesity, stroke and high blood pressure. Liu said that preventing chronic kidney disease and pneumonia would also reduce heart failure risk.
"Heart failure hospitalization rates rise among nation's seniors."
Longjian Liu.
Abstract 3103, presented at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2008 in New Orleans on 9 November 2008.
Click here for American Heart Association.
Sources: AHA.
Real-World Effectiveness of Primary ICDs Implanted during Hospitalizations for Heart Failure (Video Medical And Professional 2020).


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Four Iraqi civilians and a policeman have been wounded after a car bomb exploded near a taxi and minibus station in the town of Musayib in Babil governorate, police and hospital sources say.
Police said the bomb was placed in a car parked next to the taxi station in the town just south of Baghdad on Sunday.
A day earlier, an Iraqi soldier was killed and seven other people were wounded when a car bomb attack occurred near a police checkpoint in the town.
The US military said two US soldiers were killed in a bomb and gunfire attack in Baghdad on Saturday.
"Two Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed and two others wounded after a combined improvised explosive device and small arms attack in southeast Baghdad on 26 February," the military said.
The US military had also earlier announced a US marine was killed in action on Saturday in Babil governorate.
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In Hammam al-Alil, 20km south of the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a bomb ripped through the town hall, killing at least five people and wounding three, security officials said.
Police chiefs in Najaf are feuding
The blast at 10.20am killed a guard, a worker and three civilians and wounded another three guards, said Major Abd al-Rahman Ali of the Iraqi facilities protection force.
"We don't know how the explosives were planted inside the building," he added.
The US military said there were eight dead and two wounded in the attack.
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Also on Sunday, Iraqi police found the body of a headless woman in Baghdad, with a note attached denouncing her as a spy, security sources said.
"A police patrol found a headless woman with a note attached, denouncing her a spy," said policeman Walid Khalid.
The body was discovered at 8am in the western al-Adl district on the road leading out from the capital to the city of Falluja.
"A piece of paper, with the word spy written on it, was found
near the body of the woman dressed in a black robe," he said.
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In Najaf, a feud has erupted over who is in charge of security in the sacred Shia city.
Police chief Ghalib al-Jazairy insists he is still boss even after Baghdad's Interior Ministry appointed Brigadier Abd al-Shahid Abd al-Razzaq to take over the post.
Some residents fear the feud will
To add to the confusion, al-Jazairy's rage is vented not at al-Razzaq, but at Abd al-Aal al-Koufi, who he believes has been put in charge of overall security in Najaf by his rival, Najaf Governor Adnan al-Zurfi.
"Koufi took control of police stations and he detained four of my relatives who are senior police officers and he released the murderers suspected of killing my two sons," said al-Jazairy.
"He was following the orders of the Najaf governor. He is not a policeman and he has no rank. He is just a supporter of the governor," he said.
Al-Jazairy's sons, also police officers, were dragged off a bus and shot while protecting pilgrims travelling from Najaf to Kerbala during the Shia Ashura ritual about 10 days ago.
Causing trouble?
But the US-backed governor has accused Jazairy of stirring up problems.
"Al-Jazairy is trying to cause trouble and disobeying a decision of the ministry," said Zurfi.
Najaf, a spiritual capital of Shia around the world, is vital to the stability of Iraq, where a Shia political alliance won last month's election.
Some Najaf residents fear the crisis could invite trouble again after a period of relative stability.
"This will lead to disorder and problems inside the city. This could be exploited by terrorists who will enter the city again," said Sabah Muhammad, 28, a fabrics trader.
"This is rejected and the authorities must act quickly to end these problems to safeguard security."


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George Town in Penang is a teeming heritage city where the East and West have converged over the centuries to trade, celebrate and live. The city's unique cultural and physical environment was recognised in its 2008 inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The city's celebrated landscape is a reflection of its tightly-woven multi-cultural community that has fostered a unique spirit of place, shaped by the shared aspirations and over 200 years of interaction.
George Town's cohesive environment has encouraged the continuation of age-old traditions, as well as the transfer of artisanal skills and trades through the generations. The book Penang's Living Legacy – Heritage Traders of George Town features 36 unique heritage trades and offers a rare glimpse of the skills and talents of its practitioners.
From the Malay Mail: "There are plenty of unique trades and skills that have been passed down through the generations but there is a danger that these will eventually die out as the traders either have no one to pass on their legacy or their children are not interested in continuing the trade," says Lim Chooi Ping, general manager of GTWHI.
This is where the [intangible heritage] inventory project comes in as it serves to lay the groundwork for future community-based programmes to safeguard the city's intangible heritage and to make it more sustainable.
One of the first outputs from the inventory project was the completion of 20 case studies of heritage practitioners — individuals who represent the spirit of George Town with their localised skills.
This culminated in GTWHI's release of Penang's Living Legacy: Heritage Traders of George Town which was launched by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng last week.
Chooi Ping said the book is the rightful recognition that the artisans and traditional traders deserve as they are the proof of a living multi-cultural society.
Today, through the project, a total 63 different trade categories have been identified in George Town with about 26 businesses more than a century old and 403 businesses that are between 50 and 100 years old.


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The main premise behind SOAK is that it aims to remove some of the guilt which may result from being a regular visitor to resource-heavy spas or bathhouses, by using renewable energy sources and recycled shipping containers.
SOAK looks like it will be pretty well stocked in bathing facilities, with a couple of cold plunge buckets, a shower, and a solarium. It's not clear what the capacity would be (presumably not very high), but a small physical footprint would also make sustainable energy more practicable.


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You all must be knowing that Google has just started to provide free and high-speed Wi-Fi access to railway commuters in India. Google has partnered with Railtel Corporation to make this project a reality. At another end, Hackers are also ready to penetrate your computer or smartphone and steal your personal information. They have a plan to gain access to your e-mail accounts, social media accounts, credit card information, or even steal your online identity.
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Hackers set up rogue Wi-Fi hotspots on railway stations where large numbers of users are likely to be searching for a connection. These hotspots can use names like "Free Google Wifi" making sure that you believe that it's the same free wifi service, that Google has just started. And, once you connected to same Wi-Fi, checking our e-mail, checking Facebook, hackers can easily gain access to your computer or smartphones. Hence, With unsecured public WiFi hotspots, it is easy for any web savvy thief to get away with the worst.
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Here we go:
- the kids started school this week. kiddo one had a bunch of nerves and it showed when I went to peek on him after dropping them off. a few tears and a few hugs later, he mustered up the courage to head back into class. I was so proud of him but felt awful leaving. happy to report that he got off of the bus smiling
- life is different than it was in Winnipeg. I am no longer shuttling the kids to and from school and they aren't home for lunch anymore. I miss seeing them at lunch but am happy that they are doing so well with the change
- I am thankful to have time to put make up on in the morning now that the kids are older. I never realized how limited time was before, it's nice to have some "me" time in the morning again
- I went to Yorkdale Mall in Toronto yesterday and I couldn't help but wonder if I would run into one of my fellow Toronto bloggers. How fun would that be?!
- speaking of Yorkdale, I went to Zara for the very first time and loved so many pieces. Unfortunately the visit to that store was short lived as kiddo three wasn't into it (can't wait to go back!)
- and last but not least, I joined the bubble necklace club yesterday and finally understand what all of the hype is about. I think I may need a few more in different colours (shirt is from Old Navy, I'm loving it, you can find it here):
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Wondering what the inside of the First Second offices look like?
Here's a glimpse at what's in my cube.
First (and most importantly): the bookshelf. It is currently slightly overflowing, a clear sign that mailings are in my future.
Here's the two-sides view of my cube. (You can see I have the draft for this blog open on my computer screen.)
Here's a close-up of one side. It is an excellent cube, for the most part! Though I worry that the plant is getting out of hand.
And here is the other side, which includes more cups of tea than did the previous one.
The 'what I'm reading now' pile on my desk — Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown and Lois McMaster Bujold's Cryoburn.
Secondary seating: the large red ball. It is currently surrounded by Battling Boy-related bags. And that's a Jon Chad poster on the wall.
And here's the outside of my cube — nonetheless filled with things! You guys, the Six Degrees of Francis Bacon poster that Idiots Books does (that is on this wall) is super! I recommend it to you all.
And the other exterior wall to the right of the cube-outside you were previously looking at. Contents include: a poster about going to prison when you're a teen by Danica Novgorodoff, a New Yorker cover by Luke Pearson, original art by John Allison and Ben Hatke's daughter, and other cool things!
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'Sus Voces' features work by nine artists from Mexico
They speak of their culture, their lives as women, of their fears and desires.
"Sus Voces," Spanish for "their voices," brings together nine contemporary women printmakers from Mexico at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. The women aren't presented as a chorus, singing in harmony; working in a variety of styles, with diverse subject matter that ranges from political allegory to diaristic introspection to documentation of a country convulsed with violence, each maintains her own distinct voice.
The show arrived at Highpoint in February under the guidance of artist and curator Maria Cristina Tavera, who was raised partly in Minnesota and partly in Mexico. Tavera's own work explores the intersections of gender, ethnicity and society, and with "Sus Voces" she presents nine different women's perspectives on life in the United States' southern neighbor.
Mercedes Lopez Calvo's technique might remind some viewers of Lynd Ward, the 20th-century American artist best known for the series of wordless proto-graphic novels he illustrated with expressionistic woodcuts. In Calvo's prints, forms are defined by light and inky shadow, and the rough grain of the wood becomes an essential component of her compositions.
"Llama Nocturna" is a sensual, nearly abstract image of tropical leaves and fronds densely layered on top of one another. It sits comfortably next to the murky, dream-like imagery in the prints of Rossana Cervantes Vasquez.
But in other prints by Calvo, the darkness implies fear or even impending violence, as in an image of three bound men with their shirts pulled over their heads, or another of 14 people all lying face down in a circle, their hands behind their heads, while a single figure stands over them.
The rooster, whole or in parts (as if chopped up for dinner), is a recurring symbol in a series of large, woodcut self-portraits by Edith Chavez. It's a metaphor that could point in various directions: to the machismo culture of Latin America or the domestic duties of Mexican women.
Gallery Director Jess Krueckeberg helped to unlock the mystery, explaining that the roosters allude to the Spanish phrase for goose bumps, which is closer to "chicken skin." It adds poignancy to Chavez's various expressions in the self-portraits, whether she's gazing coolly at the viewer or looking lost in apparent rapture.
The prints of Diana Morales Galicia pack a wallop of a graphic punch, detailing in stark black-and-white a murmuration of birds swirling above a decrepit rollercoaster and, in a separate image, a tower of scaffolding growing larger as it climbs into the sky. They imply an infrastructure metastasizing out of control.
In a trio of large portraits by América Rodriguez, women's faces emerge from heavily patterned linocuts. The hatch marks and lacy thickets of lines hide little fishes and lizards that skitter across the image like stray thoughts.
All executed on small squares of rough, grayish paper, Adriana Calatayud Morán's series of "Animalismo" lithographs overlay human anatomical illustrations on portraits of animals, including a moose, a polar bear and a tiger. The stiff illustrations contrast with the lively beasts, implying something wilder is contained by our physical bodies.
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Where: Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 912 W. Lake St.
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Exactly one year ago today the Coalition for Racial Justice published alarming findings about the state of equity in Iowa City.
The report, "Racial Equity in Iowa City and Johnson County," began with a statement that remains true: "The Johnson County/Iowa City area rightfully boasts of being a vibrant community that offers a high quality of life."
I interviewed Iowa City natives and residents for an unrelated project, and each supported this assumption. But they, like the coalition, expressed concerns about how race and class shape access to these opportunities.
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The coalition researched these concerns to dispel what we suspected. Pronounced racial disparities exist within several life shaping areas — economic well-being, community representation, education and juvenile and adult criminal justice.
Adult criminal justice disparities are seen in county inmate statistics and police staffing. In 2010, blacks totaled 4.8 percent of the general population, yet they represented 42 percent of the county jail population. Meanwhile, black and Latino officers made up just six percent of the Iowa City Police force in 2011.
Turning attention to education, people of color are underrepresented in advanced placement courses but overrepresented in special education and disciplinary statistics. Recent data shows that "disrespectful behavior," which is highly subjective, is the primary reason why black students are disciplined in schools.
These and other findings communicate an undeniable concern: Skin color or ethnic background means certain residents will experience different opportunities and quality of life in Johnson County.
This is unacceptable.
The report calls for community action around these barriers. Since the report was published, several organizations continued their work to assure all residents enjoy equal opportunities while others organized to do the same.
Here are a few examples of their equity efforts:
• The Coalition for Racial Justice, Black Voices Project, and The Center for Worker Justice used meetings with school board liaisons to address issues that pertain to disproportionality and staffing within Iowa City Community School District.
• The Center for Worker Justice challenged the employment practices of several establishments this year.
• Recently, Black Voices Project met with community members to strategize how the group can address concerns about disparate policing practices in Iowa City and North Liberty.
• Other organizations, such as the Dream Center, work to strengthen and empower youth, especially those who are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system.
• Representatives from the school district, health and human services, criminal justice, and the Iowa City Police force linked to explore how their systems can work to reduce the number of minority youth who come into contact with juvenile court.
This work is commendable and certainly not a complete list of efforts.
Assuring equity and inclusion is an ongoing task that requires even more support from residents, community organizations, elected officials, and other local leaders. Moving forward, I hope the report fosters more dialogue and more action around equity. This is tough but attainable work.
After all, every resident deserves an equitable chance to thrive in Johnson County.
Alecia Brooks is a member of the Coalition for Racial Justice and the Black Voices Project.


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"With gratitude, to my husband"
As busy and often stressed-out mums, we sometimes forget to thank our supportive partners for everything they do for us. Read this grateful mum's letter to her husband, thanking him for all those times (and more) she forgot to be grateful...
Dear husband,
Late at night one day, after finally getting the boys to sleep, I sat down with a sigh on the sofa. I had been on my feet for most of the day looking after them, running errands and working.
And I was so tired.
So tired that I didn't even notice you ruffling my hair on your way to the kitchen. So tired that I barely smiled at you when you gave me a steaming cup of green tea.
As I lay down that night to sleep, something was bothering me. And then it struck me – ever since becoming a mum, I barely say "thank you" to you for the myriad ways you support me and the kids. For doing your part as a parent.
So thank you.
Thank you for letting me sleep in on the weekends. When I wake up, you've already got our breakfast on the table, given the boys their favourite breakfasts ever, and got them ready to face the day.
Thank you for coming home from work and listening to me vent. You really didn't need to know in detail how the little one vomited after he ate the last mouthful of his food. And that I caught the vomit in my hands.
You don't really need to know how stressed I
sometimes usually always get from running after the kids and working from home at the same time. How angry I was at that horrid driver who tail-gated me on my way home from the school run. How I could so do with a back rub right about now.
And of course you obliged.
As I vent, I often forget that you too wake up at the crack of dawn, you often get the kids ready for school, you work as hard – probably harder – than I do.
And when you get back home, you don't take a break. You throw yourself into the dinnertime-bathtime-bedtime ritual immediately.
You didn't hesitate to agree when I told you that I needed to go away for a few days to help my parents out as my mum was having surgery.
I have to admit that I thought to myself, "how on earth is he going to manage?" But manage you did, and like a Boss, at that.
Thank you for quietly listening to my detailed descriptions of "how to look after and manage the boys 101" while I was away. Not once, but every day. Sometimes twice a day.
And never once did you call me to tell me that you had a rough day. That the little one threw a tantrum while you were doing the marketing. That the bigger one forgot to tell you he had homework, until it was almost time to go to bed.
No, you only called me to reassure me that all was okay. So thank you.
You always tell the boys to be grateful to have a mother like me. You gather them and me in the warmth of your hug every day and whisper to us all how much you love us.
I don't tell our children enough to be thankful to have a father like you. How lucky they are and how lucky I am.
So, Thank You.
With Gratitude, always,
Your wife.
When was the last time you thanked your husband? Let's make it a habit to appreciate our loved ones while they are still in our lives…


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SEO is the process that impacts the visibility of a site or a webpage in a search engine's unsettled outcomes.
Alright, let's translate it to English:
SEO Optimization is the procedure of optimizing your online material so that an online search engine reveals or shows it as a top result for searches of a specific keyphrase.
Let me damage that down a little more:
When it involves Search Engine Optimization, there's you, the search engine, and the searcher. If you have a short article about how to make vegan lasagna, you desire the internet search engine, which, in 90% of all situations, is Google, to show it as a top result to any person that looks for the phrase "vegan lasagna."
Search Engine Optimization is the magic you have to deal with your short article to make Google likely to include your post as one of the leading outcomes whenever a person looks for those keywords.
Currently, what does that magic resemble, as well as why does it also matter?
Like claimed previously, the huge majority of online experiences begin with an internet search engine, and virtually 75% of searchers begin their searches on Google.
Integrate that with the truth that the very first five results on Google obtain 67% of all clicks, and you get a suggestion of why search engine optimization is so crucial.
There's a joke walking around the web that highlights exactly how crucial it is to strike the very first web page of Google:
If you ever require concealing a dead body, you should place it on the second webpage of Google search engine result.
If your blog post, article, or the item is on any other page of the Google search engine result than the first, then it's same as it is not ranked at all.


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Trends are a funny thing. One second you're living your life, minding your own business… and the next second, you realize you can't live another second without a pair of suede knee-high boots in eggplant purple. Print magazines depend on trends, because what would there be to report otherwise? "This season, wear whatever you want… Here are 5 new things you can't live without (maybe)". No, it just doesn't work. My beloved magazines don't make sense without trends to drive them.
But the UK is always ahead of the States as far as trend reporting goes, and the Guardian is reporting an end to trend.
- Paris fashion week: eight days, 90 shows, a cast of thousands, a budget of millions. And how many trends? Er, none, actually. Nada, zero, zilch. At a push, you could count florals as a trend, but predicting that people may wear floral prints in summer is a bit like forecasting that they will wear sunglasses or eat ice cream. When something happens every summer, it's not a trend.
With a global climate that has a bad case of manic depression (what do Spring and Fall even mean anymore?), and high-end designers who have realized they need to push the envelope if they want to make any money (otherwise, H&M rips off their designs and their profit), the trend-creation system is collapsing. But trend can't just disappear. Most of the fashion industry simply wouldn't exist without it!
So let's all vote, who are the new trendsetters? Is it the design departments at mega-chains like H&M and Forever21? Are the Gaps and J.Crews going to coat us all in "basics"? Or are we going to take our style cues from the internet non-celebs (think Cory Kennedy) and celebrity super stylists (think Rachel Zoe)?


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1D – The Party
When Diogenes awoke, Grabmaler was scrutinizing his pupils, as a doctor might. All the familial chatter had disappeared and the face he first saw when struggling in the pit hovered over his.
"You slept for a day. You were delirious and spoke of Lazarus, St. Louis and the Plague." Grabmaler, relaxed in his suit, passed Diogenes a glass of mineral water.
The surroundings had completely changed. He lay on a plush couch the room boasted matching white Persian rugs and transparent chairs. Silver-trimmed wine glasses rested on a table flanked by leather hardbound books in cedar cabinets. Japanese prints and framed etchings warmed the white walls. Grabmaler had also dressed in beige. It was all rather glaring. Grabmaler wore a gold watch on his suntanned wrist, which he kept twisting, and he had combed his graying hair back.
"Where am I?" Diogenes asked, watching a seated woman in a dining room skim a coffee table book on Marc Chagall. Several other guests paced, their steps muted by a plush rug. Diogenes wondered why he might be allowed to sleep before several rooms full of guests and where the wealth had come from. He had never seen such elegance, even before The Collapse.
He took stock of himself: clean-shaven, cologned, dressed in black tweed and a white pin-striped shirt with modestly decorative cufflinks and wingtip shoes. "What?"
"We had you dressed." Grabmaler explained, dryly. He pulled him up and placed a confiding hand on his shoulder after Diogenes stopped blinking: "Diogenes, watch what you say this evening. You must be polite and restrained — but that's not all we need. Talk but don't pry. These guests are accessible but they are also clients and we're pursuing very delicate negotiations."
Diogenes nodded dutifully.
Rupert, tapping on the same shoulder from behind, added, "These are Internationale execs, Diogenes! If you want to talk seriously … Undine and I will help. Won't we Undine?" Diogenes could faintly smell a lovely perfume and heard a rustling skirt behind him but nothing from the girl called Undine.
Grabmaler bore down harder: "Relax! Mix naturally, but don't ask anyone what they do or where they come from." Then he rose to greet a client.
"Try to remember what we said, Diogenes." Rupert added, winking as he left to join Undine, who now glided forward to greet a group of admirers.
Diogenes lifted himself to his feet. A woman in a low-cut gown bowed to offer him hors-d'oeuvres, crèpes and stuffed mushrooms from a platinum tray, pointing: "There's quail and squid over on that table. And there's champagne and French wine in the hall." Fluttering her eyelashes, she too disappeared.
Diogenes swung his feet to the floor and gradually stood then walked to a wide foyer to a room lined with paintings and reclining chairs. A baldheaded man with heavy eyelids, filing his nails, relaxed by himself in a polyester suit. A group of Japanese businessmen huddled close to their drinks, speaking beyond his earshot. A French couple lurked in the corner, smoking, elegantly dressed but evidently bored. He approached them unsteadily until they grew visibly irritated and about-faced.
Trying to find his dignity, Diogenes carried a glass of champagne past an older man in a blue lamé suit and an high-heeled girl in thigh-clipped pink leotards who explored a painting which the old man professed came from the Louvre. "Ooo Beuve! It's so pretty!" The girl puckered. "Mais oui, ma chère Eva. Mais c'est l'heure de ton Dada!" The old aesthete lisped, and silently clapped his hands.
To their left, a night photograph of New York a century ago, before The Collapse, camouflaged the windows of a terrace door. Diogenes twisted the knob, and with some labor, dislodged the sticky door and stepped through and out on a balcony.
In the grimy night air the New York of ashcan fires and sirens still glittered in iridescent red. He faintly heard explosions and wailing crowds across the Hudson, now a black mass of oil and floating debris. From the pit, plumes of lime smoked skyward and bulldozers in metallic heaps idled near a gravel no-man's land. Nearer yet, searchlights irradiated the compound itself, cyclopean lamps blasting the cement walk between the barbed wire and electrified gate. Gun turrets stocked with night vision goggled guards in police leather defended the macadam below. They directed a cook, forced him at gunpoint to rake a mine field, then move aside. On the wet pavement below, Grabmaler conferred impatiently with a doorman. He pointed at the ground then over to the gate while the doorman nodded. A limousine slid through the electric barbed wire. Grabmaler welcomed the passengers as they stepped out with the help of a chauffeur.
Grabmaler chatted, shook hands, and escorted them upstairs to the party. He would reappear shortly so Diogenes rushed to reopen the sticky terrace door, and slipped inside.
As Diogenes slinked into the room the brooding fat man, the Japanese and the French couple glowered at him as if they had been insulted. He shuffled past them to find more squid and champagne, pretending not to notice. Rupert and Undine were chatting in the living room with an athletic looking woman who was ogling Rupert, breathing earnestly as she spoke of the meaning of staying in shape. Diogenes, chewing squid and sipping champagne, waited on them as Rupert alone mildly acknowledged him.
"You see, with long draughts of aerobic activity endorphins suffuse the body. Whose to say, that running or swimming were not the primordial activity of pre-humans? We shambled through forests all day long then sprinted when hunting down prey. Muscle tone wasn't a problem in the past. We carried spears and shared communally everything we trapped. My name is Vera now, but it might have been cat-girl, or hunting leopard which would have been my bush-soul before the advent of agriculture. Everytime we caught an animal we shared the meat. Before civilization ruined the world or political philosophers coined the term, we were communists, working out and working together, speaking, singing of our exploits at night around a fire, and condemning our enemy", she gasped, exulting a little too intensely when she said, "enemies", a little too earnest to inspire trust.
Diogenes looked over and saw a man dressed strangely, with epaulettes and a white coat covered in medals from seemingly imaginary military campaigns then back to this intense Vera who had beaded on him when she said "enemies", and he shivered, sensing something more up her sleeve than good health and group togetherness.
He hadn't noticed that Grabmaler by now at his elbow was hovering over his shoulder.
"Diogenes, if you will excuse me," He said, nodding toward the others, "I'd like to show you something." Rupert, Undine and the aerobics instructor waved assent.
Grabmaler marched Diogenes through a corridor lined with French impressionist paintings and erotic mobiles to an elevator which he summoned with a gold card-key: "I know you'll admire what I'm about to show you."
They began a swift descent which almost made the near-drunken Diogenes faint. A diagram on the panels of the elevator which itemized each floor by color revealed an inverted skyscraper. It represented a huge structure – a slim pyramid broader at the top and coning down to a needle point well below ground level. The light which represented the elevator in the diagram moved slowly, even though the floors raced by. Diogenes underwent a mild nausea leaving the penthouse ground floor, plummeting down.
Remembering the pit, he meditated on Grabmaler's transformation from their first encounter to the self-engrossed businessman before him now. Lazarus' pasty face appeared to his mind's eye when they seemed to shoot back upward as the elevator slowed. They came to a stop as the indicator light on the diagram illustrated that they were only midway to the "top" of the pyramid.
As the padded door slid open Grabmaler keyed open another sliding glass panel and they were greeted by a maid.
"Are Bernard and Grant in good health?" Grabmaler asked, running his fingers over a desk.
"Oh yes sir, they're dining in the cafeteria," She curtseyed heavily.
"Don't disturb them now. I intend to show Diogenes, here, the printing room." He said, peeking over her shoulder.
Wandering, they entered a printing room, filled with collating machines, binders, cameras, microscopes, computers. An air of cleanliness radiated from the stainless press. Diogenes surveyed the room, awed by the technology.
Grabmaler leaning toward him stated, "If you please, this is where you will work. You'll have an assistant who consulted on the original design and supervised installation. He will be instructed to acquaint you with our press and programs. Grant is devoted to the press but he has no printing expertise. This is where you'll come in. Your job, will be 'monetary reproduction', the replication of bills still issued by what remains of our Treasury Department. If you must know, we do not plan to spend the money but flatly distribute it, give it away. Spending would cost us time and attention and whatever the money could buy, now, would prove worthless. And, finally, by not engaging personally in spending, we will not be identified as the printers."
"What? Why print money if you don't intend to spend it?" Diogenes asked, astonished.
"My dear Diogenes, we give money away! We are destroying the tyranny of money. An idealistic project, isn't it …" Grabmaler suggested, with a wink.
Diogenes could not decide yet what Grabmaler knew of his former counterfeiting — or his father's.
"Why me?"
"Your employee application for Lazarus stated you have experience in printing … "
"What do you know of Lazarus or my former employment?"
"Lazarus worked for us."
"But he was the founder of Tombstone Internationale."
"Founder but not the owner, nor did he sit on the enhanced board of directors."
"What do you mean enhanced?"
"Let's not beat around the bush. That was a small operation with a peculiar clientele and a dwindling market."
"Peculiar clientele, is that a joke?"
"No joke. I mean, the families who could buy headstones disappeared with the middle class. Every year, demand, with the ability to pay, dwindled. Without restructuring ownership, the quarry became useless. Except as landfill. It was idle a year prior to Tombstone's liquidation. Don't tell me you didn't know this. You worked there well beyond its liquidation."
"That's not completely true. I discovered the transfer of shares the very day I was evicted."
"And what about the conduct in the office after Lazarus died?"
"What conduct?"
"I mean, who gave you the authorization to stay after Lazarus' death?"
"Did I need authorization?"
"Are you kidding? You squatted our office and privately collected a profit."
"Tombstone had no profits last year — it was all reinvested in maintenance."
"Bullshit! Tombstone had no operation! You squatted our office, counterfeiting money!"
"How did you know?"
"I owned Tombstone and the office!"
"And now, you want me to print money for you … You're going to collect the profit?"
"There's no real profit in counterfeiting."
"Then why do it?"
"I told you — to destroy money! Look, here's the deal. I'm offering you three times what you earned, plus room, and board. It can be in Black Market coupons or specific goods, as you wish. This includes your regular salary before the company ceased to exist and what you little were able to net counterfeiting. You will not have to hide. You'll have all clean, pre-Collapse technology, an assistant, food, videos, a maid! I'm offering you the best job you'll ever have. And, we promise security."
"Yes, security. You will not be pummeled, arrested or beaten. Your operation will thrive under the umbrella of a much larger, stable corporation. You'll be … safe."
"Why me? If you knew my performance under Lazarus, why would you prefer me to a more honest worker?"
"Because we know your performance!" Grabmaler replied, winking again. "You accept or not? Production will accelerate under your direction, and expertise. You'll have all this: new computers, high resolution microscopes. And, you'll be paid while you train. What else could you do now but accept?"
"Do I have time to consider?"
"No. No you don't." Grabmaler barked.
"O.K. … then, yes!" Diogenes relented.
Grabmaler then signaled the maid they were finished, dimmed the corridor lamps, and walked Diogenes through the transparent glass back to the elevator after inserting his gold card-key. The elevator was already whirring down to meet them.


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Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.
You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.


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I have joined the forum to denounce the Daily Star.I have been buying the rag reading Peep then throwing the rest away from the first issues . Peep have brought a smile to me every day...In my opinion they should bust down the editorial staff and keep Peep...Surely there must be an outlet for this great national institution.
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Those in attendance also included Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh, Minister Resident of the Russian Embassy in Vietnam Vadim Bublikov, together with representatives of the two countries' Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence.
In his address, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov expressed his elation at the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership across a multitude of fields while acknowledging both sides' efforts to maintain high-level political dialogues and close cooperation between legislative agencies, ministries, sectors and social organizations.
He praised the two countries' coordination in the international arena as well as the growing economic and trade ties between the two nations.
Morgulov highly appreciated the outcomes of the implementation of the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which helped two-way trade increase by 36% to US$5.23 billion in 2017.
Vietnam is one of Russia's leading partners in ASEAN. Trade between Russia and Vietnam continued growing by 15% in the first quarter of 2018. The two sides have doubled efforts to intensify bilateral investment by carrying out priority projects on education, science, culture and tourism, the Russian diplomat said.
The two countries are destined to organize a string of events marking 25 years of their signing of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Agreement. This document covers programs and activities aimed at deepening cooperation in the fields of economics, trade, science and technology, Morgulov said.
The two foreign ministries have maintained their close cooperation and the Russian side greatly valued the strategic dialogue mechanism at the ministerial level, which allows the two sides to exchange views on important issues of the bilateral and international agenda.
Deputy FM Bui Thanh Son agreed with his Russian counterpart Morgulov's view on the strategic relations between the two countries, which he said, are growing steadily towards a higher level.
He also hailed the close cooperation between the two countries as well as the two foreign ministries on the international arena and in the global context of complex developments.
Regarding the ongoing World Cup 2018, Son congratulated Russia on its successfully hosting of the global sports event, thus raising Russia's international profile.
At the dialogue, the two sides consented to focus their detailed discussion on preparations for Vietnamese senior leaders' Russia visit set for later this year.


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While there was much to dissect, discuss and debate with ESPN.com's #NBArank project, the most controversial ranking clocked in at No. 7 – Kobe Bryant.
Ask any generic NBA fan, and they will likely tell you that Kobe is the second best, if not the best, player in the league. Ask most bloggers, writers and analysts where Bryant ranks, and you get more of a divide. The consensus, however, appears to be borderline top-5.
The resounding and inconsistent argument in favor of Kobe – and against young players ranked ahead of him such as LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Kevin Durant – has been rings and past accolades. As it currently stands, Kobe is a 5-time NBA champion, and LeBron, Howard and Durant have yet to win a Larry O' Brian trophy.
If the conversation is career legacy, overall impact, and hierarchy in the so-called basketball pantheon, Kobe is clearly ranked ahead of those three players. There's no question about it.
But wasn't the object of #NBArank to rank a player's current value and quality?
Kobe's regular season numbers, whether it's per-game averages or advanced statistics, were about the lowest they'd been in 5 years (his 2010 PER is an outlier). His 2011 postseason was arguably his worst since before the turn of the millennium. It was apparent, at least this past season, that Kobe couldn't lead the Lakers to the promise land. He's still an elite player; he's just a shell of himself.
But let's say that championships and previous experiences effect today's rankings more so than that current skill or ability.
Where's Tim Duncan?
The four-time champion, three-time Finals MVP, and two-time MVP has got to be ranked second (or maybe even first) alongside Kobe. He was 14th in PER, and although he dropped off noticeably in almost all facets of his game, he remains a top-10 big man in the league. Duncan is certainly a Hall-of-Famer, and arguably the top player at his position … ever. No one's complaining about his No. 19 ranking, though. Nor is anyone protesting for Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, Ray Allen or Paul Pierce to be ranked higher.
The inconsistencies in the rings argument are egregious. Using championships and legacy as a trump card to boost Kobe's ranking, while simultaneously not weighing them as heavily for other great players, is mindboggling.
Granted, Kobe has been better than all of those players (excluding Duncan and maybe Garnett) for most of his career … but that's not the point. This isn't an attack on Bryant or his rank. I'm not saying Duncan should be as high as Kobe either. I'm just baffled at the use of the rings argument in current context, and pointing out how it is manipulated to appease certain agendas.
At this point in time, there is no clear-cut way to determine if Player X is currently better than Player Y. Some may rely on PER, others will rely on the eye test, and the vast majority will count the rings. Somewhere along those lines, in the gray area, lies the solution. Determining what factors to take into account, and how much to weigh each of them, is the key.
As with any argument, though, there is a golden rule that should be followed to a tee: if you're going to use it in debate, at least be consistent.
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Regular doctor's visits. Nutritious food options. Counseling and mental health care. These are all things that come to mind when we hear the word "health." However, not everyone in Chicago has access to these essentials. United Way works to increase access to care by connecting families to health insurance, primary care physicians, prevention programs and mental health support.Learn More
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Travel to the jungle north of Chiang Mai and to one of the elephant camps where you'll witness how the elephants are trained for their daily work and can see the "students" perform some of the tasks, that show their enormous intelligence. Afterward proceed to the Chiang Dao district to visit the tribal village of the "Palong" Karen. Karen are a little less colorful in appearance than other tribes and often less open to outsiders. Here you will have an inside look into their daily life. Lunch will be provided at a local Restaurant. After lunch, proceed to visit the Chiang Dao Cave, one of the most beautiful caves around Chiang Mai. Continue to an Orchid farm before returning to Chiang Mai and your booked hotel.
Have you ever dreamed of "owning" your own elephant, training it and taking it out into the jungle to perform all the tasks you taught it? Here is your chance to be "Mahout" for a day.
Early morning we pick you up at the hotel and transfer you to the Patara Elephant Farm. First there will be a brief introduction into the history of domestic elephants in Thailand and the role they still play in everyday life. Upon arrival at the farm, you will change into training outfit, handle all the necessary formalities and get ready for the training.
The first part of the training- session includes
Next up is a bare back- riding session to a nearby temple, where you will learn interesting things about the elephants role in Buddhist- believes. After that, you set out to a longer ride, to visit a nearby waterfall, have a picnic lunch and enjoy the refreshing water, together with your elephant. In the early afternoon, the way will lead back to the farm for the evening feeding of your elephant, before you have the opportunity to take some pictures with your elephant and say "goodbye", before being transferred back to your hotel.
You will visit a training camp for elephants and will be shown, how the animals are trained from young age onwards. The "students" will demonstrate what they have learned, before you take a ride on an elephant through the jungle for approx. 1 hour. After that, glide effortlessly through the green landscape by river- raft. Lunch will be served on the way.. After lunch, pay a visit to an Orchid farm before returning to your hotel.


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Here's an article I wrote which was published in the Sunday Independent on Sunday February 12th. You can also read it online here:
Stephen Donnelly is an intelligent and articulate politician. He clearly wants to be in government to get things done. Were it not for the 'partnership that didn't work' with the Social Democrats, he might be in Government already.
So, his decision to join Fianna Fáil is all the more significant, as he calculates his new party will lead the next Government in the not-too-distant future.
Fine Gael, if we continue to govern competently, will lead the next Government. The 2011 election was not our high water mark. We have it in our power to articulate an inspiring vision for the future that will appeal to young and old and we will do so.
However, I believe we should question the premise on which Stephen joined Fianna Fáil. Writing in the Sunday Independent last week, he explained why he believed Ireland would be better served by Fianna Fáil. He wrote about its return to left of centre, social democratic roots, while glossing over the inevitable outcomes of more taxes, uncontrolled spending, and more government intervention.
While acknowledging real progress in reducing unemployment, debt and the deficit, he opined that 'we should be enjoying a gradual return to a stable and shared prosperity'. In fact, we already are. The CSO's Survey on Income and Living Conditions published last week is proof positive. It shows that in 2015, incomes rose by 6.2% mainly due to rising employment, the deprivation rate fell, 13,000 children were lifted out of poverty, and Ireland was more equal in terms of income distribution than at any time this decade.
Early indications show these trends continued into 2016 and will be further strengthened by the pension and social welfare increases from Budget 2017 in March. Of course, very many people have yet to feel this, and many won't until living standards are back to what they were before for the crisis. Fine Gael learned this the hard way from the disappointing result at the ballot box in 2016. The task now is to ensure that this recovery is felt by every individual, every household and every part of the country.
I do not believe that a return to social democracy, higher taxes, more government and more spending will achieve this. Indeed, I believe that the traditional divide of social democrat on the left, and conservatives on the right, is largely meaningless in 2017.
Around the world we are witnessing a new choice between those who want to go back to the ideologies of the past like nationalism, protectionism, equality of outcome and greater State control, and those who advocate the ideology of the future: liberalism, globalism, equality of opportunity, enterprise and greater personal liberty and responsibility.
Fine Gael a party of this future. We are committed to reducing taxes on income because we believe people know best how to spend their own money, and deserve to be rewarded for work. Reducing income taxes isn't the Government giving you more, it's the Government allowing you to keep more of your own money.
We are strong believers in the contributory principle. We don't want a society divided into those who pay for everything and get nothing in return because they fall on the wrong side of a means-test, and those who believe they should be entitled to everything for free, paid for by someone else. We believe everyone should pay into the system and everyone should benefit.
That's why I have resisted any attempt to diminish or means-test free travel for pensioners, and it's why I am extending the benefits you get in return for PRSI, like paternity benefit and dental and optical treatment benefits. It's also why we believe that anyone who uses water should pay for what they use above an agreed allowance.
It's why we support enterprise and self-employment. Jobs and wealth aren't created by Governments. Rather good governments create the environment in which entrepreneurs and businesses create jobs. Bad governments strangle them.
It's why we are the party of law and order, because ensuring the security of citizens is a basic function of the State. While crime has its causes, we never make excuses.
We are committed to Europe and globalism because we believe – and always have – that a world with fewer borders and barriers to the movement of people and trade, managed migration and multilateral co-operation makes us better off now and in the long term.
And we believe in personal liberty. People should be free to order their lives with the State only using its laws to protect others from harm. The greatest manifestation of this was the marriage equality legislation of 2015.
Fine Gael is for the Ireland that gets up early, the taxpayer, citizens who obey the law and are ambitious for themselves, their children and their communities. We represent people who don't expect the Government to do everything for them, but who do expect the Government to help them or get out of the way. And we represent those who contributed to the development of our society and now need support from the State, perhaps due to old age or illness. The State has a duty to safeguard their hard-earned rights and entitlements. Welfare should be a second chance, not a way of life, because anyone, at any time, can fall on hard times.
These are the values in our party constitution. They are emblazoned on the wall of the Leinster House room in which our TDs, Senators and MEPs meet every week.
As our country moves on from the recovery after the crisis, and into the next phase of our national development, Fianna Fáil is returning to its old tax and spend ways.
I believe Fine Gael should also be guided by our root values: equality of opportunity, enterprise, reward, security, globalism and personal liberty. These values will lead Ireland to the next phase of our development as a nation.


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The Modern apps that come with Windows 8 might be nice for the casual user, but if you're determined to run a "clean" system, or maximise available disk space, the first thing you'll want to do after a fresh install is remove them. This, it turns out, is a straightforward procedure, as long as you don't mind a bit of command-line action.
Winaero has published a series of steps that'll not only purge those apps from your user account, but all accounts. In addition, you can configure it so that those apps won't be installed on any subsequently created accounts.
First, you'll need to fire up the ever-colourful PowerShell, easily accomplished by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard, typing "powershell" into the search box that appears and pressing Enter once the program becomes visible.
With PowerShell open, you can type the following to see a list of installed Modern apps:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers
As the Winaero article notes, applications marked as "Staged" will be installed on new users accounts. Before you get to those, you can remove all currently installed Modern apps for all users using this command:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Finally, to make sure the apps never grace your machine again, this will stop them being installed for new users:
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
If for some reason you want to get the apps back, you can just download them again via Windows Store. You might see a few errors, but these can be safely ignored.
How to remove all bundled Modern apps from your user account in Windows 8 [Winaero]


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I really did appreciate your thoughts and opinions, so very much. I made my decision this weekend and am staying with Job #1. Little bit less pay, but lots more benefits. not just the porn. :) really, it's not *all* about the porn.
Today was my Monday and I came home from work feeling *so* good. I like what I do, it's not hard, I don't sweat, my back doesn't hurt. Yes, there are members that call and are upset - but it is my job to make them happy! How could that go wrong? especially when we are given great leverage to do so! And my daughter is not unhappy that I'm there, which - although not a deal breaker - does make me smile. I like knowing that she's downstairs, I like knowing that she's so very admired by everyone around her and I like being referred to as 'Lori's mom'. All good, in my book.
After working so hard, for so long ... I'm not disappointed to come home and still feel good. Still feel like cooking dinner or playing with my dogs. I almost feel like after all this time, I kind of deserve a job like this ... I don't know if that's true or not, but I'm going with it.
So thank you! Thank you for listening to me and thank you for helping me with that decision. I did send Job #2 a nice, hopefully professional email thanking them for their offer and they emailed me back saying that they were disappointed with my decision, but to keep them in mind for any other (hopefully never) career changes. That was good, right?
Now that I've got my own cubicle ... I just need to decorate it.
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iPhone 4S (Not my own) dropped in water for 2 seconds
Hi my sister dropped her iPhone 4S in a bowl of cold water for about 2 seconds, she ran to me with the phone off and immediately dissasbled the phone down to the frame and using a hairdryer on cold removed the majority of the water (there wasn't loads).
I used a Qtip to ensure all connection ports were water free then placed all the vital components LCD housing, Logic board, camera, speaker compartment into an air tight tub with about 2-4 of those little Silica Crastal bags that you get as they absorb moisture. That was about 5 hours ago.
Given the iPhones short submersion plus what appeared to be minor traces of water and not loads, should I leave the iphone in the tub in pieces for about 3-4 days + then put it back together?
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TMI D-Smoke
The validation objects used to investigate reconstruction accuracy as a function of the orientation of the endoscope are shown in Fig. 1 and comprise five parts of a liver (flat, convex, with discontinuity, with a hole, with fatty tissue) acquired with a camera distance of 5.5 cm and an angle of approximately 30° between the surface normal and the optical axis of the endoscope. A surgical coagulator (Autocon II 400 electrosurgical unit, Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany) was used to create smoke (at 40 Watts) using a part of the liver that was located underneath the camera, as shown in Fig. 2. Note that this procedure only allows an angled pose of the endoscope. This yielded a total of n = 10 surfaces (five with and five without smoke). Details can be found in [1].
Figure 1: Different shapes of the liver: flat (a), convex (b), with discontinuity (c), with hole (d), with fat (e). The circles represent the region of interest, and the markers were used for registration with computed tomography (CT) data (cf. Fig. 2).
Figure 2: Extraction of a sphere-shaped region (red) from the reference computed tomography (CT) surface.
Figure 3: Creation of smoke with a surgical coagulator
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[1] Maier-Hein L, Groch A, Bartoli A, Bodenstedt S, Boissonnat G, Chang PL, Clancy NT, Elson DS, Haase S, Heim E, Hornegger J, Jannin P, Kenngott H, Kilgus T, Müller-Stich B, Oladokun D, Röhl S, Dos Santos TR, Schlemmer HP, Seitel A, Speidel S, Wagner M, Stoyanov D. Comparative Validation of Single-shot Optical Techniques for Laparoscopic 3D Surface Reconstruction. IEEE T Med Imag (in press), 2014


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YOUNG people from North East Lincolnshire, including those from our Peaks Lane Housing Project in Grimsby, received the chance to quiz local parliamentary candidates on a variety of issues at a Youth Hustings event held at Grimsby Institute on Wednesday 22nd April.
The debate featured all seven Grimsby hopefuls, from the Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, TUSC and UKIP parties, as well as an independent candidate, being tackled on a variety of issues, from climate change to zero-hour contracts, ahead of the General Election on 7th May.
Held in conjunction with Grimsby Institute and Voluntary Action North East Lincolnshire (VANEL), the Youth Hustings attracted over 50 young people and they engaged in some fantastic interaction with the election candidates.
Questions asked on the night by students and young people from YMCA Humber were:
- Despite the current government creating two million more jobs, unemployment in Grimsby remains high, will that increase start filtering through locally?
- How would parties tackle climate issues, particularly around global warming and renewable energy?
- How would parties ensure that Grimsby becomes a living wage town?
- How would parties try and win back lapsed voters or voters who are eligible for the first time and do not wish to vote?
- How would parties look at social housing solutions?
But the debate was not just restricted to the above questions, attendees debated with candidates on a series of other issues, including zero-hour contracts, immigration, EU restrictions and whether the YouGov online polling is a fair representation of the feelings of those in the town.
Shannon, 18, lives at the Peaks Lane Housing Project and attended the event. She said it gave her a better insight into party policies ahead of the election.
She said: "I thought it got quite exciting near the end when everyone was debating backwards and forwards.
"I am eligible to vote for the first time, so this gave me an opportunity to listen to each candidate and understand better their respective party policies.
"I have been doing some research online but it has been better to come and listen to the candidates themselves – I would really recommend it."
Foyer Project Manager Andrew Hornsby hosted the event, alongside former YMCA resident Dean Langley.
Andrew was impressed with the contributions from young people.
He said: "I think tonight has reminded our prospective candidates that young people are our future and that they have views and opinions that can shape the future."
There will be more coverage on the Youth Hustings in the May issue of YMCA Humber Magazine.


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9 Ways To Save Money On Amazon
Amazon is the ultimate online shopping destination that sells pretty much everything you can think of, ranging from books to furniture. The appeal of the digital superstore is simple: it's a one-stop shop with fast delivery options and many discounted items. To make the most of your Amazon shopping experience, follow these money-saving tips.
Freebies: Take advantage of the free eBooks you can download from the Kindle store, and if you're an Amazon Prime member, remember to borrow books from Amazon's lending library. The library has over 145,000 titles you can borrow.
Used items: The online retailer has a good selection of used goods that you can buy from third-party sellers. Save on the item you want by checking out the used options. Be sure to pick the Amazon reseller carefully and factor in the shipping costs to the total.
Consider Amazon Prime: If you buy a lot of items from Amazon, you should consider the $79 a year membership called Amazon Prime, which gives you free two-day shipping and access to freebies like the lending library and free streaming of movies and TV shows. This would be worth your money if you find yourself often opting for the fastest delivery options, or if it will cost more for you to go to a brick-and-mortar store to buy the item.
Share Amazon Prime: If the cost of Amazon Prime is too high, split the cost by sharing the service with others. You can add up to four "household" members by following these instructions. Amazon doesn't define what a "household" member means, so it's left to your discretion.
Free Super Saver shipping: If you're not in a rush and don't have Amazon Prime, wait until your shopping cart has at least $25 worth of goods so you qualify for the free Super Saver shipping. It will deliver your items in five to eight business days after the items are available for shipping.
Subscription services: Constantly ordering the same items every month? To save money, you should consider ordering through the Subscribe & Save program, which will give you a discounted price and automatically ship the product to you on a regular schedule.
Track the prices: If there's an item you want to purchase at a lower cost, use the site CamelCamelCamel to keep an eye on the price. You can set alerts that will notify you via email or Twitter when the price of the item drops.
Shop the sales: There are plenty of deals available at Amazon. Check out its Today's Deals page to see what items are currently on sale.
The Gold Box Deal showcases one item that Amazon offers an extra discount on every day. There's also the Lightning Deal that offers coupon savings on an item for just four hours. Be sure to check out a section in the Today's Deal page that will take you to the best deals at Amazon. Also, when Friday comes around, there is the Friday Sale, which offers discounts on over a hundred items for just one day.
Another place to find bargains on Amazon would be the outlet shopping page where you can score outlet deals.
Take advantage of warehouse deals: Amazon has a section called Warehouse Deals where you'll see the open-box, like-new, and refurbished items at deep discounts. Amazon verifies that the items returned by other people are in working order before putting them up for sale as a warehouse deal.
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The HeartBrothers Foundation (HBF) is hosting a light-hearted, laughter-filled evening of fundraising. Friendly Feud is a game night, modeled after TVs popular Family Feud, that will raise awareness about heart failure (HF) as well as much-needed funds to benefit the organization's programs.
The night of the event, guests will enjoy food and drink while watching the main game show. An array of exciting live and silent auction items will be available for bidding, including getaways and round-trip first-class airfare.
Evening Program:
Friendly Feud will feature competition between six teams from the major heart transplant centers in New England. Similar to the popular TV version, competing teams will engage in a friendly trivia-based feud, racing to announce the most popular answers in each category. The team scoring the highest points wins!
Evening Agenda:
6:00 pm Registration Opens
Silent Auction / Cocktails
6:50 pm Game Show Begins
7:50 pm Silent Auction Ends
8:00 pm Dinner & Live Auction
8:30 pm Game Show Semi-Finals
Dessert / Coffee
9:10 pm Game Show Finals
9:30 pm Event Conclusion


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Amazing Dogs of the Week! Lil' legs, little shorty-short legs on Pluto! This charmer is black and white, a low rider, and a great guy to meet. Up next is on trend Bambi! Paula and Catherine parse out all Bambi's attributes and gush a little bit about Black Mouth Curs. The show wraps with Bob and Catherine trying to keep it fresh. Plus: check out ThisIsPawprint.com a podcast all about the animal rescue community. Listen, SHARE, and enjoy the new Pawcast podcast!
Color coordinated Dogs of the Week! Wait-- personality AND color coordinated Dogs of the Week!! Meet Scruff McGruff and Lester! You'll hear a lot of talk of brown and white fur and dogs that want to be with people and NOT outside. Also: RAISING CANES this Saturday! Find out how to get something yummy and help FOTA. Plus: some unmentionables. Oh, and a gossip item. Listen, SHARE, and enjoy the new Pawcast podcast.
Usually we don't get a lot of puppies on the Pawcast, but today is a bit different! Meet Georgia, a black lab mix, who is eager and playful... and who has three sibs who you need to see! Plus Heidi who has a carbon copy in Giselle-- these cattle dog mixes live up to their supermodel names. Plus: you may have heard it before, it's not new news, but we try and make it fresh (with Bob jazzing things up.) Listen, SHARE, and enjoy the Pawcast!!
Meet Cat Haven, a cat rescue group here in Baton Rouge. Executive Director Wendy takes us on a virtual tour and explains how Cat Haven helps cats in our community. Bonus: kitty hammocks! Up next is Dr. Marianne Fairchild of Spay Spa. Marianne talks about rescue medicine and what we all can be on the look-out for during the hot summer months for our pets. It's a special episode of the Pawcast. Listen, SHARE, and enjoy!