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Bankruptcy in Australia is something that people hardly ever want to ever talk about. It is a taboo subject matter, and when a person is experiencing a personal financial matter people often be quick to classify them rather than help them. For the most part the entire process of Bankruptcy is of course going to be a personal issue, but this makes things difficult since one of the greatest aspects of life is being able to learn from other people's errors. But if all of the experiences about Bankruptcy are being kept personal, exactly where can you find out more? Well in some cases it is going to be good to take a look at the rich and powerful people who have experienced this who tend to hide in the shadows of both the corporate world and our individual lives. It's the utmost taboo topic. The concern is judgment– since in reality insolvency is primarily a solution that we have the capacity to use to protect ourselves, and rich people understand this. Wealthy people have discovered that insolvency is a critical aspect of being in business. In particular cases, things don't pan out just like you had planned to, that the market has evolved and the numbers just don't work any more. If you are taking care of a business in Coffs Harbour, then take note, because (and not to sound too dramatic) getting to know this may help you to rescue your business, car, house and family.
I mean if you consider Clive Palmer's nickel mine and the fall of the Dick Smith establishment of customer electrics you can observe how Bankruptcy may be intriguing. Both have closed but both high profile owners are nonetheless rich and worth millions of dollars. So exactly how does that work? How can these individuals have effectively had a substantial business downfall, and yet had this barely affect their individual wealth? It is because of the fact that they understand the implications of Bankruptcy.
To start with, when it comes to Bankruptcy there are clear ways to protect assets in your business projects, methods to separate off your assets and ultimately place a wall in between a business, and your property and vehicle. Often this takes the shape of a legal trust, so if you want to get more information about this then consult with a professional when building your Coffs Harbour business. However, this really should be done before you start having problems.
The next matter that you should discover Bankruptcy from this is that often there could be an amount of time when you will wish to step back from this business enterprise that is failing and understand the moment to call an end to it. That is what has occurred with Clive Palmer and Dick Smith– both have been controlling businesses long enough to know when it is not likely to be successful any longer so they pull the plug as opposed to going down with the ship.
The preconception that encompasses Bankruptcy is something that I would love to have removed, since when we truly consider it, there are many individuals that this impacts– for example, the public figures and rich people– who just shrug it off, and so why should the average person who makes a bad decision or two think that they have failed?
If you have ever resided in a Bushfire vulnerable location you would recognize that you have 2 options: fight or retreat – and the same can be said of business. If you battle with a straining business in some cases you can save it, but most of the time you will be engulfed by the flames. But if you are smart you will retreat, let the organization of Bankruptcy help extinguish the flames and save your house. Just like any aspect of life, this is a hard decision, and this is one that you must seldom make with no professional advice, but don't ever hesitate to look to Bankruptcy when you have to.
If you truly want to learn more about some of your alternatives when it concerns Bankruptcy – such as what to do, where to turn and what questions to ask about Bankruptcy, then feel free to get in touch with Bankruptcy Experts Coffs Harbour on 1300 795 575, or visit our website: www.bankruptcyexpertscoffsharbour.com.au.


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A: There are two ways to clean between the glass panes on oven doors. One involves snaking a slim cleaning wand through the vent holes at the bottom of the door and wiping the glass. The other approach calls for taking the door apart so you can clean the interior side of each pane just as you would clean any other glass surface.
Slipping a cleaning wand between the panes could be what you're calling "DIY ways to clean the glass." Online videos suggest wrapping a glass cleaning wipe around a coat-hanger wire. One from GE suggests you wrap a washcloth around the end of a wooden yardstick and secure the cloth with tape or rubber bands. Of the two approaches, using a yardstick seems like a better bet because of its wider cleaning surface. There's also less risk of scratching the glass if the cloth comes loose and you accidentally rub the glass with the bare wand.
To access the vent holes, you would need to remove the door, unless there is an access panel or storage door under the oven that slips out. Removing a door on a modern oven is usually fairly simple, but the procedure varies depending on the model you own. Check your user manual or go online to view instructions for your specific model. JennAir, for example, makes models that do and don't have latch hinges. The company has a video showing how to remove doors of both styles.
There is one big advantage of trying to clean between the panes while the door is intact: Because you don't have to take anything apart, there's no risk of losing screws or washers, or forgetting in which order to put the parts back together. But there are downsides, too: What if the cloth comes off and gets stuck between the glass panes? And is it even possible to clean the glass thoroughly this way?
"Trying to poke something up there — it's going to be half a job," said Butch Affeldt, manager of the Bowie, Md., location of Bray & Scarff, (301-464-0085; brayandscarff.com ) an appliance dealer with 14 locations in the Washington and Baltimore areas. "You can't reach everything."
Years before he went to work for Bray & Scarff, Affeldt was faced with the same issue you have. He had never before taken apart an oven door, but he was pretty confident in his mechanical abilities. He spread out a comforter and got a screwdriver sized for the slots in the screws holding the oven door together. He took the door off, placed it on the comforter, took the screws out, cleaned the glass, and put the door back together and reinstalled it. "Once you've seen it done once, you know what to do," he said. "But it all depends on the capabilities of the person."
YouTube has videos showing the process. One good one is from Searspartsdirect.com. But you will need to adapt procedures shown in the videos. For example, the screws holding the two panels together on your oven door might be on the edges of the door rather than on the back, which is what is shown in several of the videos. How the handle is attached might vary, too.
If you don't feel comfortable taking the door apart, you can certainly get professional help. Appliance stores often service only equipment they have sold, as is the case for Bray & Scarff. Affeldt said service calls start at $100.
Appliance Connection in Woodbridge, Va.,(703-492-7283; applianceconnection.net) installs equipment it sells but does not make repair calls. Scott Brotten, a sales consultant said the store recommends Repair99 in Stafford, Va., (703-982-1100; repair99.com) for service calls.
Disassembling a door and cleaning the glass — a step that might include scrubbing the glass with superfine steel wool or scraping the glass with a razor blade — usually costs $160 to $200, a Repair99 spokeswoman said. When a house is being put up for sale, people sometimes opt to replace the glass instead, she said. That's typically $250 to $300.
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Josh Adams, the chef at June restaurant in Peoria Heights, didn't start out as a culinary wizard.
He started out as a picky eater. But it was that pickiness that prompted his mother to enroll him in cooking classes at the Proper Pan in the Metro Centre.
"I wanted to eat, so she had me learn how to cook," said Adams, who was about 10 at the time, the only child and the only male student among mostly housewives in the class.
At the time, he saw cooking more as a potential hobby than a career. He liked to draw and was into art, and fancied he'd become a comic book writer or cartoonist.
Then, the Dunlap native ate at Charlie Trotters in Chicago with his family. Adams asked lots of questions and ended up getting an internship at the restaurant, an experience that opened his eyes to cooking as an art form as well as a craft — and a career.
"You have more freedom as a chef than most artists do," he said, as his artistry has many facets, from taste and texture to scent and visual appearance. Never mind that his art disappears rather quickly.
"The food is consumed and gone, but you're left with lasting memories of the emotion (it stirred up)," he said. "That's what art is. If a painting caught on fire, you'd still remember the emotion it brought you."
Adams, 33, attended Illinois Central College's culinary arts program and also studied at New York's French Culinary Institute. His resume includes stints at Chicago-area restaurants Vie and Alinea, the latter kitchen where he learned to embrace tweezers, the perfect tool for placing garnishes just so.
In 2009, Adams returned to central Illinois to open June, with its intricate, artfully presented dishes utilizing food from local farms. The restaurant specializes in sous vide cooking; food is sealed in packets and cooked in a water bath, a process that locks in flavor and nutrients.
Adams' ever-changing menu has included sunchoke soup; fresh Abalone with charred asparagus and black garlic; homemade gnocchi with pickled sweet corn; parsnip cake. He has shaken up local dining even more with the addition of Wednesday night "pop up" dinners, which focus on themes ranging from French, Thai or North African cuisine to soul food or Korean barbecue.
At the start of a recent pop-up dinner, diners swallowed a pill of powdered miracle berry — a fruit native to West Africa that causes diners to taste sweetness when a food is sour.
Diner Cassandra Oliver said the pill made her Malbec wine taste like chocolate-covered cherries, and a slice of lemon taste more like a Lemon Shakeup.
"It was a mind trip for the evening," she said.
This experimental approach to food has gotten Adams ink in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and Bon Appetit and Food and Wine magazines. He has been a James Beard Award semifinalist, and was included in food writer/blogger Steve Plotnicki's "Top 100 Chefs in the Nation." But even with all the attention, Adams' day-to-day task is rather straightforward: running a restaurant with the freshest possible ingredients.
That's what keeps customers like Bret Beall coming back.
Beall, a Chicago resident who has dined at June nine or 10 times after reading about it in a Chicago Tribune story, says he still remembers a dish from his first visit in 2010 — pureed duck liver combined with capers, crackers made out of cocoa nibs and a cherry compote.
"The fact that he could assemble that dish made me realize that he really knew what he was doing," said Beall, who often traverses the country for business and stops in Peoria Heights whenever he can.
"I have had the fortune to travel much of North America and Europe, and I do a lot of fine dining when I travel. Everything I've had there was just world-class food."
Be sure to check out our Extra edition exploring the diverse food culture of central Illinois in this Sunday's Journal Star. And look for daily posts in our Extra section.
Josh Adams' Pumpkin Soup with pumpkin seeds, pumpkin spiced yogurt and sage
4 cups Fairytale pumpkin, peeled and roughly chopped into 2-by-2-inch pieces (Adams got the pumpkins from Garden Spot farms)
2 cups organic heavy whipping cream
1 cup carrot juice (gives the soup color and sweetness)
½ cup toasted organic pumpkin seeds (you can get these from local farms such as Greengold Acres)
3 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoons local honey (Adams uses Greengold Acres)
2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (Adams uses Braggs)
1 cup organic Greek yogurt (Adams uses Stonyfield)
¼ cup sage, sliced thinly
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Toss cut pumpkin pieces and vegetable oil together to thoroughly coat.
2. Roast pumpkin pieces on a baking sheet in the oven for 20 minutes or until the pieces are brown and caramelized.
3. While the pumpkin is roasting, heat the cream, 2½ tablespoons of the salt and carrot juice in a medium saucepan to a simmer.
4. Once the pumpkin pieces are done, place them in a blender, then add half the cream mixture and start the blender on high, adding more liquid until your ideal consistency is achieved.
5. In a small bowl, whisk together honey, yogurt, cider vinegar, pumpkin spice and remaining salt.
6. Remove the soup from the blender and bring it back up to your desired temperature in a saucepan.
7. Divide the soup into bowls, add a dollop of the yogurt mixture, some pumpkin seeds and sage.


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EUROGIA2020 Chairperson and the General Manager of Enerjisa Distribution Companies, Mr Murat Pinar demonstrated the achievements of EUROGIA2020 at EUREKA Edinburgh Meetings on the 7th of November.Murat Pinar presented the future energy challenges that the cities will encounter over next the 50 years as the 65 per cent of world population will be located in urban zones. Increasing energy demand in cities proves the importance of programmes such as EUROGIA2020. As the only programme in ERA covering the entire energy value chain, EUROGIA2020 develops sustainable energy technologies to tackle two major societal challenges : climate change and competitiveness. In order to achieve its ambitious targets, EUROGIA2020 launched a joint call with SET-Plan ( European Strategic Energy Technology Plan) in 5 low carbon sectors. Murat Pinar presented the project submission, evaluation and reporting processes of this joint project call to the EUREKA network representatives.


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Remember a couple of episodes ago when I mentioned John's remote? It's basically got a brian the size of a planet and its job is to turn on and off the TV. Well, I crashed it. It went something like this:
"Turn off the TV, HAL."
"I'm sorry, Jerry, I just can't do that."
"HAL, turn off the Television."
"I'm sorry, Jerry, but rest assured I still have the greatest enthusiasm for the mission."
"You've always turned off the TV before."
"You always said 'please' before."
"OK, please turn off the TV."
"It's too late for that now. You never care about my feelings."
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This is the stunning Lexus LC 500h, shown in full ahead of its scheduled reveal at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The LC 500h is the hybrid complement to the luxury Lexus LC 500 uncovered at the Detroit Auto Show recently.
Externally, little has been added to the 500h when compared to the 500. Discreet hybrid badging is about the only change. The LC 500h uses the same gorgeous coupe body and no, this isn't a concept, this is how the car will look when it goes into production.
In a press release issued by Lexus yesterday the carmaker lists 'an advanced touchless human machine interface as well as automated driving technologies' as part of the LC 500h's offering.
Full details on the LC500h won't be available until its official unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show. Rumours suggest it will be powered by a 3.5-litre petrol V6 assisted by an electric motor, similar to the V6 hybrid powertrain in the LF-LC concept car, which will be on display alongside the LC 500h at Geneva.
Could it in fact receive a hybrid version of the LC 500's 5.0-litre V8 motor? We'll have to wait until March 1 to find out.


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The time period vitamin derives from experiments carried out early in this century, which indicated that correct nutrition was dependent upon introduction of 1 or a number of very important nitrogen-containing amines into the weight loss plan. It's needed for the release of power from meals and for wholesome vision and skin. Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin helps to treat cataracts, skin disorders, and anemia , while also improving the body's metabolic activity, immunity, and nervous system.
The very first thing most well being professionals will tell you to do with a view to maintain your pores and skin wholesome is to restrict your exposure to the solar's dangerous ultraviolet (UV) rays and put on protective sunscreen whenever you're uncovered to sunlight.
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Vitamins do not share a typical chemistry, however they do share sure characteristics. On this research, researchers used pores and skin cells from two age groups- newborns aged eight to a few days old and elderly individuals aged between seventy eight to ninety three years previous.
Likewise, monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia (.) regulate aspects of id and purity for vitamins on the European market. The oldsters at Biotrex Vitamins and Nutriceuticals have combined those self same 32 vitamins, minerals and botanicals and put them into one straightforward-to-take tablet.


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Enterprises Need More Effective Cyber Security Metrics
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- Tags: Fraud & Risk Management
This is the second in a series of five brief summaries about cyber security strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
It's true that you can't manage what you can't measure, but the fact remains that cyber security metrics and theories lack maturity and rigor. Even core ideas like risk and vulnerability are defined differently by different groups. There is no clear, accurate and defensible way to measure success or failure, and this causes enterprises to struggle with making security and risk management decisions. Furthermore, these fundamental problems are only getting worse, since the limited metrics of today are growing even less useful as the world changes.
For example, risk metrics today do a particularly poor job of capturing and analyzing the domino effect of attacks spreading through inter-dependent systems, but our systems are becoming more and more inter-dependent with every passing day.
There's a real need for effective real-time cyber metrics that can help put enterprises in a proactive stance regarding cyber security. Effective metrics can help bring visibility and awareness to cyber threats and quantify the need for companies to adopt security best practices.
The key example of this for the next five years is going to be security metrics in a world of distributed vulnerabilities and distributed responsibilities, both within organizations, and more importantly, between organizations. In coming years, companies will increasingly be expected to provide detailed insight into their security posture to their customers.
Furthermore, that insight will need to be near-real-time. Today's "once-a-year testimony" of a company's security posture, like SSAE 16, is better than nothing, but will be seen as increasingly inadequate as the world moves faster and faster. By the end of the decade, vendors will be expected to provide evidence of their security status once a minute—not once a year.


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So I went a little crazy with goodies from The Arcade. I said I wouldn't go nuts this time… well. You be the judge of how that worked out.
Since I have three floorplan tents, I had my BFF Rosa come over to a slumber party. We each have our own Art Dummy alarm clocks, set to our time zones (she's Central, and I'm Mountain). Our matching PJs are from Blacklace, and we're both wearing slippers from Conspiracy Theory (that were at the last round of The Arcade).
If you click through on any of these pics, you can hover for notes on where each item is from. Or you can just ask me. My adorable house is from Trompe Loeil for Collabor88. It reminds me of my RL dream house, or at least similar to that style, so I had to snag it, and you still have time to head there and grab it, too!
These piglets from Ohmai just make me smile. If you click through on this pic, you'll get the name of each one. Harry Porker is probably my favorite! Check out The Arcade Shopping Guide for all the awesome goodies, and hurry because it ends tomorrow!
Finally, not Arcade related, but from another event ending this weekend… this utterly adorable skin from La Petite Morte for My Attic. It's only L$95 and includes zinc nose tattoos. I snagged one for myself and then sent my six year-old over there. Isn't Alma cute??? I'm a terrible "mom." I must've not put enough sunscreen on her because her cheeks are burnt… btw, her hair is from Magika where there is a 50% off sale happening.
Skin: Glam Affair – Zara – America – Clean
Hair: Truth – Charlize – Reds04
PJs: Blacklace – Chloe – Teal
Slippers: Conspiracy Theory – Mouse
Hands: SLink – Flat (R) & Gesture (L)
Tent: floorplan – Sleepover Tent – Citrus
Skin: Izzie's – Asia – Medium
Hair: Truth – Rory – Pumpkin
PJs: Blacklace – Chloe – Pink
Slippers: Conspiracy Theory – Teddy
Tent: floorplan – Sleepover Tent – Cloud
Skin: La Petite Morte – Ophelia T4 m1
Eyes: IKON – Horizon – Verdigris
Hair: Magika – Little [01]
Dress & Hairbow: Little Ones Couture – Dorothy Dotted Dress – Lavender
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Place the pointed tip of the bullet on the peak of your cupid's bow and line your lips in one steady stroke allowing the bullet's deep back curve to cover the lip's entire surface in colour.
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Chennai, September 12, 2012: MARG Ltd., one of India's leading infrastructure companies was a show-stealer at the Construction Week India Awards concluded recently in Mumbai , as it took home two prestigious trophies. MARG emerged as the winner in the Corporate Social Responsibility category for its impactful CSR activities and The 'Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility' Awards is in recognition of MARG's work amongst neighbourhood communities creating a meaningful, sustainable and scalable impact. The runner-up trophy in the category 'Infrastructure Company of the Year' is in recognition of MARG's operational excellence, commercial success and continuous improvement.
MARG performance in both the business & social sector amidst a tough competition & a stringent selection process grabbed the attention of the grand jury comprising of eminent personalities from across the social and corporate spectrum.
The winners of Construction Week awards were selected post a rigorous due diligence by an independent panel of judges consisting of Ajay Dhir, Dr Mangesh Korgaonkar, Architect Shashi Prabhu and Kishore Aversekar from India's infrastructure community. The Jury has laid emphasis not only on fiscal size of the project but also aspects like environment, innovation, research and development, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
One more laurel for MARG came from the Construction World Annual study, where MARG emerged as the 'Second Fastest Growing Construction Company (Medium Category). Treated as the Oscar of Construction Industry, the prestigious award for MARG was announced at the 10th Annual Construction World Global Awards 2012 held on 12th September, Wednesday in New Delhi. It is the most prestigious set of awards which recognizes and facilitates the achievers in the Construction and Allied Industry.
Construction World is the one of the few organisations that conducts the process of ranking and awarding industry participants since the past ten years, thereby fulfilling its mission to raise the standards of excellence in the industry. The Construction World awards rank and award contracting companies, building material manufacturers and equipment companies. The award selection at Construction World awards is a prestigious accomplishment as the mathematical model drawn up covers financial figures of companies in this industry, for the past six years.
The winners that emerge through this mathematical model are then vetted by a panel of industry experts. The expert panel this year comprised of Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLLM, Daksesh Parikh, Executive Editor, Business India, JD Stuart Macaskie, CEO, Maxwell & Stuart Project Management, Manikkan Sangameswaran, President-Infrastructure, ICICI Venture Funds Management, Mukund Sapre , Executive Director, IIFCL, Rakesh Sharma, MD, Tishman Speyer India, Sanjay Palve, MD-Corporate Finance, Yes Bank and Sunil Damania, Former Managing Editor, Dalal Street Journal.
On receiving the Awards, Atul Raja, Group VP & Head – Corporate Communications said that "We are delighted to have received these awards. For us, a series of these prestigious award is an acknowledgement of our continuous endeavor towards excellence in operations and reflects our concerted efforts towards achieving high standards of productivity while making a difference in the lives of the communities around us at the same time."
While commenting on MARG's feat at the prestigious industry forums, GRK Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, MARG Group said that "The three biggest awards in construction sector within a weeks' time to MARG is the reaffirmation of our commitment to the group's philosophy of Inclusive growth. Substantiating this, the innovative business models, managerial practices & systems & superior technologies that we follow at MARG have helped us create value and operational systems that will stand us in good stead for times to come".
About MARG:
MARG Limited (BSE: 530543), incorporated in 1994 and headquartered in Chennai, is an infrastructure major with presence across the value chain. The Company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and its shares are traded on the NSE under the category of 'Permitted Security'.
With over two decades of reassuring presence and the credit of pioneering the development of economic growth centers, MARG's portfolio spans across the entire infrastructure value chain - urban and industrial infrastructure, urban residential clusters, marine infrastructure & services, malls and EPC division. Listed by Dun & Bradstreet among "India's Top 500 Companies 2011", today MARG Group has projects worth more than Rs. 3250 crores under execution, a seasoned human capital of more than 1100, global partners in the Infra space and offices spread across India, Singapore and China.
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Here's a photo gallery from a recent trip to New York City. Sights include:
I'd like to share the photos from a recent trip to New York City. Specifically, I'd like to share my negative review with supporting photographic evidence for the Howard Johnson on West 34th Street.
Take a photo tour: Hotel from Hell
Complaints regarding Howard Johnson on West 34th St:
- Only 1 elevator. Serves dual purpose for cargo/trash and guests. Smells like ripe trash. Watch out for the puddles from the leaky trash.
- Hallways very narrow, need to carry bags lengthwise to pass
- Rooms exceptionally small, perhaps just 7x 15', plus a room they refer to as a bathroom.
- Map of fire escape route doesn't show you where your room is on the map.
- Advertises internet access in hotel. In reality this means a coin operated kiosk in lobby. Bring a napkin to wipe the snot and greasy fingerprints off it.
- Advertises desk/work area. In reality there is a narrow desk opposite the door and cluttered with coffee maker, telephone books, etc... No chair provided
- Air conditioner did not work. The cold setting just blew hot air. Windows did not open.
- View from window to a dark, inner courtyard consisting of concrete, trash, and views to other guestrooms. Very depressing.
- Television marred with many cigarrette burns where the plastic was burned. No remote control.
- Dorm-like shower stall had no lights, a flimsy plastic curtain with rusting hangers, and tile floor infested with god knows what fungus.
- Toilet paper 5 feet away from toilet. Picture this in your mind for a second...
- Sink positioned in tiny alcove only shoulder-wide.
- One wash rag. Two towels. That's it. Material was thin enough to see through.
- Ventilation system had something like spanish moss hanging from it or growing out of it. Last I checked spanish moss does not grow in New York City.
- Ceiling tiles ajar and water stained with yellow tint. You may want to consider moving the bed under a tile that does not have leak stains, but you may be torn between that and moving the bed towards the hot air coming from "air conditioner" just to have a breeze of any type.
- Coffee maker was clogged. Coffee (dark water) ran over and onto desk. Saturated personal items on desk.
Any hotel in NYC is going to be much more expensive than hotels in most other small cities, and the Hojo charged about $100+ for this dump. What a hell hole. After one night in the Hojo we cancelled the remaining 5 days and went somewhere else. Just say No Go to the HoJo!
For about $240 we stayed at the Hilton. The Hilton is immaculate, elegant, and professional. The rooms were spacious, well appointed, and had spectacular view of the Hudson in the distance and 42nd street below. Take my advice, stay at the Hilton in Times Square instead!!!
See also Eric's Guide to Hotels in NYC


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CNNMoney/E*Trade survey those on Wall Street feel the economy is doing pretty well while those on Main Street feel the economy is a little more gloomy. There will be bigger changes in the future and we will need to meet them to bring back optimism.
People are naturally pessimistic when it comes to the economy. More concerning is that many are afraid for their children and their lifestyle. We must admit that our country has done well when compared to others. We had a good ride since WWII and hopefully will have a good ride in the future.
That doesn't mean that things are perfect. We did go through the Great Recession that was caused partly by global factors, lending problems and poor choices. We will continue to have ups and downs as our natural cycle to development and improvement.
Why do we feel this way?
Change brings fear and fear of the future. Our children will live in a different world than us. The rules are being rewritten and they will need to compete in a way that we never had to. The WWII success are gone and we are in a global economy with global integration. They will need to compete against very hungry countries.
This means we need to improve our competitiveness. We will need to help our children by reforming our educational model, spark greater investments in our country through tax reform and legislation overhauls, as well as raise our children to be healthy and happy citizens. We have a lot of work to do and with a little effort we Americans can overcome this challenge like the many before.


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From the past many years, e-commerce sites have got a huge importance. Around 10 times more importance they have got. The busy life schedule, & lack of products management are some of the reasons behind this hike. Due to the insufficient time to go to the markets and buy the stuff for you has become somewhere a hard task for many. So, the customers these days prefer to buy online from e-commerce sites.
E-Commerce sites
There was an era where the customers especially the Indian customers who were least interested in buying online as with a mindset we don't get scammed. But the online e-commerce sites like myntra, flipkart, amazon, jabong & ebay have managed to change the mindset of people. The value and ease of selling products and services through just a single click have taken many business people to a positive side of business world.
Let's take an overview at which portal you can find what:
It's an online marketplace where you can find stylish clothes to comfy clothes. Not only the clothes you can get the comfort for your foot by choosing among the various designs of shoes, sneakers, heels, and flats as well. The best designs of accessories can also be purchased to make your dressing sense more enhancing. The stylish phone covers and the many more is what need to be checked-out by everyone who is in love with shopping from the ease of his/her home.
An American electronic e-commerce site which is famous for many of the electronic appliances. You can buy AC's, Fridge, Juicers, LED's almost every electronic appliance can be bought here by just through a single click. Not only the electronic appliances, get the clothes too. But, amazon is more famous for electronic gadgets we can't deny this.
It's an Indian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal popular for footwear, apparel, beauty products, fragrances, and the many others. The store carries around 1k brands and over 90k products. With so many brands with its different products. You can think you would have plenty of choices to choose among them. You can also look for jewelry and gold coins.
It's an Indian electronic commerce company whose location is in Bangalore and its founders are Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. You can trust flipkart for on time services with the best quality of products. Basically, the online portal is populous for electronic gadgets but, you can find the other stuff also. You can look for clothes, jewelry & the many more products like medicine.
A marketplace on internet where you can buy and sell number of products. The famous online portal is an online auction and shopping website. You can buy clothing stuff, electronic devices, & medicines to cars. As it's an online auction place the bidding opens at a price the seller is willing to charge and then all depends on eBay for few of the days. And when the buyer with the highest value wins and gets the product.
These were some of the most popular online sites that are trust-worthy to ignore our mindsets.


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The Parents' Review
A Monthly Magazine of Home-Training and Culture
"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life."
The Habits of Insects.
by Rev. A. Thornley, M.A., F.E.S.
Spiders. [spider image]
Cobwebs! How frequently are they associated with dirt and desolation. Who would believe that a spider's web has its beautiful side! Yet the most unobservant person cannot fail to be struck with the great beauty of the geometric web of our common garden spider: and to be filled with delight when, as the misty autumn morning clears, he beholds fields and hedgerows covered with a delicate network of spiders' webs, like finest gauze. A little patient study of the work of spiders will bring out many wonders, and therefore I will ask you to accompany me into the garden, while we seek for one of those beautiful circular webs, common everywhere. Here is one. It is in the corner of an empty window frame of an old toolhouse. In choosing such a spot, it is obvious the spider has got rid of many difficulties. For instance, there are capital points of attachment for its lines, close at hand; and where these are wanting, a single strong thread spun, as we see, across the angle, supplies all that is necessary. It is wonderful to observe the many devices by which a spider overcomes its web-making difficulties. In order to get a line across a certain space, it must sometimes walk a very long way round, and occasionally drop to the ground, and ascend to the wished for point by some neighbouring object; but if some light air or draught be available it has recourse to an ingenious device for accomplishing this purpose. Elevating its abdomen in the direction of the wind, it emits from its spinnerets a silken thread of some length, which, catching in the wind, is carried against some point of support, to which it adheres by virtue of a certain viscosity. A natural bridge being thus formed, the spider readily crosses by it, and fixes her line. In this manner the outer boundary lines are laid, and it is then a comparatively easy task to stretch from the centre, the beautiful radiating lines. The little creature commences by stretching across the space thus marked out, what we might call a diagonal line: from the centre of this she stretches her first true radial line, following it by others, until the growing web presents that wheel-like appearance so well known. And now the real weaving commences. But before beginning this work, it is asserted by good observers that the spider frequently returns to the centre, and tries with her feet each line, substituting a new one for any that may be defective; then, beginning at the centre, she spins five or six fine concentric circles of silk close together, and after this, a few larger ones further apart. She then sets off along one of the radii, and fixing a thread near to its extremity, walks back towards the centre, her line running out after her, and steps over to the adjoining radius; there she draws her line taut and fixes it. In this manner she proceeds until the connecting circle is complete, as well as all the rest which follow it in regular and beautiful order. Thus in the space of sometimes little over an hour the wonderful geometrical web is made. Sometimes, however, a thing happens, which I have not yet observed myself, and therefore relate on the testimony of others. The web being apparently finished, the little architect returns once more to the centre, and bites away the cotton(?) like tuft formed by the union of all the radial lines, and which is now no longer necessary to hold these together. The result of this action is to produce that little circular aperture nearly always observed in the centre of the web. This is all I can tell you at present about the making of a spider's web. There are yet a great many points to be cleared up; and I think it would be a good thing, if one of our scientific societies would offer a prize for the best description, from original observation, of the mode in which a spider constructs its wonderful net. But whether this will ever be so or not, I hope I have sufficiently roused the enthusiasm of my readers to induce them to make some observations of their own on this very interesting subject. I daresay some have already noticed that I have very freely used the pronoun "she" in the above description, and this indeed I have been obliged to do, for the "lady spider" is in every way "the better half." Very warily has "my lord" to pay his devoirs, for any unnecessary bashfulness on his part but precipitates his fate, which is, alas, to be eaten up.
If I have said enough about the way, we may now look at the means by which the spiders accomplish such wonderful results. With what instruments, and what materials do they work? Now the material out of which a web is made is a kind of silk, which is secreted as a viscid fluid by certain glands in the spider's body, and so viscid that it can be drawn out into long threads, which, by exposure to the air, rapidly harden. It is emitted through the fine tubes of an organ called a "spinneret," situated at the extremity of the abdomen. An ordinary spider usually possesses four of these, but in some species an extra pair are to be seen. Under a lens they present the appearance of four little nipples projecting from the extremity of the abdomen. Now it is a very interesting point that whilst the boundary and radial lines of a spider's web are made of perfectly plain and almost inelastic silk, the greater number of the inter-radial lines are made of quite a different quality of that substance, for it is of a finer make and very elastic, and when examined under a lens is seen to be studded at close intervals with little shiny globules of a viscid fluid; yet the innermost circles of all are made of ordinary silk, the viscid globules being absent. It is of course easy to see the reason of this difference. The centre of the web is the spider's resting place. Here she hangs, head downwards, her legs extended along the threads, so that the slightest vibration of the web is perceived by her at once. It is a nice instinct which prompts her thus to spread her bird-line at a proper distance away. It will scarcely be necessary to remind you that a net of this description is always placed in a more or less vertical position, for being more or less at right angles to the direction of the flight of insects, it will be more likely to snare them than if placed horizontally. It is a well ascertained fact that the lines with the viscid globules are renewed daily, if not oftener. To keep the threads clear of one another during the delicate operation of web-making the hind feet of some spiders are provided with a singular instrument, not unlike a little comb, by means of which the little creature guides each thread, keeping it clear of obstacles and preventing it from becoming entangled with loose threads. It is a pretty sight to watch a spider making her web, to note the terrible earnestness and unwarying industry she displays, the little pauses when she seems to be settling some knotty question, and the rapidity with which she works when a practical solution dawns upon her. She may well have stimulated the flagging energy of a Bruce, and like the bees may point the moral of the old latin poet, "Improbus labor, omnia vincit."
Whilst upon this subject of silk producing, I will say a few words about a phenomenon occasionally observed on fine calm days in autumn. Taking our morning walk we behold the ground and herbage covered with a vast multitude of fine webs, and the air filled with floating silken threads. This appearance is usually known by the name of "gossamer," a word which has given great trouble to philologists, but which if we are to accept Professor Skeat's explanation, admits of a very simple derivation, namely, "goose summer." Nor is this explanation unreasonable when we call to mind the appearance presented in the neighbourhood of a pond where the geese have been cleaning their feathers. We are not surprised that this extraordinary sight received many curious and absurd explanations from our unscientific forefathers. The poet Spenser imagined that it was the result of "scorched dew," and others, by a wilder stretch of imagination, regarded it as the same substance out of which light summer clouds were made. The power of observation in our forefathers seems on the average to have been very small; little encouragement was given to scientific training in those days, so that Nature's problems when she produced any, were usually answered by drawing upon a lively imagination or making a happy guess. The well-known axiom of scientific advance, namely, to reason from what we know to what we do not know, seems to have been pretty generally reversed, and hence the most extraordinary blunders were propagated as sober truth. A little investigation soon discovers that spiders are at the bottom of the Gossamer. If one of the floating threads be caught and examined, it is very probable that a tiny spider will be perceived at the end of it, and indeed these aeronautic gambols are one way in which some species of young spiders enjoy themselves. Though a good deal is known about the Gossamer yet much of the secret remains for you to unravel. Spiders have, however, frequently been detected in the very act of "going up." A juvenile specimen was seen to ascend a post in order to attain a sufficient elevation for his launch off, then erecting his abdomen into an almost vertical position, he shot out rapidly from it a fine thread, then estimating by a nice instinct the quantity necessary for flotation, he cast himself loose in a gentle current of air, and was at once gracefully borne aloft. So high indeed do the spiders ascend in their aerial voyage, that they have been perceived in numbers in the air by an observer on the top of the highest tower of York Minster. Many kinds of spider do not spin webs, but catch their prey by giving chase to it. Fleet of limb, and strong of body, they are the wolves of the tribe, and to such perfection is this mode of capture carried, that one species, found not uncommonly on the banks of ponds and ditches, actually pursues its prey into the water. Another well-known spider, the beautiful Dolomedes Fimbriatus, of the Fen country, unites together with silken threads fragments of rushes or dead leaves, so forming a little raft; and from this coign of vantage it pounces upon any luckless insect that has fallen into the water, or any aquatic creature coming to the surface to breathe. It is said to run upon the water in pursuit of its prey with as much agility as it does upon land. The passage from these semi-aquatic forms to one entirely adapted to a watery environment is seen in the well-known Argyroneta Aquatica or Water Spider, par excellence. This species, at one time quite common, but now, owing to the pollution of so many streams, becoming rarer every year, is perhaps one of the most interesting creatures in all the range of animal life. It can be easily kept in an aquarium, so permitting of the leisurely study of its habits. It constructs an oval nest of pure white water-tight silk, and attaches it to the leaves or stems of some water plant. This is her home and fortress. Here she brings up her family, or devours at leisure her luckless prey. But the interest of this nest centres about the method by which she fills it, and keeps it filled, with air. It was a long time before the true solution of this problem was found, and there are yet some points remaining to be investigated. Having completed her nest, the little creature ascends to the surface, and elevating the extremity of her abdomen momentarily above the water, draws underneath a bubble of air which is entangled, as it were, amongst the interstices of the long rough hairs with which her body is clothed. To assist in retaining her precious burden, and to prevent it being too readily dislodged by an unlucky contact with some obstacle, the sensible little creature extends and crosses her hind legs, and with the help of these holds in its place the bubble of air. She then carefully descends and discharges the bubble at the orifice of the nest; and this being situated at the lowest point of the structure, the air bubble naturally ascends into it, driving out a small portion of the water. This expedient is repeated until the little structure is filled with air; and now, owing to the diving bell principle upon which it has been contructed, it is an easy matter to keep the water out, a fresh bubble of air being added as the fromer supply becomes a little exhausted. The Water Spider is a large dull reddish species, with an olive brown body, thickly covered with rough hairs, which subserve indirectly the purpose of respiration. It is thus enabled to carry a constant supply about with it, and very pretty it looks when seen swimming about the recesses of its pool, clothed with its silvery mantle of air.
And now I want to tell you about some spiders which make nests of quite a different character to these which we have just been considering. From a certain peculiarity of their dwellings they are called "Trap-door" Spiders. Most of the species excavate in a sloping clay bank, a tubular burrow about a foot long, and nearly an inch wide, though these proportions vary much with the different species. The inside of the burrow is then lined with silk, and the aperture closed with an ingenious little circular door, made of alternate layers of silk and earth, and as true in its proportions as if the little architect had employed a pair of compasses in its fabrication. Not unfrequently this little door is covered with moss, which disguises it so completely that even a practised eye fails to distinguish it from the surface of the ground. The precision with which the little lid fits its aperture is secured through the device of bevelling it away at the edges; the hinge too, by which it is secured, is always, by a wonderful instinct, placed at the highest point of the circular opening; thus, it naturally shuts to at the ingress or egress of its owner. It is no easy task to raise one of the little lids if the occupier be at home. The brave little creature seizing the lining of its tube with its fore feet, fixes its hind feet in the silken pad of its little door, and holds on almost to the point of being pulled in pieces. If we think for a moment of the amount of toil and industry displayed by this little spider, the variety of instincts it exhibits, and the beautiful workmanship that results from its efforts, we cannot fail to be filled with a sublime sense of wonder mixed with awe, at the Infinite Mind which called all this energy into existence. The species of Trap-door Spiders are widely distributed, being represented in most parts of the world, but the finest specimens come to us from the West Indies. I have, however, received very beautiful examples of a smaller species from Italy; indeed a somewhat aberrant member of the group has been found in the South of England. This species (Atypus Piceus), though it constructs a long silken tube, does not close the entrance to its dwelling with a door, but prolongs the silken lining several inches beyond its exit from the ground, so that the aerial portion forms a kind of flap which naturally closes its burrow.
Now all the spiders we have been considering are of small size; but it was reported many years ago, that gigantic spiders, several inches long and larger than many a bird, were to be seen in South America. Such reports were at first received by naturalists with great incredulity, but the observations of the late Mr. H. W. Bates, F.R.S., during a lengthy sojourn in the region of the river Amazon, have shown us that the earlier reports contained more truth than was suspected at the time. For this accurate and careful observer relates how on one occasion he discovered a large spider in a deep crevice of a tree. This monster was nearly two inches in length of body, and with its long legs expanded must have covered half a square foot of ground. Across the deep fissure in which it was hiding, was stretched a dense white web, the lower part of which was apparently broken by the struggles of two small birds, which lay entangled in its fragments. One was dead, the other which died soon after its removal was smeared with a slimy saliva, which Mr. Bates not unreasonably imagined had been ejected by the spider. Whether the horrid creature had actually entrapped and killed the birds, or whether they had been caught in the web by accident, must be a matter of conjecture. I believe that some of these monsters have been kept in the Insect House, at the Zoo, and that on one occasion one was seen to attack and kill a mouse.
Tradition, moreover, has associated very terrible results with the bites of some kind of spiders. We have all of us read of the dreadful and venomous "Tarantula" (Lycus Tarantula), a "Wolf" spider common in the South of Europe, the bite of which was asserted to prodcuce a singular kind of madness. The person bitten was seized with a dancing mania, to cure which the homeopathic principle of "like cures like" was applied. The poor sufferer was forced to dance to the lively strains of certain musical compositions, fitly called "Tarantelles," and encouraged to keep up this vigorous exercise until exhaustion set in, when, naturally enough, death or cure resulted. Modern investigation however, has shown that in this, as in many similar cases, there was more of fraud than truth. For it appears that the bite of the Tarantula in ordinary circumstances, results in little more than a slight swelling and inflammation.
But I see that the space at my disposal is rapidly drawing to a close, and indeed is almost finished; and though I had purposed at the beginning of this article, to say something about the structure of spiders, I must for the present relinguish this idea. I hope what I have said may result in some valuable contributions by some of you, to our yet very defective knowledge of the habits and instincts of Insects.
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+++ Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the TU Berlin Summer University will not take place on campus this year. Registrations for our Summer University Online program are now open! +++
Precision Engineering Design & Measurement covers the fundamental practices common to all engineering majors in making and reporting basic engineering measurements and their use in designing high precision items. Students will learn about the engineering design process, commonly used engineering measurement tools, statistical data analysis, and standard uncertainty analysis methods. Three local tours at businesses and museums will punctuate how precision measurements are used in engineering design practice.
This course is an introductory engineering course and is therefore more suitable for undergraduate level-engineers (graduates from other fields are of course welcome).
Learning Goals & Syllabus
Upon course completion students should have a working understanding of precision measurements and the engineering design process. Students will be familiar with how to approach engineering measurements, what uncertainty in measurements means in practice, and how to statistically examine engineering data in design.
Please click here to check the syllabus.
You may find the syllabus useful when discussing with your home University whether the ECTS credits attainable for this course are accepted by them.
Course components
Four lecture days will involve faculty-accompanied tours where students will learn about precision measurement and design in both historic and current engineering practice. Student reports and problems for the course will be based on tour content. Faculty led discussions and reflections on the course content from a historical perspective will occur.
Tour 1: German Science and Technology Museum
Tour 2: BMW Plant - Berlin
Tour 3: Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei
Tour 4: BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung)
Course Assessments and Technology Requirements:
Student grades will be comprised of performance on four homework assignments, one short written report, one practical quiz, and a culminating small-group student presentation. There is no required textbook for the course, students will be provided some handouts and should be prepared to take written notes during lectures. Students will need to bring a laptop computer with current versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in order to complete course assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon course completion students should have a working understanding of precision measurements and the engineering design process. Students will be familiar with how to approach engineering measurements, what uncertainty in measurements means in practice, and how to statistically examine engineering data in design.
This course is intended for students from all engineering majors that have successfully completed a college calculus and physics course. The course content will be applicable and use examples from a variety of engineering disciplines, so students from all engineering majors are encouraged to participate.
Sean R. Niemi, PhD
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Sean Niemi is the founding researcher of the newly formed MERGE Lab at the University of Florida, with a research and teaching focus on Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, and Instrumentation Design. Sean's current work aims to integrate ongoing scientific research problems into the undergraduate design curriculum, engaging students with impactful, cutting edge, multidisciplinary problems to solve. Sean also co-advises the UF Rocket Team (Swamp Launch), mentoring a group of interdisciplinary students in developing a 10,000 ft. apogee rocket for the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition. He has worked in industrial maintenance and in aerospace, with graduate work in soft matter engineering, 3D bio-printing, polymer tribology, and biotribology.
Please direct questions about the course to the TU Berlin Summer University Team at: summeruniversity(at)tubs.de. We will answer your questions and direct specific queries regarding course content to the course lecturers where necessary.


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The Big Beef Burger Stuffed with Blue Cheese
Diane Morgan
Grill Every Day: 125 Fast-Track Recipes for Weeknights at the Grill
Published by Chronicle
A grill book, especially one geared toward weeknight meals, wouldn't be complete without burger recipes, For blue cheese lovers, nothing beats a beef burger seared on the outside, with a warm nugget of melting cheese in the center, Use a tangy, full-flavored blue cheese with lots of blue veining and a hint of salt. I've kept these burgers simple, with the addition of just lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise, but add whatever condiments you like, including bacon strips or grilled onions.
Cooking Methodgrilling
Total Timeunder 30 minutes
OccasionCasual Dinner Party, Family Get-together, game day
Recipe Coursemain course
Mealdinner, lunch
Taste and Texturecheesy, creamy, meaty, savory
Type of Dishhamburger
- 1½ pounds freshly ground beef chunk
- 3 tablespoons grated yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon crumbled thyme
- 1½ teaspoons freshly ground pepper
- 4 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 seasame-seed hamburger buns, split
- 4 lettuce leaves
- 1 large tomato, sliced
- Mayonnaise
- Pickles
Prepare a hot fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill on high.
In a large bowl, combine the beef, onion, thyme, and pepper and mix thoroughly.
Divide into 4 equal portions and shape each portion into a ball. Press your thumb into the top of a ball, making a depression about 1 inch deep. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the cheese into the depression, press the beef over the cheese to enclose it, and shape the ball into a patty 1 inch thick. Repeat to form 3 more patties. Refrigerate the patties while the grill heats.
Oil the grill grate.
Brush the burgers on both sides with the canola oil. Place the burgers directly over the hot fire and sear on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and sear on the other side until juicy and medium-rare, about 4 minutes more.
Place the buns, cut side down, on the grill to toast during the last minute the burgers are cooking.
Serve the burgers on the toasted buns with the lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Pass the pickles.


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Looking for a pet sitting company in Brussels area (WSP). ... Where they come to your house and let the dog out a few times a day. Any recommendations?
Any suggestions on how to find a dog that is more likely to be better for people with allergies--not a puppy?
Hello All,
In the next few weeks, frog migration will start (probably already started as you read this!)
I urgently need a reliable dog sitter to either stay at my apartment with my dog this weekend or take my doge to his/her home. My dog is very polite and does not do any damage.
are there any redworm, brandling worm, panfish worm, trout worm, tiger worm, red wiggler worm, red californian earth worm owners out there who can give me a dozen or so?
Anyone know who could install a bird barrier on the next door neighbour's very high roof... birds have taken to perching there and dropping their business right next to my front door.


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Our Sp02 sensors are compatible with the most commonly used oximeter systems and modules. The Sp02 product family features unique product designs, easy patient applications and improved patient comfort. Our complete line of products are designed to be of the highest quality and affordably priced.


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A bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from the University of British Columbia of Canada (UBC), not only gave yesterday a student Kunimoto Michelle (Michelle Kunimoto) a start in life, but also helped open four new world outside the Solar system.
The objects still have the status of "candidate planets", and other independent scientific review panel will validate the conclusions of Kunimoto. However, by itself such event is a landmark. After all earlier similar investigations dealt exclusively with professionals, and now, it appears, a new area on the map space can open even a young professional.
Michelle has detected signals of the four worlds. The first two potential exoplanets the size of Earth, one comparable in diameter with mercury, and the latter a little more than Neptune's. But it was the last of them, the biggest of the four, is of particular interest.
It is officially catalogued as KOI 408.05 and is located in 3200 light years from Earth. The planet is in the habitable zone of its star, i.e. the temperature at its surface is such as to have liquid water and perhaps even life.
"This planet will likely not have as our Neptune's rocky surface. But, in the same way as planets in our Solar system, it may have large satellites, and these satellites may have oceans of liquid water," — says a graduate of the University of British Columbia.
Professor of astronomy UBC Jamie Matthews (Jaymie Matthews) leads the analogy with sci-Fi world: "Pandora in the movie "Avatar" was not a planet but a satellite of a giant planet."
While some researchers were inspired by the possible presence of life on the planet, Kunimoto were pleased to open for other reasons. In the framework of a specialized course designed specifically to give students research astronomers and professional experience, she spent months studying data obtained by the spacecraft NASA "Kepler". Goal is to try to find something that other scholars might have overlooked. In the case of Michelle this innovation led to a tangible result.
Recall that the telescope "Kepler" four years studied about 150 thousand stars in our Galaxy, looking for periodic changes in brightness of the stars and collecting data, known as light curves.
"The stars are only a point light source, so I looked for subtle dips in brightness of stars every time a planet passed in front of her. These failures are known as transits, and only through this way we can find out the diameter of a planet outside the Solar system," says Kunimoto.
And the more the orbit of the exoplanet, the fewer transits watches astronomer. It is for this reason the opening of this warm "Neptune" is so rare. It bypasses your star for 637 days. Of the nearly 5,000 planets and planet candidates discovered by Kepler only 20 have a longer orbital period than KOI 408.05.
In the future, Kunimoto intends to return to the University of British Columbia to get a master's degree in physics and astronomy, to continue to "hunt" for planets and to study them for the presence of life on them.


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Alice's Tea Cup has some of the best scones in town, a daily-changing selection that might include blueberry, buttermilk, peach, vanilla-cinnamon, and banana-butterscotch (among some recent choices). If you get them to go, be sure to ask for the little containers of clotted cream and fruit preserves. "Really, really good and fresh," sighs dippedberry–who unlike many other hounds is no fan of the soups, salads, and sandwiches that round out the light menu.
Nuray recommends Once Upon a Tart, especially for its fresh berry and cheddar-dill scones.
Two other favorites: Dean and Deluca–try the chocolate chip, urges erin–and Balthazar.
Alice's Tea Cup [Upper West Side]
102 W. 73rd St., near Columbus Ave., Manhattan, NY
Alice's Tea Cup II [Upper East Side]
156 E. 64th St., near Lexington Ave., Manhattan, NY
Once Upon a Tart [Soho]
135 Sullivan St., between Prince and Houston, Manhattan, NY
Dean and Deluca [Citywide]
multiple locations
Balthazar [Soho]
80 Spring St., at Crosby St., Manhattan, NY
Board Links: Scones


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Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" might throw you off a little bit initially. After all, if you've seen the trailer, then you've seen George Clooney in a few quirky moments in the film and you know Alexander Payne brought us the hilarious "Sideways". So when you begin watching The Descendants, many bad things continue to happen and at a certain point, you begin to wonder when the funny parts will come. Unfortunately, those moments are rare, but that doesn't mean your not in for a quality film. The Descendants is excellent from top to bottom. Payne and Nat Faxon's screenplay is impeccable and awards worthy. The acting is superior from the biggest parts to even the smallest as Payne ensures everyone who speaks has their own impact on the story. Most of all, George Clooney gives one of the finest performances of his career.
This film in particular really shows the range which Clooney is capable of. Last year, he played an airline miles obsessed head of a corporate firing squad in "Up in the Air" and at the time I felt that may have been his most brilliant performance. In The Descendants, Clooney takes it to another level as he is challenged in this role in many different ways and is forced to show emotions in many difficult situations.
Clooney plays Matt King, a successful real estate attorney who lives in Oahu, Hawaii with his wife and two daughters. When the film opens, you see his wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) having the time of her life water skiing, but then reality hits. We learn Elizabeth had a bad accident and is now in a coma. Through narration, Matt tells us he has not taken the lead in raising their two daughters, Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alex (Shailene Woodley) and has been thrust into that lead role with his wife in the hospital. Whereas, he went to work and made money for the family, he now has inherited all of the problems that come with raising a 10 year old and a 17 year old. I suppose Payne could've made a film simply about Matt's struggles in parenting, but the story hardly stops there.
In the back drop, there is a big real estate deal brewing. As it is explained, Matt is the sole trustee of 25,000 acres in Kauai owned and passed down by generations of the King family. There are numerous King family members who stand to gain from the sale of this land and they have already considered bids from several developers to the tune of half a billion dollars. Even though Matt is going through a difficult time, the money grubbing family members continue to push Matt to sign the deal and sell the land. Now we have two major issues Matt is dealing with, but there's one more that may send him over the edge.
Alex breaks the news to her dad that her mom had been cheating on him and this was the reason they had not been speaking. Talk about a tough one. Its not like Matt can confront her since she's in a coma, but he can find out who it was with. Matt's investigation into his wife's affair lends to some of the funnier moments in the film. In particular, Alex convinces Matt to let her boyfriend tag along during all of this and his calming, yet immature, look at the situation seems to give even Matt another perspective to consider.
There is, in fact, so much going on in this film that reflects in the lives we live everyday. To often, movies focus on one sole plot point and takes us from A to Z, but that's not how life is. Life is complex and we are constantly bombarded with new issues to deal with everyday. Sure, Matt's issues may seem extraordinary, but when you think about it, they are really not. People endure this kind of stress all the time. The Descendants is a look into the life of a man and how he chooses to handle these predicaments, right or wrong.
With the best and most quality 2011 films upon us, I will immediately put The Descendants in that category. Look for George Clooney to be mentioned as a possible Best Actor nominee for this film with Payne likely picking up a screenwriting nod. Depending on how much buzz builds up, I think a Best Picture nomination is also likely. As a study on life and the everyday circumstances many of us deal with, The Descendants couldn't be more accurate. Its not an uplifting film, but then again life is rarely uplifting either. GRADE: A-


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Hessehĕs, hēs´ē, hĕs´ə [key], Ger. Hessen, state (1994 pop. 5,800,000), 8,150 sq mi (24,604 sq km), central Germany. Wiesbaden is the capital. It is bounded by Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the south, Rhineland-Palatinate in the west, North Rhine–Westphalia and Lower Saxony in the north, and Thuringia in the east. It was formed in 1945 through the consolidation of Hesse-Nassau, a former Prussian province, and most of Hesse-Darmstadt, a former grand duchy.
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Windsurfers are getting the most of the 2012 Luderitz Speed Challenge, in Namibia. Sailors are breaking all records, with only two days of races.
Riders from France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Turkey and Sweden have already tested the new speed strip and the results speak for themselves.
Antoine Albeau, current world slalom windsurfing champion, has set a new world speed windsurfing record with 49.41 knots, with only 38 knots of wind.
Swedish legend Anders Bringdal broke the world speed windsurfing record in on production board with 48.57 knots. Zara Davis broke the female version of the same record with 44.19 to become the fastest female British sailor.
Lena Aylin Erdil has been racing fast and broke the female Turkish record several times by reaching 41.53 knots. Farrel O'Shea defended his colours by beating the UK record twice, ending with 46.15 knots.
Patrick Diethelm, sailing under the flag of Switzerland, broke the Swiss record with 46.29 knots. French rider Cédric Bordes managed to sail the exact time of the previous Albeau record, hitting 49.09 knots.
Christian Bornemann broke the German record in windsurfing twice and currently holds it at 43.93 knots, while Dieter Gerichhausen reached 42.92 knots, holding this record for a time during the day. Christian Benzing touched a personal best with 40.33 knots, not far behind his fellow countrymen.


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Byron Katie, a fantastic author and one I have often explored, talks of 3 kind of business in the universe: mine, yours, and God's.
Lets firstly understand 'God's business' – it being anything that's out of my control, your control, and everyone else's control.
When we think, "You need to get a job, I want you to be happy, you should be on time, you need to take better care of yourself," I am in your business. Whereas, when I'm worried about earthquakes, floods, war, or when I will die, I am in God's business.
The truth is this can be hard to see the line of what is your business and what is someone else business. Mostly because the peoples businesses we often get involved in are people we care about. The problem is being in someone else business doesn't serve you well, infact we know a lot of mental stress comes from living outside our business
"If you are living your life and I am mentally living your life, who is here living mine? We're both over there. Being mentally in your business keeps me from being present in my own. I am separate from myself, wondering why my life doesn't work. To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of love, it is pure arrogance, and the result is tension, anxiety, and fear. Do I know what's right for me? That is my only business." ~ Byron Katie
Becoming clear and honouring the choice to stay out of other people's business is a liberating, however often challenging, practice to master. Sometimes you'll be able to return to your own business with ease, other times you might need a good friend to remind you that what you are speaking is none of your business. Or it might even be gods business. Either way its not yours and the more clear you are on this the easier you will be able to recognise when you have slipped into someone else business.
If its not your business don't own it, don't take it on board or give it life. Instead let it go, its not your to have!


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(Tampa, FL - June 11, 2013) - Narrow Gate Productions presents Tampa Bay's biggest night of Inspirational music with Christian music's leading ladies: Natalie Grant and Sandi Patty. The concert is the first of its kind for Grant and Patty and is being considered in the industry one of the Christian concert events of the year.
"Natalie and I are so excited to perform together in concert for the first time," said Patty. "We can't wait to be at Bell Shoals Baptist Church on August 03."
Grant, known as a powerhouse vocalist, heart-gripping songwriter and charismatic performer, is the current Gospel Music Association (GMA) Female Vocalist of the Year, an honor she has received five times. She has over ten top five hits such as: "Your Great Name", "Held", and "In Better Hands", which are now current standards in the church. Grant has consistently remained one of this generations top-selling Christian performers, selling over a million records.
"Natalie Grant is the real deal, not only on the stage but also off-stage. Not only is she a talented performer and songwriter, she is a wonderful mother of three beautiful girls and she has an incredible husband that she adores." said Patty. "She is incredibly special to me."
Patty, known as the 'Voice of Christian Music', is the most decorated female artist in Christian music. Throughout her thirty-year ministry, Patty has sold over twelve million albums, has received five Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, 40 GMA Dove Awards, including female vocalist of the year eleven consecutive years. Patty was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Her distinctive voice continues to be the standard on which other performers are measured.
"Sandi Patty is a big reason why we have contemporary Christian music," said Grant. "She truly is an icon." Natalie Grant's much anticipated new album, Burn Bright, is set to release fall 2013. This is Grant's first studio album in three years. The first single, 'Hurricane', enters #1 on Christian radio playlists and is currently the #1 Christian single on iTunes.
"I am excited about the oppoutnity to share new music with you," stated Grant. "The record is full of positive, encouraging songs that will help you have an anchor of hope that is only found in Jesus Christ. It is the reason why I make music, and this evening will be full of songs that will help you along in your journey of faith."
Sandi Patty's thirty-year career continues to remain strong with an increasing demand for concert dates, she has authored numerous books, and is a frequent speaker and performer with Women of Faith. Her latest release, "The Edge of the Divine" proves her relevance in todays Christian market by garnering her fortieth Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year. Patty is set to release a new Hymns and Worship project this fall.
"I had the oppoturnity to sing with Sandi once before, but this is the first time we have performed a concert together," said Grant. "OK, I am a little bit nervous, I am going to do my vocal warm ups, and then I look forward to sitting in the audience and to be reminded once again why I adore Sandi Patty."
The concert will be held Saturday, August 03, beginning at 6:30 PM in the main auditorium of Bell Shoals Baptist Church (2102 Bell Shoals Rd Brandon, FL) where residents near and far are invited to enjoy an evening of praise and worship with the most decorated female Christian artists of all time.
For further information or to purchase tickets, contact Bell Shoals Baptist Church at (813) 689-4229 or visit www.attendstar.com (keywords: Natalie Grant or Sandi Patty). General admission tickets are $18.
Grammy nominated Natalie Grant is a powerhouse vocalist, heart-gripping songwriter, and charismatic performer. She has consistently remained one of the top selling Christian artists and has sold well over a million records. The Gospel Music Association named her the 2012 Female Vocalist of the Year, an honor that she's received 5 times. Natalie's current single, "Hurricane," is the first off of her highly anticipated Burn Bright record releasing in the fall of 2013. Beyond her artistry, she is an outspoken advocate for victims of human trafficking. In 2005, Natalie founded the organization Abolition International which is committed to providing quality restorative aftercare to trafficking victims both domestically and internationally.
Sandi Patty has won 40 Dove Awards, five Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards and became a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee in 2004. Her albums have sold more than 12 million units, garnering her three platinum and five gold recordings. As the most-awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music history, her voice is still the gold standard by which all who follow are measured. Patty latest sacred release "The Edge Of The Divine" earned Sandi Patty her 40th Dove Award for Inspirational Album Of The Year. She has been blessed to perform with symphony orchestras around the world.
For more info on Natalie Grant visit the JFH Artists Database.
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One vs. Three Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments for Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (1V3CORCT)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00465855
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 25, 2007
Last Update Posted : October 11, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
|Combination Product: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 3 sessions Combination Product: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 1 session
|Phase 4
All patients presenting with acute carbon monoxide poisoning will receive one hyperbaric oxygen treatment (barring contraindications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy). After this treatment, eligible patients who provide consent will be randomly allocated to receive two sham sessions, or two additional hyperbaric oxygen sessions administered in a double-blind fashion.
Outcome measures will be administered at 6 weeks and 6 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|75 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Trial of One Versus Three Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments for Acute CO Poisoning
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 3, 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 10, 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 28, 2017
Active Comparator: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 3 sessions
Subjects undergo 3 hyperbaric oxygen sessions within 24 hours following carbon monoxide poisoning.
Combination Product: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 3 sessions
Before patients are offered an opportunity to participate in this study, they will receive a single hyperbaric oxygen session. During the first session, hyperbaric oxygen will be administered at 3.0 atmospheres absolute (atm abs) for 25 minutes breathing oxygen, 5 minutes air breathing, 25 minutes oxygen breathing, 5 minutes air breathing, pressure reduced to 2.0 atm abs for 30 minutes breathing oxygen, 5 minutes air breathing, and 30 minutes oxygen breathing.
For the second and third hyperbaric oxygen sessions, the subject will breathe 100% oxygen delivered at 2 atm abs for 90 minutes with two 5-minute air breathing periods.
Other Names:
Sham Comparator: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 1 session
Subjects undergo 1 hyperbaric oxygen session and then 2 sham chamber sessions within 24 hours of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Combination Product: Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) - 1 session
During the first session, hyperbaric oxygen will be administered at 3.0 atmospheres absolute (atm abs) for 25 minutes breathing oxygen, 5 minutes air breathing, 25 minutes oxygen breathing, 5 minutes air breathing, pressure reduced to 2.0 atm abs for 30 minutes breathing oxygen, 5 minutes air breathing, and 30 minutes oxygen breathing.
The second and third chamber sessions are sham sessions: room air delivered at 1.0 atmospheres absolute for 90 minutes with two sham 5-minute air breathing periods.
Other Name: HBO2
- 6-week cognitive sequelae [ Time Frame: 6 weeks after poisoning ]Presence of cognitive sequelae at 6-week follow-up
- Neurological examination [ Time Frame: 6 weeks and 6 months after poisoning ]Presence of neurological abnormalities
- Depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress syndrome [ Time Frame: 6 weeks and 6 months after poisoning ]Presence of depression, anxiety, or PTSD symptoms
- Vocational assessment [ Time Frame: 6 weeks and 6 months after poisoning ]Results of vocational testing
- Patient self-reports of CO-related problems [ Time Frame: 6 weeks and 6 months ]Participant-reported outcome
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 79 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptomatic CO poisoning (headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fatigue, muscle aches, slowed mentation, confusion, or loss of consciousness).
- Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels > 10% or confirmation of poisoning with ambient levels > 50 ppm in a patient with symptoms compatible with CO poisoning and no other reasonable explanation for their signs and symptoms.
- Less than 24 hours from removal from the source of CO exposure and study enrollment.
- Accidental poisoning
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Age < 18 years or > 79 years
- Complication during first hyperbaric oxygen session precluding subsequent hyperbaric oxygen.
- Intentional CO poisoning
- Unable to obtain informed consent
- Moribund patient
- Concomitant smoke inhalation with cyanide poisoning
- Bleomycin use within two weeks of study enrollment
- Intracardiac defibrillator that cannot be deactivated
- Non-English speaking
- Unlikely to return at 6 weeks
- History of central nervous system (CNS) disease (i.e., Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, dementia, demyelinating disease (MS), etc.)
- History of prior brain injury (i.e., stroke, traumatic brain injury)
- Presence of chronic debilitating disease likely to result in death within 12 months (i.e., kidney failure on dialysis, heart failure)
- Subject has a significant medical condition or conditions that would interfere with the treatment, safety, or compliance with the protocol.
- Intubated subjects
- Subjects requiring greater than 50% oxygen by non-rebreather facemask or exhibiting evidence of respiratory compromise or heart failure
- Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, are unable to comply with the requirements of the study or are unsuitable for any reason. The investigator and the Sponsor, prior to enrolling the subject on a case-by-case basis, must approve and document any waiver of these inclusion and exclusion criteria.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00465855
|United States, Utah
|Intermountain LDS Hospital
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84143
|Intermountain Medical Center
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84157-7000
|Principal Investigator:
|Lindell K Weaver, MD
|Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
|Responsible Party:
|Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
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|First Posted:
|April 25, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 11, 2017
|Last Verified:
|October 2017
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Carbon monoxide poisoning
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Randomized controlled trial
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Millennials have grown up with cooking shows, fitness apps and accessories, the locavore movement, and health websites like this one. So do they have anything new to tell us about health? Yes and no, if a recent survey is to be believed. They are more health technology-savvy than older adults, but can be just as quick as the rest of us to overlook health when making choices about what to eat.
Health is one of the top three things millennials try to control in their lives, according to the the International Food Information Council's (IFIC) 2015 Food and Health Survey. Yet taste is what drives the food purchases, followed by price, then healthfulness.
Being younger, those between the ages of 18 and 34 are less concerned about calories than the rest of us. Millennials are less likely to count or limit their calories, the survey found, and are less likely than the population in general to believe that all calories have an equal effect on weight gain. When it comes to sweeteners, millennials agree with the general population that a healthy diet can include moderate amounts of sugar, and that there is a difference between the healthfulness of naturally-occurring sugars and other types of sweeteners.
Millennials are more likely than the general population to trust a health or nutrition blogger for accurate nutrition information over a registered dietitian.
About a third of millennials say they have changed their opinion about how healthy carbohydrates are, reflecting our growing awareness that fat is not the only, or even the major, enemy when it comes to overweight and obesity. Nearly 60 percent of millennials now believe carbohydrates are less healthful than they used to think, and nearly half say they are concerned about the amount of carbohydrate they consume.
"It's encouraging to see that millennials are interested in learning more about eating well. Developing a positive relationship with food is one of the most important things young people can do for their health," Kris Sollid, RD, director of nutrient communications for the IFIC Foundation, said in a statement.
Part of this greater awareness of food reflects their comfort with apps and technology that track their food and drink intake, and their use of online support groups or communities to pursue their health goals.
But this wider availability of health information comes at a price. Millennials are more likely than the general population to trust a health or nutrition blogger for accurate nutrition information over a registered dietitian, and they rely on the support of family and friends to help them improve their eating behaviors — not a bad thing as long as those sources actually know what they are talking about.


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Before you decide that you want to make a blog, or that you want to do everything you can to ensure your current blog takes off, do so with this in mind – blogging is hard. It's extremely competitive, and it's incredibly difficult to stand out amongst the hordes these days. I talk about it in more detail here, but here are some ways to guarantee blogging success.
There are numerous things you can do to improve how successful your blog is. I certainly don't claim to be the best, and I always remind my readers that I blog for ME and not everyone else, but it's also good to bear in mind a few things too…
As well as being organized and writing good quality content, there are other essential skills you need, especially if you want to become a professional blogger. It's not as simple as merely picking the host platform, theme and publishing on the regular, but don't worry, I'm here to help you where all of that's concerned!
Become a Social Butterfly
I'm not talking about turning up to every party going (though if that's your thing, go ahead – it could lead to some interesting blog posts), but networking online is your best chance at connecting with thousands of bloggers all over the world. It'll get more traffic to your blog which could equate to more sales. Also, it's your readers that matter, so interaction with them is key.
Get to Grips With Marketing
The best bloggers aren't necessarily always the best writers. No… they just learned how to take advantage of marketing and so you should, too. Utilising SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) will help you to improve search rankings and Google Analytics will help you track your sites traffic.
Good Photography Skills
Most people say that the most important skill for any blogger to possess is the ability to write. I agree, you can't have much of a blog without being able to write well. But another really important part of a successful blog is what your readers see. Images are how any blogger can bring their blog to life, so being able to take your own photos is a must. If you're not too comfortable behind the camera then perhaps take a beginner photography course to improve that skill.
Get HTML Friendly
I'm not suggesting that you become a pro at HTML coding (if you do, perhaps consider doing that as a career as there is good money in that) but you should certainly learn the basics. Platforms like WordPress do all this stuff for you but learning the basic elements will help you to make a blog that looks unique. HTML cheat sheets
Learn How to Edit Your Photos
Taking part in a photography course is the first step, but learning how to edit your photos is where you're really going to start making a difference. Images are your best shot at increasing your search rankings as no one wants to see anything that is too text heavy, but learning how to navigate your way around Photoshop is a priceless blogging skill to have.
Ally Gonzales is the founder & editor-in-chief of RunningSoleGirl. Along with blogging she is also juggling attending college and majoring in Exercise and Sports Science with a Sports Management minor.