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Create and send newsletters, automatic post notifications and autoresponders that are modern and beautiful with our unique newsletter editor. Drag and drop images, text areas, buttons, social icons, posts and more. Add a signup widget to your website, manage your subscribers, and send fresh, modern newsletters all within your WordPress admin area.
- Super easy to use drag and drop newsletter editor
- Send newsletters to 2500 subscribers
- GDPR ready
- Send automatic post notifications when new posts are published
- Create an autoresponder when new users register on your site
- Create an autoresponder when someone subscribes to your newsletter
- Easy subscriber management
- Newsletter signup widget included
- Add your latest posts in your newsletter by simply dragging them in
- Our newsletters show up perfectly on desktops, notebooks, tablets and phones
- Beautiful newsletter theme included
- Add subscribers by either copying and pasting from Excel, or uploading a CSV file
- Export your subscribers to a CSV file
- Send your newsletters via WordPress Mail, SMTP, Amazon SES or Gmail
Premium Features
- Send to more than 2500 subscribers
- Get detailed statistics on who opened your newsletter and what links were clicked on
- Create custom HTML newsletters by copying and pasting HTML into the editor
- Enable/disable newsletter link tracking
- More newsletter themes
- Google Analytics integration
- Priority support
- Get the Nifty Newsletters Premium Version now
Coming Soon
- More newsletter themes
- Bounce handling
- Detailed subscriber statistics
- Subscriber segmentation
- Newsletter add-ons
Get a free copy of the Nifty Newsletters premium version in exchange for translating our plugin!
- English
- German (Marc Winter)
- Italian (Luigi Mangili)
- French (Katia – creaweb.fr)
- Russian (Alexey Arkhipenko)
- Brazilian Portuguese (Mauricio Gofas)
- Spanish
- Dutch (Anton Prins)
- Once activated, click the "Newsletters" link in your left navigation
- Create a new newsletter campaign and follow the on screen instructions
- Drag the Newsletter Signup widget to your desired widget area
- How do I get the premium version of Nifty Newsletters?
Order your copy of Nifty Newsletters Premium.
- I've installed the Nifty Newsletters plugin, now what?
Once installed and activated, a link should appear in your left navigation panel within your wp-admin section. Click on the "Newsletters" link and follow the on screen instructions.
- How do I create a newsletter?
We have created an incredibly easy to use newsletter editor which helps you create simple to advanced newsletters using a drag and drop interface.
- Click on Newsletters in your left navigation menu
- Click on the "New campaign" button at the top of the page
- Insert a subject for your newsletter
- Select a list that you would like to send your newsletter to (you may want to import your subscribers first)
- Select a theme (single column would do just fine for 99% of users)
- Use our unique and easy-to-use Newsletter Editor to create your newsletter. Simply drag and drop elements into your design. Your design will be saved automatically with every change that is made. When you are happy with your the layout and design of your newsletter, press "Next" (top right)
- The next screen will help you visualize how your newsletter will appear on mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. Click "Confirm campaign".
- Ensure that all your settings are correct and then press "Send now" or "Schedule". Your newsletter will now be queued and will be sent according to the email settings you have set in "Newsletter->Settings->Email Settings"
- How do I add a "subscribe to newsletter" widget?
- Click on Appearance->Widgets in your left navigation
- Drag "Nifty Newsletters Subscribe Widget" to the sidebar of your choice
- Ensure that you have selected the list you would like to add your subscribers to in "Newsletters->Settings->Sign Up"
- How do I create an automatic post notification campaign?
- Click on "New campaign" and then select "Automatic Newsletter"
- Select either "When I publish a new post", "When someone subscribes to my list" or "When a new user is added to my site"
- Select the relevant time intervals and select a list, insert a subject and click "Next"
- Select a layout
- In the Editor, ensure that you select the correct options in the "Options" tab (top left)
- Finish your campaign
- Your automatic post notification or autoresponder will now be queued
- How does the Custom HTML Newsletter function work?
- When creating a custom HTML newsletter campaign, any HTML that is pasted into the editor will be sent as is. The only element that can change before being sent are the links, should you have "link tracking" enabled in your settings.
- How do I update my Pro version of Nifty Newsletters?
- Please log in to http://solaplugins.com/my-account/ and select the relevant download
- Delete your current Pro version of Nifty Newsletters Pro (you wont lose any campaigns or settings)
- Upload the ZIP file you just downloaded and activate the plugin
- What is the CAN-SPAM Act?
Nifty Newsletters strongly suggests that you follow the CAN-SPAM Act. We have included a copy of the CAN-SPAM Act as well as a compliance guide for businesses. Ensure you have read this before creating and sending any newsletters. Nifty Newsletters takes no responsibility for any misuse of the CAN SPAM Act.
needs improvements
Looks promising but there are some UX issues, for instance the mail builder because design blocks are buggy and there's no option to save the newsletter you are building (you loose it if you click on the wrong button)
Good enough for non experienced users, limiting for seasoned ones.
Weeks Searching…Now I found IT!!
I been going around robin looking for and paying for other newsletter plugins. This is the best. I just downloaded and activated the plugin. 20 mins later, my newsletter is ready to be sent. The test email worked. WOOT!!
Finally, I can get back to business. Thanks developers! Awesome plugin!
Best HTML Email Plugin, Hands Down!
I build websites professionally and recently I have added Targeted Email Campaigns as a crucial marketing service for my clients. There are a lot of managed programs out there (Constant Contact, Send in Blue, etc.) that do a great job, but they can be very expensive and not the best fit for managing medium sized mailing lists (1,000 and up), especially if you want to control your client's mailing lists in house and have the ability to send true HTML emails. Nifty Newsletters Pro plugin is the only one that checks all the boxes.
There are a number of plugins that claim to be "HTML editors", until you paste a coded HTML template into them. They always seem to have formatting issues, except for Nifty Newsletters. Their plugin works every time and if you want to create your own newsletter with their editor and pre-designed templates, you can do a professional looking mailer easily, with little or no experience.
If you need reporting stats on how many responded to each campaign, Nifty Newletters knocks it out of the park. Their metrics are the best… you get a pie chart showing percentages of how many emails were sent, total opens, unique opens and clicks and a list of each with corresponding email addresses. It doesn't get any better than that. It's also very easy to import your mailing list into this plugin if you are using something else and want to upgrade. You have plenty of options for delivering your emails. By creating a free Mailgun account for each client and using Nifty Newsletters Pro, I can send out up to 10,000 emails every month for free. A single annual license runs $20 or you can get the unlimited license, which is perfect for me and all of my clients, at only $60. If you've looked around at all, you know that is by far the best price anywhere for a plugin with all of these features.
Bottom line, this plugin is a staple for my WordPress CMS and I couldn't send out gorgeous HTML emails for my clients (at affordable prices) without the Nifty Newsletter Premium plugin by Sola.
Simply the best!
I have tested several Newsletters plugins and this is undoubtedly the most complete, the most friendly and (why not) the most visually pleasing.
Please continue the great work.
Not working
Cannot send weekly at all.
Looks awfully in Outlook and other stuff
The appearance in Outlook is simply awful. No styles at all, pic are rendered in different sizes, the body stretches over the whole mail-window, no font styles are adopted and there is no possibility to fix it somehow.
As most of the people use Outlook for mail-client, this is unacceptable for a newsletter plugin.
I searched for support entries in the forum and saw, that this issue has already been reported but was never solved.
Also the list filter is lost when switching to another page of the subscribers-list and some other small issues.
I deinstalled and switched over to Stefano Lissas newsletter plugin. Top-Handling, Top-Outlook-Appearance. That's your benchmark, guys.
Greetz, Hannes
Contributors & Developers
"Nifty Newsletters (Formerly Sola Newsletters)" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.Contributors
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4.0.21 – 2018-11-09 – Low priority
- Added data eraser functionality using WordPress hooks (GDPR)
- Added data export functionality using WordPress hooks (GDPR)
4.0.20 – 2018-11-02 – Low Priority
- Tested in WP 5.0 Beta 2
- Enhanced settings page user interface
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to edit a subscriber
4.0.19 – 2017-05-29 – Medium Priority
- New Feature: You can now export a single list into a CSV file
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused a database error when reactivating the plugin on an existing install
- Enhancement: Selects a default theme when reaching the theme's page while creating a new campaign
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented the color pickers in the Newsletter editor to not open
- Bug Fix: PHP errors fixed when trying to import subscribers
- Enhancement: Changes made to feedback form when sending
- Bug Fix: Javascript errors on the preview page fixed
- Bug Fix: Fixed JS errors on the campaigns page when sending a new campaign
4.0.18 – 2017-04-03 – Medium priority
- Fixed bugs that caused the 'Are you sure you want to do this?' when performing some actions
- PHP Warnings fixed
- Replaced a deprecated function on the feedback page
4.0.17 – 2017-02-24 – High priority
- Further changes regarding security issues
4.0.16 – 2017-02-21 – High Priority
- Secuirty Improvements
- Changed the way theme templates load images
- Canged the way JS files load images (localized)
4.0.15 – 2017-02-17 – High Priority
- PHPMailer Removed from the plugin
4.0.14 – 2016-05-12 – Medium priority
- Fixed a bug that was experienced on some servers that caused multiple emails to be sent to users when a previous email failed
- New blank newsletter theme
- Extended the read size of the error log for debugging purposes
4.0.13 – 2016-04-13 – Low Priority
- Tested on WordPress 4.5
- Menu icon has been changed to an envelope
- Fixed a bug that threw an error in the newsletter editor if a theme wasn't selected
- Fixed a bug that wouldn't show the Options menu for Automatic posts
- Slashes are now removed from the subject where necessary
- A subscriber will now receive a notice if they are already subscribed to a list in the widget
4.0.12 – 2016-01-07 – Low Priority
- Promotion removed
- Tested on WordPress 4.4
- Styling conflict fixed in settings page
4.0.11 – 2015-12-03
- Added a scrollbar to newsletter editor side panel
- Resolved minor styling issues in newsletter editor
4.0.10 – 2015-10-20
- New hooks added to settings page:
- sola_nl_main_settings_after
- sola_nl_email_settings_after
- sola_nl_signup_widget_settings_after
- sola_nl_social_links_after
- sola_nl_analytics_settings_after
- Extensions Page added
4.0.9 – 2015-09-22 – Low priority
- Limited promotion
4.0.8 – 2015-09-09 – Low Priority
- Validation added to the subscription widget
- Translations added:
- Dutch (Thank you Anton Prins)
4.0.7 – 2015-06-25 – Medium priority
- Bug fix in the newsletter editor
- Name change (Sola Newsletters to Nifty Newsletters)
4.0.6 – 2015-05-28 – Medium priority
- New Feature: Added Shortcodes for subscriber first and last name
- Improvement: Migrated from jqplot to Google Charts (Pro)
- Bug Fix: Slashes stripped in emails when using an apostrophe
- Bug Fix: French Translation file renamed
4.0.5 – 2015-04-13 – Low priority
- Erroneous Debugging error being shown, Now fixed
- Changed character to UTF-8
4.0.4 – 2015-03-25 – Low priority
- French translation fix
4.0.3 – 2015-03-24 – Medium priority
- Added support for Amazon SES (via the SMTP method)
- New throttle setting allows you to specify the delay between each newsletter being sent via SMTP
- Fixed a bug that caused the ajax send to not work correctly
- Added 3 more newsletter themes
- Added basic javascript validation to the newsletter signup widget to force a user to enter an e-mail address
- Fixed issue in the newsletter signup widget, where when the same e-mail address was used for the signup it gave a database error
- Removed the slashes from problematic textareas and textfields
- Fixed Internet Explorer 8 issue where a user could not get passed the "Select Theme" page
- Added javascript validation to the "Select theme" page, to force a user to select a theme before being able to continue. Also fixed the PHP back-end validation and warning for this
- Added the ability to select multiple newsletter mailing lists to sign up for in the signup widget. If no list is chosen it defaults to the default mailing list
- Added javascript to manipulate the DOM for the newsletter signup widget settings page when allowing a user to select mailing lists to subscribe to when using the signup widget
4.0.2 – 2015-02-19 – Medium priority
- Fixed the bug that stopped you from dragging your own images into the newsletter
- Fixed the column width bug for a 4 column table in the newsletter editor
- Fixed the editing bug when trying to edit the content of columns in a table within the newsletter editor
4.0.1 – 2015-02-11 – Low priority
- Scandir notices fixed when in the newsletter theme page
- Added the ability to see all available newsletter themes
- Bug fixes
- Usability improvements on the theme page
4.0.0 – 2015-02-06 – Medium priority
- Major improvements to the newsletter editor
- You can now add tables to your newsletters (2 columns, 3 columns and 4 columns)
- Improved drag and drop functionality
- Image bug fixes (plugin no longer adds an image to a newsletter as width:100%, but rather max-width:100%)
- Fixed height issue for left sidebar in the newsletter editor
- Usability improvements in the newsletter editor
- Theme functionality
- We have finally introduced newsletter theme/layout functionality
- You can now create your own layouts to sell on our website
- You can now acquire new themes by visiting the Nifty Newsletters website (solaplugins.com)
- Other changes
- A Valentines Day newsletter theme is now available for purchase on our website
- Many bug fixes
3.0.6 – 2015-01-23 – Medium priority
- The dragging of the social widget bug fixed in newsletter editor
- APC cache warning removed
- A person can now select the newsletter mailing list when subscribing
3.0.5 – 2015-01-21 – Medium priority
- Additional bug fixes in the newsletter editor in conjunction with changes made in WordPress 4.1
3.0.4 – 2015-01-20 – Medium Priority
- Newsletter editor bug fixes:
- Fixed bug that caused images to be dragged in incorrectly
- Fixed bug that caused image dividers to be dragged in incorrectly
- Fixed button bug in WP4.1
3.0.3 2014-11-07 Low Priority
- Fixed PHP notices
- Added a CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide for businesses in the settings page
3.0.2 2014-11-05
- New Features:
- You can now use your own custom HTML newsletter
- You can now enable/disable newsletter link tracking globally
- Bug Fixes:
- Lists would not show when creating new newsletter campaign after clicking certain automatic options.
- Improvements:
- Update control implemented in Pro version
- Spanish translation updated
3.0.1 2014-10-14
- Improvements:
- Links changed to new documentation (New Help Desk solaplugins.com/support-desk)
- Bug Fixes:
- Could not create a campaign due to a missing column
- Could not confirm your subscription when signing up
- View In Browser link stopped working in the preview mail
3.0 2014-10-09
- New Features:
- You can now create automatic post notifications on an immediate, daily or weekly interval
- You can now create auto-responders for when a user or subscriber is added to your site
- A new drag-and-drop 'Automatic Content' element has been added to the editor
- Comprehensive Automatic Content options have been added
- You can now change the View In Browser Text
- Improvements:
- More strings are now translatable
- Bug Fixes:
- Viewing subscribers by list issue fixed
- Absolute URLS are now kept when editing an image within TinyMCE
- New Languages Added:
- French (Thank you Katia from Creaweb)
- Russian (Thank you Alexey Arkhipenko)
- Spanish
2.3 2014-07-22
- New features:
- You can now view the average newsletter open rate from all past campaigns
- You can now see the newsletter open rate for that specific campaign
- You can now view the total number of unique newsletter opens per campaign
- You can now see what newsletter links each subscriber clicked on
- You can now see which newsletter subscribers clicked on a specific link
- Newsletter styles have version numbers
- Improvements:
- Newsletter statistics
- Changed how newsletter styles are saved in db
- Bug fixes:
- Tinymce click issue
2.2 2014-07-11
- You can now schedule newsletters to be sent
- You can now edit the subject of the mail that is sent when someone subscribes to your newsletter
- You can now edit the "Thank You" text that shows when someone subscribes to your newsletter
- Fixed bug that caused JS to be fired on incorrect page
- Fixed bug that caused the tinymce window to close when selecting font size and format
- Beta Removed out of welcome page & footer
- Text color option added to tinycme
- Typo fixes
- You can now force a batch of newsletters to be sent
- Bug fixes
- You can now pause and resume the sending of your newsletter. When paused, you may re-edit the newsletter and then continue sending
- Drag-and-drop spacer added to the newsletter editor
- Image styling functionality added to the newsletter editor
- Updated PO file
- RTL support
- Code improvements
- Localhost warning added (images in sent newsletters via localhost)
- German translation added
- Feedback area added
- Added RTL support
- Added UTF8 support
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The National sleep foundation, a non-governmental foundation set up to inform and educate people around the world about the importance of sleep brought together a few scientists to work on the particular number of sleep time each person needs to keep his or her body in balance and the result of their work is below.
Newborns (0-3 months ): 14-17 hours each day
Infants (4-11 months): 12-15 hours
Toddlers (1-2 years): 11-14 hours
Preschoolers (3-5): 10-13 hours
School age children (6-13): 9-11 hours
Teenagers (14-17): 8-10 hours
Younger adults (18-25): 7-9 hours
Adults (26-64): 7-9 hours
Older adults (65+): 7-8 hours
But the again, you might say why do I need this much sleep? Only lazy people for more that four hours. Sleep is for losers. Well friend, you are maltreating your body and at a point in time, it would fight back! Here are a few thing you might be going to your body and some side effects of not getting enough sleep.
# Are you always feeling tired, depressed, anxious and unable to concentrate at work or anything you do? First advice you should heed is to get some sleep because you aren't!
# Your body has been programmed to cool off and prepare for the new day and there is a certain period of time that should be done. If the body is not allowed to carry our this sort of refueling and daily maintenance, the body will definitely wear out due to the stress on it resulting in all sorts of sicknesses from chronic headaches to body pains, swollen eyes, loss of weight and tiredness.
# Some long term effects of inadequate sleep include diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and numerous cardiovascular diseases.
# Sleeping well keeps you healthy and we'll but a lack of good quality sleep could affect your immune system and make you more susceptible to infections. Researchers have found that those who average 7 hours or less of sleep are more prone to go down with cold.
# Not getting enough sleep affects your health and this would in turn affect your productivity. It is because you are healthy that you can carry out your daily activities. Once your body begins to feel the stress, you will definitely have to stop a lot of activities which could mean you losing your job or a golden opportunity to excel.
Good health is better than all the money and fame in this world. It is important to take good care of your self first and sleep is one important exercise you should never take for granted.
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Every single piece of Lumière jewelry is handcrafted by skillful jewelers. Craftsmanship passed on for generations, along with the attentive of handpicking for materials, we create delicate piece of jewelry. We do not compromise when it comes to quality.
Special Japanese design techniques are employed to ensure the beauty in every angle of the piece.
We hand-select finest diamond (D-F, VVs, finest cutting) to stand a mark of love for special days of yours.
Lumiere certificate is given to each jewelry as a guarantee of our excellence. GIA/HRD certificates will be offered with every 0.30 carat solitaire diamond and above
We recommend customers to avoid contact with other substances than water as it may tarnish your jewelry.
Please refrain from banging or brushing against hard surface which may cause scratches.
To clean jewelry at home, gently clean with water


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We are always on the lookout for members to our team of developers based in Odense, Denmark. We would like to hear from you, if you have one or more of the following skills and experiences:
- .NET WPF, WCF and MVC
- Algorithm or Path-finding programming
- Experience with development of high-availability backend systems
Experience with the aviation industry is not a requirement but held in high regard.
Please contact COO Peter Nielsen via e-mail .
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Mark Burch Motorsports and Lasoski Pocket Three Top 10s During Opening Weekend
Inside Line Promotions – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 27, 2016) – Mark Burch Motorsports earned a top-10 finish during all three events the team competed in last weekend.
"I'm glad to see Mark Burch back out racing," said Danny Lasoski, who is in his sixth season of driving for the team. "He's done a phenomenal job. He basically had to rebuild the program after the storm last fall that flipped his trailer over."
The team kicked off last weekend's action on Thursday at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., during a Carpetland Nebraska 360 Sprints event. Lasoski finished where he started – fourth – in a heat race, which locked him into the 18th starting position for the main event.
"We didn't get enough cars passed in our heat race," he said. "In the 360s it's hard to pass when there's a lot of grip in the track. We seem to go better when the race track widens out."
It did in the main event as Lasoski charged from 18th to a sixth-place result, which garnered the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars.
Mark Burch Motorsports ventured to Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., the ensuing night. Lasoski maneuvered from fifth to second place in a heat race to make the feature redraw, where he pulled the No. 6 to start the main event on the outside of the third row.
"The track was pretty fast so it was tough to pass," Lasoski said. "We did the best we could and that was third."
Lasoski's third-place result gives him a top-five finish at the track during each of the last six years.
The weekend concluded on Saturday at Knoxville Raceway, where a mechanical problem opened the night.
"The power steering blew up in hot laps so the guys had to thrash to change it," said Lasoski, who qualified 17th quickest before ending second in a heat race.
That lined the team up on the inside of the eighth row for the main event.
"The track was fast throughout the night and into the feature," Lasoski said. "We didn't get the result we wanted, but it was great to be back racing with Mark and the team. We have some things we can build on for the 360 Knoxville Nationals coming up."
Lasoski rallied from 15th to an eighth-place finish. He recorded the Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars.
Mark Burch Motorsports is scheduled to return to action Aug. 4-6 at Knoxville Raceway for the 26th annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals.
Also, Mark Burch Motorsports would like to thank everyone who supported the Team Jack Foundation by purchasing a unique t-shirt. All sales of the apparel will go to the Team Jack Foundation. The t-shirts will be available at each race Mark Burch Motorsports contests throughout the season.
July 21 – I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. – Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 6 (18).
July 22 – Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn. – Heat race: 2 (5); Feature: 3 (6).
July 23 – Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa – Qualifying: 17; Heat race: 2 (2); Feature: 8 (15).
3 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 3 top 20s
Aug. 4-6 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, for the 26th annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals
Website: http://www.MarkBurchMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbmotorspt
Mark Burch Motorsports will have unique Team Jack Foundation t-shirts for sale at the race trailer throughout this season with 100 percent of the money received going to the Team Jack Foundation.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Harris Decals
Family owned and operated since 1997, Harris Decals can manufacture a variety of decals for racing, business and/or home use. For more information, visit http://www.HarrisDecals.com.
"Nate Harris started out cutting vinyl at a local franchise store in the mid-90s," Burch said. "The job he and his family have done with Harris Decals is amazing. They do everything, do it right, and give incredible service. He's a hard worker and a family man that I have great admiration for."
Mark Burch Motorsports would also like to thank Engler Machine & Tool, Inc., Wolfweld Chassis, AFCO Gas Shocks by Speedway Motors, King Racing Products, Hot Dot Inc., Weld Wheels, Speedway Motors, Speedway Shock Service, Huggins Cams, Total Seal Piston Rings, Schoenfeld Headers, Joe Gibbs Driven Race Oil, Gessford Machine, Dyer's Top Rods, Wireless Amber Alerts, Hoosier Tire, Arrow Truck Sales, Donovan Blocks, Rod End Supply, Diamond Pistons, Saldana Racing Products, MSD Ignition, Vortex Wings, S & S Welding, Inc., Sweet Manufacturing, DMI Bulldog Rears, Wulff Pumps, Red Devil Brakes, Goodridge Fluid Transfer Systems, Harris Decals, Lincoln Auto Auction and the Team Jack Foundation for their continued support.
Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations and media management for motor sports drivers, teams, sponsors, tracks, series, events, organizations and manufacturers. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and the return on investment for your sponsors.
To meet the media relations needs of your program by joining Team ILP, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or email@example.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit http://www.InsideLinePromotions.com.
Article Credit: Inside Line Promotions
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Martha "Marty" E. Teats 76, of Montpelier passed away Wednesday morning at her home.
She was born on February 22, 1941 in Florence Township, Ohio to Francis Braden and Zelda Ilene (Wolff) Fikel. Marty graduated from Montpelier High School. On September 2, 1961, she married Jerry E. Teats, Sr. and he preceded her in death on August 29, 2005.
Marty retired from Key Plastics in 2003. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles aerie 2246 in Montpelier. Marty was a lifelong accordion player and entertainer with multiple bands, including Marty's one-woman band.
Marty is survived by her four children, Gary (Scooter) Teats of Bryan, Lynne (Bill) Hill of Montpelier, Jerry E. Teats of Pioneer and Lonnie (Loretta) Teats of Camden, Michigan; grandchildren, Hallie (Chase) Henry, Bill (Megan Shilling) Hill, Allie & Sidney Teats, J.J. Teats, Amanda Witter, and Kendall Lavigne; six great grandchildren; and nine siblings, Darlene (Paul) Green, Violet Chance, Francis (Sandy) Fikel, Jr., Rosie Miller, Fred (Kathy) Fikel, Tom Fikel, Kenny (Tarry) Fikel, Kay (Larry) Wendorf, and Chris Baughman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jerry, great granddaughter Brier Quinn Henry, and brother George Fikel.
Graveside services will be on Tuesday, June 20th at 11am at Riverside Cemetery in Montpelier with Reverend David Tilly to officiate. Memorial contributions can be made to CHP-Hospice. Condolences can be left at www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com.
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text: All Natural Miracle Balm 1 Review $19.95 Quantity discounts available QuantityPrice quantity Add to Cart Details Enhance the well-being of your beloved pets with a safe, effective and soothing balm for dogs and horses. This all natural formula made in Vermont works wonders on cracked paw pads and dry noses, not to mention rashes, cuts, bumps and scrapes. Even better, a portion of the proceeds goes to K9's for Warriors an organization that trains shelter dogs to be service animals for veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries. (2 oz) Item#: B42198Size: 2 ozMade In: USA Ingredients Ingredients: coconut oil, beeswax, aloe, mullein oil, oat oil, frankincense oil, lavender oil, helichrysum, micro silver coconut oil - coconut oil protects from microbial infections that can get into open wounds, strong disinfectant and antimicrobial properties beeswax - fights bacteria, helps prevent growth of fungus, promotes hydration by attracting water naturally, unlike petroleum based products, it allows the skin to breathe, contains vitamin A which helps cell regeneration, hypoallergenic aloe - has several properties that are effective in treating a variety of skin conditions, like flaky or dry skin, hair problems, useful in treating wounds and burns, minor skin infections, cysts mullein oil - pain reliever, antioxidant, anti-arthritic, antiseptic, anti-microbial and muscle relaxant oat oil - antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and moisturizing characteristics which soothe, smooth and nourish skin, especially sensitive and dry flaky skin frankincense oil - speeds up the healing of cuts, acne, insect bites, and boils, anti-inflammatory, pain reliever lavender oil - antioxidant, pain reliever, heals burns and wounds, acne, inhibits bacteria helichrysum - inhibits microbial growth, makes the skin smooth, soft and helps it retain moisture, helps skin recover quickly, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-allergenic micro silver - Used by veterinarians worldwide as a natural alternative to pharmaceutical and over the counter anti-fungals, Micro Silver is fast becoming a new way to treat wounds, bacterial infections, and skin problems as a long lasting, broad spectrum antimicrobial. Silver was used internally and externally as an antibiotic long before traditional antibiotics were developed. When silver ions are introduced to a single-cell bacteria or fungus, they interfere with cellular energy production and kill the organism. Only a very small amount of silver is needed to be effective. We use pure metallic silver with no ionic impurities. (Micro particles as opposed to nano particles, are not absorbed into the bloodstream and remain on the surface of the skin.) Helpful Info Safe for ingestion, if your pet licks the area that it is applied.Not recommended for cats. Products You May Like Reviews BackBackRatings & Reviews 1 review 5 stars 1 review 4 stars 0 reviews 3 stars 0 reviews 2 stars 0 reviews 1 star 0 reviews Write a Review Filter By DateBy RatingAll Reviews5 Star Reviews4 Star Reviews3 Star Reviews2 Star Reviews1 Star Reviews 6/26/0017 4:00:00 am Main purpose for my order by Karen B. - Main purpose for my order was the balm. Still too early to be able to form an opinion. Was this review helpful? Yes No Customers also bought


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Eye-catching headlines like this are great ratings boosters right now. Phrases like "Surviving financial annihilation" or "Devastating losses" have been en vogue lately because investors are becoming more aware that bonds may not be the pillar of our portfolios as we have come to rely on them over the past 30 years. Yields on bonds have been kept artificially low due to the Federal Reserve's intervention over the past several years with the Quantitative Easing (QE) programs. However, now that it looks as though the FED will be backing off of their QE programs, since it looks like the economy will be able to stand on its own two legs, we are left with a bond market with yields at nearly all-time lows.
Does this mean that the bond bear is finally out of hibernation?
The chart below gives us a history lesson on the last time we headed into a bond bear market (early 1950's). Rates on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury bond were at similar levels to where they are today.
From what we have seen already this year, it does seem that rates have nowhere to go but up. According to the above chart, it will be important to temper our return expectations coming from this bond portion of a portfolio. The average return we have come to expect from bonds will likely be drastically reduced going forward. If expectations are properly tempered, this need not "annihilate" our portfolios going forward. In my next blog I will go into more detail of what a bond bear market has looked like in the past.
Angela Palacios, CFP®is the Portfolio Manager at Center for Financial Planning, Inc. Angela specializes in Investment and Macro economic research. She is a frequent contributor to Money Centered as well asinvestment updates at The Center.
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Thank you to everyone who joined SDxCentral for its latest webinar featuring Oracle and the Rayno Report on lifecycle service orchestration. Attendees were able to learn from Oracle's design and solution approach for lifecycle service orchestration (LSO.) A network functions virtualization (NFV)-capable and incrementally deployable end-to-end solution was also showcased in the context of business transformations. Following the presentation on lifecycle service orchestration, Jennifer Faulkner and Scott Raynovich kindly responded to questions from the audience that can be found below.
What other organizations involved in developing LSO standards is Oracle working with?
Oracle: The MEF is leading efforts to drive standards for LSO in collaboration with other standards-setting organizations such as the TM Forum, European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI), NFV and ATIS OBF. Standards for LSO are being driven by the business requirements of MEF's 130 global service providers members with software and network vendors members also providing expertise. Oracle Communications is actively involved in these efforts and is providing expertise in business operations system (BSS)/Operations support system (OSS) as well as standards alignment between different industry organizations.
What's the difference between LSO and a service provider's BSS/OSS?
Oracle: While there are many differences between LSO and existing BSS/OSS and operations practices, the key ones to emphasize are:
- With LSO, all activities and systems are "orchestrated", as opposed to manually coordinated across multiple groups within the service provider, and also with other operators
- LSO is focused on adopting business-to-business API standardization which will allow seamless orchestration of end-to-end carrier ethernet services across multi-technology and multi-operator networks
- LSO is more focused on business agility requirements by providing a more flexible architecture that enables service providers to quickly adjust to new business and technical requirements compared to current 9-month BSS/OSS cycles to support new product offerings
What are some of the potential pitfalls in moving to an LSO architecture?
Oracle: The biggest pitfall for service providers is to attempt to flash-cut to a pure and fully automated LSO implementation in a big bang implementation approach. The danger is that such a project will never achieve business value. Service providers need to carefully think through the right practical migration approach that is most likely to deliver continuous business value over multiple phases.
As a first LSO implementation step, service providers should look at deploying a new core orchestration capability that can orchestrate both existing manual and automated activities. Service providers don't have to take on unnecessary risk by replacing all systems and automate everything day one.
NFV and software-defined networking (SDN) already promise agility. How do you see LSO contributing?
Oracle: NFV and SDN only promise increased "network" agility. If you don't significantly increase business and service operations agility, service providers are no better off than before. For example, even though a service provider deploys SDN/NFV, it will take them about 9 months or more to operationalize the addition of each new network functions as they get deployed despite extensive network trails and testing.
Successful LSO deployments will also provide greater business agility, allowing service providers to rapidly deliver new offerings to their market and/or to operationalize new network technologies. It will be important for service providers to understand how to evaluate LSO offers beyond the traditional features and functions review, and automation proofs of concept to ensure business agility use cases are also supported.
What are some of the customer experience use cases that an LSO architecture can enable?
Oracle: The LSO architecture enables several key enhancements in the enterprise customer experience for network-as-a-service, including:
- A seamless experience for all connectivity sites, including those within their service provider's reach and beyond thereby providing an increased feeling of reach.
- Full order visibility in terms of order deliver status for various components. Order visibility is no longer a black box of engineering
- On-demand network connectivity services leveraging automated processes and on-demand feature/ function modification leveraging NFV.
Perhaps a basic question, but how does LSO fit in with NFV MANO?
Oracle: LSO and NFV MANO are complementary. NFV MANO primarily deals with orchestration for network agility. LSO primarily deals with orchestration for business agility. NFV MANO will often work in a closed loop with the network for managing network functions (NF) across IT cloud infrastructures, performing policy-based scale-up/scale-down of the virtual network functions (VNFs) or services, in support of customer services managed by LSO. NFV MANO may also be triggered by LSO when a new VNF resource (ex: vCPE) or NFV network service (ex: firewall + anti-virus running off of the vCPE) must be instantiated to support a customer order.
How does Network Planning fit into the LSO model ?
Oracle: MEF has not determined this yet. Network Planning is a Network & Resource Management process. Therefore, does it belong within the boundaries of an LSO architecture, or is it part of the LSO ecosystem? Certainly, in the NFV world, the NFV Orchestrator has a key role to play in network planning, a function which, after initial resource deployment, can be handled in a dynamic/automated way (elasticity – resource/service scale-up and down). Lifecycle service orchestration has a different focus than network planning although the two are related given increases or decreases in service demand drives network planning.
I wanted to qualify network planning as both route planning and synthesis. What are your thoughts on that?
Oracle: If route planning is done for establishing a network, it falls in the Network & Resource Management process eluded to earlier. If path computation is implied for customer "services", then this is the role of LSO and sub-tender domain controllers, depending on the service abstraction layer of concern. For example, LSO would calculate a high level service path identifying the many network domains (which may be internal and cross-operator) that need to be involved to deliver the end-to-end customer service. A Domain Controller would do path computation over a Metro Ethernet access network across all its switches and ports.
Who are some of Oracle's LSO competitors?
Oracle: Primary competitors fit in 3 tiers:
- Large BSS/OSS software vendors (including network vendors playing in BSS/OSS areas), often encumbered with non-agile legacy technologies, challenged with the new NaaS, NFV and SDN world, but with functional breadth covering all aspects of service providers' business processes.
- Smaller niche software vendors, good and agile for technical-level service orchestration and usually specialized in specific domains or network technologies. Service providers still need to connect niche solution into an overall cross-domain agile business and service orchestration framework to achieve overall business agility.
- Open source, which effectively relies on service provider internal do-it-yourself leverage/build/delivery/support methodology, versus exploiting commercial carrier-grade agile and configurable platforms.


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The Coin, Short film – Directed by Fabien Martorell – Starring Christopher Lloyd, Kathryn Morris
Based on the short story "Soul Murder" by David Mamet
Trailer Edited by Scott Butzer
Watch the trailer for The Coin HERE
The Coin is an absorbing short film based on the (very) short story entitled "Soul Murder" written by David Mamet, published in Granta Magazine. The entire story is about two pages long and observes a boy being berated by his stern mother; a man watching fantasizes about approaching the boy while his mother has stepped away and telling the boy he is his guardian angel and giving him a coin that is symbolic of the boy's goodness. Mamet, a masterful writer, is able to paint a portrait of a troubled family dynamic in two short pages with deft brush strokes of dialogue and description. Since the man's thoughts are purely internal, it would be near impossible to depict them as written in film unless one relied on voice-over. Instead, filmmaker Fabien Martorell and co-writer Golan Ramras opt for taking the mother and son inside a grocery store where the man actually interacts with the boy, handing him a coin and impressing upon him the belief that he is, in fact, good not bad. That the man is played by Christopher Lloyd lends an immediate likability to the character who otherwise might be suspect as he is apparently homeless. Mamet's version conveys a deep sadness for the child who seems to be (rightfully so) depressed and disturbed. In the film, the child appears to have more internal strength and while the mother castigates him, he seems determined to remain his own person. In the end, in the film, we think the child will be ok; not so in the written story. As a result, the film captures a certain magic in the man handing the boy the coin (a magic further suggested by the film's end suggesting the man may have been an actual angel after all) while presenting a recognizable dynamic in this angry, frustrated mother and her young son who may or may not have done something worthy of her wrath. A remarkable short film inspired by a remarkable very short story. Mike Fishman
6 AWARDS – 5 NOMINATIONS – 24 FESTIVALS (including 4 Academy-qualifying festivals, and 6 festivals voted Top 50 by MovieMaker Magazine)
WINNER 2013 & 2014: "Best Short Film" Sunscreen Film Festival West, "Best Short Film" San Pedro Int'l Film Festival, "Best US Short Film-Audience Award" Champs-Elysees Film Festival, "Best Director" Festival Int'l du Film de Court Metrage d'Avignon, "Best Short Film-Jury Award" Big Bear Lake Int'l Film Festival, "Best Concept" The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest
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[I]f what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. (1 Jn 2.24; 5.12, LEB)
Farewell. (Sat., 24 Mar. 2018)
Such accusations bring out some of the nastiest aspects of human nature - kicking the establishment (or persons associated with it) while it is down, feeds peoples self-righteousness: O God, I give Thee thanks, that, unlike that scumbag over there, I am not a paedo. Its a way of avenging oneself on those who threaten ones ego by being better or greater than oneself, I think.
I have become very sceptical of allegations of sexual misconduct - they are a very convenient weapon for destroying peoples character. And it is very convenient, that they so often come to light only long after the alleged incident or incidents. The gravity of the accusation fully justifies scepticism, IMO. And the burden of proof must never be shifted on to the accused, whose right to his or her good name must be allowed to remain intact until the accusation is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also Head of the body, the Church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
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Toy gun fights were just a part of growing up, whether you were playing cowboys and indians, or humans against aliens it was almost always 10 per cent reality and 90 per cent imagination.
Well thankfully for us, one guy decided to make his childhood toy gun fight a reality, or at least look like one thanks to the power of CGI.
What starts off as a standard Nerf gun battle quickly escalates into a full blown toy war involving mini toy cars, lightsabers and Spider-Man's web slinger.
Whilst it doesn't have the sheer scale of the Nerf office war what it lacks in size it more than makes up for with silliness and nostalgia.
With off the shelf software now able to make special effects that'd make Star Wars feel dated the video's creator Andrewmfilms has made a whole show reel of short films on YouTube.


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Hello Readers, Hope you have a Happy Holiday!
Early Learning-Literacy Newsletter
December 2014
Our Early Learning and Literacy Programs recognize the importance of play for children's development. We support and enhance play to teach literacy skills. For example, after the children have heard a story, we love to weave in activities that promote dramatic play and opportunities to re-tell the story
The "three stories a day" that we choose as read-aloud act as a spring-board for ideas that encourage all ages to explore the concepts found in the story and act out a new story in their own creative way. We provide simple props that the kids turn into all sorts of things. For example: when we read the Journey of the Dog Salmon by Nuchaanulth Elder, Bruce Martin, all that was needed was a collection of old scarves. The children used the pink and red scarves to signal that they were now salmon "running up the river". All the adults joined in the Sockeye Salmon run and acted very tired by the time they arrived at their destination. Because we had lots of opportunities to bring in the new vocabulary words "journey", and "life cycle", the children mastered the concepts we wanted to teach in a playful and joyful way.
Let's Have Fun and "Look Out for Letters"
We focused on recognizing the letter "s" and practiced making the "ss" sound when the children covered Sammy Snake's letter with stones and made a hissing sound when they placed each rock on the letter template.
The Literacy Leaders, teachers and all the talented caregivers at NAC and Boy's and Girl's Club know that young children do not learn about the world by themselves. All learning is social. Stories help children think about and practice social skills such as problem solving and thinking about the needs and feelings of others. Many of our stories involve solving problems. Raven had to come up with plan to save the sun in Elder Ellen White's story "Seagull Steals the Sun".
Our Favourite Tips for Growing Up To Read
1. Read to your child from the very start. Even babies love books!
2. Read every day. Make a special time for books.
3. Make a fun or cozy place to read or look at books. Make a special place to display favourite books so they can be found easily.
4. Bring some books with you when you go out. Book time can happen anywhere anytime! Books are great for the car.
5. Be a family of readers. Let your child see you reading books, magazines, recipes and more. Share culturally important stories.
6. Read where you are. Look our for letters. Point out signs, read street signs, cereal boxes, exit signs and other kinds of texts. Reading happens everywhere!
7. Remind family and friends that books make wonderful presents.
8. Make the reading time fun and special. Take time to talk about the pictures and make connections between the book and recent events in your child's life.
9. Re-read favourite stories. Let your child say the familiar lines...enjoy being dramatic! Make a big deal about the "Most Important Word"...your child's name!
Every Child Needs a Literacy Blanket
Early literacy events should be joyful, cozy, and result in a child feeling special. Literacy learning starts long before educators greet your child at the day care, pre-school or kindergarten door. It begins when your child is comfortably nestled in the in the crook of your arm, while sharing a book. This is when literacy learning begins. The experience feels cozy and comfortable, just like a favourite blanket.
Coach Auntie, Coach Daddy, Coach Grandma , Coach Teacher, Coach Day Care Teachers, Coach Community Reader Volunteers, Coach Mummy, Coach Uncle, Coach Grandpa, Coach Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre Administration Staff, Coach Practicum Students
The Coast Salish are famous for their weaving skills . A Salish blanket is strong, unique and functional. I would like to invite you to join us in creating a "Literacy Blanket" for your child. This Literacy Blanket will offer life-long use and function through all future learning paths. Special people in a child's life: caring parents, grandparents, auntie, uncle, or loving friend of the family, can participate in the process of weaving a precious "Literacy Blanket" for the special child in their lives. Community members can also contribute to this project.


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Fiat 500C Feelgood Playlist with Spotify.
Don't know whether anyone has picked up on the 500C Feelgood Playlist but you should check it out! Its the first time Spotify have collaborated with a brand to create a interactive playlist that people can add too.
It's pretty cool, I actually manage the playlist here at FIAT and if you add your Feelgood Song you get a chance to win a Premium Spotify Subscription for a year which is cracking. Anyway here is the URL to add your tracks. http://www.fiat.co.uk/500cplaylist/
Let me know what think if you have been listening to the best summer playlist ever!
Feelgood Chris, FIAT UK
Fiat 500C Feelgood Playlist Manager.
I'm in two minds. On the one hand, signing up to a music forum just to whore promotional bullshit for a car company makes you worse than Hitler.
On the other hand, the link - instead of taking you to music - takes you to a place where you can give some personal details to a car company so you can win the chance to listen to Spotify WITHOUT PROMOTIONAL BULLSHIT, which makes the poster worse than Hitler, but in a much more ironic way.
I don't know how I'm going to reconcile this.
See y'later Chris
Just thought you might like the sound of winning a Premium Spotify account. I'll be off.
Yeah, nah..sounds shit, ' Topher
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Lithium-conducting sulfur compound cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries
United States Patent
|October 11, 2016
|View the Complete Patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office
|Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Visit the Partnerships Directorate Website
|A lithium sulfur cell has a cathode including Li.sub.3PS.sub.4+n(0<n<9), an electrolyte, and an anode comprising lithium. A cathode for a lithium sulfur cell is also disclosed.
|Liang; Chengdu (Knoxville, TN), Dudney; Nancy J. (Knoxville, TN), Lin; Zhan (Albany, CA), Liu; Zengcai (Savoy, IL)
|UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
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|August 23, 2013
|STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH This invention was made with government support under contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The government has certain rights in this invention.


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How Far Along: 34 Weeks
Size of baby: large cantaloupe- We will get his new weight Friday. Praying he has grown alot since the last ultrasound.
Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes all the time. I am so ready to wear regular pants. Yesterday I just went to my closet and stared at all my jeans. One day I will wear them again.
Gender: Aaron Marcous
Movement: He's still a very active boy. Woke me up this morning. One of his favorite games right now is to punch my bladder. I'm really not a fan.
What I miss: Pretty much everything this week. I think I'm reaching the point where I am just over this whole pregnant thing. I'm told this is normal.
Sleep: Its still hit or miss. Depends on how many bathroom trips I have to make and if I can find that perfect position to sleep in.
Symptoms: Tired and breathing like a fat person just walking across the house--very attractive trait.
Cravings: This week I have wanted sweets. I made Gramma's peanut butter pie Thursday and Stephen has not helped me eat much of it so I am working on it all by myself.
I saw the doctor last Wednesday. I had lost weight again (Not sure how when all I did was sit on my booty and eat) but the doctor was not concerned since it is so hot. I go back this Friday and Stephen is going to go this time to see the ultrasound. Hope Aaron is not hiding his face like last week. We did not get any good pictures this time. He kept turning away.
We went to Birmingham Saturday with the inlaws to shop and pick up the last few things we need. I was very worried about my endurance but I made it! I sat down alot and drank alot of water. We went to Babies R Us for the first time. That place is great!! Everything you did not know you needed. Our favorite part was the gliders. We all took turns sitting in these two and we wanted to take four of them home. We are still talking about how comfy they were.


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Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (PTI) The Kerala government today reinstated senior IPS officer T P Senkumar as the state DGP (Law and Order), on a day the Supreme Court dismissed the states clarification petition on his appointment with costs.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan signed the necessary files in this regard tonight and the government order would be issued tomorrow, CMs office sources said here.
The apex court had on April 24 directed reinstatement of Senkumar, saying he was transferred by the LDF government "unfairly" and "arbitrarily".
The LDF government had removed Senkumar as the DGP two days after it came to power in May 25 last year.
The Supreme Court had earlier today sought the response of the Kerala Chief Secretary on a contempt plea by Senkumar, who has alleged delay in his reinstatement as state police chief despite the apex courts order.
It ordered notice to Chief Secretary Nalini Netto on the contempt plea and fixed the matter for hearing on May 9.
It also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the Kerala government, which had filed a separate application seeking certain clarifications on its April 24 judgement. PTI JRK UD APR DIP


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Everything is ready for the Jaguar Golf Trophy 2014 presented by Engel & Völkers Italy, which opened officially on Saturday, April 12th at "Circolo Golf & Tennis Rapallo". It continues now with another unforgettable stop at the Pevero Golf Club Costa Smeralda on Saturday, July the 26th where the shop of Engel & Völkers Porto Cervo, highly specialized in the international sale and rental of the most exclusive residential properties, will welcome you and will make the event even more exclusive and valuable.
This important tournament which is already held now for the 29th time is an absolute must for all golf lovers.
Also this time lots of renowned partners will provide exclusive, selected highlights through their presence and their professionalism.
One of these companies is Engel & Völkers, which has international contacts to the highest clientele and the most exclusive properties all over the world, thanks to their unique network and their strong brand awareness.
The Jaguar Golf Trophy will be played over 18 holes and will observe the following schedule:
12th April 2014 CIRCOLO GOLF E TENNIS RAPALLO
25th April 2014 GOLF CLUB BOLOGNA
11th May 2014 GOLF CLUB MONTICELLO
17th May 2014 VERDURA GOLF & SPA RESORT
15th June 2014 GOLF CLUB ASIAGO
22nd June 2014 GOLF CLUB MILANO
28th June 2014 FRANCIACORTA GOLF CLUB
6th July 2014 GOLF CLUB VARESE
13th July 2014 ADRIATIC GOLF CLUB CERVIA
19th July 2014 ARGENTARIO GOLF CLUB
26th July 2014 PEVERO GOLF CLUB
7th September 2014 CIRCOLO GOLF UGOLINO
14th September 2014 CIRCOLO GOLF VILLA D'ESTE
12th October 2014 MARCO SIMONE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
1st November 2014 SAN DOMENICO GOLF - FINALE
During each stop you will be greeted by our E & V partner at the dedicated booth in the Clubhouse.


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The Hound of Sol IV!
Budge is approaching the fairing of the hull with the eye of the auto body painter. He knows that it will never be perfect so he has to settle on the fact that it's a home built boat, not a Ferrari. He has to reach the point where it's OK by his standards. Welcome to the wonderful wonky world of Wharram catamarans! We worked on the hull (STILL!) We sanded a bunch!
Ben worked on preparing the rudders.
He had to put a final coat of e-pox-e on the uppers. These damn rudders were the first project he started when he got here. They are perfect! That's because we built and rebuilt them three times (like Groundhog Day)!!!!!! Cursing is an art form with builders of boats.
We sanded the hulls!
Ben painted on a coat of primer on the rudder tops.
Then filled in the imperfections with red spot putty. The red oval shapes are primer separations. The thin lines are brush strokes. The big red splotches are sanding imperfections. There are epoxy islands........aw hell you get the picture. May the farce be with us.
I could say redundantly that we sanded the hulls, which we did, but your eyes would only glaze over and you'd fall off your chair in a stupor and hit your head on the floor, necessitating a trip to the emergency room, so I won't. Ben waved his magic wand and pressure sprayed the hull to get the crud off. Best $3.00 garage sale money ever spent!
Then he coated the lashing strakes with epoxy. These are the strakes that lash the beams...........awwwwww'................. you'll get it later on, if you can remember. We had to sand them, of course (WAKE UP!).
Then we started taping the hull. Then the hull temperature was over 100° (too hot to paint) and we decided to do it the next day, which was Saturday, I think, the days mush together like the chronosynclastic infundibulum.
We taped. The Brown Recluse came out to help!
And taped.........
And taped.
And taped until it was time to paint..............
Then we started spraying...... until a problem arose: pinholes in the surface (monsters from the Id!). The paint was having problems, so we started rolling.
White is a lovely boat color........and unique! We stuck a brush in the Brown Recluse's hand and had her paint the chines while I painted the gunwales and lashing strakes. And, as typical of teenagers unaccustomed to real work, she abandoned the job, the task unfinished, thus dumping the load onto someone else (me). I hate working with teenagers. They're only useful when they get out of the way. Way too much grumbling and sighing.
We cracked on. We rolled the second, topcoat on and took a break while it dried. It looked good. In the morning we will spray on one final coat. Here is a series of pictures to show the progress.
C'mon, you didn't think I'd paint the boat white, did you???
The color?? Move over, Matt Damon, it's Martian!!!!!
Budge then decided that we could again spray on the third coat as a more even surface emerged (release the Kraken!).
So when the big lime green catamaran pulls up along side of you in the marina, it's the Martian Dog! Ah-oooooooo!
The bottleneck passed, we move on to progress. A prize to all those who got the obscure sci-fi references: a weeks vacation in Texas learning boat building! Move over, Tom Sawyer.
The Music♪: Ray Charles " It's not Easy Being Green"
It ain't easy!
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So once again I went to the National Archives of Santu Spirtu, this time looking at naval records BEFORE the birth of Antonio Barbara in Bone, Algeria. I was looking for the journey of the couple Giuseppe Barbara and Rosa nee` Vella to Bone, Algeria. I searched through tomes and grimoires, even enlisting the help of my father - but it was all in vain.
I left the idea for a while...
Then I discovered that the National Archives held another source of information: the Passport Register. While the naval records would have contained information about lots of irrelevant stuff and people (I remember finding a record of a Mexican man landing in Malta), and possibly multiple times for the same person, especially crew, the Passport Register would have only one entry for Maltese persons requesting a passport - and to travel by ship, one would need a passport. This information was also better available: in PDF format, so I could search the records without damaging and old invaluable book. I had 80 pages to search in, and I found something 20 pages on.
I found a record of a certain Rosa Barbara requesting a passport, together with.... wait for it... her daughter Antonina Barbara! Apart from the absence of her husband, which would have gone there before his family, the existence of an elder sister for Antonio was a welcome news!
On my way back home I wondered what could have happened to Antonia. Would she have helped her mother raise her two younger brothers? Would she have returned with them back to Malta, or would she have found love, married and brought up family in Bone, Algeria - would there be descendents, relatives of ours, still living there? Would I be able to make contact?...
All this fizzled away when I rechecked the CAOM records and found out that she had died in 1836, before Tony's birth in 1837 and Antonio's birth in 1838 - they hadn't even met!
Antonia died at the tender age of 4 years. This made the stay of the Barbara family even more dramatic:
- in 1836 the daughter Antonina dies
- in 1837 the son Tony is born
- in 1838 the son Antonio is born
- in 1839 the father Giuseppe dies
Imagine Rosa's tragic life: going abroad with a daughter and husband, and returning back with only two sons...


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I have not been able to sleep properly at night for years,due to severe aches and pains that wake me constantley,I take Amitrypyiline at night with not much relief.
My go has given me Garbaptin to try but he was going to givr me pregablin I'm going to ask for pregablin as it seems to have less side effects.
What I really wanted to ask is,without meaning to offend anyone,I have always thought that FM was purely aches and pains? My daughter was dxd with severe ME 15 years ago,aged 11, back then ME was a nightmare to deal with as it seemed to be thought to be all in the mind.
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I have only read a little bit on the forum and shall take my time to read lots more,but please can you give me your experiences of what FM really does to the body? Thank you so much in advance.Sandy.


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" DJI has a big announcement coming at the end of this month. Any thoughts on what it could be?
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text: I have the latest Starcraft patch with the CPU Throttling checkbox, but it doesn't seem to have much if any effect. Whether it's on or off the game consumes about the same amount of CPU, in the 45%-60% range on a 2.16 GHz Core2Duo MacBook Pro. I tried restarting the game after making the change, no effect there either. 45%-60% (of BOTH cores, measured with MenuMeters, Activity Monitor, and command-line top) seems like A LOT for a low-resolution 10-year-old game on modern hardware. I have 4 GB of RAM and no other apps running. Normally I wouldn't care too much, except that I'm playing SC on a laptop and the heavy CPU usage heats this metal slab up to knee-scorching temperatures and cranks the fan up pretty loud. Am I missing something? EDIT: I'm playing in Mac OS X, no Boot Camp, dual boot, Parallels, Fusion, etc.


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THE BUZZ In a bid to make zi char or informal communal dining traditionally held in non-air-conditioned eateries relevant to the next generation of diners, young chefs like Nixon Low put forth their reimagined versions. For the latter, the update includes the freedom to marry local ingredients with modern cooking techniques.
AMBIENCE Tucked away in a corner, Jiakpalang is one of the five F&B offerings on the ground floor of Fragrance Empire Building. Away from the main Central Business District, the area is a growing hub of offices with a sizeable lunch crowd. Come noon, white-collared types are drawn to the restaurant's bright and minimalist interior. A long counter and bar tables flank the narrow entrance that leads to a larger dining area at the back where there is regular seating.
FOOD & DRINK Even though small, the eatery is sufficiently versatile to adjust according to the time of day or occasion. In the afternoon, the long counter serves mostly as a cashier where hungry diners put in their orders for reasonably priced healthy brown rice or salad bowls such as the Signature Sesame Soy Chicken (S$6.90). Each option comes with a side of protein, an egg, steamed vegetables and a selection of sides.
For dinner service in the evening, the menu changes to full-on zi char style; instead of bowls, you can choose from an a la carte menu. The usual practice of having steaming white rice to go with the dishes is still encouraged but Low provides more choices such as couscous and quinoa barley. On the whole, the selection is a mix of familiar and new side by side. Silken Tofu with Century Egg Sauce and Tobiko (S$7), for example, is reminiscent of a popular cold appetiser of pickled jellyfish and silken tofu. On the other hand, the Sour Plum Vine Tomatoes (S$7) that have been marinated an entire day are accompanied by wakame or seaweed salad and seems more Japanese inspired.
Low has more fun with the mains as he puts his twist on things. Har Cheong Gai (S$13) or prawn paste marinated chicken wings that are typically deep fried are, at Jiakpalang, made into a chicken roulade stuffed with a chicken thigh, onion, oyster sauce, coriander and pepper mince. Similarly, assam fish head normally served in a ceramic pot is deconstructed in the Assam Pulau Ubin Seabass (S$15); the pan-fried fillet is placed on aromatic eggplant puree, assam gravy and pineapple cubes that have been compressed in elderflower syrup.
Then there are instances where the executive chef comes up with entirely new creations. The Charcoal Katarosu Pork Collar (S$16) takes its inspiration from a local pick-me-up favourite – kopi C. He serves the fatty slices of meat with kopi C sauce and coffee soil, a curious combination of bitter, salty and sweet. While the Ang Ji Kao Stout-braised Beef Cheek (S$17) is derived from watching retirees sit at coffee shops downing a pint of beer with a plate of peanuts nearby. For this, mash potatoes mixed with peanut butter meet the soft beef cheek in a thick stout gravy. Small cubes of nashi pear help a little to cut through the monotony of the hearty dish. Or try the Milo Dinosaur (S$8) dessert that is milo panna cotta, milo crumb powder and milo marbled shiratama (Japanese rice balls) 'eggs' plated to look like a prehistoric reptile's nest.
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The Name of God is a little cynical trip into a bizarre hole, filled with homeless people, weird omens, dangerous situations, and ritual chanting. No, seriously, you will have to intone the words, or you will never find your true self again!
The Name of God is a nanogame. As such, it fits in less than half page and can be cut to appear as a tiny deck of business cards. Kicked into existence thanks to the lure of the GameChef2013, it has been inspired by the great ideas of Epidiah Ravachol, but then took a bizarre twist of its own.
The Name of God is freely inspired to such works as Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, American Gods and Anansi Boys. And The Prodigy's song Narayan which more or less means "The Name of God". And also to my undying love for Unknown Armies.
Designed for 3-4 participants.
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Surrounding people will direct worried glances in your direction.