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Buy A $100 Box to Help Build The Goat Cheese Lady Creamery
For years, people have told me I ought to sell more of my goat milk lotion, soaps and lip balms. I ought to put them in stores, market them more on the internet, have more for sale at the farm. I know I should…but CHEESE is my passion. I love to MAKE CHEESE. I love to TEACH CHEESE. I want to SELL CHEESE.I want to SELL CHEESE that reminds a person of what her Italian grandmother made. I want to SELL CHEESE that makes local restaurant chefs proud to have on their menus. I want to SELL CHEESE that brings our local terroir to the kitchens and dinner tables of cheese connoisseurs who appreciate and value the goat milk, green pasture, good hay, time, art and passion that go into making artisan cheese.
- Lindsey Aparicio
- The Goat Cheese Lady's manufacturing department.
To realize my dream of making and selling cheese, my husband, our boys and I are building, after years of planning and designing, a small creamery in Penrose, Colorado, from which we can SELL CHEESE!
But we ran into a financial road block. After installing the septic tank for the creamery, we began getting bids for the foundation. $13,000. It was much more than we expected and pushes us way over our budget. We put on the brakes. I got mad. I cried. The creamery we thought would be up and running last May is only an empty septic tank in the ground. We can't put in the foundation – thus using up much of our budget – and risk not having enough money to cover it with walls and a roof. It would be ruined. When my husband said we might have to wait one or two years, I yelled.
NO!! I don't want to wait one or two years more to have our creamery. By the time our goats have their babies next Spring, I want to be using their milk to make and sell cheese.
I began to think, HOW CAN I MAKE $13,000…FAST? How can we cash flow the foundation so it puts us back into budget?
I could go back to work at a "regular job." My answer, not surprising to those who know me, was no.
I could sell lots of soaps, lotions and lip balms. $5 a piece for a bar of soap or a 4 oz bottle of lotion means selling 2,600 individual bars and bottles. My brain couldn't handle that number and it seemed out of reach.
OR WAIT! ….I could sell $100 Boxes filled with soaps, lotions and lip balms! That would mean only selling 130 boxes! I could wrap my mind around that idea!
So, the idea for the $100 Box was born. I will sell $100 Boxes of Goat Milk Soap, Lotion and Lip Balm and I only need to sell 130 to pour the floor of The Goat Cheese Lady Creamery, but I need your help!
HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP: Order a $100 Box (or two or three). Fill your showers, bathtubs, kitchen sinks and bathrooms with soap and lotion that has a purpose. Use your $100 Box to stock up on birthday gifts, hostess gifts, employee gifts, client and co-worker appreciation gifts or "just because" gifts. We make all of the Goat Milk Soap, Lotion and Lip Balm right here on our farm in small batches. You can help us raise the money to pour the foundation to take us one step closer to having The Goat Cheese Lady Creamery by next Spring!
HERE IS WHAT YOU GET: $100 of any combination our Goat Milk Soaps, Lotions and Lip Balms.
HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT: Fill out an order form. The soaps are $5 each, the lotions are $5 each for 4 oz bottles and $10 each for 8 oz bottles and the lip balms are $2.50 each. You choose from the scents and sizes until your total adds up to $100. You pay when you order and pick up your $100 Box at Ranch Foods Direct when all of your items are ready. We can also ship your $100 Box to you (shipping cost is not included in the $100).

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Last week I was honored to be invited to co-facilitate with Eliaichi Kimaro (Eli) of A Lot Like You in a session titled "Colleges, Conferences, & Lectures, Oh My!" This was offered at Docforest, hosted by Seattle Documentary Association. Their sleep-away style camp is an inspiring weekend of "high tech talk in a low-tech setting." We were surrounded by a sense of kinship among doc filmmakers and delicious food all weekend. The retreat featured a keynote of Adnaan Wasey, the Director of POV Digital and POV Hackathon.
Our session had over a dozen attendees, many who already had colleges asking for screenings and others just getting started with festivals. The takeaways we suggested: start by making a list of three target academic fields/college departments who would be interested in your film and five cities where you would like to bring your film.
We also dug into the complexities of how to set price-points, timing for rolling out your film (educational vs. festivals,) and how to find an educational distributor. Eli and I coincidentally both went to Peter Broderick for distribution consultation services and ended up with Collective Eye Films for educational distribution. Neither of us found it a priority to create curriculum to pair with our films.
Filmmaker takeaway:
My own takeway is that I want to follow-up with Samara Lectures. This is the company that secures all of Eli's gigs and does a lot of the legwork for her. I am very interested to see which parts of the process I am missing, where I might be reinventing the wheel, and how I can help spread this model to other filmmakers who would like to get paid to travel and show their films on the college market.


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My Green Two Cents
Eco-enthusiast Tanya Roberts blogs about green trends, issues and her favourite sustainable products.
Zazubean: the responsible chocolate
For me, there is nothing as satisfying as dark, rich chocolate. While it's without a doubt my "guilty pleasure", I'm always on the lookout for a chocolate which isn't so—well—guilty. So when I came across Zazubean Organic Chocolate at the 2012 Green Living Show, which advertises itself as Canada's first line of functional gourmet chocolate, I decided to give it a try.
As it turns out, Zazubean was envisioned by a group of friends who also felt there was a lack of responsible chocolate choices in today's market. On a bike excursion off the coast of British Columbia, they discussed wanting a gourmet chocolate that was delicious, ethical and had natural health benefits. So they created a solution: a product line of dark, 100 percent organic and Certified Fair Trade chocolate bars with added superfoods that target PMS, anxiety, energy, sexual stamina and more—made ethically from cocoa bean to bar.
With unique names like Lunatic, Zing, Ego, Nakid, Flirt and Hottie, each kind has its own health benefits. I picked up Ego, which combines nature's powerful Matcha green tea and the superfood Goji berries, which are rich in vitamin A, E, B complex and minerals such as zinc, iron, copper and phosphorus.
- Zazubean's chocolate is dark, and dark chocolate with a minimum cocoa content of 70 percent may protect against heart disease and high blood pressure. Plus, it's choc full (pun intended) of antioxidants and vitamins.
- All bars are Certified Organic by the USDA. Pesticide-free? I love it.
- The chocolate is Certified Fair Trade, ensuring farmers and their families get a fair wage for their cocoa beans.
- The bars are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free and GMO-free.
- The bars contain superfoods which have amazing health benefits.
- The chocolate is rich and delicious.
- The line is a little pricey—the average single bar sells for around $4, so it's definitely more expensive than my usual chocolate fix.
In my opinion the pros outweigh the cons, and I'm a strong believer in the fantastic health benefits of superfoods. The chocolate is smooth, dark and delicious, and certainly handy on days when you need that something extra. Plus, it's both certified Organic and Fair Trade, so you know you're supporting socially and environmentally supportive practices.
To find out where you can get your hands on a tasty Zazubean bar for yourself (you won't be disappointed), use this handy store locator. Enjoy!


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How to keep healthy to the sperms
A person's face and personality is as glorious as his semen is healthy. There is a direct impact on the body and mind of a person by the things what he eats, drinks, does and thinks as well. Therefore, the same impact applies on the semen too.
If a person is the habitual of intoxication and has wrong eating habits and tension, there is direct impact of all these things on his semen. Here it means to say that there is change in the quantity of semen of such kinds of impacts. There are many causes of this change in semen as lack of nutritive meals, unnatural copulation, and regular sexual intercourse with prostitutes, excessive sexual intercourse, masturbation, anxiety, gloominess and fear. The process of its formation is necessary before knowing the quantity and quality of semen.
Process of semen's production:-
The production of semen starts in the age of 14-16 and continues until death. There are two testicles under the penis of a man where the production of semen is completed. Several kinds of liquids are produced in seminal vesicles and prostrate glands. There are two glands of 3 inches long named seminal vesicles in a man's body and in which a kind of secretion is produced. This secretion gives nutrition to the sperms and increases their movement. In addition to, a kind of excretion is produced in prostrate gland. When all these liquids mingle to each other, semen is produced. Sperms existed in the semen get maturity fully within 70-80 days.
The production of semen keeps on continuously. When there is no space in testicles to contain semen, it comes out from them in the form of nightfall and thus a place is prepared there for semen. This kind of secretion of semen is called nightfall or night discharge. A person feels no mental and physical harm after nightfall.
When a person ejaculates semen, 3-4 crores sperms come out with semen in a time. If there is a lack of alive and active sperms in the semen, the quality of your semen will be considered wrong.
Number of sperms in clean semen:-
When a person ejaculates semen, almost two crores sperms should come out. Besides it, sperm should be healthy, strong, active and fertile. This kind of semen is considered good and pure.
Activeness of sperms:-
If sperms are more than two crores in semen but many sperms are unconscious, passive, dead and lazy, it is not good semen.
Structure of sperms:-
Almost the tail of 45-50 percent sperms should be straight and the head of these sperms should be in egg shaped. If there is a difference in the structure of sperms, they are considered weak sperm.
A person with good and healthy sperms is able to generate beautiful and healthy child. If sperms are unhealthy, there will be a wrong impact on the wife and she will be unhealthy. Some scientists say that if a woman makes sexual relation with a man of unhealthy sperms, she may be the victim of several diseases. Unhealthy semen is radicals free, which harms on the walls of the uterus. A change becomes necessary in life style and meals to make semen healthy and pure.
Some formulae for men to enhance the quality of sperms:-
1. A balanced and nutritive diet is necessary to make sperms healthy, strong and active.
2. A person should take fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin-A, B, B-complex and vitamin E. A person becomes healthy physically along with healthy sperms.
3. Men should take seasonal fruits, leafy vegetables, milk, ghee, dry fruits, sea food products, cheese, butter, lemon juice, soyabean, mashroom, bread prepared with siftings, unpolished rice, juice of fruits, unbroken pulses and sprouted grains. Sperms remain healthy, active and alive by the use of these things.
4. A person should not take such things as spicy food, stale meals, fast food, cola, soft drink, noodles and food rich in fat because the quality of sperms starts to decay.
5. Intoxication affects to the body directly. It harms to the body on one hand and reduces the quality of semen too on the other.
6. Sperms become unhealthy and impure because of intoxication and thus sperms become dead, unhealthy, impure and lazy because of this reason. A person becomes unhealthy if his semen is not good or pure. If such a person makes sexual relation with a woman, an unhealthy child will take birth.
7. The offspring of habitual of intoxication suffer from hereditary diseases, cancer and mental problems.
8. Habitual of intoxication becomes the victim of impotence. The sperms of such person's semen are lazy, unhealthy and dead. The offspring of such persons are unhealthy.
9. We know that sperms are produced in the testicles as well as gather there. The temperature of testicles is less than the temperature of the body so that they remain far away from any harm. Therefore, we should not do such deed, which is harmful for our testicles.
10. Do not wear nylon underwear because the temperature of the testicles increases by wearing such under garments. This temperature is harmful for sperms.
11. Wear cotton underwear because its use keeps the temperature normal and there is no harm to the sperms too.
12. Wear loose underwear always because tight garment gives pressure on the testicles and any kind of pressure on the testicles is harmful for healthy sperms. Therefore, loose underwear should be worn.
13. The color of the underwear should be light because dark colour of the underwear increases the temperature of the body. Therefore, wear only light-colored underwear.
14. Do not wear underwear at night so that fresh air may reach on the testicles. There will be no harm effect on the testicles by doing so.
15. Exercise is essential for men so that sperms may be healthy along with good health and mind.
16. Regular exercise improves the level of testosterone hormone and the production of sperms become high along with good health.
17. Exercise is good but too much exercise may be harmful. Sperms may by deadly and lazy because of excessive exercise. Therefore, a person should do exercise according to need.
18. Pollution of water, air and sound is harmful for human body. There is a bad impact on the sperms because of pollution. A person may be the victim of several diseases too. Therefore, it can be said that pollution is the biggest enemy of sperms.
19. The number of sperms starts to reduce because of pollution. A person can be ill.
20. There are different kinds of medicine, which are harmful for sperms. Such kinds of medicines are as- medicine that are mingled in foodstuff, pesticides, fertilizer, detergent powder and D.D.T. etc.
21. There is harm for sperms if materials as plastic and detergent are used. So, such things should not be used at all.
22. Sometime there may be harmful for a person's sperms because of anxiety about sex, sexual urge, bawdy, pornographic books and films, nude dance, sexy chatting. Hence, give up all these bad habits soon.
23. A person should not use hot water on a large scale. A person should avoid by doing such activities as pouring hot water on the testicles and penis, taking vapor for long time, sitting in the tub of hot water for a long time and taking bath with hot water. These activities are avoidable because hot water reduces the strength and qualities of semen.
24. If a person pours cold water on the penis and testicles, sperms will be strong and healthy by doing so.
25. A person should make sexual intercourse according to need or physical strength because there may be harmful for sperms because of excessive sexual intercourse. A healthy sperm may be dead because of too much.
26. Regular sexual intercourse is very good because a strength and activeness come in the testicles by doing so. Thus, the production of new sperms becomes fast after the ejaculation of old sperm. This semen gathers into the testicles. A person becomes healthy physically and mentally by regular sex.


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So, I'm going to try and be more regular with my blog posts.. pwomise!
These things just tend to run away from me, but I'm feeling more motivated at the moment. I'm going to be spending my days learning, cbt-ing (cognitive behavioural therapy for the brainwrongs) and trying to get out and do more.
Heading to Cambridge for a couple of days soon as the bf and I are going to a Neil Gaiman book signing at Ely Cathedral, how very grand and exciting! It's going to be his last ever signing tour so we knew we couldn't miss it; I have no idea what we're going to say to him... he must have heard it all before so many times "I love your work LOL"
|The curly haired one!
Recently dyed my hair an orangey colour and realised it makes me look a little like Delirium from The Sandman graphic novel, one of my favourite characters of all time. I need to get me a fishie now. Also I don't know why I keep mentioning hair, there's a conversation topic ha.
Will report on how it all goes!


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I get it, different strokes for different folks, I really do understand that, but whoever came up with the idea of Walkers Ranch Raccoon flavoured potato crisps needs to be committed to some sort of facility.
Walkers is a huge UK potato crisp (chip) company, it's called Lays in the USA, and both countries have some sort of mad new flavour competition going on. My friend Beth in Michigan bought and tried the Cappucino flavour ("so very wrong") and when I was recently in the UK I saw the Ranch Raccoon flavour and felt that I had to take one for the team.
Now that I've tasted the full horror of Ranch Raccoon, I can safely tell you to steer well clear. It's seriously horrible and I still can't figure out what they taste like. On the package there are images of figs, basil, chilli, limes and star anise (why, why?) and Walkers say that they're flavoured with Dorset sour cream, but they don't taste like any of those things. Maybe they actually taste like raccoon? If so, that's put me off eating raccoons for life …
I love crisps and trying different flavours (I even tried choc-mint Pringles at Christmas - DO NOT DO IT), but these are moving into a whole new realm of wrong. Stick with the tried and true flavours if you don't want to end up throwing a 90% full bag of crisps in the bin.


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Channing Tatum Takes His Tux to Cannes for 'Foxcatcher' Premiere!
Channing Tatum looks dapper in his tuxedo while attending the premiere of his new movie Foxcatcher held during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on Monday (May 19) in Cannes, France.
The 34-year-old actor was joined at the even by his co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carell, director Bennett Miller, and producer Megan Ellison.
Earlier in the day, Channing and the guys attended a photo call to promote their new movie.
FYI: Steve is wearing a Giorgio Armani tuxedo.
25+ pictures inside of Channing Tatum and others at the premiere…


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Local political blogs aren't new to the area. In Kingston, two bloggers on opposite sides of the political spectrum — Rich Cahill Jr. and Jeremy Blaber — have been going at it for years, mixing solid information with commentary. But there's a difference between those widely-read local blogs and Ulster is Your Town Too and others like it: Clear ownership.Since we don't know who is saying what we're reading online, we can therefore safely ignore it, the article implies. Well, that's not how it works. There are plenty of good reasons to blog anonymously, the most important of which is our right to do so under the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. But I'll get back to that in a minute.
The first mistake Knott makes is in choosing his subject blogs: Jeremy Blaber's and Richard Cahill's. Both bloggers have been active for some time -- Blabber since March of 2006, and Cahill since Decemember 2010. Blaber, however, wins points for being the most active of the two. Since he started his blog, Blaber has posted 1558 times, which is an average of 0.65 posts per day. Cahill, on the other hand, has posted just 135 times since he started his blog, or an average of one post every three days or so.
This brings me to the first rule of blogging: You have to blog every day to remain relevant. While I don't always adhere to this philosophy, I certainly try to. Without new content, people have no reason to visit. In fact, the most successful blogs out there aren't limited to one voice. Some have as many as a dozen different writers who chime in throughout each day. This is something I'm considering in the future.
And in case you're wondering, there have been 91 posts on this blog since February of this year, or about 0.78 posts per day. I even post on the weekend sometimes, if something newsworthy is going on.
And Blaber deserves some credit for his stick-to-it-iveness in 2007/8, when he averaged well over one post per day (though he has tailed off, dramatically, in more recent years). It's not always easy to come up with new content; so, way to go, Jeremy! You should really think about increasing the number of times you post on average. Besides, your blogging neighbors need link bait.
Cahill, on the other hand, is writing something that is closer to an online diary. He just doesn't update it often enough to call it a "blog" (though he is active this week, likely due to the increase in traffic generated by the article. You need to pick up your game, Rich).
The KT article then illustrates, quite clearly, how little these two bloggers -- and the Kingston Times itself -- know about history:
"To me, it's gutless to come out and take a shot at somebody like that," said Cahill. "If you feel strongly enough about something, why wouldn't you want to put it out there in your own name? The only reason I can see doing it is if you know you're doing something deceitful or underhanded and you know it's going to blow back on you. To me it's a question of honor."Both of these statements are totally asinine. First, Cahill suggests that the ONLY reason someone would want to blog anonymously is because he or she is up to no good. This is so wrong-headed it would be laughable, if it weren't so frightening that people think this way.
"I'll tell people exactly how I feel, and I'll always put my name on it," said Blaber, who scored a journalistic coup by being the first to break the news of ex-Kingston cop Tim Matthews' suspension amidst allegations (to which he later pleaded guilty) of stealing public money. "If you want credibility, you'll put your name behind what you're writing. Nine times out of 10, [anonymous blogs] are designed to attack a specific person or a specific agenda. Usually the anonymous blogs, they go after people but they don't have the guts to put their names behind their attacks."
As just one example of what can happen to bloggers who reveal their identity, we have this charming story out of Mexico:
Gang members in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, killed and beheaded the moderator of a social network, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday.Am I suggesting that something like this could happen here in Ulster County? Of course not. But something like this could:
"Hi, I'm Rascatripas," read the note on a blood-stained blanket left with the body. "This happened to me for not understanding that I shouldn't report on the social networks."
The victim, known by his nickname "Rascatripas (Belly Scratcher)," was the moderator of a site called Nuevo Laredo en Vivo, which had posted information about the local drug cartel.
This is the fourth murder in the area in the past three months that appears to be related to victims' social media activities. Another blogger on the same site, Marisol Macias Castaneda, was found beheaded in the same location as Rascatripas in late September. A couple of weeks earlier, two bodies were found hanging from a pedestrian overpass with a sign (pictured above) that threatened, "This will happen to all the Internet snitches."
A homeowner in El Segundo posted the salaries of the overpaid cops in his town, on his blog - and the next thing he knew he was being harassed at work, by a police captain who makes over $300K a year, according to the LA Weekly.Just Google "blogger harassed" and see what turns up. In virtually every case, a writer went after local established power -- and found themselves being harassed by local authorities as a result. It's as if Cahill doesn't believe that officials will misuse their power (or, worse, still, he condones it).
The blogger, David Burns, is in charge of emergency preparedness at UCLA. After this incident, the same police captain turned in a public records request at UCLA to find out how much Burns makes. It turns out Burns makes a third of what the overpaid captain pulls in, and his salary has been cut by 23% due to budget problems.
It should be noted that El Segundo has only 16,000 residents and barely any crime, but their cops and firemen make hundreds of thousands of dollars.
As for the issue of the police captain harassing a private citizen blogger, it sure sounds familiar to us, here at the Orange Juice. Our blogger Sean Mill was also harassed at work when he asked Supervisor John Moorlach to find out why Liberal OC blogger Chris Prevatt was reading blogs at work.
Prevatt has been quoted in a Voice of OC article, where he complained that he couldn't read the Voice of OC blog at work. Mill and I wondered why Prevatt was reading blogs on his work computer, since Prevatt is an employee of the Orange County Health Care Agency
I've watched a number of local elections, and, let me tell you, local elections are far dirtier than the big campaigns that get real press scrutiny (or what passes for it these days). I've seen intimidation, whisper campaigns, business boycotts for putting up a lawn sign, you name it. And there is essentially nothing one can do about this. Call it the coercive effect of those who want to perpetuate the current status quo. People have been shut-up, run out of town, marginalized, and made into local pariahs simply because they disagree with their neighbors, and want a chance to prove their ideas in the next election. Instead of fighting fair, the harassers will do anything -- sometimes using means of very questionable legality -- in order to hang on to power. It's sickening. Petty corruption in small-town America is rampant, and local bloggers are the sunlight disinfectant, to paraphrase Brandeis.
And if you don't want to believe me, The Electronic Freedom Foundation has quite a bit to say on this subject. The organization quotes a court in Washington State regarding online anonymity:
Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.
You might also look up Thomas Paine, as well as Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison (The Federalist Papers were written anonymously, we should remember).
The KT article is also completely out to lunch on the hit counter issue, as I've previously mentioned. And I have a challenge: I've shown you mine, now you show me yours. Let's see how relevant Blaber and Cahill truly are. Both can easily enable the Google Analytics feature in the Blogger platform, which would show just how much traffic these two blogs generate on average. How about it, guys? (I'm not going to hold my breath).
What the KT really gets wrong, however, is that there is no way to contact the author of this blog. There is. The blog email address is listed right on the top of the right column, plain as day, for anyone to use if they want to reach out. In fact, I have received several emails from members of the local community. If you have a local story, I'm interested in hearing what you have to say (please remember that I reserve the right not to publish it if I don't think it's "news," though you can be assured of anonymity if you prefer to remain nameless).
If Crispin Knott (which is an awesome name, by the way) had reached out to me, I would have been happy to answer questions via email. I never heard from him, and doubt I will in the future. Oh well.
My last point is one that has been stuck in my craw for a while: Hey, Kingston Times! They're called hyperlinks. You should use them. Okay, I understand that you don't want to link to me or the Mojo. That's fine. But couldn't you at least have linked to Blaber and Cahill's blogs? Even the stodgy New York Times is now embedding hyperlinks in its stories. And doing so, KT, will actually increase your internet traffic, making your online real estate more attractive to advertisers -- and, you know, increasing your relevancy as a newspaper. Get with the program, folks. It's actually pretty embarrassing how out-of-touch you guys are, so out-of-touch that I'm surprised your story on blogging actually made it into the online edition.


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Aerobic and anaerobic respiration are the two types of cellular respiration that occur in the cells of living organisms. Aerobic respiration requires oxygen, while anaerobic respiration can occur in the absence of oxygen.
Cellular respiration pertains to the series of metabolic pathways wherein glucose molecules are broken down to generate adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, which is a high-energy molecule that drives vital life processes.
Aerobic respiration is divided into three major steps: glycolysis, Krebs cycle and electron-transport chain. Glycolysis is the only aerobic pathway that can also occur without an oxygen supply. Anaerobic microorganisms generally use glycolysis to produce ATP.
Humans are also capable of anaerobic respiration. Low levels of oxygen in the body due to strenuous activities force the cells to produce lactic acid in exchange for extra energy.


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Give Toca Tuesdays (Freestyle) a listen - it's a new offering from Tech N9ne. It was dropped on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011. Tech N9ne's musical situation is improving with every new release, and Toca Tuesdays (Freestyle) will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Tech N9ne has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Tech N9ne has in store.
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Chronic Pain Treatment with Neuromodulation
The hectic schedule of the fast world and stress therein is making aches and pains a part of our life, in particular those related to the nervous system. Constant pain in the lower back or neck can not only hamper regular life, but also affect the daily functioning. To combat the odds, people are increasingly relying on Neuromodulation – the new method of combating pain. Neuromodulation is that part of science that works with the neuroplasticity of the nervous system, where it regains the control of the nervous system that is lost. This is done by stimulating the nerves, either electrically or otherwise.
As Kyle Nishkian, a pro in this field, very precisely puts it, Neuromodulation just puts the nerves right. It simply means that this form of stimulation can calm down overactive nerves as well as activate dull nerves. In all, it just remodels the entire nervous system.
To make things a little more clearly, let us understand the nervous system first. It is that system in our body which is comprised of the brain, spinal cord and numerous nerves that connect all the parts of the body to the brain via the spinal cord. These nerves transmit information to and from the brain to the peripheries. In order to have a healthy body, one must have a healthy nervous system. However, with our erratic and stressful lifestyle, most of our nerves get damaged or injured.
Though treatment was always available for these illnesses, patients were more often than not dissatisfied. The drugs that were prescribed were either not as effective or came with a lot of side effects.
Thanks to the research of neuroscience and thanks to people like Kyle Nishkian who brings Neuromodulation to the common people. With the neuroplastic property of the nerves, electrical stimulation and exercise can be a great combination to get rid of several nerve related injuries. The good news is that the therapeutic changes which is brought about by this process, is long-lasting unlike other treatment options or pain medications.
A common example where Neuromodulation is in use is the cardiac pacemaker. It is a machine which is placed in a heart that has lost its function. This machine sends signals to control the rate and rhythm of the heart's contraction.
Neuromodulation is also applied to host of other issues like chronic pain, migraines, seizures, depression and many others. The most difficult of cases where even surgery has failed, this mode of treatment has come out successful. Thus the use of this technique of modulating the nervous system is fast becoming very popular. What you should keep in mind is to rely on an expert like Kyle Nishkian for making most of the solution.
The only drawback of this system was that in certain cases like placement of cardiac pacemakers, it required invasive methods. However, on the positive side, research is making it possible to have other Neuromodulation procedures which do not need any surgery. For example, transcranial direct current stimulation or TDC used to treat chronic pain syndrome. This is done simply by applying mild electric current on specific areas of the scalp, sent through electrodes.
Now that a host of nervous system dysfunctions can be treated with noninvasive methods of Neuromodulation, you need not worry about combating chronic painful conditions anymore.


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MEDIEVAL BATTLES 1097 to 1295 by PAUL MARTIN REMFRY
A review by David Pilling This is a comprehensive study of mainly Anglo-Welsh military campaigns between 1047 and 1095 (though it actually ends with the campaign of Edmund of Cornwall against Rhys ap Maredudd in 1287). The author has done an extraordinary job of accessing and translating most of the available primary sources for each campaign; these include chronicle entries, muster rolls, payrolls, detailed records for army supply and logistics (etc). By relying on primary material instead of second or third-hand information - as every responsible historian should - Remfry provides as realistic and accurate a picture of events as the sources allow.
The first half of the book focuses on different aspects of warfare in this period: changing fashions in armour and weaponry, the importance of siege tactics and engineers, mercenaries, trade, tactics and pay, naval transport and fleets, casualties and battle cairns, treatment of wounds, the difficulties of raising armies and maintaining them in the field. There is also an interesting analysis of knightly effigies, royal and baronial seals and what they can tell us about styles of equipment and battle-gear. The sheer depth of Remfry's knowledge provides a well of useful information. For example his complete translation of the account of Edward I's war in Flanders in 1297, from the Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, was invaluable for my own research.
In the second half Remfry switches to analysis of separate campaigns in Wales, starting with Henry II's march to Corwen in September 1165 and ending in the war of Rhys ap Maredudd in 1287. Again his research is pinpoint, and the use of primary evidence spot-on. Unlike many who write of this era of Anglo-Welsh history, Remfry has no axe to grind, grants zero concession to irrelevant modern sensibilities, displays zero favouritism towards English kings or Welsh princes. Those who lean towards fantasy and romance should give this book a wide berth. The author deals in reality, not prejudice.
Stripped of modern accretion, Henry II's campaign of 1165 is revealed as a partial success, though his strategy was dubious and he made little headway against appalling weather and determined Welsh resistance. However the campaign stabilised the crown's interests in Powys for a generation, and reinforced a permanent English military presence in the North Shropshire plains. I was surprised to learn how many Welsh mercenaries the king recruited for his later campaigns in France, a practice continued by his successor, Richard I. One French chronicler provides a terrifying account of the savagery of Richard's Welsh troops, and the widespread damage and loss of life they caused. In the end, the threat posed by the Welsh was so acute the French army trapped three and half thousand of them in a valley at Les Andleys and massacred the lot.
Remfry skips over King John and moves on to the Welsh wars of Henry III. Much of this will make gruesome reading for Henry's admirers. No amount of hopeful revisionism or baronial discord can excuse the king's dismal failure to adequately supply his armies in Wales, a mistake he repeated time and again: Ceri in 1228, Painscastle in 1231, Deganwy in 1245 and his final Welsh campaign in 1257. That said, from a Welsh perspective Henry was a persistent opponent, with a habit of bouncing back from his defeats. Llywelyn ab Iorweth repelled most of Henry's badly planned and supported invasions, but after Llywelyn's demise the situation changed. In the mid-1240s, via sheer persistent hammering, Henry managed to reduce the princes of Gwynedd to some level of obedience. This enforced settlement only lasted a few years before the rise of Llywellyn ap Gruffudd saw the English hegemony in Wales virtually swept away by the early 1260s. By now, Henry and his hard-nosed son, the Lord Edward, were embroiled in domestic conflicts and could do little to remedy the situation.
The final section concentrates on the wars of Edward I against Llywellyn. These could reasonably be viewed as the climatic episodes of a conflict stretching back decades, perhaps even centuries. Scholars are moving away from interpreting Edward merely as a king who reversed his father's mistakes, but in one respect the old comparison holds true. Edward's preparations for war suggest he harboured nightmares of previous failures in Wales: hapless English armies dying on their feet through lack of food, their supply lines strangled, their soldiers harried and slaughtered by constant Welsh ambushes.
The statistics are almost beyond belief. In July 1257 Henry III collected the following supplies for his army: 600 quarters (38,400 gallons) of wheat, 400 (25,600 gallons) of oats, 600 fat oxen and cows, 800 salmon, 2000 congers, 6000 hake, 200 tuns (51,200 gallons) of wine. In 1282, by contrast, the English supply centre at Chester alone contained 1,472,000 gallons of grain and 1,689,000 gallons of wine, while for his 1297 campaign in Flanders Edward called for an enormous 6.4 million gallons of grain (for an army of barely 9000 men!). The conclusions to be drawn from these stats are unavoidable. Henry III barely supplied his men with enough food to keep them in the field for the requisite forty days of feudal service. Edward I supplied enough to keep them in chronic indigestion for months at a time.
In summary, anyone interested in the hard realities of 12th and 13th century warfare, with an emphasis on Wales, should get this book. The evidence presented is tilted towards the English side, but this is inevitable due to the nature of the surviving evidence. The records of the English military machine for the mid-to-late 13th century are fairly comprehensive, while little survives for the Welsh save chroni cle references and reasonable supposition. As an example, the most useful indicators for the size of the armies of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in the 1260s are taken from English correspondence.


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Once upon a time, there was a game called The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Based upon some fantasy books I'd never heard of, Morrowind offered my younger self hours of exploration, surprise, and entertainment. It's hard to overstate how much I look back fondly on that game. Morrowind offered a unique world full of things I've never seen before. Gigantic mushroom trees, flowing volcanoes, flora and fauna beyond count... This game was a mixture of weird and absolutely real. What impressed me most of all, though, were all of the things you could do. You didn't have to explore the myriad caves, dungeons, temples, and forgotten ruins of the world; you could choose whether you wanted to help the Mage's Guild, the thieves, the different noble Houses of the land, random strangers needing help, or more. What's more, the game was steeped with an immense history that added weight and wonder to everything you did. Hundreds of books, rare and common, were scattered throughout the land for you to read and collect as you desired. The primary quest involved a foe whose story was steeped in the mythology of the world itself. You, yourself, were the central part of a prophecy referenced by important characters, lore, and architecture within the game. Everything in the game contributed powerfully to the sense that the entirety of the world was yours to explore, control, and experience.
After countless hours with Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion came along. And, sadly, Oblivion was more disappointing. While it continued the trend of giving you a massive landscape to play around with, its tone was more bland. Where Morrowind had such bizarre structures as buildings made out of the backs of giant crabs, Oblivion took a more stereotypical tack with the goal of reaching a broader audience. We were introduced to a more generic fantasy setting with horses, stone houses, elven armor, forests, and more. It didn't feel as original and, what's more, the dialogue, background story, and quests were dumbed down. Our character, instead of being involved in some dense epic where the good and bad sides aren't exactly clear, goes through a painfully simple save-the-world quest without ambiguity. Everything felt less. Oblivion still was a serviceable game; it just didn't feel all that special.
Then The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim arrived.
Sojourn to the Icy North
Do you remember that first moment reading about the Wall in A Game of Thrones? Do you remember seeing the immensity of it for the very first time in the TV series, manned by tiny Night's Watch figures small as ants, looming over a frozen wilderness? Now imagine that first moment as a child when you discovered the wonder of snow. Remember it falling on your open palm? Remember feeling the small surge of cold water against your tongue as you opened your mouth to the whiteness of the sky?
Skyrim seizes on these feelings and holds you spellbound. On one side, you have the forbidding awe that comes from traveling and exploring a land that you have never truly seen and do not fully understand. On the other, you have that sense of fascination and glee that is both new and familiar. You get the sense that this game, vast and dangerous as it is, is full of such surprising things that you can (and probably will) spend days inside of it. You'll keep on searching every nook and cranny. You'll see the top of a mountain and dare yourself to look out over the world from the peak of it. It's hard to capture into words precisely what it is about Skyrim that keeps you thinking about and coming back to it.
From Barrow to Ruin
In terms of the setting, Skyrim brings to the plate a world worthy of Morrowind. It's funny; I look at them as equals, yet Morrowind offered something that Skyrim did not. See, as I mentioned earlier, Morrowind's world was wholly unique. Mushroom forests surrounded a spectral fence enclosing the ruins of an ancient civilization within a dormant volcano. It's hard to make that shit up, and it has next to no bearing on anything I've seen before in a fictional world. By contrast, the setting of Skyrim, while definitely interesting, is clearly based on our idealized notions of ancient Scandinavian tribes and clans. The Nords are a thinly veiled pastiche of the Vikings of the real world. They worship pagan gods. They believe that, upon dying, their spirits will go to a warrior's rest (much like the Valhalla of our Norse mythology). Their weapons, their architecture, their combative spirit... Everything about Skyrim and the people that live within it usher in a memory of Earth's north European medieval past, from the ribald songs of warrior poets to the sharpened iron axes of raids and wars to come.
However, what makes this so engrossing is that, even though Skyrim provides an environment that we have some familiarity with, it is also a fantasy setting and era of history that not many games, movies, books, or TV shows have put much focus on. Even though it isn't unique, we still feel like we have a great deal to discover about it. Thus, even as you can logically predict that the most powerful warrior chieftain will be buried in the back by all of the loot within a Nord barrow, you still feel wonderment and caution when poking around the place.
One aspect of these games that is important to me (that might not be important to anyone else) is the existence of a strong and deep backstory. The reason why Morrowind was so incredible to me and maintained such lasting power was the fact that, due to the referencing of past events and the expansive histories behind factions and powers, I felt like there was always something more to discover behind it all. Tolkien knew the power of this when he wrote Lord of the Rings; you don't even have to explain precisely what has happened or could happen with events tertiary to the story, you just have to hint that they're there. The easiest way to conceptualize this is to picture a glacier. You get to see and experience the tip of the iceberg. But everything below the surface is what really fires the imagination and makes you yearn for more.
Skyrim does this admirably. With every city you visit, multitudes of quests have you investigate this or that ancient tomb or longstanding disturbance. When exploring the countryside and the mountains, you are able to find crypts and ruins that speak to events that happened there in ages past. Hundreds of books are littered throughout the game and, whether you read them or no, they contribute to the construction of a powerfully thick mythology that makes you feel like you're in a living, breathing, and evolving world.
Plots in Parallel
One odd thing about Skyrim, though, is its plot. It isn't bad, by any means; in it you are the prophesied Dragonborn destined to save the world from an armageddon of resurgent dragons. It is the predictable mix of epic tale and power fantasy perfect for a sweeping video game. My confusion arose from the other plot going on.
You begin the game as a man or woman being sent to the executioner's block. On the way, you discover that Skyrim is in the thick of a civil war. On one side, we have the Empire: the ruling administration over the Nords of the land. On the other hand, we have the revolutionaries of Ulfric Stormcloak: a charismatic rebel who thinks that the Nords would do better as an independent nation. You are about to be executed because the Empire thinks that you're associated with the rebels and doesn't know what else to do with you. Yet suddenly, by the powers of deus ex machina, you are inadvertently saved by the attack of the first dragon the world has seen for hundreds of years. You are then set off on your quest of discovering what your relationship is with the dragons of the world.
This pretty much sums up the problem. For whatever reason, Skyrim decided to go with two major story arcs and then sideline one without warning. I get the feeling that this wasn't originally the plan. The Civil War plot permeates every city and most every conversation in the world of Skyrim. Though it could have been simplistic and two-dimensional, it is actually fleshed out to the point where it is genuinely difficult to choose between which side to support. The Empire believes that it must bide its time in the short term and concede to the excesses of an outside power, only so that it may wait and muster arms until it can realistically oppose said power. By contrast, the Stormcloaks believe that surrender, even feigned, is a betrayal of the Nordic morality system and way of life. They view the Imperials as interlopers and stand behind their desire to defend their home, even to the death. It's a tricky balance. It boils down to compromises vs absolutes. Secularism vs faith. There is no right answer and, no matter who you side with, you're destined to make some decisions along the way that make you realize that maybe the other side was the better choice.
Yet I have to point out that this dilemma, prevalent as it is, has next to nothing to do with the 'main' plot. It's like the developers looked it over, at a plot spanning the entirety of the game's geography, and was like, "Screw this. We need some dragons!" Granted, dragons are pretty damn awesome, but it's interesting to note that the Dragon plot isn't nearly as multifaceted as the Civil War plot. Your enemy is pretty clear and stereotypically evil in the Dragon plot. The lines are nowhere near as defined in the Civil War. Altogether, the confusing and mixed importance set to the two different plots added a discordant note to an otherwise flawlessly decorated masterpiece. It was akin to reading a fantastic book and then getting dragged out of it because you noticed a particularly nonsensical and glaring typo.
I could talk about the gameplay, but I don't get quite so much out of talking about such factors. In brief, Skyrim's gameplay improves upon the excellent examples set by its fellow Elder Scrolls predecessors. My only complaint is that your followers still act retarded and the melee weapon system still makes it feel like you're flailing about wildly most of the time. These are small complaints and nowhere near enough to detract from playing the game, but they are definitely worth noting as areas to improve upon in the inevitable Elder Scrolls VI.
All in all, this is one of the best games I've ever played. Given that this game has received its fair share of love and praise over the past year or so of being out, this probably comes as no surprise. It offers a playing experience with an astonishing amount of depth. It boasts a world that never ceases to amaze. And it offers so much to do within it that it truly boggles the mind.


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Quick Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Waves, Second Edition
By (author)s:
Roberto Coccioli
Amit Mitra
Giuseppe Pelosi
Stefano Selleri
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The classic 1998 Artech House book, Quick Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Waves, has now been revised and expanded to bring you up-to-date with the latest developments in the Field. You find brand new discussions on finite elements in 3D, 3D resonant cavities, and 3D waveguide devices. Moreover, the second edition supplies you with MATLAB code, making this resource easier to comprehend and use for your projects in the field. This practical book and accompanying software enables you to quickly and easily work out challenging microwave engineering and high-frequency electromagnetic problems using the finite element method (FEM). Using clear, concise text and dozens of real-world application examples, the book provides a detailed description of FEM implementation, while the software provides the code and tools needed to solve the three major types of EM problems: guided propagation, scattering, and radiation. With this unique book and software set in hand, you can compute the dispersion diagram of arbitrarily shaped inhomogeneous isotropic lossless or lossy guiding structures, analyze E- and H-plane waveguide discontinuities and devices, and understand the reflection from and transmission through simple 2D and 3D inhomogeneous periodic structures. CD-ROM Included: Easy-to-use finite element software contains ready-made MATLAB and FORTRAN source code that you can use immediately to solve a wide range of microwave and EM problems. The package is fully compatible with Internet freeware,ù so you can perform advanced engineering functions without having to purchase expensive pre- and post-processing tools.
Preface ; Preface to the First Edition ; How to Use Quick FEM ; Getting Started: Shielded Microstrip Lines - First Step: Preprocessing. Second Step: Building Element Matrices. Third Step: Assembling the Global Matrix. Fourth Step: Minimizing the Functional. Fifth Step: Postprocessing. Variational or Projective? ; Tools - Preprocessing. Element Matrices. Global Matrices. Solving the Entire Problem. Postprocessing. The Matlab Framework. Disc Description and Installation. ; Microwave Guiding Structures: Characterization - Homogeneous Waveguides. Inhomogeneous Waveguides. Inhomogeneous Waveguides: Formulation. Numerical Implementation. The Code WG: Waveguides. Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Microwave Guiding Structures: Devices and Circuits - The Finite Element--Modal Expansion Formulation: H-Plane Case. The Finite Element--Modal Expansion Formulation: E-Plane Case. Implementation. The Code EHDEV. Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Scattering and Antennas: Hybrid Methods - Scattering by a Periodic Structure: Formulation. Numerical Implementation. The Code GRATING. Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Scattering and Antennas: Absorbing Boundary Conditions - Analytic ABC. Scattering Problems: Formulation with Analytic ABC. Analytic ABC: Implementation. The Concept of Perfectly Matched Anisotropic Absorber. Antenna Problems: Formulation Using PMA. PMA Implementation. The Code CYL. Code CYL: Some Examples. The Code OWG. Code OWG: Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Finite Elements in Three Dimensions - Preprocessing. Element Matrices. Global Matrices. Solving the Linear System of Equations. Disc Content. ; Resonant Cavities - Formulation of the Three-Dimensional Eigenvalue Problem. Numerical Implementation. The Code Cavity. Code Cavity: Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Waveguide Devices - Opening the Cavity: Formulation. Numerical Implementation. The Code WDEV. Some Examples. Disc Content. ; Selected Bibliography - Books. Scientific Literature. Advanced Topics and Methodologies in Finite Elements. ; About the Authors. Index ;
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Roberto Coccioli is a faculty member at UCLA. He earned his Laurea (Doctor) degree, cum laude, in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in telecommunications from the University of Florence.
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Amit Mitra is a Managing Consultant with Headstrong and specializes in IT governance and architecture. He holds a Black Belt certification in Six Sigma and has extensive industry experience, serving in leadership positions for such prominent companies as AIG, NYNEX, KPMG, and AGS. He has assisted several Fortune 500 corporations to comply with the CMM and to leverage it to improve their best practices. Mr. Mitra is also the vice president of the Data Management Forum and a member of SPIN, New York, an association dedicated to improving the software process.
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Giuseppe Pelosi is a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Florence, where he earned the Laurea (Doctor) degree in physics (cum laude).
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Stefano Selleri is an assistant professor at University of Florence. He received the Laurea (Doctor) degree, cum laude, in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in telecommunications from the University of Florence.
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Journal of Skin Cancer
Volume 2011, Article ID 614097, 10 pages
Tumor Suppressor Function of CYLD in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Molecular Tumor Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden
Received 13 July 2011; Revised 15 September 2011; Accepted 21 September 2011
Academic Editor: Giuseppe Argenziano
Copyright © 2011 K. C. Masoumi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-related proteins posttranslationally modify substrates, and thereby alter the functions of their targets. The ubiquitination process is involved in various physiological responses, and dysregulation of components of the ubiquitin system has been linked to many diseases including skin cancer. The ubiquitin pathways activated among skin cancers are highly diverse and may reflect the various characteristics of the cancer type. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, the most common types of human skin cancer, are instances where the involvement of the deubiquitination enzyme CYLD has been recently highlighted. In basal cell carcinoma, the tumor suppressor protein CYLD is repressed at the transcriptional levels through hedgehog signaling pathway. Downregulation of CYLD in basal cell carcinoma was also shown to interfere with TrkC expression and signaling, thereby promoting cancer progression. By contrast, the level of CYLD is unchanged in squamous cell carcinoma, instead, catalytic inactivation of CYLD in the skin has been linked to the development of squamous cell carcinoma. This paper will focus on the current knowledge that links CYLD to nonmelanoma skin cancers and will explore recent insights regarding CYLD regulation of NF-κB and hedgehog signaling during the development and progression of these types of human tumors.


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I am still working on a full article for my year celebrating human powered transportation but for now here is a little bit on how my year went without getting into motorized vehicles.
Every morning I hop on my magical broomstick and fly to wherever I wish to go. I never get stuck places without a ride home. I never have to sit in traffic or feel indifferent to the places I travel through. Best of all I get to ride along this lovely bike path by the river, watching the birds dance, the flowers bloom and the light change the water different colors. Celebrating human powered transportation has taught me patience, planning and presence.
Passing the seasons along my favorite bike path, the Springwater corridor.
Everything in life slowed down. Everything I did with more intention. If I was going to bike 8 miles I would stack functions and wait until I had multiple purposes to go there before I went. Every view I worked for. My own energy brought me to the tops of hills and gifted me spectacular views.
During my year I traveled through 3 states, California, Oregon and Washington. But most of my year was spent within an 8 mile radius of my home in Portland, OR. It made me grateful for all the natural spaces within those 8 miles in the city so I didn't completely lose my mind in concrete and trash.
I biked in all kinds of weather, rain, snow, wind, hail, sunshine, cool breezes, moonlight….I tended to stay home more, reading, crafting, writing and spending time with my roommates and neighbors. It was a really wonderful way to ground into this community after moving here in late March.
Stay tuned for my full article and check out this link to find out more about my reasoning for celebrating human powered transportation for 2016!
Sarah B
Stoked on this beautiful heART piece by my childhood friend Erin Brookshire! Growing up I looked up to Eric's enchanting paintings of faeries, creatures and mystical places. He created this for my bike tour and today he gave it to me in real life. He presented it to me in a Nausicaa comic book (my fav Miyazaki film) about a peaceful warrior princess who discovers the healing powers of plants and defends the forest against destruction and humans fear of the unknown. The book (originally Japanese) reads right to left and sheds light on more details of her peaceful path and leadership. Check out more of his artwork here!


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What is a dance record? Is it molded and refined by an ambitious DJ or an assemblage of shrewd music industry insiders? Are its origins drawn from pre-disco Motown? Or has it transformed into something else? The answer is an amalgam of yes and no when it comes to what a dance record is or isn't. The inspiration for this piece came from being someone who enjoys music that makes me move. This motley crew of artists and their albums are what I'd want to be tripping the light fantastic to if out for a night on the town.
The choices were difficult to make as many records easily deserved to make this list. I based my selections on my requirements of what makes a dance long player for me. Requirements include a relentless energy that propels one section of the album and a necessary "cool down" area for refreshment. Additionally, albums like these cross genres because dance is not just an electronic medium. I hope you enjoy what I have picked.
#10 Emerald City
Circa 1986, as performed by Teena Marie
Hot off the win of 1984's Starchild, that record was rendered tame next to the dark, steamy brew Marie served on Emerald City. Still bearing all of Marie's hallmarks, a shift toward guitar and heavier beats lined the first half of the album. The caustic pull of "Lips to Find You" and the explicit grind of "Shangri-La" had Teena Marie in full effect.
#9 Secrets
Circa 2001, as performed by The Human League
The nucleic trio of Phillip Oakey, Susan Sulley, and Joanne Catherall behind the era definer "Don't You Want Me?" have had trouble escaping the reach of that song. A look at their last effort of original material, Secrets proved as ingenious as any Human League '80's effort. With delectable instrumental vignettes tying together the other nine vocal tracks, Secrets was cool, British musical art.
#8 I Feel For You
Circa 1984, as performed by Chaka Khan
One of the records to highlight the oncoming onslaught of hip-hop's influence on overall popular music, I Feel For You was a pre-New Jack Swing collision of hip-hop & R&B production techniques. Bold, exciting, sometimes jarring, I Feel For You had Khan steering her unmistakable voice through the interesting curves and bends on the album.
#7 Bring Ya to the Brink
Circa 2008, as performed by Cyndi Lauper
Lauper's first journey into the glitterati realm of dance music wasn't an exercise in creative contentment. Enlisting a group of reputable collaborators in the fields of electronica and dance, Lauper built shimmering sonic structures. Dense and daring, Brink remains a staunch strike of genius for Lauper.
#6 A Funk Odyssey
Circa 2001, as performed by Jamiroquai
Resisting the notion of disco's bastardization at the hands of crueler critics, Jay Kay & Co. pulled out all the tricks that made groups like Tavares and Earth, Wind & Fire great. Equally symphonic ("Corner of the World") and electronic ("Twenty Zero One"), Jay Kay pumped vocal vitality into A Funk Odyssey.
#5 Gloria!
Circa 1998, as performed by Gloria Estefan
Estefan's first two major international crossover hits "Dr. Beat" (1984) and "Conga" (1985) professed Estefan's love of dancefloor phonics despite her later Spanish language and adult contemporary forays. Marketed as her official return to dance music, Gloria! brilliantly embraced classic disco, nu-disco, and Latin styles.
#4 Off the Wall
Circa 1979, as performed by Michael Jackson
Seminal black dance record of all time or appetizer to the all-conquering Thriller (1982)? Most would say, I'd hope, the former over the latter. Off the Wall was Michael Jackson at the peak and joy of his power. Split into two movements, footloose funk ("Rock With You," "Get on the Floor") and handsome chill ("I Can't Help It," "Burn This Disco Out"), Jackson's Off the Wall remains his definitive statement.
#3 Night Work
Circa 2010, as performed by Scissor Sisters
These New York pop hedonists and culprits returned with glam fists swinging on Night Work. Through a wealth of influences, Night Work is a glowing, smutty mess that had the group dividing between current European and vintage American dance music.
#2 Four Seasons of Love
Circa 1976, as performed by Donna Summer
One of many masterpieces in Donna Summer's vast discography, Four Seasons of Love is a special record due to its sheer scope. Based on the idea of the four seasons, the songs glide by in various moods. Summer occupied desire ("Spring Affair," "Summer Fever") alongside regret ("Autumn Changes," "Winter Melody") believably on all four sides of the record.
#1 Neon Nights
Circa 2003, as performed by Dannii Minogue
No record in the last 10 years dealt in early '80's dance music mixed with all the now European and American toppings. Dannii Minogue, Kylie Minogue's sister, did just that with Neon Nights. It carried the boundless energy of dance music without effort.


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Well first off lets discuss what click fraud is. Click fraud happens in Pay Per Click advertising when a person, computer or automated script clicks on an ad for the purpose of generating revenue without having any interest in the actual ad. Huh? Well basically someone displays your Pay Per Click ads on their website and they figure out ways of clicking on those ads, in turn generating money for themselves, without search engines realizing the clicks were fraudulent. Or to put it in even more basic terms, someone is scamming the money you are using for Pay Per Click advertising.
Well Should You Be Afraid?
Yes, you should definitely worry about click fraud, it does happen and the major pay per click search engines (Google, MSN, Yahoo) have finally admitted this. Funny, all it took was a lawsuit against Google and one against Yahoo and now they are being proactive about disclosing click fraud data.
What Are Search Engines Doing About Click Fraud?
Google recently released information about Invalid Clicks saying that less than 10% of all pay per click traffic is fraudulent. However, they state that they do know about this fraud so they refund the advertisers this money, in most cases before the advertiser is even charged for the click. Google also refunds you even if you have been charged for fraudulent clicks. Most advertisers don't know this is even happening, but if you open up your Google AdWords account and check your billing summary you might notice something on your statement that looks like this – "Adjustment – Click Quality". This is just Google's way of saying; hey we are looking out for you, here is some of your money back. However, Google also states that about .02% of click fraud does go completely undetected.
What Does This 0.2% Mean to Me?
Well do the math. If you spend $1,000 a month for 12 months this equates to $240 a year that goes to fraudulent clicks. If you spend $5,000 a month for 12 months this equates to $1,200 a year that goes to fraudulent clicks. And this is just assuming that Google really only misses .02% of all fraudulent clicks. You get the picture. Put in your yearly spend and multiply by .02% and this is an estimate of how much you are giving away to fraudulent clicks.
What Can I Do About It?
Well, you are not going to avoid click fraud all together but if you want to advertise via the Pay Per Click model you are going to have to learn to live with some fraud. There is one basic principle to help combat click fraud. Watch your traffic like a hawk. Look for sudden spikes in activity or other suspicious activity. Take full advantage of the reporting software that the Pay Per Click Engines provide and look at your reports daily. Better yet, utilize some third party reporting software or get your log files from your webmaster. If you believe you have been a victim of Click Fraud, contact your account representative immediately.
Now What?
If you don't have the time or ability to recognize click fraud, then you should think about acquiring a PPC Management and Optimization firm or specialist to look after your interests. Not only will they be able to recognize suspicious activity, they will know how and whom to report it to. On top of that they should also be able to help you achieve a better overall return on investment for your Pay Per Click campaigns.


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Playing a 6+ board game with 8, 5 and 3 years old kids is a patience-testing endeavour. We managed for quite a while, but now they have to spend their energy outside of the house (and very conveniently there enough leaves to be cleaned in front of it).
This is what I wrote on Facebook. Yes, it's tough to balance between their needs, but it's also lots of fun to see what everyone takes out of the game (Hoeveel zakgeld heb jij?*, which is about earning, spending and investing pocket money).
- Alexander likes the idea of making money. He never buys anything in the game and tries to max on bank savings, because those make the best returns at the end. Next to being a player, he is also 'the bank' – he has to do calculations to check everyone's investments and to give change when buying. On the math side for him the game is about fluency and moving from 'hands on' money counting to calculating on the fly – he is not there yet, but the game makes practicing more fun.
- For Anna the game is about focusing attention (she is easily distracted) and counting money, which she tries to avoid because Alexander does it so eagerly. She wants to win, but buying new things is very exciting, so she often spends money on that without thinking of long-term implications.
- For Emily the game was about turn-taking, following the rules and counting dots on the dice (she not confident and needs help when it comes to 4+). She finds fun to 'eat and drink' those little snacks that you have to buy in the game. But I guess the biggest thing for her is to be allowed to play 'as a big one' (this is actually the first time she played as a separate player and not together with one of the adults).
*I really like the design and educational value of the game. I got it in a second-hand shop mainly for realistic-looking money to pretend play shopping, but the game is really fun to play, so we keep it as a whole. Btw, while inside are euros, the background image on the packaging shows roubles 🙂


text: I am not an app developer. I just have an app I want. Could just be an existing app (the built in photo app) with one small upgrade. Me and many photographers I know want to be able to attach our cameras via USB with the camera connection kit to review images on the camera with our clients, currently, there are no apps that do this. The existing photo app sees the images, but will only display them as thumbnails until they are imported. We don't want to import them, just view them. There is one app that allows for viewing and controlling the camera remotely, however it has to be running on a computer with the iPad or iPhone connected via wifi. We often do not have wifi available were we shoot. And if I had to shoot tethered to the other computer anyway, why would I need the iPad to review the images, they would be on the computer. Basically, we just want the client to be able to see the images on the larger screen ofmthe iPad rather than on the dslr. Thanks.


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At last I fixed upon a resolution, for which it is probable I may incur some censure, and not unjustly; for I confess I owe the preserving mine eyes, and consequently my liberty, to my own great rashness and want of experience; because if I had then known the nature of princes and ministers, which I have since observed in many other courts, and their methods of treating criminals less obnoxious than myself, I should with great alacrity and readiness have submitted to so easy a punishment. But, hurried on by the precipitancy of youth, and having his imperial majesty's license to pay my attendance upon the emperor of Blefuscu, I took this opportunity, before the three days were elapsed, to send a letter to my friend the secretary, signifying my resolution of setting out that morning for Blefuscu pursuant to the leave I had got; and, without waiting for an answer, I went to that side of the island where our fleet lay. I seized a large man-of-war, tied a cable to the prow, and lifting up the anchors, I stript myself, put my clothes (together with my coverlet, which I carried under my arm) into the vessel, and drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal port of Blefuscu, where the people had long expected me; they lent me two guides to direct me to the capital city, which is of the same name. I held them in my hands until I came within two hundred yards of the gate, and desired them to signify my arrival to one of the secretaries, and let him know I there waited his majesty's command. I had an answer in about an hour, that his majesty, attended by the royal family and great officers of the court, was coming out to receive me. I advanced a hundred yards. The emperor and his train alighted from their horses, the empress and ladies from their coaches, and I did not perceive they were in any fright or concern. I lay on the ground to kiss his majesty's and the empress's hand.
I told his majesty that I was come, according to my promise, and with the license of the emperor, my master, to have the honor of seeing so mighty a monarch, and to offer him any service in my power consistent with my duty to my own prince, not mentioning a word of my disgrace, because I had hitherto no regular information of it, and might suppose myself wholly ignorant of any such design; neither could I reasonably conceive that the emperor would discover the secret while I was out of his power, wherein however it soon appeared I was deceived.
I shall not trouble the reader with the particular account of my reception at this court, which was suitable to the generosity of so great a prince; nor of the difficulties I was in for want of a house and bed, being forced to lie on the ground, wrapped up in my coverlet.


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Companion Hospice--Simi Valley Companion Hospice--Simi Valley
Here's a sample of our volunteer opportunities:VIEW AS
Mission Statement
To provide comfort, compassion and caring to patients and families experiencing a life-limiting illness. We affirm life and treat dying as a special and unique part of the life process. The patient and family are empowereed and comforted physically, emotionally, and spiritually in order to retain their dignity and integrity. We are committed to honor patient's wishes in regards to their final phase of life.
Companion Hospice provides physical, emotional, and spiritual support for terminally ill patient and their families. With the help of our hospice team, you and your loved
- Companion Hospice is dedicated and committed to providing the best possible care for our hospice patients and family members.
- Our Interdisciplinary Team creates a loving approach to meeting the needs of those we serve by being compassionate and caring at a most difficult time.
- All our staff, including, our volunteers, receive intensive orientation and training, so that they are better equipped to assist our patients.
- We are Medicare and Medi-Cal Certified, State Licensed, and JCAHO Accredited.
Our voluneers will received the best orientation and training to be a member of our very special "Hospice Care Team".
Everything is provided free-of-charge.
You will not be given your first patient until you are ready and comfortable--we want to make you happy!
And you can do this! Let us show you how easy it is to meet a new friend in need!


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One of the things that I'm actively working on at the moment is a learning expedition to Africa. These expeditions are about learning in context by visiting a country and learning, through discovery and reflection, about business practice.
The expedition will be based in Accra, Ghana and will focus on business leadership. We will meet with business leaders, university faculty, government ministers, students and NGOs to find out the strategies, business models and leadership approaches that are being used to take advantage of Africa's rising economic growth.
What's different about doing business in Africa?
I've spent the past seven years shuttling between the UK and Nigeria working on a contract with one of the oil majors. Apart from some rather obvious differences between working in, say, London or Paris, compared to Lagos, which are about the weather and the traffic, the day-to-day business practices are, on the surface at least, quite familiar. But if you stand back a little and observe what's going on you find, just as you would in any business, a texture to how things get done that reflects the cultural norms of that place. It's tempting for international businesses to assume that their practices can be applied unproblematically but to make this assumption is both naive and disrespectful.
Here is an example of what I mean in this piece written by the African journalist, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani for the BBC - Letter from Africa: Doing business in Nigeria
In it there is a great example of how a foreign mobile phone company applied an international standard in its Nigerian call centres of ending a call with the question "Is there anything else I can do for you?" The problem they encountered was that the majority of Nigerians were not used to rejecting a blank cheque.
"Whenever you asked them that question, they automatically assumed that they must request something else - almost like when diners at a buffet feel compelled to keep stuffing their bellies because the tureens are not yet empty.
And so, the conversations between customer service staff and Nigerian customers never seemed to end. Each time staff attempted to conclude by once again asking the question, another round of requests began. Sometimes, the customers would invite their nearby family and friends to the phone, in case anyone had a problem that might need sorting out."The solution to the problem was simple: with the exception of premium customers, calls were concluded with a simple "Thank you for calling".
What should you expect on the learning expedition?
The approach that we are taking is to provide a diverse range of interactions that will expose participants to the economic, social and political practices. We will, for example, be collaborating with a Ghanaian business technology incubator to run a 'hackathon' on business issues presented by the participants. In another example, participants will be working with vendors in a typical African street market to sell mobile phones to customers. The bottom line is about learning in the field from practitioners. We will meet in a classroom each day but this will be to facilitate the individual and collective learning that is emerging from the experience.
Want to know more?
Africa is changing and the leadership it needs is changing too. Many organisations, wherever they are based, know they need to have executives who will be leaders in Africa.
If you want to know more please contact me on email@example.com or +44 7748 984628


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I've just gotten into promoting my Etsy Stores on Google+. I started with my main Google+ account, but have just set up a "Brand Account" for my Vintage Shop and am sharing to help fellow sellers. Note that I work from a Windows PC.
To create your Brand Account Page: https://support.google.com/business/answer/4570248
- In a web browser, visit the page creation portal.
- Follow the instructions on your screen to finish creating your page.
After you've created the page, it takes you back to your main account (at least mine did). You can't edit the Brand page from there, so go up to your profile avatar and LEFT click (on PC), which brings up a list with your Brand Account. Click on your brand account, and you can edit it as you did your original Google+ page.
To change your banner and avatar go to your Profile - found in the column at left of screen. If the list is not showing click on the three lines at the top of the screen to the left of Google+ and it will bring the list up.
Click on "About" and it brings up a screen where you can add your banner image and avatar as well as description. Add images by clicking the camera icon, and text by clicking the pencil. I matched it to my shop for consistency.
Note: when I click the camera it brings up the photos I have on my google account (from phone), if it does that click again and it should give you a choice to access your computer.
You follow the same basic steps to create "Collections". Just click on the Create a collection and edit away.
*Note that you will remain in the last collection you posted, so go to "Collections" and select YOURS to pick the appropriate collection.
Also *borrowed from a fellow seller-Alex* A reminder (or new info if you don't know) to speed listing y on G+, hot keys are your friends! Here are the most usable ones below:
Command and C = copy
Command and V = paste
Command and Z = undo
Control and C = copy
Control and V = paste
Control and Z = undo
Good luck setting up your Brand Account page!


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While trying to come up with a gift for my sons teacher this year I came up with this Santa Belly Pot. It was something that would be inexpensive and easy for my son to do. We started with a clay flower pot and some paint. My son painted the whole thing red. After it dried, he (with my help) painted the "belt" black. We then used a hot glue gun to stick on the "belt buckle".
I had made some homemade candy the day before so we wrapped it up and stuck it inside along with an ornament my son made.
I love how easy the gift was and that my son was able to do most of the work himself. Homemade gifts are always my favorite.


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Organic Gardening 101 at the Clubhou.se GardensDecember 25, 2018
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Add to your calendar: iCal or Google
The Clubhou.se540 Telfair St
Augusta GA 30901
Seasonal Cooking Demos at the Veggie Park Farmers MarketDecember 25, 2018
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Veggie Park Farmers Market109 Eve St
Augusta GA 30904
Would you like us to promote your Local Food Event? Farm Tour? Health Expo? Cooking Class?
Add it here and we'll take a look.


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Dominion Intrigue is a new set of cards for the Dominion card game. It offers 24 more action cards to use. Here is a brief list of some of the action cards and strategy associated with each.
This is a unique Action/Victory card. You can play it as an action throughout the game and you may count it as 2 Victory points at the end of the game. The Action this card provides is to offer you the choice of either drawing 3 more cards or taking 2 more actions.
This is a valuable card to have, hence its 6 coin price tag. One particular strategy involves buying 3-4 Nobles and using them to 'dig' through your deck for more money to purchase Provinces. This strategy requires a significant amount of Silver and some Gold in your deck in order to work.
This action card costs 3 and allows you to pull 2 more cards. Also, each player must pass a card from their hand to the player on their left and then you may trash a card from your hand. This is effective in ridding your hand of curse cards.
This card is a potential money saver. Its basic action is +1 Card, +1 Action. That in itself is fairly valuable. An optional action is to trash this card and gain a card costing 1 more than it. Upgrade costs 5 so at any time it can be trashed for another card costing 6. Many players prefer to purchase Upgrade, use it briefly and then trash it for a gold card.
This is an action-attack card (if you couldn't tell from the card name). It allows the user +3 cards and all other players must discard two cards from their hand. If they choose not to discard, they must gain a curse card. This attack is effective in disrupting the buying power of your opponents by simply decreasing the number of cards in their hand.
The Swindler is a tricky action-attack card. Its basic action is +2 coins to use for that turn. The attack of this card stipulates that each other player must trash the top card of his deck and gain a card with the same cost that you choose. The important thing to note here is that copper cards cost zero and so do curse cards. Players often use this strategy to curse their opponents by giving them a curse when they have to trash a copper.
These are just five cards from the entire Intrigue set of Dominion cards. I highly recommend you go out and buy Dominion Intrigue, even if you don't have the base set.


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There's one certainty which is clear when it comes to planning and zoning regulations in Texas Township.
There's one certainty which is clear when it comes to planning and zoning regulations in Texas Township.
The process needs to be improved.
It seems meeting after meeting, controversy always comes up relating to these issues.
The matter of the sign ordinance has been well documented over the past few months. It even led to the resignation of the entire planning board over what they perceived was a lack of action by the board of supervisors.
We have been supportive of the board during these recent controversies because they seem to be wanting the right things to happen.
However, the time has now arrived for the board of supervisors to take the bull by the horns.
These issues have lagged and lagged and even more arose Monday night during the board meeting.
The Texas Township Board of Supervisors meets twice per month. That means they have adequate time to take care of these issues but have shown a lack of motivation to get things resolved.
There is no reason for this.
If you attend a Texas Township meeting, you will notice a very scant agenda which is presented to the public. There are very few specifics about what needs to take place.
This can mean only one of two things.
Either the board is simply not taking the proper initiative or they are doing business out of the eye of the public.
No matter which one it is, both are wrong.
The result has been mudslinging and accusations from people which have no business judging anyone else.
But it is the inaction by the board which has led to this problem.
If they have to take an entire week and get these issues resolved, then that should happen.
It's time they decided to get serious about the very serious issues in Texas Township. This is the most lucrative township in Wayne County and it takes serious people to make sure the letter of the law is followed.
Until the supervisors decide it's time to take these matters seriously, the controversies will continue to mount. Meeting after meeting will see a parade of people who are frustrated — and rightfully so.
The supervisors have a golden opportunity to show they are up to the task given them by the voters of Texas Township.
Let's hope they take that opportunity and do the right thing instead of what they've shown over the past couple of months.


text: So what do you think they'll do to this guy? A straight repaint? If so, I would preffer the colours of Elite Guard Bumblebee (black and gold/bronze) as some sort of a Stealth-touch to it. (Hopefully no disco-neon-colours ...) A repaint with remolded weapons? Like ... diffrent nunchucks or even tiny swords? What do you think?