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- 0.1 The Clamor Over Cloth Diapers: Is the Eco-Payoff Really Well worth the Effort?
- 0.2 I Will Never Live Without Paper Towels (but Don't Inform Any person).
- 0.3 There's no doubt that non reusable diapers produce a LOT of waste.
- 0.4 Well, however what about those contaminants in disposable baby diapers, the ones some people state can seep from garbage dumps to infect ground water?
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The Clamor Over Cloth Diapers: Is the Eco-Payoff Really Well worth the Effort?
I have 2 kids. I did not cloth baby diaper them, nor did I try that removal interaction thing where you try to analyze your child's numerous faces in order to correctly predict when you should hold their naked base over a mixing bowl that you will probably never ever once more utilize for cooking objectives. If I estimate we went through approximately 6 baby diapers a day for each and every youngster, that's an overall of 8,760 disposable baby diapers I sent to land fills during the very first two years of their lives.
The grand total amount is even more compared to that, naturally, because I don't remember either one of my boys supplanting their 2nd birthday by unexpectedly determining to be potty trained.
We are well past the diaper phase currently and also I have precisely no plans to revisit it ever again, excepting drastic unexpected circumstances like having to drive cross-country to face a charming competitor or holding an 11-hour filibuster, however my efforts to lead a much more environmentally friendly way of living have led me to wonder: if I had to do it around once again, would certainly I make use of cloth this moment?
I'll be honest, I never also considered it when my kids were bit, because it appeared like a lot of additional job. I had not been also interested in informing myself on the subject, disposables simply appeared like the way to go.
I Will Never Live Without Paper Towels (but Don't Inform Any person).
Fabric diapering appears to have actually come back in fashion recently, many thanks to less complicated bolts as well as super-cute materials. I've long presumed that the fad of displaying adorable infant butts swaddled in attractive patterns has actually caused an increase in the variety of individuals that urge that fabric diapering is much better for the environment. That doesn't like to back up their parenting selections with the warm feeling of self-righteousness? As for whether that case is correct, well … it's a little tough to definitively say one method or the various other.
There's no doubt that non reusable diapers produce a LOT of waste.
Around 27.4 billion non reusable diapers are utilized every year in the USA, leading to a feasible 3.4 million lots of utilized diapers included in land fills each year. One research estimates that the $7 billion buck disposable baby diaper sector uses over 300 extra pounds of timber, 50 extra pounds of petroleum feedstocks, and 20 pounds of chlorine for each child each year.
Those numbers appear jaw-droppingly horrible, till you take into consideration that towel diapering additionally has a negative affect on the setting. Towel baby diapers use up huge quantities of electrical energy as well as water for washing and also drying out, and commercial baby diaper service delivery trucks eat fuel as well as produce air pollution.
Well, however what about those contaminants in disposable baby diapers, the ones some people state can seep from garbage dumps to infect ground water?
Inning accordance with the EPA:.
Disposable baby diapers drop under the group of municipal strong waste, which implies the product is secure to be taken care of in an U.S. metropolitan solid waste garbage dump. In the United States, modern-day garbage dumps are well-engineered centers that are located, created, operated, as well as monitored to make certain conformity with federal regulations which aim to protect the atmosphere from impurities which might exist in the solid waste stream.
Spend simply a few mins diving down Google's numerous informative rabbit-holes, and you can find hundreds of debates both for and also against cloth baby diapers, together with exhaustive research studies that ultimately led to a sort of elaborate shrug from the professionals.
" Disposables eat more resources and generate more strong waste … yet cloth baby diaper production and also usage consume more water and also energy as well as produce even more … climatic discharges as well as waste water effluent," writes Allen Hershkowitz of the Natural Resources Protection Council.
Video: cloth Diapering in Lubbock
And afterwards theres this about Diapers:.
" Both the non reusable as well as multiple-use diaper options develop solid waste and wastewater that need to be dealt with and/or disposed. A lot more strong waste is created with the disposal choice, while even more wastewater is produced with the recyclable alternative," creates Jeremy O'Brien, director of used study at the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Damned if you do, damned if you do not. Maybe that mixing dish isn't really such a bad concept.
Fugitive hunter: A Personal Quest to Ditch Paper Products in the Kitchen.
Exactly how's a parent expected to sort via all the various point of views in order to make the environmentally-friendly selection?
I don't know that there's a one-size-fits-all response to the fantastic baby diaper discussion.
My personal feeling is that towel is the better option for those committed to living environment-friendly, considered that you could do things like line dry the materials, get energy reliable devices, clean on cool, and more. A three-year research study by the London-based Environmental Firm ended that there was "no substantial difference" in between the ecological effect of cloth and disposable diapers– yet they do make clear that steps can be taken to minimize the influence of cloth diapering:.
The ecological impacts of using designed reusable baby diapers can be higher or less than using disposables, depending upon just how they are washed. In comparison to making use of non reusable diapers, it is consumers' behavior after purchase that determines most of the impacts from multiple-use diapers.
Regardless of our finest interests, disposables simply get thrown in the trash, and also there's no method around that. It's not even understood just how lengthy it takes for a disposable diaper to decay.
I feel like I've come around to believing that fabric diapering is the much more liable decision– and the much less expensive one over the lengthy term– yet would I walk the walk? I have very demanding memories of those very early parenting days, and I'm not sure that I would certainly have been able to devote to towel. Tired and anxious and, you know, pretty much currently sinking under a hill of washing.
Yet possibly I would have, if I would certainly invested a long time into thinking about the selections prior to me rather than thoughtlessly selecting just what seemed simplest.


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Pressing Palms II
Another way of pressing palms (see Pressing Palms). Gassho, which literally means "to place the two palms together" is one of the most fundamental and frequently used hand gestures in Buddhism. It expresses respect, reverence, and humility, and serves to unify the mind and suppress dualities, e.g. left and right, right and wrong, good and bad. Dates from the early days of Buddhism. Usually followed by a standing or full bow. [NOTE: The mala, several years old now, is made of sandalwood and engraved with the characters for Om Mani Padme Hum (see Om Mani Padme Hum). I got it in China. The red blessing string was tied around my wrist last summer at Angkor Wat (see Incense Offering)].


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Indie band from Mexico City.
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This clip is part of Manifesto's "bonus track", a section that portrays bands on their rehearsal or living spaces, playing live. Shooting in confined and unusual spaces seemed to be a limitation, but turned out to be an opportunity to challenge creativity and come up with interesting solutions.
Shot on location in México DF, Mexico.
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One of the questions I keep reading is that what is the difference between Market Research & Enthnographic research.
A lot has been written about Ethnographic Research & how it is different from Market Research but still there was still a need to understand Ethnographic Research Techniques from a Practical Marketers perspective.
Just got this book Titled Ethnography for Marketers: A guide to consumer immersion by Hy Mariampolski.
The book provides a practical guide to what ethnographic research is, how is it different from market research, why marketers should use ethnographic research techniques,etc .
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In wisdom there is a spirit intelligent and holy, unique of its kind, made up of many parts, subtle, free-moving, lucid, spotless, clear invulnerable, loving what is good, eager, unhindered, beneficent, kindly towards others, steadfast, unerring, untouched by care, all powerful, all surveying and permeating all intelligent, pure and delicate spirits...the one who rises early in search of her will not grow weary in the quest, for they will find her seated at their door.
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What is a sit spot?
According to the Wilderness Awareness School, "There are 2 basic requirements that every sit spot should have 1) It needs to be close to your house and 2) you need to feel safe while there. It is ideal for it to be wild, have a water source, be abundant with wildlife, have a view, and a whole slew of other things. While those are nice to have, they are not essential. The best sit spot is one that you go to!
Find one place in your natural world that you will visit all the time and get to know it as your best friend. Let this be a place where you learn to sit still – alone, often, and quietly — as well as playfully explore beyond. This will become your place of intimate connection with nature."
The idea is simple: guide people to find a special place in nature where they become comfortable with just being there, still and quiet. In this place the lessons of nature will seep in. [The] Sit Spot will become personal because it feels private and intimate; the place where they meet their curiosity; the place where they feel wonder; the place where they get eye-to-eye with a diversity of life-forms and weather patterns; the place where they face their fears – of bugs, of being alone, of the dark – and grow past them; and the place where they meet nature as their home.
Examples of sit spots
- A tree branch
- A large rock to sit on by the beach, river, or any other water way.
- In the middle of a field
- vacant lot
- a window looking out a bird feeder, tree, or garden.
Methods to finding a sit spot
To get your child comfortable with their surroundings or just to help encourage the discovery of their own sit spot try the following.
- A game of hide and go seek
- Ask them where they have seen animals, and plants in the backyard
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The Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) is a renewed collaborative effort of internet stakeholders in the country to help provide a coordinated mechanism for domestic multi-stakeholders participations in the regional and global internet governance, and to help facilitate partnerships, coalitions and dialogues that redefine Nigeria position at regional and global IGF meetings.
The future of the World is being redefined through internet; nations are taking strategic positions, while various meetings, discussions and forum have been taking place globally and regionally, including gatherings in East Africa countries and West Africa, where Nigeria position lacked formal ties to the global IGF. Country such as Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, south Africa and host of others have built formal national structure to coordinate their positions. These meetings are strategic to United Nation's IGF Secretariat which recognizes the importance of the regional and national events and reports from these meetings are shared at the international gatherings to formulate global policy that will shape the future engagement and interactions in cyberspace.
Nigeria is yet to have formal national IGF structure to drive and coordinate her position. Although efforts are made in the past through individual organizations of the government and private sector, the then Ministry of Information and Communication attempted to provide mechanism to coordinate government position on internet issues but it failed to yield the desired outcome with the absence of multi-stakeholder driven mechanism.
The NIGF is therefore expected to provide a motivating mechanism for annual gathering of domestic stakeholders driven through multi-stakeholders partnership framework. This time Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), Nigeria Internet Registration Association and Global Network for Cybersolution – a Non Governmental Organization have expressed common national interests and commitment to make NIGF a sustainable preparatory local platform toward Annual Global Internet Governance Forum.
The last edition of the Forum focused on the central Theme ''Internet Governance for Empowerment, National Integration and Security through Multi-stakeholders' Engagement''. This year's edition was more interactive. There were 3 general sessions and 6 parallel tracks covering the following:
The activities of NIGF are coordinated through the effort of Local Multi-stakeholder's Advisory Group (LMAG) which comprises of the following representatives from public and private sectors.


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Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi
Following on from the post I wrote the other week, Are You Ready? where I discussed the idea of being ready for anything and taking life's chances, this got me thinking a bit more about the reasons why we wait or let artistic opportunities pass us by. In the post I put it down to these main points.
- My work's not good enough
- I'll go in for that one next year
- I've got too much going on
- I'll make a fool of myself
- I can't do it
- No-one will buy it
- No-one will come
- I don't have time
After some thought, I can also add lack of motivation or inspiration to that list. Some of the nicest comments I had recently came as feedback from one of the Squirrel Archive pieces I wrote. I focused on inspiration, and motivation, where we get it from, and how we can keep it going. Well, as it was so popular with the readers, and Wednesday is always said to be 'Peak Efficiency Day' when we are meant to be at our most inspired, motivated, and work orientated, I thought I would post it here.
One of the hardest things to maintain over time is motivation, and where to find our inspiration to keep our work fresh. Without inspiration, we find it hard to get going, our motivation flags, and painting becomes a chore rather than a pleasure. There are however things we can do to keep us cheerily painting away.
Here's my Top 5
- Draw everyday Sounds obvious this one, but keep up the skills by spending at least 10 minutes of everyday on a small drawing. Nothing too big or complicated, but maybe something new or challenging.
|Sometimes just a chart of colours and a few thumbnail sketches are enough to keep things fresh
|Off the beaten track
|A really new challenge
|Worked up a bit
|Got there in the end
- Find inspiration everywhere. Flowers on a cafe table, a wallpaper design, the park where you eat your lunch, the veg aisle at the supermarket and even good packaging. If you think about looking for the next big thing everywhere you go, you will find something exciting.
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Spotted on a street in Greenwhich, near the old Naval College
- Keep a mood board. Inspiration can take the form of a 'mood board'. Mostly used to demonstrate an interior design idea, mood boards can also really boost confidence and motivation. Favourite things, pictures from magazines, fabrics, wallpapers, cards and our own paintings placed in sight are all positive messages to keep us going.
|If you don't have room for a mood board, create your own online,
and look at them from time to time.
- Take pictures. With superb cameras on our smartphones, we can take great pictures wherever we go. If you see something beautiful, take a picture of it, (mind out if you need permission though). The way we see things can influence many aspects of our lives, so take time out in your day to look around you. Even in the middle of a city, nature finds a way of being around.
|And who says builders don't care about nature.
Spotted at a very busy junction on a massive building project.
The amount of bees buzzing around this little oasis of green was quite astonishing
These guys get the award for best use of a hard hat
- Be brave and get out there. Being an artist working away in a studio can be a very isolating business, and not everyone is blessed with a whole army of friends cheering them on. It's still important to get out and about. Joining a local art group is a great way to meet like minded people, and if there isn't one in your area, why not start one yourself, or join a group to do something totally different but enjoyable. Pottery, Zumba, Yoga, walking or even an evening course in wine appreciation, (as if we need help there), anything that keeps the positive messages flowing.
|Didn't have to go far for this one.
It's not every day a Dalek rolls on by
|Vintage fabrics are a passion
|True inspiration
This guy cycled his way from China to London in 2012 to promote the Olympic message
He was so lovely
|Someone to share the moment


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Top-order power leads Notts to victory
Nottinghamshire 266 beat Gloucestershire 247 for 9 by 19 runs
Explosive hitting from Nottinghamshire's top order paved the way for a 19-run victory over Gloucestershire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Cheltenham.
Alex Hales led the way with 61 off 32 balls, while Riki Wessels (37), Samit Patel (45) and Scott Elstone (36) all scored briskly as the visitors took 174 off the first 20 overs on their way to a final total of 266 all out.
Five of the wickets were taken by the Taylor brothers as 19-year-old spinner Jack returned three for 50 and 17-year-old left-arm seamer Matthew claimed two for 43 on his debut. Gloucestershire never seriously threatened to chase down their target, although Ian Cockbain made a fine 79 as the hosts finished on 247 for 9.
It had looked as if Nottinghamshire would plunder well in excess of 300 after reaching 96 for two off 10 overs and 174 for three off 20. After Ali Brown had been bowled by James Fuller in the second over, Hales and Wessels hammered 77 off 44 balls, which included taking 21 off an over from Kevin O'Brien.
Wessels had scored 37 off 24 balls when he was caught on the mid-wicket boundary by Cockbain off slow left-armer Ed Young. Hales followed him back to the pavilion three overs later when he was bowled swinging across the line at Jack Taylor, having hit 10 fours and two sixes in his 32-ball innings,
Patel and Elstone kept the score rattling along with a partnership of 67 in 10 overs, which ended when Elstone miscued a pull off James Fuller to Hamish Marshall at mid-on.
Patel was brilliantly caught by the diving Kane Williamson at extra cover off Jack Taylor, whose brother Matthew then got in the act with a double wicket maiden. He accounted for Steven Mullaney, who skied a drive to Cockbain on the midwicket boundary, and Chris Read, who cut to Marshall at point.
The last three wickets fell in the final five overs as Williamson had Ben Phillips taken by Matthew Taylor at short third man, Darren Pattinson skied Fuller to Alex Gidman at cover and Luke Fletcher was bowled by Jack Taylor.
Paul Franks was left unbeaten on 28 from 29 balls, having struck four boundaries. In reply, Gloucestershire were reduced to 57 for three in the ninth over after Fletcher yorked Marshall and had Williamson caught by Hales at deep mid-wicket and Pattinson had Alex Gidman taken at point by Mullaney.
Chris Taylor and Cockbain put on 40 for the fourth wicket, but the partnership took 11 overs as Franks, Phillips and Patel bowled with impressive control and variation. It looked all but over for Gloucestershire when Chris Taylor was lbw sweeping at Patel to make it 97 for four in the 20th over.
O'Brien and Cockbain briefly revived the home side's hopes with a stand of 46 in six overs, which ended when O'Brien was leg before to Pattinson. Jon Batty, on 32, was next to go when holed out to Elstone at long-on off Patel, and Ed Young was caught by Patel at deep mid-wicket in the next over from Mullaney's bowling.
Then, after Jack Taylor was caught at square leg off Phillips, Cockbain's impressive 84-ball innings, which contained seven fours, ended when he was bowled round his legs by Fletcher.
Fuller and Matthew Taylor put on an unbroken 32 in an entertaining last-wicket stand, but there was stopping the visitors registering a fourth win in the competition.


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The China Open Super Series 2011 in Shanghai has just been completed.
Unlike the Hong Kong Open, China did not sweep the titles of every discipline.
Denmark's Boe and Mogensen beat the Korea's MD pair of Ko and Yoo in straight sets 21-17, 21-13 in 42 minutes.
The other interesting match is Denmark's XD pair, Nielsen and Pedersen against the same opponent, Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei in the Hong Kong Open 2011.
The Danish pair fell again to the Chinese pair of Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei in straight sets, 21-11, 21-14 in 38 minutes.
The rest of the games of WS, MS and WD are all China domestic affairs.
The finals was shown live in BWF's channel at
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Here are the things on my plate right now, many of which will be coming to fruition a long way down the line:
Working for a company called Track180 -- eventually (eventually) we will be publishing a news app that aggregates all kinds of news sources by human hands and not by algorithm. It makes for a sort of "news conversation" with a semantic web to other news conversations. It's super neat and definitely gonna be big if we ever get off the ground.
Building the 10th Age boxed set -- Lotta folks are interested in this, I gather, and only more since I released THoD. There won't be a boxed set until sometime next year at the earliest (hopefully for GenCon Indy 2013) because this is a massive undertaking.
Meadmaking -- Mead came out. It's rough right now, but will mature. Good drink!
SCA -- being in the SCA means I have to learn to sew, make garb, and clad myself in medieval fashion, which is a ton of work.
Medieval Hack -- Beginning my medieval hack campaign (even though I'm still running 2 D&D campaigns). Set in a fictional part of the Welsh Marshes, still working out whether I'm gonna force the guy who made a pirate captain to reroll (where the hell is his ship going to hang out in the middle of the March? Maybe he's a riverine pirate? I don't know).
I'm also writing a medieval hack list for the ladies since we have a ladyplayer who doesn't like to be men who really can't be rolling up a ladysquire since that's just not how things were done.
By the by, I'm going to put a permanent link to THoD up in case you guys haven't bought a copy yet. Do it!


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Everyone who is making experiments with slow code modes like QRSS, DFCW, FSKCW, HELL or any other fuzzy modes that require FFT spectogram images for decoding, soon or later realizes that the collection of reception reports is not an easy task. The main reason of this is the fact that these signals are fuzzy and even that they are produced automatically by keyers they require the human eye for decoding. This means that there is no way to develop a system for automatic collection of reception reports like WSPRnet, PSK Reporter, Reverse Beacon Network etc and all the decoding must be done manually from people who have free time for decoding and sending reports. If we take into account that the QRSS type modes are not so famous among radio amateurs then the QRSS experimenters must lean only on reports from mailing lists (e.g. QRSS Knights) and frequent checking of online grabbers that they have to do it by themselves. The problem of the online checking is that nobody has so much free time to do it for 24 hours and because of that we miss good reports during our work and sleep time.
The "QRSS Archiver" is a tiny command line application that I have developed in order to solve the problem of the manual online grabber check and covert it to an automatic archiving process. The "QRSS Archiver" accepts as command line parameters: a) the callsign of the online grabber, b) the URL of the FFT image and c) a checking interval in seconds.
Execution of qrss_archiver.exe without parameters
When the application runs it creates a subfolder named with the callsign of the grabber and then it downloads the FFT image of the grabber into this subfolder and waits for the predefined time interval before the next download. Every time the application downloads a new FFT image it checks if it is the same with the previous one. If it is the same, the new image is discarded otherwise it is saved with a name that includes the callsign and the timestamp (e.g. ON5EX-110426-132306.jpg). The application can run in multiple instances and archiving the images of many grabbers at the same time. This can be done through a batch file that will load the qrss_archiver.exe multiple times and will pass the parameters for each instance.
Execution of qrss_archiver.exe with parameters
The application does not need installation; only qrss_archiver.exe (12,5 kbytes) and curl.exe (265 kbytes) are required inside the same folder. If you want to download images from more than one grabber you need to include also a batch file. An example of a batch file is presented bellow:
file: testgrab.batThe above simple batch downloads images from the online grabbers of PA0TAB and W4HBK every 60 seconds. When the batch file is executed in Windows XP and above, all instances of qrss_archiver.exe are stacked as a group on the taskbar. In this case the user can right-click on the task group and select to tile the windows vertically or horizontally.
qrss_archiver.exe PA0TAB http://pa0tab.nl/argo.jpg 60
qrss_archiver.exe W4HBK http://www.qsl.net/w4hbk/SL1.jpg 60
Multiple execution of qrss_archiver.exe through batch file
Are you QRSS experimenter in HF, MF, LF or VLF bands and you want to check if your signal reaches a distant grabber? Then try "QRSS Archiver" by yourself:
qrss_archiver.zip (171 kbytes)
[1] QRSS Knights, Mailing List, http://cnts.be/mailman/listinfo/knightsqrss_cnts.be
[2] I2NDT, QRSS Knights Grabber Compendium, http://digilander.libero.it/i2ndt/grabber/grabber-compendium.htm
[3] Haxx, cURL command line tool, http://curl.haxx.se


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Edit your business listing on Google
Edit your Google My Business listing to ensure that your business information on Google is accurate and up-to-date. Change your address, hours, contact info, and photos to help potential customers find you and learn more about your business.
If you haven't already, add or claim your business, then verify your business listing so it's eligible to appear on Maps, Search, and other Google services. Your edits won't appear live on Google until your listing is verified.
If you manage 10 or more locations of the same business, you can upload and edit business information in bulk. Learn more
Edit your business information
To edit your business information on Google:
- Sign in to Google My Business.
- Make sure you're using card view. If you're viewing your locations as a list instead of cards, switch to card view by clicking the cards icon on the right side above your locations.
- Choose the listing you'd like to manage.
- Click Info from the menu.
- Click the section that you want to change, then enter the new information in the box that appears. Click the X next to the section you'd like to delete to remove it.
- It may take up to 60 days to delete information you've previously added. Information that is also publicly available or from other sources may not be removed.
- Business descriptions (editorial summaries or keywords from the web that appear next to your business) are not editable. Learn more
- Click Apply.
To edit your business information on Google:
- Open the Google My Business app.
- Tap the menu icon Business info.
- Tap the pencil icon or tap the text in the section you'd like to change.
- Enter your new information in the screen that appears.
- When you've made all of your changes, tap Save in the top right corner.
To delete information:
- Open the Google My Business app.
- Tap the menu icon Business info.
- Tap the pencil icon or tap the text in the section you'd like to change.
- Tap the X next to the section you'd like to delete, or delete its content using the backspace key on your device's keyboard.
- When you've made all of your changes, tap Save in the top right corner.
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Types of edits
Represent your business exactly as it appears in the offline world. Changing your business name between when you request a verification postcard and when you enter the verification code will reset the verification process. For more information, see the Google My Business quality guidelines.
Enter the complete and exact address for your business location. Read our address entry guidelines for more recommendations.
Changing your address between when you request a verification postcard and when you enter the verification code will reset the verification process.
Enter up to 2 phone numbers (mobile or landline, no fax) at which your business can be called, in addition to your primary phone number.
Enter the one category that best represents your business. All locations of a business must share one Primary Category. Choose a category that is as specific as possible, but representative of your main business. If you enter several categories, the category entered in the first field will be selected as your primary category.
You may also choose up to nine more additional categories. If you can't find a category for your business, choose one that is more general.
- Don't use categories solely as keywords or to describe attributes of your business.
- Don't use categories that pertain to other businesses that are nearby or related, such as a business physically contained within your business or an entity that contains your business.
Add the hours that your business is open. These are your regular customer-facing hours of operation for a typical week. For days when you have unusual hours, like holidays or special events, set special hours. Learn more about hours guidelines
To set business hours:
- Make sure that you've followed the steps above to select the location whose hours you want to set.
- Choose a day of the week and slide the circle to the right to indicate your business is open on that day.
- Click Opens at and select the opening time from the dropdown menu.
- Click Closes at and select the closing time from the dropdown menu.
- Once you're done, click Apply.
Breaks in business hours
Create two entries for the same day with different times to indicate that your business hours include a break. For example, say your business is open from 9am–2pm on Saturdays, closed from 2pm–5pm, then open again from 5pm–10pm. To show this for your business, you'd enter the first open time by choosing Saturday, 9:00am, and 2:00pm. Then, you'd click Add hours, but this time enter 5:00pm and 10:00pm.
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Indicate that you're open 24 hours on a given day by clicking Opens at next to the day you want to set hours for, then selecting 24 hours from the dropdown menu that appears.
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- Choose the listing you want to edit. (If you're using card view , you'll need to click Manage location, then click Info from the menu.)
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Historical Wall Street Journal
The Historical Wall Street Journal, 1989-1989, is now available at Penn. Full text news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, financial quotes, and advertisements are all searchable and available for viewing and printing. Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved including article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc. Researchers can view isolated article images, or, for context, can click on "page map" to see the whole page on which the article appeared. Articles can also be emailed in pdf format.
Print holdings for WSJ are located in Lippincott Library in paper (last two weeks) and on microfilm.
And just to review! You can search WSJ in Factiva (1979-present, though some of those old years are just abstracts, the site is not clear when absolute full coverage begins) or ABI Inform (full coverage of the Eastern edition begins in 1984).


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Inside a Bright Apartment With an Inspiring Kitchen
Flooded with natural light, this serene space spotted on Alvhem is impossibly chic. We love the home's casual style, but it's the spacious kitchen with thoughtful detailing that's really catching our eye. From th sleek brass hardware to the black sconces and molding details, this kitchen has us freshly inspired. Keep scrolling to take a tour!
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Tree Campus USA
Tree Campus USA is a National Arbor Day Foundation program which provides recognition for colleges and universities, at the state and national levels, that make a commitment to trees on their campus and to their surrounding community. This commitment can have multiple benefits such as:
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Tree Campus USA in 2012
- Significantly reducing the amount of energy a campus, and community, needs to generate
- Reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
- Providing green spaces for students and faculty to enjoy and relax in
- Increasing the number of trees on campus and in the community
- Instilling pride in the campus and community environments
New York State colleges and universities can be recognized as a Tree Campus USA college by meeting five standards developed to promote healthy trees and student involvement.
The Five Standards are:
- Campus Tree Care Plan - a Tree Inventory is the basis for a successful Campus Tree Plan
- Arbor Day Observance
- Tree Advisory Committee
- Dedicated Budget
- Service Learning Project
2017 Tree Campuses
We are proud to recognize the following New York State colleges and universities that have been certified in the new Tree Campus USA program:
New Tree Campus USA
Clarkson University
College of Saint Rose
Houghton College
Bard College (9)
Cazenovia College (9)
Cornell University (8)
Fordham University (3)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (6)
Hofstra University (2)
Jamestown Community College (9)
Jefferson Community College (3)
Keuka College (2)
Morrisville State College (5)
Skidmore College (3)
St. Bonaventure University (8)
St. John's University (5)
Stonybrook University (5)
Suffolk Community College (2)
SUNY College at Cortland (4)
SUNY Geneseo (3)
SUNY New Paltz (2)
SUNY Oneonta (1)*
SUNY Old Westbury (2)
SUNY Upstate Medical University (4)
Syracuse University (6)
University of Rochester (8)
Vassar College (5)
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Middle School for Art and Philosophy K588 present the
In conjunction with our first Parent Teacher Evening on Thursday, September 15th at 5:30 PM in the Auditorium.
Please come out to meet your child's teachers and get started on a successful new year!
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``Flexi Care Inc Volunteers donated approx. 992 hours of their time to provide 2655 social support hours to 594 of our clients in the past financial year. ``
Volunteering opportunities are currently available.
Contact Flexi Care Inc. Volunteer Coordinator and a time will be made to discuss volunteer opportunities. Phone: 07 3422 8400 or complete the form below.
The Volunteer Program is a social support program for Flexi Care Inc.'s clients that complements Flexi Care Inc.'s services and is funded by Commonwealth Home Support.
Who are our volunteers?
Volunteers come from diverse backgrounds and bring a range of skills to enhance overall client experience. They are local men and women over 18 years of age with a willingness to contribute an hour or two weekly, fortnightly or monthly to enhance the lives of the elderly and people with a disability.
Why volunteer?
Volunteers are people who want to make a valued contribution to their local community.
At Flexi Care Inc., volunteers:
Contributing one or two hours per week, fortnight or month, is all that is needed.
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Volunteers assist clients and Flexi Care Inc. staff by:
Flexi Care Inc has various volunteer roles and the list of positions is below:
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Take What You Want for Free from This Oakland Thrift Shop
Celebrating their one year anniversary, Free Oakland UP is part thrift store, part art gallery where everything is free. Yes, free—take what you want, one item per person per day. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, and they post new additions regularly on Instagram.


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If you're flirting with the idea of putting a new face on an old concrete stoop, chances are you're on a budget. In fact, your budget is the main factor in deciding which method you'll use and why. If money isn't an issue, you'll likely be calling an expert instead of looking for how-to articles. Let's look at the most popular options, both as a hired venture and a do-it-yourself project, with emphasis on the latter. Either way, resurfacing will give your stoop a brand new look for much less than a complete replacement.
The products used to resurface concrete are available at your local hardware shop and are relatively inexpensive. If you employ professionals to do the job, add labour costs. Experts can restore existing concrete and add dimension with concrete stamps, polymer overlays and acid stains. You can apply these treatments yourself, but it will require extensive knowledge and perhaps a bit of trial and error. If your concrete foundation has complications other than normal age-related wear, a simple refinish may not be enough to correct your problem. So, decide how much of a job you have to tackle and whether you feel competent to complete it on your own.
Clean the existing stoop to remove old dirt, if possible with the use of a pressure cleaner. It's OK and even preferable that the old surface is wet when you start. For edges and sides, use tape to protect areas that you don't want the new concrete to touch or build a frame or have someone hold a board against the side while you work the surface. If covering the entire area, use a trowel or edger to shape the sides and corners. Cement, sand, aggregate and water ratios vary according to project needs, so it's best for an amateur to buy pre-mixed products. Follow directions, adding extra water only as necessary. Wait 24 to 48 hours before allowing foot traffic after your renovations.
For a simple update, a thin coat is enough. Go to your favourite hardware dealer and ask for advice on choosing a pre-mixed product. Follow package instructions and use a trowel to spread it evenly to the edges of the stoop.
A thick coat is needed for serious cracks and worn areas. See how much space you have between the stoop and door frame, because your door won't open if you raise the porch too much. The easiest finishes are smooth or rough. For a plain surface, after you spread your concrete, drag a smoothing float or flat board across the top. You can add a skim coat for a smoother look. For a rough coat, drag a broom or similar item across the surface.
If your space doesn't allow for the stoop you'd really like and you have steps, do a basic stoop refinish and save the special effects for your steps. One of the easiest and cheapest methods is to use pea gravel. It's best to have your concrete prepared with the pea gravel rather than standard gravel mixed in. After you evenly spread the mixture, very lightly mist the wet concrete with water to expose the pea gravel. Expect a few stones to be loose when you later wash or sweep the surface.
If you have the extra cash for your project, consider using mortar and something like flagstone or pavers. Some natural stones can be split to make several thinner pieces from one stone. Be sure your largest stone is no thicker than your mortar thickness or the surface won't be flat. Make design decisions before you prepare your mortar so you won't waste time once you're ready to lay them in the mixture. As you place stones, hammer lightly and remove mortar that pushes up between them. When complete, use a wetter mixture to fix the uneven places between stones and clean each stone with a wet rag.
Concrete is used for new construction and resurfacing; mortar is the base or joining product for texture materials. Mortar is cement and sand, concrete is cement, sand and gravel; and cement is the bonding agent. Concrete should be poured in comfortable temperatures to avoid curing problems; however, when necessary to pour in very cold or hot temperatures, additives can be included that will assure good results.
It's very difficult to correct mistakes made with concrete, so good planning is crucial.


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Rates of Diabetes Among Teens Are Higher Than Previously Reported
HealthDay News — More American teens have diabetes or prediabetes than previously thought, and many don't know they have the condition, according to a research letter published in the July 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Andy Menke, PhD, of Social & Scientific Systems in Silver Spring, Md, and colleagues used data from the 2005 to 2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 2,606 adolescents ages 12 to 19, who were randomly selected for fasting blood glucose tests.
Of 62 teens with diabetes, 28.5% didn't know it. Prevalence of prediabetes was 17.7%, and more common in boys. Among the teens with diabetes, 4.6% of whites had not been diagnosed versus 49.9% of blacks and 39.5% of Hispanics. One prior study estimated the prevalence of diabetes in teens at about 0.34%, but the current study shows it's double that – 0.8%.
"These findings may have important public health implications because diabetes in youth is associated with early onset of risk factors and complications," the authors write.
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H&K became a household name because of their rifles, but their innovative pistols certainly shouldn't be overlooked either. In this episode of TFBTV we shoot the VP70 pistol, the first handgun ever to make use of a polymer frame.
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The same argument could be applied to Christian priests in rural parishes too. I'm sure they were easily distinguishable though through their vestments.What I would ask is: did they need to have a sign of their office? Communities being smaller, would not everyone really just know who the local druid was?
I also subscribe to Oppenheimer and Cunliffe's theories in that the word Celtic could be better applied to a Culture that specific groupings of people.[condensed by Dysgwr]... genetic history work of Stephen Oppenheimer on the Origins of the British. ... Which is what Professor Barry Cunliffe suggests, that what are now called the 'Insular Celts', which provides the roots to Druidry, were formed from an Atlantic Celtic culture that had it's own sophisticated spiritual continuum.
Caesar's writing must be handled with care.. He was writing for a specific audience selling his invasion of Britain. A good seeling point was saying that britain was the crade of the barbaric religion which used human sacrifices to appease its Gods. It is not know that Caesar knew about Stonehenge or and Celts from that time which which he had contact knew about the megaliths. He could have been aware of the megaliths of Carnac and other places also. But from what I've studied scholars agree that it is probably just propaganda justifying a costly invasion and a means to further his glorySo there's the evidence from Caesar, Strabo & Tacitus for early Druidry - Caesar says that the root of Druidry is in Britain. Earlier Greek writers and the archaeological history, included Stonehenge, suggest a religious centre in the British Isles.


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The corridors of power are the playground for the nobility and those who aspire to power. The doors to the court have now been cast open, allowing you to mingle with the movers and shakers in French society. But beware, for behind the polite smiles and elegant garb lurks a world of intrigue.
This supplement expands the All for One rules to allow for nobles and courtiers as player characters. It details historical titles and roles, explores what it means to be a noble, and provides guidelines for running a campaign centered around courtly life.


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Many people look to the used-car lots when shopping for vehicles. Even so, before you start hitting the lots check out www.showmestateautos.com. When you're searching for a pre-owned car, truck, RV, or anything else with wheels www.showmestateautos.com is a great place to start. On this user friendly website, you will also find a large new vehicle inventory.
Nonetheless, the allure of a lower price is what drives many consumers to purchase a pre-owned auto. Considering many of the used vehicles available are only a few years old, this can be a smart decision. With the widespread availability of leases, many pre-owned vehicles are lease turn-ins that are only a few years old and in relatively good condition. And because leases limit the amount of mileage that can be put on the vehicle in a given year, chances are a lot of those pre-owned vehicles are also low in mileage. Used-car pricing almost always will be lower than a vehicle off the lot. This is a big draw to many consumers looking to save money on a vehicle.
New cars depreciate as soon as they are driven away from the dealership, so even a vehicle that is only a few months old will cost less than it did brand new. Buying a pre-owned car at a dealership may come with a warranty as well. In order to liquidate their stock of used vehicles, oftentimes dealerships will certify the vehicles are in good condition and offer warranties that cover many of the same items one would find with a new vehicle. Certified vehicles can be a safer investment, primarily because the service history and the condition of the cars are verifiable. Buying from a private owner may be a riskier purchase. That doesn't mean that buying a used car from a private owner should be avoided at all costs.
Keep an eye out for upcoming private listings on www.showmestateautos.com by the way. Most private sellers are honest individuals and will offer proof documenting the vehicle's maintenance history. There are also car history reports that can be obtained using the VIN number on the vehicle to check to see if it was in any major accidents or had other kinds of damage. Buying used is also a green/environmentally friendly investment. A brand-new hybrid may certainly save on fuel use, but the energy needed to produce that new hybrid can be considerable. Purchasing a used car means less demand for a new one to be made. Insurance premiums are also typically much lower on used vehicles. The prices drop because new cars usually require comprehensive insurance, while a used vehicle may only require basic coverage. If you're looking to save your hard earned money on a vehicle, definitely consider pre-owned as viable options for your next car, truck, RV or ATV.
Regardless of which direction you decide to go, don't forget to kick-start your search with www.showmestateautos.com. SC113517