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Gleaned from several hundred hours of interviews with her grandmother, Fayetteville author Padma Viswanathan's new novel, "The Toss of a Lemon" (Harcourt, $26, hardcover), transports the reader to the Indian subcontinent in the early 20th century.
If ever there was a "Gone with The Wind" of India, this book is it. Inspired by her grandmother's recollections of life in a mid-caste Brahmin community, Viswanathan tells the fictionalized life and times of a widowed woman standing up for herself, raising a family and surviving a culture where serious generational barriers stand in the way for widows and their children.
The thrill of reading the 640-page epic lies neither in suspense nor in intrigue, but in Viswanathan's vivid word pictures of the wafting odor of spices, the brilliant and contrasting colors of the meager clothing and the permeating smell of the seasonal rains.
The local Fayetteville author, mother of two, is a playwright and former journalist. Her pre-book accolades include a first place in the 2006 "Boston Review" Short Story Contest.
Friends and followers of Miller Williams will be treated to a thin, yet delicious volume in the poet's new book, "Time and the Tilting Earth," just released by Louisiana State University Press. At $45 for a 50-page volume, it's worth every penny. The master poet of the Fayetteville campus (and elsewhere) delivers short, succinct verse that lifts the spirits and makes one smile in this complex world. Especially touching are "After All These Years of Prayer and Pi R Square" and "Thinking of Leaving the Church the Young Preacher Thinks Again," which showcase Williams at his best.
—Maylon Rice
The University of Arkansas Press has teamed with the Oxford American magazine to release "The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing" ($34.95, hardcover). Long known for its annual Southern Music Issue, the Oxford American here compiles its greatest hits, with contributions from the likes of Roseanne Cash, Peter Guralnick, Steve Martin, Robert Palmer and Elizabeth Wurtzel. The subjects include Southern heavyweights — Elvis, Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Leadbelly, Lucinda Williams — as well as the more obscure figures the magazine's often lauded for exposing, like Fred Neil, King Pleasure and Moondog. Avant-pop composer Van Dyke Parks provides a foreword.
Also just released: "On Tarzan" (University of Georgia Press, $22.95, softcover) by Alex Vernon, associate professor of English at Hendrix College, examines one of the 20th century's best known characters. Vernon's focus ranges from books, films, comics and toys to Tarzan's image in the media.
—Lindsey Millar
"A Life on the Black River in Arkansas: A Pioneering Banker's Memoir" (the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, $16.95, softcover) is a rollicking story about an Arkansan who came of age during the Great Depression, built a farm, bought a bank, and traveled the world, but always came back home. It took more than hard work and honesty for Ewell R. Coleman to succeed; it took a pair of overalls. When trying to add a thousand acres to his land, the farmer from Dowdy (Independence County) needed the agreement of a Little Rock lawyer who was administering the estate. A man who knew the lawyer told him, "Now Monday morning, don't you go down there in no 'damned' suit of clothes. You go down there to Little Rock in a pair of overalls and a pair of work shoes. You tell Mr. Bradley that you are a dirt farmer." When he arrived, another man who wanted to buy the land was wearing a suit. Ewell was in overalls. Ewell got the land.
Ewell Coleman was a cross between Horatio Alger and a character from a morality tale. That he was so honest allowed him almost unlimited access to bank loans because even the bankers trusted him not to borrow more than he could pay.
Along with a talent for making money, he felt a civic responsibility. When telephone lines were beginning to be extended through rural areas, he insisted that it go to his town too, no matter that his neighbors weren't so sure that this new technology wouldn't bring cancer with it. Going forward isn't so easy sometimes. He needed what he calls toeholds — a loving wife and the help of family friends. Those toeholds took him far. Soon, his bank became the first in the state worth more than $100 million dollars to be based in a town with less than 10,000 people in it. He began to be sent by People to People, the international education program, to represent the state and the country to everywhere from Austria to Australia. "On all of these trips, we knew we were a long way from Dowdy, Arkansas," he wrote.
—Daniel Kushner
Little Rock writer Elizabeth Findley Shores started her journey on the trail of an Alabama botanist when she climbed the steps to the attic in her grandfather's house in Tuscaloosa. She'd known her grandparents had rented a room to Dr. Roland Harper, but not that he'd made cardboard houses for her mother, and the discovered relationship made her dig deeper into this University of Alabama eccentric who was known for his old-fashioned field methods and an interest in the eugenics movement. His fastidious note-taking included daily journals and he made it a habit to keep all his correspondence (including drafts of his own letters) over his long career. Shores plumbs these in "On Harper's Trail" (University of Georgia Press, hardcover, $42.95), to tell the story of the personal life and career of this early 20th century scientist.
—Leslie Newell Peacock


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Get in touch with your inner historian by visiting Castillo San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal, two Old San Juan forts. Originally built to prevent invasion from pirates in the 16th and 17th centuries, the forts, which are at both ends of the historic city, are free to visit. The older of the two, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, aka El Morro, protected San Juan Bay and took nearly half a century to build. When you visit, you'll have a chance to check out all that comprises it, everything from barracks, lookouts, and dungeons to outposts and cannon-firing positions.
What's really cool is that you can get from El Morro to Fort San Cristóbal via a system of underground tunnels. Known as the Gibraltar of the Caribbean, the younger fort is actually the largest fort you'll find in San Juan. Taking nearly 140 years to complete (1634-1771), San Cristóbal is comprised of five different units that come together via their own maze of tunnels. Covering nearly 30 acres, the fort is one of the strongest in all the Americas. You'll be duly impressed by its walls that are incredibly tall. How tall? They are 150 feet above sea level. Hey, if you're going to keep out invaders, you have to make sure they stay out. You can find out more about these two Old San Juan treasures online at http://www.touroldsanjuan.com/forts/.

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by: Brent Smith at the Common Constitutionalist
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Sorry folks, but no Podcast today. For those unfamiliar, I do a video podcast every weekend that airs today. But not this time. No – this time it has nothing at all to do with production problems. It has nothing to do with technical issues, more often than not caused by my own ineptitude.
This time it was pure pleasure. I had a choice to make and I chose family over politics.
Every year my sons and I revel in a trek into the woods in search of a Christmas tree. Sure, we could do it the easy way and pick one out one from the many lots around town. And to be sure, we would likely get a beautiful one.
We could also choose the blasphemous path and buy a synthetic "Fake" tree – maybe hang some pine tree air-fresheners on it to replicate that outdoorsy scent. Yummy!
But we Smith's enjoy the thrill of the hunt. So off we went, two weekends ago, into the wilderness, to scout for and tag a tree. This year we were exceptionally lucky and found a beautiful 7 ft white pine. And best yet, it was only about a mile in. In years past we've been known to trek twice that in seeking out the perfect wild tree. As we strode through the woods, invariably one or the other of my sons, or both, would recount a story from a previous year – "Remember that year when…?" read more


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Welcome to Rutherford County, North Carolina
Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Foothills is an ideal destination all year long. Four distinct seasons offer visitors an abundance of opportunities to create unique experiences each time they visit. Join us in the spring as nature comes to life in our greenways, parks and trails or spend your summer by the lake enjoying the cool water on a hot summer day. Relish in the peace and quiet as you meander down scenic country roads surrounded by the brilliant colors of fall that blanket the mountains, or spend the holidays entranced by a magical display of over a million Christmas lights and downtown carriage rides.
Offering a variety of affordable lodging from private mountain cabin rentals to historic B&Bs, Lake Lure and the surrounding small towns of Chimney Rock, Rutherfordton, Forest City, Bostic and Spindale make Rutherford County the perfect place to spend your next vacation!
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Shop the arts and street festivals, listen to homegrown music, enjoy gorgeous fall hues and the bright lights of Christmas. With so many choices, you'll want to visit Rutherford County season after season.


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Best Dressed: 1980s Syracuse OrangemenPosted by rtmsf on May 23rd, 2011
John Gorman is an RTC contributor. Every week throughout the long, hot summer, he will highlight one of the iconic uniforms from the great history of the game. We plan on rolling out 24 of these babies, so tweet your favorites at us @rushthecourt or email us directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. This week, we tip things off with the Syracuse threads from the 1980s. For the complete list to date, click here.
You young whipper-snappers may not remember, but there was a time long before the "men" and "women" were unceremoniously axed from the school nickname in a move to eliminate perceived gender and religious biases, when the Orange men really were Orangemen. In fact, until 2004, the school was never really named after the color; but rather derived its moniker from the Irish and Scottish protestant fraternal organization. That orange you see on the Irish flag? That's Syracuse Orange. And flags aside, the colorful cast that rocked those threads could make citrus jealous.
The bold Valencia hue made the players instantly visible to each other, to opponents and to fans. Amazingly, it hasn't always been the school color. Prior to 1890, the school swatch, despite being the "Orangemen," was rose pink and pea green. But, the switch was made and by the time the newly-formed Big East Conference took shape in the 1980s, the Syracuse duds were among the most widely marketed and broadcasted in the USA.
Aided by a heaping helping of media members pimping their school whenever possible (many prominent broadcasters, journalists and media execs graduated from their prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), you had to really strain to avoid the Orange crush. The cursive Syracuse draped over luminaries like Derrick Coleman, Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, John Wallace, Billy Owens, Danny Schayes and Rony Seikaly. Steeped in basketball tradition, and set inside an iconic, imposing Carrier Dome, Syracuse basketball was equal parts hip and classicist, loud yet refined, and the threads did justice.
The Orange and Blue stood out then much like a patented plaid Boeheim blazer, and the color scheme was the perfect competitive differentiator throughout the golden age of Standard Definition TVs, during which the Big East lorded atop college basketball, built a mountain of endless grays, blues and reds. Stylish. Loud. Unique. Syracuse was (and still is) Orange, and still the college basketball standard by which other teams who dare to wear orange are measured. Like it or not, if you ever say, "I'm for the Orange", nobody anywhere will ever think you mean Clemson.


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Just past a year following the earthquake and tsunami that wrecked Tohoku, one of the largest single pieces of debris from the disaster has crossed the ocean, a full-sized commercial fishing trawler. The derelict was sighted about 50 miles off the coast of Canada's British Columbia province, near the Haida Gwaii islands. Spotter planes found the ship floating upright, intact and seemingly seaworthy but for the extensive rust covering the hull. There were no signs of life aboard the vessel.
Human life, that is.
Contrary to popular belief, the patch itself isn't "solid enough to walk on". Much of the debris is submerged and almost invisible. Having watched tons and tons of movies over the course of my life, I have the utmost belief that there is some kind of hidden alien or monster in that vessel, secretly waiting for silly humans to attempt to stumble onto it. Or, the ship has become a lure for some giant angler fish-esque leviathan.
The only safe course of action to do is burn the water. Twice. Just in case.


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What Is Covered in the SOAR® Curriculum?
The SOAR® Learning & Soft Skills Curriculum for College & Career Readiness (aka SOAR Study Skills Curriculum) teaches the most critical learning, organizing, and communication skills needed to be successful in school and in the workplace. Those skills include:
- Identify students' strengths & "SuperPowers" (according to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences)
- Set goals
- Establish priorities
- Manage time
- Organize papers, desks, lockers, & other space
- Speak & listen effectively
- Work with teachers & peers
- Read and understand textbooks
- Take notes
- Study for tests
- Write research papers
- Prepare for presentations
- Track long-term goals
Skills That Make an "80%" Impact!
The 80/20 Principle is a law of the universe; it states that 80% of impact will come from only 20% of your efforts. "Soft skills" and "study skills" are the CORE 20% of skills that are the foundation of life-long learning success.
SOAR® has always been focused on delivering the most relevant skills for success in the classroom, and in life. So, it's no coincidence that the skills covered in SOAR® match the top needs of employers, as noted in dozens of employer surveys. It's also no surprise that SOAR® covers 100% of the Common Core Anchor Standards for college and career readiness.
The Three Criteria for Being Student-Friendly
The author and developer of SOAR®, Susan Kruger, M.Ed., is a former struggling student. So, she is extremely sensitive about providing materials that will work for students. Especially for struggling students! All strategies presented in SOAR® must pass her three filters for being "student-friendly"…
- Strategies must be effective. Obviously! Susan didn't go into this mission to waste students' time or generate more frustration. Strategies must work. Period.
- Strategies must be efficient. It is natural, human-nature is to seek the shortest path to a solution. This is especially true for students who are stressed or frustrated! (Which is nearly all students!) With this in mind, we are very strict about seeking the most efficient paths for organizing, learning, and communicating.
- Strategies must apply across content areas. A quick internet search on "study skills" or "soft skills" will yield over 60 million results! Yet, everything you'll find is a hodge-podge of complication that only confuses students. We stick to strategies that are universal -across all subject areas– so students can be very clear and take their own initiative for success with learning!
Strategies Aligned to the Brain
Through her two decades of work with students and extensive research Susan developed a revolutionary model … The Brain Circuit Model™, for understanding how to develop appropriate organizing and learning strategies:
What Grades/Subjects Use this Curriculum?
Regardless if students are in 6th grade or a senior in college, the types of academic tasks they have to do are all the same. Therefore, the strategies in the SOAR® Study Skills & SOAR® Learning & Soft Skills Curriculum are appropriate for:
- Upper elementary
- Middle school
- High school
- College
However, some skills are not age-appropriate for mastery at younger levels. (We still recommend exposing students to these skills at lower levels.)
See our Grade-Level Continuum for a full outline of age-appropriate mastery levels.
What Materials Are Included?
All curriculum packages include an optional license for a set of student workbooks and/or set of student app licenses along with our Multi-Media Teacher's Guide:
SOAR® Multi-Media Teacher's Guide
The Multi-Media Teacher's Guide (MMTG) is a complete resource kit!
It includes:
- Ready-to-go lesson plans.
- 240+ done-for-you slides with interactive visuals for guiding instruction.
- Multiple assessments.
- Clean, bright, colorful presentation. Great for visual learners.
- Additional online resources tie the SOAR strategies to the "real-world."
- A lot of support! Comprehensive instructor support is included.
"The Teacher's Guide is very user-friendly and convenient. My students like the language and identify with the skills they need to work on as they go through high school."
– Meghan S., Intervention Specialist
"Thank you so much for this valuable resource! I'm teaching a new study skills course this year. The (resources) you provide are invaluable. These materials are lifesavers… literally!"
– Deb P., Middle School Teacher
SOAR® Student Workbook
Our award-winning workbook guides students through the core strategies with practical application. Each section is written in a clear, succinct, and professional manner. The book includes many visuals and diagrams to provide support for struggling readers and enriched examples for more advanced students.
"I was getting C's and D's. Now I'm getting A's and B's! I learned how to be organized and how to study… it has made such a difference!" – Katie H., 11th grade student
"I am reading chapters in my textbooks now! It's really easy and really helps me study for tests!" – Keith Schwartz, 6th grade student
SOAR® Student App
The app covers the entire SOAR® Learning & Soft Skills workbook, presented as a self-guided course.
The Online App Includes:
✓ Interactive content/games, providing immediate feedback
✓ "How-to" videos, illustrating strategies
✓ Fully narrated slides, for reading support
✓ Quizzes/assessments, to ensure understanding of material
✓ Badges & certificates awarded for achievements
✓ Easy access from any computer or mobile device
Who Uses SOAR®?
SOAR® is in over 4,000 schools across the country and 35 countries, worldwide!
See our SOAR Map, with an updated list of schools using SOAR®.
What Does the SOAR® Curriculum Cost?
See curriculum licensing packages, here.
How Do I Get Started?
See our Implementation Guide for tips on getting started. The Implementation Guide provide tips on managing your schedule, pacing instruction, and suggests for getting staff on board.
More Questions?
Contact us! Our friendly curriculum consultants are on-hand and happy to answer your questions.


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I can't bear to go through all the details of yesterday's phone call to Mom. Suffice to say that it contained all the usual elements:
- She was still asleep when I called in late morning.
- She'd just woken up when I called again at noon.
- She said back pain kept her up all night.
- She didn't know what day it is, and didn't remember when I told her. Not the first time, not the 8th.
- She was confused by the number of pills in her box, reporting 4 when there ought to have been 6 1/2. She said today's compartment was empty, then said it did have pills in it, but not enough. She asked why Wednesday has no pills at all and what will she do then, not remembering that I'll be back to refill the box. This exchange was repeated at least four times.
In a new twist, she took my Dad's pills instead of her own, even though her pill box is bright purple, chosen specifically to be very distinct from Dad's. At least that explains there only being 4 pills. (Fortunately Dad's were only supplements; he keeps the important stuff separate.) Then she realized her error and took her own, of which there were 6 1/2, as I'd been saying all along (this is now 45 minutes into the call). She said she had been confused and in a rush because I was coming. I was never coming, and had never said I was coming, and it wouldn't have been a reason to rush, in any case.
This is what dementia sounds like. Nothing she says can be trusted to have any consistent or correlative relationship to reality. When a normal person gets "confused," they can be set straight. Oh, right, they'll say. I was just confused. When a dementia patient is confused, talking them through it is like screwing yourself deeper and deeper into the marsh mud at low tide. Then the tide comes in.
All this happened while Robin and I were on the way from shopping to my friend Jolene's house. We had the Corolla, because Aaron has "my" minivan up in New Hampshire for the weekend. I hate this reliable little car with the intensity of a thousand suns. It's ugly, uncomfortable, cramped, loud, dirty (Aaron cares much less about keeping it clean than I do), and lacks Bluetooth. The minivan is not a luxury vehicle by any means, but neither is it any of those things, and Bluetooth makes phone calls so much safer and easier.
Robin and I had had an unsuccessful time shopping and were dashing back to pick up Jolene's son, who'd be spending the afternoon at our house while she worked. I was cranky about the shopping trip. I was cranky about the car. I was cranky about having agreed to have a friend over. I had a headache and the beginnings of cramps. And then I had this hour-long conversation which made no fucking sense, and which, if I could have typed out a transcript, you would not even believe.
When we signed off, I screamed — screamed! — in frustration. Poor Robin. I told her that if I ever begin to do this kind of thing to her, that she should kill me. That, well, ok, obviously she could not be expected to kill me, but she should put me in a home and then move as far away as fucking possible and never look back. I will not allow her life to be sucked up by this kind of thing. I will not allow it. I will NOT.
It was at about that point that I realized my phone had not, in fact, hung up. I had thrown it into the passenger foot well when I said good-bye, but hadn't disconnected. It is possible that my Dad–it was he on the phone at the end of the conversation–heard my whole poisonous, insane, horrible rant.
I understand that dementia is not my mother's fault. I understand that being angry about it is normal (and so does Robin. She is a tremendous comfort). I try to keep anger about her illness from becoming anger at her for not being able to think and anger at my Dad for not being more managerial about it (he is blind, yes, but he can think, and he knows what fucking day it is, and he could help with the medicine thing).
It can feel like a lot of anger, which has never been my strong suit.
We got to Jolene's house, and she asked how I was, and for once, I didn't turn back the attention and say "fine, you?" I just laid it out. Empty. I'm running on empty. My parents have sucked me dry today and I have nothing left except feeling angry all the time. She listened, and she helped, and it was so good to have a friend in that moment that the stupid aggravations evaporated and the serious issues receded.
Having Josh over was fun. He and the girls played Clue, had a soccer ball punting contest in the backyard, played Wii, and watched Sherlock. Meanwhile I called my parents again, prepared to face their reaction to what they might have overheard earlier. They never mentioned it, and nothing in their demeanor suggested they heard any of it. Jolene said they had probably just put their phone right down after saying good-bye. If they heard anything at all it would only have been car noise from where my phone had lain on the floor. I'm going to assume, with relief, that she's right.
After Jolene finished work, we all went out to dinner and talked about other things. My friends are terrific, and my girls are terrific, and I'm feeling better.
I'm still wondering what people do with their anger, though. I'm open to suggestions.


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Day 1 in Hanoi
The next day of my trip to Hanoi Vietnam, was a cruise to Halong Bay on board Elizabeth Sails Junk. I booked a two days one night cruise arranged for me by the hotel tour desk manager. The cruise cost me USD109, inclusive of 2 lunches, dinner, and a breakfast. The tour guide will pick me up at the hotel supposedly by eight in the morning, but arrived in the hotel almost an hour later because of the traffic and being I was the last to be picked up.
Halong Bay is in Quang Ninh province which is 170 kilometers from Hanoi. The land travel was uneventful and dragging, the mini bus stopped for 20 minutes at a marble factory along the way. We arrived at the jetty in Bai Chay past 12 noon and surprised to find out that there were thousands of tourists waiting at the jetty all bound to Halong Bay. We were 17 tourists who will be cruising aboard Elizabeth Sails junk. The junk is stationed away from the jetty so we were ushered to a boat that brought us to the junk.
the scenery of the countryside
the bus that brought us to Bai Chay
the jetty port
the Elizabeth Sails Junk
my assigned room, I was lucky I was all alone
the dining hall of the junk
Immediately after we embarked we gathered at the second level, the dining area for the welcome drink and the room assignment. I was lucky I was alone in a twin sharing room. The room is quite nice with a small toilet and shower. The lunch was served 15 minutes after we were all settled in, and the junk begins to sail in a very slow pace. The lunch was vietnamese seafood cuisine set menu, and it was good. After the hearty lunch, I got the chanced to appreciate the beauty of Halong bay up closed. Because by the time we were done with our lunch, we were already in the middle of the bay. Truly it was really a magnificent landscape with varying sizes of limestone formation scattered around the bay. Ha Long is literally Descending Dragon in english. After I took an agonizing shower, because there is less water coming out from the shower head, I hurriedly climbed up to the sun deck and took photos with gusto.
this is the beach we were supposed to go for swimming the following day
By 3:30 we were to visit one of the cave attractions in Halong Bay, the Song Sot Cave or Surprise Grotto Cave. We were ushered to a wharf and climbed steep concrete steps to the mouth of the cave which is about 25m above sea level. The cave was humungous so to speak, and it was cold inside. Lightings and footpath were installed inside the cave for easy access and to add drama to the place. There are thousands of stalactites and stalagmites resembles many possible shapes and forms. There is one that highlighted by our tour guide that resemble into a phallus belonged to a king. At the inner chamber, it appears to be a wide theatre hall, with many stalactites hang from the ceiling in various forms and shapes. It is so wide it could contain thousands of people.
the Song Sot Cave, I was disappointed of the photos I took , this is the only decent one I had
view from the exit point of the cave
one of the many boat vendors in Halong bay
Kayaking is the next activity after the cave visit. In one of the floating village nearby the wharf is where the kayaks can be rented, it is free for us since it is inclusive of the cruise. I took the opportunity to do photo shooting. We all went to the junk after that and spent the rest of the day relaxing. My anticipated sunset viewing was not spectacular as I was expecting. The afternoon was gloomy though there was no rain. By 7pm the dinner was served. The food was not as delicious compared to lunch but still ok. Evening was uneventful, and I just lay in sun-bathing chairs hoping to view a starry starry sky but there was none, so I just slept sooner than I would have to.
sunset was not spectacular..
The next day activities were never followed as a lot hopped in the boat from the tourists who will returned back to jetty. We were supposed to go to Totov island for swimming, and visit another cave. The boat were crowded when we returned back to Bai Chay. We arrived at the jetty before 12 noon and took lunch at Thang Long restaurant nearby. By 1:30pm we begun our land travel back to Hanoi, and I arrived at the hotel by 6:00 in the evening.
the sunrise the following day is also ordinary
views on the way back to Bai Chay jetty
I spent the rest of the night roaming around the Old Quarter and ended the night at one of the bars near the Backpackers Lane. The cruise was really amazing, and I must say it satisfied my long desire to visit the place.
On my last day in Hanoi, I got to see Uncle Ho in person. On my next post.


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"...and if it grieves you to stay here, just go...
ohhhhh for I have no spell on you, it's all a ghost."
Even if you're one of those "too cool" anti-hipsters (in itself a form of hipster, the anti.) or anti-everyonelikesthat kids-- take a listen. It's good, no matter your position on Sufjanism.
Sufjan Stevens- Enchanting Ghost
Sunday, August 22, 2010
stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost (leaked. awesome.)
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Mechanical Test Equipment 2017 Global Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 5.87% and Forecast to 2021
The analysts forecast the global mechanical test equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 5.87% during the period 2017-2021.PUNE, INDIA, October 12, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ --
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• Illinois Tool Works
• MTS Systems
• Shimadzu
• Zwick Roell
Other prominent vendors
• Buehler
• Emerson
• Hegewald & Peschke
• Hung Ta Instrument
• Shanghai Hualong Test Instruments
• TA Instruments
• Tinius Olsen
• Torontech
Market driver
• Growing power plant projects
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market challenge
• High cost of test equipment
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Market trend
• Testing of food and packaging
• For a full, detailed list, view our report
Key questions answered in this report
• What will the market size be in 2021 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
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Table of Contents -Major Key Points
PART 01: Executive summary
PART 02: Scope of the report
PART 03: Research Methodology
PART 04: Introduction
• Market outline
PART 05: Market landscape
• Market overview
• Market size and forecast
• Five forces analysis
PART 06: Market segmentation by equipment
• Market overview
• Global NDT equipment market
• Global condition monitoring equipment market
• Global NVH equipment market
• Global material testing equipment market
PART 07: Geographical segmentation
• Mechanical test equipment market in Americas
• Mechanical test equipment market in EMEA
• Mechanical test equipment market in APAC
PART 08: Decision framework
PART 09: Drivers and challenges
• Market drivers
• Market challenges
PART 10: Market trends
• Testing of food and packaging
• Rising exports of electronics
• Growth in construction sector
PART 11: Vendor landscape
• Competitive scenario
• Other prominent vendors
PART 12: Key vendor analysis
• Applied Test Systems
• Illinois Tool Works
• MTS Systems
• Shimadzu
• Zwick Roell
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Kerry Katona has revealed that she will try for her SIXTH child while on honeymoon with fiancé George Kay.
The former Atomic Kitten star, 33, already has a three-month-old daughter with Kay - as well as four older children - but says she wants another baby.
Kerry Katona and former bodyguard George will go on holiday with the kids in tow.
But Kerry says there is sure to be romance in the air.
"George wants another soon because he doesn't want to be an old dad," she told OK! magazine.
"We both want them close in age so we'll have a cheeky try for number six on our honeymoon."
However Kerry says that she's yet to buy her wedding dress as she wants to lose more weight.
"I want to look amazing. I was 11st 4lbs and I'm 9st 9lbs, so I've lost nearly two stone. I'd like to lose some more though.
"We work out together every day.
"I'm a lot more confident in my clothes and feel sexier. George loves something to grab hold of, he's like "Don't lose any more!" He loves me pregnant."
And on being third time lucky when it comes to marriage, Kerry admits: "I know that this time I'm marrying the right guy and I won't be doing it for the wrong reasons.
"I can't wait to be Mrs Kay. We've been together for two years but we feel like we've been together for ten. We've been through so much, but this time it's right."
Talking about her friendship with Katie Price, Kerry says: "I'm delighted I've got my bond back with her again. I missed her. George says to me: "You two are so similar it's scary"'
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Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan
Expected Publication date: February 8, 2012
One word, Awesome! I had the privilege of reading this through netgalley and I loved it.
This story is about a girl, Llona, who has lost both of her parents and is living with her young uncle. She is an Aura, which means she has light within her that she can manipulate. She is constantly moving around to keep the Vykens, vampire-like creatures, from discovering and killing her. She meets a lot of new students at her school and is smitten with an athlete named Christian. Their relationship is very complicated and he is constantly trying to save her. Lots of signs point to the fact that someone is tracking Llona and is trying to kill her. Llona discovers how to use her light as a weapon in order to save herself from harm.
This book constantly kept me guessing at who the "good guy" was and who the "bad guy" was. It was refreshing to not be able to guess the entire plot of the book in the first 3 chapters. You felt like you almost had it figured out and then, "BAM", something would happen and you completely changed your mind. The plot was great and the characters were well developed. I highly recommend this book and I can not wait for it to come out so that I can add it to my book collection.


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Syria's chemical weapons probe "could be useful" in further inquiry
United Nations – The UN's top inspector of Syria chemical arms said Friday his team's report "could be useful" in any possible further investigation into who used the weapons.
Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, head of the UN mission which submitted its final report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, however, refused to speculate on who might have used chemical weapons in any of the sev! en attacks the mission investigated out of the 16 allegations referred to it.
"We have gathered as much information as we could," Xinhua quoted Sellstrom as saying at a press briefing.
"What eventually will happen with this information, how it will be used in the future, we don't know, but it could be useful if the issue is to be pursued by some other body."
"These hats (worn on the mission) could be used by others that have the mandate to use them," he said, referring to a possible further investigation. "We don't have the mandate."
Sellstrom was appointed by the secretary-general in March to head an investigation into allegations of use of chemical weapons in Syria, but not to determine who may have used them. The mission was a joint UN-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) endeavour.
"I could speculate, and I frequently, when I sit by myself or (with) my friends, I speculate on these issues," Sellstrom said.
"But I don't have information that would stand in court. I don't have! information that would stand in court if I was the one to be in court."
At the outset of the session with reporters, Sellstrom explained that "to go into attribution (of the chemical weapons attack) requires quite some more effort".
He said the guidelines the UN-OPCW team was working under were "set by member states and they are not very intrusive. I think it was a wise decision that we didn't go into attribution".
He was accompanied at the briefing by UN Under-secretary-General Angela Kane, the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Scott Cairns of the OPCW and Maurizio Barbeschi of the World Health Organization (WHO).
They were as careful as Sellstrom in not giving a hint of any of their suspicions as to who the perpetrators might be.
Asked if the team had enough time for their investigation, especially considering it was carried out in a nation undergoing civil war, Sellstrom replied, "Given the circumstances, I think we had e! nough time and resources".
Sellstrom and his colleagues gathered information and evidence, including fragments of possible weapons, interviews from witnesses, samples taken from alleged victims of chemical weapon attacks, and preserved all the evidence through a chain of custody that still exists.


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The 28-year-old made his debut in a stalemate with Norwich City at Loftus Road on Saturday after completing a £12.5m move to the west London side on deadline day.
Samba felt Harry Redknapp's side deserved to take three points from the Canaries clash and remains optimistic about their survival prospects.
"We had enough chances to win that game but we were a bit unlucky with the penalty," Samba told QPR's website.
"I thought we did enough to win and we were unfortunate not to as we could have had three points. That will come, hopefully against Swansea this Saturday.
"We played very well overall though and I have seen we have enough to remain in this league for myself now."
Samba also revealed he is continuing to work on his fitness levels after a five-week lay-off due to the Russian top-flight's winter break between December and March.
"I'd only done five days of training after five weeks out before coming here," Samba added.
"This is the English league and it is physical. It was a more intensive style of play than it was in Russia.
"To get a clean sheet is pleasing but I am very disappointed to get a draw as a win would have put us back amongst the chasing pack."
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Well you can make that correlation but it is not supported by sutta, as far as I know. There were certainly a number of monastics whose behaviour was not great even when the Buddha was still teaching. Are there instances of the Buddha telling someone not to go forth due to being not advanced enough?
I'm sure there are plenty who spent time in the robe & during that time refrained from evil & developed wholesomeness. And during that time they also gave the opportunity for others to develop wholesomeness.
I'll mention it again the Buddha did make it allowable to ordain the return to lay life and then ordain again.


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Sony Xperia P LT22i is a mid range Android Smartphone with some decent specs. The device is not yet received any major Android update till now and is left on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean firmware and there is now news about Android 4.4 Kitkat for this device. So in order to update this device on should depend on Custom ROM's, for that reason we have come up with a Paranoid Android Custom ROM. This ROM will help in updating Xperia P LT22i to Android 4.4.4 Kitkat firmware.
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vivo, as they gain grounds from different markets are also starting keeping their users happy with incremental software updates. But for the last few months, the Chinese firms haven't had much to say until now. The company announced their upcoming FunTouch OS 3.1 for their devices.
As we all know, manufacturers often labelled their underlying operating system with unique names on their own but the fact is that they generally runs on Android and vivo's FunTouch OS is no exception and is basically a customized user-interface on top of the underlying software. Current generation FunTouch OS is based on Android 6.0 but beginning with version 3.1, vivo's proprietary UI will be based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) which brings all the Nougat features to supported vivo devices. Apart from the new built-in features from Nougat, the update will also include a massive aggregates of bug fixes and enhancements that will improve the user experience on vivo devices.
While it's understandably exciting for such update to pop up but vivo has officially listed the number of devices that would sooner receive the update. First to get the said update will be the vivo X9 Plus on July 18th followed by the vivo X9 toward the end of July. While the update is currently being baked at vivo, the company will seed out random updates to a select of live users of the vivo X9 and X9 Plus as well as Xplay 6. Users may receive the update or decline on them, but if I'd be one of those I'll definitely jump on.
Here are the list of devices that would get updated first to FunTouch OS 3.1:
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- Xplay5 Ultimate
If your device in not it the list, don't worry as these are just the first wave of devices that vivo is updating, if you are sporting one of the latest vivo devices other than from the list, stay tuned as we uncover the rest of the devices that will be updated to FunTouch OS 3.1.


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Hillbilly noir goes literary in Panowich's debut, which is part crime fiction and part family saga.
As an outcast from his family, Sheriff Clayton Burroughs knows "The world is a broken place sometimes." Above northern Georgia's Waymore Valley, where Clayton patrols, generations of Burroughses have ruled Bull Mountain, keeping the family whole with moonshine, then marijuana, and now meth. Bull Mountain is a kingdom, its ruler the sheriff's brother Halford, clad in his own "warped sense of honor." The uneasy truce between Clayton and Hal fractures when Special Agent Simon Holly of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms arrives. Holly wants Clayton to persuade Hal to rat out his connection to a Jacksonville motorcycle gang, soldiers for a gun-running, meth-chemical supplier masquerading as a reputable businessman. In return, Hal won't be prosecuted. Thus unfolds a Shakespearean tragedy, a bloody family implosion. In the fast-moving narrative, shifting from Burroughs to Burroughs over the past half-century, Panowich chronicles murders, hijackings, and gory beat-downs. Haunted by family sins, Clayton once lived in the bottle, which was creating "a fine layer of rust slowly decaying and dissolving his marriage." Clayton's wife, Kate, steel-hearted and loyal, declares "I will not let some cop…drag you down a hole you can't climb out of to help a man who doesn't want or deserve your help." A one-time Burroughs enforcer, Val, "a hulk of a man," reminds Clayton, "It was your grandfather let loose the demons on this mountain." However, there's a dark secret (a twist handled nicely by Panowich) that pulls Hal, sawed-off shotgun in hand, down from Bull Mountain. Ever true to his theme, Panowich then moves to a bloody, and believable, reconciliation.
Panowich deftly delves into "something deeper than bone" between fathers and sons, between the land and its people.


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Conversation, care, and coffee: Beca's Brew in Bothell
- Written by Kirsten Abel
The day after Beca Nistrian opened her coffee stand Beca's Brew in Bothell in April 2017, she met Will Tinkham, a local guy with special needs.
"I could tell he didn't have many friends. That he was disregarded," Nistrian said. She and Tinkham talked for a couple hours. Then Nistrian told him to return for another chat and a free drink the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that.
What started out as a happenstance meeting has now transformed into a deep friendship.
"I see him every day," Nistrian said. "I consider him family."
She and Tinkham try new restaurants and go to the mall together. Sometimes she and other customers take a trip to the movies.
Their friendship evolved over- time and eventually, Nistrian decided to document it in a children's book. She partnered with publisher Todd Civin to create the illustrated work called "A Cup of Kindness." The book, which is available on Amazon for $14.95, tells the story of Nistrian and Tinkham.
"My purpose with this book is to show anyone that's different, you matter," she said. She wants copies of the book to be in schools and libraries all over the country, not just in Bothell.
The lesson of acceptance is an important one, especially for kids, Nistrian said. People who are different are often ignored or even bullied. Nistrian hopes "A Cup of Kindness" can change that kind of behavior even on a small scale.
"They should not only be allowed into our society, but embraced," she said.
"They should not only be allowed into our society, but embraced," she said.
When Tinkham first started hanging around the coffee stand, Nistrian said some people didn't treat him very respectfully. So she decided she needed to introduce him to the community, to show everyone what kind of a person he is.
"He's really awesome, just take some time," Nistrian said. "With Will, it's like he has taught me more than anyone else in my entire life."
"He's really awesome, just take some time," Nistrian said. "With Will, it's like he has taught me more than anyone else in my entire life."
Nistrian said that Bothell residents came to love Tinkham just as she did. They even threw him a surprise birthday party earlier this year.
Now, others with special needs or disabilities come by the stand as well. They know it's a friendly place, a home even.
Nistrian said one man with disabilities told her, "I saw your store and I wanted to come here because I know I'm accepted."
During the warmer months, Nistrian said Beca's Brew is a bustling place. They sit outside and play cards. They chat. "It's like a party here in the summer," she said.
That the pair has bonded in such a lasting way isn't all that surprising once you meet Nistrian. She is adamantly welcoming and easy to talk to. She'd offer anyone the same courtesy she initially offered to Tinkham.
"All my customers are my friends," she said. "That's just who I am."
"All my customers are my friends," she said. "That's just who I am."
Beca's Brew is located at 19005 Bothell Way Northeast. The stand is open Monday through Friday, from 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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Wow. Anna and Elise are 5 months old! Seriously? Our babies are 5 months old?
This might have been, hands down, the best month yet! The girls are such happy babies. They smile – and giggle (or almost laugh – sort of a sucking-air sound) – all the time. They are healthy, too. They are so strong.
Anna and Elise continue to amaze and delight us every day. Christopher and I say to each other at least once a week, "Can you believe these are our girls?" or "Damn, we make some cute babies!"
(Elise in purple, Anna in pink)
Likes: Grabbing or holding onto things; sticking their fingers/hands in their mouths; chewing on mommy's and daddy's fingers; gumming or chewing on their Taggies elephant and hippo and Sophie the Giraffe; sitting in their swings; playing on the human teeter-totter (aka Dad); sitting up; being held in mommy's or daddy's lap.
Dislikes: Eating together; having their winter hats and mittens put on; sitting still; napping.
Weights: Both girls are about 10 lbs, 10 oz, up about a pound from last month.
Lengths: Maybe 24 inches?
(Anna top, Elise bottom)
Milestones: The girls started taking all of their naps in their cribs just 2 days after they turned 4 months old; they still take all of their naps there, unless they fall asleep in their car seats.
Anna and Elise tried rice cereal for the first time Dec. 14.
Anna really mastered supported sitting and standing this month, while Elise graced us with her first laugh – while mama squirted her with water in the bathtub – just a few days before Christmas. Neither of the girls rolls over yet, although they both can get onto their sides just fine; they also can hold their heads up really well when they are on their tummies.
The girls also celebrated their first Christmas and New Year's.
Eating: A combination of breast milk and formula, plus rice cereal and apple juice here and there.
Wearing: 0-3 and 3-month clothing; folded cloth diapers during the day with diaper covers and size 0 all-in-one snap-up fleece diapers at night.
(Anna left, Elise right)
Nicknames: Anna Banana (Nanner, for short), Elisey Bean (Beanut, as an alternate), Peanut, Sweet Peanut, Sweet 'n' Salty Peanut, Nugget, P-Nuge, P-Nugent. (Seriously, I don't know where we come up with some of these.)
(Anna left, Elise right; Elise top, Anna bottom)
The big theme of this month, and it only took until the last 10 days or s0, was sleep! The peanuts are sleeping better, therefore, Mommy and Daddy are sleeping better – thanks to three days of sleep training.
Christopher and I were growing tired (ha!) of being sleep deprived, irritable shells of ourselves. We needed to find a way to break the girls of their habit of waking up crying and needing to be rocked back to sleep every 45 minutes or so until we broke down and fed them between 11:30 and midnight. We also needed to find a way to get them back into the habit of dropping their midnight-ish feeding. (They slept through the night Dec. 4, only waking once, then hit the 4-month sleep regression hard.)
We read "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins" and, despite some criticisms of the book and some lingering questions, elected to try the cry-it-out method of sleep training. We knew it could work in as few as three days, so we buckled in Jan. 2, and we haven't looked back since.
We maintained our bedtime routine but stopped short of rocking them completely to sleep, instead rocking them until they were very drowsy but still awake. Then, we set the timer for 45 minutes and let them cry until they got themselves to sleep. Christopher stayed home and watched the monitor, while I got out of the house, just to reinforce that their cries would not be met with nursing, at least not for comfort, per the recommendation in the book.
We also swaddled them with one arm out the first night and both arms out the second and subsequent nights, so they had their hands and fingers available for self-soothing. Oh, and we put them in separate cribs, too. Lots of changes all at once. We were sure that would all backfire!
The first night, both girls got themselves to sleep within the first 30 minutes. The second night, they were asleep even sooner. And the third night, Anna was out quickly, while Elise took 30-plus minutes.
The best part? They seemed to have figured out not only how to get to sleep but to stay asleep. The girls didn't wake up until between 2 and 3:30 a.m. for a feeding those first three nights and every night since (except Jan. 7, when Elise had a major freakout at 11:30 p.m). Christopher and I have been crawling into bed about 10:45 or 11 p.m., so we're coming away with 3 or more consecutive hours of sleep.
Sure, they still cry a little here and there in the night, but it (usually) lasts only a few minutes, if that.
The point is, Anna and Elise have learned – quickly! – how to fall asleep without crying and how to get back to sleep if they wake up for a reason other than hunger. It's really amazing.
(Clockwise from top left: Anna with Oma, Elise with mama, Anna with Oma and Elise with daddy)
Sleep training – at least this very straightforward method, which isn't for everyone – wasn't nearly as hard as we thought it would be.
(Side note: We never thought we would be cry-it-out parents. We're so much more attachment parents in most every other way. But we were desperate for a fix for our sleep troubles.)
I wasn't wild about letting my babies cry for 45 minutes (so I was grateful that the book suggested the mother leave the house); my instinct is to tend to their every need. Christopher wasn't crazy about it either, but he really took to heart the sentiment that this method is "cruel to be kind" – that is, we were letting them cry, so they would learn to soothe themselves to sleep, so they would get longer, deeper, healthier blocks of sleep.
It worked.
And the way we knew we hadn't jeopardized our relationship with our little girls (which often is a criticism of this method of sleep training – that it breaks the bond of trust between child and parent) was that they woke up smiling and giggling, wiggling and reaching up to be held the moment we walked into their room in the morning. That right there was validation enough.
Our days are so much better! We're all happier and more well rested.
Now we just need to figure out the nap situation…
The girls go down for a nap about 2 hours after waking up for the day and then about 2 hours after waking up from a nap, for now, and they only nap for about a half-hour, for now. I say "for now," because I am hopeful that as they get older, their naps will consolidate a bit more, but I fear our girls might just be catnappers. We tried a graduated cry-it-out method for naps on Day 2 and failed miserably, so we went back to our old method (of rocking them completely to sleep) to ensure they were at least getting some good sleep, even if it's only 30 minutes right now.
Any tips on getting the peanuts to develop a set nap schedule and to nap for longer stretches? I'd welcome advice if anyone has some.
So that's our big victory of late. And it's a really big one, because this last week or so, we have really been at our absolute best as a family.
(Anna left, Elise right)
Happy 5 months, little ladies! We're so proud to be your mommy and daddy, and we love you so much!


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The 31-year-old, who plays King Henry VIII in the BBC series, was allegedly drunk when he launched the assault in front of astonished onlookers.
"He was like a man possessed," said a witness. "He'd been drinking heavily while waiting for a flight home from France.
"He got into an argument with bar staff who refused to serve him any more. There was some pushing and shoving, and when a waiter intervened he was punched full in the face.
"There were further attacks on other airport employees. Rhys Meyers was shouting things like 'I'll kill you all' at the top of his voice.
"Everyone recognised him as the guy who plays Henry VIII. When the police turned up he was handcuffed and pushed on to the ground.
"He was insulting the police and saying he could buy himself out of any problems, even throwing money on the ground so as to prove how much he was worth."
The assault took place in Le Quotidien bar in terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesman for Paris police said Rhys Meyers was held for three hours so as to "sober up".
He was then bailed to appear before magistrates on charges of "willful violence, outrage, hitting and threatening death."
Rhys Meyers, who was born in Ireland, will appear before the Correctional Tribunal in Bobigny, near Paris, in September.
He was previously arrested for being drunk and disorderly at Dublin airport in November 2007, and then went into a rehabilatation centre.
Rhys Meyers has also starred in the Woody Allen film Match Point, Bend it Like Beckham, and Mission Impossible III.
A spokesman for Rhys Meyers said he had no comment.


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Paid search has long been the domain of direct response advertisers. The ability to track sales and signups back to individual ads and keywords, along with the ability to quickly change bids and creative messaging, makes search engine marketing (SEM) ideally suited for the direct response crowd.
But what about advertisers who aren't directly selling anything online and are more interested in engaging users and building brand affinity? How do you focus your paid search efforts on bringing in a new audience, creating active users and exposing more of what your company does to increase true affinity?
Driving engagement through SEM isn't as quantifiable, leaving many brand marketers with a choice:
- Try to turn brand engagement into some form of direct response by measuring specific online actions, such as email signups, video views, and overall page views; or,
- Throw money blindly into the ether without being able to truly measure specifically what's working.
But there's a third, and better, way to do this. By measuring the right set of metrics, you can create scenarios around users exposed to your different marketing efforts. This can allow you to hone in on effective strategies and tactics for your engagement marketing.
John Lee wrote a great piece on using personas to plan your SEM efforts. Think of engagement marketing as another scenario-based approach. In this case, your personas are your different users by channel.
Rather than focusing on qualitative details about these fictional users, leverage your analytics to describe them quantitatively. Some of the metrics you might use include:
- Average time on site
- Average page views
- Number of repeat users
- Number of active users (users who engage in a certain amount of activity on your site)
- Probability of returning
By creating a "control" group of new users with no previous media exposure, prior to the paid search click that brought them there and no remarketing exposures afterward, you can set a baseline, like the following example:
After implementing your campaign, you can analyze the same metrics for your experiment group to see how impactful your campaigns are in driving active users who are more likely to return.
In this example, we can quantify a 26 percent increase in time on site, a 33 percent jump in page views per session and a 41 percent increase in a user's probability of returning. With this data in hand, you can also plug in your cost data to come up with your cost per user and your cost per active user. From an engagement standpoint, this might be the equivalent of CPA.
Ideally, your SEM platform or digital marketing suite includes these metrics natively and ties them to campaigns, groups, ads, and keywords. Even better, some systems even have proprietary scoring metrics that create a value for each user based on their engagement. This allows you to optimize your search – or display or any other form of digital marketing, for that matter – based on user engagement. All of a sudden, brand or engagement marketing through paid search is very quantifiable.
This also opens the door to attribution by showing you how each channel works to draw in new and/or active users in much the same way attribution helps the direct response marketer make the right media mix decisions to increase overall sales.
This can provide valuable benefits for the direct response marketer as well. While sales and signups may be paramount, understanding what goes on "beyond the conversion" is immensely important. This kind of measurement can help any marketer correlate their efforts to offline sales and branding initiatives.
Direct response marketers have taken advantage of paid search's unique ability to provide easy to measure efficiencies. There's no reason brand marketers can't do the same.
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A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
If you have followed my sisters blog, Step On a Crack, you know our family has its history. I come from a family where turmoil and anxiety is a way of living.
I have been blessed in my life. My sister and I have risen above. Our bond will not be severed. We have been able to redefine family.
I have been blessed in my life. I have married a nearly perfect family.
My husband has one sister. They have never fought. Well not enough to remember it the next day.
My mother in law and father in law are still deeply in love. You see it when they look at on another. They tease one another and adore one another.
My English family are able to laugh, smile and joke in any situation. We have had family deaths and challenges since I joined "The Firm". Their relationship to challenges is refreshing. I am not sure if this is what a 'normal' family is. But it is nice and refreshing.
So this brings me to an apology. I had my lovely In Laws down this past week. Best intentions. I had a few posts nearly ready but time slipped away. I again slipped of the face of Blearth. Blog=Earth.
I am back.
Refreshed from watching my daughters grandparents adore every second with her. They love her to bits and pieces. Maybe as much as I do.


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This Giveaway runs from the 1st to the 7th of August.
Hardcover book of The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs (2013)
Hardcover of The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice (2013)
If you would really prefer some other summer read, then the winner may choose a $12 Amazon voucher or a book to value of $12 from Book Depository.
Congratulations to Sherry from Scotland who won this giveaway. Her choice was The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice. It is now winging its way to her via The Book Depository.


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Two Ricoh MP C5502's exhibited the same symptoms, they were both stuck at updating their @remote certificates. If you have this problem, you'll notice a message in the bottom left corner of the screen on the MFPs. The MFPs were fully functional, but nevertheless I wanted to get @remote up and running again. Continue reading Ricoh MP C5502 stuck at updating @remote certificate
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Blackboard Collaborate, Java Runtime Environment, and Windows 8/8.1
Strangely enough, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) fails to register
javaws.exe as the handler for
.jnlp files when installed in Windows 8/8.1.
Just remember to choose
javaws.exe, not
Further more, Blackboard Collaborate insists on using 64-bit JRE on 64-bit Windows, i.e. visit the directories and files usually found in
C:\Program Files\Java, not the ones found in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java
BTW, download your clean JRE from http://java.sun.com/ or from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html. On 64-bit Windows it's usually wise to download and install both 32-bit and 64-bit JRE, i.e. Windows x86 Offline (e.g.
jre-8u20-windows-i586.exe) and Windows x64 (e.g.
Manually rebuild Performance Counters
I tried to install some construction estimation software requiring MS SQL Server 2008 on a computer running Windows 8 only to encounter an unusual anomaly. MS SQL Server 2008 refused to install due to corrupted performance counters. The error message was kind enough to mention http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300956, but you should really go and visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2554336. Continue reading Manually rebuild Performance Counters
Dell Latitude E6430 and the firmware setting for Optimus video
A Dell Latitude E6430 had Windows 7 reinstalled this August, and the firmware was upgraded along to revision A15. Somehow the firmware setting for Optimus video got disabled and I regrettably missed the change.
Today, while upgrading the firmware to revision A16, I spotted the disabled Optimus video setting. Thus, I enabled the setting, and now both the Intel HD Graphics 4000 and the nVidia NVS 5300M graphics cards show up in Computer Management. Just remember to install the Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver prior to installing the nVidia NVS 5300M driver.
Hopefully, all stability issues we've seen lately should now be resolved.
I began to question if the firmware update process is always able to restore every setting. The moral of this story is to verify the firmware settings after each upgrade.
Forcing ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks aka ashift=12
A recent post to the Illumos ZFS list suggested using:
sysctl vfs.zfs.min_auto_ashift=12
to force ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks when creating zpools. Continue reading Forcing ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks aka ashift=12


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How to Take the Guesswork out of Recycling
Have you ever finished a product and then become frozen with the fear, wondering what you're supposed to do with the package? Perhaps you go through a mental checklist asking: Is this material recyclable? Does my town accept this type of package in its facilities? What do I do with the cap? Should I peel off the label or leave it on? We know that recycling can reduce a product's environmental impact, but the ins and outs of doing it correctly isn't always clear
In that split moment, standing in front of the recycling bin, a gut decision is made to either:
1) Recycle and hope you are doing the right thing, or
2) Throw it in the regular trashcan because you're too worried about making a mistake.
That's why we're excited to partner with How2Recycle to put easy to read instructions on all of our packaging. No more guessing—just clear, concise information. Take a look at this sample graphic for our HONEST Kids Family Size bottle to show how the label is organized.
Source: www.how2recycle.info (example only; not intended to provide instructions for any specific product)
Honest Tea plans to place the How2Recycle graphic onto all of our packages. Our Honest Kids cartons and 59 fl. oz multi-serve bottles will be the first to include the easy to read graphic on the packaging—look for it on shelves near you soon.
This is just one of the ways we're working to increase the average recycling rate past 35% in the United States*. For more information on Honest Tea's commitment to recycling and our Great Recycle initiative, click HERE.
So what's the item you're most confused about recycling? Let us know in the comments below.
*Source: EPA 2011


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As my first post I would like to introduce myself and say hi to the community! My name is Dane and I live in Baton Rouge, LA. When I was a teenager I owned a flying squirrel that was found wounded by a friend. It was more wild than tamed but I loved the squirrel to death and never thought about there being a community of like minded people.
Lately, I have been thinking of looking for another squirrel after I went to a reptile convention several months ago and seen someone selling flying squirrels. They weren't southern type, but were a slightly larger breed. Since then I have been looking at possibly buying or adopting a baby Southern Flying Squirrel. I have been trying to research more about them since mine had wild tendencies and I would like this one to be more tamed. My last one would fly to me and bite my lip or ear drawing blood :/.
I have been reading that the first few months of a pups life is the most important, so I am trying to find a young one if possible. I live in Baton Rouge, LA but I would be willing to drive some distance for the right pups. Feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you know of anyone close or have any for adoption or sale. I would like to get one from a breeder the community recommends and supports, I don't want to get it from someone who breeds just for money and doesn't treat the animals right.
Thanks everyone!
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I usually stay away from Great Adventure in July and August but with the forecast originally calling for thunderstorms all day and changed at the last minute for the later afternoon and night to be clear, I decided to take a chance and take a trip to the park.
The first thing I noticed as usual was Scream Machine but this time was different of course because the ride wasn't running like past trips and is almost completely gone except the lift hill, drop, first loop and MCBR.
First ride of the day was Nitro. 3 trains running with the line at the bottom of the stairs and just under 10 minutes. I got row 8 and the ride vibrated almost the entire time, it was so bad I didn't walk around for another ride and went to Batman instead. The tunnel is cooler now but still wouldn't be comfortable to wait in with it being so hot out. This also was just under 10 minutes.
I saw the Dark Knight had the pre-show doors open so I went there next and walked into the middle of the pre-show. I still wish there was a way to skip it. At Coasters After Dark they weren't allowing re-rides despite an empty station but today they said I could stay on.
I went back to Batman and walked right onto the last row and tried Nitro again, this time in row 3 with around a 10 minute wait and it was a much better ride.
The Skyway had a long line with 1 side running so Skull Mountain was next, 1 train wait for the last row and I was able to get 4 rides in a row having to change seats a few times. The skull figure was not lit up today and it was very dark inside the building.
Walking past Fantasy Fling the ride op was telling people to not lean over the chains on the ride and had apparently stopped the ride in the middle of the cycle because people were leaning over the chains and lifting their feet up. Blackbeard's was loading so I walked right onto the coaster and went into Frontier Adventures.
Runaway Mine Train was a 1 train wait, I got 3 rides having to walk around once. The Log Flume was only around 5 minutes, which was surprising since it usually has a longer line even on slow days. Bizarro was running 2 trains, again just under a 10 minute wait. The music was working today but the lights were still not on, on the shields at the bottom of the first drop. I went back to the Log Flume, this time waiting 2 minutes and walked on to Runaway Mine Train.
The Skyway had only 10 or so people in line so I rode that next, planning to take a full circuit but the other side still had a long line and walked to Rolling Thunder. Just the right side was open with the green and blue trains running. The green train must have been recently put together since earlier this season I saw it taken apart near Nitro. 1 train wait for the front row, this was my first time on the right side this season and it wasn't rough at all. I moved to the 2nd car for a re-ride.
The Golden Kingdom is very dark at night especially with Balin's Jungleland and Kingda Ka closed. I stopped to take some pictures of Scream Machine, and a worker told me I better get some pictures while I can since he said it will be gone tomorrow. We talked for a minute about Chang and how Scream Machine was running great this year and how it was a shame they had to get rid of Scream Machine.
The Parachutes had 2 sides open despite the low crowds and the wait was only a couple of minutes. I finished the night at Superman, 2 trains running and a 1 train wait for a middle row. I also noticed that it looked like the repainted the Superman Shield again this year since in May or early June it was starting to get faded again.
It was a great trip to the park with crowds much lighter than normal for July and I was able to get a lot of rides in just under 4 1/2 hours.
Ride Count:
Nitro - 2x
Batman - 2x
The Dark Knight - 2x
Skull Mountain - 4x
Runaway Mine Train - 4x
Blackbeard's - 1x
Rolling Thunder Right - 2x
Bizarro - 1x
Superman - 1x
Log Flume - 2x
Skyway - 1x
Parachutes - 1x