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BlindType is the coolest typing aids I have ever seen, and we have seen our fair share of crazy typing systems. I don't do much mobile typing, I have tried the T9 predictive text entry system and hated it. I use an iPod Touch to view emails when not in the home office and unless the reply can be very short I tend to wait until I am at a real keyboard to answer. I can see this application changing that. The only reason I hate typing on the Touch is because the keys seem to be too small for my fingers and I spend too much time backspacing and correcting mistakes. With BlindType I could keep typing and it looks like BlindType will magically figure out what I meant to type. It's sure to be a hit when it's available. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the big players buy them out to be able to use the technology exclusively on their platform.
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First, completely AMAZING!!!
Second, completely IMPOSSIBLE!!!
How in the h311 does this thing correct the spelling? Are they using some Auto-Correct tricks or is this the real deal?
I would REALLY like to try this out. I type about 3 words a min on my TP2 and that includes 34 backspaces. ;-(
Buh. I've been pondering a checker/fixer for that type of stuff on a physical keyboard, like having one hand off by a key, flipped letters, etc. for a while now. They took it one step beyond. Very nice.
Clever Idea. It appears to create a number strings of characters based on closest contact, then chooses a word from its dictionary that is the closest fit. The really clever bit is the re-mapping of the keyboard (changing size and orientation) to maximise the accuracy. However – that annoying key click has to go !!!!
How does it know which word is most likely to be next, or does it learn and just uses the most commonly used word by you in the past? Either way, wow! Two hand typing would finally be possible and actually done well on a dual touch screen laptop!
OK this is guess work, but this is how I think it works…
Suppose you are aiming to type the word TOY. Your first press lands low somewhere between the T and Y – This gives the first letter option as T Y or G if the press is closed to T, that would go to the top of the list and be printed on the screen.
Next press is way off, landing square on the P, so P is printed, but O and L could still be in the frame. The spell check can't find any words beginning TP, YP or GP so TL YL GL are considered. GL is most likely so it shoots to the top of the list, but also in there are GO, YO and TO
The third press falls short of the Y and lands between the Y and H. GLH is a no match GLY is a possible (glycerine), YOH is rejected as are TOH and YOY, GOY (Goya) and TOY are retained. so Y is printed.
The next press is closest to the space bar so the word is corrected to the only three letter option TOY (any other option are listed in a box above the keyboard so that a correction can be made).
The clever bit is that once you have accepted the word as TOY, the keyboard is re-orientated, so that the key press that you made earlier are closest to the T,O and Y.
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This week we suspend our normal blogging topics to pay tribute to a great Housing First champion that we lost last week. Paula Goering was the research lead for Canada's At Home/Chez Soi pilot project of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, testing Housing First on a national scale. This project, which resulted in over 100 published articles detailing their important findings, convinced the Canadian government to implement Housing First nationwide. It has also provided those of us in the US and other countries with a wealth of research evidence on which to make our own case and inform our practice of Housing First.
We had the pleasure of finally meeting Paula at the most recent Housing First Partners Conference in LA in March. This was quite an honor, and intimidating, as we have read many of her articles and been greatly inspired by her work. We shared a panel on Housing First Fidelity measurement and were both challenged and inspired by Paula's astute wisdom and commitment to the Housing First model.
We encourage you to take some time to peruse Paula's significant contributions to the literature on Housing First. Her wisdom and dedication to the Housing First model will not quickly be forgotten.
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Jesus came to set the captives free! He is our healer and our deliverer! We have to look beyond our pain, beyond what the Doctor's are saying and stand on what God's Word says about healing. Healing belongs to us. As we received Him as our Savior by faith, we need to by faith receive Him as our Healer (Hebrews 11:1, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen). It's included in our Salvation! He shed His blood on the cross for our sins and His body was broken on our behalf that by His stripes we are healed! Isaiah 53:4 & 5, Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted, but He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
The enemy will fight you on this, because he doesn't want you healed and set free! The devil is a liar and there is no truth in him ( John 8:44, You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it). You have to resist the enemy and speak to the pain and whatever is going on in your body and tell it to leave in Jesus Name! and stand on what God's Word says about you and your situation! Oh, your family members and friends might think your crazy! But nevertheless, God's Word works! and there is power in the Name of Jesus! I don't know about you, but I would rather be healed, delivered and set free, no matter what anybody else thinks! I would rather have JESUS than anything else! Find healing scriptures and begin to claim them for yourself. Pray and stand on God's Word! Resist the enemy and all those things that have come to steal from you!
We have to resist the devil and he will flee! (James 4:7, Therefore submit to God, resist the devil and he will from you).(I Peter 5:8 & 9, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world).
We have to stand and above all stand in the face of adversity and know that our God is with us and He wants good things for us! Trust in Him today! Trust in His Word! Trust in the Great I AM! The only True God! Maker of Heaven and Earth!
If you don't know this Jesus, please take a moment and pray the prayer of salvation and allow Him to come into your heart and be your personal Savior. He is waiting for you. He is the only way to eternal life and Heaven!
I believe you came in flesh and died on the cross for my sins and rose on the third day. Please forgive me of my sins, come into my heart and be my Savior. Thank you for saving me. Thank you that my name is now written in the Book of Life. I also, receive you as My Healer! I choose to believe Your Word and receive all you have for me. Amen


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The Washington Post goes with Kenneth Starr's request that the Supreme Court bypass the ordinary appeals court process and directly decide on an emergency basis whether President Clinton's White House lawyers and Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Primary election results lead at USA Today and the metro edition of the New York Times. The national edition of the NYT and the early edition of the Los Angeles Times lead with the decision by Merrill Lynch to pay a $400 million settlement for its role in the bankruptcy of California's Orange County, but later LAT editions focus on California's primary results.
Much of the primary coverage centers on two California ballot initiatives: the one calling for an end to the state's bilingual education program passed (despite the opposition of all the major gubernatorial candidates, the PTA and President Clinton). The one requiring unions to have their members individually approve political uses of their dues will probably be defeated, albeit in a fairly close vote. The NYT says the success of the anti-bilingualism measure will pave the way for similar "assaults" on other such programs around the country. (An interesting word-choice, illustrative of how in even the best edited newspaper in the country, editorial tendencies can creep into a news story. Would the Times describe an attempt to get more money for unskilled laborers as an "assault" on the minimum wage?)
The NYT, LAT and WP fronts all report that yesterday, Monica Lewinsky dismissed her California medical malpractice attorney, William Ginsburg, and replaced him with two experienced Washington criminal defense lawyers, one of whom, Jacob Stein, is a former independent counsel. The LAT and WP report that the new lawyers immediately sought to improve their client's relations with Kenneth Starr by paying a courtesy call to his office. The papers stress another post-Ginsburgian difference: standing mute with their client before the assembled media.
The Post goes into the most detail on the new team's legal connections in town, its dispatch chockablock with law firm names. Everybody looks down on lawyers who pay to advertise in the back of the paper. The goal, apparently, is to be the kind of lawyer paid to be advertised in the front of the paper. The Times interrupts its legal coverage to note that both of Monica's new guys are "well tailored," with one "favoring customized French-cuff shirts" and the other stepping out "in a chalk-stripe suit and spectator shoes." Do most readers know what spectator shoes are? "Today's Papers" can only guess they are shoes so expensive that most folks can only look at them in the store window, or on their lawyers.
That inquiry into the failure of U.S. intelligence to anticipate India's nuclear tests, first tipped last week by the Wall Street Journal, has materialized on the front at USAT and the NYT, and inside at the WP. The findings by retired admiral David Jeremiah and his team: the intelligence community so ignored the new Indian government's statements on nuclear policy that only one U.S. analyst was assigned to examine satellite photos of India's test site.
USAT's "Money" section brings word that the chemical company FMC is in serious talks with the federal government and Shoshone-Bannock Indian reps to settle a lawsuit alleging that FMC's fifty-year-old shale extraction operation at the tribe's southeastern Idaho reservation has left a significant number of Native Americans with lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. The case, says the paper, could result in the largest fine in EPA history.
A WSJ front-page feature reports on a virtually unnoticed obstacle to the flourishing of free trade under NAFTA: There aren't enough bridges, rails and docks to handle all the additional movement of goods the treaty sanctions. As a result, billions of dollars of goods customarily sit for hours at the three borders involved, a particular disaster in today's just-in-time inventory economy. Even though the just-passed highway bill takes a crack at the problem, the real trouble, says the Journal, is that any border infrastructure changes face a complex international approval process that for instance, has meant one seven-mile road/bridge project between the U.S. and Mexico has generated a fourteen-foot pile of documents.
The WP reports that Matt Drudge gave a speech yesterday at the National Press Club. Plunging self-made into all that self-importance didn't seem to faze him. "All truths begin as hearsay," Drudge said at one point. "Some of the best news stories start as gossip. At what point does it become news? This is the undefinable thing." When a questioner wondered how Drudge would fare at a news outlet that requires 100 percent accuracy, he replied: "I don't know what organization that would be."


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When Does Adventure Week Start & End?
Niantic is referring to this event as "Adventure Week." So when exactly does the event start, and when does it wrap up?
According to Niantic's official news announcement today, Adventure Week will start on Thursday, May 18th at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. It will wrap up exactly one week later, on Thursday, May 25th, again at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
In order to see how Pacific Time translates into your time zone, you can make use of the online resource World Time Buddy. Niantic uses Pacific Time, though, because they are headquartered in California.
So what changes will be in effect during this week-long event, exactly? Well, during Adventure Week, Poke Stops will give out even more items than usual. Plus, Buddy Pokemon will find Candy four times as fast as usual.
In addition, Poke Balls will be 50 percent off in the game's store, and rock-type Pokemon will spawn more often than usual.


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I have spent a lovely day working on my water piece. No, I didn't use this photo, although I was tempted to use it as the inspiration for a piece. And I'm done except for finishing the edge. Yay!
After the heat wave we've had over the last several days, today was sunny and warm and just perfect. I worked in my office with the window wide open, curtains blowing gently in the breeze. I listened to back podcasts of "This American Life," which always makes me happy. And I sewed and smiled and had a lovely Sunday.
And then we went out for Mexican food for dinner.
Quite the perfect day.
I hope you're all having fun with your water pieces...as the date approaches I am looking forward to seeing what everyone is doing!


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Euroeat E-business Ltd, Moomin Character's official online partner in China, is honoured to start co-operation with China National Children's Theatre in marketing and sales of licensed and genuine Moomin products in the in-theatre shop. The co-operation is connected to the hugely popular "King in Moominvalley" play that is currently being performed at the theatre.
The Official Moomin Fan Club in China, where Moomins fans can find information about new Moomin products available directly from Euroeat's official Moomin shop in China and news about Moomin events in China is also promoted at the shows. The Moomin related product offering will be expanded according to visitors' wishes to match with their preferences.
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The Magic of Nuit Blanche Toronto 2016
Nuit Blanche is an all-night contemporary art event where artist from around the world participate and the doors of the city's most famous, and not so well-known art galleries are open to the public.
This year, Eurocentres Toronto teacher Josh took 78 students representing over 20 different nationalities to experience what the media refer to as "The Real Peoples' Nuit Blanche". Nuit Blanche is a way to bring contemporary art to the people.
Josh started off the night by meeting the students at the school at 7:30 p.m. last Saturday. He soon realized that with so many students they could create Eurocentres' own art installation. The students were asked to join hands and using just their bodies and a little creativity they snaked along Queen St. to City Hall, pictured above.
Afterwards, they visited several of Canada's most famous museums: the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Bata Shoe Museum. Josh had 3 meeting points at various times throughout the night in case anyone got lost or wanted to meet up. The streets of Toronto were buzzing with excited people and the students couldn't believe that the sleepless city was so welcoming. Many students walked around with Josh until 7a.m., exploring the numerous art installations from around the world. After seeing nearly 60 of the 90 projects on display, they went to enjoy breakfast before heading home to sleep.
Not only did everyone have a great time, but they got their money's worth as Nuit Blanche is all free. This year was a perfect sleepless night for all those who participated.


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We were approached recently by an existing customer, who was moving into new premises and needed a turnkey solution for the supply, installation and commissioning of a new pallet racking system – complete with mezzanine floor and several fork lift trucks.
We produced a racking and flooring layout drawing and proposal, which included an LP gas powered fork lift truck and various scissor lifts for the installation of the racking and floor. We also presented a materials handling equipment supply and maintenance proposal.
The machine we have proposed is an Aislemaster VNA machine, which operates in aisles as narrow as 1700mm. In addition, the customer's forklift operators only held licences for counterbalance equipment, so Solution have offered the facility of fork truck operator conversion courses, which would be carried out on the customer's premises, to bring the operators' qualifications up to date.
Although negotiations "at this stage" are still ongoing, the customer's response to our proposals was "Solution really are the complete package."
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** another (last) update**
I seem to have gotten to the bottom of this and it only affected 3 orders. People who paid with eChecks on the 27th whose emails the paypal system dropped. Theirs were not on my downloaded activity that I was checking orders against. Good gravy! Anyway, it seems all squared away. Of course, if you're still concerned about your order feel free to email me. Sorry for all the boring paypal crap. I actually have a craft to post today! Need to get my camera out.
So far so good. Only the one missed order that alerted me
to this so far. Please do email me though if you're worried. And if
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If anyone ordered their Spaceboy and Robot Put-together book (or anything else) between November 27-30 and hasn't yet received their order can you email me your paypal receipt to hillarylang at gmail.com so I can doublecheck that I got it. I had that paypal problem with the email notifications not coming through and now it seems there's another problem. That some of the orders didn't make it into the downloaded activity spreadsheet I was going from. If there was a single person at paypal that gave a damn, believe me they'd be getting an earful. But since they've got 'only game in town' customer service I'm just going to have to figure this out on my own. So sorry for any mix-ups that might have happened!


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Elephant-Trunk Hill
Elephant Hill is also called Elephant-Trunk Hill. It looks like an elephant drinking water at the confluence of the Taohua
River and the Lijiang River. A round open
space between the elephant trunk and its
body is called Water-Moon Cave. At a
clear night the moon seems to fall on the
bottom of the water and at the same time
float on the water surface.
Night at Fubo Mountain
Fubo Mountain to the northeast of downtown Guilin by the Lijiang River has the Xinxi Marquis Temple built during the
Tang Dynasty (618-907). The title of Xinxi Marquis was given to Fubo General Ma Yuan, so the name of the mountain. Half
of the graceful lone peak of the mountain is in the river and the other half is on land. During flood season turbulent currents explode against the mountain rocks. On top of
the mountain one sees an exquisite scenery like a traditional Chinese painting.
Inside the "Return the Pearl" Cave, also known as Fubo Cave in the mountain side, there are the "Try the Sword" Rock, the 1,000-Buddha Crag (Buddha images carved on stone), and many carvings on the cave walls. Among the best carvings is a self-portrait of Mi Fu, a famous painter, and a poem by Fan Dacheng, a famous poet, both from the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Diecai Mountain in early morning
Nayun (Grasping Clouds) Pavilion on top of Mingyue Peak in
Diecai Park sits on the site of the Mawang Terrace built by Ma Cong, Duke of the State of Chu during the Five-Dynasties
Period (907-960). The Mingyue Peak is the main peak of Diecai Mountain. Those tourists who want to climb up the mountain can pass the Wind Cave and follow a 140-step stone path to the summit. From the Nayun Pavilion one sees the
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Three ski resorts in the French Pyrenees obtained their AFAQ ISO 50001 certification in 2016. This achievement bears testament to their efforts in improving energy use and performance in a sector with extremely high fuel and electricity requirements.
Are you a skiing enthusiast who believes in responsible energy use? Then head for the French Pyrenees! The newly ISO 50001-certified resorts at Peyragudes, Grand Tourmalet and Gourette-La Pierre Saint-Martin have spearheaded a wide range of initiatives to lower their energy bills. "We started heading down the certification road in 2012," explains Patrice Lacosta, QSE Manager for Peyragudes, "by commissioning an energy audit at six of the resorts within our N'Py group (Nouvelles Pyrénées). We wanted an accurate insight into our energy consumption and a clear idea of how we could save money. "
The first surprise came with the discovery that snow grooming, against all expectations, was by far the most energy-intensive process. A single snow groomer guzzles between 25 and 35 litres of diesel an hour! "We knew that snow grooming was an expensive process, but not that much." Next on the list came snowmaking and ski-lifts. Incidentally, buildings came in fourth place.
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Before they adopted a certification strategy, the three resorts began by implementing new measurement criteria. "As far as the snow groomers are concerned, the baseline is now the number of litres used per hectare groomed," advises Stéphane Ranzoni, ISO 50001 auditor for AFNOR. "This metric is more appropriate than hourly fuel use, since it prompts organizations to think about the routes used and thereby prevent groomers from going over the same place twice." Similarly, the number of kW/h per m3 of water sprayed by the snow cannons and the number of kW/h per ski-lift passenger now serve as reference criteria.
"Once we had defined the criteria, we started taking a critical look at the issues together with the technicians directly involved," adds Patrice Lacosta. We believed that feedback from the field was essential for determining the right measures. "
Stamping out waste
Snow grooming was the first process to come under scrutiny. All vehicles have been fitted with ultra-accurate satellite navigation systems to improve their night-time routes across the ski slopes. Depending on the weather, skier numbers and snow conditions, the entire ski area does not necessarily have to be groomed every day. Therefore, sectors are targeted according to requirements. The snow groomers also use a laser-based system to measure the thickness of the snow. "This gives us an exact idea of which areas are lacking snow, so that we only have to produce artificial snow for those areas, which has reduced our snow cannon use by 15%. "
The snow cannons have now been fitted with pumps featuring a variable rather than a fixed flow rate, so that snow production can be tailored to demand. Local water sources are prioritized for supplying the cannons in an effort to reduce the energy required to transport the water. As for the ski-lifts, heaters have been installed to stop the motors labouring under the strain of winter temperatures. The ski-lift speed is also adjusted according to the number of skiers. Even during peak hours, a slight deceleration that is imperceptible to skiers clearly reduces energy use.
Immediate benefits
These measures have culminated in a fall in energy use by 2% to 8% a year, much to the resorts' satisfaction. "We are achieving substantial savings for a minimal outlay," says a delighted Patrice Lacosta. As the resorts' authority, we immediately reinvest this money in our equipment to improve the service delivered to our customers. In Peyragudes, for example, we are going to finance a snow park for beginners." Significant money could also be saved when replacing snow groomers and ski-lifts. Such major investments are reflected over several years. "The manufacturers of these devices are tackling the problem and offering more energy-efficient products, such as hybrid motors," stresses Stéphane Ranzoni.
Certified resorts now undergo an intermediate audit every year. But what happens in case of a winter with low snow levels? "What we are focusing on is the efforts made, not the absolute value of our energy use," insists Stéphane Ranzoni. "In case of poor snow conditions, resorts will need to use their snow cannons more, which means higher energy use, but that is essential for their economic survival. The audit takes these external factors into consideration." "We believe that the outcome is extremely positive," concludes Patrice Lacosta. "We have empowered the teams and obtained results that are having an effect on customer satisfaction and ultimately increasing our market share. We are focused on our objective of scaling new heights in energy efficiency without losing our footing! "Find out about AFNOR group expertise on energy…


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204 W. E. Curtis-Pre-Columbian,Vatican Documents. porated into and peace preserved between the Christian king doms of Spain and Portugal. "The Sending of Bishops and Missionariesto the New World. " In these grants of lands newly discovered or to be discovered Alexander VI and his predecessors emphatically insisted on the duty of Christian kings to cooperate, by all means under their control, in the conversion of the inhabitants of such lands; in fact, such cooperation was a clearly implied condition and con sideration of the grants. The evidence appears insufficient to support a positive assertion that on his first voyage Columbus was accompanied by a priest; but it is a plain fact that for the second expedition, in 1493, Ferdinand and Isabella, as well as Alexander VI, solicitously provided missionaries, not only for the spiritual well-being of the Spaniards, but also and princi pally for the conversion of the natives. "Bernard Boil, greatly esteemed for his saintly life and for his great ability in the management of ecclesiastical and also of political affairs, offered himself for this mission, the first apostle who, after Columbus' discovery, went to the new world. Till 1492 he was a Benedictine monk, or hermit, at Montserrat; but at the time of his mission to the lately discovered islands-that is to say, at least from September 22, 1492, to December 8, 1497-, he belonged to the order of the Minimi, which shortly before had been established by Saint Francis of Paul. In 1488 he returned to the Benedictine order and became abbot of Cuxa. The copyist of the letter of Alexander IV to Boil made, therefore, a very excusable mistake in writing 'minorum ' instead of 'mini morum,' in consequence of which Ragnaldus, Wadding, and many other writers assigned Boil to the Franciscan order. By this letter of June 25, 1493, Alexander granted to Boil and his twelve companions all the powers and privileges which could aid to make their enterprise successful. Of these twelve comn panions only Pedro de Asena and Fray Jorje are named. Pedro de Asena is said to have celebrated the first mass in the new world after it was discovered by Columbus. "As early as 1501, at the request of Ferdinand and Isabella, Alexander took steps to provide bishops for the infant colonies in America. In 1504 an archbishopric and two bishoprics were erected at Tagusta, Magua, and Bayuna, in Hispaniola (Haiti), but through the operations of Ferdinand's well-known financial
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I stare at the Christmas tree in the living room of our new home and am hesitant to take it down, just as I was hesitant to pull out of the driveway of mom's old home yesterday after gathering the last of my belongings. I sat there gripping the steering wheel as the rain crept down my windshield, wondering why it was so difficult for me to take my foot off of the brake and press onto the gas.
I had taken mental snapshots of the hallway, the bathroom, the bedrooms, the kitchen, the living room—the spaces I occupied for so many years. The spaces Dad had occupied. They are no more. He is no more. He passed away four days ago while I was on vacation in Wisconsin. I never dreamed that I would be starting 2015 without my daddy.
I took an actual snapshot of the house with my phone before driving away, as if the picture could capture the years of life inside of that house. It's the letting go that I find most difficult—the letting go of moments, of memories. Yet somehow, I know they are safe deep in the caverns of my heart.
Today marks the beginning of a new year—the first without my father, but a new one nonetheless. It's going to be a journey, but thankfully not one that I have to walk alone. For me, this will be a year of letting go of things that need to be released: guilt, clutter, bitterness, unforgiveness, stress, etc. Most importantly, I will let go of the need to beat myself up when I end up grasping onto something for too long before letting it go, like this Christmas tree . . . Now that I have finally started this blog I better put it away already. Slowly but surely, one ornament at a time, it will get done. I won't be emailing my dad to ask him to proofread my post this time (he always loved reading my blog posts). But hey, with a degree in writing and a minor in professional & technical writing, I shouldn't need him to, right? (Yeah right!) 😉
What have you resolved to do in 2015?
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
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Huntingdon County Staff Directory
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Here you will find the educators and staff members that call Huntingdon County their home base for Penn State Extension. Not finding the expertise you need? Choose a topic from the navigation menu to view our experts throughout the state!
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Complex of Farmhouse with 2 Apartments, converted barn and Pool on Gently Sloping Land
This property was bought and restored by its present owners and has a permission from the municipality to be used as "Affittacamere", holiday rentals. Its peaceful setting on a wide sunny hillside overlooking verdant meadows make it a perfect getaway for holiday makers to find peace and tranquility where almost the only sounds are the birds and the river in the valley.
Upon arrival one is struck by the openness of the land and the view of Monte Giovo, one of the highest peaks in the local range of the Apennines. The, centuries old, large stone farmhouse is flanked by the "metato" a large stone barn like structure, which functioned as a chestnut drying store, now used for firewood storage and has not yet been restored. It does however, have all the conduits leading to it for eventual power, water and central heating.
There is ample parking beside the metato. There is a graveled area in front for 'al-fresco' dining with a lovely view of the fields and surrounding mountains, and a courtyard area in front of the house with the bread/pizza oven, worktop and original stone sink..
The house is light, open and spacious with large windows and French Doors out to the garden. The entry hall leads into a sitting room with a double-sided fireplace which also opens onto the large nearby dining room. To the left there is a utility room and guest bathroom. The main living rooms flow into each other and are beautifully decorated in a restful cream colour. The fitted kitchen also has a bright, clean finish and a lovely view. There is a formal living room with beautifully profiled chestnut stairs up to first floor. All the windows, made in Austria, are double glazed and very efficient to keep the house cool in summer and warm in winter and operate in a tilt and tip manner. The internal paneled doors are painted cream to keep the whole area light and airy.
There are 3 large bedrooms upstairs, one of which has a covered balcony opening on the lovely frontal view. There is a large family bathroom on this floor with both a bath tub and shower and double sink with an elegant marble counter.
The entire house and one out building have several methods of heating, There is a wood-burning furnace for economy, which takes advantage of the vast supply from the property's woodland, as well as the opportunity for GPL gas. There are solar panels which, while they aid the heating system in winter, provide for all the necessary hot water in summer. Three years ago, the owners put in photovoltaic cells, which contribute significantly to reducing the electric power costs.
The solid roof and interior floors were restored by the previous owner. The house has an abundant water source from a spring which has been tested and authorized and is about 800 m from the house and is cleaned twice a year.
In the semi-in-ground level of the house there are three rooms which are registered as cantinas and were used as informal living spaces which are outfitted with kitchenettes and shower baths. These can either be separated as two living spaces or, by a connecting door, can be combined into a 2 bedroomed, 2 bathroomed apartment. They are part of the central heating system. They are particularly cool and refreshing in summer.
The separate, restored barn has an open living area with kitchenette, its original chestnut beams, and wood burning heating stove. The staircase, made from the original chestnut planking leads up to the large bedroom. There is a fully registered bathroom in this room. This building is also connected to the central heating system.
The property is fronted by fields which were fruit orchards and has vast wooded hillsides at the back. There is a modern Septic system.
This is a lovely natural house for those who love nature and want peace in their lives but are looking to also carry on the holiday rentals.


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Quest: Hit 50 Heroes with Sand Blast. Consecutive hits without missing count as hitting 2 Heroes.
Reward: After hitting 50 Heroes, casting Sand Blast leaves an Echo behind. The next time Sand Blast is cast, the Echo also casts an untalented Sand Blast that deals 40% damage.
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Posted onAugust 21st, 2015
We have recently been contracted to design and refurbish a new learning resource Centre for a major university in Greenwich – The project will involve the relocation of over 2500 books whilst the work is carried out.
Our sister company 'All Boxed' looks after the business relocation and storage works on such projects assisting the Client to have a one stop shop for the entire project.
All New Library Furniture will eventually be installed before the books are moved back onto the shelves and Study Periods can Return in January.


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Eating yogurt supports the normal growth and development of bones in children. Our kids' yogurts are made with the freshest Organic milk, the best fruits, have no bits and taste great! For those energetic older kids, our Strawberry, Banana & Vanilla yogurts are sure to be lunchbox favourites!
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Georgia Americana Band
This Georgia Americana Band is an all-star Western Music band! This exciting group was formed by Berné and L.A. Durn. They both were part of a band that was a very well loved and critically acclaimed Western band that toured extensively, won numerous music awards and was featured on the Putumayo Records compilation, "Cowboy Playground."
Georgia Americana Band members
Berne is an accomplished singer/songwriter/performer who is comfortable with a wide range of musical genres from Jazz to Folk to Country. She has composed many of the songs that make up the band's repertoire. Her onstage comedy stylings are famous. LA 'Durn'is the bass player in Georgia and can play superbly in any genre. He's also a fine singer.
This Georgia Americana Band features new members including Grammy nominated Jazz singer extraordinaire, Gwen. Gwen brings stellar vocal and performance skills to the band. Along with Berne' and LA she helps to form the "core" of the band.
Joining them are Guitarist Rick, who is master of all things stringed and a veteran of the Atlanta music scene. Matthew is a fabulous accordion player who also plays organ for the Atlanta Braves. Their outstanding fiddle player, Tim, always amazes audiences with his incredible fiddle "chops". Micah, of Cigar Store Indians, sometimes joins us with his great guitar stylings. And Gabe, a member of Bonaventure Quartet, shares his accordion prowess with the group.
Georgia Americana Band repertoire
This Georgia Americana Band's repertoire covers a wide range of musical styles: traditional Cowboy songs; Western Music classics from 1920's to 1950's; Western Swing favorites; television and movie Cowboy songs from the 1950's and 1960's. "Frenchy" has contributed many original songs that are always audience favorites. The band is always on the search for great songs from this rich American musical genre, including writing them themselves.
This Georgia Americana Band brings great tunes, beautiful harmonies and rollicking good fun for all!


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October 30, 2015
Shogun Japanese Restaurant
If you love sushi as much as we do, you are in for a treat! Shogun is well respected as one of the best sushi bars in the region, but the menu extends far beyond the delicately cut fishies. Customers love the Hibachi, and if you are lucky enough to snag a Teppen table, your meal becomes a culinary entertainment experience as your personal table chef prepares your meal on the hot-top grill right before your eyes! Their ultra-modern, clean design and impressive appetizer menu makes Shogun an excellent place to stop for drinks and small bites, but we think you'll have a hard time saying "no" to their delicious dinner menu!


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IFD Kapital Group of companiesEstablished in 2003, IFD Kapital is one of Russia's largest diversified holding groups.
The Group's strategy is based on acquiring assets that can increase in value over the long run, investing in new business projects, and efficiently managing shareholder investments in the stock market. IFD Kapital Group strictly adheres to the principles of corporate development and financial control.
One of IFD Kapital's recipes for success is its tight-knit team of highly-qualified specialists from various disciplines. This recipe has been confirmed not just by the efficiency of our investment projects, but also by the professional ratings which the Group's executives have achieved.
Ever since its establishment, IFD Kapital Group has paid special attention to various social and charitable programs. In particular, for over 10 years it has provided financial assistance to the Khotkovo Nunnery of the Russian Orthodox Church. To help raise financial and material resources, the Group founded the IFD Kapital Charity Fund for Social Programs in 2004.
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Rolls-Royce leading sustainable business
Rolls-Royce recognised as leading sustainable business
September 15, 2015: Rolls-Royce has been recognised as a leading sustainable business, achieving Industry Leader in the Aerospace and Defense sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2015.
Rolls-Royce increased its total company score by 17%, as measured in the DJSI, the world's leading benchmark indicator of sustainable business. We achieved industry best scores for two of the three dimensions assessed – environmental and social – and scored above the industry average for all sections. Rolls-Royce is listed in both the DJSI World and DJSI Europe index.
Vicky Bullivant, Rolls-Royce, Global Head of Sustainability, said "Our success in gaining recognition as the industry leader for sustainability in the Aerospace and Defence sector is a result of placing sustainability at the heart of our strategy. For Rolls-Royce, that means driving profitable growth while at the same time achieving a positive economic, social and environmental impact.
"Our success is also testament to our desire to demonstrate greater transparency in the way that we operate and how we report on our progress in meeting our sustainability goals."
Every year, the DJSI rates companies according to a range of sustainability criteria, taking into account environmental, social and economic factors. Rolls-Royce has been listed in the DJSI for 14 consecutive years.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are offered cooperatively by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Full details of the 2015 DJSI annual review can be found at http://www.sustainability-indices.com/
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The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
|The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
|Box set by The Beatles
|9 September 2009
|1962–1970, at EMI, Trident, Olympic, Apple, De Lane Lea, Chappell and Regent Sound studios, London; Pathé Marconi Studio, Paris; EMI Studios, Bombay
|Apple, Parlophone, Capitol
Phil Spector (Let It Be)
Simon Gibson, Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell, Steve Rooke, Allan Rouse (remaster engineers)
|The Beatles chronology
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – also known as The Beatles: Stereo Box – is a boxed set compilation comprising all remastered recordings by British rock group the Beatles. The set was issued on 9 September 2009, along with the remastered mono recordings and companion The Beatles in Mono were also released, along with The Beatles: Rock Band video game. The remastering project for both mono and stereo versions was led by EMI senior studio engineers Allan Rouse and Guy Massey.[1] The Stereo Box also features a DVD which contains all the short films that are on the CDs in QuickTime format.
This is the second complete boxed set collection of original Beatles recordings after The Beatles Box Set (1988). Two earlier album collections, The Beatles Collection (1978) and The Collection (1982) did not contain all of the Beatles recordings. Although sales were counted as 1 unit for each boxed set sold in the mono and stereo format, total individual sales exceeded 30 million.
The boxed set received the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album at the 53rd Grammys.[2]
The boxed set was also reissued on vinyl, in 2012.
- Album listing 1
- Missing stereo session tapes 2
- Bonus features 3
- Limited edition USB flash drive 4
- Vinyl 5
Chart performance 6
- Year-end charts 6.1
- Subsequent releases 7
- See also 8
- References 9
- External links 10
Album listing
The sixteen disc collection contains the remastered stereo versions of every album in the Beatles catalogue. The first four albums (Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale) made their CD debut in stereo, though most songs from those albums have previously appeared on CD in stereo on various compilations. Both Help! and Rubber Soul use the remixes prepared by The Beatles in Mono). Magical Mystery Tour is presented in the sequence and artwork of its original North American Capitol Records album release, as opposed to the UK six-song EP.
All CDs replicate their original album labels as first released, from the various Parlophone Records variations, to the Capitol Records label (for Magical Mystery Tour) and the UK Apple Records side A label from Yellow Submarine through Let It Be, and with the side A & side B Apple labels for discs one & two respectively for The Beatles. For Past Masters, disc one uses a mid-1960s Parlophone label design and disc two uses the (side A) Apple label design. Each of the albums except Past Masters includes a mini-documentary, mainly drawing from The Beatles Anthology (with a few animated 3D scenarios made up of original photos thrown in), about the album in QuickTime format. The Beatles and Past Masters are two-disc sets.
- Please Please Me (1963)
- With the Beatles (1963)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Beatles for Sale (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Rubber Soul (1965)
- Revolver (1966)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- The Beatles (1968)
- Yellow Submarine (1969)
- Abbey Road (1969)
- Let It Be (1970)
- Past Masters (1988)
Missing stereo session tapes
No stereo mixes exist for the 1963 single "She Loves You" and its flipside "I'll Get You" or the 1962 single "Love Me Do" and its flipside "P.S. I Love You". It was the practice at Abbey Road Studios prior to early 1963 to wipe and re-use master tapes once they had been mixed down to mono for single release.[3] For this reason there will never be true stereo mixes of "Love Me Do" or "P.S. I Love You". Although the practice had stopped by the time of the release of the "She Loves You" single, and although it is possible that the master tapes were in EMI's possession in January 1964, when the German language version was recorded, it is commonly believed that those tapes were either stolen or destroyed.[4] Competent-sounding stereo versions of "She Loves You" have been created unofficially using the backing track from "Sie Liebt Dich", but the engineers who prepared the remasters elected not to do this. Every release of these four songs has been in mono (or simulated stereo) and they appear in mono on the stereo version of Past Masters and Please Please Me. This is also the case for the single version of "Love Me Do" with Ringo on drums but at some point (fairly early on) even the mixed down mono tape of this version of the song was lost. Some authors have expressed the opinion that the original version of "Love Me Do" was intentionally destroyed in order to alleviate possible confusion between it and the more common version of the song.[5] Since 1980, new transfers sourced from reasonably clean 45rpm mono singles from private collectors have been used as the master for this version of the song.[6][7]
Two other songs in The Beatles' catalogue which also appear in mono on the stereo CDs are "Only a Northern Song" and "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)". Neither of these songs received stereo mixes at the time they were recorded, although other songs that were similarly not mixed into stereo during The Beatles' recording lifetime were not excluded from the set: the stereo mixes of "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane," and "Baby, You're a Rich Man" all made in 1971, the stereo mix of "Yes It Is" that was given a very limited UK release in 1986 on a mail order cassette promotion that Apple and The Beatles did not authorize[8] and was commercially released in 1988 on Past Masters; and the 2000 edit of "Day Tripper" from 1. "Only a Northern Song" was first mixed into stereo and 5.1 surround for the Yellow Submarine Songtrack album in 1999 and a differently-edited stereo mix of "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" appeared on Anthology 2 in 1996. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is the only track left in The Beatles' catalogue of which the original edit has never received a stereo mix despite the multi-tracks being available.
Bonus features
Included in the set is a A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. The DVD has a red Apple label (similar to that on the original US Let It Be LP). This DVD is exclusive to the Stereo set, and is not included in the Mono version.
Limited edition USB flash drive
On 7 December 2009, The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) was also released as a limited edition of 30,000 apple-shaped USB flash drives. This event marks the first appearance for the Beatles catalogue in a high-resolution digital format being encoded in 44.1 kHz/24-bit "lossless" FLAC format. CD-standard is 44.1/16-bit. The 16 GB flash drive also includes 320 kbps MP3 copies of the albums, a specially designed Flash interface, and all the visual elements from the boxed set — the mini-documentary films, original UK album art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.[9]
Although it was received positive reviews from critics and users, many complaints were received that the "stem" on the USB flash drive is very fragile that it can break off when attempting to remove the USB drive out of the apple-shaped holder, making the USB drive difficult to remove.
The custom-designed flash drive was created by Aderra Media Works, a subsidiary of Aderra Inc.
On 12 November 2012, the set was released on 180-gram vinyl, specially prepared for vinyl, with a 252-page book included. Also included are the inserts which were included in the original LPs such as the cardboard cutout sheet included in Sgt. Pepper plus the photos and poster included in The Beatles.[10]
Chart performance
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|The Austin Chronicle
|Entertainment Weekly
|Pitchfork Media
|Rolling Stone
On the United States Billboard Top 200 albums chart the set debuted at #15. On the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts, the set debuted at #6, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.[16] The set was certified triple platinum by the R.I.A.A. in April 2010. The set was also certified Diamond in Canada in March 2010.[17]
In Germany, the set reached No. 37.[18]
Year-end charts
|Chart (2010)
|German Albums Chart[19]
Subsequent releases
The 1973 greatest hits albums 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 were re-released and remastered by the same team behind those who remastered The Beatles Stereo and Mono boxed sets.[20] 1 and Yellow Submarine Songtrack have also received rereleases akin to the presentation of the 2009 remasters.
The same remastering team have also re-mastered all of John Lennon's studio albums plus Paul McCartney's solo albums reissued by Hear Music, as well as a handful of other albums released on Apple Records.
See also
Other complete or near-complete collections of Beatles music:
- The Beatles Collection (1978)
- The Beatles Box (1980)
- The Beatles: The Collection (1982)
- The Beatles Mono Collection (1982)
- The Beatles Box Set (1988)
- The Beatles in Mono (2009)
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External links
- The Beatles official website press release
- Details of Beatles Remasters
- Use British English from August 2011
- Use dmy dates from June 2012
- Articles with album ratings that need to be turned into prose
- Albums produced by George Martin
- Compilation albums published posthumously
- The Beatles compilation albums
- 2009 compilation albums
- Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios
- Capitol Records compilation albums
- English-language compilation albums
- Apple Records compilation albums
- Albums produced by Phil Spector
- Albums arranged by George Martin
- Albums arranged by Paul McCartney
- Albums conducted by George Martin
- Albums conducted by Paul McCartney
- Albums arranged by Mike Leander
- Albums arranged by George Harrison
- Albums conducted by George Harrison
- Albums arranged by John Lennon
- Albums conducted by John Lennon
- Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
- Reissue albums


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Megan Adams
Forest School Practitioner
Having just finished studying Horticulture Megan loves to grow, garden and inspire others to get outside and get their hands dirty. Working both at the Eden Project and more recently for the National Trust, she is passionate about the environment and learning more about the incredible natural world around us. Having grown up on a smallholding in Dorset she is no stranger to being roped into crazy engineering experiments and she is looking forward to building some fantastic new Boot Up! creations – bigger is better!


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that antibiotics are often prescribed in error, and that overprescribing antibiotics leads to strains of bacteria that no longer respond to treatment. A joint release with the American College of Physicians, the CDC announced this week that medical practitioners should be more judicious in their use of antibiotics. This may be something many of us have logically known for some time however it is nice to see an official statement.
Many conditions that patients present to their doctor with are viral in nature and will not be "cured" by an antibiotic. The CDC website states, "Antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses like colds, flu, most sore throats, bronchitis, and many sinus and ear infections." More so there are plenty of side effects associated with antibiotics. Some possible reactions are; rash, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, drug fever, hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, vaginal candidiasis, renal (kidney) toxicity, ototoxicity (hearing loss), and dizziness. NOT as safe as many patients may have presumed. This goes to show the pressures on medical practitioners to give a medication as a patient expects it these days. It will take guts, time and education to guide patients to safe alternatives.
The CDC reports that the usual cause of the runny nose, bronchitis, fluid in the middle ear and flu will NOT require an antibiotic as they are usually viral.


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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Same as Sisavong...
Not really been up to much these past four years ;) Have certainly not got an acceptable quota of statue imitations in that's for sure. Here is one I did manage though, in the amazing town of Luang Prabang in Laos.
This is la statue de Sisavong Vong, loctaed in the grounds of the Royal Palace Museum. Sisavong Vong was the king of Laos for 55 years in the early twentieth century, and here he is depicting the act of bestowing a constitution upon the people, as am I.
Nice to add a second statue to the Laos collection, it's an amazing country. Beerlao, whose website does a far better job at advertising Laos than here, is one of the finest beers out there.
Anyway, nice to be around again. Please send me your photos, and have a good weekend.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A Dryburgh Duplicate...
Has it really been 1,346 days since I last made a blog post?! That's a pretty poor effort. Is there a prize for the worst blogger in the world ever?
First of all, thanks to Mr Poll below for his role in being the front page of this blog for the best part of four years. You're probably getting a bit bored of him now though eh? I think we should move on...
Anyway, some time ago I was dusting through the Adams family archives when I came across this picture of Granny Adams. Although technically not a perfect statue imitation, it's was heartwarming to know that there has been statue interest in the family for a while. Some research has uncovered that she is stood in the gardens of Dryburgh Abbey just south of Edinburgh in Scotland. Good on you Granny Lib!
So, yes, let's continue posting some statues. I don't want to make any bold promises about the frequency, but, y'know, I can say that it won't be another 1,346 days until the next post.
For the unitiated, this website is a dedicated portal to the artform that is statue imitation. We are attempting to post pictures of lovely people imitating a statue in each and every country of the world! So far, down there on your right hand side, you'll see the countries that we've featured so far and the fact that we've made it to a respectable 26% of globl coverage.
Please feel free to send me your statue photos from around the world! They will get published eventually. My email address is also to the right there in the contact me section. There's even a Facebook page. I'm not sure about that Twitter business mind.
I'm really quite excited about the prospect of posting more statues. Below are a few classics from the archives.
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The Belton Police Department invites the Belton community to Coffee with a Cop at 8 a.m. on Friday, January 23, at Fry's Restaurant, 802 S. Main Street in Belton.
Coffee with a Cop is a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department's work in Belton neighborhoods. Police Chief Gene Ellis and a few staff members will attend the event.
"We hope that community members will feel comfortable to ask questions, bring concerns, or simply get to know our officers," Chief Ellis said. "These interactions are the foundation of community partnerships."
For the general public, contact with law enforcement often occurs during emergencies or emotional situations that do not always allow for effective relationship building. As a result, some community members may feel officers on the street are unapproachable. Coffee with a Cop breaks down barriers and allows for relaxed, one-on-one interactions.
The gathering at Fry's will be informal with no planned presentation. Community members are encouraged to ask questions and discuss community issues that are important to them.
This is the second Coffee with a Cop that Belton Police have hosted. Similar events have taken place nationwide, including in several cities across Texas, as local police departments strive to make lasting connections with the communities they serve.
The program aims to improve relationships between police officers and community members a cup of coffee at a time.


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Chef Courtney brings a formal culinary education to her work as a personal chef serving Boston area clients.
From: $225.00
Rates, menu items, service area, and all other information are estimated by Soma based on publicly available information and are subject to confirmation with the chef after booking. Rate estimates are based on the chef's website available here and our estimation methodology which is explained here.
For the minimum booking of $225, clients may expect 3 meals with four servings each and grocery shopping services to be included.
Sample menu items include:
Chef Courtney brings a formal culinary education to her work as a personal chef serving Boston area clients.
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Casual American, Dinner party (up to 5 people), Group event (6-12 people), New American, Weeknight meals
|Cities served
Allston, Arlington, Auburndale, Babson Park, Belmont, Boston, Braintree, Brighton, Brookline, Brookline Village, Cambridge, Canton, Charlestown, Chestnut Hill, Dedham, Dorchester, Dorchester Center, Dover, East Boston, East Walpole, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Medford, Milton, Milton Village, Natick, Needham, Needham Heights, New Town, Newton, Newton Center, Newton Highlands, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls, Newtonville, Nonantum, North Waltham, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing, Somerville, South Boston, Waban, Waltham, Watertown, Waverley, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, West Newton, West Roxbury, Weston, Westwood
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Content management is among the most important aspects of search engine optimization (SEO). Adopting modern content management strategies such as integrating design into content and creating high-quality content will greatly improve your website's SEO. This article takes a close look at these two aspects of SEO.
Improve content design
The most effective way of getting numerous backlinks is by creating extremely good content. You should however realize that the standards for content keep rising. In order for your brand's content to stand out in 2017, you have to directly integrate formatting and design into your content.
Invest adequate time and effort into design because it is an essential aspect of the content. It breathes life into the content. Doing this will result in increased backlinks, share numbers and opt-in rates for your content without necessarily posting long blog posts punctuated with custom designed media.
You can begin by making incremental improvements to your format if you don't have the resources to make major changes in content. One good idea is including a clickable table of contents in your post. This can significantly increase the time spent by visitors on your site and reduce the bounce rates, yet it's a change that would not take more than a few minutes to make.
Influencer marketing
In 2016, there was a marked increase in influencer marketing and it has become even more popular in 2017. Among the main reasons behind this is Google doing away with unscrupulous SEO tactics. The other reason is the effectiveness of influencer marketing. It provides you withan easy way to get exposure, traffic and backlinks without attracting penalties from Google.
Smart content marketing
Content marketing is popular among brand marketers, but only a few of them, such as Best Source Marketing, know how to make the best use of it. Every piece of content you post online should be driven by a clear purpose. For instance, you might post an article featuring a long-tail variation of your primary keyword in order to support your main content.
If your content is not engaging enough, you'll lose visitors. User experience (UX) plays a significant role in ranking because the average time users spent on your page and the number of users who bounce are all taken into account by Google's search algorithms. This is therefore one area in which you need to beat your competitors.
To make your content more engaging, include media (videos and images) and add a number of outbound links that open in a new tab or window. Another great way of ensuring your content is great is going back and updating older posts that were great but are now outdated. Google might reward you for refreshing your content with new information.
Google continually improves the algorithms for its search engine, meaning your business should constantly improve its SEO Expert Melbourne strategy. Improving the inherent value of your content and the user experience as they interact with it is one of the surefire ways of obtaining better rankings.
Lora T. Lloyd has worked as a researcher and content creator in the SEO industry for 13 years and has written numerous articles and blog posts on topics related to SEO. Learn more about getting the best SEO services with Best Source Marketing.


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So many elements go into the making of a film. Audio, lighting, color, action, and the camera angles all come together to create a cohesive professional look. There are many techniques that Hollywood studios employ to get the specific look we have come to associate with professionally made films. While we as amateur filmmakers don't have million dollar budgets at our disposal, we can rack the Hollywood tool kit of tricks to make our films look as professional as the feature films we watch at the movies.
Film is chiefly a visual medium—even if your audio sounds great and your actors are fantastic no one's going to be convinced that your production is legit unless it looks good. The best way to make a good-looking film is with color correction. Color correcting for film is like the Instagram of movies. It makes your colors pop or creates a soft look. Basic color correcting can be very easy. After you've created a rough cut of your film (so as not to waste time color correcting all of the footage you shot) simply click the clip you want to color correct. Then, within the video effects folder on the left hand side of the screen there will be a folder marked color correction. Inside that folder you will find all the tools you need to take your footage from good to spectacular.
The first thing you want to do when color correcting a clip is to achieve the correct exposure. This can usually be done by either upping the shadows or lowering the highlights if the clip is overexposed or lowering the shadows or upping the highlights if the clip is underexposed. Once your film has a correct exposure you can begin playing around with the colors through the use of a number of tools in the color correction folder. One of the most useful tools that Adobe offers is the three-way color corrector. It allows you to independently play around with the lower, middle, and upper hues of your footage until you achieve the color palette you want.
Remember, there is no "correct" way to color your footage. Oftentimes filmmakers will color their films hyper realistically to help convey a certain mood or theme. If your film is about hope and inspiration, you can color correct to create warm footage. If your film is sad or melodramatic you can color correct to blue hues. It's all about communicating your message to the audience and color correction is just one more tool you can use to do just that!


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Yamagata is known as the land of fruits and hot springs. In late autumn, Taiwanese favourites like apples and La France pears come into season. It is also the perfect season for fruit picking, hot springs, and a cruise down Mogami River. Top among the Taiwanese however is Yamagata's countryside experience. Following the steady popularity of snow activities are farm-stays that support regional rejuvenation. Iide town especially has succeeded in drawing Taiwanese travellers in the recent years. While it's not an activity that can accommodate large numbers, many leave satisfied. In November 2012, these farm-stays came in top in the Japan/Korea category of a travel contest held in Taiwan. Our hosts set out to Iide to enjoy the rural scenery and the novelty of farm experience. They conclude their journey by visiting Yamadera and savouring seasonal dishes like imoni (stewed yam), tama konnyaku (konjac balls) and kinoko ryori (seasonal mushrooms).
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Statement: BARCC Responds to Passage of Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Today, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform, which aims to create a more equitable system of criminal justice while also increasing public safety by implementing sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system. These reforms include changes to the state's system for handling sexual assault evidence kits. Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) Executive Director Gina Scaramella released the following statement in response:
"We applaud the Massachusetts Legislature for passing this bill and Governor Baker for signing it. By mandating a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits and extending the time kits must be stored for to the duration of the statute of limitations, Massachusetts has just become a leader in the nation with survivor-centered policies regarding the tracking and storage of sexual assault evidence kits.
"A sexual assault forensic exam takes at least several hours and is a physically and emotionally exhausting experience. Any failure to maintain a chain of custody on these kits is an unconscionable insult to survivors, and we have long advocated for the need of a systemized way of tracking these kits. Rape crisis centers like BARCC assist survivors with their questions about sexual assault evidence kits, and last year alone we accompanied more than 500 people from the Greater Boston area who required forensic exams to hospital emergency rooms. Additionally, the surviverape.org website managed by BARCC was visited by more than 1,200 people from Massachusetts last year. These visitors are seeking accurate information about forensic evidence collection related to sexual assault.
"The new bill also calls for an annual report to be submitted to the Commonwealth's Executive Office of Public Safety and Security disclosing the total number of forensic kits collected or received that year, the date on which the evidence was collected, and the current status of the evidence kit, among several other provisions. This information will only add to our understanding of the pervasiveness of sexual assault in Massachusetts.
"These reforms are much welcomed. But the bill does not identify funding sources to ensure that resources are available to implement these reforms. The full system of response to and care of people who have experienced a sexual assault includes the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, rape crisis centers, Children's Advocacy Centers, the Boston and state crime labs, and police and prosecutors offices. The system has historically been underfunded, and we risk undermining the intent of these much-needed reforms if we do not also provide additional funding to additional resources to get this work done."
Founded in 1973, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center has a mission to end sexual violence through healing and social change. BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to all survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends throughout Greater Boston. It works with survivors regardless of when the assault occurred, and its goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice. BARCC also works with a wide range of organizations and communities, including schools, colleges, and police, to advocate for change. It provides training in how to respond to survivors and create cultures that prevent sexual violence in the first place. Follow BARCC on social media: Twitter @barcc; Instagram @barccofficial; Facebook /barcc.org.


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Dear Members and Friends of El Charco del Ingenio
On behalf of our nonprofit's board of directors, this letter is to request your financial support for the renewal of the Botanical Garden's reception area. New infrastructure is required after 26 years of continuous operation. Such an endeavor requires an investment exceeding our ordinary income, so we are reaching out in order to complete this significant project.
El Charco is a community effort that has brought together people of differing interests, knowledge, visions, and resources since its inception in 1991. It is the result of growing awareness of the importance this magnificent site has for San Miguel de Allende as a nature preserve and mainly as an educational center.
The area currently includes a gift shop, cafeteria, bathrooms, and an outside patio. This 20- year-old structure is insufficient and unable to fully carry out our educational mission. We aim to rebuild the area, not only upgrading existing services, but also creating new facilities for the public and staff. Besides a more functional gift shop, an upper mirador, and extended bathrooms, a new information and interpretative center will be built. This new pavilion will offer information to everybody so they can have a clear understanding about El Charco and the geographical, ecological, and cultural contexts, thus creating respect and appreciation of the environment and nature for current and future generations.
A team of talented architects and designers is in charge of the new design. Municipal permitting is currently in process, and we aim to start construction in the next months. The work will be done in a way that does not obstruct access to the Garden, allowing the gift shop and cafeteria to carry on their services.
The approximate budget for this project will be 5,000,000 pesos (about US$280,000). Broad economic participation is necessary to achieve our goal. So we ask you, the community of members, friends, and lovers of El Charco, for generous financial aid to complete the project. We are pleased to announce that several benefactors have established a matching fund. Contributions from individuals of US$150 or greater made during 2018 will double in value in our new visitor center's fundraising! US tax-deductible contributions can be made through the SMCF (sanmiguelcommunityfoundation.org) by making the notation "for El Charco del Ingenio visitor center." We are planning to have a wall in the new garden's entrance recognizing those organizations and individuals making larger contributions.
I would be glad to personally share more information, including blueprints and renders for this project. We will also hold several briefings, and we will be making progress reports regularly through our monthly newsletter and subsequent communications.
We are convinced this is a wise investment for the future of El Charco and San Miguel, as well as the nation.
Cesar Arias de la Canal, President of the Board of Directors


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Six of the seven candidates for state and federal offices that represent Emmet and Charlevoix counties took part in Wednesday's Candidate Forum, held at North Central Michigan College before an audience of about 150 people.
Several dozen candidates for local offices appeared earlier at an hour-long meet-and-greet session at which they introduced themselves and gave their reasons for running.
The forum was sponsored by the college, the Petoskey News-Review, the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, Emmet 20/20 and the Northwest Michigan Industrial Association.
Participants included:
Republican Walter North of St. Ignace and Democrat Gary McDowell of Rudyard, candidates for the 107th state House seat covering Emmet, Chippewa and Mackinac counties, and Koehler and Tuscarora townships in Cheboygan County;


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A case of domestic violence with the man being at the receiving end has been reported where an angry wife used a wood to break her husband's head because he dared to complain about her horrible cooking skills.
A Facebook user, Emmanuel Onuoha, who posted the ugly incident on his wall, narrated that the man who is currently jobless complained that his wife's cooking was horrible and the woman who felt insulted, especially by a man who could not provide for his family, picked up a piece of wood and battered him on the head, leaving him bloodied.
In the post, Onuoha explained that the poor husband had lost his job some time ago and all efforts to get another one has proven abortive, thus giving his wife the impetus to insult and abuse him emotionally, culminating in the violent act on him.
This is what Onuoha wrote:
"A woman did this to her husband yesterday just because of small argument with her about food issue.
Moreover, the man lost his job and he has been trying his best to secure a job but she took it seriously and used log of wood on his head.
I pity that woman and may God forgive her. If it is you now, what will you do?
Though the case has been settled by friends and family members, they asked the woman to kneel down and apologize to the husband and she said she did it out of anger due to the fact that her husband kept making promises and failing to fulfill them."
In recent times, men have become targets of domestic abuse by their wives with no one taking note or action.
On Sunday, August 20, 2017, an auxiliary nurse, Folashade Idoko reportedly stabbed her husband, Lawrence Idoko, to death with their landlord and neighbours saying she had abused her husband for many years and he could not open up to what he has been going through.


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