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DEERFIELD, Ill., June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is excited to report the grand opening of the company's newest store in the Village of Deerfield. The store is located at 35 Waukegan Road and Lake Cook Road and will join the Mount Prospect store which opened in April as the second in the state of Illinois. The Deerfield store officially opens on Wednesday, June 25 at 7 a.m., with a ribbon cutting ceremony including Mayor Harriet Rosenthal and the Deerfield Chamber of Commerce at 9 a.m. Fresh Thyme CEO Chris Sherrell will bestow $2,500 donations to the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods and the Deerfield Park Foundation.
"Illinois is at the heart of our growth plan for continued expansion in the Midwest," Sherrell said. "Deerfield is a perfect fit for Fresh Thyme, as the community is active, well-educated and values fresh, healthy and natural food at great prices. We're very excited to meet our new Deerfield neighbors on June 25th!"
The first 250 customers will receive a Fresh Thyme Farmers Market reusable shopping bag containing healthy grocery products. Save the date, and arrive early to reserve your spot in line! The grand opening promises activities and family fun along with giveaways and product sampling all weekend.
Chicago cooking personality Momma Cuisine will host a cooking demonstration on Sunday from 12-1 p.m.
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is a new full-service specialty retailer focusing on fresh, healthy, natural and organic offerings, all at amazing values. The store's signature offering is an extensive produce department with organic and local fruits and vegetables. In addition, Fresh Thyme's full-service offerings include a natural meat department, healthy deli foods to go, bakery goods, 400 bulk food bins, natural and organic groceries, dairy and frozen, as well as vitamins and body care products. Fresh Thyme is offering a NEW shopping experience to the Midwest and is scheduled to open a total of 60 stores by 2019. You can learn more by visiting freshthyme.com, and be sure to keep in touch by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.


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Charlotte Anne (Endy) Baker, age 88, entered into rest on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Niagara Hospice in Lockport surrounded by her loving family. Born August 2, 1929 in Tamaqua, PA, Charlotte is the daughter of: Charles and Anna “Nance” (Kloss) Endy.
Charlotte was a 1951 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Nursing. She married William John Baker on October 11, 1952 and moved to Lockport, NY where they raised their family. Mr. Baker died February 12, 2007. Charlotte worked part time at Lockport Memorial Hospital and was a past president of the Board of Directors for the YWCA of Niagara while also volunteering for several civic organizations. She was a member of the Warrens Corners United Methodist Church and past member of the Mom’s Auxiliary for Boy Scout Troop 40. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling the country with Bill, reading and sewing.
Surviving Charlotte are her children: Sandy (Daniel) Hopkins, Nancy (Timothy) Smith, Barbara (Ron) MacLean, Charles (Valerie) Baker; grandchildren: Daniel (Yuiko Koizumi) Hopkins Jr., Kerri Hopkins, Megan MacLean, Charles Baker Jr., Chase Baker and Connor Baker. She was predeceased by her husband: Bill and daughters: Anne E. and Carolyn J. Baker.
Family and friends are invited to attend visitation at the Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home, 6139 East Avenue, Newfane, on Friday, February 16, 2018 from 4-8 pm. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 10 am from the funeral home. Interment will be in North Ridge Cemetery, Cambria, NY.
In lieu of flowers, memorials appreciated to Warrens Corners United Methodist Church or Niagara Hospice.
Thinking of you at this time. We are very sorry for your loss. Charlotte was very kind to us. I will always be grateful to her introducing Beef on Weck to me.
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As far as healthy foods go, berries make the top of the list. They contain potent antioxidants, which decrease or reverse the effects of free radicals – natural byproducts of energy production that can play havoc on the body and that are closely linked with heart disease, cancer, arthritis, stroke or respiratory diseases.
Unsurprisingly, the benefits of berries are extoled in one study after another. It is usually the exotic Goji, Acerola or Acai berries that make the headlines as Superfoods, but for the health-savvy European consumer the native homegrown species could be even more alluring. The current study from the University of Agriculture in Krakow shows what’s in store for Old Continent foodies in the berries department. The research published now in Open Chemistry suggests that black raspberries grown in Central Europe show greater health benefits than their better known cousins – raspberries or blackberries.
A group of researchers led by Anna Ma?gorzata Kostecka-Guga?a measured the content of phenolics and anthocyanins in black raspberries, red raspberries and blackberries, assessing their antioxidant potential and health benefits. They were able to confirm that the antioxidant activity of natural products correlates directly with their health promoting properties.
It turns out that the amount of antioxidants in black raspberries was three times higher than the other fruits under investigation. Remarkably, the number was even higher for phenolics or the amount of anthocyanines – with black raspberries topping their humble cousins by over 1000%. But most interestingly, black raspberries seem to be characterized by a higher content of secondary metabolites, which have been proved beneficial for human health.
The Central Europe-grown variety of black raspberries showed greater health benefits than raspberries and blackberries. As there is no significant difference fruits collected in either summer or autumn they should remain a solid staple on our diet throughout the seasons.

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Head over to Jelly Belly today where you can grab your bag of Holiday Favorites Jelly Bean 7.5 oz Gift Bag! Enjoy these classic holiday flavors that would surely warm your heart!
Jelly Belly presents 5 delicious holiday inspired flavors. This 7.5 oz gift bags features true-to-life flavors of: Chocolate Pudding, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Pie, Candy Cane and Egg Nog. Makes a perfect stocking stuffer, gift or sampler bags for your holiday party.

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text: Pristine 3-Bedroom Townhome in Castle Pines North ~ Main Floor Master ~ Open Floor plan ~ Walk-out Basement ~ Steps to Open Space! Move right in to this immaculate home with a carefully designed floor plan, vaulted ceilings, a light-filled kitchen with eat-in nook. The kitchen is beautifully appointed with slab Granite counters, Maple cabinets, breakfast bar and all Stainless appliances. Relax in the evenings in the spacious living room with gas fireplace and enjoy a glass wine on the TREX deck. Vaulted master bedroom features an adjoining 3/4 bath & lg walk-in closet. Den/conforming bedroom off entry is currently used as a study. Conveniently located main floor laundry room. Finished walk-out basement w/ lg rec room, bedroom, full bath and outdoor patio. Plus the HOA handles exterior maintenance, landscaping & snow removal so you're free to enjoy all that Colorado has to offer. Welcome home to a wonderful neighborhood, great location near shopping, restaurants & easy acces to I-25.

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The following Checklist for Fair Use is based on a document created by Professor Kenneth Crews and the staff of the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Based on the four factors of fair use—purpose, nature, amount and effect—the checklist was created to help educators, librarians and others evaluate content uses to determine if fair use applies. This tool provides an important means for recording your fair use analysis, which is critical to establishing "reasonable and good-faith" attempts to apply fair use. Click here for more information on the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Update Management has added a new option for update deployments. When you edit or create a new update deployment, there's a field called Reboot options. You can use these to control if and when a machine will reboot.
To learn more about this new capability, visit the documentation page.

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K-2SO has magnets in his feet for extra stability on the included base. He looks like he just stepped off the big screen and is ready for action! This will look great in your Star Wars collection.
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Significant advances in heat pump technology have been made in the past few years, enabling heat pumps to operate effectively and efficiently in temperatures below zero. More than 20,000 heat pumps have been installed in Maine homes since 2014 and feedback from users has been almost uniformly positive.

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With the holiday season quickly approaching, everyone is planning the yearly office party. Every year it’s filled with awkward conversations and that feeling that comes with seeing your coworkers in a social setting. This can be a frightening situation for new workers or a dreaded task for tenured employees.
However, here’s a compiled list of people you may run into at the party. Use the list to prepare yourself for this year’s office party.
Drawing attention as she walks in the room, Beth can be seen as intimidating. She’ll have you laughing at her jokes even though you’ve heard them 1,000 times before. It’s best to remember she’s human too and just wants to enjoy her night.
Marty showed up to work the room. He’ll turn a party into a networking event with the higher-ups and take advantage of any opportunity to climb the corporate ladder. This person will most likely bring up work or boast about themselves, it’s best to steer clear if you don’t want to talk about these topics.
You’ve never seen Cathy before but can tell she clearly doesn’t work at the company. Cathy is someones plus one. She is awkwardly standing on the edges while trying to avoid small talk and staying out of her companion’s way. You should go up and introduce yourself. She could be the most exciting person at the party!
Todd is a social butterfly that can’t be stopped. He can and will talk to you about anything and everything. You don’t want to be cornered by Todd or you’ll likely be stuck there for the remainder of the night.
Phoebe is absolutely addicted to all things shareable. She is going to document every second of the holiday party and you will most likely end up on her Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat feed almost instantaneously. Avoid this partier if you don’t want unflattering photos of yourself to go viral.
Henry has been trying to leave since the moment he walked in. He clearly has someplace else to be, but showed up out of obligation. If you want to speak with Henry, grab his attention early on before he slips out.
Sally is that one coworker who is really quiet and professional, perhaps even a bit reserved. After a few cocktails, Sally burst out of her shell, showing a new side to her. You’ll likely hear her spouting hilarious jokes and being a totally different person than the one behind the desk. She’ll end up being the life of the party. Seek her out to have a great time!
Harry is over-excited about the party and threw caution to the wind when it came to the open bar. Whether he’s speaking a little (or a lot) too loudly, telling rather personal stories, dancing like a maniac or getting into some other shenanigans, his behavior will turn heads.
Whitney can’t be around coworkers without bringing up the latest projects or stats. Even off the clock, Wendy is talking about work. Avoid getting stuck talking to Wendy for too long or else you’ll end up punching the time clock.
Chad is packed and ready to go on either vacation or on to a new company. His carefree approach to the party can be quite entertaining and amusing to watch. Chad won’t remember anything you talk about as he is already mentally checked out. Don’t forget to say goodbye for it could be your last opportunity.
Like a ninja, Val disappearing from the party without a trace. You can’t remember seeing her after the dinner but didn’t see her leave. Val came to enjoy the parts she likes and vanished before enduring awkward small talk.
You can find Daryl cutting a rug on the dance floor. He’s been practicing his moves all year long and couldn’t wait to try them out. Although his moves aren’t on trend, his infectious attitude will light up the room and make the dance floor a hot spot to be. Go boost a move with Daryl!
From our office family to yours, we hope you have a fun and safe holiday office party!
Have a funny office party story? We want to hear it. Tweet us @RedBranch!


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Bomfim ribbons come from Bahia and receive blessing during Celebration of Saint (Our Lord Jesus Christ, Oxalà).
Ribbons can be worn as protective bracelets.
Available in a big variety of different colours, they are devotional amulets in the true sense of word, able to protect people from evil.
Bracelets has to be worn, three knots must be made, concentrating on a request to submit to the saint and pledge him to give him a gift once request will be granted. Tradition says people who will receive what they asked for must then keep faithful to the vow made and honour the entity.


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The second-largest city in the country, Melbourne is the hub for a diverse number of suburbs—and a great place to do business. As the world’s most liveable city, it has attracted a variety of businesses and has already risen to a coveted spot among the world’s top 15 financial centres. With entertainment, world-class restaurants, and an excellent transportation system, the city has grown by leaps and bounds since the 1990s.
Jobs have skyrocketed—especially during the late 2000s. Melbourne’s robust business climate helped the area weather the last decade’s financial crisis with fewer problems than most cities. After all, that’s why you set up your business here.
But with that boom in jobs comes the need to attract top talent. If all your office or facility has on hand are old vending machines whose only offerings are stale peanuts and candy, you may lose some employees to a competitor who offers healthy food on site.
Sometimes your employees—to get a tough project done—have to grab a bite of lunch and get back to work quickly. They may not have time to go out to a restaurant or didn’t have a packed lunch. Or, if they’re working late into the evening, even late-night takeaway spots may not be open. They need healthy meal options on the job, according to the NSW Government’s guidelines for healthy eating.
Top-quality work, says the site, demands top-quality fuel—so offer something more than those sodas and empty-carb-laden snacks.
Good news. Quality Vend is now in Melbourne. If you own a business in Melbourne or its suburbs, we have vending machines that provide delicious, healthy foods—everything from protein-rich wraps to vitamin-packed juices. We offer food vending machines that can dish out everything from wraps and sandwiches to salads—even milk!
Because Melbourne has become a hub for business travellers and holiday-makers alike, visitors may arrive at the wee hours of the night. When they show up at your hotel doorstep, they may be ravenously hungry from the day’s travel. Only one problem—room service closes at midnight.
But if you have a vending machine with restaurant-quality meal choices, you’ll have customers singing your praises instead of griping on online review sites. They may even Instagram a photo of themselves enjoying their meal—giving your hotel even more online love.
Hospitals: When your patients’ loved ones arrive at their bedside late at night, the last thing they’re thinking of is food. They want to be there for their family member or friend to soothe them, ease their fears, or cheer them up. But long hours waiting take their toll. Instead of stocking your machines with stale potato chips and sodas, give them food that aligns with your mission to promote good health—quality food from suppliers who are as committed to health as you are.
Universities: No matter how much professors caution against it, students often stay up late cramming for their examinations. Feed their brains with healthy choices in your vending machines and watch their confidence—and their scores—rise.
Travellers, too, and people visiting hospital patients in the Parramatta area, need decent food ‘round the clock. Our new ShelfX system delivers the goods. For added convenience, it uses wireless technology to detect which items were bought and then bills the customer’s chosen method of payment. An app is also available, making this the vending machine of choice for people on the go.
To discover more about the range of healthy foods Quality Vend can offer to your Melbourne-area university, business, hotel, hospital, or other institution, contact our sales team today.


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Patents are a valuable source of technical, market and competitive information. But how do you make sense of the vast and growing volume, with 120 million published patent documents in total and 6.3 million published last year alone?
Patent analytics provides an essential and practical key to unlocking the value of patents information. Through patent analysis, we can begin to understand the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of patent portfolios, both of our own organization and those of our competitors, patenting trends around the world, technology landscapes and where white spaces may exist, and so much more.
But patent analytics is not for the faint-hearted. It requires a thorough understanding of the underlying data, how and for what that can be used and, perhaps more importantly, the limits of what can be achieved. The Derwent Patent Analytics Services team have a wealth of experience and expertise in conducting patent analysis. Laid out below are our top 10 tips for getting the most out of patent analysis.
There are many different approaches to working with and analysing patent data, but it is important to know which approach to use and when, and in what order. Analytics has many analogies to photography and imaging – resolution, the power and trade-off of different optics, digital versus optical zoom.
For example, just as you wouldn’t use a microscope to look at the moon, you can’t use the methodologies of freedom to operate searching to review a whole technology sector. Equally, a Patent Landscape is extremely tough to “zoom” into to support a patentability legal opinion. A landscape requires the use of analytical approaches aimed at creating a picture of several thousand data points. Zooming down to just three or four data points and forming an insight is the equivalent of zooming a photograph down to a few pixels- it will be blurry.
A better practice is to order your tools and approaches into a process. You can use the methodologies of landscaping to identify regions of the picture which you can then re-image using the methods of patentability or FTO. This is the equivalent of telescopically imaging the moon to select where you will send the robotic spacecraft to image the surface directly. Sending thousands of robots with cameras on them is possible but somewhat impractical. Both methods are equally valuable, but have their place depending on the question. When working with patent data, it is important to consider the available approaches and when to use them.
Patent datasets have a lot of complexity in them, not least the fact that the same idea or invention can produce many individual patents and patent applications. Many analyses in the public domain refer to “patents” but without reference to what that means. The differences can be huge. You need to be aware of whether you are counting patents, or patent families or inventions. If you don’t take this into account, your conclusions will be off. As a simple rule, for accurate patent analyses you will almost always need to “expand” your dataset to include all family members and then reduce it back to counting families. This is easier using Derwent World Patents Index data, as the structure of the database surrounds sets of claims as they appear at the different patent offices of the world; thus, giving you the ability to analyse ideas and inventions, instead of “patents” – which for many (arguably most) analytical use cases is not ideal.
There is almost always a need to clean patent data, even well-curated data. The reason is that all patent databases must cater to a wide audience of potential users. Your analysis on the other hand, to be as useful as possible, needs to speak to a much smaller readership and user base. That means that context needs to be added.
Cleaning assignee information (essentially, the organization that owns the patent), indexing the technologies covered, the benefits of the inventions, industrial uses and the types of patent applicants all add this context, making the data specific to your company or organization. All the data visualization that takes place after this point then becomes easy to use, easy to read and easier to act upon.
Depending on the mission or the question (for big data sets, there are data science alternatives), there is value in the deep manual dive. It gives you detective rights and you can tease out the underlying stories – changes in ownership, hidden mergers, country expansions, technical development and the simple fact that you as the analyst have eye-balled every record. Knowledge of the data at this level provides the source for the narrative the data is trying to tell you – let it speak.
Read the full whitepaper now to see the top ten hacks for essential keys to unlocking the value of patent analytics.

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The Catholic Church needs to communicate the beauty and intelligence of faith to young men and women without resorting to condescending and aggressive methods, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles told members of the Synod of Bishops.
A “renewed apologetics and catechesis” can help young people who are tempted to leave the church due to convictions “that religion is opposed to science or that it cannot stand up to rational scrutiny, that its beliefs are outmoded, a holdover from a primitive time, that the Bible is unreliable, that religious belief gives rise to violence, and that God is a threat to human freedom,” Bishop Barron said in his speech to the synod Oct. 4.
“I hope it is clear that arrogant proselytizing has no place in our pastoral outreach, but I hope it is equally clear that an intelligent, respectful, and culturally sensitive explication of the faith (‘giving a reason for the hope that is within us’) is certainly a ‘desideratum’ (‘desire’),” he said.
Later that evening, Bishop Barron joined Nigerian Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah of Nsukka at an event dedicated to the synod on youth, faith and vocational discernment.
The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture sponsored the event in Rome.
Seven Notre Dame students spoke at the event about their faith, highlighting their positive experiences while also expressing their concerns that internal divisions and the scandal of sexual abuse are wounding the church.
Bishop Onah, 62, told participants it was important for bishops to listen to young men and women, otherwise the synod risks becoming a meeting of “only old people” talking about young people.


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As businesses place more reliance on technology for their day-to-day operations, the risks associated with data breach or compromise and their potential impact on business operations are also increasing. Threats are diverse and fast-changing; we’ve recently seen attacks ranging from simple ‘phishing’ e-mails to full scale network breaches gaining business critical and sensitive data.
At Stephens IT we support and engage with a wide and varied customer base, from standalone single networks to multi-national corporate WANS. With notable differences in customer set-ups, we are constantly advising and consulting our customers on their individual security approach, all of which can take many different forms and are bespoke to each individual business.
Recently, we are seeing a profound increase in cyber related incidents across our customer base, from an increase in phishing e-mails attempting to gain access to customer e-mail accounts, through to security breaches caused by a range of malware, ransomware and compromise attacks.
With global ransomware damage costs predicted to exceed $11.5 billion in 2019 (up from $325 million in 2015), businesses need to ensure their security systems are not just up-to-date, but also well tested, as we detail below.
We recently undertook a project for a large customer as part of a security review of their IT estate, in which we provided a network compromise exercise without the knowledge of the internal IT team. The outcome of our exercise resulted in a scenario where we gained ‘complete control’ of the corporate network. Regular network penetration testing forms part of our proactive security policy and is something that we perform for clients as well as our own internal systems.
During the exercise, our security engineers were purposely ‘let in’ to the system to simulate a phishing exercise which would give a hacker access to the employees’ system. During this first breach, our engineers discovered valuable encryption keys and security credentials which were easily comprised, giving them access to wider elements of the system. Our engineers were able to create a deep access tunnel to send data back to our own servers without being detected (no real customer data was sent across the network – only test data). The customer’s internal team then noticed this unexpected traffic after 36 hours, subsequently closing the tunnel and noting the system compromise.
This exercise enabled us to create a comprehensive report for the customer, which included a detailed analysis of our breach strategy and important security aspects to ‘highlight’ within their system, such as storing admin credentials on user accessible shares. Recommended security policies were also included.
User education is key, end-users are often unaware of the level of threat that even clicking a link on a phishing e-mail can subsequently lead to, so enhancing user knowledge of different types of attacks and strategies can be helpful to reduce the risks of compromise.
Recently we performed a ‘phishing’ simulation for a corporate network. In this scenario, we produced a fake phishing e-mail which we sent to members of the finance team, requesting them to review a document which actually contained a suspicious file. Disguised as the company’s CFO, we sent the email from an external domain with the CFO e-mail signature that users were used to seeing on a daily basis. The result of the test showed that 38% of the finance team opened the link and acted as if the e-mail was genuine – a staggering figure which shows how important user awareness is, along with prompt reporting to internal or external IT teams who can then determine the authenticity of the mail.
Assigning roles and responsibilities to either internal teams or external, outsourced consultants is another area we find customers also do not evaluate until threats are realised. Clearly identifying the various roles of security within an IT infrastructure can be complex – with various providers, systems and experts needing to work coherently across all areas of the infrastructure to perform a clear security strategy and procedure. Often internal teams assume that external consultants are actively monitoring firewall traffic and investigating anti-virus logs, when this isn’t the case. Oftentimes, consultants will provide re-active services on a break / fix model rather than preventative monitoring solutions that are aimed at discovering threats before they arise.
While both threats and the techniques cyber criminals use continue to evolve, it’s the job of the security professionals to keep pace, monitor, isolate and resolve them as they occur. We urge business stakeholders (especially in the SME market where often these tasks are overlooked) to take the time to review their current security arrangements, ensuring protection and prevention is in place for the security of their business.
If you have any concerns relating to Cyber Security, or want to find out more, don’t hesitate to contact us for some impartial advice.


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Hence, the word tree allows the user to gain a better understanding of text flow and writing patterns than she would with a cloud.
I found that it was very easy to create a word tree with some text that I had uploaded, but while starting exploration, I was unsure about what words to begin with. The word tree interface is similar to Martin Wattenberg’s earlier Baby Name Wizard. The user naturally has some ideas on what to start with since it’s an exploration of names. However, with the word tree, it’s not as obvious, because the user might be exploring a body of text she’s unfamiliar with.
So instead I began sifting with a word cloud, which gave me an idea of some important words and phrases used in the text. Then it was simple to move from the word cloud to the word tree. The two viz tools — cloud and tree — go together quite nicely as the cloud kind of works as a suggestion box for the tree. As a standalone, the word tree is off to a good start.


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Specially fitted to OEM needs - Large power range: 1.1 to 13.4 Nm continuous, 2.5 to 38 Nm peak - High resolution SinCos feedback as standard - Main options: IP 56 protection, brake, etc.
Ingenious drives and motors with functionality integrated into the Schneider PLC programming languages. The range also includes a high end SERCOS motion numeric bus that is very simple to wire up.

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A teenager was hospitalized with a neck wound after being shot early Saturday on the West Side, authorities said.
A 16-year-old boy was standing on Damen Avenue a block south of Cermak Road shortly after 4 a.m. when an unidentified man started shooting, Chicago police said. The teen suffered a graze wound to his neck and was reported in good condition in Mt. Sinai Hospital, police said.

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At Pennard we use VCOPS to help your child with their writing. Read on to find more!
Vocabulary has the power to help people really see how things look.
It holds the secret of how characters and places really feel.
Although words for sights and sounds are good they are very important to help explain taste, touch, smell and feelings too.
We learn how to pick just the right nouns or verbs to give writing real power over a reader.
We learn how to use the right adjectives and adverbs to hypnotise people into really seeing and feeling a piece of writing.
Noun – A word that names a person, place or thing: The tired, scaredboy trudged slowly through the thick mud.
Adjective – A word used to describe a person, place or thing: Thetired, scared boy trudged slowly through the thick mud.
Verb – A word to describe action; what is happening in the sentence: The tired, scared boy trudged slowly through the thick mud.
Adverb -A word to describe how the action is taking place: The tired, scared boy trudged slowly through the thick mud.
Connectives help us link ideas together.
Without them our writing can be repetitive and boring.
Connectives give us opportunity to add more detail to a sentence, but they don’t always appear in the middle of sentences!
Openers help us add structure and interest to our writing, their job is to hook the reader in and keep them reading. We can start sentences in lots of different ways.
Sometimes – they jump up and tells the reader when something is happening.
First – they can tell when something happened.
Suddenly,Crazily – great adverb openers.
Dangerous, dark and damp – amazing adjective openers.
Although – can be a link between ideas at the beginning of a sentence too.
Alternatively, they can be used to express an opposite idea.
On dark, windy nights, when even the wolves stay in their dens, – sometimes they can be a whole phrase!
Punctuation helps us start and stop a sentence. If capital letters and full stops are missing, or in the wrong place, writing is weak. It will not have the power to grab a reader!
We also use commas to separate ideas. They work well when combined with connectives and openers.
Yes! We use exclamation marks for emphasis!
We can reveal what characters actually say with speech marks.
Do we ask questions? Of course, it’s a great weapon for hooking a reader.
Helping your child with V.C.O.P at home.
• Talk about and write down interesting (Wow) words in the stories you are reading at home.
• Try using the words you have found in a sentence.
• Have a mini-quiz: ‘How many words can you think of instead of ‘said’?’ or ‘went’, ‘nice’, ‘good’. Put each one in a sentence.
• Give your child a Wow word to put into a sentence. How many different sentences can they make?
• Give your child two different words and ask them to make different sentences from them. E.g.: ‘magical’ and ‘boy’.
• Remind them that they should use all their VCOPS skills when writing these sentences!
Connectives are used to join sentences together. The simplest connective to use is ‘and’, as in: Bill went to the shops and he bought an ice-cream.
• Try to search for connectives in the stories you read at home. Use them in a different sentence.
• Try rearranging sentences with the connectives at the start. E.g. The little boy shivered despite it being warm in the cave. – Despite it being warm in the cave the little boy shivered.
• Give your child a connective and ask them to use it in a sentence.
• Searching for openers in the stories you read at home and use them to start your own sentences.
• Give your child an opener and ask them to complete the sentence.
• Look at different types of punctuation in your reading at home.
• Ask your child to give examples of when they would use a ? or ! or . or , – use the punctuation pyramid.
• Use different types of punctuation in different sentences.


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will help bring in new shooters to this great sport, young and old.
Ghost Targets are bio-degradable, non-flammable, non-toxic and completely safe to handle for shooters of any age.
If You can HIT a Ghost....You can HIT anything!!!
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Dittmann Werkzeug GmbH [dittmann:tools] is a globally operating trading company that focuses on steel distributors as well as steelwork contractors.
In our shop we offer a wide variaty of containers for storage and transport that will fit your needs in your production, workshop or your special transport-means.
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That is a hard one. There are a lot of reasons for our hearts to be troubled, too many to count. From fears and worries, stress, illness and physical pain, money problems and cares about the future. Our hearts have plenty of reasons to be troubled.
If Jesus simply said, don’t let your hearts be troubled, that would be the equivalent of saying, “don’t worry, be happy,” with about just as much assurance and help as that little phrase offers.
Instead, Jesus gives to us the reason why we don’t have to let our hearts be troubled.
He says, believe in God, believe also in me.
Believe in Jesus, your help in every time of need, your support and encouragement, your savior and your constant friend. Believe in the one who will take all of the reasons our hearts are troubled and in the end, make them into something else, something new, something that is only found with Jesus as we look forward to the day when we will live with the Lord eternally and there will be no more reasons for our hearts to troubled.
But for right now, bring your troubles to Jesus, He always gives comfort and hope to our troubled hearts.
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I am loving the December Stamp of the Month! I have had this stamp set tucked away for the past few months (a perk of being a CTMH consultant!), just waiting until December when I could showcase just how cute it is! The cupcakes are just adorable, and they all have a lot of white space, so that you can color and customize them however you want.
To make “The Sweetest” card, I started with 5.5″ x 4.25″ White Daisy card base, and layered with Confetti Wishes patterned paper and Canary cardstock. The cupcake plate was stamped on white cardstock in black ink and the sentiment “Sweetest” was stamped just below it in Thistle ink.
On a scrap piece of white cardstock, I stamped the cupcake in black and the word “The” in Thistle ink. I fussy cut them both out, colored them in with colored pencils, and attached them with foam tape to pop off the page.
I used Thistle Diagonal Striped Ribbon to make a bow, and stamped a small heart from the stamp set to sit in the middle.
Get the “Cutie Pie” 11-stamp set for only $5 with your qualifying $50 order!
This is just darling! Thanks for playing along with Mojo Monday!


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Orphic Trilogy (The Criterion Collection) by COCTEAU,JEAN at Chocolate Movie. MPN: 037429148327. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last.
If you have any questions about this product by COCTEAU,JEAN, contact us by completing and submitting the form below. If you are looking for a specif part number, please include it with your message.


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Most health insurance plans cover physical Therapy services. Coverage may be limited by a certain number of visits per year, may require a co-pay similar to Doctor’s visits, or have other limitations. We work with you to ensure that your therapy will be covered and that you understand what your financial responsibility will be. When you call our office for an appointment, we will take your insurance information so that we can check on your coverage prior to your first visit.
Following are the plans we accept. This list is not comprehensive - in fact, some insurance plans have excellent out-of-network benefits. So if your insurance is not listed here, give us a call, and we'll check - 404-297-9315!


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Want to know the school fees of Mariyam Public High School, Mumbai? The school charges a very nominal fee as it has been set up mainly to educate underprivileged children. Learn more interesting details of the State Board-affiliated Mariyam Public High School from the school post below.
Mariyam Public High School is a co-ed English medium school up to Class 10, managed by the Al-Ilm Educational Welfare Trust. Syed Anwar Ahmad, Vice Chairman of the trust, set up this school in 2002 with the aim to provide education at low cost to underprivileged children.
The school follows the Maharashtra State Board curriculum. Students have done well in the Class 10 Board exams, with 100% results, thanks to the teaching methodology of well-qualified lady teachers.
While the school mainly has students from the Muslim community, it also has non-Muslim students for whom it is not mandatory to attend 'Diniyat' classes.
Mariyam Public High School is located in a rented building with spacious classrooms for its over 1000 students. The school library is a small one and there are a few computers.
A school bus is available for transporting students to & fro from nearby areas.
The school fee is nominal, only up to Rs.300/- or so, with classes of Std. 5 to Std. 10 getting grant-in-aid.
Are you looking for admissions to Mariyam Public High School, Jogeshwari for the academic year 2019 - 2020? We can connect you with the best schools in Mumbai. Contact us for further details.
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SEO is an ever-evolving industry with a growing list of variables – but no matter how closely you follow the latest SEO trends, you’re doomed to fail if you don’t master the basics.
The good news is that many of SEO’s most fundamental rules haven’t changed in years.
Most of these fundamentals can be fixed with very little knowledge of website coding; they’re even easier to address with WordPress or a similar content management system. Auditing the most basic elements of your website’s SEO can quickly and dramatically improve your search rankings.
And more good news – using the tips below, you can audit your site to check for SEO snafus in less than 20 minutes. Follow these steps to learn how you can shore up your website and your SEO strategy.
Double-check title tags and meta descriptions.
Title tags show up in two different places–in your browser’s window tabs and as the title in Google’s search results. Meta descriptions are the short blocks of text below the title tags that Google shows in its search rankings.
It’s very important that your title tags and meta descriptions are relevant to your webpage and what you want to rank for.
You should audit your titles and descriptions for each page of your website. Check your meta tags using the page source feature of your Web browser; titles are between <title> tags, and descriptions are found in the tag starting with <meta name=”description”.
Meta descriptions should be unique and compelling so you get more interest and clicks in the search rankings.
A properly designed webpage has a single prominent headline that captures the theme of the page content – that’s the H1 header.
Check your H1 headers in the page source and look for the <h1> tags. Just like with title tags, your H1 headers should include the most important keyword terms for each webpage.
When auditing your H1 headers, don’t assume that each page only has one of these headers. Novice Web designers often use multiple H1 headers because they’re bigger and bolder by default. If you find additional H1 headers on a page, replace them using other header tags such as <h2> or <h3>.
Back in the Wild West days of SEO, Web masters filled their websites with keyword-stuffed content designed to score big with automated Google bots. Those days are long gone.
Now, Google’s algorithms are tuned to recognize the traits of relevant, well-written content. In fact, stuffing each page with an unnatural number of relevant keywords will actually hurt your search engine rankings.
Ideally, you should have at least 500 words of relevant content on each page of your website – and research shows 1,000 words per page is even better for SEO. But don’t add more content just for the sake of increasing your word count. The overall goal is quality. Any content that doesn’t add real utility to your webpage probably isn’t going to help. Also, make sure each page has unique content, as Google will only rank one version of duplicated content.
Optimizing websites for their local areas – not just their cities, but their districts and neighborhoods – has never been more important for small business owners. More people are making on-the-fly searches for goods and services in their immediate areas. You could be missing out if your website isn’t optimized for these hyper-local search queries.
Make a Google My Business page so your site appears in Google’s map-based results, which people use to compare businesses in their areas.
Make sure your updated contact information appears the same on every page of your website. This information should match exactly with your Google My Business page.
Register your website with popular online review sites such as Yelp and AngiesList. Again, confirm that your contact information on any third-party site matches exactly with your Google My Business page.
Of course, there’s a lot more you can do to localize your website. You can dive into blogging or get immersed in social media. But, the above tips will start to put you on the map.
This one is simple – go to a page of your website and check if you see “www” before your domain name. If you do, then delete the “www” and try reloading the page. If your website is canonically correct, the page will reload and automatically add the “www” in the url. If the page reloads without the “www,” then your site isn’t canonical, and that’s a problem.
From Google’s standpoint, the sites www.mycanocialsite.com and mycanoncialsite.com are two different websites. If your page loads at both sites, then you’re watering down your SEO. You’ll want to redirect one to the other so that only one version loads and all traffic is tracked to a single site.
Google’s algorithms place a premium on user experience, and a site that doesn’t function properly isn’t as user-friendly as one that does. That’s why Google’s algorithms penalize websites that have broken links.
You have two options for auditing your links. If you have a smaller website, you can do it the old fashioned way and just click your links manually. The easier option is to download an audit tool, such as Screaming Frog, that can scan your links for breaks in a matter of minutes.
Keep an eye on load speed.
I can’t stress enough how important the user experience is for SEO. That’s why a slow-loading website could end up hurting your search-engine rankings.
Google offers a tool called PageSpeed Insights that can help you learn more about whether your load speeds are adequate. Talk to a Web developer if you have concerns about your load times.
Search engine optimization is a never-ending competition where the rules always change.
Achieving and maintaining a high search ranking isn’t easy. However, auditing your site and mastering these fundamentals can get you in the game and keep you there for the long run. Periodically audit your website to make sure you’re not undermining your larger SEO strategy.
The Complete SEO Audit: How to Pinpoint What’s Preventing Your Website From Ranking #1 in Google!


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The Persona continuity, which involves various Anthropomorphic Personifications of the Collective Unconscious interfering in humanity's affairs. The miners of Esteria ignored the ancient warnings against mining Cleria, a magic ore that is responsible spawning the demon army that ravaged the ancient kingdom of Ys.
Most are generally played with an isometric top-down perspective - the earliest games require Adol to "ram" into enemies in just the right spot to attack and defeat them, while later installments use a traditional Hack and Slash style of game-play beginning with Ys V.
Various paramilitary bands resisted Nazi Germany's occupation and division of Yugoslavia from tobut fought each other and ethnic opponents as much as the invaders. The series has a habit of featuring Sewers big enough to house entire cities. While Adol is the primary protagonist of the game, the story occasionally switches perspectives to Dana, who serves as the Deuteragonist.
Argumentative essay titles United States must work bilaterally and multilaterally to abolish the trafficking industry by taking steps to promote cooperation among countries linked together by international trafficking routes.
Nintendo was also planning a controller accessory at the time with a movement sensor.
Most Serbs kept their culture and religion through the long period of Ottoman rule. Most of Kosovo's population lives in rural towns, and inefficient, near-subsistence farming is common.
Creating one of the most dogmatic of the eastern European communist regimes, Tito and his lieutenants abolished organized opposition, nationalized the means of production, distribution, and exchange, and set up a central planning apparatus.
Saki and Airan successfully destroy the new Earth and send Achi drifting into space. The Adventure of Link. The lock-on mode will auto-lock onto visible targets, and the player can quickly move the reticle between targets.
Trafficking in persons is often aided by official corruption in countries of origin, transit, and destination, thereby threatening the rule of law. In Serbia, the German authorities organized several concentration camps for Jews and members of the Partisan resistance movement.
The Ark of Napishtim, while expanding the original story and dungeons for further play. Normal mode features extra bosses and enemies in addition to being generally more difficult. Dogi wonders what Chester's going to do after he's gotten his revenge, and if it'll be worth it.
The team considered adapting the sensor for the game, but ultimately decided against it as it would have lengthened an already dragging development process. Most demons are happy to talk with you in the middle of a battle about their lives and interests; however, this won't stop them from tearing you limb from limb if you piss them off.
Adol Christin sets out for his first adventure, winding up in the town of Minea on the island of Esteria. Memories of Celceta, Ys VIII features the same combat and party mechanics, but with a new "Break" status, where enemies hit with an attack which they are weak to causes them to become weak to all attributes.
Taking advantage of the resulting crisis, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia banned national political parties inassumed executive power, and renamed the country Yugoslavia.
Treasure wanted to develop a game where the player held the left two grips. A tributary, the Morava River, flows through the more mountainous southern regions. This division enabled Greek culture to penetrate the Balkans, especially after the defeat of an Avar-Persian army in by the Byzantines.
The low status of women in many parts of the world has contributed to a burgeoning of the trafficking industry. Environmental issues include air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities, and water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava.
The northern Serbian territories were conquered in following the siege of the "temporary" capital Smederevo. In the early days of the system's lifespan, Nintendo had suggested two ways of holding the controller, a left and right position.


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At GooseyGoo we have a strong opinion on ethical behaviours and expect our users to have a better experience because of it and be proud to be part of something considerate and wholesome! The ethics can be considered in two main sections; environmental and social.
Everything we do is with a care for the environment. This includes the heritage that we are supporting and helping to preserve and the way in which we run our office and individual lives!
We rarely use paper, we never travel unnecessarily, we have chosen to use a bank with a strong ethical policy and we deliberately don’t flush everytime! We don’t burn tyres, let-off fireworks or use bleach products, nor do we mail out bumf! We do however, boil the kettle rather a lot!
These are very dear to us at GooseyGoo and we expect this spiel to form a general code of conduct for all users. We pride ourselves on trying to be good guys – nobody is perfect and we accept that it is a learning curve, however, we don’t want to lower the tone by mentioning lewd, offensively sexist, religious or racist comments. I know many phrases and puns fall into a ‘grey area’ due to our society (in general) having a commonly accepted ‘low-tone’, but we must insist that here on GooseyGoo we remain refreshingly pleasant, safe and informative so that our younger audiences can engage with and enjoy GooseyGoo. We must set a fine example of how to behave, so that parents can relax in confidence if their child or loved one is on GooseyGoo all of the time!
The social considerations are particularly important when it comes to advertising on GooseyGoo.
GooseyGoo reserves the right to refuse or remove any advert or company that it deems unsuitable (for any reason)!
We reserve the right to refuse or kick-off any unpleasant adverts or overtly unethical companies to preserve the dignity, quality and ethos of the site. We hope that all the users will feel the subtle benefits of this by not being subjected to any company, product or service that falls short of being a good-guy!
The use of images is also subject to our ethical policy. We are happy for users to share images via social media etc, but we do insist that they are not defaced in an unpleasant or offensive way or commented on with lewd or offensive language.
Don’t forget the general rule – Keep it clean and we’re all cool!


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Thankfully, Pawshake makes the process of finding a local pet sitter in Bunbury easy and stress free. Our pet sitters each go through a strict verification process and when they offer dog boarding, they also have to include photos of their home environment so that you can really see where your dog will be staying. Each sitter is verified individually by our trust and safety team and they also have reviews from other pet owners on their profiles. Above all else, you can trust that they will love your dog as much as you do during their dog boarding stay.
The benefits of using a Pawshake sitter is that your dog will stay in an environment similar to what you provide at home and will get plenty of cuddles and attention. On top of that, our friendly Bunbury dog boarding sitters are very flexible and will happily follow any routines, special instructions or requirements your dog may have. This is important for dogs as they can be a little uneasy about being away from home for the first time, so having a routine and a familiar environment (like another home in Bunbury) will make the dog boarding experience very positive for them.
If your dog is a couch potato and would prefer to hang inside all day, your Bunbury Pawshake sitter will happily indulge them with lots of belly rubs during their dog boarding stay. Or if your dog is more active and prefers to go on daily walks and chase a ball, your pet sitter can accommodate that too! Think of dog boarding with a Pawshake sitter as a chance for your dog to have their own holiday.
Do you have a love for dogs and a space to share yourself? Why not consider being a pet sitter with Pawshake in Bunbury and offering dog boarding options yourself? We offer 24-hour customer support, insurance, and the benefit of flexibility. You get to choose when and how much dog boarding work you want to have. The application process is easy and we are always looking for new sitters in Bunbury to be a part of the Pawshake team.


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We develop everything in-house - from websites to complicated content management, marketing, advertising and e-commerce systems.
While other companies tend to outsource development to other countries, such as India, expecting to save money, we believe that this approach is detrimental to the security, functionality and performance of a solution. With first hand experience in repairing such solutions developed by other companies, it is our view that the money one might "save" upfront is simply not worth it in the long run.
Our team of experts are able to offer a wide range of cost-effective functional solutions and services.


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Pie Xsys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is prominent dedicated server for any software solution, founded in 2009. We expertise in customized server solutions with 24*7 hours services. Our professionals with their enrich experience understands the present server needs & requirements and deliver the tailor made solution with quality assurance.
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Crossing Muddy Waters was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's fifteenth album, released in 2000. A raw album recorded with no drummer, it was a purely acoustic album that brought elements of bluegrass music into his Americana sound. (The title of the album is a pun, referencing blues legend Muddy Waters.) It was nominated for a Grammy award in 2001 for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Two and a half decades into a career that's never delivered the stardom forecast by legions of champions, John Hiatt has settled into a niche that's about as comfortable as a maturing singer-songwriter could ask for. No longer a major-label priority, Hiatt has hooked up with the stalwart folk label Vanguard for his 15th release. Crossing Muddy Waters adroitly captures Hiatt's comfort and confidence. Not so much blues as blusey, Crossing Muddy Waters features 11 new Hiatt compositions, half of which feel instantly familiar. The rambunctious "Lift Up Every Stone" sounds a little like some of Tom Waits's more accessible recent efforts, while "Take It Down" is a love-lost lament that's as heavy as a foggy evening. Crossing Muddy Waters was cut in three days and features only two accompanists-the uncommonly sympathetic Davey Faragher and David Immerglück. Just goes to show that Hiatt moves just fine when he's not dragging a lot of added weight and heavy expectations behind him.


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Even though I had a little bit of a rough time in phase 2 with gaining, I have stuck with the Livefit trainer. Today will be Day 52 for me. And this makes me excited, and proud of myself!
This is the longest that I have stuck with an exercise program. I was always a quitter in the past when it came to physical activity. I quit swim team after just one practice because it was too strenuous for my liking. Same with flag football, I became equipment manager/videographer once I realized that it was a lot more work than I had thought. In tennis class, I told the instructor I couldn’t run laps at the beginning of class because I had back problems. I dropped jogging and distance running class in college.
Then, throughout my adult life, I would become enthusiastic about losing weight and getting healthy. I’d be working out every other day and eating better. But, being as impatient as I am, when I wasn’t seeing results in just a few weeks, I would get discouraged and give up (which I had secretly wanted to do anyway, since I was NOT a fan of exercise).
I never stuck with anything, and I never had the motivation and determination to stick with a program. It was just so easy to do things the unhealthy way, and it kept me from having to do anything too strenuous. I hadn’t really ever been that healthy before, so I didn’t want it.
Last year it all changed. I will always have a love for running, because it was what initially snapped me out of my unhealthy funk, and gave me motivation. I started eating more, and committed myself to transforming into a runner, and started researching nutrition and exercise. Then I became passionate about making myself healthy, and being the best version of myself. And once I realized how much better I felt and how happy it made me, I realized I never wanted to go back to being unhealthy.
I started sticking with things and following through with my promises to myself. It made me excited to be committed, since I never really had been in the past, and that alone was my motivation. It keeps me from quitting. And although I’m not in the best shape, I am in the best shape that I have ever been in my life! And that alone is something for me to be proud of.
These are the reasons that I don’t give in to old habits, and don’t even think twice about it. I feel better than I ever have before. I sleep well, I have energy throughout the day, I’m more alert, happier, less irritable, and stronger.
Not that I don’t have bad days, or a few insecurities here and there. When I gain a little bit of weight, I can still get that feeling of disappointment and frustration. I still can be a little sensitive to comments whenever I get sick (I used to get sick ALL the time, for long periods of time, and there were always people that commented on it, and it would hurt a little when people would make comments like “Wow, you’re always sick.”) I’m still working on strengthening my immune system after years of being very unhealthy and getting sick at least 4 times a year, and I have made great progress and am so much healthier.
But it’s so much easier for me to dismiss these feelings and overcome them by remembering how determined and committed I have been, and the progress that I’ve made, and how long I have stuck with my goals so far. It makes me feel proud of myself to be able to see the small changes I’ve made in myself, and it makes me excited to see how much more I will improve. I’m proud of myself for sticking to it, and for making being healthy a lifestyle.
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When your customers first start thinking about working with you, your website is often the first stop on their journey.
They’re looking for the right local service company for their needs—and your site will determine whether they contact you or move onto another company.
That makes web design the foundation of any effective marketing campaign for a local service business like yours.
If you want to effectively market your business online, it needs to sell your reputation and create a great first impression.
Does your website tell your story as well as you would if you were standing in front of your customer for the first time?
If not, we’d love to help.
We’ll invest the time to listen and understand what makes your business unique and redesign your site to effectively deliver that message to potential customers.
You’ll get more leads, increase your sales, and have a healthy and vibrant business.
Over the past 4 years, I have had a great experience working with Growth Steps! Ryan and his team blend the technical aspects of creating a successful website with the important human interactive characteristics. We have created a website from scratch together, as well as a complete redesign just this past year. I would be lost without the guidance of Ryan, Sharon and the rest of the team, considering my lack of any technical skills and Google strategic marketing knowledge! They are the perfect partner to accomplish the perfect visual presentation for my potential clients in a technically sophisticated manner.
Our primary goal in redesigning your website is to get you more customers for your business.
We’ll help you accomplish this by implementing proven strategies to get more people to your website, and then have more of them contact you.
And yes, we’ll wrap it all in an impressive design that will wow your customers.
Take the number of people that contact you after visiting your website, then divide it by the total number of visitors to your website. That’s your conversion rate.
For example, if you have 500 people who visit your website every month—and 50 of them contact you—then your conversion rate is 10%.
Imagine improving your website's conversion rate from 10% to 15%. All of a sudden you have an extra 5 people contacting you every month for every 100 people who visit your website.
rate can lead to big increases in revenue.
If your sales process is in order, these extra contacts will naturally lead to more customers. And you’ll be paying less for each of them—because by making just a few tweaks to your website, you’ll have managed to stretch your advertising investment. More revenue for your business...without having to invest more in advertising.
If you’d like to chat with us about a responsive website for your service business, we’d love to hear from you.
Websites that are responsive automatically adjust to any screen size allowing people to interact with the site easily regardless of the device they are on.
What is a mobile website and do I need one?
A mobile website is a separate website that appears only when someone accesses the website using a mobile phone. Since there are now so many different screen sizes, from iPhones to tablets and larger monitors, mobile websites are not commonly designed anymore. All of the websites that we build are responsive, so your customers will be able to navigate your website easily on any type of device.
What technology do you build your websites on?
All of our websites are built on WordPress. In our experience this platform offers the best combination of customizability, integrations and value for most small to medium sized service companies.
Are the websites you design SEO optimized?
Yes, we make sure that all of the latest on-page SEO techniques are implemented giving your website the foundation to rank well on Google.


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Get informed and stay compliant with Vistra.
Vistra AML eLearning course has been designed to give professionals and members of staff a thorough understanding of what money laundering is, how it's done, and the steps that can be taken to help prevent it.
Each member of staff will be given their own log-in and password to enable them to complete the course at their own pace and convenience. They will be presented with easy-to-understand sections, complete with multiple choice questions and quizzes. All staff progress can be tracked by the MLRO or practice manager to ensure that they have completed their training.
Vistra’s eLearning is a convenient, comprehensive learning module that will give you all the information to keep your organisation one step ahead of money laundering.

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Nominations for the Conscious Company Award are now open!
As part of the Conscious Experience Convention, we will design a special Conscious Company Award: a prize for companies that encourage consciousness in the workplace. The award will be handed out during our business program on Friday November 23rd. Nominations are now open.
The winner of the ‘Start Up Your Event’ pitch was announced during the first day of IMEX America on 10 October. The Conscious Experience Convention by Loving Events was chosen as the best new idea in RAI Amsterdam’s global contest to find the most groundbreaking exhibition concepts.


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Travalo refills in seconds directly from a standard perfume bottle. The innovative Genie-S 'pump to fill' refill system perfectly transfers your fragrance without spills or damaging exposure to air.
The finger-sized Travalo fragrance atomizer features a pump and auto-refill system that quickly transfers perfume from a full-sized bottle into a travel-sized sprayer. Available in a range of colors, it’s a must-have beauty accessory! Travalois TSA approved, allowing customers to take their favorite scent in their carry-on luggage as well as in purses, gym bags, or even keep it in the car.
No one can buy just one!
Take your favorite perfume bottle, remove the plastic spray top.
Insert the perfume bottles pump stick into the filling station at the bottom of the spray bottle.
Press down firmly and repeatedly to fill the spray bottle.


text: Dear Members of the Rutgers Community, As a student at Rutgers University, I’ve learned many core values that are not only going to help me become a better person, but also become an outstanding leader. From every student to every faculty member at Rutgers, I’ve learned something new and motivational each and everyday here. Each of you have an awe inspiring life journey filled with excitement. And as we step into a new year, I would like to lead it with your support. If elected, I will continue to strive for better opportunities for our student body.I will also increase our involvement in more fundraisers and other projects so our school stands out to be at its best. I will work with organizations both the university and locally to create a new channel of spirit for our school. I will also work to improve and advocate for social activism, CAPS, and VPVA through increased promoted initiatives. I will also work with my counterparts to end the stigma behind mental health and sexual violence. Over the next few days, you have a choice to make. Not just between people. It’s a choice between very different plans for our school. And today, I believe that you can contribute your support by voting for me as your Off Campus Senator to UnScrew RU .And as always, Go Scarlet Knights.


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In August New Britain High School student Nicholas Lombardo submitted an essay describing why New Britain High School needs the grand prize package of TI-NspireTMCX math and science learning technology, and how the technology will make a positive impact at the school.
He soon forgot about it. That is until last Thursday.
On Oct. 11 he was notified he won the contest netting a grand prize worth approximately $50,000 as well 60 TI-Nspire CX handhelds, TI-Nspire student and teacher software, two TI-Nspire CX NavigatorTM systems and TI-Nspire Data Collection Solutions. The prize also includes a TI Professional Development Program, customized for NBHS math and science teachers.
And to top it all off the school had a special visit by Dr. Mayim Bialik, who stars on the hit CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory” and who helped choose the winner.
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 Bialik taught a math and science lesson at New Britain High School utilizing TI-Nspire CX technology. Bialik holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is a passionate advocate for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.
Bialik said Lombardo’s essay was organized and that was important.
The second thing Bialik liked about his essay was he knew using the instruments would lead to higher test scores.
She said that Lombardo said it was the space shuttle of calculators.
Bialik said she got chills because Lombardo said he has a teacher who gives his time above and beyond in Mr. Keith Pigeon.
Lombardo said he was nervous about the day, but it was very nice.
Lombardo, who is currently taking his second AP Calculus course, also stated that he hopes by winning the new devices and technology, more New Britain students will be inspired to pursue higher education.


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ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARK.
Our goal for every birthday party here at Eleouthkia Park is to make it unforgettable. That’s why we carefully designed the area and the playgroundS in order to be perfect for your kid and their friends.
Food is vital for a successful event and here at Eleouthkia Park we give special attention to your birthday party’s menu. Just give us a call to discuss about our various dishes and how you can customize the menu according to your taste and needs.


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Unpadded, wired bra lined with comfortable, soft micro that provides support you can trust for implants to stay in place. A bra for a sensual expression covered in lace and beautiful details such as the Ipomia charm in the front.
The Sensual Simplicity Bra is sure to make you feel special, with built in underwire, soft micro support and lace detail, you don’t have to compromise beauty or comfort.
You shouldn’t have to compromise on beauty and comfort when it comes to a bra. We designed our Sensual Simplicity Bra so you don’t have to! This bra’s unpadded cups are reinforced with underwire and soft micro providing support you can trust to keep your implants in place. Its medium thick straps with lace details ensure support and hold just where you need it. The straps can also be easily adjusted to halter neck style for a versatile look. The soft cups and comfortable back closure hold and support while giving you beautiful cleavage – perfect for both daytime and evenings. All of these great features along with the extra beautiful lace details and signature Ipomia charm make this bra the ultimate combination of practical and sensual that is sure to make you feel special!


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Humans desire to preserve living objects in pristine condition is nothing new, as shown by the mummification of people and animals in Ancient Egypt.
From the 19th century onwards the demand for attractive hunting trophies grew, resulting in new conservation and taxidermy techniques. While these early objects are today of great historical value, they not longer meet the demands of modern taxidermy, which has little in common with the stuffed animals of the past. Instead, 21st century taxidermy employs state-of-the-art materials and techniques such as polyurethane foam and epoxy resins, cryogenic freezing and vacuum treatment, air brushing and precision instruments in order to achieve the same aim: to preserve as much as possible of the original, or to create replicas as lifelike as possible using modelling techniques.
The World of Taxidermy special exhibition at the NHM Vienna gives a fascinating insight into the 200-year-old history of taxidermy, revealing how the art of preservation has changed over the centuries and model makers are today able to bring extinct species back to life.


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2. Remember the red door I loved a few weeks back? Well, this yellow one I saw in Richmond on Sunday is now fighting for my affections, too!
3. How opulent are these gold brushed bowls from Harabu House?
4. Enjoyed talking a walk along the Thames in Richmond on Sunday afternoon. The sun's rays looked pretty as they peeked through the clouds.
5. My favourite pair of red, white and navy socks always make me smile.
6. Went to see The Help for a second time; such a thought-provoking, amusing and moving movie.
7. Seriously tempted by this striking La Lune print.
8. I think I've found the right rug to go in the bedroom.
9. This jumper from Reiss looks colourful and cosy - perfect for Mr. Bazaar!
10. There's something charming about this two-seater Chesterfield.
Those chocolate delights are such an indulgence but oh so mouth watering!
As for favourite socks.....I'm sure everyone loves to slip into their very own super comfy pair.Love the stripes!
If I had more money, Toast would be my favourite shop. I order their catalogs just to look at the beautiful photos. I have been looking at a reindeer rug to, but from a Swedish department store. They are so cosy!
Love the two-seater Chesterfield as well!
I loved The Help book, I really must get round to seeing the film!
Love the grown up treat! Yum.
And the gold brushed bowls.... just lovely!
I agree with you (as usual!) and share a deep love for Jamie's treats (both chocolate and less sugary ones..) yellow doors (insta' smile!), and walks in Richmond.
I am also drooling over reindeer skins right now and have found one that will look heave on my sofa for Winter (so Scandi right!?!).
A Chesterfield is also on my wishlist - I am dreaming of a vintage, worn one in cognac leather. YUM!
Not so happy hugs (my husband had to go back to Australia on Saturday) from Sweden.
I really need to get along and see the help! Everyone seems to love it. Those chocolates and that yellow door are looking particularly good Will!
@Maryann - Thanks, they are my favourite pair!
@Annette - Thanks, hun. Hope the dinner party went well this weekend!
@Jamie - Oh, I know. Toast are fantastic, right!
@Hannah - I plan on reading the book now I've seen the film!
@Maria - Yes, those Harabu House bowls are BRILLIANT!
@Karine - I've had my eye on the reindeer rug from Toast for some time. Perfect for the bedroom!
@Abbey - I was in love with the yellow door the moment I saw it! Have a fab week!
oh! i just loved the movie 'the help' read the book and just saw the movie recently too! the book really adds to the movie. did you read it?
love everything else as usual. i need to spend a weekend in your shadows so i can love and learn all these amazing things too!
Loving the yellow!!! Perfect day for it too as I have on my yellow stockings. Everything just looks so lovely!
I've always fancies a yellow front door, this one is particularly grand!
@Micheal - I've not read it yet but plan to now that I've seen the film. Thanks for stopping by!
@Cait - Yellow is such a happy colour!
@Amanda - You should order it anyway! Boys jumpers can look fab on girls as well, I think!
@Caroline - Imagine walking up to that yellow door everyday? It would make the most overcast of days sunny!
I'm going to watch the help on Wednesday, cant wait, especially if you watched it twice! I saw your Laura Ashley post, cute!!
Helena - I think you will like it - let me know what you think!
love this idea! All your finds are amazing -- specifically the rug!
@Julia - I am soooo tempted by the rug... would be perfect in the bedroom!
Also loving the yellow door. The chocolates look divine. Is there a recipe from Jamie?
@annporter -Yes, the yellow door is very lovely! Re: recipe: yep, it's inside the December issue of Jamie magazine.
a friend of mine just lent me "the help" for my upcoming trip. can't wait to dig into it!
@Peggy - You'll have to let me know what the book is like; heard it's excellent.
@Lisa - Glad you enjoyed the film as well!
I've had my eye on the moon print for awhile. Growing up, we had a stunning photograph of the earth captured from outer space hanging in our hallway: this reminds me of that in all of its majestic awesomeness. Our universe is pretty amazing, huh?
@Kayla - Definately, I think it's fascinating. You should get the print as a memory of your childhood home!
How do I get in on that grown-up treat?! That looks amazing!


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Djokovic, who ended a 54-week title drought with his 13th Grand Slam crown at Wimbledon, will play the winner of a night match between five-time US Open champion Federer and John Millman.
Novak Djokovic did his part to set up a blockbuster quarter-final clash with Roger Federer at the US Open on Monday with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 victory over unseeded Joao Sousa.
Should 20-time major winner Federer get through against the 55th-ranked Australian, he’ll set up his earliest Grand Slam meeting with Djokovic since 2007, when Federer beat the Serb star to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Djokovic, whose 3-3 record against Federer at Flushing Meadows includes victories over the Swiss great in the 2011 and 2015 finals, said he was relieved to get past 68th-ranked Sousa in straight sets as temperatures soared again.
“Very happy to get this one done in straight sets,” said Djokovic, who left the court for a lengthy toilet break after the second set and departed again for evaluation during a medical timeout early in the third before returning to wrap things up in exactly two hours.
Sousa, who got past 12th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 17 Luca Pouille to become the first Portugese man to reach a Grand Slam last 16, was “not happy” at Djokovic’s first lengthy absence from the court, although he acknowledged there was no rule limiting time of a comfort break.
More damaging may have been his ire at the chair umpire’s refusal to allow a line call challenge in the seventh game of the final set on grounds he gestured too late.
Distracted, he was broken at love in the next game and Djokovic served out the match without fuss.
“It was much more difficult than the score indicated,” said Djokovic, who said he struggled with a “couple of things” during the match but that the heat “was the adversity today”.
“You can’t do anything but try to be tough and survive, find a way to win,” he said.
Kei Nishikori, runner-up in 2014, was also pleased to get through in three sets in blazing sunshine on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
After racing through the first two sets against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber he dropped his serve while serving for the match at 5-4 in the third, but managed to prevail 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.
Nishikori will fight for a semi-final berth against Croatian Marin Cilic, who beat him in the 2014 final.
That remains Nishikori’s best Grand Slam showing. After reaching a career-high fourth in the world in 2015 he slid down the rankings as a wrist injury sidelined him for six months, keeping him out of last year’s US Open and this year’s Australian Open.
Seventh-seeded Cilic, who needed eight match points in a five-set marathon against Australian teenager Alex de Minaur spilled into Sunday morning survived some tense moments to get past 10th-ranked Belgian David Goffin 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4.
Goffin served for the first set at 5-4 before Cilic went on to win the tiebreaker.
From there things got easier, Cilic saying that Goffin confided after the match he had a shoulder problem.
But Cilic still needed a third match point to clinch it.


text: Scleroderris canker, a disease caused by the fungus Scleroderris lagerbergii Gremmen, has a long history of injuries to young pine plantations and nurseries in Europe. It was recently identified as the cause of serious damage in the Lake States. During the summer and fall of 1965, a survey was conducted in Upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin to determine the distribution and intensity of Scleroderris canker in 2- to 10-year old red and jack pine plantations on National Forest land. The results showed that Scleroderris canker was widespread over the Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests in Upper Michigan and the Nicolet and Chequamegon National Forests in northern Wisconsin. The disease is present and causing mortality on every Ranger District where red or jack pine have been planted since 1955. The fungus was found on 55% of the red pine plantations and 86% of the jack pine plantations sampled on the four forests. Mortality in these red and jack pine plantations averaged 40 and 39%, respectively.


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Sarah is trying out a new lemon icing recipe. It’s pucker perfect!
The goodies have been perfected, the market application is being processed, the custom packaging is in the works, as is our website.
In a few short weeks, the world (well, Waterloo and its surrounding neighbours), will get to enjoy the bite-sized drops of goodness known as “Petite Treats”.
Thanks to Mikhail and Michelle for being so technologically savvy and helping us get our sight up and running. Free treats for life!

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If your accountant is just a tax-time paper pusher, you are missing out on a range of opportunities to grow your business.
In addition to filing your tax return and BAS statements, your accountant should be acting as a trusted advisor, delivering valuable advice across business functions to help improve your profits, reduce your costs and streamline your business.
Your accountant should be available to you year-round, know your business inside out, and offer regular advice that assists you to improve your profits and grow your business.
To out-pace your competitors, you must know how they are operating. Your accountant should be examining your competitors and reporting back about how you stack up on sales volume, market reach, production costs and overheads, staffing costs and turnover, pricing, and profitability. This vital intelligence will identify your pain points, show you where you can cut costs, reveal market gaps in your sales strategy, and help you set a highly effective business strategy.
Most business owners can tell you about the soul-destroying feeling of watching your budgets blow out and your profits dwindle away with them. Your accountant is a key player here. Utilise their deep knowledge of your business and market position to help set achievable budgets and revenue targets that you can rely on. They should be able to help identify your costs, forecast your sales and implement and monitor a realistic budget aligned with your financial goals.
Your costs can have as much impact on your profits as your overall revenue, yet many business owners neglect to keep a close eye on costs. Consult your accountant to help implement an effective cost reduction strategy based on prior benchmarking intelligence. You’ll want to focus on improving the management of existing contracts, reducing waste and overheads, and boosting productivity across your organisation.
Setting price points can make or break your business. Too high and you’ll price yourself out of the game; too low and you’re profitability could take a fatal hit. This is another area your accountant should be consulting on. Again, intelligence taken from prior benchmarking should place you well for setting competitive price points, while understanding what it will take to achieve your specific business goals will help keep enough meat in your bottom line.
Whether your plan is to sell your business, leave it to your kids or retire as a silent partner, all business owners need an effective exit strategy. Your accountant should be your go-to advisor here with extensive knowledge about tax compliance, tax minimisation strategies, business valuation, due diligence and estate planning.
If your accountant is not stepping up to the plate in these five key areas, perhaps it’s time to ask yourself if they really are worth the invoices they send.


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How does Mother Nature do it?
One of the best parts of spring takes place when you spot that first flower peeking out of the ground. After a long, dreary winter, it's the first sign that warm weather is on its way. This tunnel in Japan illustrates that concept perfectly — multiplied by one hundred million.
The Kawachi Fuji Gardens are located in Kitakyushu, Japan, and embody a seamless blend of architecture and nature. The garden features 150 wisteria plants, along with 20 different species, but the tunnel is the crown jewel. People often describe walking under the blanket of blooming wisterias as a very tranquil experience, which makes sense since this flower is a symbol Buddhists use to represent prayer.
Seriously, have you ever seen anything that looks more magical?
The flowers haven't bloomed this year yet, which means there's still time for you to catch them. Late April and mid-May are the best times to visit if you want to see the tunnel at its peak, but there's also an annual Wisteria Festival, which happens on 27 - 29 April if you want to spend your days with people who are just as obsessed with this purple flower as you.


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If you feel drained of energy and motivation, this one's for you. This is a bit different for me because it's sorta touchy feely, but stay with me.
I talk about the little things that give me fuel each day, and encourage you to notice them in your life.
- What made you laugh in the past few days?
- What small things make you feel good?
Sink into your experiences each day to figure out how to fuel your fire. It will help you energize a job search or face a difficult job each day.


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157 Jenness Ln I, Newport News, VA 23602 (#10242505) :: Abbitt Realty Co.
Fresh paint and carpet on this low maintenance end unit town home in a quiet neighborhood. Great room has terrific wall space for furniture and access to a private back yard great for entertaining. Great for an investor to rent out with cash flow. Easy drive to shopping and work centers. Condo fee includes trash and water/sewer.


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We Love Process. You Love Process.
Our streamlined custom-engineering process can help your process-intensive facility run more smoothly from coking to the cat cracker.
It’s a truth made plain to everyone downstream: Every. Minute. Counts. That’s why Federal ensures superior turnaround times for all downstream components through our advanced custom engineering capabilities. You get the component you need when you need it and with superior service along the way.
When it comes to downstream flanges and connectors, Federal has proven its ability to be a leading supplier to the refining and petrochemical sector. But don’t take our word for it.
Contact your Federal representative or email info@federalflange.com for a list of customer facility references.

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