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Recently I've been working with containers a lot and the most popular technology out there is, of course, Docker. On top of allowing you to easily run containers using the docker run command, Docker provides a method to build container images and a format for the resulting image. By writing a Dockerfile and executing the docker build command you can easily create images that can be run anywhere (within some constraints) Docker is installed.
For instance, here is a DockerFile for running a simple file server.
This is a really simple docker file but if you actually build it and look at the size you'll notice it's pretty big?
On the first line of the Dockerfile above you'll notice that it says FROM debian:jessie. This is significant because what this means is that we are basing our Docker image off of the debian:jessie image on Docker Hub. What makes it so big is that the image contains an entire Debian 8.x installation. If you then install things like gcc, g++ or other build tools the size will get even bigger.
Ok. so let's take a look at how we might create a Docker image for Redis. The Dockerfile is pretty straightforward. We download the redis source code compile and install it. Then at the end we delete all the tools we used to build it since they aren't needed to run it. So we're good right?
Well, no. Whenever you have a RUN command in your Dockerfile, Docker will create an image layer in your image. Essentially, your image is a bunch of diffs where each layer contains information on the difference between each layer. So here even if we delete the build tools at the end, they are still contained in a previous layer that Docker needs to built up the current layer. So all our work to make the image smaller makes no difference!
How to Make it Smaller?
You may have guessed the right solution, but the way to make the image smaller is to only create a layer after we have deleted the build tools & libraries. You can do that by executing all the commands in one single RUN command in your Dockerfile.
You can see here that it installs all the build dependencies, downloads the Redis source code, builds Redis, and then deletes all the build tools & clears the apt cache all in one RUN command. This ensures that Docker will create an image layer only after all the unnecessary bits have been deleted.
This won't fix the problem of including the entire operating system but at least solves the problem of having extra build dependencies included in the image.
Docker images usually inherit from a Debian or Ubuntu image. One reason that they are needed is that the application is linked to a number of libraries dynamically and these are required for the app to run. Other reasons why this is the case is that all the normal Linux tools are installed so it's easier to debug and install new software with apt.
At Google, all of the applications that are run in the datacenter are run inside a container. Including a bunch of stuff in the container image or archive is a waste that increases network usage as the binaries are copied to machines that need to run them. In order to make the applications work they are all built as static binaries. I think this is a pretty awesome way to do things as it allows the app to have all the necessary parts built into the image and reduces complexity. You can probably think of the reason why Go compiles apps statically by default as being due to the culture of building cloud applications this way.
I'll go into this a bit more in later blog posts on the subject.


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How does a $50 gift card to nearly every restaurant in downtown Bay Shore sound to you?
That’s at least $1,000 in free food.
The Bay Shore Restaurant Committee will be giving away a stack of $50 gift cards and gift certificates for the third-ever “30 Days of Dining in Bay Shore” raffle contest.
The winner will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. at Pinot’s Palette, located 61 West Main Street. The proceeds will help fund the Alive by the Bay summer street festival series, which is also run by the committee.
Over 20 restaurants are participating in the contest (full list below), which is now in its second year. For this installment of the contest, the raffle tickets will be $10 and are now available at the restaurants in and around the downtown.
Below is the list. Keep scrolling to see all the restaurants. Pinot’s Palette and the YMCA Boulton Center for Performing Arts will also be adding gift cards.

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Q: Didn’t Hamas start this fighting by provoking Israel?
A: According to this interpretation of events: 1. Palestinians killed Israeli teens -> 2. Israel responded -> 3. Hamas began rocket fire -> 4. Israel attacked Gaza.
A longer cycle. The first problem with this sequence is that if you go a little further back, you find further provocations and attacks by Israel, further responses by Palestinians, and so on, going back decades. For example, on May 15, 2014, Israeli soldiers murdered two Palestinian teens in Beitunia, for no apparent reason (see: http://electronicintifada.net/tags/beitunia-killings). Even if you see the conflict as a ‘cycle of violence’, the primary responsibility lies with the more powerful party, since it is the more powerful party that will determine the course of both war and peace in any ‘cycle’. Israel is by far the more powerful party. The question of ‘who started it’ is really a question about who is responsible. Israel can stop this massacre at any moment.
Revenge does not apply to innocents. But the second problem is more important. It is immoral to see the killings of the Israeli teens as a ‘response’ to, or ‘revenge’ for, the killings of the Palestinian teens in May. It is also immoral to see the torture and burning alive of a Palestinian teenager by Israeli settlers as a ‘response’ to the killings of the teens. The only acceptable moral response to crimes like murder is to bring the individuals responsible to justice. Justice, according to the law, does not allow revenge against other people.
Substitute the word “Palestinians” for “the radical Islamic movement”, and you have a more honest statement of what these attacks may be about: “drilling without consent”.
“The present genocidal wave has, like all the previous ones, also a more immediate background. It has been born out of an attempt to foil the Palestinian decision to form a unity government that even the United States could not object to.
Q: Wait, what is the unity government?
A: Beginning last July (2013), there was another “peace process” that was initiated by US Secretary of State John Kerry, involving Netanyahu on the Israeli side and Mahmoud Abbas, from Fatah, whose electoral mandate expired in 2009 (a point I’ll return to). The deadline set for an agreement was April 2014. Over the course of this “peace process”, Israel continued to build settlements in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory Israel is militarily occupying.
When the April 2014 deadline arrived, Abbas had no agreement from Israel to show, only new settlements and new preconditions for talks. At that point, Abbas agreed to join Hamas in a unity government and prepare for new elections, which would be the first since 2005/6, when Abbas won the presidential election (2005) and Hamas won the legislative elections (2006).
Even though Israel had offered Abbas nothing, when the unity government proposal arose, Netanyahu said that Abbas could have peace with Israel or with Hamas, but not both – but he had already shown that Israel had no interest in peace, regardless of what Abbas did.
It is worth noting just how favorable the unity government agreement was, to both Abbas and, potentially, to Israel, as Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group (ICG) wrote in the July 17/14 NYT: Hamas transferred formal authority to Ramallah, giving up official control of Gaza. But “Israel immediately sought to undermine the reconciliation agreement by preventing Hamas leaders and residents from obtaining the two most essential benefits of the deal: the payment of salaries to 43,000 civil servants who worked for the Hamas government and continue to administer Gaza under the new one, and the easing of the suffocating border closures imposed by Israel and Egypt that bar most Gazans’ passage to the outside world.” Qatar offered to pay the salaries. The UN offered to deliver the salaries. But the US allowed Israel to block both efforts.
Q: But why did Hamas reject the ceasefire offers?
Q: Civilian deaths have been kept to a minimum by Israeli doctrine, haven’t they?
“The Dahiya doctrine (which refers to the Dahiya neighborhood in Beirut that Israel purposely decimated in its 2006 assault on Lebanon) is Israel’s preferred method of warfare. Under this doctrine, the Israeli army deploys overwhelmingly disproportionate force against civilian infrastructure to restore Israel’s deterrence and turn the local population against its enemy, i.e. Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
Q: Even if 80% of deaths have been civilians, 20% have been militants, right?
“Using precision guided missiles, the Israeli army claims it is only bombing people and infrastructure “affiliated with Hamas terrorism” — and the international community is buying it.
“What is not being discussed, however, is who and what constitutes a Hamas affiliate.
“Hamas is more than just a militant organization, it is the political party that was democratically elected in 2006 to govern the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Hamas’s control means that almost everyone and everything in Gaza can be considered a Hamas affiliate. This unchallenged loose definition has enabled Israel’s war architects to widen the definition of legitimate targets to include civilians and civilian infrastructure, including mosques, schools, hospitals, banks, electricity lines and residential homes, all of which have been targeted.
Q: Such civilian deaths as have occurred have occurred because militants hide among civilians, right?
A: There is nowhere for anyone to hide in Gaza. Gaza is one of the most densely populated 360 sq km strips of land on earth. Israel defines everyone in Gaza as a militant. Israel and Egypt have ensured that no one can leave Gaza. Israel is now shelling and bombing Gaza. Civilians have no place to hide from Israeli bombs and shells. There is nowhere civilians can go to prevent Israel from defining them as militants, and there is nowhere anyone can go in Gaza to be safe from bombs – Israel bombs houses, apartments, UNRWA compounds, hospitals – the story of ‘militants hiding among civilians’ is simply an Israeli excuse for bombing and killing civilians freely.
Q: Surely you cannot expect Israel to stand by while the rockets continue to terrorize them?
“Opening Gaza borders to (inspected) trade so the commercial viability of the Gaza tunnel system is undermined and factions must make their own tunnels just for smuggling weapons. This reduction would likely be dramatic, and it would also bring Israel into compliance with international law that bans the collective punishment of civilians. It would also mean an end to Israel’s murdering of commercial smugglers.
“Israel could actually pursue peace and a solution to the overall crisis that actually respects Palestinian demands. That is, stop giving their enemies reasons to actively fight them, and watch support for the remaining fighters all but evaporate. I can’t guarantee this would work, but it has never been tried.
“Stop targeting Hamas’s civilian, non-operational leadership for assassination, which draws profound resentment from the Palestinian people and consistently, as Juan Cole notes, strengthens Hamas’s hand in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Q: The civil wars in Iraq and Syria, the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the conflicts in Sudan and Congo and Nigeria have claimed many more lives than this conflict. Isn’t it hypocrisy for people in the world be so upset over a few hundred dead Palestinians in the face of these much larger death tolls?
“Those who commit atrocities in the Arab world against oppressed minorities and helpless communities, as well as the Israelis who commit these crimes against the Palestinian people, should all be judged by the same moral and ethical standards. They are all war criminals, though in the case of Palestine they have been at work longer than anyone else.
“It does not really matter what the religious identity is of the people who commit the atrocities or in the name of which religion they purport to speak. Whether they call themselves jihadists, Judaists or Zionists, they should be treated in the same way.
A: The problem with this question is that it misunderstands the parties to the conflict. The questioner has slipped from “Israel and the Palestinians” to “Israel and the Arabs”. “The Arabs” are not a party to this conflict – Arab-speaking countries of the Gulf, North Africa, and the rest of the Middle East are not under Israel’s occupation, nor are they refugees from Israel’s founding in 1948. The Palestinians are. The Palestinians are the victims of the current Israeli operations, not “the Arabs”.
A: Writing in the NYT on July 18/14, Jodi Rudoren, like many others, makes much of the difference between this Israeli attack on besieged Gaza and previous attacks, like 2009 and 2012. In 2009, Rudoren writes, “Israel quickly bisected the tiny coastal enclave and blockaded Gaza City, where they engaged in gun battles with Hamas fighters. On Friday, the troops operated mainly in farmland within about a mile of Gaza’s northern, southern and eastern edges, and quickly announced they had uncovered more than 20 tunnel exit points. Setting the bar relatively low helps hold back public expectations, provide the military with achievable goals, and build international legitimacy.” In this analysis, Hamas is isolated and weaker because in previous rounds, Hamas could count on more support from Syria’s government (right now in the middle of a civil war) and a friendly government in Egypt (which was never that friendly, but which has now, under Sisi, returned to the traditional pattern of working for Israel and isolating the Palestinians since the 2013 coup). Israel, and consequently, the Western media, are focused on “the tunnels” – into which much of Palestinian life has been driven because of the siege – as the enemy. Israel claims that Hamas’s fighters are a threat because of these tunnels.
Israel’s ability to keep this up depends on several factors. One is the regional factor, which is now providing few restraints (civil war in Iraq and Syria, a pro-Israel regime in Egypt). Another factor is how difficult it is for Western leaders to sell the war to Western civil society. In this attack, a gap may have opened up between the Israeli public and the Western public at large, as the picnics, outrageous comments, trophy photos and the like that are being shared in social media and collected in Western media show – see for example (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/middleeast/israelis-watch-bombs-drop-on-gaza-from-front-row-seats.html). At some point, the atrocities will reach a level that will trigger Western leaders to get Israel to stop.
Q: Is there anything to do?
A: Israel is a part of the West. Its economy and politics are fully integrated with the West. It simply cannot do this without support from the US, Canada, and Europe. If you go to demonstrations against Israel’s attacks, whether this one or the next ones, join the BDS Movement (bdsmovement.net), write letters to politicians or to media outlets, you will be up against an organized an organized, extensive, pro-Israel effort. You will have to do your homework and realize there are people preparing professional talking points about every historical fact and argument you come across. It may be years before anything improves, and things may get still worse. But Israel depends on international support, including from the public, more than most – that is why they devote so much energy and effort to politicians and the media in the West. This is a conflict where activists can make a difference.
Justin Podur is a writer and activist based in Toronto.

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So it has been almost 2 months since I last posted anything. Let me catch you up on what’s been happening…just give me a second…I’m sure there’s been something…Nope I got nothing. Not one thing. Two months have passed, and I can’t really remember much about them. I have been utterly lost in life. Does that ever happen to you?
This is not the good kind of “lost.” The kind where you just get so caught up in the moment, caught up in living that things like blogs and email and social media fall by the wayside. That kind of lost (which I don’t even think of as lost, so much as I do just truly living) is ok. More than ok. That kind of lost is simply perfection. What more could anyone ask than to be so entirely immersed in your own life that you forget to play commentator?
What I have been doing? It has not been that. That kind of living involves conscious appreciation for each moment that you’re experiencing. It involves being in the moment and knowing that you’re in the moment and loving the fact that you’re in the moment. I’m grateful to have had many times like that (I even blogged about my last one) in the past, and I’m sure I’ll have many more in the future. But that is not what has been going on the last two months.
As I said before, I have been lost. I know that I’ve worked. I’ve played. I’ve cleaned. I’ve loved. I’m sure I even enjoyed a large part of May and June. But I don’t really feel it. You know? It’s just one of those times when you look up and go, “it’s almost July? When did that happen?” I have just been caught up in the daily grind.
There. I said it. I started to edit myself, but then I thought “why?” What better way to describe the feeling that your life is a chore? There isn’t one. I typed and retyped and nothing. else. worked. So there it is. You can love it or hate it, but you can’t deny the truth that sometimes only an f-bomb will do. And this is definitely one of those times. At least for me it is. You see, I live my life fairly loosey-goosey. I’m not big on structures and schedules. I like to take what life throws at me and run with it.
Dinner at 8 instead of 6 so we can capture the fading sunlight? Yes!
Cancelled date with dirty clothes and dirty floors so we can have a bonfire with the family? Absolutely!
Bedtime moved back to 11 because the lightning bugs were begging to be chased? Fantastic!
These are the things that make me happy. These are what make me really feel my life down in my bones. And sometimes a schedule just gets in the way of all that. Call me a hippy, but I just love LIFE. I love my family, my friends, my job. I love doing everything and doing nothing. I enjoy it all. So you can see why it feeling like a chore pisses me off so much.
I know I said I snapped myself out of it, but I have to give a shout out to my friend at work. He just would NOT STOP asking me about my blog. He kept it front and center in my mind, which lead to the whole U-Turn epiphany and to this blog, which has now turned into the longest “Hello!” in the world. Thanks for not letting me give it up!
Today has been a day that reminded me, more than once, why I chose the name “My Household DISorder.” Note the emphasis on the “dis.” Scratch that. This week has reminded me why.
I don’t know if my kids have become messier or if I’ve been lazier, but for whatever reason, I just can’t keep up this week. My house is a disaster. For every one thing I pick up, three more materialize on the floor. I know what you’re thinking parents. “That’s just having kids. Nothing special.” My response? I know it always seems that way, but I swear to god it’s ACTUALLY happening in my house this week.
I’ve also been experiencing a little “case of the melancholies” as I like to call it. This means that instead of the mess spurring me into a cleaning frenzy, it has beaten me down. I’ve been stomped into a catatonic state of “I don’t give a damn.” This week has stolen all my mom magic that allows me to be a human punching bag. I am defeated. Knocked out. Life is the champion this round.
Given this information you have probably figured out that there hasn’t been a lot of kitchen action this week. I’ll spare you the details, but just know this: Ham sandwiches and bananas. For dinner. Last night. Yeah… Because of this new low, I decided I should get back in the ring tonight and actually feed my family. I should have just stayed down for the count.
Since it’s Cinco de Mayo, I decided to make quesadillas. (The fact that they require almost no work and are done in like, 2 seconds, had nothing to do with it. Promise.) I was about to get started in the kitchen when I got a phone call. Since the kids were happily playing in J’s bedroom, I switched the burner right back off and stepped into the living room to take the call. Having lulled me into a false sense of security, my darling children chose this moment to act.
I came back into the kitchen to discover the loaf of bread COVERED in mustard. My kids somehow (don’t you wish we could ever know how?!) managed to silently sneak into the kitchen, silently open the child locked refrigerator, silently retrieve the bread from the counter, and silently squeeze half the bottle of yellow mustard onto it. My hearing is admittedly pretty terrible, but this seems impossible. I mean, I live in a double wide for crying out loud! My living room is literally right next to the kitchen! And yet, they made it happen.
My small silver lining was that at least the bread wasn’t ruined. The mustard was only covering the plastic. Except that it wasn’t. My brilliant (read:devious) little angels had poked little angel finger sized holes in the plastic first. And then had squeezed the not so little amount of mustard onto the bag. Where it proceeded to seep perfectly into the entire loaf of bread.
I surprisingly still made the quesadillas. Which J promptly turned into quesadilla soup all over the dining room table when he poured out his cup. Apparently, my small Cinco de Mayo celebration of quesadillas for dinner wasn’t enough for my kids. They have decided to throw their own party. One in which they release all their inner demons. Is it Cinco de Seis yet?????
Did I mention I started this day by accidently calling my boss? At 2:32 this morning? Oh yeah, it happened. It’s a good thing that I’ve known him practically forever. And that we are good friends. And that my whole store team is like one big family. I mean, could you imagine if it wasn’t??? But still, what a way to kick off my day.
So, last night I finally made the orzo pasta. It was an ordeal and not even worth the effort. I got a late start, which meant I was rushing. This is never a good thing. Speed is my friend in every other aspect of life, but in the kitchen? It only ever leads to pain and suffering.
Needless to say, I was not remotely in the mood to eat by the time the dust had settled and dinner was done. Here’s the end result.
At this point an old adage comes to mind. “Looks can be deceiving.” TRUE. Very, very true. I did not like this one bit. I’m really weird about texture, and this was just mushy and gross. Luckily, my family is not as discerning, and the kids and husband were able to eat it just fine. Me on the other hand? I feasted on gourmet pastries in the twilight of the evening. Which is to say, I grabbed some Poptarts around 9:00 when the anger finally subsided enough for me to feel hungry.
I think S is trying to become the next IPhone photo phenom. She is constantly taking pictures, and gets bent out of shape if her “subject” isn’t cooperating. For example, last night she was having a photo session and decided to get a little artsy. She carefully placed a water bottle just so on an end table and began snapping pictures. J kept knocking the bottle off. S had an all out artistic fit, frustrated tears, yelling, and desperate attempts to make J understand the importance of said bottle included. Did I mention she’s just barely three?
So, I didn’t attempt the orzo past yesterday. The sky was just too blue and the sun just too bright. I HAD to be outside! So after picking my kids up, we played and played outside. By the time we came in, it was after 6:00, and the thought of starting in on a dish was depressing. I didn’t want to spoil the warm, cozy mood the sunshine had lent us, so frozen pizzas were popped in the oven. And I don’t even feel bad about it.
This will be an ongoing problem as we get deeper into warm weather. You see, I thrive on sunshine. Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you. Too many days of rain in a row, and I turn into a depressed, cynical Wednesday Adams caricature. I’m practically unbearable towards the end of winter. January and February really should not exist on my calendar. So when the sun finally comes to save me, I soak it up like a dried up flower after a drought.
In fact, we are headed out to picnic at the park right now. It’s another gorgeous day just begging for attention. I’ve spent the morning cleaning, and responsibility can hold me no more. My floors are vacuumed and mopped, and the laundry is moving right along. The kids were little angels and helped me pick up, so we’ve all earned a break. Also, the thought of letting J and S “feed” the sparkling clean kitchen floor gets my blood boiling. So out for a picnic lunch we go! *It may be a slightly selfish reason for taking them out, but a moms gotta do what a moms gotta do. And hey, everyone wins here!
Hopefully I’ll feel up to attempting the pasta when we get home. If not it’s going to be PB & J and grapes for dinner. We will just have to see where the sunshine takes me today.
Once again, it’s time for lists and grocery stores. What I really should be doing is planning that out. Instead, I’m going to choose to ignore the dwindling supply of food in my house. At least we will be fully stocked up on vitamin D!!
Well, it finally happened. I have suffered a defeat in the kitchen. Although if I’m honest, it took much longer than expected. I fully believed I would fail from day one, so to have made it this far before this happened is a victory in itself. And thank God for that! I know myself, and if I hadn’t bolstered my confidence with all my previous success, I would be an angry hot mess right now. I would send the family away to find dinner, slam around cleaning while shouting some explicit phrases at EVERY SINGLE (insert choice word) PAN, and go to bed seething and starving. Luckily, that didn’t have to happen this time. I mean, I have spent years learning not to be a sore loser, but when it comes to the kitchen, all bets are off.
So let me break it down for you. I decided to attempt sweet potato and black bean taquitos with a side of mexican seasoned rice. The recipe in itself didn’t seem too complicated, and I thought I could just cook up some rice and season it myself to pair with the taquitos. That should have been my first indication that things were amiss, me thinking I could fly solo on something. I missed the sign though, and so started in on prepping the taquitos. It was a battle from the get go. You see, sweet potatoes are kind of hard to peel and dice. At least, the two monster size ones I had picked out were. I wasn’t prepared for it, and it set the tone for the rest of the evening.
I finally got them all cubed up and the beans rinsed and drained, only to realize that I didn’t have the corn the recipe called for. “Small hiccup,” I thought. “I’m sure they will be fine without it.” I continued on with the cheese and seasonings, got the filling all mixed, and lay out my pan to start rolling. By this point, the prep has taken me twice as long as expected (why can’t I learn that those little numbers on recipes lie?!), the kids are screaming, and I don’t even want to eat dinner. But I soldiered on, hastily rolling the taquitos and popping them in the oven. I then got to work on the rice.
It’s well known that rice can be finicky. I have cooked real rice, meaning not pre-seasoned instant rice, only one time before today. For this reason I should not have been as confident as I was. Instead, I chose to make not one but two cups of rice, thinking it would be so good we would all want seconds. I was wrong. I messed up the cooking, did not add anywhere near enough seasoning, and then tried to fix the disaster by adding cheese to make it “cheesy mexican rice.” I didn’t even want to try a bite, but I forced myself to. It wasn’t edible. AT ALL. It was a mushy disgusting mess. The two toddlers would not even touch this stuff.
So our dinner consisted of slightly bland taquitos and nothing else. I managed to mess those up too by not following the recipe closely enough. I thought I could just season them myself instead of taking the time to measure everything out. Again, I was wrong. They were at least edible though, and I think the recipe is a keeper if I were to follow it to the letter. Although after my defeat today, I’m sure it will be a while before I can bring myself to try them again.
Today marked the official end of my winning-at-life streak. I’m hoping things simply go back to normal. That I just return to being unlucky and carry on my merry way. That the universe does not exact karmic revenge for my winning times to balance things out. I’ll keep you posted.
Welcome to the new site! I shocked myself today by actually following through with my plans to revamp the blog this week. It is still a work in progress, but I’m happy with what I’ve done so far. You see, despite the fact that I started a blog, I am not tech savvy in the least. It took me far longer than I’d like to admit (an undisclosed number of hours, yes hours, as in more than just one) to get what I have so far updated onto the page. Several times I thought I had something done correctly, only to go view my page and see none of the changes. I finally managed to get it all sorted out, and here are the results! Let me know what you guys think!
I also scored a HUGE win with dinner tonight. It was time to try another new recipe, so I opted for Lemon and Old Bay seasoned Tilapia. I have never cooked anything other than fish sticks before, but I was not as scared as I thought I would be to try this. Maybe it was because the picture on Pinterest looked so good. I was just ready to try it! I paired it with another new Pinterest find, parmesan zucchini and corn. Take a look!
That’s right, this dinner was good enough to warrant a picture! I mean, I really outdid myself this time guys! I recommend everyone trying both of these sometime because they were both ridiculously delicious. And if you aren’t a fish eater, at least go make the zucchini and corn side dish. I promise you, you’ll thank me. I could have eaten the entire bowl!
So today has been just full of successes! And these are coming just behind 3 other major winning moments!! I was champion gamer at Friday game night with my friends. I FINALLY beat my brother at Munchkin on Sunday and Monday I won a contest for the first time in my life! I am currently on a major life upswing, and I’m loving it!! Let’s see how far it can take me!
but today was the day. I absolutely HAD to go to the grocery store. I knew it when I went to bed last night, and it was the first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning. I thought that was only supposed to happen with things you love, but I guess any strong emotion (hate, loathing, despair) can do it. I know I should stop complaining about how much I hate grocery shopping, especially since it isn’t something I can stop doing, but it seems to help me get through it. I’m hoping that one outcome of this journey I’m on will be a lessening of my hatred for anything grocery related, but until then you’ll just have to bear with me.
So the morning started off tainted, and only got worse from there. I managed to find two packets of oatmeal in my bare cupboards, so the kids did at least get breakfast. Unfortunately, they both decided the floor was hungry and needed half of each of their bowls. And apparently getting mopped can really wear a floor out, so J helped quench its thirst with his entire cup of milk. Yep, we really got off to a roaring start this morning.
While all this floor feeding was going on, I was struggling through my menu and list. I have to admit, it actually wasn’t too bad this time. Since I’ve kind of been slacking the last few weeks, I decided to make this a week full of new recipes. This makes my planning easier, as I just go through Pinterest and pick out things that look good and that I think I can execute. Everything’s a trade off though, because an easier menu planning/list writing week usually means a harder week in the kitchen. I’m sure I’ll have lots to talk about.
Between the cleaning and the list making, I was done before I’d even left for the store, but as I’ve already pointed out, I could avoid this no longer. So I packed up the kids and headed out. I managed to get a good 10 minutes away from my house when it hit me. I had spent over an hour forcing myself to create a list and then promptly left said list at home. At this point I was too pissed off about the whole situation to shop without it, so I turned around and headed back home. There’s nothing like a little anger to really get me motivated, so I snatched up the list and booked it to the store. I shopped with a fury raging inside and finished in record time.
It’s really sweet when your 3 year old tries to clean up the mess for you. It’s not so sweet when what she picks up off the dirty clothes hamper to clean with is a white t-shirt. Your favorite white t-shirt. Your only white t-shirt that you’ve been able to keep white. Until now that is.


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Joe the Plumber, a war correspondent for Pajamas Media, thinks the media should no longer report on the war. That's right. No longer report on the war. Any war. MORON.
Flag burning is wrong, but it shouldn't be illegal if its a form of protest. If it's an act of vandalism. Well that's a different story.
Our nation's symbol and the symbol of our Football team has returned to Philadelphia. This is what the ancients called an Omen.
Paula Followed By Mall Security? Corey Clark: Wanted Man!
Paula Abdul news left and right! Whitney to replace Paula on Idol? And more!
Paula calls for Safer Nail Salons? Corey Clark gets into a scuffle!

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Will the FOMC Address the Lousy GDP?
It’s Fed day. Their monetary policy statement will be read in two hour’s time. It will be interesting to see if they address the GDP report released this morning at 0.1%, well below the 1.0% expected and WAY down from the 2.6% seen Q4 of 2013. GDP is, in my opinion, the biggest measure of economic activity in any country. The Fed has a target growth rate for GDP at 2-2.5% per year so this one really stinks. Will they continue to taper their bond purchases by another $10B going forward? We’ll know in a couple of hours and see how the markets react.
The Commerce Department reports that the home ownership rate in the US is currently at an 18 year low of 65%. Since 2008 there have been almost 5 million homes foreclosed, though the velocity is slowing down significantly. There were 43,000 foreclosures in February this year, a 15% decline from the same time last year. As a result, there are fewer existing homes for sale. At the same time, builders are selling fewer, though higher priced homes to keep labor costs down and profits up. This is driving home prices upward; Case Shiller shows values are up 12.9% Y-O-Y in their 20 cities analyzed. March showed a peak increase of 13.7%.
The number of New Home Sales plunged 14.5% from last month to 384K per annum, well below the 455K units forecast to be sold. This is the lowest reading since last July, and combined with the lower Existing Home Sales volume released yesterday has number nerds across the country jabbering on about a another downturn in the housing market.
RealtyTrac just published this chart showing the monthly cost of renting versus owning a home across the country. As of today, rents in Salt Lake County are more expensive than the average mortgage payment by about $30. As a result of the gigantic student populations at either end of University Parkway, Utah County’s rents are $200 less expensive than in Salt Lake County. The average mortgage payment is $133 higher that the average rent in Happy Valley. With an average appreciation rate of 5% on a $229,900 median sales price home, you stand to gain $11,500 is just the first year of home ownership, or roughly 1000% return on your $133 investment into your future. Don’t be a renter.
The outlook for Manufacturing is bright and sunny this beautiful spring morning. The Philly Fed survey comes in at 16.6, almost double the expected number. For this index, 0.0 represents the break even point, so a reading of 16 is very optimistic indeed.
Initial Jobless Claims show 304,000 Americans filed for Unemployment for the first time last week. This is lower than the 312,000 expected.
These two bits of data indicate economic growth and put upward pressure on interest rates.
Another Dip in New Construction?
After taking a mild dive last month, Housing Starts are up 3% in March to an annualized rate of 946,000 new units, missing expectations but still a positive. On the other hand, Building Permits fell 2.4% so next month’s Starts might not look so pretty. This is surprising to me given that builders had a rough winter, existing inventory is down, and the spring home buying season is in full swing.
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in March, double the analysts expectations, but right in line with policy makers’ target increase to keep inflation growing at 2.0-2.5% per year.
NAHB Housing Index is still below the “contented” line of 50, measuring a 47 in March.
While I was in San Diego last week, MBS staged a little rally. Trading days saw a lot of volatility and Conventional loans benefitted at the end of the week, dropping 1/8% in interest rate.
“The U.S. economy is still considerably short of the two goals assigned to the Federal Reserve by the Congress of low and stable inflation and maximum sustainable employment.” –Janet Yellen. That statement by the Chair of the Federal Reserve yesterday sent Stock and Bond prices up in the late afternoon. But Bonds are at the top of a falling channel, meaning that mortgage interest rates are rising if they don’t break out here.
CoreLogic reported that home prices rose 0.8% from January to February, and 12.2% since last February. This month marks the 24th consecutive month for price increases. This is great information to pass on to your clients who are putting off buying a home. That same house will cost them a lot more money this time next year.

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Today, we have gathered a list few Useful jQuery Plugins which can help the developers.
It is an excellent jQuery plugin which helps the developers merge one image into another image.
jQuery Tools is a collection of some excellent tools which you can use on your websites. It contains different effects and goodies which can be used by anyone, even the ones who don’t have any coding knowledge as they have many demo videos which can be checked to use these tools.
Ajax Captcha is an excellent jQuery plugin which can be used to create different fancy captcha forms to help you protect your websites from spammers.
Vertically scrolling menu is a useful jQuery tool which can be used to add attractive and innovative vertically scrolling menus on your blogs and websites.
With Background Position Plugin, users can create background image animations easily without any advance coding knowledge.
With Visualize Chart Plugin, developer can convert any regular HTML tables into visual charts.
Developers can easily add rounded corners to any element using jQuery’s wrap.
With Uploading jQuery Plugin, you can integrates a fully-customizable multiple file upload utility on your website.
AD Gallery is an excellent jQuery plugin which help users convert unordered list of images into simple slideshows which are easy to navigate.
Easy Slider is another useful jQuery plugin which can be used to add multiple sliding features to any website. For example auto scrolling, continuous scrolling, vertical sliding etc.
Social Media has become one of the most popular way of promoting your website or blog on the internet. Every blog has integrated social bookmark buttons on their websites to share their content. Using jQuery, users can create a good looking share box for their blogs and websites.
TinyTips is an excellent jQuery plugin which enable users to add tooltips to any element on the page.
Real Time Tweets helps users add twitter bar to there posts which shows latest tweets from your timeline and also those tweets which are related to your posts.
UI Datepicker is an excellent jQuery plugin which adds datepicker functionality to web pages and forms, so that they are easy to fill.
TabContainer can be used to create tabbed sections on websites and blogs.
With jQuery Notes plugin, users can add notes to any image on your website or blog.
With gMap, users can easy add Google Maps functionality on their website or blog.
The jQuery PhotoShoot plugin gives you the ability to convert any div on your web page into a photo shooting effect, complete with a view finder.
With jTextTranslate, users can easily translate words into any language. Just highlight the word and it will automatically translate into any language.
Quicksand is an excellent jQuery plugin which enable users to Reorder and filter items with a nice shuffling animation.
If you know about any other good jQuery plugins which can be useful for developers, please share with us using the comments section below.
Hey, thanks for sharing these great tools! Much appreciated.


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The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) has announced its expansion into Francophone Africa. At a Women in Agriculture reception dinner held on September 5, 2017, during the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, AWARD’s Director, launched the call for applications for top women scientists from Francophone Africa.
The high-level dinner was well attended by various Head of States and Ministers including: HE the former President of Ghana, John Kufour; HE the former President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete; HE the Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan; the Minister for Agriculture of Côte d’Ivoire, Amadou Coulibaly; among other dignitaries.
Speaking at the reception dinner, Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg noted that one of the biggest challenges AWARD has faced is a deep desire to be truly pan-African by investing in women scientists from Francophone Africa. She further noted that the situation is changing thanks to the generous support from partners led by the Agropolis Fondation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
“Tonight, I am excited to announce the launch of a three-year initiative that will support the development of women’s leadership in agricultural research across francophone Africa,” said Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg.
The AWARD Fellowship, a two-year career development program, invests in the continent’s leading women agricultural scientists to ensure a growing cohort of capable, confident, and influential African women scientists available to lead critical gender-responsive advances and innovations in the agricultural sector.
AWARD describes gender-responsive research as research that addresses the distinctive needs and priorities of both men and women across the agricultural value chain. This new round of fellowship is part of AWARD’s larger strategic focus on increasing the gender responsiveness of agricultural research across the continent.
“At AWARD, we believe that agriculture has the potential to lift Africa out of poverty but we must be intentional in ensuring that economic growth is inclusive. We must build agriculture driven economic growth that lifts ALL Africans out of poverty and that means we cannot afford to leave women behind,” emphasized Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg.
African women scientists who are citizens of one of the eligible countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, or Togo) and have completed a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in an agricultural discipline, are encouraged to apply for this prestigious two-year career development program.
For more information, see the announcement on our website.

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24th June, 2017. Minors 2-4pm, adults 4-5pm.
The RRA have produced this website as a resource to all residents of the area. It is intended to facilitate easy and direct communication with members of the committee and to provide a platform for residents to raise and discuss issues related to this area of Dublin city.


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Lyric Opera of Chicago’s annual concert, Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park, given during last weekend, was both a tribute to the many facets of opera and a preview of what lies ahead in the upcoming repertoire season.
The first part of the evening was devoted to excerpts from works by Giuseppe Verdi surrounding judiciously chosen selections from operas by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, and Puccini. The second half of the concert featured a selection form Act I and the whole of Act II from Puccini’s La bohème, with which the new season will open on 6 October 2018. The Lyric Opera Orchestra was conducted by Domingo Hindoyan, who will make his debut with the company in the performances of La bohème. The Lyric Opera Chorus was prepared by its Chorus Master Michael Black; the Chicago Children’s Chorus was prepared by Josephine Lee. General Director of Lyric Opera Anthony Freud provided welcoming and introductory remarks along with prefatory commentaries for the musical selections.
After a lyrically gentle and subsequently rousing performance of the overture to Verdi’s La forza del destino, led by Hindoyan with thoughtful precision, vocal selections began with the aria “Eri tu” (“It was you”) from Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. Baritone Zachary Nelson performed the piece as an evocative reflection on the conflicting emotions of live, presumed betrayal, and hatred. Nelson’s assumption of the character Renato’s persona was evident from the start as he recalled with touching legato the happy days of love presumed lost. The emotional shift focused here on the intonation of “Traditor!” left no doubt of the fury now predominant in Renato’s heart. Nelson’s final, summary line, “O dolcezze perdute, o speranze d’amor, d’amor, d’amor,” (O lost delights, o hopes of love, of love, of love”), was sung with urgency and a gracefully held top pitch to close. In the following, two-part selection from Verdi’s Ernani, bass Adrian Sâmpetrean expressed Silva’s initial lament at finding his niece Elvira the object of unexpected suitors; in the following cabaletta Silva’s determination to exact revenge emerged in rapid melodic ardor. Sâmpetrean’s many roles in bel canto opera make especially suitable his assumption of this part in n early Verdi masterpiece. The voice maintains an attractive vibrato in the middle range, which Sâmpetrean allows to color individual lines distinctly. His credible shift into the cabaletta showed further decorative and dramatic sensitivity in underscoring the character’s text. Later in the first part of the concert the Lyric Opera Chorus performed with gusto and absolute control the “Anvil Chorus” from Il trovatore. Also a treasured Verdian favorite, the Lyric Opera Chorus performed together with soloists Whitney Morrison and Mario Rojas the brindisi “Libiamo” from Act I of La traviata. The timing between Chorus and soloists was comfortably observed and followed the impassioned lead projected by Rojas.
A trio of soloists provided significant interest to the remaining selections before intermission. While taking the place of the regrettably indisposed Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano J’nai Bridges sang an unforgettably mesmerizing account of the aria “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” (“My heart opens to your voice”) from Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns. The arching lines of this seductive aria were taken with gracefully languid tempos as Bridges emphasized with extended notes key words such as “tristesse” (“sadness”) and l’ivresse” (“intoxication”). Her low pitches on these textual elements communicated an emotional shiver, just as Bridges’s voice rose upward in fervent appeal. This stunning vocal range was then capped by a final “Je t’aime” (“I love you”) taken here piano in intimacy. Danielle De Niese’s Lauretta from Puccini’s Gianni Schichi was a delight of maidenly enthusiasm with vocal flights shading into diminuendo. In her performance of “Placido è il mar: (“Calm is the sea”) from Act II of Mozart’s Idomeneo Ann Toomey’s voice bloomed impressively in phrases alternating with the Lyric Opera Chorus. Toomey’s dramatic top notes are a natural extension of the vocal line, the latter sung here with seamless legato. The decorative embellishments applied to Elettra’s aria were a further revelation in Toomey’s lovingly sculpted version of this Mozartean gem.
The second part of the concert presented excerpts from Puccini’s La bohème sung by the cast that will perform in the new production of this work at Lyric Opera in the next month. Michael Fabiano and Maria Agresta sang Rodolfo and Mimì joined, for Act II, by De Niese and Nelson as Musetta and Marcello. In the roles of the new lovers who discover each other in Act I Fabiano and Agresta fit their parts ideally. As a result, they are able to approach their vocal lines with truly individual color. As Rodolfo Fabiano sings “Che gelida manina” as a natural feeling of the poet who seeks to express the new inspiration of his heart. Likewise, Agresta transforms vocal innocence into a revelation of love’s magic by the close of the act’s duet. In the ensemble of Act II the sprightly yet urgent line performed with melting lyrical beauty by De Niese’s Musetta was a credible balm to the seemingly aloof Marcello. In the latter role Nelson’s voice resonated through the ensemble until both couples were, for now, united.
As a sample of this new production and much of the forthcoming season the evening’s concert provided an exciting introduction with the promise of an enjoyable season to come.

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“It is the start of new conversations about how Pacific peoples who call Aotearoa-New Zealand their home, can live prosperous, healthy and vibrant lives.
Staged at Auckland’s Eden Park on November 13, the Summit was attended by approximately 450 central and local government representatives, and community leaders after 12 months of organising and community engagements throughout New Zealand.
The Summit has refreshed the Pacific Vision set in 1999 by capturing the hopes and aspirations of over 2,500 Pacific peoples from across New Zealand.
The Lalanga Fou report was launched at the Summit revealing raw feedback and data from the community which was grouped into four key areas of priority which require action.
“Lalanga Fou doesn’t provide all the answers to solving the challenges of inequities and barriers faced by many in the Pacific communities, but it will spark debate and encourage action from a range of government agencies, local government and community organisations.
“This Vision Statement will be a credible guide to informing anyone who wants to work with Pacific communities about Pacific values and strengths as the starting point for engagements and building strong working relationships, in order to be effective in a Pacific community setting.
“Over the next year the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will work alongside other government agencies, partners and stakeholders, to ensure we can invest and pilot new ideas and initiatives aimed at lifting community wellbeing.
“The new Pacific vision will inspire our young people to realise their fullest potential of becoming modern-day navigators and explorers, creators and innovators.
“They are already leading the way into new areas, new horizons, and are so accepting of diversity they give me a renewed confidence in our future as Pacific Aotearoa.
“The Summit has helped to renew calls for Pacific leaders to leave a legacy for the next generation to ensure no one gets left behind as we move forward with our plans to lift the wellbeing of our communities and really thrive.
At the Summit, the Minister of Finance Grant Robertson also launched The New Zealand Pacific Economy Report, produced by Treasury which highlighted Pacific people contributed $8 billion to New Zealand’s economy.
“It is a good foundation to build upon to better understand Pacific people’s significant economic contribution to New Zealand society, and Pacific people’s perspective on wealth, prosperity and wellbeing.
“Just imagine how much more Pacific peoples can contribute to New Zealand society if we could eliminate the barriers and disparities Pacific peoples face in housing, health, education and employment and the negative stereotypes.
“I really believe that when we can lift the general wellbeing of Pacific peoples, we will also be lifting the general wellbeing of all New Zealanders because of our connectedness with one another.
I am encouraged by the new Pacific Vision set by the community and this is only a starting point as we strive for better outcomes and opportunities for Pacific people in New Zealand,” says Aupito William Sio.


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While I’ve tried quite a few different launchers for my old Asus TF101, the Nokia Z Launcher is only for devices running the Android 4.1 platform, leaving users like me in the dust. However, for thousands of users, the updated app on the google play store is the best early Christmas gift.
Z Launcher, a nifty and intelligent Android launcher that places a user’s most popular apps on the home screen and changes based on the time of the day, was initially released as a pre-beta intended to be made available to 10,000 initial testers.
Prediction: The app learns a user’s habits to intelligently surface the right apps, contacts and web content on the home screen at the right time when the user needs them.
What is the Z Launcher?
Z Launcher is the fastest way to access everything on your phone. Throughout the day, the app dynamically changes your homescreen to present the right apps, contacts and websites based on how you use your phone. The more you use it the better it gets. Our scribble feature ensures you’re always only one-second away from everything.
Why is Nokia making Z Launcher?
We are creating a more personalized and contextual mobile experience. By working hand-in-hand with you, your devices, apps, features and content, we’re making your phone more useful for real life.


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The Art of Learning will work with you to uncover the real needs you have for leadership development, executive coaching, organizational development, and team building.
Listening. Developing. Implementing. Evaluating. Execution.
It all starts with listening. We will ask the right questions to get you talking about the vision for your organization. We will work with you to identify the gaps between where you are now and where you see your organization in the future, and to define the skill capabilities you envision as being critical to your success.
The Art of Learning’s expertise continues through the development phase. From the insights we have gained through years of effective implementation, we will detail a comprehensive needs assessment, clearly define the deliverables, and develop programs to directly address your needs. And then, with precision, initiate a program to eliminate the capabilities gap.
To ensure ongoing success, The Art of Learning will conduct an evaluation process that involves an audit of the programs put in place. This component is critical to ongoing program success, providing further clarity to next steps and gap analysis. It helps confirm commitments and progress — both for the participants and the program.

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Below the age of 12, everything seemed perfect. I had an amazing relationship with my family, I did well in school, I was healthy both physically and mentally.
At 13 I had a skiing accident. This proceeded to change the course of my teenage years. This accident caused both my physical and mental health to deteriorate, leading to multiple hospital admissions, appointments, tests and treatments. I have been unable to live a normal teenage life due to this and have missed out on several experiences.
Sometimes I feel trapped as a 12-year-old, unable to recall many experiences I had other than hospital related ones from this age. This had led me to recreating experiences that I believe I would of had as a 19-year-old and often these do not conform to societies standards of what is appropriate for certain ages. It is hard. Looking at my life I have the physical appearance of a 19-year-old, the mind of a 12-year-old and the physical symptoms of a elderly person.
I find the 12-year-old cowering in the background overwhelmed by the activities of my current age. Clubbing, drinking, university, all situations inappropriate for young children just entering their teenage years. I find the elderly part of me in pain, stiff joints, unable to drink as much as the young friends around them. Struggling for days after.
From my physical health issues I spent a lot of my teenage years in hospital, and unfortunately I still spend a lot of time there. But this meant I missed a lot of school, socializing with my peers, and ultimately I missed growing up. I think I had to grow up very fast in some cases – including me managing my own complex medical condition, maturing to cope with the large amounts of medical professionals I was seeing and coping with the traumatic tests that I was experiencing. This caused the other parts of me to hid away and stop maturing altogether. Having some parts very mature to cope with my medical life and some very immature parts who have been to scared to come out and mature.
I have only recently discovered these different parts of me. But having discovered them it has meant that I am able to look after each of the different parts, looking out for them in different situations and allowing the 12-year-old to mature to my actual age without it becoming too overwhelmed and looking after my body physically so I do not feel older than I actually am.


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It’s finally the time of year for all things pumpkin! Whether you like carving them, eating them, or making them theres always something fun to do with a pumpkin. These adorable scented pumpkins are the perfect gift to give to the host of your upcoming Thanksgiving party or to use as a center piece for your Thanksgiving dinner. Either way, these adorable crochet pumpkins are ready to fill your home with the warm cinnamon smell that reminds us of the holidays!
Starting with a MR, place 8 sc into the center. DO NOT JOIN.
Place a stitch marker on your first stitch. Place 2 sc in first stitch and each stitch around.
Round 3: *Place 1 sc , 2 sc in next stitch* Repeat around until you get back to your stitch marker.
Round 4: *Place 1 sc in next 2 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch* Repeat around until you get back to your stitch marker.
Round 5: *Place 1 sc in next 3 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch* Repeat around until you get back to your stitch marker.
Round 6: *Place 1 sc in next 4 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch* Repeat around until you get back to your stitch marker.
Round 16: *Sc in next 4 stitches, sc2tog* Repeat around.
Round 17: *Sc in next 3 stitches, sc2tog* Repeat around.
Add stuffing. Adding stuffing now will make it easier to stuff the rest at the end.
Round 18: *Sc in next 2 stitches, sc2tog* Repeat around.
Round 19: *Sc in next 1 stitches, sc2tog* Repeat around.
Using your tapestry needle and long tail, weave your yarn through the remaining stitches to create a drawstring. Pull on tail to tighten your stitches and close the hole. Make sure to secure the yarn by making a knot. DO NOT CUT YARN.
You will now use your tapestry needle and long tail create the pumpkin segments. Push your tapestry needle through the center of your pumpkin. You will be bringing the tail of your yarn from one side to the other side.
Now wrap your tail around your pumpkin and stick pull your yarn back through the pumpkin. You will insert your needle into the opposite side of your pumpkin. Pull your yarn tight so it creates an indent into your pumpkin.
Create as many sections as you want. Remember all pumpkins are different so don’t worry if they’re not perfect. Have fun and be creative. Tie off your yarn to secure and cut your extra string.
Add a spot of hot glue to the middle of your pumpkin and place your cinnamon stick to the center. You may need to cut your cinnamon stick down if you think it is too long.
Add a cute little raffia bow to your cinnamon stick to decorate.
And there you have it! Happy fall y’all!


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Read more on Sonos' UK price increases.
It's more than a slight annoyance that the U.S always seems to get tech cheaper, even though I know the U.K is by far not the worst off in that regard.
It doesn't explain why pretty much all electronics/tech are more expensive in the U.K compared to the U.S since both countries have tax on purchases (VAT/Sales Tax).
That doesn't mean there are no import taxes. In my experience everything in the UK is more expensive not just tech. Maybe Trump will raise the import taxes and the US will have to pay more too.
Brexit didn't help with that either. Of course a lot of companys will have to raise their prices or will just use the opportunity.
It does make me laugh how it was cheaper to buy tech gear in Norway than it is in UK. Probably on par with each other now because of currency crash but I do believe you guys pay more than anyone in Europe...almost.


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El Nido is a surreal place: Endless beaches, crystal clear waters and an underwater world, that will take your breath away. A destination that truly looks like paradise.
Update July/2016: I wrote an updated travel guide about El Nido here.
A few years ago when I came the first time to the Philippines, I traveled to El Nido. All I remember about this place is, that it was such a hassle to get there. I was sitting on the roof of a bus and praying that I would survive the endless 7 hour ride. Hold on, there was something else I remember clearly. Right, I remember that I felt like Alice in Wonderland. El Nido had blown my mind.
I have never seen anything like that before, it was probably the most beautiful place in the world.
Over the years I kept talking about El Nido, I was telling friends and strangers about the place and how magical it was (and I sent quite a few people there, just for the record, everybody was amazed).
Actually it was not the town El Nido itself that took my breath away. It was the surroundings and the stunning views of the seascape. Every morning people are heading out by bangka boats to explore nearby Islands and lagoons, snorkel in crystal clear waters and discovering caves and hidden beaches.
WHY IS EL NIDO SO SPECTACULAR?
Good question. Once upon a time, El Nido was a sleepy town at the northern tip of Palawan that has been relatively unknown to foreigners. In the 1980s, it became a popular tourist destination and worldwide attention for its superb diving, endless white sandy beaches and steep limestone cliffs, surrounded by turquoise crystal clear waters, beautiful lagoons, waterfalls and caves. El Nido became the gateway to Asia's most beautiful natural treasure: The Bacuit Archipelago.
Or let's say it in other words: Mother Nature has gone crazy here.
El Nido is not just a tropical beach paradise, it's a place like no other. With breathtaking views of nature, over and under the sea, El Nido is so unique and for sure, one of the most beautiful seascapes on earth.
Have you seen the movie or read the book "The Beach"? The author Alex Garland wrote his bestseller novel while he was living in El Nido. The story in the movie is about Thailand though, but the truth is that Thailand was not the inspiration for his book. It was El Nido and the stunning Islands around. Eventually, for creative licence purposes Garland felt that the theme of the story itself was better off being set in the Islands of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
The beauty of El Nido is hard to describe, you have to see the place with your own eyes.
You can not leave El Nido without exploring the nearby Islands! That's the MOST important sightseeing in Palawan! No excuse! El Nido offers 4 different kind of Island Hopping Tours and each of them visit different places. They call them Tour A, B, C, and D. If you have only time for one or two of them, choose Tour A or C. Both are amazing. Actually all of them are amazing. But A & C are my favorites.
The prices for Island Hopping rise every year, at the time of 2013 they charge usually PHP700-900 (~US$15-19) per person for a full day trip incl. Lunch and boat rental. I highly recommend to book with Alternative Tours (update: they closed).
The rates for island hopping increased by now. Most companies ask for around PHP1200-1400 (~US$25-30) per person for a full day tour. As mentioned above, Alternative Tours is closed. I visited El Nido again in 2016 and I'm going to write an update soon.
If you already have a group of 4 people or more, hire a private boat, so you're more flexible with the route and can escape the other tour operators. With around 50 beaches to explore, it's quite easy to find your own secluded beach without seeing any crowds.
Dip into the pristine waters, go snorkeling and discover an underwater wonderland with more than 100 species of corals and 800 species of fish.
Besides Island Hopping you can go diving or rent a kayak. I didn't do any of those and rented a motorbike instead. You have to bargain hard, they usually ask for PHP500-700 (~US$10-15) for daily rental. With a big smile and a lot of schmooze I was able to get a motorbike for PHP400 (~US$8) for 6 hours.
Nacpan and Calitang Beach are MUST VISIT PLACES! Those twin beaches (Photo above and below) are 1 - 1,5 hours north from El Nido. The streets are in terrible condition! Oh hell, they were unforgivable! If you're not an experienced motorbike driver, don't do it! Better hire a tricycle instead (PHP700-1000 or US$15-20) for the round trip to Nacpan/Calitang Beach.
The roads were so dirty, I was covered in dust when I got there. I could literally write my name on my arm! But it was all worth it!!
I climbed up the little hill, where both beaches come together. The view was absolutely stunning (Photo above). Turquoise sea, white powdery sand, an endless beach with countless coconut trees. A gorgeous place, perfect for an afternoon picnic. Just for the record, there is nothing along the beach, in case you get hungry, there is a restaurant along the path that leads to the beach.
There are no international flights to El Nido, so you have to fly via Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
El Nido itself has an airport, but at the time of writing only ITI (Island Transvoyager) serves the route Manila to El Nido.
Also Airswift has direct flights to El Nido from Manila and Cebu. fares around PHP6000 (US$120).
Alternatively (and this is what I did), it's cheaper (but more time consuming) to fly to Puerto Princesa. For flights check Cebu Pacific Air, Pal Express, and Air Asia. Definitely compare prices at Skypicker and watch out for promotions! My ticket was less than PHP1000 (US$21)!
From Puerto Princesa Airport, connect via Bus or Van to El Nido. The trip will take 5-6 hours.
Air conditioned vans leave direct from the Airport in Puerto Princesa to El Nido for PHP600-700 (US$12-15) one-way.
Cheaper are Buses, leaving from San Jose Terminal. RORO Bus Company has relatively new buses, leaving every 2 hours between 4 AM and 10 PM. For more comfort, choose the A/C Bus (PHP480 ~ US$10). The fan bus (PHP380) can get quite overcrowded. The bus stops a lot of times on the way and it will take at least 6 hours or more to reach El Nido.
El Nido offers a wide selection of accommodation for all budgets. If your budget is tight, along Rizal Street you can find basic rooms with bathroom for PHP400-800 (US$8-16). Good budget places are the Melting Pot Hostel (~PHP500/US$10) and Antonio Pension (~PHP700/US$15).
A Place To Remember is a gorgeous little Hotel in a great location, just a few meter from the beach at the Southern end of El Nido Bay. The owner Cesar was extremely friendly and helpful. Rooms are spotless clean, with A/C, TV, free WiFi, Safe, Minibar/Fridge and it includes a delicious breakfast, served on the roof terrace with a terrific view over the bay of El Nido. Unfortunately, not all rooms have a window.
Residencia Katrina, a cozy budget hotel, run by a friendly lady called Marilou. Conveniently located, just 5 min away from the beach. All the rooms are quite spacious with closet, table and chair, A/C, free WiFi and a safe. Breakfast is included and very tasty (Pancakes or Omelette). If you bring your own food, they will cook it for you. Free Coffee/Tea all day.
Palo Alto is not in El Nido, it's in Puerto Princesa. If you fly via PP, make sure to stop here, because this Hotel is incredible! The owner Guido put so much effort in all the details, the wooden decor is top notch. Creative and well designed architecture. The swimming pool is surrounded by a tropical lush garden with pineapples and papayas growing just beside. Fascinating place!
After all, El Nido is really a magical place. I'm glad I made it back there in 2013, and I'll be back for sure in a few years. The town changed a lot compare to my first visit in 2009. Prices are higher, more hotels have been built, and along the beach more and more bars and restaurants have opened. It's not the sleepy town I remembered. If you can make the trip to Palawan, do it sooner than later, before this place gets overcrowded. The town might change, but the Archipelago will hopefully never lose those magic I felt when I saw the place in the first time.
PS: You want more information about El Nido? Check out Lonely Planet and Tripadvisor!
If you need help in finding accommodation in El Nido & Palawan, check out Agoda, I highly recommend them!
Have you been to El Nido? Feel free to share your experience and impressions in the comments below.
A big thanks to A Place To Remember, Residencia Katrina and Palo Alto, for their generous hospitality. My stay at the mentioned hotels were complimentary, all opinions are, as always, my own.

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text: Silverstone Wines is a winery in Creston, California. Some wineries or vineyards offer wine discounts on large orders of wine. Contact Silverstone Wines for more information on their wine discounts and wine promotions.


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DIRECTOR Chris Baldock’s production of “One Man Two Guvnors” serves up a buffet of delight that will satisfy anyone hungry for end-of-year comedy.
Playwright Richard Bean’s update to a Goldoni farce is somewhere between commedia dell’arte and a “carry on” film, with the cast using generous improvisation to take ownership of the play.
Arran McKenna gives a puckish, marathon performance as Francis, the servant who causes chaos by juggling two jobs, with the elaborate dinner scene at the end of the first act a particular highlight.
Performances are daft, over-the-top and hilarious, whether it is Paul Sweeney as a prosperous but cowardly gangster, Holly Ross as his unbelievably daft daughter, Pauline, Brenton Cleaves as a relentless ham actor, or Michael Cooper as a half-dead geriatric waiter.
Patrick Galen-Mules and Meaghan Stewart shine as Francis’ two masters, lovers separated by misunderstanding, cross-dressing, murder, and sometimes seagulls.
Steph Roberts as Dolly centres the show by providing a beacon of common sense in the madness, elevating this love interest part with presence and wit.
If some of the ideas or jokes are undercooked, it is only because the director and cast are determined to squeeze every drop of comedy out of the play.
In places, some of the slapstick could have been tighter or faster, but the comedy was so varied that there was something for anyone.
If opening night was any indication, the cast is thoroughly enjoying performing the show, and audiences will find similar entertainment in this daft, messy, outrageous, singular production.


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This article describes a Microsoft Camera Codec Pack update for Windows 8 and for Windows RT. This update enables you to view many camera-specific file formats in various experiences in Windows.
The Microsoft Camera Codec Pack update adds the ability to view many device-specific file formats to Windows. For more information about the supported devices, see the "References" section.
The update enables supported RAW camera files to be viewed in Windows Explorer, the built-in photo applications, and other Windows-based applications that use Windows Imaging Codecs.


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Tour departs from Abuja at 9:00am. You will be picked up from your Abuja town hotel/home address.
You will picked up from your Abuja home or hotel at 9am to depart for Kaduna. Your first stop is Zaria where you will visit the Queen Amina Walls and Ahmadu Bello University, known to be the most beautiful university in Nigeria. You will then be driven to Fifth Chukker Polo Club where you'll go horseback riding in the prestigious polo resort and have a late lunch. After which you will be taken back to your hotel in Kaduna to wind down for the evening.
After breakfast, you'll depart at 11am for Kajuru Castle where you'll go for a late afternoon hike and cool off with a dip in the pool, dinner and games.
Take a long route round to Abuja to stop at Gurara Falls for a picnic after a 3hr drive. Pack a swimsuit and prepare to get wet in the cool falling water and enjoy the view while you have lunch before heading back to Abuja.
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Attorney Dan Siegel opened the firm in Havertown on October 1, 2005 after practicing as a partner at two prominent personal injury and mass tort law firms in Philadelphia for over 20 years. Dan seeks to provide personalized, client-focused legal services in a warm, inviting atmosphere. The office, located in a quaint old home, reflects Dan’s vision. Clients meet with our staff in a casual and welcoming office, where they can access the services of a “Philadelphia law firm” in a private and personable setting. This is a firm staffed with people who can handle anything from multi-million dollar class actions, pharmaceutical cases, civil litigation involving properties and business, and all kinds of workers’ compensation and Social Security disability claims and appeals, without your having to travel to Center City Philadelphia.
In 2015, the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary. Our reputation has developed throughout the community as one of the “go to” boutique law firms in the region. Dan and his staff are regularly consulted by other attorneys – including many Super Lawyers, who seek Dan’s advice. Lawyers have hired Dan to assist them with legal writing on motions, with strategy for complex litigation, or to aid in trial prep, and frequently to handle their appeals at all levels of state court, federal district court and the Third Circuit. As much as the practice of providing consistent assistance to attorneys has grown, so have we also become Havertown’s hometown law firm. We regularly represents clients from Havertown, Haverford Township, the neighborhoods of Lower Merion and Delaware County, the Main Line, and beyond in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We have provided counsel in a wide range of matters, and our staff are routinely praised for our results.

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text: The choice of approximate posterior distribution is one of the core problems in variational inference. Most applications of variational inference employ simple families of posterior approximations in order to allow for efficient inference, focusing on mean-field or other simple structured approximations. This restriction has a significant impact on the quality of inferences made using variational methods. We introduce a new approach for specifying flexible, arbitrarily complex and scalable approximate posterior distributions. Our approximations are distributions constructed through a normalizing flow, whereby a simple initial density is transformed into a more complex one by applying a sequence of invertible transformations until a desired level of complexity is attained. We use this view of normalizing flows to develop categories of finite and infinitesimal flows and provide a unified view of approaches for constructing rich posterior approximations. We demonstrate that the theoretical advantages of having posteriors that better match the true posterior, combined with the scalability of amortized variational approaches, provides a clear improvement in performance and applicability of variational inference.

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It has just been discovered that 64,000+ Tomorrowland attendees from the 2014 edition of the festival have had their personal data compromised. Luckily the breach has not forfeited any financial data, but nevertheless the compromise presents a major issue for Paylogic, the online-ticketing agent. A spokesperson for Tomorrowland recently told Flemish newspaper De Standaard, that the ticketer reached out to them regarding the hack on the outdated system that was used for 2014 ticketing. It is anticipated that information such as name, age, gender, and email addresses was ultimately what was recovered by hackers.
Tomorrowland has assured the public that they will be taking every possible security measure in the future to prevent such a breach. The festival has reached out to past customers via email regarding the incident, promising to be more vigilant in years going forward.
Bringing in over 400,000 attendees and often selling out in minutes, Tomorrowland is now in its 13th year and shows no signs of stopping. This incident certainly sheds a light on the importance of online security in a digital age.


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There were no interactions found in our database between Flexeril and salsalate - however, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult with your doctor or pharmacist.
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SMITH, George. A Collection Of Designs For Household Furniture.
SMITH, George. A Collection Of Designs For Household Furniture. New York, Washington, London, Praeger, 1970.
Large 4to (275 x 233 mm). Original paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket; pp. xxviii, xiv, 33, 158 b/w plates reproducing those of the 1808 edition of Smith's Household Furniture.
First edition thus, Useful facsimile.

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If you have received a traffic citation in Pender County, North Carolina, you can have it dismissed with this easy online defensive driving course. You must request the Traffic Safety Course to dismiss the ticket from the court. Check with the specific court where the citation was forwarded. You will need to get authorization from your judge or local district attorney to take this online course.
The Pender County, NC courts will require you to request from the proper court your where the traffic ticket is issued to take an 8-Hour Traffic Safety Course (or a 4-Hour Traffic Safety Course) to get the ticket dismissed.
This Pender County, N.C. 8-Hour Traffic Safety Course is also good for a discount on your existing car insurance policy. Most companies offer up to a 10 to 15% discount on the liability portion of your insurance policy. If you are age 55 or over, insurance companies may even honor a mature driver discount of 15% with this course in 35 states including North Carolina.


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2-room apartment 65 m2 on 1st floor, south-west facing position. Living/dining room with 1 double sofabed (160 cm, length 190 cm), satellite TV, DVD and air conditioning. Exit to the balcony. 1 room with 1 french bed (180 cm, length 190 cm). Kitchen (4 hot plates, oven, dishwasher, microwave, electric coffee machine). Exit to the terrace. Bath/WC. Balcony 4 m2, terrace 16 m2. Terrace furniture. Partial view of the sea. Facilities: Internet (WiFi, free). Reserved parking (fenced).
2-family house "Nataša". 400 m from the centre of Vodice, in a quiet, sunny position, 400 m from the sea, 600 m from the beach. In the house: internet access. Parking at the house on the premises. Shop, restaurant, bus stop 300 m, pebble beach 1 km, public bathing area 1 km, concrete beach 600 m. Marina 350 m.

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BNPM Recruitment 2018-19: Bank Note Paper Mill India Pvt Limited (BNPM) has released a new recruitment notification for the posts of Industrial Workmen & Environmental Engineer. There are 21 (Twenty) vacancies in this notification. The application process began on notification date and it will get close on 10th December 2018. It’s a great opportunity for aspirants to work with Bank Note Paper Mill India Pvt Limited. In this page, we are providing detailed information about Eligibility Criteria, Selection Process, Salary Structure, and How to apply for this post.
Industrial Workmen Grade – I (Post Code 182): Diploma in Electrical Engineering with min. 60% aggregate marks from a Govt. recognized Indian institute approved by AICTE.
Recruitment Account” payable at Mysuru.
Selection Process: Selection will be made on the basis of Written Test and Physical/Skill Test and/or Interview.
Interested candidates may apply in prescribed application form along with a requisite fee, self-certified copy of testimonials/certificates in support of educational qualifications, experience, caste category and any other relevant certificates send to below mentioned address on or before the last date.


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In 1973 the van Wees family opened “Proeflokaal A. Van Wees” at Herengracht 319 in Amsterdam. At that time it was still called “the Admiral”. Now, nearly half a century later, “Proeflokaal A. Van Wees” is the prime spot to get acquainted with Amsterdam’s widely known genever culture while enjoying traditional accompanying snacks or have a beer from the barrel. The past 44 years “Proeflokaal A. Van Wees” has moved with the times, while keeping original traditions in place. Our genever has always been distilled in the Jordaan (one of Amsterdam’s oldest quarters) and still is. The original pump being used has now found a prominent place in our bar. Nice to know, the premises where we find ourselves, were built on an alley. Its original paving stones to be seen on the bar floor!
Our assortment of Amsterdam genevers consists of more than 17 authentically distilled brands and we offer more than 60 different old-Dutch liqueurs, each with its own unique taste and identity. During tastings we’ll tell you about the history of our Amsterdam distillates, the distilling process and most importantly, genevers and liqueurs can be tried out! Our tastings are ideal for celebrating birthday parties, staff outings or gatherings with friends. In combination with our tastings we gladly organise other activities for you e.g. a walking tour through the city, a boattrip in one of those beautiful classic boats or a guided tour in our distillery “de Ooievaar”. For more information about all this please contact us at jenever@proeflokaalvanwees.nl.
Appropriate with our drinks we offer a good traditional kitchen. Not too fancy but consisting of fine produce we get from well-known retailers as “Tromp” for cheese and “Brandt & Levie” for sausages. Our kitchen opens for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Come and try!
Did you know that for our oldest genever the process of maturing takes some 20 years? We could go on for hours telling you about our genevers, but we have more to offer. We serve beer, wine and other spirits as well. Our location, in the heart of Amsterdam’s city centre is the ideal spot to come for a drink, for groups discovering the city or for an old fashioned drinksparty.
Use the module to make a reservation for lunch, dinner or a tasting at our tasting room. If you want to make a reservation for today and it is after 5PM, you can best call us directly at +31(0)20-625 4334.
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Most of the following core features are available in both the basic and Pro accounts, unless otherwise noted.
In fact, the GetResponse autoresponder has hundreds of newsletter templates that you can use to create a polished, professional image each time you send out an email and they have a wide varity of Newsletter Templates.
All the templates are “point and click” easy to use. And if you don’t like anuy of their designs GetResponse offers you the freedom to design your own form from scratch using their HTML editor.
No matter which option you choose, you’re in complete control.
GetResponse is among the best in its class when it comes to sign-up form templates. Most other email service providers give you perhaps a dozen or so templates from which to choose. However GetResponse is different because they offer over 500 sign-up form templates that are designed for many different kinds of niches.
GetResponse also has a unique feature called “listbuilder apps,” which we didn’t find available through other email service providers. These apps let you create different types of sign-up forms, such as exit pop ups, scroll forms, shake boxes, and more.
All of this means that you can get your form up and ready to go in just minutes, even if you don’t know anything about design or coding.
Landing page? Yes. GetResponse gives you one landing page with a basic account, or unlimited pages with a pro account. Most email service providers don’t even offer this feature, much less offering unlimited pages.
Landing page templates? Yes. Another big yes! You’ll get access to hundreds of high-quality landing page templates.
As you can see, even this small sample above offers landing pages for a variety of uses and niches. Once again, you don’t need to know anything about coding or design. If you can click a mouse, you can get a professional landing page courtesy of GetResponse.
Confirmation email sent regardless of double opt-in or single opt-in? Yes.
Blog broadcast (RSS to email): Yes.
Import contacts without asking them to verify email again? Yes.
You can transfer to your GetResponse list to another provider.
Platform: GetResponse works well on a variety of platforms, including both web and mobile platforms (IOS, Android, iPad).
According to some custom fields they completed when they joined your list.
For example, perhaps you collect extra information during subscription sign-up, such as the person’s gender. You can then narrowly target your email, such as sending out an email to all females who live in the United States who have completed the initial autoresponder sequence.
You can choose how long to run your test, you can tell GetResponse how important a particular factor or goal is to you, and then you can do A/B split testing, click-throughs, and even Google Analytics.
You can then log into your dashboard to check metrics such as open rates and clicks.
GetResponse lets you further automate things by letting you choose whether to send the highest-responding message out automatically to the rest of the list.
GetResponse integrates with over 100 apps, including the most popular applications such as Zapier, Shopify, PayPal, ClickBank, Amazon payments and many more.
It’s fairly user-friendly and intuitive as to where you need to click in order to perform a certain task. It’s definitely newbie-friendly, as you don’t need any previous experience or tech background to work with the interface.
If you run into any problems, GetResponse has extensive help documentation and videos to walk you through just about any task, plus you can also get in touch with a real person to help you out.
GetResponse offers both live chatting and online support through a help desk. For fast help, use live chatting, as you’ll rarely wait more than a few minutes. If you use the Help Desk, you can generally expect a response within a couple hours during normal business hours.
GetResponse deliverability is good, as they say a 99% deliverability rate. That is one of the highest rates in the industry. We’ve done our own testing, and these stats seem to be accurate.
GetResponse has a built in survey option. You don’t need to find another app to survey your subscribers. You can use this survey to segment your list, plus you can invite respondents to join your list if they’re not already subscribers.
Templates. This includes lots of nice templates for newsletter, sign-up forms and landing pages.
List-builder apps lets you choose from and create a variety of sign-up form types.
Great reputation, especially in terms of deliverability.
Affiliate marketing friendly. This is one of the very few email services that not only encourage affiliate marketers to sign up, but they also work with them in the greater online marketing community.
Advanced automation features are lacking. Not very powerful.
List segmentation function needs to be updated.
All-in-all we like the autoresponder GetResponse because it’s very marketer friendly. Plus, you can use their APIs to get your subscribers automatically added to your list from places like JVZoo, Zaxaa, Lead Pages and so on. GetResponse is easy to use and offers a variety of advanced features that you can try for a full 30 days free.
If you enjoyed this post “The Get Response Review” please feel free to share socially or leave a comment below.
If you leave a comment, I will reward you with a free copy of my book; ‘List Building Success Secrets’.
Hi Peter, although I’ve never used it, I’ve heard nothing but good things about Get Response – ‘Chimp and Aweber fan here. I appreciated reading the thorough review you’ve written, though, and I’m very tempted to give it a shot – especially given there’s a 30 day free trial.
I look forward to reading more here at Online Affiliate Wealth.
Hi Peter, I own a mini affiliate site and I was looking for auto email responders to increase my reach and conversion rate!
From your review, it really looks very promising for how much it is offering compared to the price. I really liked your review too!
I’ve got a question though, as I’m new to affiliate and email responder, I would like to know how I can create content for the email responder or do you simply include the different articles that you’ve written on your site to your email?
Nice review on Getresponse. I have been using Getresponse for several years and they truly affiliate marketers friendly. I have an account with both Getresponse and aweber . However I prefer Getresponse to aweber. Just my personal preference. It is also very user friendly. If anyone is looking for a way to build their list and are on budget, I will recommend Getresponse.
One thing I am realizing is that you can spend an awful lot of money on things before you even make a dime doing this affiliate marketing thing. I just started and it seems every blog I read or every other corner I turn there is something else you can buy to help you out. Quiet the rabbit hole. My goal is to get set up to just pay for my initial investment and hopefully add as I can along the way. Thanks for the great info here.
I am just viewing this write-up and want to know if the IMSC Rapid Mailer is still as indicated in this write-up. That is, the one time payment and other features. You did a perfect job on all other articles I have seen.
Please your response will help me decide on what to do next.
What I like most in it is that it is a Word Press Plugin but the cons are frightening if one is not patient enough.
Also in this write-up is how you explained the keyword research tools starting from Jaaxy to other Autoresponders to the video setting and how to make money on the internet.
Peter you have done a great job and i will be revisiting your site to get more information and knowledge.
This is a great review for Get Response. I am looking for an auto responder now for my website. I am currently not using anything. I have only looked into Mail Chimp. I am wondering which one you think is better and more user friendly? I have looked at your aweber review. I am so undecided now. I don’t want to pick one, get it set up, get going with it, only to determine that it is not the right autoresponder for me. Any thoughts?
Very informative article! Do you think an email list is imperative for someone in affiliate marketing? My own behavior makes it difficult to see how an email list would be of real benefit. I can honestly say that I have never purchased a single thing from a link that I was sent in an email. Not even from a follow-up email for a website that made me register so I could look at the page. I just sort of use the emails as a reminder to unsubscribe. Truthfully, I find them to be a bit of a nuisance. Am I really so different from the norm?


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Crystal Acoustics MIC-30 headphones available from Amazon for £20 | What Hi-Fi?
New from Crystal Acoustics are the MIC-30 in-ear headphones, which officially retail at £25 but can be bought online through Amazon, or the Crystal Acoustics website, for £20.
Made from aluminium, the MIC-30s have a built-in, hands-free microphone with a single-button remote control. This makes them compatible with the vast majority of smartphones, the company claims.
They come with three sizes of soft silicon ear buds, an anti-tangle cable and carry case.