text: Leadership guru John C. Maxwell and his friend Jim Dornan share their straightforward, effective way for making an impact on the world: make an impact on individual people. How? Through influence. How to Influence People will empower you on your journey to becoming a potent and positive influence in your relationships both great and small. By pouring your life into other people, which is Dr. Maxwell’s definition of “mentorship,” you can truly make a difference. And when you have a meaningful impact on the lives of those around you--from your children and coworkers to your customers and the barista at your favorite coffee shop--it makes a difference in your life too.You’ll learn to perceive the stages of influence in your relationships and skillfully navigate your progress--from perfect stranger, to helpful confidant, to inspiring mentor--until, ultimately, you attain the highest honor there is for an influencer: becoming a multiplier of other influencers.


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IWC is not resting on its laurels, as evidenced by its recently announced Laureus and Goodwood limited editions. The latest new releases, announced just this week, are two new models in its elegant Portofino line, both representing firsts for the IWC Replica Watches For Men Schaffhausen-based brand. What makes these new versions of the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days notable?
The first of the new additions to the IWC Portofino Replica Watches collection, introduced in 1984 and most recently revamped in 2011, features a slate gray dial and a 45-mm stainless steel case mounted on a beige-colored suede strap, the latter used for the first time in an IWC timepiece. The strap’s “soft, roughened surface,” IWC says, not only provides an attractive companion to the dial but also a high degree of comfort on the wrist. The dial features the now-familiar layout established by this model’s predecessors, with applied indices and Roman numeral, date window at 3 o’clock, small seconds at 6 o’clock, and a power-reserve indicator at 9 o’clock.
The other newcomer, with the same dial layout, case materials, and dimensions, offers a new combination of color and materials for IWC, with a deep blue sunburst dial matched with a steel Milanese bracelet. Both watches are powered by IWC Replica manufacture Caliber 59210, a hand-wound movement that promises 192 hours, or eight days, of reliable, accurate running time when fully wound.
The exceptional movement inside the watches, whose indexless balance uses a Breguet spring and beats at a frequency of 28,800 vph, is distinguished by its ability to stop after eight days, the period for which it is designed to have a constant driving torque, even though the movement itself could run at a slightly diminished accuracy for a ninth day. And thanks to the Swiss IWC Replica Watches prominent power-reserve display on the dial, the wearer will always know when it is time to rewind the watch. On display through the expansive sapphire caseback, Caliber 59210 features an eye-catching c?tes de Genève finish on its large mainplate.

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text: Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd have been teasing us for a while. Lana Del Rey was featured on The Weeknd's "Stargirl Interlude" off of Starboy, but like the title suggests, it was just an interlude. But it was a gorgeous interlude. It was so gorgeous, it had us wanting more, and now we finally have it. After Lana Del Rey's very Hollywood teaser for her upcoming album Lust For Life, she's now out with the title track, and it features a whole lot of Weeknd. Just like good old school Lana, the song is sensual. "Take off all your clothes," she sings as she tells the story of dancing around the Hollywood sign with a man as her "very cool" boyfriend comes back from out of town. Her typical lush vocals soar in and out, mixing well with the soft production, and The Weeknd only makes it more seductive.

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I agree that race has everything to do with the play in a positive view. The characters certainly did not hide that fact that Othello was a different from everybody else. I think that his differences made him an unusual tragic hero, Othello being different made things possible that would not have happened if he had been a noble man from Venice.
Othello is a 'black' man with a noble nature. In the beginning of the play, he is proud, intelligent, calm, patient, and self-confident. Once he falls a victim to his own passions, he behaves in a most savage, brutal, and inhuman manner with his noble qualities vanishing completely.
Othello was not born and bred in Venice. He has lived a life of adventure and romance, traveling to distant and strange lands. He has also experienced the ups and downs of life. Othello is a natural, bold, and fearless soldier and an able General.
Which is why Desdemona felt so passionately for him. Desdemona lacks adventure and Othello was able to fulfill things for Desdemona that, men from Venice were not able to do.
Othello has spent most of his life on the battle field, he has the innocence and simplicity of a child when it comes to social graces and worldly knowledge. In matters of life, he is trouble-free, forthright, and honest. He has no experience with the wickedness that exists in the human nature. He thinks that men who appear honest, are as they appear. Othello was easily deceived by Iagos evil scheme.
WriteWork contributors. "This essay analysis the importance of the "Race" issue in Shakespeares "Othello"" WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, 01 February, 2004. Web. 23 Apr. 2019.
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industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: 6 Subwoofer driven by our new powerhouse. Full active two way system. No external audioprocessor. The built in DSP of the ICS-X8 takes control.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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While the effect of a single vessel on our rivers, lakes, and coastal waters may seem insignificant, multiply that impact by the millions of vessels on the waterways today. To preserve and protect the waters, wildlife, and aquatic vegetation enjoyed while boating, each person must be responsible.
Keep waterways clean and disease-free by disposing of waste properly.
If your vessel is equipped with an installed toilet (marine sanitation device), make sure no sewage is discharged into the water. Empty the holding tanks only into pump-out stations.
Don't throw any litter overboard. Bring all trash back on shore to dispose of properly. Be sure to retrieve anything that blows overboard.
Fishing lines and plastics are deadly for fish and fowl and should never be discarded in the water or near shore.
Plastic six-pack holders can trap or strangle birds, fish, and other wildlife. Always properly dispose of these on land by snipping each circle of the holders with scissors.
Remember, if you have room to take it, you have room to bring it back!

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The participants discussed a draft national plan of adaptive measures in the face of unfavourable climate changes, which had been developed under the Government Directive On Approving a Plan to Implement a Set of Measures to Improve the State Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The abovementioned plan is intended as a document that will lay the adaptive foundation of the country’s further development against the background of ongoing climate change.
Apart from this, the participants reviewed the course of preparations for the Russian delegation’s attendance of the 24th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Katowice, Poland, December 2–14, 2018) and the holding of parallel events within the framework of the Conference, such as the exhibition Green Mosaic of Russia. Environment-Friendly Power. Environmental Science. Environmental Future, the roundtable discussion Russian Investment to Transiting to Low-Emission Development, and events under the auspices of the Russian Federation Pavilion.
The Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat) delivered a report on information and statistical support for the monitoring of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Firm Introduction: Decorating Den is the world's largest shop at home franchise for window treatments, furnishings, custom upholstery, lighting, flooring, accessories and more! In business for over 40 years in the US and Canada, Decorating Den supports a dealer network of over 400 Franchise owners. Our point of differentiation is we are dedicated to decorate in the style our clients want, within their budget and when it's convenient for them at their home or office. We have hundreds of suppliers to choose product from so we aren't limited to any particular style the same way a retailer might be.
Firm Introduction: One of Orange County's Best Places to Work in 2017; L&A is a medium sized firm that provide innovative, and practical design solutions for a wide range of clients.
Firm Introduction: NDA is a mid-size Architectural and Interior Design firm offering a full range of Architectural, Planning and Design Services for Commercial, Corporate Interiors, Healthcare, Retail, Industrial facilities as well as Residential projects.
Specialties: Accessibility/ADA Consultants, Adaptive Reuse, Banks/Financial, Custom Furniture, Energy Saving Design, Environmentally Conscious Design, Food service/Restaurant, Forensics, Health Care/Medical, Historic Preserv./Restoration, Housing (Single Family), Industrial, Institutional Facilities, Interiors, Kitchen Design, Lab./Research Facilities, Office Buildings/Comml., Pharmaceuticals, Planning, Religious Facilities, Restaurants, Retail/Shopping, Sports/Athletic Facilities, Zoning/Building Comp.
Firm Introduction: Douglas Pancake Architects, Inc. in an architectural firm specializing in the senior housing and healthcare industries across the United States. For over 20 years, DPA's founder, Douglas Pancake, has been a leader in the evolution of senior housing design, code development and advocacy for our elders. The architects at DPA are a group of compassionate and talented individuals, focused on creating supportive and meaningful healing environments for the most frail and vulnerable members of our community.
Firm Introduction: We are dedicated to helping institutions and communities envision pivotal educational projects that translate into meaningful buildings of lasting value.

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A dispute arose between food importers and marine carriers during the release of food shipments which reached their destinations at the ports of Haifa and Ashdod. The food importers did not possess original Bills of Lading, even though they have already paid for the cargo in full. The marine carriers therefore refused to release the cargo due to a concern that they may be exposed to claims amounting to the value of the cargo.
The importers argued that there is no such exposure, for while they do not actually possess the original Bills of Lading, they are the sole recipients listed upon the bills. In addition, the importers argued that a cargo may be released without the presentation of original Bills of Lading as a condition for the provision of sufficient guarantees by importers.
The marine carriers, on the other hand, argued that the guiding principal set by the Supreme Court for the release of cargo is that he who possess the original Bill of Lading holds the exclusive right to receive the cargo. While the carriers agreed that there may be exceptions, they argued that such exceptions are subject to the provision of sufficient guarantees for indemnification and to the limited and cautious discretion of the court.
Regarding the amount of guarantees to be deposited for the release of cargo without original Bills of Lading, the carriers claimed that 200% of the cargo’s value is the appropriate amount. According to the carriers, even if the original Bills of Lading are not negotiable, their exposure to claims is not lessened while the original Bills of Lading are not in the possession of the importers, as the risk involved includes liability for indirect damages caused to those who are actually in possession of the original Bills of Lading.
The court reaffirmed the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the importance of an original Bill of Lading. The Bill of Lading is a receipt from the carrier to the sender of the cargo that attests to the fact that the cargo was transferred to the carrier, as well as a testament to the forwarding agreement between the sender and the carrier. In addition, the Bill of Lading is a document which grants its wielder the right to demand that the cargo and goods listed in the bill be surrendered to him.
The court determined that in this case all agree that the cargo should be released against the deposit of sufficient guarantees, but dispute the amount of guarantees to be deposited.
The question of whether the Bill of Lading is negotiable or not may impact the amount of guarantees required – if it is negotiable, anyone who possesses the Bill of Lading earns the right to demand the goods. Even so, in practical terms, many opt to use nonnegotiable Bills of Lading when the goods are addressed to a specific importer, which may receive the goods by presenting identification other than the original Bill of Lading.
In this case, all bills presented attest to nonnegotiable Bills of Lading, a fact taken into consideration for reducing the amount of guarantees. In addition, the importers presented documentation and other evidence that the goods in question were fully paid for by them. It should be noted that the court drew attention to the consideration that the Bill of Lading presented to it is not a direct copy of the original, and that a concern for forgery and deception remains.
The court ruled in this case that the cargo shall be released against the deposit of 100% of its value, as it was convinced that the Bill of Lading in question is nonnegotiable.
In a similar case, our firm represented Run-Lee Trade Fashion (2003) Ltd. (the importer of the Mikado and Run Be fashion brands) in a civil claim it filed against Uni logistics Inc. (a multinational logistics and supply management group), requesting the release of cargo without presentation of the original Bill of Lading. The court ordered Uni to produce a delivery order for the cargo, while Run-Lee was ordered to provide personal guarantees to Uni in case it will be sued by the sender for releasing the cargo without presentation of the original Bill of Lading.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Promotions Pronto–More Than Printed T-Shirts! We're Your Image Experts!
Did you know 91% of people have at least one promotional product in their kitchen and 74% have at least one in their work area? Have you noticed that nearly every printed t-shirt you buy in the store has a logo on it? No matter what items you choose to give away, 76% of people who receive a promotional product can recall the product, the advertiser, and the message received. Now, that’s powerful advertising!
Promotions Pronto can help you enhance your image and increase sales. It’s a fact – companies that use logoed products increase sales 22% over those who don’t. People love to give gifts, get them, and share them. That’s why promotional products are still important, even in this technological world.
Hopefully, by now you’ve discovered Promotions Pronto is more than just a promotional products company – we’re your partner in advertising, branding, fundraising, and launching a new business or product. We’ll be there for your trade show planning with giveaways to remember. And, we love to assist you with the perfect awards and plaques to recognize your hard-working employees and valuable customers. Need those brand-building printed t-shirts? We’ll help you create your very own online store so participants can order their own!
with the best products to help you grow, expand, and promote your message.
Next time you’re in public count how many printed t-shirts you see with brands like Old Navy, Ralph Lauren, and Nike. These companies are increasing revenue every time you buy their brand and then you market it for them. So why not do the same? What if your customers and employees wear your brand and market your product or service? It’s a money maker and brand builder – everyone gets a free t-shirt to wear (they love you for it) and you get free (or nearly free) advertising. It’s a win-win!
Making your promotional items attractive is one facet; they need to be useful as well. 69% of tradeshow attendees or visitors to your company will pick up a useful item, 23% will pick it up just because it’s free. And, many will be shared with friends or colleagues. That’s a lot of exposure! Promotions Pronto will make sure your next promotion, campaign, fundraiser, tradeshow, and employee appreciation event will have the perfect useful items to increase name recognition and leave a lasting impression.
Recognize your employees or co-workers hard work or prevention of injuries. Workplace awards show your company’s commitment to hard work, safety, and achievement. Show them and customers that you appreciate them and acknowledge their success.

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Ranjit Pratap Kamble MLA elected from DEOLI of Maharashtra state as a member of Indian National Congress.
Permanent Address House No.231, B At Rohni,Tah. Deoli. Dist Wardha.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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The National Museum of Forest Service History presents a charming cookbook that celebrates decades of camp cooking by countless Forest Service agents in the field. Features legendary recipes for Dutch oven meals, open-fire dishes, and other tasty outdoor specialties used daily in the early days of the Forest Service.
The National Museum of Forest Service History presents a charming cookbook that celebrates decades of camp cooking by countless Forest Service agents in the field.
Featuring legendary recipes for Dutch oven meals, open-fire dishes, and other tasty outdoor specialties used daily in the early days of the Forest Service, Camp Cooking has dozens of recipes, photos, and anecdotes that tell the whole history of these brave and hardy individuals.


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Standing in front of the group, begin by pointing up in the air towards the right or left. Follow up with verbal prompts so that athletes follow steps appropriately. When you point your finger in a certain direction, outfielders should dropstep in that direction. When you yell "crossover," athletes should take their crossover steps... and on "go," athletes are to take two or three running steps.
Move athletes into one line with the first outfielder stepping out in front of you. Begin by pointing a baseball in one direction (right or left). The athlete is then to dropstep and crossover in appropriate direction as you reach back and throw an easy pop fly.
Involve fly balls off of the bat only after fundamentals are solid.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Jobzin is a web directory created by using the PHP Link Directory script. We added many custom functions in this directory such as ability to add deep links in submissions, extra fields to display in the submission forms and encoded into the database, and elegant detail pages.
SuperLink Web Directory is powered by a directory script known as PHP Link Directory script. We added many custom functions in this directory such as ability to add deep links in submissions, Elegant link detail pages, special way of displaying Google Pagerank sorted listings, Featured articles, and Advertising Options.
Ciclar is a web directory created by using the PHP Link Directory script. We added many custom functions in this directory such as ability to add deep links in submissions, Elegant link detail pages, special way of displaying Google Pagerank sorted listings.


text: Chevrolet is trying a new twist on viral marketing. General Motors Corp.'s volume brand said it's offering up to 10 free rides a day to college students on six campuses in a Chevy Aveo5 hatchback and filming the experience. Students are encouraged to ham it up. The videos will be posted within 24 hours of the ride to a special site, AveoLivinLarge. From here, the students can see the footage, pass it along to friends, or upload it to their blog pages or sites like Facebook. One student per campus will be a finalist, based on the video with the most views within a week of posting. One of those six students will win a 2009 Chevy Aveo5 if their video gets the most votes after five days of online voting next month on the dedicated site.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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We all love to browse over our favorite Google Chrome, fastest, intuitive, easiest of all. We also must be aware of its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
This search engine doodles on every occasion and helps you keep abreast of all things around you.


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Our top five face painting colors in Mini-Stix size along with a full set of Face Painting Stencils and a Face Painting Sponge. Complete instructions on reverse side of card.
The ideal kit for that someone who doesn't feel he/she has any face painting skill. The stencils help to lead the way to face painting fun.


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Current claims for Iontophoresis treatment include hydration, repair and regeneration of damaged or mature skin, stimulation of sluggish circulation.
Tighten and firm the skin.
Refines enlarged pores and improves the texture of the skin. – Wrinkles are visible smoother and muscles are tightened. – It has anti-ageing properties.
It increases your skin’s capacity to absorb nutrients. This facial impacts a glow to your skin and make your skin look firm and young.

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Home › Blog › What is a Cloud Ready Platform?
Once an organization has carefully considered all the various factors, requirements and ramifications of a cloud first strategy and has decided to implement it, they need the means to accomplish the migration of their selected data, applications and processes to the cloud in the safest, most efficient manner possible.
In order to accomplish this, organizations need a solid cloud ready platform, meaning it can offer a lifecycle oriented, virtual repository which is able to span on-premises data centers, remote sites, and cloud hosted Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) under a single operations and management solution. As these platforms emerge IT Professionals will be faced with turnkey platforms that include hardware and software, and software only platforms that enable the organization to leverage its existing commodity hardware. The normal pros/cons of turnkey versus software only apply to these platforms decisions but a software only approach seems to fit the modern IT mantra more so than a turnkey platform.
While many vendor solutions offer open cloud integration interfaces to cloud based data, application compute or orchestrated tasks, these are only the first steps in transitioning to the cloud. Additional capabilities are needed in order to efficiently and securely transition data, operations and applications to the cloud in a way that enables the enterprise to extend to the cloud quickly while achieving fast ROIs on new cloud powered solutions.
Using a business aligned data lifecycle policy to manage indexed physical and virtual data instances or versions across snapshot, replication, backup and archive copies.
Providing a securely encrypted and efficiently deduplicated, direct access extension to cloud storage.
Ability to call independent sets of cloud provisioning services as part of an orchestration policy, which allows a simpler publication of complete service offers that can create new workloads, monitor and take action, roll out and update packages, protect and secure selective data, share and audit usage, and identify waste as well as automatically retire unused data to avoid escalating usage.
Creating a lifecycle oriented virtual repository that can span everything from on-premises data centers and remote sites, to cloud-hosted IaaS under a single management and operations solution, which allows organizations to discover and manage data, workloads, indexing and search functions, and flow across different environments based on policy, usage and need. It also can handle the challenges of automating orchestrated data movement, workload creation, lifecycle management, operations and secure sharing within or across managed environments.
Spanning disparate environments from data centers to mobile devices, while providing extended security services such as automatic locking, encrypting, and erasing managed end-point devices, as well as controlling mobile devices data access in order to prevent data loss.
Content awareness, meaning it has the ability to assess and categorize data as content, which allow it to provide retention methods that, based on rules defined by the organization, can selectively control data movement and retain data in specific geographic locations to comply with data sovereignty laws and regulations as well as affecting compliance holds on managed data sets for eDiscovery and other purposes.
A viable cloud ready platform should not only provide the above listed critical capabilities, it should also be able to provide workload portability across common environments such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, VMware, and Hyper-V, by performing all the necessary conversions to transform the data to fit the destination workload.
With these features and the ability to virtualize their data sets, organizations would be able to consolidate all of their disparate data silos and efficiently and securely migrate their data, applications and processes, to the cloud. Additionally they would be able to automatically control data movement, based on policy, to ensure that as data ages, it is stored on the most cost effective tier both on premises and in the cloud. This would enable an organization to also control its cloud storage costs.
This type of solution would significantly simplify data management while also enhancing an organization’s ROI and its ability to manage their data securely and cost effectively.


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AADHum brings together the fields of African American studies and digital humanities in order to expand upon both fields, making the digital humanities more inclusive of African American history and culture and enriching African American studies research with new methods, archives and tools.
Generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the initiative draws on the remarkable faculty, staff and centers in the College of Arts and Humanities and across the university with internationally recognized expertise in the digital humanities and in African American literature, history and culture. Co-directed by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy, our archiving efforts focus on themes of African-American migration, artistic expression and labor in collaboration with the Center for Global Migration Studies, David C. Driskell Center and the University Libraries’ recently acquired George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive.
To further Connect, Learn, Engage, and Collaborate with the Initiative please visit us at AADHum.umd.edu. Stay updated on our latest news and events by following us on twitter @UMD_AADHum.
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and the Andrew W. Mellon-funded African American Digital Humanities Initiative (AADHum) invite your participation in “Textual Embodiments,” the Society for Textual Scholarship’s International Interdisciplinary Conference for 2017.
See photos from the launch event for the AADHum initiative.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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In the traditional world, we talk about the importance of being “above the fold”: appearing in the top half of the front page of a newspaper. However, on the web the picture is a little murkier. Website visitors will use different screen resolutions, browsers, window sizes and toolbars, essentially leading to a different â€œfoldâ€ line for every user.
Add in the proliferation of devices (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone) and the challenges are further compounded. So is there even the same impact of content being above or below the fold for online users as there is in the traditional world? Might this impact vary by user, by site, or by page?
Staying Above or Scrolling Below the Fold?
On pages such as a home page, the location of content above or below the fold may have a greater impact. After all, when a visitor arrives to a site, they need to figure out what content or products to dive deeper into. In this case, products or content areas highlighted in the top area of the page may receive higher engagement, simply due to the higher number of â€œeyeballsâ€ on it during an evaluation phase.
However, the same may not hold true for deeper pages within the site, or for all-in-one landing pages. On a product detail page, where reviewing the content on the page may be crucial for making a decision to proceed to the next step, the click-through rate for a call to action at the bottom of the page could potentially be higher than a call to action at the top of the page.
The impact of the fold may also depend on the call to action that you are measuring. For example, the ad click through rate may be affected differently by placement above or below the fold than lead submission or an Add To Cart call to action.
Design can play a huge role. In some cases, site design may make it clear to the user that there is content below the fold, and encourage content consumption lower on the page.
We can’t just assume the fold affects our site, or that it affects all pages in the same way. We’ll want to start by analyzing actual behavior.
1. Examine your site’s pages (or types of pages) separately. The behavior on your home page may not be the same as your landing pages or product pages. Start with your most important pages and go from there.
2. Use a traditional web analytics tool to give you an idea of the device and screen or browser size your visitors typically use, to start to understand where they see the fold on their machine. However, as you analyze, keep in mind there is no true fold – it is different for every user based on their settings.
To make the data feel more real, change your own computer settings to match your typical visitor, and encourage your creative or design team to do the same. Browse your site using these settings and you’ll get a better idea of what different visitors see and where on their screen it is located.
3. Ensure you are tracking individual calls to action on your pages in enough detail so you can understand (for example) above vs. below the fold performance. While many web analytics solutions will allow you to see if visitors moved on to the next step, if you have two calls to action on the page that link to the same next step, one above the fold and one below, you’ll want to be sure your analytics tool allows you track them separately.
4. Use an In-page analytics tool to understand interaction within your pages. While understanding click-through rate of your calls to action above and below the fold can help, that doesn’t necessarily tell you how many users actually saw the call to action.
5. Take time to segment this information. A good place to start would be the by the different screen and browser resolutions you have already examined. Try bucketing different settings, to analyze a group of visitors.
However, another consideration may be landing page. A visitor who has just landed on the page you are analyzing may be less apt to engage with content below the fold than one who has pathed to the page looking for specific content or products, and is looking to dive into detail about these.
Users looking at different products may also show different behavior. For example, a $5.99 purchase may require less engagement with product details and result in less below the fold engagement than a product that is $599.
6. Start testing. Once you have insights from these sources, you can begin to test the impact of changing them. What if you remove some of the content and make the product detail page shorter? Or move your call to action above or below the fold, or test having one above and one below? What about the left vs. right hand side of the page?
Conducting A/B or Multivariate tests of your layout, and tracking the behavior of these separately, can give you much more insight than pure analysis, because you can see the impact of actually changing things.
There is definitely a complexity to be managed in analyzing the digital “fold”, but there are also great solutions out there to help us better understand user behavior within the page, and to optimize it for a better user experience and business results.
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Q: What is the origin of the term "Lady of the Lilies"?
A: The expression "Lady of the Lilies" has its roots in the Canticle of Canticles (2:2). Starting in the tenth century, symbols of the Canticle were applied to Mary. One of these symbols was the lily, standing for perfect beauty and purity. The expression lilium inter spinas taken from the Canticle (2:2) was introduced in the litany of Loreto (1578) and in the Little Office of the Immaculata (by A. Rodriguez, 1617).


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It's all too easy to associate dark colours with negative connotations and a general sense of doom, but don't be too hasty, say the team at Resene.
Shades like black, navy and deep grey are also reminiscient of night skies and crisp winter nights.
Bedrooms are an ideal space for dark walls. Most of the time spent in the bedroom is at night – making it the perfect place to go dark and dramatic. Dark greys and inky blues are especially popular at present. Think colours like Resene Foundry, Resene Fuscous Grey and Resene Dark Side. To get a velvety rich effect, use Resene SpaceCote Flat instead of low sheen. It absorbs the light more, making the room look richer.
Using darker shades brings texture and mood, especially to a featureless space. Dark walls with a different shade on the floor or trims, for example, will create lines of difference and interest in the room that wasn't there before. It can also help a cavernous room feel cosier.
Before committing to an aesthetic overhaul, test the colours out on a large sheet of cardboard, leaving an unpainted border around the outside. You want to use a piece of card large enough to see how the colour will go with your existing furniture and home's design features.
Once you've compared shades, you'll be able to settle on the exact dark hue you're happy with. Remember, there are plenty of shades to play with - deep shades can have blue, green and brown tones, which can all affect how they look on your wall. Be sure to consider the placement of windows - the shade will look a lot different in a space that receives lots of sunlight, compared to one that doesn't.
Don't be afraid to mix things up between rooms - just be sure that whatever colour you pick within a single room is consistent. If you want to use a dark hue in a shared space, but you've got an expansive open-plan kitchen, dining and living area, pick a single dark shade for a feature wall and paint the remaining walls in a complementary neutral with cool or warm tones depending on whether your feature colour has cool or warm tones.
Dark colours are excellent because you can create contrast. Why not make a splash with Resene Tuna? This measured grey looks striking when paired with crisp, white accents and a touch of bright colour - think bright yellow or red cushions or artwork.
Focus closely on key features, such as the ceiling and flooring. Cool grey pairs well with off-white, while a dark yet warm brown looks stunning with thick-pile cream carpet.
You can create a dramatic living space or bedroom by ensuring you offset dark shades with light touches. Follow this tip and you're on the road home!
Be sure to play up your home’s best design features. Window frames, crown moulding, built-in storage and archways are examples of features that can be played up with the right paint selection.
You can make these features stand out with dark paint - just ensure that the surrounding area embraces a light shade in order to achieve a wonderful contrast.
Whether you go charcoal, dark green, or deep oxen red, having a contrast on the floors, trims and ceiling helps to delineate the area, preventing it from becoming claustrophobic – instead, it helps to enlarge the space visually.
As a whole-room solution, team dark neutrals with cream or crisp white trims. This works especially well with older homes where the skirtings, architraves and cornices are likely to be more ornate and will be beautifully highlighted by the contrast with smoky dark walls.
Think beyond your walls, to floors, ceilings and furniture. These can easily be painted a dark colour too. If you’re living in a villa with a high stud, a dark ceiling can help make the ceiling feel lower and the room feel cosier.
If you’re changing from a light colour scheme to a dark one, make sure you review your lighting at the same time. You may find you need a little extra lighting or a stronger light bulb to balance the darker walls.


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You would like to coincide using the template with all the trade There is an assortment of kinds of invoice templates. The template can be readily modified from by you by manually producing new columns to monitor info. You will stop by the off ice templates option from that you can select the proper template that suits your objective. Locate there are many to choose from. The template incorporates many areas to guarantee earnings taxes and subtotals to special discounts have been computed, for example, ability. Down load and finish a invoice template to send to a person or client as a means to amass form an item or service rendered. Utilizing Excel invoice templates is actually really a easy system to make customized invoices which can possibly be changed to satisfy various clients and answers.
It is going to become saved in the computer technique. Then you will fix the plan including a symbol or by choosing diverse colors Once you have picked the template that fits together with your requirements. It’s possible to use pre-defined templates along with any information source to produce reports at a exact brief moment.
What it’s likely you have to do is always to receive the template you wish touse on a statement to your intent that is ideal. PSD templates will be the optimal/optimally quality templates available on the market. Once you have your template place you may expect a customized function to replace the label as soon as the invoice is generated.
Scroll in case you have to use among those templates. Following that, the template is prepared togo. It permits one to enter details such as number and also the date . It will be likely to download templates in formats that are different out of the following. Utilizing our bill templates is a great start to create a specialist statement. Even the PDF invoice template is user decent and friendly looking it’s perhaps not elastic. Making use of PDF Invoices plug-in that you will acquire numerous PDF invoice templates you could readily customise into this match with your own requirements.
Currently, to produce an invoice, whatever you’ve got to do is adhere to a template. There are just two sorts of PDF template. Furthermore, PDF bill templates are a cinch. They’re section of one’s online business, therefore they fit your brand and should be of premium caliber new. Totally free PDF bill Interface Guess you are a consumer, acquiring an invoice and willing to process your payment.
You personalize an invoice with your branding and firm info, save it as just a template afterward put it to use whenever you’ve got to bill somebody. Invoices abide by a regular format to be ready. Your PDF statement is well prepared for use. A PDF invoice will likewise be attached.
It’s potential to get an invoice for a PDF or CSV file. Whether an invoice is easy to get to get a order also depends upon the affliction of the order. Even a PDF statement indicates the info linked to your payment system (title, address, and so on ), and also perhaps not the info linked to your AWS accounts. A bonus is however featured by invoices in PDF format in the part of accounting and in the region of company.
Invoices type an important part in any provider. With automatic logic it’s likely to send many invoices depending upon the payment gate way utilized. A specialist invoice is not simply a representation of you or your company, it’s likewise going to offer value to this connection involving you and the buyer. Invoices offer your clients a synopsis of the product or products and services that you have given. If you’re also on the lookout for many pro equipped with complimentary from cost statement to ready your very own small business invoice, then you can procure a completely Complimentary bill Template from our website.
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Whether patient is below influence at a time is easily the screening. Cosmetic surgeons have been invited to show their expertise. Team-up Cosmetic surgeons never find the job done. Dental Practice An dental surgeon will be allowed to be hired after a number of many years of learning and training. Dentists are usually able to terrify since they will be fearful of their annoyance women and lots of men and even grownups avoid therapy. Kept exactly precisely the similar patients after the dental practitioner, and treated lots of the same patients for 25 decades retired. Luckily, obtaining a correct dental hygienist resume or CV will execute alot that will help you to nab your dream project.
Equally options might be rewarding if you have the ability to find the opportunities. It’s essential to be working on your own postsecondary career options. It’s likely to also mention special dental procedures you have special experience with.2. Such steps will have the ability to assist you to really be attentive to the things to include within job app. The task description can be the buddy. It may be beneficial to execute a SWOT analysis of the company.
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Just comprise in the event. At times, you also only wish to find that amount and start operating ASAP. So you’ve got that level, it’s time and energy to locate the position that is right. You benefit a couple years before going back for college and may receive your degree.
That you really don’t should do all your school at the same period . For me, it wasn’t just school that allowed me to get my own way. You’re going to likely be well-prepared right after attending an excellent faculty.
Considering all of the skills you will have to get some time management skill. It’s mandatory that you know you have acquired the skills, experience, and education essential for your amount for. Make certain your experience aligns with everything which is being sought afterwards. So do not neglect to say a few expertise and abilities, if you are in a position to. The area, your work experience should be added the following.
You can find several techniques to explore specific clinics. In case , you believe you’re aggressively somewhere, take the compulsory training in order for it to force you to get first attempt of asking a job a one. You may rather create a section for your certifications, As you may possibly have certificates for a career. The sort of test and exam’s degree could be the thing that things to decide exactly the groundwork process.
Contemplating the affliction of the economy, lots folks are anxious about their jobs. As you are able to be that you simply will keep to continue to maintain the occupation when you receive it you prefer to make sure. Work and internships are an exemplary means to acquire encounter in your region. You may take pleasure in the job and it’ll demonstrate fruitful in a run.
In the event that you require some assistance You shouldn’t hesitate to ask excuses. To acquire Dental Assistant task fast Dental Assistant project is one of the livelihood expected to disperse its tentacles all. Certainly one of the strategies that are best to begin job hunting for a recession-proof livelihood is to have an exhaustive appraisal of one’s qualifications. You have to understand truth on just how well their firm is currently doing, and they haven’t been putting off their own employees.
Your resume should demonstrate the extra value it’s likely to bring to role or a company, maybe perhaps not only reiterate your accomplishments. You can opt to design resumes. Resumes adhere to two formats that are standard. Creating a resume for the first time might be challenging because it is catchy to discover.
An nursing resume objective would be an opening announcement that begins with all the fact which you want to procure function. Nursing resumes comprise experiences and abilities that lots of ATS methods overlook. Nursing is one of the very pursued professions in the 21st century. Additionally, your nursing resume will probably need to be tailored to the job advertisement. The above nursing resume bills deliver cases that you are able to apply for earning yours along with strengthening the ability of one’s resume.
Firstly, you are going to need to devote your nurse resume the obligations you’ve got experience with and also therefore so are mentioned close as possible. The healthcare provider might not be present once the change comes about, or some period the shares precisely the advice, while nurses aren’t typically accountable for identification. Entry-level nurses create the error of list each of their adventures in their resumes simply to raise the specifics of their experience.
No thing in that you might opt to work as a nurse, patients having a extensive variety of physical or psychological difficulties will be encountered by you. Nurses must help you to evaluate a situation and make conclusions . They have to earn a bachelor’s degree and gain licensure as a registered nurse. Whether you are a university student nurse or a nurse that is skilled, there’s definitely. Nurses would concur totally that adaptability is one of many essential nursing talents. Finding occupations as a nurse requires a mixture of also a specific set of work hunting abilities and also the mindset.
Each coverletter has to be customized into your facility, not usage generic phrases. You should also compose an astonishing short resume cover letter which can introduce one to this operator. Please remember you’ll demand a companion resume cover letter to seal the offer.
Don’t make the sound like you are currently speaking . A superb description functions as an potential all-natural advertisement and motivates the audience to browse to your site. The outline needs to become short and concise, but the grad should fill space on the page, developing lots of lines of experience descriptors could be wise. The job description can be the friend. Do not don’t highlight abilities you have which are associated along with achievements you have accomplished, with the task description and tasks you’ve handled. Instances comprise the requirement for training programs that are greater and also high priced employee turnover numbers. Make sure that you have a minimum of just one instance of a time that you exhibited every one of many top five capabilities recorded here.
Typically someone using a diploma or A.S. in Nursing is going to become at a position to earn their particular Bachelor’s, possibly on the web or by a conventional campus based program. The newest graduate enrolled nurse with no medical expertise must not be concerned in their deficiency of experience for a nurse. You may be employing to your variety of postitions if you’re a student searching for your nursing occupation.
Successful communication abilities will soon be crucial for each of those situations. The issue todo is always to commence reinforcing. You might already use a number of the nursing skills that are transferable necessary to be successful.
Furthermore, it can be an best chance to network together from your area. Regardless, it is sti have to put in your knowledge to reveal some of the specific regions you need functioned in. Someone may also provide work experience perhaps not entirely regarding the position.
Then a task may possibly perhaps not be done punctually even when you are just a number of minutes late for a job. As procuring that occupation will likely be dependent upon your soft capabilities and personality along with your experience nursing is of a distinctive niche. All tasks fluctuate, and it is better if you get a health professional resume which emphasizes your talents and expertise . Research the firm’s culture . For instance, in the event you are chasing work in gerontology, then you may possibly pay attention to skills like psychiatric encounter stress management, along with cardiovascular rehabilitation. Each and every endeavor therefore be certain you go through the job description, will call for abilities and adventures and concentrate on the abilities. The ideal method is to find on the web for an suitable location.
Don’t Skimp on excellent layout To not be disregarded, your suggestion should seem skilled and of premium quality. It should soon be persuasive when you summarize every one of the benefits you may supply the firm. Just later knowing your sponsor well, that you simply are able to think about preparing a suggestion. Establishing a successful occasion sponsorship suggestion calls for a tough work, however in the long run, it’s well worth doing. Writing a sponsorship proposal to attract sponsors for the event or company might look like an endeavor. Bottom lineremember your sponsor agenda is visibility.
Now you have to follow up which they’d go back for your requirements . You have got to be sure you understand what it is you might be attempting to find when creating a property suggestion. Since it may sound, developing a sponsorship business proposition is less intimidating. Planning business proposal to get an occasion diversification can be complicated as you want to satisfy also the necessities of the feasible host as an easy method to obtain, although certain necessities of the provider entity.
Patrons the method that you intend to market the function are told by An extensive media approach on your proposal. Producing a proposal may be a crucial task. In earning your suggestion, First, the first stage needs to be to get information regarding the main topic of the possible company which means that you may introduce. There is one solution which is to compose a sponsorship proposal. You can find a number of kinds of property ideas in accord with this essence of the event. The most typical sponsorship proposals that are absolute are during sporting occasions and company proposal. When you’re aiming to make the perfect sponsorship proposal, be aware the principle that is simplest.
There is A sponsorship correspondence actually a quite essential section of virtually any fund raising event. Writing a sponsorship letter may occasionally become a catchy affair. Now you learn how exactly to compose a sponsorship letter, let us take a look at an example that’ll enable one to fully grasp the arrangement to precisely the same. You need to know just how to write a specialist sponsorship letter for your host is well versed and also how exactly to host the event.
Make sure not to compromise your schedule goals that you set up to detect patrons. Apart from income, be certain that sponsors are prepared to publicize your team some way. You ‘ve approached each possible host and whittled it down several celebrations that were interested. Offer a club a sponsorship audit and determine precisely what it can give to some host. Like a way to compose event sponsorship ideas, you want to be mindful with correspondence writing approach to your own patrons.
Why you’re looking for sponsorship in detail, you want to describe. Sponsorship can possibly be in cash or on physical services and things which a potential host may offer. In the event that you are able to bring in a major participant you may provide exclusive diversification, or deals that enable more compact sized sponsors have various advantages and also to donate at a variety of levels are provided by you.
Communicate it is that you’re doing exactly what you have and you will need sponsorship. That which you ought to be sure that your sponsorship sails can be your own Proposal. Sponsorship doesn’t indicate that you merely get some thing for nothing. It is not a donation. Getting individual in your small business proposal letters is a means to safeguard closer to profitable a home.
Don’t forget to explain what it really is that you’re currently doing, why you’re doing this, the type of property you need and what the other party will escape the sponsorship arrangement. the job is required by you, you have to mention. Explain you are getting married and want sponsorship to pay for the costs. It’s mandatory that you just keep on providing updates to your host in regards to the way in, Once you’ve gotten the sponsorship.
Producing your Sponsorship account As you know, they’re not committing sponsorships away at no cost, you need to just work in thembut you will find particular things that you can do as a way to turn your career a bit easier and lift your probability of locating the service you want. Supply a quotation regarding this precise amount you anticipate as exemptions and guide them in the direction of the part of the proposition for info. Sponsorship sponsors the possiblity to participate in a positive way, and provides critical funds and support for event organizers. Vehicle sponsorship is extremely much like acquiring advertising as you don’t know whether the cash spent ridding some one will increase a firm’s sales (or market place advantage ) the direction you hope it will.
Risk-management program commences with pinpointing. Even the hazard management program could define exactly we are very likely to handle these and also all of the risks for the project. A superb hazard management strategy gives you the capability to steer risks till they get problems that may cost you time and money simply by inducing flaws of your goods or solutions. Priority A very good hazard management program may determine exactly the most crucial risks .
There’s perhaps not a list of threats using a related risk rating and if you’ve finished a risk evaluation, that you never possess an suitable risk investigation. A hazard analysis contains alist of vulnerabilities and possible dangers that may be utilized contrary to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the PHI that you’ve assessed. Moreover, it’s important to do a risk assessment also to re-evaluate your risk management prepare once you finish every single phase of the undertaking. Together with the hazard management procedure goes to be run through the project life span defines as so on because the risk assessment is going to be completed.
There certainly really are a lot of techniques however, before you are ready to receive going guarding your own company, you must acquire familiar with the entire notion of hazard direction. It really is no longer going to influence your endeavor’s desired outcome, In the event that you’re able to stop the danger of happening. To create sure that your endeavor’s success, define the way you’re likely to take care of risks that are prospective for those who have to do so that you may identify, mitigate or avert problems. The feasible risk was contained dependent on pre-clinical information.
You have to comprehend what kind of challenges your organization faces In order be able to assemble a good risk management regimen. Each hazard should be addressed by saying you’re ready generate a policy to this or to simply accept the possibility. It isn’t the case that hazards will lead to negative outcome. Thus, quantified and likely risks have to get quantified in respect for their possible unwanted implications. Pick your response as soon as you have listed all of the feasible risks at each step in the task. At case the challenges you might have identified turn upward, you would have to be ready to deal with them.
Danger supervisors are trained to deal with many matters in a number of settings. They are able to compare the chances of unique undesirable events together with their influences and pose possible risks when it comes to severity. Managers have to maintain a place to weigh pros and cons, then select the possibility that has got the best chances of success. Health managers need to revolve around growing and executing a health care management system that can manage the selling cost of inequality and health .
Which is why hazard management is so crucial. Risk management is. Just how any expense linked to risk management may benefit the undertaking. In case it comes to risk control, then in the event that you desire to plan you want to believe of every scenario. Drug Rehab 101 Drug management is a part of overall health literacy. Superior conduite means in the event you wish to get yourself a terrific nursing home on your relative or parent, then search for an exemplary supervisor. By keeping an eye on the surrounding air healthcare administration needs to be more familiar with developments.
Your security program will have a method to transfer all phone calls into the area, a place where a office might be installed, as well as a solution to decide on. Be skeptical concerning the numbers you have from the strategy. The hazard management application would be a guidance document that should serve as team members and reference for the two administrators. An exhaustive terrorism hazard management program should, at a minimum, include these components. A three-tiered terrorism hazard management program, including initial as well as in different hazard and depth assessments management approaches, may be used to effectively reduce the threat in the terrorist assault.
A little bit of preparation will make a significant effect. While circumstance intending may appear reasonably easy, there are. The danger Management approach goes to become updated if needed. Extensive risk management options at care may not just facilitate individual safety initiatives in addition lessen readmissions.
You’ll locate a great deal of statement generating software online that could routinely make your invoice slipdown. In most cases, there’s no charge for labour however the statement can incorporate the price tag on loading and unloading the substances. You are able to create the statement fully your own, so altering the template follow with your changing demands. During the aid of the blank bill template it isn’t hard to print and make bills. When purchasers desire funding sources to their job A pro forma statement is helpful. You will need to have assistance using the occupation Once you are making this type of invoice and you’re going to be capable of using the Service bill Template to supply you merely the assistance you will be needing.
You desire the occupation to become rapid and simple, when you’re establishing an invoice. During the assistance of the invoice template you can economically make a statement that’s an easy task to browse and know and that’s planning to meet all your needs. Invoice can be a industrial record. The invoice needs to be built that after putting all the details of the transaction, it seems complex. Industrial bill can be a file. In case of the habits inspection, a business invoice that is ready may assist the customs creation require regarding your shipment should be processed, a fast decision.
You must have a means to produce a statement that will not require a second. A proforma invoice is a sort of sales quote that is normally employed to verify the transaction or as a quotation paper that is legal prior to purchasing this item. Fundamentally some info linked to the services supplied by your small business is comprised by a statement. Through the help a Sample support Invoice provides you with may economically create some thing which will allow your organization to be that it’s supposed to function as.
Now you want to make the kind of invoice that’ll be easy to read and understand. To make an invoice you only have to put in a fundamental template variant on the net. Each statement needs to be referenced with a distinctive invoice identification or number which will create a entry. So invoices are critical for practically any form of enterprise. They form an critical function in virtually any small business. The BBQ catering statement involves the correct backdrop picture. Whenever you wish to create an invoice for products and providers you have contributed to someone that you want to obtain ways to make an invoice which is tidy and neat.
The templates are straightforward spare and to utilize time that may be utilized in additional important work. You can employ something Invoice Template to assist you in making the sort of statement that may work suitable for you out . Our agency statement template a part of an range of invoice templates made from Vertex42 for providers, services, advisers, and other companies that are small. You will be offered the aid you ought to create some thing which’s readable and professional by the support bill Template. An invoice template is just a template which enables you immediately create statements employing details that are vertical. The catering statement template is offered from PNG format.
After you download templates, then you can set the parameters in order the computer software does all of the calculations once you go in the client’s name and the amounts. You might receive totally free templates . If you start using a totally free of charge invoice template, then you are able to select the format which works well suited thus simplifying the method of creating invoices. Utilizing Excel invoice templates is an basic ways to produce tailored statements which can be altered to satisfy customers and providers.
It is likely to change the template up plus it’s likely to publish it and utilize it into your company. Alternatively you could use the conventional templates in excel. You’re able to resolve the plan for example a symbol or by choosing colors Once you have chosen the template that fits with your own requirements. Blank statement template could possibly be utilised to conserve guard your business trade listing and track crucial business activities. There is A invoice template a template at which total details regarding a product may be full of convert into a statement. Download and complete a sterile statement template to ship into buyer or a customer so as to collect sort a solution or service left. It will be potential for you to gain get into to astounding MS bill templates which are user friendly to those apps.
The template captures all of the of mandatory info in a web page. Much like additional invoices an statement templates have a header part and also a structure in its system. You’re ready to get into the most invoice templates that are online at a very nominal price by reputed sites.


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I’ve asked a few people and friends if they’d ever go travelling solo and usually the responses are related to loneliness, anxiousness or preferring to join a tour and have a plan for the whole journey. I feel that solo travel is still quite a taboo subject and we don’t know what to expect if we take that step but we’re always afraid to because the same feelings are talked about and shared around which are usually negative.
One thing I absolutely loved about travelling alone was the freedom I had. I could do anything I wanted that suited my personality and was at my level of fun and comfort. Usually if you are with another person you will find either one of you compromising so the other one is happy or just doing things which you both enjoy and not doing things you’d really want to do. Some things you want to do may not be to their taste or your budgets on activities/food/transport may vary.
What is it about the freedom you have that makes travelling alone so enjoyable?
The pressure you feel you have to make your companion happy is always on the back of your mind, it is for me anyway. Doing it solo relieves that pressure and allows you to focus more on yourself and your journey.
I’ve experienced this myself where I was constantly worrying about my travel partner not enjoying themselves very much and just focusing on boosting their mood by doing things they wanted to do. By doing this, it then makes you forget about yourself and your needs for enjoyment. Obviously, if you are both very similar and open to each other then you have nothing to worry about, just like my best friend and I.
It is becoming more popular amongst the younger travellers where you don’t plan anything before going and just go with the flow. This is a great option for those of you who have the freedom during your travels because you can decide what to do next and where to go. There is nothing tying you down or preventing you from doing that extra trip or one more activity. GO FOR IT!
I know of a few people who have done this, along with myself, and they have managed to save so much money but also sometimes felt a little lost and confused as what their next plans are. If you are all about spontaneity then this is just what you want to be doing. A lot of it is trial and error (accommodation searching can be a drag) but I think you’d be surprised by how much you may save, and also how much more freedom you’d have as you can stay in a certain place for however long you want.
You are the main priority and nothing else should come before it, even when you are travelling with other people, but knowing that you don’t have that extra person to keep an eye on will allow you to put your own comfort and happiness first. Decide what you would like to get out of this trip and achieve it!
The amount of stories I heard over my travels at the beginning of this year where their travelling companions budgets were ridiculously high, or stupidly low, was quite surprising. I usually think that travellers will have one budget…to spend as little as possible, or to go as cheap as possible. However people also like a bit of luxury now and again, just like I did but not everyday. So it makes it so much less stressful for yourself and more comfortable knowing you only have your budget to stick to and not having to compromise to someone else’s.
Another perk to braving it solo is the flexibility you have. You don’t have anything holding you back from changing part of your journey, you can choose what you want when you want, and your travels will seem more relaxed knowing you don’t have any time limits for someone else, just yourself which you choose and are happy with.
The flexibility you get and feel with leave you with so much time to just relax instead of stress out. You basically will enjoy yourself a lot more and properly indulge into one countries’ culture. You may find yourself exploring further into the countries hidden treasures and having less time to worry about what is happening next.
You can plan what you want, when you want, where you want and how you want without having to fit in the requirements of a travel partner. You don’t even have to plan if you don’t want to, instead go with the flow however you’d like to.
I found that I was constantly changing my plans when I travelled South East Asia and definitely regretted planning the trip instead of going and booking along the way. If I had the guts to do this before my trip then I would have saved so much money, had a little less to worry about, and generally more flexibility. I think because it was my first trip solo I was too afraid to commit to this just incase something did go wrong along the way. But I guess that’s the whole point…if something does go wrong along the way then you can change your whole route because you have nothing planned ahead.
You will find it becomes easier travelling alone because it’s one, or more, less person to worry about and it takes away that extra stress of making sure everyone’s happy and you’re on track. I’m obviously not saying I hate travelling with other people because that’s the opposite of how I feel – my best travels have been with other people – but I’m saying that there’s a lot more to get excited about than to be afraid of. I enjoyed travelling solo because of these two points I’ve mentioned and I would 100% do it again in the future. Once you’ve done it, unless you’ve had a bad experience, then you’ll want to do it again.
Would the freedom and flexibility convince you to take a leap forward and go solo?
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I would really love to go solo travelling, mostly just because of the idea of the sheer freedom of it. But, I think it would be something I'd have to work up to, get my confidence up. I do agree though, you can often find yourself worrying so much about your travel buddy that you forget to enjoy yourself!

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This past week my husband Jonathan and I released our first album, Heartbeat as Ashes & Heirs. (It has been almost 2 years in the making.) In all honestly, I feel a great lack of words at the moment. Our family is in the midst of great sadness, loss and thankfulness for the preservation of life. One family member almost lost their life, a cousin was shot and killed, and my grandfather will meet Jesus very soon. As Jonathan's uncle underwent emergency heart-surgery Monday night, I was hit yet again with the title of our album - Heartbeat. The heart is such a fragile thing. To think that it simply stops beating and we are suddenly lifeless. One moment is all it takes. Here one second. Gone another.
God is the one who gave us our first breath of life. Through Christ He also breathes life into our souls. We were dead in our sins and now we find new life by the life-blood of Jesus Christ. He is the reason our physical and spiritual heart is beating. When things are hard. When things are good too. When loved ones are gone. When tragedy comes. When our hearts have wounds too deep for words. Even then, especially then, it is HIS love - not our own strength - that keeps our hearts beating. His power is made manifest in weakness. This is the essence of the gospel. We were dead, and now we are alive. Our brokenness is too much, our wounds too deep, our weakness too great, and on and on it goes...BUT GOD. In Him all things are held together. At salvation He holds us together and He continues to hold us for whatever is to come.
Because of this truth we can open our arms and say "SEE! Look what He has done! This is His love beating when I don't think I have any love left. This is HIS grace I'm breathing. It has nothing to do with myself. This is His mercy that sustains me. He is holding me together. Without Jesus I am nothing. See these scars? Come closer and look. I will gladly boast in how weak I am because Christ is my strength. He is my heartbeat." If He can bring me from death to life, there is nothing that He cannot do through me. There is no hurt. There is no shame. There is no weakness. There is no joy or sorrow. No mistake or triumph. No ridicule or acclaim. No, there is nothing that removes His heartbeat from my chest. Forever. This is the love of God that surpasses all understanding.
And so, my heart is heavy today, yes. But the reason I am writing these words is the reason we felt led to record and share the album in the first place. It is the vast LOVE and GRACE and MERCY of God that has taken hold of us. He is our source hope; He gives us peace. This life is temporary. Loss shows us that more than anything else. Another song, "Before Me" is about that very thing - and an anthem reminding our hearts to stay fixed on the prize in Jesus. Eternity is a mere heartbeat away. This is why we poured our heart into this project. After many years of wanting to do music, perhaps with some selfish motives, we know God has cleared that away and left us with only the desire to be His vessel. He continues to humble us, and though that is not an enjoyable process I am thankful for it. Our prayer is simply that God will use this offering as an encouragement to His people, and a light shining out saying "This is the love of Jesus" into the hearts of those who don't know Him. This is our heartbeat, for this album, and for our lives. With everything we are, we just want to tell of the gospel, of God's glory, and to give over our lives in every way possible to show that He is worthy of our worship. If you are at all interested in our music, you can find it here to download for free. And if you'd like a hard copy, just get in touch with us and we'll mail one.


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At first I was bewildered by the question. Why would anyone believe that I had any idea where this person was? But then I remembered that in that post, I had written about my most memorable moment at Crystal City High School.
If I had to pick a most memorable moment of my high school years, it would have to be that early Friday afternoon in November — during my sophomore year — when I was walking down the hallway that connected the auditorium and the main hallway. Our lunch hour had ended and we were all heading back to our classes. In the middle of that hallway I saw Kathy Briscoe heading in the opposite direction, with tears in her eyes.
“They shot him,” she said.
They cancelled classes a few minutes after that.
It was clear that this Lillian person had done a Google search on “Kathy Brisco” and “Crystal City High School,” and that the search engine had given her my blog post.
Why she thought I might know the whereabouts of Kathye Briscoe (the correct spelling of her name, I was to find out from my sister’s high school yearbook) was beyond me. I had known Kathye. She was a classmate and we had a number of classes together. I’m sure that during her three years at CCHS we exchanged many words, but I doubt we ever had a serious conversation about anything. We definitely weren’t friends. In those days there was almost no socializing between the Anglo and Mexican kids, and even if there had been, I was definitely not the kind of guy with whom a girl such as her would want to spend too much time.
Kathye was a popular, intelligent and attractive olive-skinned girl, always smiling. I don’t think I ever heard her say a cross word to anyone. Her family moved to town during our freshman year, when her father became manager of the local JC Penney store. They lived in a modest house on East Crockett Street, next door to the big house occupied by the local banker.
Soon after arriving, Kathye and Tommy Brannan became an item. Tommy was the son of a local schoolteacher and he was a year ahead of us in school. He was a jock, a star in football and baseball, and maybe even basketball. He and his best friend, Bob Taylor, the son a local lawyer, were Big Men on Campus. Loud. Boisterous.
Tommy and Kathye seemed like an odd, unlikely pair to me. She was refined, diplomatic and courteous. She didn’t seem to relish being the center of attention. He loved it. As unlikely as it seemed, however, the relationship thrived and I think everyone assumed the two would end up getting married. Then, at the end of our junior year, Kathye’s father was transferred to another store in another town and Tommy went off to try to be a college jock and that relationship ended. I never saw or heard of Kathye again.
AND THAT’S WHAT I told Lillian, in my email responding to her comment on my blog post: I had no idea where Kathye was and I doubted I could find her if I tried.
Now that got my attention!
I was pretty sure it was Tommy Brannan. I remembered, from reading my hometown weekly newspaper in years past, that he had moved to Seguin, gone into business and started a family there, and I thought I remembered that his name was John Thomas Brannan. So that all made sense.
But why would he misspell his own last name?
It then occurred to me that perhaps Tommy was too ill to write on his own, that maybe somebody else – Lillian, perhaps? – was doing the writing for him.
WITH THAT, I thought I had gracefully excused myself from any more involvement in this intriguing and sad tale. I had asked myself what obligation I had to help this man from long ago, who had been briefly in my life but never a part of it. He was a stranger, really.
It is no secret that I have strong negative views about growing up in South Texas at a time when the small Anglo minority had all the power and treated us as second-class citizens, or worse. Tommy was very much part of that establishment.
Further, I had checked with my sister Carmen, who had been his classmate, and not only did she have no fond memories of him, she had one very nasty recollection: As a child, she was walking past Tommy’s house one day and he had come out on his front yard from where he started throwing rocks at her. And he laughed as she dodged and ran.
I wanted my response to his comment to be my last involvement in this matter. I really did. But two things prevented me from doing so. The first was that this guy – John, Tommy – claimed to be dying and he needed help on something he felt was important to him. There may not be a warm place in my heart for some people, but that heart – this heart – is not a cold heart. Didn’t I have an obligation to try to help another human being in need if I could?
SO I BEGAN the search, using the two web instruments I am most familiar with, Google and Facebook. They turned up nothing. I had reached a dead-end almost before I started. There are lots of Kathy Briscoes on FB, but not the one I was looking for.
But then I asked my niece to go to Carmen’s yearbook and take a picture of both Kathy’s and Tommy’s class photos. When I got them, I noticed that there was an “e” at the end of Kathy. It was Kathye, not Kathy.
Back to Google I went. It took a while, but I learned that she probably lived in Raymondville, north of Harlingen, and that her last name is now Austin – and that her husband had died several years ago. I learned that one of her sons had married a girl from Montgomery not long ago. But I couldn’t locate a phone number for her (even though a while ago I tried to replicate my search and came up with a phone number right away; go figure!).
I returned to Facebook and learned that even though she is not a FB member, she has friends who are, and some of them mentioned her. There was one post of a group of friends driving from Raymondville to Houston to see the opera Carmen, praising Kathye for her driving skills. Others mentioned going to the movies with her in Harlingen, and there was a picture of a group of women at a dinner, posing for the camera. There, near the middle of the back row stood a woman who looked very much like Kathye. She was also mentioned by the Raymondville Methodist Church’s pastor. In one of his posts, he asked for prayers for Kathye and her family as they prepared to remove her husband from life support. I called the church but no one picked up the phone.
I clicked on the church’s page and found more photos featuring her in the choir and other church activities. The photos left no doubt: this was the Kathye Briscoe I remembered. But I still didn’t have any contact information for her.
Meanwhile, while waiting to figure out how to proceed on that end, I did a Google search on Tommy. I learned that in addition to owning a pharmacy, he was in real estate, selling and buying ranch and hunting properties, and that he was involved in local politics. There was a letter he had submitted to the local commissioners court asking to be appointed to fill a vacancy on the court, and there was a story about his running for county judge in the GOP primary, pledging to run the county like a business. I also found an obituary for his mother, who is buried in Crystal City.
Tommy had included his phone number in the news story in which he announced his candidacy and I decided to try it. It was not an easy decision. For all I knew, Tommy was on his deathbed, barely able to move or talk, and the last thing he or his family needed was someone calling to tell give him information about an old girlfriend.
All this brought back memories of all the times that, as a reporter, I had to call grieving families to get a comments or information for articles I was writing. I hated doing it and I put it off as long as I could but in the end I called because I had to.
I DIALED THE number but there was no answer. Instead there was a message, recorded by Tommy’s unmistakable voice, saying nobody was home but to please leave a message. I did, telling him that I was pretty sure I knew where Kathye was but that I had been unable to get her phone number. I left my phone number if he wanted to call me back.
He did, identifying himself not as John but as Tommy, and sounding very much like the good old boy I remembered. And, to my relief, he sounded healthy. Or, if not healthy, certainly not like a man on his deathbed. We talked about high school and about people we knew. He admitted he didn’t remember me and I replied that there was no reason for him to: he was a jock and I wasn’t and we never had any classes together and we certainly didn’t socialize. He talked about his dreams about becoming a college and pro athlete, and about how those dreams were shattered when he discovered that at the college level, you have to be better than good to succeed.
He didn’t tell me how close he is to death and I didn’t ask. He thanked me for my efforts. I mumble some words about how sorry I was about his health, and before I hung up I gave him the Methodist Church’s number.
NOW IT WAS back to finding Kathye. I went back to FB and sent text messages to each of the friends who had mentioned Kathye in one of their posts. I told them who I was and why I needed to speak with Kathye. I didn’t mention Tommy’s health because it somehow didn’t seem right, but I tried to make it seem as urgent as possible, while going out of my way to not sound like some sort of stalker. I didn’t ask for her phone number or e-mail address, but I listed mine and asked them to ask Kathye to call me.
CCHS Band picture. That’s me, bottom left, and Kathye Briscoe is above me in the white drum major uniform.
“I don’t know if she’ll remember me, but if she does, it’ll probably be as Johnny or John, which is what I was called back them,” I wrote. “Tell her I played oboe in band.” Kathye was also in band and she played the bass clarinet, which meant she sat close to me in the wind section. She was the drum major for the band, and in a yearbook photo my niece sent me of the band, she stands out in her white drum major outfit in a sea of dark-colored uniforms.
I didn’t get any immediate responses but I knew that my text messages had been read because I looked at the statistics page of my blog and saw a quick uptick in the number of readers of that particular post that day.
After about an hour, I got a reply from one of her friends who said that, yes, indeed, I had the right Kathye. She always talked a lot about her years in Crystal City. Kathye would call me that evening, she promised.
Sure enough, about five o’clock my phone rang and I noticed that it was a Harlingen number. I picked it up.
Her voice sounded just as I remembered it. After all these years, how is it possible to remember the voice of a person who was never even that close to you?
“Of course I remember you,” she said, mentioning some of the classes we took together, and band.
She said she hadn’t spoken to anyone from her Crystal City days in a long time, except for one time several years ago, at a social function in Waco, when she overheard someone talking about Tommy and Susan Brannon of Seguin, and about Tommy’s illness. It turned out to be a classmate of Tommy’s.
“My God, that is the man I was supposed to marry!” she recalled telling herself.
We talked a bit about her years in Crystal City, about where she moved to after she left (San Antonio), and about people we remembered. She also talked about her family and life in Raymondville.
She wasn’t surprised when I told her why I was looking for her, about Tommy’s need to reach out to her. She said she would call him, and I gave her his phone number. I asked her if she would call me back after she did to tell me about the conversation and she promised she would.
She hasn’t. It’s been only three days but I really doubt she’ll call, and I can’t say that I blame her. Whatever conversation she had with her ex-boyfriend, it can’t possibly be easy to talk about.
I COULD CALL her back, or I could call Tommy, but I won’t. The thing is, I’m no longer a reporter and I don’t have to. I’ve done my job and this is where I have chosen to place my reporter instincts on hold.
I hope Tommy is able to talk to Kathy – and to all those in his past he has been trying to locate – and I hope he has found peace or whatever else he is looking for by reaching out.
And if a conversation between these two former high school sweethearts did take place, it’s their conversation, and that’s how it should stay. I don’t have to know.
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Quelle histoire incroyable ! Ils ont eu de la chance de te retrouver d’abord et de bénéficier de tes talents de journaliste. Un journaliste respectueux aussi.
La ville où habitait Roy, La Feria, n’était-ce pas près de Harlingen ?
This is my uncle you wrote about.


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How Does Your Protagonist Stack Up?
You know your protagonist. Presenting your favorite character to the reading public and differentiating him or her to readers is challenging. You want your readers to like your protagonist as much as you do.
The first step was choosing other protagonists similar in some way.
I spent several days adding and removing protagonists from the list. My aim was to attract readers who might like Argolicus.
The notes were my first impressions.
Inspector Jules Maigret - Argolicus used to have as much authority, but now he must rely on his acumen alone.
Commissario Salvo Montalbano - Not as volatile but certainly as doggedly persistent. And, yes, his helper, Nikolaos, sometimes gets the bits he misses.
Cadfael - As compassionate without the religious fervor.
Gregor Reinhardt - None of the angst, but keen observation skills and an ability to navigate political infights.
Gordianus - In the thick of politics, but centuries later.
Falco - At the other end of the social strata, but equally keen to solve a problem.
Commissario Guido Brunetti - Unencumbered by family matters, Argolicus must still navigate a political maze.
Brother William of Baskerville - Argolicus is well read and bookish, but a novice in theology.
Looking at the comparisons I was struck how each of these engaging detectives is surrounded by a world readily recognizable to readers. And, that each protagonist has an ethos that carries him through the obstacles in the world.
I decided that the world of early 6th Century Italy is the milieu for my protagonist but not necessarily the selling point. The protagonist, especially as sleuth, is the central selling point.
When I first published the Argolicus Mysteries, I thought of them as historical stories. Reflecting on the reviews I notice that the character and the setting are what draws readers.
After doing the protagonist comparison, I came up with a new description.
Meet Argolicus, a learned man, who turns detective at the bidding of neighbors who know him as trustworthy, wise, and fair. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the self restraint of Epictetus, the theology of Arius, and the empirical insights of Marcus Aurelius all sharpened to an edge by wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers politics, and digs into the deepest secrets of the human heart.
I found this experiment revealing. Comparing my protagonist to others in the genre helped me form a clear description to engage future readers.