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I've been tasked with launching a Kickstarter campaign. I am designer and have good instincts but I am no pro marketer! What are some tips for launching a successful Kickstarter campaign. I've heard the failure rate is quite high and most don't attain their goal. Should we be modest in setting a goal so that we get something out of it? Or really aggressive? but if we don't hit the goal we get none of the money. Should we pay influencers? Any tips would be appreciated.
Kickstarter's past is riddled with many projects that have been transformed from ideas to startups and here's your chance to make the big leap as well. There are a few way to go about it but I will take a Case Study-like approach in response to your question.
First, I will highlight one small startup whose campaign I think was a success. Even though they did not raise anything close to what fundraising giants like Pebble raised, I highly believe in their methodology. This startup is called Enda.
Secondly, I will take you through their journey and you will see what works especially for a small project.
Combining these two approaches and a bit of innovation and caution, I believe you can gain a bit of insight on how to proceed with your own project.
I like it because they paid attention to solid marketing indicators such as conversion rate, value and traffic.
Enda ran its funding campaign between May 2016 and July 2017 that sought funds for manufacturing sportswear, precisely running shoes in Kenya for worldwide distribution. Enda attributes its funding success to cooperation between itself and its backers, volunteers and friends.
Traffic -the amount of traffic that you can channel to your way is important. Think of the amount of traffic that you can derive from all sorts of platforms i.e. social media, emails, adverts and media coverage that you may ran into along the way.
Conversion- The fraction of all the people you get to your funding page from all channels who eventually contribute to your campaign. Remember that conversion rate varies depending on the source of traffic and a friend who receives your email is more likely to contribute compared to traffic from a media coverage.
Value-The team at Enda poses the question: How much value can you get each person to contribute to your project?
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to how you approach each of these variables and the tactics that you will employ largely depend on what your crowd-funding campaign seeks to achieve.
To maximize each of these variables, here are a number of tactics that Enda used. The methods were unique to the startup's crowd-funding goals but they are replicable to some extent.
In preparation of initial traffic, Enda reckons that they not only solicited feedback from lots of people but also created relevant in-bound content as they built the company.
Considering Kenya's position in global athletics, Enda produced blog posts on Kenyan running, gathered insights from surveys from elite runners, upcoming runners and the public about their brand positioning.
They argue that the importance of all this is that it helps build your project build legitimacy and a social media and email audience.
Never underestimate the power of giving your early backers a discount. This startup offered an "early-bird" discount to enable the people who signed up early to snag a better price.
Another important source of traffic comes from leveraging your existing audience to reach more people. The potential that can possibly come from messaging your backers to share your campaign is immense.
A referral rewards programme is one way to motivate those backers who can go an extra mile to recruit more backers to your campaign.
Media traffic is another big contributor to Kickstarter traffic. The amount of traffic you can create from a single media post is quite significant.
Enda gained immense traffic from press coverage. An article about the startup by Fast Company was one of the biggest media coverage that the startup got in its infancy stages.
The most important observation from Enda's media engagement is that you need to help journalists to tell your story as well as how to tell it. Do not bombard them with press releases.
Communicate with them empathetically and quickly help them to easily how your story will be of interest to their audience. Blogs, niche websites, and mainstream media are a soft strategic target for your campaign.
Of course it would be a disservice not to mention platform traffic. Kickstarter on its own is a traffic source through its editorial and algorithmic recommendations. It has a huge potential to send backers your way.
The amount of intra-platform organic traffic you could get from ranking as a 'Project of the day' or ‘Projects we Love' is enormous.
The aspect of conversion on Kickstarter is rather a slippery affair. It is as much an art as it is a science and the scope of flexibility is very narrow. One thing you must remember is that you only have one landing page to work around. You cannot really carry out A/B testing to optimize for better conversion rates.
In that regard your conversion optimization arsenal is minimized to having a fantastic story to tell. From Enda and other startups' journeys, a video is close to the perfect way to tell your story.
When it comes to connecting to customers, creating a high quality compelling video does almost half the job. Generally, projects that had a high quality video generally did better than those without one.
Overall, your Kickstarter page ought to have as much information about your product as possible. People are always excited to take part in creating something new and always keeping them updated is something you will need to do.
Kickstarter estimates that the modal rate of contribution stands at $20 and setting your reward at around that mark generally drives contributions.
Enda approached this point from a very interesting angle by offering an Enda bracelet for a small contribution and further a t-shirt and a bracelet for the cost of two bracelets.
But the real show of the campaign was on their main product-running shoes and while at it, they got people to order a pair -or two- and discounts on multiple pairs.
The most technical approach that formed the core of Enda's strategy was maximizing the three variables. However, along the way, you will often be met with tough decisions to make and more so, to the detriment of your funding journey.
Should you hire a PR specialist for your campaign? No, you must not. Depending on the magnitude of the campaign, professional PR certainly has its place.
A relatively small campaign can make do without any outside PR help as its creator are perfectly in a position to manage a number of media contacts.
During the course of the campaign, your project will be bombarded by lots of PR and marketing firms with unsolicited services. Just keep these people are looking for business for themselves.
If you are going to use a PR or marketing firm, ensure that you settle on who you want to work with before the campaign starts to help you wade through the multitude of mid-campaign solicitations.
How should you proceed with advertising on paid social media? Which platforms work best at a shoestring budget?
You can use some paid advertising on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Putting up ads on the platforms had different results for our feature startup.
They observed that they got new followers on Instagram, practically nothing on Twitter and netted some sells on Facebook.
They reckon that, if they had a larger budget, they would have directed it to Facebook as the audience there was converting to sales.
Honestly though, considering the time it takes doing this, you might find it is better to focus more on producing new and better content to engage your base and have them spread the message to their friends.
Kickstarter campaigns are exciting, so word of mouth tactics can be especially powerful during this brief window of time.
First, start with research. Figure out how much the whole project is going to cost, so you can set a realistic goal. If you don’t meet your goal, you get none of the money, so pick a bottom-line number. You can also look for similar projects and wait till they finish to get an idea of what your goal should be.
Shorter campaigns actually tend to do better. Create a strategic, realistic marketing timeline to follow. Use a marketing calendar so you don’t miss any steps.
Once you’ve set your goal and timeline, contact your personal network. Your friends and family can help jumpstart the campaign. Make sure they’re on board and ready to start sharing info about your campaign when you say “go.” Use a group chat or another quick way to notify them when the campaign goes live. However, don’t annoy them with updates, or you might lose their support.
The video is the most important part of your marketing strategy. Most people won’t keep reading if they don’t like the video. Make sure it’s easy to understand, conveys the purpose of the project, and is no more than two minutes long. Tell a story that will resonate with viewers. Most people will have decided whether or not to support your project by the first minute, and may not watch any further. Don’t forget to make it fun - for them and for yourself!
When you draft the content for your Kickstarter page, make sure it’s easy to understand, too. Break up the text with engaging pictures and interesting headlines. Keep it short - remove any information that’s not essential.
The rewards descriptions should be short and sweet, too. Let people know what they’ll get and when. Have no more than 10 rewards to choose from at first, and introduce new ones during the campaign as needed. Get some high-quality photos of the rewards to use in promotional materials and post on your Kickstarter page.
Create social media pages for the campaign before it goes live. Work on building your fan base, so you’ll have support as soon as the campaign starts. Your high-quality images will come in handy here - use them and share them. Make sure all your information and links are correct. Use contests with free rewards to encourage user engagement on social.
When it’s time to go live, use Bitly to get a shorter link to the Kickstarter page that’s easy to share and remember. Bitly has stats, such as info about where clicks on your link come from, that you can use to fine-tune your marketing approach.
Make sure to provide regular updates to your backers. Thank them when you hit a benchmark, and send information about new rewards when they come out. Remind people to follow the campaign on social, and ask them to share it with their networks. If you include a short post they can copy and paste, they’ll be more likely to share. You don’t need to pay influencers - your backers can be your influencers.
Finally, use press releases to get the attention of the media before going live. Have high-res images to share. If you can, hire a PR agency to write great press releases and send them to the right people.
Starting a Kickstarter campaign is essentially starting a business. Approach the marketing like you’re an entrepreneur, and you’re much more likely to attract backers and reach your goal.


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Test rings (ABSRING) are manufactured to ASTM D5001 and are supplied in packs of 10. Each ring can be used for 10 tests.

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(g) ensure that all records of exposure to hazardous substances are kept and maintained in the prescribed manner and that personal records of exposure are made available to the affected employees.
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(d) as a condition of carrying out any activity for which the submission of plans and procedures is prescribed, submit to the Coal Mining Safety Commission for approval, in the form and manner and at the time prescribed, plans and procedures relating to that activity and carry out the activity in conformity with plans and procedures as approved.
(2) No employer shall require or permit the use in a coal mine of any mining method, machinery or equipment in respect of which no prescribed safety standards are applicable unless the use thereof has been approved pursuant to paragraph 137.2(2)(a).
(b) require a proportion, not less than the prescribed proportion, of employees employed in the underground portions of the mine to submit to personal searches conducted in the prescribed manner.
(4) For the purposes of this section and section 137.2, coal mine includes any work place above ground that is used in the operation of the mine and is under the control of the employer of employees employed in the mine.
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(j) report to the employer any situation that the employee believes to be a contravention of this Part by the employer, another employee or any other person.
(3) No employee is personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith by the employee when the employee is assisting the employer, as requested by the employer, in providing first-aid or in carrying out any other emergency measures.
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(c) prevent unnecessary damage to or loss of property.
(b) a motor vehicle on a public highway.
2013, c. 40, s. 179.

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For the Butterfly challenge, thanks for looking, and for your wonderful c/v.
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On a recent visit to Norway, a German supporter of the ICFI visited the house in which Leon Trotsky took refuge some time after he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929. This reader provided the following account of this period of Trotsky’s exile.
In 1935, after the French authorities refused to allow Trotsky to stay in the country any longer, no other European country was prepared to grant him exile. At that time, France was negotiating an alliance with Stalin and was about to establish a popular front government with the support of the Stalinist Communist Party of France.
In Norway, the Social Democratic Workers Party had just come to power. This party regarded itself as standing to the left of the Second International and had even belonged to the Communist International for a time, having then broken with it in 1923.
Walter Held, one of Trotsky’s supporters who lived in exile in Norway, had turned to Olaf Scheflo, a party leader who was sympathetic to Trotsky, and finally received a promise that Trotsky could stay temporarily in Norway.
After some problems caused by senior government officials who were opposed to his stay, Trotsky received a six-month visa, which was linked to a number of conditions. Trotsky had to promise the government that he would refrain from political activity and would reside some distance from the capital Oslo. As Isaac Deutscher writes, Trotsky did this on the assumption that he was being asked not interfere in the internal affairs of Norway. The government would later maintain that it had asked him to refrain from all political activity.
Konrad Knudsen, one of the editors of the social democratic newspaper Arbeiderbladet, tried in vain to rent a house for Trotsky and finally invited him and his wife Natalia into his own home. Although he did not agree politically with his guest, his whole family enjoyed friendly relations with the Trotskys and did everything possible to make their stay a pleasant one. After Trotsky had partly recovered from a severe and persistent infection, he began to work on The Revolution Betrayed, one of his most important books, in which he made his analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union, the first workers’ state, into a bureaucratic regime.
It was at this time that the period of murders and purges began in the Soviet Union. Not only was virtually the entire Bolshevik leadership wiped out, but also hundreds of thousands of members of the intelligentsia, the military, those active in the field of culture and countless ordinary Soviet citizens were detained in penal camps and/or murdered. The principal defendant of the show trials, with their fabricated charges and predetermined verdicts, was Leon Trotsky.
Trotsky’s visa was not extended, and he had to leave Norway after Stalin threatened the Norwegian government with a trade boycott and other sanctions.
In The Revolution Betrayed, Trotsky came to the conclusion that there were only two possibilities for the future of the Soviet Union: either the working class would overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy through a political revolution and restore Soviet democracy, or the bureaucracy would reintroduce capitalist property relations and become a new ruling class. Trotsky’s prognosis was tragically confirmed by the realisation of the latter alternative at the end of the 1980s.
The house in which Trotsky wrote this book stands just a few hundred meters from European Route 16, which runs from Oslo to Bergen, some 60 kilometres north of Oslo. In this small locality hardly anyone today knows about Trotsky. There are no signs to indicate where he lived, and there is no commemorative plaque on the house.

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See What You Missed At SDCC 2018!
Did you make it to San Diego Comic Con this year? Check out Day 4 highlights! Watch ICC for the latest in ComicCons and Cosplay throughout the year!

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Join us in celebrating Black History Month 2018 with a film screening of War Witch accompanied by a roundtable discussion Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 4:00 PM.
This 2012 film, directed by Kim Nguyendeals with the dilemmas of a twelve-year-old girl who is forced to become a child soldier in Congo (DRC). A panel led by Provost Ivan Evans and the AAASRC Board will discuss the film. Running Time For the Film: 90 minutes.
Admission is free and open to the campus community and the general public. Light refreshments will be served.
This Lecture by Professor Peter Bloom (UC Santa Barbara) and images surrounding the Senegalese Sharpshooters who participated in World War I. It deals with film footage and archival records.
This event is open to the campus community and the general public.
This lecture by Wallace Bullock of the Bregamos Theatre covers the speeches, discourses, and film clips of champion boxer Muhammad Ali concerning war, resistance, and politics.
Our Goal is to facilitate faculty, postgraduate, and graduate research in African and African diaspora studies in the social sciences and the humanities and to foster the comparative, cross-national, and interdisciplinary dimensions of research with a core group of leading scholars. These research efforts are linked to larger local and international community concerns. The Center also oversees the undergraduate African Studies Minor.
AAASRC is an independent research unit at the University of California, San Diego with a rich, twenty-year history. Several European and African institutions have established ongoing exchange relationships with the Center most notably, the Centre d’Étude d’Afrique Noire (CÉAN) at the Université de Bordeaux IV, the African Studies Research Center (ARC) at the University of Leuven in Belgium, and the National University of Côte d’Ivoire. The African and African-American Studies Research Center is an oasis and an international crossroads for students, faculty, and community members interested in Africa, African-American, and multicultural research issues and teaching at UCSD. We look forward to the upcoming year with enthusiasm and energy.
Join us in recognizing students, faculty, and staff from the UCSD community and beyond for their extraordinary contributions and achievements toward African and African-American studies. The evening will include a three-course dinner and dessert, dance and musical performances, and a keynote lecture by Dr. George Lipsitz, University of California Santa Barbara, on “The Afro-Diasporic Imagination: Decorating the Way to Other Worlds”.
Contact AAASRC at bjulesro@ucsd.edu in order to reserve your ticket. Promotional materials are attached below, including ticket prices and donation categories.
Check out photos from our dance & drumming workshop!
Join us in celebrating Black History Month 2018 with an overview of African and Afro- Caribbean percussive and dance forms with demonstrations by professional performers and audience participation.
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Microwaves started the food heating revolution. Frigondas is all set to introduce the food cooling revolution. This appliance is one of the latest gadgets in the market and is a major breakthrough in kitchen technology for decades. It will be able to freeze or cool food in just a few minutes. This amazing reverse microwave can transform into a regular microwave too.
These glasses are one of the best gadgets and gizmos 2018. Smart glasses till now were quite clunky and attracted a lot of attention. Vaunt glasses from Intel have a smooth and stylish design which look like any regular glasses. So you can enjoy all the benefits of smart glasses and stay away from unwanted stares as well as all the uncomfortable equipment.
The PainPod is one of the best gadgets for those who suffer from chronic pain. The device controls pain without the use of painkillers. It has to be worn by the person suffering from pain, and with the help of biotechnology and microcurrents, get rid of the pain. This is a great gadget since oral painkillers are harmful to health, and with the PainPod, they can be avoided to a great extent.
The company RED has come up with a phone that has a holographic screen. In other words, with this phone, you would be able to view things in 3D. You could take virtual tours of places with the help of the phone’s screen, projecting landscapes and buildings in the interactive map. This would bring 3D experience to the fingertips of people. We’re certainly looking forward to this device.
Pollution and smog have become a part of life in cities. For people who are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe in, the Flow is the right gizmo for them. It’s a small portable device which has powerful sensors to monitor air quality. It can work with smartphones to predict the route which has the cleanest air.
The concept of this device is that it can stimulate any muscle to support its efficient growth as you workout. It stimulates muscles electrically to activate muscle fibers – so that muscles get stronger and also recover faster. You have to select the muscle groups which you want to activate, and an electrical impulse stimulates the muscles. The result is that when you exercise, the muscle groups you are targeting in your workout are also being worked on by PowerDot, so you get the double benefit of the workout.
This gadget is meant for kids. It has modular sheets that kids can fold into shapes like piano, handlebars, or motorbike. These creations can then be used with interactive gaming systems.
There are many interesting new gadgets and gizmos coming out in 2018 to suit the tastes of young and old. Some of them are extremely innovative and it will be interesting to see how the market reacts to the new technology.

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IHMS is a visionary company that is highly dynamic and continues to re-invent itself to deliver valued products and services, and provides a veritable ground for those who are innovative, focused and hardworking to develop themselves.
We believe that success depends on the most part of our ability to maintain a pool of diverse, resourceful and dynamic workforce to serve its customers. We are a people oriented company, with each employee belonging to the ‘IHMS Family’, which refers to the warmth and respect each person accords to colleagues.
The Organisation provides tools necessary for the execution of any assignment and individuals are duly guided through all procedures, which are necessary for effective and timely completion of jobs. All our work processes are enhanced with full deployment of ideas.
Our people are, and will always be the most valuable asset that we have. Our people are carefully selected with a view to helping build their careers.


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The preservation of freedom is a hallmark of western society and democracy. Preemptive wars are fought and global policies are formed in the interest of freedom.
Freedom is also a motivation of the gospel and the Bible goes to great length to preserve it.
The truth of the gospel is the key that unlocks the chains of spiritual imprisonment that binds lost souls with the words that somehow you can earn God’s forgiveness. Christ came to break those chains. He fought for and gained victory for our freedom. Faith is the instrument which receives the full benefits of Christ’s completed work on the cross.
The preservation of a soul’s freedom is so important that God warns His people against false prophets and teachers. Twenty-five times! God warns people to be careful of self-proclaimed prophets who were teaching messages that didn’t coincide with the true message of salvation. They will be proclaim a message that will satisfy our human reason by teaching people how to become right with God through their actions and deeds (2 Cor. 11:15).
God has designed a spiritual map to help discern truth from error. His words have been preserved and protected to lead, guide, and compare.
The most important possessions come exclusively from God; not by us working for them.
To be righteous before God is not based on what you do, but rather who you are — a new creation.
A religion of works demands holiness, the gospel of grace gives holiness.
A religion of works says blessings are a result of obedience, the gospel of grace makes obedience the result of blessings.
A religion of works says salvation can be earned, the gospel of grace says salvation is a gift.
To distinguish between a religion of works between a gospel of grace is like receiving a winning lottery ticket.
God owns the winning Powerball ticket worth $100 million dollars. He places the ticket into your hand as a gift. He doesn’t need the money. He gives it to you not because of your worthiness, but He enjoys the thrill of giving. It’s an act of love.
Most people would readily accept a winning Powerball ticket, but not God’s gift of free and full forgiveness.
Unknowingly, people choose to be chained to following the law in order to receive blessings. They sentence themselves instead of daring to go to the Eternal Judge and receive a full pardon.
Freedom is found in the gospel message. Be wary of any message that centers on our worthiness to receive God’s gifts.
Hi Norma. Thanks for the comment. No, I have not seen these pop-up ads. It would be interesting to track what sites or Google search terms you are using that prompts these ads. Let me know what you find out.


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Pro Drainage Solutions installs Sump pumps wired into a house's main electrical system, but it's important for us to include some kind of power backup as well. Many sump pumps in Deer Trail, CO use car style batteries as a power backup, but if you don't like the idea of having a battery in your basement, we can install a sump pump that is run off the water pressure in your home.
Some people use a five gallon bucket for their sump pit, Pro Drainage Solutions feels this can in fact cause problems in the long run because there is not enough room for the sump pump to work properly. In Deer Trail, CO, Pro Drainage Solutions makes sure your sump pit is at least 18 inches across and 22 inches or more deep can keep this problem from happening.

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Greek colonial cavalrymen are clearly gathering on the eastern seaboard of North America - or at least sets of their armour can be found there.
The Apulian bronze armour appeared in the Glories of the Past exhibition (no. 95). The entry was written by David Cahn who suggested that the "set" should be placed in Apulia, "about 330 BC".
Cahn notes: "The date of the helmet is based on the many finds of armor in Apulia buried with Apulian red-figured vases, for which we have an established chronology".
Again, "Like the helmet, cuirasses of this type have come to light, usually with a wealth of ceramic material, in many monumental chamber tombs in Apulia".
As for the chamfron, Cahn notes its stylistic links with three others that appear to come from "a single workshop". He continues: "All four chamfrons were found with "south Italian-Chalcidian" helmets, long "muscle" cuirasses, and greaves; three of the four come from tombs that also contained Apulian red-figured vases".
No further information (e.g. archaeology, previous owners) is provided in the printed catalogue entry about the White/Levy set. But we can infer from Cahn's discussion and the catalogue entry caption that it came "from a burial" in Apulia.
And there is one more thing. Such sets of cavalry armour from Apulia tended to be found with Apulian pottery.
So does the dramatic increase of Apulian pottery surfacing on the market in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s - so ably and forcefully demonstrated by Professor Ricardo Elia - coincide with the appearance of such sets of armour on the market?
If Cahn is right, and there is no reason to doubt his comments and observations, it would be interesting to know which Apulian pots (if any) were found in the "burial" alongside this "set of armor".
But perhaps such valuable archaeological evidence has been lost and will never be retrieved.
The collecting of such military equipment has material consequences for the funerary record of Southern Italy, and intellectual consequences for the study of both Greek colonial cavalry armour and Apulian pottery.
It seems like you were implying earlier in this post that the pottery is more valuable than the armor. I wonder which is considered the "loot" here by those doing the digging?
We know from ancient commercial graffiti that Athenian pottery was relatively cheap - and there is no reason to think that Apulian pottery was any more valued.
As an archaeologist the complete context is what is important --- I would not want to place any one item higher up the value scale.


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Like other goods, Individuals have begun to purchase marijuana on the internet. Marijuana online is convenient. There are some folks who have not ever bought marijuana online and are more likely to buy marijuana from retailers. As websites are selling marijuana to their clients, customers have become interested in the pros & cons of buying marijuana online. One expert is access. Accessing things on the internet is a more comfortable experience, and this is with purchasing marijuana online no different. It’s just amazingly convenient. You are able to compare different online shops without needing to drive a bunch around. And you can check out discounts on a different website to save a bit of money when buying marijuana on the internet. There’s also no rush and no noise when you are buying marijuana online. One of the biggest benefits of buying marijuana on the internet is as you please that you can use live conversation, and that means you are in control if you physically in their store and there is no chance of a salesperson being bothersome as. You have got to love no sales pressure! Another benefit of purchasing marijuana on the internet that you do not need to wait in lines. The online experience is much faster – you simply put your cannabis in the shopping cart and then proceed to charge. This procedure takes just 2-3 minutes and your order is placed. Convenient right? But, of buying marijuana online, along with added benefits, in addition, there are some cons. The con of purchasing marijuana on the internet is that as you cannot see how the product smells or looks just like so there is a chance that the quality of the item may not be as great as you can get in a store. Also, delivery time can take 4-5 days depending upon which company is shipping your product. As you have to pay some cash for shipping services price of the product may rise also.
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The college experience can leave students rich in knowledge but poor in pockets.
On Nov. 16, California State University trustees voted to raise tuition by 9 percent, increasing annual undergraduate tuition by about $500, bringing the 2012 fall tuition to $5,970. The decision sparked angry protests from students and employees of several public college campuses, including California State University, Sacramento, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
As the cost of tuition continues to rise, so parallels student loan debts. In 2010, two-thirds of seniors graduated with student loan debts, and owed an average of $25, 250 according to a report by The Institute for College Access and Success. In California, student debt averaged $18,113. These figures are staggering when coupled with the 9.1 percent unemployment rate for young college graduates.
On Oct. 25, President Obama announced additional steps that would make going to college more affordable as well as reduce the burden of federal student loan repayment. The Obama Loan Forgiveness Program is set to go into effect next year. It would affect more than 1.6 million borrowers, and could help to eliminate up to over $100,000 of student loans for eligible graduates.
One component of the recently improved Loan Forgiveness Program would be the reduction of graduates’ monthly installment from 15 percent of discretionary income to 10 percent. Additionally, the loan period would be reduced from 25 years to 20 years, with the remainder of the debt to be forgiven by the federal government if payments were made on time each month and without defaulting.
Graduates choosing to opt for public service jobs such as doctors, lawyers and teachers would further benefit with as much as 10 years reduced before loan forgiveness resulting in only 10 years of student loan debt.
There’s more good news for Wilson, who is planning on joining the military: Students choosing to serve in the military or volunteer work could have their debts eliminated completely.
Amidst the rising cost of tuition, it’s an encouraging sign that President Obama is focused not only on encouraging higher education, but helping graduates manage the cost of it.
To determine whether or not income-based repayment is the right option, visit http://studentaid.ed.gov/ibr.
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Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film is a true story based on Philippe Petit's book "To Reach the Clouds," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade Center towers. Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. Producers are Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke.
Last August 7 is the 40th anniversary of the astounding event, now being brought back to vivid life in the third act climax of the film.
Opening across the Philippines in 2015 , “The Walk” will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.


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Johann Strauss Jr. was Vienna’s greatest composer of light music. He is known for his waltzes and operettas.
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Strauss toured throughout Europe and England with great success and also went to America. He was the official conductor of the court balls in Vienna (1863-1870) and during this time composed his most famous waltzes.
Alexander Hamilton was one of the youngest and brightest of the founders of the United States. He was the first secretary of the treasury. He worked to create a strong U.S. government.
Hamilton was born on January 11, probably in 1755, in the British West Indies. He was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, a Scotsman, and Rachel Fawcett Lavien, daughter of a French Huguenot physician. At the age of 12 he worked as a clerk in a trading firm in St. Croix. The boy went to school in New Jersey and New York. In 1776 he left college without graduating. Hamilton joined the military during the American Revolution. From 1777 to 1781 he served with General George Washington. Noticed by Washington, Hamilton became the general’s trusted aide-de-camp. After the war Hamilton became a lawyer.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a writer and reformer. She helped to start the women’s rights movement in the United States. She fought to give women the right to vote in elections. Stanton was perhaps the most gifted and versatile feminist leader in American history.
Elizabeth Cady was born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York, into the family of a judge. She was the eighth of eleven children of Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston Cady; five of her brothers and sisters died at an early age.
She was a clever girl, but couldn’t go to college, because colleges did not accept women then. Elizabeth attended Troy Female Seminary in New York. In 1840 she married a lawyer and abolitionist leader Henry Stanton. Between 1842 and 1856, the couple had six children. The seventh, unplanned, was born in 1859, when Elizabeth was 44 years old.
Davy Crockett was famous as a fighter, lawmaker, and frontiersman in a coonskin cap. During his own lifetime he became a celebrity and folk hero. After his death he became a symbol of the American spirit.
David Crockett was born on August 17, 1786, in Hawkings County, eastern Tennessee. At age 12 he went to work as a cattle driver to help support his family. He also became an excellent rifleman and hunter. Crockett worked and traveled throughout Virginia. Several years later he decided that his lack of education limited his marriage possibilities, and he arranged to work 6 months for a nearby Quaker teacher. In return Crockett received 4 days a week of instruction. He learned to read and to write a little.


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After a holiday season full of parties, outings, and lots of food and drink that you may not normally have during the rest of the year, January usually brings hordes to the gym and other activities to get your body moving. As you know, I am a fitness instructor and sometime runner who loves to keep active and help others with their fitness and health goals.
Mainly because I spent 20 years of my life under the belief that I should not exercise strenuously because of an injury to my knees when I was 15, so I spent my time giving myself excuses to not workout and was overweight and unhealthy for a large portion of those years. It wasn’t until an athletic therapist and chiropractor discovered that the reason for my knee pain and aggravation of my chondromalacia patella (softening of the cartilage under my kneecap) was mainly because of my patella not tracking properly and the amount of pressure I was putting on my knees because of my weight. After some therapy and getting non-surgical treatment to rectify the patella I found myself in a world of possibilities where I worked to become a runner and get my fitness certification.
Even though I’m able to do a lot of things that I never thought I’d be able to do for fear of knee dislocation and pain I’m still cautions and use orthotics, knee braces and infrapatellar bands when I teach and workout to make sure my knees don’t suddenly decide that they want nothing to do with what I’m doing.
I’m very happy with my active lifestyle but still find that wearing those knee braces are sometimes uncomfortable, for example having to stop periodically during a run to adjust or pull them up because they’re slipping down your leg, or because you can’t bend the knee when you’re squatting because of the pressure. For anyone who has ever had “knee issues” you probably know what I’m talking about. I also love the feel of compression socks for running, they feel like a hug! So I’ve tried some muscle support crops or workout leggings from different brands to see if I could stand to not wear the knee braces. Sometimes, like when I do a dance based workout, those pants would be ok but other times, like when I’m at a fitness conference for 6 hours or when I teach or workout for a longer period of time or a more strenuous workout or class, the knee braces have to come on in all their bulky glory. So when one of my fellow fitness instructors mentioned to me that there was a company that made compression and stabilization garments specifically made for knee support I was excited to try them. Anything to help my knee traction without the bulky and uncomfortable feel of a knee brace!
BraceLayer™ is a new company founded just a year ago in January 2015. Their knee stabilizing compression pants were designed in Whistler and tested in Whistler Blackcomb (just that fact made me want to try them out!). Their designs “incorporate a thin layer of perforated neoprene to provide support, stability and protection to the knees, thighs and hips”. This explains their name as well, there’s literally a stabilizing brace layered IN the pants! Not only in the knee area but the IT band and lower back (sacroiliac area) as well. The KX2 model extends to the hips and lumbar area and is a higher rise plus a stronger and more supportive antibacterial compression layer. I tried both.
As with any online purchase, when buying your first pair of Bracelayer™ pants make sure to check the sizing chart, you want your pants to fit you perfectly. A good thing to remember is that you may need a little bit of a breaking in period. The pants need to be put on like a wet suit (or like pantyhose), they come with instructions for putting them on and for washing, they should be snug around the support areas so a little tightness those areas for the first 10 minutes or so is to be expected but I found that they quickly molded to my body and every time I put them on I found that it was easier to get them all the way up. After mastering the getting them on part, it was time for testing.
Saturday: Strong by Zumba in the morning, plus a 30 minute PiYo (Pilates/yoga fusion workout) for testing.
I must admit that it was an unusually busy week of fitness classes for me but I was glad to be able to put the pants to the test. They were magnificent! Seriously! My legs recovered quickly and I experienced no pain! There was a little discomfort sometimes but that is normal for me and the recovery was pretty much non-existent. I had my regular cracking in the knees when doing planks and holding squats but no pain the next day! Just my regular muscle soreness from the workouts. I was able to bend my knees in deep lunges and squats and do high impact exercises without losing the compression or feeling that the pants were falling off. They are pretty much like wearing regular workout leggings so they fit under my custom brace too in case I needed it (I didn’t, but it was nice to know I could slip it on). Let me also point out that the pants have antimicrobial properties to keep them odor free so you don’t need to wash them that often. I washed mine after wearing them for that full week (just because I didn’t want to be that person who never washes her pants) but I think I could’ve worn them for a full second week before washing, even if I was sweating in them daily.
Both models are awesome, I found that the KX2 was better for those super high impact days where I taught 3 classes and needed the extra support. And, overall, I loved them! The only thing I would ask them to do is to please make them in more fun colours 😋 (I love my bright patterns!) But for now I’m very happy to have several pairs of the black, plus they’re bringing a lighter crop for the spring season and can’t wait to try them during an outdoor summer run.
BraceLayer™ pants are available through their website at and they have free shipping in Canada and the US, the prices are about the same as other athletic wear companies that don’t have the features that these pants do so I think they are super reasonable. Their website is also full of information about the garments and, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, their response time to emails is quite fast. They have a 30 day money back guarantee return policy as well but I’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t fall in love with these after their first workout.
Thank you, BraceLayer™, for making these to give my knees the love and protection that they deserve!
Do you want to try a pair of their original model? Our friends at BraceLayer™ have a pair of pants to give away to a lucky Vancouver Bits and Bites reader!
Winner will be picked at 5pm on January 25th. Good luck!
I’d probably wear a small based on their sizing, but could be a medium! I’d wear these to barre fitness for sure – my IT bands get a workout there!!
I’d wear it playing soccer!
I would choose the Men’s Knee Compression Pants for running. Not positive if they’d be small, but likely.
I’d get a men’s in medium for working out in the gym.

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Sports therapists are very similar to Physiotherapists in many ways. Sports Therapists have undertaken a long and intensive course quite similar to Chartered Physiotherapists. Positively they tend to be very hands-on and specialise in Sports Injuries. Although similar to Physiotherapists they will directly formulate a treatment diagnosis, also plan treatment procedure and formulate a rehabilitation programme.
Sports therapists specialise in hands-on direct massage therapy, articulation, ultrasound, electro-therapy and exercise rehabilitation and in the treatment and management of most injuries around sport and rehabilitation.
Victor studied Sports Therapy at the University of Hertfordshire and graduated with BSc (Honours) in 2008. During his degree spent time working at a Police Rehabilitation centre in Reading, as well as providing sports therapy and massage to players at Luton Town Football Club.
Victor has also worked with a wide variety of sports from rugby, football to volleyball providing pitch side first aid. Victor firmly believes that the key to good rehabilitation from injury is in understanding your body and how it works as a whole.
Sports Therapists use the principles of sports and exercise science as well as incorporating the knowledge of physiological and pathological processes to enable patients to return to sport, training and where applicable work. Sports Therapists work closely with their patients to enable them to get back to being fully functional and provide the tools required to prevent injury recurrence in the future. They also work with individuals to help them achieve optimal performance in the desired sport.
What can Sports Therapy treat?
Sports therapists can treat a wide range of injuries but below is a list of just some.
What will a Sports Therapist do to help?
Initially, the Sports Therapist will take a detailed and thorough medical case history and assessment. This essential information help’s to establish the what tissue/area is damaged and the cause of the problem. From here they can create a treatment plan and treatment combined with rehabilitation goals to help to get you better. Sports Therapists use a variety of different techniques such as massage therapy, joint mobilisation, electro-therapy, taping and strapping, stretching techniques and rehabilitation exercises to aid a patient to a full recovery.
Effectively, the key difference is that a Sports Therapist is focused on injury prevention and rehabilitation. whereas Sports Massage is focused on providing relief to tired and tight muscles, so they can be very similar but provide two very distinct benefits and methods of training. Sports massage and Sports Therapy are extremely beneficial in the prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries. Both can be used by athletes prior to a big event, as a preventative and educational approach.
Sports Therapy is regulated by the Health Professions Council, which means currently not everyone can call themselves a Sports Therapist. This is an ongoing process and it is hoped that Sports Therapy like other healthcare services will soon be added to this list. That said all our Sports Therapists at The Hatfield Practice have studied Sports Therapy to a high academic level at University. All fully insured and members of The Society of Sports Therapists and therefore are bound under their code of conduct.
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Come meet another (once a) little girl Michigander who has a grandma as colorful and resilient as mine. So nice rendezvousing you, Renee.
Mom placed the locket around my neck. I hadn’t worn it since I was 17 years old. She and I opened it. We looked at the sepia toned photos inside. Grandpa Howard, a man I never met and Grandma Mable, a woman that I will never forget. Grandpa drowned before I was born and Grandma, she died in her late 80’s after walking the Mackinaw Bridge on Labor Day.


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We celebrated Christmas in Italy. I promise not to show you all 2,476 pictures that we took, but I do want to share with you some highlights of the vacation.
We landed in Rome on Christmas Day. This is the seven of us crammed in a small van along with all of our luggage. The poor taxi driver thought we said six people, then we all started piling in. Oh well.
We rented two apartments on this street, just a few blocks from the Piazza Navona.
Our apartments were on the third floor.
Which means there are a lot of stairs.
So be mindful of the size suitcase you bring. Luckily for Nanny, Superman’s momma in the tan coat, she has two strong grandsons to carry her luggage, which, by the way, was large enough to carry a whole family of circus clowns.
Having apartments allowed us to eat meals at “home”. Just outside the building were several bakeries, butchers and cheese shops.
Or street performers and pushy men selling things that went splat, zing, lit up, or was the latest fashion accessory.
We toured the great sites of Rome, which blew my mind, but it was the wandering that relaxing and fun.
Discovering the varied architecture around each corner.
Drinking from an ancient artician well.
It was watching through a shop window, a craftsman restore antiques.
Trying on hats at the local market.
Stopping and listening to beautiful music.
Dancing! I think this accordion player liked the blonde bella signorina.
Finding an outside cafe mid afternoon for a cheese and meat plate and a glass of wine.
We tried some new things. Thomas had never really had coffee, so no place like Italy to get the boy hooked!
Mary Claire was not a fan of limoncello.
We discovered the whispering wall. Supposedly, you could whisper a message to someone down the way and they would hear it. It was fun to try.
After searching for a recommended restaurant one evening, and discovering it was no longer there, we stumbled upon a fabulous kosher eatery nearby in the Jewish neighborhood.
Gelato was always a great pick me up!
And dessert to end another perfect day.
but I saw this amazing landmark with this fab group.
Just a few of my favorite things. Thanks for dropping by!
Posted on January 11, 2016 by mary •	This entry was posted in Travel and tagged Family, Italy, Rome, vacation. Bookmark the permalink.
Next time I’m going with you!!!

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LUKE Monaghan is well versed in the pressures that are associated with coaching a football team and just how lonely the role can seem at times. Which is why he’s so passionate about the launch of the new Central Victoria Coaching Academy and the support network it will not only provide, but also upskill participants, create pathway opportunities and increase retention. Monaghan is one of four committee members of the inaugural Central Victoria Coaching Academy, which is supported by CoachAFL. Joining Monaghan on the committee is former Bendigo Pioneers and Victoria Country under-18s coach Mark Ellis, former South Bendigo coach Danny O’Bree and AFL Central Victoria development manager Shane Koop. Monaghan has a wealth of coaching experience behind him having spent 14 years in the caper – three with the Eaglehawk under-18s, three as an assistant with the Bendigo Pioneers, six as senior coach with Eaglehawk and the past two involved with the BFNL inter-league team, as well as some mentoring. “I think there’s a real need for coaches to have support… to have someone to talk to and learn new things because at the end of the day, it’s just you and your team and they are all relying back on you,” Monaghan said this week. READ MORE – Central Victoria Coaching Academy set to launch in February “I know clubs have good things around them in terms of committees and assistant coaches, but ultimately it’s the coach who has to come up with the plan and set those plans. “So the coaching academy is all about helping coaches to upskill themselves and have another outlet for coaches to talk to and build the support for them.” The Coaching Academy will be open to senior and junior coaches, with applicants to go through an interview process. “Applications will open in December and close in mid-January… one of the key things with this is it’s for passionate coaches who see coaching as a pathway,” Monaghan said. “The committee will have a sit-down interview with the applicants to get an understanding of what they want to get out of the academy, where their passion lies and how we can help them. “From there we’ll have 12 structured sessions from February through to July and we’ve then left the back half of the footy season open to allow the coaches to focus solely on finals and whatever else is coming up. READ MORE – First-year coaches thrive on challenges (from May, 2012) “In terms of the sessions, the coaches will have the chance to really drive what they want to get out of it. There’s no point us saying that this is what session one is going to be about when there’s a real interest in something else. “Once we have the coaches selected they will fill out a survey indicating where their priority needs are and we’ll cater the program to them. “We’ve already got many ideas and presentations prepared, but it will ultimately come down to what the coaches want.” Reflecting back on his coaching journey, Monaghan has no doubt as to box No.1 he’d tick if he was filling out the survey on what he’d like to get out of the academy. “Player relationships and player management is just so crucial now. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Auskick, under-12s, senior football or the elite pathway, you need to be able to manage your players,” Monaghan said. “They are after feedback, they are after goalsetting, they want you to invest time, so the relationship with a coach and his players is so important.” Increasing retention rates among coaches is one of the key focuses of the academy, with the coaching merry-go-round at senior level having been swinging particularly rapidly across the region in recent seasons. Of the 28 senior clubs in the Bendigo, Heathcote District and Loddon Valley leagues, this year there were only six whose coaches had also been at their club just two seasons earlier in 2016. Half of those 28 clubs went through coaching changes leading into 2018, with the likes of Monaghan’s six-season, 119-game stint at the Borough between 2011 and 2016 becoming increasingly rarer as demands in the role continue to grow. “There’s brilliant coaches who get worn out after only one, two or three years and then they’re done,” Monaghan said. READ MORE – 2018’s coaches in the BFL, HDFL, LVFL “But you still really want those people involved in football and supporting teams, so if coaches had better support and we can hit the needs of what they’re after they can improve the functioning and systems at their club and, hopefully, be in the position for longer. “It is a trend around the region of late where coaches are only staying in the job for a couple of years and that’s hard for clubs as well because they are forever rotating through and searching for new coaches. “If you talk to most clubs now, it’s hard to get junior coaches and it’s hard to get senior coaches who fit the needs of the club.” Monaghan described the time associated with the role as the most challenging aspect of his coaching tenure. “You’ve got a family, you’ve got a job that is your main source of income, and then you’ve got to find the time to put the work into coaching… whether it’s cutting vision, the one-on-one conversations with your players, pre-season recruiting and so on,” Monaghan said. “It’s very time consuming and a big commitment, but there’s also the relationships you form and that’s the great part of club footy. “And then from a junior point of view, if you see someone you’ve coached go on to have an impact at the elite level that’s brilliant as well, but the biggest reward is the relationships.” Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? 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IN THE HOT SEAT: Luke Monghan spent six seasons as senior coach at Eaglehawk between 2011 and 2016. He's now part of a new coaching academy being launched.
LUKE Monaghan is well versed in the pressures that are associated with coaching a football team and just how lonely the role can seem at times.
Which is why he’s so passionate about the launch of the new Central Victoria Coaching Academy and the support network it will not only provide, but also upskill participants, create pathway opportunities and increase retention.
Monaghan is one of four committee members of the inaugural Central Victoria Coaching Academy, which is supported by CoachAFL.
Joining Monaghan on the committee is former Bendigo Pioneers and Victoria Country under-18s coach Mark Ellis, former South Bendigo coach Danny O’Bree and AFL Central Victoria development manager Shane Koop.
Monaghan has a wealth of coaching experience behind him having spent 14 years in the caper – three with the Eaglehawk under-18s, three as an assistant with the Bendigo Pioneers, six as senior coach with Eaglehawk and the past two involved with the BFNL inter-league team, as well as some mentoring.
“I think there’s a real need for coaches to have support… to have someone to talk to and learn new things because at the end of the day, it’s just you and your team and they are all relying back on you,” Monaghan said this week.
“I know clubs have good things around them in terms of committees and assistant coaches, but ultimately it’s the coach who has to come up with the plan and set those plans.
The Coaching Academy will be open to senior and junior coaches, with applicants to go through an interview process.
“Applications will open in December and close in mid-January… one of the key things with this is it’s for passionate coaches who see coaching as a pathway,” Monaghan said.
“The committee will have a sit-down interview with the applicants to get an understanding of what they want to get out of the academy, where their passion lies and how we can help them.
“From there we’ll have 12 structured sessions from February through to July and we’ve then left the back half of the footy season open to allow the coaches to focus solely on finals and whatever else is coming up.
“In terms of the sessions, the coaches will have the chance to really drive what they want to get out of it. There’s no point us saying that this is what session one is going to be about when there’s a real interest in something else.
“Once we have the coaches selected they will fill out a survey indicating where their priority needs are and we’ll cater the program to them.
Reflecting back on his coaching journey, Monaghan has no doubt as to box No.1 he’d tick if he was filling out the survey on what he’d like to get out of the academy.
“Player relationships and player management is just so crucial now. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Auskick, under-12s, senior football or the elite pathway, you need to be able to manage your players,” Monaghan said.
EXPERIENCED: Mark Ellis addresses his players during his final season as Bendigo Pioneers coach in 2011.
Increasing retention rates among coaches is one of the key focuses of the academy, with the coaching merry-go-round at senior level having been swinging particularly rapidly across the region in recent seasons.
Of the 28 senior clubs in the Bendigo, Heathcote District and Loddon Valley leagues, this year there were only six whose coaches had also been at their club just two seasons earlier in 2016.
Half of those 28 clubs went through coaching changes leading into 2018, with the likes of Monaghan’s six-season, 119-game stint at the Borough between 2011 and 2016 becoming increasingly rarer as demands in the role continue to grow.
“There’s brilliant coaches who get worn out after only one, two or three years and then they’re done,” Monaghan said.
“But you still really want those people involved in football and supporting teams, so if coaches had better support and we can hit the needs of what they’re after they can improve the functioning and systems at their club and, hopefully, be in the position for longer.
“It is a trend around the region of late where coaches are only staying in the job for a couple of years and that’s hard for clubs as well because they are forever rotating through and searching for new coaches.
Monaghan described the time associated with the role as the most challenging aspect of his coaching tenure.
“You’ve got a family, you’ve got a job that is your main source of income, and then you’ve got to find the time to put the work into coaching… whether it’s cutting vision, the one-on-one conversations with your players, pre-season recruiting and so on,” Monaghan said.
“It’s very time consuming and a big commitment, but there’s also the relationships you form and that’s the great part of club footy.


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Cette composition est incroyablement belle….encore merci pour la partition!
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Beautifull!!! the first measure kinda reminds me of beauty and the beast…i can see where they got the inspiration!
Wonderful contemporary!!! Dallapiccoola is a true master. To work on Paganini for us now so back in time in this enchanting and modern way with such originality is indeed astonishing…THANK YOU A LOT for posting!
CAPOLAVORO!!! 😀 E grandissima interpretazione!!!
@Heilageldur Try the Variazioni for Orchestra! A beautiful piece; I think it's uploaded on here(?). Best of luck!
@Heilageldur You're right, this most certainly is not 12-tone. For piano, a good example is Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera.
Conosco bene i quaderni musicali di Anna Libera, sono molto piacevoli e stimolanti da suonare. Luigi Dallapiccola anche in questo lavoro dimostra di essere sicuramente un grande talento. Peccato che il suo rigorismo formale di tipo geometrico sovente imbrigli la sua fantasia creativa che mi pare davvero straordinaria e mai del tutto liberamente espressa.
Quirky and fascinating… I can't believe I'm hearing this for the first time. Now I'm wondering what else Dallapiccola wrote in neo-classical style that I've overlooked. Last week I tried the two Tartinianas and was utterly charmed. MANY thanks for posting!
it like a ring ring.
Veramente affascinante, ipnotica la capacità timbrica di Lya De Barberis così tanto apprezzata dai compositori italiani. Trilli tecnicamente impeccabili e grande chiarezza nei passaggi intricati. Un'esecuzione che amplifica la bellezza della Sonatina Canonica.
@Heilageldur In this piece there are certainly some 12 tone techniques used, but not throughout the whole piece and also in a very hidden way. That is the most amazing quality about Dallapiccolas's music. Another great example of the so called lyrical 12- tone pieces of his is Piccola Musica Notturna – that piece, believe it or not, is entirely composed with a 12-tone technique.
I never use the word "charming," but I'll use it here.


text: Critical Role Spotlight is a series of DM and player tips based on the events of this week's episode of Critical Role! Learn from the glowing successes and hilarious mistakes of the Mighty Nein and their illustrious Dungeon Master. This week, we shine a spotlight on the shoosuva, a fearsome being that attacked the Mighty Nein in this episode’s frantic battle.

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OpenKM SDK for .NET is a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for OpenKM. The OpenKM SDK for .NET includes a Webservices library.
SDK for .NET is licensed under the terms of the EULA - OpenKM SDK End User License Agreement as published by OpenKM Knowledge Management System S.L.
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Articles with ideas to take your art to the next level.
Many artists like to choose background colors after the central figures have been tiled.
It is best to tile from the middle and work toward the edges to avoid awkward spacing between at key focal points, but you should not leave the color choices for the background as a complete afterthought.
Nor should you have firm color requirement for the background and tile the central figures without placing that color next to them just to see if they work.
Avoid “painting yourself into a corner” by doing a lot of cutting and mounting without thinking ahead.
“Thinking ahead” can be as simple as placing a single tile next to what you are tiling now to see if it has adequate contrast.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Step by Step Instructions and tagged color scheme on April 23, 2019 by Joe Moorman.
The following method is only recommended for dry indoor mosaics. Artist Megan Adams recently used it to save a mosaic that had been compromised by white grout, which makes tile colors look less intense and the mosaic as a whole “bleached out” in appearance.
We put white grout in bathrooms because it is used as an indicator of cleanliness. It’s use in mosaic art is limited to making your project look like a summer camp project. Avoid it. Consider black or dark gray grout instead to make your colors look intense.
Also keep in mind that traditional sanded grout is lighter in color when it hardens, and so sometimes a light gray or light brown grout can turn out looking like an off-white and cause the same problem as if you had used white grout.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Step by Step Instructions on March 27, 2019 by Joe Moorman.
Artist Betty Ackerman recently used our fire-polished millefiori (the Mud-Turtle Mosaic brand) and stained glass to make a circular mosaic in the form of a rainbow-colored tree of life with a column of chakras spiraling inward on the trunk. Betty calls her mosaic “Chakra Tree of Life.” The first mosaics I ever made were found-object “mandalas” in the form of a tree of life in an oval, and so Betty’s design spoke to me.
I wanted to share this mosaic because Betty did a good job at maintaining adequate contrast between the tree and the background and between the branches and the leaves in spite of the color transition in the design. It would have been all too easy for the figurative element of the tree to become lost with this much “visual interest” going on in every square inch, and so the mosaic is worth studying.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Inspiration on March 14, 2019 by Joe Moorman.
Artist Melanie Squires recently completed a stained-glass mosaic table, and I wanted to show it off for several reasons, and not just because it looks so good. There are some materials and methods to discuss, and there is the use of impressionism for the koi, which I thought was particularly effective.
Melanie made the table from a metal patio table with a glass top and attached the stained glass to it using silicone adhesive.
Warning: If you use a glass patio table for a mosaic, make sure the glass is thick enough to support the weight of the mosaic. It is possible to find glass patio tables at thrift shops where the original thick glass has broken and been replaced with something thinner. It is also possible to come across cheaply-made tables with thin glass, especially end tables and coffee tables.
Never use a table for an outdoor mosaic merely because that is the table you happen to have. Before you invest time, money, and materials, make sure it will last.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Inspiration on March 10, 2019 by Joe Moorman.
Tracy Kaplan recently emailed us a picture of her FIRST mosaic, and it is nice solid work, impressive even, especially considering that her instructor gave her some problematic advice concerning the grout color. Tracy’s teacher had recommended a chocolate or nutmeg colored grout, but Tracy wisely considered how a dark brown might cause adjacent tree trunks to no longer be distinct and separate.
Perhaps Tracy’s instructor had meant a lighter shade of those browns, but I still think that those could have caused problems with the adjacent tree trunks.
Most likely, the instructor only saw a portion of the mosaic without adjacent tree trunks. Tracy admits that she only finished about an eighth of the work during the course and spent many months afterward working to complete it.
If so, this is yet another example of how artistic advice isn’t one-size-fits-all and can be counterproductive or even disastrous if the advice isn’t specific to a particular artist or even a particular work of art in its entirety.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art and tagged design considerations, grout on September 11, 2018 by Joe Moorman.
Mosaic furniture can be made from glass mosaic tile more easily and more affordably than it can be made from pieces cut from antique china and other patterned dinnerware. It’s also much more colorful! The choices available range from bright rainbow colors to soft pastels to different color families, earth tones, black and white.
You can even render portraits and landscapes on things like headboards because you have a complete rendering tool.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Inspiration and tagged contemporary mosaic, fun project, sculptural mosaic on September 5, 2018 by Joe Moorman.
Historically, mosaic icons were made with traditional materials like smalti, marble, and gold leaf glass. Those traditional mosaic materials might be preferred if you are trying to make a reproduction that looks historically accurate, but they are more expensive and more difficult to work with.
If you have any latitude in choosing your materials, remember that it is possible to make striking and realistic images using ordinary vitreous glass mosaic tile, which is both affordable and easy to work with.
Vitreous is the same thickness as the gold leaf glass we sell, and so you could still incorporate gold in your icon if you decided to nix the smalti and stone. In fact, it would be easier to use our gold leaf glass with vitreous than with the thicker smalti and stone.
This entry was posted in Art Review, Improving Your Art, Inspiration and tagged contemporary mosaic, indirect method, outdoor mosaic, religious art on July 17, 2018 by Joe Moorman.


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Stonewood Reserve in Jupiter is really a wonderful location. The Jupiter location is amazing. But, if this isn't the community for you, you might like one of the other local communities like Cinquez Park or Shores or Bluffs River that are located here as well.


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Bosch Domestic Appliance repairs in Stockport.
Stockport Repairs provide a complete Bosch Domestic Appliance Repair Service in Stockport, Wilmslow, Poynton, Macclesfield & Surrounding Areas to all types of Domestic Appliance. Callouts to Bosch Domestic Appliance are carried out by fully qualified engineers using the highest quality parts. Stockport Repairs provide same day service where possible, coupled with on site repairs and twelve month guarantee on all repairs, Stockport Repairs offer the complete Bosch Domestic Appliance Repair Service.
Here at Stockport Repairs your Bosch Domestic Appliance model number is very important to helping us speed up your repair. Although it is not a requirement if you can give us your Bosch model number when you book the call it can reduce the duration of the repair almost in half! So please follow our instructions if you are unsure on where to find your Bosch model number and have it ready for when you book your call.
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I like the range of emotions in this shot. We were doing a Story-Story-Not Die scene, and Lori, Justin, and Andy are pictured with just a hint of Joanna's arm. You'll find the rest of the photos from this workshop in the album. Our warm-ups included Lymericks and 1-Word Story. Then we moved on the the Story-Story-Not Die scene, which had some great moments. We tried the Rhyming Scene with 4 people at a time, and it worked pretty well. I think the forced rhythm of the scene kept it from becoming too chaotic.
We continued on with the Irish Drinking Song and ended with a Panel Of Experts. As a variation on our usual panel, each player was assigned a magazine. Their characters were reporters or editors from that magazine, and that helped to strongly define the attitude of the characters. It was really strong work.


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Calvert County is an amazing place to live! With everything from large farms to magnificent waterfront estates, you can make this area of Southern Maryland your home. Huntingtown offers some of the best schools in the area as well as beautiful, large, estate-style homes. Nearby Annapolis is famous for providing a home to the US Naval Academy and St. John’s College, but it also embraces its community theatre and has a beautiful waterfront. Chesapeake Beach and North Beach are both located along the shimmering Chesapeake Bay. Dunkirk is one of the wealthiest places to reside in the Washington, DC area. Prince Frederick is home to several shopping centers, restaurants, the hospital and County services buildings including the Courthouse. Maryland residents love weekending in Solomons Island because of its abundance of seafood restaurants, sculpture gardens, marinas and boardwalk.
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Only a few steps to climb and you enter a unit that is stylish and refreshing and when opening the sliding doors to the Balcony you are warmed by the ocean breeze and views of Kings Beach.
This unit is located in the famous Kings Beach precinct where great water features and activities are on offer only a short walk away.
The unit is modern and styled for you to enjoy your stay. The kitchen has quality appliances, crockery, cutlery and all the cooking tools you need to whip up a simple meal.
The bedding configuration now includes a Queen bed in the main bedroom, and a double bed and a single bed in the second bedroom. (All pillows and blankets are provided but you are required to supply your own linen).
The bathroom shares the space with the laundry applicances( washing machine and dryer) but you have plenty of room to move. This unit is located on the second floor of this complex, and you have a single lock up garage to accommodate your car.

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About The Clyde Companies - Clyde Companies Inc.About The Clyde Companies - Clyde Companies Inc.
Clyde Companies, Inc. is an administrative agency that supports the needs of seven subsidiary organizations that span the construction, building materials and insurance industries. The Clyde family business ventures started with W.W. Clyde & Co., a heavy civil construction operation created by founder, W.W. Clyde, in Springville, Utah nearly ninety years ago. Over the next 50 years, four more companies were added to the Clyde family business. Clyde Companies, Inc. was formed to consolidate the management of these entities in 1997.
With a workforce over 3,000 and more than 50 locations throughout Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico, the Clyde Companies collaborate on thousands of projects each year. The companies offer the accessibility and support of a local firm with the stability and resources of a national organization. From project start to completion, Clyde Companies provides the products and services you need all along the way. Clyde Companies is proud to have been involved in almost every aspect of building and construction in the Intermountain West for nearly a century.
The reputation of the Clyde Companies is as solid as its concrete. Sticking to core values of integrity, quality and valuing the individual – values that are not merely word on paper, but a way of life – has made all the difference. Clyde Companies’ goal is, and always has been, to Build a Better Community. Clyde Companies proudly supports the individuals, schools, charities and businesses in the communities it calls home.


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„Windfinder“ is free, with ads. „Windfinder Pro“ is not free, without ads and with Superforecast (hourly time steps) and widgets.
The DB18E Yagi antenna utilizes folded dipole technology for 30 and 40M performance.
There are 3 looped elements on the antenna. On 40m two loop elements are active and on 30m-6m all three elements are active.
Visual Passage Planner (VPP) automates the tedious, time consuming task of off-shore passage planning by using the historic weather data contained in the official Pilot Charts to evaluate passage conditions and estimate passage elapsed times.
1. Enter waypoints on the world-wide chart display area to define a route.
2. Create a vessel speed profile and apply it to the passage.
3. Select a particular report to view or simply view the Instant Report window.
Based on various wind, current, wave height and other Pilot Chart based weather information within VPP2, waypoints may be moved by mouse or keyboard to optimize a route.
"Visual Passage Planner is a powerful passage planning tool that deserves a place in every navigator's laptop"
Are you sailing out of the range of MarineTraffic AIS receivers?
Your vessel does not have an AIS transponder?
Use your smart phone on board to report the positions of the vessel to MarineTraffic.
mAIS is a mobile application that makes possible to use your mobile device to report the positions of a vessel to MarineTraffic.
GPS-enabled devices (iPhone/iPad and Android) can be used to report the position, the details and the status of a vessel in case an AIS transponder is not available or the vessel is out of the range of MarineTraffic's AIS receivers.

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The questions got me thinking in a positive way.
The Tropical Plant Technician membership offers in depth information on all things plant related. Get insight from Professional Technicians on how to not only care for your plants – but to help them thrive.

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Good oral hygiene is important – not only for looks, but for general health as well.
Poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and medical problems, such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes, and more.
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Visit your dentist regularly for professional cleanings and routine oral exams. Remember, cleanings are 99% free if you carry PacificSource dental insurance.
Use our Provider Directory to find a dental provider in your area. To narrow your search, choose "Dental Providers" in the Specialty Category drop-down menu.

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1 The importance of the degree of purification of diesel oil on the normal operation of the oil supply system and the engine should be fully considered. For this reason, the diesel should be sufficiently precipitated (not less than 48h) to precipitate mechanical impurities and moisture, and then added to the tank after filtration.
2 When the cold winter start is difficult, start fuel should be used separately (for example, the volume ratio of ether to aviation kerosene is 1:1). It should be noted that it is strictly forbidden to add gasoline to diesel for starting.
3 Different grades of diesel fuel can be blended and used, and can be properly deployed according to the temperature conditions. It should be noted that the condensation point of diesel after blending is not based on the blending ratio, but rather it is slightly increased. For example, in order to adapt to a temperature of 15 Â°C, a 10th, a 20th diesel blend can be used, but not half, but a 10th diesel should be slightly more than 10% to 20%.
Lubricants include lubricating oils, gear oils, and greases. The lubricating oils (also known as engine oils) used on internal combustion engines can be classified into gasoline engine oils, diesel engine oils, etc. according to applications. Viscosity classification method (SAE-USA Automobile Engineers Society) and quality classification method (API-USA Petroleum Institute) are commonly used abroad.
6 winter oils, 0W, 5W, 10W, 15W, 20W and 25W (W-winter).
The smaller the number before W, the lower the viscosity, the better the cold flowability and the lower the applicable low temperature.
4 kinds of summer oil: 20, 30, 40, 50, the greater the number, the greater the viscosity, the higher the applicable temperature.
3 16 kinds of winter and summer common oil, 5W/2 0, 5W/30, 5W/40, 5W/5 0, 10W/20, 10W/30, 10W/40, 10W/50, 15W/20, 15W/30, 15W /40, 15W/50, 20W/20, 20W/30, 20W/40, 20W/50. The smaller the number representing the winter use portion and the larger the number representing the summer use, the better the viscosity characteristics and the wider the applicable temperature range. According to the API quality classification method, oil can be classified into four categories: CA, CB, CC, and CD. CA and CB are applicable to non-supercharged diesel engines, while CC and CD are applicable to turbocharged diesel engines. Imported motor oil grade identification: SAE10WSD for winter oil with viscosity classification SAE10W and API quality classification SD; SAE30SD for summer oil with viscosity classification SAE30 and API quality classification SD; SAE10W/30SD for viscosity classification SAE10W meets SAE30 summer and summer API quality classification as SD winter common gasoline engine oil. In China's GB5323-88 oil standard, diesel engine oil is classified into CA, CB, CC, and CD.
Some parts of the diesel engine (such as water pump bearings, distributors, etc.) are lubricated with grease. Grease (commonly known as butter) A plastic lubricant consisting of one (or more) thickeners and one (or more) lubricating fluids, plus various additives as required. Grease is actually a thickened lubricating oil. It is a semi-solid paste at room temperature. The use of a wide range of greases with a rated output is soap-based grease. Common soap-based greases include calcium, sodium, sulfhydryl, calcium and sodium. One of the important basis for the selection of grease is the penetration degree, and the penetration degree indicates the thickening degree of the grease. The smaller the penetration, the thicker the grease, the less likely to enter and fill the friction surface.
1 Use clean soft water. The cooling water of diesel engines is clean soft water such as rainwater, snow water and so on. Well water, spring water, river water and seawater are hard water. Hard water tends to form scales, block pipes, and make it difficult to dissipate heat from high-temperature parts, causing diesel engines to overheat. Therefore, hard water needs to be softened before it can be used. Commonly used softeners are sodium bicarbonate (soda ash) and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), and 0.5 to 1.5 g of sodium bicarbonate or 0.5 to 0.8 g of sodium hydroxide per liter of water can soften hard water.
2 Antifreeze at low temperature In the cold season, when the diesel engine is used for a long time after it is used up, in order to prevent the water in the cooling system from freezing, the cylinder, cylinder head or water tank should be broken, and the water in the entire cooling system should be put. net. In order to reduce the freezing point of the cooling water and reduce the water discharge work, an antifreeze with a low freezing point is sometimes used as a cooling medium in the cooling system.
The advantage of the Double-Track Rotary Sushi Conveyor Belt is that it has the function of water supply and also features a Double-track Rotary sushi characteristic . Menu discount or advertising picture promotion in dual-track the middle.Conveyor belt guide with led lights on the edge, not only the role of lighting ,but aslo more stylish.

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