text:
Have you seen the latest Vine videos on Vine Videos?
Like the original Bubble Trouble, only more fun!
In Bubble Struggle 2.5, one plays as a devil character dressed in a trench-coat, yellow T-shirt and bright orange shorts. Bubble Struggle 2.5 is characterized by colorful backgrounds that are different for every level and a simple, light-hearted game design. The object of the game is to destroy dangerous bubbles, that bounce around the screen, by splitting them into smaller components and finally destroying them altogether.
Use ARROW KEYS to MOVE LEFT and RIGHT and SPACEBAR to shoot.
If you have a cool cheat or comment for Bubble Trouble 2.5 leave it and if it is good we will post it below for everyone to see !
A crazy fun game about monster trucks.
Rockin' space shooter game. Crank up the music!
Rescue your buddies from the evil Glorg!
It's a penguin survival game!


text:
Congratulations! You're the lucky reader of the 45th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed of upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite bands' own collections and labels with a history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.
Underoath are releasing a 7" for one of their new songs, "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures." Despite it's name, the song is an original. You can order the picture disc here. It's limited to 1,000 copies. "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" will be found on the band's upcoming LP, Lost In The Sound Of Separation.
If you don't live in the UK, it's going to break your wallet to pre-order The Hawk Is Howling, the latest album from Mogwai, as it's only available at Amazon UK. It's set to be released on September 22 and will be a double LP.
Mightier Than Sword Records have released a 7" from Worcester, MA's Last Lights. The band cites Kid Dynamite and Give Up The Ghost as their influences. The self-titled EP features five songs, four of which are original with one coming from their demo. It's broken down in solid pink (/60), translucent red (/110) and solid white (/160). You can order it here.
The sure to be awesome split between Thursday and Envy will be released through Temporary Residence on September 1, at least for pre-order. The label hasn't said how many they plan on printing, but do promise a limited run of numbered copies with hand=printed covers. They will also be on a limited color. The release is only going to be made available as an LP/CD cover.
Temporary Residence will also be launching a pre-order for Doomsdayer's Holiday, the latest album from Grails on September 1. It comes out officially on October 7. Tim Barry, best known for his work as singer for Avail, recently took a trip to Munford Elementary. Josh Small tagged along and the two played a number of songs for the lucky second graders. They were recorded and are now available from Vinyl Collective. The record is limited to 1,000 with 30% on white and 70% on brown vinyl.
Vinyl Collective is also taking pre-orders for another of their upcoming releases. Joey Cape's solo collection of songs, Bridge is available on army green(/700) and "chocolate milk" (/300) vinyl. For a limited time, you can also grab copies that come with a CD, pint glass, button, poster and beer (or juice) coozie. To do so, click here.
Kiss Of Death has released You Can Steal The Riffs, But You Can't Steal the Talent from Serious Geniuses. You can order it through No Idea Records.
Another album you can order from No Idea is Hot Water Music's stunning Forever and Counting. The label recently re-released the album, which was previously only out on Doghouse Records. While you can still get it from No Idea, you can only get clear and green versions from Doghouse Records The label also has new releases from Koufax and The Honorary Title.
Neutral Territory Records recently put a package deal on where you can buy all three of their 7" releases for $13. It comes with free shipping, so that means the records are close to free, right? The sale includes Another Day At The Zoo by Pitfall, Troublemakers's self-titled 7" and a split between Fakeboys and Frogball. The sale runs until August 21.
Itching to hear some classic Megadeth on 180g vinyl? I know, me too. Fortunately we're all in luck. Both Peace Sells, But Who's Buying and Rust In Peace have both been pressed by Elusive Disc and can be purchased from their website.
Solidarity Recordings have just put out The Honor SYstem's self-titled 12". It is pressed on white with black and orange splatter (/100) and orange with black and white splatter (/400). The release was originally out on CD through Asian Man Records, but is seeing it's first pressing on vinyl.
Jumpstart Records has started pre-orders for two A Wilhelm Scream represses. Both the Diver [7 inch] 7" and Career Suicide LP are available now.
Chunksaah has repressed the self-titled 10" from The Loved Ones. Limited to 250 copies on pink/black splatter, the repress won't last long.
If you ever had buyer's remorse for dropping $100 on Alkaline Trio's Maybe Iâll Catch Fire, it's about to get worse. Asian Man has re-released it along with issuing a first pressing of the band's acclaimed self-titled collection.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


text:
Hello and Happy New Year to all our readers and followers, we are happy to be back on the blog. We thought we would start the year off with a Kruger Diary of our December trip, hope you enjoy reading it.
Our December trip is booked at least a year in advance and we look forward to it the entire year, and our 2018 December trip was no different.
We had booked four nights at Tamboti, two nights at Biyamiti and two nights at Lower Sabie.
We entered the park at Malelane Gate, and our first sighting of the trip was the Josekhulu male lions on the H3, we were lucky that one got up briefly, because both of them were laying under bushy thickets.
We saw the usual animals (alot of impala, kudu and elephant), just before Skukuza we saw a young male lion laying near the bush, we stopped at Skukuza before our long drive north to Tamboti. We remember this day being one of the hottest days, so spotting of any animals was scarce.
We decided to relax after arriving at Tamboti, and when it started to cool down around four in the afternoon we set out for a drive around the H7, we did a loop by going on the S106 sand road, we had about 20 minutes before the gates closed and we saw three cheetahs together.
On the second day we woke up early and were on the road by 4:30AM, the H7 was very quiet most mornings, we made our way towards Satara so that we could then go on the S100, we found two lionesses here and despite it being hot very early in the morning they got up to walk to the other side of the road.
We were looking for the white lion but the only thing we saw when looking for him was one lion paw on the S41, and we aren’t even certain of it was a lion or a lioness.
Our third day started great with some wild dogs on the H7, it was the first morning we saw animals on the road, it was still dark so we weren’t able to get any good photos, in the summer months the gates open early and close only at 18:30PM so it allowed us to head to Lower Sabie, and it was worth the long drive because on the H4-1 we saw a lot of cars stopped, and that can only mean a cat sighting.
It was a pair of mating lions, the lioness was also trying to make a kill, and after attempting to hunt down some impalas we lost visual of them.
A lunch at lower Sable was well deserved, on our way back to Tamboti, just before Thsokwane someone stopped us to let us know there was lionesses on one of the small loops nearby.
A great reason to stay at Tamboti is because of the night life around camp. While having dinner on our third night, at around 20:30PM we heard a commotion around the braai area, and it was the resident honey badger scavenging for food. You usually only see them around one in the morning but this one was clearly starving because he was roaming through everyone’s dustbins early in the evening.
Our last day at Tamboti we went for a early morning drive and we finally got to see some lions on the road, this was Buddy from the Nkuhuma pride. At first we could only see the male lion and one lioness, but as it got lighter and the two lions started calling, more pride members joined them.
On our way back to camp we got to see a cheetah, the rest of the morning until late afternoon we decided to relax and enoy the pool at Orpen. Late afternoon we heard of a lion sighting between Orpen Gate and Orpen camp, we made our way over there and we stayed with the lion until almost gate closing time.
On our trip down to Biyamiti we saw our first leopard of the trip but it was very uncooperative because we could only see the back of him and his tail.
We met up with three lionesses on the S82 on the way to Biyamati, they were laying under bushes. We found two male lions by Mpondo Dam, but we could see them only through binoculars.
The following morning we found one of the Mantimhale males crossing the road on the H4-1, and on the way back to camp through Skukuza, we saw the darker maned Josekhulu male lion on H2-2.
The day we were set to check in at Lower Sabie, the morning started off with a sighting of wild dogs on the S26.
After the wild dog sighting we drove towards Skukuza and while driving we could see a male lion across the river on the H4-1, we thought we would get a better look on the S30, we managed to find the male lion and he had a lioness keeping him company.
We left the lions on the S30 and carried onto the sand road until we got to the H10 where we saw a lioness with a single cub.
It was still too early to check on so we made our way down towards Crocodile bridge but we decided to go on the sand roads. This is where we saw two male lions on the S137, one of the males got up to start scent marking.
After we checked in (and we were enjoying the air conditioned room) we saw online that the Mantimhale male lions had killed a buffalo close to Lower Sabie. We spent the afternoon with them.
The next day we woke up early and headed towards the Mantimhale lions in the hopes of seeing some hyenas stealing the kill from the lions but that didn’t happen we only saw the three males sleeping and some vultures.
We headed towards Skukuza and that’s where we saw two males on the H1-1 walking on the road. We headed back to camp early and while there we saw lionesses on the rocks by the Lubyelubye bridge.
In the afternoon we did one of our favorites roads the S21, despite the road being very dry and the grass being dead we managed to spot one lioness and further down the road we found one male lion sleeping.
After the S21, we drove down to the Crocodile Bridge and drove around the sand road, where we saw some elephants and buffalo’s, a car stopped us to let us know that there was a leopard on the S130 feeding on an impala on the ground.
After not seeing a leopard for a couple of days, we obviously rushed there, the leopard had just finished feeding and we got there he was cleaning his paws before deciding to move into the bush.
Our way out the park we used Malelane Gate, on the way there we found wild dogs on the road by the H1-2, after a stop at Skukuza we were sad but ready to head towards the gate when a leopard decided at that moment to cross the road on the H1-1.
Yet again we left the park happy and our memory cards full, and we are already trying to book our next trip.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text:
Our Paper Pumpkin Bunny Buddies are bursting onto the scene just in time for spring! Every March kit comes with nine bunny cards and bags. Watch their personalities emerge as you customize each one with a face, ears, accessories, and a pompom cottontail. They are simply “ear”-resistible! I am so excited about this one…I am going to send it to my sweet loves. If you are reading this via email, you will need to go to my blog to view.
We turned creative control of our April kit over to CEO, Sara Douglass, and the end result is stunning! Her style is, “bold, vibrant, and artistic—with a little bit of sass,” which is exactly how she described the kit. Sara designed this kit for you, so you can discover creativity through the eyes of our CEO while having an experience that is uniquely YOU! Get ready to embrace their inner artist and skip to the fun with Sara.
What do you need to do? It’s simple—sign up at PaperPumpkin.com by April 10.

industry_corpus2: Others


text:
I think this forum needs spoiler tags.
This can be useful for adding "[img]" tags and such for a mappack/mod thread.
"[code]" tags can work, but can't display images, and " " tags don't shorten the message, or show images.
For my tagname suggestion, it should be "[spl]", which stands for "Spoiler List". It could even be "[spb]" for "Spoiler Button".
Last edited by Mari0Maker on 03 Mar 2013, 20:46, edited 1 time in total.
Yeah, this forum needs those.
I thought of that, but didn't care until I made a mappack, but of course by then I had forgotten about it. Great idea!
I agree on this. Those spoiler tags would be way better than the ones we currently have.
It's a good idea, i sometimes wanted to do that's but there wasn't such an ability .
If you want to post images without making your post huge, use scale one when taking pictures, or just link to them instead. If the image isn't a spoiler it's weird to make a tag called "spoiler" to put it in, especially as we already have spoiler tags which take up less space. The spoiler thing you posted is actually quite bulky, and since you'd have to click to show anyway, a linked picture makes more sense.
Linked pic makes less sense.
You'd have to go to an outside website.
This is just a little box you can open and close easily.
?), so the 'outside website' can be limited quite easily. Plus you can make the link spell out whatever you want it to. Resizing an image isn't rocket science either, so stop being lazy.
These spoiler tags are only useful in huge posts, of which there are only as many that can be counted on one hand.
The problem is that it's more likely to be abused then used in the way that it's supposed to be, which is my personal fear on this subject.
Is that the abuse you mean?
Camewel wrote: If you want to post images without making your post huge, use scale one when taking pictures, or just link to them instead. If the image isn't a spoiler it's weird to make a tag called "spoiler" to put it in, especially as we already have spoiler tags which take up less space. The spoiler thing you posted is actually quite bulky, and since you'd have to click to show anyway, a linked picture makes more sense.
It's useful to have if you're taking tons of screenshots, especially if you want them in Scale 2.
If I need to describe something in detail, which isn't essential, but some people may want, to save room, I can put it in spoilers.
Allows me to use a lot of space in a little.
I found some Spoiler Tag stuff on phpBB's website.
I don't know if this will help Saso/Maurice or not, but here it is.
Just don't misuse it or heads roll.
I can misuse it though because I'm me.
Do we have to have the red line for spoilers?

industry_corpus2: Gaming


text:
Roee Rosen presented a performative interpretation of his ongoing film project Kafka for Kids for Steirischer Herbst 51, one of Europe’s leading festivals for contemporary art in Graz, Austria.
Combining popular formats of comic-drama fiction, documentary, and musical, Kafka for Kids imagines stories by Kafka as a brutally surreal children’s TV series. In the first episode, a somewhat sadistic parent figure retells the story of Kafka’s famous novella, The Metamorphosis, to a child, using speaking props and furniture played by actors. Via ever-longer commercial breaks, animations based on Rosen’s drawings, songs, and “backstage” interludes, the program gradually moves into an entirely different documentary realm, becoming the purported documentation of a panel discussion on the troubling intricacies of how Israeli military law defines childhood in the occupied Palestinian territories.


text:
Vitamin C has the ability to quench UV-induced free radicals and protects from oxidant damages. It also helps with skin-lightening, anti-inflammatory effects, as well as to improve the skin elasticity.
Hyaluronic Acid holds water in the skin to keep collagen hydrated and provides a youthful look. It has the ability to moisturize the skin and is very important in controlling tissue hydration.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


text:
Doug Fister doesn’t throw particularly hard. Today, his heater sat between 85 and 89, topping out at 90 a couple of times. The thing is, Fister knows he doesn’t have a very good fastball, so instead, he relies on a pitch he has a lot of confidence in – his change-up.
See that big glob of yellow in the middle? That’s Fister’s change-up, and you’ll notice that the yellow glob is nearly as large as the green blob in the upper right hand corner (his fastball). That’s because he attacked the Yankees with a steady stream of change-ups, and he didn’t particularly care about the handedness of the opposing hitter.
For most pitchers, the change-up is used almost exclusively against opposite handed hitters. Felix, for instance, almost never throws a change to a right-handed batter. He goes after them with fastballs, sliders, and curves, saving the change for the lefties. Fister, though, realizes that the change-up is his best pitch, and that it was his best chance to get Yankee hitters out, regardless of which side of the plate they were standing on.
It worked, too. Of the 33 change-ups he threw (the Pitch F/x algorithm misidentified seven fastballs as change-ups, if you’re wondering why I’m quoting a lower number than what Brooks’ tool shows), he got six swinging strikes and four ground outs. He gave up two hits on the change, but one of them was A-Rod’s “single” to Josh Wilson where the throw pulled Branyan off the bag, and the other was Cano’s little bloop single to left.
Wondering how a guy got through the Yankees line-up with a Triple-A fastball? By not throwing it all that much. By relying heavily on his change-up, Fister was able to keep hitters off balance and get ahead in the count. It even worked as an out pitch a few times, due to some really good locations.
The fastball isn’t major league quality, and the curve is pretty blah, but that change-up is a weapon and Fister knows it. He’s not going to be a good major league pitcher with this repertoire, but when you command one good pitch as well as he does, you can survive with a big park and a good defense, which the M’s have.
He’s probably still best suited to relief work in the majors long term, but there are worse guys in major league rotations than Doug Fister. When we talk about how it really isn’t all that hard to find back-of-the-rotation starting pitchers, he’s what we’re talking about.
All I know is the guy has pitched a couple great games and they should keep running him out there until he turns into a pumpkin, if ever.
Then they can try to figure out another pitch or for him to work on this winter.
This is exactly how I was able to pitch into my college years.
there are worse guys in major league rotations than Doug Fister.
Speaking of which, when is Silva due back?
Well-earned first major league win for Fister.
Thanks for a great post. This analysis is really interesting. I don’t think we’ve seen the graphs as much this year, but I’m always happy to see this kind of post. Keep up the great work!
I have a (possibly dumb) question: Why do power pitchers like Felix not use the change-up much on same-handed hitters? I understand breaking pitches are more effective against same-handed hitters than opposite-handed, but why limit the types of pitches the batter might see? Why not try to keep them guessing? After all, that’s was a part of Fister’s success today: keeping the hitters off-balance.
Is it a confidence issue? Meaning, do guys like Felix have more confidence in a slider/curve/cutter/etc. than a change-up?
It’s just another painful reminder that we could have about 24 pitchers of Silva’s quality for what we are currently paying him a year.
The only redeeming quality to his contract is that it comes off the books just as a rather more deserving starter is going to need to be resigned.
The White Sox would probably look at Fister and teach him a cutter . . . I wonder if something like that would help him. It seems to me that if he could get another pitch even to fringe-average, as good as his change is, he’d have a pretty workable repertoire.
A guy named Moyer ended up having a pretty good major league career with a below average fastball, great changeup, and good control.
Yeah, but he’s left handed and has a heartbeat.
Yeah, but heâ€™s left handed and has a heartbeat.
Are you saying Fister has no heartbeat?
I’m afraid the meaning of the comment went past me.
To clarify, Dave says Fister is either a back of the rotation starter or else a reliever.
I think his absolute upside would be something like a right handed Moyer, whereas something along what Dave is predicting might be, what, a righthanded Lee Guetterman (who also lacked a fastball and bounced between starting and relieving? And Fister’s downside would be to wash out in a year or two like Bob Wolcott.
There’s only been one Jamie Moyer. There’s no point in comparing every guy with a crappy fastball to the once-in-history dude who made it work.
OK, then I’m going with Fister = Guetterman, for a reasonable comparison of what his career is likely to look like.
Yah, I felt Fister accomplished alot there yesterday with that pitch. More then I thought he would get away with. Good on him for the effort. I hope he continues to develope.
The Mariners have collected quite an assortment of back end starters, left and right hand. Not one of these guys has showed ability/skill/durability to stick. RRS,Vargas,Olson,Snell,Morrow,Silva,French have all been in and out of the rotation for numerous reasons. We have one starter Felix. There needs to be at very least 2 more pitchers that can log 200 quality innings next year along with felix. Who are the most like guys that will step up and take those rolls? Care to prognosticate?
There needs to be at very least 2 more pitchers that can log 200 quality innings next year along with felix.
Why? Just because that’s usually how it’s done? This year has proven that you can run an assortment of back end starters out there for a few games apiece and get close to the same results. It hasn’t been the pitching that’s been the problem this year; the M’s have not lost a lot of blow-outs. With a little more offense they’d still be in the hunt for the post-season.

industry_corpus2: Sports


text:
We will create a new website, e-shop or a minisite for you. From the first sketches to final testing and running the site.
If your website or e-shop is not so successful, as you want, just give it to us. We make an audit and we found out why this is so.
Do you want your e-shop as major sales channel? Everything is possible – so let's do it right!
Although we are focused on online marketing, we can help you with offline advertising as well. We create billboards, roll-ups and another advertising materials.
Our team of marketers, graphic designers and programmers will do everything from web to online and offline promotion.
We increase your website´s visit ratio from organic search. Visibly.
We catch the visitor´s attention with the first sentence. With the second one we evoke the interest and with the third one we sell your product.
Logo for us is not just an image. It is the life story of your company.
From now on your customers will recognize you even without watching. And they will never confuse it.
We will catch interest of tens of thousands of your potential customers.
Pens, mugs, lighters... we prepare everything you desire to.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text:
Here is my excuse for ignoring my blog so much this month. My BFF from Canada, Judi, was visiting. And we were so excited to have her here. For the last few of weeks we have been sight seeing, shopping, lunching (drinking), and reconnecting.
Judi and her husband, Duane, visited us in Belize just after we moved here almost three years ago. They booked the trip before we even left Fort Nelson! They have been our 'couple-friends' for close to thirty years. I feel old just typing that! So sad for all of us that Duane passed away just over a year ago and that makes our time with Judi even more special now.
On their last visit to Belize, Adam and I were still living in our rental home in Corozal so Cayo is new territory for Judi. And I was so happy to share our new home with her and play tourist a little bit too.
Thankfully the weather smartened up just as soon as Judi got here. We have had a really wet rainy season. Yah, I know...that's the whole point. But all of our complaining was recently justified with a report from the Belize Weather Service. We really did get way more rain than 'usual'. Of course, what is 'usual' anymore?
A couple of days into Judi's visit we decided to check out the Mayan site of Cahal Pech. This is not my first go around at an ancient Mayan site. I know that they can be very slippery after extended rain. The stones get slick with moss and can be pretty dangerous. So we let the sun do it's job for a few days and then we ventured out. It was so nice. For a while we had the place pretty much to ourselves which was nice for visiting and chatting.
But we did also notice that the tour groups are starting to show up. I think the word about Belize is out. And rightfully so. This beautiful little country has so much to offer.
And I am so glad to be able to share Belize with my best friend.


text: This hotel in Chatel has 37 rooms, two restaurants, bar and internet service, terraces with views over the valley, sauna, Jacuzzi, steam bath and swimming pool (indoor or outdoor according to the weather). Located just 500m from the centre of town. Shuttle bus stops outside the hotel.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


text:
When online travel expense software provider Certify released its Q2 data this year, it was no surprise to see that Uber claimed the top spot again, not only as the highest receipts among ride-hails (74 percent compared to taxi’s 7 percent), but also as the largest expense overall for business travelers turning in their sheets. This quarter (Q3), Uber’s biggest competition, Lyft, debuted in the sixth spot for the first time. Currently, Lyft represents about 20 percent of all ride-share expenses through Certify.
For context: As recently as 2013, taxis was in the top 10, albeit in the tenth placeholder, among companies like Delta, United, and Starbucks. Just four years ago, taxis made up 74 percent of receipts—which shows how quickly the traditional transportation provider was pushed to the sidelines. Since Q3 2013, the category of taxis has not been seen in the top 10 again. Uber made the list beginning in 2015 in third place, and has claimed the gold every quarter thereafter. This clearly shows that corporate travel policies have been relaxed.
But these data also show another interesting trend: the impact that technology has had on business travel. The top 10 slots were once dominated by companies like AT&T (for a phone charger, perhaps?) or National Car Rental, but now Amazon has also found its way onto the list instead. According to Recode, people are buying everything on Amazon from “business supplies to cloud computing to food delivery.” The online retail giant hasn’t been able to nudge out list mainstay Walmart just yet, but Amazon’s average spend of $110 is nearly double that of Walmart’s.
Have you recently cleaned up your smartphone’s list of apps and noticed that you’re still getting notifications about it? Our editors did, and we did some research to see if we were imagining things. It turns out, developers are using new uninstall trackers to target fed-up users who have removed the app. Through these trackers, app companies can pester erstwhile users with specific ads to get them to come back ... or at least attempt to make them think they are missing out after ditching their product. It’s more than sending an email: These uninstall trackers send push notifications and pepper former users with ads, which has some up in arms about privacy settings. In fact, according to Bloomberg, those trackers violate Apple and Google policies against using silent push notifications to build advertising audiences. But as we all know, it takes patience waiting for regulations to catch up with reality, so expect that some of your former apps will have a harder time moving on after the breakup than you will.
We talk a lot about Millennials (or Gen Y as they are sometimes called) in the pages of CD because of their force as a generation, but both Y and their younger brothers and sisters in Gen Z are making an impact on the business travel marketplace. International travel is a $1.4 trillion industry, so vendors are obviously bending as quickly as possible to the needs of their largest demographics. Older generations that have obligations like kids and a mortgage might still enjoy the occasional travel for the job, but younger workers are actively seeking out positions that require travel. Travel management company TripActions surveyed nearly 3,000 business travelers for its State of Business Travel report and found that about 40 percent of younger workers would NOT accept a job if it did not include travel—which they overwhelmingly see as a perk (90 percent). It comes as no surprise that they prefer boutique or unique accommodations like Airbnb, and that they will book outside their employers’ legacy program to get it. What wasn’t surprising: 64 percent said that they were “on their own” to solve problems on the road. According to the report: “Round-the-clock proactive support reduces stress for employees, giving them the ease of mind they need to better focus on the task at hand.” And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call duty of care. It should be a part of every proposal, conservation, and email you have with corporate travel managers.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


text:
Is your wallpaper old, cracking and peeling? Do you want a whole new look for your room?
What does everyone notice first when they pass by any facility – whether it’s a home or a building? It’s the exterior.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


text:
Getting A Right Durham region Web Designer To your Web Development Task?
As you are previously aware that the current financial downturn has crippled the financial systems of almost each of the nations around the world, your business needs to be effectively organised to obtain the desired results keeping cost standards in mind.
Online occurrence is significantly required to loan your business strong visibility and fetch your huge great number of customers. A good website will help you achieve the goal. However , an efficiently designed internet site calls for the necessity of a professional self-employed web designer, who execute building at low rates. Net offers a big talent pool area of professional freelance web designer.
Great web designers contain functional internet site along with a well-established online portfolio. Make a list coming from all such designers and flick through their respective websites and past operate samples. This will give you a very clear idea of their work approach and technical expertise and help you see whether anyone’s set of skills matches your project requirements. Make sure that the work types of the designer will be fully functional and free of any kind of technical particulars. If you feel thankful for the overall look of the websites designed by all of them, you can add these to the list of shortlisted applicants.
Start conntacting the shortlisted web designers to ensure the designer is capable of effectively reply to your requests and looks no language barriers throughout the development procedures of the job. If you speak with a web developer and feel that he is eager and offers honed his communication abilities, you happen to be onto set up ongoing professional relationship.
Diploma and knowledge play an important role in fetching you some kind of self-assurance that the website design company has the skill set to execute the job and has found out his job well. Degree validates the skills and even a brand new designer can easily showcase a few exceptionally laudable results. So it is advisable for you to carry out a substantial research over the qualifications and experience of the internet designer.
The web designer you are planning to hire should have a creative vision so that the web page he/she would design suitable for you serves your company goal and become visually tempting at the same time. A clumsy-looking site can travel your customers away. It is therefore of great relevance that the website design company possesses imaginative instinct and understands your creative eyesight to come up with an online site that gels with your creative vision and business-centric goals simultaneously.
Distinct web development tasks encompass mixed technologies. All web designers aren’t always great at all solutions. So try to search for a web creator whose skill set and technical proficiency meet your business requirements since only those site designers can produce superb results.
The budget range of the project most plays a decisive element in choosing the wordpress website designer for a job. The budget specs limit the range of choice of web industry experts. Low-cost internet developments projects would certainly not appeal to all or any the web designers. freelance web designer who look for high-cost prices would not lend their providers on any cheap job. And at the same time, there is also a huge couple of web designers, who does agree to implement your project at cheap rates.
Although there may be a catch engaged! Such web-site designers can come plan cheap web designs and you could come across many hidden costs and finish up even compensating more in the long run. So get a web designer that’s competent enough to handle building and asks for a decent remuneration.
Follow the above mentioned steps and rest assured that you’ll make a great choice of freelancer web designer cradrc.com to your web development task. A right web development company will always deliver quality product and the fatigue timelines quite competently thereby structuring your company well not having hitting the pocket hard.


text:
Focusing on health and wellness trends as they pertain to food and over all well-being should be pretty easy for me. A vegetarian for 17 years, practicing an Ayurvedic diet for 10, yoga for 17 and a yoga teacher for 11, I feel like I am in touch and knowledgeable. However, as I research our current culture, I wonder how important health and wellness really are? What I have found is that a focused health and wellness lifestyle is STILL an incoming trend having a lot to do with the plethora of health inspired foods, wellness and fitness offerings. Basically our Kombucha,Reishi elixir, fermented, gluten free, anti-inflammatory, Whole 30, Paleo, yoga, Orangetheory, Soul Cycle, Barre, extreme bootcamp (take a deep breath) mindset does not necessarily mean we are “healthy” or practicing a consistent health and wellness plan. It sometimes means as consumers we love new drink, food, and fitness trends-there are tons of them! If you live in a big city, check out how many different versions of yoga there are. Consumers are attracted to these trends but they may be confused as to what will really work for them. It is all very personal.
So what healthy ways of thinking, practicing and consuming are incoming and maybe even hear to stay? See a few below that I discovered through generational research.
Living entirely in the digital age, this multi-cultural diverse group is projected to be the most health focused yet. They have witnessed their Millennial and/or Gen X parents cooking and purchasing healthier meals. Also since their wee little hands have held their parents cell phones, they’ve been pinning on Pinterest and posting on Instagram. All the while viewing food posts and health practices on these sites.
I know a 13 year old who has over 6K followers on Pinterest! This young lady just attended a friends 13th birthday party where the entertainment was for the kids to participate in a Top Chef style cooking competition. They loved it! Excellent don’t you think?
Gen Z has exposure to more food and health trends through websites and literature as teenagers, than previous generations; a few examples- Teen Vegan Network, Free People’s BLDG blog which gives advice on how to use Astragulus root and Spirulina and Teen Vogue featuring articles like “The 10 Foods You’ll Be Eating From Bowls in 2017.” This generation will cook less from recipes and cookbooks because of exposure to posts and online food preparation.
Gen Z’s focus may be on “Unicorn Noodles”, “Unicorn Frappuccino’s”, artisanal doughnuts, snapping and posting the coolest food they can experience. But because of their exposure to healthy eating trends, when they become adults they will desire higher quality food and ingredient transparency from businesses.
Millennials desire for wellness in the form of spirituality and well-being is a new trend that affects both the body and the mind.
Millennials are taking interest in “alcohol free” themed social gatherings, as well new pop up parties like The Softer Image-according to their website is an exploration of new ways to party where they combine healers, DJs spinning heart opening dance music, herbalists and chefs that provide super foods and local nourishment. These types of events could be the inspiration behind alcohol free craft cocktails from brands like Curious Elixirs a Mocktails.
Every year millenniel interest in health and well-being rises. In an article published by Benefits PRO, millennials measure success by their work life balance. Happiness is their primary interest at an almost unanimous 97%! 72% say they exercise once a week, and 95% say they care deeply about their health. So it is no surprise that they are seeking alternative life enhancing events, foods, and practices to achieve more mental and physical well-being.
Just last year baby boomers took second place to millennials as the largest generation.
Boomers are expected to live longer than previous generations and they exercise more regularly. This group will continue to explore fitness regimens like yoga, walking, cycling, jogging and group fitness classes at health clubs. Boomer focused gyms like Welcyon are opening with fitness machines, group exercise classes and music tailored specifically to this generation.
Studies conducted by Whole Foods notes that Boomers are more attentive to food labels and know more about the origins of their food products than they did in the1980’s. Yet another reason why the organic food category continues to grow.
Just touching on three generation’s health and wellness interests, I’ve found the focus of this topic as it pertains to food and over all well-being, is important. I don’t see this changing anytime...ever. Here are a few final thoughts.
1. Yes, the consumer wants an EXPERIENCE! Ex: Boomers are choosing wellness focused cruises for their holiday. Businesses will win when they have more intimate conversations with the consumer by speaking the consumer’s language.
2. All generations are very important as our younger generations have more knowledge and our older generations are staying young. A pigeon hole focus on one generation, especially when it comes to food, is not a winning strategy-Our gen z’s don’t want to be excluded and neither do our boomers. The lines are becoming grayer between kids and adult food.
3. Product and production transparency will go a long away. With gen z growing up in the digital age they will do the research behind the products they purchase. According to Forbes 50% of millennials are more willing to purchase products from companies that support causes they care about.
4. Quality! A quality product and a quality experience attract a loyal consumer. Yoga has been around for over 5,000 years; starting with a strong foundation, the creation and re-creation of the practice keeps it as one of the top fitness trends today.
5. Online and magazine platforms are talking about taking “Digital Detoxes” and “Find a Deeper Happiness”-this has started movements towards retail spaces that invoke calmness, engaging the senses and allowing for self-reflection. Consumers are taking spiritual retreats. Meditation centers are popping up all over cities in the U.S.- “woo-woo” practices are being embraced!

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text:
The benefits of eating raw food are many, some of which are listed in the health tip Unheated Food. But which foods in a store are actually raw?
Raw food is normally defined as any food not heated above 118° F. Food that was never heated, such as an apple or celery, is obviously raw. Some food that is warmed up but not heated above 118 degrees would also be considered raw, such as a raw ingredient soup that has not been warmed over 118° F.
In a food store, if you can find cold-smoked fish, that means that the smokehouse temperatures were below 100° F and so the fish is still considered raw. But, generally-speaking, unless you are in the produce section buying fruits and vegetables or in the meat and fish section buying fresh fish and meat, very little else in the store is truly raw.
“Fresh” juice is also cooked (flash-pasteurized)! Read more about this in the Juice health tip.
In the food industry, there are different definitions about what is okay to be labeled “raw”. For example, “raw honey” is not really raw. Read more on that in the health tip on Honey. Even the cheese industry has its own definition of raw. Most cheeses labeled raw are not actually raw, based on the “not heated above 118° F” common definition.
Much food is easily made raw on your own without buying packaged, factory-made food. Try the recipes in my Recipes section, to get started on some healthy, quickly-made food!
Eating a high percent of raw food is your least expensive health insurance!

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text:
Turpin has a purpose-built UK head office located close to the A1M and two international airports. Our US office is based in Connecticut. We employ over 100 members of staff, the majority of whom work in our Customer Service, Finance and Warehouse departments.
We have developed our own computer system to meet the specific needs of publishers in the academic, scholarly and professional publishing community. We support the system in-house and regularly undertake development to enhance its capabilities.
Lorna, an affable Scotswoman, has worked in the industry for 30 years, having originally trained in hotel management before turning to a career in distribution. She took over the company with a partner in 2005, bringing in her own management staff and controls and managing its impressive subsequent growth.
Alan has worked with Turpin in various capacities for over 25 years and was one of the chief architects of the current in-house fulfillment system as well as more recent developments including Turpin's web reporting and journals e-commerce sites. He is also a member of the British Computer Society.
Andrew, an enthusiastic IT Manager has worked in IT for over 30 years, a career that grew out of an interest in writing computer games as a child. Andrew embraced the diversity and complexity of the entire spectrum of Information and Communications Technology. Using his training he worked in technical sales, IT training and project management. Andrew became an IT Manager in 2005. He joined Turpin in August 2015 bringing a breadth of IT experience to the IT Manager role.
Neil joined Turpin in July 2005 and has over twenty years of experience in both bookselling and publishing. Having trained originally at Blackwells and then Dawson Books, Neil spent seven years working in Official & Regulatory publishing with TSO before joining Turpin. Neil is also an active member of the BIC Physical Supply Chain Committee.
Julie joined Turpin in February 2007 and has nearly 20 years experience within Human Resources. Before Turpin, she spent much of her time working in London within the legal field, and more recently in manufacturing and financial services. Julie’s role is commercially-focused, and covers all aspects in relation to both Turpin's UK and US operation.
Richard joined Turpin in February 2008 as Financial Controller. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts and has over twenty years experience in commercial and financial roles with blue-chip companies including BAE Systems, Siemens and EADS.
Anita has worked for Turpin for over 30 years, originally joining the Finance Department on a temporary basis for two weeks. She stayed with Finance for approximately a year, taking a permanent position in 1979. During this period Anita has worked in many roles within Turpin and gained a great deal of experience in the Industry.
Phil joined Turpin in 1994, originally as a supervisor within warehousing and distribution before moving into Customer Service management and onto his current role as one of our Senior Client Managers. You will often see Phil representing Turpin at the fairs and conferences that we attend. His knowledge of all things Turpin make him a valuable source of information to our many clients and customers as well as his colleagues here at Turpin.


text:
Daily supplements for inflammation? Daily supplements for inflammation?
Do supplements work? The jury is still out. After several months of confusion and suffering, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. For those of you that don’t know, it’s not really “arthritis”. Basically my body is attacking itself. It’s a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease which attacks much more than your joints. It affects, bones, organs, muscles, soft tissues, tendons, ligaments, ect.
Anyway, the medications they give you to treat this (there is no cure) are pretty scary. So naturally I would rather go the “natural” route. I’ve done a lot of reading and researching. There are so many people who believe only strong pharmaceutical medications (which include chemo drugs) can help you. But there are many who are trying to help themselves naturally with diet and supplements. I am in the middle. I take both.
So, let’s get back to the supplements. What I have found to be somewhat helpful are: Fish oil, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, Osteo Bi-flex, Calcium/Mag/Zinc. Funny thing, I just learned that Osteo Bi-flex has a form of Frankincense in it. This is one of the essential oils that is supposed to be good for many uses, including inflammation! Fish oil (Omega 3) is great for your heart as well. Ginger also helps settle your stomach. Osteo Bi-flex and calcium are supposed to be great for your bones and joint. I take other supplements, but these are the ones that are guided toward helping with inflammation. These supplements will not cure RA or help with the damage, but they can help with some of the inflammation. So, in my opinion, they can’t hurt.
If you have regular arthritis or any other inflammatory process going on, you may want to give them a try. I did not list dosages, as this would be a decision that you should make on your own and always, ALWAYS check with you doctor to make sure you can take supplements and they will not interfere with anything else you currently take.
Disclaimer: This is not intended to be medical advice in any way. These are my sole opinions on products I currently use. Never stop taking your prescribed medications or change anything without speaking to your physician.


text:
It all starts very innocently. I have just finished the new visualisation presenting a historical view on some subject (let’s say, concerning the Catering Department). As with all good visualisations, it tells some story about what happened in the past (time spent on dishwashing is increasing rapidly) and allows one to draw conclusion of what could happen in the future (occupational strike of the crew, involving the taking of hostages). I am excited as the conclusions are surprising, revealing a problem or a threat. I invite the people that are interested in the subject; people that are responsible for the area in which the subject exists (the Head of Catering as well as a SWAT team representative) and people who could make a decision based on the new insight. I show the graphs, explain how to read them and where the data come from. Next, I tell them about my conclusions, trying to list all the assumptions that I have made. The audience take a moment to digest what they have just seen. I am extremely happy, expecting that in a moment, a good, constructive discussion will start which will help the company to improve itself. And then, when change seems inevitable, the person responsible for the subject (Mr Stevens, Head of Catering) raises The Ultimate Data Question: “This is all nice, but are you absolutely sure about your data?” And, indeed, a discussion starts; however, it is not about improvement but about the data quality. “Dear audience,” I think, “I thought that the quality of data is my part of the job – yours is to act on the conclusions!” So there I am, standing with a silly look on my face, wondering why this has turned this way.
Why is the question asked?
the person wants to transfer the discussion from the inconvenient “what should be done with the conclusions” to the safe “how can the presenter prove that the data is correct”. Depending on the situation, the discussion can then turn into a very detailed review of the raw data and the meeting will finish without any action taken to make improvement.
Whatever the reason is, the question needs an answer.
Of course, most people will do their best to correctly record time or will raise a hand when facing troubles. What I want to say is that such errors can happen and you cannot really say you are absolutely sure the data is correct.
The problem with the simple, short and true answer is that it usually results in the rejection of all the conclusions – even if the impact of the questionable part of the data set is irrelevant to the conclusions. Why? Many of us feel uncomfortable in situations of uncertainty. The data is either ideal or has no value for us. What we do not always see is that rejecting the conclusions means keeping the status quo, which often is not supported by any current data (or could have been established a long time ago in different circumstances). The reason for this may be that it seems safer to act “as usual” than to risk a change influenced by uncertain data. Nevertheless, the truth is that a good opportunity for improvement could be lost this way.
What can you offer instead?
If you have involved all the stakeholders in the data preparation and data review process, you can say that the data is indisputable.
You can describe what you have done to educate people involved in data gathering, and what has been done to make the data gathering tool as usable as possible.
You can describe how you have reviewed the data and how it was cleaned.
You can describe how you have identified and investigated outliers.
You can propose an experiment that will validate your conclusions.
You can propose an investment in a more automated way of measuring the data (if possible).
You can share your feeling of the expected error rate and its influence on the conclusions.
You can, in advance, state in you assumptions that the data is not ideally correct – this works better than stating this when the question is asked.
Of course, in the end, the audience can still decide that the conclusions should not be accepted; this is their place to decide, just as your role is to honestly answer the Ultimate Data Question. What could help you is to be prepared for it, because it will inevitably be asked in the end.
Have a nice day… and don’t get captured in the cafeteria.


text:
Turkish officials accuse allies of slow reaction to the coup, as analysts warn such allegations will damage ties.
Istanbul, Turkey - Ties between Turkey and its major allies could come under extreme strain after perceived lack of condemnation by the West as Friday's bloody coup unfolded.
Turkish officials have admonished what they say was official silence from world powers as rogue soldiers took to the streets and aircraft bombed key institutions on Friday night through to the early hours of Saturday. The attempted coup left more than 260 dead.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government are unlikely to forget any time soon.
The United States and EU nations have increased their criticism of Turkey's moves domestically and internationally in recent years.
Many in the AKP's electoral base, already deeply sceptical of Western intentions, will see this alleged inaction as further proof of their animosity, and the government won't have trouble convincing them that fewer ties with the West is a better thing.
Inside Story - What will Turkey's failed coup mean for its relations?
"Every terrorism incident and this coup attempt can be traced and linked to international power centres," Aziz Babuscu, an AKP parliamentarian from Istanbul, told Al Jazeera. "There is no need to name the international power centres ... This is not the first time Turkey has been targeted by these centres in recent years."
Babuscu said he believed it was too early to say how the Turkish government would react to this perceived lack of support, but added the stance of countries the government considered as allies was crystal clear.
"They developed a term for us during Ottoman times and called us the 'sick man of Europe'. They would love for us to fit that definition even now," Babuscu said. "These international centres of power find it impossible to stomach a Turkey that is a regional leader."
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday at an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels the US was quick to respond to the coup attempt.
"We stand squarely on the side of the elected leadership in Turkey, which President Obama and I both stated in the course of events in the early hours as they were unfolding that night," said Kerry.
"But we also firmly urge the government of Turkey to maintain calm and stability throughout the country … and uphold the highest standards of respect for the nation's democratic institutions and the rule of law."
Retired Turkish diplomat Yalim Eralp, who has served as Turkey's ambassador to NATO, Washington, and the United Nations, warned that emotional responses by Ankara would be detrimental.
"No government in the world will issue a statement while a coup is under way. It doesn't matter if it is in Turkey or anywhere else. I don't think the Turkish government should be offended by this," Eralp told Al Jazeera.
On Saturday, Labour Minister Suleyman Soylu accused the United States of being directly involved in the coup attempt during an appearance on local television.
According to Eralp, accusing Washington of involvement is a grave error and a diplomatic faux pas.
"I hope the Turkish government reacts sensibly," said Eralp. "However, my experience tells me that no Turkish government tries to see whether its own shortcomings resulted in a certain situation. They always and always try to put the blame on others."
Turkey's relations with the West, particularly the United States, have not been amicable for a few years now.
The divergent approach to the conflict in Syria and in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has created a serious rift between Ankara and Washington.
US support for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria to aid in the fight against ISIL has angered Ankara immensely.
Turkey sees the PYD as the extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and, therefore, a "terrorist" entity as well. The United States and the European Union also define the PKK as a "terrorist group", but don't extend it to the PYD.
The same tensions exist with the EU. Last week Turkey strongly objected to a photo exhibit inside the European Parliament, which contained images of YPG fighters.
Previously Ankara was ferocious in its condemnation of Brussels in March for allowing a group sympathetic to the PKK to set up a tent as a Turkey-EU summit was about to begin to finalise a vital deal on migrant movement.
But what is likely to cause the most friction between Ankara and Washington for the foreseeable future is the extradition status of Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen.
Erdogan and the AKP see Gulen, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the US state of Pennsylvania since 1999, as the main force behind the attempted coup.
Ankara has tried to extradite him since 2013 when the former Erdogan ally - who turned into the president's main foe after elements in the police and judiciary alleged to be his followers launched a major corruption probe into Erdogan's inner circle, including some ministers.
Ankara accuses Gulen of orchestrating a movement seeking to infiltrate Turkish state mechanisms and topple the government from within.
The United States has so far refused to extradite Gulen, but Kerry said Washington would consider an extradition if compelling evidence was presented.
Kerry also warned that public insinuations about US involvement in the attempted coup would harm bilateral relations.
Eser Karakas, an economics professor at Istanbul University, said Turkey's future is anchored to good ties with the United States and the European Union.
"I don't know who is behind the coup, but I do know that blaming the US will cause great damage to Turkey. For a more democratic, freer, richer and safer Turkey, Ankara needs to remain part of the Western alliance," Karakas told Al Jazeera.
Inside Story - What's behind Turkey's failed coup?

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: View our selection of discount kids dance briefs below. We carry jazz cut briefs for children as well as various other styles. Order online or contact us with any questions.


text:
The KSW1345 Grand Metro Ladies Watch encapsulates the fun-loving spirit of Kate Spade New York with its quirky-cute French Bulldog design.
The kitsch watch features a lovely pink leather strap with a cream dial surrounded by a glowing gold-tone case.
The two-tone face is embossed with an adorable bulldog design that pops against the stripped-back, minimalist style. Sleek hands and three dot markers tell the time, with the iconic Kate Spade logo proudly positioned at 12 o'clock.
Powered by Japanese quartz movement, this unique timepiece is also water-resistant up to 30 metres.


text:
Caherciveen is located at the tip of the Iveragh peninsula in the Skellig Coastal Region in the south-west of Ireland. Few would disagree that this area, situated between the Kerry Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, is home to some of the most beautiful and dramatic scenery in Ireland.
With a population of only 2,000, Caherciveen is an ideal, safe place for language-learners young and old to mix with local people in a safe and relaxed environment. For the over-18s a great selection of pubs offer plenty by way of live entertainment, traditional Irish music and dancing, and the Caherciveen Celtic Music Festival is a focal point for many in the summer.
The area immediately surrounding Caherciveen is full of archaeological remains from Celtic and prehistoric times. Many picturesque villages such as Waterville and Portmagee are within easy reach of Caherciveen, and the larger towns of Killarney and Tralee are just one hour away. Our excursion programme ensures that students benefit from the variety of landscape, both urban and rural, for which Kerry is famous.
Asana will be happy to arrange accommodation for you in a carefully selected family home. Families provide breakfast, a packed lunch and full evening meal every day. Only one student of each nationality is placed with a family unless otherwise requested.
Each house provides a clean, tidy room with desk/table for study, adequate storage for clothes, and a comfortable bed with a weekly change of bed linen. There is a facility to have a shower every day with adequate hot water and towels provided.
Many of our family homes are within walking distance of the school. Farm-houses and family homes in the countryside can also be arranged. In cases where the students' accommodation is more than a 20-minute walk from the school a private bus is arranged free of charge.
Top quality guest-house accommodation, bed & breakfasts and apartments can also be organised on request.
Our main centre is located right in the centre of Caherciveen town, and consists of five classrooms, library, canteen / students' common room, yoga and meditation space and a community garden and a developing hedge school.
Both centres have breath-taking views of the ocean and surrounding hills and are within easy walking distances of all services.
Asana can also arrange to collect you on weekends from Cork city centre or Killarney town centre if traveling from another part of Ireland by road or rail.
Please make sure you have provided Asana with correct details of your flights including flight numbers, dates and times of arrival. Please also send an email to confirm details two days before your departure for Ireland.
Our school taxi / bus drivers will be waiting for you in the arrivals hall with an ASANA sign clearly visible. You will also be provided with the driver's mobile telephone number well in advance of your trip. If you cannot locate your driver you should phone or send them a text and proceed to the information desk in the arrivals hall.
Students should take out travel and medical insurance prior to their trip. EU citizens should bring their national medical insurance card with them. Non-EU students must provide for their own insurance or arrange insurance cover through the Asana School of English.
Please ensure that Asana are aware of the precise details of your arrival (airport of arrival, flight number, date and time). If you have requested a shuttle transfer or taxi please email Asana well in advance of your arrival to confirm times.
a good sense of humour and adventure!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text:
This Sportybella Girls Cheer Bracelet is a beautiful and fun way to express your love of Cheerleading. This makes a Perfect gift for Cheerleading Teams, Cheerleaders & Cheer Coaches.
Size: This Cheer Infinity Bracelet is Adjustable from 5 inches to 8 inches, featuring a sturdy adjustable clasp to hold it in place and easy to get on and off. *will fit most kids, teen and adult wrists.


text: CPA's, like all providers of personal financial services, are now required by law to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. CPAs have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentially that are even more stringent than those required by law. Therefore, we have always protected your right to privacy.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


text:
WATCH OUT FOR UPSET VEHICLES!
If you are traveling through Timberlake, Virginia and the vehicles around you get too upset for your comfort, never fear. You have an alternative.


text:
Frick’s Cave. Photo by Alan Cressler.
Frick’s Cave in Georgia is the summer home of over 10,000 endangered gray bats, Georgia’s only known population of the rare Tennessee cave salamander, and 33.8 acres of north Georgia karstland. Without a doubt, Frick’s is Georgia’s richest biologic spelean environment. It is one of only two gray bat caves in Georgia. The cave is in Walker County on the eastern flank of Lookout Mountain.
SCCi took ownership at the closing on June 10, 1997. Financing for this acquisition was provided by the Georgia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Additional support was provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Frick’s Cave is closed to all visitation, except as authorized by the SCCi board, due to the presence of the endangered bats and salamanders. Entry into the cave may constitute harassment as defined in Section 9 of the federal Endangered Species Act and is punishable by imprisonment and fines up to $50,000. Please respect the endangered wildlife in this delicate cave.
SCCi hosts an annual Member Appreciation Day at the preserve each winter to allow SCCi members and guests to tour the cave when the bats are not present.
Support SCCi! Buy a Piece of a Cave Preserve! Your donation will be used to pay for all of the wonderful cave preserves we have recently purchased. You may select a specific preserve and you’ll receive a thank-you gift of your choice. To provide ongoing support, please consider signing up as a Sustaining Member. Our sustainers give us the monthly income we need to pay for our caves and to purchase new caves. You may also make a general donation to support our work across the southeast. We are able to purchase caves we all love because of YOUR support. Help us buy even more amazing caves in the future!
Access: The cave is closed to protect endangered cave life. Access for research is by special arrangement. Permits for preserve access can be requested at permits.scci.org.


text:
Please contact us by email at exoticshells@shellstorehawaii.com with a copy of the products you desire to see if your order qualifies for discounted shipping!
If you would like to purchase products in large quantities or products not available for purchase on this website, please contact us by phone, fax or email.
We will be happy to assist you and discuss available discounts, reserved for large corporate sales.
Late and early hours by appointment.


text:
Washington, Feb 07 (Punjab Mail) – Past and present Republican governors running for president dominated the Saturday night debate, the last before the New Hampshire primary, overshadowing front-runners.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie provided what is being called the night’s most memorable moments when he attacked Florida senator Marco Rubio, repeatedly and ferociously.
Ohio’s John Kasich, whose poll numbers are surging in New Hampshire — he is third now — took every opportunity to present his “positive” message, which put him on everyone’s winner list.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush turned in his best debate performance yet, according to multiple experts and pundits, attacking both Rubio and front-runner Donald Trump.
It was the “revenge of the governors”, said a news anchor at ABC News network, which was hosting the debate. And the phrase caught on, specially on social media.
It was not a good night for the front-runners.
Rubio, whose numbers have surged since the Iowa caucuses propelling him to the third position nationally and second in New Hampshire, had a rough night.
Christie went after the first chance he got, attacking the first-time senator for running without qualification or experience and as someone who doesn’t stand up for his convictions.
Rubio tried to hit back, and tried to direct the exchange away from himself with a scripted attack on President Barack Obama, which he kept repeating. Christie was waiting.
Bush hit out at Rubio too. But his prized target was Trump.
He attacked Trump, who leads the national and New Hampshire polls, for trying to evict an elderly widow from her land near a casino he once owned in Atlantic City, New Jersey to make way for a parking lot.
“Well, let me just — you know, he wants to be a tough guy,” Trump said, jeeringly as he has tried to paint Bush as “low-energy” and “weak”, “… and it didn’t work very well”.
Bush shot back, “How tough it is to take away property from an elderly woman?” Trump was rattled and vented his anger on a section of the audience booing him, calling them “donors”.
Ted Cruz, who is Number 2 in national polls but is running fourth in New Hampshire, had a rough start, when he was made to publicly apologise to Ben Carson, a rival for the party ticket.
Cruz’s campaign had wrongly sent out an email during the Iowa caucuses earlier this week that Carson was leaving the race and that his supporters should support Cruz instead.
The Texas senator apologised to Carson the next day, but many, including the retired neurologist and Trump, have said that the outcome of the caucuses would have been different otherwise.


text:
For over 40 years, BiltRite has been the leading provider of quality garage doors in Columbia SC and surrounding areas. We have built our brand by offering the highest quality of products and exceptional service with each repair and installation. This adherence to the highest standards of excellence has allowed us to partner with top rated partners and providers. We proudly offer CHI OHD commercial and residential garage doors, one of the most durable doors in the industry. We are also certified servicers for Wayne Dalton garage doors, Amarr Doors, Mid America, and Stanley, just to name a few.
Our garage doors combine the beauty of traditional raised panel wood grain with the strength and durability of steel. You get security and peace of mind, along with outstanding curb appeal that adds to the value of your home.
Our garage door sizes start in standard heights of 7 and 8 ft. and 8, 9, 16 and 18 ft. in width; however, you can special order custom sizes to meet your needs.
Our steel doors are available in a variety of colors that will complement your home and are designed to match popular siding and trim colors. In addition, the finish on all of our steel residential doors is perfectly suited for repainting should you desire to paint your door in another color.


text: Gaia3D will attend Geospatial World Forum as an exhibitor this year. Geospatial World Forum will take place at Taets Art & Event Park, Amsterdam from 2~4th April. Gaia3D will exhibit its DigitalTwin solution mago3D there. Please visit our booth!

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


text:
How much stamp duty will I have to pay when buying a house in County Fermanagh for £50,000?
How can I calculate my Stamp Duty Land Tax liability (SDLT) when buying a home in County Fermanagh for £50,000?
Does my solicitor or conveyancer pay my Stamp Duty on my behalf when buying a property in County Fermanagh for £50,000?
I am buying a property in County Fermanagh for £50,000. How much Stamp Duty will I have to pay?
How much Stamp Duty will I pay on £50k when buying a property in County Fermanagh?
Calculate Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when buying a property in County Fermanagh for £50,000.


text:
The Sydney based Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM) is Australia’s leading professional member body for commercial and consumer credit management professionals and the only credit industry-specific Registered Training Organisation in the country. As a long standing entity, AICM were already successful despite their previous website being a self confessed mess, however the confusion created by the old website caused a clear loss in client engagement and business conversion for AICM.
Creative Pulse's brief was to create a website which clearly communicated the type of professionals supported by AICM and the broad range of training, services, events and membership options available to them, whilst integrating member details into a secure third party platform.


text:
Discussion in 'MacBook' started by Justim, Mar 29, 2017.
I have a MacBook and a Nintendo Switch. Both are charged through USB C. With the rise of USB C devices I was wondering if anyone has come across a wall plug that charges multiple USB C devices at a time?
Google makes one that is highly regarded, with 2 ports, but only 22.5 watts total. Not sure why others have not made such a device-I'm sure they will eventually with the rise of USB-C.


text:
Sight-reading is a crucial skill for a professional musician. Many auditions include a sight-reading “test,” to see whether the musician can perform at a high level with little rehearsal time. By testing sight-reading, it is possible to separate out musicians who have learned one or two pieces very well for an audition from more versatile musicians who are able to learn music quickly.
A musician usually has 30 to 60 seconds to look at the music before sight-reading it. An experienced sight-reader would use that time to study the key, time signature, tempo, dynamics, and general character of the music, and only then would look at the actual notes. Inexperienced musicians frequently bypass the key signature, time signature, tempo markings, dynamics, and articulation as being unimportant “boilerplate”. Instead, they rush to try to play the notes without a foundation, with disastrous results.
When reviewing real estate contracts, many people act like an inexperienced musician sight-reading music. They gloss over contract language that doesn’t look specific to their deal. Believing the language to be "boilerplate" to be “standard,” contracting parties think there is no need to read, much less negotiate it. In reality, “boilerplate” sections are important, and contracting parties can get burned by not reviewing and negotiating them.
This is one of a series of posts discussing typical “boilerplate” terms and how they impact real estate contracts.
In addition to any Section expressly stated to survive the Closing, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Sections 3.2, 4.5, and 6.7 shall survive the Closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement for one year after the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 1.2 shall survive the Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement for one year.
Both types of survival provisions result in certain contract provisions continuing to remain in effect after the closing.
The difference is that the first example is a separate section of the real estate contract which likely is designed to gather together all the sections that “survive” in a single place. The second example includes “survival” language in the section to which it applies. Both are equally effective in causing contract provisions to continue to continue even though the transaction has closed or the real estate contract has terminated.
Why do Some Things Need to Survive the Closing?
It may not be difficult to recognize a “survival” clause in a real estate contract, but it’s not as obvious why survival provisions are important.
Survival language is necessary because of something called the “merger doctrine.” Under the merger doctrine, all discussions, negotiations, and agreements, including the real estate purchase contract, are “merged” into the deed. Once the deed is delivered, the only obligations between the buyer and seller of real estate are those set forth in the deed–unless they agree in writing to the contrary.
This is where the survival clauses come into play. There are things that the parties to a real estate purchase contract do not intend to be merged into the deed. For instance, there might be an agreement to do a post-closing reconciliation of the closing pro-rations once actual numbers are available. Or, the buyer may be relying upon certain representations and warranties of the seller in accepting the deed and closing. Usually there is an indemnification clause in real estate purchase contracts under which each party agrees to indemnify the other for expenses relating to their period of ownership. Without survival language, all those obligations would be merged into the deed and would vanish at closing.
Although the focus on survival language is on merger into the deed, parties should remember that if they terminate a real estate contract without closing, they terminate the entire contract. If there are contract terms, such as confidentiality obligations, which they want to survive contract termination, those should be included in a contract survival clause.
Yet, there are things which the parties do not to arise after the closing. For instance, the seller would not want the buyer to be able to complain about the condition of the property months after the closing. Rather, property condition is something which the buyer should determine during its due diligence period before closing.
Indemnification obligations where each party agrees to be responsible for operating expenses relating to that party’s period of ownership.
Utility bills, which sometimes cannot be exactly determined as of the closing date. The parties will want to be able to “true up” the utility bills after the closing so each pays its share.
Taxes, which also may not be determined as of the closing date. This is particularly true in states where taxes are paid in arrears so the tax rate might not be determined until after the closing date.
Pending claims that involve the land, such as tax appeals or an insurance claim for casualty damage might impact both the buyer and seller. The seller would want to be sure to be able to get its share of the proceeds from the proceedings.
The parties should expect to negotiate both what survives the closing and how the survival is accomplished. They need to agree whether the survival language will be in the real estate purchase contract or whether it will be in a separate certificate signed at closing. Many attorneys prefer a separate agreement to address representations of fact and to insert survival language in the contract for future covenants, such as indemnification obligations and post-closing “true-ups.” After the closing, it is easier for the parties to look at a short agreement, rather than to re-read the entire contract, to determine their obligations.
If there is to be a separate agreement signed at closing, that should be a condition to closing in the real estate purchase contract. The parties should agree to the exact content and language of the separate closing document well in advance of the closing. Often, the closing document is negotiated along with the real estate purchase contract.
At the same time, the parties should consider whether there are provisions they would want to continue were the real estate purchase contract to terminate without a closing. Commonly, provisions which survive the termination of a real estate purchase contract include confidentiality and indemnification provisions.
Another important term to negotiate is the length of the survival period. In many of the contracts that is a hotly contested term. Without a stated limitation on the length of the survival period, the provision will survive for period in the applicable statute of limitations period. This doesn’t usually meet the parties’ needs.
Statutes of limitations vary from state to state and more importantly, depending upon the type of claim. A statute of limitations for fraud might extend for only from one to four years, depending upon the state. However, statutes of limitations for claims based upon written contracts can extend for 10 or even 20 years.
Most parties to real estate transactions want certainty. They don’t want to have potential liability under their real estate transaction to continue for a decade or more. Typically, they also will want for all claims to be subject to the same time limitation (although this does not have to be the case).
Therefore, it is important that the parties consider how long they reasonably would need to discover and pursue a breach of one of the surviving contract provisions and come to agreement on a cut-off date for those claims. The time limitation should be clearly stated in the real estate contract in every location where there is a survival clause.
Survival clauses should not be overlooked as "boilerplate," as those clauses are critical in determining the parties’ post-closing duties to each other. Parties should work with their attorneys to make sure that they understand what merges into the deed and what survive the closing, as well as their ongoing responsibilities resulting from that language.
 Sight-reading involves playing music without having seen and frequently, not having heard it, previously.
 Key refers to the collection of eight notes, representing a scale, upon which a piece of music is based. There are 30 possible keys of music in traditional Western music.
 Time signatures are indicated by two numbers aligned vertically, like a fraction without the line in between the digits. The top number indicates how many beats in the measure, and the bottom number indicates what type of note is given one beat.
 Tempo refers to how fast music the music is played. Tempo markings are written in Italian and range from Largo or Lento for very slow to Presto for very fast.
 Dynamics refer to how loud the music is played, as well as increases and decreases in loudness. Dynamics are indicated by abbreviations of Italian words, such as pp for pianissimo (very soft) or mf for mezzo forte (medium loud). Changes in dynamics may be indicated by a symbol which looks like a stretched out greater than or less than sign.


text: A hard-driving set from the great Eddie Palmieri – and a record that's maybe his strongest salsa effort in years, even though it's still filled with lots of the edgey, jazzy touches he's also brought to his best material in recent decades! The album's got a very strong lead vocal presence – both from Herman Olivera and Gilberto Santa Rosa, both of whom join Eddie's group and provide a strong focus for the ensemble's jazzy performances – with an especially strong sax section that includes work from Craig Handy, Ralph Moore, Gary Smulyan, and Ronnie Cuber! Carlos Santana serves up a few guitar parts on the record – and the group also features work from Jimmy Bosch and Conrad Herwig on trombones, and Brian Lynch and Jonathan Powell on trumpets – amidst plenty of percussion, and strong lead piano from Palmieri. Titles include "Mi Congo", "Chica Ni Lambo", "Abarriba Cumbiaremos", "Sun Sun Babae", "Yo Soy Mulato", "Tremendo Cumban", "Sonando Con Puerto Rico", and "El Resbaloso". © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.


text:
Page 469 - Aliciajuarrero | Unique Home and Furniture Round Dinner Table. Black Vanity Bathroom. Laminate Flooring For Kitchen.
best home design ideas, like Round Dinner Table. Black Vanity Bathroom. Laminate Flooring For Kitchen.


text:
Jeff Gates is a web designer and writer.
Over the course of half a century, Noguchi and Graham closely collaborated on numerous set designs for her groundbreaking modern dances. They held each other in the highest regard—Noguchi once said, "I felt that I was an extension of Martha and that she was an extension of me," while Graham described sharing "an unspoken language" with the sculptor.
To celebrate Black History Month, SAAM has just launched an online exhibition of Edmonia Lewis' sculpture on Google Arts & Culture. And to promote the exhibition, Google has made Lewis and her sculpture, The Death of Cleopatra, its Google Doodle for today!
Stephanie Stebich, executive director of the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Wash., since 2005, has been named The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective April 3.
Abraham Thomas recently joined the museum's staff as The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge at the Renwick Gallery. Thomas writes about the intersection of American craft, the Renwick, and his interests.
SAAM mourns the loss of artist and friend, William Christenberry, who died this past Monday at 80. As a young man, Christenberry often traveled the back roads of the South with his father. He studied painting as a graduate student at the University of Alabama until he discovered James Agee‘s book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Happy Thanksgiving from SAAM! To celebrate this year's holiday we wanted to share a woodcut by Harry Cimino.
To celebrate his philosophy and boldly declare that our new exhibition of his signature stripe paintings is now open, we have striped the museum's entrances.
t's fall in Washington, D.C. The days are cooler, the nights cold, and the wind picks up and deposits leaves to the ground. This painting by Albert P. Lucas reminds me of the weeks that lie ahead for me.
It's Throwback Thursday! And we at Eye Level have decided it's a great opportunity to bring back some of our interesting posts from the past. After the incredibly successful run of the Renwick Gallery's WONDER exhibition, we wanted to highlight some of our works from SAAM's permanent collection.
On Saturday, July 9, SAAM presented America Now: America Particpates, an opportunity to incorporate creativity with citizen democracy through art, music, storytelling, and service.
SAAM got the opportunity to showcase some of its best art from African American artists when the Google Art Project asked us to participate in its online project.
The American artist Thornton Dial died on January 25, 2016, at the age of 87. Leslie Umberger, SAAM's curator of folk and self-taught art writes an appreciation about Mr. Dial and his work.
It's Throwback Thursday! And we at Eye Level have decided it's a great opportunity to bring back some of our interesting posts from the past. This Monday we will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Curator E. Carmen Ramos discusses the legacy of Martin Luther King on contemporary Latino artists in our traveling exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
SAAM has just announced it is acquiring David Smith’s Agricola IV, a ground-breaking sculpture by one of the country’s most important artists. Agricola IV is a major addition to the museum’s presentation of American art in the twentieth century.


text:
All mathematical operations expressed or implied herein are in two's-complement, fixed-point arithmetic. Data are specified as integer or fixed-point quantities, with bits numbered in big-endian fashion from zero starting at the left, or high-order, position. Since various implementations may scale externally derived quantities for internal use, neither the precision nor decimal-point placement for fixed-point quantities is specified. Unless specified otherwise, all quantities are unsigned and may occupy the full field width with an implied zero preceding bit zero. Hardware and software packages designed to work with signed quantities will thus yield surprising results when the most significant (sign) bit is set. It is suggested that externally derived, unsigned fixed-point quantities such as timestamps be shifted right one bit for internal use, since the precision represented by the full field width is seldom justified.
Since NTP timestamps are cherished data and, in fact, represent the main product of the protocol, a special timestamp format has been established. NTP timestamps are represented as a 64-bit unsigned fixed-point number, in seconds relative to 0h on 1 January 1900. The integer part is in the first 32 bits and the fraction part in the last 32 bits. This format allows convenient multiple-precision arithmetic and conversion to Time Protocol representation (seconds), but does complicate the conversion to ICMP Timestamp message representation (milliseconds). The precision of this representation is about 200 picoseconds, which should be adequate for even the most exotic requirements.
Timestamps are determined by copying the current value of the local clock to a timestamp when some significant event, such as the arrival of a message, occurs. In order to maintain the highest accuracy, it is important that this be done as close to the hardware or software driver associated with the event as possible. In particular, departure timestamps should be redetermined for each link-level retransmission. In some cases a particular timestamp may not be available, such as when the host is rebooted or the protocol first starts up. In these cases the 64-bit field is set to zero, indicating the value is invalid or undefined.
Note that since some time in 1968 the most significant bit (bit 0 of the integer part) has been set and that the 64-bit field will overflow some time in 2036. Should NTP be in use in 2036, some external means will be necessary to qualify time relative to 1900 and time relative to 2036 (and other multiples of 136 years). Timestamped data requiring such qualification will be so precious that appropriate means should be readily available. There will exist an 200-picosecond interval, henceforth ignored, every 136 years when the 64-bit field will be zero and thus considered invalid.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


text:
with 100% acrylic white, green or any custom color stain. Need project or ordering HELP?
be customized in length and width.
one in privacy lattice the other in trellis.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


text:
The Justice Department is challenging a Maryland federal judge's decision allowing a case accusing President Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency to go forward.
It now heads to Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a longtime Trump ally, to sign or veto.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


text:
We’ve thought about the things that make your motorhome, your home - so that you can rest assured and enjoy the sights.
Choose the policy that’s best for you and your motorhome by comparing our Comprehensive and Third Party Property Damage levels of cover below.
Personal legal liability cover (up to $20 million).
Pay by the month or annually – whichever suits you best.
With our Comprehensive Motorhome Insurance, you can reduce your premium by choosing a higher excess.
Combine any 3 or more eligible policies with Suncorp Insurance and we'll give you a 15% Multi Policy Discount. Eligible policies are Suncorp Home, Contents, Landlord, Car, Motorcycle, Caravan (including trailer), Motorhome and Boat. Suncorp CTP counts as an eligible policy, but can't be discounted due to Queensland legislation. Comprehensive Car Insurance counts as an eligible policy, but the discount does not apply to the Suncorp Roadside Assist optional cover.
Cover for your legal liability for loss or damage to someone else’s property caused by your motorhome.
Cover for the big things – such as the theft of your motorhome, or accidental loss or damage due to things like fire, storms and floods. Plus, we offer other benefits like up to $1,000 contents cover automatically included.
Legal liability cover is cover for loss or damage to another person’s property, or death or bodily injury to another person, from an incident caused by you while you are staying in your motorhome.
If you have Comprehensive cover, we give you the option to increase your Contents cover from the automatic cover of $1,000. If we agree to the increased amount, the new contents amount covered will be displayed on your certificate of insurance, and will be the most we’ll pay in the event of a claim, unless we say otherwise in your policy. An extra premium applies for increased contents cover.
For more information, refer to your PDS.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


text:
Midnyte Reader: Author Interview with J.H. Moncrieff (The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave).
Author Interview with J.H. Moncrieff (The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave).
What is "The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave" about?
Short answer? It's about a young boy's struggles with a cursed teddy bear. Deeper answer? It explores how it's human nature to be afraid of things we don't understand, and how that fear often triggers a very negative reaction.
I'm inspired by travel. Almost every trip I've taken has resulted in at least one novel idea. Often, it’s a 'what if' question that inspires me. I usually feel like I haven't chosen the topic so much as it's chosen me.
Would you consider "The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave" the darkest book you've written? Has it been the one that has affected you the most?
I don't know if it's the darkest, but it's quite disturbing in a lot of ways. I didn't expect Josh's relationship with his stepfather to get as ugly as it did. Part of me was afraid it would be too dark for Samhain, but I had to be true to the story and the characters.
I have what I like to call an 'organic' writing process. I'll get a bit of an idea from something, and within a few days, a character will show up and start telling me the story. My job is to write down what the protagonist says as fast as I can.
Maybe it's my journalism background, but I'm a stickler for accuracy, which can often mean a lot of research. Thankfully, I've found a professional researcher I can rely on, so I no longer have to spend weeks searching for details like whether or not slaves in 1700s Dutch Caribbean had pillows, or what dental care was like in ancient Egypt. From my very first professional novel, I relied on experts--I have a list of cops, firefighters, stunt drivers, forensic anthropologists, and even oilmen I can count on for fact-checking.
My first books were epic tales of a fish family who lived in terror of a bear that stalked them under the ocean. (Apparently I've got a thing for bears!) I was five when I wrote that series, and hopefully I've learned about a little thing we call 'suspension of disbelief' since then.
I think I used to fall into lazy writing when I was younger--characters that were caricatures, settings that were non-existent, etc. I strongly believe it's our job as writers to always push ourselves to be better than our last story--as long as we don't slip into the perfectionism trap.
I love Stephen King, of course, but also Susan Hill, Daphne du Maurier, and the occasional John Saul. Barbara Kingsolver, Timothy Findley and Elizabeth Berg are my favorite literary writers, and I love Joanne Fluke's cozy mysteries. When John Douglas releases a book, I have to buy it--he's one of the first FBI profilers and one hell of a crime writer. I also love reading memoirs, non-fiction accounts about dark times and events in our history, and cookbooks.
"The Ruins" by Scott Smith. I was surprised by how good that book was--it's simply brilliant, and very creepy. I also read a couple of short romances by Elle Rush--"Leading Man" and "Candy Cane Kisses." I don't usually read romance, but I quite enjoy her books.
Horror is very freeing. I've written mysteries and suspense thrillers, but in those genres, readers expect the guy to get the girl (or vice-versa) and the hero must triumph in the end. I love that calling something horror means you can do whatever you want and get as dark as you like. If a reader picks up a horror story, they know that anything can happen, and that's pretty exciting.
Since I never know how my own books will end, it's best to call them horror. That way, no one is disappointed when things get nasty.
I'm working on a new twist on the sea-monster myth and a series of horror novels set in ancient Egypt.
J.H. Moncrieff loves scaring the crap out of people with her books--when she's not busy being a journalist, editor, book doctor, and publicist. In her "spare" time, J.H. loves to travel to exotic locales, advocate for animal rights, and muay thai kickbox.
I love The Ruins and the authors you mention, but I've never heard of Barbara Kingsolver. A quick search reveals that she played in Stephen King's band, along with Amy Tan. Cool! Which book of hers would you recommend as a starter?
I really like what you say about fearing what we don't understand.
Poisonwood Bible, most definitely. It's one of my favourite books!
I love that J.H. Moncrieff has a system in place for research. Some stories seem to be able to get away with a little stretching here and there, but when a story is well researched, it really does make a difference. Some of the best fiction, makes you feel like it's real.
Thanks so much, Toinette. Yeah, I can't just wing it with my books, as much as I would like to. If I'm writing about a period in history, I'm obsessed with getting the details right.
Sometimes this results in some pretty fascinating stuff. For instance, I didn't realize the ancient Egyptians had working plumbing! Or that west Africans had their own form of "voodoo dolls" which they believed could capture the souls of evil people.
Life is stranger than fiction! Why not use it?
J.H.-It is fascinating! The ancient Egyptians also had anasthesia -- how cool is that!?

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text:
Pirelli Winter SnowControl Serie 2 winter tires are for everyday vehicles and compact cars looking for a fuel efficient option with good ice and snow traction for getting around this season. The design has an extremely low rolling resistance and contains no highly aromatic oils in its composition in order to meet Pirelli standards for Green Performance.
Besides excellent fuel economy, the SnowControl still has all the traditional elements that help make a winter tire great. The design has a unique tread compound designed to increase grip as the temperature drops in fall and winter.
Circumferential grooves route water away from the road surface to defend against aquaplaning and give your tire a path through the water and slush. IBS (Interactive Brickwork Siping) Sipes are present in each treadblock to give the tire more stability and biting edges, for greater steering responsiveness, and more traction on slippery surfaces.
An optimized pitch on the tread surface reduces vibrations and limits the noise you’ll hear when driving. All these features combine to make one great winter tire.
If you plan on hitting the road quite a bit this winter, and you’d like greater fuel economy in addition to solid winter performance, the Pirelli Winter SnowControl Serie 2 is the tire for you.