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The association has the name “Ron’s Org Committee”. It is an association as per Art. 60-79 ZGB and has its seat in Koeniz.
The goal of the association is to assist the expansion of Scientology and the clearing of the planet.
h) Giving the ROs a forum to exchange info and comm.
(…) The association does not pursue commercial purposes and does not strive for profit.
It is not identical with the Church of Scientology or any of its branch organisations, neither does it co-operate with this and explicitly delimitates itself from them.
a) The definition of the prerequisites a delivery unit has to fulfill to become and remain a Ron’s Org, as well as the definition of a RO Field Auditor, are part of these statutes and are given in an appendix. Any organisation of auditors, case supervisors, course supervisors and the pertinent admin staff, or individual auditors and case supervisors can, if the fulfil these definitions, apply to be recognized as a Ron’s Org or a Ron’s Org Field Auditor respectively.
b) The association does not interfere with the administrative matters (personnel, dissemination, distribution, finance and pricing) of a Ron’s Org.
Every RO staff member and every RO field auditor can apply for ROC membership.
Persons who do special projects for the ROs can also be granted membership status by the ROC.
Honorary membership can be assigned by the General Assembly for persons having made outstanding contributions to the purposes of the ROC.
The admission of a new member is decided upon by the General Assembly after checking the prerequisites.
A member can be temporarily or fully excluded by the ROC when he no longer fulfills all of the above prerequisites.
Each member can participate in the General Assemblies. If it comes to voting on decisions, all members which belong to one RO have together one vote and can only exercise their right to vote in accordance with each other. The right to vote for each group of members belonging to one RO is exercised by the leader (Commanding Officer) of this Ron’s Org, in his absence by another staff member of this Ron’s Org. ROs that have more than 10, 20, 30 etc. full time staff members have 1, 2, 3 etc. additional votes.
The Chairman presides at the General Assemblies and makes invitations to attend them through the secretary. He executes decisions of the ROC. He is the convening authority on ethics matters. He has the decisive vote in case of a drawn vote. The Chairman represents the ROC externally as long as no specific post (PRO) is established by the General Assembly.
The Chairman is elected by the General Assembly for a period of 3 years. He can be voted out before that period terminates, but only by a majority of two thirds of the present voting members on a General Assembly where the motion to vote him out was announced in the invitation.
The secretary keeps notes during the meetings and sends them out to all members. He helps the Chairman to get out the invitation and keeps an up-to-date address list of all members. He keeps an archive with all old notes and relevant documents so the time-track of the ROC can easily be accessed when necessary.
a) General Assemblies should be held at least once a year. They are presided over by the Chairman. Notes are kept and sent out to the members.
b) Decisions: To have a quorum, the General Assembly must have been convened properly (invitations in time, i.e. at least 3 weeks in advance, to all members) and at least half of the ROs that have members in the ROC must be either represented by a present member of their org or by authorizing another present member to act on their behalf.
Basically the General Assembly should try to come to agreements regarding necessary decisions. When necessary, the Assembly makes decisions by voting by a simple majority. For decisions which change the statutes of the ROC, the vote must be supported by two thirds of the present ROs entitled to vote (taking into account authorized representatives) and at least the majority of votes of all members entitled to vote. The same rules apply for a decision to resolve the association, to merge it with another corporation or to subordinate it to another corporation.
c) Following parts of the statutes cannot be changed: In § 2 the goal and the purposes a), c), d) and e), the points a), b), c) and f) of the definition of a Ron’s Org, as well as this rule (§ 8 c).
d) Agenda: The proposed agenda is sent out by the secretary three weeks before the meeting. Points which a member wants to discuss should be prepared by a CSW which is sent in time so the secretary can distribute it to the members one week before the meeting. At the beginning of each meeting the Chairman reads out the agenda and adds points which members would like to include. In case of a time-consuming matter that was not prepared by a CSW the assembly can refuse to put this on the agenda. Changes of basic rules must be CSW’ed before the meeting according to the aforementioned.
a) The ROC can establish subcommittees for specific tasks and empower them for actions or decisions connected with this task. There are three permanent subcommittees. A permanent subcommittee can establish its own rules for procedures and decision making as long as they are in agreement with its purpose and the general statutes. If not otherwise provided (by the statutes as in [d] below or by a decision of the General Assembly) the members of subcommittees are elected by the General Assembly for three years. The same rules as for Chairman and Secretary apply.
b) The Board of Approval is a permanent subcommittee for checking the prerequisites set by the statutes of the ROC on delivery units applying to become a RO; it can grant the delivery unit the status without referring to the General Assembly. This subcommittee can also notify a RO where it no longer fulfills the prerequisites and demand that it handle the matter. When in due time no action is taken to fulfill the demand, the subcommittee informs the Chairman who has the power to revoke the RO status of a delivery unit and thus exclude them and their staff members from the ROC. The RO in question can petition to the full assembly. In any case the Chairman informs the full assembly when a delivery unit has had its RO status revoked. Everything stated in this section § 9 b) on ROs is applicable analogously for RO field auditors.
c) The second permanent subcommittee is the Review Board. Its purpose is to check on the standardness of technical application of the ROs. It can send out missions to orgs which can investigate in the course room or folders to establish the level of standardness; in case of found outnesses the missions can propose corrective actions to the responsible staff members. Missions are sent out mainly on reports or requests of staffs or public, but the Review Board can originate such missions all by itself to ensure a high technical standard of all ROs. The Review Board consists of highly trained tech terminals.
d) The third permanent subcommittee is the Qual Board. It consists out of all SSC/S ULR trained persons of the RO network. Its purpose is to exchange information on technical matters, establish what is considered as standard or not standard on doubtful points, and the members can bring up troubles or observations from their delivery to share experience and get counsel from peers.
Ethics technology of L.Ron Hubbard is applied, with caution regarding issues that were published after 1975. The ROC originates ethics cycles only in matters which cannot be solved otherwise. The ROC does not get involved in internal matters or disputes between members or ROs, except when the parties involved ask for such help. In this case the Chairman appoints one or several members as B of I, Comm Ev or whatever is suitable as per ethics technology.
The association is financed by donations.
Apart from that, the General Assembly can decide that members or ROs pay certain fees to support the work of the ROC and its subcommittees. Such decision would be regarded as change of statutes as per § 8b) so that a qualified vote is necessary. As long as no such decision has been taken there is no obligation to fees and no personal liability of members for obligations of the association. Apart from that the liability of the members is limited to the amount of one yearly fee.
The organs and acting personnel of the association work as volunteers and in principle can only claim reimbursement for their effective expenses and outlays.
a) Regional or local ROCs can be formed so the association can delegate functions regarding those local areas.
b) A regional or local group of at least five ROs can apply to form a local ROC by handing in their proposed statutes. The General Assembly of the ROC, which in this case is considered as ROC WW, decides upon this. The local ROC should have statutes which contain the goals and purposes given herein and should perform the functions of the ROC WW as given here within their local group of ROs. The unchangeable parts of these statutes named in § 6 c) must as well be unchangeable parts of the local ROC’s statutes. Each local ROC must be defined by its geographical region, which may not conflict with an area of another local ROC. The local ROC can be given the right to grant and revoke RO status to delivery units in its local area. It can have a local Review Board; however, the Review Board WW may check into orgs of that area if it pleases.
c) The local ROC should be represented at the General Assembly of ROC WW by at least one representative. This representative has three votes. Beyond that the ROs of the local ROC have no right to vote in the ROC WW. The local ROC and the ROC WW keep a close comm line, sending each other the notes of the General Assemblies, etc.
d) The local ROC can form junior local ROCs in its area by the same procedure. Every local ROC is responsible to keep up the technical standard in its area.
e) A local ROC can have its rights and status revoked only by the General Assembly of ROC WW. This can be done only when the local ROC is not acting according to the standards set in these statutes, particularly acting contrary to the purposes or condoning deviations of Standard Tech in its area of responsibility.
On matters regarding ROs and RO Field auditors and their application of tech, everyone can write to the ROC.
These statutes are in force from their approval by the founding assembly on.
a) A Ron’s Org needs a fully trained C/S according to the level it is delivering.
b) The C/S, when not properly trained by Academy training and up to SSC/S ULR courses, is taking senior C/Sing and correction from a RO C/S and pursues his training with his senior C/S or by taking part in training camps . A senior C/S must have been standardly trained in the Ron’s Org.
c) Regarding Auditing, C/Sing and Training in the Div 4 course room, a Ron’s org delivers Standard Tech, using exclusively original materials of LRH and, where it applies, CBR. A RO runs a standard course room according to study tech.
d) A Ron’s Org is in cooperation with the RO-network in technical matters.
e) The C/S of an org (meaning the highest posted Tech Terminal within the org) and CO have to become ROC members.
f) The status of a Ron’s Org must have been approved by ROC WW or a local ROC that was empowered by the ROC WW, and that status may not have been revoked by the same authority.
g) If the org applying for the title “Ron’s Org” has not been fulfilling all prerequisites for at least one year, it temporarily gets the title of “forming RO”. After one year of operation it can apply for the title of “RO”.
a) A RO Field Auditor, when not properly trained by Academy training and up to SSC/S ULR courses, is taking senior C/Sing and correction from a RO C/S and pursues his training with his senior C/S or by taking part in training camps. A RO FA must have been standardly trained in the Ron’s Org.
b) A RO FA delivers standard tech, exclusively using original materials of LRH and, where it applies, CBR.
1)Training Camp: A camp organized by Ron’s Orgs to get full time training done. A Training Camp is subject to the same technical standards as the ROs.
2)If geographical reasons may prevent a member from participating in the ROC meetings the ROC may regulate the matter accordingly.


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Do we believe that Christ is King?
Does Jesus only call those with the right credentials?
Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me, inflame my heart!

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text: In anticipation of the sunnier season, take a long weekend away from unpredictable weather and escape the city in style. New suitcases from Steamline Luggage—trunk, carry-on, or vanity case—make transport simple and allow for careful toting of all of the essentials. Available now for special order.

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Samuel E Book, M.D. is board certified in Dermatology and Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. After his Dermatology Residency at SUNY Downstate, he completed a fellowship in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology at Yale University School of Medicine.
Dr. Book served as Clinical Assistant Professor at both SUNY Downstate and Yale University School of Medicine. In these institutions, Dr. Book was actively involved in the training of over 50 dermatology residents and 14 Mohs surgical fellows. Additionally, Dr. Book participated in both research studies and several publications.
Dr. Book has treated more than 25,000 skin cancers and continues to enhance his techniques by studying new treatment methods and modalities.
Dr. Book is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Dermatology and the American College of Mohs Surgery and has been listed as one of Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors every year since 2007.
Castle Connolly is America's trusted source for the identification of Top Doctors.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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High-speed trains began the subject of non-stop competition between China and Japan a long time. A short time ago Central Japan Railway Company stated that it is eagerly awaiting for the creation of the fastest train on the planet.
The train will make trips on the Tokyo — Nagoya route and be able to reach the maximal speed of 500 kmh. The project cost will be $64 billions. It stands to mention that according to expectations the project will be launched in 2027.
Due to the use of magnetic levitation the train can considerably decrease the friction thereby cutting the travel time between two cities from 1.5 hours to 40 minutes, New York Times reports.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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Built in compliance – does your contact centre deliver?
The UK regulatory landscape for any business making high volume outbound sales, service or marketing calls is getting tougher. This means now more than ever it is important to ensure that your organisation complies with the Communications Act 2003. The act declares it is an offence to “persistently make use of a public electronic communications network for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety”.
The initial act passed by Ofcom, which has full regulatory powers, and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have added further stringent regulations around abandoned and silent calls, and have made it easier for people to report nuisance calls. Fines for non-compliance have been reported being as high as £2 Million!
However, there is no need for your business to panic as help is at hand with our latest generation of cloud based contact centre solutions, ContactNow. It provides all the tools to ensure that you stay on the right side of compliance.
Setting up an outbound contact centre has many pitfalls for the unwary. Your company’s integrity and reputation can be instantly ruined if compliance with Ofcom and ICO regulations is not considered. Ignorance of the regulations is not a plausible excuse as a number of companies have found out to their cost. The large fines handed out last year to firms in breach of the regulations, give a clear indication of how straying from the guidelines, could have a catastrophic impact on the bottom line.
Our modern cloud contact centre solution; ContactNow helps to enforce compliance during the set up for each outbound campaign. When our predictive or progressive diallers are used, clever algorithms within the software ensure that enough calls are made to keep the number of available agents busy. By assessing the number of available agents, data, and the history of the data the dialler can predict how many existing calls it needs to make keep agents busy without breaching the Ofcom abandonment rate of 3% of calls within a 24 hour period. If the percentage of abandoned calls gets too high, the dialler automatically slows down to bring the rate back within target.
Many organisations have to record their calls to comply with regulations governing their operations. FCA regulated organisations, for example, may be required to record and retain calls. With an in-built call recording feature like ContactNow this can easily be accomplished. You will have the option to listen to calls as they happen, or even save every call and play them back whenever you like.
Another cause of abandoned calls can be answer machine detection. This is where dialling software thinks it is connected to a machine when in fact it is a person; this gives a false positive, and can lead to an abandoned call. ContactNow has its own patented AMD system which can detect answer machines, and if they are not 100% sure, the call is passed to an agent. This tendency to err on the side of caution ensures that your contact centre stays compliant.
Staying compliant is not just about ticking a box and avoiding fines, there are plenty of significant business benefits. Knowing that our contact centre software solution is automatically maximised with the efficiency of the dialling rate means that managers and supervisors can focus on the contact centre’s key asset; its people.
Supervisors will have more time to concentrate on their teams, ensuring that their behaviour is appropriate, listening to calls, giving advice and feedback and ensuring that the data and the agent are performing as they should do. Managers also have more time for strategic activities, like working on campaigns to train and retain agents, replacing agents, building effective teams, designing campaigns, assessing scripts and quality assurance.
As well as time saved in the call centre, complying with Ofcom and ICO regulations also means a much better experiences for your customers, and protection for your brand. For example, Ofcom dictates that there must be a Calling Line Identity (CLI), so that if a call is missed, the customer can return the call. If the contact centre does not accept incoming calls, then the customer will hear a message explaining who called, why and offering them an option to have their phone number removed from the database. Similarly, if a call is abandoned, there must be a message giving the customer the same information.
Good quality contact centre software will provide guidance to users and we make it easy to ensure compliance with Ofcom and ICO. ContactNow’s has its own patented Network Level Binary Matching (NLBM) to help with Answer Machine detection compliance. However, there is another key area to consider.
We have a cloud based solution that offers a quick set up, minimal upfront investment, and flexibility in terms of service and agent numbers that physical on-premise systems simply can’t beat. As regulations change, for users of cloud based software it’s updated and rolled out seamlessly. With an on-premise solution, any changes to regulations can take months to implement, leaving you exposed to the risk of complaints, investigations and potential fines.
As Ofcom and ICO continue to run joint initiatives to reduce the number of unwanted calls by widening the definition of nuisance calls and proposed European regulations are introduced in the UK it is easy to get caught out. Fortunately, it has never been easier to ensure that you meet the regulations with ContactNow – try it free today and find out for yourself.
Chris is a Sales Director at 8x8 and has over 10 years experience within contact centre and technology that is used to operate them. He is incredibly passionate about enabling businesses to communicate with customers in the most efficient way possible. Chris likes nothing more than spending weekends with his wife and children.

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Today Milan hosted the VMware Forum 2012, during the opening keynote Brian Gammage, VMware’s Chief Market Technologist, tried to collect all the news and declarations we heard in the last few days, like the acquisition of Wanova and Stephen Herrod’s speech at another italian event, and give an univocal reading to the entire plan.
The starting point of the keynote was “we just came out from Mainframe to Client-Server transition, which started with an economical advantage and endend with an incredible overhead just to control the new power given to the users we must be careful with the transition to Cloud-era“.
“Its easy to get confused with VMware’s products line because we are the only company with such a large offering” continued Gammage, probably referring to the supposed gaffe of Stephen Herrods, then presented a slide that resumed VMware’s offering in a SIMPLIFY-MANAGE-CONNECT schema.
The key strategy for Gammage is policy-based automation, CIOs needs systems able to learn whats is normal in their environments and adapt the resources on the realtime needs, VMware’s answer, summarizing, is the vCenter Operations Management Suite.


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Research has found that both drinking alcohol and taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can increase breast cancer risk. A large study combined the two by looking at how drinking alcohol while taking HRT affected breast cancer risk.
Drinking alcohol while not taking HRT didn't really affect breast cancer risk.
Postmenopausal women who were taking HRT AND drank 1 or 2 alcoholic drinks per day had a breast cancer risk that was 3 times higher than women who didn't drink and didn't take HRT.
Postmenopausal women who were taking HRT AND had more than 2 alcoholic drinks per day had a breast cancer risk that was 5 times higher than women who didn't drink and didn't take HRT.
Drinking alcohol increases estrogen levels. It's possible that the extra estrogen from drinking combined with the estrogen in HRT caused the dramatic increases in risk in this study.
When researchers look at breast cancer risk factors, they usually focus on 1 factor. This research is different because it looked at how 2 risk factors might combine to have an even larger effect on risk. According to this study, there appears to be an association between regularly drinking alcohol while taking HRT and increased breast cancer risk. And this increase in risk is higher than it would be by drinking alcohol alone or taking HRT alone.
Limiting your intake of alcohol to 4 or fewer drinks per week is good for your overall health and will probably lower your breast cancer risk.
Taking HRT can increase your breast cancer risk, but HRT may be right for you if severe hot flashes or other menopausal symptoms are seriously affecting your quality of life. If you're taking HRT, try to do everything you can to minimize your breast cancer risk.
Talk to your doctor about using estrogen-only HRT, which increases breast cancer risk less than combination HRT.
Take HRT for the shortest time possible.
Consider not drinking alcohol while on HRT.
For more information on how to keep your breast cancer risk as low as it can be, visit the breastcancer.org Lower Your Risk section.


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Maintain and develop high standards, socially and academically, which empower all children with a positive sense of achievement, fun and enjoyment.
Provide creative and varied opportunities to stimulate the development of the whole child.
Encourage all children to enjoy and benefit from school.
Create a secure and caring learning environment.
Encourage strong, beneficial, working relationships between home and school.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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MUSKEGON, MI - More than 100 years ago, Michigan's transportation pioneers developed U.S. 31 as a gateway to tourism on the West Michigan Lakeshore.
On Monday morning, today's tourism innovators officially designated that same route the West Michigan Pike, the state's newest Pure Michigan Byway.
Representatives from the Michigan Beachtowns Association, Michigan Department of Transportation and Travel Michigan all took part in the short ceremony held at Muskegon's Heritage Landing.
The newly designated route stretches more than 184 miles along Michigan's west coast and includes St. Joseph, Benton Harbor South Haven, Saugatuck/Douglas, Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon and Silver Lake.
"This route provides a scenic, diverse and interesting way to travel Michigan to create memories," said David Lorenz, vice president of Travel Michigan. "That's the business we're in. So today we will remember those tourism pioneers that really got it all going and today's tourism innovators."
The West Michigan Pike was originally developed and constructed between 1911 and 1922 as one of the nation's first tourist roads.
What was originally meant to bring vacationers from Chicago eventually developed into a hot bed for the tourism industry complete with sand dunes, state parks, resorts and amusement parks.
The effort to officially designate the route began in 2006, but it's taken a lot of hard work and effort since then to make today's ceremony happen.
"This has not been an easy project," said Felicia Fairchild, president of Michigan Beachtowns Association.
"It took us longer than expected, but we persevered because we understand that byways lure people off the interstates and into our communities. Byways allow travelers to connect with our assets, history and services. They give people a clearer picture of American life. The West Michigan Pike will give visitors a glimpse into our past."
The Pure Michigan Byway system was created under the name Michigan Heritage Route by the state legislature in 1993 to mark a scenic, recreational or historic route that is representative of Michigan's natural and cultural heritage.
Since then five historic, seven recreational and five scenic byways have been designated by MDOT. The West Michigan Pike is designated as a historic route. It includes I-94, M-63, I-196/U.S. 31, I-196 BR, M-140, U.S. 31 BR and U.S. 10.
There are 46 listings on the National Register of Historic Places along the route and 116 on the State Register of Historic Places.
Muskegon County has two ships listed as National Historic Landmarks and 86 State Historic Markers can be found along the West Michigan Pike. Eight state parks are accessible from the route.
"It's about celebrating our history and celebrating these routes that helped make Michigan what it is today," said Kirk T. Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation.
"Roads and transportation are about two things: moving people and moving goods. They're doing it for economic development and they're doing it for quality of life. That hasn't changed in 100 years."

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Nintendo's Switch console launched in March 2017 at $300 and has been wildly successful.
Given that continued success, Nintendo has yet to offer a price drop on the console.
Though the console's price remains locked at $300, an upcoming bundle includes a $35 Nintendo eShop gift card - the closest we've gotten to a price cut so far.
Still holding your breath for that Nintendo Switch price drop?
If you're looking for an outright discount on the system, keep holding - Nintendo's Switch remains $300.
That said: Starting on February 15, Nintendo will offer a Nintendo Switch bundle that comes with a $35 gift card for the Nintendo eShop, which offers the full library of Switch games to purchase. That's pretty close to a price cut!
Unlike previous Nintendo Switch bundles that included specific games, this one contains the equivalent of $35 digital dollars to use on whatever you'd like in Nintendo's voluminous digital storefront, the Nintendo eShop.
And let's be honest: What else were you going to do with your new Nintendo Switch? Watch YouTube videos?
You were going to buy a game anyway! Now you've got a $35 discount at very least.
It sounds like the offer is somewhat limited ("while supplies last," according to Nintendo), so maybe don't wait too long after February 15 to jump on this deal. And while we're suggesting things, do yourself a favor and pick up "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" with that new Switch! It's great!

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Victoria’s two biggest theatres are getting quite the party for their 100th birthdays.
Both the Royal and McPherson theatres will mark a century as rich cultural beacons in Greater Victoria next May, when organizers put on a full week of programming to reflect both the classical and contemporary music and dance that have sustained both venues over the decades.
“Victoria was still very much a frontier town in 1914, and it’s hard to overestimate the impact that the Royal and McPherson theatres had on the city’s cultural life when they first opened,” said Lloyd Fitzsimonds, executive director of the Royal and McPherson Theatres Society.
Until the Royal opened, the Victoria Symphony was playing out of a ballroom in the Empress hotel, Fitzsimonds said.
The May 18-25 party includes several free events, including a 100th birthday celebration in Centennial Square on May 18.
Internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Crystal Pite will present her production of The Tempest Replica on May 21; Raffi performs at the Royal May 25; and Daniel Lapp leads a West Coast roots celebration May 23 at the McPherson Playhouse.
Rifflandia producer Nick Blasko is also creating an indie rock evening called Rock the Royal on May 24, with acts being announced closer to the event.
For a full schedule, visit rm100.ca or call the McPherson box office at 250-386-6121 for tickets.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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 The rate of interest authorized by law at Rome was, despite statutory regulations, often a matter of avarice on one side and necessity on the other. Money lenders were accustomed to wring from distressed borrowers the last sesterce which heartless rapacity and extortion could exact. The rate was usually dependent upon agreement, and while the collection of compound interest was illegal, a bond for the increase of what was in arrears was sometimes required, which amounted to the same thing.
This was the origin of the proceedings growing out of noxa, an injurious or unlawful act committed by an animal, a slave, or a child under paternal control, for which the owner, master, or parent was held responsible. Whatever caused the damage was held to be primarily liable, under the rule, “omnes noxales actiones caput sequntur”; hence the injured party had a right to seize the offending animal or slave, and hold it as security until his claim was satisfied; which has an exact parallel in the case of a stray found upon the premises of another, and detained or impounded under the English or American law. At first, in neither instance, could me author of the damage be sold, or the injury be otherwise redressed; this defect was, however, subsequently remedied by the passage at Rome of the Lex Aquilia, which granted an action directly against the owner; and by the enactment of the Statutes 5 & 6 Wm. IV. which permitted a sale of the animal in question, after certain legal formalities had been complied with. The American law is similar. — Ed.
 The Romans, like all primitive peoples, originally worshipped their ancestors, of whom one, styled the lars familiaris, was always selected as the tutelary diety. The various ceremonies attending this worship were of a private character, and hence were entirely distinct from those performed in the temples and at the public altars. Religion being so closely interwoven with State affairs in the Roman polity, its mode of celebration was, in every instance, rigidly prescribed by law. — Ed.

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Where did you get your shirt? I love it!!
no matter how much i blend it never turns out that good! totally in love!
Jaclyn I absolutely LOVE you!! You are such an inspiration and you do an amazing job! I am definitely not a professional make up artist, but honestly with your make up tutorials I have learned so much and I get SO many compliments! Thank you!
Jaclyn, I have tried and tried and tried to do the “winged liner” or “Cat eye” or whatever people are calling in these days.. I just cant get it right. I’ve got pretty big eyes and they are round.. It just doesn’t look right when I do it… My eyes look funny.. hahaha Any suggestions..
Hi Jaclyn, I love your tutorials they are great! I have exactly the same problem as other comments above – You’re under eyes always look amazing where you use MAC pro concealer for your eyes and then set with powder – when i do this it creases really badly cos I have loads of wrinkles. I always prime my eyes and have tried loads of products which don’t seem to work. If i don’t put as much product on I can’t conceal my dark circles, even with dark circle colour corrector. Please, Please, Please could you do a video tutorial for correcting dark circles and reducing the appearance of wrinkles around the eye region??!!
I also am having trouble with creasing under the eye. I just bought the MAC pro concealer. I also just bought MAC pro long wear foundation. My face still looks dry even with lots of moisturizer. I have heard you talk about mixing an oil with foundation. ( a recent video that you tried a NARS foundation…I think?) Please help!!
Hi Jaclyn, I watch you because of my two daughters. I think your so funny and I love your personality. Thank you for being a role model for young woman. You are such a wonderful girl. God bless.
Jacklyn, what do you think of the new Stila Contour Kit??
Jaclyn, what brush are you using to blend out the contour? You don’t name it, but I need it. I am obsessed with all things Jaclyn Hill. You are the best!
What brush did you use to blend out the SmashboxContour Sticks?
I love your under eye concealer look, I can never get mine to look like yours. What is the trick? Dark circles always find creasing with everything I try. Please help… ur the best… :) Bonnie……….


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SEO in Delaware encompasses a wide variety of key functions, including white hat services like link outreach. These aspects are aimed at improving online visibility. It is common for some agencies to offers clients additional services, including reputation and social media management.
On the other hand, there is a lot of overlap between SEO techniques and accessibility, but the two disciplines can also clash. It is often said that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is improved when you make an accessible site. Some experts believe that Google is a blind user with tens of millions of friends, all of whom hang on its every word.
Changes to your pages are only part of the equation – Google looks at incoming links and other factors – but let’s have a look at the elements in HTML that affect SEO.
When displaying results search engines use the title tag in the head of an HTML document. It is critical that it describes the page well. It is also the first thing read out by a screen reader when getting to a page, so the purpose is aligned. Delaware SEO advice is generally to have keywords first, perhaps followed by section name and the site name.
This matches usability and accessibility principles, assuming that ‘keywords’ are actually descriptive and not simply words that you’d like to do well with. Imagine that you have several windows or tabs open so only have a tiny amount of space – what would be the most descriptive word or two you could have first?
Headings are vital for accessibility, providing structure to a page and giving a means of skimming the page both visually and with assistive technologies. SEO advice is often to put the most important keywords for the page in the, second most important keywords in an. This implies that techniques such as putting the site title in an for every page are not good for SEO. Indeed, this aligns with accessibility nicely, experts recommend using one that uses the same words as the title, so they should be page specific.
Alt text should describe the specific image to someone who cannot see it, which is quite different from adding keywords based on the specific page. In trying to strike a balance between SEO and accessibility, just consider that the search engines are trying to make their services useful to people of all abilities, so making your page for people rather than search engines has to be the best long-term approach.
Search engine optimization (SEO) – Are there any guarantees?
For some, the old SEO myth that search engine optimization results should be guaranteed is still worth believing. If a company is willing to refund your investment. But if they are worth their salt, it is unlikely that clients will be offered a full refund should things not go according to plan.
Rankings depend on so many factors that it is simply impossible to ensure top rankings – even pay-per-click AdWords placements can’t always be accurately predetermined. Sure, results can arise overnight, but usually, they take much longer. Many clients and prospects tell me they have been led down the proverbial garden path of red-hat SEO to a false dawn, rich in promise but lacking in real results.
Some would argue that it is impossible to guarantee results, but should an agency take your money without some kind of assurance your investment will pay dividends? Well, yes and no. An SEO consultancy should never take work on that they believe is unlikely to yield good results, but it is difficult to know for sure up front. And given the costs and work involved in prepping, optimizing, consulting, rewording and promoting a site, it’s hardly a refundable service.
SEO specialists must word their agreements carefully, take time to explain the work involved up front, and set realistic expectations. In doing so, you’re more likely to strike up a better working relationship. The best SEO results really do arise when client and agency work together. A good tip is to refer the client to Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Other quality resources are at hand.
The web offers a huge diversity of opportunities for business and individuals to promote their services and products. With such a broad cross-section of activities, SEO requirements also vary considerably. If your site contains a high level of visual content, stuffing your pages with keywords may not be the best option. Better to weight the SEO level accordingly. As a designer, one of the ﬁrst things I ask a client is what their expectations are regarding search engine listings, as this forms the basis of my approach to the SEO in Delaware process.
Do your research – Research what you want to achieve. If the success of your business depends on high search engine listings, research your competitors and try to understand how they’ve achieved their listings. Use keyword suggestion tools to assist in this process.
Be patient – Be prepared to wait until your site is fully indexed. Once that has happened, review your listings, but do not be tempted to make wholesale changes. Better to make incremental changes and assess the results stage by stage.


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Dr. Deborah Musso has been a leading wellness practitioner for years. Her Southampton office, Sea Change East, is known for offering unique treatment plans that help patients improve their physical, emotional, and mental health. We spoke with Dr. Musso about her background and innovative practice.
Can you tell us a little bit about your background and what got you interested in wellness?
I graduated from chiropractic school and opened my first New York City office. Soon afterwards, I purchased a country home in East Hampton. As my practice expanded and many of my patients were spending their summers out east, I started a “weekend” practice out of my East Hampton home. I turned a screened gazebo into an outdoor treatment room where the environment became a natural part of the healing environment. People came to me with a variety of concerns—from severe back pain to addictive behaviors and depression. After a year of offering traditional chiropractic and restorative therapeutics care, I became curious about patients who returned month after month with the same pattern of muscle tension and misaligned structures. Although they were feeling better after each session, the patterns, behaviors and perspective did not shift. Thus I began my journey from restorative therapeutics to wellness.
Reorganizational Healing is the foundation for all of the services that we offer. It utilizes the modalities of Network Spinal Analysis and Somatic Respiratory Integration. These leading-edge “hands-on” technologies remind the body how to unravel its own tension, stress and traumas, allowing the patient to move beyond limiting beliefs and stories into a journey from “the tree of knowledge” (head) to the “tree of life” (heart and wisdom).
What are some of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to their own wellness?
Confusing knowledge with wisdom. Knowledge comes from accruing and storing information. Wisdom, in the sense used here, comes from integrating that knowledge on all levels of being. Many people intellectually know the negative effects that stress has on wellbeing. Yet they haven’t integrated this knowledge into their being. Though they strive for healthier lifestyles, they are still unable to make the changes that they know will reduce the detrimental effects of their stress.
Can you talk us through a typical initial session with you?
An initial office visit is an opportunity to sit together to discuss specific concerns. We evaluate your structure, muscles and nervous system. We check for the presence of one of five different possible phases of spinal cord and connective tissue tension patterns. Then we use precise touches to specific areas near the ends of your spine to create a spontaneous wave-movement that travels through your body/mind, changing the frequency of the phase and releasing the tension. Hands on, specific entrainments help the central nervous system reorganize and evolve, and people receiving care are able to easily and effortlessly decrease pain, reduce tension and adapt to change while developing a greater awareness of the relationships between their body, mind and emotions.
How long do people typically work with you?
From $75 to $300, and most major medical insurance covers our services.
What are some of your favorite health-minded spots in the Hamptons?
The Hamptons is my favorite healing spot. While the actual location, surrounded by sea, plays an integral role, it’s the state of mind—the allure of paradise and the sustainable bounty of the land, the integration of joy, love and the pursuit of happiness—when coupled with living a whole and fulfilled life that makes the East End so special.
For more information, visit seachangeny.com.


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Welcome to a new series of articles on stem cell genomics to be published in this and upcoming issues of Genome Medicine. These contributions sample just a few of the many exciting developments in the field of stem cells and genomic research and project ahead to future advances that will make a clear imprint on medicine.
Simply put, stem cells are defined by two properties: self-renewal, the generation of more identical cells, and developmental potency, the capacity to give rise to more differentiated cells. Stem cells come in different 'flavors'. Blood-forming (hematopoietic) stem cells (HSCs), which sustain blood formation through our entire lives, are restricted in their developmental potential to generate only blood cell lineages. On the other hand, embryonic stem (ES) cells can produce the entire repertoire of cells of the body, a property called pluripotency. Although the varieties of stem cells are diverse, it is increasingly evident that fundamental principles and mechanisms underlie self-renewal and differentiation, such that disparate research communities are brought together by common biological themes.
From all the recent excitement in the media about new developments in stem cells, one might think that stem cells were hitherto unknown. Nothing can be further from the truth. Indeed, bone marrow transplantation (BMT), a life-saving procedure for which the Nobel Prize was awarded to E Donnall Thomas in 1990, has been used for more than three decades to treat aplastic anemia and leukemia . Remarkably, BMT was developed empirically through animal and human experimentation before the identification and characterization of HSCs. The extraordinary history of BMT and its clinical development have much to teach us now about how to turn current strategies in the stem cell field into new therapies. For example, although first conceived to treat blood disorders, BMT is gaining momentum in the treatment of non-hematological and non-malignant diseases .
Current excitement regarding stem cells rests on several converging themes. The derivation of ES cells, first of mouse and then of human origin, provided a platform for the study of pluripotency and the in vitro generation of different cell types. Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying lineage determination and differentiation have fueled methods for the interconversion of cells of different lineages. In the most dramatic version of such cellular gymnastics, Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues  demonstrated that a small cocktail of regulatory factors can turn virtually any somatic cell into a pluripotent, ES-like cell in a process known as cellular reprogramming. These induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have become the focus of brigades of investigators, particularly because they provide a system in which to generate pluripotent cells from an individual of a specific genetic constitution (disease state), giving birth to the notion of 'disease in the dish'.
Improved high-throughput methods, mostly supported by enhanced protein and DNA sequencing platforms, are being used to characterize the cellular proteome, transcriptome, and epigenome (DNA methylation and histone modifications) in comprehensive and exhaustive detail. The vast data from these approaches provide a framework in which to consider the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate decisions. As cell choice is at the heart of stem cell biology, this knowledge base will guide future research into manipulating normal or disease-related cells for ultimate therapeutic benefit.
This series of articles provides a sense of the breadth and scope of the contemporary stem cell scene. The field touches nearly every corner of medical science. What can we reasonably expect in the coming years? Making predictions is a risky business; nonetheless, I will try. First, the exploitation of 'disease in a dish' should lead to critical new insights into disease processes and stimulate new therapeutic strategies. Second, we should anticipate the development of new therapies based on the stimulation of endogenous stem cells for tissue repair or for reversing the effects of aging, perhaps well before the development of cells as regenerative medicine products. Third, the use of specific cell types produced from human pluripotent cells, especially of defined genotypes, should improve the screening of drug toxicity and reduce the overall costs of drug development. Fourth, the connections between epigenetic regulation in pluripotent cells and cancer cells will forge innovative approaches to epigenetic therapy of malignant conditions, and possibly the contribution of epigenetic modulation to non-malignant conditions. Fifth, ex vivo methods for the generation of specific cell types from pluripotent cells or by direct lineage interconversion should drive bioengineering and fuel the next advances in the creation of artificial organs. And finally, with an increased ability to manipulate and generate stem cells of various tissues will come the potential to use gene modification to correct genetic defects or enhance cellular capacities. Such work should stimulate advances in somatic gene therapy of disease.
Although the applications of stem cell biology may be dazzling, it is critical to support fundamental work in the stem cell arena, as only that will ensure a solid foundation for clinical translation and lead to those unexpected discoveries that drive future innovation. We hope that this series on translational stem cell genomics provides a glimpse into this remarkable field.


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GM January 21st, 2019, 10.16AM Claremont Library, Claremont Academy, Freedom City, NJ, USA The perfect place, to take revenge... The plan was simple, the actors known, the steps clear as the surface of the Moon. "You'll all split into groups of three, and you'll all try to put yourselves in the shoes of someone without powers or special training or technology." Jesse Perry had said, English teacher and an inadequately-disguised giant owl of a man who paced and burbled with the excitement of a flowing inner life one moment before becoming as stiff and dour as a tomb when he hit a roadblock. Right now was in the burbling phase, the tubby and lightly-bent middle-aged writer trotting and weaving deftly through the library's expansive writing desks. "Try, really try to capture what someone without your experiences or life would see if they met you. Not necessarily while fighting, just some situation where your powers or other gifts are unleashed and unmistakable." "After writing, discuss with your classmates whether what you've written is plausible and true to life. Are you trying to be frightening, mysterious, reassuring? After that, write a short scene about someone seeing one of your table-mates and their reaction." Circling back around, he pushed his glasses back up his squashed nose, wagging a finger warningly "Remember, nobody is normal, everyone is unusual and has a story to tell. This is a way for you to step back and imagine yourselves not as the main characters in your own story, but as guest stars in someone else's!" "I'll be grading the essays from yesterday in the reference section, don't be a stranger if you're having any trouble at all." With remarkable speed on someone his age and weight, Perry spun and vanished around the corner. A little slowly at first, but with steadily increasing volume and pitch the air around the desks began to vibrate with whispered conversation, scritching of pens on paper and creaking wood.
March 1st, 2016, 2.03 AM (AST) The Warrens, West wall of Farside Crater, the dark side of the Moon, Sol System At all times the caves felt empty. The walls were covered in ornate and sophisticated technology, the floors often interrupted by sweeping, elegant examples of Farsider engineering, normally the squared tunnels blazed with light, but the silence of the vacuum and the blackness of deactivation made it all feel like a very elaborate stage, not a place that anyone could live in. As she materialized on the teleportation dais, clutching her precious cargo, Atraxia looked at the motionless, austere world around her with a swell of pride. As the last of the blue-gold shimmers of recoherence faded, the dead Farsider straightened up, free of the oppressive grip of Olderth gravity, and flew, pausing only briefly to verify her identity to the monitoring system. At once, the rest of the power cells kicked in, and the world changed. As Atraxia sped like a dark arrow through the now brilliantly-lit tunnels, she relaxed at last, grip loosening on the container still closely held against her black and red terrasuit. Inside, something pale writhed against magno-gravitic bonds, something which could make a corpse's eyes glitter with curiosity and delight. It had been years since it had fallen to Olderth's surface and somehow, despite all odds and the high price the governments of the planet would place on it, she was the first to recover it. One piece, all hers. Coming at last to the doors of her laboratory, the Farsider reached out a spindly arm, sinking it into an adjacent aperture. She felt mechanisms inside remove the sleeve of her 'suit, and then nothing. With a tone that she had spent days perfecting, wasted on the acrid void, the door spiraled open, revealing a dizzying wonderland of intricate tools, specimens in myriad rainbows of solutions and nutrient baths, plodding simulations, readouts describing in exhaustive detail every action of every molecule of their given subject. It was a pleasure to step inside, to let the door cycle shut, blocking out the messy world and step into one of harmony and direction. Taking the cylinder of silver gold to a spare section of her exotic containment module, Atraxia slid the thing into place, tested the field inside with a flick of her dead wrist and a flicker of her blank blue eyes to a crystalline guage, and taking a breath of useless air injected the Gorgon shard into its new home. At once the inchoate mass of consuming, imprisoning nanites tried to break free, twisting and distorting as it tried to get a grip on something solid enough to entomb and ossify, but repulsed by a shifting stream of energy waves it could do little but fall into a pattern of outgrowth, collapse and regrowth. Staring in a moment's gleeful awe at the mass of miniscule robots that would have rapidly reduced her and her home to a petrified state, the vampire quickly recovered herself and settled in to examine her find. Hunching over a translucent display, she absently thumbed a button that unfolded a nearby section of wall, offering a fresh canister of cloned blood. Swapping it with the empty one in her 'suit, the vampire felt her cares and stress wash away under the soothing quasi-sensation of revitalization, the new blood spreading through her withered veins and pumping into her wrinkled skull. For all that, she was as motionless as a statue, as a part of the high-tech furniture, as the silent walls and tunnels of the deathly-still Warrens. In moments, it was just her and the data, the rest of the universe and its inhabitants a distant fifth concern. As were the facts that matter-transit signals could be tracked, and that maybe, just maybe, somebody else might want what she'd found.

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Newsletter portfolio holdings Cisco and Realty Income both reported solid results. The 24% jump in Cisco's dividend was welcome news for income investors.


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With December here, we don’t have to wonder what our kids are thinking about. They’re making their lists and checking them many more times than twice. It might be a toy car for a child or a first car for a teenager. From Fisher-Price to Ford, there’s something for everyone at every age during this season of giving.
As focused as our kids may be on what they’re getting for Christmas, sometimes that makes it even more surprising how much they want to give.
The New York Post Office even has an Operation Santa division, where they watch for letters to Santa where kids describe someone in need. Volunteers match donors to the kids’ unselfish requests. The postal service’s Director of Elf Operations expects about two million such letters this Christmas, just in New York alone.
Children seem to be the first to notice the homeless man on the street or know about the family with the unemployed dad. They’re wired for generosity, and how we approach the holidays will help determine if they stay that way.
In each one of our lives, we have a tendency to move toward a lifestyle of generosity or a lifestyle of greed. Are we wrapped up in ourselves or our things, or do we reflect God’s character by giving freely to others?
Kids will see this most clearly when parents and leaders give them a specific opportunity to be generous.
For an example, let me tell you about Seth. I wish you had a chance to meet him. Seth had an unruly reputation in his fifth-grade class. He wouldn’t pay attention and got into trouble for being disrespectful. Then one Sunday, Seth heard in his small group at church about some kids about his age in another country. The small group leader talked about those kids and what they needed just to survive.
For some reason, that got Seth’s attention.
He decided he’d shovel snow to raise money so he could help his small group support one of the kids overseas.
One of Seth’s teachers wrote us to tell us how this simple act of generosity led to a radical transformation in Seth’s life. His attention span changed, he participated in class, he had a new view of the world.
We might even say Seth became part of a better story.
When the apostle Paul was talking to young Timothy, he gave this simple instruction about how to be part of a better story: “Be rich in good deeds. Be generous and willing to share” (I Timothy 6:18).
In other words, you’re not generous because you’re rich. You’re rich because you’re generous.
Kids will face the tension between generosity and greed all of their lives. It will only intensify as they grow older. First it’s toys, then suddenly it’s houses and bank accounts. But we can teach them to measure success in a different way, not by what they get, but by what they give. For Seth, that made all the difference.


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Apple's new Music Memos app captures musical inspiration, while GarageBand adds a new AI drummer and loop arranger.
When a bolt of musical inspiration hits, many musicians will reach for their smart phones, pop open the built-in voice-recorder app, and make a quick recording of some combination of guitar, voice or piano, hoping to capture the essence of the idea before it fades.
But a voice memo is a blunt tool for capturing a song idea, and the artist is left on their own to figure out how to translate a rough recording into something more substantial -- or even to remember what chords were played.
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Enter Music Memos, a new iOS app from Apple. This simple app is a new type of voice-memo recorder, built around capturing musical ideas, giving them a slight polish, and sending the best ones on to a more powerful music tool, such as Apple's own GarageBand or Logic Pro. It's completely free, and should be available on the App Store later today.
Music Memos starts with a simple record button in the middle of the screen. Tap it and the app starts recording -- it's optimized for guitar or piano, but you could really record anything: voice, ukulele, klezmer, whatever, although other instruments may miss out on some of the advanced features.
Trim and loop the recording and edit the chord information here.
It's what happens next that makes Music Memos stand out from a standard memo-recording app. If you recorded some acoustic guitar or piano, Music Memos analyses the audio input and attempts to chop your song demo into bars, in the appropriate time signature, and then adds chord labels.
You can tweak the recording a good deal, trimming the start and end to form a loop, and overwriting the chord information with your own notations. In practice, I found it worked best with strummy, coffee-shop open chords in 4/4 time. Trying to get a little more complex, such as throwing in jazzy major-7th chords, forced me to manually enter the appropriate chords for each bar.
Songs can be exported to GarageBand or shared via services including SoundCloud and email.
But once that's all set, you can turn on the surprisingly satisfying auto-accompaniment tools, and a simple bass line and drum track will follow along with the rhythm and chords, like a bare-bones backing band. It offers just a few basic beats, and again seems targeted at the strummy, coffee-shop singer-songwriter crowd, but it's also very satisfying to hear a fleshed-out version of a song idea almost instantly.
Song ideas can also be labeled with tags, and you can add comments or even song lyrics to a notes section for each recording. Music Memo recordings can be synced to iCloud, or you can export the actual files to GarageBand or Logic Pro in order to work on them further in a more full-featured music app.
The next step up from Music Memos is GarageBand, Apple's consumer-friendly music recording and editing program. Included on most iOS and OS X devices, it takes an iMovie-like approach to recording, throwing out some of the traditional user interfaces found in programs such as ProTools or Apple's own Logic Pro (which were, in turn, copied from actual real-world recording studios), and instead creating a new, hopefully more intuitive, way to record music.
Having used old-school music DAWs (shorthand for "digital audio workstations," a term used to describe computer-based recording programs) such as ProTools and Logic extensively over the years, I've always found the GarageBand approach hard to wrap my head around. But, this new 2.1 update adds some interesting new features that make it easier than ever to get started crafting or arranging music, even if you have little or no experience.
The Live Loops interface in GarageBand.
The most notable is an entirely new (and entirely optional) interface called Live Loops. It's a performance-friendly sequencer for arranging samples and loops, which can be lined up to play in order, or simply triggered on the fly by tapping on the appropriate square-shaped loop. Apple includes several preloaded templates in different music genres, or you can start with a blank field and import various loops and samples, or original recordings made in GarageBand. With the right tempo and note information (routinely included with commercial samples and loops) the Live Loops interface keeps all the parts in sync and flowing together naturally.
The idea reminds me of performance-friendly music programs such as Ableton Live, but this version is much more pick-up-and-play, and my four-year-old was having a great time with it, triggering samples and creating on-the-fly arrangements in under a minute. Live Loops is fun to play with, but probably more useful for live improvisation from the DJ booth or creating EDM arrangements than traditional songwriting and recording.
Outside of Live Loops, there's also the standard music recording and editing tools in GarageBand, augmented by some new automation features and EQ tools for tweaking the overall sound.
You can still record audio via an external mic or your device's built-in mic (although the latter is not really recommended) or play virtual guitars and keyboards on-screen, which is fun but involves a lot of trial and error to get a feel for. "Smart" versions of these instruments will play preset patterns based on chord information you provide. That can give you an instant backing band for ideas, but again, there's a robotic sameness to the performances and the styles are on the dry side, so it's not going to replace calling your musically talented friends up and asking them to play on your album.
New for GarageBand 2.1 is the addition of Drummer, a high-concept AI drum tool previously found only in the $200 Logic Pro software. Drummer starts with several fictional drummer profiles, each with his or her own music genres and drum kits, and builds a drum track for your song that can be adjusted on the fly to be louder, softer, more or less complex, using different cymbal or kick/snare variations, and with more or fewer fills. The end result is pretty good, and much more human-feeling than basic drum loops or samples. Although, again, the genre choices tend to run towards EDM, straightforward rock, and commercial-sounding hip-hop/R&B. I'm still waiting for a specialized bossa nova drummer, or a virtual version of Bernard Purdie.
The Drummer app inside GarageBand.
Music Memos is for free for iOS users and will work on iPhone 4s and later, and iPad 2 and later. GarageBand 2.1 for iOS will be included on new iOS devices with 32GB or more of storage, and owners of previous versions can upgrade for free if they have iOS 9.


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Our vision is alive right here and now or it isn’t. We have to continually look at today’s problems in the light of our future aspirations. When we have a vision we are passionate about, it breathes life into our work in the present. Having a vision imbued with passion allows us to adjust our objectives and goals in accordance with the changing environment. Our vision gives us impetus to act. Each of us is accountable for our vision and the objectives, goals and targets we set for ourselves to bring it about in our lives. One way to evaluate whether we are accountable is to ask, does our vision affect our actions? If our vision does not affect our actions, it is inadequate and doesn’t connect with the center of who we are. When our vision does affect our actions, we are not as easily affected by the ups and downs of the present. It’s as if we have set our anchor in the future so we can enjoy the waves of the here and now. Our vision gives value to our actions as we live our life.
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The findings are breathtaking: whether it’s about being able to put thyroid Abs firmly on the ‘Must Screen’ list for preconception care, given their ability to double-quadruple the rate of early miscarriage or their propensity for triggering post-partum thyroiditis in 50% of women who possess them or being able to state emphatically that maternal low iodine (prior to conception as well as during pregnancy) remains the number one risk for the thyroid’s healthy transition to pregnancy. The evidence is overwhelming that we need to pay very close attention to the thyroid.
So why the frustration then? Well the day after I presented this webinar, I received a completely coincidental email from a soon-to-be-father who happens to be a scientist, telling me that his wife, now in her third trimester, had just received a urinary iodine (not ordered by the obs but requested specifically by him) result of 14 mcg/L suggestive of gross deficiency. Being a conscientious and cluey individual, he had worn himself out in a panic researching the potential dire impact on their unborn child and all the time he was saying – how could this happen?
‘At every appointment we told the obstetrician/GP she wasn’t taking any iodine and we asked, Is this an issue?’ No one ever said it was, told them about the high rates of iodine deficiency in Australian pregnant women (at last & most conservative count at least 32% Condo et al 2016), not one person had advised them that the need for iodine supplementation was on par with folate (i.e. start before you even think about it!) and nobody had spoken of the impact it might have if they slipped below adequacy.
There is a lot more to this story of course and you’ll be pleased to know that after correction for an extremely dilute urine while iodine intake has been suboptimal it’s not anywhere near the magnitude the uncorrected results implied.
What I’m left with is this soon-to-be-father’s appropriate outrage. Especially once I made available to him some of the key Australian research papers on iodine deficiency in pregnancy etc. It echos my own frustration and (at times) utter disbelief about the incredible lag time between unanimous findings and recommendations from research and clinical practice behaviours.


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After months (dare I say years?) of scheming, planning and dreaming it seems pretty unreal to finally be sharing our big news with all of you today. Without any further ado – because I really can’t take any more build up – we’re opening an online pastel lifestyle store!
Okay Alyssa, calm down… what does that even mean?
Here’s the deal: on November 1st (Aka 11 days from now) we’ll be launching #shopRAOP, an online concept shop stocking one of a kind treasures and capsule collections of super limited batch locally made custom goods that are exclusive to us. In simpler terms, really special, really pretty things that only exist once, and when they’re all gone we’ll wave our magic wands and whip up something new! Sounds fun right?!
We don’t want to give everything away before the big day, but you can expect to see everything from custom embellished second hand denim and copper planters to gold dusted floral candles and cotton candy knits. In short, we’re about to make your pastel shopping dreams come true.
I could go on and on about why we’ve taken this step and what it means to me, but I’ll save that for next month. For now let’s all just do what we want to do – get excited!!!


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Some of the most frustrating parts of preparing for fall and winter is cleaning your gutters out. Then you could end up with a serious issue, and sometimes even damage to your own roof if you don’t do that. Clogged up gutters can be disgusting and grimyand cause problems with ice build up when the weather starts to get chilly. If your gutter fills up and rain starts to spill out over the gutter, you could end up with a nasty difficulty that is damp.
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Quality gutter covers free you from needing to clean your gutter. These guards are not quite obtrusive, are scarcely observable from the earth, andwon’t impair the look of your property whatsoever. They just fit on top of your existing gutter requiring no change.
Some more affordable guards have a straightforward, thin support frame the disadvantage to this is that there is the threat of the frame failing, or even should it hold it up might droop into the gutter, and gather debris itself. Then it’s just better than the gutter itself collecting it if debris is collecting. You need something that will hold its pitch well, that Won’t droop, which can be formed to fit any roof, holding its shape and ensuring that debris constantly sheds right.
Ideally, you will want thickness of approximately .03 to .1 of an inch, depending on how much debris you happen to be expecting to encounter. Thicker frames are better in general, but are especially important if you live in a place where you find your gutters accumulate a lot of leaves, needles and debris through the year. Thicker guards to last for an extended time can be expected by you.
A net, which can be exactly what will help to ensure that smaller bits of debris flow away is supported by the guards. Look for a high quality stainless steel net, something that will not rust with time, even. Thinner nets made of more fragile materials are likely to corrode and start decaying and comparing over time.
The pros at HGTV believe that gutter guards are most definitely worth the cost. With gutter guards, you Won’t need to climb up onto your roof to clean your gutters regularly through the year, this reduces the risk of injury being suffered by you, and saves you time. It also means that you simply don’t need to concern yourself with the financial cost of repairing your roof if things make a mistake. But you should be aware of that gutter guards are not completely maintenance free, you may have to clean them occasionally. What’s promising is that if you select the best kind, depth and pitch you will find that you can go quite a while between cleanings, so the maintenance burden will be minimal.
Make sure you get them professionally fitted if you are going to buy them. This will ensure that you simply don’t end up with seeds and debris caught in your gutter, requiring more cleaning. A professional fitting service that is good will install your guards at exactly the same pitch as your roof, ensuring maximum run-off, keeping your gutters clear and free.
If you opt for an ice–preventing gutter guard, pick one with just one cabledirty that is all you have to melt ice, and it’s going to minimize the number of electricity consumed throughout the year. Gutter guards can not look cheap, but the total cost of ownership is minimal compared to the effort that they will save you long term.
Along with ceasing a build-up of debris and leaves, a top leaf filter can also halt ice from forming in your gutter.
While general purpose guards will do a decent job, the more specialist Leaf Blaster or Ice Breaker guards have a definite audience of homeowners, and it could be worth picking one of those specialist models if you live in an area where ice is a problem or there are a lot of falling leaves at particular times of the year.
The LeafBlaster range particularly is interesting due to the exceptional design which slips under the roof shingles. The guard rests on the top of the roof deck or your tar paper, and clamps the gutter guard in place, keeping it secure. The guard is made to match the pitch of the roof, ensuring that leaves flow over the top of it, not collecting and causing problems with your gutter.


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Making us as soft as the goat’s cheese that crumbles.
Carry these bottled letters and retchings.
Pierced with the taste of our stomachs.
Begotten in storm and song.
Storms without waves, wind, or thunder.
That ties from birth beyond and ghostly.
To my eyelids like all traveler’s masks are.
And I find honeycomb sores fresh in me.
Waves turn to cobblestones and skin.
Before the kiln, golden-framed with soot.
Burning and furious, choking the throat raw.
To turn to smoke and pastime for foolish boys.
Of the sea and the carpenter.
Darkened armpits of the work and humid air.
Weak in the heat and rough-skinned.
The obsidian rivers of sleep, and ice, and fire.
Shell women and men ripe for wasting.
Prentice them to the snuffing wick.
Raw throat salving itself and catching the taste.
Barefoot up and down into the concave bowl of earth.
The bowl stuff, vision stuff dum.
“yes!” not knowing in our shivers we are already weak.
So say murdersome children with glee-dunked knives.
The chattering scrivener’s tongue is wet with temptation.
all is a dance of cudgels.
A meniscus: the downpour is ready.
Pouring from their severed necks the ruby wine of ages.
Bound to the embrace of the oak, they are splinters now.
Upon soft moss that floats in slothful currents.
Of a worldly child’s curious grasp.
But where is the palpitation?
Nor hearts but the one fresh and deep and weak.
Reaching for some new light, more bright than this madness.
Speaks it oddly with a bubbling jaw.
dryly, wry, the words that taste like barley.
Unfit for the walls they stand on.
It may be printed once alone like the iris.
Vivisected for all his worth and curiosity?
Gloam from the ocular confinements of saints: a look.
And from the furrows build his unbroken Empire.
Antlered and arrogant, his talon would split them in twain.
From his stolen, sylvan land.
From the fey lands to foul countries of mortal men.
Him the Murdering King, mad and cruel, made to suffer.
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It’s a rare opportunity to work with a company like MyFitnessPal – or co-founders and missionaries like Mike and Albert Lee.
This past year, VC funding for digital health startups exceeded $4 billion – nearly the amount of the previous three years combined. But even here, the devotion Mike and Al showed in helping customers eat well and exercise stands out – and it enabled them to build the world’s leading digital health and fitness app.
VC funding for digital health startups exceeded $4 billion – nearly the amount of the previous three years combined.
Mike created MyFitnessPal to help lose weight before his wedding. His brother Al joined him three years later, and they bootstrapped the company to profitability without venture funding. The two of them took no salary for two years, demonstrating how missionary entrepreneurs do more than anybody thinks possible with less than anybody thinks possible.
Their nutrition and personal fitness app has 75 million registered users worldwide, who track food intake and exercise to meet health goals. Active users log in more than three times per day. Users have collectively dropped nearly 200 million pounds – more than the combined weight of every San Francisco resident. And beyond the numbers, MyFitnessPal has delighted users in ways that few imagined possible. “Not only did you change my life. You may have saved it,” one user wrote.
Users have collectively dropped nearly 200 million pounds – more than the combined weight of every San Francisco resident.
It was a big decision for Mike and Al to partner with us, especially since the company didn’t need outside funding. With venture funding, MyFitnessPal doubled the size of its workforce and added new VPs of engineering and marketing as well as a chief business officer. We also helped with product and marketing planning and strategic business leads as the team doubled down on growth. The 69 percent rise in logged activity last year shows how the team’s efforts are paying off.
Now, as MyFitnessPal joins with Under Armour, they will accelerate their mission: helping users live longer and better lives.
Watch a conversation with Mike and Albert about the beginnings of MyFitnessPal and their entrepreneurial journey here.
John Doerr is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.


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I think it does not even exist!
I have been on the waiting list (waiting for approval) I think for over a year now. Don’t even think this app is legit.
Waiting for more than one year to access colleague of mine within one day??
Overzichtelijke datingapp met leuke personen. Zeker de moeite waard !
App works great. More exclusive dating app. No fake accounts because of the screening. Recommend it. Excellent customer service. Only downside, the membership is a little expensive compared to other dating websites.
An app that’s easy to use. Classier people than on most dating apps!
Great design, real people (no fake accounts), quick responding customer support, option for free use when inviting new people! Better than the other dating apps!
Much more involved on various levels, events, good filters to select and different kind of crowd.
Waarom kan ik me niet met een mail adres aanmelden of telefoonnummer als nieuw lid ? Niet iedereen heeft of wil een FB account.
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You may remember our update on the Wissing family in our January 10, 2018, adopting from India post. They had returned home from India with their beautiful daughter around the holiday season. They were able to celebrate the New Year at home together as a new family.
We wanted to give you another update from the Wissing family, who has now been home 2 months after adopting from India. They are doing well and noted that their daughter is happy all the time—as evidenced in this photo. We congratulate the Wissing family and thank them for sharing their update with us!
The post-adoption time can be difficult for some families as the child adjusts to a completely new lifestyle, cultural changes, dietary changes, and new language. For families who do struggle more than others, America World’s Adoption Coaching & Training (ACT) team is there to help. Learn more about ACT and what is offered!
If you are planning to add to your family in 2018 through the blessings of adoption, our India team would love to assist you with your journey. Visit our India program pages or contact our India team at India@awaa.org or by phone at 800-429-3369 if you have any questions about adopting from India.


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#135 - Why People In The Financial Services Industry Are Freaking Out!
It’s not a good thing when the financial services industry is freaking out.
Do you know what the term “fiduciary” means?
The new rule that’s causing such a stir in the financial services industry is aimed at making sure that people who are advising you what to do with your money are only able to directly benefit from the advice they give you when the advice is in your best interest. Serving a client in that way is serving as a “fiduciary.” In other words, these rules are trying to keep advisors from giving you advice solely because it will make them more money. That sounds like a good thing, right?
Why you should hold everything close to the vest when you begin a conversation with a financial advisor.
On this episode, I’m laying out a handful of tips that I suggest you take into consideration when you’re interviewing a possible fiduciary (financial advisor). I want you to find the exact right person, a financial artist who is able to help you reach your goals for retirement and a happy life. The first of those is that you should hold your details and your situation close to the vest at first. The reason? You want to find out from them who their ideal client is before you reveal much about yourself. When you’re able to do that you’ll know right away if they are describing you or not - and whether there could be some ways that the relationship is not a good fit. Find out more on this episode.
Has your financial advisor (or a potential advisor) jumped from company to company?
What’s the big deal if a financial advisor you’re considering has jumped from company to company? Well… it could show that the person has functioned as more of a salesperson than an actual fiduciary who works in the best interest of their clients over the long haul. It’s not the only thing you should look at but it could be a tell-tale sign. As I walk through a handful of things you should consider when looking for a financial advisor you should write down a few things so you’ll know the right questions to ask when you need to have that important conversation.
Why somebody who is providing you financial services should have an optimistic view on life.
Think about this for a minute. What kind of advice will you receive from somebody who works in the financial services industry who has a pessimistic view of the world, or of life? They may be ultra conservative (not a bad thing, but possibly not a good fit for everyone). They may not be willing to make you aware of certain opportunities simply because they don’t think it’s a true possibility. Think it through… there are lots of potential issues. On this episode I want you to follow along as I walk through some potential “red flags” when you start interviewing potential financial advisors. You can thank me later.
[0:28] Recommended things to do in Chicago and an amazing painting I saw there.
[2:35] Comparing the artist to the painter.
[4:00] How do you find the artist (perfect financial advisor) to help you manage your investments?
[5:08] Today’s word: Artist (when it comes to financial advisors).
[7:32] Why people are freaking out in the financial industry: new fiduciary rules.
[10:24] A few reasons you may - or may not - want a financial advisor.
[20:25] 3 guidelines to help you identify a great financial advisor.
[25:06] 15 questions you should use to interview a potential fiduciary.
[28:36] Why YOU typically do a poor job interviewing potential financial advisors.
www.Finra.org - type in the name - get a report.
www.SEC.gov - look up professional and disciplinary history.
#134 - Is Economic Growth Always A Good Thing?

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Sit-stand desks are hot, but true ergonomics involves more than alternating between two positions.
Sitting is killing us, said the latest headlines. But standing all day makes our feet and knees hurt, said our bodies. This invention has been discovered by ergonomics for years: it’s unhealthy to sit all day. And an adjustable-height furniture idea has been discovered to overcome this situation.
Mayo Clinic refereed journals and the furniture industry for reports about how sedentary lifestyles contribute to problems with certain ills, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, etc. Mortality rate is 64 percent higher for those who sit more than 23 hours a week, caused from heart disease and studies show that regular exercise does not reverse the negative effect.
Alan Hedge, Cornell ergonomics professor, also said standing all day forces the heart to work harder to pump blood and makes it more likely that you develop varicose veins, back discomfort, and foot problems. Ergonomists say one vital key to good health is to vary posture and movement, balancing sitting with standing and moving. They also suggest to take one minute break every 20 minutes and followed by five-minute break every hour. It will increase productivity and alertness by 15 percent, Hedge said. Adjustable furniture becomes cost-competitive with the fixed-height furniture and encourages them to be remarkably known in market, such as Ergotron, Ergodesktop, and Stir. Various types of ergonomic equipment can cost from $500 to $3,890 per equipment.
The vital aspect is not the equipment, but the worker. Hedge confessed that he never has raised his desk to the standing position. He also varying his posture when he is working, and it’s not affecting his work one iota. Not only those who sit have to pay attention, but those who stand too. They need to wear the right footwear to support them while standing. So we need to pay attention for both position, and keep them to stay balanced.
There’s just no perfect solution, the problem is we were never designed to sit in front of a computer eight hours a day. And that’s what we’re doing.

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Aluminium security snap frames, suitable to display a poster or an advertisement behind an anti-glare protective cover. Sprung loaded profiles (42mm) clip down to grip the poster and cover in place. Designed to be tamper resistant, extra springs and no finger grips makes this frame difficult to be opened by hand. The profiles should only be opened using the lever tool. Screw holes are located underneath the aluminium profiles for wall mounting and come with white plastic backboards. Fixings are supplied.
Please note: One lever tool is supplied per order and not per snap frame. If more lever tools are required, these are available to order through our Accessories category.


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Add a dollar amount to your CLINK!. The recipient can redeem the gift value with a merchant for goods and services, or cash out to a preferred account: bank/debit/credit card.
Sign-up for CLINK!Gift with name, contact email, and phone number. Verify your email address and your account is all set. The app then displays a screen with an explanation on how to create a CLINK! custom card.
First, take a photo or choose one from your photo library. There are also some stock ones available in the app that can be used. Next, personalize the photo with some text, drawing, or even a filter. Address it to a contact from your device by syncing your contacts from the phone to Clink!Gift, and then select the recipients. Once selected, choose to send as is, or add an optional gift or include a dollar amount. Gifts can be searched by available merchants and partners in the area. Once perfected, send your CLINK!.
Friends will receive their CLINK!Gift to their email address or phone number. Any gifts and monetary values can be redeemed in the CLINK!Gift app or on the website, www.clink.nyc. They can also see the CLINK! in their home feed in the app, like a social media feed. The receiver can send a CLINK! back or add a comment and like to the CLINK!. Other contacts can also see these unless it is sent privately. These can be shared to social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. CLINK!Gift can also be used for charity and non-profit organizations to invite others to donate for their favorite causes.
CLINK!Gift app seems to have a lot of functions. It is a digital gift card service with a social media flow, but also includes a fundraising campaign option. It is a bit confusing to use at first but once you understand what they are going for, it is a pretty interesting service. I like the idea of being able to quickly create and send a virtual gift to recognize someone or raise money and awareness for charity. At this time there aren’t a lot of merchants in my area, so I hope in time that will change. On a side note, there is the ability for users to join as a partner as well to be added for others to redeem CLINK!Gifts for their businesses, which includes partner promotions and advertising opportunities.
Show the ones you love with a CLINK!Gift. The app is available now for free in the App Store.


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Hollow out leather upper allows your feet to fully enjoy dryness.
This fabric is made of cowhide leather,strong and breathable.The material of the sole is rubber material, which is soft and comfortable.The shoe size is the standard code.
The material is made of cow leather fabric to make the vamp,not only the texture is exquisite,the toughness is very strong.And the lines are clear,giving you a good user experience.
Use comfortable and delicate material inside,let you keep your feet dry at all times.
There are many holes in the upper to give you the best ventilation experience.
The sole is ergonomically designed to fit the arch of the foot,effectively cushioning the reaction from the ground.Comfortable and not tired.


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Does your cell phone contract have roll-over minutes? This is one of the most attractive of the options which carriers offer. The benefit of being able to roll over minutes from month to month, and in some cases, year to year, is a real plus for those who do not exhaust all their allotted time in one month.
But life itself is different. There are no roll-over minutes from day to day. We each get 24 hours and 1440 minutes in each day. If we waste them, we do not get an opportunity to use them the next day. They are gone forever. Time is a precious commodity, so precious we are told to “redeem” it (Eph 5:16). Each day should be viewed as a precious gift of time from the Lord to be used in the most constructive and beneficial way for His glory.
There is the danger of the tyranny of time ruling our lives: schedules and deadlines, demands and appointments all controlling our movements. But perhaps we are in greater danger of the opposite extreme, the tragedy of time lost. Time is supposed to be our servant and not our master; our servant and not our toy.
There are two words in the Greek for time: chronos and kairos. Fittingly, chronos was a mythic monster who devoured his children. It is used for the time on a clock, the time that we cannot control (Matt 2:7). We are all in one sense “prisoners” of this time.
But kairos is the time we take for something (Gal 6:10). It is the time we take for being alone with God and communing daily. It is the time we take for spiritual things and those things that advance the Kingdom of God. It embraces the time a husband takes to make his wife aware she is number one in his life; that parents take to teach their children spiritual values, and to communicate a sense of family.
So often when faced with decisions as to the rightness or wrongness of an activity or pursuit, it would be more profitable to ask if it is a wise use of time. It is not that every moment must be invested in some profitable pursuit. This is almost capitulating to the tyranny of time. It is making kairos into chronos, and sweeping us along with an irresistible force to do its bidding.
Every moment does not need to be spent in spiritual pursuits. But leisure time was meant to enable us to return to the priorities of life with recharged batteries. Leisure activities are not to become our priority. We should be taking time (kairos) to do good (Gal 6:10), redeeming the time (Eph 5:16), and recognizing the importance of the time in which we live (Rom 13:11). We should be seeking to use our time wisely, redeeming it in light of eternity. There are no rollover minutes from day to day, from month to month, or from this life into eternity.


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We're back with another installment in the Home Suite Home series! Michaela Noelle Designs is helping us put some design touches on our cozy little Suite to make it feel more like home, and we're sharing the transformation with you on our blogs each week. Our hope is that you'll join in, help us make some design decisions, and hopefully be inspired to make the most out of your current space, too!
In case you missed it, here is the story behind our Suite and a look at our living room.
Today we're taking a look at our kitchen.
This is probably one of the areas that I need the most help with. While I love the tall cabinets, the pretty countertops, and my helpful kitchen carts, the space seems mismatched and pieced together. I've had trouble knowing how to pull in all of the separate pieces without getting rid of anything or putting a big dent in our budget.
We're always trying to find creative ways to use our space wisely around the Suite, so the kitchen carts come in handy for extra storage. I hide pots, pans and silverware in one, appliances under the other. The kitchen carts also provide more counter space, which is really important since we eat in most nights (I love to cook!). The bookshelf isn't super attractive at the moment, but it's a must-have for storing all of Jake's books from seminary. I would love to find a way to maintain (and even add!) storage in this space while making it a little more cohesive and easy on the eyes.
We also have a little eating nook with a kitchen table that doubles as a workspace for my design work and Jake's studies. It's looking a little lonesome and out of place at the moment, so I would love to find a way to make more sense of that space, too.
In terms of design, I'm hoping that we can brighten things up a little bit and put some personal touches on our kitchen. Thankfully Michaela is coming to my rescue! She's come up with some creative solutions for this space and she's sharing them on her blog today. Head on over to check out what she has up her sleeve and vote on which option you like best!
Are you excited to keep up with this transformation? Be sure to follow along with us!