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It’s easy to admire an entrepreneur who takes a small idea and nourishes it into a full-fledged company. It’s even easier to admire that go-getter when his or her business benefits society. Here, we chat with the owners of three local companies who are striving to both make money and a difference.
She launched Community Compost this past spring, after researching the concept for about two years. “This idea isn’t new,” she says. “San Francisco has been doing it for 20 years. It’s happening around the country.” As an environmental land use planner, she wanted to bring it here, and has started service in New Paltz and Hoboken, N.J.
For a monthly fee of $20, her company will provide you with a five-gallon bucket to fill with your food scraps and other organic materials, including yard trimmings, wood waste, paper, and paperboard products. You leave the bucket on your driveway, front porch, or wherever you wish, and they collect the full bucket and drop off a clean one.
To get composting, call 845-787-3478 or visit www.communitycompostco.com.
In September 2013, she did, setting up production at the Hoving Home, a residential rehabilitation center for women overcoming alcoholism, drug addiction, and other life-controlling addictions. The first bags were not very good, she admits. And the “labor” constantly changes as women graduate from the program (women may only remain at the Hoving home for a period of six or 12 months). Still, they made $15,000 in profit in the first nine months, and all profits go to the Hoving Home.
Unshattered takes donations, monetary and also physical — sewing supplies and particularly leather or suede coats that “don’t have to be in good shape,” says Lyndgaard. She also invites people to host a bag sale party. For more information call 845-424-3674 or visit www.unshattered.org.
Sylvester’s other passion is helping the developmentally disabled. She has worked for 33 for Community Based Services (CBS), a North Salem-based not-for-profit organization that provides care for people with autism and other developmental disabilities, and now she is its CEO. About two years ago, those two interests came together in a new company, Good Reasons, which employs disabled adults to make dog treats, with all profits going back to support CBS.
The company currently has five disabled employees working in production and packaging. As it grows, more will be added. They produce six different products, including Hudson’s Pumpkin Peanut Butter Pieces, Charlie’s Cheddar Chomps, and Tucker’s Tummy Ticklin’ Turkey. “My dogs got fat from trying all the samples,” Sylvester says.
The treats are available at numerous locations, including Adams Fairacre Farms, Williams Lumber, some veterinarians and dog groomers, and many others throughout Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester. You can find a list of them all — or order directly — at their website, www.goodreasons.com.


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It is a difficult topic to discuss. It makes most of us uncomfortable to think that someone might not be properly groomed for work. Sometimes it is a cultural situation. In many countries, people do not shower daily or weekly, for that matter. It is considered the norm.
In this country personal grooming is very important. We spend a lot of time and money on hairstylists, hairdressers, barbers, manicure/pedicure professionals, waxing specialists, colognes, and perfumes, etc. Personal grooming is big businesses for a reason. An individual who is properly groomed conveys a confidence that they are prepared for any environment or individual they may encounter. Poor hygiene may present the opposite effect. It can be offensive and difficult to endure for clients and co-workers.
I am writing this uncomfortable article because it is the topic of many questions during my trainings and seminars. Questions are asked regularly about how to handle a situation or individual that does not make personal grooming a priority. It can represent a significant distraction in the workplace if it persists and is not addressed carefully.
Some individuals with poor hygiene habits may not realize there is a problem. They may not be used to cutting, coloring, clipping, shaving, trimming, polishing or bathing regularly. They may not be used to visiting an occasional barber or hair salon regularly and find it to be an unnecessary expense. The fact is that it is the complete opposite.
Proper grooming takes place in the home and not at work. No one wants to hear you clipping your nails in your cubical or see you plucking anything over the sink in the office bathroom.
Your cologne or perfume should be pleasant and light. It should not be overpowering or used to mask or cover anything.
Proper hygiene and grooming is necessary to convey a professional image. Therefore, it is necessary to invest all grooming services available to you. Think of it as part of your professional presentation and an investment in your confidence.
Colleen Harding is a protocol coach and the founder of the Cleveland School of Etiquette and Corporate Protocol. She can be reached at (216) 970-5889 and colleenharding@ymail.com.

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Who are the new characters in The Walking Dead season 9 and what can we expect?
“The Walking Dead” Season nine premiere is inching nearer, and we’re passing the weeks by obsessing over each detail we all know to date concerning future installment of the AMC zombie drama series.
Last month’s point of entry Comic-Con disclosed many new forged members — as well as “The 100” star Nadia Hilker as Magna and Samantha Jelly Roll Morton as Alpha — and actor St. Andrew Lincoln spoken language adios, among lots of different tidbits. therefore let’s dive right in, shall we?
We knew that Lincoln would be feat once Season nine (TheWrap reported his exit in May), however each “TWD” creator Henry Martyn Robert Kirkman and Lincoln himself spoke concerning his exit for the primary time at the popular culture gathering.
Japanese-American survivor Yumiko ought to get on well with Daryl, as her favoured weapon of alternative is that the bow. She respects Magna’s leadership, additionally as being in a very relationship together with her.
Yumiko are going to be vie by Into the Badlands star Eleanor Matsuura and that we have a sense she’ll become a firm fan favorite.
Fantastic Beasts star Dan Fogler are going to be seen in season 9 as Luke, a member of Magna’s cluster United Nations agency has been represented within the show as “a spent survivor United Nations agency understands there’s safety in numbers”.
As with Yumiko, he’s adjunct of Magna’s leadership, therefore do not expect any conflict unless they switch it up for the TV program.
Tony-nominated player Lauren Ridloff has become the primary deaf player to hitch the forged of The Walking Dead as Connie, another member of Magna’s cluster.
While the comics’ version is not deaf, the show’s Connie can use yankee language to speak and is represented as “a seasoned survivor deft at exploitation her senses to browse individuals, situations, and trouble”.
Other new forged members embody Angel Theory, United Nations agency can play Connie’s alert and protecting sister Kelly; Zach McGowan because the “hostile” Savior Justin; Rhys Coiro because the “rebellious” Savior Jed; Brett pantryman because the “salt-of-the-earth resident at Hilltop” Tammy Rose; and John Finn, United Nations agency can play the Hilltop’s metalworker and Tammy Rose’s “devoted husband” peer.
Those character descriptions alone hint at unrest once the communities move.
New Season nine showrunner Angela Kang told TheWrap in AN interview prior to Comic-Con that this season can see nature begin to require over.
Kang has additionally aforementioned that this season can highlight the women’s stories.
Of Jadis whose real name, we learned, is Ann Kang aforementioned we’ll see her “in the simplest way that individuals are going to be terribly stunned.” it’ll be attention-grabbing to visualize that play out, particularly attributable to that shot of her and also the chopper within the trailer. may the chopper be from the Commonwealth?
It will even be attention-grabbing to visualize wherever Maggie winds up by the tip of the season. songwriter are going to be exiting the show once Season nine like Lincoln, however Kang secure in AN interview with the Hollywood newsman that Maggie won’t die this season.
“With Lauren, she has aforementioned that she would really like to come back back to the show and that we would like to have her back; we predict there’s a lot of story with Maggie to inform. we have a tendency to have already got some plans production that i believe ar pretty cool,” Kang aforementioned.
TheWrap can keep you updated right here with the rest we have a tendency to find out about Season nine before the premiere. within the meanwhile, we’ll in all probability be look that trailer once more and once more.
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Flourishing economy allows people to make savings. The real estate industry provides several prospects to individuals in terms of revenues. Properties and houses have become one of the most profitable options from renting, selling, investing or even leasing. Embarking in this industry however requires adequate knowledge as otherwise; no one will be interested in purchasing your property.
When an individual decides to sell the home, he can either try to do it on his/her own, or hire a real estate expert, to get the work done. When one chooses not to take benefit of a real estate agent, he must acquaint himself with the publicity requirements, either on call to show the property, understand what to say, know the lawful necessities, administration work, etc.
However, studies suggest that property owners who try to sell the property on their own without taking any assistance of the professionals get a lower selling price. On the other hand, people who take assistance of the professionals get a better selling price and also experience a smoother transaction process.
A competent, worthy, real estate professional uses a particular system, to advertise your property to its best benefit. In addition, agents have access to several areas to search for buyers, come into contact with other agents, and usually, get more possible buyers, to take a look.
A professional real estate agent will listen attentively to the property owner who wants to sell the property in order to learn about his opinions, worries, thoughts, delusions, proposals, urgencies and objectives. So, an agent tries to assist a homeowner get the best available price, in the smallest time span with a minimum trouble.
An agent’s job is advertising and selling homes. Let the real estate professional’s skill work to your benefit, and listen to his or her ideas, thoughts, etc.
An agent usually stays updated with the current status of the real estate market and this helps the property owner when he wants to sell the property.
This is how a real estate agent helps a property owner to sell the property.
Michael Bishop Real Estate has vast experience in real estate industry and helps people to sell properties at great prices. He has been able to win recognitions for his contribution to the real estate industry; in fact he has been named as the Agent of the Year in 2010 and 2011. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, he started his career in Nashville with Forest Hills Realtors. He started as a sales leader and gradually he has been able to reach the success of heights.
If you want to sell your property; then do not hesitate to contact Michael Bishop Real Estate.
Thus, one should not underestimate the role a real estate professional when planning to sell a property- be it a residential or a commercial property.

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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new partnership with The Company of Biologists to support their authors in making the data underlying their research available to the community.
The Company of Biologists offers further support to the biological community by facilitating scientific meetings, providing travel grants for researchers and supporting research societies.
Manuscript submission for all COB journals is now integrated with data submission to Dryad, meaning COB authors can conveniently submit their data packages and manuscripts at the same time. Dryad then makes the data securely available to journal reviewers, and releases them to the public if/when the paper is published.
We congratulate The Company of Biologists on taking this important step to help facilitate open data. To learn more about how your organization or journal can partner with Dryad, please contact us.

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Jones polled higher in the public vote than team-mates Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams and Liam Williams, while England duo Jonny May and Tom Curry were also on the six-strong shortlist drawn up by the media.
The 33-year-old second row was at the heart of Wales’ first tournament clean sweep since 2012.
“I’m very flattered. For me as Wales captain it’s a validation of what we’ve done as a squad throughout the campaign,” said Jones, who received a newly-sculptured trophy.
It was during the recent Grand Slam march that Jones broke the previous milestone of 61 for most Test wins in a Wales jersey by any player and he has amassed 134 caps for Wales and the British and Irish Lions, equalling Gethin Jenkins’ record combined total for the same teams.
He is now only the fourth Wales player to win three Six Nations Grand Slams, following in the footsteps of Jenkins, Ryan Jones and Adam Jones.
Jones succeeds Ireland’s Jacob Stockdale as winner of player of the year and becomes the fifth Welshman to be acclaimed since Gordon D’Arcy – also of Ireland – landed the inaugural award in 2004.
England finished runners-up hence the inclusion of May, who finished top try scorer with six, and the Six Nations’ outstanding openside in Curry.

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Flying is expensive, but you can cut your general aviation cost by more than 50% – 75% through shared aircraft ownership or by joining a flying club. Gaining a clearer understanding of flying cost can also help you find ways to save, which will extend your flying budget. We’re believers in the benefits of shared aircraft ownership.
If you have suggestions for new content, software features or products that would help you better connect with other pilots, let us know. Connecting Aviators® is our Vision. Connect with us by clicking here.
We’re also interested in GA market trends, advanced composite aircraft and Cirrus Aircraft in particular. Are you looking to transition into technically advanced high performance aircraft? The wikiWings® site documents a pilot’s journey in that transition and seeks to share practical information learned along the way.
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He’s been a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) since 1992, Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) and a member in several other aircraft type clubs. His current home base is Houston, Texas.
Recent visitors have more than 30,000 views on about 200 articles. We publish new content each Friday on wikiWings®. To all who are visiting and connecting I express my thanks. I appreciate the opportunity to share it forward and to be part of the general aviation experience with you.
Information on this site is wikiWing’s opinion. If you need flight training, legal, financial or tax advice seek help from a professional specializing in that area.

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The eventful history of this city began when a major flood in AD 1341 threw open the estuary at Kochi, till then a land locked region, turning it into one of the finest natural harbors in the world. Kochi thus became a haven for seafaring visitors from all over the world and became the first European township in India when the Portuguese settled here in the 15th century.
The village of Kumarakom is a cluster of little islands on the Vembanad Lake, and is part of the Kuttanad region. The bird sanctuary here, which is spread across 14 acres is a favourite haunt of migratory birds and an ornithologist's paradise. Egrets, darters, herons, teals, waterfowls, cuckoo, wild duck and migratory birds like the Siberian Stork visit here in flocks and are a fascinate the visitors.
An enchanting backwater destination, Kumarakom offers visitors many other leisure options.Airfares or Train fares to and from your city.
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Pick up from Cochin. We drive you to Kumarakom. Check in at the hotel.The village of Kumarakom is a cluster of little islands on the Vembanad Lake, and is part of the Kuttanad region. The bird sanctuary here, which is spread across 14 acres is a favourite haunt of migratory birds and an ornithologist's paradise. Egrets, darters, herons, teals, waterfowls, cuckoo, wild duck and migratory birds like the Siberian Stork visit here in flocks and are a fascinate the visitors.
An enchanting backwater destination, Kumarakom offers visitors many other leisure options. Rest of the day is at Leisure. If you prefer we can arrange a sunset cruise for you through the backwaters.
Following breakfast. Check out and proceed for Cochin. Local sight seeing covering Fort Cochin, Jew Synagogue, Dutuch Palace, Cathedral Etc. Check in at the Hotel. Rest of the day at Leisure.
Following breakfast. Check out We take you for shopping and later drop you for your departure.
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Plumeria's are so beautiful! A true scent of the Islands!
This soap is a mix of various plumeria scents. Sweet floral with a touch of citrus.


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A 112-room Residence Inn by Marriott is currently under construction at the Mueller site, a redevelopment project at Austin’s former airport. Plans call for a four-story hotel building with 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
A recent news release by the company states that the intention is to build the first LEED Gold-certified hotel in Texas. Currently, the project has eight LEED-certified buildings and is the first in Texas to achieve LEED-ND certification.
The developer of the project is Catellus Development Corp., which is also the developer of the Mueller master plan. The general contractor is Frisco-based Benchmark Development Corporation, according to Austin Business Journal. Tulsa, Okla.-based GH2 Architects will serve as the building’s designer.
In a similar story, the Austin Convention Center recently became the first convention center in Texas to be awarded the LEED Gold Certification for Existing Buildings, according to Austin Business Journal.
As such, the Austin Convention Center is not only the first of its kind in Texas to receive LEED Gold Certification, but also one of just two convention centers in the United States to have achieved this standard. The Austin Convention Center’s official LEED® Gold Ceremony was held on January 26, 2012.


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The winter can wreak havoc on your yard and landscaping. You need to trim those trees and clean up that yard. Those broken or fallen branches aren’t helping you, either, so we help with the heavy lifting and dangerous tree damage. Let us trim back the limbs for good healthy growth and remove those dead trees that are causing hazards. Every season has special needs and maintenance. Sunworks provides all year round services to help you feel proud of the beautiful and well maintained yard. No job is too small or too large. We specialize in tree trimming, tree removal, fertilizing lawns and weed control, as well as other lawn care services.
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Reiterating the important rule in New York, that where the availability of workers’ compensation benefits hinges upon questions of fact or upon mixed questions of fact and law, the parties may not choose the courts as the forum for resolution of the questions, but must instead look to the Workers’ Compensation Board for such determinations, a state appellate court recently held that a trial court’s determination that a worker was an independent contractor, and not an employee, must be reversed [Findlater v Catering by Michael Schick, Inc., 2018 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7728 (2d Dept., Nov. 14, 2018).
The appellate court added that the trial court should have held the matter in abeyance pending a final resolution of a prompt application to the Board to determine the parties’ rights under the Workers’ Compensation Law.
The plaintiff worked intermittently for the defendant for several years. In April 2014, plaintiff sustained injuries when a food rack fell from a forklift operated by the defendant’s employee and struck the plaintiff. The plaintiff thereafter commenced his action to recover damages for personal injuries. Following discovery, the defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it on the ground that the action was barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law. The plaintiff cross-moved for summary judgment determining that the defendant was negligent in the happening of the accident and that the plaintiff was an independent contractor at the time of the accident.
The trial court denied the defendant’s motion, and granted the plaintiff’s cross motion, concluding that the plaintiff was an independent contractor at the time of the accident.
Reversing the trial court, the appellate court noted that the defendant had introduced an affidavit of one of its employees, wherein the employee stated that he trained the plaintiff, supervised the plaintiff closely, set the plaintiff’s hours on the days the plaintiff worked, and directed the plaintiff’s work. The affidavit raised a question of fact regarding whether the plaintiff was the defendant’s employee on the date of the accident. The trial court should not have denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, but should have allowed the employment issue to be determined by the Board.
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A choice option for individuals living with disabilities and/or mental illness.
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To be a center for learning and developing in anatmosphere of creativity, through daily activities and community involvement.
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The Incarnation of the Word.: Above all, so live that you may have the right to eat of this tree of knowledge and life, and so come to eternal joys. Doxology.
§57. Above all, so live that you may have the right to eat of this tree of knowledge and life, and so come to eternal joys. Doxology.
But for the searching of the Scriptures and true knowledge of them, an honourable life is needed, and a pure soul, and that virtue which is according to Christ; so that the intellect guiding its path by it, may be able to attain what it desires, and to comprehend it, in so far as it is accessible to human nature to learn concerning the Word of God. 2. For without a pure mind and a modelling of the life after the saints, a man could not possibly comprehend the words of the saints. 3. For just as, if a man wished to see the light of the sun, he would at any rate wipe and brighten his eye, purifying himself in some sort like what he desires, so that the eye, thus becoming light, may see the light of the sun; or as, if a man would see a city or country, he at any rate comes to the place to see it;—thus he that would comprehend the mind of those who speak of God must needs begin by washing and cleansing his soul, by his manner of living, and approach the saints themselves by imitating their works; so that, associated with them in the conduct of a common life, he may understand also what has been revealed to them by God, and thenceforth, as closely knit to them, may escape the peril of the sinners and their fire at the day of judgment, and receive what is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven, which “Eye hath not seen 351 , nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,” whatsoever things are prepared for them that live a virtuous life, and love the God and Father, in Christ Jesus our Lord: through Whom and with Whom be to the Father Himself, with the Son Himself, in the Holy Spirit, honour and might and glory for ever and ever. Amen.


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8/13 - Wildfires are only getting worse, so what can we do?
It's been all over the news lately: these huge fires in the west that stay in the cultural consciousness just long enough for the next massive fire to erupt. It's troubling to see a near-unending stream of impossible-to-contain blazes arise seemingly out of nowhere. Unfortunately, those of us with a background in the environment understand that these fires aren't coming out of nowhere. These fires are undoubtedly the result of the warmer and drier conditions caused by global climate change. It's frustrating to see a back-and-forth in the news, between people working in and studying fire in California, and those in the President's administration. A meteorologist will say there is an "undeniable link to climate change", and the next week the Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, claims that "This has nothing to do with climate change. This has to do with active forest management."
He certainly has a point, but it's a woefully ignorant bait-and-switch. As a result of the Smokey the Bear campaign, fire all but disappeared from many of the fire-dependent ecosystems in the west. For decades, zero tolerance on fires meant no prescribed burning, no real way to reduce fuel loads, no other large scale method of actively managing these fire-dependent forests. While actively managing these forests with prescribed fire would have meant these fires would have been far easier to manage, it truthfully wouldn't have done enough to make the frequency of fires we're seeing now any lower. That is solely the result of increasing temperatures, which whisk away moisture and make it far easier for fuels to ignite.
We've seen the impacts all across the world. Greece had the biggest fire Europe has seen in a century, which killed 74 people. Sweden had to request international assistance to control their fires. British Colombia had to call in hundreds of firefighters from around the world to assist in their hundreds of current wildfires. In Australia, bushfires are increasing in number and intensity. No matter where you go, you'll see the effects of climate change, and their undeniable impact on the presence of wildfires.
So what can we do? It's a massively intimidating question since we rarely see any individual work done to prevent wildfires, since everything is done through government agencies staffed by well-trained firefighters. While anyone without training should absolutely stay off the fireline, it doesn't mean you can't help spread awareness about prescribed fire as a prevention tactic, or simply about the relationship between climate change and wildfires. Increasing public awareness of climate change, as well as public understanding of the positive impacts of burning, means more people will favor active steps being taken to prevent wildfires. People supporting things like prescribed fire means (ideally) that our elected representatives will also support more methods of forest management, which will give them more funding and therefore make these methods more impactful.
We as individuals can also begin to implement prescribed burning on our properties, as a way to protect our own property as well as surrounding properties from wildfires. We can work to ensure our homes have buffers around them, spaces where nothing could possibly ignite and carry (or radiate) fire to our homes. We can be vocal about our acknowledgement of climate change, and adamant in our actions to prevent further wildfires. We can remind people to check their local fire weather before burning brush piles, help neighbors make their properties fire-ready, and keep our families prepared in case a wildfire does ever make it to our homes. There are many things we can do! We just have to start doing.


text: Cedar Canyon Lodge is a property without peer. A rustic styled, hilltop, custom built lodge of appx 6030 SF Heated/Cooled with special structural and decorative features. Long winding drive from entrance gate through meadow and woods, across the canyon bridge, to the hilltop lodge and manicured grounds. Extensive perimeter lighting creates a moonglow throughout the giant oak trees and the canyon overlook. 45 acres on State Hwy 154 just minutes from Sulphur Springs, Interstate 30, and Lake Fork.


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Kylie is back with nine new gorgeous looks to add to her collection. Starting from £99 with single-vision lenses, Kylie renews her penchant for vintage styles with modern details, and from £129 you’ll find must-have looks featuring beautiful Swarovski® crystals.
Or to really step up your style game, you can choose pink or blue-tinted lenses on certain styles for just £24 extra.
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Heads up, SMBs. Symform's new Cooperative Storage Cloud utilizes a “share and share alike” model in order to provide cheap and offsite storage to MSPs and their customers.
A little over a year ago, Symform released something called the Cooperative Storage Cloud, which enabled businesses to trade cheap local disk space for not-so-cheap cloud storage.
Starting immediately, Symform is enabling its reseller Partners to sell their excess local storage to those customers who are unable to contribute. Partners, in effect, become “micro data centers” that are distributed around the world. The storage trading isn’t done directly; instead one side is selling excess storage to the Symform cloud while the other is purchasing it as needed.
What's essentially happening here is participants are allowing free space on their local storage to be used by a bunch of strangers. As David A. Chapa of Enterprise Strategy Group put it, it's like a timeshare of data protection.
Here's how it works: The Symform Cloud Control itself is hosted with Amazon Web Services. The platform takes each 64MB block of data, deduplicates it, slices it into 64 pieces, makes redundant copies of 32 of those bits for a total of 96 nuggets per data block, and then spreads them to machines running the Symform client. A 256-bit encryption means no one on the storage side can make use of your data.
"Our reseller Partners and their SMB customers are the cloud so this is a natural and exciting next step in our evolution," said Kevin Brown, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Symform. "MSPs can now monetize their IT infrastructure in a global marketplace like never before. They save money for their customers, facilitate a global, distributed storage system, and earn additional profits. Talk about making an MSP smile."
"I am beginning to like the concept, but not sure it is ready for midmarket or enterprise companies," noted Chapa, considering the 38 percent of midmarket companies that reported managing 11-100TB of data in an Enterprise Strategy Group research report.
For Chapa, the concerns lie in seeding, data recovery and compliance. "These are all fairly common, but worth a discussion nonetheless," he said. "I can see how a single file recovery would work just great–but how will it work for a large volume recover or a good sized database? Even for a small to medium sized business, this can be quite sizable. How long will it take? Reliance on other nodes out of your control for recovery is a fairly bold position to take–I’m not sure I’m prepared for that just yet without some stringent SLAs."
What about you? Do you have similar concerns? Let us know in the comments below.

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Eighty, 80. Now 90. Can I get a 90? Sold — to the person in the back.
That is a phrase two Somerset County young adults might say often during the next couple years if their dream of becoming auctioneers comes to fruition.
Nolan Bell and Ben Svonavec have been participating in benefit auctions around the county for more than a year, and hope that by the end of next year they can start their own auction business called Svell Auction Group.
“I’m intrigued with auctions and seeing what’s on the other side of the mic is an adventure,” said Svonavec, a 20-year-old Allegany College of Maryland student.
Bell, a 17-year-old senior at Somerset Area High School, said he has been attending auctions since he was a child.
“I like to be the guy behind the mic because I wanted a little more attention,” he said.
Both guys are interested in business and pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities. But for now, their focus is on becoming licensed auctioneers. They try to get involved with benefit auctions to make people aware of their abilities.
“It’s something we express interest in. We’re not grade A or the best, but that’s what we aspire to be. We want the auctions to be electric,” Svonavec said.
Bell and Svonavec have developed their own auction chant — a style of words unique to the seller that are generally repeated multiple times.
Some residents have dubbed the pair the “dynamic duo,” and Bell and Svonavec said, they are pleased with the positive feedback they receive from people.
The guys said they want to satisfy customers and provide an exciting auction experience.
“It’s all about pleasing the customer too. It’s nice to hear that people at auctions had a fun time,” Svonavec said.
He said that he and Bell make the perfect team because they mesh well and help each other.
One of the first auctions the pair sold items was at the Dairy Agriculture Fair last summer. They help with Luce Auctioneers Inc. to get experience selling large equipment and consignments. Most recently they appeared at the Somerset County Chamber of Commerce dinner.
Betty Lou Svonavec, Ben’s aunt, has been supportive in the guys’ pursuit of becoming auctioneers. She is co-owner of Luce Auctioneers Inc. and the Hayloft in Rockwood. This summer the Hayloft will host the Pennsylvania FFA Association benefit dinner and auction, of which Svonavec and Bell will be auctioneers.
Bell said the event will be a good way to possibly expand their services outside of the county.
“There will be people from all over Pennsylvania that will see us, not just people here in Somerset who already know us,” he said.
Until then the pair will be working toward receiving an auctioneer license. In Pennsylvania there is a two-year apprenticeship to obtain a license. Because the guys do not want to waste time they will attend an auctioning school in Virginia to be licensed.
Svonavec will attend the Bernie Pleasants School of Auctioneering in January. He will take an 80-hour course to get certified.
Bell will attend the school in the summer. By the end of 2010 they said they hope to be doing auctions and selling large equipment and real estate.
The two said they are willing to do what it takes to make money and be successful.
They said auctioneering is the tip of the iceberg and that they have many business ventures they would like to pursue.
Bell said Ron Jubick, an auctioneer in Somerset County, has been supportive of their cause.
Bell’s parents are Luke and Jean and Svonavec’s parents are Jim and Lynn.
Watch a video of Bell and Svonavec giving a demonstration of auctioneering at www.dailyamerican.com under the video galleries.


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HAVELIAN: At least two people were killed and six other critically injured in a road accident at Aub Bridge Havelian here on Tuesday.
According to details, an over speeding coach while overtaking a vehicle hit a Suzuki High roof which was coming from opposite side at Ayub Bridge Havelian. As a result, two passengers of the Suzuki high roof died on the spot while six other were critically injured.
Havelian police and locals have recovered the bodies and injured from the torn body of the Suzuki high roof and shifted them to the hospital.
The dead passengers were identified as Shahzad Khan son of Safdar Mahmood, Dadan Khan son of Qalandar Khan while the injured were included Asim, Sohail Khan, Zainab Jan, Afaq, Abdul Hameed and Raja Tanveer. The police have registered a case.

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USD 230 e-mail is hosted by Google, login is your network login and password.
USD 230 is providing Google Apps to all District students and staff. It allows document sharing, collaboration, and more.
Moodle is a tool for creating and publishing web based courses. USD 230 is using Moodle as an online complement to some of our current course offerings and activities.
If you've forgotten your password you can use the Password Portal to reset it.
TalentEd is a web-based program where certified staff may access their professional development plan and complete evaluation tasks.
The Service portal is a web based ticketing system that allows users to submit service requests and track the status of the issue along the way.
Staff can access the web enabled portions of the Skyward student administrative system.
Staff can access the employee access, purchase order processes, and other finance related functions of Skyward.
The district's intranet resources, known as the Spring, are now available through Google Sites (requires your district login). You can also navigate directly to it by typing in http://spring.usd230.org in your browser.


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Native Americans Debate: Father Serra, Saint or Sinner?
Pope Francis will canonize an 18th century missionary to Spanish California during a papal visit to the United States this month. But, some Native Americans have criticized the elevation to sainthood of the missionary priest, Junipero Serra.
On September 23, in Washington D.C., Pope Francis will complete the process of recognizing Serra as a saint.
The founder of the Spanish colonial system of California missions, Serra is a towering figure for Andrew Galvan, curator of Mission Dolores museum in San Francisco. Galvan is an American Indian, and one of his 18th century ancestors was baptized and is buried at this mission. He has complaints about the mission system, but has admired Serra since the 1970s.
"I have worked along with the friars [priests] since that time promoting Father Serra's cause,” he said.
Galvan's cousin, Vincent Medina, also works at Mission Dolores museum and says that Serra should not be canonized.
“It's documented that he wanted the Indian languages suppressed. It's documented that he sent for whips for Indian people to be whipped,” he said.
Medina says the Spanish brought disease and cultural destruction.
At the Carmel Mission on the California coast, where Serra worked and is buried, he is remembered as a vigorous defender of indigenous peoples against their Spanish conquerors.
Archeologist Ruben Mendoza of California State University, Monterey Bay, has come to admire him. He has studied Serra for 20 years and started as a critic.
Leaders of the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, near Los Angeles, like many other native spokesmen, say Serra hurt indigenous peoples, although some Catholic tribal members have defended Serra.
Tribal chairman Rudy Ortega, Jr., says the church's move will backfire.
“The indigenous people of California, all the Mission Indians of California, are going to read more about it, they're going to study harder, they're going to find more research and they're going to learn and they're going to expose more of the truth," he said.
Francis has apologized for the church's treatment of indigenous peoples, but says some inside the church were their champions, and that Father Serra, as a man of heroic virtue, will be acknowledged as a saint.


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As others have pointed out, today marks the tenth anniversary of John Gruber’s Daring Fireball. Happy Birthday DF, and congratulations to John. Helluva milestone.
I gained a lot of readers here for my coverage of John’s schism with 5by5, but I hope those of you who have been around since don’t have the impression that I have any ill will toward Gruber. Daring Fireball remains a source of inspiration to me as a writer, a reader and a publisher.
I’m never trying to paint a picture of this week in tech, I’m trying to paint the big picture; like a years long tapestry. I have to do it, though, one day at a time based on what’s going on right now.
Maybe parts of the narrative change. Maybe, I’m wrong. You have to look at the story that’s being told over the course of a year.
I read Daring Fireball every day. This is perhaps the best distillation of what it is that makes Gruber’s site so honest, enjoyable and engaging. The idea of painting a big picture, a “years long tapestry,” is actually why I keep reading most of the sites that I love.
I still read it every single day. Like many other writers, too numerous to count, I owe a lot to John for pioneering this form and style of writing.1 I would never have even considered running a site with link posts if it weren’t for Daring Fireball.
Can’t wait to see what the next decade holds for DF.

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, on Nov. 25 named 338 new fellows, including Pew biomedical scholars James Bliska (1994), M. Bishr Omary (1989), and Richard Padgett (1986). AAAS fellows are selected based on their demonstrated efforts to advance science or its applications.
James Bliska, a professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Stony Brook University, has been elected as a fellow of AAAS' Section on Medical Sciences for his studies of disease-causing bacteria.
M. Bishr Omary, a professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Michigan, has also been elected as an AAAS fellow in Medical Sciences. Omary's work focuses on gastroenterology and cell biology.
Richard A. Padgett, a staff member of the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, has been recognized as a fellow of AAAS' Section on Biological Sciences for his research into gene regulation.

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Just over a year ago I tasted a couple of dozen clarets from 1996 and found them to be ripe, with classy fruit as well as good tannins and acidity. At the time I wrote “…high quality vintage with considerable cellaring potential. The wines as a group show very good balance and good structure. The merlot-dominated right bank wines also showed well I thought, though perhaps the fruit quality is better in the cabernet-based wines”. This was an interesting chance to re-assess the vintage, though only a few of the wines that were on tasting back in April 1999 were also included here. Those are indicated, with a link to the original note.
The tasting was not blind. .
This has a deep, dark ruby colour. Very claretty nose, distinctly cedary edge to deep plum fruit. Real Christmas cake aromas. Quite cool, classy fruit on the palate. This has a gamy quality too and lots of sinewy tannins. There is some creamy blackcurrant in there. The finish shows quite highish acidity, suggesting this might be better with food. Quite good value.
Quite a deep, vibrant ruby with warmth at rim. More new oak and a much riper quality of fruit. Much sweeter nose with more obviously ripe, concentrated fruit. Lots of blackcurrant and plum with chocolate and coffee bean nuances. Medium-bodied, there is a little leanness on the palate with firm, chewy tannins gripping the finish along with toasty oak, but just a touch austere? Has structure, so should come together, but a little awkward at the moment.
First bottle corked. Bright, dark ruby. Opaque core. Very dark cedar wood and creamy dark chocolate nose with dried fruit, prune aromas. Lots of spice too and there is a blackcurranty note in there. Palate shows much greater concentration of fruit than previous wine; much riper too with a blue/black character of bitter-edged plumskins and cherries. Very long with spice and sweet oak bolstered by ripe, chewy tannins. Very long. Fine and should cellar well.
Medium ruby colour, just gaining warmth. Nose a touch stalky. A bit dumb, with rather flabby fruit aromas though there’s a gamy, meaty quality too. On the palate more definitely lacking fruit with tannins dominating along with some old tasting, cedary oak. Hints of sweet fruit and game, but this is not very well balanced.
Very deep and dark ruby/crimson. Loaded with coffee bean, charry oak and tobacco on the nose. Little violet notes too and some blackcurrant and plum fruit. Nice fruit on the palate which is quite cool and classy with grippy tannins. Medium-bodied, it has pretty good balance with integrated acidity. Good value, and with a touch more fruit would have been excellent.
Second wine of Pichon-Baron. Very dark blackish/crimson colour. Sulphury bottle stink blows off (just about) to reveal a slightly rubbery, stewed black fruit. Not sure this isn’t mildly corked either? Palate has good weight, but again fruit quality is a bit baked. Grippy tannins and some dry, mineral and ash flavours. Not a convincing bottle.
Very dark ruby. Deep, dark toasted oak aromas, almost liquoricy. Beneath the fruit is slightly baked again, blackberry and spiced plum. Lots of concentration here. The fruit is dark and bitter-edged, but it is ripe and the acidity and firm, juicy tannins are balanced. Good length and purity into the finish. Very good.
Second wine of Léoville-Las-Cases. Medium/dark vibrant crimson/black. Restrained and elegant, classy nose with cedary, savoury oak but plenty of ripe blackcurrant fruit and a mineral quaity. Lovely sweetness of fruit on the palate. Very ripe, pure cassis, quite firm and grippy but also pure, juicy and fresh. Fine balance into a long, oak-infused finish which hints at a lovely future for this wine. Excellent.
Tarry, dense, blackish colour. Obviously huge extraction. Lots of charry new oak on the nose with pencil-shaving aromas adding savouriness to ripe, crunchy blackberry, damson and plum. Silky mouthfeel with a palate of sweet, dark, bittersweet fruit and liquorice. Firm tannins are gripping powerfully though acidity is moderate. Very good indeed.
Medium/deep ruby fading to orange at rim. Nose is a little rubbery, even slightly dank, with a hard cedariness that doesn’t have enough freshness of fruit to really balance. Better on the palate, still not displaying enough quality of fruit to be really enjoyable at present, but there are blackcurrant flavours as well as some coffeeish oak and pretty good length. I last tasted this wine a couple of years ago and enjoyed it a lot more then, so a confusing picture. Perhaps a slightly out of condition bottle.
Quite a deep glowing gold. Fine botrytis nose loaded with honeyed figs and notes of ripe melon and quince. There’s a lightness about the nose too, a flowery acacia hint, but then another layer is like butterscotch and caramel. On the palate this has fine melon fruit with a candied pineapple note and citrus flavours. Medium-bodied, and only medium sweet, there is also an intriguing aniseed note in the finish. Very elegant and fine. Very good.


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President Obama issued an Executive Order in January requiring federal agencies to ensure that regulations protect our safety, health and environment while at the same time promoting economic growth. Obama also ordered a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated or ineffective regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.
The formal order from the President puts federal agencies on notice that they must avoid “unreasonable burdens on business” when making new rules, as Obama put it in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal.
GAWDA Government Affairs Consultant Rick Schweitzer described each of these proposed regulations in an article that was in the Spring 2010 issue of WeldingAndGasesToday. Some of these proposals have already been passed. Others are pending.
Given that DOT regs are critically important to the business of GAWDA members, as well as the ones that provide many of our headaches, we may be able to help the agency get pointed in the right direction.
Check out the DOT feedback website and let your voice be heard.

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Simon Jay advises on all types of mergers and acquisitions, as well as joint ventures and restructurings.
He has represented both corporates and private equity funds on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions, often involving cross-border issues.
McCormick & Company in its $4.2 billion acquisition of the food business of British conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc.
Fidessa group plc in relation to the approximately £1.5 billion acquisition by takeover offer of Fidessa by Ion Capital.
The Coca-Cola Company on the combination of the businesses of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke to form Coca-Cola European Partners, creating the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products.
Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic in the joint acquisition from Banco Santander of a 50 percent stake in Santander Asset Management, and their subsequent divestment of that stake.
Funds managed by TPG in the public takeover of Prezzo and in connection with numerous transactions, including the acquisitions of TSL Education Group Limited, Mey İçki Sanayi ve Ticaret, British Vita, Debenhams, Findexa, and Gate Gourmet.
D’Ieteren in relation to the investment by funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in D’Ieteren’s subsidiary, Belron Group, owner of the Autoglass and Carglass business, valuing Belron at €3 billion, together with Belron on its management incentive plan.
Bekaert in the combination of its ropes and rope wire division with Bridon to form Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group.
HanesBrands in its expansion into Europe through the acquisition of DB Apparel from Sun Capital Partners.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the sale of its non-U.S. wealth management business to Julius Baer Group.
Sony in its acquisition of Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

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SPARTANBURG — When the Knights of Columbus look for a candidate for their youth of the year award, they look for strength of character and attention to duty. This year, Brendan O’Connell, 14, stood out from all the rest.
The rising ninth-grader from St. Paul the Apostle School already had a long list of accomplishments on his resume, but one in particular set him apart from his competitors.
Brendan managed to raise $10,000 to help a Cambodian orphanage pay for a new water treatment system.
“It was such a selfless act,” said Paul Kountz. “That’s what really made him stand out.” Kountz is a member of Council 6076, which chose Brendan as their youth of the year and then passed his name on to the state committee.
Brendan was recognized as the Knights of Columbus South Carolina Council Youth of the Year at an awards breakfast in Columbia May 6 and by the local council June 30.
Kountz said the young man went above and beyond his duty to community, which in this case extended across the globe.
Brendan visited the third-world country last summer with his father, Colman, and could not get the children he met out of his mind.
They may not have had any expectations, but they are about to receive $10,000. Brendan has already set another goal to raise money for an electric generator that will provide running water and lights for the orphans.
He said he didn’t do anything special to raise the money. Brendan just told people the story and asked for donations.
Kountz said his council was so impressed by the young man’s presentation that they donated $1,500 to the cause.
Brendan also received help from his grandparents, who “asked the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker” for donations, his grandmother, Aline O’Connell, said with a laugh.
His mother, Anne, said the trip to Cambodia changed Brendan’s view of the world even more than she imagined it would. He saw first-hand the reality of poverty and realized how much he has in material luxuries, she said.
“He always wants to do good, and I think this has really encouraged him,” she said.
Brendan’s principal and teachers also noticed a difference in him upon his return.
Lanthier is principal at St. Paul the Apostle, where Brendan was an honor student and officer on student council.
She said she will miss Brendan, who is moving on to high school this year, but she is sure he will do well.
As president of the St. Paul Chapter of the National Junior Beta Club, he led an effort to collect Christmas gifts for children at a local soup kitchen. He was a member of the school’s Battle of the Brains team, which is listed in the top eight among the 38 schools that compete. Brendan also is fluent in Spanish and earned a silver medal in that division of the Foreign Language Declamation at Clemson University in December 2006.
But Brendan is not all business. In fact, he is far from it, according to one teacher.
His grandmother also noted his wit. Aline said that her grandson had a tough time pronouncing the children’s names while he was at the orphanage, so he tagged them with basic American monikers like Jim, Joe and Jerry.
Aside from his ability to raise huge sums of money, Brendan is a typical boy who likes to hang out with friends, play video games and swim.
He said that is what he will be doing until the end of July, when he and his father will return to the orphanage in Cambodia. He will be 15 then and this time, his 13-year-old brother, Daniel, will go too. His sister, Christine, is 11 and is still too young for the trip, according to his mother. The whole family may travel to Cambodia together in a couple of years, however.
In the meantime, Brendan said he can’t wait to see the children again and dive into the wonderful food he remembered from his last adventure.


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Salad in a Jar is perfect to make ahead of time and take to work for lunch. This is an easy way to stay on track of eating healthy even while working. I even plan on making these for the summer to take to the pool with me. The most important thing to remember is to put your dressing on the bottom and your lettuce on the top so that your lettuce doesn’t become soggy. When it’s time for lunch all you have to do is give it a shake and pour it into your bowl or plate.
Use a gluten free salad or make your own with lemon juice, olive oil and garlic and this becomes a great Paleo lunch on the go! This is a great low carb option for lunch. Simply layer it with ingredients that are low carb and you are set! This would be perfect if you are following the Keto Diet.


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The Pokemon Company announced that the next installment of its core Pokemon RPG series is arriving in late 2019 on the Nintendo Switch. This core game, which was teased last year at E3, is not to be confused with Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee.
“Now today I can only tell you of it’s existence, but it’s another game we’re pouring all of our creativity into" said longtime Pokemon director, producer, and composer Junichi Masuda, who is directing the title.
"I hope you look forward to it while also enjoying Pokemon Quest and Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee."
The series will also "follow in the tradition of Pokemon X and Y and Pokemon Sun and Moon."
Masuda had no comment on if this core RPG will be compatible with Pokemon Let’s Go.
For more Pokemon news, make sure to check out everything we know about Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee and Let’s Go Pikachu, and how you can play the just launched Pokemon Quest on the Nintendo Switch. Let's Go Pikachu and Let's go Eevee are both available for preorder on Amazon.
Casey DeFreitas is an Editor at IGN and can’t wait for Gen 8. Catch her on Twitter @ShinyCaseyD.

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I can’t say I’ve ever known what normal feels like. I’ve never lived in one house for more than three years. I’ve never experienced a white Christmas, unless you count a white-sand beach. I know more about sailing, fencing, and Tae Kwon Do than I do American football. And wherever I go, I usually hear the words “warmer than usual” in reference to the weather.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve experienced my fair share of cold winters. One year, it snowed the week before Spring Break, and we got four days off, a pre-Spring Break break. I got so bored with not doing homework and finally gave in to joining the girls on my floor in a Lord of the Rings marathon.
Another time, we got a snow day at school, and my friends decided to walk downtown in the snow. It was a lovely several-mile walk, and we stopped for coffee. But the moment we set foot outside again, we couldn’t handle it. We called somebody else to come pick us up. My friends caught cold. I didn’t.
Maybe warm weather follows me around like it’s my superpower. Maybe I’ve just happened to live an unusual life. Either way, my time spent in England was no exception. I didn’t get burned the entire summer I spent in Italy, but I burned in England—in January. Perhaps it’s time to stop stereotyping winter as a perpetually snowy time with dreary days. After all, winter, like well-developed characters, can change from north of the equator and south of the equator, from country-to-country, and from day-to-day.
asking you if it’s not time to wake from a dreary doze.
or the scampering, trotting joy of the bulldog.
even as the sun rolls over and pulls the grey sheets back over his head.
Let’s chat! What kind of weather do you prefer, hot or cold? Summer or winter? Spring or fall? What’s the oddest, least-stereotypical day you’ve experienced?

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In the grand cosmos of the change universe, legal wording changes are easy, compared to brilliantly designing addictive user interfaces. Pinterest is learning that the hard way.
Pinterest has made 2 significant changes recently.
First, they changed their Personal Profile Page Layout.
Second, they’ve updated their Terms Of Service, (TOS).
How did they do? They got 1 right, and they got 1 wrong. Oddly enough, the laywer driven change was a good move, the artist/designer driven move to tweak the user interface was, if you listen to the user feedback coming in, really badly done.
TOS Change: Their original TOS included language that (unnecessarily) worried users, particularly photographers, that by uploading images to Pinterest, they became the full owner, and had discretion to use the images for commercial purposes. As a side-rant, anyone with even a shrimpy business brain would realize this was boiler plate language and never ‘intentionally’ included to allow them to do something sinister. So the new TOS clarifies this issue. Fine.
And if you really want a deep dive into the negative sentiment, check out the TechCrunch articles on the Pinterest change, and read the comments. They are overwhelming negative.
In this case, I’m afraid the roles have been reversed. The lawyers did some unique & beautiful work, and the design team copied a bit too much.
But please know, I’m an Insane Pinterest fanatic. I think their design team is brilliant, and they are creating a new & beautiful social platform. I offer these comments with both respect and admiration for what they’ve built.


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Just regular folks.: Christmas, christmas!
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We all know that this time of year is filled with family-time, celebrations and traditions that are typically centered around food. Research has shown that the average person gains about 1 pound each holiday season. That may not sound like much, but research also shows that most people never lose their added weight. So over the years, these pounds can add up.
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In a large bowl, mix the potatoes with the onions. Wrap mixture in paper towels and squeeze out all liquid over large bowl. Potato starch will settle to bottom of the bowl. Slowly pour off and discard liquid in the bowl and reserve the potato starch.
In large bowl, combine potato mixture, egg whites, onions, salt and pepper to taste, and reserved potato starch. Coat a nonstick skillet with olive oil and cooking spray and heat skillet over medium-high heat.
With your hands, press together about 2 tablespoons of potato mixture; place in skillet and flatten with wide metal spatula. Repeat with remaining potato mixture. Cook the latkes about 8 minutes, turning once, until browned on both sides.
Steam green beans to cook. Drain and toss the green beans in butter, nutmeg, and salt & pepper.
Spray a large pot with cooking spray. Heat over medium heat until hot. Add turkey ham and cook for 2-3 minutes, turning occasionally. Add the collards, broth, garlic, onion powder, pepper flakes, black pepper to taste, and vinegar to taste. Cover. Cook 2 ½ hours, stirring occasionally.
Wash sweet potatoes, pat dry, and place in oven on bottom rack.
Prepare crumble topping by placing all ingredients in a bowl. Using a fork or the back of a spoon, mash ingredients together until all are well incorporated and hold together in small clusters. Reserve.
Bake potatoes for approximately 40 to 60 minutes until soft to the touch when pinched. Roasting will allow the sugar in the potato to caramelize naturally. Remove potatoes from oven and allow to cool before removing skins.
Place warm sweet potato flesh in a mixing bowl. Add yogurt, vanilla, and salt.
Whip using wire whip attachment on medium speed for about 1 minute. Scrape sides down and turn to high and whip for about 30 seconds until all of the yogurt is incorporated in potatoes.
Prepare glass or ceramic 2qt baking dish by covering surface with cooking spray. Scoop potato mixture into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle crumble evenly across top of potatoes. Lightly spray with cooking spray. Place in hot oven at 350˚F for about 40 to 50 minutes to heat potatoes. The topping should be lightly browned. Remove pan from oven and serve.
In a small bowl, combine the flaxseed and the water, mixing well. Set aside.
In a large bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder, and spices. Mix in the almond meal.
In a medium bowl, beat together the agave nectar, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in almonds. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough in half. On a well-floured surface, shape each half into a log. Transfer the logs to your prepared baking sheet. Pat down the tops of each log so that they are flattened a little. There should be at least 3 inches between each log.
Bake the logs for 30 minutes; remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes.
Transfer the logs one at a time to a cutting board and slice the logs into 1/4 inch slices. Transfer the slices back to the baking sheet and bake them for 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.


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Thisbe (The Listener) - John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading him to have gained the moniker of "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists, his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.
As told by the Ovid, This story is similar to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
It takes place in ancient Babylon, where these two children grew up in a one-room house that was connected to the other. Over the years, they fell in love with each other, but could only talk through a hole in their wall because their parents refused them to see each other.
Finally, Pyramus got fed up with his parents and so did Thisbe. They decided to run off one night and elope. Pyramus gave Thisbe the location of the place they would meet, and they agreed.
Thisbe was the first to arrive at the first Mulberry bush outside of the city, but as she was waiting, a lioness walked by with her jaws covered in blood from a previous kill that day. Thisbe, frightened at her sight, ran non-stop to the nearest cave. Soon after, Pyramus walked by and saw a cloak, his love gift to her, covered in blood and torn to pieces with the footprints of the lioness left behind. He immediately thought that his only love had been killed by a hungry lion, and unsheathed his sword (her love gift to him), letting the cold, hard steel pierce his broken heart. Thisbe, bringing courage to her heart, ran back and found her only love lying on the ground next to the blood-covered Mulberry bush with his sword impaling his chest.
She gasped in horror as she asked the still breathing Pyramus what happened. Barely able to stay awake, he told her what happened and she cried in sorrow. She took Pyramus' blood-stained sword and asked him to wait for her while she brought the blade into her own soft flesh. Thus they died together, in love and peace.
John William Waterhouse was born in Rome to British parents on 6 April, 1849. Both of his parents were painters, and he lived there, absorbing the culture, the history and a love of art for the first six years of his life.
Waterhouse studied only under his father until he entered the Royal Academy in 1870. His first attempts to gain admission to the RA were rejected, but he finally did gain admittance in the school of sculpture under the sponsorship of Pickersgill. Pickersgill, a painter himself, encouraged young Waterhouse to return his attention to painting. Waterhouse was also greatly influenced by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, whose love of classical backgrounds and Roman history and legends greatly appealed to him.
Waterhouse is often associated with the Pre-Raphaelites because of his approach to painting and his love of myth and classical history. In truth though, Waterhouse is very much a classical painter. Waterhouse became ARA (Associate of the Royal Academy) in 1885, and RA (Full Academician) in 1895.
Waterhouse's distinctively romantic approach to the femme fatale (La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Hylas and the Nymphs) and the abandoned heroine (Ophelia, Meriamne, The Lady of Shallot) appealed greatly to the masses, but his academic and technical skill commanded the respect of his both his peers and critics. He was regarded so highly, in fact, by his peers that The Enchanted Garden was exhibited posthumously at the Academy even though it was never finished.
John Waterhouse died on 10 February, 1917 after a long illness. His influence can be seen in the work of Sir Frank Dicksee, Arthur Hacker, and Herbert James Draper.


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Two days in one as yesterday was a travel day (from Jeju Island back to Seoul) and we didn't get a chance to take a lot of photos. After we landed we visited the Sungnyemun Gate near our hotel.
On our way back to the hotel we wandered across a closed market for clothes. Instead of taking all the clothes back inside at the end of the day, they just wrap them in plastic covers and call it a day.
Our final full day of the trip started out with a cup of coffee and a sandwich. After this breakfast we took the subway to the World Cup Stadium.
The World Cup Stadium is surrounded by beautiful parks, one of them is "Haneul Park", a former trash dump.
From this park it's possible to visit other parks in the neighborhood, they are all connected. This other park is a former water treatment facility called "Seonyudo Park".
The basins of the former facility are now used for floating botanic gardens and other plants.
From this bridge it was back to the nearest subway stop to head to the hotel for some freshening up before dinner.


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Seattle IT, meet Ada Developers Academy. A perfect match.
Since February of this year, Seattle IT has had the privilege of working with its first group of interns from Ada Developers Academy.
For those who don’t know, Ada Developers Academy is a Seattle-based program for women and nonbinary individuals who want to pursue a career as software developers, but do not have a traditional background in computer science. The highly competitive year-long program provides students the skills, experience, and community support to become professional software developers. Students spend half the year in class and half in a carefully matched internship.
Ada’s mission is to change the face of the technology industry one software developer at a time.
Seattle IT’s Ada interns have varied and distinctly untechnical pre-Seattle IT lives. In her former life, Karin Kubischta was a product manager at Amazon. After 10 years there, she needed a change and realized she would much rather “make” things than “plan” them. “I feel like a magician now,” she said. “It’s a really good feeling of accomplishment.” Karin is working with the Open Data team building a one-stop shop for all the open data sets. She is using an ASP.NET MVC web application that replaces the ODSF (Open Data Submission Form) and Dataset Inventory Spreadsheet for the Open Data Team’s intake process. It uses an MSSQL database to store information about open datasets that each department has identified and is planning on publishing, allowing for better tracking of datasets throughout the publishing process. Her project is in QA right now, and will be rolled out to department data champions during the first few weeks of June. Her supervisor is David Doyle and she’s mentored by Gwen Goetz.
Maddie Johnson, a math major who turned into a grant writer for a Boston non-profit, is now working with the Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) team creating an application to make the process of permitting a house a more interactive experience. Maddie works under Dani Priest and is mentored by Julie Gephart. Her project is to create an interactive and visual way for people to learn about the permits they need for their house construction and renovations. The goal is to have a diagram of a house and users can click on the different sections and icons. SDCI received feedback that users would prefer a more visual site, so this aligns with that request. Maddie is building it using C# to build a .Net API with data being stored in a SQL Server Database and an AngularJS front end. Fun fact: Before her Ada Developers Academy experience, Maddie feared computers!
This brings us to Allison Hoke. Allison has a MS in counseling and was working as a mental health counselor in Ohio before attending Ada. While she was always drawn to logical and analytical problem solving, her career path, like many women, went the caregiving route. “I was guiding people on their journey to an authentic life when I realized I was ignoring my own. I was missing intellectual stimulation, which I found in droves when I switched career paths.” Allison is working with the SDOT GIS team — Suzi Brunzell is supervising and Paul Youm, Michael Wypyszinski, and Brandon Ha are mentoring — creating a Web API that will route pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the city. The API considers a user’s unique barriers to travel and provides a route that best suits their needs and preferences. For example, a bicyclist may want to avoid streets with a steep slope. She hopes to have the project as close to complete as possible at the end of the internship – at which point another developer will be able to create a user-facing application that will deliver the results from the API in a user-friendly way.


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Due to the prevailing climatic features of the state of Florida, such as the extremely high air temperature and strong gusty winds, fires become a very serious threat both to the ecosystem of the region and to the local population. In addition, the extinguishing of such fires is extremely challenging and requires considerable material and human resources. Damage from such a disaster can be calculated in thousands of dollars.
Today, Red Flag warning for Tallahassee, FL was issued. Now the temperature in Tallahassee is 20°C with zero wind speed.
Red Flag Warning: What Is It and What Is the Danger?
Red Flag warning is the special weather alert that is issued by the governmental meteorological agency in a case when there is a high probability of dry winds and low humidity. This alert is frequently used for the regions with the dry and warm climate, like Florida, the USA. For the residents of the region, this means that there is a high probability of fire so this is strongly recommended not to deal with potentially hazardous sources of ignition during the warning.
Do not leave glass bottles, cans or glass fragments in the rest area – this can become an incendiary lens and thus cause a fire.
We strongly recommend you to be careful when you are aware of the upcoming severe weather and remember that your life and safety are the most important things.

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To experience the full effect of the installation please use a blindfold, or at the very least close your eyes and do not open them until you are done listening. Listen in a gallery-like space or library (where you will be safe while blindfolded) through an mp3 player or on a computer. And use the best headphones available. Wait to read the essay until after you have heard the piece and formed your own opinions. When you are through, please leave comments.
The Whole World Blind is a self-contained ethnographic sound performance/ installation/ soundwalk.1 Blindfolded and wearing headphones, the audience listens to a narrative loop of a curator describing a slide show of war photography. The unidentified photographs used in the project are from actual museum shows of war photographs taken from the Second World War to the present. The Whole World Blind premiered at Soundwalk, an annual sonic art event held in Long Beach, California, in October of 2011, and was also exhibited in Berlin, Germany, in December 2011 and at SomArts in San Francisco, California, in 2012 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
Departing from the idea that seeing is believing and moving toward the notions offered in Virginia Woolf’s Three Guineas and Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others—namely that visuals often mislead if not outright lead to complacency, and even engender disaster—The Whole World Blind aims to “see” visuals, to understand them and produce them in the mind’s eye through a narrative description from recent and ongoing wars without “looking,” and implicitly asks: Do war photographs do more harm than good? Do we need explicit photographs of suffering and death in order for us to act, to speak out against the violence we see, to donate money or shelter to those we see suffering, in short, to respond actively and positively to the world around us? Or, do these photographs incite more violence than they can ever relieve? What happens when they get moved from newspapers to art galleries?
This brings us back to the original question, What will we do with this visual information? If we do nothing, are we then simply guilty of voyeurism? Once these images begin to inhabit our minds, especially at the ever-increasing rate afforded by digital media, we move farther and faster away from any intimate connection to the subject depicted, the individual, the human being. Then what do we do with this excess, with these ocular ghosts that float and clot our vision? Are we dealing with these war photographs as art because we can’t deal with the real issue, which is that we have death, destruction, and blood on our hands? Can we really alleviate pain by looking at it?6 What are the confines of social responsibility, and what are the limits of the visual?
Theorists of photography have described and warned us of the problem of the proliferation of violent images, but often without offering a solution. While researching images in Iran, I encountered a possible solution deep within the Sufi mystical traditions that view worldly images as potentially dangerous and misleading and “inner images” as vehicles for liberation from the violence of the material world. Mystics urge us to go within, to cultivate silence, beauty, and compassion. The first step toward liberation from the violence of the image is to become aware of the place these photographs have inhabited in our mind’s eye, and then to somehow meditate them away. I wasn’t sure if it could help us relieve the ocular overload, but I wanted to give the meditative possibility a try. My method is akin to hypnosis: “lull and shock,” in stark contrast to “shock and awe.”7 It’s my contention that the greatest pinnacle of vision emerges from blindness, just as the loudest message is born in silence. To this end, the listener must feel the visual, what Roland Barthes calls the punctum, and to my surprise they do.
It puts your mind to work, being forced to experience actual feelings about the events—to visualize with your mind and go through every detail without seeing but instead feeling.
A catalog of images remembered from newspapers or the evening TV news program—we keep them in our memory like a checklist. Hearing rather than glancing at our checklist sharpens us again.
Leaving a notebook for the audience to comment, anonymously or not, on the photographs speaks to how iconic these particular photographs have become in the past few years. Are these photos recognizable, and do they have the same effect on the viewer when we remove the visual, but keep the cultural frame intact? What can we sense about mortality and morality—about war—when we allow ourselves to be blinded? When we are forced to listen and imagine? When we stop privileging visuality and heighten our sense of sound? Can it tame the violent subject matter of the art? Will the blindfolds create a sense of imbalance, of vulnerability that will give the subjects in the photographs equal footing with those who are watching them? In short, can they change the power dynamic between the viewer and the viewed? Can blindness lead us to a new kind of vision that would open a space for peace, love, and beauty? The sound work loops through a history of the present moment to bring us back to our original question: is seeing believing?
The disjunction between the blindfold as a primary instrument of torture and as an enabling “blind” (releasing the subject from “spectacle” ) was troubling. Gradually the tension between “resonance” (the bell, the football, the “sound” [rather than the semantics] of passing speech) and the spoken narrative (i.e., the responses to photography) resulted in a disabling of the spoken as well as of the seen … I “wobbled” in my senses.
This work is, foremost, a social act, a form of activism; the hope is that the work will educate through awareness, knowledge, and action. This work had to be action-based, performative, and it had to involve the audience. The piece is about “showing” people what they don’t see, and in order to do this I had to use unconventional methods. Many have already beautifully theorized the relationship between seeing and violence and come to the conclusion that images lie and lull us into complacency; we’ve read this, but have we really felt it, and will doing so make a difference—will engaging the senses and the body in a new way make the point stronger?
The experience taught me how easy it is to be complacent with violence. Even with all my other senses turned off I had to concentrate to really see what was being described in my head. It was unsettling, even though I didn’t know exactly what images were being described, the images that my own mind produced scared me … when the cell phones were going off I stopped paying attention to the description. It made me think of how all the distractions of my day-to-day life allow me to escape, be blind to the violence affecting other parts of the world.
According to Cardiff, we live in two parallel realities: the images given to us—by the media or our surrounding environment—and a sense of things that are happening far outside of our bodies. What happens when the visual deluge is over—those descriptions, those things that we have seen continue to echo through our minds? When there is censorship, when the body is paralyzed? When there are no cameras, only sound?
And why use found sound? When anthropologist Jean Rouch showed his film Hippopotamus Hunt to the hunters that were its subject (a practice he called “shared anthropology”), they objected to the music he added to hunting scenes on the grounds that it would scare away the hippos.
There is immediacy, an authenticity that is lacking in what is supposed to be the most real medium—the visual medium—that can only be overcome by the voice.
Perhaps it’s the hippos that led me to stick entirely to found sound in this work. Why not, for example, use the sounds of war: loud bangs and bombs? They’re too universal, too obvious; they move us into an all-too-familiar realm where we can easily stop listening and return to a rote understanding of our environment.13 Besides, everything seems different when we hear about atrocities from a soft voice, a woman’s voice.14 Cardiff explains, “At the same time the recorded voice is removed and has a sense of past that a real voice doesn’t, so it can actually get closer to the audience through that removal. They feel safe being intimate with a removed voice.” There is immediacy, an authenticity that is lacking in what is supposed to be the most real medium—the visual medium—that can only be overcome by the voice.
It was a complete mind trip.
I forgot I was wearing headphones and immediately looked in the direction from which I heard the noises and all this despite the fact that I was wearing a blindfold the whole time.
A lack of sight heightens awareness of self.
… scared and afraid of not being able to run … the images in my imagination were becoming more and more real.
… voice appears from unexpected directions, catching the already blind and unbalanced listener off guard.
The sense of physicality is heightened not only because of a lack of visual and sound referents to war but also due to the tactility of the long black blindfolds reminiscent of those worn by prisoners of war, coupled with the binaural audio that comes at the listener like a missile and in a space that feels like a bomb shelter or a prison. These all contribute to a sense of the psychological and physical space of war without using the usual visual and auditory tactics.
The visual space one enters before putting on the blindfold sets up a sense of emptiness—be it the emptiness a meditator aspires to or that of a prison cell or an abandoned war trench. I didn’t have any expectations or demands of the gallery space, save that it be quiet and safe. And yet, by chance, the first space in Long Beach (where the whole idea of Soundwalk was to take over a large urban space for a night) was derelict and looked bombed-out from disuse. The spaces in both California and Berlin had nothing on the walls and were small enough that not much more than a small crowd could fit comfortably. In Long Beach, there was a line out the door all night, heightening the sense of an event, whereas Berlin was quiet and intimate. And yet the comments from both audiences were very similar because it was quite clear that the physical space was completely overtaken by the psychic space.
One thing that photography can’t do that sound can is produce a rhythm. Cinema does this through sound and moving images. It wasn’t something I thought would effect the gallery-goers when I wrote the piece, and yet it’s obvious from the poetic responses that people were responding to the rhythm of the piece.
… Soon the Malaise dissipated and I can appreciate the aural artistry, visions coming and going from my mind like a butterfly lazily fluttering about a meadow, quite beautiful.
Waiting, waiting for the bell. The signal to breathe, to open, to focus on the words, to enjoy the pure sound of the bell.
One person simply commented: image of dark. Which may just say it all.

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Hi everyone this is my first post. I am going on a cruise next week to the Caribbean and I want to take a waterproof camera with me. I am stuck between getting the.
Please can someone help me deiced on which of those two camera's is the better choice.:mad2: I keep going back n forth between the two.
Both cameras seem to be very similar in specifications, but there seems to very little if any performance info out there for either cameras. Hopefully someone here will have some hands on experience with either cameras. If not, pick the one that feels good in your hand.