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Why do authoritarians want policies so many other people find extreme?
Let’s say for the sake of argument that Vox is on to something. Specifically, when it comes to Donald Trump. On March 1 the site published an article by Amanda Taub taking an in-depth look at research suggesting support for Trump was strongly correlated with a tendency to authoritarianism. The piece must have struck a nerve, since it’s provided grist for think-pieces across the political spectrum. Although the technical academic definition of “authoritarian” Taub used was ignored in many of the columns her story inspired.
Not everyone agreed with the piece. For example, The Washington Post published an article by a different pair of researchers, professors of political science Wendy Rahn and Eric Oliver, arguing that Trump voters are characterized less by authoritarianism than by populism. Trump’s followers are more authoritarian than not, say Rahn and Oliver, but compare them to followers of other Republican and Democratic candidates and you’ll find they’re not as authoritarian as Ted Cruz followers. So, objections to Taub’s article aside, if authoritarianism, in the technical sense, is a factor in the 2016 race, what does that mean? What are we talking about when we talk about authoritarianism?
Matthew MacWilliams, a PhD student at UMass Amherst, was one of the scientists Taub referred to in her article. In a piece a week earlier for Vox, MacWilliams wrote: “When political scientists use the term authoritarianism, we are not talking about dictatorships but about a worldview. People who score high on the authoritarian scale value conformity and order, protect social norms, and are wary of outsiders. And when authoritarians feel threatened, they support aggressive leaders and policies.” Saying Trump voters are authoritarian, then, isn’t saying they aren’t also racist or aren’t also reacting to a collapsed economy or aren’t also any number of other things. It’s an explanation of why some people react a certain way when their friends and neighbours in similar situations don’t. It’s an underlying attitude. But what underlies authoritarianism?
To MacWilliams, it’s fear. In his Vox piece he referred to Trump’s rhetoric as having “activated” authoritarians living in fear of terrorism, and cited two other political scientists, Marc Hetherington and Elizabeth Suhay, whose work suggested some non-authoritarians could act like authoritarians when they felt threatened. When they were in fear. MacWilliams found voters (in South Carolina, at least) were more likely to support Trump the more they feared terrorism, and reflected that a successful terrorist attack would likely increase support for Trump—because it would increase fear in the electorate.
MacWilliams also made another observation, almost in passing: “Regular, weekly church attendance… predicted a statistically significant and substantive opposition to Trump.” He didn’t pursue this point any further, ending his article with a paragraph warning that authoritarian attitudes are becoming more prominent in American politics. But it seems to me he may have stumbled on a solution, if a long-term solution, to the rise of authoritarianism.
And most writers looking at this research are indeed looking for a solution, appalled at the policies authoritarians support. Among those policies, according to Taub: American military intervention against “threatening” countries, national ID cards, new powers for the government to eavesdrop on phone calls, extra security checks on airplane passengers who appear to be Middle Eastern, and amending the Constitution to bar citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Restriction of freedoms, racism, discrimination on the basis of religion—passing these ideas into law would radically transform the country in ways most non-authoritarians find repugnant.
Why do authoritarians want policies so many other people find extreme? Taub refers to the work of Karen Stenner, who in her 2005 book The Authoritarian Dynamic argued that some people have (in Taub’s words) “latent authoritarian tendencies” which “can be triggered… by the perception of physical threats or by destabilizing social change, leading those individuals to desire policies and leaders that we might more colloquially call authoritarian.” Hetherington disagrees, believing that the perception of threat only leads people who were always authoritarian to express those attitudes more openly. Either way, this is what MacWilliams was saying about some of Trump’s authoritarian followers being “activated” by fear of terrorism.
That means they act politically like authoritarians, and, as Taub describes it: “authoritarians prioritize social order and hierarchies, which bring a sense of control to a chaotic world. Challenges to that order—diversity, influx of outsiders, breakdown of the old order—are experienced as personally threatening because they risk upending the status quo order they equate with basic security.” Suhay’s research suggests that non-authoritarians need to fear an immediate physical threat before they start acting like authoritarians, not just social change; but the point is, once the world gets scary enough, everybody can become an authoritarian. And, one way or another, the science suggests a deep connection between fear and authoritarianism.
Most of the articles I’ve seen inspired by Taub’s Vox piece have used her work or MacWilliams’ work to stigmatize Trump as the embodiment of a problem in American political discourse. This misses the point. Just saying that Trump is bad because he appeals to authoritarians doesn’t actually diminish his appeal. If you want to eliminate the influence of authoritarians, you have to eliminate what drives them. You have to eliminate their fear. If nothing else, fear is a problem because it’s fundamentally irrational, and Trump’s playing on that to run an irrational campaign. Look at Trump’s promise of a wall all along the Mexican border. Don’t think of it as a realistic policy proposal; after all, there’s nothing realistic about it. Think of it as a neurotic fantasy, a comforting dream-image. The wall keeps the scary outside world at bay. It’s a soothing symbol, defensive and aggressive at the same time. The appeal of Trump does not lie in what he can or will do. It’s in his ability to make grand promises. His ability to reassure people he can be just as tough and mean as the outside world, only in their service. His ability to provoke authoritarians’ fears—and then present himself as the salvation from that fear.
That’s Trump’s game. Raise fears. Then calm them. The question is: if authoritarians are afraid, is there a healthier way to remove fear than what Trump’s offering? I suspect so. I think this is where MacWilliams’ finding that church attendance correlated with opposition to Trump comes into play. I don’t mean that I think turning to God will take away authoritarians’ fear. Maybe it would, maybe it wouldn’t, but either way I think something else is going on. MacWilliams wasn’t talking about belief in God. He was talking about regular church attendance. Which means being part of a congregation. Part of a community.
The research on fear and authoritarianism suggests that authoritarians fear social change. Fear the transformation of the society they think they know. And they fear other societies, other people from other places; they fear their government can’t keep them safe. That’s Trump’s constituency. And he’s built on that by hammering on how dangerous the world is, using fear to draw in people—perhaps, if MacWilliams’ research on regular churchgoing is to be believed, people who have no community to reassure them that the world isn’t, after all, really that scary.
Trump offers them the community they’re missing. A hierarchy, with himself at the top. He’s offering them the myth of a golden age, the irrational belief in a time when things were better; when America was great, when it was a community his voters understood. That community never really existed. It’s an archetype, another dream-image he’s promising to make real: to rebuild the past in the future, a new community for everybody who follows him and does what he says. Fear isn’t rational.
Look again at what the research says about authoritarians. About the desire for hierarchy, for control, for security. There’s a sense in which that’s what you get from a sense of community—an understanding of how the world works. Perhaps a hierarchy, but certainly a sense of being a part of something larger than oneself. Security among people one can trust. If we’re seeing a rise in American authoritarianism, that may just mean we’re seeing a passing-away of a certain sense of American community.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing; it might simply mean that America’s sense of itself is changing to become more reflective of reality. But whether it’s good or bad, it’s inspiring fear and therefore authoritarianism, creating an opening for Trump to talk up his own ideas about what the American community should be like—walled-in, violent, and paranoid. Is there a better way to calm the fear of the people he’s talking to? Yes, certainly. Enunciate a better idea of community. Get people to buy into it, establish that there’s a place for everyone, and the fear driving authoritarianism might subside.
Two problems, even if all this is right. First, the authoritarians in fear might be afraid of any kind of equitable community—do they want a fairer world, or just one that works for them personally? And how do you get them to accept the difference? Second, more importantly, this is a long-term strategy. Building a community on the scale of an entire country, especially a large country, takes time. I don’t see how it’s possible to do that by the time of the general election, never mind the Republican convention.
But you can make a start. You can act to calm people down. You can reject Trump’s implied argument that the world is something to fear. Assuming Trump or Cruz get the Republican nomination, assuming they keep mobilizing a following of authoritarians, the best move for the Democratic candidate might simply be to tell everybody to relax.
'cause if they didn't, they wouldn't be authoritarian.

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Casting Researcher Sylvia Lee has sent information to BCFamily.ca about a Lower Mainland casting call for TV show Buying and Selling with the Property Brothers.
If you are planning to sell your detached home and are open to being filmed for a TV show, you can send your contact details using the information included below.
If you’re not preparing to sell your home, consider sharing a link to this page on Social Media. You never know – one of your friends or colleagues might be a perfect fit.
My name is Sylvia and I’m currently casting in the greater Vancouver area for a new TV show called ‘Buying and Selling’ with the Property Brothers. We are looking for families who are selling their home. We want to find properties that may benefit from a FREE staging and makeover, and the idea is to help them speed up the sale and increase it’s market value. This is completely free and we aim to film in the spring and summer of 2013.
We are casting families who are currently residing in the home they want to sell. If you have a detached home that is over 2,000 sq ft then please see our casting notice below and contact us for more information.
Property Brothers on Urban Rush (vide0 link) with Michael Eckford and Fiona Forbes.

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Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction.
His works veered from figuration to pure abstraction and was considered a masterful colorist. He was awarded the Turner prize in 1985, and was knighted in 1992.

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Kati is passionate about immigration, female founders, and gluten free food. As an early former employee of Airbnb, she left the company in November of 2017 after 6.5 years to pursue her own venture, Piña Colada SF, to create meaningful connections between groups of six like-minded singles over great food.
I have always had an entrepreneurial urge and dreamed about starting my own business. However, after finishing business school, I first joined a startup incubator in Germany and then stumbled across a small travel startup from San Francisco: Airbnb. I learned a lot during my 6.5 years at Airbnb, especially working on the launch and growth of Airbnb Experiences. I am applying these learnings to my new business Piña Colada SF by designing better dating experiences for singles who are tired of swiping through creating meaningful offline connections over food.
I wanted to move to the US ever since I spent a summer as an intern in DC in 2008. I participated in the Green Card lottery eight times and eventually won it. This enabled me to move to San Francisco on my own terms and allowed me to leave my employer to start my own business.
User engagement and feedback motivates me the most. At the current stage of Piña Colada, I am almost able to memorize my users, come up with great matches for them and am exciting to hear back from everyone after each dinner.
When a previous manager and friend asked me whether I am dreaming to live or living the dream, I knew it was time for me to leave Airbnb. Being in my mid 30s -- especially as a woman -- I knew, I had to dive into entrepreneurship now.
Trust your gut, listen to your users and do not be too shy to ask your network for help.
We need to pay forward and focus especially on women. Whenever someone asks me for a recommendation for a job or a speaker, I nominate at least 50% women, and ideally 100% women. When I hire someone or work with partners, I am also looking for women and women owned and operated businesses. In addition to pushing women, intersectionality is very important, eg. being inclusive of race, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status etc. in addition to gender.
Being able to make a living with my passion of connecting people offline over great food: Piña Colada SF.
I am pretty good at getting sh*t done. In the morning, I usually revisit my top three priorities and cross them off the list asap. Even when there are tasks I am not particularly excited about, I turn off the nagging switch in my brain, get started and get them over with.
My fun fact and biggest stroke of luck was winning the Green Card lottery.
I like Emma Watson and her activism for fellow women across the globe. I also have female mentors who are role models to me in terms of how they started their own businesses and are managing a great work-life-balance.
Connect with Kati on Instagram and Twitter, and find Piña Colada SF on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

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When I met LB over a year ago, I felt like we were kindred spirits. This past weekend we found out that his close relative is buried in the same cemetery as my sister, not too far apart (distance wise) although there’s a 22 year span between their physical deaths. I drove in, found his relative’s section (we were looking at numbered sign posts that aren’t organized in any intuitive manner), and unknowingly parked right near the plot.
I stopped sharing deets about LB a minute ago (on purpose), but I’m on the train reading a book wherein a woman is telling a story about meeting a man she felt an instant connection to. And so I’m reminded about the events of one year ago, and about the unfolding this past weekend.
Do you mind that I’m sharing? TMI?
No! Please share! It’s making me think of my connections with some people and how we put it all together.
Share away. I love hearing good personal stories.
Ashley, I don’t think your blog is set up to accept comments. I just tried.
Hmm that’s weird. I have a few comments from today from other people. Click on my latest post and scroll down to the bottom. What does it say for you?
I only see the option to “like” the post, but not comment. Are your other commenters WordPress bloggers too?
Okay when I open your blog in my mobile browser, I can comment by filling in the fields (name, email, etc) but through my WordPress app I cannot. Unsure if the issue is just on my end.
Hm that is strange. I might check some settings or coding issues. Thanks for letting me know.

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Feloutzis, A; Lang, N P; Tonetti, M S; Bürgin, W; Brägger, U; Buser, D; Duff, G W; Kornman, K S (2003). IL-1 gene polymorphism and smoking as risk factors for peri-implant bone loss in a well-maintained population. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 14(1):10-17.
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People that know about Objectivism! I have so many questions, and promise I will be a great student.
Well, learning as much as I can about Ayn Rand and Objectivism, obviously. I don't know much yet, but I just finished the Fountainhead, and it was amazing. Maybe you can guess I liked it from my name!
I love tennis, running, swimming and the gym. But my main love is cooking (which tends to balance out with all the sport). There is nothing I love more than spending hours cooking something wonderful. I also like reading, discussing, and being in nature!
Awesome! I just wanted to be the first to say that you are awesome.
Just beginning Atlas Shrugged! This is going to be an amazing voyage!
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See the WPLL’s announcement of their 2019 season’s games being aired on the ESPN Networks, today’s top video and more!
The details: Michael.c.burrows posted this video to his Instagram account of some laxers that needed to get some reps in at the field. No transportation? No problem for these clever kids.
The bottom line: When you gotta lax, you gotta lax.
The details: The WPLL has announced that their regular season and playoff games are to be aired on the ESPN Networks. Regular season games will be aired on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. The league’s championship game will be aired on ESPNU on Sunday, July 28.
Bottom line: Big news for our friends at the WPLL. It’s great to see women’s lacrosse having incredible growth.
The details: Saskatchewan Rush head coach and general manager Derek Keenan, and Toronto Rock head coach Matt Sawyer join hosts Jake Elliott and Evan Schemenauer on the X-Treme Threads Lacrosse Classified podcast. Included is another edition of the sensation that is sweeping the nation, Stampede Tack’s #WhoYaGot!
The bottom line: Another can’t miss episode as always.
The details: Get Powell Lacrosse’s Switchback Player Pack for $25-to-$30 off the marked price. You receive a new Switchback Complete Stick in the configuration of your choice and a pair of Switchback Gloves (read our review here).
The bottom line: Act now on this great deal while you can.

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The 26th Annual South East Clare Show is scheduled for Sunday, July 10th at Bridgetown Show grounds Co. Clare; only 15 minutes drive from Limerick. A guaranteed enjoyable day out for families and friends.
A perfect Summer evening on Friday last encouraged a great turnout of the local community & Show sponsors Citroën Dealerships in Co. Clare, O’Sullivan & Hansbury Ltd based in Ennis, and Co. Limerick, Clareview Car Sales located on the Ennis Road to participate in the South East Clare Show Launch.
Miss Limerick 2016, Aoife McNamara was also in attendance for the photo opportunities on the evening.
South East Clare Show has chosen Milford Care Centre as charity of choice for the Show date, Sunday, July 10th . Sr. Phyllis Donlon & Cathy Sheehan, was present to represent Milford Care Centre.
Sponsor of the All Ireland Filly Championship on Show Day, Orchard Equestrian Ltd, was also represented .
The 26th Annual South East Clare Show at Bridgetown Show grounds introduces some additional activity for families, children and patrons both in the leisure and competitive capacity. Be greeted on arrival to the show by the Garda Mounted Unit!
With a total prize fund of €20,000 and more than 2,500 equestrian, cattle and Horticultural entries expected, the 2016 Show will draw thousands of people to watch feature classes such as Cavan Equestrian Centre Elite Sales Qualifier & Millstreet Qualifier 2016 for young horses, Champion of Champions in the Limousin Pedigree Cattle Section.
The South East Clare Show is chosen venue to host this year’s All- Ireland Yearling Filly Championship in the Horse Showing section, attracting pre qualified entrants and enthusiasts nationwide.
The Show will have something for everyone, including a comprehensive programme of children’s entertainment including bouncy castles, mobile pet farm and many dog showing classes- perfect for the family pet.
A Magic show from 2pm – 3pm and free face painting will be available for the children .
year including live cooking, local produce and gift ideas.
Be in with a chance to win Best Dressed Lady- this year has an amazing 1st prize from The Otto Clinic, Limerick, win an amazing treatment from the leading experts in Munster for skin rejuvenation.
Bring the family along with a chance to enter in the Bonnie Baby or little Miss Competition at 2pm.
This year has also introduced a fashion competition for the expectant Mummy!
A selection of Vintage cars & tractors will be on display. East Clare Harriers Hunt will be parading the hounds at 3pm in the main jumping arena; do not miss the beautiful spectacle and selection of two and four wheel traditional driving carriages and horses.
South East Clare Show has chosen Milford Care Centre as charity of choice for the Show date, Sunday, July 10th. The Show Committee look forward to presenting a donation post Show date into this community which touches the hearts of so many people.

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The Indian entertainment industry, as well as users in India, is embracing video-on-demand services because of a large number of over-the-top (OTT) service providers – both domestic and international. A leading factor for this engagement is the swift increase in the adoption of 4G, highlights a report by analytics firm GlobalData.
Other factors for this welcoming adoption include the improvements in broadband services and other forms of digitization in payments and media services. This is making India a suitable and preferred choice for global OTT companies. India is seen as a key market for growth and diversification throughout the Indian sub-continent, and not just the country itself.
GlobalData said that “early entrants” such as Netflix, YuppTV, and Amazon Prime are clearly dominating the market in India. These companies are making special strategies to grab a substantial share of the Indian market, while domestic companies such as Hotstar and Sony Liv continue to enjoy the market lead due to their incumbency.
One example of these strategies is Netflix’s intention to tie-up with local cable and TV service providers as well as telecom companies which also provide entertainment – like Jio – to familiarize the Indian audience with the concept of VOD.
Then there are companies like Vu and Xiaomi which are bringing low-cost hardware like super-affordable smart TVs at disruptive prices. This will allow a wider share of the Indian population to experience the goodness of TVs connected to the internet while also promoting OTT services.
The report also notes that while Netflix and other OTT services are mostly related to viewable content, Amazon’s Prime services have multiple dimensions and its free video and audio services are aimed at bringing more customers to the shopping site for the benefit of 1-day and 2-day deliveries.
Another critical element for success in India is providing content in regional languages and the companies that can ace this will have a considerable lead in the market.

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Adidas Own Retails Stores Coming to India After DIPP Approval!
Accompanying relaxation in local sourcing norms, FDI in retail, ecommerce and wholesale industry was also increased to 100%. This opened doors to large international brands to open their own retail stores in India, something we have been waiting for.
Adidas has got the approval from Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to operate its retail stores under one wholesale entity. The company to planning to start the operations of these stores in 2017. This also makes Adidas the first international sports and lifestyle brand to open its own retail stores in India.
Adidas plans to open 30-50 stores in major cities in India by 2020, with the earlier ones coming to largest cities in India first. Adidas will also be able to take up its ecommerce path and start selling sports and lifestyle products online.
Adidas will also be applying for Reebok to open its own stores in India, and we will be seeing Adidas’s specific stores like Adidas Originals, HomeCourt and some factory outlets in large cities. How long have we been waiting for those Yeezys from Adidas!
Is this going to change the retail scene in India?
Now that large international brands will be able to setup their own stores in India, we could have one large place catering to just factory outlets. Imagine a small town just outside a large city that houses all these brands under one roof, with one store for every brand. This is going to make shopping so convenient and easy for Indians…and probably cheaper too.
E-commerce will be the second route for such companies as they open their own websites for selling products online, while also channeling their sales through existing marketplaces. Such brands will also take India more seriously and bring more products to our country.
Be it Adidas Yeezys or Nike’s Jordans, these sports companies will be bringing a lot of their premium products to India because the market here exists. In fact, now many brands who did could not open up to India very well will be looking forward to opening their own retail stores in India.
Not just restricting to sports brands, a lot of large clothing chains like GAP, DKNY and The North Face will be able to open their own retail stores in the country, without depending on other entities. This is surely the start of a wonderful trend in India!
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We’ll be here – rain or shine!
From big rigs to emergency response vehicles, Touch-A-Truck™ is a family-friendly event designed to allow children to explore, climb, and TOUCH vehicles of all shapes and sizes. There will be fun for everyone in the family — meet the people who build, protect and serve Los Angeles County or get creative at the arts and crafts table. Hungry? Food trucks will be on-site offering food for purchase.


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Unlike last year, 2013 found me mostly listening to one strain of metal or another. With the embedded videos and off-site links on this page, I’ve tried to provide a way for you to hear a bit of each of these lovely records. There’s never been a better time to be a music fan.
Deafheaven Sunbather (Deathwish, Inc.): I’m not sure what else can be said about Deafheaven that wasn’t said during 2013, but let there be no question that Sunbather is the record of the year. In conception and construction, no other record came close to its heights and depths. As I wrote in my review of the record, even with a space seemingly cut out for them by a family of description-defying groups, Deafheaven is likely to work loose from any label applied to their sound. Neither the bands nor the fans come up with these categories anyway. If it moves us, we don’t care what you call it. In spite of their often caustic heaviness, there’s a pop sensibility in there that can’t help but shine through. Purists of all kinds had plenty of smack to talk, but Sunbather defies category and critique, rewards the repeated listen, and leaves behind the feeling that opposition only makes one stronger.
A Storm of Light Nations to Flames (Southern Lord): Late to these ears this year comes the latest from A Storm of Light. Nations to Flames brings together the best of the band’s abilities. The depth, breadth, weight, and ferocity of past outings are all here with a precision their peers often lack (See “All the Shining Lies” for one extreme example). If you still think of them as a side project, it’s high time to stop. Where so many others have stagnated in the past, A Storm of Light is burning new paths in the futures of heavy music.
Wire Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag): Wire have been together for nearly 40 years, and they released one of their best records in 2013. Change Becomes Us is made up of reworkings of older, unrealized, and unreleased ideas from Wire’s classic, late-1970s era (cf. Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154). It’s also everything they do well in one place. It’s as punk as it is post-everything else, and proves why they’re one of the most influential bands of the late 20th century. If you don’t like “Re-Invent Your Second Wheel,” then we probably can’t be friends anymore.
Seidr Ginnungagap (Bindrune Recordings): Though their name comes from Norse religion, Seidr is as low-key as they are Loki. A subtlety that’s often missing from heavy genres is the mark here. With members from some of my other favorite bands (e.g., Panopticon, Wheels Within Wheels, Kólga, etc.), Seidr is more than a supergroup: They are a collective of seers, mapping new territories in consciousness and the cosmos. Ginnungagap is only their second missive, but it sounds like the product of eons. “A Blink of the Cosmic Eye,” “The Pillars of Creation,” “Sweltering II: A Pale Blue Dot in the Vast Dark,” and the title track churn and smolder like dying stars. This is doom on the largest possible scale.
Mouth of the Architect Dawning (Translation Loss): Along with the new releases by Deafheaven and Cult of Luna above, the new Mouth of the Architect was one of my most anticipated records of 2013. Dawning is a sprawling six songs, the least of which is still just under seven minutes long. While they get lumped in with the usual suspects of post-metal (e.g., Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, etc.), Mouth of the Architect’s sound is subtly different in distinctive ways. It’s metal and majestic, heavy and heavenly, gruesome and graceful, and difficult to describe in detail, but you’d be hard pressed to confuse them with anyone else.
My Bloody Valentine mbv (mbv): My Bloody Valentine finally followed up on their genre-defying and defining classic, Loveless (1992), with mbv. Like Wire’s Change Becomes Us, mbv is an amalgam of old and new recordings, some reworked from rough drafts done during their demise in the mid-1990s. With nine songs total, mbv is a trilogy of trilogies. It hangs together as a whole, but one can easily discern three movements. Three floes in the waves. After 21 years, this was possibly the first record lauded as much for not existing as it was upon its release. One thing’s still for damn sure: No one does this sound better than My Bloody Valentine.
Light Bearer Silver Tongue (Halo of Flies): Light Bearer has been not-so-quietly building a body of work worthy of the most discriminate collectors. Silver Tongue is the second of a four-record concept called the Æsahættr Tetralogy. If feminism writ its largest could be an anti-religion, Light Bearer is writing it that large, chapter and verse.
Others worthy of mention and attention: Portal Vexovoid (Profound Lore), Russian Circles Memorial (Sargent House), Nails Abandon All Life (Southern Lord), Lumbar The First and Last Days of Unwelcome (Southern Lord), Medicine To the Happy Few (Captured Tracks), Run the Jewels Run the Jewels (Fool’s Gold), Palms Palms (Ipecac), Vhol Vhol (Profound Lore), Wolves in the Throne Room BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini (Southern Lord), God is an Astronaut Origins (Rocket Girl Label), and Pelican Forever Becoming (Southern Lord).


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@sclark3 I had a BMX in June 2018 after 8 months of chemo. I knew I wanted immediate reconstruction. My plastic surgeon used a permanent expander that becomes the implant. This means the is no 2nd surgery needed to switch out the expanders for the implant. The brand name is Becker. I appreciate where you are coming from dealing with pain. Personally I was pleasantly surprised by how little pain there was. The expansion felt like a good workout at the gym, a bit sore but no pain. I also agree with @tessfair1 that you can always change your mind later on. She offers good advice to seek out a second opinion from a plastic surgeon. Good luck.
I completely agree with you that the medical staff are trying to use the least intervention as possible. At 37 I was diagnosed with her+ and a month later after the MRI and bone scan I was told I was stage 4. My oncological surgeon only wanted to do a lumpectomy after ACT. It was mental anguish to wait 8 months for surgery. I knew I could not deal with the constant monitoring and begged her for a DMX. It was a fierce negotiation but she agree to only do one breast and leave the other. Luckily, my plastic surgeon agreed and talked the oncological surgeon into doing both. I do not miss my breast and am very happy with my decision.
As crazy as this sounds, I did not think of taking anything. I live alone and was diagnosed in my 30’s. I was super healthy and fit and have never been sick. I did not even have any painkiller in my home. I far as I know the ports are always inserted on the opposite of the cancer.
I was also awake when the port was inserted. The procedure went fine. I was in recovery for about an hour and then was sent home. About 6 hours later the freezing wore off very quickly and then I was in excruciating pain. I was not advised to wear an open button shirt and was in so much pain I was not able to change the T-shirt I was wearing until the morning of that first round of chemo. I could barely bend forward to brush my teeth. I mentioned this to the chemo nurse I she told me I should have been taking Tylenol as soon as I got out of the OR. Hopefully I am an exception cause as I said, the mastectomies and reconstruction was no where near as painful as the port. It took over a month for the incision to heal but I think that was cause my white blood cells plummeted after the AC. Once I got on neulasta I headed up within days.
I had 4 rounds of AC followed by 16 round of Taxol a year ago. While on Herceptin I had a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. I am still on Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab. I found the Taxol and the AC to be the worst chemo to tolerate. I honestly regret having the AC and Taxol and wish I just had the mastectomies and target treatment. Too late now. I had my port inserted 48 hours prior to my first round of chemo. That surgery was more painful than the mastectomies. My intention is not to scare you but rather be up front and honest. I wish knew what I was in for and was in a position to make a better decision. My suggestion is take an extra day or two to think about this. You are right the chemo is horrible.


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The Mechanical Training Systems cover the installation, use, maintenance, and troubleshooting of mechanical drive components. The systems are divided into five levels, and each level is further divided into specific topics which deal with the components encountered in the industry. The learning is based on practical, hands-on tasks.
Engineered for ease of use, the systems come with a universal steel base unit on which the students prepare the setups using T-slotted extrusion bars. This innovative design allows the base to be configured as required by the task. The universal base includes a disconnecting switch, current meter, the controls required to operate the motors and the electromagnetic clutch-brake unit. It also includes a Start/Stop push-button station for local or remote operation. The universal base can be installed on a regular table as well as on other optional benches.
The Industrial Controls Training Systems courseware consists of student manuals and instructor guides. The student manuals are divided into several units, each consisting of a series of hands-on exercises dealing with a particular topic of industrial controls. Each exercise provides a clearly stated objective, a discussion, an exercise procedure, a summary, and a set of review questions. An additional ten-question test at the end of each unit allows the student to verify what was learned in the unit.
Mechanical Training System SCORM, Model 46649-F0.
system. See Mechanical Training System Stand-Alone, Model 46649-G0.


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 AHA! A Hands-On Adventure, A Children's Museum - Ohio. Find It Here.
AHA! is an 8,000 square foot adventure space featuring more than 35 hands-on exhibits and activities for children ages 0-8. A half-acre outdoor nature playscape and children's garden opens October 2018 complete with a 1/10 mile trike track with balance bikes, trikes and super cycles for young riders. The nonprofit museum provides a place for children to learn as they engage in their most important "work" of play.


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Brochures, posters, letters, memos, reports, theses, course packs, exams, newsletters, forms, and more: the UI Copy Centers on campus print, copy, and finish University-related material quickly and inexpensively. Our services also include helping with copyright clearance for course packs; addressing; and managing the self-service copiers located in most of the University’s libraries.
The Copy Centers are online, so faculty, staff, and students can send files from their computers. The Centers operate on a walk-up basis; many orders can be completed while you wait and most others within 24 hours. In addition, the staff can clean up your scanned copy and combine scanned copy with electronic files. University of Iowa requisitions, m-numbers (standing accounts), UI identification cards, and cash are accepted for payment.
This depends on the quantity to be printed, the dimensions of the paper sheet, the print quality needed, whether the job involves color printing, and the date it must be finished. The Copy Centers print black toner on 11x17-inch or smaller paper, with 24-hour, or less, turnaround the norm.
Printing Services produces black-and-white and color documents in larger quantities on paper sizes that can exceed 11x17 inches; that may need editorial or design services; that use halftones or need precise registration; and that allow for slightly longer turnaround time.
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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen. Esther: a young man’s tragedy, together with the Love sonnets of Proteus. Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895.
Provenance: Blunt. — Jane Morris. — Mark Samuels Lasner. — Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library (Books A-Z PR4149.B8 E8x 1895 ).


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so that they can come out on a yearly basis and do your air quality testing. Taking this route to a mold test will enable you to be proactive in preventing harmful mold that can threaten your family. And finally, mold testing services are very affordable particularly considering the peace of mind they offer.
Black mold issues, potential mold-related symptoms and health issues associated with mold are some of the typical concerns that 123 Mold Testing listens to every day. You will find over one-hundred thousand different types of mold around Fremont, CA, and any of them can show up during a mold inspection within a Fremont, California residence. While not all molds are toxic in the Fremont area, any of them may cause some health-related problems and aggravate your allergies. Some forms of mold can result in anything as serious as cancer or respiratory system diseases and others might leave you suffering from some undesirable allergies. Mold-related illnesses can often present symptoms that appear to be similar to other types of illnesses. A mold condition in your Fremont home may be the actual culprit concerning why you have felt sick for a fair period of time. Black mold in your home is one of the worst situations you could end up in, which means you should have black mold testing done in your home. Mold problems can result in: headaches, vertigo, asthma, respiratory system problems, throat and lung irritation, infections, skin irritations and breakouts, sore burning eyes, fatigue, nausea, flu-like indications, anxiety, major depression, memory lapses, nasal issues and allergies.
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To do this you can use various kinds of humor; ‘Hot, humble and ready to rumble’ depends on a more straightforward kind which is widely comprehensible while ‘Runs with Scissors’ has a quirkier ring to it and would attract those who are fond of the rebellious type.
There are so many people adverting themselves as ‘Warm-hearted’, ‘generous’ or ‘compassionate’ that it becomes easy to ignore them.
On the other hand if you are clear about which aspect of yourself you want to focus on, the headline on your dating profile becomes specific and unique and hence catchier.
Use humor Nothing makes a headline as attractive as one which is funny and brings a smile to a viewer’s lips.
So you need to make the most of this part of the dating profile and ensure that it is catchy enough to compel a browser to go through the rest of it.
Make it relevant The best headlines are those which immediately let the viewer know what to expect from the profile.
To do this, choose a defining aspect of your personality and construct the headline around it.
For instance if you are a person who loves reading, you could come up with something like ‘Booklover looking to begin a new chapter’.
Over twenty million Americans visit dating sites each month in an attempt to find love, according to an estimate by Online Dating Magazine.
However, while in real life you could depend on a face-to-face chemistry to make that instant connection, when looking for partners online you need to put a great deal of thought into how you want to appear to a potential date.
And as every dating portal never tires of reminding you, an effective dating profile begins with a great headline. The headline is the first thing a potential partner is going to see while browsing for suitable profiles which is why you need to fashion it in a way so as to attract their attention rightaway.
And on many sites which do not allow non-paying members full viewing benefits, the headline might be the only aspect of a profile freely visible.

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First Day at Loring: Cold, December 1961 - Otherwise not too memorable except I never saw so much snow in one place.
Most Memorable Experience: When I went home to be married after being there for 2 years and bringing my wife back. All the times my wife had the guys for dinner, which they greatly appreciated. We also enjoyed all the lakes in the area and we water skied.
Last Day at Loring: Very happy to go back home but sad to leave the friends I made.
What did you do after Loring? Raised two boys and retired from a public utility as a supervisor after 34 years. I am currently in the mobile home business in Delaware. Will be married 50 years in November 2013. I have 3 grandsons and one son married.


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Bali іѕ one оf thе most famous places tо visit іn Indonesia. It іѕ totally different than thе rest оf thе country аnd offers a wealth оf culture, beaches аnd friendly atmosphere. You саn spend аn entire 10-day vacation іn Bali but it’s аlѕо worth іt tо check out some other places іn Indonesia аѕ well.
This itinerary starts іn Bali, explores some оf іtѕ landmarks аnd thе takes you tо Lombok fоr a day. Thеn you’ll enjoy аn active day оn Kanawa Island before heading tо thе capital оf Jakarta, frоm where you’ll fly back home.
Arrive in Denpasar. Spend thе rest оf thе day exploring аt least one оf thе temples located іn thе city. Pura Maospahit іѕ definitely a good choice. It’s аn ancient temple, with a history dating back tо thе 14th century. Much оf іt wаѕ destroyed during аn earthquake but there аrе some original parts still standing. Enjoy some traditional food аt dinner.
Travel to Ubud and check іn аt thе hotel. On your first day, take a bus tо Tegallalang area аnd enjoy thе lovely scenery, with thе rice terraces аnd thе green hillsides. Come back tо Ubud аnd explore thе Monkey Forest. Thеn, іn thе evening, check out thе Jimbaran Seafood stalls аnd make sure tо enjoy some traditional Balinese foods.
On your second day here, take thе morning bus tо Kintamani area. Spend thе day soaking up thе atmosphere аnd thе scenery. Mount Batur аnd Lake Batur аrе popular spots fоr thе tourists but totally worth your time. Enjoy a relaxing evening.
Before departing fоr Lombok, spend some time аt thе Badung Central Market, which іѕ аt іtѕ best іn thе morning. Buy some treats fоr thе long journey ahead оf you.
Board a bus frоm Denpasar tо Padang Bai (1-2 hours, depending on thе traffic). Now take thе ferry frоm Padang Bai tо Lembar (Lombok). Thе journey takes about 4 hours.
Spend thе rest оf thе day soaking up thе atmosphere аnd checking out thе area.
In thе morning, head tо Tanjung A’an, a lovely area near Kuta Beach. It іѕ famous fоr іtѕ sand which looks like pepper. Arrange with a guide (preferably someone recommends frоm thе hotel оr a travel agency) tо take you tо thе 3 famous waterfalls located close tо Lombok. Thе first one іѕ оn thе slopes оf Mount Rinjani, thе second one іѕ a further 1 hours walk аnd thе 3rd one іѕ thе hardest tо get tо аnd requires some climbing experience. Spend thе evening relaxing аt thе hotel.
Frоm Lombok, take thе public bus tо Bima. Thеn board thе mini bus tо Sape (about 2 hours travel time). Now board thе ferry frоm Sape (Sumbawa Island) tо Labuan Bajo (West Flores). This part оf thе journey takes about 8 hours.
Enjoy dinner аnd get a good night’s sleep.
Prepare fоr a day іn thе nature, burning some calories. It’s best tо arrange with a local guide, preferably recommended bу thе hotel staff оr a travel agency. Before leaving, don’t forget tо pack some food fоr thе day.
Kayak tо thе Kanawa Island (about 2 hours) аnd thеn walk up thе hill fоr some lovely views оf thе area. It іѕ аlѕо possible tо snorkel here.
Fly frоm Labuan Bajo tо Jakarta. Thе flight time іѕ 1h 35 min оn Merpati. Please note thаt it’s nоt possible tо book thе flights оn thе very well known booking sites. You’ll have tо dо a bit оf searching.
Now thаt you’ve arrived іn thе Big Durian, check іn thе hotel аnd start tо explore this large city. There аrе plenty оf museums tо visit, including thе National Museum which houses large collections оf prehistoric, ethnographic аnd archaeological artifacts. Don’t miss “Monas”, Jakarta’s best-known landmark.
You саn аlѕо visit thе Istiqlal Mosque, which іѕ thе biggest mosque іn Southeast Asia.
In thе morning, explore thе Pasar Baru, a market dating back tо thе Dutch colonial era. There аrе quite a lot оf stores tо check out аnd, with a bit оf luck, you саn find interesting аnd cheap things here. Thеn, fоr a unique shopping experience, stroll thе Jalan Surabaya, which houses thе open-air antique market.
Spend thе rest оf thе day playing bowling аnd enjoying karaoke, which іѕ one оf thе favorite ways tо spend thе time with friends. Or you саn check out one оf thе many shopping malls.
Before heading tо thе airport fоr your flight back home, make sure tо sample some оf thе street food.


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Hey, My Brother Has the #1 Steampunk EBook on Amazon!
The Sculpted Ship is back up on the Amazon charts!
Kevin recently put out the paper edition of his book, and then was accepted by BookBub for a promotion. So right now, you can get the Kindle edition for a great discount price.
Buy, read, enjoy! It’s good fun space sf, where the suns never set on the Iris Empire!


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Seymour put on his backpack.
What are Lorien and Louis here for?
Steven is quite good at Photoshop.
Roland was driving to the Mexican border.
Laurie spends a majority of his time helping Steen.
Can you explain why you don't like Bradley?
Helge went to the swimming pool.
Why do you always take Kelvin's side?
Why didn't you stay with Pierette?
Last Sunday, Piet and I went to the library together.
We'd better go pick up Helge.
Get Marnix whatever he wants.
Did Joachim say how long he'd be in Boston?
Cindy was told to put up or shut up.
Doyle decided to keep a diary.
Henry told me where I could buy the part I needed.
Alfred did it your way.
Vidhyanath wants to go out to get something to eat.
Ozan came to see me three days ago.
There was no escaping Nigel.
Nanda didn't come to school last week.


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Your opportunity to own this established & profitable Asian restaurant located in a busy shopping center at the strategic intersection of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston and Sherborn! Includes a FULL LIQUOR LICENSE. Well established turnkey 134 seat capacity restaurant with large parking lot shared with other successful businesses. Everything remains including liquor license, equipment, furniture, modern kitchen, good will, list of 1000 loyal take out & internet customers. Buyer to assume current lease with co-operative landlord. Interested parties to sign Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to discussions.
Listing courtesy of Paul Gustavson of Realty Executives Boston West.
Disclosures Interested Parties To Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement (Nda) Prior To Discussions.
Listing provided courtesy of Paul Gustavson of Realty Executives Boston West.

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text: Students who have completed grades 6-7 have an awesome opportunity to travel to San Antonio for their mission trip this year. After completing various service projects partnering with two area churches, they will get a day to relax and have fun at Schlitterbahn. We will be staying at Northern Hills UMC in San Antonio.


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If you are gambling online with bitcoin or fiat currency finding safe gambling sites is a must in order to have an enjoyable time gambling. There are so many different online casinos, online poker rooms, sportsbooks and bingo halls, to choose from. Picking right right site to gamble with is not always that easy. Bitcoin Gambling Sites has developed this page to useful gambling guides available on the web to help players on their search for their favorite one. These websites all provide a good amount of information on their respective topics and each site serves as excellent resource for anyone looking to find reputable online gambling sites.
Gambling with bitcoins has become a popular trend in 2018. The following bitcoin casino guides provide information on bitcoin casinos and will help guide you to the best bitcoin gambling websites. Play bitcoin slots, video poker, blackjack, craps and other casino games for BTC.
Online Casinos have been popular for twenty years now so finding a trustworthy online casino guide should be pretty easy. There are lots of useful casino guide offering their ratings of different online casinos to gamble at. We've listed some of our online casino guides below.
Each of these guide to gambling online are a good place to start your search of quality gambling sites. They have been around for years and offer players guidance, news and reviews of popular online gambling destinations.
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‘Ceremonials’ new album is out now!
Hurts is a British electropop duo that formed in 2009 with Theo Hutchcraft was the lead singer and Adam Anderson as synthesist. Their debut album ‘Happiness’ was released in 2010.
Halfway through the show there was an intermission act of two woman dressed in black lace dancing elegantly and gracefully with red ribbons.
The band’s supporting acts were Niki & the Dove and Jess Mills and the surprise act during Hurts’s performance was Kylie Minogue. The audience was hyped when she came on stage to perform ‘Devotion’ along with the band.
‘Illuminated was the most powerful song because the audience went crazy and the vocals were incredibly gripping. The show had great acoustics, giving the audience the chance to hear every word crystal-clear to sing along.
Especially ‘Stay’, ‘Wonderful Life’ and ‘Sunday’ stood out as they gave us goosebumps.
Theo Hutchcraft seemed like a charismatic musician who means and feels the lyrics he sings. His facial expressions said it all. He occasionally threw white roses into the audience, much to the delight of the female fans.
It was 75 minutes of great music and an amazing live performance and throughout the show we could feel that the band is genuinely emotional about their songs.
‘Better than Love’ and fireworks closed the show with a bang. It truly was the best live performance we have seen so far.


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Cooperation along with major end-users, who ordered products in large quantities (200-1000l), led to the need to produce accessories, which can be used to fill engines with AdBlue both quickly and safely. Please recall, that in order to prevent dust, dirt and other chemical contaminants from getting in contact with AdBlue, it is strongly recommended to use only certified equipment.
Hose set which connects to the lower faucet of the IBC container. The container must be placed on a higher level (e.g. on a platform). Standard length: 4m.

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Fairies play a big part of kids lives and I believe in adding magic to Tilly's life. Magical creatures make kids dreams come true and they help to build their imagination. Tilly has a fairy garden and recently was sent a set of Fairies and Friends from Interplay to add to her garden. She had previously been sent a Fairy Flowerpot From Interplay and now she has extra fairies and creatures to go with it.
The set comes with three fairies and some friendly animals. The fairies come with a good size clear plastic stand and this helps them to stand upright in the garden. The stand also means they make good toys to play with because they wont keep falling over. The fairies (Lily, Heather and Andrena) are made with so much detail and Tilly has decided that each fairy has a special power, one is a water fairy, one is a flower fairy and one is a weather fairy.
She took great pride in placing them in her fairy garden and she was pleased to have the animal companions too. On the website these are classed as collectables too, but I am a big believer in things like this being played with as well as being collectables. So these will stay in Tilly's garden rather than on a shelf as a collectable. They do not move their joints or really have much play-ability for older children but Tilly adores them. They are hand painted and the quality is extremely good for the price of £9.99 on the Interplay website. They would make a lovely little gift for a school friend or child in the family. They are pocket money toys too, so they are affordable for the little ones to buy the toys they wants if they save up for a few weeks.
Tilly enjoyed playing with the fairies, they seem to be robust for little hands and she liked that each one was in a different pose, The animal friends were a bonus and it was sweet to see such little cuteness in her fairy garden.


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Like many exotic new discoveries, cigars were met with wonder when they first made it to Europe. While their discovery was well documented, and their rise to popularity gradual, several legends arose that claimed to tell the myth of the tobacco plant’s origin.
Persian legend has it tobacco was discovered by following the advice of a Saint. After the death of his wife, a young groom was grieving inconsolably. He was visited by an Anchorite Saint who told him to go and spend time in his wife’s tomb – and while there, look out for an unusual plant. Once found, he should pick some leaves, let them dry, roll them together and then light them. Upon inhaling the smoke, the man would find comfort and enlightenment that would bring joy to his heart. It may be a legend, but it had the people of Persia enchanted.
It’s a similar story elsewhere in the Middle East, where a prophet was believed to have saved the life of a snake. But rather than be grateful, the viper bit him on the wrist. Acting quickly, the prophet sucked out the poison and spat it onto the ground, where a short time later, a tobacco plant sprouted and grew. When smoked, the leaves of the plant were found to have the bitterness of a serpent’s fangs, but the sweetness of the prophet’s saliva, making it an enchanting experience.
Whether you choose to believe such stories or not, there’s no denying the allure of tobacco goes back generations.


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* This next week is Spring Break around these parts, so I will be very scarce for a few days. I'm not planning on posting any, however, you will probably see me around here and there visiting. I am planning to get caught up on some of my blog reading, but that will be it for me until the end of next week.
Have a great week, Melanie! Get rested and read up so you have fodder to fill us up.
Have a great week... I'm taking a break too... going out of town with hubby and grandson... I pre-posted some things... but probably won't be able to get on line since we will be camping in the desert (25 year old motor home... but that's my kind of roughing it!lol...)... Take care my friend. God bless Have a great week... Enjoy your reading too!
Enjoy your week! And I will probably join you at the Ultimate Blog Party! I did it last year also and made lots of blogging friends... it was great fun!
That ultimate blog party sounds interesting! I'll have to take a look!
Hope that you have a great spring break!!
Have a great week, Melanie!
Stop by my blog tomorrow, I have something special for you!


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Consumers have yet to tune in to 4K. But while the technical merits are subject to debate, the recent NAB Show in Las Vegas left little doubt that a lot of work is going on behind the scenes to make Ultra HD TV the next big thing.
The theme of this year's NAB Show, and Sony's press conference, was clear.
Consumers have yet to tune in to 4K or Ultra HD TV yet. No wonder. There’s little content available, the cable and satellite companies aren’t ready to deliver it, and even if they were, only a handful of homes actually have 4K TVs (last year around 80,000 UHD sets were sold in the U.S.).
All of this has led to talk that 4K could be the next 3D, a technology that was meant to drive a fresh wave of TV sales but instead fizzled out. But while the technical merits of 4K are subject to debate, the NAB Show in Las Vegas earlier this month left little doubt that a lot of work is going on behind the scenes to make UHD the next big thing.
Although the terms are used interchangeably, Ultra HD and 4K are not exactly the same. UHD, at 3840x2160, has four times the resolution of Full HD or 1920x1080. These are display resolutions used in high-definition TVs, as well as PC monitors and laptop displays. By contrast the 4K specification was developed for digital cinema. It has a resolution of 4096x2160 or four times the 2K standard of 2048x1080. In other words “4K” TVs do not actually have four thousand vertical lines and it would perhaps be more accurate to refer to them as 2160p—just as Full HD displays are known as 1080p--but don’t expect that to happen any time soon.
The bottom line is that four times the resolution means lots more information needs to be captured, transferred and stored, produced and distributed. That requires new cameras and production equipment, better compression, more advanced broadcast standards, and upgraded set-top boxes and TVs. All of that was on display at the National Association of Broadcasters’ annual get-together earlier this month, which attracted nearly 100,000 people and more than 1,700 exhibitors.
The selection of video and digital still cameras capable of capturing 4K video is growing. Sony already has a broad line of CineAlta 4K production cameras (the F5, F55 and F65) which seem to be very popular. Sony’s released its first 4K “prosumer” camera, the FDR-AX1, along with a professional version (the PXW-Z100) last fall. Earlier this year the company announced its first true consumer 4K camera, the smaller FDR-AX100 that costs around $2,000. At NAB Sony announced the Alpha NEX A7s, a new version of its mirror-less interchangeable lens camera with a 12-megapixel full-frame sensor designed to shoot 4K.
Canon already has a hybrid digital SLR, the EOS-1D C, which can capture 4K video as well as a professional cinema camera, the EOS C500. At NAB Canon announced a software upgrade that, when combined with the Intel Media SDK 2014 Professional Camera Pack, will make it possible to preview 4K video on a standard laptop with Iris Pro Graphics. Nikon has been slow to embrace video and does not yet offer a dSLR than can capture 4K video, though it was exhibiting at NAB.
Blackmagic Design, which is known for its Cinema Cameras with wide dynamic range for a film look, attracted a huge crowd to booth once again this year. The big announcement was a new camera, Ursa, with a Super 35mm 4K image sensor capable of capturing 2160p at up to 60 frames per second and a 10-inch 1080p display in place of a viewfinder. Red Digital Cinema was talking about the concept of “one camera” for filmmakers and digital still photography, noting that DxO Labs just gave the Red Dragon 6K camera a record score on its sensor benchmarks edging out top still cameras such as the Nikon D800E and Sony Alpha A7R.
GoPro also attracted a crowd to its booth where it was showing its wearable HERO3+ Black Edition, which can capture 4K video albeit at only 15 frames per second. Panasonic has its own waterproof wearable camera, the HX-A500, which can shoot 4K at 30fps.
Eventually 4K video capture and playback will be built into many smartphones. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 already supports 4K video capture and playback, but current devices have 1080p displays and HDMI 1.3 out, which isn’t fast enough to feed an external 4K display. The Snapdragon 805, which will be available in devices in the second half of this year, delivers hardware decoding of HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), a compression standard that further reduces the size of high-resolution video without a noticeable impact on quality, along with support for 4K internal and external displays (HDMI 1.4). The Snapdragon 810, which arrives in 2015, will add hardware encoding of 4K video using HEVC compression.
At the other end, the prices of UHD TVs and monitors have started to come down. Larger sets from Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and LG Electronics now start at around $3,000, and you can find other UHD TVs for much less. Vizio’s P-Series will start at $1,000 for a 50-inch model, and smaller sets from lesser-known brands such as Seiki and TCL are widely available on Amazon.com for around $600 and up. Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung have 28-inch 4K monitors that cost less than a $1,000. This week Toshiba began shipping its Satellite P55t , a 15.6-inch laptop with a 2160p display (282 pixels per inch).
To date most of the 4K content available has been limited to special events. The Summer Olympics in 2012, last year’s French Open tennis and the World Series, and the Winter Games in Sochi earlier this year all had some events captured in 4K. Sony and FIFA plan to produce three matches in 4K at the World Cup in Brazil this summer. But these are largely technology demonstrations.
Production companies are converting movie libraries and shooting many new movies, TV shows and sports events in 4K, but none of this has been broadcasted publicly. Instead the 4K footage can be used to zoom in on parts of the video, or simply for archival purposes, and the program is broadcast in standard high-definition.
The infrastructure to deliver 4K video through the traditional broadcast, cable and satellite channels simply doesn’t exist yet. The hardware and software for capturing, producing and playing 4K video--cameras, recorders, switchers, video servers, editing software, and displays--is falling into place. But distribution is a work in progress. At this year’s show, there were numerous demonstrations of 4K “broadcasts,” but it will take time to upgrade the hardware and software for coding and broadcasting--and for the cable and satellite companies to replace the set-top boxes in around 100 million U.S. homes.
In the meantime, UHD is likely to reach the home in different ways. Netflix has started streaming “House of Cards” and some nature documentaries in 4K using HEVC compression and Amazon Studios recently announced a new slate of original series, including four that will be shot in 4K. YouTube has supported 4K video upload and playback since 2010. Sony already offers an Ultra HD Media Player and has announced a new version, the FMP-X10, which adds the ability to stream Netflix’s 4K content and has a larger hard drive (1TB) for storing movies and TV shows downloaded from Sony’s own service. Samsung has its own UHD Video Pack, also equipped with a 1TB hard drive, which comes with five movies plus some documentaries and short clips, but without a download service (the company promises an updated UHD Video Pack later this year). Comcast, M-Go (a joint venture of Technicolor and DreamWorks) and DirecTV are also working on 4K content.


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Actress Lisa Ray, who calls herself a “cancer graduate”, says she values time much more than before.
“Time is a measure of precious moments of our lives. As a cancer graduate I value time much more than before. Time is the most precious quality in the world today – we are all challenged to find more of it,” Lisa told IANS over an e-mail interaction from Mumbai.


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Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has opened deposits for its USDC stablecoin and trading for USDC/BTC and USDC/BNB, beginning on Friday.
USDC, which was launched by the CENTRE Consortium on October 23, has received widespread adoption across the crypto ecosystem, with circulating supply of USDC reaching more than $148 million and over 50 exchanges, protocols, platforms, applications, and wallets supporting the stablecoin.
The CENTRE Consortium was co-founded by peer-to-peer payments platform Circle and US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to establish a standard for fiat on the internet and providing a governance framework and network for the global, mainstream adoption of fiat stablecoins.
Coinbase and Circle expect the interest in USDC to grow proportionally to market participants’ desire for a more transparent and compliant USD token. The most famous stable coin in the market, Tether, has been under fire as many suspect the firm does not hold enough USD to match the USDT in circulation.
With USDC, customers can tokenize dollars into USDC and redeem USDC into dollars through both Circle and Coinbase, making USDC the industry’s first open, fungible and interoperable fiat stablecoin.
“Binance will open trading for USDC/BNB and USDC/BTC trading pairs at 2018/11/17 03:00 AM (UTC). Users can now start depositing USDC in preparation for trading […] Additionally, for increased transparency, USDC has engaged a top-ranking auditing firm to release monthly balance attestations of the corresponding USDC and USD balances held/issued”, said Binance in a statement.
The listing of USDC by the Binance exchange is proof that the stablecoin launched by Coinbase and Circle is getting traction in the secondary market. The operator has become the largest exchange in the cryptocurrency space in mid-December 2017, by the time the market peaked, with over US$4 billion equivalent of cryptocurrencies traded in 24 hours. The company stated they had reached 2.9 million users on their platform since their launch in July of 2017.

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Today it's World Health Day and this year's theme is depression. Did you know that the potato is a very healthy food crop? Today we will go more into detail on this subject and we will make the connection with depression. We will show you that the potato is everybody's friend when it comes to nutritional values.
The potato is currently the third most important food crop in the world, but is still sometimes mistakenly seen as 'less healthy'. Despite what people think, the potato has a lot to offer; it is a great source of vitamins, fibers, minerals and starch, which gives you energy. Food specialists actually advise people to eat 3 to 5 boiled potatoes per day.
and GABA, which is needed for normal brain function.
Furthermore, it contains 'kukoamines' compounds that help lowering the blood pressure.
TIP: boiling the potato in the skin with a little water is the best way to maintain the nutritional value of the potato.


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I feel the need to reiterate our timeline of getting ourselves to Switzerland so you can get an idea of how chaotic it all was.
June 30 - Find out they're offering John a job.
We had 4 weeks to turn 5 years and 900 square feet worth of stuff into this.
Scary right? Terrifying actually. Especially when you consider we were both working full time for two of those four weeks. Having moved once with John in the past I knew this was going to be a bit of an uphill battle. We had 4 weeks to pack up not just our stuff but our whole life.
Years previous, when we moved to Winnipeg from Brandon he had two weeks off before our moving date in which he promised me he would pack. He packed 2 boxes in those two weeks. His experience with moving and my experience with moving are very different. He was use to just throwing everything in the back of a pick up and going to the new apartment. Usually the boxes weren't sealed. I know this because I helped him move whilst we were dating. My experience is moving is planned with military precision and boxes are packed, sealed, labeled and are untouched until they get to their intended destination. So needless to say we approached the great purge of 2011 with a mix of excitement and extreme anxiety.
With spring and spring cleaning just around the corner in most places I thought this would be a good time to share how we got rid of most of worldly possessions in a helpful little list. Please keep in mind, this is what worked for us. It is by no means the be all and end all of getting rid of stuff. Also remember this is an extreme example. Not all spring cleaning and purging will take on this grand scale.
1. Moms know best. My mom flew in and got more done in 2 hours than we had done in 2 weeks. She was the unbiased third party in our hyper emotional situation. She's also probably the only person in the world that can tell us to stop procrastinating and focus without us getting persnickety. She has been my mom for 28 years she knows how my brain works, she knows how I operate and she knows how to deal with me in a way that is completely foreign to Johnathan. She's also the only person that can say, "eat this" and thrust food at me because she can spot low blood sugar induced anger at 50 paces without me getting whiney. She's the only person that could actually say, "no that's ugly you're not keeping it." Get that unbiased third party. In our case it was my mom. In your case it might be your best friend, your cousin, your cat lady neighbour. Just get someone. You need someone who isn't emotionally attached to the vast majority of your stuff. They will be the clear voice in the fog of "but what if I need it?!" John and I thought we could do it, just the two of us. Turns out nope, we couldn't. If I wasn't attached to something, he was therefore it was just a vicious circle. In the end my mom solved that problem.
2. Categorize!! Everything had to fit into one of three categories. What is easily replaced, what do we want to come back to in three years and, what can we live without. Because of these categories very little was put into storage at my in-laws farm. We found the vast majority of our belongings fell into the "what can we live without" category. It's amazing the things you can live without. The stuff we put in storage are things we want to come back to like our wedding quilt, our custom made bed, framed photographs and our boxes of books. Yeah...most of what we have in storage is books. We have a problem.
3. Have a deadline. We gave ourselves a deadline of June 28th. Everything had to be gone and/or packed by the 28th. We needed to be on that plane on the 29th regardless if we got rid of everything or not. This was a deadline that was completely inflexible. There was NO wiggle room. I couldn't just listen at the whoooosh noise it made as it flew by us as I do with most deadlines. Our deadline was set in stone. Oh and on top of that we had to find someone to sublet our place because two days before we heard about Switzerland we renewed our lease. Ouch.
4. Sticker charts aren't just for kids. The husband and I have the attention span of 5 year olds with ADD in a room full of glitter. So packing and purging is hard for us due to the attention it requires. We resolved very quickly we weren't going to get it all done in one day. Not going to happen. So we did what any self respecting adult would do. We developed a reward system. Not quite a sticker chart but close to it. We would set a timer and pack and purge for 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes was up we would reward ourselves with silly youtube videos, living room dance parties or sitting down and emotionally eating an entire bag of oreos. We needed that or we would have procrastinated like nobodies business.
5. People like free stuff. We literally let people into our apartment and let them take anything they wanted that we weren't keeping. Friends and family took out TV, couch, kitchen table, desks, TV trays, DVDs, books, pantry items, Scrapbooking stuff, my sewing machine, our microwave, our roomba. We put a list on facebook of the stuff we were getting rid of and had friends call dibs on things. I called my best friend and read off a list of all the books we were getting rid of just to see what she wanted for her classroom library. My sister-in-law and Mother-in-law both basically went grocery shopping in our fridge, freeze and pantry. We gave a good friend my pots and pans. Another friend was having a garage sale so we gave her boxes of stuff and told her just to keep the money. Friends want to help and by helping they get free stuff so everyone wins. Sure we made some cash where we could but we weren't looking to make a profit. More like cover our costs really.
6. Remember its just stuff. It took me a long long long time to really believe that. But really it's stuff. Stuff can be replaced. Or you'll just learn to be comfortable living with less. You have to remember though that by getting rid of something you're not automatically deleting any memory that contains that stuff from your memory. As John and I went through all our stuff we have fabulous sojourns down memory lane. I still have and wear the tshirt John was wearing the day we met. But heres the thing, I actually wear it. It gets used. I also had 4 candy dishes that belonged to my Oma. Those weren't getting used. They were still sitting in the box that they came to me in. So I donated them. I still think fondly of looking at them through the glass of her china cabinet but I don't need them sitting in box unused. Home is not your stuff. Home is the people you share your space with and the memories created.
7. Whilst purging and packing have your really ridiculously adorable niece stop by. It helps. No really it does. That is a picture of the last time we saw our niece in person. It was mere days before we left the country. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law came in and plunked her down on one of our remaining quilts and rummaged through the kitchen. What did we do? Played with her and basked in her cuteness. I guess what I'm trying to say is to take a moment to stop an appreciate. To feel blessed. Take a breath. Getting rid of stuff is hard and emotional and sometimes you just need to stop and play with your niece. It's similar to stopping and smelling the roses. This rose just happens to be a bit more giggly and squirmy.
Wow. What an inspiration you are!! I can not imagine doing what you did although in October I went through quite a purge as well. It continues to feel good all these months later.
Plus what an adorable niece you have!
I am grateful to have found you today via the A to Z Challenge!
This is the best advice ever! I am printing this off and hanging it up while I pack up the RV!


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Wine EnthusiastClassic Lynch-Bages with just a bit of extra power and richness. While the tannins are structured, it is the velvety fruit that rolls around the mouth that is the most dominant character. It is coming together into a wine that will be big and dense, but never over the top.
Wine SpectatorDisplays very beautiful aromas of crushed blackberry and dark chocolate, with a hint of coffee. Full-bodied, with a tightly wound palate of ripe tannins. Long and caressing. Best after 2015. 35,000 cases made.

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What does damage prevention mean to you? At SC811 is means keeping utilities and excavator safe. Want to join our team? We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and great hours.
SC811’s Mission: To be the innovative communication resource for damage prevention of underground infrastructure, dedicated to the education, success, and safety of our stakeholders and the public.
Vision: The industry leader in ground-breaking infrastructure protection and call or click before you dig awareness.
We offer great benefits, utilization of evolving technologies, and a culture of teaming and growth. SC811 is the call (or click) before you dig Call Center for SC. People can get their lines marked by calling our Center, or submitting their request online. Notifying SC811 of any planned excavation can help prevent damages that can result in fines, service interruption, physical injury or even death. Join an organization that strives every day to make South Carolina the safest place to dig!
SC811 has been committed to damage prevention since 1978 and currently operates as a not for profit organization under the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act.
P.U.P.S. (D.B.A. South Carolina 811) is an equal opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, creed, color, or national origin, in accordance with Executive Order No. 11246 and implementing regulations relating to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in employment; we do not discriminate based on genetic information in accordance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.


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It doesn't matter if I grow a dog turd and can it with a rotten peach. If I grew it, and I canned it, it is better than gold in a jar. Thankfully, I think this stuff tastes a little better!
This year we finally finagled a small garden in our little patch of woods and it's been a great success. Square foot gardening really works, and we've enjoyed fresh veggies all season long. The freezer has beans and zucchini, the tomatoes are awaiting their turn in the food dehydrator. The broccoli is long gone and if we have to eat one more salad we're all going to grow buck teeth and fluffy tails.
I love love love banana peppers, but only in the last few years. Upon becoming pregnant with my third child I instantly became a fan of hot peppers, mustard, onions. Anything in that pungent family that would ordinarily send mommies-to-be straight to the Tums.
My banana pepper crop this year produced just enough for me to make Sweet and Sour Pepper Relish, a recipe from the good ol' Ball Blue Book (a staple for any canner) and one that i haven't made in years, mostly because a) we haven't had a garden and b) anyone who has tried to can with 3 kids on their feet understands the complexity of the task.
However, yesterday I was bound and most determined to get it done. It may have taken a long time, but the sense of accomplishment and odd feeling of peace are worth blowing the whole day on seven little jars.
Chopping by hand into teeny tiny pieces is something I cherish, and having to chop up, oh, about 10 cups of it was long, tedious, and wonderful. The salting, the boiling, the canning.
We all gathered around the half-pint jars waiting for the pop of each one sealing.
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The US Department of Transportation (DOT), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and a number of other agencies regulate the transport of hazardous and non-hazardous goods.The penalties for failing to ship properly include fines for Tech and yourself, as well as possible criminal charges. To ensure these regulations are followed, EHS ships these items for you. If you need to ship a biological agent, please see the Biosafety Office's shipping page.
Need to drop off a shipment?
For chemical shipments, call 404-894-9381.
For biological shipments, call 404-894-6119.
Provides the PeopleSoft Account Number & Document ID Number that are required for shipping rate charges. MUST be signed by a Financial Approver.
If a chemical doesn't have an SDS, create your own with this template. Not required for biological materials.
Required for chemical and/or biological shipments to provide EHS with the details of what's being shipped.

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SERVPRO of Dubuque has the water and fire damage training and expertise to help you through this tough time. Once the fire department leaves, your Asbury home may suffer from water damage caused by firefighting efforts. We have the specialized fire and water damage restoration training, personnel, and equipment to handle fire and water damage and can quickly restore your home to pre-fire condition.
We know that fire damage can happen any time, so we’re ready to respond 24 hours, 7 days a week—including holidays. We provide immediate emergency fire services for Asbury homes or businesses, day or night.
We live and work in this community too; we might even be neighbors. As a locally owned and operated business, SERVPRO of Dubuque is close by and ready to respond to your fire damage emergency. We are proud to be an active member of the Asbury community and want to pitch in and help make our community the best it can be.
When fire and smoke damage your Asbury, IA property, you can trust SERVPRO of Dubuque to restore your home or business back to its original state. We understand that fire doesn’t just damage your home, but also causes emotional distress as well. Trained SERVPRO franchise professionals will talk to you through the entire restoration process, and work hard to get you back into your property soon.

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Gearing up for winter means moisturizer haul! Winter for me is the hardest season because my skin doesn’t really agree with it. Instead of snowflakes, all I can catch are skin flakes! To avoid painful blisters, loading up the skin with high quality moisturizers will be your best shield.
I will list down my go to products whenever skin flakes attack. I just used some of the products recently so a short review on those items will be included.
I’ve been reading and hearing a lot of awesome stuff with the brand La Mer. I’ve known La Mer since it started making a rise in the cosmetics industry but I never bothered trying it since I already have good go to products close. Now, I’ve been seeing this name from a lot of reviews and I was quite intrigued with the wonders of La Mer.
This cream does everything in a very fast treatment. It tightens, brightens and smoothens the skin.
This product has been in my skincare routine for ages. When hydrating gets tough, L’Core Paris’ Lavo Bio Thermal serum gets the job done. Amazingly, this L’Core Paris collection is gaining a lot of thumbs up reviews due to its fast action moisturizing and anti-aging components.
This product also adds color to the skin by concentrating some blood around the cheeks. This is a dream come true for pale skinned people like me.
Glamglow’s THIRSTYMUD line contains ultra-hydrating components which is what a dry skin needs. Using this every day or night will boost up your skin’s current hydration and maintain natural oils to keep it healthy. This is one of the excellent masks in the cosmetics in the cosmetics world.
Lush’s Magical Moringa Moisturizer – Very easy to use and compact! Does wonders in moisturizing the skin.
Nivea Cream – Your classic cream to keep your whole body from also flaking.
Estee Lauder’s Advanced Time Zone – When you want to moisturize and kick those wrinkles out.
Chanel’s Hydra Beauty Crème – Prevents and protects your skin from intense dryness.

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It’s been a little quiet around here lately.
When I first started this blog, the most daunting hurdle that I thought I would have to overcome would be baking: when would I find the time, what different combinations could I possibly think of, and who would clean up all my messes eat all of the (sometimes) yummy results?
Well, that fear was unfounded. Not only do I have a long list of “things to make” saved onto my phone (I swear, there is no chance I’ll be able to make everything that I want to, no matter how old I live to be.), but I have sooo many already made recipes to share with y’all, and here I am, lacking in the posting department! Turns out, I have plenty of time to make things and (usually) photograph them, but when it comes to documenting it on the good ole Internet, I prefer eating them all instead of writing about them.
So what has been going on in my kitchen? What recipes do you have to look forward to?
Freezing stocks of fresh local produce for the winter.
Cooking a lot of savory, as always.
Staying cool with frozen almond milk.
Making one ingredient ice cream.
Making cakes, unphotographed cookies, and experimenting with raw goodies (More explanation about why will be saved for a later post).
Saying goodbye to this one. This was tough.
Playing with, introducing, and being chewed on by this one. Don’t let the pink nose fool you.
Generally, I’ve been enjoying the summer and the bounty of this wonderful season. I hope you all are, too.
Go make this cake, in all of its lemony, raspberry-y goodness, and share it with someone you love. I did.
P.S. I’ve noticed that of all who read my blog, my very own family members read it the least! Sheesh. The irony is lost on me. Seriously, guys.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 8-inch pans. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar and salt until fluffy. Add in the egg whites and the egg, and mix to combine. Add in the buttermilk and vanilla. Now add in the flour and the baking powder (I didn’t sift and it was quite alright) and mix until homogeneous. Pour into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until light golden and springy to the touch.
Put water and sugar and cornstarch in a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Whisk the egg yolks together in another bowl. Add in 1 cup of the hot sugar-cornstarch mixture, slowly, and whisk vigorously to temper the eggs. Dump back into the pot and bring back to a boil, whisking all the while. Once it comes to a boil, remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice and zest, as well as the vanilla extract. Once everything is incorporated, stir in the butter until the curd is silky smooth.
Beat cream cheese, butter, and mascarpone together until just incorporated. Begin to add the powdered sugar. Once it is sweetened to your liking, add in enough heavy cream to make the icing a spreadable consistency. Stir in vanilla.
Place one cake layer on a plate, and level it out, if needed. Pipe a line of frosting around the edge of the cake to prevent a spillage of curd. Fill with curd (you will have lots of extra curd: fear not, it keeps beautifully and there are millions of uses for it), layer on some raspberries, and top with other cake. Frost cake with the icing, and decorate with the prettiest, most photogenic berries.


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Your keyword will only display ads when users enter the exact keyword into the search engines. If the query contains any other terms, it will not trigger your exact match keyword. The obvious downside is that you are limiting the amount of impressions your ads will get but it will help cost and conversion rate. Exact = Lowest impressions/highest CTR.
Broad match allows search engines to display your ads for terms that are variations (they can be a close-ish variation) or plurals of the keywords in your account. With broad match you are casting a large net and you may/ may not get relevant traffic BUT you will get MORE traffic. The odds are that broad match keywords are less likely to convert. Broad = Greatest impressions/lowest CTR.
To utilise this match type, type in the keyword with a + before the keywords you want to modify and then signify the match type in the Ad Words interface as “broad”. I think this match type is often underutilised. Personally, I use it a lot because it offers the exclusivity of the phrase match without limiting the search query to the specific order in which the keywords are listed.
This match type is the obvious way to cut down on irrelevant impressions. With negative match, you are basically telling search engines NOT to display your ad for searches containing that term. Try to have a solid negative keyword strategy in place to back up your keyword structure to help prevent from wasting budget on broad match “close variation” searches, but be careful of how you add them. If you notice a sudden downturn in impressions, it can be attributed to negative keywords blocking traffic. I suggest using phrase and exact match negative keywords based off of search data from Search Query Reports. Let’s now take a look at how to best use match types so that our keywords are not competing against each other and Google is not taking our money based off whatever keyword match type has the highest bid. I’ll talk you through my Ad Words account structure (optimal match type strategy by ad group) and to give you a better idea of how these ideas fit together. To make things a bit easier, I’ll put match types in bold. Because the goal is to have over 80% of our overall traffic accessing the account through our exact match keywords, we have to ensure that we "funnel" searches to the right keywords by using "Cross Negatives”. This involves adding all our exact match keywords as exact match negatives in all the ad groups which contain our broad and phrase keywords. This makes it impossible for searches that match our existing exact match keywords to access the account through more expensive broad and phrase terms. This ensures that while our broad match and phrase match keywords are harvesting new search terms to add to the account on exact match, our existing exact match keywords are snapping up the traffic at the cheapest price possible. With this strategy, I split out my match types into three separate ad groups. In addition to each of them I use negative keywords to ensure the correct match type is being triggered.
(Pro Tip: Always be sure to review your negative keywords list periodically. I would even recommend conducting weekly research based on your search query reports.) If I use the broad keyword car loans and I negative both “car loans” and [car loans] within that the ad group broad, my phrase and exact match keywords don’t compete against this ad group. The ads will be triggered for everything except the keyword car loans (auto loans etc.) and will never be triggered by the keyword car loans. For the ad group phrase, if the user searches for the exact match of car loans, it won’t trigger ads within that ad group, nor will it trigger an ad within ad group broad. It will only trigger in ad group exact. However, if someone types in Irish car loans, nothing will trigger in ad group broad because the phrase match “car loans” is a negative within ad group broad. Of course, the keyword Irish car loans won’t trigger any ads within ad group exact. Google will be forced to show the ad within the ad group phrase. So again, in this case also, KWs are not competing against each other. Finally, if the user searches the exact match car loans, then it will trigger only the ad group exact because it’s negative in both Broad and Phrase ad groups. Once you've achieved 80% access through exact match, it might be time to tighten up your farming tactics. Instead of using broad and phrase match keywords that split the traffic between themselves, we can replace both with Broad Match Modified, which occupies the middle ground between phrase and broad. BMM terms ensure your "buzz words" like "Car" or "Loans" appear in every search term you match to without the risk of irrelevancy you have with pure broad, and without the risk of losing traffic based on the exact order of the keywords in the search terms which you get with phrase. The overall effect of this strategy is that we get more control over the search queries. Of course, each way you organize your ad groups and match types has both pros and cons therefore when deciding how to do it, examine your goals, time and budget. I hope this post will help you to keep your account structure neat & tidy and to effectively use keywords to run a highly relevant PPC campaigns. Feel free to share your thoughts on the above!


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Nina Skorupska (50) has been appointed member of the Supervisory Board of DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability. Skorupska holds the position of Chief Technology Officer, and member of the Executive Board, of Essent.
Skorupska, from Great Britain, is a chemist with a doctorate in coal combustibility. With over 25 years in the energy industry, her career started as a scientist at the University of Newcastle and the International Energy Agency – Coal Research. She then joined the British utility, National Power, where she held several technical and managerial positions. After part of National Power became RWE npower, a division of the German utility RWE, Skorupska led a UK Energy Trading team, and subsequently became RWE npower’s Director of Technology Services, covering a wide range of disciplines including cutting edge climate protection R&D activities. She was also a member of the UK Government Advisory Committee for Carbon Abatement Technologies (ACCAT) during that period. In 2008, Skorupska moved to Germany and became RWE Group’s Director of Performance Improvement. Since May 2010, Skorupska is a member of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer of Essent N.V., RWE Group’s Netherlands/Belgium energy business. She is responsible for the successful commercial and sustainable delivery of Essent’s Generation fleet and new energy developments.
For more information, please contact Rolf van Stenus, Global Press Officer DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability (by telephone at +31-26-3 56 2607 or by e-mail at rolf.vanstenus@dnvkema.com).

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy