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Gentle Dentistry: Our Patients are All Smiles!
The professionals at Gentle Dentistry in Kalamazoo, MI welcome you to our office! We are committed to helping all of our patients sustain healthy teeth for life. Gentle Dentistry believes that each person should have the smile they want and deserve. Gentle Dentistry’s dentists keep up with the most cutting-edge diagnosis and treatment options to provide the highest quality dental care possible.
Our goal at Gentle Dentistry is to make your visits as productive and comfortable as possible. The best experience at our dental office begins with our patients being well informed. Take time to browse through the Gentle Dentistry website. You’ll discover information about dental treatments available here in our Kalamazoo, MI office – general, family, and cosmetic dentistry– including dental emergencies, braces, bonding and sealants, dental veneers, dental implants and extractions, fillings, teeth whitening, laser dentistry, dental crown procedures, and dentures. By perusing the site, you’ll find out about our practices, professional staff, office hours and location, and scheduling an appointment online.
Everything from an Emergency Dentist to ClearCorrect®!
A dental emergency – a bitten tongue or knocked-out tooth -- can be stressful to anyone, whether for yourself or a child. Taking quick action will reduce further dental damage and prevent costly dental restoration. The best approach is to stay calm, apply cold compresses to reduce swelling and, contact us as soon as possible.
uses invisible, comfortable and removable aligners to straighten your teeth into a beautiful smile without metal wires or braces.
produces solid results and has been proven effective in research studies and orthodontic practices nationally.
We are so proud of the results at Gentle Dentistry that we offer our patients an exclusive Lifetime Whitening *TM. Following a preventive examination, x-rays and cleaning, we create customized-for-you bleaching trays and materials for a one-time service fee. Following this initial treatment, and with each scheduled preventive visit, you will receive a free kit of bleaching gel for a whitening touch-up. With this plan, you are assured of keeping your teeth bright for life.
For more details and to schedule an appointment, call us today at 269-381-3890.


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 How To Create Apps For The New iPhone X & Be Ahead of Competitors?
When life gives you lemons, you quickly learn how to make a lemonade out of it. This is the exact situation Apple has created for app owners & iPhone app developers.
One of the best features of iPhone X that really sets it apart from Apple’s other iPhones is undoubtedly the display notch. Hate it or love it, but it makes the iPhone X much more recognizable in the vast sea of same-looking smartphones available in the market. In fact, app owners and iOS developers now have to get used to it because Apple clearly stated that the new iPhone X’s design will inspire the majority of upcoming iPhones in the future.
In the new iPhone X, the screen is no longer a rectangle; now there are rounded corners, and a cut-out for the front sensor housing. In addition, the home button has also been removed and is replaced by a software on-screen indicator.
All these changes will certainly have implications for your iPhone mobile app. Though, Apple has also provided tools to help us in creating and providing better user experiences to our new iPhone X users. So, let’s move forward and see how to create apps for iPhone X.
Similar to 4”, 4.7”, and 5.5” iPhones introduced in 2014, you can opt your iOS app in to support iPhone X by either using a launch storyboard or a default image with correct dimensions. If you choose the second option, you’re more likely to be already using a LaunchImage set inside of an Asset Catalog.
Though, there is a surprising part here.
When you open it, there’s actually no spot for the new iPhone X. Therefore, you’ve to select the corresponding checkmark manually, in the Attributes Inspector – iOS 8.0 or later. Once you do this, then you can bring in the launch image.
Now let’s see how to make these necessary changes.
Safe Area layout guides are the main building block using which you can enable the iPhone X support. In existing iOS apps, It’s not enabled by default in the Storyboard. So, when upgrading your app for the new iPhone X’s display, you need to enable the Safe Area Layout Guidelines.
Once you enable it, the XCode 9 will migrate your constraints, which used pinned to the layoutguides. Now, if your iPhone app uses Auto Layout and standard UIKit components, then your app may just work with no changes necessary. But, if your app does manual layout and uses custom controls, then you might have to do some upgrading.
Now, if your app does require necessary changes, then we recommend that you exercise your entire iPhone application, every screen, in every orientation (Portrait & Landscape – left and right) to detect any layout anomalies. In fact, XCode 9 already provides iPhone X simulator to make this task easy.
The safe area describes an area of a view not occluded by ancestors such as search bar. This means you’ll have to check and update your layouts to honor this safe area. For instance, if you’ve put some control at the bottom of view whose bottom constraint is relative to iPhone X’s bottom edge, then that control may now be obscured by the iPhone X’s home indicator. The fix for this issue is to update your control’s bottom constraint to be relative to the safe area layout guide.
You can access this safe area in the code by using SafeAreaLayoutGuide, or by using layout margins (if calculating manual layouts), or in Interface Builder. Also, as shown in the picture above, the safe area layout guides must be enabled in the storyboard.
When you turn on/enable safe area layout guides, it will automatically upgrade constraints connected to the scene’s top and bottom layout. Therefore, it’s necessary to review and test your entire iPhone application in the simulator after enabling the safe area layout guides.
The UITableView brings a precise change. For the new iPhone X display, the table view will run edge to edge, but the ContentView of the UITableViewCell will be constrained by the safe area. This will basically allow cosmetics to fill the screen but can keep your content where users can see it.
Besides, the new iOS 11 also provides a UITableView.insetsContentViewsToSafeArea setting to modify this behavior that may or may not be needed according to your requirements. In addition, also note that the BackgroundView does extend to edges, which means it can be another option for adjusting customization. This makes testing all of your screens much more necessary, especially left and right landscapes.
Any controls placed in the corners will need to be moved, maybe just inset, to make sure that they are not clipped by iPhone X display’s rounded corners. In addition, the controls placed at the edges will also need an inset to help with the gestures. This is especially for the controls at the bottom because more space will be needed to make sure trouble-free gesturing between the iPhone X’s home indicator and your controls.
Embracing The Large Navigation Bar!
In iOS 11, the Apple has unified the search bar with the large navigation bar because a non-unified search bar looks bad on the iPhone X display.
The good news is, the fix is quite easy. To enable it, you need to do following 2 things.
Now, since you want to continue support of the older version of iPhones with new iPhone X included, we’ll enable the large bar only on the iPhone X, and only in a subset of your app’s navigation stack.
In order to do it, apply the following code to your topmost ViewController.
Overall, these are the key areas for app owners and iPhone app development company to address in their existing iOS apps to make them ready for the new iPhone X.
Although, there might be more work to do because the Apple has designed the iOS 11 and iPhone X to behave in a backward-compatible manner for apps that were built in the Xcode 8. And even if your app used Auto Layout and have launch storyboards shown in the middle of the screen, it still might not be able to handle the new device. So if this situation occurs, you can Contact Us with your app details and we can help you with best possible solution to make your iPhone app compatible with the new iPhone X.
This page was last edited on December 17th, 2018, at 7:15.

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Our software enables Oil & Gas companies to improve operational efficiency significantly and achieve major savings in transport costs.
is designed to cover the entire planning cycle of liquid fuel distribution, ranging from order timeslotting (interacting closely with the order-receiving system), through route planning and execution, to the delivery of post-operational data for follow-up.
AMCS Oil & Gas Planner is a leading and advanced standard system developed specifically to optimize the distribution of liquid fuel through efficient automatic planning and optimization facilities.
The system has a high level of industry-specific functionality and configuration options, making it highly capable of handling planning and distribution for gas stations as well as industrial and private customers.
The system covers the entire planning process, including operational planning and scheduling, execution in real time, delivery of operational data for follow-up and what-if scenarios.
AMCS Oil Planner is an advanced IT system, which enables companies to improve operational efficiency significantly and achieve major savings in transport costs.

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The S50 is higher performance version of the M50 which was used in the M3. Like the M50, it has an iron block and aluminum head with four valves per cylinder.
Continuously variable "Vanos" valve timing.
The S50B30 is a 2,990 cc (182 cu in) higher output version of the M50 which powered the E36 M3 (except in the USA. Canada had a limited production run of 45 cars with the S50B30 engine). Engine management is provided by a Bosch Motronic M3.3 ECU with a separate "VNC" Vanos control unit providing fully variable single camshaft adjustment on the intake side. It produces 210 kW (282 hp), has a bore of 86 millimetres (3.4 in) and a stroke of 86 millimetres (3.4 in), and a compression ratio of 10.8:1. The limited edition "M3 GT" model from 1995 had different camshafts and a redesigned sump and oil pump, and produced 216 kW (294 PS; 290 hp) .
The E36 M3 for USA is powered by a 3.0L tuned version of the M50 which produced 240 hp (179 kW). This engine was based on the M50TU out of the 325 but was bored out to yield greater displacement and utilized the same cylinder head but with more aggressive cams and valvetrain.

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Renato is a software engineer at SWITCH. He joined SWITCH in 2008 and is responsible for various services at SWITCH like SWITCHtoolbox, SWITCHinteract and SWITCHfilesender. Since 2012 he is also working in the 'Academic Cloud' project and is responsible for the development of the registration Web-Application for cloud services at SWITCH as well as for the branding of the ownCloud clients.
He has a Bachelor of Business Administration and a MAS in software engineering.


text: We are a ‘real sports shop’ specialising in rugby, hockey, darts, swimwear, racket sports, bowls and golf. We have a large stock at competitive prices and stock all main brands, including Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Asics, Mizuno, Grays, Gilbert, Glenmuir, Henselite,Taylors and Wilson. We are a major Canterbury stockist and sell their clothing, footwear and equipment ranges. We’re also a full service shop and offer racket repairs and re-strings and same-day golf club re-gripping. All this work is done on site. Our shop offers a warm, friendly and relaxed shopping environment and expert advice is always available when required.

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Join us for a Spanish Mass on Sundays at 12pm in the ATH Chapel. We'll conclude with a light lunch.
If you'd like to sing email Anna O'Connell at amo82@cornell.edu. If you'd like to bring something for the lunch afterwards email Sam at sjh297@cornell.edu.

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More and more men in Los Angeles CA tend to remove their hair permanently. Indeed, male permanent hair removal in Los Angeles CA works for all body areas, almost the same as for women. Prior to making an appointment with your doctor or go to a beauty center, make sure you have read the following tips.
Which Techniques for Los Angeles CA Male Permanent Hair Removal?
The major three permanent hair removal techniques are available for men in Los Angeles CA with approximately the same benefits and concerns as for women.
It is important to note that since men hair is more dense, both laser and intense pulsed light hair removal methods are preferred in Los Angeles CA because they can treat larger areas. Electrolysis remains more suitable for small areas such as the face.
For Which Areas of the Body in Los Angeles CA?
What Price for Men Permanent Hair Removal in Los Angeles CA?
The price of a single session is generally the same for a man as for a woman in Los Angeles CA. However, the number of sessions required to treat an area is often higher for male because the hair is more important and dense.
Which Devices for Male Permanent Hair Removal at Home in Los Angeles CA?
The machines for permanent hair removal at home available in Los Angeles CA have not all been designed specifically for men. Thus, the density of hairs and other specific biological differences between men and women were not taken into account by all intense pulsed light device manufacturers. However, some brands have a few models suited to men as well, such as the Remington IPL6000USA Hair Removal System for instance.

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I often find that I have broccoli stalks and general vegetable off cuts that I don’t want to eat all of but don’t want to throw away. You can use food headed for the bin such as kale offcuts, broccoli, cauliflowers, even leftover cooked greens to make this attractive and flavour packed bowl of soup. Whiz them all up in a blender and with a little tweak, you have a gorgeous soup! Here I also used the stalks of fresh coriander that hold so much flavour but are often thrown out.
This delicious soup feels rich and decadent despite its obvious bright green health appeal. The olive oil and nutritional yeast make the soup a bit more creamy and rich and the croutons or garlic breadcrumbs elevate the soup, adding texture and some flair. Stale or old bread makes great breadcrumbs and croutons, here I fried some with garlic and baked with oil.
Heat a medium pan over medium heat, add a tablespoon of oil, add your shallots, cook for a minute, add the garlic, cook for another minute.
Add the vegetables except for the spinach and cover with water (don't add too much - you can always add more when blending if needed). If you’re using leftover cooked vegetables just add them at the blending stage.
Cook on a gentle simmer for about 5 minutes until the vegetables are tender. I cook them so they still have a beautiful bright green colour and retain a little bite. If you have a good blender you’ll still get a nice smooth soup.
Once ready transfer to your blender along with the rest of your ingredients and a good pinch of salt and pepper.
Blend on high speed (start at a low speed or you’ll have soup on your walls!) for a minute until smooth creamy and delicious.
Serve topped with your breadcrumbs or croutons, a drizzle of oil and a sprinkle of pepper or chilli flakes.
Blitz bread in a food processor for a minute or so until you have breadcrumbs.
Heat a large fry pan, add the oil then your breadcrumbs and garlic.
Cook on a medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring and keeping an eye on them so the garlic doesn’t burn.

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Project Failure Rate is a proportional or relative value that estimates the probability of failure for a given project. It shows how 'bad' a project might be done in terms operating hours, cycles, costs, quality, or other applicable measures.
In other words, a project becomes failed when it is delivered out of schedule, out of budget, out of scope or/and with no product accepted.
Respond to risks immediately and plan for contingency in advance.

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Kirk Herbstreit knows football, and the ESPN analyst knows what's good, too: Herbie picked a Tuscaloosa restaurant as his fave in this year's annual "Herbie Awards."
Herbstreit is almost always on the road as part of the ESPN crew, so he's had ample opportunities to visit restaurants across the nation. He's been to all the great college towns, so it's no surprise that the City of Champions is home to Herbie's favorite restaurant.
So what is Kirk Herbstreit's favorite restaurant?
It's FIVE. The Downtown Tuscaloosa restaurant is known for their carefully selected offerings: each day the menu features five entrees, five appetizers, five wines, and five happy hour specials. The food is delicious, and the restaurant has an ambiance that can't be beat--it's no wonder FIVE is a cut above to Herbstreit.
Kudos to Herbie for honoring a Tuscaloosa restaurant this year; his pick is almost awesome enough for us to forgive him for projecting the Clemson Tigers to win the Natty this year.


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Department, university, and community magazines can be a great way to start compiling a portfolio and getting editing experience.
Ninth Letter. Supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, this journal is a collaboration between the Graduate Creative Writing Program and School ofArt & Designat the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Students who take CW 460 (Introduction to Literary Editing) can work on this journal while learning about all stages of literary editing. Ninth Letter also sometimes has an internship available.
Buzz Magazine; published weekly on Tuesday and The Daily Illini; daily. These two print publications are produced by Illini Media, which has a single portal for applying to work for either of them.
Smile Politely.Com is an independent online magazine serving Champaign-Urbana. They offer internships for students new to freelance writing and they pay for contributions from more experienced writers.
Is the subject matter of the publication consistent with your professional goals?
Will the publication expose you to a readership that matters to you?
Will you get a byline for your contributions?
Will you get knowledgeable editorial feedback that will help you grow as a writer?
Would your clippings from this publication impress your dream employer?
What advantages will you gain from this work that are worth the time it will take from other pursuits?


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Knowing Humans: Immigration reform hostage to welfare reform?
Immigration reform hostage to welfare reform?
Knapp is right to lampoon libertarians who are so economically illiterate as to worry that America's current level of legal and illegal immigration is causing either 1) net negative economic impact or 2) a burden on the welfare system that is anything more than noise next to middle-class entitlements. However, Knapp is wrong to lump me in with libertarians who worry that America's welfare state is the primary obstacle to open borders. He should know from our discussion last year that I consider the primary obstacle to opening immigration is not the policies inside the border, but rather the policies outside it.
While most anarchopuritarians' policy prescriptions are unrealistically utopian merely about America, their stance on open borders is unrealistically utopian about the whole world. That's utopianism squared. Open borders between America and the rest of the world will only be feasible when the differences between America and the world are as small as, say, the differences between America and Canada, or between Alabama and Florida.
Libertarians just aren't thinking clearly when they condition open borders on replacing the welfare state with private charity. If hordes of poor immigrants would cause an intolerable expense for public charity, then they would cause a similar expense for private charity. To the extent that private charity doesn't replace public, it will result in massive downward pressure on unskilled wages and levels of mass squalor unseen outside the Third World.
Technology will continue to drive the costs (in money as well as social disconnection) of emigration dramatically lower.
Polities with significantly more economic liberty will continue to grow dramatically more prosperous than other polities, increasing their attractiveness as immigration destinations.
People living in such prosperous polities are reasonable to expect something better than the subsistence labor markets and ubiquitous squalor typical of economically unfree nations.
Charity (whether public or private) can and should maintain America’s current effective minimum living standards (which are extravagant by global standards).
Immigration of peaceful honest people should be unrestricted.
Even if one doesn't believe that current or prospective technological and demographic conditions don't combine with global disparities in economic freedom to make opening America's borders infeasible, it surely is not tenable to claim as a matter of political philosophy that a liberty-loving human polity should under all conceivable circumstances always allow unrestricted economic immigration. The concept of a "border" in these discussions is a demarcation between regions with different policies. It's just not intellectually credible to maintain that conditions and policies on opposite sides of a border could never vary so widely as to make unrestricted immigration infeasible. If your political theory nevertheless insists that unrestricted economic immigration is always a fundamental human right, then your theory is just plain broken.

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According to our current on-line database, Frank Quinn, III has 4 students and 4 descendants.
If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. To submit students of this mathematician, please use the new data form, noting this mathematician's MGP ID of 1397 for the advisor ID.

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The Shimano XTR BR-9100 Front Brake has a whole new design, a lighter ergonomic carbon lever and the Servo Wave Technology that ensures a faster point of contact between the pads and the disc. This brake is light and performant, it is suitable for xc use.
The new Shimano XTR M9100 range guarantees the most versatile groupset for cross-country and enduro competition.
It was designed to comply with the MTB Competition needs to ensure the best performances.
10% more rigid than the M9000.
This braking kit is delivered wit a SM-BH90-SS hose.


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A blog for the latest news and articles related to the ethical review of human research from Bellberry Limited.
December 5th is the submission deadline for the last meeting of 2018!
CT:IQ and ACTA Working Closely Together – Literally!
Join us at ARCS 2018!


text: New home under construction now! Nearly framed and ready for your input! The Addison floor plan is a super efficient use of space adn defines open concept living! Large family room open to the eating area and kitchen. Second floor laundry and a great master bath! And a HUGE bonus room over the garage filled with light catching windows! Check out the farmer's porch too! And just because the space is great doesn't mean we skimped on extras...ceramic tile & hardwood floors, maple cabinetry, transom windows, cozy gas fireplace, on demand H20, carriage style garage doors, hardwood stairs, recessed lighting and TONS of detail throughout!

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This moxa burner is made in Taiwan using a special wood, which will not develop any cracks even after washing with water. The round rubber at the bottom can create a gap between the burner and the skin, which can avoid direct burning when people use them. The fine iron mesh can protect moxa ashes from dropping on to the patient's skin, which makes the device suitable for use by patients without the supervision of practitioners.
Use moxa 4MX080 with this device. There are no moxa rolls included with this holder.


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This recording is truly a Celebration! in large part marking completions and new beginnings.
In the four years since my CD “Trumpet Talk,” I’ve published two books, “ABC’s of LatinJazz” A Guide to LatinJazz; and “Trumpet Talk” Jazz Improvisation, completed my Doctorate of Musical Arts degree (DMA) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), become a member of the Board of Directors for Professional Musicians’ Local #47 and my daughter Robin and her husband Christian are about to make me a grandfather for the first time.
Growing up in East Los Angeles in the 1950’s I listened to pop-radio and “Rock Around The Clock” was the first hit I ever heard. By 1964 I was in love with Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and the floodgates blew open. It was so exciting to think about the next release of my favorite groups or soloists because I could hardly wait to hear what they would do next.
“Real success is in the effort.

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From Alphabets to Tender Poetics children to learn the wonderful sounds of the language. Simple words that rhyme add a magical touch to these little poems for little ones.
Perfect Collection! 06/06/2018 By Georgina Kelley I have all of the sets of these and will be making a nursery rhyme quilt for our 2 new baby girl Great Nieces.
This page is about the various possible words that rhymes or sounds like how. Use it for writing poetry, composing lyrics for your song or coming up with rap verses. Use it for writing poetry, composing lyrics for your song or coming up with rap verses.


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Most of us follow social media accounts belonging to people we don’t know. I don’t personally know Kim Kardashian…do you? Didn’t think so. However, I do happen to know her favorite shade of bronzer, the tea she drinks to maintain her famous figure, and the vitamins she takes to keep her hair looking flawless day after day (BTW, they’re from @sugarbearhair). Ahh, the power of influencer marketing.
Celebrities: athletes, movie stars, musicians, etc.
Macro vs. Micro: Which Type of Influencer is Right for You?
Do you have a $1,000,000 budget? If not, Kim Kardashian isn’t for you. But chances are you have a decent budget to work with, and good news – there are tons of influencers out there just waiting to endorse your brand!
But first, what’s the difference between a macro-influencer and a micro-influencer? If you guessed follower count, you’re right on the money (no pun intended).
Micro-Influencers generally have between 10,000 – 100,000 followers. This isn’t a strict number, though. Many brands choose to leverage individuals with way less than 10,000 followers, it all depends what you’re trying to achieve and who you’re trying to reach.
The 2017 State of the Creator Economy (SOCE) yearly report found that two-thirds of marketers had a stand-alone budget for influencer marketing, and that one-third had a budget of more than $500,000. Budget aside, micro-influencers are a highly affordable option for industries of all sizes. Take a look at the average rates below, provided by the SOCE.
Micro-influencers don’t have massive followings, but they do have a lot of reach and influence in a particular niche. Check out this blog post by IZEA to see top micro-influencers for every industry.
More Targeted Audiences: One of the biggest mistakes a brand can make when implementing an influencer marketing campaign is selecting the wrong influencers. Because celebrity (macro-influencers) have such a large follower base, it’s likely to be diverse. On the other hand, it’s safe to assume that followers of micro-influencers share the same interests, which in turn will yield a high rate of engagement.
More Affordable: A smaller audience = a smaller price tag. Brands often work with more than one micro-influencer to maximize reach, but even 100 micro-influencers would cost less than a single celebrity endorsement. (Tip: brands may even be able to compensate them in the form of free products). Need to see it for yourself? Check out the average price per post, gathered by Marketing Technology Insights.
More Authentic: Micro-influencers are real people, so their content is too. They are often more relatable than big-time influencers, and their content can feel more authentic and personal.
Hashtag Searches: The easiest way to find relevant micro-influencers is through a hashtag search on Instagram or Twitter. These micro-influencers will be more inclined to work with your brand as they’ve shown a genuine interest in a topic related to your industry. Not only that, but they have a dedicated audience of their own who are also engaged.
Search Locally: There are two easy ways to find regional micro-influencers: google search & location tags.
Performing a Google search will allow you to find bloggers in your area who are active in your industry. Once you’ve identified potential micro-influencers, browse each influencer’s blog, website, and social media profiles (whatever is applicable) and consider whether their audience and style align with your brand.
Enter your city or town into the Instagram search bar and look at the People, Tags, and Places Look through the top posts for any content that looks relevant to your product or service.
Look to Your Existing Followers: Your social media followers most likely follow you because they’re genuinely interested in your brand. Your biggest assets may only be a click away. Too many followers for a manual search? Use a program like SocialRank to organize your followers by those with the biggest followings. (P.S. – this company offers discounts for small businesses).
Use a Micro-Influencer Agency: If you don’t have the resources to find micro-influencers manually, there are tons of agencies available. Here are a few agencies that will work with your brand wherever you’re located: Gnack, BzzAgent, Influenster, PostForRent.
You know that timeless saying, “if your friends were to jump off a bridge, would you jump too?” In this case, yes…with both feet, maybe even head first.
Influencer marketing is a social media trend that is showing no signs of slowing down. Whether you’re part of a small business or work with the conglomerates of the world, I encourage you to leverage this evolving form of brand and product promotion.
Just remember – don’t be swayed by high follower numbers. Bigger isn’t better (unless you’re in Texas). A micro-influencers follower base might be small, but they’re loyal and interested in what that influencer has to say. Paying for a post or two will go a long way with those users.


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Using as a warm up to focus and settle children.
Early inner hearing training (each time the song is sung, students replace an extra letter from 'B-I-N-G-O' with a clap (instructions included).
Chester I use this song as a warm-up and focus activity at the beginning of lessons with 10-14 year old children.


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Lizards, snakes, and spiders have something in common. No. It's not their yukiness. They leave old skins behind. You've seen it. You happen upon a long scaly skin, split at the top where the growing lizard broke free and wriggled out. Unless the lizard stops eating it has to shed its skin. The skin left behind is a sure sign that the lizard is growing. Growing lizards can't be stuck in the straitjacket of the past.
The Apostle Paul wrote, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come." He is talking about the conversion experience. When, for example, Jennifer opens up her heart to Jesus Christ and invites Him in to be in charge and to wash away her sins, then a miracle happens. She doesn't just "get religion," she gets new life, she is "born again." Whereas once she was born physically, now she is born spiritually. She is a new creation. Now she's ready to grow.
Please don't be offended if I compare Jennifer to a lizard. Stay with me. If Jennifer eats spiritual food, she grows and changes. She finds her old skin isn't very comfortable any more. It doesn't fit the "new her." And if she keeps eating spiritual food the old skin and the old ways will drop off. Lizards get a sleek new skin after they molt. Jennifer gets a freshness and vibrancy about her new life that is obvious to all. And the process will repeat itself many times over as she matures in her faith.
This happens normally and naturally in healthy Christians.
You never invited Jesus to live inside you. Perhaps you have an intellectual assent to Jesus without fully committing yourself to Him. That would explain it.
You haven't been eating spiritual food lately. I know people say you don't have to go to church to be a Christian. But to be a growing Christian you certainly do. Letting your Bible gather dust can cause malnutrition, too.
You refuse to let go of old ways. You can justify things all you want, but when you know they are wrong and you continue to practice them, you stunt your growth. It's as simple as that.
Now each of these is curable, thank God. You can stop right now and sincerely invite Christ in. You can become an active part of a Christian fellowship. And you can stop cramping the work that God seeks to do in you. There's hope for you. You'll feel a lot better about your life, and people will notice the difference.
Think about how a lizard would look with the tatters of his former life flapping about him. So get growing already.


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We are pleased to welcome Isla Bruce and Professor Elizabeth Kucinich as part of this year’s judging panel.
Every year we build a growing ‘family’ of Lush Prize winners who promote the Prize to colleagues, and this has led to a fantastic number of nominations this year from China, South Korea and Brazil in particular.
Lush Prize recently spoke at an important conference in China on alternatives to animal testing. As always, Lush Hong Kong team organised an excellent exhibition booth, engaging with delegates and provided further information on the Lush Prize.
This year we have introduced a new ‘Young Researcher Judge’ on the Lush Prize judging panel. Bianca Marigliani has been selected as the judge for 2018.

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In a matter of minutes and without a single line of code, Zapier allows you to connect Mailparser and FireText, with as many as 3 possible integrations. Are you ready to find your productivity superpowers?
It's easy to connect Mailparser + FireText and requires absolutely zero coding experience—the only limit is your own imagination.


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I have managed to get the GET list of hosts API running, but when I bring it into power bi or through excel, I get the below, so I have to click the record to view the information.
1.How do I get it to a view to view all the info without having to go into the record?
2.This only allows me to gather data over the last 30 min, I cannot go further than that? Why is that?
Are you sure your Performance Warehouse is connected? That could explain the 30 minute limit.
As for importing into Power BI or Excel, that is a PowerBI or Excel question.
This question was posted to the AppMon forum, that's why I assumed it was for AppMon. I will move it to the Dynatrace Forum.


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GBF has been active since December 2006 to alleviate some of those losses – from the Colorado blizzards to the Sweetgrass Creek wildfires, as well as through scholarships for farm and ranch freshmen going into agricultural education. Realizing that ranchers and farmers who have endured several years of drought, grass fires, flooding in some areas, and other natural disasters find their savings depleted and no money available when their kids graduate from high school and want to go to college, the Giving Back Foundation has extended those scholarships to the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and Montana State University.
The Giving Back Foundation hopes these funds will help ranchers keep operating under these difficult conditions. For more information about GBF or how you can help, please visit www.ranchersandfarmers.org, or call the Montana Stockgrowers Association at (406) 442-3420.
TV Host, Ellen DeGeneres is endorsing the Wampler Foundation!
Just today, The Wampler Foundation was informed that they will receive a video endorsement by Comedian and TV Talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres! Her video will appear on the Wampler Foundation web site by the end of the week, or early next! Steve Wampler has been so fortunate to already have the backing of Paul Reiser, Will Forte, Will Ferrell, and now Ellen DeGeneres! Please try to get all your Facebook friends to become fans of the Wampler Foundation! Their goal is to have over 250,000 fans within a month or two. Congratulations to Steve and Elizabeth Wampler!

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(SNO) – The Police Welfare Association ((PWA) has come out strongly in support of a woman police constable (WPC) at the centre of a row between herself and Home Affairs and National Security Minister Hermangild Francis.
Not only is the PWA prepared to provide whatever support the WPC needs to fight a charge of insubordination brought against her by the minister, but also says it will be calling on Police Commissioner Severin Moncherry to drop the probe.
According to Travis Chicot, president of the PWA, his organisation has placed emphasis on this particular matter because “whilst the police place great importance on their constitutional freedom, the importance of their accountability should not be overlooked as a counter balance to any unprofessional or unethical use of it”.
“So we say the constitution of St. Lucia gives the commissioner of police the operational authority of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force and no individual, whether politician or otherwise, should use his or her office to influence or to appear to influence the daily operations of the police officer. Having consulted the officer and conducted our own investigations, we stand firmly in solidarity with the police officer and will provide her the necessary support,” Chicot said.
“Further we shall be writing to the commissioner of police asking for an immediate discontinuation of this investigation since the minister has admitted he understands protocols and the chain of command of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force,” Chicot said.
The PWA executive met with reporters earlier on Monday, August 20, 2018 and further asserted that “our authority is clear and strictly defined under the law and we are personally reliable for the consequences whenever we invoke it”.
Hippolyte said that confidence and support depend not only on the factors mentioned, but on the police force’s personal and collective integrity, and in particular, on its long tradition of constitutional freedom from political interference in its operational role.
“Albeit the police have responsibilities to national security but it is important for us to understand that the police are not servants of the government at any level. We do not solely act at the behest of a minister or any political party, not even the party in government,” Hippolyte added.
The investigation into the incident dealing with the WPC and Minister Francis occurred sometime last month when the WPC was alleged not to have taken a telephone call from Francis sparking remarks that she may have behaved insubordinately to the minister.
Hermin must have thought the WPC was one of his little rats from Dennery .
Wasting time on stupidity when there is so much to be done. The Commissioner of Police should not even entertain the Minister with this nonsense. Mr. Minister, you are wrong, damn it!
What a joke! Hermangild is violating Standard Operating Procedures and he is surprised at the result. His ego may have been bruised, but he needs to get over that hump and settle down. He needs to write lines like they do for punishment in schools. "I will always use the Chain of Command to avoid confusion."
Stop that silly investigation because the minister is the wrong party. Grow up, son.
F. Francis . Whatever he had to say to her should have been related to the police commissioner then forward thru her commanding officer.
Who went public with this incident?
Sometimes we try to score cheap political points with these stories, but in the end put people at risk. The lady deserves a first warning letter, based on the information in the public domain. If the information in the public domain is not factual, then the person who first broke this story needs to give us the correct facts.
Seriously Vaughn! Obviously you are very confused when it comes to protocol. The Minister should have contacted the Commissioner who would then contact the officer. Too often ministers feel free to contact line employees bypassing the chain of command.
Sometimes those hoping for a crumb are so blatant in their colour blindness it makes them look stupid.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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We’re going to say it: The Daiquiri is the most refreshing cocktail on earth. Debate that if you must (G&Ts can cool a body off wonderfully, too), but you must admit: Lime, sugar, and a strong pour of rum make for a summer classic. And whether you’re a seasoned pro or a home bar hobbyist, this is definitely one you should have in your repertoire.
The good news is it’s an easy drink to mix in its most basic form. Pour 1.5-ounces of white Cuban rum into a shaker along with one-ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice and a barspoon of fine azucar (that’s a fine Cuban sugar, though most bars use simple syrup these days). Shake that vigorously with ice, pour it into a chilled coupe glass, garnish with a lime wheel, and serve. It’s really that easy. Ernest Hemingway was such a fan that he drank 16 in one sitting at the legendary Floridita in Havana.
That’s what’s great about this world-class gem: It goes down like water but, unlike our beloved milk punch, you don’t need an advanced degree in microchemistry to make one.
Of course, Hem, the ultimate enthusiast, was not a simple observer of life. If he had a passion, he threw himself into it. In Cuba — when he showed up to write, fish, spy, and party — he started experimenting with his own remixed daiquiri recipes. So today, in honor of National Daiquiri Day (as if we needed an excuse), let’s go back and figure out how a basic blend of Cuban rum, lime, and sugar enticed the Papa to remake the cocktail in his image forever.
All you really need to know about that daiquiri is that it’s Cuban. It’s Cubanness is what makes a daiquiri a daiquiri. It all started when the U.S invaded Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898 and American soldiers began trouncing around the backcountry with Cuban rebels. Those rebels carried gourds of home-distilled white rum (though it was probably much closer to a sugarcane juice distillate called aguardiente, or literally firewater), sugar cane juice, and lime juice, which they used as a sort of in-field analgesic and general pick-me-up.
Other reports name American engineer Jennings Cox as the inventor of the daiquiri. The myth goes that while he was working at an iron mine near the town of Daiquiri, he ran out of gin and had to start drinking the local firewater. He would mix the white rum with lime juice and a spoon of white sugar to make the it palatable and, boom, the daiquiri was invented.
In reality, the birth of the drink is a little bit of column a and little bit of column b. The Cuban rebels certainly drank a gnarly early version of the cocktail, made with the basic components. Cox also served the drink he concocted to get through the heat of the Cuban afternoon. In fact, it was Cox who served his “daiquiri” to US Admiral Lucius W. Johnson. Johnson loved the drink so much he taught the barkeeps to mix it up at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC. Thanks to the US Navy’s global reach, the drink then spread around the world like wildfire.
The original recipe was constructed in a collins glass. You’d take a collins glass, fill it with shaved ice, pour in the sugar, the lime, and rum then mix until the glass was ice cold. Slowly, that was refined into a straight up (chilled with ice, but served without ice) cocktail, poured into a coupe or a slightly blended drink poured into a wine glass.
So it remained until the 1940s and the arrival of a certain adventurer, author, and all-around drunk: Ernest Hemingway.


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Redirect your line of success – Through Advertising!
Bryant McGill is a human potential thought leader, international bestselling author, activist, social entrepreneur and one of the world’s top social media influencers reaching a billion people a year. He has been called, “a dominate force in positive thinking and self-actualization,” by leading business magazines. According to him, acceptance can open different opportunities for change than resistance. Acceptance to rejection, acceptance to failure or acceptance to being poor in your work… All these are merely words when it comes to rising again from the valley of failures. The early you rise, the early you will progress. Today’s blog is about how you think of an alternative solution every time you are kicked in back and advertising is an added advantage in bringing back success to your kitty.
Gideon is the former Chief Creative Officer & Partner of Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R in Israel. A legend in the creative world, he has won multiple Grand Prix’s and Cannes Lions across his impressive career. In 2012, Gideon was invited to speak at the TEDx conference and his inspiring speech titled “No, No, No, No, No, No, No, Yes.” After years of rejections, his first The New Yorker cartoon was finally published in 1995. Gideon’s tale brought us all to the realization that we should never give up, or take no for an answer when following our dreams. His theory is that every “no” has a comma after it, and presents an opportunity to turn the no, into a yes. #keeptrying. We like his approach! This approach has been applied by every employee working in Startup Farms.
One ad rejected doesn’t mean one stone down from your plate of success. It only means that the effectiveness of the ad is of a reduced amount or might not entice the customers. There are lots of glitches in terms of communication while designing an ad. Practice, practice, practice, practice HARD until you are numb of rejections. There are times when out-of-the-box thinking might deviate your mind from the rule book while designing an ad. Get your concepts your right and you will be nearer to acceptance. Once the concept is right, your next task is to think on how to execute it and later focus on communication.
One such example is of our esteemed client, Amit Pandey. He started with a shoe laundry in Nashik on 1st January, 2009. He had a reach of 300 on Facebook in the first year and now has a reach of 1500. He believes besides hard work and commitment, it is very important to reach out to people through an attractive online presence. Startup Farms helped him establish the brand online and on other mediums that the database he had collected in a span of 7 years is increased by 80% in a span of just one year. His line of attack was about fulfilling the needs of youth through effective digital marketing, communication strategies and online presence. Campaigns in colleges and through social media were one effective medium for his growth. Effective Google ad words helped him lead in Search Engine Operations. His progress has no bounds. He now owns three offices in Mumbai and One in Nashik. This is the power of social media!
Why are social media advertisements so effective?
Americans spend 12 hours and 31 minutes per day with media, an increase of 66 minutes since 2009 (according to eMarketer). How can this be possible, given our busy lives? Daily mobile media usage (smartphones and tablets) has increased by 60 minutes since 2009, more than any other major medium. Daily online usage via the PC has increased by 27 minutes over the same time span, and daily TV usage has risen by 11 minutes (eMarketer). These screens are the only media to grow in usage since 2009; they are the reason overall media usage is up and running successfully till date.
According to a recent study from Google and Ipsos, most screen interactions are now multiscreen. How much attention are consumers paying to specific content and to our ads? Research group Thinkbox found that 81 percent of TV addicts stay in the room and don’t change the TV channel when multitasking. Instead of avoiding advertising altogether, these addicts are often engaging with another ad-supported device to ponder upon other interesting ads. So at one time, they are looking at multiscreen for interesting content.
Advertisers are capitalizing on complementary screens with TV-show companion apps. For example, a cooking-show companion app might provide more detail on ingredients or cookware used, and a grocery or retail advertiser could integrate to encourage conversion at their stores. However, it’s important to note that most people use the “second screen” for activities unrelated to what they are watching on TV. So as an ad agency creature, our mind constantly thinks about what element of business is catchy, rare or in demand by the customers.
Multiscreen has increased overall media usage, giving us more opportunities than ever to reach consumers. It’s crucial that our brands have an engaging presence that will capture consumers’ attention on whatever screen their focus has. This phenomenon is yet another reason for integrated media planning (offline and online media planned by one team rather than two). Creating an effective communication strategy means reaching the consumer when and where they will be most receptive – and it appears that in the world of screens, offline and online has joined together.


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Ok guys this is an awesome event!!!!
SIX professional photographers in the Brevard area are offering Mother's Day mini portrait sessions- all proceeds are going to benefit the Family Place of Transylvania County.
I only have 5 time slots remaining- skip on over and sign up!
Don't fret if you missed booking a session with me- there are several other amazing photographers to check out. I even booked a session with one of them!
Still looking for the perfect Christmas gift?!?! Give the gift of a portrait session with Kaelee Denise Photography. Family portrait sessions make great gifts for your mom, your wife, the grandparents, a newly engaged couple!
Snow Mini Sessions. . .
As everyone knows we don't get much snow here in Western North Carolina. But I love love love doing snow sessions!
When it snows I will contact the people on my "snow mini session list" first before announcing sessions on here or Facebook.
Christmas Mini Sessions are back in an awesome way!!!


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Financial technology provider Centroid Solutions is expanding into the Australian market. The company, which provides a wide array of services in the areas of risk management, connectivity, aggregation, and regulatory reporting, is expanding to Sydney. The location is the third major geography for the firm after it has established its presence in Dubai and Zurich.
The expansion of Centroid Solutions to the Australian market is a fast track to cement the company’s business across the APAC region as well as the Far East. The step comes amid increasingly important geographical diversification efforts for the foreign exchange and CFDs brokerage industry. With its set of products tailored to the needs of the companies in the area, Centroid Solutions aims to capture a significant market share.
“Our strategic approach was to create a product mix that encompasses all the needs of the brokerage. We are providing our clients not only with an extensive risk-management solution but also with our proprietary bridge solution for connectivity,” Aboujeb explained.
The Australian presence of Centroid Solutions will be headed by Michael Sawyer and Kara Ordway. The duo comes with a raft of experience in the financial industry, having spent over 30 years on the market.
Kara and Michael have held senior management roles in the financial industry across Sydney, London, Singapore and New York dealing in a broad range of financial asset classes. Their experience working with retail and institutional brokers, banks and hedge funds has been instrumental when Centroid Solutions was evaluating its options in the area.
Ordway’s roles at City Index in London and Sydney, alongside a senior position held at GAIN Capital’s Australian office, underline her expertise in the retail brokerage industry over the past ten years. Sawyer has extensive knowledge of the market after spending a number of years at top-tier financial institutions in senior FX trading roles.
“Our risk management, connectivity, aggregation and regulatory reporting product portfolio comes to market as an integrated solution. Several years of development and fine tuning are positioning us as a competitive entrant into the Australian brokerage space,” elaborated Michael Sawyer.
Brokers need to consider carefully their exposure to the market when choosing the right software provider. Aside from the risk management module, firms need to be wary of connectivity. In today’s brokerage world the association between brokers and risk-management providers is more of a partnership than a supplier-consumer relationship.
With its integrated approach to the market, Centroid Solutions is venturing deeper into what is a competitive space in the retail brokerage industry.

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FabNewport, the fabrication laboratory and technology center in the north end of the city, will be expanding its maker program into the city’s public schools in September.
Jennifer Robinson, librarian and teacher at Thompson Middle School, and Pell Elementary School STEM teachers Lori Delemos and Mary Nordby, were among the 230 people present Sunday evening at FabNewport’s Maker Party at the Casino Theatre on Freebody Street, where guests helped create custom bobbleheads and viewed projects students created at the FabNewport lab in the Florence Gray Center.
Steve Heath, executive director of the nonprofit FabNewport, said he is conducting a three-day professional development course later this month for 10 teachers from all three public schools in the city, including Rogers High School.
The fab lab provides students with access to modern means for invention and industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrapped in open source software and programs written by researchers at the Center for Bits & Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The concept behind a fab lab grew out of a popular MIT class called “How to Make Anything,” which still is offered.


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An exhaustive study of vaccines containing the measles virus found that the risk of seven adverse events many parents fear are unlikely to occur as a result of vaccination. The remaining two fears occur at such a low rate that it is safer for a child to be vaccinated than to get the measles.
Klein’s research team evaluated the effects of 123,200 MMRV vaccinations and 584,887 MMR + V vaccinations.
The researchers also evaluated the vaccination records for evidence of fever or febrile seizures following vaccinations containing the measles virus.
"There were few or zero events for several outcomes following vaccination. These findings indicate that even if an increased risk for these outcomes exists, the risk is low and rare. This should reassure parents that these outcomes are unlikely after either vaccine," according to the research team.
The Klein study did confirm findings of previous studies that found a slightly increased risk of fever and febrile seizures occurring seven to ten days after 1-year-old children were vaccinated. The risk of such events is fewer than one febrile seizure per every 1,000 vaccinations (less than 0.001%). Previous studies involving older children, ages 4 to 6 years, have found no link between these vaccines and fever or febrile seizure.
To minimize risk of fever and/or febrile seizures to year-old babies, Klein recommends the MMR + V vaccine rather than the combined MMRV vaccine.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30% of all people who get the measles will suffer complications that include diarrhea, ear infections, and pneumonia. Young children and adults are at greatest risk for complications of measles.
Klein said, "This level of safety monitoring for vaccines can give the public confidence that vaccine surveillance is ongoing and that if a safety problem existed, it would be detected.” The research team also notes that if any adverse reactions other than the nine the team targeted had been identified, their existence would’ve been included in their report of the study but no additional adverse reactions were found.
Klein, Nicola P., et al. "Safety of Measles-Containing Vaccines in 1-Year-Old Children." Pediatrics (2015). Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
"Measles (Rubeola)." CDC / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. US Department of Health and Human Services, 3 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.


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Check out this great chalk bucket review for the KiloJoule 3.0 and interview with John, the founder and maker behind KinetiK Climbing Products. Take a look as we sit down with YouTuber, “Climber Dad”, for an interview. Take a quick look at the discussion about the new KiloJoule 3.0, the features, and about the KinetiK brand. When a climber uses the KiloJoule chalk bucket for the first time, they are hooked. We have never submitted the KiloJoule for a chalk bucket review, but that’s gotta change. Soon we’ll be Editors Choice everywhere.
Head over to his channel to see some great info on building your own wall. Also, follow his “Dad to Climber” series on fitness from Dad Bod to serious, climber fit. Later, be sure to Like and Sub to his channel and support all those creators out there making gear, making videos, and making good times.


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There never seem to be as many fun picture books about cats as about dogs (or maybe that's just my bias?) so I was particularly delighted with this charming new picture book based loosely on actual historical events. Set in Venice in the 1890's, the book tells the story of a struggling cafe owner, Nonna Framboni, who takes in a stray white cat and names him Nini. There doesn't seem to be anything special about Nini, until renowned composer Verdi wanders into the cafe to work on his latest opera. Unable to come up with just the right note until Nini meows, Verdi is thrilled and begins to frequent the cafe. The enterprising owner puts up a sign, The Great Verdi Takes His Coffee Here, and soon customers begin to flock to the cafe to see the famous composer as well as the now-famous cat.
A progression of illustrious visitors come to visit Nini, including the king and queen of Italy, who declare National Nini Day, and even the Pope himself. But when the Emperor of Ethiopia brings his grief-stricken daughter to see the famous Nini, seeking a miracle, Nonna wonders if Nini will be able to deliver.
What a lovely story this is about the healing power of animals and the joy they bring to humans. Author Mary Nethery is really a master at this genre; she is also the author of Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival and Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle, two other animal stories that will warm your heart. Illustrator John Manders, who has illustrated many children's titles including Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi, uses colorful gouache paintings to portray the gold-infused Venice setting, and a whimsical, cartoon-like style which adds humor to the story.
An author's note offers some historical details about the real Nini and his fans.
I agree that Mary Nethery has a skill for storytelling involving animals and their importance to our human spirit.

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Temporary employees are a separate part of your workforce (and must be treated differently because of co-employment laws). You and your staff can still make them feel welcome in your organization. Encouraging social interaction (e.g., formal or informal introductions) among all workers can foster social ties essential to a cohesive workforce.
Take time to clearly explain the role and value of temporary workers. Knowing the benefits of temp employees may help them understand their role and work more productively with them.
If you use large numbers of temporarily, many staffing services will develop customized orientation and training programs for specific positions. This shifts the time-consuming burden of getting new temporary employees up-to-speed off your direct employees’ shoulders.
The first few days check in daily with the Temporary employee. Nothing formal, just a quick chat is more than enough to make sure they do not have any questions or concerns. If they are going to there long periods of time. Check with the temporary employee weekly. Speak with your direct employees as well to get their thoughts and suggestion and if there is room for improvement with the temp.
Bottom line, there are a number of steps you can take keep relations between temporary and direct employees positive. The more positive their working relationship, the better the results will be for everyone.
Personnel Plus, Inc. Can Assist You in Hiring Temporary Employees!


text: Following the recent URAC Specialty Pharmacy v3.0 Accreditation webinar, we sent attendees a post-event survey. We gathered results. We took a close look. And, we are responding.

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The football club would like to inform supporters that the main reception, administration offices and ticket office at the Coral Windows Stadium will be CLOSED throughout next Monday (31 August 2015).
Supporters are respectfully reminded that the ticket office will NOT be open after Saturday's (29 August 2015) home fixture with Port Vale as well.
This will be the case for all of City's first team fixtures at the Coral Windows Stadium this season.
The ticket office will be open from 9:00am until kick off (3:00pm) ahead of the Vale fixture on Saturday. The main reception will also be open on Saturday between 9:00am and 3:00pm.
The shop will also be open from 10:00am until 3:00pm on Saturday as well.
As usual, all areas of the Coral Windows Stadium will be closed on Sunday (30 August 2015).


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- The written arbitration application submitted by [Seller] to the Arbitration Commission on 10 September 1998.
On 15 September 1998, the Secretariat of the Arbitration Commission sent the notice of the arbitration, [Seller]'s application, the Arbitration Rules of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (taking effect on 10 May 1998, hereafter, the Arbitration Rules) and the list of arbitrators by express mail to [Buyer]'s address provided by [Seller], requesting [Buyer] to appoint an arbitrator and submit his defense and written materials. The report of the express mail company shows that [Buyer] received the above documents on 18 September 1998. According to Article 77 of the Arbitration Rules, the notice of arbitration of this case has been served.
[Seller] authorized the Chairman of the Arbitration Commission to appoint Mr. A as the arbitrator; because [Buyer] did not appoint an arbitrator within the stipulated period, the Chairman, according to Article 26 of the Arbitration Rules, appointed Mr. D as arbitrator; according to Article 24 of the Arbitration Rules, the Chairman appointed Mr. P as the presiding arbitrator. The above three arbitrator formed the Arbitration Tribunal on 14 December 1998 to hear this case. At the same day, the Secretariat of the Arbitration Commission sent the notice of the formation of the Arbitration Tribunal to [Seller] and [Buyer] by registered mail, express mail and fax. The express mail to [Buyer] was returned with the note that "This company is cancelled." According to Article 77 of the Arbitration Rules, this notice has been served.
On 4 January 1999, the Secretariat of the Arbitration Commission notified [Seller] that the express mail to [Buyer] was returned, and requested [Seller] to submit written documents to notify whether he wanted to continue this arbitration. On 21 January 1999, [Seller] faxed to the Arbitration Commission requesting continuation of the arbitration.
The Arbitration Tribunal reviewed the application materials submitted by [Seller], and following discussion with the Secretariat, decided to hold the court session on 15 April 1999 in Beijing. On 1 March 1999, the Secretariat sent by registered mail, and also according to Article 77 of the Arbitration Rules, authorized Global Law Office to send the notice of the court session to [Seller] and [Buyer].
On 15 April 1999, the Arbitration Tribunal held a court session in Beijing. [Seller] sent his representative to attend the court session. [Buyer] did not attend. According to Article 42 of the Arbitration Rules, the Arbitration Tribunal held the court session by default. [Seller]'s representative made statements, answered the Arbitration Tribunal's questions, and submitted a calculation of interest for late payment. After the court session, on 26 April 1999, [Seller] submitted a "Confirmation of the amount of subject matter" and "Supplementary statement" and other written materials.
On 30 April 1999, the Arbitration Tribunal through the Secretariat authorized Global Law Office to send the information about the court session, and [Seller]'s statements in the session and written materials submitted after the court session to [Buyer], requesting him to submit his written defense or other materials before 31 May 1999, and notifying him that if he requests the Arbitration Tribunal to hold the second court session, he should submit his written request within the above period. [Buyer] did not submit any written defense or other materials within the stipulated period.
Considering the written materials and the two court sessions, the Arbitration Tribunal has concluded the case and handed down its award by consent.
On 7 October 1994, [Buyer] and original A Company (hereafter, A Company) signed a contract placing orders for Purchases No. 94XT-004 (hereafter, the contract), which stipulates that [Buyer] purchases DUAL 720 EC Agricultural chemical products for the total price of US $100,000. The price term is CIF Zhuhai, and the payment term is D/A 60 days, with China Construction Bank Zhuhai Branch as the collecting bank.
On 17 December 1994, A Company shipped the goods under the contract. On 9 January 1995, A company received the notice of confirmation from the collecting bank to accept the D/A 60 days. The notice states that the expiration date of payment is 9 March 1995. [Buyer] did not make payment to A Company before 9 March 1995.On 29 July 1996, [Buyer]'s legal representative and Manager Liang __ faxed a Notice of Import Settlement of Exchange Statement stating that the payment has been made. After checking it, A company found that this notice referred to payment under other contracts, Contracts No. XT-001, 002 and 003, but the payment under this contract has not been made. A Company urged [Buyer] many times, but [Buyer] did not make the payment.
1. [Buyer] shall pay the contract price, US $100,000, and interest on this amount from 9 March 1995, when the payment should have been made, to 15 April 1999, when the court session was held, with the preferential interest rate of 8.5% on 9 July 1998 described in the application, US $39,779.99. The total amount is US $139,779.99.
3. [Buyer] shall bear the entire arbitration fee.
The following is the interest list for late payment.
[Seller] has filled a Supplementary statement that according to the agreement between [Seller] and his attorney, the attorney fee (including traveling expenses) shall be 6% of the subject matter; the initial payment, US $5,000, has been paid to the attorney, and the remaining part shall be paid after the Arbitration Tribunal makes the awards. [Seller]'s actual attorney fee is 6% of the subject matter, but [Seller] requests the Arbitration Tribunal to award 5% of the subject matter.
As to [Seller]'s above claims and facts, [Buyer] did not make any defense or objection.
The contract does not stipulate the applicable law. Because [Seller]'s business place is in Swiss, and [Buyer]'s business place is in China. These two countries are parties of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) (CISG). Thus, the Arbitration Tribunal holds that CISG is applied to this case.
[Seller] submitted the notarial certificate of merger issued by Swiss notary, Christian Bruckner on 23 December 1996. This notarial certificate shows that after signing the contract with [Buyer], on 6 March 1996, A company signed a merger contract with B Company and Swiss __ Company. After the approval of the shareholders meeting on 20 December 1996, Swiss __ Company was registered. Then, Swiss __ Company accepted all of the liabilities and capital of A Company and B Company.
On 21 October 1997, Swiss __ Company wrote to [Buyer] requesting him to pay the contract price, US $100,000, and interest. [Buyer]'s legal representative and manger Liang __ signed the receipt of this correspondence. [Buyer] did not object to [Seller]'s qualification.
According to the above notarial certificate and the correspondence, and the fact that [Buyer] did not make any objection to [Seller]'s qualification when receiving the notice of arbitration and other documents, the Arbitration Tribunal holds that [Seller] is qualified in this arbitration.
[Seller] asserts that after signing the contract, on 17 December 1994, A Company shipped the goods by two installments, delivered the documents to the collecting bank, China Construction Bank Zhuhai Branch, and presented for acceptance. The collecting bank confirmed that on 9 January 1995, [Buyer] presented the documents for acceptance, but [Buyer] did not make payment before 9 March 1995 by D/A60 days.
[Buyer] did not raise any objection to [Seller]'s above statements and evidence. [Seller] asserts that [Buyer]'s Notice of Import Settlement of Exchange Statement is for the payment under other contracts, not under this contract. [Buyer] neither objected to this assertion, nor provided any contrary evidence.
After reviewing the contract, invoice, B/L and statement of account, etc., provided by [Seller], the Arbitration Tribunal holds that on 1 December 1994, [Seller] delivered the goods by two installments of US $100,000 and US $21,000 each. [Seller] delivered the documents No. NR571776-01 and NR571777-01. [Buyer] received the documents by bank's acceptance, and got the ownership of the goods and took the delivery, which shows that [Seller] fulfilled the duty of delivery. [Buyer] did not make the payment after accepting the documents and taking the delivery, which constitutes a breach of contract. According to Articles 61 and 62 of CISG, "If the [Buyer] fails to perform any of his obligations under the contract �", "The [Seller] may require the [Buyer] to pay the price �", and Article 78, "If a party fails to pay the price or any other sum that is in arrears, the other party is entitled to interest on it" , and the above opinion 2, the Arbitration Tribunal upholds [Seller]'s claim for US $100,000 and interest.
After reviewing the interest list of late payment submitted by [Seller], the Arbitration Tribunal holds that [Seller]'s assertion that the bank's preferential interest rate on the day the arbitration was filed shall be used, lacks evidence. In addition, [Seller]'s claim for compound interest lacks contractual and legal basis. The Arbitration Tribunal holds that it is reasonable for [Buyer] to make the payment at the annual interest rate of 7%. From 9 March 1995 to 15 April 1999, the closing date, [Buyer] shall pay [Seller] the interest, US $100,000 X 49 months/12 months X 7% = US $28,283.33.
As to [Seller]'s claim for the attorneys' fee, 5% of the awarded amount, because [Seller] did not provide evidence, after considering [Seller]'s winning of this case and the complexity and time consuming nature of this case, the Arbitration Tribunal holds that, according to Article 59 of the Arbitration Rules, it is reasonable for [Buyer] to pay the attorney fee, US $9,000.
Because the dispute in the case was caused by [Buyer]'s breach, and most of [Seller]'s claims are upheld, [Buyer] shall bear the entire arbitration fee.
3. [Buyer] shall bear the entire arbitration fee. [Seller] has paid the arbitration fee in advance. Thus, [Buyer] shall pay [Seller] ___ .
4. [Buyer] shall pay the total amount of US $144,186.33 within 45 days of the date of the award.
* For purposes of this translation, Claimant of the Switzerland is referred to as [Seller]; Respondent of the People's Republic of China is referred to as [Buyer]. Amounts in the currency of the United States (dollars) are indicated as [US $].


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Lapsang Souchong Formosa has a distinctively smoky aroma.
This tea is more smoky than Lapsang Souchong China.
Not a flavoured tea, but because of the way it has been processed it has a flavour you would not mistaken for any other!
Black tea, selected and produced in Formosa.
Preparation: Use approximately 1 heaped teaspoon per cup. Pour over freshly boiled water and cover. Leave to stand for 4-5 minutes. Dispose of the used tea leaves.
This is a smokey, aromatic and very refreshing tea.
This is the second time I have bought this brand and I can thoroughly recommend it.


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I have used essential diagram of syncfusion to get a drawing area where i have a few nodes and connectors. when i try to move the nodes, or select them, it takes a long time to select or move it. The performance is very slow.
I have used only one layer, and about 12 nodes and connectors. it is ajax enabled.
Please let me know if there is any way i can improve the speed.
Thanks for your interest in Syncufsion products.
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Summer 2016 would officially kickoff a few months from now. However, as early as January, we already have a taste of summer because it is everyday hot and sunny in Davao.
Do you already daydream relentlessly as to what your adventure would be like this summer? If you don’t have that picture perfect yet, let me give you some tips on what to do for your 2016 summer getaway.
Plunging into the bottom of the deep blue sea is a great way for you to beat the heat this summer. Scuba diving will not only help you cool off, but will also give you a relief from your stresses and anxieties. This will also help you relax while you drift into the sea.
Another thing about scuba diving is that it will make you appreciate the beauty hidden underwater. You will encounter different species of plants and animals that maybe you have only read about in books. Through this water sport, you will realize that the magnificence of Mother Nature does not stop on land, but goes beneath the sea.
Cycling, also known as biking, is another activity that I recommend for you to do this summer. It is an easy low-impact exercise that will make you enormously fit and healthy. By doing this sport regularly, not only will you have loads of fun and adrenaline rush, but you will notice an improvement in your balance and coordination, strength, and overall wellness.
A published article says that biking is also good for the heart, muscles, waistline, immune system, and mental health.
Another advantage of cycling is that you are able to contribute for the betterment of the environment. By riding your bike instead of your car, you are able to go to your destination minus the production of greenhouse gases.
If you don’t know anything about martial arts yet, then this summer is the right time for you to learn about it.
According to Blackbeltmag , the philosophy of martial arts is to teach about respect, discipline, hardwork, sacrifice, and humility. It also trains to walk away from trouble, lose the ego and fight only as a last resort.
Through martial arts, not only will you be in excellent physical condition, but you will also imbibe the values of respect, discipline, and humility, just to name a few.
Mountain climbing is an outdoor sport, which I highly encourage you to do this summer. Among all the activities, you should not miss mountain climbing for the world because the excitement of doing this is at an all time high.
If you are considering this sport, there is no better way to do it than to climb Mt. Apo. Since it bagged the title of the highest peak in the Philippines, it will be your biggest challenge to date.
When climbing Mt. Apo, make sure that you bring with you tons of guts, determination, and discipline because these are your keys to discover Mt. Apo successfully.
I am confident that you already have a mental image of what you want to do. Actually, you can do all 4 of them as long as you make climbing Mt. Apo your priority this summer.
To know more about discover Mt. Apo, check this video.
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Water: the most obvious and overlooked brewing ingredient. Join Nile Zacherle of Mad Fritz Brewing Co., Nick Ison & Matt Ruzich of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and Chad Yakobson of Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project as they unveil the results of their experimental water project with 4 distinct beer styles. Check out the break down of their research on what different water treatments do to these styles including technical lab and sensory analysis. Will Cayler, also hailing from Sierra Nevada, will moderate as well as offer his technical insight on how much difference water can really make!
Nick Ison, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Nick’s amateur brewing career began shortly after moving to Salt Lake City in 1998 to pursue a graduate degree in biochemistry.
He quickly discovered two things that would shape his life; it’s hard to buy good beer in Salt Lake and snowboarding is way more satisfying than lab work. Luckily, what was lacking in good beer at the store was more than made up for by a prolific and talented community of homebrewers that Nick quickly became a part of.
It wasn’t long before homebrewing just wasn’t enough, so in 2001 Nick moved to California to study brewing at the UC Davis Master Brewers program.
After graduating, he was fortunate enough to land a job working in the cellar department at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Shortly after, Nick moved to the brewhouse where he worked for almost twelve years. In 2014 Nick took on his current role running Sierra Nevada’s barrel aged beer program.
Matt Ruzich, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Matt manages pilot brewing, barrel-aging, and new brand innovation for Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River, North Carolina.
An artist at heart, he graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a degree in Fine Arts in 2002. He is certified by the World Brewing Academy, having completed the Advanced Brewing Theory program, and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.
Born and raised in the Midwest, creativity has always come naturally to Matt; from childhood doodling and street murals to culinary work and professional gallery showings. Despite his proclivity toward fine arts, a career in commercial art was never appealing and he decided to pursue a different path in one of his other passions — beer.
He was hired as a technician at Boulevard Brewing Co. in 2005 and quickly discovered that brewing beer was the perfect way to combine his artistic talents and love of beer. After nine years working for Kansas City’s oldest craft brewery, he and his family moved to the mountains of western North Carolina in 2014 to help open Sierra Nevada Brewing Company’s east coast brewery location.
Today, Matt is a proud to champion Ken Grossman’s legacy and the craft beer movement he pioneered thanks to a steadfast commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability. As Head Pub Brewer for Sierra Nevada, he leads a brilliant team of brewers to create innovative and traditional beers that are enjoyed worldwide.
Will Cayler, Research Analyst, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Will received his B.S. degree in biochemistry, and first started at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in 2015 in research and development.
He works on ensuring the highest quality in new products, and his current work focuses on the flavor and physical stability of beer and analytical quantification of beer and wort.
Will narrows this field further to focus on colloidal interactions, innovation in brewing processes relating to haze and clarity, elemental analysis and hop acid quantification.
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Women Rock the World All Year Long!
By ModCloth on 03/31/2010 in Misc.
March has been a magical month here on the ModLife blog, where we’ve featured four remarkable women who are making history right now, every day. We’ve heard Sarah Bender of the Peace Corps address what it’s like to leave everything you know and work in a new country and culture, Margaret Schlass of One Woman Farm speak about starting a CSA food cooperative, Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com talk about giving young women an online platform to voice their ideas and opinions, and had the opportunity to feature Sheena Matheiken of The Uniform Project, who has raised enough money to send 167 children to school for a year.
While we only had space to feature four women this month, we know there are many, many more women who make a difference everyday. So, in March of 2011, we will choose to highlight women that you, our readers, have nominated! Do you know an inspirational, aspirational family member or friend who is making a difference? Send us an e-mail to blog@modcloth.com with her name, a brief description of her work, and why you think she is making the world a better place.
And remember: we don’t have to save all the celebrating for March. We can applaud women all year long!


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2019 Choir and Band season is underway! New and visiting members are welcome anytime. Choir rehearsals are Saturdays 9:30-11:00am.
Do you have a comment about the music we sing? Help us better serve the congregation by giving us your feedback or ideas! If you have a song request, please allow at least three weeks in advance. All praise and critical thoughts are accepted.
See what's on the schedule for this week's worship service, and what we've sung in the past by clicking above.


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The Possession sees a young girl buy an antique wooden box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the box lives an ever so malicious ancient spirit (of evil) who like “totally possesses” her. If only she’s kept the receipt. The Possession is directed by Ole (“Nightwatch”) Bornedal, but bears the heavy signature of its co-producer Sam Raimi. Sadly, it’s modern Sam Raimi that lurks in the shadows of The Possessions, rather than the frightening enfant-horrific that gave us the Evil Dead.
Heroine of The Possession, Em (Natasha Calis) and her sister visit their separated father Clyde (Jeffery Dean Morgan) at his new home, in an unfinished development. At a yard sale, young Em encourages her dad to buy her an “innocent” antique box. But, as is so often the case with “innocent” antique boxes…there’s a Dibbuk in the box! In case you didn’t know Dibbuk is an ancient spirit that inhabits a host and eats its way out. As soon as Em gets home with her new old box, things go to all to hell (literally). Em begins to change, she wolfs her food, she, hears voices, talks to herself and there’s the small matter of a plague of moths fly out of her mouth.
The young woman goes a bit batty schtick, has been done so many times before and Bornedal cited films like The Exorcist as motivation, praising their subtleness. One of the better examples and a masterclass in tension, suspense, suspicion and frights was Rosemary’s Baby, now we get no suspense, no tension just lots of very obvious (and unshocking shocks). Probably why there was no point holding this “horror” movie back for Halloween.
More interesting than The Possession is the back story, based on a “real” (allegedly) haunted box, a wine cabinet which is said to be haunted by a dybbuk, a spirit from Jewish folklore. The story achieved national recognition after it was auctioned on eBay with the accompanying horror story.
The story goes that the box was bought at an estate sale in 2001. It had belonged to a Polish Holocaust survivor named Havela, who had escaped to Spain (where he purchased the box) before emigrating to the United States. Everyone who held the Box reported smells of cat urine or jasmine flowers followed by nightmares involving an old hag. The box’s owners became convinced that a dybbuk lived inside and the box was never opened, until it was sold at garage sale.
The box’s new owner opened it and say that it contained……(wait for it)……(build tension)….it contained two 1920s pennies, a lock of blonde hair bound with cord, a lock of black/brown hair bound with cord, a small statue engraved with the Hebrew word “Shalom”, a small, golden wine goblet, one dried rose bud, and a single candle holder with four octopus-shaped legs. The box was then sold on eBay, with the “haunted box” story generating the buzz and (at the risk of sounding cynical) pushing the price up.
And that was it, hardly enough for a real horror film.
The Possession was written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, based on an LA Times article by Leslie Gornstein, which told the story of the Dybbuk box after the first eBay auction. I feel that an actual documentary would have been a better use of everyone’s energies. By the time I’d left the theatre I was already forgetting “The Possession” is forgettable, it’s just yet another in a long line of generic ghost stories, desperately trying to whip up interested under the “based in real events” tag.


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Life has been pretty much the same, a new semester, exams, assignments.
School is just like a never ending loop of stress and more stress.
Promised myself that this semester i got to work harder.
3 modules, more stress and tighter studying schedules.
Side note, end of 2014; double degree holder.

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Another successful Expo was held on Saturday 13 April. A good range of societies in the region had sales tables manned by their members throughout the day and were complemented by dealers in stamps, coins and postcards. This event also incorporated the Annual Philatelic Convention.
Displays from many societies filled 30 frames in the adjoining room alongside the well-patronised cafeteria. Beyond that area in the early afternoon two presentations from the Wellington Philatelic Society were well-attended by interested listeners.
These presentations were by Andrew Sknar a members of the Wellington Society and Hutt Junior Youth Club who spoke on his exhibit ‘From Abacus to Computers’ and Sue Vernall who spoke on her three-frame exhibit ‘Fromology to Philately’ the story of cheese.
The talks were followed by a meeting of representatives of Central Region societies. This allowed societies to comment on the EXPO with ideas for future events and gave one of the Central Region Federation delegates, Paul McTaggart, to provide and update on Federation activities and invite feedback.
All in all another great philatelic day.
Welcome to this first newsletter for 2019. 2018 went very quickly as so much happened. It has been nice to slow down a little over the Christmas break but now it is back to work. As I write this I’m trying to get last year’s work out of the way before everybody gets back on deck and the new onslaught begins.
In philately, this year will another busy one. I aim to extend one of my exhibits and start a new one which will take some time, I look forward to the time when I can relax and spend a couple of months in the evenings just sticking stamps in my old albums. I’ve got about three cartons of material to sort though. Maybe I’ll have some spare time when I retire! [Those who have already retired tell me that might be a faint hope.] Besides Federation business I know NZ2020 will take up a bit of time.
The executive have again been doing their best to get out to the different societies around the country, attending meetings or been asked to talk. I have been booked to talk to at least three societies this year. Others on the executive have also been booked but are also keen to get around the countryside. So if your society is interested please contact one of us (or, if you don’t know who or how to contact someone, contact secretary@nzpf.org.nz who will be pleased to help).


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So what’s another system authors can use to keep track of their worldbuilding? Mind maps.
Maybe you remember using them in school during group projects, probably when your teacher wanted everyone to brainstorm ideas.
Simply put, they’re just a visual way to represent ideas, concepts, and the connections between them.
So how does this help you keep track of your fantasy or science fiction universe? It can let you group important aspects of your worldbuilding together, color code them, add notes, and then show their connections in a visual way.
There are a lot of free programs out there, but the one I used the most is XMind.
I used a mind map while writing Terraviathian, the unfinished third book in the Tethys Chronicles, an unpublished sword and sorcery novel, a fantasy novel, and partway through an urban fantasy novel. I got a lot of mileage out of my mind maps.
With just a little bit of effort I was able to list characters on one side of the mind map while charting all my countries, cultures, locations, whatever on the other.
Plus color coding!! Using color to group certain things together appealed to the organizational freak within me. And it looked pretty.
Personally, my mind maps got more and more elaborate as I used the same file for multiple books in a series. As I added more and more stuff to them, they got too big for me to handle. There were hundreds of entries, and some of them became outdated as I wrote. So I tried to mark them to separate them somehow. Or others were placeholders. And there were duplicates. Plus I wasn’t sure where to put info sometimes. Did bits about the history of a city belong in the “Locations” section or in the “Culture” section?
Maybe you’ll have better luck tackling these issues. Or maybe you won’t put so many entries in a single mind map.
I’ve moved on from mind maps, but maybe they’re just what you need!
Come back next week whenever I get around to writing the next installment about…wait for it… personal wikis!


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The Swish Stud chrome curtain pole in 35mm diameter is part of the Elements collection. The Stud curtain pole comes with a small simple end finial.
The rings are nylon lined, allowing them to glide quietly and smoothly when opening and closing your curtains. Strong metal wall fix brackets are supplied, which are adjustable and allow you to set the distance between the curtain pole and the wall to suit your window.
Our metal curtain poles can be easily cut to size for a perfect fit using a small fine tooth saw. Simply remove the finials first by loosening the tiny colour coordinating grub screw with the supplied allen key and then cut down to size.

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"I DIED!!" was my first reaction when I saw Charmaine Sheh (佘诗曼) in that gorgeous digital print dress she wore to promote a skin care product line in Hong Kong on September 27, 2010.
The Hong Kong actress wore a dress from Belle Sauvage Fall 2010 collection. Completing the look with a pair of thigh-high boots.
Charmaine Sheh (佘诗曼) worked the dress! Edgy and feminine at the same time, she definitely don't look like she's trying too hard. Perfect 10. Carina Lau, take notes from her.
She definitely made me feel that fashion among the Chinese actresses IS exciting unlike how Carina Lau have made it so boring for me. Furthermore, I was really surprised when I found out she was wearing a brand from London! Never thought this day would come. What makes it even more exciting, I'm a huge fan of Belle Sauvage!


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A. Hak Servicios Químicosy Petroquímicos, S.L.
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If you're a fan of The Internet and its members, then May will be a special month for you. The group took to their official Twitter account this week to announce that two solo albums would be coming from their crew — with one arriving this month and another coming next month. They didn't specify from whom the projects would be coming but, given that Steve Lacy just dropped his latest single "N Side," we think it's a safe bet that he'll be in the number.
On "N Side," Steve gets a bit sexual and sensual on us. The track begins with a warm, percolating rhythm offset by the heavy thump of a kick drum. Steve's voice soon joins along with strummed guitar. "Meet me outside of my palace," he sings. "Don't need no approval, girl you 'bout it." And, apparently, Steve is 'bout it too as the song packs on the innuendo and direct statements as to what he plans on doing and how he'll make it last. It all comes to a head as he sings on the chorus, "Inside, inside, tell me is it inside?" While it all comes off as rather racy, a spoken word interlude mid-song brings things to a slightly more innocent place as he asks if the feelings being expressed during these intimate moments are really coming from inside her heart. That's cute and all but with a groove this sensual, you already know that the intentions here all aim toward the bedroom.
We're digging "N Side" and if the (possibly) upcoming second solo set from Steve Lacy sounds anything like 2017's Steve Lacy's Demo then we're in for a treat. Listen to the track below and join us in hoping and wishing the new project into existence.


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