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Why would I want to give away my very best tips for buying vintage furniture? Whether folks buy from us at Form & Function or another reputable dealer, educated decisions help alleviate buyer's remorse. If you've decided that vintage furniture is an acceptible substitute for the new options so widely available, there are many buying opportunities. I hope to illuminate the where and the what with my very best tips for buying vintage furniture. Where To Buy 1/ Estate sales… Read More
Thankful Thursday: Shopping for Vintage
Shopping for Vintage Furniture and Goods I am reminded lately how lucky I am to do what I do. Life is short so you better love what you do. Someone commented recently that it must be wonderful to go shopping all the time for the store. I grumbled that it IS work, after all, even though it seems glamorous. And I must use time management skills to ensure I am allotting enough time to client work, visiting job sites, the… Read More
NYC Finale
In this last installment, NYC Finale, I had a packed remaining couple of days. Sunday I took the subway up to Harlem to meet the fam for brunch at Red Rooster, part of mega-star Marcus Samuelsson's group of restaurants. Great classic American meets Swedish cuisine. Afterward, head down to Soho to check out an unusual store, Evolution which specializes in taxidermy, fossils, sea life, insects and other natural curiosities for the home. Here's some examples from their website. Met my niece for matinee… Read More
Habitat for Humanity, or Thrifting 101 for College Boy
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink…or insert any familiar proverb with same meaning. Financial literacy is something I've strived to teach my children from day one, and especially beginning in earnest in middle school. It comes more naturally to some, I've learned. I may as well have been speaking Greek to my eldest (affectionately known as college boy) or perhaps in this olden language in an early attempt to prove a point. Hwa is thet… Read More
Yessir, We Got Doors
Yup, those are old doors in the back of my van, that are about to become upcycled doors turned walls. My booth has been confirmed and I'll be moving into Hunt and Gather next week. Between now and then I travel to Canada to visit my aging parents, so Mr. F&F is in charge this weekend. I'm leaving a note that suggests he dare not open the van; he knows better, but sometimes morbid curiousity gets the best of him. I do… Read More
Decorating for a Cause, Part Two
Awhile back I spoke about The Green Chair Project, a furniture bank that accepts donations which are then distributed to people in transition. In little over seven months, they secured a lease on a larger space…6000 square feet which quickly filled. This go round they are better able to display their goods, giving clients an opportunity to shop with dignity in a space that feels like a real store with "new" stuff. I have had fun, fluffing and playing with all… Read More
Thinking Outside the Box: A & B Store Fixtures
Had to source some display pieces for a client today and head to A & B Store Fixtures (that I never discovered this gem before today, boggles my mind). The store is a great resource for a lot of stuff, originally store display fixtures, and many are suitable for the home. Check out this little gem… …and the various stools, rustic display pieces, racks and other assorted used goodies… …lots of accessories, like these tiered baskets, which would make great fruit… Read More
College Life
Went to my son's parent weekend – enjoyed a slice of college life and explored this wonderfully diverse campus. The best ice cream (reputedly in the whole state) is here and it lived up to its name… Walked around campus, enjoying the older architecture and the modern art museum (no pictures allowed there)… …from there we explored a festival on the campus main drag – heard some great jazz (I may or may not be related to the drummer)… …saw… Read More
Give Me Liberty
…or give me nuttin'. Too hot out there today, but still enjoyed the treasures and the always creative vignettes… These Italian leather-covered bottles revived sweet memories for me, and the $5 table had wonderful, small treasures (I scored a five dollar painting)… Couldn't get enough of this vendor's colorful, bountiful booth… From lockers to the Hudson Bay blankets of my youth to modern… …and vintage clothes and jewelry… …and really, my pictures don't do justice. I was too lazy and… Read More
Went beyond my usual haunts, exploring Carrboro and Chapel Hill. First stop, Surplus Sids, which you just have to see for yourself…an unbelieveable collection of military surplus. I'm not particularly militaristic, but I think the camo netting could be super cute in a little boy's room… The outside staging area has mostly furniture, but you just might find a mask or a $7.99 painting…. …went home with this for an upcoming project… …and came dangerously close to buying this… …inside… Read More
Someone Else's Treasure
The old saying really starts with "someone else's junk," but in this case, I assume it was their treasure. They clearly wanted it back if they loaned it out, or they wanted to identify special contents because, as you'll see, on the bottom… …they wrote their names. Did they keep the hidden treasures of their relationship in that box? Or did they bake cookies, deliver them in the box and ensure its return? One can only imagine and that is… Read More
No Money Monday…Almost
Habitat for Humanity – one of my favorite sources for material-in-the-raw and helping a great cause. This treasure, in all its 70s glory – ugly wood panelling, fibre board sides, and morose stain – had its place in a disco den where everyone threw their keys in the middle of the room and well, you get the picture. It cost twenty-five bucks, plus a small can of pink paint, and leftover hardware from another project…this is it post-sanding…. …the one… Read More


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Recently, I have been getting a lot of questions about 808s. Specifically, those bass 808s we hear underneath the higher tone kicks. Producers like Mike Will Made it, DJ Mustard and Kanye west uses a pitched 808 to create subsonic material underneath their main kicks.
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Jennifer Lopez is back on the music scene! With Top 10 hit "On The Floor" with Pitbull becoming hotter (get ready for an Idol performance!) it seems the album is seemingly coming at a great time. While none of her promotional singles have even charted (single "I'm Into You" with Lil Wayne almost did at #101), there's lots more music on the album that I've taken apart track by track in her new album LOVE?. I know we're busy, so I've given you the necessary info on each track which you can combine to deciding whether this album's for you.
1. "On The Floor" featuring Pitbull – This song worked great for JLo's comeback. While it was an obvious rip off the brilliance of "Stereo Love" and its Romanian music elements that, combined a familiar face of Jennifer Lopez, is a sure fire hit. While I don't see what sing has to do with love (Jennifer had said each song on the album releated to love) it's still a pretty great track and its great to hear Jennifer back in an element that seems 1000% comfortable for her. (Listen)
2. Good Hit – Very fun. Not much going on here musically, but it is fun to sing along with lines like "don't you wish I was your boo?!" and "Tell them that I got that. Go buy me Louis stuff, buy me Gucci stuff, that 'I Love Lucy' stuff!" I'm still waiting for the full viral video that I think could go down as the new "Single Ladies" dance song. Song is still, eh. (Listen)
3. I'm Into You featuring Lil Wayne – Again playing off of Jennifer's international appeal, but the song mostly comes off a c-grade version of Rihanna's "What's My Name" with Drake. I almost wish they copied the song more (since WMN is excellent) if they were going off that idea, but it just falls flat. It's good to keep Jenny in these foreign sounds, it's just not done well enough. (Listen)
4. (What Is) LOVE? – If you read my review of this promotional track, you know I love it. Some of Jennifer's best vocals to date and you can hear the true emotion in her voice that makes sense, despite leaking 2 years ago, that this was chosen as the title track. Shoutout to Wynter Gordon for the writing credits! (Listen)
5. Run The World – A very obvious The-Dream/Tricky production that sounds like something the two would have brought up to Mariah Carey for her "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel" album that she would have passed on. The chorus is kinda fun, but mostly it falls short. It's very light and could become a fan favorite. Do you notice a pattern of songs sounding they were meant for other artists…? (Listen)
6. Papi – Reviewed this promotional RedOne-produced single as well. Love it, but ultimately does come off of as something Kat DeLuna would do and Jennifer is lucky she can pull it off just as well…well, in this case she can. (Listen)
7. Until It Beats No More – This is cute. And would be mostly just that if it weren't for the ending. She is KILLING it at the end of the song! She is belting and it is powerful! It now becomes very obvious why Jenny said this album would showcase her best vocals to date. Proud of her! (Listen)
8. One Love – This is a track that had been leaked awhile ago and I'm extremely surprised to find this on the standard tracklist. It sounds very dated and quite boring. It's something we'd definitely expect from Jennifer in her late 2000 music career–as seen from her last 2 albums debuting at #10 and #12 (Brave became her first album to miss the Top 10) its clear she just wasn't bring it. This ones for strict JLo fans. (Listen)
9. Invading My Mind – While it sounds like classic RedOne production, JLo and none other than Lady GaGa have production credits on this track as well! It's another trademark club banger from RedOne, but there is an interesting element adding the male vocals on the verse and there is an international flavor on the track that sees Lopez really making this track her own when it could have very well just been an extremely unremarkable up-tempo. A fun highlight. (Listen)
10. Villian – A much needed refreshing track of the album. Produced by Tricky Stewart & The-Dream, the song shows the producers in new territory as well as Jennifer trying new things. Her silky and mysterious at the beginning, and the song's haunting tone continues throughout the track. The chorus stands out in particular. A highlight of the album. (Listen)
11. Starting Over – Can't decide if this track is too young for Jennifer, but regardless it works. This might sound weird, but Jennifer's artistry works on somewhat awkward choruses like this one that are are a little off-beat. It's not necessarily awkward to listen to, but it's more difficult to sing a long to, but I think she does great on it. I'm a fan. (Listen)
12. Hypnotico – Is that Nicole Scherzinger giving a shoutout at the beginning? Is it Tami Chynn who this song was originally made for? Oh wait, nope it's still JLo here. This is another Lady GaGa collaboration here and it works again. Favorite line: "We're just some silly heartbreakers tonight!" Not sure if I love this one because Jennifer pulls it off so well or if its just a high quality song and I'd love it no matter who did it. A top banger along with On The Floor & Papi. (Listen)
13. Everybody's Girl – (In bonus track land!) SO happy to see this track included on the album! This song had been floating around in low quality after being premiered on European radio but never went any farther than that. I think this song is very cool, esepecially the monotone, hard-hitting electro chorus. I'd say this one of the more risky musical moves Lopez has made in her career and it works. A good direction for the next album perhaps? Love it. (Listen)
14. Charge Me Up – Another RedOne dance pop banger…nothing too remarkable here. It's good if you like the sounds of Invading My Mind, Hypnotico, and On The Floor. But there's enough of that already on the album so I see why this wasn't included on the standard edition. I like the male vocals in the background. (Listen)
15. Take Care –Somewhat torn on this song. It starts off so boring, but then it continues to get more interesting bringing in some of those off-beat melodies that make the song a little more memorable. I'm fine with this a bonus track. (Listen)
16. Ven A Bailar featuring Pitbull – This might even be sexier than the original. Jennifer's not like Shakira in the sense that she sounds miles better in Spanish than English, but I do really like this. Pitbull brings a lot of sexy elements to the song rapping in Spanish here which works so well. Happy this came out, not necesarily as an album closer though. Oh well. (Listen)
So there you have it! A brief track-by-track review of Jennifer Lopez's new album "LOVE?" Final thought? This album is very safe and very good for her comeback to the music scene. There's some artistic elements to it that are great to hear, but there is a lot of reusing of older material from other artists and ideas that Jennifer pulls off as making her own, but utlimately there is something lacking. I still support this album and think Jennifer is making a good move with it.
LOVE? Standard Version – $7.99 (AmazonMP3)
and Deluxe Version are Available Now! (AmazonMP3)
What do you think about Jennifer Lopez's comeback and LOVE? Tell me your reviews in the comments! I always respond. (p.s. why isn't the album on iTunes??)


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Another Red Sox and a White Sox were among the group of 1958 Topps All Star cards that I picked up last week. Here is Boston infielder Frank Malzone. He was known as a fine fielder who could also hit some as indicated in his 1957 numbers shown on the card. a .292 average with 103 ribbies isn't too shabby. Looks like he had good success against everyone except the Yanks and Senators.
The card itself has some soft corners and a crease that shows mostly from the back but it's certainly collectible to me. My scanner seems to dislike these cards and the scans show a level of 'scuffing' that just isn't there when you look at them in person.
Sherm Lollar's skills behind the plate earned him the spot on this All Star card. He had several Gold Gloves to his credit. He was a seven time AL All Star including the three years prior to and following the 1957 season reflected on this card. '57 was the only year in the second half of the decade that he did not get a spot on the team.
This copy is a bit better than the Malzone both front and back. I love the Sox cap logo outlined in red that they wore in this era. I have one of those.


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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Author and Translator Stefania Heim
The PEN Ten is PEN America's weekly interview series. This week, PEN America's Public Programs Manager Lily Philpott speaks with Stefania Heim, author of the poetry collection, HOUR BOOK (Ahsahta Press, 2019), and translator from the Italian of Giorgio de Chirico's Geometry of Shadows (A Public Space Books, forthcoming October 2019).
1. As a translator, how do you navigate staying true to both the author's original intention and work, and the rules of the language you are translating their ideas into?
The words "original intention" have sometimes been used as a limiting force in the reception of translations. I find the idea that a translation could ever be "true," "direct," or "transparent" to be misguided. Instead, the process of translation can really floodlight the differences in how languages operate, providing a thrilling creative problem to engage. My recent translation project, the writings of metaphysical artist Giorgio de Chirico, has been super interesting along these lines. Some of de Chirico's sentences are mind-boggling, completely slippery—even in Italian, where you can push your syntax because word endings maintain connections. These ruptures, what he called "enigmas," are a central feature of his paintings as well as his poetry. What is the relationship, either grammatically or spatially, between an iron artichoke, a train in the distance, and the goddess Athena? How can one translate syntactical ambiguity without merely adding confusion? It took me years to settle into de Chirico's cadences, his rhythms, his images, his logics. To find a line in English that could sound the textures of his longings, which are so powerful. Sometimes it meant, for example, (and I really struggled with this choice) adding em-dashes where he just had strings of commas. The smallest translation choices can sometimes have the most impact. And then there was the matter of coming to terms with his other qualities—occasional facetiousness, pedantry, sonic play. Being a literary translator is something like putting a scrim made of someone else's voice and vision over your own brain, learning to meet aspects of the world through their words.
"Being a literary translator is something like putting a scrim made of someone else's voice and vision over your own brain, learning to meet aspects of the world through their words."
2. What does your translation process look like? How do you maintain momentum and remain inspired?
When I start translating something, I experience an urge to charge through the work. I'm often stumbling over myself, conscious of making mistakes, swept up in the experience. I'll lose the train of thought and add ellipses; my page will be marked with bolded and bracketed phrases and words—inconsistent shorthand for things to return to. I come out of this part of the process with a rough sketch of the whole work in English: That's the essential first step. Then there is the slow steeping: going back over and over and over the text. Cross-referencing various Italian dictionaries, various English thesauri; going down internet rabbit holes of word usage; calling my sister, who is a translator of Italian queer theory and children's books, for advice and commiseration; taking a break; returning. I don't ever get back that propulsive momentum I have at the start, but I think that's probably a good thing: The translation requires these different textures of work and thought. Finally, because I am also a poet and a scholar and a teacher, I always have other projects going at the same time—and their interrelations, the conversations that arise between them, are nourishing to me, and hopefully evident across the work.
3. What is one book or piece of writing you love that readers might not know about?
One of the main writers I focus on in my scholarship is 20th-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser. More and more people seem to be reading Rukeyser, acknowledging her as a founder of documentary poetry with her great "Book of the Dead," turning to her as a model for literary activism and political resistance. But Rukeyser also wrote other radical, discipline-exploding works—novels, biographies, plays, translations, "story-songs." My favorite is probably her 1942 biography of 19th-century physical chemist, Willard Gibbs, this completely abstruse scientist whose life and thought she animates by tracing its extensions into things like chemical warfare, and who she puts into surprising conversation with folks like Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. It's a strange and roving and really glorious book (which his family opposed, making her research difficult). Rukeyser was just not cowed by the barriers people put up between disciplines, people, aspects of our lives.
4. How can writers and translators affect resistance movements?
I think Rukeyser is a good model of a writer/translator who linked art and life in her commitment to social movements to transform the world. She talks about how poetry, with its focus on relationships and the interaction of information and emotion, can foster "a possible kind of imagination" with which to meet a world marked by violence, injustice, inequality, and oppression. Rukeyser was also an active participant in political struggles: from her first public act of being arrested as an 18-year-old who left college to attend and write about the trial of the Scottsboro boys, to her participation as a young journalist at the anti-fascist People's Olympiad and witnessing of the eruption of the Spanish Civil War, to her work late in life as president of PEN's American Center. Today, I'm especially inspired by efforts to link artistic practice and community activism, like the language justice and experimentation collaborative Antena, which was founded by writer/artist/translator/interpreters Jen Hofer and John Pluecker.
5. What is the last book you read? What are you reading next?
I just finished reading John Keene's utterly brilliant and riveting Counternarratives. Keene's sense of history, politics, intimacy, narrative forms, and language is so breathtakingly capacious and sharp at the same time. Keene is also an amazing translator (I'd argue that you can feel this in his stories and novellas) and his essay, "Translating Poetry, Translating Blackness" is also a must-read.
Next up for me is Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments. I love Hartman's genre-challenging work, like Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route, so I'm particularly excited about encountering her voice again—the urgent and gorgeous forms she creates to write "at the limit of the unspeakable and the unknown."
6. How does your identity shape your translations?
Probably the biggest reason that I am a translator is that I grew up in a multilingual family in which different people spoke to each other in different languages. My mother spoke to her parents in Roccolano, a Southern Italian dialect, and to her children in English; she spoke to her brother in English, except if their conversation somehow spun off of a conversation with their parents and then dialect colored some of the words; my grandparents spoke to us in more "proper" Italian, and we answered in English until we were older and switched to Italian. These were the general schematics, but, on Sundays, say, when we were all together around the table for hours, the languages all collided with each other at ever-increasing decibels. No one ever explained any of it, so my siblings and I rode the intersections of languages—their intimacies and angers, what was possible to feel and to express and to share with whom and how. So, when I translate someone like Giorgio de Chirico who had his own very peculiar experience of living and working between languages and between arts, an experience that was deeply shaped by his own lineage and family life, I bring this aspect of my experience very concretely to what I am doing, to how I make decisions, to how I feel my way through the works. This is true for my own poems as well.
7. What is the most daring thing you've ever translated? Have you ever translated a project you wish you hadn't worked on?
For years, I have been attempting to translate (which is maybe an overly generous description of my struggle) the dialect poems of Gildo Funaro, a writer from Roccasicura, the small Southern Italian town where my mother grew up. Born in 1906, Funaro was a farmer with a fifth-grade education whose poems tell the town's history—the occupying Polish soldiers and the girls who fell in love with them, the construction of the aqueduct that brought running water. These poems were public works: When the butcher and his nephew had a fight over land-ownership, Funaro apparently posted his poetic take on the squabble, and the town read it and memorized it. My mother remembers him holding court on his stoop across the street from her own, reciting poems. Funaro wrote in a language that is marked by various encounters. Sometimes his dialect bumps up against language from the United States, to which many townspeople had fled and were continuing to flee in order to escape the poverty of post-WWII life: Brucculine, Massaciuse, Nuova Giose. These lovingly articulated, butchered names are one of the things that make his poems so difficult to translate.
I think I'm classifying this as my most daring translation because I haven't yet figured out how to do it. Because I don't know how to imagine a public being interested in or understanding it. My great friend and mentor Ammiel Alcalay urges us to think about the literary worlds into which translated works are tossed (what works in the "target" language they are put into relationship with) and also how acts of translation can have material effects on the language and place the work comes from. I'm so personally caught up in this project that I don't think I have a clear sense yet of the implications or consequences on either side. So, I answer my most daring project with one temporarily abandoned: an open wound.
"Translation is a practice. It can also be a rich and humbling way of participating in the world."
8. What advice do you have for young translators?
To do it! Not to be daunted by a sense of piety or by anxiety about whether you've found the perfect text for you. But, at the same time, not to be arrogant and underestimate the task or the distance between you and the work you are engaging. Translation is a practice. It can also be a rich and humbling way of participating in the world. Read translations. Read about translation. Meet other translators. Talk about translation. As far as communities go, I've found translators to be a pretty generous, interesting, and wide-ranging bunch.
9. Which translators working today are you most excited by?
In 2003, when Jenny Kronovet and I founded the journal of poetry in translation, CIRCUMFERENCE, with book designer Dan Visel, we really felt that we were filling a need for something that did not exist. I can say, happily, that I don't think that's the case today. There are so many great presses and journals that are either dedicated to works in translation or committed to presenting translations alongside English-language and multilingual pieces—and I'm most excited about that collective energy. Jenny and Dan have actually started publishing full-length collections as Circumference Books, and their first title, Camouflage, by Lupe Gómez and translated from Galician by Erín Moure, came out this spring and is amazing.
There are many people—all of them writer-translators—whose translations and whose writing and thinking and talking about translation I always encounter with a thrill: John Keene, Ammiel Alcalay, Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, Jenny Kronovet (all of whom I've already mentioned), as well as Don Mee Choi, Mónica de la Torre, Sawako Nakayasu, Jennifer Scappettone, Gabrielle Civil, Michael Leong, Aaron Coleman, Pierre Joris, Anna Moschovakis, Matvei Yankelevich, Daniel Borzutzky, Johannes Göransson. There are more I am sure I am forgetting. . . . These people have been changing what it means to be a translator in our literary landscape, imagining new possibilities for the political and aesthetic contours of translation work.
10. Your most recent work is a translation of Italian artist and writer Giorgio de Chirico's poetry. What initially drew you to de Chirico's work? How would you describe his poetry to readers encountering him for the first time?
I realized recently that when telling people about my translation project, it was often more helpful to pull up a painting by de Chirico than to say his name. He is one of the most iconic 20th-century artists and I'm always stunned by how profoundly his images have entered the public imagination. He is sometimes called a surrealist, sometimes a metaphysical artist—he was adjacent to or involved in many big art movements of his time, was great friends with Apollinaire, had a falling out with Breton. The thing that is less known is that he was also a writer. I was introduced to his work by my friend, the wonderful poet Brett Fletcher Lauer. Brett was a fan of the art, had just read de Chirico's Memoir, and had rustled up this cache of Italian and French poems on the website of the de Chirico Foundation. He sent them to me and asked: Are these any good? And they were! I loved them—they were so strange and haunting, both precise and unsettling. Here was this world filled with sulfuric cascades and smoking cliffs, statues walking of their low pedestals, revenants around corners, easels re-imagined as sailboats cast on voyages, all powered by this incredibly acute and visceral emotion. Brett's next question was: Will you translate them? That was five years ago.
Stefania Heim received a translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her work on Giorgio de Chirico. A founding editor of CIRCUMFERENCE: Poetry in Translation, she is the author of the poetry collections HOUR BOOK and A Table That Goes On for Miles. She lives in Washington.


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A new senior role has been created by C5 Alliance, the provider of technology solutions in the Channel Islands, to develop and grow its security services offering.
Stafford Slater has been appointed Head of Networks and Security. He has more than 18 years' experience working in enterprise environments, providing services to Channel Island and global firms to support and optimise their security,
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Here at OMA, we have fully embraced the MEAN stack. For those not familiar with this acronym, it is the unofficial full-stack JavaScript framework standing for:
M = MongoDB
E = Express
A = AngularJS
N = Node.js
That being said, we pressured — I mean… politely asked — our own web developer Jeremy Hull to tell us what are his current top 5 favorite technologies:
System level programming is a pretty old and set in its ways in the software development space that was pretty much exclusive to two languages, C and C++. The main goal of Rust was to be a memory safe language without sacrificing performance. The feature that allowed this goal to accomplish this is lifetimes. Usually, a C or C++ developer has to keep track of when pointers, of allocated data, are freed from the heap and manual memory management which can be a pain. What lifetimes do is expose the compiler to know explicitly the lifetime of all allocated memory. And having a compiler that knows about these lifetimes, frees up those cycles a developer needs to use initially for tracking memory in their brain.
I've used the language for building my FLAC, free lossless audio codec, library and enjoyed the process. Although lifetimes can get in your way at times, once you fix those errors and your compiler stops pestering you about them, you can feel a bit more confident that your software will not crash because of a memory error.
My go-to JavaScript library for building web applications. Although our company tends to go with a MEAN stack, I do prefer React over Angular simply because modularization is easier to think about. The best practice for React is for data to travel down the component tree, while events go up it. The result of this type of thinking is having one place where data manipulation happens and all the other components do is simply be an object for displaying the data being passed into it and handing events off to its parent component.
The other thing I really like about React is its virtual DOM. Generally speaking, a majority of JavaScript frameworks/library would re-render a template of the DOM when something inside it gets updated. What React does is have a virtual DOM that is handled by JavaScript and when an update comes around, React performs a diff of that DOM and inserts the updated data into the real DOM. This makes building efficient and responsive web applications less of a pain to think about.
This is my preferred text editor that I use on a day-to-day basis for both work and my hobby projects. The selling point, at least for me, is the fact that it is a modal editor with distinct modes for editing text. What this means is I rarely, almost never, use a mouse allowing me to be as efficient as possible compared to any other editor.
Of course, there are many other features implemented through plug-ins that make for quite a powerful piece of software. And to top it off, it is open source, and it has been that way since it's conception back in 1991 with the goal of improving on its predecessor VI.
Quite a useful tool to use for different sets of automation for anything that touches the internet. If you visit their site you can see the multitude of protocols it supports — well over 30. What I usually use cURL for is getting previews of data from APIs of third party websites. I also use it for internal development of APIs, just so I know what type of data is and isn't being exposed to the world.
Although their website is pretty terrible, this is probably one of the most influential pieces of software on my list. Just as an example, Rust uses LLVM and the majority of software on Mac OSX are built with LLVM, so you can see the type of impact it has.
But what even is "LLVM"? It is a collection of modular compiler and toolchain technology. If you know anything about the only other popular open source compiler, GCC, it was originally designed as a monolith program that was pretty much impossible to use a specific part of the compiler for building developer tools. With a bit of market pressure from the growing community of LLVM, they started to make their project more modular and its codebase have improved quite a bit. Within that time, there have been a plethora of tools build around LLVM, including clang the default compiler on Mac OSX.


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Hi, this is Helena Hart and I would love to talk more about using your feminine energy and some of the law of attraction concepts to attract everything you want to experience in life.
Not just in dating and relationships, but really in all areas of your life.
I just finished doing a live stream and I got so many requests for more about money and using feminine energy to attract the success that you've always dreamed of and probably my favorite thing in the world to talk about.
I want to leave you with this message.
You could not be more worthy of everything you want.
If you have a desire for something, you are automatically worthy of it.
There's no big price to pay.
I don't believe that we're here to prove our worthiness to anyone.
You're automatically worthy.
And if there's something in your environment you want right now, that's the first step towards it, right?
But when you're tuned to the absence of what you want rather than the presence of what you want, you missed the clues, right?
Missing these clues is kind of missing life.
If you are at a place where you're wanting to create something in your life, whether it be weight loss or other common things like attracting the right partner, improving your relationship or attracting lots of money and success and happiness and abundance.
Focus on the feeling that you believe those things are going to give you.
Not on the specifics of how they're all going to fall into place.
Imagine yourself with so much gravity, so much feminine magnetism and true attraction power just because of who you are— then imagine all those puzzle pieces of your life falling into place.
That just came to me right now as I'm recording this rather than leading forward and frantically trying to put all those puzzle pieces into place through lots of action and forcing things to fit where they might not fit or controlling the situation.
When you have a new desire— rather than going right into the action— really sit back and think about WHY you want this.
Why does anyone want a great relationship or lots of money or lots of fun and passion in their life?
It's because they think they're going to feel good in the having of it.
See if you can give those feelings to yourself first rather than waiting until those things fall into place before you allow yourself to feel that way.
You are a powerful creator ad now you're in control of the things that you attract into your life. It's so amazing how this works.
Obviously, I have so much to say about this.
For right now, if you're at a place where you don't want to be in your life, rather than trying to jump all the way to the finish line, just go for a little feeling of relief.
It's something I say all the time.
A little feeling of just feeling good or a little improvement in your mood or your own vibration, that is doable, right?
You can do that quickly.
For example, if what you want is it is your soulmate to show up, but you're too into the absence of what you want.
"I want my soulmate to show up so I don't feel so lonely and miserable and frustrated with dating."
If you give yourself a feeling of love and reach for that little feeling of relief, you can get there from where you are, but often you can't get all the way to the finish line right from where you are now.
Once you get what you want and attract everything that you've always dreamed up, you can look back and see how one thing led to another, right?
When you're in that process, it's not really how it works.
Sometimes it's difficult to see how things are all going to unfold and you don't want to do that anyway, right? You want to be open and allow yourself to be surprised with what the universe or God or the larger part of yourself— whatever you believe— is operating here.
You really want to allow yourself to be surprised because maybe those things in store for you are way better than you could ever imagine on your own.
So just go for the feeling of relief and the feeling of good emotions bubbling up in you.
Accept THAT as the manifestation you're reaching for.
So if you can get yourself to a place where you feel a little better, you want to acknowledge that and take credit for it and say to yourself, "ooh, I like that manifestation" because it really is a manifestation.
It's a manifestation of emotion.
Then some thoughts might occur to you, some impulses might bubble up. Then you want to follow those impulses when you're coming from this really aligned, good-feeling place.
Then the actual, full-blown physical manifestations can actually start to show up in your life.
And you're in a place where you can lean back and allow them in and receive them.
Feel how feminine energy that is, rather than working hard and striving for things and trying to make something happen— which often just leads to burn out— and doesn't always get you the results you were hoping for.
So I just wanted to give you a little taste of some of these new concepts I'm going to be introducing.
I would love to hear what you think about this and you know if this works for you, I have a few different programs that talk about exactly how to do this.
I want to convey to you how powerful and valuable you really are.
It's my mission for everyone out there to realize their true value and power as a woman. I love you all. Thank you so much for being here and I will see you again soon.
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Feb. 27, 2003
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State Athletics Ticket Office has announced that there will be no single-game tickets available for the baseball games with Florida on March 7th and 8th.
All reserved seats in the expanded grandstand are sold out on a season ticket basis. The ongoing Howser Stadium renovation process will limit the number of bleachers available for the Florida games. For those games, all bleacher seating will be reserved for general admission season ticket holders and FSU students.
The policy for FSU students remains the same. Students with a valid FSU ID will be admitted at the main entrance on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the season. Gates open two hours prior to the scheduled time of the first pitch.


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I've seen a few examples in ObjC that shows how to add UIButtons to a UIScrollView using lazy loading - unfortunately, I can't find any examples for Xam.iOS that doesn't use a UITableView.
I do have some test code for lazy loading images (below) but using this for the button doesn't work.
Is there a simple way to add a UIButton lazily to a UIScrollView? All buttons are vertically added
public class LazyUICreation { static Lazy<UIImage> ViewImage; public LazyUICreation(string filename) { ViewImage = new Lazy<UIImage>(() => UIImage.FromFile(filename).Scale(new SizeF(36, 36), AppDelegate.Self.Retina ? 2 : 1)); } public UIButton CreateLongVeryThinButton(PointF where, string text1, string tag = "", bool makeBold = false) { var posn = new RectangleF(where.X, where.Y, AppDelegate.Self.ScreenX - where.X, 50); var theButton = new UIButton(UIButtonType.Custom) { Frame = posn, BackgroundColor = UIColor.LightGray, AccessibilityLabel = tag }; theButton.Layer.CornerRadius = 10f; var image = new UIImageView(new RectangleF(4, 4, 36, 36)) { Image = ViewImage.Value }; var topLabel = new UILabel(new RectangleF(80, 12, 206, 25)) { Text = text1, TextColor = UIColor.Black, Font = !makeBold ? UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(17f) : UIFont.BoldSystemFontOfSize(17f), AdjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true, BackgroundColor = UIColor.LightGray }; theButton.AddSubviews(new UIView[]{ image, topLabel }); return theButton; } }
What do you mean by "lazy loading"? When would it be loaded?
First 8 buttons show then as and when they're ready, the rest of the UI is populated. Pretty much the same as lazy image loading on twitter or Facebook, but for an entire UIButton on a scrollview
And why aren't you using a UITableView? You're going to save yourself a ton of work if you just use the tools that already do that for you. Otherwise what you have to do is use the Scrolled event and do all the work of determining which views are visible, removing the ones that aren't, adding the ones that are, etc. It's a pain. I don't recommend it.
Oh, and UICollectionView is another choice if what you need is more advanced layout options. It also does virtualization for you.
I'm not using a table view for a good reason (I did consider using it at one point, but dismissed it as it would lead to more problems than it would solve). I'll have a look at a collection view.


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The event which happened WrestleMania 35 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey was a historic and emotional one.
"It's so emotional. Like, you work so hard to get here and sometimes you work as hard as you can and things aren't going your way, you know? And you don't know if the hard work is going to pay off. It's paying off right now. It just feels surreal. It feels like a legitimate dream. ... I feel like I'm in a dream, and I don't want to wake up," Kofi said after the bout.
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He was also grateful for the support shown him from his fans.
Kingston pinned Bryan to open that match.
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, under the ring name Kofi Kingston, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current WWE Champion in his first reign.
He is African-born WWE Champion in history.


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Today I had the chance to sneak out of the office (we're shipping the April issue and there's not a lot of leeway for me to be out if we're going to be on time) to attend the Women in Aviation International Conference at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center through Saturday, Feb. 27. (It helps when these events are just down the road!) I signed up to attend the luncheon to be headlined by an industry panel consisting of NBAA's Ed Bolen, AEA's Paula Derks, AOPA Foundation's Karen Gebhart and EAA's Elissa Lines. I arrived early enough to check out the show floor. The first thing that hit me was the lively energy resonating throughout the tradeshow. And then it was the number of attendees. It seemed crowded. But, maybe it just seemed that way because it wasn't in a humongous tradeshow building like the Orange County Convention Center? Still, there was the energetic vibe and activity that resonated as I walked around. To confirm my take, I stopped by the Flying booth and asked Armand, who is a regular at the conference, if I was imagining things. He said, nope, this is "one of the more fun shows of the year — and this year seems more upbeat than last."
Later, I headed over to where the luncheon. The doors hadn't opened so I milled about and struck up a conversation with a gentleman who was waiting there too. Turns out he lived locally and is a UPS pilot, and was waiting to meet his wife (also a UPS pilot) at the luncheon, but she was still on the tradeshow floor doing business. While we chatted, an acquaintance of his joined us. He is in the military and was there to help recruit aviation personnel. Somehow our conversation turned to gliders. Both of them had learned how to fly them and spoke of how cool it was to soar. I am interested in doing that after I finish getting my privates. It's always had an allure for me.
Once seated at my assigned table, I was soon surrounded by an eclectic mix of women: four from Nigeria who are with the country's aviation authority, two from the United Kingdom (one a Brit who runs a flight school, the other a German transplant who works for a company that transports airplane parts) and two from Antigua, one of whom owns the FBO they represented. I was the only American. It was cool to see so many different aviation-related businesses represented at one table. Ones that I kind of forget about — and that are a big part of the GA economic engine. An eye-opening experience for sure. The coalition at my table was exactly what the heavy-hitting panel of experts was speaking about during the luncheon: that we are a coalition of varied businesses and interests all working in the name of GA and continued success will be accomplished together.
Though my stint was brief, I'm glad I was able to get a glimpse of this international organization (and still get the magazine shipped on time)! To find out more about Women in Aviation International, visit wai.org.


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Congressman Massie Announces $9 Million Airport Improvement Program Grant for Gallatin County, Kentucky
July 9, 2019
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) is pleased to announce that a $9 million Airport Improvement Program (AIP) discretionary grant has been awarded to Kentucky's 4th Congressional District.
The funds from this grant will be designated for construction at the new Sparta airport in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Funding for this grant comes from taxes levied on users of this infrastructure. That is to say, its main source of revenue is taxes on airline tickets and aviation fuel.
"I've been a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure since I came to Congress in 2012," said Rep. Massie. "This Congress, I serve on the Aviation Subcommittee, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and the Subcommittee on Water Resources (locks and dams). I sought to serve on these committees because the federal government has a legitimate role in maintaining interstate infrastructure. I'm excited to see how the new construction in Gallatin County will improve transportation for Kentucky's 4th district."
United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said, "The Department has been investing heavily in our nation's airport infrastructure, which will strengthen economic growth and create jobs in communities across the country."
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas said, "Governor Bevin has been a moving force since the beginning of his Administration in getting this 15-year-long project off the ground by securing land for the airport that's primed to spur economic development in this growing region of the state. I'd like to thank Congressman Massie for his role on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and the U.S. Department of Transportation for investing in the future of Kentucky."


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RIAN organized its first-ever webinar for young translators on 18th May 2019 and it went successfully. Our esteemed speaker, Dr. Hari Damle, a Japanese language and translation expert with an experience of over 30 years, gave us some concrete insight on what the translation field entails.
The webinar was meant for amateur translators as well as for those aspiring to practice translation professionally.
In the webinar, we covered topics such as basics of translation, translation as a process, precautions that need to be taken when translating, how to use CAT tools to your advantage and how to strengthen your prowess in the field of translation.
Dr. Damle started by explaining what a source and a target language is.
A source language is a language that you translate a text from, and a target language is the one it gets translated in. Together they form a language pair. E.g. ENGLISH – GERMAN
He then went on to explain the process of translation.
He explained that translation is a process of conveying the content written in the source language into the target language in such a way that the original theme is reflected exactly in the translation.
When translating, it is beneficial to keep in mind that every text has a "body" and a "soul".
The outer structure like words, phrases, idioms, grammar, and style fall under the definition of body while the content or message to be delivered is the soul.
A translator should always aim towards being able to incorporate both, the body and the soul, in his/her translation to avoid inaccurate translations.
Inaccurate translations can occur when a translation of a highly technical text is done by a non-technical person or when the translator relies heavily on machine translation, retaining just the body and not the soul.
Dr. Damle threw some light on the translation process of translation companies.
In translation companies, the source document is given to the translator and once the translation is complete, it is cross-checked by a person knowing both the languages to confirm that nothing has been left out. They make sure to fix minor bugs like punctuation marks as well as some serious errors like mistranslation.
What about individual/freelance translators?
Dr. Damle listed the steps of the translation process that individual translators should follow:
He advised the translators to take a quick look at the text of the source language to understand the theme. They should then start translating sentences one by one. If the translated sentence doesn't sound good in the target language, don't hesitate from changing the style of the text or using domain-specific terms.
Make sure that the meaning intended by the author is accurately conveyed in the target language. Details like dates, numbers, quantities, names of persons, names of places, etc. need to be accurately transferred into the target language.
It is possible that the translator might add something on their own that is not mentioned in the source text. Try sticking to the given text as much as possible and double-check at the end.
Text present in graphics like diagrams, tables, charts, photographs, as well as their captions is easy to miss when translating. Make sure to translate them in a way that they correspond with the remaining matter.
If the translation is required in American English or British English, in a particular font or format, remember to follow those instructions.
Check your spellings, grammar, headers, footers, etc. and for one last time, check that nothing is left to be done.
The translation is now complete.
The translation may be complete, but the process is still far from over.
Editing/Checking: The tips mentioned above will help translators achieve the right structure of the translated text.
To make sure the soul has been appropriately conveyed, read the whole text once. It should appear as a consistent and integrated text.
Get it edited by a person knowing both the languages or at least the target language. The translation should not "smell" like the source language.
He mentioned a few precautions that need to be taken when translating.
Names of institutes, government organizations, companies, etc. should not be translated. You can find their official name in the target language from the internet or Wikipedia. If you don't find one, leave it as it is.
Avoid literal translation when translating cultural terms, proverbs or idioms of the source language at any cost. Make use of the internet to learn about these terms and the entailed meaning and then translate accordingly.
Consult the internet for domain-specific translation. This especially applies to domains that you might not be very well-versed in.
Making use of the internet for translation does not limit itself here. There has been a huge shift in the translation industry because of CAT (Computer-aided translation) tools and Mr. Anandsagar Shiralkar, CEO of Vizitech Solutions and FTB Communications briefly introduced our viewers to RIAN, a leading file translation tool.
Busting the myth
Mr. Anandsagar explained how the widespread belief of machine translation (M.T) taking over human job opportunities is a myth. Using Dr. Damle's analogy, he talked about how M.T can only provide with the body of the text and how human intervention is acutely needed to be able to bring out the soul.
He insisted that translators use CAT tools in order to leverage their translating speed while maintaining the quality as well. He sees CAT tools as the ultimate way to go about translation in the 21st century and explained how RIAN was created for the same purpose.
RIAN as a collaboration between machine and human translation
Mr. Anandsagar quickly demonstrated the numerous translation benefits RIAN has and how translators can use this tool to their advantage.
After Dr. Damle resumed the session, he spoke on ways to improve translation skills.
In order to gain a deeper insight into the language and its etymology, he recommended that translators take a short course in linguistics.
Reading newspapers daily is a good practice to keep yourself updated. This will make translating articles, news and sports pages, easier. It also gives you information on the newest technological developments which in turn might be beneficial to your work.
Make a conscious effort to read package inserts of prescribed medicines, information on the backside of instant food packs, electronic products as well as their manuals. This will help you to learn the style of writing for such domains.
Last but not the least, he mentioned making the most of CAT tools like RIAN but advised using these cautiously.
At the end of the webinar, Dr. Damle recommended a few links which might come in handy:
The free dictionary for finding the etymology of new words: www.thefreedictionary.com
Acronym Finder for abbreviations: https://www.etymonline.com/
Daily Grammar for improving proficiency in English: www.dailygrammar.com
Daily writing tips for getting better at content writing: www.dailywritingtips.com
We created this post to give young translators a glimpse into what the translation field has in store for them. You can also download Dr.Damle's PowerPoint presentation for the webinar by sending us a quick E-mail at email@example.com. We'd be more than happy to share it with you!
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Revell '92 Mazda Miata MX-5
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Operation Meteor: Part 5
As the deadline for 'con gets closer, we find ourselves crunching hard to get the details for this suit out. Construction is now nearly complete; we can start sealing and painting certain parts, but it'll take a lot more prep than usual since we plan to hold this armor to a higher standard and actually enter a competition with…
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Only the second time we're getting together for the build, but we've already got most of the actual body hashed out. This is nearly zero to Gundam in four days. I like to think we've become more efficient at mobile suit design and production since we've been doing this for five years now.


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Losing weight is very mental. In Tosco's book you learn about the many ways that eating clean helps your body BESIDES just making it slim. If you think about it that way, it could be easier to stick to this lifestyle. Eating clean helps your skin, hair and teeth. Those three things are extremely important to us in our appearance whether we are skinny or not. It also helps make your eyes healthy, including the dark circles and bags and even the color.
The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged! shows you how to start the process of eating clean. What to buy, what to eat, what to drink, and even how to keep up your lifestyle change in social situations and while traveling. Tosco also gives us a program so that we know when to eat to best fuel our metabolisms. It also has great recipe ideas for those of you who have a hard time creating your own meals. The book even has testimonials and questions to Tosco from actual readers. Summer is already here, now is the perfect time to make the change to become healthy.
Social situations are the hardest part of staying healthy. I am a very social person, I like to drink, I like to go out to eat with my friends, and when I am trying to lose weight I feel as if I can't even be around people who have unhealthy eating habits. There has to be a way to maintain relationships AND eat clean. Learn to control yourself, or incorporate what you have learned into your social life and be a good influence on your friends and family. Go for walks, rent kayaks or paddle boats, play a sport or take a Pilate's class. Tosco mentioned in her book that she turns a birthday party's focus away from the food and on to the activity. Have a bowling, swimming or roller blading birthday party for your kids. There are many ways to be social and stay fit.


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We are excited to introduce an exciting Summer Camp / Program promotion in partnership with The Weinstein Company & Fandago.
To celebrate the upcoming release (August 15th 2015) of the animated soccer movie UNDERDOGS UK Elite has 500 free movie tickets to giveaway.
UNDERDOGS is the story of a reluctant hero whose town is threatened when his long-time rival returns home to avenge an old grudge. When the players from his foosball table are magically brought to life, he recruits them to help him enter into the biggest underdog match ever, save the town and win back the love of his life. This family animated movie features the voices of Ariana Grande, Matthew Morrison, Katie Holmes John Leguizamo & Nicholas Hoult.
Starting July 6th 2015 simply register for a qualifying camp or program via ukelite.com and you will receive a $12 fandango promo code for one movie ticket to see UNDERDOGS.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014
My World by Wally Wood
Posted by Cap'n's Comics at 10:14 PM
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Bhob Stewart's restoration of the clumsily censored Wood book that Two Morrows published is called "His World" and will have the edited out stuff put back as well as new material. Fantagraphics plans on releasing it early next year; it's already up for reserve on Amazon.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads up! Now, if you can only find new books on Barry Smith, Berni Wrightson, Jim Steranko, and Jack Kirby, that'd be hog heavenReplyDelete
Well, there's the Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio by Mark Evanier, a smaller sized version of the Artists' Editions.ReplyDelete
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I live inside my car leasing website all day Monday to Friday 9am-6pm. I lease the cheapest PCP and contract hire cars in the UK! - I am Ling, accept no substitutes
I am LING you can trust me
More customer letters than any other car sales site IN THE WHOLE WORLD! - Ling
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Ling – I can find no faults with your service in supplying me with my wonderful new Volvo XC90. I found the whole process very easy and compliment you and your staff on your great attention to detail. I was kept informed every step of the way and will certainly be back to you in 3 years time. Well done on a great service to your customers – I really felt I came first!
Dealer service – Excellent – they provided excellent service – no complaints at all.
Karen Derrick
Editor Note: Wow! That's a very nice letter Karen. Thanks. The XC90 will be very useful in the middle of nowhere in Scotland. Especially in the snow. Lovely to deal with you, it was great fun :) Go and play with it in the lochs and glens, hahaha! - Ling
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LINGsCARS.com is an oasis in a desert of faceless, dull companies. Her service has been excellent, despite the long delay in securing finance. Her website and correspondence stand head and shoulders above the others and I couldn't find a better price anywhere so that's a tick in that box as well. A joke, a laugh, good service and a good price. A winning combination. Excellent delivery, exactly what was expected.
Steven Stalker
Editor Note: Apart from the damn slow finance companies (they are a complete pain post-crunch) we got everything sorted and you are very happy, I think, Steve. You work in a company which is also at the cutting edge of cheap and growing sector. Keep up the good work. Enjoy the new Mazda 3. You are dead right about other faceless, dull companies! - Ling
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Communication – very good. Helpful. No delivery charge or doc fees. No probs.
I like using small companies. Only criticisms;- even though it is award winning, I found the website irritatingly cluttered but only a minor point.
The Volvo V50 Sportswagon was delivered on time and in perfect condition!
Marc DiRollo
Editor Note: Marc! You are a bloody art critic gallery owner... of course you think my website is cluttered :) Here is a picture of the artwork you like (you have exhibitions throughout the year of paintings by Scottish based artists and a continuous display of crafts, including ceramics, sculptures (ceramic, bronze and wood), jewellery, silver and glass ware)...
...so it is no surprise you think I am cluttered, hehehe, I am no artist :). Thanks for letter, I give you hyperlink. Here is your Atholl gallery:
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Hi Ling, Hope you had a great time in China.
I am delighted with my Citroen Grand Picasso C4 and I am amazed at just how stress-free the whole "leasing" affair is. However, the downside is that I now miss our regular email contact! The delivery driver was professional, punctual and polite. Great. Thanks again, it has been a pleasure to deal with your company.
Stephen McDonach
Editor Note: Stephen, the delivery driver got a nose-bleed, you are so far North! Do you realise where Fort William is??? My God, Google maps was nearly at the North Pole by the time I found your address. You can do sightseeing tours down the banks of Loch Ness looking for the monster, in your new C4 Grand Picasso, as it's a 7-seater. Enjoy! Send me picture of the monster. - Ling
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Dear Ling
Thank you so much for your help to get my daughter her new Mini Convertible after all the hassle we had trying to get it in her name with no credit history. It was a pleasure to do business with someone who actually cares about the business they run! Will definitely come to you again, thanks. I can see why you are doing so well. Excellent delivery.
David MacKenzie
Editor Note: No problem at all, David. I hope your daughter has a great time in her new car. Roll on global warming so she can get the roof down! :) - Ling
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Guilford County, NCHome Menu
Welcome to the Guilford County Emergency Medical Service website. Our programs and services are listed on the left side of this webpage. Please contact our office if you have any additional questions at (336) 641-7565.
Mission Statement
The mission of Guilford County Emergency Medical Service is to deliver quality public service with compassion and respect.
Vision Statement
To be recognized as a progressive and responsive provider to the public.


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Labrador Tea Essential Oil
With its multiple benefits and varied uses, the Labrador tea essential oil is destined to become one of the most popular boreal essential oils worldwide. The aromatherapists who use it know its value.
This plant was at the top of the list of 17 plants designated by Aboriginal healers for their therapeutic benefits. For centuries, Amerindians used it infused frequently for its many properties. It is now scientifically proven that this plant is rich in active molecules.
Technical Sheet
Common Name: Labrador Tea
Botanical Name: Ledum groenlandicum
Botanical Family: Ericaceae
Plant Component: Leaves
Extraction Process: Steam Distilation
Quality: 100% pure and natural
Certification: Organic (Ecocert)
Origin: Canada, Quebec
Shelf Life: 4 Years
Labrador Tea essential oil is recognized for these properties (1, 2, 3):
- Liver regenerating and detoxifying
- Expectorant, decongestant
- Sedative, relaxing
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiallergic
- Antispasmodic
- Digestive
- Antiseptic aerial (anti-bacterial)
- Dermatological (moisturizing, astringent, purifying, detoxifying, antioxidant)
Main Areas of Use
- Aromatherapy
- Cosmetics & personal care
- Food & beverage
- Soaps & cleaning products
Aromatherapy Applications
How to use:
- Cutaneous, massage
- Oral way
- Diffusion
- Inhalation
Labrador Tea essential oil is traditionally used for (1, 2, 3):
- Liver, kidney, ganglia, prostate affections
- Allergies
- Airways infections (bronchitis)
- Digestive issues
- Nervousness, anxiety, mental fatigue
- Sleep disorder
Cosmetics, personal care and perfumery applications
Labrador Tea essential oil is used for:
- Skin conditions (sensible, oily, acne, allergies)
- Cosmetology (anti-aging)
- Skin, hair and soap products
- Itching insect bite
The properties and indications are given for information only and do not replace any medical advice. They are based on traditional use, recognized by specialists and some of them have been scientifically confirmed.
Organoleptic Characteristics
Aspect: Liquid
Colour: Light Yellow
Odor: Herbacious
Physical Characteristics
Specific Gravity: 0,84 - 0,91
Refractive index: 1,47 - 1,50
Major Biochemical Compounds
Sabinene 21% - 27%
β-Selinene 5% - 11%
Limonene 4% - 10%
β-Pinene 3% - 9%
α-Pinene 3% - 9%
α-Selinene 1% - 7%
Precautions and Contraindications
- Avoided for pregnant women and children under 6 years old
- Avoided for people on anticoagulant or coumarin treatment
- No prolonged use without the advice of a specialist
- It is recommended to consult a specialist for oral intake
- Dilute for cutaneous use because of possible skin irritations
- Risk of allergy for certain sensitive people when the essential oil is incorporated into a cosmetic composition (limonene)
References and documentation
1. FAUCON, Michel (2017). Traité d'aromathérapie scientifique et médicale – Les huiles essentielles, Éditions Sang de la Terre, 3e édition.
2. FOLLIARD, Thierry (2016). La bible Larousse des huiles essentielles, Éditions Larousse.
3. MAILLARD, Aude & Aroma-Zone (2016). Le grand guide de l'aromathérapie et des soins beauté naturels, Éditions J'ai lu.
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Amazon's Alexa is an innovative digital personal assistant. This intelligent voice-powered assistant is part of the Echo smart home device, and is also built into Echo Dot and Tap products. Most recently, consumers have gained access to Amazon's Alexa through a smartphone app. The smart home is the future, and voice search is part of that future. Amazon's Alexa is just one indication of the company's strong push into smart technology.
Amazon's Alexa offers many functions from general information to paying bills. One of these functions is voice search home shopping. Amazon's Alexa ties in with Amazon Prime to offer an even better experience to loyal shoppers. Third-party merchants can take advantage of Amazon's Alexa by optimizing their products for voice search through the device.
How Amazon's Alexa Works
Company representatives announced that Amazon's Alexa recommends products based on the new Amazon's Choice program. Amazon's Choice metrics used are, of course, an Amazon secret, as is specifically how the program defines Amazon's Alexa recommendations.
Here's what we know.
1. Sellers who have the Amazon's Choice badge have a better chance of appearing in Amazon's Alexa recommendations.
Amazon's Choice makes product recommendations based on availability, price, popularity, ratings, reviews, shipping speed, and other factors.
On the technical side, Amazon's Alexa recommends products based on the keywords that are related to products. Given that a product passes Amazon's Choice metrics, the selection of that product by Amazon's Alexa depends on the keywords that shoppers search.
In addition, sellers can't simply request for a product to be given this important badge. Instead, sellers have to work harder on inventory management, listing optimization, and customer service to meet Amazon's Choice requirements.
2. Sellers need Prime-authorized products to be chosen by Amazon's Alexa.
Aside from Amazon's Choice, Amazon's Alexa will only entertain products that are available via Prime. These can be FBA products or Seller-Fulfilled Prime program products with the Prime badge. In this case, Amazon's Alexa will choose the Prime offer that ranks first in the results.
If no Amazon's Choice and no Prime offers are available, Amazon's Alexa will send the product to the app so that shoppers can pursue the purchase manually. In this case, Amazon's Alexa will choose products that the customer has purchased before, and that rank first in the organic search results.
For this, sellers need to work on getting more repeat customers for consumable items or widen their customer base for one-time purchases, and improving their SEO for top rankings.
Competition with Amazon's Alexa
Like any change, Amazon's Alexa will take some getting used to. Voice search is relatively new, but it is going to gain traction fast. The prime indicator is that it is very convenient for shoppers. Competition for product listing placement on the search engines is already tough. The competition for brand and product awareness on Amazon's Alexa is going to be even tougher.
Greater focus on excellence is a must for anyone who wants to get featured by Amazon's Alexa.
Capturing the Voice Search Market
Here's what you need to do to prepare for eligibility on Amazon's Alexa.
If the product that you want to sell through Amazon's Alexa is not Prime-eligible, go FBA or get that SFP badge. You'll need this anyway once Amazon shifts over to allowing only Prime offers to be sold on the marketplace.
Manage your shipping times, even with FBA. You can't control the Amazon warehouse system, but you can control how much stock you send them so that it can be properly distributed around the country. This gives you a better chance of having it where it needs to be for the fastest shipping times possible. Limited stock slows down shipping speeds. Learn the delicate balance of inventory management so you have enough stock without overstocking.
Grow your traffic to your Amazon product page – versus your own eCommerce store – and work on selling more. You need to get visibility and purchases up so that you can be the choice for consumers re-ordering through Amazon's Alexa. Remember, however, to focus on conversions for consumables and not just traffic so your Amazon organic search rank won't be negatively affected.
Get the Amazon's Choice badge and become highly relevant for the right keywords. For the type of products that shoppers purchase only one time, you need to focus on getting the badge and having highly relevant keywords driving traffic to your listing so you can climb up the ranks. Remember that Amazon is not Google, and you need to optimize according to Amazon's rules.
Manage your product reviews in a timely manner. Use the available tools to keep customers happy and leave positive reviews. Reach out to unhappy customers, solve their problems, and ask them to remove their negative reviews.