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The US Government is bought and paid with corporate bankster campaign financing. We the people have to pay for wars of occupation and their international organized crime exploits. There is a war on for your mind. There is warfare to block real news and to spam your brain with mindless propaganda. Realize you are being ripped off over and over, enslaved, and abused by these people. Don't take it, fight back.
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Definitions for "Forwarder"
1. A DNS server that re-directs queries to other DNS servers and sends the responses back to the DNS client. 2. In Windows XP, a kernel mode service that checks packets for filters before routing them through the appropriate interface.
a DNS server designated by other internal DNS servers to be used to forward queries for resolving external or offsite DNS domain names
a DNS server that forwards external queries to appropriate DNS servers
one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant, such as a freight forwarder.
The party arranging the shipping of goods including associated services and / or necessary formalities on behalf and on order of a shipper / consignee.
See Freight Forwarder.
A special vehicle with a cradle or bunk or trailer used to forward logs. Usually it is equipped with its own log loader device and may be tracked or wheeled. Most commonly works with a CTL harvester.
a tracked or rubber tired machine consisting of a power
A machine commonly used with a short-wood system that transports wood in the forest while completely supporting it.
an alias for a difficult to remember, or otherwise
a simple alias that forwards to a single email address, it is not an actual account
The logical entity within a router that is responsible for switching packets among the router's interfaces. The Forwarder also makes the decisions to queue a packet for local delivery, to queue a packet for transmission out another interface, or both.
an automated service to forward mail addressed to one email address to another
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Joshua Yumibe
Joshua Yumibe's research focuses on the aesthetic and technological history of cinema. Other areas of interest include avant-garde and experimental cinemas, nineteenth and early twentieth century visual culture, Frankfurt school theory, and archival theories and practices.
He is the author of Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism (Rutgers University Press, 2012), which examines early color cinema in relation to the cultural and aesthetic horizon of modernism and modernity. He is the co-author of Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema (Amsterdam University Press, 2015), with Giovanna Fossati, Tom Gunning, and Jonathon Rosen. With Sarah Street (University of Bristol), Yumibe is also co-author of Chromatic Modernity: Color, Cinema, and Media of the 1920s (forthcoming, Columbia University Press, 2019). The book investigates the major spheres of color expression in commercial and experimental motion pictures of the 1920s, and derives from research conducted through the Leverhulme Trust funded project, "Colour in the 1920s: Cinema and Its Intermedial Contexts."
Since 2003, Yumibe has been collaborating with Paolo Cherchi Usai on the archival collection, Davide Turconi Project. In 2011, they launched the project online to provide access to the collection as part of the 30th anniversary of the Giornate del Cinema. In 2018, Yumibe has curated the related exhibit "Dreaming in Color: The Davide Turconi Collection of Early Cinema" at the George Eastman Museum.
In 2016, he was a recipient of the Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award, which is granted to faculty who early in their careers have earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to and skill in teaching, and whose instruction is linked to and informed by their research and creative activities.
Since 2013 he has served as the Director of the Film Studies Program at Michigan State University. He has also served on the executive committee of Domitor, the International Society of the Study of Early Cinema, since 2011 and has been the vice-president of the organization since 2016.
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2007
Selected Publications
Chromatic Modernity: Color, Cinema, and Media of the 1920s (forthcoming, Columbia University Press, 2019)
The Colour Fantastic: Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema, co-edited Giovanna Fossati, Vicky Jackson, Bregt Lameris, Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Sarah Street, and Joshua Yumibe (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
The Image in Early Cinema: Form and Material, co-edited Scott Curtis, Philippe Gauthier, Tom Gunning, and Joshua Yumibe (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018).
Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema, co-authored with Tom Gunning, Giovanna Fossati, Jonathon Rosen, and Joshua Yumibe; foreword by Martin Scorsese (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015). Shortlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award, 2016.
Guest editor, The Moving Image 15.1, Special Issue: Restoring Color (2015).
Performing New Media: 1890–1915, co-edited Kaveh Askari, Scott Curtis, Frank Gray, Louis Pelletier, Tami Williams, Joshua Yumibe (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014).
Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2012). Honorable Mention for the SCMS First Book Award, 2013.
"Chariots of Fire Re-run: Locating Film's Cultural Capital in a Post-Industrial Age," co-authored with Tom Rice, British Journal of Cinema and Television 12.3 (2015): 321–341.
"From Nitrate to Digital Archive: The Davide Turconi Project," co-authored with Alicia Fletcher, The Moving Image 13.1 (April 2013): 1–32.
"Visual Diplomacy: Projections of Power from the Field in Ethiopia," Early Popular Visual Culture 9.4 (November 2011): 309-323. Shortlisted for the British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies' Best Article in a Refereed Journal Award, 2011–2012.
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- Theory and Practice of Research in Film Studies
- Film Technologies and Aesthetics: Color Cinema
- History of Film to Midcentury
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Seen up close, the anatomy of a mosquito bite is terrifying. The most dangerous animal in the world uses six needle-like mouth-parts to saw into our skin, tap a blood vessel and sometimes leave a dangerous parting gift.
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Best Compassion Quotes Pictures - Inspirational Words
Compassion is like well wishes and pay sympathy when anyone is in very rough time. These compassion quotes will help us when some of us fall in sadness. Here is an excellent and very special archive of motivational compassion quotes. Share these compassion quotes images and motivational words about compassion pictures.
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He who receives kindness should never forget it, But he who performs it should never remember it.
Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.
Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.
Compassion must be translated into action.
"Compassion must be translated into action." - Natasha Mayers
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"Until you have real compassion, you can not recognize love." - Bob Thurman
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"Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little." - Buddha
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NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims about the Malda violence not being a 'communal incident' and accused her of protecting her party goons involved in the smuggling of fake currency and drugs.
"It is utter lie that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is speaking that the Malda incident was a clash between the BSF and locals," BJP leader Siddharthnath Singh told ANI.
" Mamata Banerjee is protecting her own criminals, who are involved in the smuggling of fake currency and drugs at Malda and Kaliachawk," he added.
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Singh further said that BJP president Amit Shah has constituted a three-member parliamentary committee of S.S. Ahluwalia, Bhupender Yadav and V.D. Ram to look into the Malda incident.
The BJP leader said that the committee members would be visiting the BSF camp and would also interact with the Hindu families to get to the bottom of the incident.
Violence broke out in Kaliachawk last week when some Muslim groups called a meeting to protest certain remarks allegedly made by a Hindu leader in Uttar Pradesh about the Prophet. The BSF vehicles were set on fire when the security forces tried to intervene.
Several vehicles on the national highway were set on fire by the angry protestors, who also attacked the Kaliachawk Police Station.
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Monday, 13 March 2017
In A Vase On Monday ~ Thumbs Up
It's a definite thumbs up for narcissus 'Tête-à-Tête', which are filling up this week's 'In A Vase On Monday' and are now brightening up the kitchen windowsill. Whilst a good number of my daffodils are 'blind' this year, this old stalwart is as floriferous as ever whether planted in the ground or in containers. I'm especially appreciate of them as a good number of them were purchased as late season bargain buys from Wilkos. A note has been made to add to their numbers this autumn as well as to give some t.l.c. to the afflicted daffies in the hope of better things to come next year.
Thanks to the lovely Cathy over at 'Rambling In The Garden' for the weekly encouragement to fill a vase on a Monday. Domestic duties call for now but am looking forward to some vase visiting this evening.
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- Anonymous13 March 2017 at 17:27:00 GMT
Oh you can't beat a simple and cheery vase of little narcissus, can you? I keep thinking mine might appreciate a bit of liquid feed, like the snowdrops, but haven't managed it yet! Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
There's nothing more cheerful, Anna!ReplyDelete
I love the perfume of narcissus when they are in a vase.ReplyDelete
A handful of spring cheer - so lovely!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 March 2017 at 19:27:00 GMT
I do love the smaller daffodils like this one. A good idea to give them some feed too, as my soil is not very rich.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2017 at 07:24:00 GMT
This one is always a winner, Anna, and ever so cheerful. Have your daffs been in for a long time? Strange thing with this blindness. Some of mine are blind although they've not been in long, others again –like my 2 favourites Geranium and Einstein– are thriving and multiplying happily. Alas, I shall stick to those in future. Happy spring :)ReplyDeleteReplies
They are definitely winners Annette :) Some of the daffies in pots have been in for some time but others like 'Elka' were only planted in the autumn of 2014. I'm wondering whether last year's very wet winter had some hand in this year's poor show. Happy spring to you too - it's tantalisingly near!Delete
The yellow sunshine of 'Tête-à-Tête' are such a joy.ReplyDelete
Tête-à-tête are as you say such a reliable performer, also they don't get damaged by the wind and rain.ReplyDelete
All your comments are much appreciated and treasured. I wil try to reply to everyone who leaves a comment, but it may take me a few days, especially when I start spending more time in the garden and at the lottie. I know that you will understand :) I am sure that I will also visit your blog if I have not already done so. If you have any specific questions I will either reply to them here or you can email me at : firstname.lastname@example.com
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The UK's Ministry of Defence is to recruit hundreds of 'cyber-soldiers', as it puts online attacks on the same war footing as conventional conflicts.
The news follows recent research revealed that many within the energy sector fear a major cyber-attack this year - and just days after US defence contractor Lockheed Martin revealed that it had been the subject of a significant cyber-attack.
The Cabinet Office and GCHQ's Cyber Security Operations Centre are to head up the programme, with General Jonathan Shaw of the Parachute Regiment announced as the new chief of a defence cyber-operations group.
The recruitment drive will receive part of the £650 million budget announced in the government's recent Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), which will help fund commitments made under the National Cyber Security Programme unveiled last October.
"Our forces depend on computer networks, both in the UK and in operations around the world. But our adversaries present an advance and rapidly developing threat to these networks," the MoD said in a statement. It didn't state who those adversaries are.
"Future conflict will see cyber operations conducted in parallel with more conventional actions the sea, land and air operations," the statement added.
"We expect to significantly grow the number of dedicated cyber experts in the MoD and the number will be in the hundreds but precise details are classified," an MoD spokesman told the BBC.
A document released by the White House earlier this month outlined the US government's cyber security strategy, which included the possibility of military action against those suspected of carrying out cyber-attacks against US targets.


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Giant adrenal myelolipoma
50 years old female pateint presented with right lumbar dull aching pain over several months.
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A large mass in seen in the retroperitoneum on the superior and lateral aspects of right kidney, which is displaced inferiorly. The mass is seen pushing the pancreatic head and IVC medially. Superiorly it is seen invaginating and scalloping the liver posteriorly with stretching of the portal vein. The mass appeared largely fatty with areas of higher attenuation inside. Density on CT varied between -15HU peripherally to -25HU in the center.
Surgery was performed through a right subcostal incision for the extraperitoneal approach of the right adrenal gland. The mass was totally dissected from the right kidney and excised. Macroscopic examination of the mass revealed a giant mass measuring 19×16×7 cm, surrounded by a thin capsule.
The pathology report gross showed a well defined mass with serial sections showing intermixed yellowish and reddish areas. No necrosis could be detected. Histologic section examined revealed a benign tumor formed of lobules of mature adipocytes with revealed clear vacuolated cytoplasm and peripherally pushed flat nuclei, in between the adipocytes a pleomorphic infiltrate is seen formed of megakaryocytes, granulocytes and erythrocytes. Consistent with myelolipoma of the right adrenal gland.
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Myelolipomas are rare benign tumors of the adrenal gland with varying proportions of hematopoietic and adipose tissue. These lesions rarely measure more than five cms in diameter although giant tumors have been occasionally reported.
Giant myelolipomas are quite rare lesions which may be asymptomatic or because of their large size may lead to dragging abdominal pain, an abdominal mass, compression of neighboring organs and even acute intratumoral or retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
The main differential diagnosis will be liposarcoma based on the large size of the tumor and presence of adipose components.
Giant adrenal myelolipomas are usually treated by simple adrenalectomy and completely curable. Hence an awareness of this rare adrenal entity and its correct diagnosis is important.
- 1. Wilhelmus JL, Schrodt GR, Alberhasky MT, Alcorn MO. Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma: case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1981;105:532-5.
- 2. Noble MJ, Montague DK, Levin HS. Myselolipoma: An Unusual Surgical Lesion of the Adrenal Gland. Cancer 1982;49:952-8.
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- 4. Sanders R, Bissada N, Curry N, Gordon B. Clinical spectrum of adrenal myelolipoma: analysis of 8 tumours in 7 patients. J Urol 1995;153:1791-3.
- 5. Fernandez-Sanz J, Galera H, Garcia-Donas A, Gonzalez-Campora R, Llamas R, Matilla A. Adrenal myelolipoma simulating a retroperitoneal malignant neoplasm. J Urol 1981;126:780-2.


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Refrigerate this tasty tomato and ginger-flavored jam for up to 2 months.
How to Make It
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large saucepan; let stand 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients to pan; toss to combine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook 30 minutes, scraping bottom of pan and stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook until very thick and reduced to 3 cups (about 25 minutes), scraping bottom of pan and stirring frequently. Remove pan from heat, and cool to room temperature.


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A review of the Fashion Museum, Bath:
The history of fashion always brings out the geek in me and the current exhibition at the Fashion Museum in Bath certainly had that effect. The current exhibition is advertised as a History of Fashion in 100 Objects but I would describe it as a whistle stop tour of the history of the world. The attire of our ancestors reflects what was happening in the world economically and socially and each garment, shoe and accessory has been carefully selected to represent a defining moment in time. For example, the 1840's striped wool dress in the photo below, demonstrates the decade that saw the patent of the sewing machine submitted by Elias Howe. Or Christian Dior's 'New Look' created in 1947, an outfit consisting of a wide shouldered jacket and a large ballooned skirt. It was both admired and criticised as the design used more than double the amount of fabric of utilitarian clothing from the same decade. British customers were still restricted by rationing but the revolutionary design represents the end of the austerity of World War II. Moving on, we reach the dizzy heights of the mini skirt and psychedelic prints of the 1960s, a symbol of a sexually liberated generation.
I stopped briefly to take a photo for a mum and her daughter, dressed up in empire line dresses and bonnets, as if they had stepped straight out of a Jane Austen novel. The 100 Objects exhibition continues in chronological order transporting me to the present decade, with designs by Jonathan Anderson, who was the first fashion designer to win both the Menswear and Womenswear title in the same year, 2015.
The Fashion museum, previously known as the Museum of Costume, was founded due to the generosity Doris Langley Moore who donated her collection to the city in 1963. It is housed in the Assembly Rooms not far from Nash's Royal Crescent.
The History of Fashion in 100 Objects is on until January 2019 'celebrating fashion from the 1600's to the present day'. Half way through the exhibition is a detour into a sister exhibition, Lace in Fashion. It guides you from Lace's intricate hand created beginnings to the technological advances of today.
I was lucky enough to stay at the award winning Gainsborough Hotel, a short walk from Bath Spa station. Champalimaud Design, based in New York, have managed to achieve the impossible task of creating a warm, welcoming and yet modern space in the Grade II listed building. The focus of the hotel is it's 'Spa Village' which makes the most of its adavantageous access to one of the city's natural spa that provides the hotel's pools with thermal mineral rich waters. A dip in one of the Spa Village thermal pools seemed to fizz away all the aches from spending too long at a desk. I now understood why the Romans, Georgians and Victorians flocked to the city to improve their health. A welcome plate of handmade truffles, a mixologist that devised a bespoke cocktail based on my favourite flavours and a restaurant serving seasonal and delicately flavoured food, the Gainsborough is on my list of favourite hotels! My stay in Bath was far too short and I left with a promise to return for a longer trip to the Georgian city.
The Gainsborough hotel offer spa days and overnight packages when booked on their website. The featured image is of a 1930's ball gown by Donguy of Paris.


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How to know how many itens an object has?
I would like to know when I should use object.count or object.size() or object.lenght
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By Daniel Duffield
Recently, mortgage professionals convened with White House representatives to deliberate on the status of housing and the mortgage industry, and during this meeting, experts retouched upon the possibility of initializing HARP 3.0, the third incarnation of the Home Affordable Refinance Program.
Specifically, the Obama Administration has applied some pressure to get this program up and running, a program which analysts at Compass Point Research & Trading have suggested would allow the refinance of private loans through the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
While the release of HARP 3.0 is far from certain, the administration has been discussing a potential change in the cutoff date for HARP eligibility, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. Despite this, Compass Point economists assert that the two issues are separate and will be handled as such.
According to Isaac Boltansky, Kevin Barker, and Jason Stewart of Compass Point, there is reasonable doubt as to whether the White House intends to push for either the upgrading of the HARP program or the amending of the eligibility cutoff.
In addition, although the White House will most likely express support for the efforts to increase the range of eligible HARP borrowers, Compass Point expects that such support will be artificial as the result of political necessity, rather than in genuine interest.
Sarah Hu, financial analyst of the Royal Bank of Scotland, said that although some speculation has been circulating about the release of HARP 3.0, there has not been a widespread push for its creation, stating that due to the political opposition to its passing, HARP 3.0 does not seem to be getting a release anytime soon at this point in time.
Similarly, Jeana Curro of RBS noted that in order to enact the update to HARP that would allow non-GSE underwater borrowers access to a refinance, Congress would have to revise the current GSE charger, making it particularly unlikely.
To better ease the transition into HARP 3.0, Compass Point evaluated whether moving back the HARP eligibility cutoff date one year or removing the date entirely would help matters. According to analysts, "If the HARP eligibility date were to be pushed back by one year to May 2010, we estimate that between $27 billion and $43 billion in unpaid principal balance of mortgage debt could be re-HARPed."
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During the Shanghai Auto Show two years ago, Chevrolet captured everyone's attention when they released the so-called "FNR" or Find New Roads car concept. Now its back as the 2017 Chevrolet FNR-X Concept with all-new impressive features with it.
The FNR-X concept is a crossover and is a plug-in electric vehicle with an exterior design that shows the combination of the usual Chevy look and a universal crossover design. It is equipped with a unique rear-hinged door that can be controlled by a remote that ensures an easy entry and exit. It also has a dynamic digital LED headlights and taillights with a combination of the brand's special dual-element light design.
The 2017 Chevrolet FNR-X Concept features a switchable wheel blades that can be adjusted when the speed of the car is increasing. It also comes with an Intelligent Adaptive Control system, active grille shutter, an enhanced aerodynamic performance which improves the front and rear spoilers, and sides skirts that move up and down in different driving modes.
Inside the FNR-X Concept, it has a six separate infotainment screen that has a similar shape of the grille which is one of the cabin's many hexagonal elements. Meanwhile, the organic LED technology of the vehicle is used to assist the screen-based connectivity functions for each passenger. As to the car's steering wheel and dashboard, it comes with a sporty integrated design.
As mentioned earlier, the 2017 Chevrolet FNR-X Concept is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that has a capability to switch from its engine and into an electric motor. This concept also offers two kinds of driving modes, namely V for Versatility and S for Sports mode. These modes modify the car's suspension and handling profile from its adaptive suspension that adjusts ground clearance. In this year's ongoing Shanghai Auto Show, Chevrolet hasn't mentioned any information as to the car's price and the start of delivery, but it is expected to hit the road soon.
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The Montecito, Red Rock Development's latest new home community, is now available for lot sales in North Edinburg off Monte Cristo Road. This private gated community features affordable lots in Block 1 from the $48's with homes from 1,500 sq. ft., and in Block 2 from the $40's with homes from 1,200 sq. ft. of living area and two community entrances for convenience. A Homeowners Association and architectural controls will ensure that the beauty of the neighborhood is maintained. Residents will be minutes from UT-RGV with easy access to Expressway 281 (I-69). Edinburg Schools and all city utilities apply.
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for Canada Dry Water published in 1946
From the ad text: The most delicious of summer drinks are yours for the making when you have a big sparkling bottle of Canada Dry Water on hand! You can mix refreshing fruit-ades with fresh fruit juices . . . tangy fruit sparklers with bottled or canned fruit juices. . . tasty coolers with soft drink extracts . . . real ice cream sodas – all with that professional touch!


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"Before we purchased our Avant loader we had to rent a loader that was apropriate for the job and also was stuck with what was available from out local equipment rental outfitter. Our options there were limited to bobcat skid steer or not renting and having to hoof in wheel barrels and ramps. It was a back and knee breaker. The problem with skid steer operations in our urban landscape installation here in Minneapolis is the amount of damage you can create with tire ruts in turf, weight of machine, machine compaction, and also width/size of any brand of skid steer.
It wasn't until I really got into it that I realized we needed a special machine. Here is a short list of what we really wanted and was really important to achieve in our first owned loader.
1. Light weight. (less damage from compaction and tire ruts.)
2. Handle a heavy load.
3. Small/narrow. (our specialty is more urban modern installations. Small lots and tight spaces are everyday challenges for us.)
What really made our purchase most comfortable was the ability to test it out. Tri-State Bobcat was our local dealer and let me and my crew come down and tool around in it for as long as we liked. They even offered us to try it out on a job site. Also, the tree service company we recommend and have a great work relationship with owns the model Avant 528 and were able to talk with there crew about their loader. What has really surprised me and my crew about our Avant is how often we get surprised."


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STEP 1: We started by selecting 10 new industry categories, which were chosen to be popular and attractive to different types of franchisees (for example, those who like working with seniors or running a healthy restaurant). We change these categories each year.
STEP 2: We identified initial contenders for each category, drawn from the Franchise Times Top 200+ database, which is a 20-year-old research tool covering more than 650 U.S.-based franchise systems. We further narrowed the list by analyzing the quality of information in each brand's Item 19 (which contains information about profitability for franchisees) or other key financial data, and also focusing on brands that are currently expanding inside the United States.
STEP 3: Our research team examined six financial metrics in each brand's franchise disclosure document, with a focus on profitability for the franchisee. Narrowing the categories to the final four was a matter of the quality of that financial information disclosed, an exclusive calculation of return on investment, as well as editorial research including knowledge of management teams, product or service offerings, unit openings and closings, financial backing of the brand, litigation, etc.
STEP 4: To come up with the winners, we then did a deeper dive into the finalist FDDs and publicly available financial metrics, forming one strongly weighted pillar of our three-part scoring process. Next, our editorial team talked to experts in franchising, reviewed our own coverage of these brands, and looked at analyst reports, recent financial performance and outside press articles to form the second heavily weighted component of the ranking.
STEP 5: We compiled the results of the online voting conducted in December to reflect industry enthusiasm, and used this third metric as a tiebreaker.
STEP 6: We then declared a winner in each category and conducted interviews with a few top-performing franchisees in each brand to share best advice and lessons learned.
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In Philly, Candidates Face Crucial Cheesesteak Test
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Five-point plans, engaging speeches and star endorsements are all important in a presidential campaign, but how well do candidates REALLY know the cities and towns where they're wooing voters?
In Philadelphia, the supreme test is ordering a cheesesteak.
Secretary of State John Kerry was roundly mocked in 2003 for passing up the more traditional Cheez Whiz on his cheesesteak for Swiss cheese.
Competitive races have extended the primary calendars, requiring the candidates to have more local know-how. In New York City recently Ohio Gov. John Kasich took flack for eating pizza with a knife and fork. Clinton was mocked for struggling to use a Metrocard to ride the New York subway. And Bernie Sanders thought the subway still took tokens, which were phased out in 2003.
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I spent a lot of my time this week thinking about how I can move forward. After last week's technical issues, I began to wonder whether or not the technology currently available to me is going to be able to get the job done in a reasonable way. Recognizing images that are as small as one square inch without having to move around seems to be implausible with Vuforia, and the extended tracking offered is also inadequate. With how inconsistent my tests have been, I'm also beginning to wonder if the current project will even be capable of saving time.
My first thought was that I may be able to pivot. My D&D group is spread across the country, and so we've tried using digital tabletops like Roll20 for our campaigns; however, in our experience, engagement isn't as high when you've not sitting around a table moving physical pieces. This certainly is at least partially related to the lack of any physical presence, but having to use the Roll20 interface is significantly less engaging than a physical tabletop. So, I thought to use AR to implement a shared digital tabletop overlay that allows physically separated players to share game state digitally. Going into this, I knew networking would be hard, but I figured it would be worth researching. Ultimately, this does not seem like it will work out, either, but it was worth the attempt.
First, I wanted to try using ARCore over Vuforia, and ditch image targets altogether. This was something I could apply to either a the original idea of Project Familiar or the pivot, so it seemed like a good next/first step. I spent some time adjusting my grid generation code to work based on tapping on an ARCore plane. Testing using ARCore in the editor is more difficult, but doable, and while I ran into some bugs and issues with scaling, it at first looked quite nice:
However, the scaling was still too off for me to want to try and apply this to a strict grid. I also attempted to use this over a normal D&D battle mat and didn't even get to build a grid…
I assume this is a result of 4 years of rolling and unrolling the mat combined with its natural reflectivity – which isn't going to be uncommon. I had similar results on multiple attempts.
While I was working on the grid, I took a break and tried to do some networking. I decided to try and take a stab at networking multiplayer. I set up a very basic scene – a purple backdrop with a cube that was flagged as a player – and set up the basic Unity Networking High-Level API components in my scene. I built the scene for windows and tested to make sure everything worked as expected, and running multiple instances, I was able to connect them all to the host instance. Success!
However, I then built for android, and was totally unable to get the Android instance to connect to any other instance over a LAN connection – even though it could detect them just fine. I couldn't find many leads on this, and figured my time for now was better spent elsewhere and returned to the grid.
As I was writing this blog post, I realized I may not need to pivot – another feature of Vuforia popped into my head: User-Defined targets. While they won't be perfect, these would allow me to continue to use Vuforia, thus allowing me to use the digital buttons feature. What I could do, then, is require that users print off a map and cut it into smaller chunks (down to something fairly large, like 8 tiles by 8 tiles), like so:
Then, the user can enter the dimensions, and when that segment of the image is recognized, it will be populated as a grid. From there, I believe I can make some good progress. Moving forward, I'm going to try to stick with the original idea, though I may have to trim the fat on which mechanics I want to digitize. For next week, I will experiment with how a broken-up battlemat works for a grid, finally test virtual buttons, and will try to test user-defined targets.


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Fairmont Royal Pavilion, Barbados has put finishing touches on an exciting renovation, revealing significant enhancements designed to ensure a welcoming, comfortable and thoroughly luxurious experience for guests. Launched in August and wrapped up in mid-November, the multimillion-dollar project, led by internationally renowned design agency Richmond International, included a complete transformation of the hotel lobby and each of the 72 guest rooms and suites. London-based Richmond International drew inspiration for its new design concept from the resort's enviable location directly on the beach on the Platinum Coast of Barbados.
A secluded gem on 11 acres of tropical beauty and a half-mile stretch of beachfront, Fairmont Royal Pavilion serves up the Caribbean in style with tranquil ambiance, gorgeous sea views, and a new creative take on world-renowned regional cuisine under Executive Chef Kirk Kirton, a local Barbadian who earned his chops at Michelin-starred restaurants in England before returning home. On-site activities engage sophisticated travelers throughout their stay, from non-motorized watersports to tennis on outdoor courts, and the not-to-be-missed Afternoon Tea served in the open air at Taboras restaurant.
Arriving guests of Fairmont Royal Pavilion are now welcomed into a newly enhanced lobby with distinctive enhancements, including a small bar attended by mixologists pouring locally-inspired signature cocktails, and more before beachfront and Caribbean views. The pink hues already featured throughout the lobby have been maintained, hearkening back to the hotel's original terracotta, to ensure a memorable arrival experience for new and returning guests alike.
For the renovation of Fairmont Royal Pavilion's guest rooms and suites, the new design concept intended to highlight the interaction between the island beauty outside and new comforts and design touches within. Views of the Caribbean and palm tree-dotted beaches are as captivating as ever, with uninterrupted perspectives through guest room windows and sliding glass doors and beyond contemporary furniture and furnishings that are at once unobtrusive, light and crisp.
The hotel's accommodations have been further elevated by new functional details, including cutting-edge lighting technology, flat-screen televisions, state-of-the-art joinery, and dazzling bar sets. Natural woods and tones were used to brighten interiors, which have been re-arrayed to make best possible use of their space. For instance, Junior Suites are more flexible than before, offering a curtain that can be drawn to increase guest privacy by creating two different areas within the same room.
Of course, all guest rooms and suites within Fairmont Royal Pavilion offer fabulous views of the beach and the sea – especially upper-level rooms, from which guests can glimpse the waterline blending with the horizon. Whatever the level, all guest decks have been redesigned into "chill-out spaces" with furniture replaced with day beds for luxurious relaxation.
The renovation also put new artwork on display throughout the guest rooms and suites. The hotel tapped into three local artists for works reflective of the beauty of Barbados and Bajan culture, including:
What's next for the luxurious five-star beachfront address? The transformation of the hotel's onsite dining experiences, including Taboras Restaurant, Palm Terrace Restaurant, and the property's Beach Club, set for summer 2018.
For more information, please visit www.fairmont.com/barbados.
For reservations, please contact [email protected].


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I expected my first days birding this year at the Obs to be one of just ticking off the common birds. Ian and I were well on the way to Newdowns farm and we were feeling pretty pleased with 3 bullfinch by the entrance to St Georges GC when Andrew Lipz pulled up to tell us he'd found a green winged teal in amongst the 228 common teal on Restharrow scrape. He'd driven down because he'd forgotten his phone but his forgetfulness was our gain as he drove us back to the scrape.
The bird was still on the far bank and a few record shots were obtained but it was too distant and too dark for them to be much good. Whilst Ian and myself were texting around the bird disappeared and it took about 30 minutes until we had relocated it on the left hand side of the main island – a lot closer but now partially obscured by the bank. We had totally missed it swimming across. The moral here is someone should keep an eye on the bird!
After an hour or so we gave up and retired to the Obs for a welcome coffee after which Ian resumed our interrupted walk but I went back to the scrape. This was my first ever GWT (and only the second recorded in the Obs's 60yr history) so I thought it deserving ofa bit more of my time.
Eventually I got some reward as the bird came closer and I managed some half reasonable shots. There was a price to pay however as the East Kent retired birders turned up (Mr Morris, Gawley, Aston- I know Mr Ashton nominally still works but he's out birding as much as me!) and some new year insults traded!! All good fun though.
|Green Winged Teal
For those unfamiliar with this species, as well as having a vertical white bar down from the shoulders (rather than a white horizontal stripe above the flanks) the GWT lacks most of the yellow lines bordering the dark green head patches - best illustrated in the middle picture.
I didn't get as many ticks as I expected but getting a life tick on my first outing at the obs was a very nice way to start the patch year list
For those interested a few more shots are on my Flick site.


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Located just a short jaunt from the vibrant capital of Heraklion and in the centre of Hersonissos, Hersonissos Village is the ideal stay if you're looking for a lively beach getaway. You'll find yourself just footsteps from the beach too, so you'll never be too far away from sand, sea and sunshine. Additionally, there is a water park and a range of bars and clubs nearby, giving you plenty of opportunity for trips in the day or night.
Hersonissos Village was renovated in 2013 and is decorated in a whitewashed island style with all the amenities you'd expect from a 4-star hotel stay. There are 160 rooms and a lobby, reception and on-site mini market for your convenience. There are two swimming pools, with one boasting a separate children's area. The poolside bar is a great place to relax with a refreshing drink, while the area surrounding the pools have plenty of sunshades and sun loungers to use freely – ideal if you want to top up your tan.
There are a range of activities for your entertainment, from miniature golf and billiards to table tennis, football and beach volleyball. There is even an on-site fitness room for those seeking to get active on holiday. Golfers have the opportunity to play at the nearest golf course, only 5km from the hotel. In the evening, there is a TV room for guest's entertainment as well as occasional shows put on by hotel entertainment.
Many of the rooms can fit as many as four people in each, making it a great choice for families and groups. There is also the option of a deluxe sea view or garden view, making your getaway extra special. Standard rooms come equipped with telephone, hairdryer, air-conditioning, satellite TV, safety deposit box, refrigerator, private bathroom and balcony or terrace. Each room is furnished in a traditional Cretan style.
For convenience the hotel offers currency exchange, medical care and wake-up service. Internet access is provided at wifi-hotspots. This family friendly hotel offers a children's pool to ensure a comfortable stay for parents as well as young guests. Reception hours: 24h Service.
The breakfast type is Buffet and it is provided from 07:15 - 09:45. The hotel has one restaurant. Evenings can be spent at the lobby bar. All-Inclusive: All-Inclusive includes beer (Service Hours: 10:00 - 23:00), coffee and tea (Service Hours: 10:00 - 23:00), snacks (Service Hours: 10:00 - 18:00), cake and pastries (Service Hours: 16:00 - 17:00), local spirits (Service Hours: 10:00 - 23:00), wine (Service Hours: 10:00 - 23:00) and softdrinks (Service Hours: 10:00 - 23:00).
Make yourself at home in one of the 164 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers.
This property is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.
At Hersonissos Village Hotel & Bungalows - All inclusive, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Mediterranean Sea - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Sarandaris Beach - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Convention Centre Creta Maris - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Port of Hersonissos - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
St. Paraskevi Church - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Aquaworld Aquarium - 1.7 km / 1.1 mi
Sarakino - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
Star Beach Water Park - 3.5 km / 2.2 mi
Lychnostatis - 4 km / 2.5 mi
Labyrinth Park - 6.6 km / 4.1 mi
Acqua Plus Water Park - 7.2 km / 4.5 mi
Crete Golf Club - 8.2 km / 5.1 mi
Ekklisia Agios Konstantinos - 8.6 km / 5.4 mi
Malia Beach - 10.2 km / 6.3 mi
Dinosauria Park - 10.4 km / 6.4 mi
The preferred airport for Hersonissos Village Hotel & Bungalows - All inclusive is Heraklion (HER-Nikos Kazantzakis) - 24.1 km / 15 mi
Overnight Stay Tax, charged per night, per room. The amounts are detailed below and are to be paid directly to the hotel upon check-in:
Hotel Accommodation:
5 Star: €4.00
4 Star: €3.00
3 Star: €1.50
1-2 Stars: €0.50
Furnished Rooms/Apartments:
4 Keys: €1.00
3 Keys: €0.50
1-2 Keys: €0.25


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A child's severe allergic reaction to food is terrifying for two reasons. First, it can come on suddenly—hives, swelling and shortness of breath can all come on in a matter of minutes. Secondly, it can be difficult to pinpoint what exactly causes a reaction.
Allergies and intolerances can arise without warning and potentially disappear a few years later in adolescence. A food that might have been perfectly safe one week could pose an unknown risk the next. And because cross-contact (when an allergen is inadvertently transferred from a food containing an allergen to a food that does not contain the allergen) is so common in food preparation in Thailand, it is sometimes borderline impossible to determine what cause the problem in the first place. A child might have an allergic reaction to a slice of pizza simply because, unbeknownst to the family, it came into contact with a piece of squid.
If your child has had an allergic reaction, your first step is to contact a qualified specialist.
Skin tests
Fast and relatively reliable, this is the go-to method of choice for most doctors. In this test, the doctor will prick the patient's skin and apply a concentrated drop of the possible allergen. If the patient is allergic, a rough, irritated welt will appear. It's a fairly unpleasant process, especially for young children, but it can provide life-saving information.
Blood tests
Slightly more time consuming than the traditional skin test, a blood test can help find allergens, but cannot always determine the severity of an allergy. In this procedure, doctors collect a blood sample, send it to a laboratory, and see how it reacts to different allergens. The results can take a couple of days – week to come back.
A controlled food test challenge
Although this test can be potentially dangerous in patients with severe allergies, it can be useful to either confirm or refute a skin or blood test. It can also help establish whether a child has outgrown a particular allergy as they have gotten older. In this test, the doctor will ask the patient to eat a small sample of an offending substance either as food or as a small capsule.
Under no circumstances should you or your child undertake this test at home. Although your child might prefer to sample things on their own in order to skip a visit to the doctor's office, there is no way to guarantee that this test will be safe. It should only be administered with medical equipment and professionals at the ready, just in case.
An elimination diet
This is not recommended for young children, especially if they have displayed severe allergic symptoms in the past. However, since the standard allergy testing procedures can cause substantial physical discomfort, doctors sometimes suggest this as an alternative. It should be used primarily to help isolate a non-life-threatening allergy, food intolerance or sensitivity. It is not a substitute for a hospital-administered test.
Essentially, doctors will ask a patient to avoid certain common trigger foods such as gluten, soy or nuts and keep track of any changes. During this time, patients may be asked to keep a diary of any symptoms they may experience.
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Google Dialogflow: Embedding Voice into Devices with ESP32
Shanghai, China
Apr 4, 2019
ESP32 now supports Dialogflow, a conversational interface from Google, which enables IoT developers to embed natural-language processing in their devices.
Having been a fully functional Alexa client, ESP32 now goes one step further into the market of voice-controlled devices by supporting Dialogflow. This is a Google service that runs on the Google Cloud Platform, allowing users to build engaging voice and text-based conversational interfaces for their products, powered by artificial intelligence. Dialogflow offers a user-friendly and intuitive natural-language processing (NLP ) method that incorporates Google's machine-learning expertise and products such as Google Cloud Speech-to-Text. Additionally, Dialogflow is the most widely-used tool for building Actions, Skills, bots and apps.
The main differences between Dialogflow and other voice assistants are:
- reduced complexity
- pay-as-you-go pricing
- customized wake words
- no certification hassles. Users are not integrating their products with Alexa or Google Assistant. They are using Dialogflow to build their own conversational platforms for their own products.
Espressif's Voice-Assistant SDK (ESP-VA-SDK) provides an implementation of Google's Dialogflow for the ESP32 microcontroller. Additionally, the same SDK works with Google's Voice Assistant and Amazon's Alexa Voice Service. The full list of supported features for Alexa and GVA can be found here.
Espressif's SDK contains prebuilt libraries for Alexa, GVA and Dialogflow along with resources for such utility components as the audio pipeline and connection manager. The features of the ESP-VA-SDK for Google's Dialogflow include:
The underlying technologies used by the Dialogflow implementation for the ESP-VA-SDK include:
- gRPC
- Google Protobufs
Furthermore, the ESP-VA-SDK supports the following hardware:
Unlike voice assistants, Dialogflow lets users configure every step of the conversation in any given project. For example, a Dialogflow agent for a laundry project will provide information only about the configurable parameters of the laundry (e.g. status, temperature, wash cycle etc.). You can see a demo video of Dialogflow on ESP32-LyraT here.
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Protecting clients' privacy and ensuring their trust is a key
principle of documentation. Whether or not a practitioner
can release client information requires the psychologist to be
aware of several legal and regulatory requirements, including
mandated reporting requirements. The Record Keeping
Guidelines encourage psychologists to be familiar with ethical
standards regarding confidentiality, specifically APA Ethics
Code 4.01 and 6.02, and relevant legal, regulatory and statutory
requirements. Psychologists also need to follow any applicable
institutional policies. Special attention is warranted in decisions
related to the access or disclosure of records of minor children,
especially in situations of divorce where information may be
used in adversarial proceedings such as custody conflicts.
Disclosing record-keeping procedures
The guidelines consider disclosure of "the nature and extent
of record keeping procedures" part of the broader process
of informed consent to psychological services (Ethics Code
3. 10); Ethics Code 3.10d specifically requires documentation
of informed consent. Psychologists are ethically mandated to
discuss the "relevant limitations of confidentiality" and the
"foreseeable uses of the information" (APA Ethics Code 4.02) at
the outset of services. This discussion helps clients understand
that their information may be shared with others and that there
are potential limits to confidentiality, such as in a litigation
context or mandated treatment.
APA's record-keeping guidelines also recognize the importance
of multidisciplinary collaboration in providing patient care.
Accurate records facilitate adjunctive treatment, such as
medication management, coordinated care for chronic illness or
family therapy intervention. Should an unforeseen illness befall
the psychologist, an up-to-date record facilitates the successful
transfer of care. Records may also be requested by the client,
or his or her attorney, for other uses, such as divorce or other
legal proceedings, applications for disability or life insurance, or
requirements for certain types of employment.
Practitioners need to have a security plan that provides
adequate protection for either paper or electronic records from
loss or damage, and ensures only appropriate access by trained
professionals or others with a legitimate need to see them. With
expanding wireless and computer technologies, client data
may be kept in various electronic formats, such as emails, text
messages and online scheduling calendars. Practitioners should
be particularly cautious when exchanging protected health
information via fax, email, text messaging and electronic claims
Many psychologists store patients' electronic records on their
office computers, laptops and tablets. However, psychologists
must be vigilant in preventing unauthorized access to the
data and protecting the actual equipment from theft. Data
breaches reported under the HIPAA Breach Notification are
frequently the result of theft, particularly of laptops and other
portable electronic devices ( www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/
administrative/breachnotificationrule/ postedbreaches.html
retrieved 9/30/11). Psychologists should store backup media as
carefully as they do their original electronic files.
Perhaps the most welcomed change in the guidelines' revisionis a shorter requirement to keep records. The guidelines state:"In the absence of a superseding requirement, psychologistsmay consider retaining full records until seven years after thelast date of service delivery for adults or until three years after aminor reaches the age of majority, whichever is later."As previously mentioned, psychologists must also considerany applicable state laws and other regulatory or institutionalrequirements in determining specific records retention policies.This guideline may be useful as psychologists prepare forretirement and plan for how records will be stored and laterdisposed of.
The original rationale for disposing of records was to
prevent "obsolete" clinical data from being misused in other
contexts. Today, with electronic health records and the ability
to store data in larger electronic systems, clinical information
can be kept indefinitely. The Record Keeping Guidelines
suggest that psychologists document the context in which the
record is created, such as the reason for referral or evaluation,
and specific circumstances impacting the client at the time of
service. Professionals who review records at a later date also
have the responsibility to recognize when clinical documents
or testing results are obsolete or unduly prejudicial to current
decision-making. In most cases, this is of greatest concern when
the record creates a negative impression of the client.
APA's record keeping resources
• Applying the APA Record Keeping
Guidelines in Clinical Practice (webinar): www.
apapracticecentral.org/flash/record-keeping-guidelines/ index.aspx.
• APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and
Code of Conduct.
• American Psychological Association. (2010).
Ethical principles of psychologists and code of
conduct (2002, Amended June 1, 2010). retrieved
from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx.
• Health Information Technology: www.
• HIPAA Compliance: www.apapracticecentral.
org/business/hipaa/ index.aspx


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Returning life to an abandoned historical home through imagery, art, and creativity, all provided by local artists.
Eric and I grew up as childhood friends in the historic town of Miller Place, Long Island, NY. Eric's family in the Randall House (circa 1841) and mine in the Nathanial Brown House (circa 1845), formally a bed and breakfast which housed tourists during the summer. The two of us have become fascinated with the history surrounding our hometown, evoking a deep passion to continue the story. Through the images I've captured, the wood Eric has re-purposed, and our shared partnership interests, we decided to aim for a proper backdrop to showcase our work. We pitched our idea to the Board of Directors of the Miller Place Historical Society, in hopes of gaining access to the Daniel Hawkins House (circa 1810). This location seemed ideal to rejuvenate interest in the town's history, while providing a recurring revenue stream for the Miller Place Historical Society to add funding and sustainability. The board gave us the green-light to transform the Hawkins House from a former storage-closet to its present state of an art gallery. Since the revitalization in November of 2017; hundreds of Long Islanders have walked through its' doors, opening a priceless historical cite to the community. Our goal is to use this same model in other communities across Long Island, potentially expanding throughout New York State and the surrounding area. This idea aids in building stronger ties within one's community by providing a stage for local artists to display their immense talents, enriching and further solidifying the history of the area, while providing historical societies with capital to fund other projects. Help us in turning these historic cites into beneficial entities again for the communities we operate through the power of imagery and art… Peace, Love, & Pictures. M&EG


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WP Rocket Aims to remove all such confusion by being mechanically up-and-running right out of the box without being overly rigid that it is unable to deliver excellent results. After activating WP Rocket, you will see only a couple of tabs on the admin panel, each with only a couple of easy-to-understand settings.
You can See the rest of the basic settings screen here. When there are a couple more choices to utilize, the plugin works just fine without any of them enabled. This truly is plug'n' play with caching for WordPress!
Of Course, it's suggested that you browse the online documentation to actually see what this plugin can do and just how much extra performance you can squeeze from it, but, for those in a hurry (or with zero technical interest in the ins-and-outs of caching), it is safe to say that speeding up your website using WP Rocket could not be made easier.
FAST AND Effortless SETUP
The main Selling point of WP Rocket is how simple it makes enabling caching on your website. With most other caching plugins, you're confronted with the sometimes daunting task of knowing — and filling out — several pages of settings and options. Depending on how you configure them, you might easily wind up inadvertently doing something a bit screwy (and even, in rare cases, inadvertently breaking your site).
WP Rocket Can be compatible with content delivery network (CDN) services. If your website is big enough to warrant distributing its documents to multiple servers across the world for faster loading times, you'll find WP Rocket more than accommodating.
Custom Made CACHE LIFESPAN
There is Also the option to alter the default cache expiry interval. However, unless you are displaying particularly fast-changing or significant external dynamic content on your website (such as critical content from social media feeds), the default option 24-hour lifespan ought to be OK.
Cache — Basic Cache Options
The Cache tab lets you control How your webpage caching works at a basic level. You can. Wp Fastest Cache Options
· Include/exclude cellular users from seeing cached pages.
· Include/exclude logged-in users from visiting cached pages.
· Enable caching on HTTPS pages.
· Decide how long a webpage stays cached before the cache gets cleared (the default is 10 hours).
Most of the time, you can Leave these as the defaults.
Media — Lazy loading + More
In the Media tab, then you can enable Lazy loading for videos or images, as well as disable WordPress emojis and embeds.
1 feature That is really nice here's the option to substitute YouTube movie iframes with a static preview image. If you embed a lot of YouTube videos on your website, this really is a great way to speed up your site without sacrificing much, if anyusability.
File Optimization — Minification And Concatenation
The File Optimization tab is Where you are able to set up WP Rocket's minification and concatenation performance.
· Minification — shrinks the size of your site's code by removing unnecessary characters (like whitespace) without changing any functionality.
· Concatenation — minimizes the number of files on your website by blending multiple CSS/JS files into one.
You can also set up some other Settings such as.
· Remove gender-blocking CSS/JS (PageSpeed Insights is notorious for yelling at you concerning this problem ).
· Combining Google Fonts documents (useful if you use multiple Google Fonts on your own website ).
· Remove query strings from static resources (this you will not have a big impact, but it might enhance your GTmetrix score, even if you really care about that).
I recommend Enabling as a number of these settings as possible. I state as possible because some of the settings for CSS or JS may cause difficulties with your site (this isn't WP Rocket's fault — it is always a possible issue with minification/concatenation).
What I enjoy is that WP Rocket Makes this clear when you go to trigger one of these configurations.
Three cheers for great UX Layout!
Preload — Preload Your Own Cache File
Without Preloading, your site only"builds" the cache for a page when someone actually visits the page. That means the first visitor following the cache lifespan expires doesn't observe the cached version (because the cache has not been constructed yet).
Cache Preloading enables you to guarantee all visitors see the quick-loading cached page by"warming" yourself, rather than waiting for someone to visit the page.
One of the Advantages of all WP Rocket is the fact that it provides you two different ways to preload your cache, whereas some caching plugins don't even offer one.
· Sitemap preloading — preloads your cache based on all the pages on your sitemap.xml file. It has low impact, however the disadvantage is that it doesn't cache freshly published or edited articles.
· Preload bot — automatically crawls URLs once you publish/edit a post to make sure that recently edited/published content is also preloaded. The only downside is that it's a bit more resource intensive, which could cause difficulties on"weak" web servers. Wp Fastest Cache Options
You can choose to use anti virus, One, or the two approaches to preload your cache, depending upon your requirements.
Database — Clean Up Your Database
As your website ages, your Database will pick up all types of"gunk" from the form of revisions, trashed opinions, transients, etc..
This area helps you wash out All that unnecessary junk from the database with one click.
Personally, I find this to be The least exciting area of WP Rocket because there are loads of free plugins which do a great job cleaning your database. But I guess the key advantage here is that WP Rocket removes the need for you to put in a separate plugin.
CDN — Integrate With Your CDN
If you use a CDN to accelerate The worldwide delivery of your website, WP Rocket can assist you.
· Rewrite your URLs to use your CDN
· Exclude certain files from your CDN
While you can find complimentary Plugins to do the first part, the second part, plus the fact which you can reserve CNAMEs for particular document types, gives you more flexibility than most of these free choices.
By Way of Example, you may use one CNAME for your images, and another for the rest of your files.
If you're using Cloudflare, WP Rocket also comprises a dedicated Cloudflare add-on that could help you get set up using Cloudflare and control specific facets of this Cloudflare service right from the WP Rocket interface.
And that pretty much sums up The brand new WP Rocket 3.0 interface!
Through The plugin configurations, you could even enable caching for both mobile users and logged-in users — all with a simple click. After moving on to this'advanced' tab, however, things start to get a little more complicated.
To give you greater control over how caching Works on your website, you are also free to exclude pages in the cache by adding their URLS into the'never cache the subsequent pages'
Through The CDN tab, you can configure the plugin to work with your content delivery system of choice, while the tools section gives you fast access to the clear and preload cache programs.
What's? More, should you get stuck, the FAQ and service tabs make it incredibly easy to access the online documentation, and also open a support ticket from within your WordPress dash — a beautiful touch!
Overall, WP Rocket aims to be everything to all people. On the other hand, it's very simple to prepare and start using on your website with default settings which actually create great outcomes, nevertheless, on the flip side, there is also an appreciably large choice of configurations and options to cater to more advanced users with particular needs, or those who demand more control over how caching functions on their website.
By Default, each time you print a new article or add fresh content to your website, WP Rocket will regenerate that portion of the cache. Furthermore, it will also refresh the related parts of the cache (such as the archive pages( menus, or widgets). Wp Fastest Cache Options
Should You have to refresh everything from the cache, however (not just recently updated or altered content), you can induce WP Rocket to regenerate it from scratch. Going a step farther, you'll also find options to have unrelated parts of your site automatically regenerated when a new article, page, merchandise, comment, or another type of content gets added.
field. (Note. Shopping cart and checkout pages are automatically excluded from the cache as part of their eCommerce service of WP Rocket.)
Documentation And Support
Even though Using WP Rocket out of the box is very straightforward, in the event you get stuck or wish to know more about the intricacies of how it functions, there's quite a little high-quality documentation provided — including a getting started section, various tutorials, useful FAQs and a handy troubleshooting section.
As long As your licence is still active, you can even open tickets with support to get whatever WP Rocket-related help you need.
My WP Rocket Testing Results
As Mentioned at the peak of this guide, I had great results from using WP Rocket to cache my WordPress website. By analyzing the speed of my site using GTmetrix — with the default settings of WP Rocket and uploading and activating the plugin prior to creating the cache and conducting the tests — the average page loading times dropped from 2.2 seconds to 0.9.
The site I tested the plugin was a WordPress blog using the free Twenty Twelve motif, with about 80 posts and 37 plugins. The site is hosted on a entry level shared hosting plan from HostGator, and does not have any CDN in drama.
No two WordPress sites are the same, however, so these results might not be typical for all sites. They do, however, show that even a very basic WordPress blog on the lowest priced hosting will almost surely be able to achieve significantly improved load times using the plugin.
Additional Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Website
Whether You decide to use WP Rocket on your website or not, there are a range of other ways to speed up your WordPress site that is worth mentioning, for example.
· Deactivating all redundant plugins (many plugins will significantly slow down your site)
· Compressing and optimising all images
· Employing a CDN service
· Upgrading into a WordPress-specific high-performance web host, for example WP Engine or Flywheel(if your budget permits ).
All of These are well worth trying in the event that you have not already.
WP Rocket Pricing
With Prices beginning at just $39 to be used on one WordPress site, WP Rocket is an inexpensive alternative for many. There are also some other powerful free options available — such as WP Super Cache, also, for the technically minded, W3 Total Cache (to mention but two of many. If you're searching for something which's exceptionally easy to set up and use, though, and also provides access to a very beneficial premium support desk, then WP Rocket is a strong competitor.
The full Pricing choices are as follows. Wp Fastest Cache Options
· Personal. $39 (1 site)
· Company. $99 (3 sites)
· Pro. $199 (unlimited sites)
All Options include a year's access to plugin updates and support. Following this period of time, you may continue using the plugin or renew your permit to keep access. There's also a 30-day refund available in case you are not entirely pleased with the plugin after purchase.
WP Rocket Is really quite striking. Not only is it extremely easy to use, in addition, it delivers great results.
Most of The tasks you'll be able to carry out to optimise the speed of your website take substantial time and effort — if that's optimising media documents, reviewing and consolidating your plugins, then migrating to a different web host or changing topics. WP Rocket, on the other hand, can be applied to your website in just a couple clicks.
What's More, if you're a WordPress freelancer, whether helping clients with their present websites or creating websites from scratch, having something like WP Rocket in your toolkit could be of huge benefit. In only a couple of minutes, you'll have the ability to accelerate a client's website and deliver them tangible results (in the form of'before and after' online speeds evaluations ), and, when the very best way to distinguish yourself from the competition would be to provide more value to the customer, things like this will really help.
As a Data-backed article over on Moz puts it. "Fast websites have more visitors, who see more pages for longer periods of time, who come back more frequently, and are typically more likely to buy products or click ads."
Due to Its quick setup process, speeding up your website with WP Rocket really is an easy win in the war against slow load times.
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Peca! is a migrant bird who dwells half a year in Lima (where the main workshop is located), and the other half in Barcelona (merchandising centre for Europe) hoping to reach more clients, people who are touched by the expression of unique pieces.
Peca! has the working spirits of Anna, painter, and Bili, poet, in the design and manufacturing of the jewels.
Peca! is a bridge between Peru and Catalonia, Latin America and Europe, both a cultural and a commercial exchange, using Peruvian silver and semi-precious stones and the Catalonian design as vehicles of artistic expression.
Peca! develops its creations as handmade collections of artistic jewelry. Those collections include rings, earrings, bracelets, bangles, brooches, necklaces and pendants.
Sterling silver often establishes a relationship with torch-firing and synthetic enamel, fabrics, stones, papers, plastics, polymers, and other materials which provide a color quality to the pieces.
These pieces are made from plates and threads which are pierced, forged, inlayed, woven, braided, welded, chiseled, melted, engraved, polished, riveted, and in filigree, and later are combined with shiny, oxidized, satin or matt finishes.
The introduction of our collections usually involves multidisciplinary events blending music, video, poetry, and jewelry.
This is how Peca! achieves unique and one-of-a-kind pieces with character. Any person wearing one will certainly inspire that magic.
Anna Maresma Ribas (Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, 1981), graduate in Plastic Arts and Artistic Jewel Design (Escola Massana, Barcelona) and graduate in Fine Arts (Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona).
The following exhibits —both of her paintings and her jewelry— stand out: collective exhibition of painting at the Col·legi Major Penyafort of the University of Barcelona, 2004. The following year, the collective exhibition of jewelry "Inshu Washi" with pieces crafted in Japanese paper at the Molí Paperer Museum in Capellades. In 2006 she is part of three exhibits at the Escola Massana in Barcelona: "El reliquiari", "Joieria Artística" and "Joieria Berber". That same year at the Calisay Cultural Centre in Arenys de Mar (Barcelona) she took part in the collective exhibition of painting "4 young artists from Arenys". And in 2007, she participated in the collective exhibition of jewelry "La força del lloc. Joieria i naturalesa a Serradui" at the venue of Artesania Catalunya, Barcelona.
As an artist, she seeks a fluent dialogue between the disciplines she performs —jewelry and painting. Towards the end of 2011, she presented her first individual exhibition of jewels and paintings, called "Espais. Encontres." at Expo Box (Mataró, Barcelona).
Bili Sánchez Montenegro (Lima, 1974), BA in Philosophy (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima), graduate in Plastic Arts and Artistic Jewel Design (Escola Massana, Barcelona), poet and interdisciplinary artist with studies in drama (Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, Lima).
Actor in the play "Sarita Con-Cierto Teatro" by the Yuyachkani troupe from 1995 to 1996. Codirector of the production department of the Mehr Licht studio. Producer of the fanzine "Crash Boom Zap" in nine issues. In 2000 he produced the first individual exhibition of visual artist José Carlos Martinat, called "Casa".
In 1997 he published his first poetry collection, "Sahari". In 2000 "Isa" came out, sponsored by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 2002 he launched his third book, called "Rosario", in a multi-media event involving music, video and theatre. In 2011 he released "enrique", introduced at Bar Juanito in Barranco, Lima, and the following year at Dédalo Art Gallery in Barranco, Lima.
"Rijkrallpa: El último Mito Moche [Rijkrallpa: The Last Moche Myth]" is an interdisciplinary art project that started in 1997 and has had four exhibits: Fundación Telefónica Centre (2008); ExpoZaragoza (2008); the artistic installation "Huaca Rijkrallpa" in the basement of the e[S]tar Art Gallery, run by independent art critic and curator of the project, Mr Jorge Villacorta Chávez (2009); the short film "Rijkrallpa: ¿El Último Timo Moche? [Rijkrallpa: The Last Moche Scam?]", shown at the 11th International Festival of Video/Art/Electronics (VAE11) at the Túpac Cultural Centre in Lima (2010).
In 2011 he was the curator of José Luis Martinat's exhibition "Estructural" at the "Lucía de la Puente" art gallery in Lima.
© Peca! Joies Joyas