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One of the greatest challenges of mankind today is that the world population and the world's energy consumption are continuously increasing. The majority of our power production derives from the combustion of fossil fuels, including coal, with additional significant contributions from hydroelectric and nuclear energy conversion. All of these energy conversion methods create different types of pollution. Fossil fuels are a finite resource of solar energy stored in floral and faunal fossils over many millions of years. The ever increasing demand for this finite and dwindling resource has the potential to significantly increase the cost of these resources.
Additionally, an undesirable consequence of the thermo-chemical conversion of fossil fuels by combustion is environmental contamination. The reaction products from combustion can be harmful to the environment and humans on a local scale, and may contribute to global climatic changes. Fossil fuel resources are unevenly distributed over the globe, leading to geopolitical unrest as a result of the competition for resource access. Clearly, the energy demands of our society need to be satisfied in a more appropriate, sustainable and efficient way. Beyond the production and clean conversion of energy with low emissions, the storage and transmission of energy have to be sustainably solved. Nanowires made from carbon fibres have been proposed as modern transmission lines with the potential to significantly reduce the losses inside the distribution networks. Other smart materials developments can result in cleaner energy conversion for our society. This work builds on the pioneer work performed by Nobel Prize winner, Richard Smalley, taking his vision of clean energy transmission through carbon structures into the second decade of the 21st century. (Imprint: Nova)


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One day last week my husband requested (demanded perhaps… because apparently I have more time on my hands) that I gift wrap some presents for him. He had a couple of people finishing up at work and decided to volunteer to be the gift-buyer. He asked if we had wrapping paper and I said of course… plenty.
It wasn't a lie. We do have plenty. Christmas, baby shower, kids birthday, wedding, princess, and all sorts of other specific themed wrapping paper and gift bags. I hadn't really thought too carefully at the time. So here I was the night before he needed the gifts without any logical choice in gift wrap… then I remembered the roll of brown paper I had purchased a couple of years back, for a purpose I cannot recall.
Turns out it's a pretty splendid sort of wrapping paper for those not so specific occasion gifts. And the best thing is you can personalise it to suit your recipient.
These are not actually the work mates presents. Those ones I kept plain with some ribbon to jazz it up. Above are our Mother's Day gifts.
One I wrapped in brown paper then prettied it up with pink cellophane and some gold ribbon. The other I skipped on the cellophane and got out some letter stamps, as you can see below:
Took all of 30 seconds to stamp a few MUM's over the brown paper. I did it once the present was already wrapped as I was using a distress ink which wasn't very moist, but I'd recommend doing it beforehand if you have an ink that's likely to bleed. You don't want to damage the gift inside.
So there you go… a simple, all occasion idea of using brown paper to wrap your gifts and personalising them yourself with ribbon, cellophane, stamps, stickers or anything else on hand really.
And a couple of stash buster mini cards using scrapbooking scraps:
The cute helper is optional!
Tomorrow I will show you what was in those presents :)

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I find the dosage excessive, but I don't know what you told the doctor. Opiates work directly on the brain to suppress the cough reflex. Marijuana makes you cough. My dog was prescribed cough medicine with codeine for the horrible gaking cough that comes with congestive heart failure. I've been prescribed cough medicine with codeine since I can remember. I never became addicted to it. Do you think maybe the devil is not the drugs themselves but the way they are used?
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She ruined her message by supporting Palestine and muslims. In the beginning it all sounded good when she said what does Israel have to do with Georgia, but after bringing Palestine up her true motives were revealed.
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Limitations for Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.6 in all cloud providers
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The following limitations apply to Cloud Volumes ONTAP in all cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Software updates must be completed by Cloud Manager
Upgrades of Cloud Volumes ONTAP must be completed from Cloud Manager. You should not upgrade Cloud Volumes ONTAP by using System Manager or the CLI. Doing so can impact system stability.
Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment must not be modified from your cloud provider's console
Changes to a Cloud Volumes ONTAP configuration from your cloud provider's console results in an unsupported configuration. Any changes to the Cloud Volumes ONTAP resources that Cloud Manager creates and manages can impact system stability and Cloud Manager's ability to manage the system.
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Washington, Mt. Garfield, Washington Cascades 45 Miles from Seattle
Washington, Mt. Garfield, Washington Cascades 45 miles from Seattle— On May 18, a four man roped party was descending a wide snow ledge which angled down below a rock cliff on the N.W. route on Mt. Garfield. All were moderately to extremely experienced. The party had turned back before reaching the summit because of rain and cool weather. When the first man, Carlton L. Rhoades (28) heard and saw rocks falling on the snow in front of him, he quickly turned and started back up the slope. A 16 inch in diameter rock fell vertically through the air, landed on a rock imbedded in the snow above him and shattered into many pieces. Rhoades tried to duck the flying rock fragments, but a 7 inch piece flew horizontally into his arm, spinning him around and knocking him down the slope. The second man on the rope, William I. Phillips (31) was pulled over but managed to apply a self arrest in the snow and stop both men. After examination of Rhoades' arm. the party believed that it was probably just badly bruised, but might be broken. Phillips then took the lead on the descent while the other two climbers belayed Rhoades down the difficult spots.
Medical examination showed that the forearm (ulna) was broken four inches above the wrist. A cast was required for two months.
Source: V. Josendal, interviews with the four climbers.
Analysis: In this locality, rains loosen rock and increase the danger of rockfall, especially in the spring. The climbing rope proved its value by allowing an uninjured man to stop the sliding of the man hit by rockfall.


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- Monday, 23 Nov 2020 - 7:30PM
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As a child visiting Paris, Christophe Rousset demanded to be taken to the gorgeous Baroque palace and gardens of Versailles, now a byword for lavish ornamentation and luxurious decorative arts. It was the beginning of a brilliant career, and the inspiration for what has become his life's work in the music of this era, first as a prodigious harpsichordist and then, since 1991, as the leader of his own extraordinary ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. To experience their performance is to understand why the French gave us so many words like 'élan' and 'panache' – words which equally describe the stunning virtuosity of Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg, their featured soloist on this tour.
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset Director & Harpsichord
Siobhan Stagg Soprano
LULLY Ah, Rinaldo, dove sei?
LECLAIR Deuxième Récréation de musique, op 8 (Excerpts)
MONTÉCLAIR La Morte di Lucretia
SCARLATTI L'Arianna
HANDEL Trio Sonata in G major, op 5 no 4, HWV399 (Excerpts)
HANDEL Notte placida e cheta, HWV142
Finishes approx. 9:30pm
Includes 20 min. interval
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Means-tested Australian pensioners (Ages, Disability, Veteran's Affairs and Supporting Parent) and Health Care card holders are eligible to receive Musica Viva's Concession prices.
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- West Australian Symphony Orchestra
- Black Swan State Theatre Company
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Please call Box Office on 9231 9999 or visit us in person to take advantage of this special offer. ID must be presented when collecting tickets.
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Available pre-show at this event. Meals you will often find at this station range from curries, braises, gourmet burgers and substantial salads, right through to lighter options as sushi, special fries and gourmet pies.
Presented by Musica Viva Australia with support from Wesfarmers Arts.
Tour supported by the Musica Viva Amadeus Society
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Indiana's Kellen Lewis has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. He's the first Hoosier to win the award twice in one season since Levron Williams in 2001 and IU's first freshman to win it twice since Antwaan Randle El in 1998. Lewis previously received the honor on Oct. 16 after IU's win over Iowa.
Here's more about Lewis from the Big Ten's news release: Lewis was responsible for six touchdowns, including a career-high five scoring strikes and one rushing score, while setting personal bests with 336 yards of total offense and 261 passing yards to lead Indiana past Michigan State.
The freshman quarterback completed 15 of 26 passes (57.7 percent) while adding 75 yards on 14 carries as the Hoosiers piled up 46 points, the school's highest scoring output since putting 56 points on the board against Northwestern on Nov. 3, 2001. Lewis' five touchdown passes were the most by an Indiana signal caller in a Big Ten contest and tied for the second-highest total in school history. The last Hoosier to throw five scoring strikes was Jay Rodgers in 1997 against Ball State.
Lewis also became just the fourth conference quarterback in the last five years to toss five or more touchdowns in a game, joining Michigan State's Drew Stanton (2005), Purdue's Kyle Orton (2004) and Wisconsin's Jim Sorgi (2003). The Florida native tossed four of his touchdown passes to wideout James Hardy, which marked a new school record and tied for the second-highest total in Big Ten annals.


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The maypole in The Wicker Man!
Today is May 1st and that means two things: 1. The "It's Gonna Be May" meme with Justin Timberlake's face on it won't infect your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram videos for a whole year (hopefully). And 2. It's when Celtic Pagans, like the island people of The Wicker Man, decorate a tall, skinny wooden peen with colorful ribbons!
The Wicker Man isn't only a weird-as-fuck classic, it's also a May Day classic! When the hot sergeant with the magnificently furry brows goes to the island of Summerisle to investigate a missing girl, he finds more eery creepiness and scary plastic smiles than a Kartrashian family dinner. One of the weird things he comes across is a bunch of boy students strapped to a giant pole while doing some kind of ancient ceremonial dance as a creepy dude teacher sings out a special ditty. As that's going down, a lady teacher is in the school house where she's talking about the maypole and basically says to the girl students, "Yup, girls, dat's a dick!"
Who knew that Celtic Pagans and Scientologist had something in common. I say that because I'm pretty sure that Tom Cruise, Little Lord David Miscavige, John Travola and the other dudes of the Celebrity Centre bath house partake in a ritual where they dance around a giant peen.
The soft turd that was the American remake of The Wicker Man had a million things wrong with this, but one of the biggest thing that was wrong with it was the fact that it didn't have the creepy and wonderfully weird Maypole Song in it! That mess may have been saved by the sight of Nicolas Cage screaming, "NOT THE MAYPOLE SONG," as a creepy teacher began to sing.
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Hard drives of the future could be made of DNA
Scientists have discovered how to fit the maximum amount of data in a single nucleotide.
Our data-driven society is churning out more information than traditional storage technology can handle, so scientists are looking for a solution in Nature's hard drive: DNA. A pair of researchers at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center recently wrote a full computer operating system, an 1895 French film, an Amazon gift card and other files into DNA strands and retrieved them without errors, according to a study published in the latest edition of Science.
There are several advantages to using DNA. It's a lot smaller than traditional media; a single gram can fit 215,000 times more data than a one terabyte hard drive, The Atlantic notes. It's also incredibly durable. Scientists are using DNA thousands of years old to de-extinct wooly mammoths, for example. But, until now, they've only unlocked a fraction of its storage capacity. Study coauthors Yaniv Erlich and Dina Zielinski were able to fit the theoretical maximum amount of information per nucleotide using a new method inspired by how movies stream across the internet.
"We mapped the bits of the files to DNA nucleotides. Then, we synthesized these nucleotides and stored the molecules in a test-tube," Erlich explained in an interview with ResearchGate. "To retrieve the information, we sequenced the molecules. This is the basic process. To pack the information, we devised a strategy—called DNA Fountain—that uses mathematical concepts from coding theory. It was this strategy that allowed us to achieve optimal packing, which was the most challenging aspect of the study."
When an online streaming service like Netflix sends information, it uses fountain codes, which partition data into small packets. Even if a few packets are lost, Netflix can reconstruct the entire stream. DNA has a similar problem; scientists can only create and sequence it in small batches. This means that large amounts of data need to be broken down, and bits of them can be lost. Another downside to DNA? It breaks down after sequencing, which means the information is lost the more it's read. Luckily, DNA is easy to replicate.
Although companies like Microsoft are currently looking into DNA as a storage option, Erlich estimates it'll be more than a decade before it goes mainstream. "We are still in early days, but it also took magnetic media years of research and development before it became useful."


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British horse racing has been hit by tragedy after a talented young jockey was killed in a freak accident while out on a training ride.
Natasha Galpin, 22, was thrown to the ground when the horse she was working for top trainer Iain Jardine suffered a ruptured artery.
Galpin, who was also accomplished in eventing, lost her life in the accident on Tuesday morning at the Hetland Hill Stables in Carrutherstown, Scotland.
The horse also died as a result of the 'freak' injury.
Police are now investigating the circumstances of the incident, which has left Jardine – the trainer of two-time Melbourne Cup contender Nakeeta – and the rest of Galpin's colleagues distraught.
The trainer released a statement expressing the grief and shock experienced by his staff.
"It is with great sadness that the team at Iain Jardine Racing wish to report that we suffered a tragic accident on our grass gallops on Tuesday morning which has resulted in the untimely death of a member of our team, Natasha Galpin, 22, as well as the loss of a horse," the statement read.
"Sadly, our horse suffered Guttural Pouch Mycosis (a ruptured artery) during work, resulting in the unavoidable and unpredictable accident.
"He was given all the necessary care and treatment required and the owners were immediately informed.
"Our main priority throughout has been Natasha and the rest of our staff, who are distraught at the loss of a colleague and friend but have been extremely supportive of each other.
"As a team here, we are doing our best to get through and cope with this devastating situation.
"Natasha was an experienced and valued full-time member of Team IJR.
"She was an accomplished event rider and ran her own livery yard.
"She worked alongside her boyfriend Olyn.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Natasha's parents and sisters at this very sad time, and we hope you will join us in respecting their privacy."
Nick Rust, chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, said: "I know I speak for everyone at the BHA when I say we are truly shocked and devastated about this tragic news.
"While such incidents are extremely rare, there is an element of risk every time a rider sits on any horse and as such we must never take for granted the bravery and commitment of our workforce.
"Our sport relies on their dedication in providing first class care for our horses and we are grateful to them all.
"Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of Natasha Galpin and the yard of Iain Jardine.
"We will work with the authorities and provide support to the yard at this difficult time."
This article originally appeared in The Sun and is republished with permission.
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Rustic Way, Tarneit
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- Childcare
- Gym & Fitness
- Internet Access
- Medical Facilities
- Neighbourly Spirit
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Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Retirees
Got a burning question? Why not ask the locals! Simply ask your question below
Rustic Way
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- Neighbourly Spirit
- Safe & Sound
- Clean & Green
- Pest Free
- Peace & Quiet
- Eating Out
- Nightlife
- Parks & Recreation
- Shopping Options
- Gym & Fitness
- Internet Access
- Lack of Traffic
- Cost of Living
- Resale or Rental Value
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- Medical Facilities
- Schools
- Childcare
"Great for peace of mind"
A quiet street, with potential for growth. It is in the prestigious estate of Claremont Park that offers a community style resort facility that includes three swimming pools, spa, a gym and much more. A sizable well catered playground facility in the estate offers family with children an area to play and bring the party outdoor.It is close to transport and 10 to 15 minutes to freeway. Not much traffic and close to Werribee Shopping Centre with excellent carpark. Also close to medical facilities including Werribee Hospital. Schools ranging from private to public from kindy to high school are walking to driving distance. The neighbours are very friendly and the area is safe to go for walks in the mornings or afternoons. Not far to drive to the city and not far to Geelong or even Ballarat.
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It has so many great, new, fresh recipe ideas. I loved this because we were able to try something new so many times and even the kids enjoyed all of what we cooked. The recipes are fantastic!
Bought this book book because I love Paula, love her cooking all the recipes of hers was want I wanted to cook. If I wasn't in the mood for what she makes everything else in the book is amazing and so easy to follow the recipes!
Food Network Favorites: Recipes from Our All-Star Chefs is awesome. Got it for Christmas last year (I think) and I feel like I use it every day! But I also love any sweets cookbook. YUM!
I love this cookbook. My daughter is always borrowing it and then when I find I need it I always have to go next door and borrow it back. Ha!
This is my go-to cookbook. Love all of the recipes!
This cookbook makes me feel like I am a talented cook and that I am able to create beautiful masterpieces that will impress my friends and family. Full color pictures and easy to follow instructions are ideal for even the novice cook. If looking for one cookbook, this is IT!
I LOVE this book!! The recipes are delicious, and it's written in a way that makes it easy to try them! I love TFN, and this book just makes my day! The chefs are down to earth, and make it seem almost effortless. I couldn't recommend this book more! :)
the great thing about this book is that its easy to follow along...yes its written by professional chefs....but the directions make it so easy anybody can follow along......
I love Food Network. And I just love to try new recipies. I have printed so many recipies of their site it would be so much easier to have a cookbook of theirs to try.
I love watching Food Network, so when I saw this particular cookbook in the bookstore I had to pick it up. I found many great recipes that I enjoy making.


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Phone Services Remain Limited In Typhoon - Hit Areas
Japan's mobile carriers say their phone services remain limited in Chiba Prefecture, as well as some other areas, mainly in the Kanto region. They cite antenna towers that have been left without power by Typhoon Faxai, which made landfall early Monday.
NTT Docomo says that as of Wednesday afternoon, its mobile phone connectivity is poor in 43 municipalities of Chiba Prefecture, as well as five in Kanagawa and one in Shizuoka prefecture. The islands of Oshima and Niijima, which are part of Tokyo, are also experiencing connectivity problems.
KDDI says users are having trouble receiving calls in 37 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, two in Ibaraki Prefecture, three in Shizuoka Prefecture and one in Tokyo.
SoftBank reports poor phone connectivity in 26 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, three municipalities in Shizuoka Prefecture and one in Tokyo.
The carriers have deployed mobile antennas and mobile power supply vehicles.
They're also offering a disaster message board service on the Internet.
NTT East says about 102,000 fixed phone lines and 70,000 Internet connections across wide areas of Chiba Prefecture remain out of order. The company is allowing free calls from about 7,000 public phones throughout the prefecture.


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Tesla Model X Takes On Acura Nsx In Ultra High - Tech Drag Race
The Tesla Model X and Acura NSX are two very different vehicles. One is an electric SUV, while the other is a hybrid hypercar. They do have one thing in common, though: both are incredibly quick. But which one is quicker in a drag race? That's the question DragTimes hopes to answer with its latest video.
When you look past the NSX and Model X's exterior, you start to see some similarities. Both vehicles have futuristic powertrains that are a nod towards cleaner, more-efficient vehicles. Being efficient may be high on the priority list for both, but they also boast devastating performance. We've seen the Model X absolutely decimate a Jeep Trackhawk and the NSX show a Model S its taillights.This, then, should be a close race. The NSX has a few modifications, including downpipes from SicenceofSpeed and HRE wheels. The Model X, on the other hand, is all stock. Still, on paper, this race should be pretty close.The Model X P100D is capable of getting to 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds, while the NSX can do the same sprint in roughly 3.0 seconds. It's crazy to think that both vehicles are just as quick despite having drastically different body styles, not to mention that they would embarrass much more expensive supercars from just a few years ago.Still, both vehicles line up next to each other to see which one reigns supreme in a quarter-mile drag race. If you want to skip the intro and just watch the race, skip ahead to the 1:49 mark in the video below. While we won't ruin the race for you, we will say that the result, as expected, is really close.


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Over the last few weeks, I've been training for a 100 mile all-day cycle ride and last weekend was the big day! We cycled from Merstham in Surrey to Chichester in Sussex.
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I've resolved to continue cycling over the winter to maintain a basic fitness level. Here are my tips and advice for winter cycling.
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Over recent months, I have been using ViewRanger GPS on my Nokia E71 mobile phone whilst out cycling. Here's my review and a few tips for using ViewRanger based on my experiences so far.
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La Stanza: Runthrough + Extended Gameplay + Final Thoughts
12 January, 2019 | Your Opinion
Category: Playthrough Age: 10+ 60 - 90 Min 2 - 4 Players 2019
Designers: Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade Artists: José van den Helder, Kevin Hill (II), Konstantin Vohwinkel, Loïc Billiau, Luka Arh, Sébastien Caiveau Publishers: PYTHAGORAS, Quined Games
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In this article you can watch the 3 videos for the board game La Stanza:
Runthrough + Extended Gameplay + Final Thoughts
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La Stanza Extended Gameplay
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Hi, I film a series of boardgame video runthroughs that show, rather than tell, what a game really feels like to play. You'll find those videos here on Youtube. About me: I'm a 40+ year old videogame designer, American but living in Europe for the last several years, currently retired (hopefully it'll stick). I play boardgames almost exclusively 2p with my wife, Jen, and we generally prefer games that are heavy but not too aggressive (though we can make an exception in some cases). So those are the kinds of games you'll see me covering here.
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The military's future plan to create a technical cloud that would allow common control of all the branches drones is a great idea! But dear God please tell me the security on this system, (and R&D) will be off the chart to keep Chinese hackers out of the loop.
According to a US Navy release:
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed something similar to a master remote control for military ground, air and undersea unmanned systems that will work across the services, as outlined in a new video released, May 2. (Above)
This Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) prescribed data model is a piece of software that enabled development of the Common Control System, which is comprised of many different common control services.
Chinese hackers have run roughshod over allied military designers and contractors. Even QinetiQ North America, a world leading defense and security company that creates secret satellites, drones, and Special Forces software was hacked by Chinese infiltrators.
For three years Chinese hackers pilfered research and development secrets from the company:
"We found traces of the intruders in many of their divisions and across most of their product lines. There was virtually no place we looked where we didn't find them," said Christopher Day whose security company was hired by QinetiQ to investigate the break-ins.
Integrating inter-service drone command, control and communication will bring unprecedented capabilities to our drone forces. But security from conception HAS TO BE priority number one.


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"May I see a sample of your programming?"
We hear this more and more as people discover we provide custom weightlifting programming. And the answer is always, "Of course."
This post, first in a series, will give you a sense for our programming approach. The posts that follow will include sample programming from several athletes, each of whom have a different training purpose and profile. These should give you a sense for how your custom programming may look.
But first, let's review the programming principles that guide us:
• Program design matters: We design our programs methodically, not haphazardly, to deliver long-term results. Our program design is influenced by the scientific literature, Russian weightlifting literature, input from international coaches, lessons learned as competitive lifters, and our experience programming for thousands of athletes over time. A haphazard approach to programming may feel exciting and deliver small, early benefits to new trainees, but it will limit your ability to progress.
You'll notice this in your custom program by the way we adjust the volume and intensity on a daily and weekly basis. The patterns we use are known to help get you the best results. You'll also see that your reps, sets, and weights are carefully selected to manipulate stress and optimize your recovery.
• Balance matters: We program to achieve balance. Balance, in our view, means your technique and strength develop in tandem. One should not significantly outpace the other. We believe balance is one of the most important goals in your development.
Programs that don't develop balance may result in long term, sometimes permanent, plateaus. If you've ever known athletes with a big squat but a low clean & jerk…or a big clean & jerk but a low snatch, they suffer from balance problems.
Balance is the main reason we ask for your maxes in four key lifts (snatch, clean and jerk, back squat, front squat) when you build your custom training cycle. Using ratio analysis of these maxes, we can assess your balance and tailor your program to best attack your weaknesses. Later this year, we'll start asking for additional 1-rep max data. This will help us make your programming even more targeted.
• Quality over quantity: Our programming prioritizes quality of movement over weight on the bar. In our view, high quality movement consists of proper speed and precision. While we're no strangers to heavy lifting, we believe you only earn the right to lift heavier once your movement quality is consistently high.
This is one reason why we program at moderate weights and in moderate volumes. We want you to develop & refine good habits. You'll have the best chance of improving if you develop good habits first at moderate weights, rather than patterning poor technique with overly-heavy programming prescriptions.
• Sustainability is paramount: We program for sustainability because we believe it's more important to train consistently with high-quality than to kill yourself and train at lower quality while you recover. Training sore is fine, even expected. But training, or skipping training, while incapacitated is not.
This is one of the main reasons we ask you about factors like your age, your work, and your other physical activity when you first build your program. It's also why we adjust your program as you proceed. This helps us help you by dialing-in a sustainable level of cumulative stress.
Parameters We Manage
We prescribe and customize training based on several factors. The main parameters we manipulate are:
1. Intensity: We measure and program training intensities based on percentage of your one-rep max. Our average target training intensity for most athletes is between 70% and 80%. While we regularly include sets between 80% and 100%, we spend the bulk of training at more moderate percentages.
We've found that excessive training at higher percentages takes a greater toll on you, especially your nervous system. It often requires extra recovery time during which it may be difficult to perform high-quality work. By training at more moderate percentages, you can train more consistently with a lower risk of injury and still get all the gains.
2. Volume: We measure and program volume based on number of repetitions in a given session, week, and/or month. On average we target between 200-300 reps a week. That works out to approx 800-1,200 lifts per month and just over 9,500-14,000 reps per year.
Volume will vary slightly based on your goal and purpose for training, your phase of training, as well as external factors like outside stress.
3. Exercise selection/variety: We select exercises for your training based on the phase of training and the athletic qualities we seek to improve during each phase. Generally, early in the overall training cycle you'll experience a wide variety of exercise selection. As training nears competition and/or progress testing, your exercise variety will decrease to focus more on the classic lifts.
As with intensity and volume, exercise selection/variety will vary based on your goal and purpose for training, your phase of training, and other factors.
We Test Your Maxes, But Not Weekly
By now you probably realize that we don't ask you to max out weekly. In our experience, it's too hard on most athletes to be recoverable and sustainable without high risk of low-quality training or injury. For these reasons, we won't ask you to max out weekly. While some coaches or athletes have success programming/training to max weekly (or more), we believe it's rare. If lifting to max every day or every week is your thing, we're not the right fit for you.
Instead, we integrate testing days (usually heavy singles) toward the end of your training cycle. By default this will happen approximately every 12-weeks, however you can adjust this duration when you build your custom program.
Overall, we believe in methodical, balanced programming without extremes. We target high performance and longevity via training that is challenging and effective but not likely to break you. This is reflected in our strategic but moderate implementation of intensity, volume, and exercise selection/variety. If this approach appeals to you, come train with us.
(adapted from my original article here since my philosophy is still the same)


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A new book about John Denis Fryer, for whom the Fryer Library is named, and the rest of his family has been published by Boolarong Press.
'In this time of war…': The University of Queensland, militarism and World War II
To commemorate Anzac Day, we look back through collections held in our Fryer Library to examine the role that war played in the life of students and staff at The University of Queensland during the Second World War.
Stories of Queensland homefront during the Second World War
Listen to interviews recorded between 1987-1990 with Queenslanders during the Second World War.
A meeting of distinguished guests
During the digitisation of the Jack Keith [JK] Murray collection, held in the Fryer Library, we uncovered an interesting story. Photographs illustrate the 1949 Hallstrom Trust Meeting held in the then Australian administered Territories of Papua and New Guinea.
Uncovering Australian War Appeal badges
An assortment of First and Second World War badges from the Father Leo Hayes Collection, reveal fundraising activities that occurred in Australia to support the war effort and are a reminder that conflict is not without cost.
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Remembering Walde Gerard Fisher (1894-1918) and Charles Robertson Wonderley (1894-1918) friends and students together at The University of Queensland who both graduated with firsts in Classics on the same day and who lost their lives on this day 100 years ago
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On 27 May 1967, ninety percent of the Australian population voted 'yes' in a referendum to change the Australian Constitution. As a result, Indigenous Australians were now included in the census and the federal government had the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
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2019-20 Chapter Presidents
The chapter presidents plan, organize, and lead events, workshops, and meetings on their campus. They serve on the Student WEA Board of Directors, a democratic governing body, and make decisions on the direction and development of the organization. They play an important role in making Aspiring Educators a successful organization. Contact us if you would like to get in touch with your chapter president!
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Mt. Mary College – Alison Bubloni
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Singapore's own "leaning tower" - the Hajjah Fatimah Mosque's minaret, which tilts at an angle of six degrees - will be restored to its former glory.
Although the slant will remain, the structure, alongside the rest of the 1846 compound, will undergo a year-long $500,000 restoration to address issues such as moisture damage or plaster cracks on walls.
The project will be co-funded under the National Monuments Fund, administered by the Preservation of Sites and Monuments (PSM) division. The National Heritage Board (NHB) said yesterday $2.22 million of the $9.77 million set aside to co-fund the restoration of national monuments will be disbursed this year to eight recipients, including the mosque and St Joseph's Church.
To qualify for the grant, the monuments must be non-profit or religious. Of the 72 here, 31 are eligible.
Mr Alsagoff Mohdar, 74, chairman of Hajjah Fatimah's mosque management board, said: "The restoration could transform it into a more conducive place of worship for Muslims, make it more presentable for the tourists who often come by."
Based on old maps, the land on which the Beach Road mosque sits used to be a mangrove swamp, a factor contributing to the moisture damage across the site.
The tilt of the minaret is a result of its hand-made bricks. They are less compact than machine-made ones, resulting in moisture seepage and shifting over time, said Mr Chern Jia Ding, assistant director of PSM's architecture and inspectorate.
While the tilt cannot be rectified, steps have been taken to monitor the slant. To deal with weakening bricks, salt will be extracted from the structure. Chemicals will be injected into it to form a water barrier. Existing layers of paint will be stripped away and replaced by a new coat of mineral paint.
Another recipient of the restoration fund is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The ongoing restoration of the Queen Street building, to finish in the third quarter of the year, is slated to receive $1.37 million from the authorities. PSM had disbursed close to $1.49 million under the first tranche of the fund, which was introduced in 2008.
The funding for the cathedral will partly cover structural reinforcement work. The total cost of restoring the monument is $11.8 million.
Mr Lim Boon Heng, former Cabinet minister and chairman of the steering committee for the restoration and renovation of the cathedral, described it as a long journey.
The work involved restoring its neo-classical ceiling and retiling its floors to mirror its original design. There is still more to be done - another $2 million is needed for the construction project, which is expected to cost about $40 million in all. This includes the restoration of a two-storey rectory and the building of a new three-storey block.
Mr Lim said: "We have to make sure this monument stays a long, long time for Singaporeans. It's part of the collective memory of Singaporeans, not just Catholics."


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Our class is a mixed-age class made up of children from Reception and Year 1. Our class teacher is called Mrs Beaumont and our support assistant is called Mrs Ryder. Mrs Norton will be teaching us on a Thursday morning.
Each morning, our Year 1 children are taught Mathematics, English and Phonics by Mrs Brooke-Mawson. Our Reception children will stay in our classroom with Mrs Beaumont and will be taught Guided Reading, Phonics, Mathematics and Literacy. On an afternoon, our Year 1 and Reception children will join together for the teaching of topic work.
Our Reception children are taught Phonics based on the Letters and Sounds scheme, with an incorporation of Jolly Phonics. Mathematics and Literacy is taught according to the EYFS framework. Foundation subjects are taught through a topic-based approach and ties into both the National Curriculum and the Early Years Framework to cater for our mixed age children.
Children will be given a reading book every day and may swap it for another when finished. We encourage each child to read to an adult at least four times a week and for an adult to record their progress within their Reading Log. We are proud to have a range of lovely books from the Colling Big Cat and Oxford Reading Tree schemes. Year 1 children need to read as much as possible at home and to practise their phonics in preparation for the Phonics Check towards the end of the academic year. The child who has read the most books in our class will get an award in our special assembly on a Friday! 'Help at Home' activities will also be set on a weekly basis. These are set to support children with some of the subject areas covered in school that week.
PE will take place on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon and will be delivered by a specialist PE coach. Children must remember to have their PE kits in school for those days.
Do keep an eye out for our class newsletters each half-term. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to have a chat with me. Looking forward to working with class 1 this year!
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Already one of the fastest growing beverage markets, the JNSDIT segment is expected to grow by a further 6% by 2016, with an increase of 75 billion packaging units. There are several trends driving this demand including healthier lifestyles, increased income and urbanisation and improved retail infrastructure.
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David Nash, exhibition, Henry Moore, Kew Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Roger Deakin, Sculpture, Wales, Wood
David Nash has an exhibition at Kew Gardens this summer with open air and indoor sculptures, drawings and films as well as an outdoor studio called the Wood Quarry.
'David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery' 9th June -14th April 2013 features the sculptor's year long residency at the Royal Botanic Gardens. He has moved from his home in Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales with his family, to a cottage in the Botanic Gardens so that he can work on site in the Wood Quarry until September.
At Kew Nash has the opportunity to create a work in situ from an oak tree which had come to the end of its life. This is as he says 'a vein of oak to be quarried' and is the centrepiece of his Wood Quarry. "The life of the tree was formed in that place, the quality of its life echoes in it" and he is able to explore into the tree and a work will come out of it. This reminds me of Michelangelo finding the form concealed in a block of marble.
Homage to Brancusi?
Other sculptures have been brought here and sited, often intriguingly fitting into their surroundings, echoing shapes of trees and settings.
A beautiful piece of land art, created on site.
A deliberate reminder of Henry Moore's King and Queen in Galloway?
Another more solid duo also rather Moore-like. The dense matte wood soaks up the light.
Details showing different wood qualities. Charring of the wood is a technique he often uses.
This piece is a permanent reminder of a piece of his work in Wales, a wooden boulder which gradually made its own way out to sea from his studio in Blaenau Ffestiniog, over a number of years from 1978 onwards and eventually disappeared from sight in 2003. The story is beautifully told in Roger Deakin's book Wildwood, which has a chapter on his encounters with David Nash. The boulder's journey also features in the excellent BBC programme made during his recent exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The famous Ash Dome in Wales begun in 1977 is still evolving in the landscape. In this liking for integrating his work in and with the landscape he has a lot in common with Chris Drury, whose work I wrote about earlier in the year here.
It is interesting to compare these bronzes with the current Gagosian show of late bronzes by Henry Moore. Nash's bronzes are hardly distinguishable from their wooden originals. Moore's are large, polished and patinated, outdoor pieces brought inside, where they dominate and almost overpower the huge space of the gallery. The original tiny maquettes and some of the found objects -flints and stones- which inspired them are also on show and illustrate a common origin in nature.
There are many more Nash sculptures on show both outdoors and in the glasshouses. I shall return to these later in the summer when the Wood Quarry pieces are finished. For now you can see them on the Kew web site.
Finally a reminder of earlier sculpture exhibitions at Kew to which this is a very worthwhile successor.


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Our company dates back to 2004 and this year have undergone significant changes which have been planned to not only enhance our existing excellent reputation but also to help increase the variety of security services that we deliver.
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Three people have been arrested in Spain over the kidnap in Pakistan of British boy Sahil Saeed, Spanish media report.
Sahil Saeed was found wandering across a field by locals in Pakistan
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were held near Tarragona in north-east Spain in connection with the case, the reports said.
Sahil, 5, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was on holiday with his father Raja Naqqash Saeed in the Punjab region when he was snatched by gunmen.
He was found by locals wandering in a field on Tuesday, alone but unharmed, and handed over to Pakistani police.
Rana Sanaullah, the Punjab law minister, said he believed a ransom demand of £100,000 had been paid.
He said the money had been paid "not in Britain, but in another country".
"We are trying to bust this gang with the help of other countries," he added. The youngster's return is being organised by the British High Commission in Islamabad
It is thought his father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, 28, is flying to Pakistan to collect his son, who was held captive for 12 days.
His mother, Akila Naqqash, 31, spoke of her joy after hearing that her boy was safe.
Speaking from the family home she said: "I need to see him with my own eyes to believe it.
"The police are looking after him. We are just watching the news. We are not travelling out there."


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All the glorious, ridiculous humor and hurt of being connected to a family and home.
How to have a soulmate
Lately, it has been very cool to say that your husband is not your soulmate.
My Husband is not my soulmate – like here
My Husband is not my soulmate – or here
And I get it. It feels good to be strong and independent and logical.
"I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings."
These women are breaking through the myth that there is one, magical person who is your other half and who will make your life complete. This is a lie. No human is going to make your life complete. Any human you know deeply and intimately will make your life crazy, confusing, tiring, hilarious, and worthwhile… but not perfect or even complete. Life is not complete for more than fleeting moments, unless you are dead. If you feel complete for more than about 60 minutes at a time, you are probably dead and should ask someone if they can see you.
But, soulmates are real and not believing in them will rob you of the best a marriage can be. You can have a soulmate. You can marry your soulmate. It is possible.
Do you want to know how to marry your soulmate?
Mate your soul to the person you marry.
Mate your soul to the person you marry and they will be your soulmate.
MATE: Join together; connect mechanically.
Join your soul together with your spouse and your souls become "soulmates."
The miracle of real soulmates is not that they found each other and complete each other. The miracle is not the fairytale of twinkly eyes gazing across a crowded room and falling in love. That's the easy part. The miracle is two people with initial chemistry and attraction, each deciding to choose […]
See – a Five Minute Friday post
Linking up again with Five Minute Friday at the lovely Lisa-Jo Baker's.
The rules: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely written in just five minutes.
This week's prompt: SEE – a Five Minute Friday Post
You are not invisible.
When you clean Barbie hair out of the sink after her impromptu trip to the kitchen scissor salon.
When you search over an hour for the missing toy, place it proudly on your son's pillow, and he barely flinches – despite throwing a full-on fit about it that morning.
When you collect all the pink cups for a special-request tea party, that your kids play for exactly 3 minutes before running to another room.
When you clear off the dining room table, again.
When, on January 10th, you remove and wrap up the Christmas ornaments by yourself.
When you are sick and make your own tea but don't drink it because you're needed in the living room to find that one episode of that one show that we love and can't find, but nothing else will do.
When you clean all afternoon and it looks the same.
When the cat pukes and you Clorox the floor and no one ever knows.
You are not invisible. As long as all of us, working all day long to make the lives of our families just that little bit better, remember and SEE each other,
we are not invisible.
While I do dishes, I remember you are too.
While I clean up cat puke, I remember you are doing gross things too.
While I clean off the table AGAIN, I […]
Celebrate the Great
I just discovered the blog Happy Wives Club. I love Fawn's positivity and pride in her marriage. So, this post is part of the Happy Wives Club Blog Tour which I am delighted to be a part of along with hundreds of inspiring bloggers. To learn more and join us, CLICK HERE!
Never be ashamed or shy about what you love.
We all know it's cool to be cynical, to hate things, to be down on things.
We all know there are people suffering all across the world.
We all have people we care about who are struggling and longing.
And sometimes we have the things they need.
You have a husband who loves you, a lot.
You have kids who light up your life like disco balls.
You have a job that inspires you most days.
You have pretty good health.
You have Something Great.
And you're embarrassed.
Why are we shy about the good things in life?
Maybe, it's time we celebrate the great.
Writing this ^^^^ is just painful, honestly. Admitting you are happy is like admitting you are probably a narcissistic, selfish, ignorant child. How could you possibly be happy? And if you are happy, how dare you flaunt it?
What does a {happy} person do, because the "pursuit of happiness" is an unalienable right, but the acquisition of happiness is a punishable crime?
Listen: You may feel absurd and childlike admitting you have a great marriage, family, job, etc… SO be it. Never be ashamed of the good in your life; this does not make life better for those who are hurting. This is an insult. Appreciate what you have because, the most valuable things, you cannot give away to anyone else. They are yours. Love it all for as long as you […]
Fight – Five Minute Friday
There comes a moment when you realize YOU'RE the one who has been blind. You're the one living out of old stories about how men and women should act. {OMG I'm the patriarchy.}
Women, we have sat on the sidelines and watched men fight, struggle, sweat, and bleed. We cheer. We supply water and first aid. We nurture and we caress tired backs with our soft hands.
But it's time to get in the game ourselves. It's time to step into the arena and fight.
We will help each other side-by-side.
I don't know your sport or your call but I know what it looks like when we avoid the invitation to play: We offer to hold the jackets. We sit alone on the sideline and watch others try and fail and fall and laugh and get back up. We walk back home together and our pants have no grass stains.
The men and the children play and the women watch.
Not all the women do this, but I was doing this. I knew I was choosing rest over adventure. I was playing it safe. I was the safe zone for others. "Mom's not playing! Mom's safe!" I cherish being the safe zone, at times. I've loved wearing my cozy sweater and drinking coffee. But my life is floating by me. I have opted out too many times. I can feel my muscles growing weak and my desire to be saved growing strong. I don't know about you, but I want to feel strong. I want to speak up. I want to run as fast as I can. I want to volunteer for the adventure.
Like all the best things, this epiphany started as a seed in me […]
True Love and The Princess Bride
Princess Bride is one of the best movies in all of movie history. On this we can agree.
On true love…
Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?
Buttercup: Well… you were dead.
Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Buttercup: I will never doubt again.
Westley: There will never be a need.
I believe in true love. I believe in fighting for each other against all odds. I believe in never settling for mediocre. I believe in soul mates. I believe in kindness and respect. I believe in romance. I believe in sex as good. I believe in protecting love against all resistance.
My husband is my soul mate. This does not mean we have it easy or we naturally get it all right. Usually, nothing that I have thought would be natural and easy has actually been natural or easy. Well, "natural" but in the way that lions eating zebras is natural.
Birthing and caring for babies, for example, I thought would be natural and easy. We would sleep and feed and play and cuddle and we would just KNOW what to do next. It would be "natural" – As in easy… because those two words were synonyms in my head. This was so so wrong. Natural is usually hard work. Natural is of life and death and struggle and perseverance. Natural is of failure and commitment. Natural is of frustration and the will to live despite all odds. Natural is not easy. Easy is easy.
So, when I say that my husband and I are soul mates, I mean that our marriage is natural. Our guts said YES, get married. And it has […]
Beautiful Scars
All beautiful you are my darling, there is no flaw in you.
Song of Songs 4:7
It seems pretty absurd to believe we are without flaw, doesn't it?
Massive cultural and financial structures are built on us believing there is something wrong with us; that we must destroy and annihilate all these "flaws" on our bodies through surgery and chemicals and anything else we can buy. We are told by 1,000s of songs, commercials, movies, magazines, and actual people, how we "should" be and how we are definitely NOT. We are all aware of every possible physical flaw.
To hear a message that we are already all beautiful is so foreign a concept that it feels false and trite and rather stupid. Ask anyone at anytime today and they can tell you one thing about themselves that is decidedly ugly. If you're silly enough, you can ask and they'll tell you something about you too.
And if you are like me, you still remember the things people said were wrong with your body years and years ago.
Because of all this, even starting this conversation feels like a waste of time. No matter how much I tell you that you are beautiful and formed perfectly, all it takes is one magazine cover or a boyfriend's inattention or callous comment and you could be lost again. I know. I know.
I want to undo my brainwashing (more on brainwashing tomorrow). So, I am starting with one item at a time and relearning the truth about myself.
If I am brutally honest, my biggest struggle recently is that most days I see my stretch marks as a failure. I am an embarrassment. Some mothers have abs of steel but I do not. We applaud and […]
Spring and Summer
My daughter is at her last day of preschool. This is an incredibly big deal to the cells in my body. I feel them shrink today in preparation. Outside the hustle of the moment, quiet inside myself, I see her – all spunk and 5-year-old skin. I watch the families around me carrying babies, smiling, correcting, juggling – the ones in the middle.
This is the end of a huge season of my life. This season of spring. Our Spring. The beginnings of life.
Spring: Getting to love Miracles up close and have their love in return.
Spring: Feeling incredible pain and holding on for dear life to the factual importance of love.
Spring: Seeing cherubs crawl around my living room, rolling in clean clothes and pulling the cat's tail.
Spring: Experiencing love with all five sense. Singing through chores, tears kissed on lips, sleepy hugs, hearts made with whole hands.
Spring: Spending months lost in a tornado of messiness and full-out joy, tantrums and hysterical laughter.
Spring: Knowing Tiny things matter. Errands. Dishes. Smiles. Hope. Fingers, toes, touches, breath.
I will miss, miss, miss, miss these little years. Everywhere I went, whether I could see it at the time or not through sleepy eyelids and Starbucks hangovers, a community of babies and new moms and toddlers supported me. Smiles from strangers. Doors held open for strollers. Reassuring eyes making soft contact with mine while screams rang in my ears.
I hold the last 8 years as gently as I can in these desperate hands. They are a gift I struggled to appreciate completely. It is exhausting trying to keep multiple emotionally turbulent people alive all day long. Days felt like eternity, serious eternity, but the months went by in a […]
For you, I will. (a poem)
For you, I will
For you, I will get out of bed
and fetch a glass of water.
For you, I will sing aloud
in a karaoke bar.
For you, I will dance
ballroom style
wearing high heels and victory rolls.
For you, I will strip
with lights on and eyes open.
For you, I will
My unlost love
it's been you here
all along,
but I treated you like shit
like the one who would always be there
always too there
always right here.
And it's not poetic but it's true,
I am sorry.
I've been lost and
I'm coming home.
No matter what it takes.
For you, I will storm castles.
For you, I will slay dragons.
For you, I will sail 1,000 ships.
When it's all over
and with wobbly arms
we embrace,
listening to ships reach the shore,
I will be unlost too.
I will climb back in bed
hoarse from singing my heart out,
feet throbbing and eyes drooping;
wearing only these blankets.
And I will
for you
finally be home in me.
Everything in me wants to explain this love poem to you, Dear Friend, but I will trust Mr. Rogers here:
What is offered in faith by one person can be translated by the Holy Spirit into what the other person needs to hear and see. The space between them is holy ground, and the Holy Spirit uses that space in ways that not only translate, but transcend.
What would you do for the one you love? "For you, I will…"


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Project Brief
The South American client deals with varieties of business. The client came with a desire to leverage the benefits of technology for offering IT solutions to its customers
The Problem
The client came with a web development requirement for their customer. The holistic approach in CMS management was one of the prime requirements of the client. A powerful dashboard with robust backend support was the client's core objective while targeting any user from Columbia and other South-American countries.
While contacting IndiaNIC for a web-based solution, the client had a concept of the tight-coupled solution in which the dependency is very high concerning web development and CMS management.
Our Strategy
IndiaNIC proposed a one-stop solution for developing enterprise-grade websites. Instead of a tight-coupled solution asked by the client, IndiaNIC suggested a loose-coupled solution to reduce the dependency.
Integration of a preference-based product/catalog display was a bit challenging, but experts at IndiaNIC have included it inventively. It captures all the gestures and footprints of the user during navigation while making sure that the users can get what they are expecting.
IndiaNIC defined the client's requirements and came up with a holistic web-based solution for enabling the client to offer customized IT solutions. The developers at IndiaNIC combined the technological advancements of AngularJS and AWS for offering a complete control to the organization administrators while eliminating their dependency on the super admin.
Key Benefits
- A state-of-the-art web solution offered to multiple clients to manage their CMS, users, tasks and product/catalog efficiently.
- Our web solution captures all gestures and footprints one leaves during navigation to make sure user experience is in line with what the user is expecting. This helps in analyzing the user needs to improve overall customer service.
- Powerful dashboard with a graphical representation of widget and analytics of every website data/content. This opens up the client to come up with a detailed report along with suggestions on areas to improve for every organization.
A dedicated team of 30+ members including Project Manager, Tech Leads, UI/UX designers, Web Developers, Quality Analysts collaborated with Sancho BBDO to deliver a complete digital web solution.


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If you're ready and want to turn your blog into a thriving business, then what you need is a business plan and that just so happens to be what we're doing today. A business plan is more important than you may think. A business plan can not only help you stay focused on the right strategies for marketing and content creation, but it also provides you with a clear guide towards achieving goals that are short and long-term.
The reason this is important for me to share is that I never dreamt I would have turned a blog into my full-time business and our family's sole income. I once had a 6 figure and 16-year career that I didn't even know I wanted to leave. It wasn't until I started blogging that I got the entrepreneurial bug and realized this was the next logical step for my growth. It's when I sat down and made a strategic business plan that all the pieces of that new dream came together.
To help you achieve your own version of success, I created this step-by-step business plan you can start creating right now. Let's begin!
Your Summary
You're going to sit down and write a few paragraphs summarizing your business. This section of your business plan is reserved for your goals, your inspiration, and if you've already started, be sure to summarize how far you've come and what you've accomplished so far.
You'll also put your mission statement together to define your business values, purpose, and overall goals for existing. Make it personal or about the people you want to impact. This is a great first step because it helps you recognize why you're doing this and what you hope to achieve.
What is your "why" and your ideal life?
Come up with a list of things you want to accomplish in your life by reaching your business goals. These are best written out as non-business goals.
These are also part of your "why". Dedicate as much space as you need to write out everything from personal financial goals like paying off debt, to other more fun things, like traveling or waking up at 11 am every day.
One thing that helped me turn my blog into a full-time business was my indirect non-business-related goals. The ideal life that I wanted to achieve was having the ability to cherish the early years of our youngest daughter as a work-from-home mom. I wanted to wake up and take her to school. I missed the opportunity to do this with our two older kids because I had my full-time career in a corporate setting that kept me away from the home for 9-10 hours a day.
Goals, 6 months, 1 year, 5 years
This section will challenge you to think big! If you want to buy a boat and sail away with a million dollars in your bank account, write it down. This is your chance to shoot for the stars because it's just paper. That said, writing big goals down has a way of manifesting itself into energy that you can use towards the right tasks and opportunities. So, don't waste this section of your business planning on small easy goals.
You'll find that making huge dream goals will fuel your work ethic.
Competitive analysis
This may be your first struggle because up until now, it's been rainbows and unicorn dreams. Now, you're going to have a look at your potentially fierce competition. Let's face it, most industries have a few "top" performers, which may make this task discouraging. But, don't stress, it's all part of your success plan.
This will help you determine what you're up against and what area's your competitors may not be taking advantage of.
Be sure to create two lists:
- List Your Competitors Strengths (Large YouTube Following, Beautifully Branded Digital Course)
- List Your Competitors Weaknesses (Doesn't have a podcast, Doesn't offer one-to-one services)
Now that your completive analysis is complete, you'll want to list your advantages and how you plan to differentiate your brand, products, and services.
This might age me, but as an example, in 2003 Blockbuster and Netflix were both movie rental companies. However, Netflix delivered its movies on subscription bases to your mailbox on a DVD. If you wanted to rent from Blockbuster (at the time) you had to physically go to their store.
Your completive advantages don't need to be groundbreaking, they just need to differentiate you in a pleasing manner. This could be as simple as making your website have a more minimal user-friendly appearance compared to your competitors colorful and cluttered website.
Related post: The Ultimate guide to branding for bloggers
Niche / Market – Who is this for?
We've been discussing many of your goals so far, but now it's time to turn the attention to your customers. Who are you creating this business for? You'll want to go into detail about them so that you can intestinally write and create products and blog posts for them.
For instance, a blog about beginner's knitting is one idea, but a better idea would be a blog post about beginner knitting for mom's with kids who are 0-5 years old.
Your ideal target market will pick up on certain words in your marketing. Generalizing your target audience too much may mean the difference between a thriving business and a dud. Be specific!
- Where do these people live, shop, and play?
- What age group are they?
- What's there favorite social media or way to find the content they're in search of?
- Can they afford the types of products you plan to create?
- Is your product a want or a need?
Promotion + Marketing
How do you plan to market and promote your business? Outline the ways you plan to promote your brand, content, and products. Brainstorm ideas but keep in mind the amount of time you have to afford and where your biggest impacts might be.
Marketing Ideas:
- Blog Posts
- Guest Blogging
- Instagram / Stories
- Facebook Page
- Facebook Group
- Facebook/Instagram Ads
- Pinterest / Promoted Pins
- Email List / Newsletters
- Webinars
- Sales Funnels and Automated Promotions
- Youtube Channel
- Podcast
- Twitter Account
Related Post: How to Rank First on Pinterest Search Results
Funds and Financial Requirements
There are many options that make Blogging accessible to all and free. However, running a business and monetizing it is not.
If you thought to turn a blog into business was going to be a free endeavor, you're mistaken. You'll find that some things don't cost, but to grow and reach your goals, you will need to invest a little at first. Whether it's investing in a self-hosted website or an email service, you'll need to plan where the funds will come from along the way.
Ask yourself these questions:
- How will you pay for business expenses?
- What are your businesses financial goals?
Related Post: 10 Step Guide for Starting a Profitable Blog
Monetization Plan
There are probably hundreds of ways you can make money with an online business. You should take this opportunity to list the ideas you have as well as the ideas you want to research more thoroughly.
Monetizing include:
- Ads, Affiliate Marketing + Sponsored Content
- Digital Products
- Coaching / Group Coaching
- Services / Virtual Assistant
- Online Courses
Don't be afraid to get specific about the types of courses you want to create or the services you want to test. All ideas are fair game. Just remember that you're better off trying no more than 2 at a time. If you can, stick to 1 at a time so that you can give it your best effort.
Related Post: How I make 1k a day without a blog post
Create an Action Plan to Reach Your Goals
It's common for creative types to never finish anything because they keep bringing on more projects (myself included). Therefore, creating an action plan broken down by weeks, months, or quarters is the best strategy you can use to stay focused but also know that a new "block" is coming up, so if you have a new project you want to try, just save it to the side for your next month or quarter.
If you asked me what I do, I have monthly and quarterly goals and I track them using the app Trello.
Create a schedule and Content Marketing Calendar that works for you
Since there are so many things to do when starting up a business (and running it), it's best to outline your perfect schedule.
- When do you have time to work on your business?
- Is there time better for writing blog posts or creating products?
- When will you do more admin tasks?
Having a set schedule will help you tremendously. For instance, I am a morning person and find that I am motivated and full of ideas and energy in the AM. This is why I schedule my creative work in the morning and do my administrative work in the afternoon.
Outline your ideal schedule and plan to batch similar tasks during set times of the day, week, and month. This will help you get more things done.
Watch This Video Tutorial on Creating a Content Calendar.
Eliminate Distractions and Shiny objects
I am guilty of scrolling Instagram for an hour and looking up not knowing how it was lunchtime already! So, when it's time to work, do the work. That means, keep up on your schedule, don't check your email inbox every 10 minutes, and stop obsessing over your website's layout.
Just get the work done and perfect the details as you go.
Make time to upskill
Don't forget that you'll need to make time for learning new things. As you embark upon this fun journey, you'll stumble upon new ideas, tools, and techniques that will require you to learn something. This is a great thing! Therefore, don't overschedule yourself so much that you don't have time for learning.
Here on Ivory Mix, there are a number of free resources to grab and start learning.
Make time each morning for a podcast or enroll in a course and complete one module each week. This investment of time (and sometimes money) will pay for itself in the long run.
What next?
Download the free template (with the walkthrough)
Additional Resources
- The ultimate guide for branding your blog
- How to simplify your blogging business
- How to create 30 Pinterest pins from 3 blog posts
- How I make $1k a day without a new blog post
- How to get testimonials before and after your launch
- How I make a full-time income selling digital products
- 65 ideas to help you grow your email list


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Happy Thanksgiving to all and just in case you find yourself looking for something to do, check out these couple items to pass some time.
Fishing Headquarters newly released quarterly magazine, 1st issue ever!!!
Todd over at Addicted to Angling just yesterday put up a great video on local ice fishing for steelhead!!!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
forget about the cohos, steelies, and the browns lets have turkey
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Thanks for the links enjoyed. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.ReplyDelete
Thanks we did.. hope the same for you BillReplyDelete
Can't wait for first ice. It is right around the corner.ReplyDelete
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving...gonna check out the links later on.ReplyDelete
Kirk I'm with you!ReplyDelete
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Jason Aaron
Jason Aaron is an American musician, songwriter and performer originally from L.A. His music harbors influences from the sixties Motown pop scene as well as containing elements of folk rock and Caribbean sounds. Acts such as Van Dyke Parks and the Velvet Underground are big influences in his sound and the group he plays with. He started his musical career in college in Miami where he recorded and released his first ep Philanthro-Pirate in 2008. His song "Down By Savannah" written in 2006 for Miami band The Jean Marie has been featured on episodes of Cougar Town, Jersey Shore and Friend Zone on MTV. Currently, Aaron has been co-writing for other artists as well, while recording new material for his upcoming solo album to be released summer 2014. He plays live alongside his band mates, the Black Bible Jailbyrds. He is a vocalist who plays the guitar, keyboards/piano, percussion and harmonica. He resides in Los Angeles, Ca.


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Principal team
Artist – Nada Prlja
Commissioner – Mira Gakina
Projects Curator – Jovanka Popova
Curatorial Collaborator – Tevz Logar
The project employs a variety of artistic and non-artistic methodologies, including an experimental live art event Red Discussion 2, featuring several contemporary thinkers and curators engaged in transformative practices, including Charles Esche, Maurizio Lazzarato, Vlad Morariu, Chantal Mouffe, Laura Raicovich and Artan Sadiku. They will jointly seek to find exit strategies from the current conditions of social precariousness, exploitation and violations, by defining alternative conditions to the "interesting times" in which we live.
Red Discussion 2 participants:
Charles Esche is the director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, a curator and a researcher. Maurizio Lazzarato is a sociologist, philosopher, independent researcher and one of the editors of Multitudes. Chantal Mouffe is a political theorist. She holds a professorship at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster. Vlad Morariu (moderator) is a curator, researcher and a lecturer at Middlesex University. Laura Raicovich is a writer and art worker, former president and executive director of the Queens Museum, New York. Artan Sadiku is a researcher and theorist with a PhD in philosophy. He is theorist collaborator of Red Discussion 2.
The performance takes place on May 8th at 7.00 pm following the official opening of the Pavilion at Palazzo Rota Ivancich.
Organising team
PR: The Link PR
Venice Coordination: Diego Carpentiero
The Macedonian participation at the Venice Biennale is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, whose selection Committee of experts, appointed the artist Nada Prlja and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje to realize this ambitious project in Venice this year.
Supporters: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia, SIA Gallery, The Link PR, Ludus, DumboDesign studio, Plannet Scrl, Tikveš.
Thank you: Vesna Damcevska, Aleksandra Bubevska, Gjorgje Jovanovik, Iskra Gesoska, Nikola Gelevski, Venka Simovska,