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The heavy duty offset BBQ smoker Indianapolis grill is a traditional American inspired smoker grill that is perfect for entertaining friends and family. The Indianapolis BBQ smoker is made from thick gauge steel that has a heat resistant finish to a maximum of 600C, perfect for cooking at high temperatures. Capable of grilling and smoking, this cooker is perfect for BBQ enthusiasts. The main chamber has a huge grill space of 97.5cm x 44cm, giving you plenty of room to put on a huge feast. The main chamber can be used as a traditional charcoal grill or the side chamber can be used to smoke foods. This gives food a delicious smoky taste, which can be complimented further by experimenting with different woods. Smoke is drawn through from the main chamber into the side chamber, slowly cooknig foods at a temperature of between 80C to 130C, cooking evenly on all sides. This creates extremely succulent food. Temperature can be adjusted by opening or closing the air vents. The smoker is trolley mounted, allowing you to easily move the BBQ around your garden. A useful storage shelf can be used to store fuel or foods. Hooks can be used to hang cooking utensils, and a shelf in front of the grill is useful for serving food or to store condiments. The Callow heavy duty offset BBQ smoker is a stunning American inspired smoker that can be used to grill or smoke foods.


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WELCOME TO THE BEST VIEWS IN NEW JERSEY! Gaze for miles in the distance, across multiple mountain peaks. The home boasts sensational sunrises, sunsets and views throughout almost every room. This custom designed home features approximately 7,000 sqft, 6 bed, 6 bath, 2 powder rooms , media room, custom kitchen, commercial grade appl, pantry, mahogany handcrafted executive office & gunite heated pool. The home features a basketball court allowing your family to become the MVP's they already are! While London and New York may be the most well known for their private member wine clubs...behind the steel-glass-doors sits a luxe wine storage for the ultimate enthusiasts. The fully finished walkout basement features a second kitchen with an in-law suite and 4 car garage to complete your dream.
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Spacious Chesapeake model end unit town home. Private, spacious and bright with updated kitchen and baths. Office/den on main floor. Large master bedroom with updated bath, vanity dressing area and walk in closet. Two additional good sized bedrooms, one with large walk-in closet. Additional alcove could be used as small office/reading nook. Laundry on 2nd floor. 1 car attached garage. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. First $100 in repairs tenant responsibility. Nest, Ring and number lock on garage will be removed and is excluded.
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Wonderful Vintage 3 bedroom home in the Heart of Montville! Features beautiful hardwood floors throughout, newer windows and heating system; original Chestnut moldings and stained glass window add to the charm! 3 season porch; full unfinished basement and attic storage; includes refrigerator and washer/dryer; large yard ; METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED!!
** POTENTIAL 3RD BEDROOM IN BASEMENT ** You will love this one of a kind renovated 2/3 bedroom townhouse on cul-de-sac with new finished walk-out basement. New s/s stove, carpet and freshly painted! New 500 square foot finished basement with full bathroom, family room & bonus room. Hardwood floors on 1 floor. New carpet on stairs & 2nd Floor. New deck off living room. New dishwasher & refrigerator 2018. New AC on 2nd Floor. Prime location that backs up to preserved property. Vaulted ceilings & palladium windows in bedrooms. 2 story ceiling in living room. Loft on 2nd floor makes a great TV room, den or emergency bedroom. 2nd floor washer/dryer is a plus. Master bedroom suite with soaking tub, shower stall, double sinks & walk-in closet. Amenities include pool, tennis, track & clubhouse. Available April 2019.
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To sustain a world-class string/chamber orchestra based in Toronto, and to make the great wealth of historical and emerging repertoire for strings and small orchestra more readily available to audiences in Ontario and throughout Canada. Sinfonia Toronto is committed to educational/outreach programming, providing opportunities for young people and audiences beyond traditional venues and metropolitan centres to connect music with their lives.
Acclaimed as "a world-class ensemble" Sinfonia Toronto is one of Canada's finest chamber orchestras. The orchestra performs its Masterpiece Series in two of Toronto's finest concert halls. It presents its concerts at Glenn Gould Studio, where many of its concerts have been recorded and in the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
The orchestra has recorded for its own label, Marquis Classics EMI, Cambria and Analekta on iTunes.
Sinfonia Toronto consists of thirteen virtuoso strings. They perform standing, in the tradition of great European chamber orchestras, blending each musician's soloistic energy and passion into a brilliant ensemble style under Nurhan Arman's inspired direction.
The orchestra's repertoire includes all the major compositions from the Baroque through classical, romantic and 20th-Century works. Sinfonia Toronto has premiered many new works, and has been praised by the Canada Council for its commitment to performing music by Canadian composers.


Born in 1921 and raised in the suburbs of Boston, Douglas Allanbrook began studying piano at eight. Within two years he was playing Bach, Haydn and Czerny. By thirteen, he started composing; his first serious piece was entitled On the Death of a Beautiful White Cat. By the time he was in high school he was churning out larger piano pieces and writing sketches for his Symphony in G Minor.
That was the mid-1930's, the height of Koussevitsky's reign at the Boston Symphony. Every Friday afternoon, young Douglas couldn't wait to get out of school so he could join the queue on the front steps of Symphony Hall. When the doors opened, he'd plunk down his fifty cents and rush up to the second balcony. In those days Koussevitsky was performing lots of Stravinsky, Bartok, Hindemith, Rachmaninoff and other contemporary greats—and, more often than not, they'd be there in person.
Fresh out of high school, Allanbrook landed a job teaching music at Miss Mary Wheeler's finishing school in Providence. There, Gloria Vanderbilt became one of his first piano students. But the chief attraction for the young composer was the proximity of the WPA-funded Rhode Island Symphony. Within a year they would play Douglas' early orchestral works, copying out all the parts and paying a fee now and then.
During Allanbrook's third year in Providence, Nadia Boulanger—the legendary teacher of Copland, Piston, Thompson and Carter—came to town to accept an honorary degree from Brown. She heard some of Douglas' music and immediately took him under her wing. He started travelling regularly to Cambridge to study with her and to become part of her coterie of Boston composers: Harold Shapiro, Irving Fine, Paul Desmarais, Daniel Pinkham.
In the fall of 1942, the Army drafted Allanbrook. Serving as an infantryman for three years, he fought his way up the Italian peninsula, in the process earning a Bronze Star and starting his lifelong love affair with Italy.
When the war ended, he returned to Boston to enter Harvard and study with Walter Piston. At Harvard, he composed prolifically; in Cambridge and Boston, there were numerous performances of his latest works. Summers were equally fruitful; he spent them composing among the distinguished artists at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire.
Awarded a travelling fellowship from Harvard, he spent the next three years ('48-'50) honing his composing and performing skills as a protégé of Nadia Boulanger. He formed close musical friendships within her Paris circle, which included such promising composers as Ned Rorem, Noel Lee, Leo Preger and Georges Auric. Soon Allenbrook's chamber works and orchestral pieces were being performed in France, Germany and Italy.
By 1950 he was back in Italy, studying harpsichord under the great Ruggero Gerlin, longtime associate of Wanda Landowska. Douglas spent two extraordinarily creative years in Italy composing, among other works, his first opera, a brilliant setting of Edith Wharton's classic novel, Ethan Frome (Mapleshade).
In 1952 he returned to the U.S. to become a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. In addition to continuing his prodigious composing, he performed at St. John's a much-esteemed annual series of piano and harpsichord solo concerts (the latter focussing on stunningly original interpretations of Bach and Scarlatti). He superimposed this on a regular schedule of polymathic teaching: Greek, French, Mathematics and a unique seminar series on seminal works in philosophy and literature. And, in 1998, Houghton, Mifflin published Allanbrook's elegantly written memoirs, See Naples.


Irinel Antoniu was born in 1981 in Botoşani, Romania. He studied Romanian and French languages and literatures at the University of Iaşi. He graduated in 2004. He is currently an editor at the publishing house Univers. Since 2005, he has translated 25 books from French to Romanian, including Gabriel Osmonde's L'Œuvre de l'amour, Gaston Bachelard's Le droit de rêver, Benoît Duteurtre's La petite fille et la cigarette, Marek Halter's Le Kabbaliste de Prague, Maurice Halbwachs' La mémoire collective, and Marie-Jeanne Urech's Des accessoires pour le paradis.


Northern Trans-pennine, Worth The Money?
Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Kentolsson73, Jan 8, 2019.
I mean it looks good and all, not perfect, but the route and the trains as a whole looks amazing from what i´ve seen so far on YT.
But...5 scenarios and that´s it...? I assume service mode is pretty much like previous DLC´s, same service copied over and over again, only at different times of the day.
is it even Worth buying or should i spend my hard earned money on something else that come with a few more hours of challenging scenarios than another short route that last an evening or two at the best?
Lemme know what you think. Should I buy it or not?
This is the third longest route in TSW.
Since you've missed the PC launch discount it's probably worth waiting a little while until it goes on sale before buying. By then there's also a reasonable chance that at least the beta editor will have been released so that you can either create your own scenarios or run other people's scenarios.
Essentially its your money so it has to be your choice, take a look at some of the videos of the route on youtube, look at what the route has to offer and decide if that is what you want, if you can wait until the route is discounted in a sale then do so, also bear in mind that once an editor of some description is available so that the rolling stock can be used in other routes as well as being able to make your own scenarios etc it will then become more useful and worth whatever you spent on it.
I'd say definitely worth it, for me this showcased what TSW is all about. Scenary is beautiful.
I've hardly played any other TSW route since it's release, and haven't played TS2019 at all since, for me it's a very immersive route, despite one or two signalling bugs and lack of AI at times.


I have to admit, viruses aren't normally my thing, but this is pretty darn cool.
In a study out by Shi and colleagues this week, researchers identified 214 new viruses that, as the authors so succinctly state, reveal "diverse virus-host associations across the entire evolutionary history of the vertebrates".
RNA viruses are important since they can have a huge influence on human health, which means that most of the time research isn't so concerned with the basic understanding of their origins and how they have changed over time in relation to their hosts. The authors of this study highlight that another gaping hole in the understanding of RNA viruses exists because most research focuses on viruses from birds and mammals, the rest of vertebrate diversity (including reptiles and fish) hasn't been well explored. In order to fill in some of the gaps Shi et al., set about screening RNA viruses from 186 different species (including jawless fish, ray-finned fish, frogs, snakes, and turtles among other creatures), and sheesh, they came up with a great data set. The RNA was extracted from the gut, liver and lung (or gill) tissue from all individuals from which they generated libraries that were sequenced using Illumina Hiseq 2500 and 4000 platforms, ultimately gathering a total of 806 billion bases of sequence reads that were used to hunt for RNA viruses.
The authors pulled out RNA virus sequences similar to those of already known viruses, which could mean that their estimation of diversity could be (if anything) an underestimation of the true diversity of RNA viruses associated with vertebrates in their data set. There were some assumptions in the mix, including that sequences identified were not from viruses that might actually have infected microbes on the samples. However, the authors point out that 24% (or more) of the viruses from a single individual were found in multiple tissue samples from that same individual, suggesting that they are likely associated directly with the vertebrate host.
Of the 214 viruses, Shi and colleagues found that 196 were most likely vertebrate-specific and amazingly that "every vertebrate-specific viral family or genus known to infect mammals and birds is also present in amphibians, reptiles or fish…" In addition to this being a significant contribution to the understanding of RNA virus distribution in vertebrates, this study also expands upon the knowledge of the diversity of known groups.
Maybe one of the snazziest results uncovered was the authors found that virus phylogenies can mirror host phylogenies over very very long time periods, although that's not always the case. For example, they note that fish viruses can be related to amphibian, reptile and bird viruses, in the same way that fish are related to amphibians, reptiles and birds. They also identified plenty of examples of host swapping, indicating that diverse forces drive RNA virus diversity and evolution. Either way, RNA viruses and their hosts have been tangled up in a dance that has taken place over the course of millions of years, sometimes to the tune of vertebrate evolution, and at other times paying no mind to it.
Overall, this study nicely demonstrates that there is plenty of undiscovered diversity among RNA viruses in vertebrates. The evidence also shows that not only do these viruses harbor a wide range of evolutionary histories, they have also been around for quite some time. These results might have taken a while to uncover….but the good news is, the sequencing works.
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The Orders of St John Care Trust is the 2nd largest not for profit care provider in the UK specialising in providing high quality, person centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing. As a charity, we ensure that any revenue goes straight back into our homes meaning our residents and staff are well looked after.
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Glebe house is situated in the residential area of Kidlington, close to several local shops, and roughly a mile from the town Centre.
The home offers residential care for 40 residents.
We are now recruiting Carers
Care is at the heart of everything that we do. Working within the Care team you will show warmth, compassion and support to our residents and their families; helping to promote independence and dignity and positively enhancing the lives of individuals in our care.
Your daily routine will be as varied as the needs of people you are looking after. You will often be helping people with their personal needs as well as supporting them to go about their daily activities, but you will know what makes a difference to them and what helps to put a smile on their face.
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Finding Sanity In Our Crazy Life has teamed up with fellow bloggers to wish Review Dad a Happy 1 Year Anniversary! In honor of his 1st year blogging we want to offer a $100 anniversary giveaway to you.I am proud to blog along side him and many times check out what he has to say because I will be honest sometimes a guy's opinion is just what is needed in a situation. He also was an encouragement to my husband when he wanted to start blogging with me but didn't think the could hang with us women. So in honor of all his achievements this past year, YOU have the chance to win a $100 Amazon or Paypal Gift Card.
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Il miorincocione (gen. Miorhynchocyon) è un mammifero estinto appartenente ai macroscelidi. Visse nel Miocene inferiore (circa 22 - 20 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Africa.

Descrizione
Questo animale è noto per alcuni resti fossili incompleti, sufficienti tuttavia a ipotizzarne l'aspetto; Miorhynchocyon doveva essere molto simile, sia come morfologia che come dimensioni, al genere di macroscelidi attuali Rhynchocyon. Tuttavia se ne differenziava per alcune caratteristiche dentarie, tra cui la presenza di una cresta obliqua sui denti molariformi inferiori che terminava tra il protoconide e il metaconide invece di unirsi al metaconide, l'assenza di metastilide e un paraconide più sviluppato sul quarto premolare inferiore e il primo molare inferiore. Il cranio, inoltre, mostrava alcune caratteristiche arcaiche e il ramo ascendente della mandibola aveva un margine anteriore più verticale.

Classificazione
Il genere Miorhynchocyon venne istituito da Butler nel 1984 per includere le specie precedentemente note come Rhynchocyon clarki (descritta inizialmente dallo stesso Butler e Hopwood nel 1957) e R. rusingae (Butler, 1969), provenienti dai terreni di inizio Miocene dell'isola di Rusinga, in Kenya. Butler ascrisse a questo genere un'altra specie, M. meswae, anch'essa del Kenya e ritenuta leggermente più antica delle altre due. Si suppone che Miorhynchocyon fosse ancestrale al genere Rhynchocyon, attualmente rappresentato da varie specie.

Bibliografia
Butler P.M. and Hopwood A.T., 1957. -Insectivora and Chiroptera from the Miocene rocks of Kenya Colony. Fossil Mammals of Africa, 13. London, British Museum (Natural History), p. 1·35.
Butler P.M., 1969. -Insectivores and bats from Ihe Miocene of East Africa: new material. III Fossil Vertebrates of Africa, Vol. I, L.S,B. Leakey (cd.). London and New York, Academic Press., p. 1·37.
P. M. Butler. 1984. Macroscelidea, Insectivora and Chiroptera from the Miocene of East Africa. Palaeovertebrata 14(3):117-200
Holroyd, P.A. (2010) Macroscelidea. In: Werdelin, L. & Sanders, J. (Eds.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 89–98.

Macroscelidi fossili

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PORT CLINTON - Port Clinton City Council will have a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the city zoning map at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the City Hall County Chambers, 1868 E. Perry St.
The proposed amendment, recommended to city council by the city planning commission, proposes to change the zoning classification of a 1.9-acre parcel at 570 S. McKinley St., owned by DYSK, LLC, from the Residential-3 zoning district to the General Business zoning district.
The application for the proposed zoning amendment may be inspected at the Port Clinton Zoning Office, 1868 E. Perry St.
CLYDE - The city planning commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday for its regular meeting at the second floor conference room, city building, 222 N. Main St.
The commission will reorganize at this meeting and elect a chairman and vice chairman.
FREMONT- The Sandusky County Board of Elections reminds voters that the filing deadline for the May 7 primary election is 4 p.m. Wednesday.
This election includes Bellevue and Fremont city officers and the Village of Gibsonburg. Call 419-334-6182 for more information.
WOODVILLE - A Two Villages Town Hall Meeting will be 1 to 3 p.m. March 3 at the Woodmore Elementary-Middle School on the role of positive connections in the well-being of youth.
Many parents, teachers, and policy makers are asking why so many youth are still not succeeding even when proven strategies are given a high priority. The missing link is "developmental relationships" according to Search Institute.
Parents, grandparent, and leaders of youth activities from Woodmore and surrounding communities are invited to this free event. To reserve sufficient materials, register at www.alwayschoosehealth.com/trainings.
CATAWBA ISLAND TOWNSHIP - The Catawba Island Township Trustees are seeking township residents who are interested in serving as a member of the park board. There is one open position on the Catawba Island Township Park Board. Appointment to the Park Board is for a one-year term.The board usually meets at 4 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month or as needed.
An application is available at the Township Administration Building in the zoning office or email zoning@catawbaislandtownship.com. Applications should be returned to the zoning office.


SHERYL AND I picked up some awesome books during our getaway last weekend. I have some quality biography reading coming up with books about my childhood hero, Ken Dryden, and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. Also, if there is a better crime series out there than John Sanford's Prey books, please let me know.
Sheryl bought a book by Cesar Millan called Be The Pack Leader. On Monday night, in the midst of the Calftown July 4 fireworks, Sheryl was trying to calm our border collie, Tucker, who hates loud noises. Then I walked into the room and immediately Tucker went nuts and became even more upset.
As Millan explains, dogs feed off of energy and they can tell when you are in a bad mood or upset. In this case, I was feeling sorry for Tucker, and it only made the situation worse. It's all about being calm and assertive, and making sure everybody knows the pecking order in the pack.
As usual, we learn more about ourselves when we learn about dogs. As soon as I quit feeling sorry for Tucker, he calmed down and became less stressed about the fireworks. Sheryl is trying to teach him better coping skills when the big bombs go off in the hood.
In our world of video games, instant internet access and pretentious media indignity, finding a good book and getting lost in the pages is still the way to go.
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Spring has sprung and we're back to share how Etsy's performance fared in Q1 2016. In order to analyze how the site's performance has changed over the quarter, we collected data from a week in March and compared it to a week's worth of data from December. A common trend emerged from both our back-end and front-end testing this quarter: we saw significant site-wide performance improvements across the board.
Several members of Etsy's performance team have joined forces to chronicle the highlights of this quarter's report. Moishe Lettvin will start us off with a recap of the server-side performance, Natalya Hoota will discuss the synthetic front-end changes and Allison McKnight will address the real user monitoring portion of the report. Let's take a look at the numbers and all the juicy context.
Server-side time measures how long it takes our servers to build pages. These measurements don't include any client-side time — this measurement is the amount of time it takes from receiving an HTTP request for a page to returning the response.
As always, we start with these metrics because they represent the absolute lowest bound for how long it could take to show a page to the user, and changes in these metrics will be reflected in all our other metrics. This data is calculated by a random sample of our webserver logs.
Happily, this quarter we saw site-wide performance improvements, due to our upgrade to PHP7. While our server-side time isn't spent solely running PHP code (we make calls to services like memcache, MySQL, Redis, etc.), we saw significant performance gains on all our pages.
One of the primary ways that PHP7 increases performance is by decreasing memory usage. In the graph below, the blue & green lines represent 95th percentile of memory usage on a set of our PHP5 web servers, while the red line indicates the memory usage on a set of our PHP7 web servers during our switch-over from PHP5 to PHP7. This is two days' worth of data; the variance in memory usage (more visible in the PHP5 data) is due to daily variation in server load. Note also that the y-axis origin is 0 on this graph — the decrease shown in this graph is to scale!
The Baseline page gives us the clearest view into the gains from PHP7 — the page does very little outside of running PHP code, and you can see in the first chart above that the biggest impact was on the Baseline page. The median time went from 80ms to 29ms, and the variance decreased.
We collect synthetic (i.e., obtained by web browser emulation of scripted web visits) monitoring results in order to cross-check our findings for two other sets of data. We use a third party provider, Catchpoint, to record start render time — a moment when a user first sees content appearing on the screen — as a reference point.
Synthetic tests showed that all pages got significantly faster in Q1.
It is worth noting that the data for synthetic tests is collected for signed-out web requests. As previously mentioned, this type of request involves fetching less state from storage, which highlights PHP7 wins.
I noticed the unusually far-reaching outliers on the shop page and search pages and decided to investigate further. At first, I generated scatterplots for the two pages in question, which clarified that outliers on their own did not have a story to tell — no clustering patterns or high volumes on any particular day. Having a better data sanitation process would have eliminated the points in question altogether.
In order to get a better visual for the synthetic data we used, I took comparative scatterplots of all six pages we monitor. I noticed a reduction of failed tests (marked by red diamonds) that happened sometime between Q4 and present day. Remarkably, we have never isolated that data set before. A closer look revealed an important source of many current failures: fetching third party resources was taking longer than the maximum time allotted by Catchpoint. That encouraged us to consider a new metric for monitoring the impact of third party resources.
Gathering front-end timing metrics from real users allows us to see the full range of our pages' performance in the wild. As in past reports, we're using page load metrics collected by mPulse. The data used to generate these box plots is the median page load time for each minute of one week in each quarter.
We see that for the most part, page load times have gone down for each page. The boxes and whiskers of each plot have moved down, and the outliers tend to be faster as well. But it seems that we've also picked up some very slow outliers: each page has a single outlier of over 10 seconds, while the rest of the data points for all pages are far under that. Where did these slow load times come from?
Because each of our RUM data points represents one minute in the week and there is exactly one extremely slow outlier for each page, it makes sense that these points might be all from the same time. Sure enough, looking at the raw numbers shows that all of the extreme outliers are from the same minute!
This slow period happened when a set of boxes that queue Gearman jobs were taken out to be patched for the glibc vulnerability that surfaced this quarter. We use Gearman to run a number of asynchronous jobs that are used to generate our pages, so when the boxes were taken out and fewer resources were available for these jobs, back-end times suffered.
One interesting thing to note is that we actually didn't notice when this happened. The server-side times (and therefore also the front-end times) for most of our pages suffered an extreme regression, but we weren't notified. This is actually by design!
Sometimes we experience a blip in page performance that recovers very quickly (as was the case with this short-lived regression). It makes little sense to scramble to understand an issue that will automatically resolve within a few minutes — by the time we've read and digested the alert, it may have already resolved itself — so we have a delay built in to our alerts. We are only alerted to a regression if a certain amount of time has passed and the problem hasn't been resolved (for individual pages, this is 40 minutes; when a majority of our pages' performance degrades all at once, the delay is much shorter).
This delay ensures that we won't scramble to respond to an alert if the problem will immediately fix itself, but it does mean that we don't have any insight into extreme but short-lived regressions like this one, and that means we're missing out on some important information about our pages' performance. If something like this happens once a week, is it still something that we can ignore? Maybe something like this happens once a day — without tracking short-lived regressions, we don't know. Going forward, we will investigate different ways of tracking short-lived regressions like this one.
You may also have noticed that while the slowdown that produced these outliers originated on the server side, the outliers are missing from both the server-side and synthetic data. This is because of the different collection methods that we use for each type of data. Our server-side and synthetic front-end datasets each contain 1,000 data points sampled from visits throughout the week (with the exception of the baseline page, which has a smaller server-side dataset because it receives fewer visits than other pages). This averages to only 142 data points per day — far under one datapoint per minute — and so it's likely that no data from the short regression made it into the synthetic or server-side datasets at all. Our front-end RUM data, on the other hand, has one datapoint — the median page load time — for every minute, so it was guaranteed that the regression would be represented in that dataset as long as at least 50% of views were affected.
The nuances in the ways that we collect each metric are certainly very interesting, and each method has its pros and cons (for example, heavily sampling our server-side and synthetic front-end data leads to a narrower view of our pages' performance, but collecting medians for our front-end RUM data to display in box plots is perhaps statistically unsound). We plan to continue iterating on this process to make it more appropriate to the report and more uniform across our different monitoring stacks.
In the first quarter of 2016, performance improvements resulting from the server-side upgrade to PHP7 trickled down through all our data sets and the faster back-end times translated to speed ups in page load times for users. As always, the process of analyzing the data for the sections above uncovered some interesting stories and patterns that we may have otherwise overlooked. It is important to remember that the smaller stories and patterns are just as valuable of learning opportunities as the big wins and losses.


If you're in the Software as a Service (SaaS) business, you know how hard it is to stand out from the fierce competition. That's why we've put together key ways in which you can offer the most value to your target audience without spending a pretty penny.
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The concept is simple. The planning and execution, however, takes work. When done right though, your inbound marketing strategy focuses on attracting, engaging and retaining your leads with quality content. It's all about finding out your customers' specific pain points and helping them solve their problems.
Wondering where to start? Take a look at the 4 steps of the inbound method in a nutshell.
Your company has a great product or service and you want to reach your ideal customers. You have 30 seconds or less to convince them that your solution is the right one. How do you know who you're marketing to? Who's your audience? That's where buyer personas are at the center of all your inbound marketing efforts.
You've attracted your buyer personas to your brand by using the attract tools to create awesome content. Now what? The next step is converting them into qualified leads. To start, you need to get their contact information (i.e. name, email address, title, etc.) in order to begin nurturing them with conversations to create lasting relationships.
Ultimately, your goal is to close your leads into paying customers. A great CRM like HubSpot can help to personalize their experience using smart content and marketing automation, such as email, workflows, live chat and messaging apps.
Inbound marketing is like the gift that keeps on giving in order to establish brand loyalty. Even after you've converted a lead into a customer, you need to continue to show that you still value them. With the help of email and marketing automation, you keep them engaged by delivering the right information at the right time.
Now that you understand the inbound marketing process, we'll walk you through 5 effective ways in which you can use it to grow your SaaS company.
85% of customers regularly seek trusted content before they decide to buy.
It's not always easy to sell a complex SaaS product. You need to talk about the benefits in a way that will resonate with your buyer personas. Whether you're creating a blog post, webpage or product sheet, try to simplify the language without getting too technical. Remember to keep your customers in mind in everything you do, which includes humanizing your brand.
Need inspiration? Here's how this SaaS company talks about its product.
As we mentioned before, a landing page is an effective tool to convert visitors into leads. Think of a landing page as an exchange of goods between your company and your visitor.
For example, if you're offering a free assessment or a free product trial, your landing page would showcase your offer along with a contact form. The visitor will need to provide their contact information to obtain your offer. Once their info is captured, they'll enter your sales funnel where they will be well nurtured.
Pro tip: Try to limit your form fields to just three to get the most conversions from your landing pages.
Your goal is drive your leads to take a specific action - whether it's to "Buy Now" or "Get Started." But what makes a good CTA?
Personalized call to action buttons convert 202% better.
Consider contrasting colors, placing the CTA above the fold of your page and making your CTA text as actionable as possible.
73% of customers find live chat to be the most satisfying way of communicating with a business.
Businesses around the globe are stepping up their level of customer support with live chat. Think of the benefits of delivering effective customer service via messaging: It can help your company reduce churn, answer questions and concerns quickly and build relationships.


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Ayoda Resort Bali is holding its third Batik Festival to celebrate Indonesia's colourful contribution to the World's Cultural Heritage from 26th to 28th October. The three-day event is designed to highlight the work of Indonesia's local artisans and includes a fascinating display of batik from across the country, stylish fashion competitions and shows with a myriad ways to wear batik, thrilling live music performances and theatrical displays, including the iconic kecak dance. This year the theme is Culture Goes Global, which provides participants with a worthy stage on which to showcase their talents, while guests have the opportunity to see how the country's traditional art forms are growing and developing to suit contemporary styles, also having the opportunity to enjoy watching craftspeople making batik, jewellery, embroidery and weaving. To add to the interest, a range of textile- and fashion-related workshops will be open for participation. Competitions will take place during each day, with a cocktail party and acoustic music session at 5pm leading into the evening's activities, comprising fashion shows and musical shows by popular local artists such as Gus Teja, Don Biu and Lebrina and friends. Be sure to catch Dwi Iskander's show of his Dwico line, as well as shows by Afif Syakur, Tjok Abi, Uluwatu and KEKEAN Wastra Gallery.


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Kim Kardashian speaks about her Paris robbery attack, says it was meant to teach her a lesson
For the first time since Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery, the reality TV star was at the Ellen DeGeneres eponymous daytime show where she spoke about a lot of things, the Paris robbery attack she suffered being one of them.
She revealed to Ellen that she felt the robbery was meant to happen to her just to teach her not to show off so much.
Ellen began the interview by asking Kim about the experience of being bound, gagged and held at gunpoint, to which Kim replied:
"I know this sounds crazy, but I know that was meant to happen to me. I don't want to start crying, but I feel like that was so meant to happen to me," Kim says while wiping away tears. "I'm such a different person. I, um...I don't want to start crying anymore. It was meant to happen to me. I really feel like things happen in your life to teach you things. It was probably no secret, and you see it on the show—I was being flashy and I was definitely materialistic before."
She said there was nothing wrong with being excited about something you worked hard for and wanting to show it off, but she said with the robbery experience, she is now less materialistic and doesn't care so much for expensive jewelry. She went on to reveal that she likes the new person she has become, courtesy of the horrible experience and expressed her gratitude that her kids will get to see the new her and learn from her.
"I'm so happy that my kids get this me and that this is who I'm raising my kids (as). 'Cause I just don't care about that stuff anymore. I really don't. Like I said, everyone gets so excited when they get things. Or, of course when you get engaged, you're going to show off your ring. If you get a new car, I don't care what kind it is, you get so proud and you get so happy and you show that off on social media. But it's just...it's not worth it. Like, I don't care about that stuff. I don't care to show off the way that I used to. Even though there's nothing wrong, truly, it's OK if you're proud of that and you work so hard and you get something. It's just not who I am anymore."
At Ellen's request, Kim recounted her experience on that horrible night in Paris last year. With a shaky voice and tears in her eyes, she told of how she felt, thinking those were her very last moments.
"I knew that was it for me," Kim said, then Ellen asked if that meant she was convinced she was going to die and Kim replied: "100%. I said a prayer, I'm like, I know I'm going to heaven. I hope my kids are OK... my husband..."
Kim also spoke about her former step father, Caitlyn Jenner's memoir, "The Secrets of My Life. She does not approve of the way Caitlyn depicted her mother.
"My heart breaks for my mom," "Because I feel like she's been through so much." She said she feels like Caitlyn is not being honest about "certain things" about Kris and other facts in the book and when she promotes the memoir. "I just feel like its unfair, things aren't truthful."


System Justification Theory (SJT; Jost & Banaji, 1994) predicts that people tend to accept and endorse the current socioeconomic and political arrangement when they feel threatened. Based on SJT, women should support traditional gender roles and benevolent sexism when they feel threatened because these system-justifying beliefs can mitigate anxiety and distress elicited by existential threats. In the current study, female participants' responses to a control threat were measured by an author-generated scale on attitudes toward traditional gender roles for women and Benevolent Sexism Scale (Glick & Fiske, 1996). In a community sample (but not in a student sample), participants whose personal control was threatened were more accepting toward benevolent sexism when compared with those whose control was not threatened. Participants in the control-threat condition also tended to express more traditional gender attitudes for women. In both community and student samples, those with stronger system-justification beliefs also tended to endorse more traditional gender roles and benevolent sexism; they also tended to be less gender-equality oriented, more politically conservative, and more religious. The effects of control threat in the community sample were not mediated by gender-specific system justification or moderated by gender identification. Based on the Compensatory Control Model (CCM; Kay et al., 2009), it is possible that benevolent sexism and traditional gender roles are perceived as a source of compensating control, which is in line with the protective and caring tone implied by benevolent sexism (Glick & Fiske, 1996; 2001). The results suggest that control threat may lead women to accept the status quo and internalize gender inequality, rather than defending gender egalitarianism.
Li, Zheng, "The effects of control threat on women's acceptance of benevolent sexism and traditional gender roles" (2016). Theses and Dissertations @ UNI. 318.


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Rover Metals Corp. (ROVR.V)
TSXV - TSXV Real Time Price. Currency in CAD
52 Week Range 0.0250 - 0.1300
Avg. Volume 254,654
Market Cap 7.33M
Update on Exploration at Cabin Lake Gold Project and First Close of $0.10 Unit Financing
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) ("Rover" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it is meeting all interim milestones for a resumption of exploration drilling at its 100% owned Cabin Lake gold project, NT, Canada as soon as this February, 2021. Further to its release of January 4, 2021, the Company is on track to obtain an ice road permit this winter to access the Cabin Lake project directly off Highway NT3, at the town of Behchoko. Ice road access to the property will materially decrease the Company's exploration costs. About the Cabin Lake Gold PropertyOn September 8, 2020, Rover kicked-off its first exploration drilling program at the Cabin Lake Gold Property. The exploration program included both confirmation and expansion drilling of historical high grade gold drill intercepts in the Bugow "Cabin Lake Gold Zone." Rover's expansion drilling included the discovery of what it believes to be a primary gold bearing ore shoot at the Cabin Lake Gold Zone (see Figure 1 below). As released on November 24, 2020, drill hole CL-20-08 intersected 32 meters of continuous gold averaging 13.6 grams per ton Au. The significance of hole CL-20-08 is that economic gold grades start at just 17.5 meters from surface, and the hole has identified a northwest trend and plunge at depth, of the gold mineralization in the ore shoot zone. Hole CL-20-08 also intersected and confirmed historic holes DDH86-12 (15.77 g/t Au over 8.02m) and DDH86-28 (11.74 g/t Au over 16.0m). Figure 1 – Drill Plan View Featuring Ore Shoot Rover's September 2020 drill program was the initial step towards confirming and expanding the historic 100,000 tons at 0.30 Oz/ton Au* Bugow historic resource estimate towards a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate. Historic drill intersects reported in the Bugow Cabin Lake Gold Zone also include reported holes DDH 86-13 of 14.23 g/t Au over 6.1m; and DDH 86-10 with 10.84 g/t Au over 10.0m. Starting in February 2021, the Company plans to drill the Cabin Lake Gold Zone ore shoot at depth, as well as several other brownfields targets that exist along the Bugow Iron Formation (for example, the Andrew North Zone, the Andrew South Zone, and the Beaver Zone – all part of the Cabin Lake Property). The Company currently has identified at least 12 targets as potential new ore shoot discoveries on the property. (*) As per Section 2.4 of NI 43-101, Aber Resources Ltd. reported a mineral inventory (that does not compare to the current CIM Definitions Standards mineral resource categories) of 100,000 tons at 0.30 ounces per ton gold at the Cabin Lake Gold zone on the north limb of the folded Bugow Iron Formation in their 1986 and 1987 annual reports. The parameters used for the resource calculation are unknown. These results are relevant as to delineate a larger zone of gold mineralization at the Cabin Lake Gold Zone, but further drilling is needed to bring that up to CIM Definition Standards. The reader is cautioned that a Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources and Rover Metals is not treating the historical estimates as current mineral resources. $0.10 Unit FinancingFurther to its releases of January 6, 2021, announcing a non-brokered $0.10 Unit Financing, Rover has now closed the First tranche of the $0.10 Unit Financing for gross proceeds of $1,007,500 (the "First Units"). Each unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (the "First Warrants"). The First Units were issued at $0.10 per unit, resulting in the issuance of 10,075,000 common shares and 10,075,000 warrants. The First Warrants have an exercise price of $0.15 per warrant share, and a life of two years. Finders' commission warrants are expected to be issued on certain monies raised, upon final closing of the $0.10 Unit Financing, once TSXV approval has been obtained. The units will bear the minimum four month regulatory hold period from the date of issuance. The use of proceeds of the first closing will be to finance exploration planning, winter exploration mobilization, winter drilling, and working capital for general and administrative expenses. Technical information in this news release has been approved by Raul Sanabria, M.Sc., P.Geo., Technical Advisor and shareholder of Rover Metals Corp. and a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101. About Rover MetalsRover is a precious metals exploration company specialized in North American precious metal resources, that is currently advancing the gold potential of its existing projects. You can follow Rover on its social media channels:Twitter: https://twitter.com/rovermetalsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rover-metals/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoverMetals/for daily company updates and industry news, and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJsHsfag1GFyp4aLW5Ye-YQ?view_as=subscriberfor corporate videos. Website: https://www.rovermetals.com/ ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS "Judson Culter" Chief Executive Officer and Director For further information, please contact: Judson Culter Email: judson@rovermetals.com Phone: (604) 449-5347 Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Rover's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any factor could cause actual results to differ materially from Rover's expectations. Rover undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OF THIS RELEASE.
Rover applies for Ice Road access to Cabin Lake Gold Property, NT, Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) ("Rover" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it submitted a permit application for ice road access to its 100% owned Cabin Lake Gold Property, NT, Canada in December 2020 (the "Cabin Lake Ice Road"). Cabin Lake Ice Road The proposed route for the Cabin Lake Ice Road is directly off Hwy 3 at the town of Behchoko, NT, and 40 km north-northwest across Russell Lake to the property. Ice road access to the property, if approved, will materially decrease Rover's future exploration costs, and allow for heavier lower-cost exploration equipment, such as track drills. The Cabin Lake Ice Road will also materially reduce the amount of helicopter time.Rover is also pleased to provide an update on the construction progress of the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road Project ("TASR"), a permanent 97 km two-lane gravel highway that will provide year-round access to the Community of Whatı̀ by connecting to Hwy 3 west of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Construction of the TASR commenced in September 2019. The updated schedule anticipates the road to be open to the public by Fall 2021.Judson Culter, CEO at Rover, states "TASR opens up access to the Cabin Lake Group of Gold Properties and will help to reduce future exploration costs in the area. The timing of TASR's completion (Fall 2021) is complemental to the timing of Rover's exploration plans in the area. Specifically, the Slemon Lake, and Camp Lake Gold Properties will benefit from increased accessibility.For more information on TASR please visit the official website of the Government of the Northwest Territories.Lastly, Rover is pleased to announce that the feasibility study for the expansion of the Taltson Hydro facility into the North Slave/Yellowknife hydro system continues to receive federal funding. The Canadian Federal Government allocated $18MM over three years in March 2019. Work is currently underway to develop transmission and hydro plans, fulfill environmental responsibilities, engage stakeholders, and establish strong Indigenous partner relationships.Judson Culter, CEO at Rover, states "an upgrade to the North Slave hydro facility could create excess hydro power at the Strutt Lake hydro facility, which is nearby to the Cabin Lake Group of Gold Properties."For more information on Taltson Hydroelectricity Expansion Project please visit the official website of the Government of the Northwest Territories.Appointment of Momentum PR to Public Relations TeamEffective January 4, 2021, MomentumPR has been appointed to Rover's public relations team. MomentumPR, a Montreal, Quebec, based public relations firm, will assist the Company in increasing public awareness by managing the Company's corporate communications and marketing activities and facilitating dialogue with the Company's shareholders, finance professionals, analysts and media contacts within the North American investment community.Max Gagné, president of Momentum, states: "We are extremely proud to include Rover in our roster of carefully selected clients. The gold market is performing very well and we expect this trend to continue in 2021. Rover has an experienced team of experts, we are confident in their ability to develop its current assets while enhancing shareholder value."About MomentumPRMomentum PR assists public companies in distributing their messaging to target audiences within the North American investment community. Through a national network of institutional investors, analysts and financial media relationships, the team may communicate the clients' value drivers, growth potential and development vision clearly and efficiently. The experienced team of communications specialists work closely with senior management to build campaign objectives and market activity while executing on a long-term investor relations strategy and respond to immediate changes. Pursuant to Momentum PR agreement, Rover has awarded 350,000 incentive stock options to MomentumPR, with a four year life, and with varying exercise prices ranging from $0.125 per option share to $0.20 per option share (87,500 at $0.125; 87,500 at $0.15; 87,500 at $0.175; and 87,500 at $0.20).About Rover MetalsRover Metals is a precious metals exploration company specialized in North American precious metal resources, that is currently advancing the gold potential of its existing projects.You can follow Rover Metals on its social media channels: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rovermetals LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rover-metals/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoverMetals/ for daily company updates and industry news, and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJsHsfag1GFyp4aLW5Ye-YQ?view_as=subscriber for corporate videos.Website: https://www.rovermetals.com/ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS "Judson Culter" Chief Executive Officer and Director For further information, please contact: Judson Culter Email: judson@rovermetals.com Phone: (604) 449-5347Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Rover's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any factor could cause actual results to differ materially from Rover's expectations. Rover undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OF THIS RELEASE.
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SAN FRANCISCO—Time is running out to take advantage of the 50 percent reduction on qualifying old unpaid traffic infraction tickets. The program ends June 30, 2012.
Superior courts throughout California report that they've already resolved thousands of cases and collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fees and fines.
The program began January 1, 2012. In the first three months, the Superior Court in Fresno County had collected about $92,000, the Tulare Court about $266,000, the Kings Court about $64,000, the Madera Court about $17,000, and the Stanislaus Court generated approximately $194,000 in revenue.
While no specific number will be available until after the program concludes, state finance officials estimate that millions of dollars could be collected. A final report to the legislature on the amnesty program is due this fall.
Parking tickets, DUIs, and reckless driving citations are NOT eligible. Drivers should contact the court in the county where the citation occurred to verify eligibility for the amnesty program.
Note: Friday, June 29th is the last court day of the month. Individuals should check with their local court to learn if their court offers Saturday payment processing.


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Los Gatos: Howard inspired to start 'Stand…
Los Gatos: Howard inspired to start 'Stand Beautiful'
Los Gatos High School junior Chloe Howard proudly shows off her 'unique feet,' once the cause of a cruel assault at her prior school. Howard has since become an anti-bullying advocate, and encourages all people to 'Stand Beautiful.' (Photograph by George Sakkestad)
By Marianne Hamilton |
December 1, 2016 at 6:41 a.m.
When Chloe Howard gave her TEDx presentation last year, she did so with the poise and polish of a veteran public speaker. Wearing a headset, the Los Gatos High School junior confidently strolled the stage, delivering her speech entirely from memory.
That Howard opted to do so sans shoes wasn't entirely out in place at the Santa Barbara TEDx enclave. But instead of a casual wardrobe choice, the 16-year-old's barefoot stance was a purposeful one: While giving an impassioned plea for audience members to consider the causes of bullying, Howard also offered an up-close view of the physical differences that have transformed her into an anti-bullying advocate. Given some special encouragement from no less an advocate for positive change than U2 frontman Bono, Howard hopes to empower others to embrace their uniqueness, and "boldly face their beautiful selves."
Born with a severely misshapen and twisted clubfoot, Howard endured as many as six corrective surgeries from infancy on. "My left foot was upside down and backwards, and I only have three toenails; I'm missing the other seven," the teen said matter-of-factly. "Plus, I have all of the scars from my various surgeries, so my feet definitely look different."
Luckily, Howard was born to parents who helped her view her disability as unique. Her family's devout faith was an additional source of solace. "Growing up, my parents always told me that my foot was special and beautiful, and that God had made me this way for a reason. A couple of times after a surgery I'd be in a wheelchair, so I'd have to endure stares from the other kids. But I wasn't really bullied when I was younger," Howard recalled.
Then came Howard's entry into a private high school. As a freshman, her foot became the subject of great interest and speculation–so much so that during one harrowing lunch hour in the fall of 2014, Howard was pulled over to a cafeteria table and restrained. Her shoe and sock were then yanked off, exposing her foot to her classmates' ridicule.
The entire episode took no more than 90 seconds, after which Howard replaced her footwear, walked back to her own table and finished out her lunch break. But the experience was to change the teen in ways she never could have anticipated. "I felt super alone after the assault; no one could really understand what I'd gone through," Howard said.
Struggling to come to terms with the attack, Howard withdrew from family, friends and classmates. She retreated–literally–into her wardrobe, wearing shapeless, oversized sweatshirts in an attempt to hide herself. "It was a really, really bad time," Howard recalled.
Over the holiday break, Howard's parents offered her the option of a transfer to a new school. But wanting to prove to her peers (and herself) that she need not be defined by the assault, she chose to finish out the school year. Said Howard, "I'm glad I stayed. I started to feel stronger, and actually ended up making some friends by the end of the year. I learned a lot about courage and silent power, and using my voice."
By then another seismic event had occurred in Howard's life: Within days of offering his daughter a change of schools, Howard's father received word that he'd won a contest sponsored by Product Red, the brand launched by Bono and friends to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa. The first prize was a trip to Denver to meet the famed rocker/activist, and attend a U2 concert. Since U2 is Howard's favorite band, her dad took her along. "I was determined that when I met Bono, I'd tell him what had happened to me," Howard said.
Howard did indeed share her story with the musician, who advised the teen that her assault was an "injustice," adding that she could use her voice as a powerful force for change. "That was the moment that inspired me to launch 'Stand Beautiful,' " said Howard. "I stand on my deformed foot every day. And I don't know why, but after my assault I started to write the word 'beautiful' over the main scar on my foot. As my healing progressed, I came to understand that my foot is beautiful in my eyes and in God's eyes. My foundation is all about giving other people the opportunity to stand beautiful in their own ways."
Today, the Stand Beautiful website offers apparel inscribed with the word "beautiful" written in the script Howard first drew on her own foot. All proceeds from the sales are directed toward charities that are helping to combat bullying. Along with her online presence, Howard–who became a Wildcat as a sophomore–has shared her message via interviews in Teen Vogue, on NPR and in other media outlets. There was that TEDx chat as well: Early last year Howard secretly completed the online application to speak at the Santa Barbara chapter's event–and then promptly forgot about it. But while on a mission in Guatemala with her Calvary Church youth group, the TEDx team contacted her parents with the news that their daughter was to join the August 2015 lineup.
"I had about six weeks to come up with the presentation and memorize it," Howard laughed. "It had to be 18 minutes long, I couldn't mention God, and I couldn't bring any notes on stage; those were the only rules. But that was my first time doing any public speaking, ever. Plus, I was the only youth speaker, and they chose me as the keynote to start off the day."
In the video of her presentation, Howard speaks calmly and unhurriedly of the assault that occurred just months before. It was a triumphant postscript to an emotionally shattering episode in her life, punctuated by an image of two bare feet. "There I was, standing in front of a live audience, showing them my feet," Howard said. "I felt very vulnerable. But it was a really cool, great day."
Howard's case eventually went to trial. Though the district attorney hoped to prosecute on felony hate crime charges, a jury instead found Howard's assailants guilty of misdemeanor battery. "I didn't suffer any physical damage, and the law doesn't recognize emotional damage as being equal," Howard said. "So now I'm researching the laws, and hope to go to Sacramento someday to change them."
If anyone can make change happen, it will undoubtedly be Chloe Howard.
For more information about Stand Beautiful, visit beautiful.chloehoward.com. Chloe Howard's TEDx talk may be viewed at tedxsantabarbara.com/2016/chloe-howard.
Marianne Hamilton


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As part of an international extortion ploy, criminals posing as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents or other law enforcement officials are attempting to extort money from victims over the phone. There are reports of both physicians and patients being targeted by this scam.
Victims checking to see who is calling are fooled as the impersonators block their telephone number on Caller ID by showing the DEA Registration Support 800 number. One impersonator targeting a Texas physician reportedly provided the doctors NPI number to make the call seem legit.
In most cases, the criminals target patients who previously purchased controlled substance pharmaceuticals by telephone or through the internet. The callers start their spiel by informing their victims that buying drugs this way is illegal. Next, they instruct the victims to pay the "fine" via wire transfer to a designated location, usually overseas.
If victims say no, the callers often threaten to arrest them or search their property.
IMPORTANT: A DEA employee would never call someone who has a DEA registration number to demand money or threaten to suspend the registrant's DEA registration.
The scheme was first reported last spring and the DEA issued an alert. But the crooks are at it again and there has been a recent uptick in this illegal activity. Pretending to be a federal agent violates federal law.
If you are contacted by a person claiming to work for the DEA and the caller pressures you for money or threatens to suspend your DEA registration, refuse the demands and report the threat via the Extortion Scam Online Reporting web page.
For more information, visit the DEA's web page regarding this alert.


3-Alarm Fire Breaks Out in N.H.
Fire crews battled an out-of-control blaze Sunday afternoon in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
The heavy 3-alarm fire broke out at 711 Mast Rd.
The owner of a Chinese restaurant next door shot video. She said the North Garden Restaurant was packed for lunch when people started smelling smoke.
"It was scary," said Winnie Zeng.
One of the diners, a volunteer firefighter, called it in. A short time later, the abandoned building was a ball of flames.
Manchester Fire was providing mutual aid.
The industrial building was more than 100 years old, but it has been vacant for at least two years.


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Undocumented in Pennsylvania: An immigration activist stays defiant despite Trump policies
She was weeks away from being eligible to apply for DACA protections. But then the Trump administration's immigration strategy left her in limbo.
Anthony Orozco
Report for America
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Looking out onto the Susquehanna River earlier this month, Stephanie Nuñez sat under grey skies as the rain trickled. The riverfront is blocks away from the bustle of Harrisburg, the tightly packed brick homes of the city and the state Capitol.
Nuñez says this is where she sometimes comes to run and clear her mind.
The past couple of months have been a whirlwind as President Donald Trump flip-flopped between supporting people like Nuñez, who were brought to the United States as children without proper immigration documents, and threatening to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, the legal provision that's protecting them from deportation.
But Nuñez, an organizer for the Movement of Immigrant Leaders in Pennsylvania (MILPA), says she is neither weary nor intimidated.
"I think 'mad' would be the word to use," Nuñez, 20, said. "It's not just you doing it for yourself, but there's all these people you're trying to help in the midst of it."
A legal victory interrupted
The chaos she experiences in her everyday life is not unique. There are nearly 700,000 DACA recipients across the country who nervously await a tweet from the president, a statement from the Department of Homeland Security or a knock on the door from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Her days are filled with meeting community members, connecting them to resources that can guide them through their immigration process or provide rental assistance after the breadwinner of the family is deported or detained. Other days, she spends hours on calls with fellow organizers looking at how they can build stronger coalition or take on issues impacting the undocumented community such as the inability to obtain a driver's license.
Arlette Morales, 17, is among the 14,000 undocumented immigrants in Pennsylvania eligible for DACA, according to estimates from Migration Policy Institute, which offers research and analysis to improve immigration policies. Trump froze new applications to the program in 2017, two weeks before Morales turned 15 — the minimum age to be eligible for protection under the program.
Trump's RNC naturalization ceremony at White House: Tasteless, hollow and probably illegal
Morales worked with a legal team at CASA de Maryland, an advocacy group that works with Spanish-speaking immigrants. She was one of their first DACA applicants around the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the Trump administration had not provided a reasoned explanation for ending the program.
In July, the group scored a key victory in a Maryland federal court. The judge in that case ordered DACA to be reopened, but Morales was crushed when the federal government said it would not follow that order. Instead, the federal government decided to put accepting new DACA applications on hold as it reviewed the program.
The administration is now undertaking a comprehensive review of the DACA program and the justifications that have been offered for winding DACA down, an anonymous senior administration official told reporters.
Nuñez said she saw other young undocumented kids go through the same emotional whiplash, from high hopes to deep despair.
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"Just seeing these kids, just seeing the look on their face, I feel like it's very devastating," Nuñez said, unmoved in the rain. "But that same exact look or that feeling, as a coordinator, as an organizer, it just makes you want to push harder."
Power isn't just in voting
DACA recipients across Pennsylvania and the country say they are exhausted. Their existence in the country rests in the hands of a man who built his 2016 presidential campaign on "anyone who is in the United States illegally is subject to deportation."
Once in office, Trump said he was "gonna deal with DACA with heart." Now, in the fight for reelection, Trump is using DACA as another tool in his political arsenal.
"There are those times we get frustrated and exhausted but we have to remind ourselves why we are doing it," Nuñez said as darker, heavier clouds rolled in. "If we were all doing it just for ourselves it would be pointless."
In her work with MILPA, Nuñez helps provide immigrants with the resources they need. That could mean connecting families with immigration lawyers or providing emotional support for youth who don't see a clear path to their future.
As an undocumented immigrant, Nuñez knows her power is limited. But she also recognizes that her power is more than her ability to vote or change laws. She has the power to inspire by weathering the storm.
"You have a lot of other people that depending on you — especially if you're the leader of this group — if you look tired, if you look frustrated, if you look like you want to give up, they're going sit down, they're going to do the exact same thing," Nuñez said, as the rain picked up, marking her clothes with dark spots. "But when they see a leader that is ready to fight, they're like, 'Okay, well, like if she's not giving up, then why should we give up?'"
Anthony Orozco covers Latino communities in Pennsylvania as a reporter for PA Post, WITF, NPR radio and PBS television stations. This dispatch is part of a series called "On the Ground" with Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. Follow Anthony on Twitter: @AnthonyOrozco20


Arrests of children have fallen by almost 70 per cent in seven years as part of a drive to divert them away from the criminal justice system, according to figures published today.
The number fell from 245,000 at the start of the decade to 79,000 last year, with each police force in England and Wales having achieved a reduction in arrests.
Campaigners said that the fall showed that there had been a change in police culture in dealing with children, including a better understanding of the vulnerability behind many young people who came into contact with officers.
The fall in arrests matched a big drop in the number of under-18s in custody, from 3,011 in 2001 to 993 in June.


Tonight Blood and Velvet is on at the Bedford Park, which couldn't really be handier for us, so we will certainly be putting our head around the door.
And tomorrow Zombina and the Skeletones are playing there - there was also to be an appearance from a friend of a friend's band, but they've cancelled. Don't know if I'm going to make that one, but if you are let me know.


The varsity boys soccer team placed second in the Boerne ISD soccer tourney this weekend.
They won three games and lost 1 in the finals to Pharr Valley View.
The boys are currently ranked number nine in the city and have a record of 4-1-1.
They face John Jay tonight, who is currently ranked number three in the city.
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Are you falling a bit behind on your New Year's resolution to read more leadership books in 2018? If so, you may want to check out our top picks below. We've rounded up 10 compelling books for IT and business leaders, each of which is sure to offer guidance and nuggets of wisdom that you can take back to the office.
Book description: For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter – that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of research, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance – and what drives it – using rigorous statistical methods. This book presents both the findings and the science behind that research.
Why you should read it: Leaders who want to take their DevOps practices up a level would be wise to grab the latest from Gene Kim and IT Revolution. This book aims to answer a tough question for DevOps teams – how to measure their success.
Book description: An organization's success rests on the backs of its leadership. At all levels, true leadership is about much more than management and task distribution – it's about commitment, collaboration, nurturing talent, developing skills, fostering relationships, and so much more. The EQ Leader integrates the essential factors of successful leadership into a concrete blueprint for the future's leaders.
Book description: When systems running on Artificial Intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete. Illustrated with real-world cases, data, and insight, the authors provide clear strategic guidance and actionable steps to help you and your organization move ahead in a world where exponentially developing new technologies are changing how value is created.
Why you should read it: "Must read for anyone in technology-related leadership," one reviewer said. "Straightforward, comprehensive, practical. Cuts it straight down the middle between AI dystopia and utopia! It all depends on leadership in the end." Pick up this book if AI is on the agenda for 2018.
Book description: Written by a former U.S. Navy diver, this book draws from the author's experiences and beyond to reveal key truths about the nature of teamwork, and expose the core of effective team leadership. The 7 Secrets of Neuron Leadership shows you how to put the right players in place and give them the support, guidance, and direction they need to bring home exceptional results.
Why you should read it: At the intersection of ancient Greek philosophy and modern neuroscience research, you'll find the secrets to motivating a team to succeed, this author says. Leaders seeking to communicate more effectively, push toward greater results, and get the best from their teams next year may want to check out this book. It shares wisdom from military and business leaders alike.
Book description: We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, four-time #1 best-selling author Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help.
Book description: In A Seat at the Table, CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be – an integral part of the value creation engine. With an easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an agile IT leader is to be courageous – to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.
Why you should read it: "Make no mistake: DevOps represents a different way of thinking about IT – and requires a different leadership model," wrote Schwartz in a recent article for The Enterprisers Project. In his book, he dives into the four big concerns of CIOs and how each are flipped upside down in the world of DevOps. If you are getting stuck in your agile practices, this book is a must-read.
Book description: As the world speeds up faster and faster, organizations and their people try to keep up. This pressure to do more with less has reached epidemic levels of concern and organizations are panicking on how to recruit, retain and attract the best talent for the future. Burnout, low engagement, and overwhelming stress are jeopardizing organizations' ability to scale and win. As outdated performance models of the past crumble under pressure, Matt and Chris show you how to build and protect your most valuable asset – your people.
Why you should read it: Talent will continue to be a challenge for CIOs as they move into the new year. This book promises to offer the tools needed to maximize the performance of your team, which naturally helps you to retain your best talent and attract more like them. Since virtually all CIOs struggle with this issue, it's worth checking out some new tips and strategies.
Book description: While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter. Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck – but why would we leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them? The Power of Moments shows us how to be the author of richer experiences.
Why you should read it: "If life is a series of moments, the Heath brothers have transformed how I plan to spend mine," writes author Adam Grant in his review of this book. This book explores not only the why behind some of the most meaningful moments of our lives, but also the how. In doing so, the authors provide a recipe for companies to cook up their own powerful moments to engage employees and win over customers.
Book description: Businesses often find themselves trapped in a competitive dogfight, scratching and clawing for market share with products consumers view as largely undifferentiated. But there are notable exceptions in which enlightened executives have changed the rules to grasp the holy grail of business: long-term profitable growth. Rather than joining the dogfights raging within their industry, companies such as Apple, FedEx, and Starbucks have chosen to become metaphorical cats, continuously renewing their distinctive strategies to compete on their own terms.
Book description: The pace of business is accelerating, and organizations are demanding more from their information technology teams. As IT teams around the world rise to these new challenges, they're realizing that radical change isn't a matter of tools alone. It's also a matter of culture – the values that underpin behaviors, influence problem-solving capability, and facilitate truly revolutionary potential. In this book, more than 20 contributors from open source communities, companies, and projects offer hard-won lessons and practical advice for creating a more open IT department – one that can deliver better, faster results and unparalleled business value.
Why you should read it: Today's organizations need to ditch slow processes, outdated business models, and old-school, top-down hierarchal structure. But these are often so entrenched in a company's culture that it's hard to know where to begin to change. This book delivers advice from more than 20 CIOs and IT practitioners, industry leaders, and technologists, on how open principles are reshaping IT organizations and how to create powerful cultural change in your group. Full disclosure: This free ebook was created by our colleagues at The Open Organization.
Great collections to read during holidays and in new year; Thank you Carla, thanks for sharing much appreciated.