To see if people actually have questions about a topic I want to write about.
To determine exactly what keywords that I want to rank for.
For instance, I was going to title this post, How to Properly Publish a Blog Post but I found that the keyword, WordPress Publish Post is searched 1300 times per month and has 0/10 competition. Now WordPress Publish Post is my primary keyword for this post.
Use Google's nifty Keyword Tool to do keyword research.
Once you have two-three keywords, craft the headline to include those keywords and to capture curiosity.
If you've read this far, it worked.
If you flip through a magazine you'll notice that almost every feature article starts with a drop-cap and larger-than-normal intro text. This draws your eye to the beginning of the article and makes the first few lines easier to read.
I do the same with 14 Clicks.
I choose to show only the post introductions (rather than the whole post) on the homepage. So at the end of the introduction I put the <!- -more- -> code and this becomes a [click to continue…] link on the homepage.
With the Thesis WordPress Theme (aff link), you can control the [click to continue…] text from the Edit Post area under "Read More" text. But I always use the default for the sake of consistency.
Most bloggers just bold their subheadings to make them stand out. This is a big SEO mistake.
The title tag should be the one and only <h1> tag on your page. Then all of your subheadings should be wrapped in <h2> tags. This structures your blog post for both your readers and search engines.
If you use the Heading 2 style in Microsoft Word to emphasize your subheadings, then you can copy-paste your post in the Visual view and WordPress will convert them to <h2> subheadings. WordPress also converts bold, italics, bulleted lists, and numbered lists.
After you copy-paste, pick through the HTML view and to clean up any errant code. Clean code gets indexed higher. That's another reason to use WordPress to build websites.
The post slug is what comes after your domain in the URL of your web page. Adjust the post slug by removing the filler words (e.g. to, a, the, etc.) and leaving the relevant keywords separated by dashes.
For example, the post slug for this page is publish-wordpress-blog-post.
Note: I made a spelling mistake when I first published this post which affected the post slug. So now I fixed the spelling in the slug and none of the social media counts transfered over because technically it's a new page.
After the slug, copy-paste one of the sentences from your post introduction as the meta description. Paste it word-for-word so you don't misrepresent the content of the post in how it's indexed on Google.
After the meta description, list the three-five meta keywords that you found in your keyword research.
Always, always have at least (and arguably only) one feature image per blog post. Put it at the top of the post. Its purpose is to attract the eye and convince someone to read the post.
Set that image as the "Feature Image" when you upload it and anytime it's shared via Facebook, that's the image that will appear next to the link.
All of the feature images on 14 Clicks are 200px by 200px and placed right with text wrap and above headline. I also upload a thumbnail of the same image that's 75px by 75px because I use thumbnails in the popular, recent, and similar post areas.
Get free images from Compfight by searching through the Creative Commons section. Compfight is a search engine for Flickr. Just attribute the image back to the profile page of its creator somewhere in your post. I put the link at the bottom.
In general, limit the number of images per web page to increase your load speed and make it easier to read on mobile devices.
But if you feel like additional images will drastically increase the quality of the content, you need to find/create, edit, optimize, and place them in the post.
Always have at least two internal links to other articles on your site in your post. Interlinking posts strengthens the structure of your blog, like a spider web.
Also, remember to include external links to other relevant resources (e.g. Google Keyword Tool).
Some bloggers think that you should never link out to other blogs because you'll lose that traffic. However, Google is the biggest site in the world and all they do is link out.
Sharing other high-quality resources is one way to increase the value of your site.
Put a one-sentence summary of your content in the excerpt. You'll find it near the bottom of the Edit Post area.
I use the same sentence from the meta description as my excerpt because it has the same purpose: it's a summary that's intended to get people to read the whole thing.
It shows up on my excerpt-only RSS feed, it's the sentence in the Aweber newsletter, and it's the description under the title in the secret-until-now Top Posts area.
Every post should fall into one and only one category. Categories allow you to organize the content on your site. They're like the folders on your hard drive.
Most bloggers use categories wrong. They have a comprehensive list of 27 categories and put each post into three or four. Instead, have no more than 10 categories and use them to organize content to your benefit.
Tags are like categories but less formal. You'll see the tags for this post at the bottom.
Each post should have three-seven tags. When you click on the tag, you'll get a list of all the posts that have the same tag.
Tags are for your readers.
Once you believe everything is in its place, preview the post to see how it'll look on your site.
In preview-mode, read through and edit the post two-three times before you call it good. Look for basic grammar and spelling mistakes. But also check for phrases that you can link to other blog posts.
It gives me a chance to make any last minute changes before it goes live.
People can visit the next day and see a post that was published that day.
The subscribers will be the first to see it since they get an email between 7am-9am (their local time).
To help you remember all 18 to-dos before you click "Publish," I created a free checklist that you can print out, laminate, and store on a dusty shelf.
If you want it, you can grab it here.
In case you're wondering, it took 3 hours, 50 minutes, and 14 seconds to write this 1365-word blog post (cut down from 1566 words after editing). Plus it took another 47 minutes and 16 seconds to post it..
Good Job Nick, Great Post!
Thanks, Buntu. What did you learn?
Good. A lot of the concepts are the same for Posterous and all the other CMS's.
Hey Patrick… Not sure what you mean by your comment. I enjoyed reading it. Which is one of the more important things. But I noticed a few things that could be improved, and that'll come with time.
Interesting post. How did you get the social media buttons to stay pinned to the left side like that? Very cool. Also the "Don't Miss" block and the article block are cool – how did you do that?
Personally, I think spending 4 hours on a blog post is nuts. 40 minutes is probably 20 minutes too long, unless you're consistently generating major revenue from every blog post.
Hey David… It's a plugin called Sharebar by Monjurul Dolon. You can also get a similar effect with CSS (margin-left: -91px; position:fixed; ).
The "Don't Miss" block is a highly customized version of the Similar Posts plugin by Rob Marsh. And the "Article by" area was custom developed. Feel free to peak through the HTML and CSS to get a better idea.
Nice to see you engaging with the commenters here. I know what you mean when you say that you take 5 hours to write a post. Some of my best posts have taken 3-4 hours to write, link and get all the images needed to publish in place.
I enjoyed this post and it was valuable. Keep them coming.
Hey Susheel! It's my pleasure to interact with the commenters here. Frankly, most bloggers spend less than an hour per blog post and they ask for tips on how they can get more traffic. I always tell them to create higher quality content, but that's not what they want to hear.
By the way, I was viewing your site in Chrome and the sidebar was pushed under the content. Take care and keep it up!
Excellent post. Very detailed and informative.
Thanks, Jacob! Nice talking with you yesterday. I'll be on the lookout for you ;).
Very inspiring, Im 21 and been trying to 'make it' online since 16. You are an inspiration and I wish you only the best.
Thank you, Marcel! What questions and struggles do you have?
You're welcome, Anar. How are you using these techniques?
You're welcome, Dochi. How did it help with your job?
Do you still believe in creating a blog to make money? Don't you think Mobile advertizing and QR-codes are the new hot thing?
Creating a blog is not an easy way to make money. It's a long-term strategy to learn about your market and develop tools/businesses specifically for them. Then launching them is cake, as long as you do a good job with the blog.
I don't know much about mobile advertising and QR codes are somewhat of a joke. Nobody actually scans them. When was the last time you did?
Writing is a gift and we need to nourish and appreciate its worth.


Seven charter schools in Richmond were among 43 charter schools in the state found to have faulty records for funds generated by high needs students, says a report by nonprofit law firm Public Advocates.
The report published this year by the advocacy organization known for working with low income communities to bring strategic policy reform found that the charter schools were not abiding by state guidelines. The Local Control Accountability Plan and Local Control Funding Formula are state guidelines adopted in 2013 to help public schools keep track of funds received from the government.
"Our findings are discouraging, there's some cleaning up to do," said Rigel Massaro, a senior staff attorney at Public Advocates. Charter school organizers are "inexperienced" in accurately documenting the accountability plan and funding formula, she said.
This report has fueled the charter versus district school debate because it comes at a time when charter schools are under great scrutiny as a result of inadequate financial records. Public Advocates' findings suggest that there's a double standard for charter schools that have, "more control over their schools but less accountability," Massaro said.
Approximately 10 percent of students in the state attend charter schools, the report states. Charter schools receive $3.4 billion from the five-year local funding plan to improve school services and programs. Nine hundred million of these funds are used by high needs students, according to the report.
District schools are required to show how they spend their money by posting financial documents online in order to be eligible for funding in the following academic year. But, charter schools aren't obliged to post these documents online, which creates potential for unreliable accounting practices.
Brittany Chord Parmley, spokesperson for the California Charter Schools Association, said in an emailed statement that the report is biased because it only looked at 43 charter schools, when there are more than 1,200 in the state.
"This is hardly a 'systemic' analysis, instead it's yet another attempt from special interests to prioritize politics over kids," the statement said.
The other six schools found to be at fault of submitting inaccurate documents were Summit Public School: Tamalpais, Aspire Richmond California College Prep, Aspire Richmond Technology Academy, Caliber: Beta Academy, Leadership Public Schools: Richmond and Manzanita Middle School.
Tana Monteiro of Richmond College Prep Schools said in an interview that the school wasn't contacted but when the report was published she, "recognized it's hard to capture all that information" proving where and how funds were spent.
The other six schools that were investigated did not responded to repeated requests from Richmond Confidential for comment.
Funds each of the seven charter schools in Richmond received from the government in the 2017-2018 academic year. Majority of these funds were brought in by high needs students to improve school programs and services.
The report shows inconsistencies in documents submitted by the seven charter schools. They claimed to have budgeted a total of $2.9 million in the past academic year, but the schools collectively received $4.9 million from the government that same year, the report states.
Richmond College Prep said in its documentation that it budgeted more than $800,000 during the last academic year. But, the school only received about $770,000 in that same year.
In addition to inconsistent financial records, the report also said that six of the seven charter schools, including Richmond College Prep, had no metrics in place for parent engagement.
Monteiro said the school plans on reviewing its budget and accountability plan with parents in future meetings as a result of the findings in the report.
The school needs "to be more intentional" about its plans to improve transparency and parent engagement, Monteiro said. It hasn't, "had the chance to fully talk about all the recommendations" made by Public Advocates, she said. But she said it does "plan to have more eyes" on the accountability plan during documentation.
The report's coauthor Massaro said despite challenging the autonomy of charter schools, the report is "not a free pass" for district schools.
The district should have better options, "so parents don't have to go shopping around for schools" to send their children because "transparency, accountability and engagement are good values for any education system," Massaro said.
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The financial requirements should be more rigorous not less for charter schools than district schools. Caliber ,specifically is run by a pacific heights billionaire and wife with no experience in education , but plenty in finance. The fact that there is little accountability is not an accident. Tax benefits, secure income streams, and real estate speculation are all part of the plan.


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Emma attended the 'Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 in New York City. Check out MQs and HQs photos below, including one Emma tweeted! She looks stunning!


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Selamat Malam Kawan-Kawan Pendekar,

Dua hari kemaren, Sabtu dan Minggu, 26-27 Agustus 2017 telah dilangsungkan BlanKoding #2
berlokasi di Kantor Kode Kreatif, Republik Bojong.

Peserta yang hadir:
- Darian Rizaluddin
- Herpiko Dwi Aguno
- Aris Winardi
- Muhammad Rafi
- Estu Fardani
- YHT
- Irfan Pule
- Saputro Aryulianto

Dan kawan-kawan pengembang yg hadir via daring di grup telegram.

Terimakasih untuk para sesepuh yang menyempatkan hadir:
- Pak Ahmad Haris
- Pak Agung Riyadi (ahjung)
- Pak Mahyudin
- Pak Syah Dwi

Berikut beberapa pekerjaan yang dapat diselesaikan ketika BlanKoding:
- Mengembalikan kerjaan ke server Alynne
  * Memasang irgsh di Alynne. Sehingga alynne sudah bisa digunakan untuk pemaketan
  * Memasang Pabrik-cd di Alynne, Sehingga alynne sudah bisa melakukan penjahitan dan telah diatur (cron) untuk melakukan penjahitan teratur. Hasil cetakan bisa diakses di http://cdimage-dev.blankonlinux.or.id/blankon/
  * Memasang reprepro di Alynne, menarik sid harian via cron. Repo ini dapat diakses di tautan http://arsip-dev.blankonlinux.or.id/blankon/dists/

- Dokumentasi
  * Wiki baru kini berbasiskan markdown menggantikan dev.boi yang lama. dev.boi yang lama dipindah ke legacy-dev.boi. (domain onprogres). Wiki diserve menggunakan github page (jekyll + travis). Wiki bisa diakses pada tautan https://blankon.github.io/wiki. Pada halaman wiki ini masih terdapat beberapa kesalahan konten (relevansi, link dan lain lain) dan dalam proses koreksi oleh tim dokumentasi.

- Humas
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- Kesenian
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  * Peer Maskot menyisakan Maskot Manajer Rilis dan Jaminan Kualitas blm selesai.

Kendala
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Fase Nol | Upgrade mesin mesin blankon
  - Penambahan Hardisk 2TB ke Wajinah
  - Penambahan Hardisk 4TB ke Rani
  - Penambahan Procesor ke Alynne
  - Pemasangan Ram ke Alynne | kondisi alyne, 2 CPU, 8 Core, 16GB
  - Inisiasi Ananda | Digital Ocean 4Core 4GB, 350GB SSD (Repo)

Fase Satu | Riset ujicoba replika service blankon
Fase Dua | Reinstall Alynne dan mengembalikan layanan awal
Fase Tiga | Reinstall Rani dan mengembalikan layannan awal (On Progress)

Dari itu proses ini diawali dengan pembuatan server baru ananda.boi untuk ujicoba mereplika layanan IRGSH, Reprepro, dan Pabrik-CD. Setelah ini berjalan, dilanjutkan dengan install ulang Alynne, dan mengembalikan layanan yang dulu pernah berjalan di alynne.

Demikian laporan ini kami tulis.

Salam hangat

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Learning different types of meditation is a great idea. An easy way for you to learn different types of meditation is to do an online course which covers different types of meditation. This article covers this concept in some detail and recommends an online course which I myself have done on more than one occasion.
Meditation is great, but unless you practice it every day, the benefits you will get from it are very limited. This 5-week course will help you get started with meditation, build a strong daily habit, try different techniques, and integrate mindfulness into your daily life. This is a highly rated course.
I personally have done this course. I too also rate it highly.
Every time I hear about meditation and stress, I am reminded that meditation is a great way to reduce stress. Meditation is a brilliant technique that has so many benefits. Meditation can be used in stress management. Meditation can be used to relieve stress and anxiety. It is a wonder that more people are not actually doing it on a regular basis. Knowing how to meditate and actually practicing meditation on a daily basis is key. There are a number of different meditation types out there. Some people would learn one or two, and they may not like these one or two different meditation types, and so do not practice meditation and they do not get the benefits of meditation. Also different meditation techniques are effective at relieving stress and anxiety to different levels for different people, so knowing more of them and how effective you find them is important.
As there are loads of different techniques out there that are used in meditation, the problem becomes how can I learn in an effective and efficient manner a number of these techniques which I can use now?" I do not want to invest or waste time reading books that are full of theory and do not explain how to put such a such technique into use now. No doubt you are the same.
I have a solution, which is the Master Your Mind – Beginner course where you can learn about developing and implementing doing meditation daily and also learn and practice a few different meditation types. By adapting this approach, you learn a new daily habit, and are empowered enough to select the meditation type or types that you prefer.
A real win win situation for you. Some people learn one meditation type and do not like it, and therefore do not continue meditation. However in this course, 5 different meditation types are learned and practiced, so you can pick the ones you prefer to continue your meditation practice. Anyway, this is a great course.
Here is what you will learn in this Course Review for the excellent Master Your Mind – Beginner course. As this course is a course about learning how to meditate, I include some information about meditation and how this great course helps. If you know little about meditation or have some knowledge of meditation, this is for you.
Who would benefit by doing meditation?
Meditation is a life skill that you can learn relatively quickly and start doing. By starting doing, you can develop a daily meditation practice that does not really take up too much time, you can start with 2 minutes a day and built it up at your pace and if you want to. One benefit that people who practice meditation on a regular daily basis is that meditation can help with stress management, which as you know, is the main topic of this website. In this case, learning how to meditate to relieve stress and/or anxiety is one of the main reasons to take up meditation.
In my personal opinion, nearly every single person on the planet, if not everyone. Meditation allows people to take some time out for themselves which allows them to recuperate or to recharge themselves.
Meditation offers a lot of potential benefits. Meditation can be used to help relieve stress. Meditation can be used to help relieve anxiety. Meditation is a practice with profound physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits. The following link contains a link indicating over 70 benefits of meditation. The key to these benefits and the transformation it can bring, is developing a daily meditation routine.
The main reasons why I do meditation every day, is to reduce stress and to reduce anxiety. The other benefits are the bonus benefits for me, so I think that it is time well spent.
Here's a great video talking about the scientific power of meditation.
Here are 6 tips if you want to create a strong meditation practice.
One, starting small is a great tip. It is better to start really small, so there is absolutely no excuse for you to skip your practice. For people just starting out, start out with 5 minutes a day and increase that by 1 minute per week, until you are practicing somewhere between 20 minutes and 60 minutes per day. The amount of time you put into your daily meditation practice is up to you. Whatever works for you.
According to the meditation gurus, doing meditation every single day for 5 minutes per day which is a total of 35 minutes per week is better for you, than doing meditation 2 or 3 days per week with a total of say 45 minutes per week.
Dr Harry Barry, author of the best selling book "Anxiety And Panic: How To Reshape Your Anxious Mind And Brain" outlines a 3 minute meditation session. His point is that you are more likely to do a 3 minute session rather than a 20 minute session every day and I agree with him. You can always find 3 minutes every day to do this 3 minute meditation session. Personally I have "mixed and matched" this 3 minute session with the information I learned in a meditation course which is outlined in more detail below, which works great for me.
Two, recommitting is a great tip. This is where at the end of every session, commit to show up for your practice the following day.
Four, having no expectations is a great tip. Nothing kills motivation quicker than unmet expectations. Although you should start to benefit from meditation after doing it every day for a few weeks, know that most of the benefits from meditation come only after months or years of daily practice. So letting go of expectations sounds like a smart strategy. In any case, I enjoy my meditation time.
Five, being prepared is a great tip. Sometimes you will feel tired, busy, or "not in the mood". This is a human thing, so just accept it. Be mentally prepared to meet those challenges with the "never zero" idea, and do the practice no matter what. Just do it.
At this stage, if I am really busy, I have a 3 minute meditation session sometime during the day. I can always get at least one 3 minute meditation session in during those type of days.
Six, having a joyful attidude is a great tip. Meditation is not a task, but a precious moment to go deep inside yourself. Enjoy the practice, and it will be easy to keep it up. Hopefully these tips can be helpful in your journey.
Learning different types of meditation is key. If you learn a number of types, then you will have your favourite type and know about a few other types as well. Learning meditation, means potentially taking up a new daily habit. Integrating a new daily habit, meditation in this case, would be important.
The Master Your Mind – Beginner course ticks all of these boxes or at least it did and does for me.
If you are looking for an easy and effective way to learn and practice meditation this course is for you. In this course you will learn how to meditate to relieve stress and anxiety. This course will most likely help you in reducing your stress levels. You learn about a number of different meditation techniques. You also learn and practice your own meditation habit. By the end of the course, if you follow the instructions, you will have practiced a few different meditation techniques, know which ones you prefer and will have started to build up your meditation daily habit. All good.
Of course, you may not know what each and every one of these meditation techniques now. That is okay, I was in the same boat before I did this course. They are covered in the course, so by the time you finish the course, you know each of these techniques and you will have practiced each of these techniques.
My #1 recommendation on meditation is to do the Master Your Mind – Beginner course which has been developed by a Meditation Teacher who is very passionate and committed to meditation himself. This particular course covers different meditation techniques and provides information on how to build a daily habit, in this case, doing meditation every day.
This is technically an online course which is 5 weeks in length. I say technically because it has been designed so that you spend some time on it on a daily basis and technically you do over 35 consecutive days. However the great advantage with it, is that you do it when you can, so it may take longer than the designed 5 weeks, but so what, once you buy the course, you have lifetime access to the course.
A lot of ground is actually covered in this course. This course is logically split up into 5 weeks. Each week is of course split up into 7 days. Below is a summary of each week, and below that, there is a weekly summary for each week. As you can see, this course contains a lot of good information and is very practical. It looks a lot, and it is. However, it is easily achievable. The first few days you spend a few minutes doing the course and the associated meditation sessions, and the associated meditation sessions gradually increase in length.
Over 5 weeks, the course covers a number of important topics to provide you with enough practical information so that you can start doing meditation on a daily basis at your own pace and in such a way that learning building blocks are used.
At the end of day 1, you are invited to perform a 2 minute meditation session after being given guidance. At the end of day 35, you are invited to perform a 15 minute meditation session after being given guidance earlier in the course.
The course covers at least 5 different meditation techniques. Don't worry, you are given guidance on how to do each of these 5 different meditation techniques during the course. The course now also contains a number of guided meditation sessions, which you can use or not. Some people like them, some do not. I find them helpful, however not essential.
Now to look at each week in more detail.
The meditation technique for week 1 is focussed on Breathing Deeply.
The main topic is setting up your practice.
In week 1, the course content is focussed on starting the habit of doing meditation each day. The main idea here is to get meditation into your daily routine in a way that works for you and to not break this new habit. Practical advice is provided on how to achieve this.
At the end of the training session for each day, you are invited to perform a meditation session after being given guidance, either particularly in that training session or in an earlier training session.
There are also additional materials which you can download for later reference and for later use. There is usually a daily PDF file which you can download and there is usually a daily audio file which you can download. There is usually one guided meditation session focussing on the meditation technique for that week, this is a downloadable audio file.
The meditation technique for week 1 is focussed on Breath Awareness.
The main topic is making your habit more solid.
In week 2, the course content is focussed on making your habit of doing meditation each day more solid. The main idea here is to keep meditation in your routine by taking proactive steps to keep it in your routine. Practical advice is provided on how to achieve this.
Like the previous week, at the end of the training session for each day, you are invited to perform a meditation session after being given guidance, either particularly in that training session or in an earlier training session.
Like the previous week, there are also additional materials which you can download for later reference and for later use. There is usually a daily PDF file which you can download and there is usually a daily audio file which you can download. There is usually one guided meditation session focussing on the meditation technique for that week, this is a downloadable audio file.
The meditation technique for week 3 is focussed on Mantra Meditation.
The main topics cover meditation warmups.
In week 3, the course content is focussed on meditation warmups. Like week 2, the main idea here is to get meditation into your daily routine in a way that works for you and to not break this new habit. Different ideas are presented to prepare you for potential obstacles and how to overcome them. Again practical advice is provided.
Like earlier weeks, at the end of the training session for each day, you are invited to perform a meditation session after being given guidance, either particularly in that training session or in an earlier training session.
Like earlier weeks, there are also additional materials which you can download for later reference and for later use. There is usually a daily PDF file which you can download and there is usually a daily audio file which you can download. There is usually one guided meditation session focussing on the meditation technique for that week, this is a downloadable audio file.
The meditation technique for week 4 is focussed on Chakra Meditation.
The main topic is integrating meditation with your daily life.
In week 4, the course content is focussed on integrating meditation into your daily life. Like earlier weeks, the main idea here is to get meditation into your daily routine in a way that works for you and to not break this new habit. An additional idea of doing meditation like tasks during normal everyday activities is discussed and practical advice on how to do this is provided.
The meditation technique for week 4 is focussed on Loving-Kindness.
The main topic is deepening your meditation daily habit.
In week 5, the course content is focussed on deepening your meditation daily habit. One idea presented during the week is to use less media, for example television, smartphones, Facebook and so on. This is so that we are more relaxed and less stressed. Practical advice is provided on how to end your meditation sessions.
Also additional materials and advice is provided at the end of the course on how to continue with your new meditation habit along with some additional bonuses.
The Master Your Mind – Beginners Course Overview in a diagram format. This makes it easy to see what is covered along with the suggested time frame. As the course is self paced, the suggested time frame is just a suggestion.
Anyone who wants the benefits that meditation can bring would benefit from this course. Although the title of the course suggests that it is for beginners, even people who have practiced meditation on and off for a while would benefit from this course, along with people who only use one or two meditation techniques. This course covers five different meditation techniques. If you practiced meditation earlier, it is possible that one or more of these five different meditation techniques would suit you way better.
The course has been developed by a Meditation Teacher who is very passionate and committed to meditation himself. He has a good style in delivering the information so that you learn quickly and well.
The course is accessible online, you simply log on anytime to do the online course. You are not limited to when you can access the course content or if you are, I personally have never being unable to access the site, although I am sure that it may from time to time be unavailable for routine maintenance and the like.
You can also download resources for most, if not all, of the lessons. Examples include PDF files and audio recordings. So you can refer to this information when you are offline. This also means, that you are less dependent on actually being able to access the course content online interactively. I have never been unable to access the course content online interactively, so this for me is not a problem.
By the time you have completed the course, you will have learned and practiced a number of different meditation techniques. And once you purchase the course, you have lifetime access to it so you can do "refreshers" as and when you wish to, if you want to. I have done "refreshers" of specific days of the course myself. I have also done a "refresher" of the whole course myself. I picked up some things on the second pass that I missed on the first pass. Guess that is part of learning and doing.
I really love the idea that the course is self-paced.
You do the course at your own pace. For instance, you could decide to do each day twice, as you want the information to sink in. In this case, the designed 5 week course becomes a 10 week course. In this case, you do each "day" twice, before going to the next day. No big deal. You do the course at your own pace.
There are a few minor cons that I noticed when I was doing this course.
The instructor recommends in the first few days to do the course every day, with no excuses and no let-up. When he makes this recommendation, I thought to myself "Another thing that I have to do everyday". However, I completed the course, everyday for about 5 weeks with no let-up (I was thrilled about that). So not really a con when I look back.
The instructor clearly explains how to create a new daily habit, in this case doing meditation every single day. The process outlined in this course really works. I know this because I did it.
Meditation can help in reducing stress. Over 580 days ago I knew next to nothing about meditation. At that time, I was under a lot of stress and had experienced a severe panic attack earlier, not including the "minor" ones I had experienced earlier. I also have a heart condition which is being managed by a specialist heart clinic for me, so of course, having a lot of stress, experiencing severe panic attacks and having migraines all added up in an "unwanted" way.
One of my brothers suggested that I give meditation a go. I did some research and found this course. I liked what I read so I decided to give it a go.
Well that was over 580 days ago. In this course, I learned how to meditate, I learned the importance of doing it every day, and I learned a number of different meditation techniques. I have now done meditation for over 580 consecutive days in a row, no let up, not even for Sundays, Saturdays or holidays. Knowing a number of different meditation techniques means that I can switch from one technique to another quite easily. I even did a refresher of this course a while back to reinforce and to deepen my meditation practices. That was also time well spent. I picked up some things that I missed on the "first pass".
If stress is part of your life right now and meditation is not, I would suggest that you learn meditation to see if meditation can help you to reduce your stress. Ideally in order to give you the best chance of a good outcome, I would suggest that you do this course, as you will learn meditation from the ground up and get a pretty good grounding in a relatively short period of time. The course is very practical and you learn some theory as well. In my opinion, the practical aspects are where you start to get the benefits of meditation. Knowing a lot of theory and no practical implementation of that theory is not the best use of your time. So doing this course, learning some theory and then doing the practical implementation of that is extremely useful and of real value to you. This should help to reduce stress and meditation becomes part of your normal daily routine.
I recommend this course without hesitation. I think that this course helped me to calm down and I think that I am also sleeping better. I am more relaxed now than I was over 580 days ago for sure. Of the meditation techniques that are explored in the course, I like the Loving Kindness meditation technique the most, followed by the breathing meditation techniques that are explored and practiced during the course.
I rate this excellent course as 4.5 stars out of 5.0 stars. See my detailed rating below.
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Are you going to do this excellent course so that you can learn about meditation and reap the benefits of meditation over time to help you reduce stress or to help you to reduce anxiety. This course has been developed by a person with a very keen interest in meditation and a very keen interest in how to learn, and both of these points are seen in the course itself.
After doing the course, which of the excellent meditation types will you build your own meditation daily habit on, first? The breathing deeply meditation technique? The breath awareness meditation technique? The mantra meditation technique? The chakra meditation technique? The loving-kindness meditation technique?
Note: The course is structured in such a way that you can simply do these techniques mentioned in the order that they come up in. I would therefore recommend that you do them in the order that they are mentioned in the course.
Or maybe you want to try out the different approaches outlined in the order presented in the course?
Hi David, nice article. Your in-depth analysis of meditation is truly superb. I used to practice meditation a long time ago like in my teens and couldn't get the focus or the rhythm that would've helped me master the "art". I always felt frustrated because I wanted to really unlock some mental doors in my mind via meditation and I just always felt like it was harder than it really was.
Your article is and would be a great benefit to anyone who is looking to meditate and master everything they need to gain that focus which is something I felt I always lacked. Interestingly, I still do meditation every now and then but not as often as I like.
My question, can meditation really be used to open doors in your mind so as to unlock mental abilities or how does that work?
My second question, what motivated you to take up meditation; was there a time in your life when you felt it was really necessary?
This Master Your Mind – Beginner course has been designed to overcome some of the problems that people who take up meditation face. It is interesting to note the problems you faced, some if not all of which this course actually covers.
The instructor spends some time in the early parts of this course providing guidance on how to set this up as a daily habit. Based on actually doing the course, I know that this process works, because I have done meditation for every single day for the last 13 months plus. This course also covers a few different meditation techniques so that you have your favourite meditation techniques, which are the ones you would typically continue meditating with.
For instance, it would be a real shame to learn just one meditation technique, which you did not like and not do meditation again. So in this course you learn a few and actually practice each of these for a few days each. By doing this, you should find at least one of them that you like and this helps you to keep going.
Regarding your second question, I took up meditation to help me manage my stress and anxiety. Without meditation, I do not know where I would be today.
I am a true believer from my own experience meditation is something everyone should learn and use to manage their mind and body daily.
This beginners meditation course sounds awesome and I hope many people look into this course you have shared today in your article?
I am wondering does this course program include any more advanced meditation, I am always looking for new types of medication to learn ?
Like you, I became a true believer in meditation from my own experience with it. It is a great way to master your mind and body over time. This beginners course covers advise and suggestions on how to build a new daily habit, which in this case is doing meditation every day. It starts off on day 1 with a 2 minute session (no hanging around) and on the last day of the course (day 35) that is up to a 15 minute session.
The course says it is a beginners course, however by the end of it, you will have practiced at least 5 different meditation techniques. Some people who are experienced meditators have only done 1 or 2 different meditation techniques. By doing a number of them, you know which ones are more suited to you and those are the ones you continue on with.
The beginners course also includes a number of guided meditation sessions, you can download the audios from the course 'student area' to your pc, laptop, tablet or smartphone or whatever. And listen to it whenever you like. No recurring subscriptions or anything like that.
The course itself is an in-depth course on meditation. It is a lot more than an introductory course. Both beginners and intermediate-level meditators benefit from this course. Although I did the course over a year ago, I did it again and completed another 35 days, I found that I learned new insights and got more out of it. Again. You can find out more about this course by clicking here.
I am a beginner to meditation. Building a daily habit to meditation has been a struggle for me.
I like that this gives me a schedule to go by step by step.
I havent tapped into all the benefits of mediation but Im interested and your post has help me to find a solution to get started.
In order to get the many benefits associated with meditation, you need to practice it ideally on a daily basis. This Master Your Mind – Beginners course is great for getting you there. If you enrol in the course, and follow the simple steps as outlined by the instructor, 5 weeks from now meditation will be a part of your daily life. At that stage, you will be meditating for 15 minutes every day – and starting to enjoy the many benefits of meditation.
The instructor believes so much in the course, that you are covered with a 30 day money back guarantee. If the course does not meet expectation, you can ask for a full refund. He does ask that you have tried the course, and done at least the first 5 days.
Therefore, if you believe that there is at least a small possibly that the course can help, please enrol straight away. That way, you can take the materials for a "test drive" and see for yourself if it is for you, with no risk.
I have done the course myself and for me, I have now been meditating every day for over 15 months with no let up. If I can do it, I think you can do it too. You can find out more about this course by clicking here.
Meditation is an amazing tool that can help us not only relieve stress and anxiety, but also has many other benefits.
I believe meditation was the thing that somehow helped me to heal from anxiety caused symptoms.
Your article is not only great reminder about benefits of meditation but also give us a practical course that can help us learn more about meditation.
I think that this course is good for beginners and also for someone who uses meditation every day. I believe that we can always learn more about meditation.
Sadly, I applied for this course but didn't do anything else. I didn't even start.
After this great analysis of Master Your Mind course, I don't have a choice, but finally, start this course. 🙂 Thank you for that!
When I feel sad, anxious or stressed, meditation is always my first choice. Many people can benefit if they start a meditation practice and this course is a great way to do it.
Thanks for sharing this information with all of us!
As you have the course "sitting there", I recommend that you simply start doing it. As meditation has so many benefits, and there is such a lot of information on it out there, learning about other meditation types and learning about ways to make it a daily habit are in my opinion important life long skills to have. Go for it.
Wow, this is an awesome guideline!
Your entire website caught my attention, because struggle with severe anxiety. I have difficulty keeping my mind under control, and have experienced a lot of panic attacks. This is frustrating because I also have a lot of ambitious goals that I don't want to give up, and this is sometimes at war with my mental health and stress levels.
I've only turned to yoga once so far. It was Restorative Yoga, and it helped me a ton. I need to practice it more regularly, I was attending a class at the time. What do you recommend specifically for people with anxiety disorders?
I can only speak from my own experience of managing my stress and my anxiety. I have found that knowing and practicing a number of different techniques when necessary helps a lot.
I have now practiced meditation every day for almost 2 years, ranging in length from about 1 minutes to over 2 hours per day. The over 2 hours per day would be a number of different meditation sessions during the day.
I also walk on a regular basis and read novels for enjoyment most days now. Different techniques are necessary in my opinion because there is not as far as I know a "one size works for all people all of the time" solution. So you need to be curious and try out different experiments, find out different techniques, do the ones that you resonate with, "keep" the ones that you find useful and keep learning/doing the techniques that help you.
1) Bookmark this site and explore this site in great detail. I have a number of different ideas and techniques which they may find of practical use. See here.
2) Learn how to meditate as meditation has a number of benefits which helps with anxiety disorders. See here and here.
3) Learn more about how the human brain works with anxiety. Knowing this will at least help a bit. See here for a review of an applicable book.
4) It is possible that your doctor and other medical professionals may be able to help so consider what they recommend. For instance my doctor has me on a small medical dose which seems to be helping. A colleague of his recommended I see a counsellor as well, so I did for a while. I stopped that after 5 visits because I felt it was not helping. I wrote a post of that experience here.
As you found yoga helpful, consider taking it up a bit more.
And you need to be kind to yourself, giving yourself as much time and space that you need. Meditation helps you with this process.
Thanks for the great article! As someone that practices meditation once in a while, it was a good insight for me. I think mastering one's mind is the most important thing in life and so many people don't seem to even care about it. It's good that you have this article up, so it allows more people to realize the importance of meditation.
One of the big issues I find with meditation is the commitment. You talk about it here as well – but how do you recommend people learn to be disciplined to stick with the meditation routine? I know I find myself in a place where I skip meditation days for weeks and months just because I feel that I don't have time to do so.
I am thrilled to hear that you practice meditation. I notice that you mention a potential issue with meditation is getting the time to do it, ideally if possible on a daily basis. One of the topics on this particular online course about meditation is learning about practical ideas and techniques that are designed to explain how on a practical basis how to build a new daily habit.
These include doing the new habit, meditation in this case, for a small period of time, just a few minutes, and then over time, gradually and if you want to, to increase by one minute the time spent on it per day on a weekly basis. By building this gradually, you get used to doing it.
Another idea is to try to do it the same time in the same place every day after doing something you currently do. This allows your body to become used to it. For instance, if you do it every day after brushing your teeth in the morning, you will after a while just almost automatically do it.
Another idea is to know and practice short meditation sessions. I have learned a 3 minute unguided meditation session which gives me this flexibility. I learned a three minutes unguided meditation session in the "Anxiety And Panic: How To Reshape Your Anxious Mind And Brain" book (See my review here) and in the "Mindfulness – A Practical Guide To Finding Peace In A Frantic World" book (See my review here).
Another option is to use the Insight Timer App which I reviewed here. They have guided meditation sessions that are less than 5 minutes. They also have guided meditation sessions that are a lot longer!
This course I recommend can be done by people with no or some or a lot of meditation experience. One of the things I got from it was the importance of doing meditation every day along with practical advice on how this could be achieved. It must be working, as I have now done meditation every day for over 700 days in a row now!
I have been a student of meditation for some time now, and it has pretty much saved my life. The stress of a seventy hour work week will kill you if you can't find a way to release your stress. I was in a course last year, and I was doing well into my third week, but then we had a death in the family and got out of the habit of going.
Yes, with this online meditation course, you can continue on from where you stopped within this online meditation course.
I do not know how it would differentiate from say the course that you were physically going to last year. One difference is that this course is online. You can do it anytime anywhere (assuming all well with the applicable computers and with network connections). I have never had an issue connecting to the course once I got online.
This course I recommend can be done by people with no or some or a lot of meditation experience. Once you purchase the course, you can access it online and do separate sessions as often as you like.
I re-did the course again at the start of 2018. I did the course the first time in late 2016. You can also download course materials to your machine so that you have the content there. It includes a few guided meditation sessions, so it makes sense to have those audio files on your machine. Of course, I do some of these guided meditation sessions from time to time as they are on my laptop.
My site as you know contains a lot of practical information and tips about different ways to manage stress. Meditation is one way to manage stress. For anyone who wants to learn how to take up meditation, this course I recommend can be done by people with no or some or a lot of meditation experience.
Thanks for your recommended course and the page with the 70 benefits in PDF!
Thank you for clicking through to the over 70 benefits of meditation page. It is truly amazing what this practice can do. It is also trully amazing that there is this number of benefits of meditation.
You are welcome to the PDF file that explains more about the over 70 benefits of meditation. I hope that you enjoy it.
I am delighted to hear that you practice meditation on such a regular basis and that you are healthy, energetic and stress free.
This looks like a great course to try. The only thing that worries me is remembering to put time aside each day in order to do this. I often buy courses with all good intentions but never end up putting them to practice regularly enough.
I have tried meditation and I must say it is not as easy as it looks. I find it so incredibly difficult to clear my mind and concentrate on one thing only. The best method for me was definitely mantra meditation because by saying something over and over helps to rid your mind of other thoughts more easily.
Breathing and thinking about the air you are breathing also help, but again I only manage this type of concentration for about two minutes max. But I guess something is better than nothing.
This is a great course to try out. The instructor of this course includes great practical advice on how to add doing meditation every day to your daily schedule. At this stage for me, following this great practical advice, I am pleased to say that I have now done meditation for over 725 days in a row. One day at a time thing.
The course itself is divided up into daily sessions that should not take too long to do each day. You can of course, break up the daily sessions so that you do a daily session over a number of days. You move at your own pace and you do the course when you can, although it is hoped that you do it every day. A thing called Life sometimes gets in the way. You simply continue on when you can. No outside pressures for you to continue.
Over the course of this course, you learn a number of different meditation techniques so that you are better placed to determine which ones you like the best. Personally I found the chakra meditation techniques as taught on this course challenging so I simply do not use those techniques as taught on that course now. I might in the future, but not now. Mantra meditation, loving-kindness meditation and breathing meditation are ones I like and practice on a regular basis, although not in any particular order.
This course also contains a guided mediation session for each of the meditation techniques taught on the course, which helps to learn how to do them and helps to increase the amount of time you spend on your meditation practice.
Thank you for this wonderful article. I am so glad I bumped into your post. I am a firm believer that our mind and what we put in our conscience will manifest in our everyday lives. Basically, I truly believe that law of attraction is real and works by these principles.
I have tried meditation before and while I was really consistent, I had great results from practicing it. I really like that you also mentioned this in your article. And even better you provided a tip on how to stay consistent with meditation. I will definitely give this course a chance after reading your review.
Can you let me know what motivated you to create this wonderful website?
It is interesting that you mention the Law of Attraction. There are some guided meditation sessions and some short courses in Insight Timer that cover this. Just note that they may not have that as their main subject. You can read my review of the Insight Timer App here.
I included a number of practical suggestions about adding meditation to your day in the post above. The course itself includes more details about how to actually do this along with a few different meditation techniques.
I touched on my motivation for creating this wonderful website here. Thanks.


The silicon carbide dual side stone is the most common sharpening stone used in India by carpenters. This stone has a coarse and fine side - 240 and 320 grit. They are cheap - only about Rupees 200 each - and available at every local hardware shop. Traditional carpenters use them all the time and seem to get a pretty good edge.
However, I have become somewhat wary of these stones which are also called carborundum stones and are made by several well-known Indian companies.
The main problem is that many if not the majority of these stones are not dead flat; some are even curved! Be aware that sharpening or flattening a blade on a curved surface could totally ruin its cutting geometry.
The second issue I have with sharpening only with these stones is that the available grit is not high enough. To get a good honed and polished edge, I feel it is necessary to go up to 1000 grit or even 3000 grit.
Some have asked me why I complain about the cheap carborundum stones when most carpenters seem to get by just fine?
I have thought about this and watched traditional carpenters to find out how they seem to use these stones so well.
My first observation is that blades sharpened by these stones require very frequent re-sharpening. This isn't an issue for traditional carpenters as the first thing they learn as apprentices is to sharpen blades. However, edge retention is clearly a problem with lower grit stones. The more an edge is honed and polished the longer it will retain its edge. Professionally sharpened Shushi knives in Japan usually keep their edge for over six months, though of course they are used for cutting soft material.
My second observation is that Indian carpenters hone the back edge of their blades ever so slightly so that the geometry of their blades if observed through a lens will resemble a knife edge with a bevel on both sides - one pronounced, the other slight.
The English woodworker and teacher, David Charlesworth favours giving plane irons a micro back bevel as do traditional Indian carpenters. This is Charlesworth's famous "ruler trick", which has been around for centuries out here.
At any rate, it is easier and quicker to form a sharp cutting edge by this method, which I personally avoid as I am not terribly good at sharpening and if I am careless the micro bevel could well become a wide one. This does not matter if one is going to always hone a back bevel but would be an issue if one were to try restoring the blade to its original state with a flat back and single bevel.
I find that a micro bevel in some of my more used plane irons is good enough. A slight flattening of the back and a honing of the micro bevel can get one going in no time at all. No ruler trick required.
My third observation, which is a personal one, is that traditional carpenters here do not get as fine a surface finish as I can quite easily achieve with a finely honed blade. A surface finished well with a plane does not require any or at best minimal sanding, else a lot of elbow grease and grunting is required to get a surface prepped for a high quality finish.
It is interesting to note that when I show some of my finished surfaces to local carpenters they attribute it to an electric sander; they seem sceptical when I say that it has been achieved solely through planing.
This is why I junked my carborundum stones long ago after purchasing several of them. I use those that remain for sharpening axes, scythes and other gardening equipment.
I first moved to sandpaper sharpening (which I have described in another blog post) and then gradually moved on to diamond stones, which are most cost effective in the long run despite their initially high cost.
Apart from using sandpaper for sharpening, the Indian hobbyist today has a few other options.
The first option would be to import a double sided continuous DMT diamond stone (DMT D6EF 6-Inch Dia-Sharp Double-Sided Extra-Fine/Fine Bench Stone) with fine and extra fine sides. This stone is available at amazon.com and ships to India (price about $73 or Rupees 4900 including shipping and customs duty). The price is steep but this would be a lifetime purchase and well worth it in the long run.
Japanese ceramic stones - the super sharpeners!
The other option is to purchase a suitable ceramic water stone, some of which are available on amazon.in. A combination stone with 1000 and 3000 sides would be a good choice. Several companies including a Japanese one called Suehiro, are selling these stones in India. A good choice would be the Suehiro Japanese Whetstone Sharpening Water Stone Knife Sharpener #1000/3000 which is selling for Rupees 2364. These stones are primarily made for sharpening chef's knives but work equally well with hand tools such as plane irons and chisels. They however need to be flattened constantly and wear out in the long run.
Have you considered using electric sharpening machine.
I can see lot of them on aliexpress selling for around 2.8K.
Thanks, Apoorv. No, I haven't tried electric sharpening as the ones in the West seem very expensive. 2.8k is very affordable. Will have a look.
Apoorv, I had a look and they seem to be grinders of sorts. Might be worth a try but the question is how durable and accurate they are. Also, to what grit level do they grind? If it is a standard grind, the grit level would be quite low and one would have to further hone and polish the blade. But I suspect for basic edge shaping this would be a great option and would eliminate a lot of hard work.
Dear Sir, I'm based in Bangalore and really interested in woodworking and carpentery. Would like to know if you offer classes. Appreciate your blog!
Unfortunately I am based in the National Capital Region (Greater Noida)! You are welcome to drop by whenever you are in these parts. Best wishes.
I seek the same info.
sir, is a 1000grit sand paper available in India?
Try tolexo.com or industrybuying.com - shouldn't be a problem.
Awesome article. I have got more valuable information about local sharpening stones. Thank you so much for sharing this helpful information.
Dear Indranil Sir, thanks for demystifying the 'sharpening' wrt Indian context. In amazon.com, I see only 6'' x 2'' inch DMT stones available, I am not sure whether it will be good for sharpening plane blades of size close to 2 inch. You had mentioned fine/extra-fine, shall I go for coarse and fine for sharpening chisel and blades? I couldn't find cheap chisels with bevel edge in most of the shops, all are just flat, the ones with bevel are from Stanley and are priced more, since I am a beginner I do not want to invest in pricey chisels right now. Can you please guide me how I can get Chisels with bevels in India?
In amazon.com there is a larger stone you could consider: "Ultra Sharp Diamond Sharpening Stone (2-sided) 8 x 3 - Coarse and Extra Fine Grits". Any combination of coarse/fine or coarse/extra fine should work. 2 inches width is a little narrow but would work if the blade is sharpened at a diagonal.
As for chisels, there are plenty of options; in Delhi at least I find it easy to get all kinds of chisels at the local hardware store which cost about Rs 100 a piece. A friend picked up six the other day. Anant makes pretty decent chisels which cost about Rs 200 or so a piece. You need to look around a little. best of luck.


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§ 330-69.1 Waste disposal areas.
§ 330-69.3 Conflicts with other requirements.
§ 330-69.4 Remedies and penalties for violations.
§ 330-76 Placement of accessory buildings, structures and uses in all districts.
§ 330-77 Placement of accessory buildings, structures and uses in residence districts.
§ 330-78 Placement of accessory buildings and uses in nonresidential districts.
§ 330-79 Agriculture, gardening and animal husbandry.
§ 330-79.1 Temporary permit for accessory farmstand.
§ 330-92 Off-street parking and truck loading space generally.
§ 330-93 Methods of determining off-street parking space requirements.
§ 330-94 Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for Residential Uses.
§ 330-95 Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for Nonresidential Uses.
§ 330-96 Off-street truck loading space requirements.
§ 330-97 Supplemental regulations for private garages and off-street parking areas in residence districts.
§ 330-98 Access driveway requirements.
§ 330-99 Design requirements for nonresidential parking and truck loading areas.
§ 330-100 Exemptions and waivers of parking and truck loading space requirements.
§ 330-101 Parking trust fund.
§ 330-104 Purpose of minimum and maximum floor area requirements.
§ 330-105 Schedules of minimum and maximum floor area.
§ 330-106 Least overall dimension of first-floor area of dwellings.
§ 330-107 Use of dwellings.
§ 330-108 Limitations on occupancy of dwellings and dwelling units.
§ 330-109 Fences, walls, accessory driveway structures, and clotheslines.
§ 330-112 Permit required for construction of berms.
§ 330-113 Application of regulations.
§ 330-114 Unlawful buildings, structures or uses not to be construed as nonconforming.
§ 330-119 Compulsory termination of nonconforming uses, bars, taverns and nightclubs.
§ 330-120 Delegation of authority.
§ 330-121 General procedure and conditions.
§ 330-123 Meeting of special conditions and safeguards required.
§ 330-125 Beach club, nonprofit.
§ 330-127 Bus passenger shelter.
§ 330-128 Church or similar place of worship or religious instruction.
§ 330-129 Highway business uses with buildings or building complexes greater than 15,000 square feet.
§ 330-130 Conversion of existing one-family detached dwelling for two families.
§ 330-133 Fuel storage in tanks.
§ 330-134 Drive-through or drive-in banks.
§ 330-135 Housing for agricultural labor.
§ 330-136 Laundry plant and dry-cleaning plant.
§ 330-137 Marina for private profit.
§ 330-137.1 Reconstruction or expansion of preexisting marinas and boatyards in Residential Districts.
§ 330-138 Buildings greater than 15,000 feet in Office District.
§ 330-139 Buildings greater than 15,000 square feet in Shopping Center Business Zone.
§ 330-141 Motel and hotel, transient.
§ 330-142 Nightclub or similar entertainment establishment.
§ 330-143 Dry cleaning - neighborhood service facility.
§ 330-144 Nursing home or proprietary rest home.
§ 330-144.1 Hospice residence home.
§ 330-145 Paving and construction material manufacturing.
§ 330-146 Philanthropic, fraternal, social or educational institutional office or meeting room, nonprofit.
§ 330-147 Public library and museum.
§ 330-148 Tavern or bar.
§ 330-149 Truck terminal and truck transfer station.
§ 330-150 Veterinarian, veterinary hospital or kennel.
§ 330-152 Commercial fishing facility.
§ 330-153 Expansion of existing nonconforming cemetery.
§ 330-154 Housing for restaurant employees.
§ 330-155 Conversion to residential condominium or residential cooperative.
§ 330-156 Wholesale/retail beverage distribution.
§ 330-157 Theaters, community or regional.
§ 330-158 Apartments in certain business districts.
§ 330-159 School for the mentally retarded.
§ 330-160 Yacht club, nonprofit in a planned residential development.
§ 330-161 Building in Ocean Shoreline Hazard Areas.
§ 330-162.1 Horse farms; horse stabling facilities; horseback riding academies.
§ 330-162.2 Community retail center.
§ 330-162.3 Hamlet retail center.
§ 330-162.4 Self-service storage facility.
§ 330-162.5 Waterfront business complex.
§ 330-162.6 Bed-and-breakfast in accessory buildings.
§ 330-162.8 Wireless communications towers and antennas.
§ 330-162.9 Alcohol or substance rehabilitation centers.
§ 330-162.11 Colleges and universities.
§ 330-162.12 Campgrounds, summer camps, day camps or health camps.
§ 330-162.13 Recreational vehicle parks.
§ 330-162.15 Passenger transportation centers.
§ 330-162.18 Hamlet Office/Residential and Hamlet Commercial/Residential building size.
§ 330-162.19 Hamlet Office/Residential and Hamlet Commercial/Residential dwellings.
§ 330-162.20 Vending vehicles accessory to restaurants.
§ 330-163 Organization and general procedure.
§ 330-165 Appeals on interpretation of Zoning Law and Map.
§ 330-167 Specific types of variances.
§ 330-167.1 Violation of approval or conditions; penalties for offenses.
§ 330-169 Board of Architectural Review.
§ 330-170 Application and public hearing procedure.
§ 330-173 Penalties for offenses.
§ 330-174 Interpretation of provisions.
§ 330-176 Completion of building for which permits have been issued.
§ 330-177 Certificate of occupancy.
§ 330-180 Development of subdivision plats approved by Planning Board.
§ 330-181 Applicability of site plan procedure and standards; organization of Planning Board.
§ 330-182 Objectives of site plan procedure and review.
§ 330-183 Site plan elements.
§ 330-183.1 Administrative site plan eligibility.
§ 330-183.2 Administrative site plan elements.
§ 330-183.3 Administrative site plan application procedure.
§ 330-183.4 Commercial compliance certification.
§ 330-184 Site plan application procedure.
§ 330-184.1 Violation of approval or conditions; penalties for offenses.
§ 330-185 Procedure for amendment of Zoning Law and zone classification.
§ 330-186 Penalties for offenses.
§ 330-187 Milgraum, et al., Flanders property.
§ 330-188 Malloy, East Quogue property.
§ 330-200 Purpose and intent.
§ 330-202 Compliance; amortization of preexisting signs.
§ 330-203 Exempt and prohibited signs.
§ 330-208 Permits; fees; violations.
§ 330-209 Sign maintenance, inspection and restoration.
§ 330-212 Permit required; fee; period of validity.
§ 330-214.2 Action at direction of Town Board.
§ 330-215 Findings and purpose.
§ 330-218 Construction with other statutes.
§ 330-219 Development within core preservation area.
§ 330-220 Development within compatible growth area.
§ 330-221 Transfer of development rights; Pine Barrens credit program.
§ 330-222 Remedies and penalties for violations.
§ 330-230 Findings and purpose.
§ 330-232 Procedure for establishing district.
§ 330-233 Criteria for establishing district.
§ 330-234 Specific RRAD classifications.
§ 330-240 Findings and purpose.
§ 330-243 Planning and zoning approval.
§ 330-244 Applications; review procedure.
§ 330-245 Evaluation criteria and general development standards.
§ 330-246 Development standards for specific PDD classifications.
§ 330-247 Establishment by Town Board.
§ 330-248 Specific planned development districts.
§ 330-300 Purpose and findings.
§ 330-305 Permitted use/tier classifications and review procedures.
§ 330-306 Special exception uses; special conditions and safeguards.
§ 330-307 Visual compatibility standards.
§ 330-308 Site design standards.
§ 330-309 Equipment cabinet/base station equipment shelter.
§ 330-310 Location within street, utility and railroad rights-of-way.
§ 330-312 Historic structures; historic districts.
§ 330-313 Interference; NIER exposure; shock and burn standards.
§ 330-314 Monitoring and maintenance.
§ 330-315 Cessation of use.
§ 330-316 Preexisting transmission support structures and antennas.
§ 330-317 Penalties for offenses.
§ 330-340 Purpose and intent.
§ 330-343 Exempt and prohibited outdoor lighting.
§ 330-344 General standards for all outdoor lighting installations.
§ 330-345 Residential lighting standards.
§ 330-346 Nonresidential lighting standards.
§ 330-348 Prohibited acts; penalties for offenses.
§ 330-362 Special standards for accessory driveway structures.
§ 330-401 Intent and purpose.
§ 330-405 Establishment of District; overlay zones.
§ 330-407 ROD Zoning Standards Map.
§ 330-408 Street and block standards.
§ 330-409 Civic space and private open space standards.
§ 330-410 Uses and development standards.
§ 330-411 Design Standards Manual.
§ 330-412 Community benefit units.
§ 330-413 Application review process for ROD.
§ 330-415 Compliance with State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).
§ 330-416 Implementation of community benefits policies.
§ 330-417 Amendments to article.
Contractors — See Ch. 143.
Farming — See Ch. 161.
Low-income, moderate-income and senior citizen housing — See Ch. 216.
Manufactured home communities — See Ch. 220.
Environmental impact statements — See Ch. 324.
Editor's Note: Section 1, Legislative Findings, dealing with the purposes and goals of this legislation, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.


Cook Pinoy Christmas Recipes that family and friends will love!
Chef Jessie Sincioco is coming back to The Maya Kitchen! This event will be the last event for Maya Kitchen's Culinary Elite Series this year. Today she's preparing Pinoy Christmas Recipes titled The Flavors of an Elegant Filipino Christmas.
I can tell that The Maya Kitchen went all out with the preparation for this event. The band was playing Pinoy classic Christmas songs when we we entered The Maya Kitchen. There were people mingling and laughing and I couldn't help but smile myself. There were Christmas decorations and a drool worthy Christmas table setup by Rustan's. The event felt like a family party!
It was a indeed a homecoming and Chef Jessie told us about how she started her cooking and baking career at The Maya Kitchen. She was the winner of The Great Maya Cookfest in 1983.
Winning the contest, she added was her ticket to the food world. And what a journey it was! Under her sleeve are 3 owned restaurants under her own corporation -JCS Gastronomie Inc. As president and CEO of her own company, she is running her three outlets completely hands-on. And to top it off, a dream job where she cooked for Pope Francis himself on his 2015 visit to the Philippines. Stitched to her Chef Uniform are the words I Heart Pope Francis.
Mesclun of Local Greens with Marigold & Crispy Coconut Flakes in Coco Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing.
Everything was distinctively Pinoy and Chef Jessie said that she took the effort to show that Pinoy Christmas Recipes can be elegant and festive for your Noche buena menu! We started with the Smoked Milkfish & Bihod Pie with Croutons Recipe because it needed to be chilled. Then the Cochinillo (which is baby lechon) Stuffed with Atchara Rice because it needs to be baked. Then the Tiger Prawns with Laing, and Kinulob na Manok. Needless to say, we we're feeling so hungry by the second dish.
The smoked milkfish tasted superb with bits of the Bangus and bihod. The bihod tasted earthy and different. I was surprised with how I liked the combination of cream, smoked fish, and bihod. We also got a taste of Chef Jessie's famous artisan bread (not in this picture) and it was so good , even without the dip!
The Cochinillo Stuffed with Atchara Rice was understandably the star of the show. It came with a special fruity sauce that I liked. Chef Jessie mentioned that they source their young suckling pig from my Island Province of Marinduque -ehem, hashtag #ProudMarinduquenio.
Which segue's to the Tiger Prawns with Laing, ang pinasosyal na Laing. Growing up in Marinduque, under the coconut trees made me specially demanding with my ginataan dishes. Chef Jessie's Laing was just how we make it with the oil almost separating from the coconut milk. I just wish it was a bit more spicy!
The Kinulob na Manok, which, according to her is a Patis Tesoro original recipe had Chorizo and Bacon. Yumm! I liked this one as a soup and I'm thinking if I can create a slow cooked version later.
The dessert finale was the best part of the whole ensemble. The Dark Chocolate Fudge Orange Cupcake was spine tingling! Made with 80/20 Cocoa by the Cocoa Queen of Cebu, the cupcake was one of those desserts that you have to eat slowly to savor the flavor. It is smooth and velvety, and totally not over sweet at all! I loved the chocolate's bitterness plus the tartness of the candied orange zest. I think I'm going to have to drop by at Chef Jessie's restaurant just to have another taste of this chocolate cupcake!
Thanks at The Maya Kitchen for inviting me to this event! Indeed, our Pinoy Christmas Recipes, with a few tweaks here and there are worthy to be on your Christmas table this Christmas!
For more information and schedule of cooking and baking demos, go to to www.themayakitchen.com.
PS, if you'd like to have a copy of the recipes, please sign up to my newsletter!
Disclosure. This post was #commissioned. All the ideas, views, and input was mine.
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Q: How to show that the sequence $\frac{n^2+n+1}{2n^2-4n+1}$ converges to $\frac{1}{2}$ by the $\epsilon-N$ definition? Good day, I was wondering how I could prove that
$$\lim_{n\to \infty}\frac{n^2+n+1}{2n^2-4n+1}=1/2$$
By definition.

A: You need to show that for every $\epsilon>0$ we can find $N_\epsilon\in\mathbb{N}$ such that when $n>N_\epsilon$, we have
$$\left|\frac{n^2+n+1}{2n^2-4n+1}-\frac{1}{2}\right|<\epsilon$$
Simplifying a bit, we want
$$\left|\frac{6n+1}{2n^2-4n+1}\right|=\frac{6n+1}{|2n^2-4n+1|}<2\epsilon$$
Since $|2n^2-4n+1|>n^2$ when $n>5$, we have
$$\frac{6n+1}{|2n^2-4n+1|}<\frac{6n+1}{n^2}=\frac{6}{n}+\frac{1}{n^2}<\frac{6}{n}+\frac{1}{n}=\frac{7}{n}$$
If $\frac{7}{n}$ is to be smaller than $2\epsilon$, we need $n>\frac{7}{2\epsilon}$. So taking $N_\epsilon=\max\left\{5, \frac{7}{2\epsilon}\right\}$ will suffice.

A: Given any $\epsilon \in \mathbb{R}^+$, assuming $n\ge3$ we have
$$
\left|\frac{n^2+n+1}{2 n^2-4 n+1}-\frac{1}{2}\right|=\left|\frac{6 n+1}{4 n^2-8 n+2}\right|\le\left|\frac{7 n}{4 n^2-6 n}\right|=7\left|\frac{1}{4 n-6 }\right|\le\frac{7}{n}\lt\epsilon
$$
Means
$$
n>\max\left\{3,\frac{7}{\epsilon}\right\} \implies \left|\frac{n^2+n+1}{2 n^2-4 n+1}-\frac{1}{2}\right|< \epsilon
$$

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To achieve EU FMD compliance, pharma companies will need to update their product packaging with the required safety features and unique product identifiers. For companies that embrace change, this is an opportunity to explore new ideas.
In this on-demand webinar, we interview Dr Anita Paz, Innovation Consultant at Tjoapack, a global contract packaging organization (CPO) dedicated to making the pharmaceutical supply safer and more reliable for customers and patients.
How Tjoapack managed the challenges of updating packaging for EU FMD.
How a forward-thinking approach positioned Tjoapack for new opportunities.
Why Tjoapack decided to partner with TraceLink.
In addition to leading the innovation team, overseeing its projects and establishing programmes for it, Anita is responsible for devising, implementing and evaluating change strategies and brand strategies. She holds an MSt and a DPhil (PhD) in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, where she used to teach before joining Tjoapack, and previously co-founded an award-winning experimental research platform.
Allan is responsible for raising awareness of EU FMD and educating the European life sciences industry on the technicalities of the Delegated Regulation.
A dual Italian and U.S. citizen, Allan has over 12 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry, helping companies to drive innovation and achieve better patient outcomes through the digitization of healthcare.


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