Just like the corner deli locale of the original, outpost numero dos is divided up into three distinct sections. There's the takeout window/taqueria (always wise to bookend a bar night with veal tongue tacos). The intimate back room (think chile de árbol braised brisket by candlelight). And a vintage diner area that's now technically a saloon with 100-plus sipping tequilas.
And by the end of August, the taqueria is getting an all-important outdoor cerveza yard—complete with tree canopies and strings of festive lights—which you'll make your spot for alcoholic shaved ice and grilled corn rolled in lime mayo, chili and cotija cheese.
We miss Relish, but are excited for the prospect of additional excellent Mexican food in the 'burg.
Grand opening should be this weekend!


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Australia PM refuses to condemn Israel after Amnesty report
February 2, 2022 at 4:21 pm | Published in: Amnesty International, Australia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, News, Oceania, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on December 15, 2018 in Sydney, Australia [Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images]
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, refused, Wednesday, to condemn Israel, saying "no country is perfect" after Amnesty International said it is "committing apartheid."
"Australia has been one of the closest and strongest friends of Israel of any nation in the world, other than the United States. And we continue to be a very strong friend of Israel," Morrison told reporters in Sydney, when asked if he would condemn Israel and reassess the government's relationship after the report, Anadolu News Agency reports.
"There are criticisms made of all countries, but I can assure you that Australia and my government, in particular, will remain a staunch friend of Israel," he added.
Morrison's comments were criticised by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network which said Canberra is protecting Israel from accountability.
"We know not all countries are perfect, but not all countries commit crimes against humanity," the group's Vice-President, Nasser Mashni, was quoted by ABC News.
He urged the Australian government to take the Amnesty report seriously and impose an arms embargo on Israel and recall its envoy.
READ: Israel is an apartheid state, say ex-Israel envoys to South Africa
The Australian Shadow Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, also urged the Morrison government to carefully review the report.
"The report's findings are concerning, and we expect the government to review it closely, assess the situation on the ground, and make representations about Australia's view," Wong told the Australian broadcaster.
London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, published the report Tuesday, that claims Israeli authorities enforce "a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinian people wherever it has control over their rights."
"Massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Palestinians are all components of a system which amounts to apartheid," it said.
New York-based Human Rights Watch issued a similar report last year that labelled Israel as an "apartheid" state.
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is occupied territory under international law, thus making all Jewish settlements there illegal.
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Chances are, while scrolling through the internet in search of a new project, you've come across stunning waterfall tables, glow in the dark bar tops, and table tops that look identical to galaxies. Many of these products can be sold for an upwards of $12,000. Yet what looks like a complex process is actually a common DIY method using colored epoxy resin.
Any brand of epoxy will do when considering coloring it. The brands that advertise their epoxy as drying clear are the best candidates for the job, as the resin tint will be more true to color.
Epoxy tends to leave a yellowish tint when set, so it is important to note that the colors may shift in shade after being mixed with the epoxy. Therefore, it would be wise to first start adding color to epoxy in a small container (e.g. a one ounce mixing container, a small disposable travel container, etc.). This is to ensure that you're happy with the color produced, and that there are no surprises when mixing in a larger scale batch. In these small containers, 3 drops of your color of choice should suffice for most pigments.
As with the process of curing regular epoxy, the process of how to color 2 part epoxy is virtually the same. The epoxy and the hardener should still be mixed in the 1:1 ratio, or as the directions instruct on the package. Once the two main ingredients are mixed, it is time to add the pigment. When adding the pigment to the mixture, it should comprise anywhere from 2-6% by weight (generally speaking--there are always some exceptions) of the mixture. Depending on how translucent or opaque you want it, keep adjusting the amount of color added into the mixture until you achieve your desired result.
Powdered pigments tend to leave little specks in the finished resin pigment. If you're going for that look, then chalk, watercolor paint, eyeshadow, or any other loose pigment should be the go-to choice. However, if you want more of a consistent finish (sans particles), then liquid pigments are your best bet. Alcohol ink is an inexpensive liquid pigment that is popular amongst choices for epoxy resin dye. That is due to its opacity, while still retaining the ability to be transparent when placed in front of light. Many creators use this as the pigment of choice when creating table top masterpieces, and for good reason. Transparent dye yields similar results to alcohol ink, but it is a tad more on the pricier side.
However, if you're still stuck on which pigment to use, stores often sell resin pigment colors. These are created to be mixed with epoxy only, thus making them ideal candidates for your next project. Some even go as far as to sell phosphorescent pigment that glows in the dark. The glow in the dark pigments are pricier than regular pigments, but it truly does bring your project to the next level.
Many individuals associate the waterfall tables with new projects, but the reality is, using pigmented epoxy to fill in cracks and dents in a table yields an equally stunning result. Epoxy resin is a widely-used substance that serves as an inlay for woodworks of all kinds. It's truly as simple as mixing your pigment, and pouring it into the dents or the mold you desire.
Even though there is moisture present in the wood, the epoxy resin does not have a negative reaction with it. It's an ideal choice for a wood inlay due to its durability and high-gloss finish. For coloring epoxy woodworking, the best method is to overfill the grooves, then (once dried), sand down the top of the wood until all the bubbles that rose to the surface are gone. Eighty grit sandpaper is recommended to start with, as epoxy is not that strong of a substance. Finishing a wood project with some sort of wax or topcoat seals in the epoxy, and gives a glossy finish to the work.
Overall, adding pigment to epoxy resin is as fitting for master woodcrafters to the avid art maker at home. While many of these projects look intricate, the actual process of coloring epoxy is quite simple.


a throb or pulsation, as of the heart or of an artery.
apex beat the beat felt over the apex of the heart in the point of maximal impulse.
atrial beat an ectopic beat originating in an atrium.
1. a heartbeat resulting from the production of a ventricular complex by a supraventricular source following a period of atrioventricular dissociation.
2. in cardiac pacing terminology, the successful pacing of the heart by a pulse generator.
dropped beat absence of one ventricular contraction.
ectopic beat a heartbeat originating at some point other than the sinus node.
escape beat (escaped beat) heartbeats that follow an abnormally long pause.
forced beat an extrasystole produced by artificial stimulation of the heart.
fusion beat in electrocardiography, a P or QRS complex that results from the concurrent activation of the atria or the ventricles by two stimuli in the same chambers. An atrial fusion beat results when the sinus beat coincides with an atrial ectopic beat, when two atrial ectopic beats coincide, or when an atrial or sinus beat coincides with retrograde conduction from a junctional focus. A ventricular fusion beat results when a ventricular beat coincides with a sinus beat, a ventricular ectopic beat, or a junctional beat.
junctional beat an ectopic beat originating at the atrioventricular junction; see also junctional rhythm.
premature beat a cardiac event resulting from discharge by an atrial, junctional, or ventricular focus before the next expected sinus beat and at an interval from the last sinus beat that is shorter than its own intrinsic rhythm.
reciprocal beat a heartbeat resulting from an atrial or ventricular complex caused by a return of an impulse to its chamber of origin; called also echo beat.
sinus beat a heartbeat with sinus rhythm.
ventricular beat an ectopic beat originating in a ventricle.
1. To strike; to throb or pulsate.
2. A stroke, impulse, or pulsation, as of the heart or pulse.
3. Activity of a cardiac chamber produced by catching a stimulus generated elsewhere in the heart.
4. The perception of a third tone when two tones of slightly different frequencies are presented.
5. One of a series of regularly pulsating tones created by the periodic mutual reinforcement of two simultaneously sounding tones that differ slightly in frequency.
(bēt) a throb or pulsation, as of the heart or of an artery.
apex beat the beat felt over the apex of the heart, normally in or near the fifth left intercostal space.
atrioventricular (AV) junctional escape beat a depolarization initiated in the atrioventricular junction when one or more impulses from the sinus node are ineffective or nonexistent.
atrioventricular (AV) junctional premature beat see under complex.
capture beats in atrioventricular dissociation, occasional ventricular responses to a sinus impulse that reaches the atrioventricular node in a nonrefractory phase.
ectopic beat a heart beat originating at some point other than the sinus node.
escape beat , escaped beat heart beats that follow an abnormally long pause.
fusion beat in electrocardiography, the complex resulting when an ectopic ventricular beat coincides with normal conduction to the ventricle.
interpolated beat a contraction occurring exactly between two normal beats without altering the sinus rhythm.
junctional escape beat atrioventricular junctional escape b.
junctional premature beat atrioventricular junctional premature complex.
postectopic beat the normal beat following an ectopic beat.
pseudofusion beat an ineffective pacing stimulus delivered during the absolute refractory period following a spontaneous discharge but before sufficient charge accumulates to prevent pacemaker discharge.
reciprocal beat a cardiac impulse that in one cycle causes ventricular contraction, travels backward toward the atria, then reexcites the ventricles.
reentrant beat any of the characteristic beats of a reentrant circuit.
retrograde beat a beat resulting from impulse conduction that is backward relative to the normal atrioventricular direction.
ventricular escape beat an ectopic beat of ventricular origin occurring in the absence of supraventricular impulse generation or conduction.
ventricular premature beat (VPB) see under complex.
the mechanical contraction or electrical activity of the heart muscle, which may be detected and recorded as the pulse or on the electrocardiogram, respectively.
noun Cardiology A pulse, stroke of the heart. See Apex, Escape beat, Fusion beat, Pseudofusion beat, Pseudopseudofusion beat verbTo strike, to punish by blows.
3. Mechanical activity of a cardiac chamber produced by catching a stimulus generated elsewhere in the heart.
the palpable shock caused by the apex of the heart beating against the chest wall with each systole and felt over the apex of the heart, normally in the fifth left intercostal space. May be replaced by a thrill.
occasional ventricular responses to a sinus impulse that reaches the atrioventricular node in a nonrefractory phase.
a heartbeat originating at some point other than the sinus node.
heartbeats that follow an abnormally long pause.
an extrasystole produced by artificial stimulation of the heart.
in electrocardiography, the complex resulting when an ectopic ventricular beat coincides with normal conduction to the ventricle.
Q. What are natural or alternative ways to beat depression? I keep reading about how depression is caused by 'chemical imbalances' in the brain, and it feels like I don't stand a chance at beating it without going on Anti-depressants, but I don't want to go down this route cause I'm worried about the side-effects. Can anyone suggest natural ways to beat depression that don't involve medication?
but if all of this doesn't work- I recommend medical help. It can help you immensely. It's much better then walking around with depression.
Q. what are the name of those popular pills i hear about to beat depression?
A. Common drugs used to treat depression are usually of the SSRI family. There are many names, depending on your place. These drugs are prescription drugs, i.e. prescribed by a doctor, so if you have any questions or seek to use them you should consult a doctor.
Q. Please suggest me the natural or alternative ways to beat depression without taking any antidepressants? I suffer from clinical depression yet never tried antidepressants due to the fear of getting addicted to them. Please suggest me the natural or alternative ways to beat depression without taking any antidepressants?
A. Hi, I felt so when depressed. Later I tried psychotherapists and psychologists and that has really helped me to come out from depression. You need to exercise regularly to keep you fit and healthy. All the best!
Of course, the sun doesn't have to be beating down for it to be good.
When the sun's beating down on them, KNBC reporter Furnell Chatman and producer Angeline Chew put two strategies to work.
No wonder college recruiters are beating down her door.
Kirsten admits she has to clean the bedroom she's temporarily sharing with Christian (while her own new bedroom with a loft is being completed), doesn't have a driver's license yet, and doesn't have guys beating down her door for a date.
CLECs are beating down my door at The Eastern Management Group, but they have no interest in serving me at my home which is a scant five miles away.


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Vopak Americas
Vopak Pacific Canada
Vopak Development Canada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Vopak, is investigating the opportunity to construct, own and operate a new bulk liquids storage facility in Prince Rupert, British Columbia (BC).
Vopak Pacific Canada (the Project) is proposed to be located on industrial-zoned land on Ridley Island within the lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA). The site benefits from direct railway access and ample deep water access to the Pacific Ocean. The purpose of the Project is to provide berthing and loading facilities for bulk liquid cargo. Canadian products such as methanol, diesel and propane are largely landlocked and in need of enhanced market access. Due to the shortage of market access many products cannot reach international markets, where there is a strong demand. The Project provides much needed tidewater access to global markets around the world. Methanol, for example, is in high demand in China for use as fuel additive and manufacturing. Diesel and gasoline are used for transportation (cars, boats and trucks) and propane is used for heating or other industrial applications.
The Project is expected to store Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Clean Petroleum Products (CPP) (i.e. diesel and/or gasoline) and methanol. All products will be transported from BC and Alberta to the Project via the existing Canadian National Railway line. Customers of Vopak will be responsible for bringing the product to site and for shipping the product from the jetty to markets around the world.
Project Benefits
-Contribute to long-term economic stability in the region and provide local employment opportunities.
-Diversify product and economic activity at the Port of Prince Rupert.
-Provide access for Canadian products to markets around the world.
-Create up to 300 jobs during the two-year construction phase and up to 50 permanent jobs for the operation of the facility.
-Provide skills training and employment opportunities to local First Nations.
The Project will include the construction, operation and decommissioning of the bulk liquids storage facility, including a jetty. Vopak will build the Project and manage the day-to-day operations of the facility. The facility will operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Products will be delivered via unit trains of approximately 100 rail cars at the northeast section of the PRPA Road Railway Utility Corridor. The expected number of rail cars at full capacity is approximately 240 per day. From the rail unloading area, all products will be pumped uphill toward the manifold and tank storage area.
The LPG will arrive by rail in a pressurized state. Rail cars will be unloaded into temporary pressurized storage bullets after which it will be transferred through a refrigeration unit into a refrigerated storage to be stored at approximately -42 degrees Celsius. All products will be stored at atmospheric pressure in tanks which are specifically designed for the product type and which will meet or exceed the applicable Canadian standards and any applicable regulations and will incorporate best available technology.
Electric motor driven pumps will transfer the products through the pipes and loading arms from the storage tanks to the vessels. It is anticipated that vessel loading operations will occur approximately once every 3 days, which at full capacity results in approximately 150 vessels per year depending on customer demand. The jetty will be able to accommodate vessels of up to 85,000 cubic meters at two berths with a maximum draft of 14.5 meters. Vessels will be loaded at up to 3,000 cubic meters per hour and will typically be at berth for approximately 40 hours.
Permitting and Regulatory
-The environmental aspects of the Project will be reviewed by federal authorities under section 67 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and by the BC Environmental Assessment Office under the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Act.
-The environmental assessment of the Project is being conducted by the PRPA and B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO), with both agencies seeking to coordinate their environmental assessments.
-PRPA and EAO are inviting the public to submit comments on the Project, which can be submitted via online form at www.projects.eao.gov.bc.ca or via email at projects@rupertport.com. Comments only need to be submitted once to either PRPA or the EAO to be considered in both the provincial and federal environmental assessments.
-Vopak initiated the process of engaging and consulting with First Nations, representatives of local governments and regulatory authorities in early 2018.
-Project Description submission to regulators – June 2018
-Permitting – End of 2019
-Construction activities* - 2020 to 2022
-Start of operations – 2022
* Subject to a Final Investment Decision.
As a service provider, Vopak's role and responsibility is to provide safe, efficient and clean liquid bulk storage and handling services. Our purpose is to store vital products with care. A such, we abide by existing rules and regulations as a minimum and adopt best practices whenever possible. And we explore ways to facilitate the introduction of more sustainable technologies, processes and products. Care for safety and the environment is an integral part of the Vopak Values and Sustainability Policy.
The Project will be built and operated to the highest standards, following Vopak's fundamentals and safety standards, Canadian regulations, and international quality and safety standards to ensure the safety of our employees, neighbors and the surrounding communities.
For more information or questions, please email us at: VopakPacificCanada@vopak.com
Project information is also available here: www.projects.eao.gov.bc.ca/p/vopak-pacific-canada.
Vopak invites interested suppliers and contractors to fill out a vendor information form which can be accessed through this link.
Vopak will review submitted forms and will keep it on file for consideration for future work based on the capabilities of the respective vendor.


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K - 12 Religious Education
St. Ambrose offers religious education classes for students in grades K-12 who attend public or other non-Catholic schools which include the preparation necessary to receive the Sacraments of First Penance, First Holy Communion and Confirmation.
The St. Ambrose Religious Education program strives to support parents in handing on the Catholic and Apostolic Faith to their children by offering a systematic presentation of the Faith in union with and in fidelity to the Holy Roman Catholic Church founded by Jesus Christ.
We are pleased to offer online registration for the 2021 - 2022 academic year. Payment of tuition and fees may be made online at the end of the registration process. Please be sure to read through the handbook before registering.
Register online here for 2021 - 2022 Religious Education at St. Ambrose.
Class Time & Location
Grades K-2: Wednesdays from 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm in St. Ambrose School from September 15, 2021 - May 25, 2022
Grades 3-12: Wednesdays from 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm in St. Ambrose School from September 15, 2021 - May 25, 2022
Online Homeschool Option
An online homeschool option for students in grades 1-8 is available. Courses are asynchronous/self-paced. Click here for more information. Watch a seven minute parent video here. Please be sure to read through the online homeschool handbook before registering.
Register online here for 2021 - 2022 Online Homeschool Religious Education.
St. Ambrose Parish respects parents' right to homeschool their children. Parents that are interested in homeschooling their children for Religious Education should notify the Religious Education Office and maintain contact with the Director of Religious Education regarding diocesan policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to Sacramental preparation.
Do you love your Catholic faith? Are you able to work with children? Are you willing to dedicate a few hours each week to their faith formation? If so, please prayerfully consider becoming a religious education catechist, co-catechist, classroom aide or hall monitor.
All Religious Education volunteers must become compliant with the Diocese of Arlington Child Protection Policy, to include a background check and VIRTUS seminar.
For more information, contact Therese Ryan, Interim Director of Religious Education, online here or at 703-280-1122.
Religious Education Office Contact Information
Therese Ryan
Director of Religious Education, Interim
2021 - 2022 Religious Education Documents
Religious Education Handbook 2021-2022
Religious Education Online Homeschool Handbook 2021-2022
2021-2022 Religious Education Calendar
Religious Education Reopening Plan 2021-2022
Important Dates for First Communion 2022
Parent Meeting (Mandatory)
Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 7:00 pm
First Communion Retreat
Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11:00 am
Important Dates for Confirmation 2022
October 11-13, 2022 from 3:30 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Confirmation Mass
Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 7:00 pm


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Proposed Winkler County refinery could benefit local drivers' pocketbooks
By Mella McEwen, MRT.com/Midland Reporter-Telegram
Updated 12:14 am CST, Sunday, February 17, 2019
California-based Meridian Energy Group is seeking to build a new refinery near the Permian Basin town of Kermit. The company is already building its Davis Refinery in the Bakken Shale of North Dakota.
Photo: Courtesy Photo/Meridian Energy Group
The $1 billion, 60,000-barrel-a-day refinery Meridian Energy Group is planning for Winkler County could benefit local producer as well as local consumers.
"If the full-slate Meridian refinery project is built to produce 60,000 barrels per day of finished refined products, then Meridian will be the Midland region's best option to lower local pump prices that have are on average the highest in Texas and above national averages," said Greg Haas, Houston-based director of integrated oil and gas with Stratas Advisors, a global energy consultancy and forecasting firm.
"More refined fuel supply should definitely help lower refined fuel prices in the Permian region," he said in an email. "Meridian's plans take advantage of regionally discounted crude and regionally elevated premium fuel prices. There's no reason other than low regional refinery capacity as to why the Permian region, the capital of the unconventional oil revolution, should suffer simultaneous locally discounted crude prices and locally higher fuel prices than other regions with neither crude production or refining capacity, such as the State Capital of Austin or the Nation's capital in Washington D.C."
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Producers active in the Permian Basin, such as Parsley Energy Operations, are offering their support for any initiative that enhances the infrastructure needed to move Permian crude to market.
William Prentice, Meridian chairman and CEO, told the Reporter-Telegram by email that the Meridian Pecos Refinery is being engineered as a full-conversion refinery with a full slate of refined products, predominantly gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.
"The local markets will have a reliable source of high-quality and cost-effective refined products to work with," he said.
The site that has been secured by Meridian can accommodate up to four such facilities side-by-side, he said.
"Meridian will simply initiate permitting and design as the market response indicates that it should do so."
He said the refinery will likely take less than a year to permit and approximately two years to build and commission, conservatively estimating it will begin full commercial operations three years from now, "although it could be less." Its fuel oil products will be compliant with the International Maritime Organization's clean fuel requirements that take effect in 2020.
The refinery will create up to 100 new direct-hire jobs. Prentice cited job creation studies by the state of Washington for refineries in Anacortes that show a job multiplier effect of up to 12:1.
"If the same held true in Winkler County, this means there will be total job creation, including indirect and induced jobs, of up to 1,200 new jobs for the local community. The benefits to the local community will also include tax benefits from the refinery itself and from those employed there," he said.
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In announcing the refinery, part of an agreement with a Winkler Company subsidiary, Prentice said Meridian believes crude supply and strong demand from the refined products market indicate the Permian Basin was the next place for Meridian to locate a crude refinery.
It will be the company's second, following the Davis Refinery under construction in Billings County, North Dakota. The Davis Refinery is a full-conversion greenfield refinery permitted for air quality purposes as a synthetic minor source, demonstrating substantially lower emissions on a per-barrel basis than the industry average. The Permian refinery will also be permitted as a synthetic minor source, meaning it will voluntarily accept enforceable limits to keep emissions below major source thresholds.
Prentice said is his email that "by designing the facility to meet the threshold emissions levels that define Synthetic Minor Source means it can be issued a permit to construct by a state's air quality lead agency pursuant to that state's State Implementation Plan with the Environmental Protection Agency rather than going through the EPA itself for an air quality permit.
"This saves substantial time obtaining the Permit to Construct and commence operations while ensuring very low emissions and less impact to the environment," he said.
Indeca Crude Express, a sister company to the Winkler companies and regional crude hauler, will be tapped to facilitate the gathering of trucked barrels of oil as well as distribute product to market.
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An Interview with Opal Expert Joel Ragan
Opal expert Joel Ragan has worked with these gems for 45 years. Learn how he got started and his top tips for cutting opals and designing opal jewelry.
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By Addison Rice
I recently had a chat with opal expert Joel Ragan about all things opal. This "opal-holic" has 45 years of experience cutting opal and designing jewelry. Read about how he got started in the opal trade, his top tips for new lapidaries, and how technology has revolutionized his opal jewelry designs.
Joel Ragan examines a piece of opal on the dop. © Joel Ragan, Custom Made Jewelry. Used with permission.
From Hobby Shop Lap to Opal Expert
How did you get your start with opal?
My dad was in the Air Force, so when I was young we lived on an Air Force base. The base had a great hobby shop, and there were lapidary classes there. So, I signed up for some classes. The first stone I cut was glass with some copper filling, it's called goldstone. But not long after that, I cut my first opal. From then, it's just been my passion. It's always an amazing experience. Every one comes out different, and you never know before it's finished what it will look like.
That's one thing I love about opal, that each one is unique. Each opal has a different color quality. It's really amazing how opal's color works. These tiny little balls of silica have to be exactly the same size and fit together to form pyramids. Then, how wide the pyramids are and how they're arranged in the stone determine the color play and patterns in the opal.
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It's really just a passion for me. I love to create unusual and unique pieces and often cut my opals into freeform shapes.
A beautiful violet play of color in a freeform black opal. © Joel Ragan, Custom Made Jewelry. Used with permission.
Opal Connoisseurship
What do you look for in an opal?
There are so many amazing opals that I love as well as a huge variety of different patterns and colors. The one thing I always look for is bright and vibrant colors. Having those high grade colors really makes a big impact.
Do you have a favorite pattern?
Oh, there are so many different patterns. I'm not sure I have a favorite. The harlequin pattern is one of the most prized, but it's not necessarily my favorite.
There's one stone in my collection, a semi-transparent 22-carat piece with really amazing color play. It floats within the stone like a cloud in space. It really looks like a photo from the Hubble telescope. Just amazing, vibrant colors floating in space. It gives the stone a really amazing 3D effect, like it has layers of color.
I'd say that's my favorite, when you can see that bright color play in three dimensions. It's stunning.
This stone certainly looks like it contains a galaxy. © Joel Ragan, Custom Made Jewelry. Used with permission.
Creating Unique Opal Jewelry
Since each stone is unique, how do you incorporate opals into jewelry design?
In my jewelry, I try to let the stone be the star. I really look at each stone as a unique piece and create a vision around it. Once I'm done cutting it, I just know whether it's supposed to be a ring, a pendant, or earrings.
I use CAD (computer assisted design) and always think in 3D when I'm creating a design. CAD has helped a lot with designing for opal. It's a lot faster now. Before CAD, we could still get the vision and the details, and the jewelry would come out as we imagined, but we had to carve the design into wax by hand. It just took a long time.
Now, I can just use my phone to get a picture of the cut opal, and the jewelry fits it like a glove.
I also like to really take my time with my stones. 15 years ago, I bought a piece of rough that was pretty large, about the size of a pear. But there was just one spot of color in it. Once I cut it, though, there was a huge stone inside. It's 37.5 carats with rich, vibrant color play and semi-transparent. Just beautiful.
Once it was cut, I knew what I wanted to do with it, but even with CAD it was difficult. Imagine taking molten chocolate and pouring it over the stone, letting it drizzle and drip over the edge. That's what I did, only with white gold and pavé diamonds. It's a beautiful pendant that came out just how I imagined.
I like doing unusual things in my jewelry. I created one piece, a pendant, with an oval of diamonds and a pendulum that hangs from the top of the oval. The opal hangs from the pendulum, suspended in the middle of the oval, and moves with the wearer.
For another piece I'm working on, I have an amazing two-sided Lambina opal. The colors are like vibrant inks. I'm using natural pink diamonds on one side and rubies on the other side to enhance the red color play.
Joel incorporates an interesting design to perfectly complement the opal. © Joel Ragan, Custom Made Jewelry. Used with permission.
Designing for Durable Opal Jewelry
Do you worry about durability in opal jewelry?
You know, there's a superstition that opals are bad luck, and that's because they break sometimes. But opals aren't bad luck.
The reason this superstition sticks around is that the commercial settings on opal can be really just awful. Opal is sensitive to pressure, but so many commercial jewelers set opals with prongs. There's nothing worse you could do! A prong will create a high pressure point, and if you make a pressure point in an opal, sooner or later it's going to crack.
That's why I love using CAD to design opals. I can get the perfect fit. And I never use prongs to secure an opal. If I use prongs in the design it's purely decorative.
I also use epoxy in my jewelry wherever the opal would touch metal. It acts as a shock absorber, so when you knock the stone it's less likely to break.
I even had an opal and emerald ring that I wore for years. One time, I knocked it too hard. The opal's still fine, but the emerald cracked!
That rumor that opal is bad luck just came from a time when everyone was superstitious. There was a book with a character that always wore an opal, and when it changed colors it always caused misfortune. But opals really aren't bad luck. You can ask anyone in Australia, they'll never say that an opal is bad luck.
Stories from the Opal Mines
Have you visited Australia's opal mines?
I've made a bunch of trips out to the Australian opal mines. It's really something out there. It's hot. And it's dry. You're in the middle of nowhere, and there's nothing but piles of rocks.
When you get to the mine entrance there's just a corrugated tin roof with a ladder going down, and once you're inside it's just like caves that people have cut out and carved.
Usually the mines are set up with a central hub and spokes that go out from there. The miners dig outward until the color stops and leave pillars in the middle of the shafts to support the roof. Then, once they're done digging outward, they mine the pillars on their way back to the center.
There was one mine where they found what was at the time the largest gem opal, and it was in that central pillar right by the mine entrance. They found it as they were closing the mine. It was just two inches in from that central pillar, so if they had dug just a little bit more when they were carving out that pillar they would've found it earlier. It was a huge piece.
Top Tips for Opal Lapidaries
Do you have any advice for people just starting to cut opals?
Bright gems complement the play of color in this opal. © Joel Ragan, Custom Made Jewelry. Used with permission.
Yes, the first thing I'll say is that you shouldn't start out by cutting high-grade material. You'll likely over-cut it and ruin the piece. There's plenty of lower grade material that will give you great practice, and it takes some time to understand how different stones cut.
Sometimes the color runs in a seam, and you have to follow the seam to get the best color out of the stone. Sometimes it's wavy, and you try to follow the waves. Those are harder to cut.
You don't have to spend a lot of money to get opal rough, and even small pieces can give you great practice. And those small pieces can sell nicely, too.
The key is really to learn the basics. Anyone with a small lap can learn to cut opal. I usually use standard wheels, too. There are a couple of rare cases where I use hand sanders, which are like emery boards. You can get them anywhere from 300 to 8,000 grit. For special cases, I polish the opal by hand, one stroke at a time, to get it perfect.
Here's another tip. I never use wax to put my opals on the dop stick. Instead, I always use a glue gel. When I'm done, I just use a little acetone and the opal comes right off.
I also make my own dop sticks. I like to use metal dops because they draw the heat away from the opal while it cuts. Opals are heat sensitive, and they can get damaged from the heat of the friction while you're working, so drawing the heat away from the stone really helps.
Cutting opals is really a great passion. Sometimes, you'll get a nobby and cut it, and all of a sudden there's rich, deep color — or not. And it's not disappointing when you don't get color because you never know. The surprise, the suspense, the knowledge that there's another nobby waiting for you to reveal its color, that's what makes it great.
When you cut your first opal, it will change your life.
Addison Rice
A geologist, environmental engineer and Caltech graduate, Addison's interest in the mesmerizing and beautiful results of earth's geological processes began in her elementary school's environmental club. When she isn't writing about gems and minerals, Addison spends winters studying ancient climates in Iceland and summers hiking the Colorado Rockies.
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Editor's note: Over 3 million businesses have adopted Google Apps. Today we'll hear from David Bullock, CFO of YETI Coolers based in Austin, Texas. To learn more about other organizations that have gone Google and share your story, visit our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google cloud calculator.
YETI Coolers, co-founded in 2005 by brothers Roy and Ryan Seiders, offers durable, super-insulated ice chests for serious outdoor enthusiasts. Roy first recognized the potential of a premium cooler during an early entrepreneurial endeavor and decided to design his own. He recruited his brother to help and the two settled on YETI for the company name – a new brand that consumers could easily associate with frigid toughness. Today, YETI coolers are "certified grizzly-proof" and distributed through over 500 dealers across the country.
When Roy and Ryan started the company, they recognized the value of Google's free email service, Gmail, and started with one email address – yeticoolers@gmail.com. However, fast forward three years and the company had grown to 10 employees. We hit a tipping point where we needed to expand and create a more professional look with @yeticoolers.com email addresses. The question was how to retain three years of information and still offer the entire office the same easy-to-use interface and access to remotely-stored email history. The solution was Google Apps.
Soon after implementing Google Apps, we hired our first National Sales Director who resides in North Carolina. Despite the geographical barrier, Google Docs has allowed us to collaborate with him and other remote employees in real time, and has became a critical component of our sales process.
Our goal is to increase the number of dealers that sell YETI coolers but for a long time, our volume of dealer inquiries was unmanageable and we missed out on sales opportunities. This is where a Google spreadsheet saved us. We created a "Potential Dealer Tracker" to track, prioritize, and, most importantly follow up with potential YETI dealers. By capitalizing on dealer inquiries in an organized, methodical way, we've been able to convert 30% more leads just this year. The profit from the new accounts nearly pays our National Sales Director's salary!
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Given the rapid growth we've experienced over the last few years, it has been extremely difficult to stay on top of all areas of the business. Google Apps has changed this, providing the tools we need to succeed. It's low cost, secure and easy to use – from our standpoint, Google Apps is the perfect solution for any small business.
Congratulations, you have made it to the final installment of the Google Media Solutions series! We get frequent questions about Google TV Ads; whether it's the right platform, how much it costs, how it works. Here's your crash course.
Google TV Ads is an online marketing place that allows anyone to launch national TV campaigns and measure their success with timely reporting. Google TV Ads allows you to buy the programs that you want without bundling, pay only for impressions delivered and access viewership data from a sample of millions.
Does TV advertising fit into my marketing mix? Television advertising allows you to reach a wider audience than any other advertising medium. Generate brand awareness and demand through sight, sound and motion. It's also a great supplement to any online strategy - read how ooVoo used TV to drive a 500% increase in site traffic.
We want to get started, but we don't have a commercial. Can you help? Of course! You can use the Google Ad Creation Marketplace to connect with professional ad production houses for as little as $200. Creating compelling, effective TV ads at relatively low costs has never been easier.
But is TV Measurable? If you have a website, we recommend tracking and comparing website visits with your TV campaign metrics using Google Analytics. Google Analytics can track TV campaign metrics like TV impressions alongside daily web traffic volume.What does it take to get started? Create a video ad, log into AdWords, choose targets and shows and see your ad on TV within 48 hours! Visit the Getting Started Guide for more tips.
This post concludes our Google Media Solutions series. Over the past four weeks, we have reviewed Google AdWords, the Google Display Network, Remarketing, YouTube and Google TV Ads. Hopefully you have learned some tips and tricks along the way.
The Google Media Solutions series has been cross-posted from the Google Agency blog, as the solutions outlined there are fully applicable to small businesses.
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How do you increase sales and build your brand when you're on a limited budget? You might consider using YouTube's Promoted Videos. YouTube reports that it has served its 500,000,000th Promoted Video view this week and has seen a six-fold increase in clicks it has delivered to businesses such as Shopper's Choice, Dynomighty and Orabrush. This ad product combines the branding capabilities of video with the direct response action of search advertising, allowing advertisers to promote their videos against search results or related videos on YouTube. For more information on this announcement, please visit the YouTube blog for the full story.
. This series has been cross-posted with the Google Agency blog, since many of them are applicable to the small business owner. In this post, we will review the Google Display Network. The Google Display Network is a large group of websites and blogs that display AdWords ads and allows advertisers to scalably reach their customers at moments of relevance. People are using it for direct response, web engagement as well as driving offline conversions.
We have rolled out many new features for the Google Display Network. One that we would like to highlight is remarketing. Google remarketing uses custom technology to reach potential customers who have previously visited your website. Implementing the remarketing tag is very easy; you simply add a pixel to your website. After adding the pixel, you can use remarketing to help capture additional sales or leads by re-targeting users who have already visited the site, and generally convert better and at a lower CPA. To learn more about remarketing and other innovative targeting options on the Google Display Network, you can check out this post from the Google Display Network blog series.
I've tried the GDN before - what has changed?: The Google Display Network has changed a lot in the past few years. Today, the median advertiser gets approximately 20% of their conversions from the GDN at a CPA that is comparable to search.* To drive results like these, we are investing heavily in many new features that make the GDN an effective platform for advertisers with any marketing objective. Examples of features we've introduced over the years include site exclusions, above the fold targeting, frequency capping, and consolidated view-through conversion reporting.
The Google Display Network only works for branding: Contextual targeting and remarketing are just a few examples of great tools that direct response marketers can use to reach potential customers in the later stages of the buying cycle, like consideration and decision. The Conversion Optimizer can also help you generate additional conversions at an attractive cost-per-acquisition (CPA). With powerful tools like these, you can make sure you are capturing all your potential customers as they spend time across the web.
Thanks for reading the third part of the Google Media Solutions blog series. Next, we will discuss how you can use Google TV to drive results for your clients.
Welcome to the third installment of the Google Media Solutions series. This series has been cross-posted with the Google Agency blog, since many of them are applicable to the small business owner. In this post, we will review the Google Display Network. The Google Display Network is a large group of websites and blogs that display AdWords ads and allows advertisers to scalably reach their customers at moments of relevance. People are using it for direct response, web engagement as well as driving offline conversions.
As a local business owner in today's day and age, you know that it's important to have an online presence because that's where your customers are. In fact, research shows that 97% of people conduct research online before buying locally. Hopefully you've gone to Google Places to claim your free business listing that appears on Google and Google Maps. That enables you to share accurate information about your business such as your hours of operation, photos and videos - and now you can do even more.
Today, we're announcing the availability of a new online advertising solution to help local businesses connect with potential customers in their area. Boost enables business owners to easily create online search ads from directly within their Google Places account. No ongoing management is needed after the initial set up, and this beta is currently available to select local businesses in San Francisco, Houston and Chicago.
Boost ads are eligible to appear in the "Sponsored Links" section of Google.com and Google Maps search result pages. For example, if you're a restaurant owner in San Francisco who has signed up for Boost, your ad may show up when someone does a related search like the one below, indicating a cuisine and location that matches yours. Beyond the basics like your company name, address, phone number and website, your ad may also include the number of reviews you've received, an average star rating and a link to your Place page to help potential customers find additional useful information about your business. When a map appears alongside the results, a blue pin will help folks quickly find your location on the map. Businesses using Google Tags will also see their yellow tag appear in the ad.
To create your ad, all that is required is a short business description, a web or Place page, your business categories and a monthly budget. From there, our system automatically sets up your ad campaign - figuring out the relevant keywords that will trigger your ad to appear on Google and Google Maps, and how to get the most out of the budget you allotted. You'll only pay when a potential customer actually clicks on your ad, and you can also view basic ad performance data from your Google Places dashboard.
Here is an example of the simple sign up page within Google Places, which takes just a few minutes to complete. To make the process even easier, the "description" and "categories" fields may be pre-populated with suggestions based on the information you provided on the Place page for your business.
We hope Boost provides busy local business owners with a quick and easy way to share information about themselves with the people who look for them online. Placement in the "Sponsored Links" section of the page will, as always, depend on factors such as your ad's relevance and quality. Boost does not affect the ranking of the free, organic business listings in any way.
As we do with all beta features, we'll carefully review the data and effectiveness of this trial and may make changes before making decisions about any future expansion. In the meantime, business owners can sign in or claim their listing in Google Places, and select businesses in San Francisco, Houston and Chicago will see an invitation to try Boost in the account dashboard. Interested businesses outside these areas can sign up to receive notification when Boost comes to their area by filling out this form.
Editor's note: Over 3 million businesses have adopted Google Apps. Today we'll hear from Dustin Bonnema, Portfolio Analyst and IT guru for MainStreet Advisors based in Chicago, Illinois. To learn more about other organizations that have gone Google and share your story, visit our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google cloud calculator.
As the company grows, it has become harder to locate and share updated information and policies across all employees. Google Sites is solving this problem – we built an intranet that includes links to shared calendars, client websites, group email aliases, expense reports, gift matching instructions, and investment policies. A Google form is also embedded in the site so employees can submit vacation requests that are updated directly in our HR manager's spreadsheet. In time, we plan to add even more to the site – we're already showing gadgets with intra-day performance of market indexes across the world and we'd like to add a map of client locations and charts outlining our company assets over time.
Over the next four weeks, the Google Agency Blog will be debunking common myths, passing on easy implementation tips, and sharing general how-to of Google advertising. We'll be cross-posting to this blog, since most of the tips are relevant to small businesses. You'll be able to find all the tips in one place under the label 'Google Media Solutions Series'.
Online video represents a huge opportunity to reach potential customers with new, compelling formats. YouTube is the perfect platform to reach these customers, drive sales and enhance branding initiatives.
There are many benefits to advertising on YouTube. It is a unique platform which allow you to reach potential customers who are engaging online. You can set up YouTube campaigns through the AdWords interface. With our new YouTube Video Targeting Tool, you can target specific audiences based on interest, demographic or specific video content. You can create a message and share it with consumers with their videos or display ads. Additionally, after running a campaign, you can use YouTube Insight to learn how potential customers are interacting with your videos.
I am not sure if my audience is on YouTube?: Your audience is watching YouTube videos. YouTube has users of all ages and 32% of users are between the ages of 35 and 54*. In fact, if the YouTube audience were a country, it would be the 3rd largest country in the world with over 420 million unique visitors every month.
We don't have video content. How can we use YouTube?: You don't need to have video content to advertise on YouTube. You can target your audience on YouTube with display, text or video ads. Our recommendation, since YouTube is a visual medium, is to test out display ads.
Is there professional content on YouTube?: YouTube has over 3,500 content partners, including CBS, TV Guide, Fred and JuicyStar07. Our partners are actively uploading content and the video landscape is constantly changing. As this is the case, your target audiences are returning to see new, updated content on YouTube!
Check in next week for the third post, which will be on the Google Display Network, Remarketing and great tips for reaching your customers while they browse the web!
So, let's get started with Google's search marketing product, Google AdWords. Using Google AdWords, you can target Google.com and the Google Search Network. This is a great solution to connect with potential customers who are searching for your products and services. It is flexible, measurable, and accountable. With AdWords, you can easily manage the spend of your account and control costs by setting a daily budget and maximum cost-per-click (CPC). Another benefit is that it's easy to make changes to your ad text, as changes to ads take affect almost instantaneously. Lastly, as an added benefit, you can track the return on investment (ROI) of your account by using Conversion Tracking or Google Analytics.
My website shows organically, so I don't need to advertise: It is great to have a highly ranked organic listing; however you can't control the message to your potential customers with organic listings in the same way that you can control it with search marketing campaigns. By advertising on Google.com and the search network, you can control the message that you share with all potential customers and determine the landing page to which you direct your potential customers after they click on the ad. These features can lead to increased sales.
In addition, organic results are likely only capturing a very small portion of the relevant traffic on Google. For example, a consumer electronics advertiser might appear high in the search results for their brand terms, or specific trademarks relevant to their company, but AdWords can expose their message on a wide variety of related terms like 'digital cameras' 'netbooks' and 'HD TVs'.
Competitors can click on my ads maliciously: We take the security of AdWords accounts very seriously and have many resources in place to prevent your account from accruing invalid clicks. While invalid clicks occur less often than commonly perceived, we have three filters in place to protect your account: detection and filtering techniques, advanced monitoring techniques and manual reviews from our team.
Stay tuned for next week's post on the Google Display Network, remarketing and great tips for reaching your customers while they browse the web!
Editor's note: Over 3 million businesses have adopted Google Apps. Today we'll hear from Patti Sprague, Managing Director of Premier Guitar in Iowa. To learn more about other organizations that have gone Google and share your story, visit our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google cloud calculator.
Premier Guitar is for true guitar enthusiasts, a magazine focused on guitar gear and the musicians who use it. All of our employees are passionate about music, and many play guitar or other instruments. Working with a bunch of musicians creates a fun, creative workplace, but not always a very structured environment. We needed an email system that didn't tie our team to the office, but allowed us to work together and stay connected wherever we may be. Google Apps was the perfect solution.
In our business we have very tight deadlines. We do things a little differently than other traditional magazines. We not only publish a print version of our magazine, we make all of our content, current and archival, freely accessible over 5 different platforms. We're able to successfully compete with some of the older print centric publications out there because we're lean and we can get stories up quickly. That requires a lot of team work. Google Docs allows us to work on a story from wherever we are and get it published quickly. It would never be possible to work as efficiently or collectively if we had to wait for a new version of a document to be sent to us before we could publish.
Often our writers and photographers will need to drop everything to hop on a plane for a last minute factory tour, or an interview with an artist. One of the reasons we started using Google Apps is the ability to access our email and calendars on our mobile phones or anywhere with an internet connection. With Google Apps, we know where the team is and what's due based on our shared calendars. Our company calendar and editorial calendars are kept up to date so we can get our stories out quickly. Plus, we can always just hop on Chat to ask each other questions or find out the status of a shoot or a photo shoot or piece. Being able to just ask a co-worker a quick question instead of sending them an email and waiting for a response has really helped keep projects moving along.
Apps helps us stay connected and work together, while still having fun doing what we love. For a lean team that wants to meet deadlines while writing about their passion, Google Apps was the perfect choice.
Users search on Google.com and Google Maps because they're looking for relevant, high-quality content that answers a question or fulfills a need. This useful information often appears in the form of business listings on the search results page, and these free listings are an important way for local business owners to connect with potential customers. We want to help you make the most of your business listing, so this is the first post in three-part blog series about how to set up a clear and effective business listing via Google Places. This first installment delves into the specific topic of business listing titles — also known as your company or organization name — and highlights some of the common issues business owners encounter when creating a listing.
Company/Organization: Fly Fishing Frankie's Ltd.
The title of your business listing should reflect the exact name of your company or organization as it's used in the real world. While it's acceptable to leave off company extensions like Ltd, GmbH or Inc, since those identifiers aren't helpful to users, be sure to avoid adding any descriptions that aren't part of the official business name or making any modifications to the official name. Your business listing title must match the business name you use in the real world (e.g. on signage, letterheads or business cards) in order to comply with our Google Places quality guidelines. Listings that are in violation of these guidelines may be suspended and won't appear in Google search results.
Here are some additional reminders about business titles based on some of the offending listings we see and have to suspend. We also let you know how and where to include specific information you want to provide potential customers, while complying with our quality guidelines.
Note: While the "Company/Organization" field may only contain the name of your business, if you'd like to provide more information about your business's classification or industry, you can do this by selecting the appropriate categories. You can also provide a more detailed description of your business - such as what you do and the the services you provide - in the "Description" field or on your company website.
Note: To indicate the location of your business, please use the appropriate fields marked "Street Address," "City/Town" and "Postal Code." Adding location-specific information in the title of your listing is not necessary since our system automatically uses your address details to determine the search queries for which your listings would be geographically relevant. If you're concerned that your business is difficult to find or part of a shopping mall or complex, you can provide users with further guidance about where to find you by adding that information in the "Description" field.
[Example title violation] FLY FISHING FRANKIE'S LTD.
Note: In order to ensure that the Google Places business listing results are useful and easy to read, please refrain from using visual gimmicks. Business titles, as well as addresses, should always use standard capitalization and punctuation.
The above examples may not cover all cases of business title violations, but we hope we were able to highlight some of the common mistakes we've seen. By avoiding these errors when setting up your business listing title, as well as reading through the rest of our Google Places quality guidelines, you should be in good shape to create an optimal and compliant listing.
If you realize that your existing listing is not compliant with our quality guidelines, we encourage you to sign in to your Google Places account to make the required changes and avoid getting temporarily suspended for violating the guidelines.
We hope you find this information helpful, and if you have further questions about business listing titles, visit our Google Places help forum.
Last week we posted some tips to help you move from Microsoft Outlook® and other client-based software to Google Apps. Today we'd like to share some more thoughts on making the most of Gmail.
A busy day often affords few email breaks. When you do get a chance to scan your mail, Priority Inbox helps you prioritize by identifying the messages that require your immediate attention. Gmail uses a variety of signals to predict which messages are important, including the people you email most and which messages you open and reply to. The best part is it gets better the more you use it. Turn on and manage Priority Inbox in your mail Settings – and read our tips to become a real Priority Inbox whiz!
We work with people in multiple ways, and Gmail makes it easy for you to choose the most effective means to communicate: email, chat, text messaging, video chats and phone calls are all available from your inbox. For example, voice and video chat lets you have an actual conversation with someone or meet face-to-face in brilliant resolution. And for those early adopters transitioned to our new infrastructure, we recently added the ability to call phones in Gmail, so you can place phone calls from your computer to any landline or mobile phone number and receive calls as well. For phone calls and video chat, download this plugin to get started.
Attachments in other email systems can be cumbersome; they take up space, can be hard to find and you have to open another program to take action, which slows you down. Gmail has some helpful features that let you quickly view attachments without the need to open or download them on client-side software. The Google Docs Viewer allows you to view .doc, .pdf, .ppt and other attachments in a new browser tab simply by clicking the "View" link at the bottom of a Gmail message. If you decide you want to edit the file, click "Edit online" to open it in Google Docs, or download it to your desktop.
Gmail also includes a Google Docs preview lab that lets you read the entire contents of a Google document, spreadsheet or presentation right in Gmail. Note that your administrator needs to have enabled Labs for you to access them.
Wouldn't it be great if you could update a sales lead without leaving your inbox? With contextual gadgets, you can. They display information from social networks, business services, web applications and other systems, and let you interact with that data right within Gmail. Your administrator or any third-party developer can build and distribute Gmail contextual gadgets to the domain with just a few clicks via the Google Apps Marketplace, which we launched in March. To learn more, browse for apps in the Marketplace that have 'Mail Integration'.
With Gmail, we built in keyboard shortcuts to help you get through your mail quickly and efficiently. Once you enable this feature in Settings, you can archive (e), reply (r), compose (c), delete (#) or take just about any other action with one key or a short combo. For a handy guide, type "?" while you're in Gmail – for maximum efficiency, print it out and post it at your desk.
Gmail Labs give users experimental – sometimes whimsical – features to customize Gmail in a way that works best for them. Some Labs accommodate preferences, such as adding a "Send & Archive" button, while others help you communicate, such as the Google Voice player and SMS in Chat. Still others help you stay organized, like the Google Docs and Calendar gadgets. If your administrator has enabled Labs for your domain, check them out for yourself.
What's your favorite feature in Gmail? Feel free to let us know in the comments below. Happy (productive) emailing!
As the holidays approach, we've put together five quick and easy ways Google Places can help your business reach customers.
Create a coupon highlighting holiday specials: Are you offering a package of products or services to your customers this holiday season? Let people know by creating a coupon for your special on your Place page. From your Places dashboard, click on the "Coupons" tab and then "Add a new Coupon." Fill out a few details and watch your coupon go live! You can also give the coupon an expiration date, so it only runs for a set time period. Coupons are also a great way to track how many customers found you through Google Places. For more details on creating a coupon, check out our Help Center.
Link to a menu of holiday offers and prices: Manage the holiday rush by providing a link to your menu of products and services, or even your reservation page, on your Place page. To add your link, sign in to your Places dashboard, go to your listing and click "Edit." Scroll down to "Additional Details," add a column by typing in the label "Menu," and then enter the URL of where you host your menu! If your website also handles reservations, then you can link to "Reservations" too. Check out this example and sign in now to add your links.
Make your business listing stand out with Google Tags: Show customers your holiday offer or menu when they search on Google and Google Maps. Tags are yellow markers that allow business owners to highlight important or unique aspects of their business, such as that coupon you've just created, a video, photos and more. To create a tag, go to your Places dashboard and click on "Add a tag." Simply choose your tag type and let it run. To get you started, we're giving business owners 30 days free!
Update your holiday business hours: Are you extending your operating hours on some days to accommodate the holidays? Update the business hours listed on your Place page for the days you'll be open early or late. This helps local customers, especially last-minute shoppers, who may be interested in visiting your store take advantage of your extended hours.
Write a post to engage with your customers: Whether you'll be closed for a certain holiday or open on days when most businesses aren't, a post is the perfect way to let your customers know. You can also use it to tell people about your latest shipment holiday inventory. Posts are short custom messages of up to 160 characters and appear on your Place page. For more details on writing a post, check out our Help Center. You can also highlight your post with a Google Tag.
With the tagline, "we smoke the competition," BBQ Guys has built a hot business around home furniture, fireplaces, and kitchen cookware – but the company's true passion is barbecuing and grills. We've created our own YouTube channel around all things related to outdoor cooking, from recipe how-tos to grill reviews. For us, YouTube has been a recipe for success. Visit the YouTube blog to learn more about how we've used Google tools to build a fun, rewarding small business.
Editors note: Today's guest bloggers are Troy Olson, Digital Advertising Manager, and Jeff Loquist, Search Marketing Manager, for ShoppersChoice.com. ShoppersChoice.com owns and operates a family of web stores with a wide selection of products, from barbecue grills and accessories to patio sets.
Editor's note: Over 3 million businesses have adopted Google Apps. Today we'll hear from Matt Zemon, President of American Support, headquartered in North Carolina. To learn more about other organizations that have gone Google and share your story, visit our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google cloud calculator.
At American Support, we provide back office services to over 400 cable, phone and internet franchises in 29 states. Our services include billing and subscriber management along with 24/7 customer care and technical support.
When I originally founded the company in 2006 we had a joint venture with a Philippines-based call center to provide customer service at a reasonable cost to our clients. In the first couple years of business it became evident that our clients and their subscribers wanted to have American-based customer service. Our clients were not happy with the off-shore customer service we were providing and we were having difficulties winning new business. As a customer service outsourcer the challenge was finding a way to provide the American customer service they desired at a price point they could afford.
To save our business we ended up rethinking our business model and looking to the cloud to drive down costs and increase our efficiency. The first change was migrating to a call center in the cloud platform which enabled us to recruit, train and route calls to rural American home-based employees who needed and wanted the work. With this technology solution in place we began bringing our call center jobs back to America. As of May of last year we are a 100% American customer service organization.
The second change was moving from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps in 2009, which allowed us to more efficiently and effectively collaborate with our employees and clients spread out across the United States.
Today we maintain a small office in North Carolina and a technical assistance center and network operations center in Montana. The rest of our management team is spread out between Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Georgia and Nebraska. Our entire customer support team works from home.
Tools that fostered collaboration were absolutely essential to running our business. Each manager and their team really live in the Google Apps environment. All of their meetings are done through Google Docs and video chats. I've never met 90% of our employees in person. Every meeting agenda is built off of a doc with everyone logged into the same doc at the same time, taking notes and keeping track of next steps as we move along through the meeting agenda. Plus, our clients across the country have started getting used to the value of moving away from attachments to using Google Docs. Working together internally and externally is so much easier when we're always sure we're looking at the most current document and you can collaborate on it in real-time.
Google Sites is also a key aspect of our business operations. We create a custom site for each of our clients that contains the most frequently asked questions, their unique policies and procedures, and other useful information for our teams. Sites allows us to keep all information in one place that everyone on the team can update and reference.
We had initially looked at Google Apps for its 25 GB of mail and shared calendars, but it's Google Sites, Docs and Talk that allow us to communicate successfully and efficiently so that we can support customers with a team all over the country. We attribute our successful collaboration and the ability to run a coast-to-coast virtual team to our use of Google Apps.
The transfer of business information into the cloud is very straightforward. There is no need to install new hardware or software as everything is run by the cloud provider.
Improved productivity: One of the key benefits of cloud computing is that employees can access documents and emails whilst away from the office. If your business demands mobility and flexibility or you have staff keen to extend their use of home or remote working, the cloud could be a straightforward and affordable way of addressing these needs.
Manage the cultural adjustment: Today's employees expect to have the same technology at work that they enjoy at home. Google designs its applications with users in mind and many staff will already be familiar with Google Mail and Google Docs. However, internal communication about the change of service and in-house training sessions will help staff to feel more comfortable using the new technology.
A more collaborative way of working: Using cloud computing applications, people can work more closely together, accessing and working in the same documents in real time - without the need for hundreds of emails with attachments. Improved knowledge sharing and communication encourages creativity amongst your employees which can help drive the business forward.
Flexibility to scale up or scale down your business: Cloud based "pay as you go" style services allow you to easily increase your use of cloud services as your business grows, or decrease your spend if you need to temporarily scale down.
Employees of tomorrow: Look at how teenagers interact - on Facebook, Bebo or MySpace - all cloud environments. These teenagers will soon become employees, accustomed to collaborating online and accessing their data from any mobile device at hand, not expecting to work in one location and from 9 to 5.
More choice: In contrast to traditional IT models which can involve expensive software licenses and long lock-in contracts, the cloud model offers far more flexibility. You can switch provider far more easily and regularly in order to get the best experience and value for money. However, it is important to check with your cloud provider as to how you retrieve data from their cloud should you choose to switch in the future.
A far off reality only a few years ago, today cloud computing has become mainstream. However, many small business owners we meet are still unclear about what cloud computing is and, more importantly, how it can benefit their business. If you're in this camp, you're not alone. A recent survey of European IT Heads by Portio Research found that 56% were not familiar with cloud computing.
Cloud computing, or software as a service (SaaS), is when IT software and services are delivered over the web and through a browser. This transfers the responsibility for IT maintenance, software upgrades and any system issues onto the service provider, allowing enterprises like yours to focus on your core business instead of your infrastructure. That's why the cloud is especially appealing to small-to-medium sized businesses, which often have a smaller workforce and less capacity for time-consuming and expensive IT maintenance.
Moving to the cloud is easy: The transfer of business information into the cloud is very straightforward. There is no need to install new hardware or software as everything is run by the cloud provider.
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Editor's note: Over 3 million businesses have adopted Google Apps. To share their stories, we've talked to businesses across the United States. Today we'll hear from Mat Silverstein, Research and Development Officer for Pharmacy Development Services based in Florida. To learn more about other organizations that have gone Google and share your story, visit our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google cloud calculator.
Based in Florida, Pharmacy Development Services (PDS) is a business coaching company that works specifically with independent pharmacies. Over the last 12 years, the company has helped hundreds of pharmacy owners build solid business plans and achieve success.
Me: Did you get my email?
Me: Check your spam folder.
Co-worker: There it is. Wait. This is the old version of the document. I updated the document and sent it to you yesterday.
Me: I know, but I couldn't open it. I have an older version of the software you used.
This scenario was typical, and it wasn't until we moved to Google Apps that our team saw a huge boost in productivity. Right now, we have a team of on-site and off-site employees planning the biggest event in the history of our company; they're using Google Docs to share the latest conference plans, instant messaging, integrated in Gmail, for quick communication, and Google Calendar to schedule all their meetings.
The Gmail interface is light-years better than our old email system and we can access it anywhere. Some of us travel a lot, and accessing email from our iPhones, Android-powered phones, and Blackberry devices is essential — we couldn't imagine it any other way. Information is ubiquitous; it shouldn't be bound to a particular device.


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How To Find Nested Active Directory Group Memberships in PowerShell
Find the actual number of users in a group by locating those that may be hard to find in a hidden subgroup.
By Adam Bertram
As someone that manages Active Directory users and groups, trying to figure out the true membership of a particular group can be hard. Why? It's because of the way in which Active Directory allows groups to nested inside one another.
Let's say that I have a group called Grandparent. This group is then assigned various permissions throughout your environment. One day you discover that a user that was assigned to a group called Child is somehow inheriting the rights that the Grandparent group has. How did this happen? This could easily happen if this Child group is nested inside of one or more other groups that have different ACLs set in the same places. There are lots of scenarios like this I've personally come across in my years of managing Active Directory and it's a topic that can have major consequences if not addressed properly.
When you add a user into a group with Active Directory Users and Computers you don't have an easy way to determine what groups this user will truly be a member of. You aren't able to see parent groups of the group at hand. By using PowerShell though, we can use the power of recursion to allow you to specify a group and then be able to find all the users that group truly has.
To do this, we'll first need to figure out any groups that are members of that group, query each of those groups and continue doing this until we come to a group that has no other nested groups. This is recursion and, with PowerShell, we can create a function that can automatically do this for us.
First, you'll need to ensure you have the Remote Server Administration Tools installed and I'm assuming that you had read permissions in Active Directory to read group memberships. I'll be performing this on domain-joined computer.
I have a group called Grandparent in Active Directory. I first need to determine its membership. I can do this through the Get-ADGroupMember cmdlet. I'll first check out the members of the Grandparent group.
PS> Get-ADGroupMember Grandparent
[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1.
You'll see that I just have a single member and it's a group called Parent. Now, let's see what members the Parent group has.
PS> Get-ADGroupMember Parent
I just have another group called Child. I do the same for Child.
PS> Get-ADGroupMember Child
You can see that I finally come to the end of the line with only a single user object in the Child group. At this point, we don't need to query any other group memberships to get a true picture of all users being "in" the Grandparent group.
We now need to do this automatically with a function rather than manually querying each group's membership.
function Get-NestedGroupMember
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[string]$Group
## Find all members  in the group specified
$members = Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $Group
foreach ($member in $members)
## If any member in  that group is another group just call this function again
if ($member.objectClass -eq 'group')
Get-NestedGroupMember -Group $member.Name
else ## otherwise, just  output the non-group object (probably a user account)
$member.Name
You can see from above, I've built a small function called Get-NestedGroupMember. It's a function that uses recursion to call itself when it encounters another group nested inside of a group. If it detects that a group member is not a group it will simply output the name of that object to the console.
I've run this function against the same scenario as I explained earlier with the Grandparent/Parent/Child groups. Now, instead of having to manually run Get-ADGroupMember for each of these groups I can now simply pass the group name of Grandparent to my Get-NestedGroupMember function and immediately see my user account of Adam Bertram.
PS> Get-NestedGroupMember –Group Grandparent
Adam Bertram is a 20-year veteran of IT. He's an automation engineer, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, Pluralsight course author and content marketing advisor to multiple technology companies. Adam also founded the popular TechSnips e-learning platform. He mainly focuses on DevOps, system management and automation technologies, as well as various cloud platforms mostly in the Microsoft space. He is a Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP who absorbs knowledge from the IT field and explains it in an easy-to-understand fashion. Catch up on Adam's articles at adamtheautomator.com, connect on LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter at @adbertram or the TechSnips Twitter account @techsnips_io.


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Q: Angular, dynamic styles between style tags Looking to update values between style tags depending on input given by user, can't use class binding in this case.
I can make inline styles work, the only issue is hover styles and media queries, so this isn't a solution either.
Is there any way so that this variable can be applied for a css value between style tags?
@Component({
  selector: 'app-teststyle',
  template: `

Text ({{color}})

  `,
  styles: [
    `
      h1 {color: $color}
      h1:hover {color:blue}
    `
  ]
})

export class UsersComponent implements OnInit {

  color: string = "red";
  colorHover: string = "blue"

}

A: You should check NgStyle https://angular.io/api/common/NgStyle
To implement the hover you should use mouseover and mouseout events to manipulate the color
@Component({
  selector: 'app-teststyle',
  template: `

Text ({{color}})

  `,
  styles: [
  ]
})

export class UsersComponent implements OnInit {

  color: string = "red";
  colorHover: string = "blue"

  style: any = { 'color': ''}

  constructor() {
    this.style = { 'color': this.color};
  }

  onMouseOver() {
    this.style.color = this.colorHover
  }

  onMouseOut(){
    this.style.color = this.color;
  }

}

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import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

import * as _ from 'lodash';

import { Resource } from '../shared/resource.model';
import { HelperService } from '../../shared/helper.service';
import { ResourceService } from '../shared/resource.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'hi-resource-node-viewer',
  templateUrl: './resource-node-viewer.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./resource-node-viewer.component.scss']
})
export class ResourceNodeViewerComponent implements OnInit {

  isLoading = true;
  clusterName: string;
  resourceName: string;
  resource: Resource;
  path: string;
  obj: any;

  constructor(
    protected route: ActivatedRoute,
    protected service: ResourceService,
    protected helper: HelperService
  ) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    if (this.route.snapshot.data.path) {
      this.path = this.route.snapshot.data.path;
    }

    if (this.route.parent) {
      this.clusterName = this.route.parent.snapshot.params.cluster_name;
      this.resourceName = this.route.parent.snapshot.params.resource_name;

      this.loadResource();
    }
  }

  protected loadResource() {
    this.isLoading = true;
    this.service
      .get(this.clusterName, this.resourceName)
      .subscribe(
        resource => {
          this.resource = resource;
          this.obj = _.get(this.resource, this.path);
        },
        error => this.helper.showError(error),
        () => this.isLoading = false
      );
  }
}

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Celebrating Independent Horror Films
Krampus Origins (2018)
Date: October 25, 2018Author: John Migliore
Director: Joseph Mbah
Cast: Maria Olsen, Anna Harr, Amelia Haberman
Production Company: FunHouse Features
Krampus has been a part of European folklore for centuries. This goat-like demon punishes children who misbehave at Christmas. You probably already knew that. Krampus has gained a lot of interest over the past few years, mainly due to a number of movies based on the legend.
Director Joseph Mbah expands on the engaging myth with his newest film, Krampus Origins (2018)…
In the movie, an ancient book falls into the hands of an American soldier during the First World War. After his death, the book is delivered to his wife, who is teaching at an orphanage. The book is used to summon Krampus, unleashing evil on the world…
Katie Peabody provides us with a dramatic and emotional performance as Josephine. She's quite natural in this, especially considering it's her first feature film role. Maria Olsen from The Covenant (2017) is both strict and caring in the role of Sister Rafus.
Anna Harr from Bethany (2017), Amelia Haberman from Krampus: The Reckoning (2015), and Linda Cushma from Krampus Unleashed (2016) are also admirable in supporting roles. Those who appeared in previous related films are playing new characters in this one.
The characters are slowly introduced and developed over the first half of the film. We get a pretty good picture of who's naughty and who's nice during that time.
Mbah does a wonderful job of establishing the period setting through the use of appropriate wardrobe, classic cars, and vintage music from the era. Krampus looks pretty spectacular in this movie. He's not just a big creepy demon, he's more like an ancient warrior decked out in battle armour.
This movie isn't really an origin story for Krampus, but more of an explanation for how the demon arrives in America. Also, of all the films based on this character, this one is the least centred around Christmas. Though, it does take place during this holiday season.
The film serves as a prequel of sorts for Krampus: The Reckoning and Krampus Unleashed. All of these films were written by Robert Conway. He's also known for directing Exit to Hell (2013), and The Encounter (2015).
Krampus Origins is a pleasant addition to an ever-growing legend. It's also quite different from previous films of this kind, happily providing some variety…
– John Migliore
For more information on the film, check out the links below…
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