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PPC Hero Interview with Allie Edwards Williams of Zvents
By John Lee | @Hanapin September 12, 2008
What better way to learn about PPC than to hear about experiences from those "in the trenches?" At least that's how we feel around here at PPC Hero. When my boss (of Hanapin Marketing) Pat East was at SMX Local last month, he found some outspoken PPCer's and convinced them to give us interviews. The following is the result of one of those interviews, and it is full of great PPC and search marketing advice – straight from the trenches (or from Allie Edwards Williams, if you prefer)!
PAT: What's your name, title, organization, what do they do, what do you do on a daily basis, and how did you get into Internet marketing?
NAME: Allie Edwards Williams
TITLE: Director of Marketing Services
ORGANIZATION: Zvents
WEBSITE: www.Zvents.com
ABOUT ZVENTS: Zvents is a local search and advertising network that features event listings to promote local businesses. We provide a co-branded local search platform to over 250 media channels, including MSN's City Guides, Boston.com, DenverPost.com, and MTV's Campus Daily Guides.
JOB DESCRIPTION: I'm responsible for increasing traffic to our partners' sites. I manage our search marketing initiatives (both SEO and paid), share best practices with partners, and work with them to develop programs that will increase awareness for their sites. On a daily basis, I run paid search programs for several of our partners, so I'm monitoring their campaigns, optimizing bids and ad copy as needed. I also set up experiments for case studies, to establish best practices for the Zvents network.
ALLIE and INTERNET MARKETING: I sort of "fell into" Internet marketing – I spent five years doing traditional marketing for consumer packaged goods products and retail companies before joining Zvents. I was brought on to help Zvents with market research, to help define the competitive landscape and identify opportunities for product and partner development. After we launched Zvents.com (and before we had any paying partners), our CEO tasked me with figuring out how to get more traffic to the site…hence jumping in with both feet to figure out PPC and SEO.
PAT: It sounds like you were hired for one thing (market research) but then are now doing something completely different (search engine marketing). Is that your full-time responsibility? If so, how has SEM changed the way your company does business and why has SEM grown in importance?
ALLIE: Actually, the two areas – market research and SEM – are synergistic at Zvents. As a search engine, we want to find the most relevant, useful information available for our partners and users. We use paid search, in part, to drive traffic, but also to understand the demand for events, promotions, and local merchants. Through PPC campaigns, we can test assumptions and quantify where there is demand for content (based on paid search clicks) and determine whether users are finding what they seek (based on analytic measures like page views consumed and time spent on site). SEM helps inform where we need to focus our energies on acquiring new content.
PAT: Let's talk more about how SEM informs where you need to focus your energy. What areas have you found — through SEM — that you needed to find more content for? Are these areas that you would have otherwise found through other channels and SEM is just helping you find them sooner or is SEM the primary way to find the new content? Also, would love some details about content you found that you needed to acquire/create and how adding it affected overall usage of the site.
ALLIE: SEM is not the primary way we find content, but it does help us identify opportunities faster. A couple of content examples come to mind: festivals and Canadian content.
Festival information is very popular, and this is something we thought likely due to the large number of attendees at most festivals. Running paid search against festival content in several DMAs confirmed it – we got a lot of clicks, but once users got to our site they weren't viewing a lot of pages. We made an effort to add a lot of festival content, and page views per visit increased for all cities where we added content (and in some areas page views increased by as much as 3-4X!). We would have gotten around to adding more festivals eventually, but the paid search test proved that it was a priority and moved it up our Content team's queue.
The same holds true for events and promotions in Canada – SEM indicated there is a tremendous demand from people looking for things to do in major Canadian cities, and so we're working to acquire more content there too.
We're seeing enormous demand for Zvents listings, not just by way of SEM we run against the content, but also through organic search – Google loves the nearly unique nature of a local business's event listing in our index. User Generated Content is one of our most significant sources of content, and merchants can list and optimize their business listing, business events, and promotions at no cost. With demand, our SEM follows further promotion of local businesses and events.
PAT: That's great the attendees are using your site to find the festivals and that you're actually able to create content for them so they'll stick around a bit longer and not just go to the festival site. So…obviously attendees are finding you via search. Are the festival organizers finding you via search too?
ALLIE: Yes! Overall, we've seen a large increase in user-generated content, including festival listings. On a daily basis, users add several thousands of new event and business listings. These listings are in addition to the content we gather from crawling/scraping and content feeds.
PAT: Let's switch gears and talk about the last two shows you were at – ad:Tech and SES. I know you were exhibiting at both, but I'm sure you attended some sessions and have some really good take-aways to share with our readers! What are the top three things you learned from the shows that you can implement for Zvents?
ALLIE: Sure, here are a few takeaways from SES. I was exclusively on booth duty at ad:Tech.
1. Big topic at SES was landing page optimization, and the need to make consistent testing part of your optimization process. Makes sense – the better your landing pages convert, the more you can bid, and the more you can bid, the more competitive your spend. There were several vendors offering multivariate testing, though I spoke with a few people who were finding Google's Website Optimizer valuable. One book to check out is Landing Page Optimization by Tim Ash.
2. Avinash Kausnik gave an update on new features within Google Analytics, and mentioned these two useful plug-ins:
– Keyword Trends plug-in: shows which keywords had 20% higher/lower traffic over the past seven days. I'm using this tool to identify upcoming hot events for possible inclusion in paid search.
– Report Toggle plug-in: allows you to view a report for one site, and then toggle to the same report for the same time period for a different site. This will save so much time! I'm still trying to track down where I can get this plug-in…sadly, Google doesn't share their presentations on the SES site :^(
3. Exploring Keyword Match Types – this topic was discussed in a couple sessions, with some good analysis on how targeting queries by match type works in theory, and in actuality. Matt Van Wagner of FindMeFaster.com gave a great presentation focused exclusively on negative matching. My specific takeaway is to monitor closely how negative broad match works on Google – it is probably more precise than you would prefer! For example, it might make sense for Zvents to include the word "concerts" in an ad group, but to negative match "–concert", because the searcher's intent is for a specific concert, while we may want to attract people who are looking for "concerts" in general, if they consume more pages. Or vice-versa, if we're focused more on promoting ticket sales. This is something we'll test and evaluate.
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Carola A S. Arndt, M.D., is intimately involved in the design of new clinical trials to improve the cure rate of pediatric sarcoma. She is also on the national Children's Oncology Group soft tissue sarcoma committee and bone tumor committee.
Bone sarcoma
New clinical studies on sarcomas aim to decrease the burden of cure — late effects of therapy — for those patients whose prognosis is good, while aiming to increase the cure rate using novel therapies for those intermediate- and high-risk patients who do not have a high cure rate.
Executive Committee, Children's Oncology Group
Pediatric Oncology Subcommittee, Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration
Consultant, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Consultant, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics
Fellow - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Branch National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Resident - Pediatrics Naval Medical Center
Internship - Pediatrics Naval Medical Center
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MD - six-year combined Liberal Arts-Medical Education program Boston University
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please don't vomit in the taxi: The Impunity of Bhairavi Desai. She's joined the club of people like David Yassky who can just kick taxi drivers around and rip us off. We'll see if that stands.
The Impunity of Bhairavi Desai. She's joined the club of people like David Yassky who can just kick taxi drivers around and rip us off. We'll see if that stands.
Yeah, so the Taxi and Limousine Commission takes six cents a trip from every yellowcab driver for a benefit fund run by Bhairavi Desai. Meager and in fact ridiculous benefits were scheduled to kick in on or around November 18, 2013. They have not. The money, estimated a ta total of from ten to fifteen million dollars a year, continues to be taken involuntarily from around 30,000 taxi drivers who earn around $14.00 an hour on average. Many of these drivers are confident that they indeed have Obama Care from this take out. They are in for rude surprises. Ms. Desai declines to explain any of this.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission refuses to explain any of this, telling the press in fact that the taxi drivers have the greatest benefits in their history, which even if these benefits ever materialize will be a lie.
Taxi drivers had full coverage when they were employees of the fleets with a union contract, something which does not exist today in spite of media repeating the big lie that Desai heads "the taxi driver union."
And so, just to find out where my money is, I am forced to file a Freedom Of Information Request under the gaze of Mayor Bill "Transparency" de Blasio. What a crock he has turned out to be!
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) hereby acknowledges receipt of your freedom of information law (FOIL) request. It is being reviewed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and you will be either notified or will receive such records if available.
Please be advised that there is a $.25 copying fee per page for any request exceeding four (4) pages. Please do not send any payment at this present time; the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) will bill you accordingly if the records you have requested exceed four (4) pages.
I request all email between the Commission chair David Yassky ( and any person working on his behalf and Bhairavi Desai and all officers,attorneys and any other representative o f the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.(NYTWA) during the years 2013 and 2014.
I want to know whether David Yassky has resigned az a Commissioned and if so when he resigned.
I want to know when David Yassky resigned as Chairman of the Commission.
I want to have all notes and records that the Commission has regarding meetings between Bhairvi Desai and Deputy .Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and Bhairavi Desai regarding the driver health project, a proposed taxi fare increase livery cars, borough taxis and the Taxi of Tomorrow.
I want to know who is responsible for providing health benefits for taxi drivers.
The medallion drivers have been taxed six cents per ride since October First, 2013 to support and pay for a benefig plAn. Who has this money and how much money iz it?
What evidence is available of benefits that have been provided.
A pre- proposal meeting was scheduled for Weds. March 13,2013. I want all available records of that meeting.
What entities responded to the proposal? i want to know how the winner was selected.
I want this information because I blog about these issues and intend to sue the Commission.


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Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth Get close to Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder, starring Russell Crowe
Before the movie's digital, 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases, a deleted scene from the movie that has Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Natalie Portman as Jane, who is battling cancer, is seen to be having a romantic moment.
But unlike the sequence that was ultimately eliminated, this scene concludes with a surprise trip from Zeus (Russell Crowe), who Jane greets as he emerges through a privacy curtain holding an ice cream cone. Have you remained still the entire time?
Zeus nods thoughtfully, then informs Thor that You might actually be an emotion god after all. While the scene's context is not given, moviegoers may recall that after Thor uses Zeus' thunderbolt to impale him, Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) steals it to help the nice people in battle. Zeus endures, and in a closing scene, he orders his son Hercules (Brett Goldstein) to kill Thor as retribution.
The "Fighting for You" clip listed above, as well as three other scenes, will be included in the forthcoming digital, 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD versions (apart from Disney+). Taika Waititi, the filmmaker and co-writer, will also provide an audio commentary and a comedy reel.
In Thor: Love and Thunder, which debuted in theatres on July 8, Thor, Jane, Valkyrie, and Korg (Waititi, 47) band together to battle the latest major villain, Gorr (Christian Bale).
The film, which stars Hemsworth, 39, as the supporter god Thor, follows Thor as he embarks on a search for inner peace following the events of Avengers: Endgame.
Other Disney+ Day premieres besides Thor: Love and Thunder on September 8 have included live-action Pinocchio, the Cars spin-off series Cars on the Road, a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Thor: Love and Thunder, and much more.
Hemsworth reflected on his over ten years as Thor on the big screen in a behind-the-scenes featurette he posted on Instagram in June. Hemsworth's solo superhero movie from 2011—the fourth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—was the beginning of his over ten years as the character.
Article source: https://celebrityinsider.org/natalie-portman-and-chris-hemsworth-get-close-to-zeus-in-thor-love-and-thunder-starring-russell-crowe-531990/
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We all know how important it is to rank first in Google, right? A survey from  MyLife shows that approximately 50% of all online users in the US trust Google.
From its beginning as a start-up company, Google's mission has been to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful for everyone. There is no doubt they do that extremely well.
Since then, Google has bought various heavy patents and even entire start-ups to improve the quality of their services. Consequently, many brands invest enormous amounts in SEO to appear at the top of the Google search results. This leads to the issue of how search engines are an integral part of the modern business eco-system.
Many digital agencies try to place SEO on its own, unique pedestal. They give endless reasons Why businesses have to consider it as an essential part of their marketing strategy. Most of the experts from these agencies are committed to the general premise of How optimization will increase Qualified Traffic (leads and conversions), improve ROI (which can be very difficult to determine beforehand), give competitive advantage and raise awareness among potential customers. The main purpose is simple – more profit for the businesses. And that's all good, but it is also very important to remember the risks of not delivering a digital platform that is well optimized for search engines. This is where the long-term relationship must be manifested. It's hard to convice a business to pay extra hours if not provided with clear and understandable arguments. Therefore, my question is pretty simple: Do you know the risks of NOT having a properly optimized website for search engines from the moment it goes live? If the answer is "No", please read on. As the great British novelist Bram Stoker once wrote, "We learn from failure, not from success".
To start things off, let's imagine that you have briefed your digital agency about the new corporate, product or e-commerce website you want to build. You shed some light on how you imagine the website will look like from a design and UX perspective, what features you want (such as IA, menues, categories, rich media formats, etc.) and you choose a suitable CMS. Then after many meetings and nights without sleep, you have your website ready for deployment, the last bugs from the test environment are fixed and it goes live. Congratulations! You have a brand new website that probably won't even get 5% of the overall online share of searches looking for your type of products and services through search engines. Basically, you have a beautiful and well functioning website that nobody can find.
To give more sense to the scene, let's imagine you have just opened a cosy restaurant in the beautiful mountain above the city. The food is fresh and delicious. The service is excellent. The view is breath taking. The place is heaven on Earth. There is only one problem- you haven't built roads for people to come, discover and become ambassadors of your business. The result is that nobody would probably discover your restaurant. The same is valid for the world of search engines. Without any SEO-friendly infrastructure, search engines cannot find, index and rank your website. In some cases, this might be crucial for your whole business.
Slowly, you realize that all the great and useful content that you add to the website becomes invisible to search engines and thereby, potential customers. You will need to hire a SEO or digital agency to do a proper internal and external optimization to make your site visible. The problem is that you have probably spent the whole budget on building the website. Yes, you can do a lot of online advertising to compensate, but it also costs money. In addition, this is an old-fashioned push marketing approach that does not always result in qualified traffic like the pull marketing would. So what you can do? Is there a magical solution?
Yes- but there are two main conditions for that to happen. First, it's time for a radical change in the mindset. SEO should no longer be considered a fancy add-on service to your website but instead, a must-have part of the building process. It's the base without which no website should go live. And I am defining this as a first condition because if you don't understand it now, you will allow the same mistakes tomorrow.
The way to be sure that the platforms we deliver are SEO-friendly is to set a SEO Quality Gate for each separate project. Before every project goes live, we assess the platform to see if it justifies all requirements for a SEO-friendly solution. We do this by going through a well designed checklist based on previously gained knowledge and best practice. It guarantees that everything that may go wrong is checked and aligned to the search engines specifications. Thereafter, the website is ready to fly. And by fly, I mean fly high. Search engines can find it easily, index it properly and rank it accordingly.
Satisfaction Factor Analysis – using empirical data, the user's satisfaction and relevancy to your website is determined. This shows how your website performs when it comes to User Experience. User experience is a factor that is considered as a main condition from Google when ranking a particular website.
Keyword Assessment – gives information on the effectiveness of the keywords that your website is trying to rank for and the potential gaps.
Onsite Elements Assessment – determines all problematic issues which we have complete control. This section is responsible for approximately 20% of the overall SEO-performance.
Content Assessment – assessment of the overall content on the website and recommendations on how it can be enhanced to be more recognizable for search engines.
Code Revision – while the code of a website is an essential part of its structure, it is made sure that it behaves accordingly.
Backlink Profiling – the incoming links to a website can tell a lot about its online reputation and about the sentiment towards the brand around the web.
Competitive Benchmarking – comparison of some of the online competitors of the brand, used as a proof statement to the clients.
Is your mind crowded with confusion? Don't worry. It's normal.
There are two main takeaways from this blog post.
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Why is this important? A marketing program that does not take this significant churn into account could be at risk. Without a data strategy to quickly capture and capitalize on shifts in the school market, 10% to 15% of potential sales may be missed and a significant portion of your budget may be committed to chasing opportunity that is no longer there.
What questions should every education marketer ask?
What marketing advantage would I gain from having the most current, complete and accurate data?
Most commonly, market data comes from "periodic" data compilers who make additions and deletions to their files, based on whatever data their compilation process has captured. They call that a monthly update. However, that update can often represent a fraction of the actual change in the marketplace. For school marketers, that creates a catch-22.
To offer data that accurately represents the market, a periodic compiler must wait until late in the school year to release their file. However, marketers need data at the start of the school year to capitalize on the back-to-school season. Therefore periodic compilers are forced to pull the trigger early and leave out a significant number of new arrivals. It is impossible for their updates to capture the full shift of the market. With a 10% shift in the first few months, that can have a major impact.
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Free State farmers sue over border fence
By webmaster Last updated Apr 3, 2010
Bongiwe Zihlangu
MASERU — A group of Free State farmers has dragged the South African government to court to force it to erect an electrical fence on the country's border with Lesotho.
They argue that Lesotho's border infrastructure and security "has disintegrated to such an extent that it has become almost impossible for farmers to continue farming".
Lesotho is totally surrounded by South Africa.
The Free State farmers say their livestock have been stolen and their crops have been damaged by Basotho livestock that cross the border into South Africa.
Press reports say Free State Agriculture (FSA)'s case against the South African government will be heard in the Bloemfontein High Court on April 22.
The case is being sponsored by Grain SA, a voluntary organisation that represents South African grain producers.
Grain SA has donated R394 000 for FSA's legal expenses.
FSA wants the court to compel the government to erect a fence along the Lesotho-South Africa border and to upgrade the border infrastructure.
The March 28 issue of Farmer's Weekly , a respected South African agriculture magazine, quoted the chairperson of the FSA security committee, Kobus Breytenbach, as saying the court case was their last resort as they "had exhausted all possibilities in trying to address Lesotho border security".
"Ensuing negotiations with government stakeholders were futile," Breytenbach said in the interview with the magazine.
Breytenbach said FSA was taking the government to court on the basis of the constitutional provisions "to ensure the safety and security for all citizens in the country".
Over the years there have been clashes between Basotho and South African farmers over livestock and crop theft.
Accusations have been thrown back and forth with each side accusing the other of stock theft.
Some of the clashes have been bloody, leaving scores dead and others wounded.
Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohlabi Tsekoa on Friday condemned FSA's fight for an electric fence as a "terrible tragedy".
"It would be a terrible tragedy for South Africa if that were to happen," Tsekoa told the Sunday Express.
"We don't choose our neighbours and we are where we are today — totally enclosed by South Africa — as a result of historical treaties signed."
Tsekoa said the government of Lesotho will continue to oppose attempts to fence the border.
"We have tried before and will not stop trying to ensure that it does not happen," he said.
"I suspect most of the people behind this are Afrikaans farmers.
"But I doubt their case has merit.
"It will not succeed because it is just an effort to treat people like animals."
According to Tsekoa, South Africans from KwaZulu-Natal province also come into Lesotho to steal livestock in Mokhotlong but the Lesotho government had never suggested erecting an electric fence in that border area.
He added that the challenges the two countries experienced had motivated them to enter into an agreement of co-operation beneficial for development.
"That is why the two countries have entered into a bilateral commission of co-operation in order to find ways of working together with regard to free movement and development," he said.
Tsekoa said the government will raise the issue with South Africa's President Jacob Zuma when he comes here for a state visit in August.
"When President Zuma comes to Lesotho on a state visit in August, we will raise the issue with him," he said.
"We will also have him know that we strongly condemn the proposal."
Meanwhile, Lesotho People's Charter Movement (LPCM) spokesperson Vuyani Tyale has criticised FSA's decision as "barbaric".
"We are shocked by FSA's display of arrogance," Tyale said.
"This is so wrong and barbaric. We do not need another Berlin Wall here.
"We need to move freely and without having to produce passports."
Tyale said the LPCM — a civic movement pushing for Lesotho's incorporation into South Africa — would oppose the case and that the group will be in Bloemfontein on April 22.
"We are going to oppose the erection of an electric fence along the Lesotho-South Africa borderline when the case is heard on April 22," Tyale said.
"Whether or not they have concerns is irrelevant.
"Our only concern is free movement between the two countries, for which we advocate strongly."
Tyale said the LPCM was also pushing for the amendment of Section 41 of the Lesotho's constitution to allow for dual citizenship.
"We have been mobilising support for the amendment of Section 41 of the constitution to allow for dual citizenship," he said.
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Live Love Recycle is a new environmental and social project founded by Live Love Beirut, to help counter the garbage crisis in Lebanon. It is a service based on a mobile application where residents all over Beirut are able to order pick-ups on demand for their recyclables.
A driver on an e-bike will be present at the designated location in less than 30 minutes after the request is made, to pick-up the bags and drop them at the recycling plant.


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Going above and beyond…Tolley and crew recognized by County Mayor, EMA Director
Published 1:25 pm Thursday, December 29, 2022
Photo by Ivan Sanders City of Elizabethton Public Relations Carter County EMA Director Bill Harrell (left) presents a plaque to David Tolley of the Elizabethton Water Resources Department. Water Resources GM Jonathan Pleasant was also on hand for the presentation.
CITY OF ELIZABETHTON PUBLIC RELATIONS
While many stayed warm enjoying time with their families during the bitterly cold Christmas holiday weekend, a group of City of Elizabethton Water Resource employees was responding to nearly 200 calls involving frozen meters and water lines.
One of those families who was taken care of by these employees included a family with a small child on Mary Patton Highway who had lost their water service due to a frozen and busted water meter on December 26, making repairs to get the family water once again.
On Wednesday, Dec. 28, Billy Harrell, Carter County Emergency Management Agency Director, presented David Tolley of the Elizabethton Water Resource Department a plaque on behalf of himself and Carter County Mayor Patty Woodby for the response of Tolley and his crew to help the family get their water back on. Water Resource General Manager Jonathan Pleasant was also present for the presentation.
"It's very challenging," said Tolley of making repairs in the bitter cold. "Most of the time you are having to put your arms at least halfway down or better into the meter box to get the meter turned off. You have tools stuck to your hands and you have to be careful of the ice."
Getting the water turned off is just half the battle as once the water is turned off then the real work begins.
"Once you get the water off you still have to reach back in there and replace the meter so you can get the water turned back on," Tolley said. "Sometimes it requires digging with shovels."
Repairing lines during freezing weather is not just as easy as going to the meter. Sometimes the crews have to do some detective work to locate exactly where the problem originates from.
"We were out on Reynolds Road and had people out of water and you have to start playing scenarios in your head and keep stepping back to see where the problem is," said Tolley. "We looked for an hour to identify where the problem was to fix that problem on Christmas day."
Tolley and his crew spent most of the weekend taking care of water problems while residents were unwrapping Christmas gifts and having Christmas dinner with their families who may have come in from out of town for the holiday weekend.
"We had worked from 3 a.m. on December 26 until 3 p.m. and then had guys out until 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning," Tolley said. "I am proud of the guys we have on the crew. We have a lot of young guys on the team but we broke them in real good this weekend."
Harrell said that he and Woodby appreciated the response that Tolley and the City Water Resources team made especially in the case of the family on Mary Patton Highway.


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Q: Cannot Resolve 'junit' with Junit 4.12 in my Maven project I am having an issue about the junit, the IDE cannot resolve symbol for 'junit' even if I have it installed:

If I changed junit to version 4.11, this problem will be solved, but every time I run the test, it will give me error and ask me to use junit 4.12 or higher version.
Here is my project dependencies:

Anyone knows how to solve it? I have finish everything, and just waiting for the test. Thanks in advance!
Run 'mvn clean package', gives compilation error:

A: Two things you could try:

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*Right click on the project, go under Maven and click on Reimport

*Go to File and select Invalidate Caches / Restart

A: Your project cached an older version.
You don't have to set junit version, the annotation spring-boot-starter-test will take care of it.
Please consider running clean command in terminal at parent root folder:
mvn clean

And reimport dependencies by clicking Manven Projects on the right and the first button:

If it does not work, maybe you installed an older version by mistake. You should run:
mvn clean package

UPDATE:
Your maven repository .m2 folder has multiple versions of junit.
 The simplest way is to delete and build the project again. The .m2 folder will be recreated automatically.

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One hundred and fifty-one years ago today, voters in 41 counties of what was then Virginia went to the polls to cast ballots on an extraordinary question: should those counties secede from the then-Confederate State of Virginia and form a new, pro-Union State under the proposed name of the State of Kanawha?
The date was October 24th, 1861. The Civil War had been underway for six months. Battle lines between north and south were drawn.
Just going to the polls that day — regardless of which way an individual vote was cast — had to have been an act of extraordinary courage.
And it had profound effects on the records that researchers may find today in that part of what is now West Virginia.
So when you're researching legal records in West Virginia, remember the vote of 1861. The United States gained a State, but lost in the turmoil were years of records.
Every time I see this, I cry, Judy… Kanawha County in West Virginia is where my family is from, and there are big, big holes that hover around this time period. Simple tasks like death records are even a challenge with many records saying name, an approximate age, and no other identifying information.
Add onto that the widening of a major federal road throughout WV (US Route 60) and you have another layer of complication to figuring out the how, when, and where of most records.
Thanks for a great column on this issue and spotlighting that challenges in the South are not just the legendary "court house fires".
Not every county suffered the same degree of loss, Concetta, but an awful lot of them did. It's definitely enough to make you cry when you come up against it.
All of my mother's father's family came from WV and lived there for at least 4 generations. I've been to the Archives in Charleston and the WV Collection at WVU in Morgantown several times for a couple of weeks each visit. My mother's mother's family was all VA and I've been there for weeks, too. At the WV Archives, I was told that the VA method of keeping records continued after WV was formed. If so, we have to remember that the VA vital records which started in 1853 were voluntary. People were not required to record births and deaths. Therefore, these records are somewhere between incomplete and scanty. Also, I heard at both the WV Archives and LVA that in some counties, so few people registered these events that the county officials stopped even trying to keep them. All of this means that the lack of birth and death records is not necessarily connected to the formation of the new state. Far more important would be the lack of court records although there were district courts which may fill in somewhat. Deeds can be recorded later and would have to have been before the land could be sold or inherited. Maybe I have just lucked out but I haven't noticed any unusual lack of records in that period. My folks were in Monongalia, Pendleton, Lewis, Upshur, Ritchie and Fayette counties. So many VA and WV records have been lost that I don't cry over them. Sometimes, I get angry when I consider the fire at John Evan's farm (the Monongalia Co clerk) in the building he'd built to hold his records. I think it was 1794, I'd have to look it up to be sure. When we consider how few records there were at that time, the loss of most of them is awful. Thankfully, the county did work hard to get land deeds re-registered. Also, there are a lot of court records (not the minute books and such but the files and misc papers) not at the Archives but at WVU. So, there are ways around these things. VA researchers always have to deal with "ways around" as so many court houses were burned by Union soldiers. Pretty much all of us have these black holes.
You're sure right that we all have to find our work-arounds, Jo, but knowing what was and wasn't recorded in the Civil War time period (and why) can often at least stop us from spinning our wheels!
What a history lesson! I'll betcha not too many people would know what you are talking about if you were mention the "State of Kanawha!" You might get a huh?
There are a lot of states-that-weren't, Jeff — all blog posts for another day!!
Thanks for the article on the split of West Virginia from Virginia in 1861. Maybe now Ancestry.com will believe that all those counties were once in Virginia. I have not been able to convince them of that so far, so I'll send them a link to your article.
Oh yeah I sure know that problem, Sharon. Good luck with that one!


This month, August 2017, RLabs Women decided to celebrate all the special women from our communities through upliftment.
As part of our goals for this month, which was to honour, recognize and help women find their purpose and identity, we designed a special programme for women that would do just that.
We kicked off the month with an interview on Bush Radio's Ladies Night show. Suzanne Smith (head of RLabs Women) and Yvonne Mentoor (Graduate of our Moms 9.0 1st Semester 2017 course) were interviewed on their experience at RLabs.
Image: Suzanne (middle) and Yvonne (right-hand side) being interviewed by Bush Radio's Jodi Gordon on their first ever Ladies Night show.
Suzanne's journey with RLabs began in 2010 when she was a graduate in our Moms class. Ever since, she has played an integral role in the upliftment of the women in and around South Africa.
Image: Suzanne Smith, facilitating a Senior Mobile Session with the IDM Seniors.
Yvonne, experienced a similar journey. Instead of keeping everything she learnt from the Moms class, she chose to help the women and children in her local community by teaching them "cool" things about the internet and technology.
Image: Yvonne Mentoor at the Moms 9.0 class at RLabs.
The next stop for the RLabs Women team were our seniors. Impact Direct Ministries, referred to as IDM, played an important role in beginning phase of RLabs, and they still do today. Their involvement in the Athlone area has been extremely impactful over the past 12 years. The IDM Seniors Club meets every Monday morning to share and engage with fellow seniors. The RLabs Women felt that the best way to honour our seniors would be to pamper them (mini mani's and snacks) and also to teach them how to move with the times. They were introduced to laptops and mobile phones, where they had the opportunity to search on Google, send emails, and sign up to the RLabs virtual currency, Zlto. They thoroughly enjoyed these sessions because they were now able to show their children and grandchildren a thing or two.
Images: The IDM Seniors exploring the internet with the assistance of the RLabs Women team.
RLabsU HQ, hosts a variety of RLabs Women courses, and because we wanted to expose more women to these opportunities, we visited various centres who focus on Women Empowerment to share these opportunities with them. Since our visits, we've had many women express an interest in these courses and because of the interest we will be rolling out these courses in their spaces over the next few months.
In preparation for our 2nd Semester of 2017 the RLabs Women team has been looking at various in which we could make our content relevant for the women who come through our doors. We are excited to meet our new ladies and to take them on the journey of self-empowerment.


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Minding your Ps, Ais & iDs
As Adobe Creative Suite gets more and more complicated with each upgrade, its icons get more simplified and dull. Back in the day Adobe Photoshop icons and credit pages used to be inspiring, beautiful images like beaches, feathers and eyes. Since Adobe CS3 however, along with the whole CS range, they've become rather corporate and uninspired. I much preferred their logos when they were illustrated icons rather than two letters in a box, reminding one of the periodic table symbols. An eye was a perfect icon for Photoshop and was kept for years. The new Ps logo is not only ugly and boring, but confusing, especially when you've got all the Creative Suite icons in a row on your dock (if you're Mac; I have no idea what PCs look like nowadays). Ps presumably stands for Photoshop (though Photoshop is only one word; I guess it's to remind us its native file format is .ps; though Ps makes me think of Postscript), yet Ai presumably stands for Adobe Illustrator – so shouldn't Photoshop be AP (Adobe Photoshop)? For a package that prides itself on its consistency, this lack of it is confusing. Anyway, having to read the icons for the right package can take a second or two, so if you've got a whole row of Ps, Ai, ID, Dw, etc, especially when they're all the same size and weight, it's counter-instinctive – you've got to read to decipher it. Before, with the illustrated icons, I'd instinctively go to the eye for Photoshop, Botticelli's Birth of Venus for Illustrator and a butterfly (nicked from the CorelDraw icon) for InDesign. These are visual packages, so a visual identity for each package made sense.
Going from pre-CS icons to CS icons was tough, but I made it through, perhaps even grew to love the feather, flower and butterfly. Didn't even mind too much when they changed colour and shape for CS2 (though initially it was confusing – they changed their colours!). But the icons from CS3 onwards, with their lack of imagination, corporateness, confusion and just plain monotony – for the premiere graphics and design packages, it's just plain wrong.
Perhaps Adobe are trying to appeal to the Microsoft Office/Windows audience, those dull-minded people with their Excel charts and PowerPoint presentations. Maybe Adobe are trying to be more professional and serious. But even the icons for Microsoft Office have a 'bubbly' kind of feel to them (Microsoft trying to appeal to creatives?) with a similar letter-based system but also icons which quickly explain what each package is. The Adobe icons don't look like they've been designed at all, so it comes as quite a surprise that Adobe actually have a Desktop Brand team. Their work must have been really cut out for them going from CS3 to CS4.
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'Fallout 4': More Apocalypse, More Freedom
by Brian Savino | Oct 15, 2015 | A & E | 7
It's been the only nuclear apocalypse we've looked forward to for years, and now game developer Bethesda Game Studios is back after seven years with its fifth installment in the Fallout series. This time, the world is the player's canvas, allowing for anything to be built at any time, and such room for creativity is complemented by a plethora of acquaintances, weapons, armor, upgrades and stories, with no shortage of explosions.
Fallout 4 immediately gives you something to do, allowing you to design the male or female character that you want. Your character, who has a blessed life with a loving spouse, newborn baby and happy neighborhood in Boston, faces the worst possible event that any person could: a nuclear attack.
Although Bethesda did not tell us much about the game in their presentation at the annual E3 2015 video game conference in June, we do know that your character safely emerges from a bomb shelter 200 years later, horrified to find out that he/she is the single survivor of the blast. There is not a living soul to be seen in the destroyed landscape. However, you do come across your old home robot, Codsworth, who offers to feed and take care of you, as always, and you meet a stray dog that becomes your companion very early on. And, thank goodness, the dog is unable to die, reducing the amount of tears shed over this game.
With over 111,000 lines of dialogue in the game (more than any other game developed by Bethesda), each character encountered will be completely unique and memorable, allowing for a more personable and relatable video game experience. Because of this, you'll be able to pick and choose who you associate your character with in the game and create virtual friendships. These friends you make along the way can help you, of course, but in any scenario where you're put in such a dangerous situation, flesh and teeth can't compare to lasers and metal.
Laser pistols, pipe rifles and plasma sniper rifles are only a few of the 50 base weapons usable in Fallout 4. Of course, melee weapons, such as swords and bats, will be at the player's disposal as well, if you really feel like taking the risky route. If you are low on health or need a breather, though, the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (VATS) will, of course, be incorporated into combat as it was in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, allowing the player to pause the game mid-battle and aim at a specific body part of the enemy. Depending on the probability of hitting that body part and luck, your player will fire a deadlier-than-usual shot at their target.
The damage that can be done with any weapon will be amplified by things you can pick up off the ground. There are over 700 modifications for the base weapons in the game, including a flamer barrel, suppressor, beam focuser and even a bayonet, bringing you back to the days of World War II. These mods can all be found scattered around the environment, on corpses and hidden in secluded places.
Also scattered around the world will be building spots, in which you can actually build your own settlement in the wasteland. This all happens in real-time, and it won't be the easiest task — power grids will have to be built, as will defense mechanisms, just in case your settlement gets attacked by raiders. You can build these with anything, though. From screws found in tool boxes to pieces of wood taken from abandoned houses, the possibilities of what your town can look and feel like are endless. The story of your settlement is completely up to you.
And, obviously, so is your character's story. It all begins with the player choosing which S.P.E.C.I.A.L.'s he/she wants, which are, respectively, Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck. You start the game with a certain number of points, and can assign them to whichever category you desire. With 275 perks to compliment the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. abilities, you can give your character any set of skills you desire.
You could be a stealthy character who's never seen, a sweet-talking liar, a character who only uses rocket launchers or even a 90s tough guy who only uses his fists (with this last one, you can slick your character's hair back and be one of the greaser Tunnel Snakes from Fallout 3.") The possibilities are endless.
And, of course, Bethesda brought back the game's iconic smartwatch, nicknamed the Pip Boy. The oversized watch is not only back, it's back with more gears than ever before. You can keep track of your character's health, weapons, map, settlements, armor, and abilities and the Pip Boy is even loaded with a few mini games for you to play when you have a spare moment in the game.
Just because Bethesda is putting more into the base game than they ever have before, and is almost giving the player more freedom than can be dealt with, it doesn't mean that they can't still add more. Along with the real life Pip-Boy, Bethesda is offering a deal for downloadable content (DLC) in the game. For just $30, you can get a season pass for the game, and get all the DLC that will ever be released for Fallout 4 without a worry. If the DLC is anything like past games, it will include adventures made up of aliens, monsters, raids and more. Not only will DLC include extra adventures, but it will probably come with new weapons, armor and abilities.
The weapons, landscape, upgrades and DLC added into Fallout 4 reassure us that Bethesda went all out in giving the maximum amount of freedom to the player. They put so much in the game, in fact, that Fallout 4 can only run on the more powerful new generation consoles, and will initially only be released for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Bethesda's efforts will not go unnoticed, and many believe that not only will this be the best and most innovative game we have seen in years, but that it will continue to be just that for years to come.
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Robbie Cordero on October 15, 2015 at 11:32 am
Technically this isn't the 5th installment by Bethesda. After all, Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics were done by Interplay. That doesn't even include the PS2 game Brotherhood of Steel or what would have been a very beautiful Van Buren. Bethesda's Fallout 3 might have easily been called Fallout 4 or Fallout 5 ( if Van Buren had been allowed to be finished ).
Hailey on October 15, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Yeah this is Bethesda's 2ND Fallout game, afaIk.
Lorenzo on October 15, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Over all it was a pretty nice article to read for those who have not kept up with the Fallout 4 details that have emerged. Like this guy and girl have said this is only Bethesda's 2nd installment of Fallout. Also VATS will no longer pause the game but instead it will slow down time. This makes it just a bit more difficult than Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
Tristan Alan Davies on October 15, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Also probably best to mention that mods will be available on console aswell as PC only thing thought article was missing
E Seminolus on October 16, 2015 at 9:15 am
Nov 10 can't come soon enough!!
deathdealer on October 16, 2015 at 9:59 am
I look forward to the game..I agree with most parts of the article but it seems too obvious and hardcore this is like an asslicking and paid article…zzz..just look at the last sentences of the article..really? You can predict Bethesda will continue making great and best games?
Greg on October 16, 2015 at 5:44 pm
Not quite sure the writer understands exactly how V.A.T.S., or weapon modifications, works in this new iteration of the Fallout series. If you watch Todd Howard's Fallout 4 presentation you will see that there are some big changes to how the weapon modification crafting system and V.A.T.S. work, compared to how they worked in Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
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Robert Brown Facts & Worksheets
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist who pioneered the use of the microscope in botany, which he used to describe the nucleus of a cell.
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Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist who pioneered the use of the microscope in botany, which he used to describe the nucleus of a cell. He also developed the idea of what is now called the Brownian motion which explained the random movement of minute particles in a fluid.
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EARLY LIFE & FAMILY
Robert Brown was born on December 21, 1773, in Montrose, Scotland.
He was born the only son of James Brown, a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, and Helen Brown née Taylor, a daughter of a Presbyterian minister.
Young Robert attended Montrose Academy, a local Grammar School, and Marischal College at Aberdeen.
When Brown was 17 years old, his family moved to Edinburgh, and he had to withdraw from the college in his fourth year.
Robert's father died the following year.
Brown studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh.
Robert Brown dropped out of studying medicine in 1793.
Brown grew interested in botany and made expeditions into the Scottish Highlands to collect and study plants.
He extensively studied the plants he collected and wrote detailed botanical descriptions of them.
His early botanical studies motivated him to initiate correspondence with British botanists.
He corresponded with some of the pioneering British botanists at the time, James Dickson and William Withering.
Brown also collected plant specimens for them to study.
Brown discovered a new species of grass, Alopecurus alpinus.
He also delivered his first botanical paper, "The botanical history of Angus" to the Edinburgh Natural History Society in 1792.
The paper was not published in his lifetime.
From 1795 to 1800, he served in the British army in Ireland as an assistant surgeon.
Brown was an established botanist before the 19th century began.
He had been nominated to the Linnean Society of London.
He had an algae species named after him: Conferva brownii (now named Aegagropila linnaei).
AUSTRALIA EXPEDITION
In 1798, Sir Joseph Banks of the Royal Society recommended Brown to be a naturalist aboard the Investigator.
In July, 1801, Brown began to sail with the expedition.
Under the command of Matthew Flinders, the ship traveled along the Australian coasts to survey the land.
The ship reached King George Sound, Western Australia in December, 1801.
There was much botanical diversity in King George Sound.
During this expedition, Brown collected many plant specimens.
MAJOR WORK
When he got back to England in 1805, he began his extensive classification of the specimens he collected.
He had gathered around 3,900 species!
Five years later, Brown published partial results of the botanical studies he had done from the flora collected on the expedition.
His publication, which is considered his major work, was entitled "Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen."
Brown's publication contributed to previous plant classification systems as well as established the foundations for Australian flora.
FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
As a botanical researcher, Brown was very meticulous and included as many significant details as possible no matter how small they were.
He then went on to publish his studies on the plant family Proteaceae.
His study proved that pollen grain could help in re-classifying plants.
In 1820, Brown inherited the extensive library and plant collection of Sir Joseph Banks.
Seven years later, Brown became the head of the botanical department of the British Museum and bequeathed the Banks' collection to the museum.
Brown was also the first to distinguish gymnosperms from angiosperms.
BROWNIAN MOTION
In 1828, Brown published "A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations," a pamphlet about his observations of the random motion of microscopic particles.
The particles are now known as amyloplasts.
Brown observed that these particles were in rapid motion within pollen grains of many plants.
After further experimentation, he noticed similar movement with other substances suspended in water.
His observation is now known as the Brownian motion, which is a general property of matter revealing random oscillatory movement of particles suspended in fluid.
In his studies, he used the microscope extensively to observe plant specimens.
Brown demonstrated exceptional ability in drawing conclusions from selected data.
In 1831, he coined the term "nucleus" of a cell upon studying plants that led to his observation of the existence of a structure within plant cells.
He was not the first to observe the nucleus of a cell, but he was the one who came up with the term nucleus.
HONOR & LEGACY
Brown became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.
He was the president of the Linnean Society for four years (1849 to 1853).
A number of Australian plant species are named after Brown, such as Brown's box (Eucalyptus brownii) and Brown's banksia (Banksia brownii).
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Anne P. Mitchell (born April 3, 1958) is an attorney, Professor of Law, and the founder and CEO of the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy.

Biography
In 1988, Mitchell founded an early fathers' rights group in Buffalo, New York, while she was studying pre-law at SUNY Buffalo. Upon moving to California to attend Stanford Law School she founded the first fathers' rights BBS which she ran from her student housing.

After graduating from Stanford, Mitchell opened a fathers' rights law practice, through which she represented fathers wishing to remain involved in the lives of their children following divorce. She spoke publicly and privately on the issues of fathers' rights and the need for children to have their fathers involved in their lives. Mitchell spoke, by invitation, to the California judges' bench Beyond the Bench program, to Santa Clara Family Court Services, and at Governor Pete Wilson's "Focus on Fathers summit.

Television show
In 1997, Mitchell produced and was the host of the cable show "Fathers are Parents Too". The half-hour television talk show "focused on the concerns, issues, and realities related to becoming and staying an involved father." Thirty-six episodes of "Fathers are Parents Too" were filmed in 1997, and were shown on cable television stations throughout the United States.

Anti-spam and Internet law
In 1998, Mitchell closed her fathers' rights practice, and changed her focus to Internet law and anti-spam efforts. She joined Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), the first formal anti-spam organization, as Director of Legal and Public Affairs. While at MAPS Mitchell led the strategy for the first anti-spam lawsuits.

In 2002 Mitchell stepped in as CEO and co-founder of the newly created Habeas. A year later Mitchell left Habeas to found and run the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP),

During her tenure at Habeas, Mitchell coined the term "deliverability" and founded and led the first Email Deliverability Summits, which became the impetus for founding ISIPP when she left Habeas.

Philanthropy
In September 2005, Mitchell founded Auction Aid to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, enlisting donated items from friends and colleagues Guy Kawasaki, Béla Fleck, Warren Farrell, Anne Fadiman, Eduardo Sánchez and Sir Harold Evans, to raise more than $5,000.  Originally Auction Aid was created using eBay's "Giving Works" platform, about which Mitchell later criticized.

Selected works
Mitchell has published many papers and authored one ebook.

References

External links

 Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
 DadsRights.org
 Habeas
 Auction Aid
 Dushanbe Relief Fund

1958 births
Living people
American women chief executives
Fathers' rights activists
Anti-spam
American women lawyers
21st-century American women

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Our stance on racism and white supremacy (in craft)
Update Monday, June 24,2019:
Over the weekend, Ravelry (the world's largest knitting website, which inspired Textillia, and whose owners we consider friends) created a new policy extending their anti-hate speech rules to include banning any pro-Trump content. (If you want the backstory, there's a good summary on TechCrunch.) The story blew up and has been all over the news, and we have received some emails demanding to know whether we have a similar stance (clearly from people who are new here, and/or didn't take a minute to look around before emailing). So, although there is barely any room left for (mis)interpretation, to be crystal clear:
We stand 100% in solidarity with Ravelry.
We stand 100% in solidarity with marginalized people and those doing anti-racism work. (This includes people who are LGTBQ+, disabled, immigrants, BIPOC, and other marginalised groups.)
Like on Ravelry, promoting Trump and/or white supremacy, hate speech against marginalised people, bullying, taunting, etc. will not be tolerated on TextiIlia.
We welcome people across the political and religious spectrum, but if your beliefs are harmful toward marginalised people, you are not welcome to post or promote them here in any fashion.
UPDATED Big software upgrade: Done!
UPDATE: We've rolled out the upgrade! It was in the works for a long time, and we're very excited to wrap up this phase of development, and move forward again with building out more functionality. You might notice some small new bells and whistles (and also small theme bugs - if you do, please do report those in the forums or through the contact form!), but otherwise it should all look very similar to before, but nothing should be glaringly broken. And now, onward!
Bruno Tue, 08/14/2018 - 15:58
New Years Textillia progress update
Hi everyone! You know how we like to be transparent about what we're doing here, so we wanted to share some of what's been going on behind the scenes for those of you who are interested in keeping up on that side of things.
From a trip to my favourite local fabric shop Spool of Thread! (Not an ad, I just love them!)
Bruno spent most of the last quarter of 2017 working on preparations for getting out of beta, and in December he was focused on building out the membership system. This was meant to be the last piece of the puzzle before we could start the countdown clock to the official full site launch (which has been a long time in the making, so very exciting!) Going out of beta and finally having memberships set up was also meant to be a big step in overall progress of Textillia, as we intended to use that initial influx of membership revenue to fund the "big software upgrade" (from the now old Drupal 7 to the current version of the software we use called Drupal, Drupal 8). This should be the last "big" software upgrade we have to do, as after this version, the upgrades are broken up into much more frequent smaller upgrades, instead of one huge ominous one every few years.
Ariane Wed, 01/03/2018 - 12:11
Shareable projects and profiles!
We're excited to announce that you can now choose to make your projects and profile publicly visible, making them much easier to share! *cue cheering*
Project visibility options
You might have noticed that there's a new little box at the top of each project page, indicating its visibility status:
At the bottom of the project form (when you edit or add a project) the last field you'll see now is "Who can view this project?" You can choose from:
Textillia members
Everyone (public)
"Only me" can be useful if you're working on a gift or a swap project that you don't want the recipient to see until they've received it, or really any other projects that you just want to keep private. Just don't forget to set it to "Textillia members" or "Everyone" once you mark it as finished, otherwise nobody else will get to see it!
"Textillia members" is the default we've been using up until now, which means that everyone who's a member can see it once they're logged in.
"Everyone (public)" means that someone who doesn't even have a Textillia account can see it when given the link to the page - so for example, if you share a project you've finished to Facebook, your friends can all see it without needing to log in! When you choose this, it also enables the "Share" links on the page for Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter (they appear below the grey sidebar box on desktop, or at the very bottom of the screen on mobile).
Ariane Fri, 11/03/2017 - 12:15
The fabric picker! (New + improved fabric referencing on projects)
Surprise! We have a fun new bit of functionality for you!
While most of what Bruno's been building the last couple months has been behind the scenes, we know how much everyone struggled with the fabric reference field on projects, so we wanted to improve that sooner than later. We've taken your feedback and designed a new and improved fabric reference field with a fancy fabric browsing tool that around here we've nicknamed the "fabric picker".
Here's how it works...
Ariane Thu, 09/28/2017 - 12:19
Update on summer plans: More functionality on its way!
Hey folks! Thought I'd post a little update here for the keeners who want to keep up with what's going on behind the scenes. We have some small announcements about the second half of summer and what we'll be up to, particularly between now and the (so far mythical) milestone of getting out of beta.
To refresh your memory, we were planning for our next steps to be the Big Software Upgrade and completing the subscription system, then starting the full launch 1 month countdown clock. Well...change of plan: it turns out that while Drupal 8 (the software version we'll be upgrading to) is all ready to go for new site builds, it's not completely ready for upgrades. While this is a bummer in some ways, as it'll delay us making a lot of the user interface and search improvements we really need, the silver lining is instead of spending a bunch of time on the upgrade this summer, Bruno's going to work on some other top priority improvements! Oh yeah, did I mention that? No I didn't, cause we were kind of holding out on you just in case something came up! ;)
Exciting news: Bruno just completed a big freelance contract last week, and now (aside from little bits for his one ongoing client) he's blocked out the rest of the summer to work on Textillia! Hurrah! We weren't sure this would be possible initially, but we talked it over and decided it was necessary to get over the hump of getting out of beta. I'll take this as an opportunity to remind everyone that donations are very welcome, we can use all the help we can get while he's taking more time off paid work!
Ariane Mon, 07/24/2017 - 15:15
What's next for Textillia + membership details revealed!
We've been doing some major reviewing and planning, and we're ready to tell you all about what's next for Textillia, including all the details about memberships. Spoiler alert: they'll be only $20USD/year!
We've come so far...
While we started working on it over a year before launching, Textillia has been live since November 2015. That's already almost a year and a half, and in that time we've gathered a lovely small community of sewists and stitchers, and added a ton of content and new functionality to the site. As of yesterday, Textillia contains...
Ariane Tue, 04/11/2017 - 12:21
New features: quilting + embroidery specific fields, thread section overhaul, and more!
As you might have noticed, we rolled out a whole pile of new functionality the week before last! I'll walk you through it all so you have an idea of what we've added, which falls into six categories:
New Quilt fields
New Embroidery fields
New Garment section for body shape/alterations on projects
Thread collections (and overhaul of threads)
Quilting fabric precuts
Refined form design
Before telling you about all of that, we need to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped hash out the details of what was needed in the forums, and for your patience as we embarked on this a few months back and crammed way too much in so it took longer than expected! Note to self: smaller chunks next time! :)
January Sew-Together: Robes!
We kicked off last year with a sewalong and it was so much fun that we decided to do it again! After taking an informal poll over on our Instagram, we got the most votes for making robes this time around - a perfect, fun and easy sew for all levels. Super moderator Ksenia (aka. Owl Laughing) has lived up to her title once again, and has been adding tons of robe patterns to the database in preparation!
Textillia Stash-a-thon May 14 + 15! (Call for moderators!)
The Textillia Stash-a-thon kicks off this Saturday! We'll be in full Stash-a-thon party mode all weekend! Bruno and I will be hanging out in case you need help with anything, and I'll also be working on logging my own stash in between helping everyone out. Help us build the database while getting a bunch of your pattern and fabric stash logged - it's also a great excuse to go through your stash and see what's in there!
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Influencer AutoCon: The Who, What, When, Where and Why!
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Is AutoCon The First Major Automotive Conference To Create a Mobile App?
All dealership attendees will receive their Exhibitor Cash coupon book with over $10,000 in discounts when they check-in on September 5th. There will be over 50 companies in the Exhibit Hall and the Exhibitor Cash book will allow attendees to identify the right solutions for their dealership and lock in instant savings.
The ADM community at large may not know me personally, but I am the Managing Director of First Class Educators. My company has partnered with Ralph Paglia, Chris Saraceno, and Mike Myers to produce AutoCon 2012.
Have you ever attended a workshop and had questions that you did not want to ask publically? Did a workshop presentor spark your interests but there was not enough time to dig into specific questions you had? You are not alone. We have modified AutoCon to meet the feedback we received from automotive professionals. They wanted more, and we delivered.


In search for the perfect car for you and your family, you might need to consider a spacious people carrier with seven seater and equipped with great driving dynamics. One of the most popular demand in the market is Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV), simply because it is able fulfill many driver's need for transporting passengers and providing maximum carrying capacity. The low ground clearance makes it easy for children and elderly to step into the car without any hassle. The MPVs are simply stylish and effortless to drive, it is the reason why many Malaysian families are happy to drive their MPV.
In the modern days, MPV features cleverly arranged interior whereby both second row and third row seats are adjustable in many different ways to suit certain families than others. MPV is equipped with sliding rear seats to increase rear legroom. Also, some MPV offers rear seats recline feature to enhance overall seating comfort. The third row seats are great to accommodate extra passengers, some MPVs have smartly hid the third row seats under the flat floor to provide maximum boot storage.
Storage is one key attraction when buying a MPV. The flexible seating arrangement enable variety of storage possibility for long and tall object to be placed into the boot. The flat load floor allows driver to load and unload the items easily. If the boot space is insufficient, one can always fold down the second row seats to create more storage space.
Here are the top 5 MPVs with less than RM100k budget of 2017.
Proton Ertiga is six-seater MPV with certified four star ASEAN NCAP ratings. The Ertiga is a rebadge from Suzuki Ertiga and it looks identical from in and out. Ertiga available in 3 variants and all variants comes with two airbags, ABS and EBD. The high spec Executive Plus gets more silver trimmings and audio control on the steering wheel. Ertiga stand head to head with the Alza, with all seats up, the boot space is 135 litre and it expands to 400 litres with the third row seats folded. The rear passengers get a rear air vent with dedicated switches, it is best to tackle Malaysia's weather. Proton Ertiga is stylish and practical, it will definitely be a family friendly ride. Now you can save more money buying Proton Ertiga, request quotation with MyCarsearch now.
Toyota Sienta is the perfect solution for small family who wanting a stylish seven- seater MPV, Toyota brings in the JDM Sienta and it is a breath of fresh air in the MPV market. The Sienta is available in two variants, 1.5G and 1.5V, both powered by 1.5L 4 cylinder Dual VVT-i engine. The quirky and vibrant looking Sienta might be the most fun-looking MPV in the market, it is also packed with numerous clever technology for an engaging and comfortable drive. The Sienta is equipped with both sliding doors for the convenient of rear passengers. They can be opened and closed with a push of the button from the driver side panel or simply using the key fob. The Sienta puts the smile into your day to day drive, it is a practical people carrier that leave a remarkable impression if you see one on the road. Click on Toyota Sienta and request quotation now for great savings.
Toyota Avanza is an affordable compact MPV for all Malaysians. The Avanza comes with 4 variants, manual only 1.3E, 1.5E, 1.5G and 1.5S. The Avanza is powered by 1.3L and 1.5L NR naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engines with Dual VVT-i. The improved body structure and suspensions has made the Avanza more comfortable to drive at high speeds with enhanced overall stability. With only 4.7m turning radius, Avanza is easy to maneuver in and out of the tight parking spot. Even without the luxurious and fanciful features, the Avanza still captures the heart of Malaysians. You can save more money for Toyota Avanza when you purchase with MyCarsearch.
The Nissan Grand Livina is Nissan's seven seater MPV that was once the pioneer of MPV market in Malaysia. The Grand Livina has been very well- received amongst small and medium size family. Yet, it stands between the perfect balance of practicality and easy to drive capability. There are 3 variants with 2 engine permutations rolling out for the Grand Livina, namely 1.6 litre MT, 1.6 litre AT and 1.8 litre AT. Nissan also provides wide range of optional accessories and Impul packages for the Grand Livina for greater usability. The Grand Livina may not the most captivating ride on the road, but it is simply practical and reliable. Get your new Grand Livina with more discount only with MyCarsearch.
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Farnan: Installations are 'Where the Fight Starts'
Photo by: AUSA/Luc Dunn
The modernization challenges the Army faces today underscore the need for installations built for the 21st century, said Paul Farnan, principal deputy assistant Army secretary for installations, energy and environment.
Speaking April 13 at an Association of the U.S. Army Hot Topic on installation management, Farnan identified installations as a linchpin to force modernization.
"You can't have a modern force without modern installations," he said. "As technology has evolved, so has our Army and so must our installations. … In today's world, our installations are not just where we live, work and train. It's where the fight starts."
The 20th century saw the development of a mechanized Army, one that was faster and more complex than its predecessor, Farnan said. "For that new Army to be effective, we had to transition our bases," he said. "The same is true for today's technologically advanced war."
The Army has prioritized installation modernization, including in its climate strategy, released in February, and in the installations strategy published in December 2020.
"There are over 130 Army installations around the world that protect, support and enable the force. They are the points where modernization and readiness efforts converge to create the trained and capable forces needed during crisis and conflict," the climate strategy says.
Installation modernization and readiness are essential to the Army's continued power projection and maintaining soldiers' quality of life, said Daniel Klippstein, assistant deputy Army chief of staff for installations, who spoke before Farnan's keynote.
"By enabling our forces to live, work and train while benefiting from the highest quality of life and leveraging the resources that are available … our installations can maximize our Army's ability to mobilize, project power [and] provide a quality of life for all of our soldiers, whether it's in times of competition, crisis or conflict," Klippstein said.
Farnan identified the Army's climate strategy as a game changer.
"The Army Climate Strategy will make us a more effective force," he said. "Every step and objective laid out in the strategy will increase the capabilities of the fighting force and will increase the resiliency of our installations. It will also enable the Army to effectively operate in a world altered by climate change and reduce our own greenhouse gases to do our part to address the climate crisis."
Installation modernization means preparing Army posts for future battles, Farnan said.
"We're building for the next war, not the last war," he said. "We're building out for 2030 and beyond, but we're still living in 2022. We still have to operate today."
To prepare for a future fight at home, the Army will need to close the divide between operational and installation efforts.
"We've never had a fight from a contested homeland before, but we will never again fight a war without a contested homeland," Farnan said. "Throughout my career, there seemed to always be a divide between the installation side and the operations side. … We need to change that mindset. In a contested homeland, there is no separation between the operations side and the installation side."
In the face of unprecedented challenges, the Army must continue to protect its installations, Farnan said.
"The war starts here," he said. "Be it an actual physical attack, a direct cyberattack on our operations, or a cyberattack on a supporting entity, we will face unprecedented challenges requiring our forces. The first critical step we take to defend against this is to modernize our installations through resiliency."
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Seznam mineralov N-R vsebuje imena mineralov, sopomenke, rudarska imena ter imena skupin mineralov in trdnih raztopin z začetnicami N, O, P in R.

Seznam ni popoln, ker vanj še niso vnešena imena vseh poznanih mineralov, poleg tega pa se stalno odkrivajo novi.

N
 natrit  (natrijev karbonat, Na2CO3)
 natrojarozit  {natrijev železov sulfat, (OH)6(SO4)2)
 natrolit (natrijev alumosilikat dihidrat, Na2[Al2Si3O10] • 2H2O)
 nefelin (natrijev kalijev aluminijev silikat, (Na,K)AlSiO4)
 neptunit (KNa2Li(Fe2+,Mn)2Ti2[O | Si4O11]2)
 nimit (kloritni mineral s formulo (Ni,Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3)O10(OH)8)
 niningerit (manganov sulfid, MnS)
 niobit (železov niobijev oksid, Fe2+Nb2O6)
 nortupit (natrijev magnezijev karbonat klorid, Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl)

O
 ogljik (C)
 oldhamit (kalcijev magnezijev sulfid, (Ca,Mg)S)
 oligoklaz (kalcijev natrijev alumosilikat iz skupine plagioklazov, (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8 z 10-30% anortita)
 olivenit (bakrov hidroksi arzenat, Cu2AsO4OH)
 olivin (magnezijev železov silikat, (Mg,Fe)2[SiO4])
 opal (hidratizirani silicijev oksid, SiO2 • nH2O)
 ortoklaz (kalijev aluminijev silikat, KAl[Si3O8]
 osbornit (titanov nitrid, TiN)
 otunit (kalcijev uranil fosfat hidrat, Ca[UO2PO4]2  • 8-12 H2O)

P
 paligorskit (magnezijev aluminijev silikat hidrat, (Mg,Al)2[OH | Si4O10]) • 4(H2O))
 pargasit (NaCa2(Mg,Fe2+)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2)
 penantit (manganov alumosilikat hidroksid, (Mn5Al)(Si3Al)O10(OH)8)
 pentahidrit (magnezijev sulfat pentahidrat, MgSO4 • 5H2O)
 peridot (magnezijev železov silikat, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)
 periklaz (magnezijev oksid, MgO)
 perovskit  (kalcijev titanov oksid, CaTiO3)
 pikeringit (hidriran magnezijev aluminijev sulfat, MgAl2(SO4)4•22H2O)
 pirit (železov sulfid, FeS2)
 piroksen (silikatni mineral s splošno formulo XYT2O6)
 piroluzit (manganov oksid, β-MnO2)
 piromorfit (svinčev klorofosfat, Pb5[Cl | (PO4)3])
 pirop (magnezijev aluminijev silikat iz skupine granatov, Mg3Al2[SiO4]3)
 pirotit (železov sulfid, Fe1-x, pri čemer je 0 < x < 0,2)
 pirsonit (natrijev kalcijev karbonat dihidrat, Na2Ca(CO3)2•2H2O)
 plagioklaz (vrsta tektosilikatnih mineralov, (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8, ni priznan kot samostojen mineral)
 plumbokalcit (svinčev kalcijev karbonat, (Pb,Ca)CO3)
 plumbogumit (svinčev aluminijev fosfat, PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•H2O)
 polihalit (kalijev kalcijev magnezijev sulfat dihidrat, K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4•2H2O.
 portlandit (kalcijev hidroksid, analog brucita, Ca(OH)2)
 prenit (Ca2Al[(OH)2 | AlSi3O10])
 psilomelan (manganov oksid, (Ba,Mn2+,...)3(O,OH)6Mn8O16)

R
 ravatit (fenantren, C14H10)
 realgar (arzenov sulfid, As4S4)
 ribekit (Na2Fe2+3Fe3+2[(OH,F)  | Si4O11]2)
 rodohrozit (manganov karbonat, Mn[CO3])
 rodonit (manganov železov magnezijev kalcijev silikat, (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)5(SiO3)5)
 rogovača ((Na,K)Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)5[(OH,F)2 | (Si,Al)2Si6O22)
 romarhit (kositrov(II) oksid, SnO)
 romeit (kalcijev natrijev antimonat, (Ca,NaH)Sb2O6(O,OH,F))
 rubin (aluminijev oksid, Al2O3:Cr)
 rutil (titanov dioksid, TiO2)

Glej tudi
 Seznam mineralov
 Seznam mineralov v Sloveniji
 Seznam mineralov A-B
 Seznam mineralov C-E
 Seznam mineralov F-J
 Seznam mineralov K-M
 Seznam mineralov S-T
 Seznam mineralov U-Ž

Minerali
Kemijski seznami


The beer Two Chefs Funky Falcon is brewed by Two Chefs Brewing in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
The beer Two Chefs Dirty Katarina is brewed by Two Chefs Brewing in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
The beer Two Chefs Howling Wolf is brewed by Two Chefs Brewing in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
The beer Two Chefs White Mamba is brewed by Two Chefs Brewing in Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
Red Rocket is already the 9th beer to be released by Two Chefs. It is a deep red coloured Red Ale, full of flavor and with a good dose of hops for taste and aroma.


The bearingless, heavy duty, NorthStar SLIM Tach® SL56 mounts directly to 4.5 inch 56 C face motors. With resolutions up to 2048 PPR, it is only 0.75 inch thick and ideal for tight machine configurations.
This reliable encoder may be configured with one or two electrically independent and totally isolated outputs. A high-temperature version is available to meet operational needs up to 120° C. It also comes in a wide variety of shaft sizes, cover choices, and connector options.
The durable SLIM Tach® SL56 operates with unequaled resistance to grease, oil, salt water, dirt, fibers, and dust. Its hardened, encapsulated electronics make it immune to contamination, heavy machine vibration, and accidental impact, decreasing downtime. Hard, anodized aluminum of aircraft quality makes the SL56 the toughest, yet lightest, C-Face encoder available. A high power line driver comes standard and guarantees clean, crisp signals over long cable lengths, minimizing the need for signal repeaters.
Each version of the SLIM Tach® SL56 is easy to mount, requiring no bearings, adapter plates, or flexible couplings. Because the SL56 occupies only 0.75 inch of the motor shaft length, a brake, pulley, gear box, or coupling can also be placed on the shaft. The sandwich version provides double CFace mounting for applications which need the encoder between the motor and another device.
There are no bearings to fail or requirements for flexible couplings because its magnetized drum assembly is attached directly to the shaft. The mill duty latching connectors are easy to wire with no need to field solder or to struggle with a crimp pin.


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Nakanaide: Don't Cry
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Do yourself a favour, and cry it all out
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Some days are just really good, and some days are just really bad. However, I don't think those days are the worst, because at least you know whether and why you're happy or sad.
But there are some days, days that turn into weeks... In which you smile a lot, but at some point you feel hot tears running down your cheeks.
On those days you're not really happy, you're not really sad, you're everything altogether and nothing at all. On those days, you're ashamed, because you break and fall.
Small and big troubles pile up and seem to come to hunt you down... ...they crawl up in your bed and make no sound.
Don't Cry. Don't Cry. Don't Cry. That's what you tell yourself, but it isn't right. Because those days, weeks or months that start coming after you Are simple proof that you're human, too.
Shower your heart and mind with your tears, And may we all learn to accept our fears.


Clean up of thousands of slimy, reeking sardines need to be cleaned out of King Harbor Marina in Southern California after a massive previously unexplained fish die-off.
The reason the fish gathered in the marina will remain a mystery, but the reason for their death is not. The fish died due to suffocation – the fish had crowded toward the back of the marina and used all the oxygen in the water.
At least 85 tons of fish will be removed and will be sent to a composting center where they will be buried until they are reincarnated as compost in 90 – 120 days. The waste hauling company is considering sell the fish-based fertilizer to farms. Some local fishermen are doing their own recycling of the dead sardines by freezing the fish and later using them as bait.
Hot Weather and Toxic Algae Lead to Fish Kill at Lago Santa Margarita - The outbreak of a toxic bacteria that last week killed bass, bluegill and carp at the city's landmark lake has been brought under control, according to the lake's owner. Fishing at picturesque Lago Santa Margarita has been banned since Thursday after dead fish were found floating on the surface. Other recreational activities have not been affected.