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Profiles in Creativity
Art as Escape: The Dual Life of a Patient and Resident Doctor
Apr 20, 2018 by Isabella Cuan	in Profiles in Creativity
Dr. Anita Raj is far from your traditional doctor-in-training. Born and raised in Brossard, a suburban town south of Montreal, Dr. Raj was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma at a young age and began folding origami as a distraction from the countless doctor appointments, surgeries, and medical complications implicated in her diagnosis. Growing up with unique and intimate insight into the patient experience inspired her not only to become a doctor herself, but also to share her artistic outlet with others. As a current first-year family medicine resident at McGill, an artist, and healthcare provider, Dr. Raj continues to contribute to her community in novel and transformative ways.
As an artist on the path to becoming a physician, I was particularly intrigued by Anita's unconventional path in medicine and the influential role origami has played in her journey thus far. I reached out to her to continue the conversation and gain more insight into her extensive experiences as a patient as well as her long-time passion for origami and how making art influences her medical education and residency to this day.
IC: Before you became a doctor, you were a patient. Can you tell me more about this journey growing up?
Dr. Raj: When I was six years old, I started having headaches, double vision, nausea, and vomiting. My parents took me to the Montreal Children's Hospital. It took quite a while for the doctors to figure out what was going on, but they eventually figured out that I had a brain tumor. Everything happened pretty quickly after that. They took really good care of me, so it wasn't too long before I was scheduled for two surgeries. I had one surgery to put a shunt in, and four days later, I had the eleven-hour long surgery to remove the tumor. Recovery after that was a long process. I have to take medications and supplemental hormones for the rest of my life because of my pituitary. I continued to get regular MRIs and eye check-ups I would see the endocrinologist regularly, so there was lots and lots of follow up.
Two years later, one of the MRIs showed that the brain tumor came back, so they decided they would do radiation therapy instead to get rid of it. So that, interestingly enough, was done at the adult hospital in Montreal, the Montreal General Hospital. I was the only kid sitting in the waiting room for adult radiation therapy. And that took about a month of therapy.
When I was in Grade 10 of high school, during my mid-year exams, I started having these weird headaches. Through a bunch of tests, they found that my shunt was blocked. They ended up replacing it and doing another surgery.
Since then, I have been diagnosed with other things, like migraines, IBS, allergies, and sleep apnea. I also get tired more than other people my age. I used to run around with kids and be super active and play at lunch time, but since I got sick, after the surgery, I became more isolated just because I didn't have the energy to play with all the other kids. Growing up, going outside or doing extracurriculars and all sorts of socializing activities was difficult for me; they took so much energy. For example, going out to go shopping with friends only four blocks away was like, "I'm sorry I can't because I know I won't be able to go there."
IC: This naturally leads to our next hot topic for discussion: your origami. Tell me more about this and what drew you to origami in particular.
Dr. Raj: I got interested in origami as a kid. When I was younger, my brother used to actually fold with me. We used to get books from the library, and I would ask him for help. And somewhere along the way, I saw a little girl folding paper stars—they are called lucky stars. They are little stars folded out of strips of paper. They really intrigued me in elementary school, so I started to fold them because she showed me how. At one point, she also started to fold these stars out of straw as well, but she wouldn't tell me how she made them.
I ended up going to Montreal's Chinatown, looking for straw and instructions on how to do them. I went on this whole quest to find out. I finally did, and in that whole process, I found other sorts of origami that I also tried to fold. I started off folding these modular origamis. Basically you fold a bunch of little triangles and you assemble them to make shapes, like swans or peacocks. I also got into basic modular and geometric origami at this point. Later, I started discovering more complex origami, more complex forms that were folded from one sheet of paper. I started to get more into that and other geometric forms. I also started to get different kinds of paper.
Throughout elementary school and high school, it became something I could do when I was alone. And I was often alone at lunch time and in my free time. It was something to distract me from all the hospital appointments and medical complications and pain. It has continued to serve that purpose until now, essentially. I think pretty much the whole way through, it has been an integral part of my life. It's one of the things that keeps me going.
IC: Has this led to an interest in sharing your art or dabbling in other artistic mediums?
Dr. Raj: It has been origami up until recently. I sort of developed the art form in terms of finding new papers and techniques, such as wet folding, which is when you moisten the paper with water so that you can shape it in a smoother way. I also started to teach people. Before I got into med school, I was volunteering at the Children's Hospital where I grew up. I would go and fold with some of the kids while I was volunteering, so that was really nice. I also volunteered and folded at different events, like the Brain Tumor Foundation's fundraising walk. More recently, I've attended groups and shared my love for origami with women who are battling cancer.
One to two years ago, I somehow got into painting by going to local Michael's painting classes. It was strange for me because I remember in elementary school I had the choice between music, art, and drama classes, and I always chose music. I liked origami, but I was so close-minded that I thought painting wasn't worthwhile!
A couple years ago, something clicked and I said, "I want to try this." I took some classes in acrylic painting, and then I thought that was too difficult, so I got into oil painting and now I guess I am flip-flopping between the two to learn new techniques.
IC: Does origami and painting share something in common for you?
Dr. Raj: They both help distract me from my residency life and work in general. The process of creating something is just so rewarding, relaxing, and gives me a sense of accomplishment.
IC: Have you found that this passion for making art is common in the medical school / residency community?
Dr. Raj: I actually now know two people who do origami while attending med school, so I get to chat with them, which is nice. This year, I'm working with a club called McGill Humanities and Arts in Medicine. It was initially founded by four students in my class three or four years ago and was only focused on the humanities, so I was like, "Hey, why don't we try to get some art in here." Eventually we ended up arranging an exhibit at a hospital known as The Glen, where we exhibited works of patients, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, so pretty much anyone involved in healthcare. We called it "Journeys through Health".
Recently I also published a magazine with works from medical students and students in other health professions as well. It was basically a magazine to showcase their art and writing and how these affect their life, whether it be pieces that distract them from their life as a medical student or help them to reflect on their life. We had a bit of both. I wanted them to have a voice. There were other universities in Canada who had a similar concept going, but we hadn't had anything like that.
IC: How do you see art influencing your role as a doctor? Do you think this has changed how you navigate a clinical encounter?
Dr. Raj: It's a bit difficult to answer because medically, I have been through so much that not a lot of people or medical students have been through. I know what it is like to go through so many surgeries, MRIs, shunt caps; I know what it is like to go through tests, to take so many medications and forget them. It gives you a different perspective. But if I had to think of the role art plays in this, I would say that it makes me more open, non-judgemental and understanding of how people cope. Someone else might be surprised, but I would understand how and why patients cope through non-pharmacological methods such as art. We are always taught to find non-pharmacological methods and then move onto pharmacological tools. For example, if you see a psychiatric patient you might recommend a self-therapy book for them to read. It brings new ideas to your mind in general.
IC: Are there any other exciting projects or events happening that you would like to share with us?
Dr. Raj: I actually created my own origami models and got them published in different places, such as a book collection published by the British Origami Society and online and print publications of Origami USA. So that is something I am working on—creating my own forms.
There are also origami conventions and exhibitions. I also recently got into an exhibition. It's a goal to go to a convention one day, but because of my health and med school, I haven't found the time to go. But eventually! They recently had an exhibition in Quebec City, where they got works from all over the world. They saw some of my folds and asked for some of them. So I recently got my work displayed at this really nice exhibit, which I am hoping to post photos of on the Facebook page I am creating.
One of the things that has me super excited brings me back to where Istarted. The Children's Hospital recently moved to a new building, where they now have these display cases built into the walls. I got to know the curator at The Glen, and she asked me if I wanted to decorate the display cases with my origami, according to different themes for the kids. They are mostly in waiting areas, and we are creating little scenes and themes for the kids to look at, like underwater themes, the tortoise and the hare, and a penguin and ice theme. I'm happy and nostalgic about this incredible opportunity to decorate the place where I grew up.
IC: And your paintings?
Dr. Raj: I am also submitting my paintings, including two that I will submit to an annual exhibit at the local city hall! I am working on some for YouTube tutorials as well.
I also completed an oil painting for a medical museum at McGill. The museum has different specimens collected over decades, many of which were collected without consent from people who passed away. They have an incredible assortment, from congenital anomalies and fetuses to specimens from every part of the body that you don't think of. It's a growing museum at McGill, and the curator, who is a pathologist, asked me if I could create something to commemorate the museum and all these people who had, in a sense, donated their body parts to the museum—although technically they were taken from them. So I was asked to make a painting for the museum acknowledging this so that is hanging up right now. It's a huge oil painting, 30 x 40 inches. I think it acknowledges how much we appreciate that we are able to see these things that not everyone actually has the access to see.
IC: Any words of wisdom for fellow doctors-in-training?
Dr. Raj: Given everything that I do art-wise, the most important thing would be to continue doing things that you like, activities that you enjoy doing because those are the things that are going to keep you going during medical school, residency or any other healthcare program you might be in. The stress of it is immense and dealing with patients can often affect you in different ways, and it's really important to have an outlet, whether to reflect on things that have happened or distract you from those things.
If you'd like to check out more of Anita's original origami work, visit her Flickr page and follow her on Facebook.
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In brief: Four forced from home by attic fire
Wed., March 4, 2009
Four people were displaced Tuesday after an electrical fire ignited in the attic of their northwest Spokane home.
The residents are unable to stay at 3914 W. Longfellow Ave. while repairs are made, Spokane fire officials said. The Red Cross is assisting the four adults with temporary accommodations.
Firefighters responded to the home about 5:10 a.m. to find light smoke coming from the roof's eaves, said Spokane Fire Battalion Chief Steve Sabo.
Using special equipment, crews found the source of the smoke in the kitchen ceiling. The residents said they had experienced electrical problems the night before.
The estimated damage to the home was $10,000, Sabo said.
Police seek tips in hit-and-run
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a felony hit-and-run suspect.
The suspect vehicle is described as a black, four-door Chrysler PT Cruiser, said Spokane police Cpl. Dave Adams. The vehicle may have front-end damage or marks on the undercarriage.
About 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 26, two men were walking home northbound on Regal Street approaching Wabash Avenue, Adams said. The men were walking in the roadway when one of them was struck by an oncoming vehicle and dragged underneath the vehicle for about half a block, he said. The driver sped from the area northbound on Regal.
Anyone with information is asked to call Adams at (509) 835-4567.
E-mails tell about sex offenders
A new Internet program allows residents to receive e-mail alerts if a sex offender has registered at an address within two miles of their home.
Offender Watch, launched by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, has a searchable statewide database of level 2 and level 3 sex offenders, as well as transient level 1 offenders, according to a news release.
Users can enter any address and see a map and list of offenders within two miles. There's no limit on how many addresses a user can register, and the site is free and confidential, the Sheriff's Office said.
The program, which is used by more than 400 agencies in 31 states, can be accessed locally at www.spokanecounty.org.
Police seek suspect in stabbing
A stabbing sent one man to a Spokane hospital Tuesday night and left police searching for the culprit.
Police were called to North Monroe Street and West Augusta Avenue about 8:30 p.m., where a man was transported to the hospital in unknown condition, said Officer Matt Rose.
No suspect has been identified, and the major crimes unit is investigating.
Police think the stabbing occurred outside, Rose said.
"There's several witnesses and people involved that the investigators are talking to," he said.
Okanogan County
Sheriff believes death was homicide
No foul play was suspected when Okanogan County Sheriff's deputies first found a woman dead in a driveway near Tonasket. But after an autopsy, Sheriff Frank Rogers said Tuesday the death is being investigated as a homicide.
The woman has been identified as Michelle L. Kitterman, 25, of Tonasket, officials said.
She was found dead about 12:20 p.m. Sunday in a driveway on Stalder Road, off North Pine Creek, Rogers said. Kitterman did not reside at the address where she was found.
An autopsy was done Monday, but the results have not been completed, Rogers said.
Schweitzer to pay $14,000 in fines
Schweitzer Mountain Resort LLC agreed to pay nearly $14,000 in fines for Clean Water Action violations during construction of its Trappers Creek subdivision.
The fine was among $64,000 in penalties levied by the Environmental Protection Agency for water quality violations at construction sites in the Sandpoint area. The violations were discovered last summer during route inspections.
J. Foote Excavation and Lydig Construction also agreed to pay about $7,000 each for violations at the Trappers Creek project.
Other violators were:
Stone Johnny Development Group LLC: $14,900 for Hidden River Estates.
The Spires LLC and Lippert Heavy Equipment LLC: $12,500 for the Spires.
The Ridge at Schweitzer and Kootenai Excavators: $9,000 for The Ridge at Schweitzer.
Published: March 4, 2009, midnight
Tags: hit and run, sex offender, spokane fire department
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It's a great question! After all, how different could two online curriculum options be?
To answer this question, we have to ask five shorter questions to give a full answer.
What are AES and Canvas?
Who should use AES and Canvas?
What problems do AES and Canvas solve?
How are AES and Canvas structured?
How are AES and Canvas used?
We'll answer all of these questions on this page so you can know the major differences between AES curriculum and the Canvas LMS.
Let's start with the easiest question — what are AES and Canvas?
1. What Are AES & Canvas?
AES is a digital curriculum system for health science, business education, computer applications, and career readiness teachers. It's appropriate for grades 6-12 and some high school CTE programs.
Canvas is a learning management system (LMS) for any teacher who'd like to use it. It's appropriate for every grade since it has no built-in student-facing features.
Both systems are examples of online teaching resources. You access AES and Canvas from a web browser on a computer, smartphone, or tablet, and both systems are available to you 24/7.
First, Canvas starts the same way for every teacher. It's a blank slate, complete with a learning management system that's just waiting for you to add information about your classes.
AES, on the other hand, introduces you immediately to the different options, lessons, and assessments that you have at your fingertips.
So while Canvas wants you to add information about lessons you've made yourself, AES gives you the chance to use pre-made resources to create a full classroom syllabus (or round it out — your choice).
Second, Canvas's designers intend it to be used as an all-in-one communication, management, and curriculum tool. As a result, you have hundreds of different functions and features that you can learn to use.
AES is much more simplified. Instead of piling on a ton of different features, AES is focused on helping you create a class, enroll students, and assess their progress through your course.
It may not have the interaction or messaging power of Canvas, but that's because Canvas and AES are simply made for different groups of teachers.
Finally, the biggest difference between AES and Canvas is that AES is made specifically for health science, business education, computer applications, and career readiness.
Canvas is a general catch-all LMS that you can use in more varied settings.
This point also brings us nicely into our second big question — who should use AES and Canvas?
2. Who Should Use AES & Canvas?
Like we said above, AES concentrates on a specific set of teachers while Canvas is available to all teachers.
This is intentional for both companies.
AES focuses on health science, business education, computer applications, and career readiness because those are the areas where teachers seem to be "forgotten" by other curriculum developers.
While alternatives to AES exist in the marketplace, none of them encompass the same set of information that prepares students to perform well in future careers.
More importantly, AES works best for teachers who aren't classically trained educators. It's also a great option for teachers who were told that they have to start teaching a subject they don't know much about (like career readiness).
The result is a curriculum with helpful resources that align to many state standards and certification exams. Teachers can customize what they teach at any point, and they always have the basics at their fingertips!
AES exists to make teachers' lives easier by taking the stressful edge off of their jobs. It works — especially when teachers aren't used to teaching in a classroom or teaching a particular subject.
Canvas is a more generalized tool because their developers want to be the one-stop-shop for all teachers.
You get a lot of options for creating and structuring a curriculum, but there aren't any pre-made or standard-aligned lessons immediately available.
As a result, you use Canvas and have to develop your own lessons at the same time.
While Canvas is a great tool, learning to use it can also take a lot of time.
That means you can end up with a lot of information to learn, a lot of lessons to create, and a whole class of eager students at the same time.
That's a tough position for any teacher because it adds another layer of complexity to the classroom.
After all, you have to create your lessons and then use Canvas to its best potential in order for it to really work for your classroom.
If you don't know it inside and out, that creates a lot of opportunity for errors to disrupt your class, frustrate your students, and simply not work.
However, when Canvas works, it it's a lifechanging difference in your profession.
That all brings us to our next big question — what problems do AES and Canvas solve?
3. What Problems Do AES & Canvas Solve?
Because they serve different kinds of teachers, AES and Canvas also solve different problems.
The #1 problem that AES wants to solve is empowering teachers to do their jobs well.
Canvas, on the other hand, solves a broader range of problems in a variety of different ways.
The chief benefits to Canvas are organization and structure.
Canvas essentially provides a teacher "sandbox" where you can upload, download, change, and manipulate anything you want within the confines of the application.
Your class is 100% customizable and up to you, which works well for teachers who have changing standards or want to use the latest educational resources.
And speaking of structure, it's important to note that AES and Canvas are entirely different in terms of their layout.
4. How Are AES & Canvas Structured?
The developers of AES and Canvas have the same goal — they want their digital resource to be as helpful and easy-to-use as possible for teachers.
Still, AES and Canvas pursue that goal in different ways.
For Canvas, the solution is to onboard new teachers with a pop-up tutorial that guides you through essential steps while highlighting all of the options at your fingertips.
For AES, the solution is to walk teachers through the process of using the digital curriculum in a step-by-step process.
This is a very different approach in terms of usability.
For Canvas, you have to follow a series of pop-up messages that force you to walk through a confined set of options. It's a little confusing since you can see all of your other options at the same time.
So if you want to jump right in and start using a particular feature, you'll have to go through the tutorial first, which feels a bit long.
For AES, you focus 100% on the task at hand — creating your class(es).
This removes all of the other options from your view so that you can concentrate on completing one step at a time.
That kind of focus provides a convenient and easy progression into the bulk of the AES digital curriculum system, which includes many more features that you can learn as you use them.
That's our final (and most important) question.
5. How Are AES & Canvas Used?
We've talked about some major ways that AES and Canvas are different, but the biggest way they differ is in how teachers use them.
Teachers use AES in a ton of different ways. Generally speaking, they either use it as a core of their curriculum or as a supplement to existing curriculum.
This gives them a wide breadth of options when it comes to things like blended learning, differentiated instruction, and even homework.
Most importantly, you can verify that everything in AES is 100% safe because it's all proprietary. When a student works in an AES "module," they're always in the AES application.
This completely eliminates the possibility of viruses, malware, or inappropriate content popping up into a student's computer.
For Canvas, the answer is more open-ended.
Teachers often use Canvas as an organizational and structural aid that acts like a series of templates.
So teachers will add existing curriculum to different templates, line it up in order, and go through it during a marking period.
But because Canvas allows so much customization, it's possible for teachers to link to third-party websites that are vulnerable to hacking, invasive ads, and other online faux pas that your students shouldn't risk seeing.
After all, if you don't directly control a website, you're trusting that website entirely to present consistent, appropriate, and helpful content on a regular basis.
If that website gets hacked or sold, everything could change overnight — without you even knowing it!
So while AES's uses may be more limited than Canvas, they're designed to be helpful for the teachers who need it.
Most importantly, AES is designed to be safe for the students who use it.
Canvas takes the same precautions and concerns. But because it's so customizable, one slip-up is all you need to make a bad (and difficult to explain) situation.
Can AES Help in the Classroom?
Are you wondering if AES can help you in your classroom?
Just take a look at this handy page from AES entitled Problems We Solve.
If you find yourself feeling similar to any of the difficulties on that page (or relating to the quotes from AES users), then give it a try!
See if AES solves your problems now!


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Q: Nested Eager Loading Specific Columns when I do this
$category = NewsCategory::whereSlug($slug)->with('news.category:id,title,slug')->firstOrFail();

then I have following queries
select * from `news_categories` where `slug` = 'novinki' limit 1
select * from `news_posts` where `news_posts`.`category_id` in (2) and `news_posts`.`deleted_at` is null
select `id`, `title`, `slug` from `news_categories` where `news_categories`.`id` in (2)

but I want to load specific columns on first news relation also and I have error if I do like this
$category = NewsCategory::whereSlug($slug)->with('news:id,title,image.category:id,title,slug')->firstOrFail();

what is the correct way to get this query?
select * from `news_categories` where `slug` = 'novinki' limit 1
select `id`, `title`, `image` from `news_posts` where `news_posts`.`category_id` in (2) and `news_posts`.`deleted_at` is null
select `id`, `title`, `slug` from `news_categories` where `news_categories`.`id` in (2)```

A: I would put the eager loaded relationships into an array
Try this:
$category = NewsCategory::whereSlug($slug)
              ->with([
                  'news:id,title,image,category_id,deleted_at',
                  'news.category:id,title,slug'
              ])->firstOrFail();

Or as my personal preference, use closures to expand the query like this:
$category = NewsCategory::whereSlug($slug)
              ->with([
                  'news' => function($query){
                      $query->select('id','title','image','category_id','deleted_at');
                   },
                  'news.category' => function($query){
                      $query->select('id','title','slug');
                   }
              ])->firstOrFail();

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Genetically engineered super-banana could save millions of lives
By Ryan Whitwam on June 16, 2014 at 8:27 am
Malnutrition is a problem across large swaths of the globe, but it's a difficult problem to solve. It's not only a matter of people getting enough to eat; they need to have the right combination of food as well. People in developing countries often subside on a very limited diet, which can lead to life-threatening vitamin deficiencies. Surprisingly, a genetically modified (GM) super-banana backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation might be a key weapon in the fight against malnutrition. Yeah, it's not as sexy as the Gates-backed condoms.
So what makes it "super?" This banana is absolutely chock full of beta-carotene, which the body uses to produce vitamin A. That may not sound like a food with the potential to make an impact on malnutrition, but vitamin A deficiency is a huge problem in the developing world. World health experts estimate 650,000-700,000 children die annually from a lack of vitamin A in their diets. A further 300,000 avoid death only to lose their eyesight. By tweaking a few genes, scientists have created a banana that could prevent such things.
Beta-carotene itself is a large hydrocarbon molecule (pictured above) that has a deep orange color. If you've ever wondered why carrots, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes are orange, it's because of all the beta-carotene they contain. Some species of bananas also produce higher levels of beta-carotene, but they aren't the ones cultivated for human consumption. It's these other bananas that Queensland University of Technology scientists used as the source of genetic material to create the super-banana.
Like everything else that goes on in a living organism, there are genes in plants that control the synthesis of beta-carotene. Researchers isolated the genes responsible for this in the non-edible variety of banana and inserted it into the banana we all know and love. A little extra genetic engineering magic increased the expression of this gene, and bam — you get a banana that produces a ton of beta-carotene to fight vitamin A deficiency. They look normal on the outside, but under the peel the fruit has a golden hue.
In England, there was a famous comic book hero called Bananaman who gained his superpowers from eating bananas. (Those crazy Brits.)
So why go to all the trouble of creating a GM plant instead of simply shipping crates of carrots to the developing world? Health workers realized long ago that it's logistically difficult to continually ship in foreign food to stave off malnutrition — growing the necessary foods locally is much more feasible. Staple crops (like bananas in many tropical regions) are ideal because subsistence farmers already know how to cultivate them.
It's the same approach that was taken more than a decade ago to create Golden Rice. In that case, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University of Freiburg modified rice to produce beta-carotene in the endosperm (the part we eat) rather than just in the leaves. The result was an orangey variety of rice that boosted levels of vitamin A. Rice is a staple food among the poor in Asia, just like bananas in the tropics.
The super-banana is set to undergo human testing in the US over the coming weeks at a cost of $10 million, paid for by the Gates Foundation. Researchers will monitor vitamin A levels to see if they tick upward following ingestion of the enriched bananas. Anything having to do with genetic modified foods tends to be contentious, but that's mostly because of misconceptions about testing and risk factors. If a banana a day can prevent thousands of deaths, it's probably a win. If all goes as planned, the genetically modified fruit could be growing in Africa by 2020.


page set-up command an error occurs (Insufficient memory or disk space error).
coz I have tried that three times.
could you tell me how much ram you have and how much disk space is avail? You may need more of each.
Hi, most likely you need more ram. If that upgrade is not possible now, try closing any applications running in the background (for example, virus scanners) to free up memory. Respondent #1 asked about your disk space because if your disk is nearly full, the operating system cannot page out (use virtual ram). If your disk is almost full, delete old temp (.*tmp)files, internet cache, internet history files, etc. to free up some space. I hope this helps.
First off depending on how much memory you have you might want to look at upgrading to more. You can never have too much memory! If all else fails reinstall office in these steps.
2) Delete the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office" folder.
In addition to the tempory files Respondent #2 mentioned, look for files named FILExxxx.CHK (where xxxx is a sequential number) in the root directory of your hard drive. If you haven't lost any data recently, it's OK to delete these files to free up space. These files are created by SCANDISK from lost clusters. If you have run SCANDISK recently, run it and (if you haven't missed any data recently) delete any FILExxxx created to recover that space.
Also, if your hard drive has more than one partition (ie drive that is not your CD-ROM but additional hard drive storage), consider removing and reinstalling programs to the other partition(s).
If your hard drive is bigger than 540MB and your FAT is 16 bit, consider converting to yourFAT to 32 bits supported by Windows 95 Rev B or later. This will, depending on the size of your files, give you about 10 to 15% increase in storage capacity on you C: drive. Run Scandisk and Defrag prior to running the conversion utility.
The low memory angle is certainly worth considering. If you've got, for instance, 32 megs and you don't try to run a lot of apps at the same time, the problem may not be low memory. It might be disk caching on a hard drive with low available space.
Regarding the disk cache, I prefer setting that at 2.5 times the size of RAM. If you're not sure how to do this, e-mail me at oct@silverlink.net and I can walk you through it.


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Q: Getting TypeError: can't pickle _thread.RLock objects error when saving the result dictionary I am trying to store the predictions, best params, and performance scores for each shuffle in the main dictionary.
When I attempt to save the dictionary object at the end of each shuffle loop,
the error message TypeError: can't pickle _thread.RLock objects raises.
I have used both json.dump(dictObj, open(fileName + ".json", 'w')) and pickle.dump(finalObj, open(outputFile + ".pck", 'wb')) methods.
Unluckily, both of them gave the same error.
Even I tried the copy module with copy.deepcopy() function before saving it.
Is there someone who had the same error and fixed it?
Thanks in advance.


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text:
<?php
/**
 * This file is part of the validator.local project.
 *
 * (c) Yannick Voyer (http://github.com/yvoyer)
 */

namespace Star\Component\Validator\Message;

/**
 * Class StringMessageTest
 *
 * @author  Yannick Voyer (http://github.com/yvoyer)
 *
 * @package Star\Component\Validator\Message
 *
 * @covers Star\Component\Validator\Message\StringMessage
 */
class StringMessageTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @var StringMessage
     */
    private $message;

    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->message = new StringMessage('my-message');
    }

    public function test_it_should_return_the_string_message()
    {
        $this->assertSame('my-message', $this->message->getString());
    }
}

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text:
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "signature.h"
#include "util.h"
#include "rules.h"
#include "treenodes.h"
#include "mstring.h"
#include "sfutil/sfghash.h"
#include "snort.h"
#include "parser.h"

#ifdef TARGET_BASED
#include "target-based/sftarget_protocol_reference.h"
#endif
#include "parser.h"
#include "sfPolicy.h"

/* for eval and free functions */
#include "detection-plugins/sp_pattern_match.h"

static OptTreeNode *soidOTN = NULL;

/********************* Reference Implementation *******************************/

ReferenceNode * AddReference(SnortConfig *sc, ReferenceNode **head, char *system, char *id)
{
    ReferenceNode *node;

    if ((system == NULL) || (id == NULL) ||
        (sc == NULL) || (head == NULL))
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    /* create the new node */
    node = (ReferenceNode *)SnortAlloc(sizeof(ReferenceNode));

    /* lookup the reference system */
    node->system = ReferenceSystemLookup(sc->references, system);
    if (node->system == NULL)
        node->system = ReferenceSystemAdd(&sc->references, system, NULL);

    node->id = SnortStrdup(id);

    /* Add the node to the front of the list */
    node->next = *head;
    *head = node;

    return node;
}

/* print a reference node */
void FPrintReference(FILE *fp, ReferenceNode *ref_node)
{
    if ((fp == NULL) || (ref_node == NULL))
        return;

    if (ref_node->system != NULL)
    {
        if(ref_node->system->url)
        {
            fprintf(fp, "[Xref => %s%s]", ref_node->system->url,
                    ref_node->id);
        }
        else
        {
            fprintf(fp, "[Xref => %s %s]", ref_node->system->name,
                    ref_node->id);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        fprintf(fp, "[Xref => %s]", ref_node->id);
    }
}

/********************* End of Reference Implementation ************************/

/********************** Reference System Implementation ***********************/

ReferenceSystemNode * ReferenceSystemAdd(ReferenceSystemNode **head, char *name, char *url)
{
    ReferenceSystemNode *node;

    if (name == NULL)
    {
        ErrorMessage("NULL reference system name\n");
        return NULL;
    }

    if (head == NULL)
        return NULL;

    /* create the new node */
    node = (ReferenceSystemNode *)SnortAlloc(sizeof(ReferenceSystemNode));

    node->name = SnortStrdup(name);
    if (url != NULL)
        node->url = SnortStrdup(url);

    /* Add to the front of the list */
    node->next = *head;
    *head = node;

    return node;
}

ReferenceSystemNode * ReferenceSystemLookup(ReferenceSystemNode *head, char *name)
{
    if (name == NULL)
        return NULL;

    while (head != NULL)
    {
        if (strcasecmp(name, head->name) == 0)
            break;

        head = head->next;
    }

    return head;
}

/****************** End of Reference System Implementation ********************/

/************************ Class/Priority Implementation ***********************/

/* NOTE:  This lookup can only be done during parse time */
ClassType * ClassTypeLookupByType(SnortConfig *sc, char *type)
{
    ClassType *node;

    if (sc == NULL)
        FatalError("%s(%d) Snort config is NULL.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);

    if (type == NULL)
        return NULL;

    node = sc->classifications;

    while (node != NULL)
    {
        if (strcasecmp(type, node->type) == 0)
            break;

        node = node->next;
    }

    return node;
}

/* NOTE:  This lookup can only be done during parse time */
ClassType * ClassTypeLookupById(SnortConfig *sc, int id)
{
    ClassType *node;

    if (sc == NULL)
        FatalError("%s(%d) Snort config is NULL.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);

    node = sc->classifications;

    while (node != NULL)
    {
        if (id == node->id)
            break;

        node = node->next;
    }

    return node;
}

OptTreeNode * SoRuleOtnLookup(SFGHASH *so_rule_otn_map, uint32_t gid, uint32_t sid)
{
    OptTreeNode *otn = NULL;
    OtnKey key;

    if (so_rule_otn_map == NULL)
        return NULL;

    key.gid = gid;
    key.sid = sid;

    soidOTN = otn = (OptTreeNode *)sfghash_find(so_rule_otn_map, &key);

    return otn;
}

OptTreeNode * SoRuleOtnLookupNext(uint32_t gid, uint32_t sid)
{
    OptTreeNode * otn = NULL;

    if (soidOTN)
    {
        otn = soidOTN->nextSoid;
        soidOTN = soidOTN->nextSoid;
    }

    return otn;
}

SFGHASH * SoRuleOtnLookupNew(void)
{
    return sfghash_new(10000, sizeof(OtnKey), 0, NULL);
}

void SoRuleOtnLookupAdd(SFGHASH *so_rule_otn_map, OptTreeNode *otn)
{
    if ((so_rule_otn_map == NULL) || (otn == NULL))
        return;

    if (otn->sigInfo.otnKey.gid == 0)
    {
         otn->sigInfo.otnKey.gid = otn->sigInfo.generator;
         otn->sigInfo.otnKey.sid = otn->sigInfo.id;
    }

    if (sfghash_add(so_rule_otn_map, &(otn->sigInfo.otnKey), otn) == SFGHASH_INTABLE)
    {
         OptTreeNode *otn_original = so_rule_otn_map->cnode->data;

         if (!otn_original)
         {
             /* */
             FatalError("Missing Duplicate\n");
         }
         while (otn_original->nextSoid)
         {
             otn_original = otn_original->nextSoid;
         }

         otn_original->nextSoid = otn;
    }
}

void SoRuleOtnLookupFree(SFGHASH *so_rule_otn_map)
{
    if (so_rule_otn_map == NULL)
        return;

    sfghash_delete(so_rule_otn_map);
}

void OtnRemove(SFGHASH *otn_map, SFGHASH *so_rule_otn_map, OptTreeNode *otn)
{
    OtnKey key;

    if (otn == NULL)
        return;

    key.gid = otn->sigInfo.generator;
    key.sid = otn->sigInfo.id;

    if (so_rule_otn_map != NULL)
        sfghash_remove(so_rule_otn_map, &(otn->sigInfo.otnKey));

    if (otn_map != NULL)
        sfghash_remove(otn_map, &key);
}

void OtnDeleteData(void *data)
{
    OptTreeNode *otn = (OptTreeNode *)data;
    OptFpList *opt_func;

    if (otn == NULL)
        return;

    opt_func = otn->opt_func;
    while (opt_func != NULL)
    {
        /* For each of the pattern matcher options in this rule,
         * delete the data associated with it.  This is the only
         * rule option type (as of now) that this is required for since
         * patterns are not added to the hash table (via
         * add_detection_option()) until FinalizeContentUniqueness() is
         * called -- after the duplicate OTN checks.
         *
         * All other rule option types are added to the hash table
         * at parse time, thus the data associated with that rule
         * option is cleaned from the hash table when the table itself
         * is cleaned up.
         */
        OptFpList *tmp = opt_func;

        opt_func = opt_func->next;

        if ((tmp->OptTestFunc == CheckANDPatternMatch) ||
            (tmp->OptTestFunc == CheckUriPatternMatch))
        {
            PatternMatchFree(tmp->context);
        }
    }
}

void OtnFree(void *data)
{
    OptTreeNode *otn = (OptTreeNode *)data;
    OptFpList *opt_func;
    RspFpList *rsp_func;
    ReferenceNode *ref_node;
#ifdef TARGET_BASED
    unsigned int svc_idx;
#endif

    if (otn == NULL)
        return;

    /* If the opt_func list was copied from another OTN, don't free it here */
    if (!otn->sigInfo.dup_opt_func)
    {
        opt_func = otn->opt_func;
        while (opt_func != NULL)
        {
            OptFpList *tmp = opt_func;
            opt_func = opt_func->next;
            free(tmp);
        }
    }

    rsp_func = otn->rsp_func;
    while (rsp_func)
    {
        RspFpList *tmp = rsp_func;
        rsp_func = rsp_func->next;

        // we don't free params here because they should have been
        // passed to add_detection_option() which will ensure the
        // unique ones are freed once.
        free(tmp);
    }

    if (otn->sigInfo.message != NULL)
    {
        if (!otn->generated)
            free(otn->sigInfo.message);
    }
#ifdef TARGET_BASED
    for (svc_idx = 0; svc_idx < otn->sigInfo.num_services; svc_idx++)
    {
        if (otn->sigInfo.services[svc_idx].service)
            free(otn->sigInfo.services[svc_idx].service);
    }
    if (otn->sigInfo.services)
        free(otn->sigInfo.services);
#endif

    ref_node = otn->sigInfo.refs;
    while (ref_node != NULL)
    {
        ReferenceNode *tmp = ref_node;

        ref_node = ref_node->next;
        free(tmp->id);
        free(tmp);
    }

    if (otn->tag != NULL)
        free(otn->tag);

    /* RTN was generated on the fly.  Don't necessarily know which policy
     * at this point so go through all RTNs and delete them */
    if (otn->generated)
    {
        int i;

        for (i = 0; i < otn->proto_node_num; i++)
        {
            RuleTreeNode *rtn = deleteRtnFromOtn(otn, i);
            if (rtn != NULL)
                free(rtn);
        }
    }

    if (otn->proto_nodes)
        free(otn->proto_nodes);

    if (otn->detection_filter)
        free(otn->detection_filter);

    if (otn->preproc_fp_list != NULL)
        FreePmdList(otn->preproc_fp_list);

    free(otn);
}

SFGHASH * OtnLookupNew(void)
{
    return sfghash_new(10000, sizeof(OtnKey), 0, OtnFree);
}

void OtnLookupAdd(SFGHASH *otn_map, OptTreeNode *otn)
{
    int status;
    OtnKey key;

    if (otn_map == NULL)
        return;

    key.gid = otn->sigInfo.generator;
    key.sid = otn->sigInfo.id;

    status = sfghash_add(otn_map, &key, otn);
    switch (status)
    {
        case SFGHASH_OK:
            /* otn was inserted successfully */
            break;

        case SFGHASH_INTABLE:
            /* Assume it's a rule without an sid */
            if (key.sid == 0)
            {
                ParseError("Duplicate rule with same gid (%u) and no sid.  To "
                           "avoid this, make sure all of your rules define an "
                           "sid.\n", key.gid);
            }
            else
            {
                ParseError("Duplicate rule with same gid (%u) and sid (%u)\n",
                           key.gid, key.sid);
            }

            break;

        case SFGHASH_NOMEM:
            FatalError("Failed to allocate memory for rule.\n");
            break;

        default:
            FatalError("%s(%d): OtnLookupAdd() - unexpected return value "
                       "from sfghash_add().\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
            break;
    }
}

OptTreeNode * OtnLookup(SFGHASH *otn_map, uint32_t gid, uint32_t sid)
{
    OptTreeNode * otn;
    OtnKey key;

    if (otn_map == NULL)
        return NULL;

    key.gid = gid;
    key.sid = sid;

    otn = (OptTreeNode *)sfghash_find(otn_map, &key);

    return otn;
}

void OtnLookupFree(SFGHASH *otn_map)
{
    if (otn_map == NULL)
        return;

    sfghash_delete(otn_map);
}

/***************** End of Class/Priority Implementation ***********************/


text:
Best Times to Cross Niagara Bridges This Weekend
Labor Day means busy bridges; Whirlpool Bridge suspends construction
LEWISTON, NY, August 30, 2012 – The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, operator of the Lewiston-Queenston, Rainbow and Whirlpool bridges, anticipates elevated numbers of crossings as many Americans head to and from Canada during the long Labor Day weekend.
"It's important to remember that crossing the border at off-peak hours, even by an hour or two, can help travelers get to where they're headed faster," said NFBC General Manager Lew Holloway. "Traffic typically peaks in the late morning and early afternoons into the United States and late afternoons and evenings returning to Canada." (more…)
Demolition Work at Queenston Plaza
Lane closures scheduled during redevelopment
LEWISTON, NY August 31, 2012 – The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, operator of three of the four Niagara River bridges between Western New York and Southern Ontario, will begin demolition work as part of the Queenston Plaza redevelopment.
The demolition that is being done is to remove the old Duty Free Store and the large concrete barriers that once protected the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) primary inspection booths in the old Queenston Plaza. When the work is completed it will result in improved access to the new primary inspection booths and free up space as vehicles approach the inspection area. (more…)
Governor Cuomo Hosts Regional Economic Development Councils to Discuss Progress on Job Creating Plans
Councils Report That All 739 Projects Are Underway
Regional Council Co-Chairs Present Updates On Economic Successes To Date; State Announces Connect NY Program with $25 Million in Grants to Enhance High Speed Internet Access in New York
Albany, NY (August 21, 2012)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today hosted the Regional Economic Development Councils to hear from Co-Chairs on the economic successes to date that have occurred as a result of the Regional Council planning which has transformed the way New York invests in economic development and creates jobs. Currently, all 739 projects that are receiving state funds are underway and more than 75 percent have already reached their first milestone. The meeting featured progress updates from each of the 10 regions on implementing the strategic plans and job-creating projects. The meeting also provided a preview of regional economic development planning for the coming year.
During the meeting, the Governor made announcements on key programs and new initiatives that will support the next round of the Regional Councils and rebuild New York's economy, including the Connect NY Program which will provide $25 million in grants to bring high speed Internet access to unserved communities throughout the state. (more…)
Unshackle Upstate Scorecards
The state legislators listed below were elected to office in special elections in 2011 and 2012. Because they did not serve a full legislative term, there is inadequate data to fully and accurately reflect their score for the purposes of this scorecard.
Senate: David Storobin (R)
Assembly: Shelley Mayer (D), Didi Barrett (D), Michael Kearns (D), Phil Goldfeder (D), Michael Simanowitz (D), Rafael Espinal (D), Dan Quart (D), Anthony Brindisi (D), Sean Ryan (D), Raymond Walter(R) (more…)


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Jonathan Scott injury: Bears RT hurts hamstring, heads to locker room
The Bears' injury woes along the offensive line continue as right tackle Jonathan Scott leaves Sunday's game against Green Bay with a hamstring injury.
By Satchel Price Dec 16, 2012, 1:41pm CST
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Chicago Bears offensive tackle Jonathan Scott headed to the locker room before halftime of Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers with a hamstring injury, the team announced. It's unclear how severe the injury is, but the team says that his return for the remainder of the game is questionable.
For the Bears, this is the just the latest injury to hit a battered offensive line that's maddeningly lacked continuity. Scott just recently joined the starting lineup, but now former first-round pick Gabe Carimi, who was recently benched by the coaching staff at the guard position, is being ushered back into action.
The Bears currently trail the Green Bay Packers early in the third quarter, 14-7, on Sunday afternoon. The offensive line has freed up some holes for Matt Forte and allowed only one sack of quarterback Jay Cutler, though that hasn't been enough to get Chicago in the lead at home.


"Reunion" – today's compelling video from Jim Brandenburg's Nature365! Family bonding is essential for coordinated and collaborative group living and is regularly expressed via body language. Wolf greeting behavior involves tail-wagging, muzzle licking and tail tucking – gestures of intimacy and enthusiasm that reaffirm the unique emotional bonds that shape the foundation of the family.


Neonatology refers to the care of newborn infants due to premature birth, low birth weight, birth defects, heart trouble, lung problems, or other life-threatening conditions. Adiva Hospital, Green Park is home to a state-of- the- art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Our NICU is equipped to care for the tiniest and most critically ill babies, offering the greatest range of neonatal services and support.
Few parents consider the possibility that their baby might need special medical care after birth. Even fewer think about which neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) might care for their baby.
NICU at Adiva Hospital, Green Park is a busy unit catering to the needs of high risk newborn babies. .Care of the NICU babies is in the hands of a senior qualified neonatologist, along with a team of pediatricians, experienced in the care of fragile, sick newborns.
We routinely receive babies weighing less than 1000 grams at birth and have an excellent track record in the intact survival. Procedures like exchange transfusion, surfactant administration, neonatal invasive and non-invasive ventilation are performed in the NICU.
Manned by a team of specially handpicked and trained nurses, the nurse patient ratio of the NICU is one of the best in Delhi. Resident doctors with postgraduate qualification in pediatrics are available 24 hours in house to handle emergencies.
The hospital has the whole range of ancillary services including in-house ultrasonography and radiological services and a round the clock laboratory to cater to the needs of these tiny patients. In addition, specialists in various fields like pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery etc are available on call to attend to babies needing these services.
One out of nine mothers do not carry her pregnancy to full term (37 or more weeks), and roughly 20% of babies born in a hospital require some sort of special care in the NICU. We hope that your pregnancy and delivery go smoothly, but if the unexpected should occur, here are some facts you must consider: NICU at Adiva Hospital, Green Park is a busy unit catering to the needs of high risk newborn babies. Care of the NICU babies is in the hands of a senior qualified neonatologist, along with a team of pediatricians, experienced in the care of fragile, sick newborns.


Tart cherry juice contains some impressive nutrients which are extremely beneficial to health.
Tart cherries may improve muscle recovery, help relieve arthritis and gout, improve heart health and could even help you sleep better.
Tart cherries are grown throughout the world, but are particularly plentiful in the continents of Asia, Europe and America.
The Romans are thought to be responsible for the distribution of cherries in Europe. Discovering the fruit around the Black Sea, they transported them around their empire.
Around 100 tart cherries equate to one glass of tart cherry juice.
Scientifically known as Prunas Cerasus, tart cherries are slightly smaller and also much brighter in color than their sweet cherry cousin.
Tart cherries are very juicy, which is why many people use them for baking. Desserts such as cherry pie or jellies contain tart cherries. It's the sweet cherry variety that we tend to eat fresh.
Tart cherries are not only very tasty, but also full of nutrition. They are a good source of fiber and low in sodium. A single cup serving provides only 51 calories. They are also lower in sugar than the sweet cherry.
Tart cherries contain multiple vitamins such as K, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 and generous amount of vitamin A and C.
Anthocyanins are responsible for the vivid crimson color of tart cherries and they also display anti-inflammatory properties.
Lack of sleep can play havoc with your health, causing fatigue, lack of concentration and even a heightened risk of depression.
Tart cherries are a rich source of plant melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone in the body which keeps the body's "sleep-wake" cycle functioning correctly and makes you tired at night.
Tart cherries contain potent antioxidants. There is growing evidence they could help improve heart health.
Anthocyanins could prevent high cholesterol, reducing the dangers of heart attacks.
Studies have indicated that tart cherry juice could also decrease blood pressure in those with hypertension. (source) Tart cherries could also reduce the risk of stroke.
In recent years, tart cherry juice is becoming very popular within the fitness community – and for good reason.
One of the most outstanding benefits of consuming tart cherries their use with physical activity. This is because tart cherries could improve muscle recovery.
A group of runners who were given tart cherry juice before a long distance event experienced significantly lower levels of muscle pain than those who took a placebo.
This is due to the high levels of antioxidants in tart cherries decreasing inflammation due to sport induced muscle damage.
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition where the cartilage wears down around the joints in the body. This causes swelling, stiffness and pain the area.
The phytonutrient anthocyanin fights off inflammation, reducing the pain caused by arthritis.
Gout is another form of arthritis but this is caused by an imbalance of uric acid in the body.
When uric acid builds up, it causes tiny particles to deposit at the joints.
The first symptoms of gout are stiffness, swelling and extreme pain in the joints of the big toe.
Studies show that taking tart cherry for only two days reduced the risk of gout by 35%.
Tart cherries are considered safe for most people to eat or juice, however in this case you can have too much of a good thing.
Consuming too many tart cherries could cause a laxative effect, leading to digestive discomfort, stomach cramps or diarrhea.
With tart cherries, moderation is key.
I would like to share five great tart cherry juicing recipes that combine all the fruit's beneficial nutrients and taste amazing too.
The luscious cherry berry juice will certainly leave you wanting more. The ingredients work really well together, leaving you feeling fresh as a daisy. If you feel your body needs to regulate its internal clock – get drinking.
Add all the ingredients into the juicer.
If you haven't got much time to spare, you may want to give this one a go. It only takes two minutes to make and it will make you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
Add the ice and serve immediately.
Do you need to recover from a long work out at the gym? The chocolaty cherry recovery juice could be the one for you. The tart cherry will help sooth your sore muscles in a faster time scale.
Your drink is now ready to be served.
Are you sick of feeling drained? This juice is extra scrumptious and is packed with essential vitamins making you feel fit and energized. If you need a little pick me up, this juice could be the one.
1 Cup peaches, chopped into small pieces.
Serve instantly, for that extra yumminess.
This juice is jam packed with goodness, and only takes 10 minutes to make, leaving your taste buds tempted for more. So, what you are waiting for, ready steady make.
Place all the ingredients into a juicer.
Add ice (optional) then serve immediately.
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Personal Best records tumble at Heart of England meeting (11th May 2016)
There were some exceptional performances posted by Bicester athletes in their Heart of England match staged on Saturday 7th May at Kettering. There were well over 40 personal bests set throughout the afternoon. One of the star performers of the day was Millie Couzens, who has put her new found strength from a good cross country season, to good effect. In the under 13 girl's 800 metres, despite finishing runner up, Couzens posted a superb time of 2mins 32.1secs which was a new club record and national grade 3 effort. Her time places her 30th in the national rankings at this early stage of the season and she is just 3 seconds off the grade 1 standard for her age group. Not content with one club record Couzens proceeded to better the old under 13 high jump record with a leap of 1.35m which placed her 3rd and was also a national grade 3 effort. Couzens also equalled her personal best in the 70 metre hurdles clocking 12.8secs for 4th.
Ben West was one of the best under 15 male cross country performers in Oxfordshire last season. Now he is beginning to emerge as a real force on the track in his first year in the under 17 age group. Last week he achieved a triple set of first places in three of the toughest events on the track; all personal bests. At Kettering he further improved on two of his bests as he landed victories in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. West produced an exceptional effort to win the 800 metres in a new personal best time of 2mins 4.8secs with a comfortable winning margin of 4secs. He was also victorious in the 1500 metres, with yet another personal best time of 4mins 23.4s, some 16 secs clear of the runner up. West was also in personal best from in the long jump finishing 4th with 4.60m.
Another runner to emerge with credit from the cross country season was Mix Nicolle and he continued his fine early season form in the under 15 1500 metres with an excellent 2nd in a new personal best time of 4mins 50.4secs. Nicolle was also in personal best form in the high jump placing 4th with a 1.40m leap. Sean Lock also ran a personal best as he finished runner up in the under 13 boy's 1500 metres clocking 5mins 27.4s. And Tom Couzens also registered a new personal best in the under 15 boy's 800 metres as he finished 4th in 2mins 22secs. However he excelled in the long jump where he was 3rd with another personal best leap of 4.71m.
Jamil Welham has started the season in cracking form and produced one of the runs of his career as he moved up to the under 15 boy's 300 metres to record a splendid victory in a new personal best time of 41.6secs. Having set a new personal best in the 200 metres the previous week, Welham recorded another fast time in the 200 metres(26.8secs) and garnered good points for the club in the long jump winning the B event with a new personal best leap of 4.57m.
Joshua Parker had an outstanding day in the sprints and the jumps. The first of his two wins came in the in the under 11 boy's 75 metres as he set a new club record mark of 10.7secs. It was Parker at the double as he also produced a win in the under 11 long jump with a new personal best mark of 3.56m. Not to be outdone his sister Josephine was 2nd in the under 11 girl's 75 metres with a very swift clocking of 11.4secs.
Oscar Honour can normally be relied on to show his form and he did not disappoint at Kettering where he featured well in the under 15 shot putt taking runner up spot with 8.37m with clubmate Joe Mimpress taking first place in the B event (6.02m). And Honour gained further good points placing 2nd in the B 200 metres with a new personal best of 27.7secs.
Will Sims has made a seamless transfer over from middle distances to throws and he was again in good form in the under 15 boy's javelin taking 2nd with a throw of 29.10 metres. His sister, Emelia, continues to straddle the two and she enjoyed personal bests in the under 13 girl's 800 metres (3mins 1.8secs) and javelin throw (13.08m). Bicester's other winners were Charlotte Kavanagh in the B under 11 girl's 75 metres (11.9secs) and Samuel Rayson in the under 13 boy's 75 metre hurdles (14.9secs).


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Activists Attempt To Co-Opt MLK--Again
In their ongoing attempt to mislead on a number of fronts, homosexual activists are once again trying to co-opt Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and make him one of their own; claiming equality with the civil rights struggle of African Americans.
Michael Long's soon to be released book, "Keeping It Straight?" says MLK would have been an advocate for homosexual "marriage."
Dr. King's own daughter has repeatedly said her father saw homosexuality as a "problem," not something to be advanced, affirmed or advocated.
The Christian Post looked into this. Here's what they found:
The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of The Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, told The Christian Post that in studying King's speeches, he could not conceive the civil rights leader heading a gay rights movement.
"King was a man sent by God to do His will and there is no way that you can have that type of relationship with God and accept wrong as right," Peterson told CP. "In the scriptures it says that homosexuality is an abomination against God."
However, the author of the controversial new book, Long, has decided to assert that King would have been a gay activist.
"Dr. King never publicly welcomed gays at the front gate of his beloved community. But he did leave behind a key for them - his belief that each person is sacred, free and equal to all to others," Long said, attempting to infer that universal freedom and equality would equate to an acceptance of homosexuality.
In a CNN report, the author recently highlighted a 1958 letter published in Ebony magazine. In the letter, King responded to an anonymous boy who was confused about his homosexuality.
"I am a boy," the anonymous person wrote. "But I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don't want my parents to know about me. What can I do?"
King, responded to the boy by calling his feelings toward the same gender a "problem," but stating that he could find a "solution."
Those advocating to redefine marriage in the legislative hearings today in Olympia will bring children and stories to the mic in their testimonies. Many claims will be made in the effort to redefine marriage. Promises of religious or "conscience" exemptions will be assured for those and their churches in what Rep. Jamie Pedersen calls the "dwindling minority." Appeals for so-called equality and fairness will ring across the Capitol Campus and the halls of Washington State government today.
Civil rights-human rights-fairness-equality will be the demands of the day. Those advocating to redefine marriage and those who are following them with their vote will claim a "badge of courage" for their actions, while the media rushes to their presses and microphones to quickly affirm it all in a hundred creative ways.
Not to worry that these marriage bills actually advocate for "special rights" not equal rights. Their version of "marriage" is still discriminatory. Many groupings of people will be required to further revise "marriage" in order to discover their own "marriage equality." And the precedent will be set.
Should these people prevail, religious freedoms will be eroded and undermined. Biblical churches will be called out on their advocacy for and practice of Scriptural teaching on homosexuality. It's only a matter of where. And who will be targeted first.
Lost to many in the public, will be the truth that same-sex "marriage" advocates, who already have the benefits of marriage, see the word "marriage" as an affirmation to the lifestyle that has been condemned by every major religion and every successful civilization in the past 5000 years.
Should these bills pass, we will seek to repeal them.
Be Vigilant. Be Discerning. Be Prayerful. Be Active.
Rock, Spokane WA 8:58 AM, January 23, 2012
MLK saw the boy's same sex attraction as a "problem." The mind will follow the course the heart has chosen. MLK did not alienate the child, as do Clergy towards parrishoners, but understood the dilema. Christ associated with the Woman at the Well, and called her out of her condition.
Exodus International also associates with those who are in the boy's boat, and help navigate The Boat to a Safe Harbor so they, and we, can all get out of Our Sinking Nature. We keep our Eyes on the Impossible One who Walks on the water. I too, choose to walk with The Creator of Light, walking circumspectly. I don't through stones, but know the stones are all around.
Anonymous 10:08 AM, January 23, 2012
Leave it to Gary to omit more than half the story. While King's daughter Bernice has claimed she believes her father would've been anti-gay, King's wife, Coretta -- the person whom I assume knew him best -- had this to say:
"For too long, our nation has tolerated the insidious form of discrimination against this group of Americans, who have worked as hard as any other group, paid their taxes like everyone else, and yet have been denied equal protection under the law...I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. My husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' On another occasion he said, 'I have worked too long and hard against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. Justice is indivisible.' Like Martin, I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others."
Furthermore, King never preached on the topic in all of his sermons nor is there any private record of him making anti-gay statements; his assistant Bayard Rustin was gay and King resisted calls to oust him because of it; and today the King Center lists discrimination, including homophobia, as one of its "Three Evils."
It's mostly a futile exercise to pluck people out of history and to surmise what they believed without the benefit of the knowledge we have gained since they lived. But it's interesting to note that Bernice King made gay-inclusive statements regarding unity at last week's MLK ceremonies, a pleasant surprise for many gay-rights groups.
So, even the most anti-gay member of the King family in 2012 has made more pro-gay statements than any King -- or any public figure -- could have made in the 1960s.
"Not to worry that these marriage bills actually advocate for "special rights" not equal rights."
Sorry Gary, but as your good friend Archbishop Sartain pointed out in testimony before the legislature today, it is YOUR side that is fighting to maintain "special rights" for heterosexual couples!
Congratulations Gary! The 25th senate vote was announced today. You lose again!
As to this latest post, it is sad to see that there is nothing on your mind this year except gay people. Not the unborn, not the persecuted Christians in Egypt, not the unemployed. Nothing but gay, gay, gay all the time. Your neurotic obsession is a great help to the cause of gay civil rights.
As to this post, no one knew Dr. King better than his wife, and his wife repudiates your assertions and has said that he would have been a strong advocate for equality for gays. And she fully supports marriage equality.
Nearly every successful Western society in the world recognizes marriage equality or civil unions. From the United Kingdom and Canada to Germany and Austria. The countries that don't are poorer, less stable, and less successful. Gary can proudly cite countries like Ethiopia, Iran, and North Korea as examples of the kind of society he wants to see.
Oshtur Vishanti 2:36 PM, January 23, 2012
Of course you will Gary. You will easily get enough signatures with the deep out of state pockets that pledged their support at the Capitol rally of about 200 of your peers. And then the superpac ads will flood our televisions until election day.
I do wonder if the lies told at the Senate hearings so repulsed the final senator that see decided 'enough was enough'? And what the ad campaign of the same sort of lies will do to push even more Washingtonians to supporting marriage equality?
God forbid these bills pass but if they do we will aide in the fight to repeal.
"Should these bills pass, we will seek to repeal them." -Amen
Thanks, Gary, once again for holding the banner of Christ high. Those who know the truth about this detestable power grab for "special rights" and the desire to further corrupt our children had better wake up their minds and contend for the culture. Europe is already failing because of their immorality, perversion and rejection of God's truth, America is fast approaching that point. I shudder when I consider that God is just and He will not contend with man forever. His judgement is coming!!
2 things are certain; we will all die and we will all stand before Him to give an account of our deeds.
God is not mocked, you WILL reap what you sow. If you sow to the flesh you WILL reap corruption, if to the Spirit ETERNAL LIFE.
Choose this day, whom you will serve.
Went to the hearing and am so glad, we as Christians stand up to these people who are so lost in the worldly ways of thinking, instead of Gods way. If people would read the Bible, it clearly says IF you do it GOD's way, blessings. I pray we can reach the lost in their homosexual life stye. As one person clearly said, if this approved, the committee is condeming their souls. AMEN
James 2:59 AM, January 24, 2012
Pastor Randall, why is Ken Hutcherson leading this fight and not you and Larry Stickney? Has some group formed to keep you out of the fight? It doesn't seem right or fair considering that you and Larry were the only ones to fight against R71.


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Eight years from the time of turning the first sod saw 71 m.
The sod arched into the air and fell, targeting Keaton.
Sometimes the well dent is visible, where once a spring oozed; now dry and tearless grass; or it was covered deep--not to be discovered till some late day--with a flat stone under the sod, when the last of the race departed.
The first sod of the great line was cut at Chalk Farm, London, on the 1st of June 1834.
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There already existed a short line from the Point at Durban to the Umgeni, and on the 1st of January 1876 Sir Henry Bulwer, who had succeeded Wolseley as governor, turned the first sod of a new state-owned railway which was completed as far as Maritzburg in 1880.
His second SOD, Angier March Perkins (1799?-1881), also born at Newburyport, went to England in 1827, and was the author of a system of warming buildings by means of highpressure steam.
His SOD, JOHANN JAKOB HOTTINGER (1652-1735), who became professor of theology at Zurich in 1698, was the author of a work against Roman Catholicism, Helvetische Kirchengeschichte (4 vols., 1698-1729); and his grandson, JOHANN HEINRICH HOTTINGER (1681-1750), who in 1721 was appointed professor of theology at Heidelberg, wrote a work on dogmatics, Typus doctrinae christianae (1714).
Demetrios Ypsilanti (1793-1832), second SOD of Prince Constantine, distinguished himself as a Russian officer in the campaign of 1814, and in the spring of 1821 went to the Morea, where the war of Greek independence had just broken out.
Near this is Llyn y dywarchen (sod pool), with a floating island.
That its storage has very greatly increased as cultivation has been extended (the prairie sod sheds water like a roof) is true; moreover, the spread of scientific principles of farming has increased the advantage derived from the ground-water stored.
The turf is taken off either with the breast plough - a paring tool pushed forward from the breast or thighs by the workman - or with specially constructed paring ploughs or shims. The depth of the sod removed should not be too thick or burning is difficult and too much humus is destroyed unnecessarily, nor should it be too thin or the roots of the herbage are not effectually destroyed.
In1890-1891he made a tour in Greece, Egypt, India, Ceylon and Japan, where he narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of a Japanese fanatic. On the return journey by Siberia, at Vladivostok, he turned the first sod of the eastern section of the Siberian railway, and two years afterwards (1893) he was appointed president of the imperial committee for that great undertaking.
The Eskimo underground houses of sod Hablta- and snow, the Dene (Tinneh) and Sioux bunch of bark.
Sound friable loam cut one sod deep from the surface of a pasture, and stacked up for twelve months in a heap or ridge, is invaluable to the gardener.
He opened the Ganges canal, still the largest work of the kind in the country, and he turned the sod of the first Indian railway.
Another SOD, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1815-1893), soldier, was also born at Russellville, Kentucky.
After failing in 1883, they obtained parliamentary powers for this purpose in 1884, and the first sod of the new dock at Barry was cut in November of that year.
His SOD, George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909), also became known as an author, with The Song of the Wave (1898), Poems, 1899-1902 (1902), The Great Adventure (1905), Cain: a Drama (1904), Herakles (1908) and other verse.
Every care should be taken to burn and char the sod thoroughly without permitting the heap to blaze.
HiS SOD, Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the 15th of November 1787.


Failcast is coming at you this week with a super-sized episode, in which we tackle as much of last weekend's drama as possible. Get caught up about why people were hugging so much and where a few Dtoid accounts disappeared to, then listen as our host Yashoki discusses the current state of the Destructoid community with King3vbo, Necros, long-time absent Failcast member Charlie Suh, and this week's special community guest Itemforty. Dtoid editor Samit Sarkar also drops by the show later in the episode.
We recommend you check out Necros' list of resolutions to add some context to the show. Also, we <3 Niero and all the editors, even if Jim Sterling is too tired to come on the show.
40:10 - Where is the line for what is fail and what is not?
71:55 - Why do bans completely remove everything a banned user has done?
79:00 - Surprise guest substitution!
If you download just one Failcast this year...well, I guess I'd say listen to this one, but seeing as we're not even halfway through January, that would be very depressing for us.


I don't believe that job interviews work. They are outdated.
Good communicators can talk their way into a position and then perform poorly.
Poor communicators (who could have been great at the job) don't speak well in the interview and get passed on.
Interviews don't accurately demonstrate who will perform well on the job.
If I want to see how good you will be at the job, I need to give you a specific task that will measure your ability to do that task well.
Without an example of the quality of someone's work, we take a gamble that the person can back up the talk that they have been preaching to get themselves a job.
For example, when I ran BrainGain I built teams of commission only recruiters and BD reps. I didn't want to pay monthly salaries and it seemed like an experiment worth running.
Given that it was a commission only, I was a lot more lenient in my hiring process. Normally when I hire for companies I'm usually very strict in who I let through the door. I scrutinize everyone.
I didn't care who you were, generally speaking I would give you a job. I did take phone call interviews with every person I brought on board, but I didn't grill people like I normally would.
I hired about 10 Business Development Reps and 5 Headhunters.
Within 2 weeks about half of the BD reps were non-responsive not doing any work. Same with 2 of the headhunters. In both categories I was getting lackluster results from the majority of the freelancers.
However, the ones who DID perform well went ABOVE AND BEYOND!
We had one girl who translated all of my marketing documents and emails into Italian so she could pitch companies in Italy.
We had another candidate who started emailing taking sales calls in Spanish, because she knew I didn't speak fluently enough.
Both of them were able to line up companies within a month. Both of them consistently lined up deals for me.
The TRUE performers are the ones who find the RIGHT FIT. The ones who find you candidates that are legitimately interested.
Out of the 5 recruiters, one of them had this mindset. Consistently sent me good quality people who went on to interview with other companies.
I offered him a monthly retainer, and then he offered to help build a team of recruiters for me.
The funniest part? If you would have asked me to pick these people out of the batch when I initially spoke to them on the phone there is NO WAY I would have expected these to be the people who performed well.
Many of the people whom I had high expectations for flopped and gave up quickly. Others who were shy and timid on the phone became monsters in the output they would give me.
It made me realize that you really don't know how someone will perform until you give them the job.
People came out of their shell on the job. Showed me sides of their personality I didn't expect. I gave them the opportunity to surprise me, and it yielded great results.
It's also a great way to make firing easier. Certain people just can't deliver results and naturally fall by the wayside. Others deliver some results but not enough to sustain, so they drop off too. Then all you're left with are the people who are doing the good work.
Moreover, performance based work is a very good indicator of isolating top performers. The people who can deliver results are usually willing to work on commission, whereas the "salary collectors" aren't as willing to tie their results to their salary.
My underlying point is that it's not usually who you expect. Some people can talk their way into a job and then perform poorly. Others who would have been great at the job get weeded out because they couldn't properly communicate their abilities.
This is why, I believe, the only job interview should be to actually work. Do some sort of project. Contribute something so that people can get a feel for your work.
You can tell a lot about someone from a small project. How they think about problems, how they use reasoning, how detail oriented they are, their sense of design – you can usually get a feel for their strengths.
Once again though – they have to follow through and actually do it. A proposal isn't the same thing as a finished experiment. Writing out the steps and action plan for a proposal is not the same thing as doing it and putting your techniques to the test.
We're in the age of the contract based freelancer – embrace it. Commit to working with a company for a smaller amount of time to demonstrate skills that will earn you a longer term role.
Employers? Stop thinking of every hire as a permanent decision. Realize that talent arises and passes as needed. Hire people with a short-term mindset, and allow the top performers to rise to the surface – then go hire the top performers.
It's never been easier to pluck people off the shelf for 3-6 month projects to install systems that yield benefits for the next 3-5 years. Open your mind to the freelance economy and enjoy it's fruits.
This is also an analogy for life – be open to everyone, be free from judging others. Give everyone an opportunity to show you who they are, and let the most interesting people naturally rise to the surface, while the crappy ones fall by the wayside. Don't accidentally rule people out who could have otherwise been incredible additions to your life.
Give everyone an opportunity. Step back and watch as the majority fall and the beautiful float, it's the law of nature!


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iClick Further Enhances Product Offerings through Acquisition of CMRS Group
HONG KONG, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited ("iClick" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ICLK), an independent online marketing and enterprise data solutions provider in China, announced today that it has recently entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of CMRS Group Holding Limited ("CMRS"), a leading marketing automation solution provider focused in Greater China in a consideration comprised of cash and certain number of the Company's American Depositary Shares. The closing of the acquisition is subject to customary conditions.
Based in Hong Kong, CMRS adds value to customers in data-driven consumer journey management, cross-channel marketing automation and inbound marketing services. Its proprietary technology aggregates data from multiple sources to help companies provide better customer relationship management (CRM) services. CMRS has leading expertise in leveraging strategies and content over social media and KOLs to generate inbound leads and sales for companies.
The acquisition will allow iClick to further enhance its full product offerings with CMRS's marketing automation capabilities particularly for cross-border customers marketing into China. Beyond solidifying iClick's product offerings, iClick is confident that CMRS's demonstrated profitability, resources and potential to cross-sell iClick products will allow it to contribute to iClick's Enterprise Solutions' bottom line in the near to medium term.
"We are thrilled to become part of iClick group," said Mark Chan, Group CEO and Founder of CMRS Group. "Combined with CMRS's expertise in digital marketing, social media and KOLs and smart content generation enterprise solution services, the acquisition will enrich iClick's comprehensive initiatives in its Consumer Experience Management and Social Commerce Platforms, further boosting the success of the combination."
Jian "T.J." Tang, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of iClick, commented: "We're delighted to announce this deal between iClick and CMRS, which brings together two of the region's leading innovative marketing solution providers. By tapping into CMRS's strengths in CRM, social media, and cross-channel marketing automation, iClick will be able to expand the scope and effectiveness of our fast growing integrated enterprise and marketing solutions offerings. We are confident that this partnership will significantly enhance our ability to help brands adapt and succeed in today's rapidly digitalizing market environment."
With over 940 million active profiled users on its proprietary platform, iClick provides an integrated consumer full-cycle solution to optimize consumer life-time value that includes acquiring new traffic, managing consumers and engaging consumers with personalized marketing campaigns. With its commitment in providing tailored digitalization services to brand customers, iClick integrates and launches products on four key platforms – Programmatic Marketing Platform, Consumer Experience Platform, Social Commerce Platform, and Consumer Lifecycle Data Management Platform – empowering clients to boost sales from different combinations of product lines.
iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited (NASDAQ: ICLK) is an independent online marketing and enterprise data solutions provider that connects worldwide marketers with audiences in China. Built on cutting-edge technologies, our proprietary platform possesses omni-channel marketing capabilities and fulfils various marketing objectives in a data-driven and automated manner, helping both international and domestic marketers reach their target audiences in China. Headquartered in Hong Kong, iClick was established in 2009 and is currently operating in ten locations worldwide including Asia and Europe.
For more information, please visit ir.i-click.com.
About CMRS
CMRS Group is one of the leading digital and social media communications consulting companies in Hong Kong. As a brand custodian group, CMRS provides a full suite of solutions which enable brand communication excellence in the digital space. Its key offerings include social media insight and monitoring, content management, visual content creation, KOL management, cross border digital marketing, strategic advertising placement, moderation and crisis management, social media marketing guidelines and workshops.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements, including those related to the Company's business strategies, operations and financial performance. These statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's fluctuations in growth; its success in implementing its mobile and new retail strategies, including extending its solutions beyond its core online marketing business; its success in structuring a CRM & Marketing Cloud platform; relative percentage of its gross billing recognized as revenue under the gross and net models; its ability to retain existing clients or attract new ones; its ability to retain content distribution channels and negotiate favorable contractual terms; market competition, including from independent online marketing technology platforms as well as large and well-established internet companies; market acceptance of online marketing technology solutions and enterprise solutions; effectiveness of its algorithms and data engines; its ability to collect and use data from various sources; ability to integrate and realize synergies from acquisitions, investments or strategic partnership; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; general economic conditions in China and other jurisdictions where the Company operates; and the regulatory landscape in China and other jurisdictions where the Company operates. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F and other filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.


This fabulous 4 bedroom was a big hit. It was stylish, finished to a high standard had some wonderful additions for a new family yet struggled to sell. We originally went to see the home owners before they went on the market. We discussed the reason why we market the way we do, how important it was to focus on the most likely to buy at the time they felt we were too expensive. It should have been a straightforward sale. Amazing family location close to a school that is often over subscribed.
The homeowner chose a cheaper agent, they were very generic in their descriptions and tried to pitch to everyone hoping someone would eventually fall in love with it. After 6 months it was still on the market and they had had very little interest. It was the summer, the garden was in full bloom waiting for the children playing football and looked it's very best but it failed to sell.
Every homeowner loves their home, they believe that a photograph is a photograph and they know how wonderful it really is. They know how snuggly it is by the fire, how the moonlight lights up the garden and how you can fit all the family in the breakfast room. However, your buyers have to rely on your photographs, they have to use tier imagination to see how cosy it is, how warm it feels, how light the dining room is. A true photograph of your home will absolutely show them this, no imagination required, so the only thing they have to think about is when they'd like to view.
Immediately we had many many viewings, in fact we had a total of 21. For one family it was just right!
When its important to sell, you must sell to those that are most likely to buy. It works.
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