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•Works closely with client management to prioritize issues and modify the plan as necessary based on changing priorities.
•Works with Implementations, Support, Product Management and Development internally to ensure client priority and issues are addressed in a timely fashion (and balanced with the needs of other clients).
•Participates during Conversion weekend activities and shares leadership role and Project Plan execution with Implementation Project Manager and ETG.
•Work closely with Support Management to prepare for and facilitate the hand off to regular Support.
•Communicates progress, expectations or escalates problems to management for awareness and/or resolution.
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•Provides Project and Program Oversight and Management for multiple projects as assigned.
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Home city guide sri madan mohan temple vrindavan
Sri Madan Mohan temple is built by Srila Sanatana Gosvami near the Kali Ghat in Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh). This is one of the ancient temples Vrindavan and hence it is divine in nature. Another temple of Sri Madan Mohan is built many years later in Karauli (near Jaipur) in 1917. During Aurangzeb reign, when he was destroying all sacred temples and their deities, many prominent deities were taken off to other location in India for safety and protection. In the same period, original Madana Mohana deity was taken to Karauli in Rajasthan for safety during the attack. Today, a replica or pratibhu-murti of the image is worshiped at the temple.
It is believed that in ancient age, Advaita Acharya noticed and unearthed the main Madana Mohan deity from advaita vata tree base in Vrindavan. He discovered this deity where he regularly go for yajna and bhajan (prayer). Going with years, Advaita Acharya teached and handed the responsibility to worship Madan Mohan to Purusottama Chaube, who then passed it to Sanatana Gosvami. Radharani and Lalita are also worshipped in this great temple from years now. Purusottama Jena had sent them to this holy land of Vrindavan.
History of the Madan Mohan Temple
History of Madan Mohan temple actually traces back to 5000 years ago during the time of king Vajranabh (Great Grandson of Krishna) who firstly established this temple along with few other temples in Vrindavan. But during the course of time the temple disappeared. As per the historical records, it was built in 1580 by Kapur Ram das, a trader of Multan under the guidance of Sri Sanatana Goswami. Later in 1670 during the invasion of Mughal Ruler Aurangzeb the original deity of Madan Mohan was secretly moved to Jaipur for safekeeping where it was worshipped for many years. Later when the princess of royal family of Jaipur was married to the prince of Karauli, she took the deity along with her to Karauli and since then it's established and worshipped in Karauli. During the attack of Aurangzeb on Vrindavan the spire (Shikhara) of the original temple was dismantled. So, a new temple was built next to it down the hill in the early 19th century (year 1819) by Sri Nand Kumar Bose of Bengal as the old temple was unfit for worshipping.
The Pratibhu Vigrahas (replicas) of the original deities are worshipped in this new Madan Mohan temple. It is believed that Saint Advaita Acharya found the original idol of Sri Madan Mohan under the old Banyan Tree (Advaita Vat), when he visited Vrindavan. He gave the idol to his disciple Purushottam Choubey (Mathura Brahman) for worship, who in turn gave the idol to his follower Sanatana Goswami who installed the idol on Dwadashaditya hill under a tree and worshipped the idol for many years. Later on Kapur ram Das, a wealthy merchant being influenced by the powers of Sri Madan Mohan, built a temple at the place commemorating the deity.
Earlier there was no deity of Radhaji along with Lord Madan Mohan. Knowing this Purushottam Jena, the son of King Prataparudra of Orissa sent two deities of Goddess Radha from Puri to be placed with Lord Madan Mohan. Thus these two deities the bigger one as Lalita and the smaller one as Radhaji were placed on the altar along with Lord Madan Mohan.
This temple is artistically carved in oval shape from above with red stone located at Aditya Tila. The temple height is 20m high and is present near river Yamuna. This amazing temple is financed by Ram Das Kapoor of Punjab. He was great follower of Sri Madan Mohan Jee. In the early 19th century, Sri Nanda Kumar Bose built new Madana Mohan Temple. Main pujari or care-taker of old temple moved to this temple as it is believed that the old temple was contaminated. This temple now has the replica structure of the original deities or pratibhu murtis.
Every day "Anga Kadi" which is very famous and favorite of Lord Krishna is offered here. It is believed that saint Sanatana Gosvami started this food to offer Lord Krishna because he was saint and didn't have much to offer. He used to collect gram and wheat flour from Mathura or nearby surrounding area. With this he used to make ladoo, which he then cook and present as offering to lord. Even today food is prepared in the same manner to offer Madana Mohan.
This temple remains open throughout the year and many prominent festivals like Kathik, Sharad Purnima, Govardhan Puja, Srila Prabhuapad Tirobhav, Gopaastami, Devotthan Ekadasi and many others is celebrated with full devotion and harmony.
Mangala Aarti is performed at 4:00 am only during Kartika month (Oct-Nov). To visit this temple, please note the Darshan timing:
Summer Darshan : Morning From 6:00 am to 11:00 am and Evening 5:00pm to 9:30 pm.
Winter Darshan : Morning 7:00 am to 12:00 pm and Evening 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
This temple is situated between Krishna Balarama Mandir and Loi Bazar, near Vrindavana parikrama path, which is about a half kilometre from Kaliya Ghata. To reach this place, turn left onto Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg from Chatikara and head toward left and then right, there Sri Madan Mohan temple is situated.
Comments / Discussion Board - Sri Madan Mohan Temple
Sachin from Sardhana 2073 Days ago
please suggest me the best accommodation near the temple and also tell me about restaurants or dhabas in vrindavan?

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These facts about the superstar Rajnikanth will leave you shell shocked!!
Rajnikanth has never been killed on screen because makers have always feared that due to his ever growing popularity; showing this superstar dying on screen will cause his fans toon a rampage!
Rajnikanth who made his debut with Apoorva Raagangal (1975), delivered his biggest commercial hit in 1980 with the film 'Billa'. This film was actually a remake of the super hit Amithabh Bachhan starrer Bollywood film DON(1978); which accidently happens to be a milestone film in the career of Big B!
'Sivaji: The Boss' which happens to be the biggest ever film in the mega stars career was done at a fee's of 26 cores. This has made the actor the highest paid Asia actor; and he is second only to none other than Jackie Chan.
It was Rajnikanth's close friend Raj Bahadur; who constantly encouraged him to pursue his dream of an acting career and join the Madras Film Institue. Raj and Rajnikanth still continue to be thick friends.
The south star finally made his Bollywood debut with Hema Malini starrer 'Andha Kanoon' in 1883. Since Rajnikanth's most viable film of those days was a remake of the Amithabh Bachhan starrer Don; Mr. Bachhan had an extended special appearance in the Thalivaa's Bollywood debut. Life truly is a full circle!
Rajnikanth is the only Indian actor to be featured in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus that will be taught to school children. This life is covered in a chapter titled 'BUS CONDUCTER TO SUPERSTAR'. Well we can hardly disagree that his life is more certainly worth learning from!
The most prestigious FORBES; in their list of 2010 & 2011 ranked Rajnikanth as the 'MOST INFLUENCIAL INDIAN'. Well the mega star certainly has influenced many with his life struggles, acting skills and trademark style of wearing his sun glasses!! And to add to his achievements he was awarded by NDTV one among the '25 GREATEST GLOBAL LIVING LEAGENDS' in 2013.
11.	A CENTUARY IN ADECADE?!
The never tiring superstar completed 100 films in 1985 with the movie 'Sri Raghavendra', i.e within 10 years of making his acting debut with the film 'Apoorva Raagangal 'in 1975. Now that does certainly explain his love and dedication to his profession and does justice to his massive fan following and various titles conferred on him.
The film 'Muthu' made the superstar popular in Japan and in 1999 a magazine called Newsweek titled him as Japan's trendiest heartthrob of that time.
Amitabh Bachchan post's 'Objectionable content' in his blog?
This happens to celebrities too…Sonakshi Sinha recieves piece of IRON instead of headphones!!!


It's December 1st! Twenty-four more days until Christmas! Okay, twenty-three here as Christmas (Weihnacthen) in Germany is celebrated on the American Christmas Eve.
As yesterday was the 1st day of Advent in Germany which heralds the beginning of the holiday season, I thought that I would post one of Eve's and my older Christmas cards to set the mood. Every year (except last year due to home renovations) we create custom holiday cards in the form of labels that we stick on food or drink items. In 2012, we created wine labels. Our original label was for a "Mistletoe Merlot" but, as not everyone likes red wine (we call them "savages"), we also created a label for a white wine; "Mistletoe Moscato". As we were then unmarried, and since Eve's maiden name is Haller, we dubbed our brand "The Haller-Geren Winery". For those of us that know us well and have seen our collection, this isn't far from the truth. As it is impossible to ship alcohol in The States, we also made actual cards that we mailed out to friends and family unwise enough to not live near us.
As this card was created a few months before we moved here, you might think that this particular post isn't exactly about being an American in Germany, but you would be wrong: Eve and I brought several labels with us on our trip here for Christmas that year. After fetching several bottles from one of the local stores, we locked ourselves in the her parent's bathroom, stripped the original labels off, and applied ours before giving them out as gifts. For most, being seen emerging from a bathroom with eight bottles of wine might prompt concerned questions which would, therefore, spoil the surprise. Since it was Eve and I, however, this apparently seemed quite normal. No one batted an eye, much less said anything, which left the surprise – if not our dignity – intact.
Because wine has both a front and a back label, I decided to write a poem for the reverse side.
IT), HERE IS A HEART-WARMING HOLIDAY POEM: ENJOY!
AND WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT'S THE MATTER.
WHO, ONCE THEY SAW US, DID SCATTER.
AND SAID, "HEY THERE! WHO WERE THOSE FELLOWS"?
"BEATS ME, BUT THEIR BELLIES JIGGLED LIKE JELLOS".
AND WHEN I SAW THEM, THOUGHT THEY WERE ST. NICKS.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE JUST DICKS".
THEY CLIMBED DOWN A CHIMNEY WITH HOT GASSES.
SO THEY GOT STUCK AND ALL BURNED THEIR ASSES".
"BUT TELL ME, BRAD, WHY DID YOU YELL LIKE THAT"?
"THEY STOLE MY TOYS SO I HIT THEIR BALLS WITH MY BAT".
Sadly, Ramon is no longer available for adoption as we have grown to love him. You will have to drink enough so that you acquire your own monkey. Unfortunately, Tijuana is a very long flight from Germany, so you will have to drink quite a lot so that you remain passed-out during the whole flight. Luckily for you, the newly renamed "Geren Winery" is always open.


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Buhari Govt's 2023 Budget Of Deficit
Friday, January 6th, 2023 at 7:36 PM
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday signed into law his government's eighth and final appropriation bill, despite unreconciled and frivolous estimates transmitted to him by the National Assembly. Although the parliament jacked up the budget by a whopping N1.32 trillion (or 6.1 percent) to N21.83 trillion, the President still appended his signature, hoping that the parliament would "cooperate" with his Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in reconciling the discrepancies. Perhaps, what the federal government cared about was its commitment to the January to December budget cycle.
Nigeria may just not have a budget for the 2023 fiscal year if revelations from Wednesday's public presentation and breakdown of the highlights of the 2023 Appropriation Act are anything to go by. The framework for funding the budget essentially does not exist! For starters, the Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha disclosed in the forum that the administration taking over on May 29 would inherit about N77 trillion in debt. It is sobering that none of the presidential candidates in this year's general election who were on the soapbox when this disclosure was made didn't think it wise to weigh in on the matter or proffer practical solutions to the cul-de-sac which the country has been led into.
As it were, what the Buhari administration has done with the 2023 budget is to continue digging when the country is already in a deep hole. It is within this context that the dismissal of the budget as hopeless by former World Bank Vice President, Oby Ezekwesili can be better appreciated. Her tweet read partly, "Total Expenditure is N21.83 Trillion. Total Revenue N9.73 Trillion — the Budget has a Deficit larger than Revenue by almost N12.00 Trillion! Tragic." What the erstwhile minister of education said is quite reflective in view of contradictions that top government functionaries could not clarify while giving a breakdown of the budget. They all but made it clear that what awaits the next administration is an empty treasury. The humongous debt burden notwithstanding, the Finance minister says the federal government was not considering debt restructuring.
She pointed out that Nigeria utilizes appropriate debt management tools to streamline the cost and risk profile in the debt portfolio, including through concessional loans, spreading out of debt maturities to avoid bunching, and re-profiling of the debt maturities by refinancing short-term debt using long-term debt instruments. Naija News is quick to ask if these aren't the same tools that have brought the country's finances to its knees. Minister Ahmed also said that the government will look towards non-oil sectors like ICT and Agriculture where we made more money in 2022 to fund the 2023 budget. If these sectors were that money-spinning, wasn't the 2022 budget a deficit one? It's also contradictory for the minister to be so confident of Nigeria moving from being a mono-economy whereas President Buhari while signing the appropriation bill, tasked relevant agencies to work towards ensuring that Nigeria meets her oil production quota.
Some projections in the budget have been found to be at variance with the reality on the ground. For instance, the 17.6 percent projection for inflation even though it is currently over 21 percent. The exchange rate benchmark of N435.57 per dollar is also unrealistic and may lead to a loss of revenue. The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was put at about 3.7 percent when experts are saying that the country should rather be aiming at a double-digit growth rate to be able to get out of the woods. Even the N10.4 trillion revenue generation projection is highly unrealistic in view of what was recorded in the past and that this is an election year. Against the backcloth of the 2023 budget coming with an unfunded deficit of N553.46 billion, the federal government is looking at breaking the law as the solution.
The Buhari-led administration had repeatedly breached the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) which stipulates that the fiscal deficit in the budget should not be more than three per cent of the annual GDP. The Finance minister could even say with a straight face that they are working with the National Assembly to try to review that provision of the Act to make more room for the government to increase the deficit. But why first break the law before thinking of amending it? Yet, there is a bureaucracy known as the Fiscal Responsibility Commission maintained by taxpayers which should advise the government and guard against such infractions!
As if this is not enough, Oniha says the government will get some reprieve if the National Assembly finds a way to securitize the N22trn borrowed through Ways and Means Advances. This is an instrument through which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) finances budgetary gaps in the government. Section 38 of the CBN Act, 2007 stipulates that the apex bank may make short-term advances to the federal government in the event of a temporary shortfall in budgetary revenue at an interest rate that the bank deems appropriate. However, "all advances shall be repaid as soon as possible and shall, in any event, be repayable by the end of the Federal Government financial year in which they are granted and if such advances remain unpaid at the end of the year, the power of the bank to grant such further advances in any subsequent year shall not be exercisable, unless the outstanding advances have been repaid."
Aside from the World Bank advising the Nigerian government last November against funding budget deficits through Ways and Means Advances in order not to pile fiscal pressure on the nation's expenditures, the CBN reportedly warned that the consequence of such borrowings is "distortions or surges in monetary base leading to an adverse effect on domestic prices and exchange rates i.e macroeconomic instability because of excess liquidity that has been injected into the economy". It is therefore unconscionable for the government to be calling for the securitization of these advances for upward of 40 years which will yoke even the unborn generation. The entire country is already feeling the pinch of such financial indiscretions because when the apex bank arbitrarily prints money for the federal government, it tells on the inflation rate.
Ahmed even disclosed that the President will be signing the vexation Finance bill in a matter of days. This is the same piece of legislation that has overtaxed every sector of the economy, taking the corporate tax to over 36 percent, increasing the education tax to 3.5 percent, CIT rate for a gas-flaring company from the standard 30 percent to 50 percent so much so that Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) cried out for being burdened with over 50 different taxes, levies, and fees. How can investors be attracted to such an economy? It is feared that unemployment may just hit the roof. This is the same Finance Bill that the government is now recoursing to was surreptitiously passed by both chambers of the National Assembly. We demand that the Finance Bill must not be signed until the concerns of stakeholders are addressed.
Government officials and apologists will always pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians with claims that the country has not yet surpassed the recommended threshold for borrowing. They had better stopped deceiving the populace with the supposed healthy debt-to-service ratio which is one of the best in Africa. The chronic revenue problem faced by the country rubbished this claim. While Nigeria's per capita spending on her citizens is $180, South Africa spends $2,156 as against Egypt's $962. Since Nigeria's spending per citizen is less than 20 percent of what other leading economies spend on their citizens, it's disingenuous for the Nigerian government to compare with these countries' debt-to-service ratio.
The 2023 budget has exposed the underbelly of the Buhari administration. When it should be finishing strong, the current government's twilight budget is being dismissed in worst adjectives. Repercussions always follow the sacrifice of merit for mediocrity. The country now has to pay the steep price for nepotism, parochialism, and a subservient legislature. What has become of the 2023 budget is clearly an accumulation of recent years' irresponsible behavior in the commanding heights. If the President had cared to constitute a resourceful cabinet of eggheads and technocrats, the country wouldn't have come to this sorry pass. Such a team would have long before now come up with creative solutions to the country's revenue shortfalls.
It is therefore our considered opinion that not until Nigerians get the leadership question right, there may not be an end in sight to this tailspin where government fears there may be no funds for capital expenditures. This year's general election provides a rare opportunity for Nigerians to elect frugal leaders who will move the country from consumption to production. Anything to the contrary amounts to the country digging deeper into a hole that not even future generations will recover from. Nigerians must vote wisely, even if for the sake of their unborn children!
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The Strongest Squatter on the Planet
An Interview With Amit Sapir
by Chris Colucci | 10/26/16
It's rare when a pro bodybuilder is also a world record holding powerlifter and a highly skilled Olympic weightlifter. But that's Amit Sapir. Sapir is an IFBB pro, he's also qualified for the Olympics in weightlifting, and he's broken (we-lost-track-of-how-many) squat records in powerlifting.
Most recently, he's been working to become the first lifter to hold the raw squat world record in four different weight classes at the same time. He currently holds three of them. A year ago, he squatted 821 pounds in the 220-pound class. In April 2016, he hit 804 in the 198-pound class, and three months later he squatted 828 pounds in the 242 class. And remember these are raw records, no wraps or special suits allowed.
T Nation: What's your biggest goal right now?
Sapir: When I retire I want every powerlifter who wants to squat heavy to look at my name in the record books and say, "This asshole made it very hard for us to get here." Ever since I started lifting, all I ever wanted was to be the best in the world.
I thought I'd be content when I got my first world record, but it just made me hungrier. So I looked for what I could do to create a legacy. I want to be the first man in history to hold the squat record simultaneously in four different weight classes. Ed Coan did it for the deadlift, Mike McDonald did it for the bench, but no one ever did it for the squat. I'll be the first one.
T Nation: Is your training completely squat-focused now?
Sapir: Squatting is the main focus of the program I'm doing, but I'm giving everything else the attention it needs. I'm training the other lifts as well, and I always do the best I can with dieting to look like I lift.
T Nation: What does your training week look like?
Sapir: A few weeks out from a contest it's very, very specific and I'm trying to peak as much as possible. I'm not doing a weekly cycle, it's more like a nine to ten day cycle. So in those ten days, I have three days that are actually powerlifting-specific: one day for the squat, one day for the deadlift, and one day for the bench. Then I have another three days that are bodybuilding/accessory days. It's very moderate, basically just to keep blood flowing and keep the mass I have. Those days are much lighter.
T Nation: How do you deal with injury?
Sapir: I've learned with professional sports there's no such thing as "completely healthy." There's always something. Right now I'm fighting a nerve injury that's taking over eight months to heal. I tore my axillary nerve racking a squat. It changed my whole positioning for the bar with my squat and it took my bench down.
It's a pretty serious injury, but what I'm doing right now is trying to get more squat world records, so I said screw it and I'm competing with it. Soon I'll get the 181 record and then I can take a few good months to just rehab.
I'm working around the nerve injury. I'm doing what I can with what I have right now, which is far from ideal, but it should be enough to get the last world record I want. I have a team of therapists working to keep me in one piece. I see a massage therapist once or twice a week, a chiropractor who does ART work on me, and there are exercises that I'll do before a session or after a session.
T Nation: Do they ever tell you to reel things back in?
Sapir: It's more like me jumping on the table and telling them, "This hurts. That hurts. Do what you need to do to get me to the next session." After the last record falls, we'll talk about the proper rehab plan. I've basically said, "I want to get this last record. Make me get there in one piece."
T Nation: Right now, you hold the records in the 198, 220, and 242-pound classes. You also had the 181 at one point, but it was beaten and now that's the only one left to get back.
Sapir: Yeah, I got the 242 record and they red-lighted me, but some judges proved that it wasn't a bad lift. Two weeks later, some Russian dude took my 181 record. So in my next meet, I took the 242 record that I had lost. So now I need to get the 181 back. It's a hard record to get, not because of the squat, but because my bodyweight is high for this category. I'm walking around 210 and about 8% body fat, so every time I need to make 181 I have to cut over 30 pounds of just water.
T Nation: What goes through your head when you're on the platform with 800-something pounds on the bar?
Sapir: When I lift, it's coming from a very angry place. I'm lifting from emotions – frustrating things that I went through in my life, sad stuff, very strong negative emotions. When I hype myself up I'm usually just trying to link to those emotions. The minute my head is there I think, "Attack the bar!" From that point on, in those few seconds before I'm going under, it's just like, "This bar is going down then it's going up, no matter what happens."
A lot of it comes from when people tell me I can't. That's the best thing they can do for me because I'll prove them wrong. "You don't have the genetics to turn pro." "No one ever gets to the Olympia." "You won't get that squat." Every criticism – whether it was from an internet troll or people I considered friends – is still in my head. It's motivation.
No matter how good you are, there will always be some 17-year old kid who squats one plate that will have something snide to say. So I'll keep breaking records, they'll keep talking on the internet. That's fine. You can feel like a winner on the computer while I win in real life.
T Nation: Are you done with bodybuilding?
Sapir: In bodybuilding, the biggest stage you can get on is the Mr. Olympia. I made it, I placed decently. I was 12 out of 24. That means 12th best in the world. In powerlifting, I'm the best in the world and I'm trying to be the best that ever squatted. In bodybuilding, I'm a good bodybuilder, but I'm by no means the best.
So to put my body through hell just to compete and be in the top ten, as opposed to putting my body through hell to be the best ever, there's no question which one's a better choice.
Plus with bodybuilding, I can think I'm the best and judges can think I should be last because it's subjective. In powerlifting there's a little bit of politics, but it's a lot more black and white. But when my body won't let me compete anymore, I'll probably enter a bodybuilding show just for fun. I'll step on stage at least one more time, but not any time soon.
T Nation: How did you get into Olympic lifting back in the day?
Sapir: When I was 15 I told my track and field coach that I wanted to make it into the Olympics. He said, "Amit, I love you, but you're 5'4" and if you're not going to be at least 5'8" or 5'9", you need to try a different sport."
He told me to go try Olympic weightlifting. I was 15 or 16 when I started. That was the first time I touched a barbell, first time I squatted, first time I did a snatch. I liked that the progression was very fast and my body was suited for it.
I started winning local meets, then Nationals. It gave me a goal. I came from Israel, so the training and sports always kept me out of trouble. It was either I do this or I end up in a very bad place, so I trained twice a day and built my whole day around that. As I got better, I qualified and it just went from there. If not for an injury, I'd probably keep doing it today, but life has a funny way of turning the right direction.
But my whole base as a lifter comes from Olympic lifting. I know how to squat because of Olympic lifting. I have good coordination because of Olympic lifting. I know what full range of motion is because of Olympic lifting. I'm always going to be grateful for that. If not for Olympic lifting, I probably wouldn't be as good a squatter as I am today.
When a client or an athlete asks if he should do Olympic lifting, I say at least do the power variations. If you know how to snatch then you know how to squat and pull. It'll help you with flexibility and mobility. It's a win-win-win situation. If you actually take the time to learn the movements then only good things will come out of that.
It's not easy to learn, like a bench press, but if you give yourself a good month and practice daily, and I'm talking with a broomstick or an empty bar, you can learn it. It's totally possible, but it takes time.
T Nation: You're getting a great reputation not just as a lifter but as a coach, including work with some of members of the T Nation forums.
Sapir: I love to work with athletes, like my client Dustin from the forum. He's 23 and I look at him and see the fire that I had at his age. He works construction all day. He'll wake up at 4 AM to go do a lifting session if it's the only time in the day he has. He'll make chicken shakes to drink because he doesn't have time to eat.
I remember one of my bodybuilding preps when I first started. It was basically 16 weeks with no cheat meals, just the old-school broccoli and fish low-carb diet. At two weeks out I was drained mentally and physically – flat and weak. I remember looking to the sky and thinking, "God, universe, whatever is out there, bring it on because I'm not breaking. I'm going to take it from day one until show day and I'm going to do everything perfect."
This is where you're working from. This is the most pure place to get results. No matter how bad it gets, you get it done. You're gonna get up, you're gonna do your training, you're gonna eat your meals, no matter what happens.
And it's interesting because I attract clients who are the same. They're very hard workers. In order to be a high level athlete, you need to have something screwed up in your head, something that's not normal. That's the people I attract and that's why I enjoy working with them. It reminds me how hard you can work if you put your head into it.
T Nation: What's the biggest difference between your athletes and the average lifter?
Sapir: Most regular people don't really know what hard training is. I'll get an email like this: "Hey bro, I want to lose X amount of weight, and get a big back, and build a lot of muscle." And I'll say, "Send me your current training program and diet and let's see what the problem is." Most of the time, the problem comes from not working hard enough. They're not doing enough basic compound movements. Their volume isn't high enough.
There's a lot of technique issues because people think they're squatting, but they're doing a half-movement and it's not a squat. Or they pull three plates and they'll think they're great because no one else in their gym has. I have female clients who are doing that weight for ten reps and they weigh half as much as you.
So it's the concept of working hard. I see it a lot in North America, by the way. I trained a lot in Europe. When you're going to a training camp in Bulgaria, you see these 16-year olds work hard for three hours non-stop. They'll say about ten words in those three hours. And then you go to a North American Gold's Gym and you see about ten people doing sets of biceps curls for an hour and talking and yelling nonstop. And that's "beast mode."
The other thing, they don't really know what to eat. People still think carbs are the devil, but I don't think there's a better way to eat than good carbs with good carb timing. They're the best energy source you can have for performance, period.
So if you make them eat six times a day with the right foods and calorie intake, their body changes because all of a sudden they follow an actual plan that has some logic behind it. I've seen it from every client. Working hard in the gym is probably the most important part because if you train hard you can eat after that to feed the hard work. I still haven't seen a case where this didn't happen.
T Nation: What's your take on workout nutrition?
Sapir: There's not one client of mine who doesn't use Plazma™. It's not comparable to anything else on the market. Somehow you can train for three hours straight and you keep going. I had this conversation with two training partners and we talked about how we used to be able to train an hour and a half and we were done – that was before Plazma™.
I use 4 to 6 scoops per workout, but my sessions are no less than three hours. I'm going to the gym at 4:30 PM and I don't usually leave until 8. Powerlifting sessions take a lot of time between sets, so it could be just two hours on squats alone and then the accessory movements after. I also sometimes train twice a day. I might train in the morning for two hours and then train in the evening for an hour or two. It wouldn't be sustainable without Plazma™.
If you can take only one supplement, that's the one to take. I'm the biggest believer in intra-workout nutrition. I've been using it now for over two years and I can't imagine training without it.
I still haven't seen Biotest put a bad supplement out there. On the road, I'm living on Mag-10®. I'm a big fan of Brain Candy® as well, especially in prep. It's saved my ass on groggy days.
T Nation: Any other bits of wisdom lifters need to know?
Sapir: Just train your ass off. You need to be honest with yourself. You need to be able to go to sleep at night and ask yourself, "Did I do everything today that I could to get where I want to be?"
I don't think there's a better feeling to anyone than knowing that you worked for something – it wasn't handed to you. It's not going to come overnight. It took me 15 years to get my actual Biotest sponsorship. It's out there. Work your ass off, be smart, be creative, and good things will happen.
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The Chamber needs your help now! Please contact your State Representative and State Senator to tell them you OPPOSE the passage of H.5413 and S.290. These bills would mandate businesses to provide the most generous paid leave benefit in New England, (it is more generous than any other state law) to their employees.
Employees are required to give reasonable notice if they can do so. The language is the same as the Massachusetts law which has led to the problem of "no call, no show, no problem." Employers cannot ask an employee about the absence until that employee has been out for seventy-two (72) hours. If the employee chooses not to alert the employer to his/her absence, the employer must wait three days and hold the job for the individual should he/she return on the fourth day.
Please contact your State Representative and State Senator and report any response back to the Chamber. Thank you!!!
As stated previously in UTD, the legislature has entered phase three of the legislative session. A majority of the hearings have taken place, and negotiations between the House, Senate and Governor's office have begun over bills that may pass during session. This process requires both leadership teams to determine which bills have general support from the members of the legislature. The Revenue Estimating Conference ends this week, meaning all three branches will agree on a final revenue number for the 2018 fiscal year budget and negotiations on the budget will accelerate as well. All of this flurry of activity signals the legislature's desire to adjourn sometime in mid to late June. Whether they achieve that goal is largely based on the ability to resolve differing budget priorities.
The employer has 30 days to file a complaint in Superior Court in order to stop the lien. If no complaint is filed within the 30 days, the employee can file the lien in the land evidence record of the city/town where the property is located.
If the employer files the complaint and the court finds for the employee, the lien can be filed in the land evidence record and the employer must pay the employee's attorney fees and court costs.
If the employer files the complaint and prevails in court, no lien can be filed. If the employee is found to have filed a frivolous suit or for harassment only then the employee can be ordered by the court to pay the employer's attorney fees and court costs.
S.192 provides little due process rights for employers and encourages employees to use the process because the employee has no costs associated with sending a letter, and very little cost for filing a lien. Additionally, even if the employer believes no wages are owed, it will be cheaper to pay the employee the amount demanded than to pay court fees and attorney fees to fight and unfounded or misunderstood claim. It is important to note that the Department of Labor and Training supported the concept of the bill.
The Chamber opposes the passage of S.192. Please contact your Senator to express your opposition to this bill.
S.442, An Act Relating to Waters and Navigation – Climate Change Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund, was amended last week and is headed for the Senate floor. In the original form, S.442 called for a doubling of the petroleum per barrel that was first adopted in 1989. The 5 cents per barrel fee was adopted to create a fund to allow DEM to quickly react to any petroleum spill in the coastal waters of RI. However the fund has been "raided" over the years for other projects. S.442 would have doubled the tax to 10 cents per barrel – raising an additional $1.8 million a year for projects made necessary due to rising tides and flooding. The Senate Committee passed S.442SubstituteA creating the Climate change coastal Adaptation Trust Fund, but eliminated the new 5 cent per barrel fee. The new version allows for money to be designated out of the general revenue fund at the legislature's discretion, allows for the receipt of grant money and donations.


First I'll answer the question "what is a landing page?" A landing page is a digital marketing term for a standalone webpage created to be the page a user comes to after clicking through from an advertisement (i.e. facebook ad). With the amount of advertisements that are thrown at people these days, we're programmed to scroll right past them. When someone actually does click through your ad, you want the page they land on to really grab their attention. We found that for adventure wedding and elopement photography landing pages, there are 4 main parts to a successful and effective landing page. All of which need to be executed as efficiently, and beautifully, as possible.
7 SECONDS | The average amount of time a user spends on your landing page before getting bored and leaving. You have SEVEN SECONDS to capture their attention and prove to them that their time is worth spending on your page.
For the entirety of this article, we'll be referencing this sample landing page.
This is not the best landing page, just a quick example we put together to illustrate the concepts we're talking about. You'll probably want to include a few more example images of your work on your landing page, maybe some pricing/package info, or play around with the flow of information.
Stop them in their tracks with your best, most jaw-dropping image(s). In our case, this was easily the best image we had captured at the time that showed the kind of work we wanted to be doing.
The first thing you want your users to see is an image that they can associate with the ad that they clicked through from. For our 2017 Adventure Wedding Facebook ad campaign we used a carousel of images and always included the above photo in the carousel of images. We also made it the first image on our landing page. It was our highest performing image and since users were seeing it on a teeny tiny Facebook ad, we figured putting it nice and big on our landing page would really drive it home for them.
Congratulations! You have not only gotten your user to read your advertisement, click it, wait a second for your page to load, spend another second observing your image, but now your user is actually reading your words! It is extremely important to keep this section short, sweet, to the point, and catchy.
This is the part where you differentiate yourself from the other 30+ adventure wedding photographer websites they've likely been to. What makes you unique? Why do you stand out from all the other photographers out there? What will other couples connect with you about? Elopement couples typically spend their day with just their photographer(s). Show your prospective couples why they want to spend the most special and intimate day of their lives with you!
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE! If we haven't stressed it enough already, getting users to make it all the way here is hard work. Do not assume that they're going to hit all the other tabs on your website, because they probably won't. And if they do, there are like a bajillion other things that might distract them from finally getting to your contact page. Instead, put your contact form right on your landing page and make it as easy as possible for them to fill it out. To be honest, the contact form on our sample page is even too long (we just took it from our main site for this example). We recommend keeping it to the bare essentials – names, emails, wedding or elopement date, and location – and ask them the rest of the information after they've inquired and you've established that initial connection.
Most people will be satisfied with the information you provide them on your landing page, but a few will definitely want to check out the rest of your site. Personally, those kinds of people are our favorite because by the time they do make it to your contact form, they know they want you ;) Since you've removed your menu from the top of you page, make it easy for them to navigate to other pages with internal links.
Thank you so much for all the useful tips you've shared!


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Video 000: This Video is an overview of how our forex course will work for you.
Video 001: How To Download an MT4 trading station demo.
Video 002: How to add indicators to your charts.
Video 003: How to add Expert Advisors to your trading station (MT4).
Video 004: In this Video I explain what the header menu is used for.
Video 005: In this Video I explain the short cut icons.
Video 006: Understanding how to use the Market Watch Window.
Video 007: In this Video I go over sections of the Terminal. The terminal is where you will see all your live orders and live trades in action.
Video 008: How to use MT4 Templates and Create your own.
Video 009: Understanding how to use the Options section of your trading station.
Video 010: Understanding how to use the Broker Data.
Its not something that many of us tend to use. This section is ideally used for those who are creating Forex Robots that trade for them automatically.
Video 011: Understanding how to use different time frames.
Remember this! The higher the time frame you use, the more stable the outcome will be.
1 min to 15 minute charts tend to be used for Scalping or to perfect entry points / exit points.
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Video 012: Understanding what Leverage is.
In this Video I go over the options of using Leverage. Trading too high of a Leverage is one of the #1 key's of losing all your money!
Video 013: Understanding the basic concepts of Money and Risk Management.
Video 014: Understanding how to project your earnings.
Video 015: Understanding which times of the day to trade.
Video 016: Just a heads up to be cautious on Forex Forums.
Forex Forums are like walking on broken glass! You'll get cut if you don't tread in the right place!
Video 017: Introduction to Module 2.
Now we have the basics down. Let's start stepping it up a notch and show you how to apply indicators to the charts and how to locate buy and sell opportunities.
Video 018: Using the Accelerator Oscillator Indicator.
The Acceleration/Deceleration Technical Indicator (AC) measures acceleration and deceleration of the current driving force.
Video 019: Using the Accumulation Distribution Indicator.
Developed by Marc Chaikin, the Accumulation Distribution Line is a volume-based indicator designed to measure the cumulative flow of money into and out of a security.
Video 020: Using the Alligator Indicator.
Video 021: ADX - Average Movement Directional Movement Index.
The Average Directional Index (ADX), Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) and Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) represent a group of directional movement indicators that form a trading system developed by Welles Wilder.
Works extremely well in larger time frames. Also works well to work out when to close trades on lower time frames.
Watch the Video to understand its complexity, and how I have simplified its use.
This indicator has probably got to be one the most difficult ones to use on its own.
However later on I will show you how to use it properly.
Video 023: Using the Bears Power and Bulls Power Indicator.
Bulls power and Bears power; the bulls and the bears struggle defines which way will the price move.
Video 024: Using the Bollinger Bands Indicator in Forex Trading.
Great in combination with Candle formations.
Video 025: Using the Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Indicator.
The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is a versatile indicator that can be used to identify a new trend or warn of extreme conditions.
Video 026: Using the Demarker Indicator.
Video 027: Using the Envelopes Indicator.
Envelopes; there are quite a few ways to use the envelopes indicator, in this Video I show you one method how you can locate buy and sell opportunities and the techniques used to reduce the number of losing trades.
Video 028: Using the Fractals Indicator.
The Fractals indicator is a pretty good one to use.
It depicts supply and demand levels, and is also handy to plot Elliott wave analysis onto your charts as well.
Video 030: Using the Moving Average Convergence Divergence Indicator.
MACD; Moving Average Convergence Divergence, its as the name sounds.
This indicator will allow you to find convergences and divergences in the markets.
Convergences when found you can expect the market to drop. And vice versa for any divergences found.
Video 031: The Momentum indicator is another indicator that you can use to find overbought and oversold levels, and you can use line studies for breakouts.
Video 032: Using the Money Flow Index (MFI) Indicator.
Money Flow Index; the money flow index is another overbought or oversold indicator.
The moving averages is a lagging indicator some people tend to use it to find which direction the trend is going in.
Osma as it's better known is similar to the moving average divergence convergence indicator.
The parabolic SAR basically means "stop and reverse". As the name sounds when the market goes up it stops and then it reverses.
The relative strength index is also another overbought and oversold indicator and is commonly used by many traders.
Once more this is also a overbought and oversold indicator and is just as powerful as the RSI indicator.
Video 038: This Video discusses a few of the indicators that we haven't discussed yet.
Video 039: Introduction to Module 3.
Now this Module not only reveals 39 strategies, 38 of which come with a template that you can apply to your chart(s).
Some of these Videos are strategies that have probably NEVER been revealed before.
Video 040: Support and Resistance / Supply and Demand Analysis.
Video 041: Strategy 1: Accelerator Oscillator and Accumulation Distribution Indicators.
This Video comes with a MT4 Template file.
Video 042: Strategy 2: Accelerator Oscillator & Alligator Indicator.
Although its still not the perfect indicator, this Video will give you an idea how you can use it to get a better and more reliable signal from it.
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Video 043: Strategy 3: Accelerator Oscillator & ADX Indicator.
The ADX indicator comes in pretty handy for finding those right areas in the market to jump in. Becomes extremely powerful when used with other indicators.
If it's one indicator I use a lot, its the ADX.
As you will see throughout these Videos, I step over the boundary and incorporate "False Signal Filters" to turn so-so signals into a more robust ones.
Video 044: Strategy 4: Accelerator Oscillator & Bollinger Bands Indicator.
Video 045: Strategy 5: Accelerator Oscillator & Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Indicator.
The CCI is a pretty good indicator, though the stuff you read online to learn how to use it, doesn't cut the mustard. Give this a whirl.
Video 046: Strategy 6: Accelerator Oscillator & DeMarker Indicator.
The DeMarker is not something I use all the time. This Video I made up on the fly to show you how quick it is for me to find a strategy.
Video 047: Strategy 7: Accelerator Oscillator & Envelopes Indicator.
Video 048: Strategy 8: Accelerator Oscillator & Fractals Indicator.
Fractals is a good tell of Price Action to determine next TP (Take Profit) levels, and or signs of reversals or breakouts.
Video 049: Strategy 9: Accelerator Oscillator & Ichimoku Indicator.
The Ichimoku indicator has come to be one I've grown to like over the years. And not one that was easy to crack.
Video 050: Strategy 10: Accelerator Oscillator & MACD Indicator.
MACD is not the best indicator to use on its own, it can give off some false start signals from time to time, as with many of the others, however using it with the Accelerator Oscillator can help reduce those false calls.
Video 051: Strategy 11: Accelerator Oscillator & MFI Indicator.
Video 052: Strategy 12: Accelerator Oscillator & Moving Averages Indicator.
Now don't let the Moving Averages Indicator deter you. For those not in the know, Moving Averages are lagging indicators in the sense they do not give you the information you need early enough.
Video 053: Strategy 13: Accelerator Oscillator & OsMa Indicator.
Video 054: Strategy 14: Accelerator Oscillator & RSI Indicator.
The RSI indicator is a pretty neat one to use on its own along side some Market Sentiment Analysis; Line studies and Candle Formations.
Video 055: Strategy 15: Accelerator Oscillator & Stochastic Indicator.
The Stochastic indicator is a pretty cool tool to use too. You could make a good strategy out of the ADX, RSI and the Stochtastic together.
Video 056: Strategy 16: ADX & Alligator Indicator.
Video 057: Strategy 17: ADX & Awesome Oscillator Indicator.
Video 058: Strategy 18: ADX & Bollinger Bands Indicator.
Video 059: Strategy 19: ADX & Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Indicator.
Another unique concept to give a try.
Video 060: Strategy 20: ADX & Envelopes Indicator.
Remember the Envelopes? OK, Try this great strategy!
Video 061: Strategy 21: ADX & Fractals Indicator.
Video 062: Strategy 22: ADX & Ichimoku Indicator.
Video 063: Strategy 23: ADX & MFI Indicator.
Here's another strong strategy you can adopt.
Video 064: Strategy 24: ADX & Moving Averages Indicator.
Video 065: Strategy 25: ADX & RSI Indicator.
This is a powerful combination.
Video 066: Strategy 26: ADX & Stochastic Indicator.
Wanna try something with a bit more momentum, more trades?
This strategy can be adopted on time frames 5 minutes and above.
Video 067: Strategy 27: Imacd & Accelerator Oscillator Indicator.
Video 068: Strategy 28: Imacd & ADX Indicator.
Video 069: Strategy 29: Imacd & Awesome Oscillator Indicator.
Video 070: Strategy 30: Imacd & Bollinger Bands Indicator.
Ok, this time we bring the Bollinger Bands back into play. You know, a good percentage of these strategies in Module 3 can be used by any trading style.
Video 071: Strategy 31: Imacd & CCI Indicator.
Here's another way to use the CCI.
Video 072: Strategy 32: Imacd & DeMarker Indicator.
Video 073: Strategy 33: Imacd & Envelopes Indicator.
Video 074: Strategy 34: Imacd & Ichimuko Indicator.
Video 075: Strategy 35: Imacd & MFI Indicator.
You've already seen how helpful the MFI can be for us, let's try and strengthen the signal.
Video 076: Strategy 36: Imacd & Moving Averages Indicator.
Ok, I think you'll like this one, we can take advantage of the lags!
Video 077: Strategy 37: Imacd & RSI Indicator.
Let's have some fun with this one. The RSI can come in real handy with the I-Macd.
Video 078: Strategy 38: Imacd & Stochastic Indicator.
Stochastic is a little like the RSI, but faster and can give off early moves before it happens.
Video 080: Are you ready to step it up a gear? So you know how to use indicators on their own.
We know understand how to create strong signals by combining our indicators.
Now we're going to trade naked, as its better known. No indicators at all.
Video 081: Basic Candle Formations.
Video 082: These formations are only used as a confirmation of a continuation or a reversal and for that to happen they need to be formed in as a group of them together as aposed on their own.
Video 083: Marubozu and Close Cut Formations.
Video 084: Bullish Abandoned Baby.
Ok, let's jump into this one, its a pretty reliable formation.
Now make sure that the patterns match the criteria, no Hmm's, no If's or But's, etc. It has to match 100%.
And look out for these at bottom's of trends for best results.
Video 086: Bullish Morning Star.
An very reliable formation. If you find these on larger time frames like 4 hour and daily.
Video 087: Bullish Three Inside Up.
Video 088: Bullish Three Outside Up.
Video 089: Bullish White Soldiers.
Video 090: Bullish Upside Tasuki Gap.
Video 091: Bullish Rising Three Methods.
Video 092: Bullish Mat Hold.
Video 093: Bullish Englufing Candlestick Pattern.
Video 094: Bullish Three Line Strike.
Video 096: Bullish Thrusting line.
Video 098: Bearish Abandoned Baby.
Video 099: Bearish Dark Cloud Cover.
Video 100: Bearish Three Inside Up.
Video 101: Bearish Evening Star.
Very reliable formation, just remember to wait for a confirmation candle.
Video 102: Bearish Three Outside Down.
Not found all that often, but when they are, they usually present an excellent opportunity.
Video 108: Bearish Three Line Strike.
In this module we're going to uncover some more technical analysis, but this time we're not going to use Candle patterns to get market sentiment, and we're not going to use any indicators, per say.
Instead we're going to be using line tools.
Video 119: Rising & Falling Wedges.
When you draw these in correctly, you should almost always act off of these when they are fully formed and take the breakout.
Video 120: Rounding Tops & Bottoms.
These are little gems when found, very strong formations!
Video 121: Bump & Run.
You know by now that you shouldn't really chase after the trend and just let it come to you.
Well, here's one that pulls away from you fast then gives you the option to take its retrace!
Video 122: Flag Pole & Pennant.
How often have you got in a trade, all went well, you scoop up about 80-100 pips, then you decide to close the trade off and the market continued to go in its direction you were in?
Annoying right? Incorporate this into your trading and you'll discover some continuation formations.
These are typically used for breakout entry points.
Video 124: Acending & Decending Triangles.
The Slope of the triangle is generally the area that it will break out from.
Usually after a bottom or a top has been formed, you'll see three of these before the market retraces.
Video 127: Fibonacci Retracement Tool.
Comes in extremely handy to work out next areas of price projection.
Video 128: Fibonacci Expansion Tool.
Video 129: Fibonacci Fan Tool.
Video 130: Fibonacci Arc Tool.
Video 131: Fibonacci Time Zone Tool.
Video 132: Fibonacci Channels and Other Channels.
Video 133: Pivot High and Pivot Lows.
Another way to understand market sentiment.
Video 134: Multiple Pivot Line.
Video 135: Understanding High's and Low's.
Video 136: Median Line. Locating reversal points.
Video 137: Andrews Pitchfork and Schiff.
A neat strategy to find breakout points.
Warning lines can act as a temporary point of reversal, or used as a breakout.
Video 141: Action Reaction Method 1.
A neat strategy you can use to find fairly accurate turning points.
Video 142: Action Reaction Method 2.
Video 143: Elliot Wave Analysis.
Video 145: Price Projection Strategy.
Video 146: Forex Question and Answer session #1.
Video 147: Question and Answer session #2.
Video 148: Question and Answer session #3.
Video 149: Question and Answer session #4.
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The live trading webinars are sort of a bonus, as you can see me think out loud... live and unscripted, as I make some trades and answer questions.
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Video 151: Live Trading Webinar #2.
Video 152: Live Trading Webinar #3.
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Thеrе аrе ѕеvеrаl import ant factors in preparing tо ship livestock, nоt thе lеаѕt оf whiсh iѕ ensuring thаt thеу arrive аt thеir destination healthy аnd alive. Needless tо say, уоu'll аlѕо wаnt thеm tо bе delivered аѕ quickly аnd inexpensively аѕ possible.
* Reducing stress iѕ оf major importance in thе delivery оf healthy animals. Thе truck оr trailer ѕhоuld hаvе non-slip floors tо reduce thе chances оf thе animal bеing injured оr injuring оthеr animals.
* Aѕk аbоut hоw thе container iѕ temperature controlled tо reduce thе risk оf animals overheating.
* Adequate food аnd water muѕt bе provided.
* Dоеѕ thе transporter рrоvidе adequate ventilation, еѕресiаllу if thеrе аrе numerous animals tо bе transported?
* Dоеѕ thе driver hаvе insurance аnd whаt procedures аrе in рlасе in case оf аn accident оn thе road?
* Whаt iѕ thе level оf prior experience with transporting livestock?
* Iѕ thе truck оr trailer insulated аgаinѕt nоt оnlу inclement weather but whаt аbоut excessive noise? Almоѕt аll animals will experience ѕоmе level оf stress whеn bеing transported but ѕоmе аrе mоrе sensitive tо excessive noise thаn others.
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Mini flap - Hardware help!
I'm eyeing the rectangle mini flap in black, lambskin!
Definitely in my bag collection I have more black/gold combos, not too many silver HW. Plan on using this bag not specially only for special events, hoping to use it on a daily basis if I can carry light.
Depeding for the look you're going for. GHW is formal, RHW is edgy. Honestly, I'd grab the first one you see, as they're hard to come by.
Gunmetal is shiny (think silver hardware but darker, but not as dark as "so black" hardware) whereas ruthenium is brushed/aged - it's the hardware on the boy bags - has that "destroyed/rugged" look to it if you know what I mean. At least that's how I understand it to be. But I think they're officially calling it ruthenium hardware though. It's so confusing!! Here's a pic of what it looks like on a square mini (I thought it was silver at first but my SA Confirmed its the gunmetal hardware that's on the fall mini's coming out) and second pic of the brushed ruthenium on the new dark pink k zippy coin purse my SA Just got in this week!
I have had bags that were what Chanel calls rhuthenium (shiny) but Chanel is putting out a lot of aged rhuthenium right now so everyone forgot about regular rhuthenium which is shiny Technically no gunmetal, but that is a good description of the color of rhuthenium. Hope that helps.
Sac Rabat is the generic description used on all my bags (on the receipt).
Congrats on getting your hands on the mini RHW! I would have opted for the same!
I love the shiny ruthenium- almost bought it myself! Go with that and I'll live vicariously through you!
Do you mind me asking where you got it from? Looking for one as well... TIA!
You plan to wear it daily?... Shiny RUTHENIUM.


This Friday, June 5th, we will be celebrating our 110th birthday. I say "We" because you and I are KenCrest and an integral part of this organization that has grown over the years…and will continue to grow into the future. We are amazingly healthy for our age and still have a twinkle in our eye and a spry step! Seriously, though, how many other companies do you know that have lasted 110 years and are thriving?
As part of our celebration we are having a Zoo event. During the past month the call has gone out far and wide to have the people we serve, our staff and families order wrist bands that will identify that you are one of the 6,000 people who will be able to enter the Zoo venue that night. If you do not have a wristband on that night, you will not be able to enter the Zoo. Unlike past Zoo events when KenCrest staff manned the gates, this time Zoo employees will be checking for the wristbands and won't allow anyone in who doesn't have the wristband. All of the wristbands have been given out and there will none available at the Zoo that evening.
During the entire month of June there will be smaller celebrations going on across the agency. I hope you will be able to celebrate your KenCrest at one or more of them. Happy Birthday to you all!!!
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With the Louis Ghost, Philippe Starck gives us a unique example of the use of polycarbonate, clear or colored, to redesign and revisit the Baroque style. Despite the feeling of lightness, this design chair is stable and resistant, stackable up to 6 pieces. A product of great character and considerable visual appeal, to be included in any modern or classic decor.


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LEDVANCE launches a new generation of Floodlights for reliable outdoor lighting of buildings and facades
The new generation of Floodlight luminaires from LEDVANCE are now available in 10 to 50 watt models.
Floodlight luminaires from LEDVANCE are characterized by a very homogeneous light distribution, a tempered glass cover to reduce glare and an optimized weight and design. Floodlight Gen3 are now available from 10 to 50 watts, have an improved efficiency of up to 125 lm / W and remain an excellent replacement for halogen floodlights thanks to energy savings of up to 90% over conventional lighting technologies.
The IP65 rating provides protection against water jets, and a robust impact resistance of IK07 makes them ideal for illuminating any outdoor space including building facades, construction areas, public areas such as parks and car parks, even gardens and balconies.
The luminaires from the Performance Class are now also ENEC approved and have a lifespan of up to 55,000 hours (L80 / B10). Floodlight Gen3 is available in 10, 20, 30 and 50 watt versions with the option of a black or white housing. All versions are available in 3,000K, 4,000K and 6,500K. Thanks to the new bracket that allows full rotation, the luminaires are even more adjustable. This new range from LEDVANCE has a 5-year warranty and comes in the new environmentally friendly packaging.
Floodlight Gen3 is available from 10 to 50 watts, has an improved efficiency of up to 125 lm / W and remains an excellent replacement for halogen floodlights thanks to energy savings of up to 90% over conventional lighting technologies.
Floodlight Gen3 comes in an environmentally friendly cardboard packaging with all relevant product information immediately visible on the outside of the outer box.
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Excell Electrical Event Solutions are a specialist company , which provides temporary power and lighting for all types of events, large or small.
Here at Excell Electrical Event Solutions, we are fully aware of the stressful time any event organiser has during; the run up to an event; the event itself and the breakdown afterwards. Our aim is to remove a small amount of that stress by providing you with our full attention and service from the very beginning to the very end.
All of our equipment used, is of a weatherproof construction, complying to the latest IEE regulations and therefore, very versatile and SAFE whatever the weather.
We can provide a complete system from a generator to a domestic 13amp socket suitable for use inside marquees. Cee-form connections in both single and three phase and a full range of practical working lights, display lighting, garden effects lighting and various marquee lighting to suit every occasion.
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Global positing system or GPS is a satellite-based program. It is like a map, but with a memory, a brain and a sense of fun. Having a GPS in the car is smart and conducive for anyone to find the right direction. When you are using a GPS, more than 24 satellites are starts working to direct you at your destination. There are many types of GPSs in the market. Among all of them, Garmin GPS leads the market. My recommendation is to check the latest Garmin 64st review once which provides a bunch of amazing features which will blow your mind. But you can experience other devices also.
If your car doesn't own a GPS just yet, first of all, Go and gets a Garmin GPS.
Since you don't use the device before, I will guide you on How to use a Garmin GPS for the first time.
How to use a Garmin GPS for the first time? Here you go.
First, clean the windshield of the car and attached a suction cup on it. Then you have to attach the charger to the GPS. You can use a cradle to hold the GPS to the windshield. Found the small edge of the charger and plug it into the back portion of the GPS. Go back to the windshield and attach the GPS into the cradle. Make sure both are clung properly. After that, take the other end of the cable and attach it with the car. It should turn on automatically when your car is running.
Slide the device key to the left to turn on your GPS. Some instructions will appear on the screen. Follow the instructions.
To get the satellite signal, get out of your garage. Avoid the long structures as much as possible. Go to an open area. Now restart the GPS. It may take a while to get the satellite signals. After some time the device will obtain the green signal. Now, it allows you to choose your destination and navigate through it.
Some important information will be appearing on the display which you need to be known. On the upper left side of the screen, you will find the satellite strength of your GPS. You also got a Bluetooth status. You can send or share the data with other devices via Bluetooth. The battery status will notify you about the potency. There has also a section for Time. The "where to?" icon will help you to find your destination. Tap the "View map" icon to view the map. You can also make a call by using the phone icon when it connected. The speaker icon manages the volume. You will get the media player, setting and help in the Tool Icon.
Use Garmin express to register your GPS. It will allow you to download the updated software and maps. You can create the logo and navigation voice as well. To register, connect the GPS through a USB cable with a computer. Then follow the instructions given on your screen.
Touch "Where To?" and then tap "Go home." In the "Set Home Location" type an address, Use your current location or choose a recently found location. Then save it as your home location. You can set other location as well that you always used to visit. First, search your target location browsing the map and save it like before.
If you are using the Garmin Nuvi 2597LMT, go to settings, directions and then the calculation mode if you want to modify the routes as calculated. But if you are dealing with the Nuvi 50LM or Nuvi 52LM, go to settings, directions and then route preference to set. By using the "avoidance" options, you can avoid the interstates, U-turns ferries and the tall roads as well.
The content on How to use a Garmin GPS for the first time will help you to sort out the problems of installing or using a Garmin GPS like an expert even if it is your first time. When you are using a GPS, it is important of knowing all the features for the supreme usage of it. So, since you know everything about a Garmin GPS, now you can enjoy the fun.


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Lyme Regis resident receives MBE at Buckingham Palace
2nd November 2018 Lyme Regis, News
Philip Evans MBE pictured outside Buckingham Palace following his investiture ceremony
COMMUNITY fundraiser and former Mayor of Lyme Regis, Philip Evans, was presented his MBE during a service at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
It was announced in June that Mr Evans, an experienced journalist who now publishes the LymeOnline newspaper and website, had been an awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to charity and the community of Lyme Regis.
He was joined on Wednesday by his wife Jackie and daughters Zoe and Francesca at the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, conducted by the Duke of Cambridge Prince William.
After being presented with his medal, Mr Evans chatted briefly with the prince about Lyme Regis and his involvement with community organisations and charities, particularly his interest in sport.
Speaking after the investiture, he said it was a "proud moment" and an "unforgettable day" for him and his family, and he thanked all those who had sent kind messages of support.
Born and bred in Lyme Regis, Philip – better known locally as Pip – started organising community events in his teens when he was a member of Lyme Regis Boys' Club and has continued to do so throughout his life, raising tens of thousands of pounds for local causes and charities.
He served as Mayor of Lyme Regis in 1984 and has been involved in many local organisations, including Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival Committee, Uplyme & Lyme Regis Cricket Club, Lyme Regis Football Club, Lyme Regis Town Band, the Woodmead Halls Management Committee, Lyme Regis Musical Theatre, the Royal British Legion and the Lyme Regis branch of Cancer Research UK, which he founded with his family in 2008.
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LymeNet closes after 18 years
Langmoor Gardens gatepost collapses after being hit by lorry
THE gatepost at the entrance to Langmoor Gardens in Lyme Regis has collapsed after being hit by a lorry. […]
Local man arrested for attempted break-in
30th July 2018 Lyme Regis, News
A LOCAL man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after an attempted break-in in Woodmead Road, Lyme Regis. […]
Time to ditch plans for Sidmouth Road park and ride?
20th June 2018 Lyme Regis, News
THE Mayor of Lyme Regis, Councillor Michaela Ellis, has advised Lyme Regis Town Council to forget about the Sidmouth Road park and ride and concentrate on other import issue in the town. […]


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2021's Top 5 Biggest Losers in Big 12 Football
2021 has come and gone and we are now off to 2022. For the Big 12 Conference, it was the most dramatic year the conference has had, arguably, ever, after Texas and Oklahoma announced they were leaving the league, which put the entire conference in peril. Thankfully, the Big 12 will survive, and it looks like it's ready to thrive, with UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and BYU all set to join the league in the coming years.
But let's spend some time looking back on 2021 from a Big 12 football perspective as we dive into our Top 5 biggest Big 12 football losers from the last 12 months.
1. Lincoln Riley
There was never a doubt who was going to be No. 1 on this list. Lincoln Riley and the Sooners had National Title expectations as he brought back his most complete team since he became the head coach in Norman. But all season long, the Sooners struggled, played down to competition and didn't even make the Big 12 Championship Game. Then hours after a loss in Bedlam, Riley announces he's bouncing for Southern California to take over the USC Trojans. Riley has every right to take the job, but let's not kid ourselves, the way this went down, preceded by how the season went, easily crowns Lincoln Riley as the biggest loser in the Big 12 in 2021.
2. Matt Wells
Matt Wells got fired in Year 3 as the Texas Tech head coach. That's bad. But what led up to it was even worse, and I'm not talking about on the field where his team gave up a combined 120 points to Texas and TCU. I'm talking about when Wells was asked a softball question in a radio interview: "What's your favorite thing about living in Lubbock?" Wells was unable to answer the question, until finally coming up with, "his family". It was beyond uncomfortable and embarrassing. I've interviewed Matt Wells on multiple occasions and found him to be a very pleasant and good man, but that was brutal and if there was ever a final nail in the coffin, that had to be it.
3. Iowa State Cyclones
Here's the reality: this Iowa State team was picked to play for a Big 12 Title and even had decent odds to play in a College Football Playoff. Instead, the Cyclones went 7-6 this season after falling in the Cheez-It Bowl this week. Now with all this being said, I also wrote this week that this season being a letdown should not define this group of seniors who have forever changed what Iowa State football is. But still, when you stack this season up against the talent on the team and what it could have been, the Cyclones deserve to be on this list, and there's no one person to point the finger at.
4. Steve Sarkisian and Jeff Banks
Well, Steve Sarkisian was brought in as the (latest) man expected to return Texas football to greatness. Instead, he finished the season 5-7, suffering a six-game losing streak in the process, the worst for the Longhorns since the 1950's. Granted, he had a really good recruiting class and he's not going anywhere, but it was a very underwhelming inaugural season. But at least he's not his Special Teams Coordinator Jeff Banks, whose girlfriend's (who is a former adult dancer) pet monkey allegedly attacked a trick-or-treater at their home on Halloween night, and now he's dealing with a lawsuit. Yes, you read that sentence right and, no, we can't make up something like that, even if we tried.
5. Big 12 Refs
I mean, it's another year of the Big 12 existing, so you know the officials had to end up on the list. There was controversy in the Big 12 Championship Game, you had radio broadcasters calling out the Big 12 refs over terrible calls, and even one crew got suspended for doing just that. There were issues in the near-upset of Oklahoma by Kansas. All in all, there were big moments that arguably did cost teams games or could have cost teams games. The zebra had a rough season in this league in 2021.
Honorable Mention: Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson parted ways with TCU this season, but it's hard to put him in the category as a "loser", given that TCU is only in the Big 12 because of his success with the program. For whatever reason, the Horned Frogs had four-straight mediocre seasons under Patterson and he couldn't quite figure out how to turn things around. Maybe some time away will do him some good, and we fully expect to see him back on the sidelines in some capacity n the future.
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Case Study: Financial Times
Financial Times: Migrating 150 Microservices to Kubernetes without Disruption
Company: Financial Times Location: London, England Industry: News media
The company was an early adopter of Docker containerization, and the content platform team at the FT built its own platform to run the containers on AWS. But by the end of 2016, that team realized it needed a cluster orchestration solution. "The problem when you run something yourself is that you can't go and ask anyone else for help, and when the people who wrote the core of the system move on to another company, you don't even necessarily know why decisions were made," says Sarah Wells, who was the Tech Lead for that content platform team and is now Technical Director for Operations and Reliability. "We wanted to make it much less stressful to operate the system."
After running a workshop to look at orchestration solutions, the team decided to go with Kubernetes. "We found it quite straightforward to get started with, but probably more importantly, we could see cloud providers starting to offer it as a managed platform," says Wells. "It looked as though it was becoming the standard." In 2017, the team began a migration of the 150 microservices of FT's content platform to Kubernetes.
Adopting a microservices architecture and continuous delivery has had a huge impact on the content team's delivery cycle. "We're probably releasing 15 to 20 times a day versus once a month, and as a result the failure rate has gone from about 15% down to 1%," says Wells. Adopting containers made developing and deploying this microservice architecture easier but running their own container platform had operational challenges. The adoption of Kubernetes has had a huge impact on system stability: "We had three production incidents of some nodes going down in the month after we went live compared to 17 in the same month in 2017." Going from one service per VM to containers had saved the company 40% in AWS costs, and moving the containers to Kubernetes saved an additional 35%. "Hosting and support costs are cheaper compared to our old stack, and several of the alternatives," says Wells. Taking into account the costs of the migration, "We break even in three years." One big bonus of embracing cloud native, she adds, is that "We have something we can learn from others. We can go to conferences. We can watch talks. We can talk to other companies, and we can send people to training, which we couldn't do when it was our own stack."
"A good metric for satisfaction is the number of sarcastic comments in Slack from your development team. And I think it is honestly the case that I haven't seen anyone being sarcastic about the new platform who were very sarcastic about the old platform. Definitely the number of sarcastic comments metric has gone way, way down."
— SARAH WELLS, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS AND RELIABILITY, FINANCIAL TIMES
For years, the Financial Times was best known for its salmon-colored newspaper.
Today, most people get their news online, and as a result, FT has focused resources to support a paywall and subscription services. "Technology is absolutely central to what we do," says Sarah Wells, Technical Director for Operations and Reliability. The past few years have seen a shift to the cloud, microservices, and a mixed strategy of PaaS, serverless or containerization at FT, with different teams adopting different approaches depending on their needs. The company moved from data centers to private cloud to AWS, and was an early adopter of Docker, first using it in production in mid-2015. "We built a lot of the platform we were running containers on ourselves," says Wells. "But the problem when you run something yourself is that you can't go and ask anyone else for help. And when the people who wrote the core of the system move on to another company, you don't necessarily know why decisions were made."
By the end of 2016, Wells and her content platform team realized that they needed help with cluster orchestration. "We wanted to make it much less stressful to operate the system," she says. After running a workshop to look at orchestration solutions, the company decided to go with Kubernetes. "We found it quite straightforward to get started with, but probably more importantly, we could see cloud providers starting to offer it as a managed platform," says Wells. "It looked as though it was becoming the standard. We were very keen to get something that was widely used."
"We found it quite straightforward to get started with, but probably more importantly, we could see cloud providers starting to offer it as a managed platform," says Wells. "It looked as though it was becoming the standard. We were very keen to get something that was widely used."
The team started its Kubernetes journey with 150 microservices and 650 instances already running in production. The plan was to do provisioning with KubeAWS and run deployments with Helm charts. Some dependencies made the migration tricky. "We had to do the migration without affecting all of the active development that was also happening and included complicated dependencies between different teams," says Wells. "To understand whether Kubernetes worked for us, we needed a lot of our services to be running. That meant we had to run in parallel for quite a long time."
In the end, the company did about 2,000 code releases while running at least part of the stack in parallel. The migration was a big undertaking. "To avoid having a single team working for days and days and days on the same repetitive task, we got everyone from five development teams involved in the migration," says Wells. "Every single person basically migrated some services. This was great because you want everyone on your team to understand the technologies you're moving to, and have a chance to give you feedback about them." The Kubernetes cluster went live just before the cluster manager fleet, a key part of the old stack, went end-of-life.
"Compared to our original approach of one service per VM, we've saved 60%. Kubernetes takes care of load balancing, which wasn't done on the old platform. Additionally, it's a lot simpler for us to make changes in the same environment, so we don't spin up as many environments for teams"
Despite the substantial cost of the migration, FT expects to break even over three years. The company had already experienced a 40% reduction of AWS costs moving from VMs to containers, and the migration to Kubernetes led to even greater savings. "Hosting and support costs are cheaper compared to our old stack, and several of the alternatives. Compared to our original approach of one service per VM, we've saved 60%," says Wells. Kubernetes takes care of load balancing, which wasn't done on the old platform. Additionally, "It's a lot simpler for us to make changes in the same environment, so we don't spin up as many environments for teams," says Wells. "We haven't taken advantage of name spaces, and we think when we do that we will gain additional cost benefits."
Adopting a microservices architecture and continuous delivery has had a huge impact on the FT's delivery cycle as well. "We've had continuous integration at the FT for a very long time, but I think we have more structure around it now," says Wells. "If we can release it very quickly and roll it back very quickly, and we have monitoring that lets us know that, we should be willing to accept a little bit more risk to move more quickly." The team is now releasing 15 to 20 times a day; before it was once a month. The failure rate has gone from about 15% down to 1%. With the adoption of Kubernetes, system stability has improved significantly: "We had three production incidents of some nodes going down in the month after we went live compared to 17 in the same month in 2017."
"When I started out as a developer what you mostly did was write code, now the developers also set up platforms and investigate what the next technology is. They are comfortable with the idea that they might not be doing the same thing in a year's time. It's really important if you're expecting people to support a system that they feel they understand it. I think it gives developers a strong sense of empowerment."
As for how the development team responded to the change, "A good metric for satisfaction is the number of sarcastic comments in Slack," says Wells. "And I think it is honestly the case that I haven't seen anyone being sarcastic about the new platform who were very sarcastic about the old platform. Definitely the 'number of sarcastic comments' metric has gone way, way down." A different FT team is already using another CNCF project, Prometheus, for monitoring, and Wells expect that usage of cloud native technology will spread within the company: "If you're running containers, Prometheus seems like a very sensible thing to use. I've been really interested in a lot of the things around security. Service mesh would probably be another thing. The team have a long list of things they want to tackle, because you always have to get across the line and then go back and do the things that are nice to have."
The fact that the team is getting excited about these new technologies is a sign that there's been a big culture change. "When I started out as a developer what you mostly did was write code," says Wells. "Now the developers also set up platforms and investigate what the next technology is. They are comfortable with the idea that they might not be doing the same thing in a year's time. The introduction of Kubernetes has made people feel, 'Well, I can train on this, I can watch talks, I can learn.' It's really important if you're expecting people to support a system that they feel they understand it. I think it gives developers a strong sense of empowerment."