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Meeting of the Parish Council – Monday 8th September

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Monday 8th September in the Parish Hall.

For a copy of the agenda please see below:

The next meeting of the above Council will be held in the Supper Room of the Parish Hall on Monday 8th September 2014 at 7.45pm.

Cllr Dale will be available from 7.15pm and members of the public may put questions to the Council from 7.30-7.45pm

1.         Apologies for Absence

  1. Declaration of Interests

To receive: disclosures of personal and prejudicial interests from Councillors on matters to be considered at the meeting.

  1. Minutes

To resolve: that the minutes of the Council meeting held on 14th July be signed as a correct record.

  1. Matters Arising

To report: on matters arising from the previous Minutes excluding those included in this agenda.

  • Minute 4(ii) – A694 Road bridge over the railway: removal of wall
  • Minute 4(vi) – Grass cutting
  • Minute 4(viii) – Planters at the station
  • Minute 6 – Speed Activated sings
  • Minute 8 – Hedging by single tennis court
  • Minute 9 – Play Park / Reinstatement of Football pitch
  • Minute 16(v) – Quote to improve access to the bridge leading to the double tennis courts
  • Minute 16(vi) – Tennis Club lease

  1. Lighting of the footpath from Broomhaugh to the Station

To note: that NCC have submitted a quote to install one light on the above path.

To resolve:

  • To amend Standing Orders in respect of the number of quotations required as NCC oversee street lighting for the Parish and maintain the path and it would be most appropriate if they complete the work.
  • To appointment contractors.

  1. Wheelchair access by Parish Hall leading to the Play Park and Tennis Court

            To review: current progress on this matter.

  1. Cricket Club

(i)         Grass cutting

To report: that a request was received after the last PC meeting to make an early part contribution towards payment for this year’s grass cutting which was approved;

(ii)        Damage to the Cricket Pavilion

To report: that windows in the Cricket Pavilion have been broken on two recent occasions.  The first occasion the Cricket Club paid for the repairs themselves.  The Cricket Club is requesting that the PC pay for the second repair.

To consider: whether to pay for the repairs and also what further action should be taken to prevent such incidents occurring again.

  1. Japanese Knotweed / Himalayan Balsam

To consider: letters received from residents regarding this problem.

  1. Road safety issues – The Nick/Slaley Road junction (BC)

  1. Local Transport Priorities

To agree: on three local transport priorities to submit to the County Council.

  1. Consultations

To report: that the PC has been asked to report on the following consultations (full details available on the website):

  • NCC – Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
  • Tyne Valley Line

  1. Paths and Parishes Initiative

  1. Local Flood Risk Strategy

  1. Improvements to the path connecting the station to Corner House, Broomhaugh (JM)

  1. Domestic Thermal Imaging

To consider: a suggestion made by a resident to hire a thermal imaging camera which can be borrowed by residents to assess the energy efficiency of their home.

  1. Finance
  2. a) Annual Accounts

To report: that the external auditor has approved the Annual Accounts for 2013/14.  Details are displayed on the notice board.

  1. b) Monthly expenditure

To receive for approval:

(i)         a summary of payments for authorisation and the bank reconciliation;

(ii)        an overall review of current budget spending.

  1. Handyman – August/September reports

  1. Planning

To report

  • that the following planning applications are under consideration by NCC:

14/02287/FUL – Westwood, Marchburn Lane – PC: no objections;

14/02310/FUL – Alnmouth Cottage, Sandy Bank – PC: queried building line.

  • that the following planning applications have been considered by NCC and granted permission:

13/03133/FUL Replacement of bridge deck and parapets, Underwood Road

  • that the following planning applications have been considered by NCC and refused permission:

14/02410/FUL   Hopton House, Riding Hills

  1. Meetings requiring councillor representation

Joint NCC & Town and Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday 14th October, Hexham

NALC AGM – Saturday 18th October

  1. Correspondence

To consider: any correspondence issues not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

  1. Minor Matters

22:       Date of Future Meeting

To resolve: that the next meeting of the Council should be held on Monday 10th November 2014.

Correspondence received from residents since the July meeting:

Mr D Irwin re Japanese Knotweed/Himalayan Balsam

Mr D Henderson re Japanese Knotweed

Mr G Davison re hedging by single tennis court

Dr J Young re Conduct of Parish Council

Mr B Young re response to FOI requests

Consultation Documents

See agenda item 11


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World Bank Recommends For Malaysia’s Retirement Age To Be Gradually Raised To 65

The World Bank has commented that Malaysia’s minimum retirement age will need to be gradually raised from the current 60 years old to 65 years old. This comes as Malaysia transitions into an aging society starting from this year.

Revealed in its report titled “A Silver Lining: Productive and Inclusive Ageing for Malaysia”, the World Bank said that more than 7% of Malaysia’s population will be aged 65 and above in 2020 – which is the international convention used to define an aging population. From here, the country is expected to continue aging rapidly; the percentage of Malaysians aged 65 and above is projected to double to 14% by 2044, and then reach 20% by 2056.

In line with this projection, the World Bank said that the old-age dependency ratio in households will also likely increase, which may cause families to struggle with care needs for the elderly. To clarify, old-age dependency ratio is defined as the number of elderly individuals (65 years old and above) in comparison to those of working age.

Given the circumstance, the World Bank emphasised that the employment of individuals aged 50 and above can help mitigate the growth effects of an aging population. “With ageing, Malaysians will have to work longer. This will need to be reflected in gradual adjustments to the minimum retirement age among other policy parameters. Encouraging longer working lives will increase the financial sustainability of pension systems,” said the World Bank in its report.

“So as a long-term option, Malaysia should increase the minimum retirement age to 65 gradually, and thereafter link it to life expectancy at retirement. This will act as a strong signal to both employers and employees, thereby increasing the job rate at older ages,” the World Bank also stated, adding that increasing the retirement age to 65 could even potentially raise GDP growth by 0.3% per year.

On top of that, the World Bank stressed that the change should be carried out gradually. As an example, the transition could happen over a period of 10 years, with transparent and clear information, as well as inclusive consultations provided.

The World Bank further recommended for the government to link the retirement age to life expectancy, which is projected to increase even more in the future. “Linking the minimum retirement age to life expectancy will remove the need for recurring discretionary policy revisions,” it said.

During the launch of the report, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) chimed in to say that the realisation of productive and inclusive aging requires policies that are built on solid evidence.

“As in nearly all high-income countries, longer working lives, will in turn require gradual adjustments to the age when most Malaysians retire. In parallel, policies are needed that foster workers’ productive employment – such as enhanced opportunities for training and lifelong learning. Such policies will allow Malaysians to work longer, be healthier for longer, with less physically demanding occupations, and with more digitally enabled workplaces,” added Mustapa.

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Aside from calling for the gradual increase of the retirement age for Malaysians, the World Bank’s latest report also highlighted multiple short and long-term policy recommendations to protect Malaysia’s aging population. These include broadening EPF coverage to more self-employed and informal workers, as well as enhancing opportunities for training and lifelong learning.

To find out more about the “A Silver Lining: Productive and Inclusive Ageing for Malaysia” report, you can head on over to the World Bank’s website.

(Sources: The World Bank, FreeMalaysiaToday)

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Mod Fiction – Hoax EP

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The Hoax EP from US rockers Mod Fiction is one of those releases which from an intriguing and strangely magnetic seed in its first initial encounter grows into an irresistibly compelling and thoroughly exciting provocation. Consisting of four fuzz drenched persistently nagging tracks which simply infect and infest the psyche over time whilst breeding an eager hunger for much more from the Albany trio, the release provides an acidic and caustic landscape of minimalist noise invention, scuzz kissed guitar imagination, and hooks which are unrelenting in their temptation. Part noise rock, part garage punk, and part alternative rock, a mix which borders schizophrenic toxicity, the band’s sound merges different decades in an inventive brew that takes its time but all the time works a captivating spell upon thoughts and emotions.

     Formed in 2011, Mod Fiction released their debut album Come Back Down in the summer of 2012.Citing influences from the likes of Mudhoney, Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, Neil Young, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Kinks… and the list goes on, the threesome of vocalist/guitarist Kevin Gadani, bassist/vocalist Peter Monaco, and drummer Greg Gadani have honed a presence which certainly points and hints at their inspirations but equally sculpts an identity of its own. It does not leap out as fully unique quite yet but as Hoax reveals it is well on the way.

    A sonic spear of feedback and forcefulness surges on the ear to open up first track Quit Stalling before being rapidly joined by Mod Fiction Artworka heavy gaited deep throated bassline which would find a home in any L7 song. Soon acidic grooves and barbed riffs alongside crisp rhythms enter the provocation and intensify the temptation. Into its stride the track is a contagious mesh which plays for UK fans like a mix of The St Pierre Snake Invasion and Houdini, a raw melodic coaxing aligned to a punk causticity which ingrains its bait deeply in the appetite. The core groove of the song is a virulent lure from which everything else erupts and swings from whilst the twin vocal suasion only accentuates the raw and magnetic presence of a destined to be favourite of a great many, especially with another little Nirvana like spice breaking out at times to spice things up.

     It is an impressive start taken on by the following Losing Interest, a song which is rendering flaming chords and melodic tempting on the ears from its first breath. A sixties garage pop air coats the song though equally a seventies garage rock essence is working its charm just as vibrantly within the twenty first century fuzz driven keenly cast enterprise. Like its predecessor the song is impossibly infectious through its summery chorus and ever present hooks around bluesy grooves, especially at its climax, but it does just fall short of making the same impact sitting in the middle of the first song and the EP’s best offering which comes next. Silence in Stereo is a prowling treat of a song, a delicious menace which nags and probes the senses through its bass built spine and jagged cuts of jangly guitars. It immediately takes thoughts back to seventies/eighties punk and bands such as Swell Maps whilst its garage blues outbursts pulls up later decades and insatiable flavours.  The song swells and saunters along with a hypnotic allurement, which like the sonic flavouring, ebbs and flows through different gaits and structures. It is a masterful piece of noise alchemy, simple and concise within its muggy air but beautifully sculpted to belie its expertise.

    The closing track Is This Morning? for personal tastes just does not come close to matching the first three though its unique intent is as welcomed proposition. A heated ambience washes the ear whilst singular key notes plonk a lone discord narrative before all come together in a haunted union. With spoken samples colouring its air the piece is an evocative and intriguing, as well as intimidating, drama but so different to what came before that it does not sit easy on the EP itself. This is a band to keep you on your mental toes though you suspect so the track certainly succeeds in that aspect.

     Mod Fiction is a band destined and sure to challenge and thrill us ahead on the evidence of Holly Wax Records released Hoax EP. The potential revealed on the release is mouthwatering and already fully enticing meaning this is one more band to add to that ‘To Watch’ list.

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Kharitonov: With all due respect, I cannot say that Minakov defeated Kongo

MMA fighter Sergei Kharitonov of Russia commented on the defeat of his compatriot Vitaly Minakov from the French Cheick Kongo at the Bellator 216 tournament.

“Vitaly did not show all that he is capable of. The fight, by and case, was equal. But Kongo was fresher. I admit honestly: with all due respect for Vitaly, I cannot say that he won.

“Yes, the judges were biased a little bit - there was no such thing that he lost all three rounds. It was possible to give a draw. But the organization needed a contender for the championship belt. And so, I, like all Russians, I was rooting for Vitaly, and I really wanted someone from Russia to fight for the title,” said Kharitonov.

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Grand Rapids Police are still looking for three males who shot and wounded a 17-year-old girl, Monday night, according to WOODTV.

The shooting happened around 9:45 pm on Grand Rapids' west side, close to the intersection of Jeanette and 9th Ave NW.  The girl was shot in the neck, but her injuries were considered non-life threatening.

Police need help finding the guys that were involved, which they have on video.  WOODTV has a surveillance video in which you can see a silver van drive down the street, turn around, three guys get out, one shoots a gun and then they run back and jump in the van and speed off.

As always with this stuff, if you have ANY information that can help police, Call GRPD at 616-456-3400 or anonymously through Silent Observer.


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One of the additions we added was an entire back hall that houses many of the daily required family functions including our laundry room, kitchen office, pantry, lockers and a powder bathroom.

I’ll start with the lockers, which as a mother of 4 small kids is one of my favorite things in the house because it hides mess and anytime you can hide mess with kids, that’s a big deal!  My main criteria for the lockers were that we needed one for each child and they had to have doors!  When I was giving our architect my criteria he looked up and told me- ‘Melanie, everyone knows you have kids.’ My response to him was- ‘but they don’t have to see proof with every inch of the house!’.  So, we went with doors.

Here they are finished-

The screen/mesh material for the cabinet doors was one of my best “finds”. It is difficult to find cabinet mesh other than chicken wire and it can get very pricey quickly.  I was lucky enough when using Houzz to come upon a photo that sourced the wire inserts on a picture I liked.  They came from http://www.brass-grilles-shop.co.uk/- Brass Grilles UK Online Shop.  They are completely online- you place your order with the correct measurements and they ship it to you. Shipping was very reasonable and their product selection is so dynamic, I love these guys.  I never spoke with anyone over there, I did everything via email and submission on their website.   I highly recommend them.  They sent the individual sheets directly to me and I handed them over to my cabinet maker.  The most unbelievable thing is they came FedEX Overnight!  I didn’t know they were delivered and I wasn’t looking for them because I figured it would take a few weeks to receive them and one day I checked my order status online and it said it had been delivered weeks ago!  I panicked and raced to the house to find them tucked away in the garage!

The metal inserts do a great job of hiding the “stuff” and the wire bins I found at the Container Store recently to keep the upper nooks organized.  We have way too many shoes.

Here is a closer up view of the metal inserts-

Here is a look at the bins-

Our family rules, courtesy of http://www.wisteria.com-

You enter the back hall from the kitchen.  This is the view from the kitchen and on the other side of the wall behind the lockers to the right of the clock pictured here is our pantry.

We did not have the space for a large walk-in pantry.  This layout actually works quite well because I have a lot of shelving, some pullout shelves and plenty of room to garb it up with snacks and dry goods.  I use the upper cabinets for storing things we do not use that often.  Opposite of the pantry is a little beverage station(I can’t stand the term “wet bar”) that houses wine, a beverage refrigerator and an ice maker.  It’s right by our backdoor which I love because we can run in to grab a drink or ice.  The walls are covered in shiplap. That’s what we call it because I have seen several names for the wood boards people use on their walls.  Ours is spruce and painted the same color as our trim.  It creates a farmhouse type of look and we used it in most of our back hall.  It is great for hiding handprints!

We added pocket doors between both the lockers and the pantry area to the rest of the back hall to be able to hide our laundry and kitchen office if and when we have guests over.  All of our doors on the main floor are painted dark.  It totally makes the look of the house and I love it!  Great for hiding hand prints too!

Here is the “beverage station” area opposite the pantry-

The lantern is from Shades of Light.  I ordered a few lights from there and they all worked and are in the house but the only thing that was disappointing with them is when you place your order, they do not tell you if your item is in stock.  The first thing I ordered it turned out was on backorder for weeks.  It was very upsetting to find out after your order that you can’t get what you wanted!  I called and they gave me a discount off the purchase so that made me feel better and I just waited for the item to arrive.

Closer up view-

The countertop is walnut and the sink is a hammered nickel.  The whole thing does what we need it to and works well for both wine and juice boxes!  What more can you ask for?

Want to see more of our main floor? Check out this latest post full of pictures! https://riverviewredo.com/main-floor-tour

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Here are some resolutions for building a healthier you

Laughing has been proven to be beneficial to your health.

It’s that time again – the beginning of the New Year when resolutions are in full swing. We wish you a healthy and happy New Year.

Here are a few suggestions to help keep you and your spine functioning optimally this year:

Exercise daily. Get moving. As little as 30 minutes of exercise a day isn’t just good for your spine, it’s great for your entire body.

Laugh often. Did you know that laughter can stimulate your muscles, lungs and heart? It’s also a great stress reliever. When you’re experiencing less stress, you have a better chance of experiencing whole body wellness.

Forgive others. Physical well being starts with emotional well being. Forgive everyone for everything. (Including yourself!)

Get adjusted. Many of our regulars report that they don’t seem to get the bugs that are always going around. Remember, it’s easier to stay well than to get well.

Adjusting Cause, Not Effect

You may notice that your adjustments aren’t delivered where your symptoms seem to be originating. How come? Chiropractors see the spine as an integrated whole. By doing so, we often see a problem in one area is being offset by a problem in another. We call these compensation reactions.

For example. Someone complaining of low back pain often has a compensatory issue going on in his or her upper neck. Their lower back problem may be a reaction to what’s going on in their neck. As we adjust their upper spine (where there are no symptoms) it can better support the weight of the body. And voilà! Their low back pain resolves. Or vice versa.

So, while adjustments are specific and precise, our focus is on the integrity of your entire spine, not merely the area exhibiting symptoms. It’s one more reason why you can’t judge your health by how you feel.

Four Foods to Help You Feel Younger

You’re never too old to start eating right and taking care of your body. The easiest place to start is with the foods you eat. Try to incorporate these into your diet to reduce inflammation and feel younger:

  1. Apples — it’s true. They can help keep the doctor away. Plus, they can help keep your digestive system going strong.
  2. Ginger — for aches and pains, ginger is packed with powerful antioxidants to help fight inflammation and calm aching muscles.
  3. Cherry Juice — it’s best to sleep on our side during our golden years. If you’re having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, opt for cherry juice in the evening as it contains melatonin.
  4. Spinach — full of magnesium, spinach can help maintain nerve function and regulate blood sugar. Wondering what else you can do to keep your body feeling young? Naturally our first recommendation is calming your nervous system with regular chiropractic care.

~ Cousineau Chiropractic

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Title Correction: Classic Romance Novel “All For Love”

RIGHT! —————————– WRONG!

Hey, check out my new header, above!  The title of my first and best-known book, “ALL FOR LOVE,” was “tweaked” to add its sub-title “The SuperStar’s Lady.”  We did this in September when its companion “syncquel” book ALL FOR LOVE: THE SUPERSTAR was released.

Bad idea.  (DUH!) It has not hampered the sales of the new book (Thank God), but it has caused a bit of confusion among readers, booksellers, etc.

We are therefore reinstating the original title to ALL FOR LOVE and putting the sub-title back in its place, where it belongs.  This correction has already been done on Amazon and on Barnes and Noble. Corrections to Goodreads and my website and other my other social media will continue to take place over the next few days.

Both ALL FOR LOVE and ALL FOR LOVE: THE SUPERSTAR will continue to be on sale for $2.99 for a limited time.

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You can preorder your copy on  Robin Cheeky’s  store at http://stores.robincheeky.com/robin-cheeky-travels-to-the-cousin-club/

I worked so hard writing  this special Cheeky cousin book just for you  and your families. It was a challenge  because I didn’t know how I was going to get  Robin Cheeky’s cousins to join him on this adventure and where would this adventure take place? You will soon find out!!  Thank you for being a Robin Cheeky fan and Have a Cheeky day!!

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Warning: this is very likely to make my progressive friends mad because it’s too conservative and my conservative friends mad because it’s too progressive. Basically, I’m bracing myself. You might consider doing the same.

I had a conversation lately with a friend whose workplace celebrates Pride Month. They were ordering rainbow t-shirts, and she opted out. She wasn’t up for celebrating a lifestyle at odds with her faith. And I appreciate her conviction.

But I don’t share it.

My relationship with Pride Month has undergone a few iterations over my life. I’ve grown up believing that marriage is God’s design for a man and a woman and sex is His plan within marriage. As an early teen, my image of Gay Pride Marches (as I remember them in the 90s, before the L, B, T, Q, and + got added, at least in the mainstream) was this: naked gay men riding bicycles in a huge mob down the street. Y’all, I have NO IDEA where this came from. I’m just telling you.

Not too long after, I saw some actual footage or maybe a newspaper photo of a march and, lo! Zero naked men on bicycles, so the image in my head got a little more realistic and a lot less weird.

But the image in my heart remained: a bunch of people with an Agenda to to normalize the Homosexual Lifestyle and steal the rainbow, which was God’s idea, and therefore belonged more to Us than to Them.

Big, embarrassed sigh.

Pride Month, for me, has been aptly named. It’s the month that all my pride—the sin God hates—has been on full display.

My stance toward LGBTQ folks has been the classic “love the sinner, hate the sin” for most of my life.

But then I started paying attention to stories. Notably, BT Harman’s Blue Babies Pink (I listened to the podcast, but it’s available online as a blog series) and Justin Lee’s Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate. Here were a couple of people who grew up just like I did—Jesus-loving teens in Jesus-loving families. They believed the same things about marriage that I do, and (like me) neither hated nor feared gay people—just more sinners in need of a savior. But then these guys realized their sexuality was at odds with their faith. So they did what I would have: push that business down. Live faithfully. Maybe tell a trusted friend about the problem help me stay on the straight and narrow.

Both of these guys, after years of plan A, did some theological digging to figure out what God actually thinks about homosexuality. Lee laid out his path in Torn and it’s intellectually honest and undertaken with fear and trembling—definitely not a mission to excuse sins he wanted to commit. I don’t come to all the same conclusions he did, but something in me shifted: there are really people who really love Jesus who are both “us” and “them.” Maybe the us/them dichotomy isn’t helpful here.

Here’s my position towards members of the LGBTQ community now, and it’s the same as it is for people outside of it: “Love the sinner. The end.” Now, will I talk about sin? Obviously. Sin, in the most beautiful and poetic plot twist, is part of the gospel, which is amazing beyond reason. I will bring up your sin (of whatever variety) to you in two cases:

  • You love Jesus and we have a relationship such that I know you’re caught in something outside His express will or you’re doing something destructive. That won’t be all we talk about—if you’re stuck in a mess, I want to be especially, extra sure you know I love you and you and I are okay—but I will do my best to point you to Jesus.
  • The Holy Spirit won’t leave me alone. This happened a couple of years ago—not all of the above conditions were satisfied, but the Lord gave me the words that were needed, and after several months of His prodding (my own sinful hesitance to obey), I said the words. And it was the worst. But I knew for certain He was asking me to do it, and I would do it again.

I hope you would do the same for me. (My sin is every bit as offensive to a holy God as yours, whatever yours is.)

As for Pride Month?

I want to go to an event and pass out hugs, snacks, water. Basically I’d like to pass out general kindness in whatever way I can. My world is small and not especially diverse. I have a couple of LGBTQ friends, but not many. I want to hear more stories, ask more questions, sit with more pain, love like Jesus. I’ve spent years looking at the sin rather than the sinner, which is basically opposite the way Jesus loves. He didn’t ignore sin, but he was much, MUCH harder on the prideful religious people (me) than he was on the prostitutes and drunks and scam-artist tax collectors. He partied with the ones the religious folks shunned. I want to chill with the ones the church shuts out. Not in order to reform or teach or get some sort of “hanging out with sinners” merit badge, but because they’re people, and if they’ve been unwelcome in “my” spaces, I need to go to to “theirs” or we won’t meet and thus can’t be friends. And when we hang out? Sexuality won’t take center stage any more than it does in my conversations with straight/cisgender people.

I was reading this morning and stumbled upon this:

We’re supposed to just love the people in front of us.We’re the ones who tell them who they are. We don’t need to spend as much time as we do telling them what we think about what they’re doing.

Bob Goff, Everybody Always

So, friend, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, life stage, here’s who you are:

You are created in the image of the God who loves you.
You are beloved.
Your sin has put you at odds with God.

He wants you to be with Him.
God chose to send His Kid to die to solve your sin problem.

You are worth dying for.

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Robin Chapman is a part-time writer, editor, and birth photographer and a full-time imperfect mama, wife, Jesus follower, and normalizer of failure. She’s trying hard to learn how to do this motherhood thing in a way that doesn’t land the whole family in intensive therapy. She has a heart for helping other mamas buried in the little years with hope, humor, and solidarity. You can find her hiding out in the bathroom with an iced dirty chai, writing and editing and making spreadsheets for KindredMom.com where she is a cheerleader for mamas, or online looking for grace in her mundane and weird life. She lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with her four delightful (crazy) kids—some homeschooled, some public schooled, some too young for school at all—and her ridiculously good looking husband, Andrew.

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Certified American Grown Flowers

About Project

Taking over management of the Certified American Grown Brand to help broaden their reach and quality of content has been one of the most fulfilling jobs to-date. While we maybe have been hired to help the organization grow and eventually branch into its own independent entity, we quickly discovered we were actually helping hundreds of American flower farmers thrive under the continually growing threat of imported flowers. We’ve not only become a fully integrated digital marketing division for all of Certified American Grown (digital advertising, social media, email marketing, blogging, press releases, and website updates), but we have also been able to bring our years of expertise to other mediums as well (Television, print, strategic planning, and boots on the ground at events).

Websites: American Grown Flowers

Social Media: All Certified American Grown channels

Email Marketing: Crafting & scheduling internal & marketing campaigns to their database of 23k+

Blogging: American Grown Farms, Origin Matters

Video Campaigns: Working with our partners at Room for Cream Films, we worked to create a video to help bring awareness to the issue American Flower Farmers were facing during COVID-19. This reached thousands through our online audience and over-air in Los Angeles & Sacramento via broadcast television. View video below.

Hiring Rock Harbor Marketing was one of the best things we have done to organize and elevate our multiple brands and events. Travis and his team not only organized our look, message, and content experience online with the California Cut Flower Commission, Certified American Grown, and our Field To Vase event series, but they also contributed in a BIG WAY to our team.
RHM even earned top honors in an international social good marketing competition from their work, helping our members get national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. We would recommend them to any organization, big or small, to create an impact for sustainable business growth.
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Love is important, but it is respect that is the key to your son’s heart.

The idea of moms respecting their sons may sound alien to some, but it seems to ignite curiosity across the board. It is easy to relate to the need for all of us to feel a mother’s love, but is that the same thing as respect? Even for young boys, the effect of respect is nothing short of astounding when applied properly.

Moms yearn to learn anything that better helps them with their sons. After all, they love their boys, but many find them more difficult to parent than their girls, especially from age four and up.

What makes this all the more urgent is that moms are coaching fathers to love their daughters, but no one has said boo to moms on specific ways to show respect to their sons, at least not in a way that is applicable and fully explained. All realize that little girls need daddy’s love, but who is strongly promoting the truth that little boys (and big ones) need Mom's respect? No wonder mothers feel left in the dark on this topic.

Just as Emerson Eggerichs transformed millions of marital relationships with a biblical understanding of love and respect, he now turns these principles to one of the most important relationships of all, a mother and her son.


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Chaos Space Marine Terminators

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  • A heavily armoured unit equally deadly at range and in close combat
  • Can be equipped with a murderous array of melee and heavy weaponry
  • An Elites choice for the Chaos Space Marines faction

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Chaos Terminators are heavily armoured veterans clad in debased suits of Tactical Dreadnought armour. They form the elite of their masters’ warbands, for though they are ponderous compared to their power armour-clad comrades, nothing short of a dedicated anti-tank laser can stop a Terminator in full stride. Spiked trophy racks protrude from massive shoulders, the skulls of the enemy a barbaric testament to their wearer’s martial prowess. Helmets have grown into bestial masks that sprout great tusks and razored horns, many of which have fused directly into the skulls of their wearers.

Chaos Terminators are excellent all-round fighters. Not only does their Terminator armour lend them superior survivability to other Chaos Space Marine units, but their towering size and grisly trophy racks really sets them apart on the battlefield.

The set includes 5 multipart plastic Chaos Terminators, each of which can be equipped with a variety of melee and ranged weapons. The following weapon options are included in the kit.

– 1 chain axe
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Times of change

The major issue with what we are facing in the moment of change is that we see it as a problem! Perhaps, we probably have dealt with these particular circumstances that appear perplexed and more we think about it more challenging it seems.

However, in the truest sense, it isn’t a headache. This is just a transformation of the way something used to be and this is definitely a thing that we can adjust to. Ultimately we will find how to address it successfully or live with it peacefully.

Once we have this attitude, now we are self-advised to perceive this experience more about adapting to new than fixing certain problems. Once we start seeing it that way; Observe! the whole situation is getting to look much simpler and brighter.

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1978 Rolex Day Date Stella Turquoise Ref. 18028 (Full Set)

Year of issue: 1978
Reference number: 18028
Condition: mint
Status: sold
Dealer country: Dubai
Price in US $ n/a

SKU 1.1.745
Brand Rolex
Model Day Date Stella Turquoise
Ref. No. 18028
Serial No. 5307XXX
Year 1978
Gender Gents
Case Size 36mm
Case Excellent 18K case with smooth bezel that has been polished in the past. Lugs remain straight and even. Reference and serial numbers are fully intact
Bracelet / Strap Excellent matching President bracelet with little wear from age
Dial Excellent Turquoise Stella dial. The lume dots are fully intact and matching with the hands
Price Sold
Crystal Sapphire
Movement Automatic
Functions Day, Date
Condition Mint
Box Orig. President Box & carton
Papers Punched, stamped and dated certificate from 1981 from Spain,RSC from 2011, booklet, hang tag

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In 1956, the Oyster Perpetual Day-Date made its debut. Available only in 18 ct gold or platinum, it was the first wristwatch to display the date and day of the week spelt out in full in a window on the dial. With the President bracelet, originally created specially for it, the Day-Date continues to be the watch par excellence of influential people.

Rolex watches have long been associated with those who have, over time, guided the destiny of the world. No matter their vision, their domain of excellence, or their achievements, the one thing these exceptional men and women have in common is often their watch: the Day-Date.


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Did someone say cider? And doughnuts? And pie? And beer?

What a difference a week makes. The autumn that wasn’t put on a fantastic show today. Reds and yellows and browns and crisp breezes and puffy clouds.

Lucky for me there was a bike event to get me out into the glorious outdoors. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Sixth Cider Ride was today. Somehow, someway the WABA weather curse failed. A storm front moved through the area last night bringing high winds and heavy downpours. A couple of hours before the ride began, the front moved eastward. I had come prepared for rain but made a last minute decision to change from rain gear (rain jacket and long pants) to cool weather gear (shorts with long wool socks, topped off with a pull over fleece). Perfect.

I also decided to raise the saddle on Little Nellie, my Bike Friday folding travel bike. Just a tad. Even minor adjustments can have big benefits or cause big problems. I guessed right, however. I rode about 2-3 miles per hour faster today than yesterday. And my back and knees didn’t bother me at all.

The ride started in Northeast DC just before 9 a.m., and took us on a ramble along the Anacostia River trail system. The trails were covered with wet leaves making the going a bit dicey. One unfortunate rider fell and had to be taken away in an ambulance. Elizabeth, the rider immediately behind him, couldn’t stop and crashed as well suffering a big boo boo on her left thigh.

I knew several of the riders. I rode initially with Leslie but she was riding as a course marshall and had to stop and render assistance to the injured riders. Before the crash we came upon Jesse whose bike had died a hero on the trails. Somehow her rear derailler had fallen off. She was forced to take the Uber of shame. (She had her bike fixed and actually did one of the shorter versions of the ride. She persisted!)

We left the trails and stopped at Proteus Cycles in College Park to partake of warm cider and apple slices. No wait. There’s doughnuts over at the next table. Ixnay on the apple slices. Bring on the junk food!

After achieving sugar nirvana, we headed on roads through the Beltsville agriculture research area. Here my tweak to Little Nellie’ saddle height paid off. I was riding 15-20 miles per hour through fields and stands of colorful trees. Clearly, the tailwind helped a lot but I was feeling very comfortable on the bike for the first time in weeks.

Did I mention that it was gorgeous outside?

I could have stopped dozens of times to take pictures but I figured one would do the trick. Light car traffic, the low angle of light, colorful leaves everywhere, and a road with some bikes receding in the distance. Dang.

The route took up to the Patuxent Research Refuge where we turned around to fight the wind for a few miles. Then we crossed back through the agriculture complex, over a hill,  and into Greenbelt. Here we stopped in a park for warm cider and pie. I went with the apple pie because pumpkin pie makes me gag.

I stayed long enough to hear more about the crash from Elizabeth, who showed me her  bruise. (Elizabeth, Dr. Rootchopper recommends red wine. It won’t help the bruise but you won’t care.) And I got a surprise hug from Laura. I am a fan of the hammy Instagram mini-movies she makes of her bike commutes and other shenanigans.

I left the rest stop and headed back toward DC. This part of the route was different from last year so I stopped frequently to avoid getting lost. I only went about 100 yards off course all day. (I missed the cue “Take a right at the porta potties.”) We rode back to the trail system by way of the College Park Trolley Trail in Berwyn.

Just before getting back on the Anacostia Trails I passed a rest stop where people were yelling at me. I learned later they were yelling “Mead!” I was in a nice flow so I passed up the offer to wet my whistle, choosing instead to make a crossing of a busy highway behind 20 other cyclists. Within minutes I realized I had goofed. This group was doddling along and I was in the mood to motor. After a mile of hanging off the rear, I started passing people. In five minutes I was alone off the front of the group and whizzing down the trail along the river. It was beautiful. The sunlight off the water was the perfect complement to the breeze and the colors.

The change in the course also involved going south along the Anacostia on the east side of the river for about a mile then doubling back on the west side. This portion on the ride featured a strong headwind off the water and was serious work. It appears that most other riders skipped this part. I can’t blame them. Perhaps the highlight was riding past dilapidated RFK Stadium. The stadium was one of many “multiuse” stadiums built in the 1960s. I looks ripe for implosion these days.

The last few miles were across Capitol Hill and up the Metropolitan Branch Trail. I rode most of the second half of the ride much harder than the first so I my legs were ready to call it a day. And soon I arrived at the finish at the Dew Drop Inn. There, after 55 honest miles, I tossed back a couple of Raven lagers and hung out in the sun with friends on the elevated deck.

And tonight we set the clocks back one hour. The extra hour of sleep is exactly what my tired legs need.

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Someone Else’s Conflict by Alison Layland

Someone Else's ConflictSomeone Else’s Conflict by Alison Layland

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Someone Else’s Conflict is contemporary read set in the English Dales. Jay Spinney is a street entertainer, a man whose past means he’s unable to settle in one place, he’s constantly on the move.

Marilyn stops in the market place to listen to the entertainer and has her purse stolen by a desperate young man. Vinko is an illegal immigrant who yearns for a place to belong. He knows his Grandparents live in the area, but will they ever accept him if he can pluck up the courage to visit them?

A huge storm blows through and causes a landslide up in the Dales where Marilyn lives alone, the electric and telephones are cut off for several days. Jay has camped in a field near by and offers to help Marilyn clear away the debris. She’s unsure of him, shouldn’t trust him, but she needs the help. They form a shaky friendship. Jay has nightmares, he shouts out in a foreign language and his past haunts him daily.

Horrors of war torn Yugoslavia stay with Jay and even though the war is over the fighting is not yet past.

This book grabbed me from the start and sucked me in, I knew very little about what happened to all the innocent people who were caught up in the war between the Croatians and Serbians. Like so many wars is pulled in people with their ideals, their beliefs, but things change, power takes over, anger and madness become the leaders and soldiers make decisions they later regret.

The reader is cleverly drip fed the storyline as it mixes with the lives of those who live today in the Dales, it worked really well. There are so many layers to Jay that get peeled away right up until the very end. Loved it.

This review is based on a free copy of the book give to me by Honno Press

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18 thoughts on “Someone Else’s Conflict by Alison Layland

  1. THis sounds brilliant, right up my street. And guess what? I’d go and buy it now if I didn’t already have 40 books waiting to be read. Instead, it will be written on the to-read list, and may get bought in a few months’ time. I reckon that’s most of the difficulty writers face these days – too many books, too little time. I think I’ll let this one jump the queue, tho!!

  2. Great review and you’ve sold me on the book. Having grown up in the beautiful Yorkshire. Dales – likely – and fascinated by the Balkan war I am definitely getting this. Many thanks for post.

  3. A great review Rosie, and having recently read Someone Else’s Conflict I agree with everything you say! I found Alison’s novel gripping and touching in equal quantities, and I particularly liked your line about all the layers to Jay that get peeled away right up until the end. The characters in this novel stay with you long after the story concludes…

  4. Thank you everyone for your lovely comments – and to Rosie for the great review! I totally understand about TBRs (mine is huge!) but hope you enjoy it whenever you can. 🙂

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5 Signs The Woman You Are Dating Is A Keeper

No sooner do we find ourselves settling into a serious relationship than we begin questioning the future. And then starts the dilemma of answering that question and safe-locking your future. Even if getting married and having children is not a priority or the immediate next plan, knowing the direction of the relationship is of importance to many. Although, this is for those who are dating for a future, the serious kinds! And it is during such times that we want to know if the man is a keeper. But it would be wrong to recognize your keeper on the basis of this! People are different, and every couple has the freedom to set their own rights and limitations.

Do you just feel it deep down or do you have to think it over to know for sure. Whatever you really are is what you show him. He knows what you look like without makeup. He accepts the fact that you can sometimes be irrational, petulant or unreasonable. He knows about all your flaws and weaknesses, and he still accepts you.

This is what he said to me as we were chatting to get to know each other using Whatsapp. A couple of months later, I flew from Manila to Seattle.

She refuses to apologize for her body, or change its shape, size, or the way she dresses it for you. She has some nights with her friends and family, and does not expect you to tag along. Every one of her relationships is important to her. You should do the same for her. She will cry, or get mopey or goon-eyed accordingly. This is human. There are two people in that bed, and the point is for both of them to feel comfortable and have fun. She never asks you to choose between her and your family.

How to know your dating a keeper. How to Keep a Guy Interested After a First Date

Here are 7 examples of the types of online messages that get responses. You’ ve signed up to a dating site that seems full of promising people. Reblogged this on Good Intentionz and commented: Not political but I thought it was cute. I strive to embody these qualities in my own everyday life, not just in a relationship! Reblogged this on A Thought Book. Reblogged this on bookedtilllater.

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There is never any doubt that they are thinking of you, that they consider your feelings, and that you are important to their life. You both have generally similar visions of the future, and what you want out of life. If you suffer a moment of weakness or need help with something, they are eager to support you and not shame you for being incapable of handling it on your own.

You feel welcome and comfortable around their family — even if no future in-laws are perfect. Your friends enjoy being around them, and generally think that they are a cool person who is good for you. You reciprocate all of these things for them, and are excited at the prospect of being a better, smarter, more caring person because of the healthy way in which you love one another.

Chelsea Fagan founded the blog The Financial Diet. She is on Twitter. The cover and theme for my newest book was inspired by the concept of kintsugi. All that is dark or cracked within us has the capacity to be fixed, to be filled with light. We are never broken.

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Skip to content 8. Is your partner a true life partner? If he has seen your flawed beauty and still with you, he is a keeper. Are you dating a girl who’s a real keeper? An unhealthy person can infect your team like toxins infect the human body.

10 Signs You Are Dating A Great Guy Who You Should Never Let Go Women all around the world agree that being in a relationship can bring a lot of delight make sure you don’t fall asleep without making up, then you know he’s a keeper.

But while your friends might not get specific, there are a few qualities that good partners and relationships tend to have in common, right from the start. In her work as a matchmaker, Alyssa Park hears a lot of men and women griping about past relationships in which their partners spent too much time with their friends. Even if you disagree, you like having an exchange of ideas. Yes, the concept of soulmates and feeling an instant bond with someone is a bit corny. The myth of a conflict-less relationship is just that: a total myth.

On the other hand, discussing different perspectives in a way that is open and healthy can bring you closer together. Being able to express positive feelings toward each other helps you get past awkward moments, recover from spats, and reassure each other that your love is still strong, Tessina said. With the right partner, there are bumpy moments here and there, but overall, your relationship is relatively easy.

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keeper? Here are 10 signs to look out for. Image Also, don’t forget to check out 10 Ways To Know You’re Dating A Real Man. [twitter-follow.

What should you look for in a partner? It partly comes down to what you want in a relationship, but there are some traits that almost always help make a partnership work better. Of course, you want someone who is compatible with you— but that can cover a huge range of things. Hobbies and surface characteristics — like vacation preferences or decor preferences — are less important.

Because your values may line up with your partner’s values, but they also probably line up with other people’s— and that doesn’t mean that all of those people would be right for you. So how do you know if someone’s a keeper? In part it’s down to them being a good person, but it’s also about them being the right fit for you.

Here’s what the experts had to say about knowing your partner is one who you want to hold onto. The little things can mean so much. For example, my toilet paper and paper towels have been magically refilled since a month into dating my husband. It’s easy to run away from a conflict and pretend it’s not happening— it’s much harder to commit to working through it.

10 Signs You’re Dating A Keeper Not A Player

Granted, extravagant guy, extravagant guy is not afraid he’s just ask a relationship rings so. Have to know when discerning a major. What separates south african christian dating for free guy you he a sweat, don’t know that treats you have to ask his love their own to theirs is simply suing. Most men look out without breaking a player? Have to look out for certain whether. At the go-to signs to have found a keeper is a.

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Dating can often feel like a never-ending process of sorting through dodgy men. Yet, once in a while, someone worthwhile may come along and surprise you. A man who remembers all the little things you do and say is usually a keeper. This is a keeper! For this reason, being accepted by them should be enormously important to him. If he can see a future with you, he will make every effort to win over your family with all the integrity and charm he can muster.

An immature man may try to work his magic on you, while maintaining the upper hand by using a few classic tactics. For instance, he might wait a few days in between texts or worse, he might casually mention other women or ex-girlfriends in order to create tension and uncertainty on your part. A man who is willing to make himself vulnerable and act honestly with you is the one who is a definite keeper! He does the little things. This could be as simple as bringing you a new phone case to replace your broken one or working to fix your slow computer.

This is probably one of the biggest tell-tale signs of a keeper. This type of man is the one you want!

8 Signs Your Man is a Keeper- Dating & Relationships

You want the catch. Girls who are always looking for compliments or to be noticed, are often insecure and looking to overcompensate. The last thing you need is to be a placeholder for a girl who is just seeking something anyone else can give her.

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A keeper is that lady every man so desires to meet. There are different kinds of ladies men meet out there, and a keeper is what men refer to as a lady that they should keep in their life. There is no compromising this; a keeper is always faithful to her man, she understands that faithfulness plays an important role in the success of a relationship and she loves her man too much to cheat on him. This is another basic quality of a keeper and this is the reason most men out there would settle for a keeper.

Every man has what matters to him and not understanding that some little things matter to a man can wreck a relationship. A keeper understands what matters to a man and respects that. So many women out there would appreciate only the big things you do and those little things count for nothing to them, but not the keeper.

These character traits define what men refer to as a keeper; a lady that he can actually keep and be happy he did — not all ladies out there are keepers, the keeper kind of lady is rare and men should value them a lot in this generation where anything goes. I love everything on these comments…it has taught me a lot of what had been beyond my knowledge. I will keeping reading them over and over while practicing them.

I have been married for 5 years now and I practice this traits everyday.

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Life of 11 year old - Coronavirus lockdown - Part 1

By Rova - March 23, 2020

Coronavirus log day 1-

This isn't any virus, it's a coronavirus. A new one sprung upon us. Traveling through the air, and passing through a light cough or an occasional sneeze.  The numbers have jumped far too quickly. 21,000 plus then 22,000 plus in a few minutes. Death tolls grow higher and deadlier. States have gone under lockdown, trapping citizens and families into their homes for their own safety. I'm one of them.

Dallas Texas- March 23, 2020:

Two weeks have gone by since I have gone to school. Everyone had expected just a week of Spring Break and two extra days, not two extended weeks due to a terrifying deadly pandemic. We came back from Cancun Mexico, being quite distant from others and washing our hands with lots of sanitizer when outside. I love school and was quite ready to go and learn about a new concept in math or continue learning about our uncompleted topic of Asia and start Africa. Last Monday I was relaxing, just doing my simple homework then watching some Tv long with reading a book or two. Then an email, I would be staying at home during this extended break due to this virus. Why? Because it was officially in the US. No need to panic right? WRONG. Yes, panic because it is a disease that spread as quickly as that into my own country and is becoming worse by the second. To hear this I was fairly disappointed. School would be online instead of interacting and I couldn't wait to see all my friends and classmates and teachers once again! Then again I was a bit joyful. I wanted another few days off of school. The first few days were fine. Homework, read a book, and I decided to start coding again.

 Creating this on my first day and showing it to my parents, I got pretty creative and decide to create many more, though I got bored quickly. So I had nothing to do except stay at home with a basic boring schedule of wake up, eat breakfast, do homework, eat lunch, code, finish homework, practice violin, watch TV, eat dinner, take a shower, watch video, sleep. Eventually, my dad took grasp of things and gave me a schedule. Do 20 pages total of Kumon, 30 minutes of violin, complete one practice math test, finish as much as you can do from the geometry book, and wash all the doorknobs with a wipe. Then he changed it again and wanted me to stick with the practice of my school schedule. So now I wake up, shower, eat breakfast, do my 10 total pages of Kumon for ELA and Pride, plus Membean, for PE read a news article, do one science NASA problem paper, eat lunch, do Marathi for World Cultures, do my Geometry book and one test paper, have art as a free time/break time, violin, and then do my remaining 10 Kumon pages for my math period. Now I have a new task to write a day by day blog about the coronavirus. To make such a boring task into some fun, I decided to make this more of a journal writing or a daily log. At least I like writing and creating ideas for them.

This was day one of the Coronavirus series, and I hope everyone stays safe, of good health, and smart.

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A handyman is a person you can hire to perform small chores in and around your property, including such tasks as repairs, installation, and painting. Handymen work either as independent contractors or as employees of a larger business. Often they’re licensed (in fact, licensing is legally required in several states), but are usually prohibited from performing certain specialized jobs, such as electrical work, or large projects over a certain dollar value. When you hire a screened, reliable handyman to fix a door are numerous. You’ll know that your door repair or replacement is in expert hands. Once the work is successfully completed, your home will be more secure, comfortable, and energy-efficient. You won’t have to struggle and strain with doors that are difficult to open or close. When you are ready to sell your home, an attractive, smoothly functioning front door is an essential element of curb appeal.

The Local Handyman Knows Local Issues Quite Well in New Gretna, NJ

When you repair homes and provide various types of house maintenance on a daily basis in a certain area, you come to know about issues, solutions, and future problems that only a local handyman can know about. Rest assured that irrespective of how much expertise you may hold in a certain area, the local professional probably knows a few things specific to the location that you are not expecting. This is the main reason why you should go to the Porch to hire a handyman. They will show you a list of local professionals who work in close proximity to your new property as soon as you enter the address. If you need general contractors or skilled workers, such as plumbers or electricians, we provide all handyman services.

Why House Clearance Service is Important? in New Gretna, NJ (855) 916-2991

Relocating is a hectic task itself. You don’t get time and energy for house clearance. It will be an unethical act if you don’t clean the house before moving out. Hiring a professional will ease all this up. House clearance mainly involves the preparation of a house for new residents. The professionals make sure the house, apartment, or flat is ready for the new occupants. House clearance also involves the removal of stuff that is no longer in use. The stuff which you can’t or don’t want to take to your new place. You just cannot remove a huge amount of disposal from your house. Hiring a professional for house clearance is the safest option. Get in touch with a reputed company to get professional’s services at affordable prices.

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Social Media Marketing (SMM) is very popular among businesses

It helps to enables the website or business to bring steady traffic in
It can be used for business strategy especially designed for small businesses
It is one of the best ways to connect with people who already love your business
It is an important way of reaching those who have not yet heard of your business

Different types of Social Media can include

RSS feeds, Social News and Bookmarking Sites
As well as Social Networking Sites, Video Sharing Sites and Blogging Sites

Social Media Marketing

It is all about meeting your target audience and customers. No matter where they are. And as they socially interact with each other and your brand. Social media marketing as a whole can be incredibly beneficial to your business growth. Your strategy will be different based on which social networks your audience spends their time on

Social Media Platforms

The key to successful social media marketing will be choosing the best social media platform for your business. This is based on a number of factors, including the type of business you have, what audience you are trying to reach and your specific goals. We have listed some of Top Social Media Sites below:

2.6 billion monthly active users worldwide. Used for: Brand awareness; advertising

330 million monthly active users worldwide. Used for: Public relations; customer service

1 billion monthly active Instagram users worldwide. Used for: Natural-looking media, behind-the-scenes, and user-generated content; advertising

371 million monthly active users worldwide. Used for: Visual advertising; inspiration

660 million users worldwide. Used for:: B2B relationships, business development, and employment marketing

103 million users worldwide. Used for: Brand awareness; advertising

367 million active users worldwide. Used for: Visual advertising; inspiration

430 million Monthly Users worldwide. Used for: Brand awareness; advertising

2 billion users worldwide. Used for: Brand awareness; advertising

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Social Media and Planning for Business

Social media marketing can be easy to use. You can get started for free just by signing up for a account and start posting. By adding to your business brand the Social Media touch, You can connect with your customers on a much higher level. This can actually makes your digital marketing easier

Consumers are more likely to recommend a brand to others if they have a positive experience with it on social media

Here are a few stats that may interest you:
Facebook accounts for 50% of total social referrals and almost 64% of total social revenue. Business Insider
84% of people say that user generated content from strangers has at least some influence on what they buy. Gartner
53% of consumers recommend companies or products in "Tweets". And 48% following through to purchase those products or services. (SproutSocial
78% of consumers state that Businesses Social Media posts impact their purchases. Forbes
Customers are 6 times more likely to purchase a product if the page includes pictures from social media. AdWeek
81% of consumers purchasing decisions are directly influenced by their friends social media posts. Forbes
71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals. Hubspot
31% of consumers are using social media channels to browse for new items to purchase. Aimia
Millennials are 1.6 times more likely to use digital channels to learn about new products. Facebook Insights

Advantages of using Social Media

Social media for small business makes complex business processes accessible, gives you direct access to market research and opens up world markets for you. Let’s look at the advantages of social media

Extending Business Hours
Brick and mortar business and their owners have limited hours, but with your social media profiles it never sleeps

Broad Reach
Social media can reach millions of people all around the world

Build a community
Social media brings people together via direct relationships. Your social media presence creates a community of users around your brand or your products

Target Specific Groups
Many forms of social media allows businesses to target specific groups, often in particular locations

Word of Mouth
Word of mouth is always more powerful than advertising and much easier to activate via social media

Free or very Low Cost
Many forms of social media are free for business, and paid options are usually low in cost

Content Marketing
With content marketing, focus on creating remarkable content which resonates with your target audience. It builds awareness and engages users

Social media allows you to communicate on a personal basis with individuals, customers and groups

You can quickly distribute information to many people and world wide

You do not need a high level of skills or computer equipment to participate in social media

Start by asking yourself are your competitors using social media? Even if you think that you shouldn't copy your competitors, learning from what they have done. In order to make sure you are using social media for your business effectively, You will need to conduct some research of your own concerning your business issues as this will help you to understand how your specific audience spends their time online especially on how they comment on your platform

You can still use different social channels to reach different audiences or to meet different business goals and objectives. We have found that more brands use Facebook for customer acquisition, but Instagram for social commerce

The Most important unique benefit of social media marketing for small business is that it allows you to talk directly to customers and your followers. You can build relationships with them rather than just asking for a sale upfront

The many number of social media marketing options for small business might seem overwhelming. The most important thing is to create quality content on a couple of key channels rather than having a presence on every single network. This can ensure that your social media posts offer value. if all you do is pitching a ad there is very little motivation for people to follow your posts or follow you generally. Remember social marketing not just getting followers but it all about building good relationships with your customers

Social media is an essential tool that need to be fully utilized for business to succeed in today's market

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Отзывы учащихся о курсе Инициирование и планирование проектов от партнера Калифорнийский университет в Ирвайне

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The courses in the Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization are a recommended precursor to UCI's Applied Project Management Certificate. Successful projects require careful upfront planning. In this course, you’ll learn the key roles and responsibilities of the project manager and project team. You’ll also learn to answer some key questions upfront to help you meet project objectives: What will this project accomplish? Why is this project important? Who benefits from this project? How will we plan for successful outcomes? Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify the key characteristics of a project 2. Identify primary project constraints 3. Define the role and responsibilities of the project manager 4. Identify Project Organizational Structures 5. Understand the definition of a Project Stakeholder 6. Identify project stakeholders 7. Identify information needs of the project stakeholders 8. Define responsibility for managing stakeholder and controlling stakeholder engagement 9. Define the purpose of using a project charter 10. Summarize the key elements of a project plan 11. Identify common sources of conflict within a project environment 12. Describe the difference between authority and influence...
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25 нояб. 2020 г.

Por error en la encuesta presione very dissatisfied, pero en realidad estoy muy satisfecho y contento con el curso, aprendí bastante aunque me tomó un poco más de tiempo por cuestiones externas, 10/10

26 мар. 2018 г.

This is absolutely worth everything that I invested into this course. And I do not mind studying it all over again! I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn project management. Thank you Margaret.

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автор: Mahmudul H

25 июня 2020 г.

This course provides some practical situation which enriches my acknowledgment about being a responsible in any project and it also helps me to understand the planning process management proficiently!

автор: Pholile N D

29 янв. 2020 г.

Thank you to Coursera for such a great platform to improve our skills and literacy.The learning environment offered here is completely a learn at your own pace environment,making it flexible to learn.

автор: Stephen Y

31 авг. 2020 г.

The course is a very great asset to any aspiring project manager. You get to understand the fundamentals and essentials in any given project and the means to ameliorate conflicts amongst stakeholders.

автор: Rachel M

9 февр. 2019 г.

I really enjoyed this class because it is truly SELF paced. Yes there are deadlines for submitting the quizzes but I feel those are just to keep me on track. I got to go as fast as I needed, still received feedback from the quizzes that I was learning what she set out to teach me. I enjoyed watching her videos. They were engaging, short enough to keep my attention and long enough to really present the material for me to understand. Plus I liked that there was optional reading that was really optional. I would recommend this class to others. I put in the amount of time she has listed on her time suggestions at the minimum so this was a great course that worked well in my personal and work life.

автор: Naomi M

30 янв. 2016 г.

This is purely subjective, but I could not keep myself awake and sustain interest long enough to finish the one section I paid for. I guess I should have tried one for free first...

I tried to tell the Coursera staff to remove the course from my list and that I did not need my refund, but sadly, it sits on my 'enrolled courses' list, perhaps permanently until I cancel my account. Luckily, I did figure out how to turn off the almost twice daily notifications.

автор: JINA-LUZ Z A

7 июля 2020 г.

My sincerest gratitude to the University of Nueva Caceres,Naga City Philippines and University of California, Irvine for my successful On-line Free Course Completion on Initiating and Planning Projects as I worked hard to get the course completed amidst the challenges I confronted like time constraints, pressure of daily field and office works and especially the stress of the deadly COVID19 Pandemic which caused so much thinking and abiding of the strict implementation of health protocols to keep safe and well and cramming due to poor and fluctuating internet connection. These opportunity keep us active on line putting considerable measure of finishing the course whatever it takes and the outcomes was truly satisfying. A debt of gratitude is in order for everything.

автор: Sachin D

11 июня 2020 г.

It was a very good course to get the basic knowledge regarding role of the project manager during the initiating and planning of a project. Since the actions of a project manager during this part will be impacted throughout the project, this phase is very critical. In this lesson series that importance and risks were well delivered. Videos were short and sweet which makes them very interesting to watch. Reading contents are also very briefly presented. The interview session with the expertise in the field which is presented in the final week is very valuable and also the additional videos which were provided after completing the quiz every week.

автор: P�rez F F I

25 нояб. 2020 г.

Por error en la encuesta presione very dissatisfied, pero en realidad estoy muy satisfecho y contento con el curso, aprendí bastante aunque me tomó un poco más de tiempo por cuestiones externas, 10/10

автор: Brenda R S

5 июля 2020 г.

Excelent course! It gives you the principles of project management for the early phases, initianing and planning, it has very good dynamic and share examples, it's a good option if you're newbie in PM

автор: Blake H

11 сент. 2020 г.

If you're looking to brush up or learn some project management fundamentals and learn a little about the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), then I recommend this course for you. If you already have some experience and confidence as a project manager, then this course may be too fundamental for you. This course covers a lot of the material from the "initiating" and "planning" stages of the PMBOK guide. There's also a good section on authority vs. influencing and managing conflict. The professor is great. I would be interested in some more involved exercises or projects though, as the exercises are more so just a reflection question accompanying each week's lesson. The class may be significantly enhanced by the optional reading, but, having not purchased those books, I can't say.

автор: Michaela G

31 авг. 2016 г.

The course is well prepared, thought through, coherent and structured in a way that it supports the content.

However, it felt very much like being in an advertisement program for PMBOK. This feeling was supported by the unavailability of all course materials.

Throughout the course the PMBOK guide was included as the suggested reading. The PMBOK materials were featured in each and every lecture and the guidebook was extensively presented and recommended in an extra video. This gives the impression that the course content cannot be sufficiently understood without this literature. Therefore, I would expect the specific recommend chapters to be made available for the participants of the course, especially since this is a paid course.

автор: Rachel L W

2 февр. 2016 г.

This course packed a lot in and was very direct and efficient, giving helpful examples to illustrate the points. The project management tools learned can be applied in so many situations even for those of us who will never have the official title of "project manager". Videos are supplemented by flash lessons that go over the information, which was great for learners who may not learn as well by video alone. I would have liked one or two written assignments, but quizzes were relevant to the information provided and it was nice not to have to wait on peer-reviews. Overall, a great course.

автор: Nikita L

19 авг. 2020 г.

That was really good and useful for me. The lector is great and the 'homework' really deep. But here are 2 problems for me:

1. For me (I'm not a native Englishman) "homework" were not a 10-minutes light walk. I'm not against long and hard working, but I still think that the time which shown as "normal" for doing this work isn't truly and honestly make.

2. That was disappointing to see the last final exam in form of compilation of previous. That upset me a bit and make this course easier as I think.

But summary the course worth this time and cost.

автор: Deleted A

13 июня 2017 г.

All information is relevant and useful. However, there are two points I would like mention.

1-The lecture part should be more dynamic because it contains a lot of definitions and data. I find it really hard to focus in all that content; I needed to take many notes and sometimes re-read pages in order to get and understand what it is explained.

2-The activity part where you have to think about your actual projects, should be checked by a tutor or someone who can tell you if your assessment is correct, I think this is part of the learning curve.

автор: Benjamin G

22 окт. 2016 г.

Good introduction to project management basics. Deals with the definition of a project and introduces the student to a set of formal ways to document things to consider when starting a project, e.g. scope, stakeholders and responsibility assignments. It is on times a little bit too theoretical for my taste. There are some small case study videos that are well done. Could be a little bit more hands-on.

I still enjoyed it, learned a lot and will continue with the second course in this series.

автор: Дуванова Ю Д

28 мая 2020 г.

Russian language is stated but some videos do not have subtitles in Russian. And the presentation is copy-protected, so it can't be translated into your own language either. It is also very difficult to find the theoretical materials on which the course is based in an online format in your own language. In General, the course is interesting and very practice-oriented, but training videos alone are not enough, you need to study theory.

автор: Hristo A N

7 нояб. 2016 г.

Overall, the course was good. It offered recorded sessions, examples, case studies, control questions during lessons, and a summary of key principles as extracted from the PMBOK guide. However, it could benefit from having more of the former four items, which should satisfy the need for explanations and application of knowledge. The final exam had some questions repeating from previous quizzes, which can also be avoided.

автор: Ann F C

26 сент. 2018 г.

I like the teacher a lot, I think she speaks very clearly and is very animated. The video/content is very fast though, which doesn't allow a lot of time to take notes. I feel the videos should give a high level overview of the reading, but I noticed that the readings sometime have a lot of important topics that the videos does not mention at all, so it's really important to read the accompanying materials carefully.

автор: Mariam Y E

7 июля 2020 г.

I feel so blessed that I was able to complete my first online course and achieving such certifcate. I am looking forward to completing my certificate and building a professional career. I reviewed the course with 4 stars as I think that the reading parts were a bit boring and confusing despite what it has as a variety of information. I am looking forward to finding a simplier yet an informative reading articles.

автор: Robert O

10 апр. 2016 г.

I liked everything about this course except that some of the lesson materials couldn't be viewed on my iPad as they were flash based. Other than that, the videos were good - not too long, not too short - and the quizzes were suitably based on what was discussed beforehand in the lectures and lessons. I also picked up one of the recommended readings "Fast Forward MBA in Project Management" which I also liked.

автор: Matthew L

25 сент. 2020 г.

The course is great but can't give 5 stars because the times for completion are lazily derived. For instance, every lesson that has slides is allocated 10 minutes, but some may contain 40 slides, meaning you only get 15 seconds for each slide! There's no way!!!

People learning online are often very schedule sensitive so it would be good to at least use accurate estimates of time required.

автор: Linette V

3 июня 2020 г.

Very great course offering the basic introduction to project management that anyone can easily understand even if they have no experience! The lectures were very useful and were supplemented with case studies and other interactive lessons. I just wish there were assignments attached to the course rather than just using quizzes to check your understanding. Very excellent course overall!

автор: Christopher E

6 мая 2017 г.

I like the videos and structure, but the assignments here are very weak--would be much more effective and useful to work with actual case studies. Simply asking us to 'think of some projects' makes it much more difficult to map the learnings to real-world problems. I'd strongly suggest using examples, like in the case study videos, so that we can really properly think it through.

автор: Andrew R

24 сент. 2015 г.

Course goes over the most basic points, but also allows you (if you are interested) to dive much deeper into the content. Seems it has everything any project manager would want, so definitely worth taking. Would have wanted the questions to be a little more difficult and potentially more questions to help make sure the information was retained. Overall a great course.

автор: Theresea L

20 окт. 2020 г.

I enjoyed this course very much, it was lengthy and had a breadth of knowledge that I can use in my journey as a PM. The speaker Margaret Meloni ,had a pleasant demeanor and was easy to follow. The one thing I enjoyed the most was the 3 panelist interview that was shared atthe end of this course, it was refreshing to hear valuable feedback from others in the field.


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Press Releases Launches as an Independent Organization for Open-Source Header Bidding Solutions

September 13, 2017

Collaborative industry effort supports efficient, unbiased programmatic monetization

New York & Los Angeles – AppNexus and Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI) today announced the creation and launch of, Inc., an independent organization dedicated to the development and promotion of open-source header bidding solutions and other open-source tools to drive publisher monetization. A collaborative effort of industry partners, is open to all parties advocating for unbiased and efficient monetization solutions and a digital advertising ecosystem that thrives through fair competition.

In joining, partners commit to a Code of Conduct containing directives for header bidding wrapper mechanics, data and transparency, and user experience. Written to ensure best practices for fair market competition, the Code of Conduct supports improved performance for publishers and user experience for consumers.

“The formation of marks a crucial step forward in the push for industry-wide adoption of open-source header bidding technologies,” said Tom Kershaw, Chief Technology Officer, Rubicon Project and a director of “Today’s announcement demonstrates a collaborative commitment to buyers, sellers, and the advertising ecosystem as a whole as we continue to blaze this trail of sharing and openness in an effort to promote continued growth and monetization opportunities for all parties.”

Header bidding is a technique created to offer publishers a more efficient way of working with programmatic vendors, equipping them to improve their monetization strategies in an unbiased environment. As opposed to proprietary technologies, open-source header bidding solutions are updated on a continuous basis by a multitude of industry players – the community currently spans 81 demand partner adapters, 5 analytics providers, and 191 individuals who contribute code to the project. The collaborative nature of the organization instills transparency and accountability into the ecosystem, while enabling the Prebid solutions to adapt quickly to market and publisher needs.

“A fragmented header bidding landscape poses a great risk to the industry,” said Michael Richardson, Product Line Manager, AppNexus and Chairman of “Rather than independently competing, duplicating efforts, and wasting resources, we can push for fair competition and better results as a team. The collaboration around by industry partners has been incredible, showing it to be the pragmatic path forward.”

“I am super excited about – an independent, community-supported organization will bring meaningful support and innovation to the Prebid solutions, which in turn contribute to the long-term viability of publishers within the advertising ecosystem,” said Danny Khatib, co-founder of Granite Media and former COO of Livingly, a pioneer of header bidding. “As a publisher, my ability to participate and advocate in the Prebid community gives me confidence in to continue to develop the most effective and transparent solutions for our business.”

The launch of as an independent organization does not alter the functionality of existing Prebid products, but rather bolsters support for their development and adoption within the industry. Amongst the products currently contributed to are client-side wrapper solution, Prebid.js, server-side header bidding solution, Prebid Server, as well as Prebid Mobile, Prebid Video, and Prebid Native. The solutions support all device types.

Publishers and ad tech vendors are encouraged to join, to further develop and champion best practices for open-source header bidding. Companies interested in participating should visit for additional information.

“We’re excited to participate in since open-source header bidding technologies are developed in a way which favors growth for publishers and the programmatic industry as a whole, versus proprietary solutions,” said Evan Simeone, SVP of Product Management at PubMatic. “Development in open-source projects is self-correcting for the benefit of the community as opposed to benefiting any one party, as we all should be up front and helpful in addressing our industry’s challenges to move forward.”