Feedlot Calf Rescue 2016

So 2016 was a challenging year for me. I was laid off a job I loved and enjoyed for 10 years, I had found out that my sons father has terminal cancer and we had to put down our beloved dog Oskar of 15 years. And this was just what January had in store for [ ] The post Feedlot Calf Rescue 2016 appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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StudioPress launches StudioPress Sites - The ease of an all-in-one website builder with the flexible power of WordPress

It's official! The latest offering from the enormously popular WordPress developer, StudioPress is now live and you get to hear about it first here on CMS Critic. StudioPress has launched a brand new website builder called StudioPress sites that gives you the ease of an all-in-one website builder with the flexible power of WordPress! What do you get with StudioPress Sites? The Incredibly Powerful Genesis Framework StudioPress Sites are built on the extremely popular Genesis Framework, of which the majority of the most popular WordPress websites on the internet are built.…
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Zoe’s Best – Peanut Butter & Honey Dog Biscuits

Welcome to Zoe s Best. A series of dog treats, and specialties tried and tested by this little dog with a big personality. In raising a few terriers I have quickly learned all about dogs allergies and how difficult it can be to reduce and control symptoms for them. Zoe also has an especially sensitive stomach [ ] The post Zoe s Best Peanut Butter & Honey Dog Biscuits appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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How Cloud-based File Sharing Technology Improves SEO for Small Businesses

In this article, I’m going to tell you how to improve your SEO without the usual gimmick, and in a way that actually works wonders for your business and its data security, too. Let’s begin with a rhetorical question. What’s the point in having technology to secure and optimize your business if you don’t have enough business to make it worthwhile? It’s difficult to answer this question in a way that refutes it: On average, nobody will disagree with the statement that the question poses.…
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Defrozo Photography Website Solution from MotoCMS

With Defrozo you do not need any coding experience. Neither the assistance of well-paid web designers or programmers is required. The built-in editor is simple and fast.
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Online store increased efficiency: nopCommerce features for smarter operations and marketing

Whether you’ve already been running your virtual store for some time, or are just getting started, your business efficiency is likely to be a constant top priority for you. There are many details in operational and sales management that can make it or break it.…
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Valentine’s Day Cocktail – Cupid’s Arrow

To go along with the deliciousness that is the Scarlet Kiss, I ve got another Valentine s day cocktail recipe for you. This one, I think, should qualify as a dessert it looks so good! It s called Cupid s Arrow and is filled with berries and topped with chocolate shavings. In my opinion, it s the perfect cocktail to [ ] The post Valentine s Day Cocktail Cupid s Arrow appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Swedish Polar Bear Cocktail Recipe

To celebrate winter, in all of it s glory, I figured we should share a tasty winter cocktail recipe. Sure, I d rather be somewhere hot but since I m stuck in Edmonton, I might as well enjoy the decent weather we ve been getting as of late with a cocktail, right? This one, like the Scarlet Kiss I shared earlier, was also [ ] The post Swedish Polar Bear Cocktail Recipe appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Bacon & Eggs Baked Avocado

Bacon & Eggs Baked Avocado. Because believe it or not, I don t eat cake for breakfast. First things first. You have to love the texture of baked avocado. It changes slightly while baking, so this is really something that you need to figure out for yourself. I m just warning you. These are perfect for low carb [ ] The post Bacon & Eggs Baked Avocado appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Ham Bone Split Pea Soup

Ham Bone split pea soup. The world s ugliest soup to photograph. Truly. Go for it, google yourself some photos of split pea soup. *shudder* Sure, you can make it better with some bread crusts along the side, and perhaps with some nice tea towels (that you actually put OVER the soup so you can t see it) [ ] The post Ham Bone Split Pea Soup appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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The Platform for Award-Winning Websites

This week we covered a high level overview of Solodev as well as the Solodev Web Experience Platform, Solodev's state of the art cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services as well as Solodev's new enterprise support offerings. Today we will showcase a few websites built using Solodev. OneBlood The Solodev Platform empowered OneBlood to drive the customer journey from homepage visit to appointment scheduling and all the way to an actual blood donation.…
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Meyer Lemon Parmesan Avocado Toast & Egg

I know that I have an avocado addiction. I admit it. What is WITH them? Why can I eat them daily, hourly, minutely? (that s right, I make up my own language, it s my blog and I can make up words if I want to.) They are my favourite food group. Now, you all saw this [ ] The post Meyer Lemon Parmesan Avocado Toast & Egg appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Valentine’s Day Cocktail Recipe – The Scarlet Kiss

With Valentine s day quickly approaching, I thought I d enlist the help of my sister, Angela, who was a bartender for several years, to come up with some delicious Valentine s day cocktail ideas. As you can see, she didn t disappoint! This particular Valentine s day cocktail is called the Scarlet Kiss and consists of Raspberry Vodka, Strawberry Vodka, [ ] The post Valentine s Day Cocktail Recipe The Scarlet Kiss appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Ensuring customer success every step of the way

Yesterday we discussed Solodev's new cloud infrastructure built layer by layer to give customers the full power of Amazon Web Services. The final pillar of Solodev is Support and in 2016, Solodev decided to take their support offering to an entirely new level.…
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Bacon Topped Mozza Meatloaf

That s right. Meatloaf with mozza cheese and topped with bacon. You guys don t like comfort food by any chance, do you? This is another recipe creation for all of my low carb eating family members. I ve complained talked before about the varied diets of my family members ( vegan to low carb to hates all [ ] The post Bacon Topped Mozza Meatloaf appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Chocolate Avocado Bundt Cake

This chocolate avocado bundt cake is NOT vegan. There, let s just get that out of the way to start with. This chocolate avocado bundt cake came about because I had too many avocado s become ripe all at the same time. It also came about because most recipes for chocolate avocado cake use one avocado. ONE AVOCADO. [ ] The post Chocolate Avocado Bundt Cake appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Deploy scalable, cost-effective websites in minutes using Solodev

Solodev’s cloud infrastructure put them on the map at Amazon Web Services re:Invent 2016 beginning with the release of the new Solodev Web Experience Platform, when they were announced as one of twenty AWS partners to join AWS SaaS Subscriptions program shortly after becoming the world’s 1st Enterprise CMS available On-Demand.
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The Genesis of the Personalized Web Experience

Yesterday we kicked off Solodev's featured week with a high level overview of the new Solodev Web Experience Platform. Today, we're going to do a deep dive into the platform.…
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Cinnamon Swirl Loaf

I can t think of a loaf that tastes like my childhood more than this cinnamon swirl loaf. I am pretty sure that my mom made this more than any other treat for us while we were growing up, and I m also pretty sure that this is a Company s Coming recipe. In fact I bet if I [ ] The post Cinnamon Swirl Loaf appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Saskatoon Coffee Cake

I tend to bake when I stay at my sister s house while visiting the family in Calgary. We ll get up first thing in the morning and bake Flapper Pie the catalyst for an entire cookbook, as it turned out! or coffee cake, like this one. We love digging through old cookbooks and family [ ] The post Saskatoon Coffee Cake appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Exploring the Solodev Web Experience Platform

It’s time to kick off another featured week, this time with Solodev, winner of our People’s Choice Award for “Best Cloud CMS of 2016”. Solodev is a cloud-based enterprise-grade web experience platform designed to empower organizations and developers to build beautiful websites and deliver amazing digital experiences
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Maple Roasted Butternut Squash Goal Bowl

This week s Goal Bowl was all about one thing: Healthy comfort food for breakfast. It can be done, as witnessed by my favourite goal bowl so far, this one that was all about the maple roasted butternut squash. Wait, wait, don t go! I know that I used the phrase comfort food in the same sentences [ ] The post Maple Roasted Butternut Squash Goal Bowl appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Beef Macaroni Soup

Beef Macaroni Soup. Do you guys see the pattern with my recipes this winter? Sometimes you just don t feel like a tomato based soup, am I right? Don t get me wrong, I love my Classic Beef & Tomato Macaroni Soup. It s just that the other day I was REALLY craving macaroni in my soup. Thus I [ ] The post Beef Macaroni Soup appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Ghost Announces Ghost for Journalism

Ghost, the popular WordPress alternative, has some interesting news this week. They've announced a new $45,000 developer program to help build and develop new exciting publications. As part of this new initiative, here's what they are offering: We’re looking for 3 passionate teams to work with for the next year, and help them create the web’s next important destinations for great journalism.…
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Innovative Danish software-startup raises millions in venture funding

The Danish social Intranet company Colibo Inc. has just raised its first major venture funding from a series of prominent investors alongside the Danish Growth Fund. Colibo is injected with an investment in the DKK double-digit million range – funds that are to be used for establishing the company in the US and UK and the further development of the company’s Social Intranet solution, Colibo. Colibo has been on an amazing growth path. The first Intranet solution was installed in 2014, and Colibo has gained significant market shares in Denmark in just a short period of time.…
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Epicor Acquires Leading Document Management Software Provider docSTAR and Expands Cloud-Based Solutions Portfolio

Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced that it has acquired privately-held docSTAR, an award-winning developer of document management software based in Schenectady, New York. The transaction closed on Jan. 3, financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings docSTAR collaborative cloud-based enterprise content management (ECM) and automated accounts payable (AP) solutions to the Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions portfolio.…
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Trello Is Being Acquired By Atlassian

It looks as though the popular project / task management software, Trello, has caught the interest of a buyer! Atlassian, makers of JIRA and Confluence (amongst other things), have announced their purchase of the popular service. Trello is something I've personally used for quite some time on CMS Critic and I'm excited to see what improvements we can expect from this purchase.…
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Mixed Greens & Cajun Onions Vegetable Breakfast Goal Bowl

This may come as a shock to some of you but when I m not eating out at a restaurant or on the road, I tend to eat vegetables and protein for breakfast religiously. I ve never really been a toast person ( unless it s covered in eggs or avocado s) and smoothies have never been my go-to. [ ] The post Mixed Greens & Cajun Onions Vegetable Breakfast Goal Bowl appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Tex Mex Kale Breakfast Goal Bowl

So here s the thing. I know that Buddha Bowls are all the rage. Every website has them, every magazine is writing about them. They are essentially HUGE bowls that are a mishmash of vegetables, grains and proteins. They can be filled with rice, quinoa, whatever you want. Some people even have smoothies in them. They [ ] The post Tex Mex Kale Breakfast Goal Bowl appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Inside the Machine of the Digital Experience

Many owners and managers of small to mid-sized businesses have only recently began hearing terms like ‘content management’, ‘digital experience management’, or ‘content management systems’, commonly referred to as a CMS or a Digital Experience (DX) Manager. These platforms allow businesses to build and manage their websites and mobile apps in a central location and make content edits/updates.…
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Understanding Document Management in the Forrester Wave Context

Created by Forrester, an independent technology and market research company, the Forrester Wave on ECM, much like Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, analyzes particular vendors’ offerings within the document management and content management space. Forrester is transparent about their methodologies for their Wave on business content services, relaying in-depth information on the processes of their research to prospective buyers.…
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The Difference Between a CMS and a Web Experience Platform

This much-debated topic requires further clarity that will, in turn, benefit both the platform provider and the buyer. Let’s start with a definition of each and compare the core differences between them that set them apart. A CMS, technically a WCMS for Web Content Management System, is used to build, launch, manage, and host websites. In the case of CMS, the user experience is singular, displaying the same content and messaging to every user. A Web Experience Platform is also used to build, launch, manage, and host websites.…
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Mixed Greens & Cajun Onions Vegetable Breakfast Bowl

This may come as a shock to some of you but when I m not eating out at a restaurant or on the road, I tend to eat vegetables and protein for breakfast religiously. I ve never really been a toast person ( unless it s covered in eggs or avocado s) and smoothies have never been my go-to. [ ] The post Mixed Greens & Cajun Onions Vegetable Breakfast Bowl appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Creating a Business Website Easy: Evolution from MotoCMS

You have been thinking about launching a website for your business for ages. But you do not know where to start. With Evolution, creating your website turns into a game. Check, if don't believe!
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Beefy Pasta Puttanesca Soup

I absolutely love pasta Puttanesca. It has a little bit to do with the fact that supposedly it came about from Italian ladies of the night that used to make the pasta between customers or, as it is also rumoured, concocted this dish to lure customers in with the intoxicating scent of this garlic based [ ] The post Beefy Pasta Puttanesca Soup appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Lacombe, Alberta – Fun Food to Feed the Family!

Hey guys, it s Mr. Kitchen Magpie. Before we begin, let me first set a few expectations if I may. I am not a food or restaurant reviewer but what I do enjoy writing about is fun experiences and I do know the difference between food that sucks and food that doesn t. So if you are [ ] The post Lacombe, Alberta Fun Food to Feed the Family! appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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Spatchcocked Baked Honey Mustard Chicken

Raise your hand if you love a good honey mustard chicken! Raise your hand if you love rotisserie chicken! My friends, I have just made chicken that blew my mind and it combines both of those things. I know, I m crazy, but you all know that chicken can be a tough bird to cook. The breast cooks [ ] The post Spatchcocked Baked Honey Mustard Chicken appeared first on The Kitchen Magpie.
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9 Easy Ways to Make WordPress Lightning Fast

WordPress is the most popular CMS out there. But, there are a lot of things slowing it down. Maybe you’ve already noticed this on your own site. With heavy plugins, dense themes and millions of users, WordPress isn’t always the speediest platform. The bad news is that a slow website can cause all sorts of problems. First of all, it’s a poor first impression. You want your visitors to associate your site with professionalism and speed - not a slow load time. Some studies have shown that slow websites actually drive people away and kill your conversions.…
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