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Weight Loss-Week 6 I know when I started out, I wanted to jump right in and get going, but what I found was that my body wasn’t ready for that yet. I attempted to walk a 2.5 mile course and was breathing heavy and my feet were killing me half way through. What I found for myself was that even a baby has to crawl before they walk, and I needed to start out slower and build myself up. My muscles were not ready for a major change and with the excess weight, I could barely move after a workout. I started to take it week by week, first a mile and some weight training along with aqua work, I noticed my body started to adjust to the increase. It took a few weeks at that first level before my body let me go a little further. Our bodies will let us know when we have done too much and when we can push them a little further. In our instant gratification society we want everything now, but it took a long time for me to put the weight on and it will take some time for me to get it off. Hang in there. A Dusty Diamond,

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Modernizing Kitchens Visalia CA 1600 E Prosperity Ave 1944 Tollin Rd All Valley Housing Services 260 N J St Avila Brothers Construction 557 Haven St Chiaramonte Construction Inc 1944 Tollin Rd Charles Iacono Building Contractor 2247 S K St All Valley Housing Service 1501 E Tulare Ave Premier Plumbing Supply 1499 S K St 1462 S Blackstone St Al'S Custom Stucco 1320 E Aspen Ave Three Reasons To Consider Modernizing Your KitchenAuthor: bloom media Would you like to update your kitchen to a modern design yet you haven't been able to come up with the right reasons to justify spending the money to do it? Contrary to what some may think, updating your kitchen isn't something that is done purely for selfish reasons. In fact, there are some significant benefits that come from having a modern kitchen design. Here are some of the main benefits for you to consider.About the Author: Updating Your Kitchen Can Raise The Value Of Your Home When the time comes for you to sell your home, having a modern kitchen will be a definite advantage. It will make your home more desirable for potential buyers, especially if they are comparing similar homes to yours. Your home will stand out from the competition as something special. Updating your kitchen to a modern design will also raise the amount of money your home is worth. This could mean thousands of dollars in your pocket at the close of the sale. Your modern kitchen design may not cost you anything after your home is sold, and you might even come out ahead. More Storage Space = Less Frustration Are your cupboards too small? Do you find you always have to rummage through just about every pot and pan you own in the cupboard to find just the right one? A modern kitchen design will solve this problem. In most modern kitchens there are more cupboards, and they are wider and deeper so they can hold more of your dishes, pots and pans. But, cupboards are not the only storage modern kitchens have to offer. Today's kitchens have many different types of storage. For example, microwaves are often placed in the space above the stove - a space that was an empty wall in the past. Ceiling space is also utilized in some homes for hanging pots and pans. And, there are now pull out drawers for everything from knives to trash, as well as walk in pantries and closets which help to make the modern kitchen more efficient. Natural Lighting Boosts The Spirits The kitchens of the past had small windows, and often only one, that allowed little light to filter in. Modern kitchens are bathed in natural light, which usually pours in from two or more large windows. Natural lighting is essential to the modern kitchen as it helps to boost the spirit and set the mood for cooking or dining. When the day is new, natural light can help you feel more energized. And as the sun is going down and the light begins to fade, it brings a sense of closure to the day. Natural lighting also helps to save money, especially during the summer months when the days are longer. A brighter kitchen means not having to turn on the lights. This can add up to savings in the hundreds of dollars, depending on how much time you spend in your kitchen. Modernizing your kitchen will make it both stylish and functional, as well as raise your home value and save you money. Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/kitchens-articles/three-reasons-to-consider-modernizing-your-kitchen-953689.html

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Discussion in 'Noob Central' started by MrWizard, May 26, 2013. What kind of physical address do you guys put on your emails?? One that you can receive mail at? ... One in the north pole labeled Old Saint Nick is generally what I use, Then santa claus gives me the letters back around x-mas. Oh Comedians in the house. I love it. Do you use your personal address, business address, a random address. Please give me some insight please. Can spam says your message must include your valid physical postal address. This can be your current street address, a post office box you've registered with the U.S. Postal Service, or a private mailbox you've registered with a commercial mail receiving agency established under Postal Service regulations. P.O box here. I use my business address Do any of you guys use a random address?? IIRC, That wouldn't be legal... if you're scared to put your real address to a PO Box or otherwise then you're obviously not confident in the fact that you are 100% compliant with your mailing and are in-deed mailing opt-in data. Just wondering how you guys would go about the address requirement, I personally would never put a random address. If you personally wouldn't do it why even think about it or suggest it by asking about it? You caught me. Let me rephrase that, "I haven't put a random address up before.":amish: One thing to stick with when mailing is to make sure you're 100% compliant, while you may be worried about some people having a real physical address if you're not complaint with CAN-Spam you have a shit ton more to worry about then just being sued by a litigator. Why would you use a random address? In order to comply with US Federal law you must use a postal address for the sender of the message that the recipient can use to send a written removal request.. To do otherwise would be a violation of the law.. The question is, do you want to be stalked, harassed and targeted by a bunch of mentally unbalanced individuals? If you do, use your personal or business address that would make you easy to find. Then get ready for some extreme fun. If you are really lucky someone may actually show up at your door. Otherwise, they might start a blog about you, post pictures of your house, call you at 3am in the morning, etc, you should get the idea. But if you prefer peace of mind, get a PO box that will let you comply with CAN-SPAM and process physical unsubscribes. There is no legal requirement for this address to be linked to your publicly identifiable information. I pay $100 a year for a mailbox in Vegas. It just collects all the BS mail for me, and if I want to read it, I can have it sent to me. I have better things to read though... You'll get some interesting mail so make sure you don't put your home address. I once had a letter from an older person asking me to call them and help them walk through the grant process. That's pretty interesting lol, I never thought you'd get something like that thought it'd be more hate mail then anything. Any of you ever considered setting up a Asterisk system on a PSTN number and just collect the voice mails?

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Anne-Catherine Lyon, Head of the Department of Education, Youth and Culture of the Canton of Vaud, will offer us a ... How to Build University of Applied Sciences? University of Applied Sciences (UAS) hits headlines recently. The reason is simple. Countries like China and the United States whose higher education systems consist of mostly research universities, are finding it harder and harder for themselves to satisfy their job market demands. It seems that UAS provides a way out. However, learning from another system almost always consolidates the widely known expression ‘easier said than done’. Changing the infrastructure necessitates labor, time, patience, and most importantly, a wholesome plan. For this purpose, we invited Madam Anne-Catherine Lyon, State Councilor and Head of Department of Education, Youth and Culture of the Canton Vaud, Switzerland, to share her experiences of establishing the Swiss UAS system in a workshop at swissnex on the topic of “how to build university of applied sciences’. Present were students from medical schools in Lausanne, deans and professors from local Chinese universities, experts from industries, and government officials. During the workshop, Mme. Lyon provided an overview of the current Swiss education system, and its development especially after the 90s when UAS project was officially established. She also addressed issues and challenges such as UAS internationalization, funding, gender distribution, degree program expansion, and Switzerland’s competitors. According to Mme. Lyon, the UAS system is a joint undertaking by the Cantonal and Federal government as it is funded by both. The private sector is engaged in funding UAS too, which leads to the fact that Swiss professional education accommodates real-world caliber demand very well – its practice-oriented pedagogy is one of the reasons why Switzerland has a low unemployment rate. Following Mme. Lyon, Mr. ZHANG Zhi from National Center for Schooling Development Program, Division Research and Data Analysis of Ministry of Education briefed recent policies and developments in relation to the Chinese UAS blueprint. The workshop ended with a networking session where guests were invited to exchange insights with Swiss and Chinese experts and scholars. Chinese UAS is still testing the water. There is much more to be done. During a reform, experiences are borrowed and lessons learned. Switzerland has been holding mutually beneficial partnerships with China for decades and we have every reason to believe that many more are to be established in the coming future. On the other hand, China has displayed good faith in cooperating with Switzerland and without doubt this message has been well received. In our interview with Mme. Lyon, we are delighted to hear that she finds Chinese universities and students extremely open to new concepts and ideas, eager to learn, and enthusiastic in international collaborations. We are looking forward to more joint ventures by China and Switzerland on higher education. We keep our hopes and expectations high. – Contributed by Siwei YANG, Social Media Junior Project Leader, swissnex China

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The level of social media keeps increasing each year at the PLM Connection events. With so much content coming out of the event in Dallas, I wanted to share a summary post with key links for you to share with colleagues who couldn't attend. The pic above was from the shirt I was wearing at the event. It may be cute but it's also true. So we'd really like your feedback on how you like this type of blog reporting from the events. So feel free to leave a comment on what you like, what you don't, or any questions that come to mind after viewing some of the content. Here are a few of the blogger, media and analyst reports from the event: Also check out Sanjeev Pal's HD-PLM report in IDC Link (registration required) and Kathleen Maher of Jon Peddie's Research report on the event and HD-PLM in their latest newsletter (subscription required). I'm sure I've missed some links so leave a comment with any others. In a meeting with our blog team today, I know there will be a few more posts coming out of content from the event. And a couple of the media are also doing follow up stories with some of the customers from the event. So stay tuned for more.

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Columnist for the New York Times – i.e. the leader of the “Resistance” – Thomas Friedman (or “Fraudman”) penned a spectacularly dumb submission on June 28 titled “Trump is China’s Chump”. He focused primarily on Trump’s pulling out of the Tran-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, but had the following to say with regard to Trump’s relationship with China more broadly: “Out here everyone gets it: China has Trump’s number. Its officials were afraid of him at first — with his tough trade talk. But they quickly realized how easy it was to distract him with shiny objects, like promises to defuse the North Korea threat for him or by giving stale sector-specific trade concessions, such as for American beef exports to China — things China has promised multiple presidents before — that Trump could brag about.” The TPP was negotiated under the Obama Administration – one of the most business-unfriendly administrations in modern American history – so by definition, with almost no knowledge of the underlying details, it is safe to assume a reset of those trade negotiations is more than OK. My focus is today, rather, is on the wildly off-base claim made in the quote above. Fraudman’s assumption that Trump is a chump is vital to the Never Trumpian narrative that there is no substance beneath the chaos, and thus he is merely putting on a show. I have long pointed – as “far” back as pre-inauguration – to Trump’s rockstar cabinet as proof that there is in fact significant substance beneath the chaos. But it is actions such as those outlined in today’s NYT regarding Trump’s recent dealings with China, in response to North Korea, that emphatically confirm Fraudman’s stupidity. (And good on the New York Times – i.e. the greatest political newspaper in the world, yet the leader of the “Resistance” – for not burying this article.) The money quote is as follows: “Mr. Xi, they said, miscalculated what China needed to do to satisfy Mr. Trump, thinking he could buy him off with a few highly visible measures, like banning coal purchases from the North. Mr. Trump overvalued the personal touch by betting that a few hearty handshakes with Mr. Xi would overcome China’s deep-rooted resistance to pressuring North Korea.” Did Trump overvalue personal touch? Well of course – he always does, by definition, since personal touch is his shtick. But were he to simply wilt upon evidence to the contrary, then he would in fact be China’s chump. Actions speak louder than words.

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Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, will deliver the final lecture of Humanities 130 at noon in Harvard Hall today. The course, in its present form, will not be offered again by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, MacLeish said. Entitled "An Approach to Poetry," Humanities 130 was an inquiry into the nature of the poetic art. The aim of the course "was to encourage students to re-create, rather than merely appreciate, poetry." MacLeish emphasized that 12 minutes of re-creation are worth 12 weeks of appreciation. Originally offered ten years ago by the English Department, the course was later relocated in the General Education field as an upper level Humanities course. It was presented in an effort to attract the non-concentrator as well as the English major. The course is conducted like a large section meeting, since MacLeish's lectures are composed to a great extent of excerpts from his students' weekly papers. This technique of student-to-student communication in a large lecture course is unique here. Commenting on the termination of Humanities 130, MacLeish said, "This is the course I have cared most about. I've loved every minute of it, but a course reaches a point when it is exhausted and a change is in order." Professor MacLeish will continue to teach his creative writing course, English S, and will teach another course as yet unformulated by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

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- Ubuntu Server documentation - Using Samba, 2nd Edition By Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, and David Collier-Brown As soon as I get firewall set up I am planning on installing SSH for obvious reasons,Transmission to use its Web Interface and probably something to cache Internet radio stations I usually listen to. I fear transmission will bring a lot of pain due to folder/samba permissions and other possible security precautions. Will have to deal with it later today, as for now - back to reading.

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WASHINGTON -- Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes and shortstop Alberto Gonzalez will go to the team's Spring Training complex in Viera, Fla., to recover from their injuries on Sunday. Dukes is recovering from a right calf strain, while Gonzalez is recovering from a left hamstring strain. Gonzalez likely will start his rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus sometime next week, as he already is taking batting and fielding practice. General manager Jim Bowden would not give a timetable for either player's return to Major League action. In other news, catcher Jesus Flores will have a precautionary MRI on his right calf on Sunday. He hurt it on Saturday against the Rockies. Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Never mind Drake. The company taps into Prime Minister Trudeau's largesse for its new spring revue, The Hotline Always Blings Twice. The Second City‘s new spring revue dropped last week on the same day as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first federal budget. Coincidence? We think not. Like the government’s financial plans, this generously funny show is all give, give, give, with something in it for just about everyone. You need further proof of a possible Liberal-Second City conspiracy? Look no further than those sketches that blatantly reflect the Trudeau agenda. There’s the poignant one about a grateful Syrian refugee (Kevin Whelan). And there’s the woozy one about a couple of potheads (Kirsten Rasmussen and Etan Muskat) trying out a new government-issued marijuana-dispensing machine. But the most outrageous evidence that the Mercer Street gang are in cahoots with Sussex Drive is a musical number that touts the new PM as king, no less. Played by lanky Picnicface alum Kyle Dooley, with a wavy black wig and pop-star moves, this Justin is also a little bit Timberlake—and a little bit Mike Myers’ Love Guru (but in a good way). And speaking of pop stars, the show is titled The Hotline Always Blings Twice—although, mercifully, we’re not subjected to yet another parody of Drake’s dad-dancing. Instead, we get treated to a little bit of mom-twerking, courtesy of the rubber-limbed Becky Johnson as an embarrassing parent who gets stumble-wasted at her college-aged son’s frosh party. Let’s see: we’ve mentioned Johnson, Dooley, Muskat, Rasmussen, and Whelan. Add Leigh Cameron, the girl with the lethally sweet smile, and you have Second City’s current A-team. They’re in top form for this revue, creating and performing some of their sharpest material to date in a production, directed by Chris Earle, that whizzes by like a Marcus Stroman fastball. (And yes, there’s a Blue Jays sketch.) Highlights include a well-aimed swipe at the hidebound Hollywood that gave us #OscarsSoWhite, with a pair of female filmmakers (Johnson and Cameron) watching their fresh pitches turned into rancid blockbuster fare by a quartet of meddling producers. As for the hotline always blinging twice, there’s a neat 1940s film-noir spoof with Cameron as a hard dame giving the boot to her old flame, Beck Taxi (Whelan), in favour of a new kid in town named Uber (Dooley). TV-series binge-watching, Facebook unfriending, and the TTC’s new Presto card are among the other topical subjects given a passing jab as the sketches come thick and fast. The best Toronto-themed one involves Whelan and Rasmussen as a dad and daughter trying to enjoy a Jays playoff game despite the scorn of Dooley’s hardcore fan. It’s a cleverly crafted scenario that allows Whelan to finally let loose with one of his Chris Farley-style apoplectic fits. The bespectacled Johnson, who looks like a goth librarian, just happens to appear in three of creepiest and funniest bits: with Whelan, as a posh couple playing a bizarre game of one-upmanship; as a flute-y-voiced medium possessed by bratty spirits from beyond the grave; and with Cameron, singing what may well be the first post-apocalyptic lullaby. The latter is especially well-written and deserves to survive after this revue—and after the apocalypse, too, for that matter. Johnson, a Toronto comedy-scene vet, joined The Second City’s mainstage troupe last year for its fall revue, Click, Bait, & Switch. She’s an asset to what was already a strong team, with a gift for physical comedy and delicious weirdness that puts her in good company with Rasmussen and Cameron. And why are female comedians now the main attraction at The Second City, you wonder? Just ask our prime minister. Because it’s 2016, of course.

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COLUMBIA -- As much as anything, Sommer Knight is an athlete who has found the pole vault to be her calling. She did gymnastics as a youth, she sprinted for Woodland High School and she could have played college volleyball. But on Saturday, in the state track and field meet at Spring Valley High School, Knight set the state record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet while helping Woodland to the Class AA championship. It took some time for her to settle on pole vaulting as her specialty, but that's what Knight, a senior at Woodland, will be doing at East Carolina University. When Knight was a freshman, she was still a volleyball player. But Woodland had a new teacher, Ariel Domke, who wanted to coach the pole vault, an event in which the school had not previously competed, and head track coach Chavez James asked Knight if she would give it a try. "It was hard. It was definitely a challenge," Knight said. "I did gymnastics when I was younger, so it kind of helped a little bit with some of the drills, but it was definitely a new sport. I had no idea. It's like no other sport." She said the high-bar work they did in the pole vault was similar to what she had done in gymnastics, so at least that made the transition easier. Still, it took that whole first season to get comfortable with the movements and the event in general. Knight made it to state and placed fourth. "My coach puts it in our mind a lot that we just need to contribute to our team, because we're always in the top three in the state overall," Knight said, "so I was really excited to come contribute points for my team." The next year, Knight began contributing even more points. "We lost a lot of seniors after my freshman year," she said. "We had a really good 4x1 my freshman year. Our coach really didn't know what he was going to do, so he lined all of us up one day, and we had a 100 race in practice, and I won." Knight wound up on the 4x1, and she's been running ever since. Not many pole vaulters compete in the sprints, which can make for some interesting conversations off the runway. "They find it kind of odd," Knight said. "If pole vaulters do any other event at all, it's usually hurdles, just because of the technique and how we run it's kind of the same, and when they find out I'm a sprinter, it's like, 'What? You run the 200?' " As for the pole vault, the good news about her freshman year was Knight made it to state. The bad news as far as she was concerned was she failed to PR, which happened again the next year. Even though she took fourth again as a sophomore, she was less than thrilled with her performance. As a junior, Knight reached a PR of 11-6 and won the state championship. "State turned into more of a positive meet for me," she said. That's also when track turned into more than a hobby. "I'd been playing volleyball since I was in sixth grade, and I was really into that, and I played club volleyball while running track every year, and I had offers for volleyball, and I was really just focused on that," Knight said. "I was more running track because I liked it, it was fun and I loved the team, but volleyball was always my first interest until last year." After she won the state title, Knight was contacted by North Greenville University. "I was focusing on both track and volleyball, because I didn't know which one I wanted to do yet," she said. "I was saying, 'I'm going to see where it goes,' and I ended up excelling at track and getting better offers for track." After hearing from North Greenville, Knight began talking with South Carolina. Then she starting talking with some Division II schools but just about running, and she wanted to pole vault. That's when she began contacting schools. "That's how I really got the bigger schools interested in me," Knight said. "I reached out to them." East Carolina came into the picture only recently. "East Carolina kind of took a chance on me, because when I went up there to visit about a month ago, my PR was only 11-7," Knight said. "We got up there, and it was just really good chemistry with the coaches and they really like me and I just loved it up there. "He was like, 'We're going to give you this little bit of money, but if you jump higher, you'll get more. After that, I just kind of relaxed, because I was just focused on, 'I have to jump higher to get a scholarship.' "Then I got 12-4, 12-6 and just kept going up, so I got more money. It worked out good." Knight said she began her senior season with a big-picture goal of clearing 12-6, but she broke it down into smaller goals, the first of which was to qualify for nationals. Needing to reach 11-9, she achieved that the second week of the season. Then she pushed for the championship division at nationals, 12-4, and she cleared that two weeks later. At an open meet at USC about a month ago, Knight made it to 12-7, reaching her goal for the season. "Then I figured out the state record was only 12-8," Knight said. "I tried not to set my sights on the state record. My coach didn't want me to, because she knew I was capable of higher than that, and I have a bad habit of just reaching for a certain bar, instead of broadening my horizons a little. So she set the bar at 13 for me, and we just started setting a bungee at about 13-2, and I just looked at it every day and jumped every day, and that helped a lot when this happened, so I was kind of more relaxed about it." The whole broadening-the-horizons idea paid off, because when Knight was in the moment, the state record was merely a steppingstone. "After I got 12-9, the state record, I was like, 'OK, that's out of the way. Now let's go for 13,' " she said. "We moved it up to 13, and my first jump, I went up, and I thought I was going to knock it off, because I have these vaults in practice where I'm over it, but I'm not deep enough, so I hit it with my legs and knock it off. "When I was going over, it was dragged on my knees a little bit, and I was like, 'Oh, I'll get another jump. But then I pushed off and it stayed up." Suddenly the new record was 13 feet. Next up for Knight is New Balance Outdoor Nationals June 16-18 in Cary, N.C. She's had to adjust her goal a few times. "When I qualified for nationals originally and I was in the emerging elite bracket, I knew I could get a medal because the top jump is only 12-4," Knight said. "Then when I qualified for championship and eighth place is jumping 13, I'm like, 'I'm probably not going to get a medal, but I want to be exposed to those high vaulters getting ready for college, because that's what it's going to be like. Everyone's going to be jumping higher than me. "Then about a week ago, when I started clearing 13 in practice, I was like, 'You know, maybe I can actually do something at nationals.' So I'm definitely looking forward to it. I just want to PR. The goal all the time is to PR. No matter who's there, no matter what everybody else is doing, that's always the goal."

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Say you want to analyze a sample of something—for example, grains in a polymer gel—at a very small scale. How would you do it? Well, the traditional technique is something called electron tomography, which involves rotating the sample, two degrees at a time, beneath the electron beam of a scanning electron microscope, and then reconstructing those images—those slices—into a 3D model, called a tomogram. The problem, though, is that the process of collecting those images (including the rotation, damage to the sample, and signal noise, among others) means that those slices need to be corrected. This has meant, traditionally, that an expert has to sit with a substack of these slices (for example, every 15th one) and manually correct them; a very time consuming activity. Now, however, Lech Staniewicz and Paul A. Midgley have, in an article titled, “Machine learning as a tool for classifying electron tomographic reconstructions”, published in Advanced Structural and Chemical Imaging, described a technique using open-source machine learning tools that can replace that part of the process. Trainable Weka Segmentation What Staniewicz and Midgley did was to use the Trainable Weka Segmentation machine learning package, which comes with the Fiji distribution of ImageJ, to process images. The software analyzes the image, and applies a “class” to various values (for example, gray threshold levels), and that information is used to further train the software. Iterations are run on the images and reviewed by the human operator. The results were impressive. They conclude: The time required to train and process a reconstruction using the machine learning software is significantly longer than a simple filter and threshold operation, but is likewise faster and more repeatable than a manual image classification and with comparable accuracy. Finally, the software used for this processing is freely available in both binary and source form on multiple platforms, meaning that there are few practical barriers to its usage. The only drawback is that the user still has to do the tedious part—on a small subset of the data and in tandem with the computer; as this transfers the “expert knowledge” into the classifier. Once that’s done, the computer applies that classifier information to all of the data to construct the models. You can read the entire article here.

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Monday, 23 November 2009 Yesterday we picked up our dog from the rescue :-) We've been through lots of ideas for names since meeting him, and finally decided upon 'Dobby' (he has enormous ears, just like the house elf in Harry Potter) while travelling to collect him. He's the first dog we've ever owned ourselves and, although he's 7 months old, he;s never been trained and has probably never been in a house or seen humans eat before. He's extremely good at our meal times, and didn't whine at all at night. We've only had a few wees to mop up from the carpets too. From a scrapbooking point of view, the dull days and his mostly black fur are proving a photography challenge. I think it'll be some time before I can disappear off into the craft room for a play anyway - not sure whether all my friends and relatives will be getting a handmade Christmas card this year! Saturday, 21 November 2009 The first demo was to a retirement club near where my parents live in Essex. A few of the club members are crafters, but most aren't, so I always try to choose things that will be interesting to watch, can be done with minimal equipment, but can be made a bit more complicated for people with crafting supplies. So, I showed ways to jazz up the cheap and cheerful baubles you get in big boxes from places like Wilkinson, as that's practical, economical, and would be fun to do with even quite young grandchildren. I had great fun playing with glitter and flock while I was preparing for the demo, and I think everyone enjoyed it on the day. Photos to follow soon. Blue Cross confirmed on Wednesday that our house and garden are OK, so we can have the lovely doggy we chose last week :-))) So, while I was in Essex, I visited a big pet store that friends had recommended - Kingstown, near Billericay. They were really helpful, and I came away will all the urgent things we need for the doggy - crate, food, lead, brush etc. All we need now is the doggy! Oh, and a name - top of the list at the moment are Pip and Dobby (he does have *very* big ears!). The second demo of the week was a jewellery demo at the Paper Mill in Spalding, and it should have been today. Unfortunately, this is where we bring in the last topic in the title. I've been fighting off Adam's cold all week, but it finally won on Thursday evening. Assuming anyone would want to come close enough to a sneezing, coughing demonstrator to see the detail of how to make jewellery, leaning over beads with a runny nose didn't seem a great idea! Nobody else was available to demo in my place, so the shop manager decided to postpone, rather than have me come with lurgy. This was the first time in over 120 demos that I've ever had to cancel. At least I have lots of samples ready for the rescheduled demo :-) Sunday, 15 November 2009 What I did today may not seem to have a link to crafting, but it's going to give me a whole new area of scrapbooking to explore, so I reckon it deserves a blog post :-) Both our parents have doggies, but we've never felt grown up enough to have one of our own. Recently though, we dog-sat a friend's labrador for a couple of weeks, and have been in doggy-withdrawal ever since he went home. We've see-sawed between puppy and rescue dog for a while, but today managed a great compromise. On a trip to the Blue Cross centre at Lewknor we met this beautiful bouncy 7 month old collie cross, rescued from Ireland. We've reserved him, and will be spending the next few days dog proofing our house and garden ready for our interview. Fingers crossed we'll pick him up soon! Friday, 13 November 2009 Over on the do crafts website one of my designs has been chosen as the jewellery 'project of the week', so I'm quite a happy bunny. Here's what I made, if you'd like to leave me some feedback, or have a go at the project yourself, the instructions are here. Wednesday, 11 November 2009 I spent a lot of it yomping around the countryside and pushing old aeroplanes at the Shuttleworth Collection airshows. Thanks to the windy weather, too little of it was spent flying in our microlight though :-( Craftwise, I've discovered a whole new obsession: jewellery making. I had some training for this a while ago at do crafts' HQ, but didn't really get hooked until I started to prepare for my first event. One of my favourite things about it is that it's so portable and, as no paper is involved, you can even do it in the garden! Summer crafting is always a bit unsettling for me: I know that, when the days are short and cold, I'll wish I'd spent every minute of lovely weather outdoors. Well, now I can satisfy my urge to craft without sacrificing my vitamin D input. Just don't drop any beads :-) Bringing myself up to date - I made it to my first ever NEC public craft show on Friday. It was great to look round, and I had a go at two new crafts - decopatch and silk painting. I can see silk painting becoming a bit of an obsession too... That's it for now, back to crafting!

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Self-promotion on a budget Sep 06, 2014 Paper company K.W.Doggett recently featured a story on my screenprinted Teneriffe line drawings on their blog. Submitting articles to blogs within your industry is an inexpensive way to promote your business and tap into a ready-made audience. If you’re able to write the story and take some decent photos yourself, then the only cost is your time. A few other ways I promote my business are by: • becoming involved in my local community • connecting with like-minded individuals • attending events • entering awards The biggest challenge is to understand why someone should hire you or buy your products, then getting out there and talking to the right people.

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See Miley? This is a nice little song. Once that’s not about drugs and twerking. When you’re singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It’s happening. Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I’ve never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line’s always been really blurred for me. I’ll hang out with them after the show. I’ll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I’ll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes. ‘Cause she’s awesome… I went to my TAY TAY concert. Whoop Whoop! OMG. I had soooo much fun, y’all. You don’t even understand. Here’s a head-to-toe breakdown of the outfit that I wore: Cynthia Rowley Sunglasseses- $10 Earrings- Like literally $3 Ring (made using an antique earring) from a Modern & Vintage Jewelry show- $15 or $20 Bracelet from Kohls- Around $10 Rachel Roy Shirt from Macy’s- $45 on sale for around $30 Drop Crotch or “Genie” Pants from Akira- $45 Leather Hobo Clutch from Marshall’s- $50 on sale for $40 Dolce Vita Sandals from Nordstrom’s Rack- Like $40? OK, so here’s what happened before the concert: I went to this program for rappers, singers, and poets to audition for this program to cultivate their skills. Their acceptance was based on their audition, their health (they exercised), and a little bit of intelligence. I was like a time keeper. It was OK. I was glad to help. I looked fabulous by the way. But anyway, after that I met up with my friends and we went to go pick up one of their tickets at tne stadium at around 3 something. Did you know Swifties were already there? OMG and I saw so many people in red who had drawn on their faces and legs like the number 13 and song lyrics and stuff. It’s so cool to think about how many people (out of 50,000) in my city were in Red yesterday (notice it’s capitalized). After we’d gotten her ticket, which we were totally sent on a goose chase by the way and sent to walk around when the tickets were right behind the guy who sent us on the wild goose chase, and I was in heels, we got changed at a friend’s house and then we were off… into traffic that wasn’t moving nearly fast enough so we got out and walked. Yes. Walked. Read that Tay Tay? I got out walked for you. I don’t walk when there’s perfectly good transportation around. That’s how much I love you gyrl. And eventually we started running. I was running for Tay Tay and my friend was running for Austin Mahone, who was an opening act, a.k.a. her “baby daddy.” Lolz. My two other friends were struggling to keep up. And then I got the tickets from this little website and I was worried if they were fake. I actually called and they confirmed that the tickets were real but they give out multiples of the same ticket, so we had to be there first and we’d only showed up about a half-an- hour befoe the show was supposed to start. So you can only imagine my relief when the tickets were real, only after they couldn’t scan the ticket. Oh GAWD, I started running as soon as they let me through. OK, so the first act was Casey James who I had no idea existed until yesterday, and then Austin Mahone performed and my friend cried nearly five times, and then Ed Sheeran performed and he’s like some kind of orange haired rapper/singer/beat-boxer/guitar hitting/musical perfection. He’s AHmazing and if I wasn’t a fan before I am now. Here’s the stage. One of my friends were in the pod, so jelly…: Are you seeing red?: The crowd of 50,000: I was trying to capture the wave that the whole crowd was doing. But I had a Flip Video, which is really old, and I couldn’t zoom in to the extent that I wanted: And here’s Tay Tay: When she came on I screamed and I’m sorry if you can hear my horrible, horrible singing. I was sick too, and still am sick. All that singing and screaming made my throat that much worse: And here’s her singing some more. Mind you I’m no director: I had so much fun you guys. I wish I had taken more videos but I felt like I was missing so much while trying to record. And guess what? Taylor said that she chose my city as the last big stadium show because we’re really good and crazy fans and we dress up. And she’s so cute you guys, she was poise and proper as she said “Welcome to the Red Tour.” And she performed two songs with no shoes. She’s so down to Earth and she walked through the crowd on the floor and touched hands and she walked (well… kind of danced) to this smaller stage, that you can see above, so all of us in the back could see her better. Isn’t she AHmazing guys? And she cried during the performance of “I Almost Do.” And she played the banjo and piano guys. And it was so colorful and she had these ballet dancers and her fiddle player did this fierce performance on a red fiddle. Tay Tay is like my Beyonce. And you know she’s getting this kind of fierce walk and she really pops those hips… Get fierce gyrl, get fierce. Oh I am so going to the next concert. Thank you so much Tay Tay for one of the best nights of my life! I never sat down during your performances! And I didn’t get home until around 2 AM… Have you been to a Taylor Swift concert this year? How much did you enjoy the Red Tour? OMG! This gyrl can sing and this song is hot! Damnz Zendaya… you have a hit blasting through our radios honey. Oh they’re just cute! And this song is hot! Call me… MISS MOVIN’ ON!!! Selena would you stop growing up please?! Side note: if a man ever gives you a black eye, you fix it so that no girl would ever want him again, he may never have children again, and make his life a living hell. You may also inform him that Maryam told you to do it. Who knew Zoey’s best friend had a voice like that? Well isn’t this cute? And she involved her sons… Those are her real sons right? Well aren’t they just scruffy and adorable? I’m loving this song… Haven’t you missed these girls? Loving the more soulful feel, the Scarlet O’Hara look, Aly’s new hair color… I like this new turn. I have no idea what they say in this song, but I know I love it… Really pretty song! You should be ashamed if you haven’t heard this song! My neighbors should also be ashamed for using illegal fireworks when it’s not even July 4th yet and making my heart jump every time they use another one. I live much too close to my neighbors… I love this. And I don’t think I’ve ever liked a Mario song before. We missed you gyrl! So much talent… I can’t tell you the last time I heard a Plain White T’s song… I love this song! I love this song and I love Yuna… She takes her identity and makes it fierce! Werk! I thought this was cute… Is it so goth of me to love this song? Maybe it’s rebel me… I know I’m fine- so- fine, but thank you Bruno! Tayyyyy Tayyyy… *she says in a sing- songy voice* OMG. Somebody’s growing up and finding their niche in music. I’m almost tempted to buy her new album… I’m loving that Swarovski Crystal ring! OMG! My TV boos Sophia Grace and Rosie have released a new song and video called “Girls Just Gotta Have Fun.” I’m freaking out y’all… I’m freaking out.

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Digital photography is, by far, one of the most popular topics that we cover. Beyond the Mac itself, it’s clearly the number-one topic of interest among Macworld readers in print and online. Every year we publish several large collections of photo-related advice, not to mention our monthly Digital Photo column. When you add it all together, that’s an avalanche of great information. But adding it all together — various articles spread across dozens of magazine issues, web stories, and the like — is an impossible process. And of course, by the time you’ve collected two years’ worth of stories, the oldest ones are now two years out of date. A few months ago, we decided to find a way to package up a huge amount of digital photography knowledge, and decided to create an electronic book, a PDF file bursting with advice about every aspect of digital photography. And so today I’m proud to announce the release of the Macworld Digital Photography Superguide , which features material from an all-star cast of writers, including Bruce Fraser, Derrick Story, Jim Heid, Ben Long, Joe Kissell, Ben Willmore, Rob Griffiths, Christopher Breen, and Dan Frakes. This is not some thrown-together collection of reprinted old articles you’ve seen in Macworld and on Macworld.com in the past. Over the past months, our senior editor and digital photo expert Kelly Turner has gathered all our digital-camera coverage, picked the very best material, and updated it so that the stories in the e-book are absolutely current. She identified holes in the coverage and commissioned new pieces to cover those areas. She also took great care to organize the information and present it in a series of sections covering all the major digital-photography topics. The result is a 100-page book that covers it all, and all in one place. If you’re shopping for a new camera this holiday season, you’ll find useful advice about picking the right camera. (There’s even a printable checklist to take with you when you go shopping!) Once you have a camera, the Macworld Digital Photography Superguide will help you take better pictures via a great collection of shooting tips and tricks. After the shooting is over, our e-Book will cover bringing out the best in photos by using programs such as iMovie, Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements. We’ve got tips to help you print your pictures yourself — as well as an overview of photo-printing services on the Web. We’ve even got sections to help you organize your photo libraries and back them up so that you don’t ever lose precious images. We’ve even scoured our Mac Gems reviews archives for the best Mac photo utilities. Whew! There’s a lot of stuff in those 100 pages. And you can get it all for just $12.95. (If you’re a Macworld magazine reader you can even get a $3 discount — check out my column in the January 2006 issue for details.) If you don’t want to read the book on-screen or print all 100 pages out on your printer, you can buy a printed copy of the book for $24.99 via LuLu.com, our print-on-demand partner. It's a gorgeous full-color reproduction, perfect bound and quite a joy to behold. And if you want to see more before you pony up your hard-earned cash, I completely understand. So we’ve created a 416K 10-page downloadable sample from the book for you to check out, just to give you a taste. You might want to control-click on that link to save the PDF file to your desktop, then open it in Preview or Acrobat Reader. (And yes, the e-book itself is in an unencrypted PDF format which can be read with any PDF-reading applicaiton, including Apple’s Preview or Adobe’s Reader.) We think this book is a great resource for every Mac user who loves their digital camera — or plans to love it once they’ve bought one! We look forward to your feedback, as well as suggestions for what e-books we should publish in the future. You can send both to ebooks (at) macworld dot com. Click here to buy the book for $12.95 via our e-commerce partner, eSellerate.

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Friday, January 26, 2007 here is my little gift from freddie.... a key to our new home. i was so surprised it is different from the other 15 keys on my ring... he said it's because he is tired of me complaining that all the keys look alike. Post a Comment Post Comments (Atom)

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This is a copyrighted © photograph and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. Though this image is subject to copyright, it is believed that its use qualifies as under Fair use U.S. fair use laws when used on Wiki, hosted on servers in the United States by Wikia, Inc.. Any other uses of this image elsewhere might be For more information, see copyright infringement. Fair use. Appears on these pages Denis Friedman is the producer of Urbance. During the 80's, Friedman lived his career as a game... Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.

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This tutorial shows how to filter observations in order to keep individuals with desired properties in Excel using the XLSTAT software. Dataset for filtering observations An Excel sheet with both the data and the results can be downloaded by clicking here. The dataset contains information on 20 customers: their age, city of residence and gender. We will filter this dataset with respect to the city variable. We want to keep customer coming from the East Coast of the USA. After opening XLSTAT, select the XLSTAT / Preparing data / Data Management command, or click on the corresponding button of the Preparing data menu (see below). Once you've clicked on the relevant button, the dialog box appears. Select the method, we use the filter(keep) method since we want to keep customers coming from the East Coast of the USA. Select the data you want the filter to be applied to in the data field and select the filter column where the name of the cities belonging to the East Coast of the USA is listed (New York and Boston) in the list of values field. When creating your own filter column, make sure that the entered characters are exactly the same as in the dataset. Once you have clicked on the OK button, a new dialog box appears. When more than one variable has been selected in the dataset, it enables you to select the variable that is used for filtering. In our case, we select the city variable. Once you have clicked on the OK button, the results are displayed on a new sheet. Results of the filtering process The only result that is displayed is the filtered dataset. We can see that only customers coming from the East Coast of the USA are displayed. You are now able to apply any statistical or data analysis method to these data using XLSTAT. Note: please note that this filter is not a classicial Excel AutoFilter, the obtained dataset only contain the filtered data.

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Getting a tummy tuck abroad may be one of the few times when you return home with a flatter stomach than when you went. A tummy tuck, otherwise known as abdominoplasty, removes excess skin and fat to give you a flatter, firmer stomach. For some of us, no matter how hard we exercise and diet, we just can’t shift our spare tyre, but this may not necessarily be through our own fault. Even people who are slim and in proportion may have a tummy that is sagging, loose and wobbly. Common causes for this include: • Getting old• Genetics• Pregnancy• Weight loss• Previous surgery • A tummy tuck is major surgery and you should check out all the facts before you embark on it.• It is not a substitute for weight loss• It won’t remove stretch marks As long as you are in good health, it is suitable for both men and women. Ideally, it is an option if you have lost a lot of weight and have excess fat or loose skin, or if you have been pregnant and you want to reduce the skin and tighten your tum. Before surgery you will get better results if you: • Stop smoking. Smoking increases the risk of complications, whatever your surgery.• Eat a well-balanced diet. Nutrients strengthen your immune system for faster recovery.• Exercise. This will help build muscle mass and prevent weight gain after surgery when you will have to take it easy. • Have someone pick you up – you won’t be able to drive• Stock up with ice packs and petroleum jelly to ease discomfort• Wear loose, comfortable clothing you can get on and off easily Tummy tuck recovery times vary, depending on a number of factors, including how much surgery you had. Generally, most people require 1-2 weeks before they can return to work, although some may take up to 4 weeks. If you are in good shape at the time of your surgery you are much more likely to have a shorter recovery time. Immediately after your tummy tuck surgery you are likely to experience discomfort, swelling and pain, which will be eased with medication. You will probably need a few days bed rest. Stitches will be removed between 5 and 7 days and you will be given instructions about showering/bathing and walking. Gentle exercise speeds up the healing process so you will most likely be encouraged to walk around as soon as possible after surgery. In the weeks following surgery you will be a compression garment to wear under your clothes, as well as elasticized stockings to help prevent blood clots. A gentle exercise regime, such as walking, will be encouraged by your doctor, but you will have to avoid anything strenuous for 6 weeks in case you re-open your wounds. • Tummy tuck costs are considerably less abroad – at least 50%, and in some cases much higher.• Quality-checked clinics/surgeons will ensure your tummy tuck procedure has the greatest chance of success.• Combined with a holiday you will really be able to relax and give your body time to recuperate.• Check out clinic photos, real patient tummy tuck reviews and other useful information with Medical Departures – helping you to make a well-informed choice. In Thailand tummy tucks cost, on average, around $3,000 compared to $10,000 in the United States, and in Mexico tummy tucks cost aound $3,500 on average.

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Hey guys. Sorry to have been absent, ill explain later. So, news-wise, nothing on Scared, Clark, Or Haunting lately. From what it says on the blog, Phobos is a father. Good luck with that man. No Slender activity, (Aside from our own. Again, ill post the full story later.) from what it looks like, we are having a bit of a respite. So, have some fun, throw a party, and forget about all this, at least for a little while.

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Apple Watch Faces Stiff Competition! There is competition for the Apple Watch. And the competition is stiff! Sporting an attractive design is top contender, the LG G Watch R . The same with Motorola Moto 360, with a fancy inductive charging cradle. Both of those devices run on Android Wear, Google’s smartwatch platform, which to date is still a bit awkward to use. If you opt for the Samsung Gear S that runs Tizen OS and also offers 3G connectivity, you can even use this as a phone!

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As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season approaches, we’re faced with the stress of going here and there, buying presents, cooking food, visiting family, and the seemingly never-ending whirlwind that happens every year around this time. While we all know stress isn’t good for overall health, my dental practice in Modesto, wants to let you know how it can also affect your mouth. Clenching & Grinding Whenever stress is a factor in someone’s life, they’re at increased risk for clenching and grinding. Both habits can cause some serious tooth problems including chipped, cracked, or fractured teeth. They have also been linked to TMJ disorder, which brings its own host of problems. If you notice any signs of clenching or grinding like worn-down teeth or jaw pain, give your Modesto dentist a call. Research shows a link between stress and the development of gum disease. Gum disease is a serious condition that not only affects your mouth, but your whole body as well. If left untreated, gum disease can cause tooth loss, heart disease, and pregnancy complications, along with a host of other health problems. Keep Calm for a Healthy Life If you find your blood pressure rising during talks of Aunt Millie coming in for the holidays, or stressing about how in the world you’re going to make it to all those parties, you owe it to yourself, and your smile, to try to relax. These tricks can help: - Take a deep breath… or several. Practicing deep breathing techniques has been proven to lower blood pressure and reduce overall anxiety levels. When you find yourself spinning in stress, find a quiet place, close your eyes, and just breathe. - Sweat it out. Physical exercise releases endorphins — those magical chemicals in your brain that give you the feeling of happiness. Set aside some time for a walk, join a gym, or break out that yoga mat and strike a warrior pose. Namaste. - Catch some Zzzz’s. With a crazy schedule it can be hard to get enough sleep. You deserve some you time — with nothing but your pillow and a comfy blanket. When your mind is in a constant state of stress, getting enough sleep is crucial to keeping you healthy so you can actually enjoy the holidays. Don’t forget, it’s also important to never neglect your oral health routine. When you’re rushing around to parties and stores, it’s easy to forget to brush and floss everyday. Take the advice from the team at my dental office in Modesto and keep up with your oral health. Your smile will thank you. Welcoming patients from Modesto, Riverbank, and Oakdale.

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Today the ICOC is having such a meeting here in Sacramento and I went to half the meeting. I would have gone to the whole thing, but alas the crazily busy life of a scientist called. You can listen live to the meetings including today’s meeting here. Also, David Jensen over at California Stem Cell Report provides updated reports on the ICOC meetings. But I recommend going in person. It’s a very different experience. This was my first ICOC meeting so I was very curious what it would be like. Given the importance of these meetings, I was surprised that there weren’t more people from the public there and also that I was one of the only California scientists there. I strongly suggest that you try to go to these meetings. They are very informative and give one a much clearer sense of the priorities and direction of CIRM than anything one could sense long distance. I also met a lot of great people. The meeting itself was striking in a good way. I’ve been to 100s of meetings in my professional life and many meetings are frankly just not run well or overall are a waste of time. In contrast, the CIRM ICOC was not only very efficient and enjoyable, but also educational. The Board members are clearly top notch and do a fabulous job of addressing the issues. There were some very deep discussions of important issues on which not all the members agreed. It was therefore very interesting to see them in person hash out the issues. I think Californians can be assured that CIRM is a jewel of the state and that CIRM’s leadership is truly outstanding. I have not attended meetings of any other state agency, but from what I’ve heard of other state agencies, CIRM is the best run, most open, and approachable. For example, the public can make comments during the meeting as well. I myself made a public comment at today’s meeting to introduce myself to the board as stem cell scientist/ CIRM grantee/ cancer patient advocate, and blogger, as I only had previously personally met a few of them. Yes, by way of disclosure I am a CIRM grantee as many of you already know so perhaps one could argue that I am not entirely unbiased when it comes to CIRM. However, trying to be as impartial and scientific as I can be, I have to say as this CIRM board meeting reflects the CIRM culture, CIRM’s very meticulous compliance with state regulations, and the CIRM leadership, I found it inspiring. The take home message is that CIRM is the best example I’ve ever seen of a government agency that is making a huge difference for its citizens and doing it with the highest degree of openness, professionalism and integrity.

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Really caring and interested and sensitive as well as having a sense of humour. Really listens to what is going on for you. A bit anti-religion sadly. Will always listen if you have medication side effects and try to find an compromise. Is less helpful if you are on a Section in the hospital I have to say, which is why is rating is not 100% across the board. Short link to review Dr Peter Le Fevre: http://iwgc.net/ehmm

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Filipcic Named Big Ten Diver of the Week Lincoln, Neb. - Nebraska diver Anna Filipcic garnered Big Ten Diver-of-the-Week honors Tuesday afternoon following her performance at the Hawkeye Invitational last weekend. The freshman scored a career-best 331.10 on her way to victory in the three-meter dive on Saturday. Filipcic also earned a fourth-place finish in the one-meter dive on Friday, posting a score of 277.15. Both dives met NCAA Zone Diving standards for Filipcic, who has earned 11 top-five finishes, including six victories, on the season. Tuesday’s honor is the first of Filipcic's career and the first Big Ten Diver-of-the-Week honor earned by a Husker since joining the conference. Filipcic and the Huskers take on Northern Iowa and Nebraska-Omaha on the road this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, to close out the fall competition season. Check back in to Huskers.com for updates.

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AdvaMed's CEO on New Payment Models, Repealing Device Tax Saturday, October 25, 2014 Source: Modern Healthcare Stephen Ubl became president and CEO in 2005 of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, a 270-member group representing manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and medical information systems. Ubl joined AdvaMed in 1998 as executive vice president of federal government relations. He previously served as vice president of legislation for the Federation of American Hospitals and worked as an aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). As a lobbyist, Ubl has led efforts to change the Food and Drug Administration product-review process and Medicare's coverage and reimbursement of medical technologies. Modern Healthcare reporter Sabriya Rice recently spoke with Ubl about the potential impact of new payment models, as well as regulatory and tax issues, on the $110 billion device industry. This is an edited transcript.

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Clayton James and Betty Loraine Ford Kearl were married 70 years ago, on May 12, 1944, in the Salt Lake Temple. They are members of the Belvedere Ward, Salt Lake City Wells Stake. They are the parents of seven children and have 35 grandchildren and 59 great-grandchildren. Fred and Beverly Breneman were married 70 years ago, on May 21, 1944, in Berkeley, California, and were later sealed in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. They are members of the Nampa 17th Ward, Nampa Idaho West Stake. They have one daughter, four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The LDS Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The publication's content supports the doctrines, principles and practices of the Church.

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As said previously, this is the Lita Ford year. New book, new album, accusations against Tony Iommi… things are really starting to pile up! And a “come back” is something she’s been aspiring toward for the better part of two decades (I say this because I vaguely remember her saying something on a VH1 special years and years ago). Well, the Queen of Metal has finally released a new track from her forthcoming album, Time Capsule, and it’s pretty badass! And as the album’s title suggests, “Rotten to the Core” is a big bite of nostalgia, full of early punk melodies and metal riffs. Head on over to Noisey to check out the new jam! As an added bonus, the track features Gene Simmons on bass, Rodger Carter on drums, and additional guitars are supplied by Bruce Kulik. Rock Hard \m/

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after Dark Passage by Kathleen Hellen Young, sweet, healthy…you’re ducking sirens in a cab on the lam from San Quentin. No buying time. No angle on the other side…something crashes. A pressure in your chest against the cage of your intention. like a bullet paralyzing. Ask Bogey. It’s all about last chances— slim as they are, she is. Eyes tilted up. The angel in plaid. She’s cool as a cuke when they warn her the killer’s loose…you, the master of impermanence on the lift to the fire escape.

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Countless 1" lavender pink flowers, dense and slow, phenomenal compact dwarf habit, more hardy than other dwarf azalea Plant Type(s): Flowering Shrub Plant Height: 14" - 16" Plant Width: 18" - 20" Hardy Zones: 5 - 8 Spring/Summer Care: No pruning necessary. Shape only if desired (within 30 days after flowering). Do not fertilize past Autumn/Winter Care: No pruning or maintenance needed. Fertilizer Needs: Azalea rarely need fertilizer, but when they do, it is best to use organic-based fertilizers during late winter. If soil pH is high, there are also acidic fertilizers designed for Azalea/Rhododendron that could be used.

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————–North-Western province Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga has urged the police to be more efficient and responsible to the challenges of crime arising from increased investment in the province. Mr. Malupenga said police officers should work hard because members of the public and the massive investment in the province need police protection. He was speaking in Solwezi today during the Zambia police service day. Mr. Malupenga also urged the police command in the province to make sure that the public know about the existence of Interpol office in Solwezi to help reduce on the cost of doing business. He said it is the desire of government to ensure that the Zambia Police Service become more friendly to the people, fair and firm in its operation and enforcement of the law and also bring the services closer to the people. Mr. Malupenga said the positive interaction will produce change and ensure that the community work with the police and develop mutual trust and understanding in order to make the province a better place. And speaking earlier, Provincial Commissioner of Police, Grace Chipalila reaffirmed the division’s commitment to protecting investment in the province. Ms Chipalila called on members of the public to continue making reports to the police for them to curb crime in the province. During the same event 82 officers from across the province were awarded for long service, meritorious and bravery.

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As some of you may recall, along with thousands of others over the last Christmas period my family and I were hit by flooding. We had to move out of our home while it (and my 'home office') were restored. 5 months on and we're now back in, the furniture's out of storage, and we've nearly unpacked all the boxes, so it feels like a good time to pause and look back on what I'm taking from the experience of having been an enforced 'digital nomad': - its easier to set up than you might realise given the bulk of the work I do, I don't need much by way of specialist equipment or stock. I 'upgraded' my laptop and invested in a few extra toys, so can pretty much work anywhere now. I was initially worried about printing but realise that we print a lot more stuff than we need to out of habit and using cloud storage and such like, haven't been hampered by not having a printer to hand 24/7. Now we're all back in the house, I realise just how many distractions there can be here, so am intending to remain as mobile with my 'office' as possible going forward. - clients and other people can be very generous and patient there seems to be an expectation that we're not allowed to hold up our hands in the business world and say we're struggling. But when I have (framing it in the context of recovering from having flooded), clients, collaborators, and suppliers, have all gone out of their way to try and lend a hand. That's even more true of fellow businesses who were also flooded. The 'macho' image we present can sometimes get in the way of relationships in our business. I've found that taking the risk to show some vulnerability actually only strengthens links between us all. I should also name check Gareth Nash of CMS here - at an event we both found ourselves at during this period, he took it upon himself to make sure that I got well fed and watered from the catering that had been laid on at it, in light of my not always knowing where my next meal was going to be... - libraries can be great places (with the emphasis on 'can be'...) there are countless hotdesking and coworking facilities out there, (and some offered me discounted rates on the basis of being flooded and wanting to show support). And while they can be fun places, I found libraries to be overlooked great places to work: big tables to spread all your notes and files out across, comfy chairs, good heating (and toilets!), and free wifi too. On the down side, heaven help you if you need to take or make a phone call, and the wifi usually blocks any file sharing or social media sites (unless its a private library like the Portico in Manchester). On the issue of overlooked places I should also put in a mention for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce members' lounge, as in addition to the tables, chairs, heating, free unrestricted wifi, and toilets, they also have sofas and free coffee! - hotel chains usually aren't worth it I've found myself staying in a lot of hotels as I've bounced around the country over the last few months. I wish I could say that I picked them on the basis of their being independent local guest houses as part of my commitment to supporting local economies, but I'm afraid it was more pragmatic on the basis of relative location to train stations and client premises. And my experiences of having stayed in big brand chains to local cheap B&B's is that usually paying the extra for a posher stay isn't worth it. On the whole you seem to get better local knowledge, services, and value from the small local hotels that don't look as highly polished, but do at least seem genuinely interested in getting your feedback (and acting on it!) - you get a lot fitter I didn't have access to a car while the house was being restored (my family needed it to help with getting kids to school each day, shopping, etc) so I walked a lot more. And being a 'digitial nomal' meant carrying my office with me as well as my wardrobe for the week (up to 4 bags in total!). It meant I took up a lot more space on trains, but also made me realise how much stuff we usually carry around with us that we never use... But walking from train stations to clients premises and other venues isn't that arduous so as long as it's no more than about a mile and a half, so I intend to try and continue this habit. - its more lonely and stressful than people let on While my house was being restored, my family stayed with relatives, and my travelling around to meet clients and such like meant that it was only usually at the weekends when we got to properly spend time together as a family. Being self-employed is stressful enough at the best of times for all sorts of reasons, but add to this being technically homeless, not knowing when your house will be ready for you to move back in, not being able to be around emotionally for your partner and kids... - you're always looking for the next plug socket... There's an old saying amongst travellers that you should always eat well because you never know when your next meal will be. As great as mobile devices and laptops are, they can't last as long without being topped us as we can go without food. And just as with hotels, it seems the coffee shop chains aren't as good as local independents when it comes to being able to offer us opportunities to 'plug in'. - you can get away with a lot more... and finally, using the rider "I've been flooded" means you seem to be able to get away with a lot more than you might otherwise feel able to. That's ranged from suggesting to clients that we meet in a pub, to getting suppliers to offer extended credit terms at no extra cost. I've always been aware that I've pushed the norms of accepted business etiquette, but this will only encourage me to do so even more in the future! I've always argued that it's important to allow ourselves opportunity to reflect on our experiences to see what we can take from them to our (and others') benefit in the future. And while everyone always agrees with the sentiment, its very rarely done. Part of the reason that I committed to starting this blog 7 years ago was to allow me such opportunities for reflection - and to do so in way that is open in inviting your comments and contributions to them. Given the severity and impact of the flooding that's had a massive impact on this valley, I hope that many of my fellow freelancers, self-employed, and other enterprises will find ways to similarly reflect on the experience of recovering their businesses as they start to get back to 'normal'. That's not just to help them think about how they build their resilience for any future knocks, but also as a wider encouragement to the rest of us too.

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Leigh Halfpenny says he went back to basics in order to kick Wales to victory Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny felt he came through a test of character during Saturday's game with Scotland. Last Updated: 10/03/13 1:43pm In a game dominated by penalty kicks, Halfpenny missed three crucial ones in a row, but he recovered his composure and booted Wales to victory after the break, finishing with 23 points in a 28-18 win. "As a kicker, it was probably my toughest challenge, having missed those three kicks," said Halfpenny. "One or two of them I felt I hit well enough to go over and then, all of a sudden, the wind caught it. "It is a test of character when you miss three like that and, I will be honest, I was thinking it could go two ways. "It could go really wrong or I could get myself together and go back to basics, and that's what I did." And Halfpenny added that at no point did he think about handing over the kicking job to one of his team mates. "I wanted the responsibility and it wasn't an option to hand over to anyone else," he said. "It was really tough out there kicking. You would throw a bit of grass up in the air and it would go in a full circle and then land by your feet! "The conversion of Richard Hibbard's try was huge. If I had missed that, it could have gone horribly wrong. I was really pleased with the way I struck that one. "You've got to forget what has gone on and just focus on your next kick and try to make sure it is a positive one. "You go back to your basics, getting a good contact and kicking through the ball, staying upright. Especially in windy conditions, it's important you get your body through the ball and keep momentum and power." Wales will now be at home to England in a huge game next Saturday and Halfpenny is looking forward to it. "It's Wales versus England, the players will be bouncing off the walls for it," he said. "It's what we have waited for. "We've been there last year with a championship decider in Cardiff (against France) and it was unbelievable, the streets of Cardiff were just rammed. It's going to be massive again next weekend."

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Press release from Ship Finance International Limited - 04.05.2017 Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) ("Ship Finance" or the "Company") today announced that it has agreed to bareboat charter out the 2007-built drilling rig Soehanah to be employed under a drilling contract with a national oil company in Asia for a period of 12 months, with an option to extend the charter by an additional 12 months. The rig was redelivered to us in April, following a full 10-year special survey paid for by the previous charterer, and with certificates valid until 2022. The net EBITDA is expected to be approximately $4m during the fixed period of the charter, and the rig is now being mobilized with expected startup of the drilling operations in the second quarter of 2017. May 4, 2017 The Board of Directors Ship Finance International Limited Hamilton, Bermuda Questions can be directed to Ship Finance Management AS: Investor and Analyst Contacts: Harald Gurvin, Chief Financial Officer, Ship Finance Management AS +47 23 11 40 09 André Reppen, Senior Vice President, Ship Finance Management AS +47 23 11 40 55 Media Contact: Ole B. Hjertaker, Chief Executive Officer, Ship Finance Management AS +47 23 11 40 11 About Ship Finance Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) has an unprecedented track record in the maritime industry, being consistently profitable and paying dividends every quarter since 2004. The Company's fleet of more than 70 vessels is split between tankers, bulkers, container vessels and offshore assets, and Ship Finance's long term distribution capacity is supported by a portfolio of long term charters and significant growth in the asset base over time. More information can be found on the Company's website: www.shipfinance.bm This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Ship Finance management's examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions. Important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market as a result of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in the Company's operating expenses including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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There are a ton of amazing gifts that you can get for the book nerd in your life this year. I decided to list some of my favorites, in case you’re looking for ideas. For the first time, J.K. Rowling’s beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created over 100 stunning illustrations, making this deluxe format a perfect gift as much for a child being introduced to the series, as for the dedicated fan. Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley — a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry’s room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn’t had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry — and anyone who reads about him — will find unforgettable. This beauty of a book just released last month and it’s been out of stock on Amazon ever since. You might be lucky to snag on at a local bookstore or at a Barnes and Noble, so if you can, I’d buy it right away. Whether or a Harry Potter fan or not, just having this gorgeous book on the coffee table will surely be a hit/conversation starter. I want this book SO bad, but I guess I’ll have to be patient and wait for Amazon to restock it. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Twilight with this special double-feature book! This new edition pairs the classic love story with Stephenie Meyer’s bold and surprising reimagining of the complete novel with the characters’ genders reversed. In Life and Death, readers will be thrilled to experience this iconic tale told through the eyes of a human teenage boy in love with a female vampire. Packaged as an oversize, jacketed hardcover “flip book,” this edition features nearly 400 pages of new content as well as exquisite new cover art. Fans of Bella and Edward will not want to miss the opportunity to see these iconic characters portrayed in intriguing new roles. Twilight has enraptured millions of readers since its first publication in 2005 and has become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more. The novel was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 USA Today bestseller, a Time magazine Best Young Adult Book of All-Time, an NPR Best Ever Teen Novel, and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. The Twilight Saga, which also includes New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella, and The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, has sold nearly 155 million copies worldwide. If you’re a Twilight fan, you might have already grabbed this surprise release or you might have it on your list. Despite the varied reviews, I think it’s a good idea for anyone who is a fan to give it a read and see how different the book is from this perspective. If anything, it’ll be nice to add it to my collection. So, what do you think of the list? Any of the items strike your fancy? Any of them already on your list/in your possession?

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G20 communique: key points Here are the main points of the final communique of the leaders of the G20 top economic powers, who met in Los Cabos, Mexico on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the eurozone crisis and other challenges:business Updated: Jun 20, 2012 07:52 IST Here are the main points of the final communique of the leaders of the G20 top economic powers, who met in Los Cabos, Mexico on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the eurozone crisis and other challenges: The leaders said that "strong, sustainable and balanced growth remains the top priority of the G20." "All G20 members will take the necessary actions to strengthen global growth and restore confidence," with advanced economies keeping the pace of their fiscal rebalancing appropriate for growth recovery. "Should economic conditions deteriorate significantly further, those countries with sufficient fiscal space stand ready to coordinate and implement discretionary fiscal actions to support domestic demand, as appropriate." EURO AREA ACTION ON BANKING UNION The euro area members of the G20 -- Germany, France and Italy -- pledged to "take all necessary policy measures to safeguard the integrity and stability" of the eurozone. They declared their intention to strengthening eurozone integration, including moving toward a euro area banking union that would include banking supervision, a mechanism for winding up failing banks, and eurozone-wide insurance for bank deposits. With monetary policy loose throughout much of the G20, the group said they aim to maintain price stability without harming economic recovery, mentioning specifically energy and commodity prices. "G20 members will remain vigilant of the evolution of oil prices and will stand ready to carry out additional actions as needed," they said. They praised member and global oil power Saudi Arabia for being ready to boost production to ensure adequate supply. The group acknowledged progress on rebalancing heavily skewed global trade, noting that countries with large current account surpluses had moved to to increase domestic demand, while those with deficits had acted to boost national savings. China's move to allow its renminbi currency to trade based more on market forces was welcomed specifically. Leaders committed to try and minimize the negative impact of their policies on other countries. They recognized that high volatility of capital flows and disorderly exchange rate movements "have adverse implications for economic and financial stability." The G20 said they are "deeply concerned" about rising instances of protectionism around the world. "We are firmly committed to open trade and investment, expanding markets and resisting protectionism in all its forms, which are necessary conditions for sustained global economic recovery, jobs and development."

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Sunday, 27 July 2014 Does the pineal gland work or not? And if yes – then how do we kick start it? When it comes to the understanding of the pineal gland it has long strings attached to it going way back in history. It is best known from the Hindu teachings or more correctly to the ideas on Kundalini Yoga which are based upon specific techniques to get the energy from the root chakra to lift itself (being the lifeforce or the Shakti energy), like a snake, up and into the crown chakra of which the connected gland is the pineal gland. From the surplus of energy the gland would produce a specific sort of substance called soma, or the life vitalizing drink from which also the gods drank keeping them immortal according to the myths. The soma would transform the yogi into the holder of the Shiva principle or what we call spirit today uniting the body and the highest principle of mind in a sacred union of Shiva and Shakti. This union was never sexual as in the later dark versions of the tantric sex rites, using the energy of the PNS (taking the energy of the orgasm or ecstasy leading it inwardly) to create a “false lift” in the chakras. The true union of Shiva and Shakti is the fusion of the lifeforce and the spirit. It could never have been via tantric sex due to the fact that most of the original yogis never had sex like all holy men and women never do. When you have sex you let the lifeforce turn downward and outward via the hara, and since the goal is to accumulate the lifeforce in the root chakra to awaken the snake, you need to turn the energies of the hara inwardly. You – as a holy person seeking the enlightening – would never waste it on sex. A lot of magical and dark magical secret teachings follow this line of thought and whatever we encounter today is a downsized version of the original teachings. Most of it being disinformation. A logical conclusion since the original teachings secured strong results (siddhis) and the teachings today in the West only gives what is known as physical or partial kundalini awakening, i.e. the PNS being elevated with energy opening up into the subconscious but never into the higher levels of information and true spirituality. The latter always leading to a more enlightened and balanced state of being as we see it in the wise gurus of the East having had the true awakenings. It takes years to accomplish, days and days of meditation and a lifeform away from the “real world”. It is never spontaneous, that is the true awakening. What I am claiming rather harshly is that many of the West who tell us they have had an awakening and still walk around being aggressive, greedy etc, having the need to become a guru and “lead others” to the same “enlightened state” and yet oversensitive have only had a physical awakening activating their PNS and the subconscious layer of the psyche. I could be wrong but it is my opinion. In the later teaching, e.g. the Bailey series around 1930`ies aka the white brotherhood or the magical wing of the Illuminati, the substance of the pineal gland, once awakened by lifting the energies of the hara to the throat and the solar plexus to the heart, would link to the pituitary and the two glands would create the “center in the head” creating the substance needed to build the antahkarana. This bridge would connect the monad and the soul together in the body and start the process of transfiguration – roughly speaking and by omitting a lot of interdisciplinary steps. All in all a part of the magical teachings of the brotherhood. In my teachings the pineal gland and the chakras are seen as a part of the energetic anatomy we have to cleanse and transform into their cleaner original counterpart being all bright white golden light – all of the chakras. When they are like this, they detach themselves from the collective consciousness field and we are able to start freeing ourselves and evolve our true stellar consciousness (the old notion of fusion of the body and soul). In my opinion the uncleansed chakras and their energetic settings make the glands produce the electrochemical transmitters within a certain frequency range, creating specific receptors to accept only a certain energetic level of molecules etc. as well as setting the electric potential in the membrane of the cell, and this is the link that connects us to the frequency levels of the hijacked program which controls humanity. We are not living in a hologram, but are being frequency blocked to only perceive a narrowed level of this reality field. The outer chakras in their uncleansed state is the tool to keep us in the loop and only when the chakras are cleansed, is the PNS and the heart (the psychical heart with its purkinje fibers) able to run on a much higher energetic levels of energy (the partial kundalini awakening) and then the CNS and brain will start the same process creating the mind-field. Only then can we talk about activating the pineal gland to its real meaning, that is in the MD4 mind-field or the stellar chakra system. But why don’t we ask the ones having a bit of more clear look on the pineal gland and see what they are able to or will tell us? I have asked into the ether: “Who will teach me on this subject?” and one from the white brotherhood, hovering in the ether being ready to answer this appears. It is a male and he is wearing a white robe to denote his purity, meaning that he belongs to the priesthood of the order. The golden one, I am told – not Crowley but a branch from here. “Crowley did magical things our wing does not perform,” he informs me. “The pineal gland is a weapon in the battle against evil,” he starts to tell me, which I find interesting. “A weapon?” I ask. “Yes, a weapon. It is connected to the pure of heart and the ones being ready to receive its powers.” Ok I am really into an old version of the teachings and I ask if he is alive or dead. “Dead,” is the short answer. “Why have you not moved on?” I want to know. “Where to?“ he answers just as shortly. Hmm a good question. I have to make him answer without using my terminology and without using my energy which is the common thing from deceased checking in. I put up my safety symbol (mine from a long time ago) and he accepts that. No energy signature of the dark brothers so he is alone and belongs to the magical wing apparently. And no, I will not receive teachings belonging to this wing no matter how exciting it might appear. Just see how it went with Crowley. He started within the magical wing and ended within the witch section and the dark ones, calling himself a sorcerer or dark priest. “The pineal gland,” I asked once more “and please the more technical details. I´m not so interested in the metaphors and the sacred language full of glamour to hide the truth from the ones outside the order, but the real information,” was my request. “The details?” he asked, and then he suddenly stopped being in the white rope and appeared in front of me like a normal old man. “Yes the details, and not the false order stuff,” was my response. It kind of took the air out of him. I guess he had longed for his heydays when he was in the order and wearing the rope as in playing the role of superior and here I ask him to become the normal human just like me, and he is. Being in his normal human form, I can see he is not higher in energy than I am and I am about to dismiss him. My safety symbol sort of pulled the glamour away and all what is left is an old man sitting in his living room telling a good story to use an analogy. “If you want the details, you have to go a level higher than me,” is his next answer and I thank him for his time and help, and he disappears. Well, it is very clear to me that the information about the pineal gland is Illuminati knowledge and as such this means that it could be a hoax or something that was put as a goal to achieve for the proselytes. But what about within the guru lineages, or the Hindu Kundalini teachings? Anybody here to answer that question? “Anakme mara” I am greeted. “Be in peace,” well I am really traversing the realms of the dead today. Apparently the wrong day to ask such a question: Either I have to low a vibration or the program is blocking me to get higher, OR the question is related to the human realms and holds no real potentials or energy from the Originals. The Originals being the true Atlantean. Well, what do you know. This is not a deceased. “What are you then?” I ask. Again a very strong energy but peaceful and calm. He is not from our time but a more ancient realm. I put it this way because he is not from our planetary system. Interesting, but as usual no name or origin. I cannot hold this multidimensional information anyway. I sense him and his intentions which are of peace and help. “What can you tell me about the pineal gland? Please to tell,” and he nods. “The pineal gland is a very old remnant of energy situated in the brain of the primate body you are a part of today. The Atlantean did not hold this type of body and therefore they did not have a pineal gland or a chakra system. The pineal gland was of the prototypes of the first primates to be engineered into the type of body you hold today. It was linked to the telepathic abilities and the time travel coordinate setting. So, if you ask, is the pineal gland a mean to time travel, the answer is yes, but not as in meditation or whatever you might think. Back then, when the prototypes were split in between the ones, you call humans, and the “gods” and their “sons” the sons got the pineal gland as a mean to set the coordinates to their masters.” Ok, now I am all ears “the masters?” “Yes, their gods, if you will, of them. Their creators. The sons were the direct offspring of the off-planetary souls taking on the primate prototype body and linked to them as a direct descendent or their sons. The adams as they were called since they came from this reality field and their souls as well. The prototypes with the off-planetary souls were full conscious beings and their sons functioned as their servants, being the intermediaries to the restricted areas, as in the first levels of the hijacked program. Back then it only took up a minor part of this reality field. The sons functioned as the helpers between the gods (the prototype with the off-planetary souls) and the “humans”. The humans were the lesser evolved prototypes, holding engineered souls and thus were half as conscious and the sons became a sort of intermediaries between the gods and the restricted areas where the humans were kept. The sons came to be known as the messengers, the angels, or the Hermes. The sons functioned as the bringer of good news for a very long time as the gods chose to stay in higher dimensions, as you understand as sacred mountains, i.e. the Olympus, the Mountain of Sinai or the place where Moshe (being a son himself, albeit from another lineage of the gods) received the messages from the gods on how the lesser conscious humans should behave in the restricted areas. You see the gods had divided the restricted area amongst them and therefore each culture had their own gods and sons, or messengers, the bringers of news from the gods.” “This makes perfect sense to me,” I added and wanted to hear more. “The sons are the saviors of all cultures as they were portrayed later on, when the gods pulled even further back and out of the restricted areas having divided the OD3 reality field amongst themselves. The pineal gland was a devise only the sons of the gods had. It was a technical devise implanted in them and it functioned as a direct controlling mechanism and link to their creators, what later on became the bridge between the monad and the soul in later Illuminati teachings. The humans, after the sons disappeared, wanted to become like the sons and reconnect to the gods and besides some humans had found this devise.” “Found?” something did not fit here. “Yes, found. Some of the sons rebelled against their creators and they wanted to live amongst the humans in the restricted areas. They wanted to take “the human daughters to be their wives” as you have been taught. So the sons were the giants or the nephilim. Not the annunaki as they have been portrayed in modern interpretation of the ancient texts. Nephilim is based upon the Hebrew root npl which means to fall. So the fallen ones were the ones turning away from their creators, the gods, i.e. the off-planetary rulers not more gods than you are in your real and true form. All the fallen ones wanted was to live a life not being the slaves of their creators. So the first adams or ben-YHWH, were actually directly created of the off-planetary genetics, in vitro children, as you would put it today. They were not born or created by man and woman, but genetically engineered and in time, being amongst the humans they wanted more to themselves than just being messengers.” “Well there goes the angel story and the archangels as divine beings of light,” I said. “Ha ha ha. Yes these fairy tales are for children. There are no beings of light as you understand it, but there are beings of higher vibration looking like light, when you see them from below in dimension and lower levels of consciousness. Well, when these sons died, it was after the gods had left the restricted areas and OD3 as well, the bodies of the sons started to decompose and in the dust, so to speak, the implanted devise shined like gold and ordinary humans around the fallen ones, mostly being their kin, picked up the alien technology and due to the genetics in the sons of the sons it reinstalled itself into the children of the sons. These children, mostly males, became the priests of the tribes in the restricted areas. As the devise activated in the new bodies, holding the correct genetic combination, the gods understood that ordinary humans could, if they held the correct genetics, also become messengers of the gods and the priesthoods became the next generation of intermediaries, now holding the implant and being in telepathic contact with the ancient off-planetary overlords. These priests and their genetics are the direct descendents of the original genetic lineages you have within the lineages behind the Controllers etc.” “Ok, but how did a metallic implant turn into a gland?” I wanted to know. “Good question. All alien technology is biological based as in no implants from these levels are created out of metal or artificial electrochemical components. They are all biologically based and when the implant integrated into the correct lineages, it became a part of the lower energetic body as these bodies were in the restricted areas. They were the second generation of the engineered primate and soul type of body with a genetic infusion of a created being, so to speak. This combination made the implants start to vibrate down and as the second generation created new children, making the priestly lineages being able to continue, the pineal gland became the energetic or biological version of the original alien technology. In the third generation of these lineages the implant had become fully biological and the original energies it was able to transmit were lost. The electrochemical compounds the gland produces today is of no use unless you hold the correct genetics, being of the priestly bloodlines, and only with off-planetary help, energetic surgery and a lot of cellular infusion of the original genetics are the pineal gland able to transform back into its original function as a telepathic devise, and being able to set the coordinates for time travel, as in being able to go from the restricted areas and into the realms of the gods, i.e. climb the mountain of the gods. All in all whatever you read today is ideas based upon the ancient thoughts where someone remembered the implant and how it worked within the priestly races. The true teachings behind the Kundalini sciences were created to the ones holding the correct bloodline and by the help of the off-planetary networks of consciousness linked to this genetics. The true Kundalini awakening elevate the original genetics into its correct settings, awakening the coding of the pineal gland, because in spite of its biological appearance it is still able to transform back into its original coding. All cells, organs etc in the body are encoded energy and can be altered back to their original purposes, depending on lineages and genetics. The same goes for the other glands and their original purposes in the first prototypes of the primate body. That is for you to ponder on and figure out.” “Thank you for your assistance. It has been very enlightening,” I said being full of the information he had given me, and he departed. The answer: “It is connected to the pure of heart and the ones being ready to receive its powers” makes perfect sense seen in the light of the information in this article. The pure of heart means the correct bloodline and the correct genetics to be able to receive its powers. This is how original teachings become metaphors in later versions. How is this a weapon? Well, a weapon in his terminology is alien technology to alter what we know to be true. The gods are the first prototypes holding an off-planetary soul and where thus fully conscious. Read the Restoration Program Handbook to understand this. The ones giving me information always use what I know and fit it into this to make me build further information into this layer of my consciousness. Today EARTH program extends into the full OD3 reality field or the planet itself. Meaning that what we find in humans today is manmade. Being alien biological technology.

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Texas City, TX (PRWEB) August 15, 2012 God is most often conceived as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. Visualizing the meaning of God in one’s life is in an enlightening picture book titled God: I Am by Susie Suarez Navarro. What gives one’s life meaning? It certainly isn’t having lots of money, because no amount of money can buy a feeling of significance. Buying new and nice things brings temporary excitement that quickly fades, forcing one to go on looking for the next best thrill. Being famous, attractive, or successful puts one in the spotlight for a moment, but at the end of the day that empty void inside still stirs. Why? Because man was created to have purpose and meaning in life, and the more experiences one has in life, the more deeply the need to discover that meaning and faith is. In the book, the author teaches children the meaning of having faith in God. His directions are very simple. Love and help others. Feed the hungry, shelter the homeless. Everyone is to use all of the talents and strengths that He gave to achieve this selfless goal. Although one rarely know God's specific plan, one knows just where he is going. God created man for the express purpose of sharing the happiness of His existence. With vivid illustrations, the purpose of the book is to impart the knowledge to believe in God and to have complete trust in His love and His commands. Being obedient to His commands allows one to receive His grace, which in turn will lead to faith and salvation. For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to http://www.Xlibris.com. About the Author Susie Suarez Navarro is a retired teacher. She is the 6th child of a family of 12. She is the 1st teacher in her family. After her, two of her sisters became teachers. A whole bunch of her nieces became teachers, as well. She has been in service as a teacher for 50 years. She has three children and four grandchildren. She was featured in the “Who’s Who” of Cambridge. God * by Susie Suarez Navarro Publication Date: Jan 24, 2012 Picture Book; $15.99; 24 pages; 978-1-4628-6171-2 Members of the media who wish to review this book may request a complimentary paperback copy by contacting the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7879. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7879.

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Today is the feast of the Annunciation– celebrating one of the most astonishing moments of communication between God and humanity: the eternal, all-powerful God asks a young Jewish maiden if she will be his mother. Can he “break into” her life as her Son? As recorded in the Gospel of Luke, this is a model for communication. God’s messenger surprises this young teenager with a message that is impossible to fully understand. (Words will always fail us when we try to explain the Incarnation!) And yet, this young woman listens so profoundly that she only needs to ask one question–regarding her own part–and then replies with an answer that is almost as amazing as God’s in its trust: “May it be done to me according to your word.” No conditions, no fears–just a wholehearted “yes” to God’s unexpected invitation. As I journey through Lent, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I handle the “unexpected.” I tend to plan and organize most of the aspects of my life, which enables me to juggle many different responsibilities. But, when I stick rigidly to my plans, I find interruptions and emergencies hard to cope with. Perhaps it’s not so much the interruptions themselves as my attitude towards them. I can see the unexpected not just as an interruption to what I’m doing, but to my life, to my mission. And yet, God can invite me just as readily through interruptions as through the plans that I prayerfully make. I took this photo several weeks ago. A willow tree in a park nearby shed dozens of branches in a recent storm. When I picked one up, I was struck how this most tender and flexible of branches is ready–in the midst of deep winter (the previous week it went down to -20 degrees Celsius)–to burst into growth. These tiny buds appear to be in complete readiness to respond to nature’s invitation. Could this snapshot be a symbol of Mary’s interior state of readiness? A careful reading of the Gospels reveals that Mary didn’t respond to God in this open availability just once. She must have nurtured this amazing trust and openness to God throughout her life. This Lent, I would be grateful if my spiritual stance could open out to become just a tiny bit more like Mary’s. Like the willow branch, I want to be ready to burst out generously at God’s invitation.

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Today the most popular day for new members to sign up for internet dating, we reveal how to get the perfect profile photo. Create the most attractive lighting (literally according to ratings on our site), you want to be directly across from a window during the daytime. Good dating site pictures 'one of my pet hates is men posting selfies as their profile pictures on online dating websites,' says travel writer and online dater sarah gordon. Paris hilton and boyfriend chris zylka get photobombed by smith while posing for pictures in cannes. Good pics for dating sites It scored way higher than any of the pictures he had tested before this shoot. Word "alrite"s to laughable imitations of full sentences, illiterate messages are infuriating,' says mailonline's online dating blogger daphne. Theorist, 54, accused of taking pictures of a woman outside a new york subway is arrested after good samaritans rush to her aid. ! joseph duggar, 22, proposes to kendra caldwell at his 19-year-old sister joy-anna's wedding after dating for just three months. If it's the most platonic of friendships, don't include a picture of yourself with a member of the opposite sex if you're looking for a heterosexual relationship. Guide to the perfect online dating picture, profile and etiquette arrives on the busiest day ever for the uk's online dating industry. 'in my experience, selfies on dating sites either involve the guy snapping a quick picture of himself as he loads his profile (no effort made) or stripping off in a desperate attempt to show off his buff body while trying out a moody male model look (far too much effort made). Pictures, according to eharmony's blog, are more likely to be clicked on than up-and-down or extremely close shots, likely because it gives people a better sense of the person's body, as well as their face. You followed the steps above, you should have a whole bunch of pictures that look something like this. New research by dating site zoosk comes to the conclusion that while honesty really is the best policy for men, it's not such a good idea for women to talk about exes and children.

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CASABLANCA THE SERIES FIVE OUT OF FIVE DIVORCE CASABLANCA STYLE AIRDATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 1983 It's almost a pity that Casablanca finally hit on a semi-decent episode at this point. Divorce Casablanca Style isn't good, but a.) given its competition and b.) given it had some actual moments of tension, it is far and away the best in a bad lot. That, however, is a sad commentary no matter how you cut it. A Muslim woman comes to Rick's Café Americain to plead with her husband Hassan, a respected member of the community. He is angry with her, and divorces her in front of everyone...maybe. The Islamic law states that the husband must declare "I divorce you" three times to be official. Here is where the difficulties are. There is a question as to whether Hassan made the "I divorce thee" declaration THREE times or just two. This is not some subject for debate, but a fine legal point, because if it was three times, then as a divorced woman she is free to do what she has done. Amira (Persis Kambatta) decides to ditch the traditional coverings, wear European clothes, and get a job as a guide. This outrages the Moroccan community, which would like her to remain in poverty and squalor since she cannot find a husband (due to her not being a virgin, which is tough to be if you're a divorcee), and is shunned by her family. HOWEVER, if Hassan said it only two times, then she is still married, and thus, can't go around doing what she's been doing. Major Strasser (Paul Horgan) wants at first for her to report what the tourists say, but when she tells him a joke they made ("The Germans are brave enough to fight the British to the last Italian", though it is unclear if she 'doesn't' get the joke), his adjutant Lieutenant Heinz (Kai Wulff) wants her to spy on Rick Blaine (David Soul). She doesn't want to, but he forces her hand. Eventually, Amira and Carl (Arthur Malet) are dragged to Islamic court, where she is accused of adultery with Rick (Carl just being unfortunate enough to be with her when she is taken by her brother-in-law Omar, the whitest Moroccan in history). After a lot of pressure, she admits to adultery, but with Heinz. It's a diversionary tactic to save Rick, who has been generous to her (and for once doesn't either sleep with or try to sleep with the woman). Hassan is willing to forget the whole thing, and Heinz is perfectly happy to not raid a café with Resistance people because the locals suspect he's been a naughty figure. What puts Divorce Casablanca Style ahead of all the other Casablanca episodes is that for a few moments there is an actual sense of tension. Carl and Amira have to get somewhere and are waylaid by her family, thus leaving audiences wondering when and how and if they will manage to get out of the situation. Everything else here pretty much is standard Casablanca style: badly. We throw in the negative images of the Arab/Islamic community as these sexist, bigoted men and generally weak, subservient women. It doesn't help when you cast Anglo actors as these 'Arabs', making the thing look even more ridiculous. Divorce Casablanca Style wasn't exciting (apart from when Amira and Carl are abducted). That gives the episode a bit of a lift, but by now we see that in terms of execution and planning, Casablanca was beyond salvation. Casablanca the Series: Concluding Thoughts

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Here are some stats to strike fear in a parent’s heart: A new study reports that not only are a whole lot of teens having sex, some of them aren’t even waiting until they become teenagers to do it. The study, from University of Texas’ Health Sciences Center at Houston, reported that almost 1/4 of Texas pre-teens are having sex before they reach 8th grade. And a terrifying 10 PERCENT of them are having intercourse in 6th grade. That’s 12-years-old (or 11 for the younger kids who don’t get redshirted). That’s about 3 kids per average-size Texas public school classroom. And the numbers don’t get any less scary as the kids get older. See the stats after the jump. Number of students who report having “ever had sex” : 6th grade: 10% 7th grade: 22% 8th grade: 29% 9th grade: 32 % 12th grade: 62% Kids voluntarily participated in the survey, which required parental consent. Results were self-reported via computer. The term “ever had sex” was implicitly understood to mean vaginal intercourse and was distinguished from other sexual activity that was not factored into this study. This is not the first time that Texas has demonstrated a higher-than-average rate of teen sexual activity. They have, per Jezebel, been “disproportionately represented” in teen pregnancy rates for years. The concern now is that rates are going up in Texas, while they’re not going up elsewhere. In California, for example, a state with a similarly high population and historically high pregnancy levels, teen pregnancy rates have actually gone down in recent years. Why the discrepancy? The obvious difference between California and Texas: vastly different policies on sex education and healthcare. While California has been moving toward more comprehensive sex education, Texas practices abstinence-only education. This study is not exactly a vote of confidence for its effectiveness.

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The first day she is with us we dragged her to the river for a picnic & some river dog fun! Have you ever tried to have a picnic with nine border collies? We believe in baptism by fire. Amy learned how to protect her food from three younger hungrier brothers - she can handle a couple of Border Collie puppies. Bug was determined to get some of Amy's chicken. Her eyes never left Amy's greasy fingers. Ranger and Bonnie were drawn to Amy like moths to a flame...chicken is a heady lure. All of Vicki's dogs have very good manners. I will refrain from commenting on our dogs manners - lets change the subject shall we? When Amy was done eating she walked along side the river with the dogs - so we could finish stuffing our faces. Blitz and Bonnie are waiting for their wood (uhhn.. that didn't sound right did it?) Actually, Blitz is waiting for wood, Bonnie is waiting for Blitz to move so she can pounce on him. Everyone decided they were tired of Ranger always stealing the stick. He has been a bully and it is time for reckoning. Every time Ranger got the stick - someone took it from him. Apparently they all decided that the stick needed to return to the person...rather than run up and down the river in Rangers mouth like a lunatic. YES! Doodle and Beth orchestrated another stick take over! The jubilation on Beth's face is obvious. Blitz took advantage of an opportunity to relieve Ranger of the stick yet again - this time waiting for him to drop it while he was shaking - then quickly dashed in and snatched it! Ranger is surrounded. Border Collie patience runs thin quickly. Ranger grew increasingly frustrated. He started taking his anger out on those around him. Time out time for Ranger. Poor Ranger....without wood. Every where he went his assailants followed. Then the fun came to a screeching halt when Ranger finally made it to shore with his stick. He dropped it at John's feet...then lifted his leg and peed on it. Poor John...he had no idea that Rangers aim was that bad.

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Teaching Youth About Firearm Safety Author’s Disclaimer: By no means is this article an attempt to tell you how to raise your kids around guns! My only goal is to encourage you to educate yourselves and others, and to spread the message of gun safety. Parents, this article is especially for you. Firearms are potentially dangerous tools in the hands of someone who doesn’t know anything about them. Yet with proper training, firearms can provide lifelong enjoyment and protection. However, firearm owners must take careful precautions when considering those oh-so-curious and impressionable children. In January of 2014, the 20/20 special, Young Guns, informed viewers that there are firearms in approximately 1 out of every 3 households in America. This fact alone makes firearm education extremely important for gun owners and non-gun owners alike. It makes it even more important to teach our children about what they should do if they ever encounter a gun. Firearm safety education has been a goal of many firearm-related organizations for decades. Take, for example, the National Rifle Association’s Eddie the Eagle GunSafe© Program. This incredible resource is a gun accident prevention program that works with schools, camps and parents to help educate youngsters about firearm safety. The program provides resources that help parents (gun owners and non-gun owners alike) broach the subject with the kids in a way that they’ll remember. So, how do you approach this topic with kids? No differently than you would discuss, say, fire prevention. It’s common to teach kids about fire prevention, swimming pool safety, and even household cleaning agents and potential poisoning; so why isn’t teaching firearm safety a top priority for parents as well? Firearms are tools that can be used properly for good and enjoyment, or improperly for bad and misery. This is the message that you should share with your children. To start the conversation, educator and founder of 2 Million Bullets, John Annoni, encourages parents to address the subject head on, but with sincerity. "Parents, we get it! This is a difficult subject to bring up with your children. You just have to start by believing that your children deserve safety, and that with education comes the power to be safe. Give your children the power to be safe," says Annoni. "Be genuine about your approach. Let them know that no rational human being wants to see them or a friend hurt or injured by anything, including firearms. Setting the stage with your children will make this conversation not only easier to have, but also more impactful." Remember the 20/20 statistic? 1 out of every 3 homes in America has guns in it. That’s far more homes than have swimming pools, yet everyone teaches kids what to do around water. As parents, it’s unrealistic to think that your children will never encounter a swimming pool; the same goes for a gun. It’s safe to assume that your children will encounter firearms at some point in their lives, be it in your home or a friend’s home. Here are the 4 simple steps every child should know if they encounter a gun: - Stop and tell anyone with you to stop. - Do not touch the gun. - Leave the area. - Immediately tell a responsible adult. These 4 quick and simple steps have saved countless lives since the program’s inception. In fact, the National Shooting Sports Association recently released the 2015 Firearms-related Injury Statistics, which proves that as firearm safety education and safe storage programs have increased, the number of unintentional firearms-related fatalities has decreased. In the last twenty years (1993-2013), the number of unintentional firearms-related fatalities involving children 14 years of age and under has decreased by 66 percent. Firearms are involved in only 1.7 percent of unintentional fatalities among children 14 years of age and under. In the past 20 years, firearms-related fatalities in the home have dropped by 64 percent. One thing is clear: proactive education works. Do your part by educating your children today. As your children grow older, even if you’ve decided not to keep guns in your home, encourage your children to take a firearm safety course. They may decide never to own or shoot a gun, but knowledge is power and safety. "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." – Herbert Spencer Bonus – Firearm Safety Tips: Photo Credit: www.hunter-ed.com

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Coming hot on the heels of the great greyhound backflip of 2016, the current stoush over the lifting of a ban on the Adler A110 might just be proving a point of a different kind. That point being, by one way or another, that the voices of rural Australia are well and truly reverberating in the current political climate. The NSW Government is clearly running scared ahead of the Orange by-election to be held on November 12, as evidenced by Mike Baird eating one of the biggest servings of humble pie in history over greyhound racing. At the same time, the Federal Government seems to be resorting to doing all kinds of backroom deals to get what it wants. This isn’t the first time the government has tried to use the Adler A110 ban as a bargaining chip; It was the subject of an earlier handshake deal that never came to fruition. The Abbott government had previously struck a bargain with Senator Leyonhjelm, promising to let the ban lapse in August 2016 in return for his support. But the classification of the weapon proved too thorny an issue and the ban stayed. Now the Turnbull government is in the naughty corner for apparently attempting to have the Adler A110 reclassified in exchange for the senator’s support on industrial relations legislation. Any news item that touches on the issue of gun control is going to be highly emotive and is guaranteed to flare up. What some see as farmers asking for a reasonable reclassification of a single weapon to help them in the fight to eradicate feral animals, for others is the thin end of the wedge on gun control, and an attempt to water down John Howard’s popular laws. The two issues, greyhound racing and gun ownership, of themselves are topics that tend to divide people along city and country lines. It was in our country towns, like Orange, where the greyhound ban hurt most, as people fought hard to preserve a traditional Australian industry. The greyhound ban was an ill thought out, knee jerk reaction made purely for political advantage, and we watched it backfire. So too, a deal on the Adler, purely for political gain, could be one made for the wrong reasons. The events that brought the Adler into the spotlight could taint it forever in the minds of the public, and seal its fate for good.

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The Particulars: Patients who suffer a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and make it to the hospital alive often undergo either open surgical repair or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Data comparing survival rates following these procedures is lacking. Data Breakdown: Researchers compared survival after AAA repair in 75 patients who underwent open surgery and 31 who received EVAR. Surgical patients had a 30-day mortality of 65%, compared with a 32% rate for EVAR patients. At 1 year, 12.5% of open surgery patients had survived, compared with 56.0% for those receiving EVAR. Most patients involved in the analysis died from co-existing conditions. Take Home Pearl: Survival among patients with ruptured AAAs appears to be more significantly higher among EVAR recipients than those receiving open surgery.

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Trevor Noah is back on home soil to perform for the first time since moving Stateside. The comedian, who is a hit as the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central, is here for There's a Gupta on my Stoep. After Johannesburg, he's headed to Durban. Speaking at a press conference in Johannesburg, Naoh said he was excited to be home. He also announced that he will be returning home to produce a new show which will be a 13 part comedy series. “It’s going to be about showcasing the comedic talent we have in our country, we have some comedians that are doing amazing stuff”, he said. “We are going to be showcasing South African comedy, showing its growth because it has grown in leaps and bounds since I started. You know if it was not for the older generation I would not have got into comedy and I needed the pioneers to lay the groundwork and then I was of the next generation who got to take it to another level. Now we have a new generation doing the same," he said. He added: “It’s good to be home, it’s also really good to be here now with everything happening in our political landscape, I was here for the no confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma and now I also have content from it for my shows." Noah continued:“I am very careful to not put myself in a position where my opinions are based on superficial information, so I try to comment as thoughtfully as I can but I also understand that as a comedian I have a knowledge base that is informed by the space that I love in. And that’s what is exciting about the shows I am doing here in South Africa." Since leaving South Africa, Noah has become a household name and and has bagged a number of awards for his work. “I always tell people that I was lucky to start comedy up in South Africa, we are such a unique country. People always tell me that they miss me and yes I miss home too but I really don’t think that people understand how amazing the new South African comedians that are coming up actually are. They are young people who are phenomenal so yes I am doing great but we must also celebrate those that are coming up,” he said. On how he adapts to the different environments he often finds himself in, Noah said that it’s all about tuning himself to the rhythm of that environment. “I am always working to get better at what I do. Comedy is universal, experiences are shaded by the place that people live in and so what happens is that as a performer I have had to find a way to tune myself to the rhythm of the place I am in. So I live in the place, I try and watch the local news, read, I listen to the people around me to try and get a feeling of what the true essence is of that place. Then I go out there and it really is a conversation with the audience. So even when I come back to South Africa I slowly have to re-calibrate that as well because it’s not the same like doing comedy in America, Australia, the UK, it’s different.” When asked about the ticket prices for his shows, Noah said many things have to be taken into consideration. “Putting on a show like this in not easy, it;s a huge task. From the venue hire to the production staff, it all cost a lot, and at the end of the day I am putting on an extravagant show, one that matches how much you pay. There are range of prices to suit everyone. Some might say it is a lot but I also think that it’s time for South Africans to value our own talent. We pay much for an international act but complain to pay for a local performer. We need really need to start appreciating and valuing our own talent”, Noah said. On why he named his tour There’s a Gupta on my Stoep, he revealed, Essentially I think that right now, we are a country that is confused and we are trying to put the pieces together of how intense and how much effect these people have had on the running of our nation. People are still trying to piece together the emails and the extent of their influence on our government. It also makes reference to one of my favourite movies, There’s a Zulu on my Stoep.”

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However, we do recognise that not all matters lend themselves to an alternative fee arrangement. That is why we offer a range of alternative fee arrangements, including straight time based billing if that is what works best for you. We will work in collaboration with you to determine your specific legal requirements and then develop the most effective strategy and fee arrangement for your needs. What We Offer Lavan can offer you the following fee arrangements, or a combination of these, as an alternative to time based billing. These options can be customised to suit your needs. No matter what fee arrangement you prefer, providing you with certainty by scoping and pricing our work upfront is our priority. Fixed & Value Pricing Lavan can charge you a fixed price for any matter. We will quote you a price and stick to it. If there is a change in the agreed scope of work, we will send you a variation detailing the new scope and the price for that change. Value pricing is a fixed price that we agree up front with you that reflects your legal requirements and the service we provide. With value pricing you don’t pay for our time - you pay for the work we do and the value you receive. This ensures you receive more value for your legal spend. Value pricing can also include fee incentives to achieve your goals and for results that exceed expectations. These incentives align our interests with yours, making your success our success. With a retainer agreement, Lavan will charge you a fixed periodic fee for the provision of legal services. A retainer provides the budgetary control and certainty that hourly billing can’t. We determine the periodic fee by calculating the average value of our services over the time taken to conduct the matter. A retainer means you know exactly what you will pay for the result you desire. We will regularly review the terms of the retainer with you to ensure it remains fair to both parties. Lavan can charge you a fixed price for each stage of a matter. We work with you to properly scope the matter, determine the stages involved and then agree a fixed fee with you for each stage. Want to know more? Contact us to discuss how we can tailor a fee arrangement to best suit your needs

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Yale Center Beijing is hosting a talk with Ms. Melodee Hanes. She will share stories and lessons from her life as a prosecutor and wife of the U.S. Ambassador to China. Yale Center Beijing wishes to thank Colm Rafferty (Yale ’04 MBA) for his generous support of the event. The language of the event will be English. 7:00-8:30pm: Talk & Q&A Door tickets for this event are free. Please note: All attendee information collected by Yale Center Beijing through the event registration form on this website or any other website, or by any other means, will be kept strictly confidential. Yale Center Beijing will never distribute, sell, license, or otherwise make available for any purpose, any attendee information to any third party, unless otherwise required by law.

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Today I finished off the running for the month of November. I ran a total of 50.2 miles this month. Kinda paltry compared to the 80 mile month a couple of months back. But, that is what I ran. When the year is said and done, that will have been an average month. I will need to run 60 miles in December to make a 600 mile year. Since this is my first year running, I guess that is pretty good. Month: 50.2 miles Year to Date: 540.8 miles Current shoes: 240.6 miles Races: 5K which was actually 5.17 Km. run in a time of 28:00:63.

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Sunday, 31 August 2008 PRE RAMADAN TALK! CHECK OUT THE WICKED FLYER! It says it all - May Allah swt prevent us from being as such and make us sincere and practising all year round - ameen! ;) Saturday, 23 August 2008 Why are there so many opinions? How can there be so many opinons? Which one is right? Dont these opinions create disunity? Why do people hold different points of view so strongly? Why did Allah allow this disunity? How can we ever unite, when we all have difference opinions? Should we all have the same opinion? Wasn't there only one Prophet Muhammed - so why so many opinions? Are these all made up? So can't I pick and choose opinions to suit me? Why do people with different opinons end up arguing over which one is better or stronger? Why do I need to follow a scholar or opinion or madhab? Isn't that like creating sects or divisions in the religion? If you do, then dont you end up following the Iman or Scholar or Sheikh instead of Allah and His Messanger? Shouldn't we just follow Quran and Sunnah?? Come and finally share.. your Opinion... and Ours! Oh! ..and find the answers to all these questions too! ;) Thursday, 14 August 2008 A common misconception is that if we live in an true Islamic Society now we will go back to the dayes of sand, camels and turbans... but is this the truth? Is Islam uncivilised? Backward? Anti-technology? anti-modernisation? Come and dicover that or 1500 year history tells us the opposite - that infact, Islamic societies pavaed the way for scienes, technology and learning - it was the beacon of humanity and the most advanced culture of its time. It brought us alcohol, mathamatics, geography, maps, science, algebra, 3 course meals, coffee and coffee shop culture, universities, turkish delight, soft sweets, sheehsa, halwa, free education, medicine, botony, astronomy, mint tea and much much more... Also come and meet Sidi the camel!! ;) Friday, 8 August 2008 A common misconception is that religion is the cause of all wars - so they say let's get rid of it altogether! The less religion the better - so less people will have to argue about (?). Religions cause arguments.. Many people think that religion teaches its followers to think like - "I'm right.. You're wrong.. You should be killed.. I cant accept your opinion - only MINE is from God!". As these irrational silly beilefs are down to something you can never prove then the only option is that they fight.. so people of different religions fight.. right? I mean look at Palestine? ..Is this the truth? Is Islam like this? Come and find out and judge for yourself - as the trail continues... TAKE THE MIC - DEFEND THE DEEN!

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In today's world, shopping for a used car is not the experience it had once been, when dishonest dealers and faulty models were causes for concern. In fact, choosing the pre-owned route is, in many ways, beneficial over purchasing or leasing a new model. Not only do used car dealers offer a wider selection of makes and models at their locations as opposed to new car showrooms specializing in a select few brands, but the improved quality of vehicles in recent years has led to more trustworthy products on used lots. However, the biggest motivator for most used car shoppers is the affordability aspect. A distinctive drop in price is incentive enough to draw customers in, but cutting costs will not always make them stay. Allow our Nashville used car dealership to point out some additional benefits of buying a used car so that you can drive off in your next pre-owned model with more money in your pocket and less doubt in your mind. Used Cars are Affordable and Reliable! When it comes to shopping for used cars, affordable pricing is normally the focal point for most dealers. Purchasing a new model requires down payments and monthly costs that only increase the less you initially pay up front, so avoiding financial frustration is a frequent common denominator between used car patrons. Furthermore, it is common for these models to undergo an intensive inspection process where mechanical features are looked at before the car is available for you to buy. Used car shoppers should also know that our vehicles often come with an included warranty that extends coverage. Also, used car financing for our TN customers, such as used car financing, is often less harsh when it comes to payments for affordability and convenience that extends past the price tag. Put Your Trust in Our Nashville Used Car Dealerships! Used car shopping used to be an experience fraught with anxiety and dealer tricks designed to wriggle more money out of unsuspecting customers. However, many can argue that in today's automotive market, new car dealers have assumed some of these unsavory methods to send prices soaring. For example, in a commission-driven market, new car salesmen will often try to convince customers to pay extra for optional and available features that may customize and personalize your ride but will prove unnecessary and vanity-based in the long run. What's more, shopping at our used car dealer will present several money-saving situations along the way, even after you've driven off the lot. For instance, registering a pre-owned model costs less than registering a new vehicle at state DMVs and insurance rates are lower on vehicles with previous owners as well. Avoid paying hidden fees that new car dealerships frequently slip past their customers in the form of transportation and paperwork fees as well as dealer preparation and destination costs. While it may not be a factory-fresh model, used models usually offer an easier process and a more straightforward deal. We hope that the next time you find yourself in the automotive market, you will consider the pre-owned course of action and buy intelligently without regret. For more information on our facilities, inventories, vehicle availability, or to speak with a friendly representative, visit Drive Now Auto today at one of our locations! We look forward to working with you.

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When I print with Adobe Reader X, the output is highly degraded. The text characters and images are black dots. For example, a lower-case L might be 3 or 4 black dots with "white dots" between them. I have the current printer drivers. This only happens with Adobe Reader. Same result with Print as Image. Every other application prints just fine. I've tried every print configuration option I can imagine, to no avail. Vista SP2, HP LJ 4L, Vista printer driver, Adobe Reader X v10.0.1.434. Any suggestions?

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Welcome to The Pulse, the place to find out what the sports world is thinking. Every day on ESPN.com, SportsNation registers its opinion on a wide range of topics by casting votes and chatting with experts in The Show. We collect the daily highlights and put them in The Pulse. Story of the Day: College Hoops Crazy If the definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting different results, it's no wonder March Madness is an annual affliction for college basketball fans. As January comes to a close and teams make the turn for home in conference play, fans from Durham, N.C. to Spokane, Wash. think this is the year their favorite team will cut down the nets and bring home a national championship. And though most of those dreams will meet an unfortunate end, if the team is even fortunate enough to make the NCAA Tournament, SportsNation is starting to heed the siren's song of college basketball. By the time the Steelers and Seahawks wrap things up in Detroit, 58 percent of voters will be paying attention to the college hoops season. Tack on the additional 36 percent who will be paying attention by the time the tourney starts, and it's clear there is little anyone can do to stop this outbreak of madness. Just like every year. If it was up to SportsNation, Tennessee would be the only SEC team with a protected seed as things stand now. But Pat Forde thinks another team could win the league. No. 1 Connecticut No. 1 Duke No. 1 Memphis No. 1 Texas No. 2 Villanova No. 2 Illinois No. 2 Florida No. 2 Gonzaga No. 3 Pittsburgh No. 3 West Virginia No. 3 Michigan State No. 3 Indiana No. 4 Washington No. 4 Ohio State No. 4 Tennessee No. 4 G. Washington "Right now, I'd take LSU [to win the SEC]. The Tigers have a monster frontcourt, and if the backcourt simply plays decently and remembers to get the ball inside, the Tigers are tough to stop." Check Forde's chat wrap When do you start paying close attention to college basketball? (21,369 votes) 43.3% Already have 21.7% NCAA Tournament 14.7% Conference tournaments 14.3% After the Super Bowl Which conference do you think is the best in college basketball this season? (5,303 votes) 41.2% Big East 32.3% Big Ten 5.8% Big 12 Other than the Big East, which conference will get the most NCAA Tournament bids? (25,863 votes) 46.2% Big Ten 7.0% Big 12 Which team is most likely to keep sliding all the way to the NIT? (10,481 votes) 44.1% Wake Forest 10.9% All will make the NCAA Tournament SportsNation's Show: Expert Opinion Josh (North Carolina): Can you rank the top three basketball conferences? I love my Blue Devils and ACC ball, and still believe that the ACC is up there right with the Big East. Pat Forde: I think you love the ACC too much. I'd rank the top three thusly: 1. Big Ten 2. Big East I think the top two are far superior to any other leagues. Travis (Chapel Hill, N.C.): How do you think the ACC is going to ultimately pan out? Will a couple of teams run away from the others, or will everyone start preying on each other? We've long assumed that it's a two-man race between J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison for player-of-the-year honors, but is even that overstating it? According to SportsNation, Redick has a comfortable lead. 45.8% J.J. Redick 35.3% Adam Morrison 18.7% Someone else "People are comparing Redick with Morrison, but Redick is dropping 40 on tougher competition." Bob (Chino, CA) "Adam Morrison is the best college player in the last 10 years." Pat Forde: Duke is in mid-runaway. After that, it's very difficult to decide who's second best. NC State, maybe? BC? Carolina? Maryland will be fighting uphill without McCray. I'd go with the Wolfpack right now, but I think this is a pretty uninspiring league after the Blue Devils. Voice of the Fan: Duke and UConn's Competition Memphis is too inexperienced, Texas is way too overrated, and while West Virginia is good, the team to beat after UConn and Duke is Villanova! LSU is unranked despite a perfect record in the SEC. Perennial powers Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville and North Carolina are unranked, but Colorado and Northern Iowa are in. What's going on here? Do the polls have it right, partially right, or just plain wrong? Vote. "If more than two teams from the Pac-10 go [to the NCAA Tournament], it will be all politics, but then again, everything's politics. The Pac-10 is really poor, but they've got a lot of tradition. The MVC could send as many as three." Rick Majerus in chat The big surprise will come from the Big East. Last year it was West Virginia; this year Georgetown is going to take that honor. They have the capability to make to the Elite Eight. Craig (Bridgeport, W.V.) I'm going with Illinois. I can't believe how well they are playing after losing Deron Williams, Luther Head and Roger Powell. They play great D and have an inside-outside game to go with it. Definitely Michigan State and another team from the Big Ten. Possibly Illinois, if they can find more scoring options. Iowa is getting tougher and Wisconsin, though I hate to admit it, they always get something done. IU as a dark, dark horse and getting darker. If they can play any defense and find a way to win on the road, they are a possibility. Also, don't count out Michigan. Actually, scratch that -- count them out. 3FF (Arlington, Va.) Don't bet against Tom Izzo. He has a three-headed monster up in East Lansing. People forget that with basically the same team, they beat Duke last year. I like their chances if they play them again. Villanova. Went to Texas and lost by a basket while shooting a miserable 27%. Wright's been trying to save the legs of some of the guards and Fraser. They have two All-American candidates, a veteran team, plus they always seem to get the other team's best player in foul trouble. Definitely would be a matchup that would make Coach K have some nightmares.

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Cash, travel guides, sunglasses and cell phone are well protected and close to the hand in this little hip belt. The Mesa is a versatile beltpack with key clip - a favorite with walkers, runners and bikers. Recommended retail price***: 34,95 €. The Dakine Hip Pack has a large main compartment and narrow front pocket. The hip belt is adjustable. With the hip pack you have the hands free for other things. The Nike 360 Flash Small Capacity Running Waistpack features a stabilized design to reduce bounce while keeping essentials secure during your workout. With reflective elements or enhanced visibility. The Agile 500 Belt Set is ideal for long trail runs. Easy access to soft hydration flasks and essentials. Incl. 500ml sports bottle. Recommended retail price***: 49,95 €. Comfortable Raidlight Running Belt with large and smaller zip pocket. Ideal for training. Recommended retail price***: 19,95 €. Offering optimised back ventilation, the HIP PACK RACE 3L is perfect for bike rides with little equipment. The small, stretch Agile Single Belt is completely stretchy, for maximum stability and mobility while running. Recommended retail price***: 29,95 €. Elastic and ergonomic water belt featuring four drinking bottles. Recommended retail price***: 39,95 €. Large-volume shoulder/hip bag for sporty hikers who want low weight and comfort on the go. The water-resistant valuables compartment keeps valuables dry. Recommended retail price***: 55,00 €. Please use the following characteristics in order to narrow down your product results. Continue by clicking "use filter" to carry out the filter

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NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (MJH) announced yesterday that Melissa Martens has been named Director of Collections and Exhibitions. Martens, who has worked at the Museum since 2008, was previously the Senior Curator for Exhibitions and created the widely acclaimed Project Mah Jongg exhibition in 2010. Since Melissa arrived, she has distinguished herself as an invaluable colleague, a brilliant and versatile curator, a skillful and insightful manager, and an enthusiastic supporter and promoter of our mission, said Deputy Director Ivy Barsky. Martens said, The Museumwith its rich collections and meaningful locationis an ideal forum in which to explore the richness of Jewish history and heritage. We have an amazing opportunity here to share new cultural stories and perspectives with diverse audiences. Before arriving in New York City, Martens was the Curator of the Jewish Museum of Maryland for 10 years, where she curated exhibitions about Jewish department stores, Jewish fashion and beauty, synagogue architecture, and Jewish vacation culture. She has also worked at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, the Newberry Library, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. She has been in the museum and library profession for twenty years, and serves as the Vice-Chair of the board of the Council of American Jewish Museums. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, she directed the exhibition The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service and curated Project Mah Jongg, which begins its national tour in fall 2011. Her next exhibition is about Emma Lazarus and the Statue of Liberty; it will open on October 26, 2011. Her recently published articles include Working Together, Playing Together for the American Association of Museums Brooking Paper on Creativity in Museums competition, and the exhibition catalog essay; The Game of a Thousand Wonders, published in Mah Jongg: Crak, Bam, Dot, by 2wice Arts Foundation, 2010. She has also contributed numerous articles to other catalogs and journals. The Museums exhibitions educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the rich tapestry of Jewish life over the past centurybefore, during, and after the Holocaust. Current special exhibitions include Last Folio: A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc, on view through late summer; Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Senesh, on view through August 7, 2011; and The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service, on view through September 5, 2011. It is also home to the award-winning Keeping History Center, an interactive visitor experience, and Andy Goldsworthys memorial Garden of Stones. The Museum offers visitors a vibrant public program schedule in its Edmond J. Safra Hall and receives general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Biomass Productions Game Design A small game company hoping to bring the best quality games possible. Tuesday, August 23, 2011 We are starting a cryengine 3 project! Here's some testing photos. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

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SHE'S COMING ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA TO TEACH FOR US!!!! Little ol' us! LITTLE OL' US!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Because I bloody can't! I bloody can't!!! Let me rewind a bit. So, last Tuesday (I think) I checked the e-mails unnaturally early (I usually work up to it around 4 o'clock, bad business owner...) and there was one from Amy Singer. It crossed my mind that it might be her but then I though 'nah, it's obvs a well named customer' so I answered all the other queries and only got round to reading it when my sister was on the phone (telling me some awesome news). I went silent and felt a bit sick before reading it out to her and Caroline, my miserable sister who's always taking the mick out of me was as stunned as I was! It was AMY SINGER!!! Amy sent me a list of the lessons that she can teach and they all sound excellent! Mostly they have a 'how to design' bent to them or at least how to really understand your knitting which is almost like designing anyway and I want to do them alllllll!!! Every single one! But we'll have to see what people fancy won't we?! So the rest of the day was taken up by arranging meetings with hotels and museums and nice places to book as a venue. The shop isn't suitable being so small and, let's face it, a bit of a mess... So I've been in contact with the Contemporary (still snotty btw... I think I'll give up altogether with them), Wollaton Hall, the Galleries of Justice, all sorts of places!!! I went somewhere today that I've never been to before, in the centre of town with car parking and disabled access and I LOVED IT! V. posh!!!!! The price is good so I'm almost confirmed there I just need to take a peek around the private areas of the Galleries to see whether they'd be suitable (I really kind of hope they aren't because I don't want to have to make an actual decision...). Then, ugh, on my way to seeing a hotel (which would have been too expensive anyway) I slipped over on a pavement outside of the Post Office and sprained my ankle. Balance. So for a few days I was feeling a bit miserable and not doing much but I am back. on. it. now. :) So today I visited that lovely place and then I e-mailed Amy and now it's all confirmed that she's coming (unless something monstrous happens like the other shops pull out I suppose). CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? So now I have to think of a billionty things like actually signing for the venue and promotion and getting it on the website and what I should charge and hotels and food and oh god. Just one little step at a time. For a bit of forward planning, Amy will be coming to Nottingham in early October so keep your diaries empty and I'll be back here asap with details of how to book. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!? Soooo, we have a few options as to what lessons to put on. Here they are roughly: Lace Shawl Designing, Textured Shawl Designing, Textured Sweater Designing, Random Cable Design, Making Lace Friendly, How to Make it as a Knit Designer, Silk Spindle Spinning (for beginners). Now, there are a couple that I really want to do myself so I'm crossing my fingers that you choose those ones but really, just hypothetically, tell me what you would do if money/dates weren't an issue? It'll help me work out what to do when. Right, the Royal Mail put their prices up a month or so ago (maybe longer, the near past has melded into one long slog), and we're having to too. We cut our prices to the bone so we can't afford to take the hit I'm afraid. We've followed the prices from Royal Mail quite consistently plus 50p for our packaging costs. So we now charge £3.50 for a small package, £6.15 for a medium package and £9.40 for bigger packages. Royal Mail have really buggered it up for us because yarn, on the whole, is big but light. So we might have something that measures for a medium parcel but weighs for a small parcel (a ball of Grousemoor Aran) and we'd still be charged the medium parcel price. That's over twice as much whereas before it would have been £2.70. Brill! Thanks RM and Queenie - loving that work. Our website allows us to either charge shipping by weight or price, not size. So I've had to take a punt that 500g will make a small parcel and over that will make a medium one. We won't get it right every time - so we will be losing some money in places but I must say that with our old pricing system we were losing money on every single order so this makes things better for us. Now, I will also say that this smooooooooooooths out the postal prices considerably, we used to have about seven different prices dependent on weight but we now have three. Got to be a good thing. I hope it works and that nobody's too angry with us. There was a woman in the shop yesterday who kept trying to haggle with me (and steal, though I couldn't work out if that was on purpose and it was sorted before she left the shop...), telling me that she was just a poor pensioner and I should be 'reasonable'. Well, I'm just a poor young person. The whole country's in a pickle and there isn't anything that I can do about it but offer a good service at the best price I can. And this is my best price. I do reserve the right to change it again though, depending on how it works out (it could even go down I suppose!). So, there's my explanation of the price - now a bit of a rant about html... Sooooo, websites, as far as I can work out are a bit like computers in that there are lots of files within files saved in public places with links between those files. So, the page here: is a file somewhere, stored in the back of our website. I'd already found the way to change the actual postage but I can't really do that without explaining upfront the prices can I? So this had to be changed first and the postage it last. I couldn't find it anywhere!!!!!! It took most of yesterday just bloody finding the thing and in the end I had to ask on a forum and it was solved within minutes but now I can't find the forum to say thank you to whoever helped me. Anyway - I found it and changed it. Boom. But then I noticed that the first paragraph needed changing because it said that we posted only on Tuesdays and Saturdays. That was based on Liese and Sue doing the postage rather than me but since Liese has moved away and Sue is too busy so that's fallen to me and June who can do it most days really. So I wrote a nice paragraph explaining that in informal lovely language. Saved. Checked. Shit. There's a 'syntax error on line 17'. What on earth does that mean!?!?! I've still no idea but somehow it came to me that it was the bloody apostrophes! My website doesn't like apostrophes!!! WHAT ON EARTH!? Is that normal for websites?! I've seen apostrophes on websites before? So I took them all out which has left me with a somewhat awkward and formal sounding paragraph but it gets the point across so never mind. Right, off to do some knitting now, after 1.5 hours of internetting I think I deserve it! There's a little haiku for you. Holidays do me good. :) I want want want want want a bigger shop. We've talked about it for ages and I started a month or so ago squirreling money away for the purpose - to let the universe know that this. is. my. plan. Jonathon Cainer says that today I should have a 'young head on old shoulders' and keep a sense of fun and lightness about my being and my other horoscope says that I have a tremendous amount of luck coming my way! PLEASE!!!! I also dropped a mirror today, properly smashable speed and velocity and it didn't break or splinter or crack. Surely luck is coming my way!?!?! I'm crossing my fingers and touching wood. SOOOOOOOOO - How's about a fundraiser!? A good old fashioned day of fun for kids and families with a craft fair and raffle and knitting/crochet lessons at first leading to a boozey night with live music, bingo and dancers later on?!!?!?!?! YEAH!? Good idea!!!! DEAD GOOD! The ideas that we've come up with so far are that it's going to be carnival themed and called KNIT NOTTINGHAM'S CARNI-WOOL!!! How good it that!? Marsh Marsh came up with it. :):) We've thought about a craft fair, cake stand, face painting, balloons, live music, wine tasting, bingo, raffles, pub quiz, burlesque dancers and naked waiters. Of course, not all of this will happen but wouldn't it be bloody good! In terms of the craft fair - I know a lot of you will want to be part of it but hold your horses because we'll sort that at a later date with a call out. You'll be the first to know!!! In terms of anything else - ideas!?!?!?!?! Help!?!?!?!?! Good idea?!!?!?! Because I've missed you! I'm glad to be back which makes me feel a but guilty... Shall I start with the shit bits and then we can get on with the good stuff? 1. The hotel owner (and one of my fellow holiday makers) told me that Nigel Farage was 'her kind of man' She also had a really weird wobbly way of being that put me on edge... 2. I was sat with three ostensibly lovely old folk - Ron, Iris and Ethel. We got on swimmingly until Iris got it into her head that I didn't know I was fat and needed reminding at every opportunity, especially when I was knackered after a 2 hour hill walk. She did it with a horrid smiling face and of course I've thought of a tonne of responses now to wipe that sickly smile off her face. She lives in Ilkeston so I may see her again. Can't wait. 3. The weather was atrocious. 4. I got a cold. 5. My cat Lily died while I was away. 6. There's been a lot of stress happening at home and I don't think I made it clear enough how I didn't want to hear about it until I got home. Now, onto the good stuff! So, I went to ILFRACOMBE! In Devon. It's somewhere I went as a child and I only vaguely remembered it but I did remember Combe Martin which is right around the corner and I really wanted to go there. I was going to on the Tuesday (the first full day) but we ended up going to Bideford instead which was... fine. I'd have preferred to spend the only really sunny day we had walking to Combe Martin and enjoying the beach but that's life ain't it!? Anyway, back to Ilfracombe. We set off about 10.30 and got in at about half four ish which is a good long day but so much time left before bed! The first thing I did was rush down to the beach and had a swim. OH it felt so good! There is nothing like icy cold English sea on a hot day after you've travelled for miles and miles. :) Then I had a bit of a wander but wanted to get back to the hotel for dinner. The dinners were fine - nothing to write home about. The hotel was fine - the view from my window just about sums it up: Clean and tidy but not at all impressive. The bed was comfy though, I had one of the best naps ever on Wednesday afternoon. After dinner on the first night I decided to take my knitting by the seashore and sit and watch the sunset. I managed that for about five minutes until I saw somebody else coming down from the hill to the right: That one there. I try and avoid hills when I'm at home so by the time I got to the top I thought I was going to die. I hung around for a while - found this little statue: It was funded by the family of a German girl that fell to her death there not that long ago (like 2002 or something). Put me on edge a bit... From the top of the hill I could see a coastal path and I had no idea where it led so naturally, as it was getting dark and I was on my own in a strange place with virtually no phone battery left, I walked it. And I'm so glad that I did because the views were STUNNING! Let me show you: It's been a long time since I've seen an impressive sunset. I couldn't believe my luck, especially as I'd just happened upon the path. At the end of that little jaunt was the harbour and the controversial Verity statue. I didn't like it at all. Nobody had warned me that her skin was pealing off and you could see all of her insides, muscles and the baby. Ugh. But I must say it was spectacular from far away! The harbour wasn't much fun - at that time of night there's not a lot of stuff going on and the boy racers take over, shouting and driving too fast. A bit scary really. I also didn't find a pub that I felt really comfortable in which is always a disappointment. I look for one on the edge of the beach, nice and cheap, relaxed. But there was nothing. I did find this little shop though: You can't really see but it's a needlework shop on a back street just up from the harbour and it does look as it a pirate could live there. I'm sure there's a history to it. When I went on Wednesday to have a look inside they were shut for lunch and I didn't manage to get up to that end of town at the right time again. Oh well. I went to bed exhausted that day. Why is travelling so tiring!??! In Bideford the next day I spent more time in the Post Office than any where else but I had a very. important. parcel to send so it had to be done (hadn't really thought of the effect of Bank Holiday Monday when all the biddies in Bideford need to get their money though...). I had some lovely fish and chips: Best batter I've ever had. In the evening I went for a walk at the top of the cliff towards the left hand side rather than the right. Nothing much so say about it but I was pleased to have found the Tunnels Beaches because I'd been finding street signs around and about but they all seemed to abruptly stop by my hotel - probably because the beach was by my hotel. I just couldn't bring myself to believe how well it was placed. Here's what the Tunnels Beaches looks like from above: It has the most interesting history this place. Essentially it's four or so beaches connected by tunnels drilled into the cliffs surrounding it. It was drilled sometime in the early 1800's I think (Regency period or so which is my favourite historical period at the mo... ). There were separate beaches for men and women. They built 'pools' which are essentially just walls in the sea and every time the tide comes in, they're completely covered and the water refreshes each time. The next day I actually made it down there in the morning and had a lovely swim whilst the sun was peeking out. I didn't get a good photo of the pool but look at this stunner looking towards the town: Stunning isn't it??! Hang on, I think I've just found a photo of the pool that I went swimming in: I think that's it anyway. Such a stunning place to go swimming! I love wild swimming. Really must have a look to see what's going on around Nottingham. Then towards the left hand side of that pool there were some rocks and and way they were shaped formed lovely little rock pools. I really wasn't prepared for a rock pool day. I had a floaty dress, flip-flops and a shawl on. So I bought some wetsuit boots from the shop, tied my shawl under my arms behind my back and shoved my hand bag on the long strap towards my back. I must have looked a right sight! I trundled and climbed my way around the rock pools for a good two hours. The sun was out and I was pleased! I found a crab - can you seem him!? Then I went back to the hotel and got ready for a day around town, hoping to find a wool shop and I did! The outside reminds me a lot of our little shop - it's a bit nicer but the feel of it is similar I think. Inside I found BUTTONS!!! Hundreds and thousands of them!!!! I bought two different kinds, one for something I want to make and some for a present that I want to make, maybe one day. There wasn't that much wool, it was mainly King Cole and Patons so I didn't think I'd be buying but then this caught my eye: Yes, it's Patons Cotton DK in a colour that I've never seen before. The lady couldn't work out if it was a very old colour or a very new colour but I thought that if it's very old I ought to buy it because I love it and if it's very new then I'll have something worked up in it before it comes into the shop. :) I'm crocheting a shawl in it, one that wraps around and ties at the back so a bit like a shrug kind of. Reminds me of the lady that talks to the bees in Larkrise to Candleford. It's nearly finished but I only bought three balls so I may need to work something else with it at the bottom. I reckon it'll be done tonight at knit club. Which brings me on to what else I was knitting. THE holiday knitting. Remember? Well, technically it was started on the Sunday before we went but setup rows don't count do they? I thought I'd get a good few inches done on the bus but somehow it didn't... This is what it looked like about half way through the journey: That's not even the first repeat... Oh well. The rest of the holiday didn't go much better to be fair. I never found a place where I felt comfortable to sit. and. knit. Which is a shame because that's more or less all I look for in a holiday - still pining for the lovely little pub at the edge of the beach in Bournemouth. When I got home I spent two days in bed so a bit more has got done but it's still not half way through yet! I have sewn in 99% of the ends on the front though which must take as much time as the bloody knitting! It'll get done but much slower now I can't bugger everything else off and knit for myself. So, back to Ilfracombe... I found a CHOCOLATE MUSEUM! I didn't go to the museum I just dawdled around the shop and drooled a bit. I settled on some chocolate with fudge in it for my dad and some sugar free chocolate (which genuinely tasted like the real thing) for my mum. Then I bought myself a gift: Port made with some sort of chocolate liqueur. Oh. My. MMMMMMMMMMMMM. Delish!!! I managed to save some to share with my mum but it was difficult! Lethal too - the best kind of booze!!!!!!!!! Gorgeous shop and lovely lovely people. If you know anybody with diabetes I thoroughly recommend the sugar free chocolate. If you like booze as much as me I recommend the chocolate port. MmmMmmMmm. At lunch I went to this cute little cafe: I had made a decision in the morning to sit outside and sit outside I did. In the rain. I had a crab salad which was one of the items on the eating-list. I wanted fish and chips, crab salad, cream tea, cornish pasty and some fudge. I think that's why the 'lady' from my table thought badly of me - having a list of food that I must eat when I'm in a certain place is probably weird but seriously, all of that stuff is shit in Nottingham ain't it? Anyway... My final stop on the jaunt into Ilfracombe town was the museum described as 'your granny's attic'. Not my granny... It was a bit weird to be fair. Lots of bits and bobs of nothing but there was tonnes of it! Could have spent hours and still not seen everything. I spent a good hour and a half there and it's really only two rooms so that's quite a feat! There were those horrid drawers of moths, butterflies and beetles: And then... hidden away amongst the creepy crawlies... really. old. wedding cake... Some of it was from the 1880's!!! After dinner I decided to go on the Torrs Walk: Somebody had told me about it during the day and when I found out it was National Trust I had to do it. I love the National Trust. It's about three miles and more or less circular, taking you up the side of a big hill (I'd call it a mountain but I'm sure it's not). It zig zags up to the top where there's a little tower and then takes you down the other side of the hill more or less straight through fields. Fabulous views of the coast path and the sea on the way up and countryside over looking the town on the way back down. Gorgeous. I thought it might take two hours or so with lots of stopping and staring and photo taking. However, once I'd got through the foresty bit that gets you onto the the path, and taken this photo: (It looks foreign doesn't it? Beautiful!) I noticed a bloke behind me. He stopped when I stopped and started when I started so I though 'oh shit'. I got my phone out and dialled 999 ready and got my crochet hook out, thought about where to get him and where best to walk so I could grab on. Ha. He walked past eventually, said a cheery 'evening' and not much more but after that I felt all het up so I bombed the rest of the walk. Stopping to take photos and not much else. Sad really because the sunset was stunning. When I got to the top there were sheep all across the path to the torr. In my stressed out head they were killers and would headbutt me over the edge at the slightest bit of bother so I took some photos of them and headed home. There's only one sheep there but I assure you there were more and they were KILLERS! So I headed home, slowly dawdling through the streets. I found this retirement home: Imagine retiring here!!! By the sea!!! And then I rounded the corner, past a dull looking church and heard the most fabulous singing in my life! Like something out of the Sound of Music. I took this video but I don't think you can hear very well. try anyway because it's like a mermaid's singing. Seriously. By this time my cold was developing so I went to bed with my delicious port hoping that it would be gone in the morning for me to walk to Combe Martin. Of course it wasn't... So I went on the day trip with the old folk instead. We coach tripped through some countryside *yawn*. Seriously, who wants to drive through countryside? I know you're old but you can't enjoy that? Wouldn't you rather go from village to village rather than just windy old roads? Hmm. We went to a village called Dunster which was lovely. I had no idea what it was about but as soon as we got there and saw the old Yarn Market I knew I'd been there before and bought sweets in the shape of bow ties that tasted beautiful and waited for ages for my sister. It all came flooding back. :) That's Dunster's Yarn Market. On the way back to the hotel the lovely coach driver, Eric, dropped me off in Combe Martin but the weather was hideous and I was feeling pretty coldy terrible by then. So I got a photo of Combe Martin on the beach and retreated into a nice pub where some people were talking about being from Nottingham which was nice. That's the beach at Combe Martin and if you look closely there are some caravans at the top of the cliff on the left hand side - my mum once single-handedly stopped our caravan rolling off the edge and into the abyss there. Good memories. When I got back to Ilfracombe after manically searching for the bus stop for the bus that comes once an hour I decided not to spend the evening with my fellow holidaymakers so headed to a pub on the harbour past the beach. The sea was wild! And the tide was really far in. Beautiful. Ooooh that's a good one!!! All in all I was pretty happy to be home. Looking back now it was a nice little holiday - always good to get away but some snotty people can ruin your day with just one little comment. I'm going to remember that from now on. Learning that Lily had died didn't surprise me, she'd stopped eating about a week ago and has been looking frail for maybe five years. Ha. So many times we've thought 'that's it, it's over, bye lovely Lil' and then she's pulled through. She was happy to the end though, still enjoying chin tickles and shouting at us for not feeding her at five o'clock prompt even though she was only having a sip of water and going back to bed. She got very loud by the end because of how deaf she was. She was at least 20 years old, but I think closer to 22 from my memories of when we got her from my childminder. She's buried in the garden with her brother Quintus who died at about two years old - wonder if she remembers him? Lovely Lil. God I don't half rattle on ey? There's not enough time to check this before knit club so I'll post it now and check it later. Gosh. It's pub knitting again this week which means that I have missed out about a month of my life. Things are getting back on track though and I want to do a bullet-point(y kinda post, you know me, I can't shut up enough for bullet points). 1). New patterns on the internet! Lots of SUMMERY garments and some intarsia (oooooooooh). I bloody love intarsia I just haven't made up my mind what I'm going to knit (and how I'm going to fit it in....). 2. On a similar note - I don't know if you lot have noticed but we have a sale pattern folder in the shop. It looks v. inspiring: Jokes. But it's full of lovely little patterns that are either for yarns that we no longer stock, or some that we inherited from another yarn shop and now, some that have been blue-tacked/sellotaped to the wall so the edges might have been caught or the picture may have faded but the words and the design are still fine. Best thing about this?! PAAAAAAHND! That's right, every pattern in here is just one of your Great British Pounds. The folder sits on the same shelf as the other patterns and they don't appear on the internet because it's too much bother to keep up to date with these ones seeing as they're mainly in singles. If I was better at marketing I'd called that an 'exclusive in-shop offer'. So next time you're scanning the pattern shelf, give this lonely little folder a go. 3). I've done the window!!! All the while I was singing 'Step into Christmas' which more or less explains how long it's been since I've done the window (not quite but you know...). I cleaned the window inside and out with newspaper and everything and it's so shiny I can't even begin to get a good photo so you'll have to put up with this: I'm dead proud because all of the yarn moves from blue and purple, through teal and turquoise to bright limey greens! Best window ever! But there's no rhyme or reason to the yarns chosen and it was too much of an effort to price everything individually so I'll have a think about that. Hope it doesn't put people off thinking 'if I have to ask the price I probably can't afford it'. Not true!!!! 4). Things have slowed down a little on the Yarndale front but we still have four places left so if you know anybody or their grandma who wants to come then make sure to let them know. Yarndale have now opened out their online booking process so we'll be getting tickets in advance (because so many of you have booked that's now part of the package). We'll be doing that either once everybody's booked or on the 30th of June - whichever is easiest. 5). I'm going on my hols next week so if you want me for anything then get in contact now. June will be in all week and she's a fab knitter so don't hold back but if it's me you want then let me know. Just found out that Verity it magically in the same place at the same time so I shall be spending Tuesday on the beach with Alf and Vezza in our (almost) matching swimming costumes! Isn't that brill!? 6). This is a big one! Dee of Singing Bird Artist fame has an exhibition!!!! It's been a long time coming and a lot of hard work on her part and I'm dead proud and excited and I'll even be back from my holiday! She'll be a better descriptor of her work and what it means (and believe me there are many many layers) but as far as I can see it's about colour, fluidity, yarn, play and recycling. The piece will be hung amongst the trees to blow around and twinkle in the wind and there will be a picnic on the first day where we can sit and knit and appreciate being outside after a long winter. Joy!!! You are all invited. :) Isn't that a fab poster!? Photography by Keith Turner and the rest of the (beautiful) art work is by Dee. I think that's it. Not as many bullet points as I was expecting but maybe I'll have another one to add before I post this (I'm writing on Monday and hopefully posting on Tuesday). Love Eleanor. :) Right - this didn't get posted yesterday so I now have LOTS more to tell you. :) Firstly - I moved the shop around!!!!! It's summer ain't it and the shop's been looking a bit shabby for a month or so so I thought it was time and just got stuck in yesterday. I didn't sit down yesterday at all (apart from to answer e-mails as discussed at knitting group...). I even ate my lunch standing up to create an air of urgency. Moving the shop around is quite a job with the space being so small so it's a bit like one of those tile toy things - like this: Anyway, done and dusted now. The cottons and summer yarns are to the right as you walk in the door. They look like this: OMG OMG OMG OMG isn't it LOVELY!?!?!?!?!? It reminds me of jumpers when I went through an 'ugly jumper' phase. I love love love love love it and have been thinking about it every day since it was released over a year ago! I've chosen my colours: And borrowed the pattern from June: And I am GET, SET AND GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SO excited about my holiday!!! And then finally, proper finally this time, I've just discovered this: Which is the Happypotamus by Heidi Bears and it is just CRYING OUT to be made in this. Please somebody make my day/week/month/life! And now I really do feel like we've caught up. I'm sure I will but if I don't get back on by the time I go on holiday then see you sooooon and I'll miss you and I'll diligently hunt out ALL of the yarn in that little corner of Devon (though I have a sinking feeling that there aren't any LYS's... Maybe we could start a Knit Combe Martin?). Love love love love love, Actually we haven't caught up. I have a rant. I'll keep it short and sweet. We bank with RBS. I took some money in last week to bank and thought it was around £250. The cashier counted it not once, not twice but thrice (and I was watching her) and the final receipt said £380 something. Which is possible - it's not unknown that I've been that far off... Anyway, they ring me on Monday saying that their till was down and that they were just going to take £100 out of my account and I was so stunned, gobsmacked and shocked that I said yes. When I spoke to my mum she told me to get angry. The cashier may have made a mistake but that's not my fault! So I rang back and shouted a bit and the manager said she'll pass it on to her higher ups. Fine. Didn't hear anything yesterday so I rang back this morning thinking that they'd forgotten me, all ready to shout but the lady said that they were putting it back into my account today. Quite pissing right you are lady! But I couldn't be cross even when she blamed me saying that I had to know to the penny what I was putting in the bank etc etc etc. Of course I should, but they'll still be counting it and typing it in so that doesn't stop that mistake does it? Anyway, doesn't matter now because when I'm back off holiday we're going with the Co-op. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it RBS.

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Tuesday, 3 April 2007 Fouuntain Hills, AZ Just trying to catch some shade before the race. First racing of the season for me was this past weekend down in Phoenix, AZ, or more specific, Fountain Hills AZ. An absolute killer, but lots and lots of fun, really glad I made the trip. Competed in the time trial event on Friday, which was 6 miles of rolling fast terrain. Only 28 girls showed up for this event, lots of the larger names decided to opt out and save their legs for the later days. I figured that I flew all that way that I’d better get my moneys worth and do as much racing as possible. This was my first intensity of the season, and left my lung on the course, but ended up in eighth place. Saturday evening was the short track, and if you’ve been to AZ you know it starts getting dark really early and it happens really, really fast. Racing a high speed dirt race at night (with the aid of spot lights) is a pretty cool but somewhat sketchy experience. We had almost a full field with over 50 girls, still a few opting out and there were some pretty good crashes, lots of elbows flying, and a few no so nice curses. If you’ve never had the chance to watch a short track race, I’d recommend it, definitely a great spectator event. Sunday, the hottest day of all, 31 degrees, ouch, was the XC. After sleeping in a little, hanging out in an air conditioned coffee shop and packing up our room, we headed to the course early to get ready. I warmed up with a couple bags of ice strategically placed in my bra and shorts, anything to keep cool. I was definitely tired from the last two days of killing myself and couldn’t get my heart rate up, but my legs felt good. Maybe the no dairy diet works for lactic acid. With a bad call up, 5th row, and only about 100m before the single (of which the whole course was singletrack), even though I had a good start, I still found myself very far back in the pack. Gradually picking off many riders, I found myself in the top twenty coming through the first lap. Passing on this course is an art in itself, lots of sharp loose rocks and unfriendly cacti (I have the marks to show just how unfriendly). By the time I passed through the to go on my final lap, I was in 13th place, still feeling on top of the world and gaining fast on the Luna Chix in front of me. Then the wall of pain came so fast I didn’t even see it coming and before I knew it my legs were starting to seize up and everything I’d eaten that day was coming up and out. Never a great feeling, that burning sensation in the back of your throat and then realizing that you’re completely out of water. With less than a half lap to go, I lost about 6 spots, two of which I gained back near the end thanks to mechanical…..hey, I’ll take whatever I can when I’m feeling like that, and finished up in 16th position. Overall, I’m happy with the way things went this weekend, learnt a lot, know what I have to work on, and I’m super motivated to get outside and hit the training hard. Now if only it would ever stop snowing in Calgary. Thanks to Zack and all the guys and gals at the Trek trailer for helping me out. Posted by Mical Dyck at 22:31

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The Kremlin has dismissed as “pure fiction” allegations that Russia’s President is “corrupt” and has been “masking” his actual wealth. Both claims came from a US Treasury official quoted in a BBC documentary. The US Treasury’s Acting Under Secretary for terrorism and financial crimes, Adam Szubin, was picked by BBC as an expert for the channel’s unprompted investigation into Putin’s income. “He supposedly draws a state salary of something like $110,000 a year. That is not an accurate statement of the man’s wealth, and he has long time training and practices in terms of how to mask his actual wealth,” Szubin told BBC’s Richard Bilton. When asked by Bilton “If Putin is corrupt,” Szubin simply said: “In our view, yes.” In fact, Szubin continued, the US government has known for “many, many years” that Putin has been “enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalizing those who he doesn’t view as friends using state assets.” “Whether that’s Russia’s energy wealth, whether it’s other state contracts, he directs those to whom he believes will serve him and excludes those who don’t. To me, that is a picture of corruption,” Szubin said, though avoiding any specifics that would support his statement. Therein lies the problem, politicians and bureaucrats making statements they can't or won't substantiate, as with the Litvinenko assertions. Is this a new phenomenon? I don't remember governments making unsubstantiated assertions about other government leaders. Is this the American way of doing politics infecting the rest of the civilized world? If it is, it's dreadfully hypocritical, or have you forgotten the former Speaker of Congress passing out checks on the floor of Congress to Representatives who faithfully represented commercial interests at the expense of the American people? Of course Putin has squirreled away money that came about as 'presents' from friends. Do you think he would have lasted all these years if he were not cooperating with the oligarchs? Does anyone think the oligarchs are honest, upstanding citizens with unquestionable integrity? There may be the odd one but he would be very odd as oligarch corruption is as old as Russia itself. But is there any country in the world where there is no corruption? I seriously doubt it. One thing to be said for Putin, he has not impoverished his people for his own gain. If you remember Goodluck Jonathon who was president of Nigeria when $6 billion worth of oil simply disappeared, and there was no inquiry, nor any attempt to find the oil or the money that came from its sale. So while government officials, military brass and some business moguls socked away fortunes illegally, Nigeria's military was so poorly equipped and its men were so poorly treated financially that they would not and could not take on Boko Haram until there was a change in government. How many thousands of lives were lost, often quite horribly; how many girls were abducted and used as sex slaves and suicide bombers under Jonathon's watch? And that was all he ever did was to watch, from a distance; he never went near northern Nigeria. How dramatic were the condemnations from the US and the UK over the Nigerian corruption? Did you hear any? Any at all? I didn't, and I watched the horror quite closely. Should I point out that most of the victims of Boko Haram were Christians? Shouldn't that warrant some interest from the west? Or was their being Christians nullified by their being black? The Russian government has dismissed the allegations. When reached for a comment, President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC that “none of these questions or issues needs to be answered, as they are pure fiction.” The comments were taken by Bilton while travelling to conduct interviews for a BBC Panorama documentary on Putin’s “wallet” dubbed “Putin’s Secret Riches.” This is not the first time US officials have commented on Putin’s wealth. However, this might be the first time the President has been directly accused by a US government body. In 2014, the US Treasury peered into Putin’s finances, alleging that “Putin has investments in Gunvor and may have access to Gunvor funds,” though it did not provide any evidence to back up its claims. Swiss-based Gunvor is the world’s fourth-largest oil trader. The Kremlin has previously noted a general trend in Western media to use unsubstantiated allegations of corruption in an attempt to demonize the Russian government and president. Speaking to RT in May of 2015, the head of the presidential administration, Sergey Ivanov, referred to it as to a “sort of blacklisting process... mostly in the American and British papers.” “I often read articles saying that President Putin and his ‘cronies’ – the language is not mine, but the papers’ – are fully corrupted, connected with criminality, they have huge profits which they successfully hide, and things like that,” Ivanov said at the time. Holding himself up as an example contradicting those allegations, Ivanov wrote off the reports as “rubbish” that “can’t be respected by those who are serious enough to analyze the information.” President Putin has been in the UK media spotlight since a public British inquiry into the death of Aleksandr Litvinenko, who died from radioactive poisoning in 2006, recently alleged that the Russian leader had “probably approved” the killing of the former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent. Russia’s Foreign Ministry denied those findings, saying that the inquiry had been “neither transparent nor public” and resembled a “shadow play… conducted mostly behind doors, with classified documents and unnamed witnesses contributing to the result.”

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I'm tired. This weekend sent me into flare mode. It was likely due to the drop in temperature by 30 degrees F (my American readers get confused when I use Celsius). We had rain and wet snow which never makes life easy for a Fibro girl. I had to attend an event on Sunday that was impossible to miss. My Mom was throwing a bridal shower for my cousin and the Princess is a junior bridesmaid. The King did not want me to go because he knew that I'd be unable to just sit and would be pitching in to help where I could. I tried to do the minimal but when you don't look sick and there are women older than you stepping up while young women sit round. I wasn't raised that way and I just can't do it no matter how much I pay for it later. The Princess was doing all she could to make sure I didn't have to do much but when you are in flare even the most mundane tasks can be too much. A family member called today and I made the mistake, again, of truthfully answering the "How are you?" question. I don't know why I bother. She doesn't hear me when I try to explain fibromyalgia, she thinks it equates to depression and for me it doesn't. I've been depressed before. I've done the med circuit for post partum depression that morphed into plain old depression. It was the worst time of my life. Yes... even worse than dealing with the hell that is fibro. I can't imagine dealing with fibro and depression as so many of my fellow sufferers do. I am SO grateful that I have not had to deal with them together. I am tired of explaining that there is no magic pill. I'm tired of explaining that I chose not to take pain meds because I have addictive tendencies and very low tolerance for meds. I chose not to live my life in a haze... there are days I wish I could but I know my body and I chose not to put myself or my family through that kind of living. I told her that I over did it when I was already feeling poorly and now that I will have to pay the price for a few days while my body tries to recuperate. She made the comment "that is no way to live". I replied explaining that sometimes you have to do things you shouldn't do because you don't want to let people down. That if it would have been any other occasion on Sunday that I would have excused myself but bridal showers are once in a lifetime events. It is during times like this that I wish my skin would turn green or a neon sign would appear over my head so people would see that the one who doesn't look sick is sick and shouldn't push herself and has sacrificed a lot to be there for your special day and will sacrifice further as she tries to recover from doing to much to make it a special day. I don't want your pity. I don't want your "cures". I don't want your diagnosis or analysis. I want your understanding. I want you to hear me without telling me stupid things like that is no way to live.... it is a way to live... it is the way I live and many like me live. It is the way our families live. It is not just me who suffers when I am sick... it is my whole family who pays the price.

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This home is nestled among towering pines in Virgin Pines - a quiet area, but in a convenient location close to most everything in town. You are sure to be impressed with the large yard, meticulous landscaping, and the wooded backyard views from the deck, near the end of a cul-de-sac. Step inside to a grand living room with soaring ceilings, a floor to ceiling gas fireplace and plenty of windows. Just off the living room is the bright kitchen/dining with a pantry, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and patio doors to the backyard deck. The spacious main floor master suite is complete with a walk-in closet and full bath. A bathroom/laundry room rounds off the main floor. Upstairs is a bedroom/bath comb and the lower level is partially finished with a family room, office, space for a hobby area and extra storage. There is a 2-stall, insulated garage. This unit is turn-key and ready for its new owner to enjoy benefits. |Style: 1.5 Story||Lot Size: 564973||Garage: 2 Car, Attached||Lake Chain:| |Fin SqFt Total: 1,615||Lake Name:| |Construction: Frame/Stick||River Name:| |Water Frontage (feet): 0| |Taxes: $1,368||Lake Size-Acres: 0| |Tax Year: 2015||Site Influence: Cul-de-sac, Driveway, Easy Access, Level, No Thru Road, Quiet Area, Recreation Nearby, Shopping Nearby, Wooded Area|

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For quite some time now it has become evident that policies being adopted by the government and Laws being made by Parliament are not reflecting the views, wishes or the needs of the majority of the people of the country. Policies like FDI in retail, importing hugely expensive and dangerous nuclear power plants, and laws like the SEZ Act or the Civil Nuclear Liability Act are clearly against the wishes and interests of the people but have been pushed through by the government and in Parliament for the commercial interests of large Indian and foreign corporations. The same is evident from the manner in which the government and Parliament has dealt with the Lokpal bill. While all polls, surveys and referenda were showing that more than 80% people favoured the Jan Lokpal bill, the government introduced a bill bore little resemblance to it, and defeated the very purpose of a Lokpal by making it a body selected and controlled by the government and making it dependant on government controlled investigating agencies. When amendments moved by the opposition parties to cure some of these defects were likely to be passed, the government filibustered and engineered disturbances and the bill was left hanging in the air. We are constantly told that Parliament is supreme and that we must respect Parliamentary democracy and that it is inherent in this form of democracy that the people must leave decision making to the wisdom of their “elected representatives”. We know that these representatives are generally getting elected by use of money power and often even muscle power. That is why the major political parties are lining up to induct even those persons who have been kicked out for corruption by the corrupt BSP government on the eve of the elections. We are seeing that only candidates of large, established and moneyed parties have any realistic chance of getting elected, mainly because of the nature of our electoral system in which honest and hardworking social workers who have contested elections as independents or candidates of small political fare poorly in elections. But even more importantly, we find that after getting elected, these elected representatives normally do not take decisions on policies and laws by finding out what people want, and often such decisions are taken (usually at the level of the party high commands) on the basis of self interest (as in the case of the lokpal bill)or on extraneous and often corrupt considerations. That is why Acts which vitally affect millions of persons like the SEZ Act get passed in Parliament in minutes without any discussion, and the Lokpal bill remains stuck for decades. Parliament these days get adjourned frequently due to disturbances created sometimes by a few M.P.s, and only a small fraction of its time is devoted to real work. We are told that we have to live with this “imperfect democracy” and that other countries have also learnt to similarly live with such imperfections. But what we are seeing is not an imperfection in the working of our democracy but virtually a total breakdown, where, as we are seeing, the popular will is rarely getting reflected in governance and law making. The challenge before us therefore is: Can we not put in place a system where by the views of the people are directly taken into account in major policy decisions and laws of the State, rather than these being decided by the “elected represenatives” ? Such a system is already in place in tribal areas through the PESA Act which provides for the Gram Sabha (the collective of all adults in the village) to take all public decisions pertaining to the village, though mostly this has remained only on paper. Why can’t a similar model be tried in larger areas such as Blocks, Districts, States or even the entire country? It is true that all the adults of a State or even a Block or District cannot get together to physically discuss an issue as they do in a Gram Sabha meeting. But there are two ways of addressing this problem. If one wants to ascertain the views of the people in a particular State or District on a particular issue, one can have it discussed and decided in each Gram Sabha of that State or district, or one can put it to a referendum to all the people of that State or District. The progress made by IT and Communication technology has enabled a referendum being conducted through internet kiosks (using biometric identification) which can be set up in each village in the country within a year, if the government had the political will to do so. There are still two challenges in such a system of referendums. Firstly, the issue to be voted upon needs to be identified and crystallised into questions which are suitable to be framed for a referendum. For example, there could be many variations of the Lokpal bill. Which versions are to be put up for a referendum and who is to decide this? One way of doing it would be to allow a crystallised issue to be put up for referendum if more than a certain percentage of the population sign up for it. This model is already in vogue in many countries including several States in the US. Thus if 5 or 10% people of the electorate of the Nation, State or the District as the case may be, sign a petition that they want a particular decision to be taken, that proposition could be put to a referendum. If voted upon by a majority of the people, the decision could be made actionable. An alternative model is that whenever a contentious issue arises in the State, district or country (depending upon whether the issue concerns the State or district or the entire country), a neutral body like the Election Commission is charged with the duty to ascertain the most popular views on it and then frame the questions by giving the most popular options, which are then put to vote. Some sceptics ask; how do you expect people to understand complex issues like the Lokpal bill, nuclear energy or genetically modified foods. “These are matters which can only be understood by experts.” But are our M.P.s or Ministers experts on these subjects? After all they are deciding such critical matters which affect large sections of society. If they can take a view on it by taking into account the views of experts, so can the people. Some people who feel that they understand the issue sufficiently will vote on their understanding. Others will go by the experts that they trust. Manu may not vote, which is the case even for elections. But this would still be better than decisions being taken only by these “elected representatives” who are often elected on a small fraction of the vote in elections dominated not merely by inadequate knowledge of the candidates, but by money and muscle power and caste considerations. These “elected representatives” are far easier to manage by commercial vested interests than the entire electorate. Therefore, it would be much safer to trust the people than these elected representatives. Whatever the challenges and difficulties in putting in place such a system, the time has certainly come to discuss this. We need to see how we can strengthen and deepen our democracy and ensure that we really get a truly participatory democracy and thus a government which is really run by the wishes of the people. Participatory democracy is an idea whose time has come.

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I'm bring it back, I was going through my Big Bang files and I came across this again and all I can think is "Awww he's gonna be a great dad" (I'd be jealous of the kid tbh lol) You can really tell that he likes then like , look at the way he interacts with the kids♡♡ Just imagine a mini GD!! His face when the kids didn't remember him though XD He's Big Bangs leader so why not include the band themselves to right..... let's see Big Bang perform with their "mini me's" shall we ... Who do you think the Best father in Big Bang will be?

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- This event has passed. What The Float: The Bride of Floatenstein Oct 14, 2016 @ 9:00 pm - Oct 15, 2016 @ 4:00 am |Recurring Event (See all) Every day for 2 days A roving dance party hidden in plain sight. Our last one in 2016. Come marry the night. Featuring DJs Annie Floatstravaganza, Pretty Boy J, and BishBash.

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Question about Novicorp WinToFlash Posted on Apr 21, 2015 a 6ya expert can help you resolve that issue over the phone in a minute or two. best thing about this new service is that you are never placed on hold and get to talk to real repairmen in the US. the service is completely free and covers almost anything you can think of (from cars to computers, handyman, and even drones). click here to download the app (for users in the US for now) and get all the help you need. Posted on Jan 02, 2017 Tips for a great answer: on Feb 25, 2011 | Computers & Internet on Aug 28, 2010 | Computers & Internet Feb 25, 2013 | Computers & Internet Nov 12, 2012 | Advent 4211c Notebook Jun 21, 2012 | Novicorp WinToFlash Mar 02, 2011 | ASUS Eee 4G Notebook Jan 14, 2011 | ASUS Eee PC 1000H Laptop Jun 13, 2010 | Microsoft Windows XP Professional With... 4,308 people viewed this question Usually answered in minutes! Step 2: Please assign your manual to a product:

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SCSA Press Conference Discusses Career Growth in the Dispensary Industry Rick Eiden adresses press about SCSA collaboration CBS 2, ABC 7, Weedmaps TV, KNX Radio and other major news outlets gathered outside of South Coast Safe Access (SCSA) yesterday, as dispensary owners, employees and other city officials addressed the public about becoming the first unionized medical marijuana dispensary in Orange County. Going into effect March 7th, SCSA employees will have health, vision and dental coverage, as well as paid vacation, sick time, pension retirement plans among other provided benefits as a result of their collaboration with United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 324 (UFCW). "We want to provide the very best for our employees and we want to make sure they're protected," says Rick Eiden, the Executive Vice President for the OC Food and Commercial Workers Local 324 and President of OC Labor Federation as he addressed the public. "I really applaud the owners of SCSA who took the leadership role in making sure that their workers had a voice on the job and have the ability to be represented." Eiden introduced Derek Worden, one of the owners of SCSA, to the press. With pride, his initial statement began by expressing that SCSA works hard at making sure it's a great employer, thus why it's important that his employees are taken care of properly. But instead of solely focusing on what unionizing does for his employees, his address focused on what it means for the community. "We pride ourself on being a valuable community partner and a safe access provider for thousands of patients," says Worden. "We are pleased that our staff wanted to unite and collectively work and share fair wages and benefits…so that our patients can continue to have reliable access to environmental friendly, affordable medicinal cannabis." Worden also touched on the fact that unionizing changes the dynamic within the dispensary business, as it allows for the industry to shift away from offering short term jobs to offering careers. Former Senator Joe Dunn also addressed the press, congratulating SCSA and UFCW Local 324 for being a prime example of how a community should work. "This is exactly how a community should operate," says Dunn. "The entrepreneurs that launched SCSA not only had their focus on the safety and the high quality product they provide to their patients but their partnership with UFCW also ensures that the hardworking men and women that deliver this high quality product to the patients have a fair chance of living the American dream," he says. "That’s exactly how a community should work and honestly that’s exactly how our nation should work, too." Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen also spoke to the press and discussed how the leadership shown by the government at the state level is what allows cities, like Santa Ana and Garden Grove, to assess the possibilities for safe access to medical marijuana within city lines. "We should recognize the leadership in the California government for signing into law the three bills which allow cities like [Santa Ana and Garden Grove] to look at how we can ensure there are high standards for access, as well as to ensure our community is safe," he says. As the press conference came to an end, the question of which dispensaries are next to unionize was brought up to Eiden. "There are a number of other dispensaries in the area that have already signed neutrality agreements who are looking to do the exact same thing," says Eiden. "We are very excited for the opportunity to really grow and expand, and give workers within this industry the chance to make a career out of what they're doing." As of next week, SCSA employees will be granted the exact same benefits that retail drug workers have fought for decades to have. "[SCSA employees] will have the exact same benefit plan and retirement plan that our pharmacists and technicians have in the retail drug industry," says Eiden. "As they should." Get the ICYMI: Today's Top Stories Newsletter Our daily newsletter delivers quick clicks to keep you in the know Catch up on the day's news and stay informed with our daily digest of the most popular news, music, food and arts stories in Orange County, delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday.

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MULTI-million pound plans to create one of the most energy-efficient developments of its size in the country are being put forward for Long Sutton Butterfly and Wildlife Park. The park, which is due to be closed to visitors at the end of this season, could be replaced by 87 eco homes under ambitious £12million plans in the latest of a string of green projects for the town. The “Sutton Park” development was revealed after a formal application was made to South Holland District Council. Butterfly Park director Peter Smeaton said: “The site as a wildlife park is not financially viable in this economic climate. It costs £100,000-plus to keep the site running, which we have put in the last four years. We have seen reduced visitor numbers and there is no foreseeable change going forward. “The only logical outcome is to completely change the site for an alternative use and we think this is a great alternative use rather than it being a net drain to Long Sutton as it currently is.” Mr Smeaton said the development would also provide a long-term income stream for the town with an annual community payment for Long Sutton Parish Council. The 12-acre site would include one to five bedroom two-storey homes, with solar panels on the roof of each one. Residents would be set to benefit from 14 10KW microturbines and each home would be south-facing to get maximum benefit from the sunlight. An existing orchard will remain on the park, while two acres have also been set aside for allotments in the plans. The plans have been drawn up with the help of Jerry Harrall, of SEArch architects, who was also behind the six bungalows in Unity Gardens. Data from the bungalows, which operate without fossil fuels, has been used to make the new plans as “green” as possible. Dr Harrall said: “It’s now time to recognise that we need inward investment into our district and market towns from business owners and entrepreneurs. “That inward investment will demand high quality homes and that’s what this development is doing. It’s providing starter homes, affordable homes. We have 87 affordable homes; they are affordable to live in. “That’s what my understanding of affordable homes is. Homes that use no fossil fuels.” Dr Harrall says he is confident the development will attract interest from the UK’s largest building firms. Work could start as soon as spring 2013 if the plans are approved. About 2.8MW of energy is already created by two fields of solar panels on land at the park.

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50 miles South of Jasper AR between Pelsor and Ben Hur the amazing site of Pedestal Rocks is located. There are two hikes from the same TH ,one to Pedestal Rocks 2.2 Miles RT and the second King’s Bluff 1.9 RT. We started hiking the Pedestal Rocks taking only water with us leaving the picnic box in the truck to eat between the hikes. The trail description suggested hiking the trail on top of the bluff , but if we would follow the written instructions we would be walking on the bluff and have limited vision of the Pedestal,caves and arches. These are the sights from the top trail. We found few trails leading from the top main one to the bottom of the rocks and found a whole bunch of caves ,arches connected by trails created by earlier curios visitors as ourselves. Walking the lower trail gave us the real prospective of these amazing high Rocks,at the whole time we did not meet a single soul,it was like entering and imaginative outside world. By now we understood that Waterfalls is not going to be the “thing” in Arkansas only because the falls are feed by rain and not running rivers…but these Rocks were a very good substitute. We enjoyed the two hikes so much that we forgot all about the time and as it started to get late we stopped in a local restaurant in Jasper on the way home to have a great home made dinner,it was a great meal after a great day.

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Really enjoyed the food and service, and thought it was great value. Never had a sloppy Joe before or a peanut butter milkshake and I loved them. Service was really friendly and they were really nice to the kids Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.

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A blog chronicling my departure from urban life on the east coast to sheep farm and cheese making life on the west coast. Still recounting the meals I have eaten in my new setting, but with more sheep thrown into the mix. Friday, August 24, 2012 LW turned the big 3-0 in early August, and hosted herself a lovely barbeque/birthday extravaganza the following weekend. One of her college friends put sausages and burgers on the grill, which we all enjoyed. It was a lovely deck party, which was then followed by a trek to south Philly for a raucous (and hazy) evening of darts.

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Our Logo, designed and drawn by Jo Schofield Do you have pieces of work hanging around that seemed like a good idea when you started them, but either you’ve lost interest, or they’ve gotten too hard and they’ve been annoying you? Bring them along, and swap them with someone Else’s UFO! Here’s your chance to try something completely different and have some fun at the same time! Looking forward to seeing you! Where: Gallery One, 1 Torrens Road, Mitcham ph: Lianne 0431 297 258 When: Saturday 25th May 1.30 to 4.00 pm Cost: Room hire $7. per person.

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The organisation said last week that its additional contribution was equivalent to four years' spending on community and voluntary sector grants and its work with young people. "Our grant-making for the foreseeable future will be seriously reduced," said the fund's chair, Dame Liz Forgan. The fund has promised to honour existing awards while considering how to deal with future grant-giving. "We don't know at the moment how the cake is going to be divided up," a spokeswoman said. John Sell, chair of Heritage Link, a support organisation for UK heritage charities, said: "The Government rightly applauds the value of heritage in one breath, but in the next undermines our ability to maintain that value by cutting essential support."

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Below is a question posed to me the other day. I took out any info that may identify the writer. It asks a very good question. I was convicted of ******** a Class A misdemeanor in Illinois in *****. I was never required to register, I just paid a ***** fine and never went to jail. It was a romeo-juliet style thing with a girl less than 5 yrs younger than me...... I have no other offences since that time, or before that time. If I moved to Huntsville, AL would I be required to report to the sheriff's office and be put on the registry there? Been reading lots of conflicting info. ANSWER: I contacted the Alabama Attorney General's Office with this question. Their response to me was to "ask the sheriff of the county you are moving to." I have told the person who sent me the email this response even before I received this response from the Alabama Attorney General's office. I do find it interesting the AG's office, the very people most responsible for enforcing sex offender laws know less about them than an activist. I have discussed travel issues on my main website, Once Fallen. Moving issues are similar to travel issues because many states consider visiting as "establishing" a "temporary residence." It can be complicated. Alabama gives you 72 hours to register.

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My Dolls House named The Point A few years ago i decided to build a dream dolls house that was very up to date and modern and stylish. Made from mdf, i began cutting and preparing wall panels, ideas were coming out of ears, it was then decided i wanted a curved frontage, which later was to become my biggest nightmare , read on, its fun Now in white primer as above ready for fitting glass sliding doors on the left side now just messing with front doors, just designed them, cut holes etc , fitted some glass blocks to see how it will look, doors will be painted white today, will also order the tinted glazing and finishing strips , french doors that i have in place maybe replaced with the tinted glazing too, ?? as unsure how they look ?? great to be able to design my own, just design & build , im having fun with all the power tools, etc, generally making a mess, now i have the sawdust & mess to clean up after lunch, but hey so much fun, let me know what you’s think of my new house. The curved parts is going to be tinted glazing from top to bottom with steel / chrome flat bar , with downlighters looking on it from top. I’m not really going for any era, just very modern feel to it, i just go with the flow house is coming on nice, just awaiting of glazing now, im still tinkering, fitting french doors on the front, as i thougth the glazing would be too much, as it is going on the right side of the house, and just planning the balconys now, great fun now have the glazing, but not sure how to bend it round the curved part, i purchased 3mm but it bends a little but not as much i as i would like, any ideas Hi, im defeated, i have tried hot water in the bath, no avail, tinted glazing is too big for oven. tried the hairdyer and it has now either packed in or burnt out , it no longer works. arrgggg I’m fed up, nearly demolished the house trying to screw the curved part down and all the screws popped out , mdf is now split, Im sick of it. i was really looking forward to having the glazing fitted today, as i had a few hours spares, first for day, and then all of this. Just trying to calm down with a cup of tea, I am now going to look for 1mm glazing I almost give in, and really dont like to ask my partner for help at all, but give in, and now my partner is too help me , he suggests template , or ratchet straps and since he has a heat gun in which i did not know, he will put heat to it, and hopefully it will bend , curve and work. since i now have 4 holes running down the side of the glazing, where i tried to fix the glazing in place, ie hairdryer treament, to no avail,long storey, i will fit a couple of trims Trust me to want something a little different, curves, angles etc I promise i will not be beaten, i will press on with it, today i will finish the other door i have been working on, this one is going well, thank god Hi, im back, tried boling water, no avail, since then partner tried to curve the part, nearly had it within 1″ either side, i was prepared to use screws in keep in place, but he dicided to try again, you can only guess what happened next, pear shaped. too much heat, it went all strange, and now it is all shapes, fit for bin. As you can imagine after 3 weeks form ordering it till now , i have now totally given up on the idea of curved front, shame really, so back to the other plan i had in mind have ordered order more cut to size and will place them straight, ie 6 parts but still leaving the curved part of the wood, it should look okay, i feel like it has been like losing battle, sure it will be worth it in the end, fingers crosed for next time, when it arrives, it should be just a matter of fixing into place with solicone and bingo. Honestly i have tried to acquire tinted acrylic in 1mm everywhere, as this would easily bend to shape, emails sent, phonecalls made, to no avail, so have settled with the same again 3mm, i must admit i have tried other pieces i have, in place and it looks just fab, with the idea of downlighters onto it , it will have that wow factor i’m after, hi, tried bq days ago, but they only have clear , not tinted, worth a try though, i’ll get there, i wont be beaten hi, im back, just received my tinted glazing, not had a chance to do anything more to the house , just so so busy, xmas coming, Im going try in the next few days, promise i will send pictures once the glazing is in place, and keep yous up to date hi, im back to working on my new build, you would not believe the trouble i have had with this one door, i very nearly took to smashing it the other day, but came to my senses, to put it bluntly i removed the whole door, dismantled and totally gave up with the idea of the curved tinted paned door. that is now scrap wood in bits. i then started again , cut a brand new door , new design, back to the “point ” idea i had very early on in the build, GOOD NEWS IS new door is in place, with tinted windows, just have to place another piece of tinted glazing and promise i will put some images on the forum for you to see, not as i wanted , but still quite pleased i have finally a door that is very nearly finshed, never ever have i put so much work into 1 door, what with the glazing teething problems etc, it was total nightmare. never ever again, me and my fancy ideas, uh not even started on the side windows or the roof window, but that will come at a later date, i wanted a break from windows so gone onto the lighting, YES, i have also started on the wiring system, yes LIGHTS are going in, copper tape in place now, i’ll let you know how i get on in the next few days. Hi, i’m back, after a weeks holiday, good news is i have lots of ideas for the house, just before i went away 1. I fitted some of the lights, more to be fitted 2. I made sliding doors & fitted to sloping roof section, 2 doors slide open, very smoothly on the runners. 3. I did the flooring, fitted skirtings 4. Began making runners for the left side sliding doors, i decided glass blocks are not to be used ! 5. Took some of images of it looks, The ” POINT ” is getting there, yeah its just the nickname i gave it after trouble with the curved galzing etc did not go to plan so the pointed front doors idea came in, and were made instead. Good news is i now have all my lights i was waiting for and now these are to be fitted, so the house will become fully light, expensive this lighting lark, but HEY what a difference, SURE THEY WILL BE VERY MAGICAL, as the others i have fitted are. It is a long process, just putting in a few hours a week if that , at present, but really enjoying see the house come along. still lots and lots of work to be done, but no hurries I’ll get more pics of the sliding doors, sure you will love the them, Hope you enjoy the pics PIC 1 i’m hoping to get back to the building process of my modern style house, been very very busy with work, , not had a chance to get back to it fro months, i’;m hoping to proceed early next week on it, lots of work still to do, but i’m in no rush, all part the fun, i have lots of designs for the interior, been shopping for furniture, etc, i may even make some myself , i’ll see how it goes, promise to post some pics when i’m a little further on hi, im back onto the house project, all lighting finished for now, all working, so very impressive, wallpapered main walls, hope eveyone likes it, my sister states i have built a minature version of her own lounge, great taste she has, bought wood strips , just finished lounge and dining area, fitted skirting boards, fitted runners for the sliding door in the lounge, I’m after modern door handles or what i can make them out of ? must be modern looking , ie silver or chrome to fit in with tinted sliding doors still not decided on the stairs, may have a play around today with them again, but the tester stairs i made earlier do look good, very very modern, so may well go ahead with them, and add my finishing touches to them, hope you like my pics, PIC 2, 3 4 ps, forgot to say, could’nt help but try some modern furniture in the room, The black & white flock is from b & q , approx £6.00 i think, on a roll, just sticks on , really easy. elf minature are fab, i have ordered my handles, just awaiting delivery, very impressed with the service Elizabeth offers. The flooring came from ebay, “DOLLS HOUSE FLOORING /BOARDS PACK OF 100 REAL OAK” very easy to fit, glued down and sanded, and i just used furniture wax to give it nice satin finish, volia im back, just about finished a few more rooms, flooring down, basic furniture is in, new modern handles are inplace, looks the part, best of all chrome staircases are in and railing made and fitted, all coming along nicely, will post some pics very soon hi, yes , same handles as the kitchen units, very easy to fit, drill holes, bingo. i think they look great with the doors Hi, im back, with more images, hope you like them PIC 5, 6 7, Hi, still not 100% sure on the stairs, but they do for now, not sure what to put on the rooftop, just tried placing this tiled paper, let me know what others think on this, just put in place for now, PIC 8 view of the side doors, which will link to the extention that i intend to build for kitchen and ensuite room, next project i guess, wehn im happy with thsi, but still huge amounts of work to be doen, ie tidy up, railing for the rooftop, railing for the balcony’s etc. PIC 9 Ps ,, Must Try And Spell Correctly In Future, Next Project I Guess, Laughing , Julie Anns Dolls Houses House is coming on fine, just started on the rooftop railings, hope you like the pics, i used aluiminum bars, and very hard to find glue to stick, PIC 10 Also just started on the balconys railing, will hopefully finish these off today, all in im enjoying the whole process, I also did bathroom with a tiled effect paper, but not 100% convinced, i may change it, i just cant seem to make decesions these day ! On the lookout for a very modern bathroom suite, i did fancy a rolltop with chrome center taps, i originally tried bending with pliers, but made a mess of it, then my lovely partner stated it had a brake pipe bender from his day of messing with cars, i never used such a thing, but once i was shown as was away, so brake pipe bender did just the job nicely, I will try superglue, just in past in seems only to stick my fingers together and nothing else. but certainly will try it, just finished balconys railing , just awaiting wood glue to set etc , all railing are cut and in place, once all done i show a pics, as i know yous all love pictures. as for the bathroom , i will look at the soapdishes in the future , clever idea, as for taps i may even try and make these with my new tool, yes you guess it “brake pipe bender ” ps forgot to say i also finished railings out side the upper sliding doors, must get back to my new build, as im additicted, if thats how you spell it, totally and utterly engrossed with it, im sleeping, thinking ideas of my next step is, sad or what, but I LOVE IT. must finish all the niggling bits general tidy up, then my next project it the extention, rememeber the house and extention is all from scrap wood & mdf i have lying around, as i lile recycle where i can. who says dolls houses are just for kids ! hi, im back onto the house, looking fab, wondered if anyone can help with the lighting/wiring, the right glazed front door of the house has downlighters into it, i have the wiring coming from the door and into the house, but the wiring looks very wrong, is there anyone other way i could do this, ie make contact , so lights will work, dont get me , they work now, but looks a mess with the wiring showing like this, any ideas, also just finshed the balcony on the other door, with chrome railing, PIC 11 hi, forgot to say i had finished other rooftop railing, PIC 12 must get better pictures once complete, PIC 13 i used a combination of aluimium and steel tubing purchased Araldite superglue., worked a treat, good news is I have now built the extention, looks like a mini version the main house, just primed it, today i will begin the electics, and order more lights fittings etc. Still adding bits to the main house, ie named the point, coming on a real treat, enjoying the whole process of building houses. To others wanting to build there own house, just let your imagination run wild, you will be surprised what you can achieve when you put your mind to it. i’ve done a little more to the house, i have made the extention PIC 14 ts coming fine, lights are fitted, all working, i’m getting too good at this soldering lark , just about to decorate the rooms , oak flooring is down in the kitchen come dining, just mustering some ideas on the bathroom, ie tiles etc, Im totally obsessed with it, although must admit it all very nearly went up in flames, i must of done something wrong when doing the lighting, seen a few sparks, and i had visions of throwing it out of the window, i honestly thougtht it was about to go up, but hey , i fixed the problem , just a case of wiring touching , so easily fixed. in fact that night i kept waking up thinking my house was on fire, yes, the dolls house that is. Anyway , next step is to make up the front doors, any ideas ??? 1 hinged door form the left i was thinking ? or paned glazing ie for the thaat open feel, any ideas ?? Hi im back, busy rattling my heads with ideas for the bathroom, , just cannot make my mind up, discisons, let me kwow what others think , just playing around with bits of wallaper to give the idea of tiles, not sure it it looks right before pasting ?? the main back wall is going to a shower , with a large chrome shower head, with a small tiled wall set back with the bath to it, taps are going to be replaced with chrome modern taps, i will also make a wooden duckboard, large mirror above the sinks , ideas just keep coming , remember sliding door is on the right to the main bedroom, very posh, yikes i want to live in this house ! PIC 14 Hi, im getting caried away with the inside, main front of the house is not been designed, but i think i want lots of glazing panels, if i can , railing not yet made for the rooftop, still lots of work, but hey , i have on with it since august last year so no real hurrries, all part the fun. Hi, sorry fogot to say, i was just using the stand for a example, to get the feel of the height, i am going to make a stand or bench for the sinks to sit onto, just been pinching bits from my other house, ie towel rails etc in gold, but will either paint chrome or buy them in chrome PIC 15 hi, hope you like the new pics i have of the finished bathroom, i made the sink unit , chrome towel rail, shower unit, tiles are cut out of wallpaper , chrome taps i made myself and glued in place, hopefully i will convinced others that things can be made, let me know what you’s think ! PIC 16 forgot to say, on the look out for glass or pretent glass shelving ? for bathroom. just been playing around with the roof, and cutting front door, just awaiting more tinted glazing ! another pic of bathroom PIC 17 pedal bin dolls house emporium, very nice chrome taps and towel rails are made from alumium bar, the bench that the sinks sit on, i made myself from scrap mdf covered with fablon. I can supply the sinks i will get a close up of the bathroom unit i made, just out of scrap mdf, anyone can do it, promise you, anything is easy when you put your mind to it, Just been thinking how long i have been on with this project, approx since last august i think ! but loving it, any spare minite i get , im at it, I’M ADDITICTED, no really it’s only what i have in mind for my real house, the sad man i happen to live with , states no, no and no whenever i happen to have an idea of how i want my real house to look, maybes this is why i tend to put all thoughts into my dolls house as i can get away with it, with no one stating “dont like it” men just dont have any idea’s when it comes to houses, sure my lovely partner would eat of tins if allowed and sit on the floor for lunch, sure its the monkey in them , i’m laughing as i write !!! Hi, good news is railings on the extension is all done , any ideas what i should use on the roof sections of the house and extension ? New kitchen has arrived, so cannot wait to get started on that, Glazing has finally arrived after a 2 week wait, so i can now get on with the “LAST STAGE OF THE HOUSE” yes just about finshised now, again any ideas on the main large front door , i really wanted mostly all glazing, but impossible as i have to consider hinges fitted to wood sorround, again i’m stuck for ideas on this ???? below is some images of how it looks as today, any help on the new door door will be much appricated PIC 18 forgot to say i dont know whether to put paper or tiles on the roof ?? also the door will have to be hinged from the left, one piece door , any ideas ?????? i even thought about full sliding doors , but this would not allow full access to rooms as one door would overlap other door, but like you say, i could make a frame sit glazing in , fit hinges and viola, i will try this and let you know how it turns out Hi, house nearly finished, photo’s coming very soon, keep watching good news is 98% finished the house, complete with new door, glazing in place, just about to finish trim on door, and bingo , it shoud be done, well you know, i still have bits of furniture to get , get rooms looking liveable, photo’s coming very very soon, This house, ” the point” is the name i gave it, early on after a fight with the curved door which went out of the window as i messed it after several tries, as it was just too weak the frame to hold the glazing, so it beccame the ” the point ” It will be a year next month since i started the project, few hours here and there, but hey well worth it, it really does look stunning, well in my eyes it does, i may add a few lights on the patio areas at later date, as all you hobbists know, a house is never finished, in fact the decor in my real size house got put on hold , whilst i played around with this dolls house i started, my partner kindly reminded me of the fact every few months , i spend more time on my project than in my real size house , well that is how it is at times, as i’ve always said the dolls house hobby is VERY ADDICTIVE, once you start , you just cant stop, even just last night my partner was cutting a roller blind for the real size house ,and stated with the remenant in his hand “hey you could make rollers blinds for your dolls house” i laughed out loud, and then took it off him and said it was a brilliant idea, yes it looks like i have him thinking dolls houses too, as he said i have got him dolls house daft now, its rubbing off onto him too, yes i just love this hobby hi, sure is spooky, promise i will get more photo’s for you, it looks like a building site at present as i’m just finishing the trim on it, but everything else is in place, doors on, railing all done, balcony’s done, but really looking forward to finishing it, but to be thruthfull i just finished decorating my own real size lounge, all done so now back to my project, just remebered i have to cut out holes in front door to accomadate the blue glass blocks to match that i have on the main house, promise it will be done tomoorow , and photo’s will be added, i will then begin to add my story of my project to any forums, and may even place on utube etc, as i have never used the site before and looks interesting, so all in all looking forward to it. The Point ” Is Now Finished Hi, thanks for the kinds words, strange how it is, but i have just finished all exterior work, and i can now say ” THE POINT ” IS NOW FINISHED, well you know how it is , some rooms need furnishing, and more items added to other rooms, i am looking for modern accesssiors, etc, just finished taking lots of images, but i’m not very good to photography, so here we go, i will remove my other dolls house i made lots of years ago, from the shelf, so i can take better images, so as it is i have a older type mansion and then my very modern house standing along side it, looks strange, but i cannot bear to part with my older house. may go in another room, let me know what everyone thinking of my house, and what i can use some of the rooms for, bottom right , i’m not sure of ???? 1 huge room i have nothing in as yet, as again i’m not sure of what to put in it, i wa thinking a chill out room , with pool table, dartboard, etc but as always i cannot find a very modern one, no doubt end up making one, or i could mkae it into a gym area. !!! here we go, photo’ s as promised PIC 18 I forgot to say, i finished the extention door, what i job deciding , sure i spent more time thinking , i just mirrored the other main door, it goes well, has to be the longest project i have endured, still i just put in few hours here and there, and finally got it finished. thing is, i want to live in this type of house myself, must buy some land and start building, not sure it will hold out though, what we me being addicticted to using mdf. To anyone out there thinking they cannot build a house, well think again, if you put your mind to it, anthing is obtainable. so when christmas time comes and eveyone is asking what you want for christmas, states the obvious, 1. couple of sheets of mdf, and power tools. and away you go. Live your dream and get building some more images , PIC 19. 20 21 really there is lot more i want to do with this house, ie make a modern pool table, and either make or aquire items for a games room. lots more to do with the kitchen, also i want to put lighting on the 2 rooftops, mind is going overtime with ideas, as you say a house i never finished, i’m just pleased the actual build is out of the way, as some things just never go to plan, but i got there in the end, just been looking at your thread abour the stairs, very very impressive, i really love it , when people like you just get on with it, really doing a grand job there.. can’t wait to see more Hi, im back, had lots of great support from all in the past year, still messing on with my house, just been attempting to make my first bedding set, let me know what you think, as its my first attempt Hi, i;m back, just been fitting new chairs , sofa, etc, will get photo’s on very soon, Hi, just getting more photo’s with new furniture i have added, will post very soon 25 2 Hi, still lots to do, i am going to remove black wallpaper from chill out room, and put in some red flowery , with matching cushions on the sofa, it the red retor chairs that has made me change my mind on the decor, and also change the lighting in there, PIC 26 27 black wallpaper is now off, i’ve just decided to leave all walls white , so i can just accessiorize with the red chairs, i’m back to being additicted to my dolls house, yiphee im now looking very large plasma tv so i can place on the main wall instead of the mirrror in the chill out room, not seen one big enough ! i may have to make one myself ! just introduced some shocking pink to the lounge as i thought it was looking a bit too black, also put picture up, and made a plasma style fire, made rug and also made some shocking pink cushions, PIC 28, 29 the fire was made from the black glazing i had left from the windows, and then put silver strip round and then printed a image from the net and stuck it on, very easy to do, same with lcd tv still looking for various bits and bobs for the house im back, im just about to make a bar area for the rooftop area, any ideas how and where i will find such designs !

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Serves: 4 Preparation: 1hr 30mins Cooking: 45 minutes 1 red pepper 1 yellow pepper 1 red onion 1 white onion 50ml olive oil 4 garlic cloves 1 tbsp each: paprika and cumin 4 x 450g tins of chopped tomatoes 1 small tin of tomato purée 500 ml veg stock 150ml white wine 1 heaped tbsp sugar Salt and pepper 8 eggs Handful of crumbled feta Half bunch of chopped parsley Zhoug (ingredients below) Roasted aubergine 2 cardamon pods 2 tomatoes 2 green chillies 1 shallot 1 garlic clove Olive oil Lemon juice Coriander Slice all the vegetables thinly and heat the oil over a high heat in a large saucepan. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until they begin to brown Add the garlic and cook for another minute before adding both peppers and sweating for another 5 minutes. Add the cumin and paprika and cook for another minute or 2 until it smells sweet. Add all other ingredients, reduce to a low heat and cook for 45 minutes until it is rich and thick, stirring frequently to make sure it doesn’t catch the bottom of the pan. Place the sauce in a frying pan with a touch of water over a high heat. Make 8 wells in the sauce and drop your eggs into them. Cover with a lid until eggs are nicely poached. For the zhoug: blitz all ingredients very well together in a blender. Finish with all remaining garnish scattered over the top and drizzle the zhoug over the top. Serve immediately.

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Family Law Questions? Ask a Family Lawyer Online. she is in baltimore ,MD and she did not file but she was talking about it because she wasnt satisfied . but she wont until i tell her im okay with it she think i dont have any costs here and that im sitting on money and im not Dante,Thank you for your follow-up. It is most unfortunate that quite a few custodial parents think that way, when they may not be providing for the child on their own, or not in any significant manner. If you go to this link below, you can use their site to estimate obligations. I assumed that the mother did not have any income, and that she had full custody, which all increase your potential support. Based on their estimate, your monthly obligation appears to be $428 but if she is working or you share custody, that amount can decrease. You can use the form yourself to see what your obligation may be otherwise"http://www.dhr.state.md.us/CSOCGuide/App/worksheetA.doHope that helps and please let me know if I can assist you in any other way.

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Prior to Men In Kilts, Creel was a paralegal for ten years as well as a full-time student pursuing her master’s degree. So how did she end up owning a Men In Kilts franchise? When Creel attended a local event hosted by Boston’s Entrepreneur Organization (EO) she suddenly had a change of heart. Creel said, “I was so motivated and inspired after attending this event that I started looking into different franchises and ended up meeting Judy Briggs, the local president of EO and a Franchise Owner for Men In Kilts. Judy’s business experience and the positive things she had to say about Men In Kilts caught my attention. The thing that struck me the most was the company’s strong core values and memorable brand. I began looking into it and I spoke with several of their existing franchise owners. I instantly fell in love with the culture and the brand and I decided that I absolutely had to be a part of this!” And we are very excited to have her on board! For the full release on the Boston North Shore launch please click here: Men In Kilts Storms Boston’s North Shore If you live on the Boston North Shore, make sure to call 1-800-777-5458 to book your Window Cleaning, Gutter Cleaning, Siding Cleaning, and Pressure Washing services! You can also visit www.meninkilts.com/boston-north-shore to find out more about the local franchise!

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The solar energy collected by an SPS would be converted into electricity, then into microwaves. The microwaves would be beamed to the Earth's surface, where they would be received and converted back into electricity by a large array of devices known as a rectifying antenna, or rectenna. (Rectification is the process by which alternating electrical current, such as that induced by a microwave beam, is converted to direct current. This direct current can then be converted to the "slower" 50 or 60 cycle alternating current that is used by homes, offices, and factories.) At geostationary orbit (36,000 kilometers or 22,000 miles high), the SPS would have a 24-hour orbital period. It would therefore always hover over the same spot on the equator and can keep its beam fixed on a position at a higher latitude. Since the Earth's axis is tilted, an SPS orbiting over the equator wouldswing above or below the Earth's shadow during its daily orbit. Sunlight would not be blocked, except for a period of about an hour eachnight within a few weeks of the equinoxes. It is interesting to compare the availability of sunlight in space with that on Earth. A solar panel facing the sun in near-Earth space receives about 1400 watts of sunlight per square meter (130 watts per square foot). (Of course, only a fraction of this is usable due to conversion inefficiencies.) On Earth, the day-night cycle cuts this in half. The oblique angle of the sun's rays with respect to the ground (except at noon in the tropics) cuts this in half again for a typical spot on the Earth. (Solar panels on the ground can be angled upward to circumvent this, but they must then be spread out over more ground to avoid casting shadows on each other.) Clouds and atmospheric dust cut the available sunlight in half again. Thus, sunlight is about eight times more abundant in geostationary orbit than it is on the Earth. Although the microwave beam from an SPS would also be dilute, it would be converted to electricity at a greater efficiency than sunlight. However, the largest cost savings in SPS versus terrestrial solar collectors may be the elimination of the need for storage at night (or transmission from the day side of the Earth). Spurred on by the oil crises of the 1970's, the US Department of Energy and NASA jointly studied the SPS during that decade. The result of this study was a design for an SPS which consisted of a 5 x 10 kilometer (3 x 6 mile) rectangular solar collector and a 1-kilometer-diameter (0.6 mile) circular transmitting antenna array. The SPS would weigh 30,000 to 50,000 metric tons. The power would be beamed to the Earth in the form of microwaves at a frequency of 2.45 GHz (2450 MHz), which can pass unimpeded through clouds and rain. This frequency hasbeen set aside for industrial, scientific, and medical use, and is the same frequency used in microwave ovens. Equipment to generate themicrowaves is therefore inexpensive and readily available, though higher frequencies have been proposed as well. The rectenna array would be an ellipse 10 x 13 kilometers (6 x 8 miles) in size. It could be designed to let light through, so that crops, or even solar panels, could be placed underneath it. The amount of power available to consumers from one such SPS is 5 billion watts. (A typical conventional power plant supplies 500 million to 1 billion watts.) The peak intensity of the microwave beam would be 23 milliwatts per square centimeter (148 milliwatts per square inch). The US standard for industrial exposure to microwaves is 10 milliwatts per square centimeter, while up to 5 milliwatts per square centimeter are allowed to leak from microwave ovens. US standards are based on heating effects. Stricter standards are in effect in some countries. So far, no non-thermal health effects of low-level microwave exposure have been proven, although the issue remains controversial. Nevertheless, even the peak of the beam is not exactly a death ray. Underneath the rectenna, microwave levels are practically nil. The reason that the SPS must be so large has to do with the physics of power beaming. The smalle rthe transmitter array, the larger the angle of divergence of the transmitted beam. A highly divergent beam will spread out over a great deal of land area, and may be too weak to activate the rectenna. In order to obtain a sufficiently concentrated beam, a great deal of power must be collected and fed into a large transmitter array. Interest in the SPS concept waned after the 1970's due to the end of the oil crisis and the failure of inexpensive launch systems to materialize. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the SPS, due to concerns about a possible global warming resulting from carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion. A study commissioned by the Space Studies Institute (SSI) has shown that about 98% of the mass of the SPS can consist of materials mined from the moon. A lunar infrastructure would have to exist for this to occur. My own SSI-sponsored work, based on earlier work by Geoffrey Landis and Ronald Cull at the NASA Lewis Research Center, has shown that an SPS could be built using thin-film solar cells deposited on lightweight substrates. Such an SPS could deliver perhaps ten times as much power per unit mass as older designs. The combination of lightweight materials, inexpensive launch systems, and a space infrastructure can make the SPS a reality. No breakthroughs in physics would be required. However, a significant commitment to technology development would be needed.

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Today, I am four months’ sober. I have bypassed an estimated (on the low side) 600 drinks. That’s five drinks a day, which takes into account the few days now and then that I would not drink. I usually had more like six or seven in a day. Six hundred drinks. Imagine … I haven’t posted in a while but want to get back to it because I feel the pull of drinking again and I have lost a bit of my resolve. I seem normal now, and the past is easy to bypass as something that happened a long time ago to someone else entirely. I need to refocus on the goal of sobriety, and that means thinking about what led me here to begin with. How I renewed myself with your help. I am grateful to the sober universe out there. I owe these sober days to you. : )

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Zopa, the “peer-to-peer” lending platform, is getting ready to operate in Italy: in the past days Zopa was formally authorized by authorities and was enrolled in the financial broker register. Zopa was born in 2005 in the UK, and basically offers a web area where who wants to lend money meets who want to borrow money: simply said, it’s a way to invest or borrow money without having to deal with a bank. Zopa (Zone Of Possible Agreement) is financed by the same investor that financed e-Bay and Skype. Zopa idea is surely very interesting, and we will have to keep an eye on the evolution. But there are a few weakness that we have to point out (note: we are, by now, talking about UK version — we hope that Italian version, now under construction, will overcome these problems). In my opinion, the messages on security and on Zopa’s own role in the transaction can be misleading. - First of all, ZOPA is not part of the transaction: credits and debts involve only Zopa users, that have to carry all the risk in case of missed payments. - Zopa rates “aspiring borrowers”, putting them in four classes (A+, B, C, D) based on their reliabilit, but it’s not well explained how this rating is run. What one may think is this: rate borrowers isn’t easy (just think of Rating Agencies evaluation about subprime mortgages): does Zopa have the skills to run ratings? - Zopa splits investor’s money on several borrowers, to reduce risk. It’s not completely clear how this splitting happens. And, in some way, this means something like a debt securitization, but not regulated, nor easily marketable. - On the homepage of UK website, Zopa writes It’s Safe!“, that may mislead investors: surely splitting money between different borrowers lowers risk, but the number isn’t that high to be statistically relevant to assure complete safety. For a certain point of view, Zopa’s lending if can be considered as sub-sub-prime lending. - Zopa publicize high revenues for investors: but it compares itself to bank account and deposit account. This is not correct, since this are completely different investment, also from a risk point of view. Also, it is not well explained if, once you lent money, you can have it back before maturity (most likely not, since money is in borrowers’ hands). - Zopa highlites he “human side” of lending. This is an appealing topic, but in my opinion looks like a marketing stunt. Let’s be straight: I don’t think a drug dealer would tell on Zopa that he wants money to buy drugs. So he could borrow money from Zopa as easily as from a bank (or maybe even more easily). In conclusion, Zopa’s is surely a good idea, but to play the bank is a difficult game, and if you don’t play well, somebody could get hurt: we can talk how badly we want about banks, but don’t forget that if they also follow regulation that (should) safeguard creditors and debtors, before the banks themselves. To eliminate intermediaries may be a good thing, but it’s needed to carry out all the functions they perform. Original post (in Italian): Arriva Zopa, il prestito P2P: una fresca novità o… Banche e Risparmio [http://www.banknoise.com]

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Driving drunk leads to loss of license WASHINGTON TWP. A township man's driver's license was suspended for two years after he pleaded guilty to a second charge of drunk driving. In municipal court on July 26, in addition to suspending the license of Daniel Dekleine, 32, of Spring Lane, Judge Arthur D'Alessandro also fined him $760 and ordered him to complete 30 days of community service. In other matters, Patrica Guyette, 31, of Petunia Drive, New Brunswick, and Roberto Machado, 27, of Annandale each pleaded guilty to driving with a suspende d license. They were each fined $1,035 and ordered to serve 10 days with the Mor ris County Sheriff's Work Program. David Weir, 21, of Pleasant Grove Road, Washington Township, Kathleen McCarthy, 37, of Jamaica Road, Morris Plains, and Thomas Sanderson, 40, of Salem Avenue, Hillside, all pleaded guilty to driving with suspended licenses. They were each fined $535. John Stoneham, 21, of Paula Drive, Washington Township, pleaded guilty to possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana. He was fined $710 and placed on probation for one year. If he is not convicted of another drug offense over the coming year, the charge will be dismissed. Steven Giangrossi, 23, of Hensyn Village, Mount Olive, pleaded guilty to driving an uninsured motor vehicle. He was fined $335, his license was suspended for one year and he was ordered to complete 10 days of community service. Edwana Sims, 56, of Dartmouth Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to driving with an open container of an alcoholic beverage and was fined $235. Paymaneh Gonzalez, 27, of Long Hill Road, Washington Township, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license. He was fined $1,035 and ordered to serve 10 days with the Morris County Sheriff's Department's Work Program. Jeffrey Swanson, 46, of Farview Drive, Independence Township pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined $560 and his license was suspended for six months.

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Constantly making its mark in the smartphone market, Xiaomi is one of the few brands which emphasizes the feedback from its customers in order to build more solid products. Needless to say, Xiaomi continues to take the world by storm through the release of another amazing smartphone, Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Keep On Running Incorporating the incredible MediaTek Helio X10 processor that is enhanced by Cortex A53 architecture, it enables the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 to run any given tasks without struggling. In other words, you will not be experiencing any noticeable lag that can ruin your experience totally. Not only that, it can run smoothly in a way that does not burn your smartphone. Moreover, its 2GB RAM proves to be amazing since it ensures that Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 gives its 100% without burning your hand in the process. In short, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 At the same time, multitasking will be an easy affair for this Xiaomi smartphone. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 also comes with the latest Power VR G6200 graphics processor that is said to be specialized in manipulating and processing your graphics and images. Whether you are playing games or watching videos, you will find that the experience is remarkably more fluid and smoother at the same time. Overall, such complete package makes the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 to be such an awesome device. Capturing Every Single Detail Utilizing the phase-detection auto focus, it enables Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 to focus and track on the target as efficient as possible. This means that you will not be able to miss any perfect moment as it enables this Xiaomi smartphone to shoot faster. As a result, you can expect its 13MP rear camera to perform consistently when it comes to capturing perfect moment in its entirety. Not forgetting its 5MP front camera as well, it is engineered precisely to achieve gorgeous selfies without trying too hard especially on posing and editing. Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Hong Kong - Inspiringly Beautiful Display Screen Featuring a 5.5 inch Full HD display screen (1080 x 1920 resolution), the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 also excels in providing gorgeous visuals for your viewing pleasure. Packing such high pixel density on its screen, the display screen also offers such incredible level of depth and detail that transforms your images to be more vivid and sharper at the same time. What is even more amazing is that its display screen features the revolutionary Sunlight Display feature which adjusts your contrasts for each pixel in real time to enhance readability and visibility at the same time. No matter how bright or dark the place, you will be able to see your screen comfortably. In conclusion, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 smartphone possesses exciting features and specifications that make a must-have smartphone despite its affordability.

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Child M-Series, by Martorell, Gabriela Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases. - ISBN: 9780078035517 | 0078035511 - Cover: Paperback - Copyright: 10/26/2012 CHILD--Built by RESEARCH. Grounded in SCHOLARSHIP. Powered by CONNECT.The latest entry in the McGraw-Hill M-Series, CHILD is part of an integrated learning solution with Connect, LearnSmart, and Milestones of Child Development, designed to help students learn how biology, psychology, and social forces influence child and adolescent development. CHILD combines a commitment to scholarly content, critical thinking, and real-life applications of theory with a visually engaging and dynamic, interactive format. All of the resources for CHILD were developed to engage students and foster their success in the Child Development course. Connect CHILDallows students to work through assigned course content at their own pace, using their mobile devices. With the use of our groundbreaking, adaptive study tool, LearnSmart,students are able to quickly pinpoint their weaknesses and are then guided to master the material they don't know through engaging interactivities, exercises, and readings. Our research shows that students using LearnSmart can see their grades improve by a letter grade or more! In addition to the course reading, to fully comprehend how children develop, it is essential to observe them in action. Providing this experience within the Connect framework, Milestones of Child Developmentis an assessable video-based program that tracks infants and children through major developmental milestones. Available only from McGraw-Hill, Milestones gives students the opportunity to watch an individual child approaching and achieving major milestones and compare several children on a specific milestone. Paired with the dynamic digital offerings of CHILD is a contemporary textbook design which stems from research on student study habits, learning behaviors, and reader expectations. McGraw-Hill conducted in-depth surveys and focus groups with students to understand what makes their reading and learning experiences more engaging, memorable, and enjoyable. We observed students and faculty in classes. We then interviewed instructors to identify their biggest challenges and find out how a completely different way to deliver content could help to overcome those challenges. Students want visually appealing course materials with interactive pedagogy, an integrated approach, and relevant content geared to different learning styles. Faculty told us they want a way to engage their students without compromising academic quality. Portable, multimodal, and visual CHILDoffers a dynamic learning experience designed for today's students.

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Moana Birthday Party Printables free download with Happy Birthday 8x10 sign, food cards and water bottle labels pottery barn faux coral diy... spray paint coral from pet store (in this case walmarts pet section) Alice in Wonderland cake...my birthday is in May :) Alice in Wonderland Vintage Tea Party - by littlecherry @ CakesDecor.com - cake decorating website TONIGHT Cake Boss | TLC Cake Smash A life-size, wedding-dress cake is requested by a bridal shop, and the owners will give a free dress to the bride who can find a golden coin hidden inside. Meanwhile, Buddy bakes cakes for a cake-smash photo shoot.

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Wireless Network Problems in Fujitsu® LifeBook AH530 Are you puzzled with wireless network problems in your Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook? Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook features high definition graphics and sound quality which promise splendid entertainment and gaming experience. The notebook comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. The hard drive size is 320 GB and the RAM is 3 GB. The notebook uses Intel Core i7 processor. Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook features Intel Graphics Media Accelerator graphics card. You can enable networking in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook by both wired and wireless communication. In wired communication, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook uses a physical medium to carry the data as bits. In wireless communication, the WLAN is enabled to carry data through radio waves. The WLAN is supported by Wi-Fi. Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook has antennas at the top of the screen to enable wireless communication. The following are the various wireless network problems in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 and tips to prevent and solve them: - Weak carrier - Router issues In wireless communication in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook, the data transfer is carried out through the radio waves. The data are sent and received in the form of signals. To carry the data the radio waves must possess enough signal strength. If the carrier does not have a strong power to carry the data signals, it will fail to define a reliable communication. In the case of signal overlapping, the data may get interrupted leading to data loss. For wireless communication, Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook requires a wireless router. This router will route the data packets into the correct destination after verifying the source. It is a logical concept and follows a set of predefined protocols. There are software and firmware meant for the efficient functioning of the router. If these software programs are pirated or outdated, the wireless Internet connection will fail. The signal strength must be strong enough to carry the data in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook. In case of a weak signal, you need to alter the present carrier path. If the signal frequencies overlap, choose different frequency to carry your data. Make sure the wireless card is inserted properly on to the network interface slot. It is recommended to use appropriate software for wireless router in Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 notebook.

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Mouse and Keyboard10 May, 2015 Using keyboard/mouse directly Ideally you don't need to use these directly but if you do want to use. If you do want to use it then please use window.Keyboard and window.Mouse instead on instantiating a new window. The different between these two is that the use of Keyboard.Instance gives you raw keyboard and any operation performed on it would not wait till the window is busy. You can call window.WaitForInputIdle as well. Moving the mouse to a particular location var point = new Point(100, 100); mouse.Location = point; Moving the mouse to a particular UI Item mouse.Location = uiItem.Bounds.Center(); //Please see the class RectX to see options of different locations to which a mouse can be moved. Sometimes you do not want to use mouse to be used for click and directly use the pattern provided by the UI Automation framework. You can use RaiseClickEvent event method on any UI Item as long as it supports InvokePattern. If it doesn't support the pattern then this would result in no-op.

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Hello, I've this Philips DVP3150V/37 combo and a PAL VHS tape which I've been trying to play on it. I'm using composite output and connected to my TV. I can hear the video in a funny distorted way but I can't see the video. My TV doesn't support PAL-M/N on the composite input but it does support on S-Video and component inputs. My understanding is for PAL you have to have composite connection. Am I right? If it's true, do I need to use a PAL to NTSC converter so I can play this tape I've? Do I've any other option to be able to play the tape? Many thanks!

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Want to see Oliver meet Robin Hood? Want to see Doc Brown and Rip Hunter argue about time travel? Want to see Quicksilver race The Flash? Well this is the blog to do just that. You can place your ideas for crossovers in the comments. What world should the Arrowverse interact with? That is up to you. So far I've gotten some interesting ideas. I can't wait to see what you creative and clever users can come up with.

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The NbW 42 was part of the German Nebelwerfer series of rocket launchers that were developed throughout the war. The Nebelwerfer 42 fired 30 cm rockets at a distance of over 4,400 meters. The launcher itself consisted of six launch racks arranged in a three-over-three style, and was mounted on a two-wheeled trailer carriage. The NbW 42 was created by converting an existing Nebelwerfer 41 (28 cm) rocket launcher from launch tubes to launch racks. The NbW 42 fired the 30 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng spin-stabilized missile through an electronic firing system, in a timed ripple fashion, but could not fire rockets in singles. The back blast of the rockets kicked up much debris, which forced the crew to take cover before firing. This left the weapon exposed to counter-battery fire, for which reasons the crew had to displace the launcher hastily after firing. The rocket ammunition used by the NbW 42 was the same as that by the later Raketenwerfer 56. The NbW 42 was used by the German Nebeltruppen in batteries of six launchers, with three batteries in a single battalion. These units mainly formed art of the Werfer-Regiments and Werfer-Brigades, but some NbW 42s were also used by other Army and Waffen-SS units. The NbW 42 was in service from 1943 to 1945, and was used in most theaters of the war except Norway and North Africa. - ↑ http://www.lonesentry.com/ordnance/30-cm-nebelwerfer-42-rocket-projector.html - ↑ Gander and Chamberlain, pp. 321-2 - ↑ Niehorster, Leo W. G. German World War II Organizational Series, Vol. 5/II: Mechanized GHQ units and Waffen-SS Formations (4 July 1943), 2005, pp. 52-3 - ↑ Kameradschaft, vols. 1 and 2

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It is not just on the pitch that people are inspired to new heights of creativity by the World Cup. Which is a bonus, because it means that even weeks away from kick-off the entertainment has already begun. Indeed, this ball got rolling years ago. Somehow, the World Cup provokes a kind of lyrical insanity in everyone involved. At any other time, handballs are just handballs and people you don't like very much are told to "get lost" (or other simple words to that effect). Around this time every four years, it's suddenly the Hand of God and "stick it up your bollocks". Nothing associated with the tournament is immune to this disease. Thus when Adidas introduced their tournament ball it was not simply "spherical" but "an energetic unit combined with perfect roundness". Its colours were not chosen because they "look nice" but to "represent the 11 players in every team, the 11 official languages of South Africa and the 11 South African tribes that make the country one of the most ethnologically diverse on the African continent". It takes a rare and special event to provoke the use of the phrase "ethnologically diverse" in a football-related press release, and this is it. Fifa's World Cup poster has a vibrant yellow background. It would usually be sufficient to describe the chosen colour simply as "bright", "quite pretty" or "frankly a little garish" but here it "symbolises the sun as the source of warmth, energy and life". No professional is more susceptible to World Cupitis than the architect. It no longer appears enough for stadiums to have four sides and fit lots of people. Indeed, in 2002 it seemed that a firm grounding in popular mythology and local fauna was at least as important as a basic grasp of engineering in the design process. Miyagi got a ground modelled on a 16th-century Samurai helmet. A flock of avian-inspired stadiums included one based on the wings of the snowy egret, another in the image of a swan preparing for flight and a third, in Ulsan, which was supposed to look like a crouching crane. So far as I can tell, the only way of finding a crane that looks anything like it would be to chop one up and put it back together in the shape of a football stadium. Elsewhere in South Korea, architects produced designs that referenced kites, serving trays, ships' sails, fishing nets, the ancient Hwaseong Fortress, chariots used in a local variant of tug-of-war and a gayageum zither, a 12-stringed folk instrument. Although the Allianz Arena in Munich was promisingly nicknamed the schlauchboot, or dinghy, most grounds in Germany four years ago appeared to have been designed with little more than efficiency in mind. But South Africa represents an emphatic return to form. So Polokwane's stadium resembles the baobab tree (well, it has some round "trunks" in the corners), while Durban's is "inspired by the South African flag itself". Nelspruit boasts "Africa's wildest stadium", with orange roof supports that resemble giraffes and black and white seats arranged in zebra stripes. In Port Elizabeth, at the end of the famous Garden Route, there's a petal-inspired covering – a garden roof, perhaps. But the jewel in the crown is Soccer City in Johannesburg, which apparently looks like a calabash – a hollowed-out pumpkin traditionally used to carry water – resting above a ring of fire, and has an exterior that borrows "colours and textures from the natural landscape of South Africa" and "inspiration from the randomness of the stars in the Johannesburg night sky". There seems to be a kind of national puzzlement that Fifa appears underwhelmed by England's 2018 World Cup bid, but clearly we are not giving them what they like. The vast majority of our stadiums already exist, and make no attempt to reflect local interests. Perhaps if Villa Park, positioned just off the M6, had its roof remodelled to resemble a traffic cone and a long swoop of stationary traffic, Sepp Blatter might look more kindly upon us. The key to our success could be to build a Robin Hood-themed ground in Nottingham, to reference the Beatles at Anfield or to construct a brand new stadium in Wigan shaped like a meat pie and further embellished by a giant sculpture by Antony Gormley that will become known as the Potato of the North. But for now this World Cup must be our focus, and I am pleased that my own preparations are all but done. In other words, my home is equipped with an object that symbolises the soft embrace of a loving parent at the dawn of life, another that quietly represents the season that dominates so much of our national discourse, and a third that displays every shade and colour and in so doing reflects the social and cultural diversity of the entire tournament. A sofa, a fridge and a telly, as I would call them at any other time.

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This is hard on me. I don't want to be like that. I want to call bullshit on the whole cycle, on all of the lies, and especially on how justified and righteous I feel when I bash myself for something that is so much not in my control. I'm pretty sure that perverse feeling of righteousness comes from when I was younger and I bought in to everyone's cruel remarks about my body. They would let up if I agreed with them. As long as they knew I despised myself as much as they did, my fatness was slightly more acceptable. Sometimes they would even be nice ("no, you're not that fat!"). Or maybe it's my Mormon habit of constant self examination, the constant comparison of myself with others to check my own standing before God, the constant struggle towards perfection (which I'm also learning to give up, or at least rethink, for the sake of my emotional health and sanity). In any case I firmly believe that no good comes from self-contempt, from guilt, or from comparison with other people. How can I be healthy physically if I hate my body? How can I be healthy spiritually if I get caught in guilt cycles? How can I be healthy emotionally if I compare myself with the fraction of what I know of other people's lives? Fortunately I caught it before I woke up tomorrow morning with a new diet in mind. I won't do it. I do not eat badly and I don't need to change any of my eating habits. I move my body every day, and I certainly could move it more, but I think that means I need to find things to get me out of the house and doing stuff. I want to live with a purpose and it's hard to be purposeful when I'm running as fast as I can on a machine going no where. My brain does not like that. Also, this article helped a lot to remind me that diets are evil and that I don't have to hide my body. Also I bought some fantastic new clothes. I read an article the other day in Bitch Magazine about "fatshion" and how we fat ladies should not be hiding our bodies in shame. She talked about how using fashion to be visible is political, it's participating in fat activism. Visible bodies are powerful bodies; they are speaking bodies, and they demand to be seen and heard. That's why fashion in general is important for women, and why it is especially important for fat women to take seriously. (Seriously, there's this theory called "presence politics" that I plan on learning more about this summer). They want us to hate ourselves into dieting (they being the diet industry first and foremost, but also the people who buy into the cult of the body and the narrowly defined ideals of beauty that actually causes all but a small percentage of people to suffer for it). They want us to disappear, or to fulfill stereotypes and dress like lazy slobs so they can feel righteous and justified in their shaming. So instead of being committed to a diet, I'm going to be committed to finding and wearing loud clothes (which believe me can be very very difficult in a world where the only clothes I can fit into are either online or only found in one store at the mall. Clearly fatties are more profitable in the diet industry than in the fashion industry). So I bought four new patterned tops for my trip to New York next week (which is a big deal because I hardly ever wear patterned fabric). And I'm going to flaunt it. I also bought a necklace, which is again a big deal because I never accessorize. So yeah, don't hate your body. It's beautiful. It's a freaking miracle. And I'll try to not hate mine.

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2017-08-19T00:11:13Z

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