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Me: "are you finally full now?"
Dad: "I'm full up with love for you"
Sometimes parents are super soppy.
Me: "are you finally full now?"
Dad: "I'm full up with love for you"
Sometimes parents are super soppy.
"You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you."
Frederick Buechner
In September this year, I head off to France for 9 months to study at the Université Catholique de L'Ouest in Angers. It is going to be an amazing opportunity for me; I should come back fluent in French and equipped with many life skills. But. I'm going to admit here that I am absolutely terrified. I have always been a girl who loves home, comfort and especially the people who make my surroundings the home I consider it to be. Moving away from everybody is going to be a massive step for me but I take comfort in knowing that France is a hop, skip and a jump over the channel and also in that I have obliged all of my loved ones to visit me haha! I think I take a bit of solace in this quote too; knowing that I can take these things and people along with me, no matter how far, because distance does not affect bonds and relationships. (*cringes a little at soppiness*)
"What will survive of us is love."
Philip Larkin
It's Valentine's day, but instead of writing something hideously soppy, I thought I'd write about the concept of love in general. Recently, it has become apparent to me that the concept and notion of love is truly at the core of everything. I knew this before, but now I know this and have seen it in practice too. Most human action can be fixed around the notion of love, giving love or receiving it. I just think it's truly amazing that humans have this ability to over complicate things, and we do so much to make our lives more complex but at the end of the day, if we put Ocham's razor to it, all we want is love and to be loved. Ultimately, that will beat everything.
(also Philip Larkin went to my school, yay!)
Happy Valentine's.
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."
William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
This post is just in acknowledgement of all the people who have made me smile and laugh over the past year – my sisters who never fail to reduce me to acting about 7 years old; my family because, you know, they are funny sometimes (joking, you all make me smile); my friends who make me laugh whether it be through a one liner, something inappropriate or purely through funny conversation and all my housemates, who are named the 'Blenheim Zoo' for hilarious reasons that I can't even begin to explain. It's the people in your life who give you something worth smiling and laughing about.
"Girls will be your friends – they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything – they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world."
Marilyn Monroe
The latter part of this quotes is a truth I have only recently properly realised. When we aren't arguing or going out of our ways to annoy each other, your sisters will fight your corner no matter what.
"All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair."
Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
I read this book years ago but was reminded of this quote today after a lengthy talk with a friend about families and childhood and growing up. The scary thing that I took from it was the fact that we are essentially products of what we have been and experienced and you can be the best parent ever, but you'll still put little prints and smudges on your child's upbringing, whether it is intentional or not.
Dad: "I'm going to watch Barack Obama talk about the fiscal cliff on the news"
Sister: "whats the fiscal cliff? is that where all the shootings happened?"


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When you register for this course you receive lifetime access. You are able to use the course online or download it. This course has three parts, with a bonus 4th introducing its sister course, Practical Intuition. When you register for one or both of these Intuition Courses you will be invited to monthly online live trainings on Intuition!
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We use a method that is very specific and requires no psychic or intuitive abilities at all.
This is an innate language, naturally available to everyone, that has been specifically untaught and hidden from us over many generations.
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We learn to use Bio and Higher Self – feedback. This is built right into our bodies. We use this to re-learn the Language of Intuition, the basics, before we move into applying it to our deepest life issues.
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We learn how to integrate our rational mind's greatest skills with our personal Wisdom through the Language of Intuition.
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Using the Language of Intuition, we explore a variety of work related scenarios, and one is likely to apply to your own situation. The format I am teaching you during this class, specifically for receiving your own intuitive wisdom, can easily be applied by you to your own most personal circumstances.
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Lovers, husbands, friends…Parents & Children…Children & Parents…Students & Teachers & Schools…Friends…Acquaintances…Business Associates…
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Wherever you are in terms of your health and healing journey (and you will learn how to determine this right in this class), the Language of Intuition brings your inner wisdom into the decision making process.
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Aug 23, 2010 (CIDRAP News) With the number of recalled eggs reaching 500 million, federal officials said they have received reports of 40 more illnesses and that investigators are exploring shared links that the two Iowa companies had for their feed and chicks.
Margaret Hamburg, MD, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, told reporters at a press conference today that there are more than 20 investigators at locations in Iowa investigating the Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) linked to two of the state's egg producers, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. She said so far there is no evidence implicating any other farms.
Hamburg called the SE outbreak's timing, coming about a month after sweeping new federal egg safety rules went into effect, an "unfortunate coincidence." She said the outbreaks might have been prevented if the rules, which enable FDA authorities to inspect farms to ensure that they are following the new standards, went into effect sooner.
She said the outbreak events should press Congress to quickly pass the pending Food Safety Modernization Act, which would give federal officials more critical tools, such as traceback powers and the authority to access company records, to improve the safety of the nation's food supply. The US House of Representatives passed the bill in July 2009, but it awaits a vote on the floor of the Senate.
Dr Jeff Farrar, associate commissioner of food protection in the FDA's Office of Foods, said though the investigation could stretch into next week, FDA officials will probably issue their initial observations sometime this week in an FDA form 483 report. Currently FDA investigators are completing their initial investigation of eight pullet-rearing sites that each contain several barns near the Wright County Egg operations in Galt, Iowa, and an environmental assessment at Hillandale Farms in New Hampton, Iowa, about 100 miles northeast of Galt.
Last week the Minnesota Department of Health linked seven SE illnesses to eggs produced by Hillandale Farms, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on Aug 20. The cases were found during an illness cluster in May that was linked to a restaurant in Bemidji.
Farrar said the US Department of Agriculture has determined that both farms get their chicks from a hatching operation in Minnesota that has been certified SE-free since 1989. He said the two companies also share a feed source, Quality Egg, which is part of the Wright County Egg family of companies. He said investigators are collecting feed samples from Quality Egg and are submitting them for testing.
Several samples have been taken at the investigation sites, and results are pending, he said.
Christopher Braden, MD, acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) division of foodborne, waterborne, and environmental diseases at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, told reporters that the CDC expects to receive more reports of SE illnesses linked to the outbreak and has received 40 more since its last update on Aug 19.
He said so far health officials have not identified any more illness clusters that would implicate more egg producers. "We want to make sure we're not missing any additional sources or eggs or other product," he said.
In other developments, two more egg distributorsboth located in Californiahave recalled the eggs they received from the two egg producers. On Aug 20, Luberski, Inc., based in Fullerton, recalled eggs produced by Wright County Egg from late July through the middle of August. Luberski supplied the eggs to wholesalers, retail centers, and foodservice companies in California and Nevada.
The recall does not apply to retail carton eggs but includes 20- and 30-egg overwrap and loose 15-egg units under the following brand names: CRF, Alta Dena Dairy, Driftwood Dairy, Hidden Villa Ranch, and Challenge Dairy. The recall notice said that the FDA and CDC have reported confirmed cases linked to the eggs and that traceback investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, Moark, LLC, based in Fontana, yesterday recalled about 24,300 dozen eggs that it received from Hillandale Farms. The eggs were produced on Jul 6 and were distributed in southern California and Las Vegas, Nev. In a recall notice, Moark said it repackaged the eggs for retail sale under the brand names Albertsons, Yucaipa Valley, Farmer's Gems, and Mountain Dairy. It also sold unbranded eggs to foodservice customers
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Aug 20 Star Tribune report
Aug 20 Luberski, Inc, recall notice
Aug 22 Moark, LLC, recall notice


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Physical progress at last. The canopy attached to plot 3 has been getting more and more dilapidated. The snow at Christmas really tested it's strength and it failed the test. A bit of the covering fell off and the supports really took a hammering. Subsequent high winds over the last few months have all taken their toll and then the week before last it took a further turn for the worse in the strong wind. Emergency action required, so we arranged for Carl the builder to take a look and he agreed that it needed dealing with sooner rather than later.
Demolition day arrived and unfortunately I was at work so missed all the excitement because a humungous digger thing arrived to knock it all down. That is the canopy, not the barn:) For some inexplicable reason, I have a deep fascination with mechanical things, especially big diggers. 'Easily entertained' could be my motto. The big digger can only travel at 12 miles an hour so it took a while to get there, but when it did, it really made short order of removing the canopy. It just extended it's long arm with the prongs at the end and lifted up the canopy, which promptly broke in various rotten places and was laid to rest on the floor. It was then just a clear up job picking up the corrugated sheets and putting them in the skip and moving the wood to one side for burning later. And then, joy of joys, it knocked down all the conifers, roots and all, so we won't have any laborious root digging to do. Hoorah! A big bonfire is on the horizon now, and this should be much easier to do because there is much more space to do it in.


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And I Darken by Kiersten White
Book Series: The Conquerors Saga, #1
Published: June 28th, 2016
Reading Format: Hardcover
Rating: ★★★★★
No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.
Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, Radu feels that he's made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she's finally found someone worthy of her passion.
But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.
Review & Thoughts
My mind is still reeling from how amazing this book was. I rarely pick up Historical Fiction books, but And I Darken was intriguing to me—and not just because of that beautiful cover. I mean, just look at it.
When I skimmed the back of the book, I was hooked instantly. The story is just interesting since the author changed "Vlad The Impaler" to "Lada The Impaler".
It did take me awhile to get this baby in my hands, but I'm glad the book is finally in my lovely collection.
Enough of my rambling, let's talk about that book! It is hard to go into detail without spoiling it for anyone who has not read And I Darken yet, but I will try.
First, I absolutely loved how descriptive this book was. I can't explain it because it is weird, but I adore books with descriptive scenes. They just make the characters real, I guess, and Kiersten does amazing at describing each character in exact detail.
Second, Lada's younger brother, Radu, had my heart breaking multiple times. I felt so bad for all the abuse he got in the beginning of the story. Most the time I wanted to scream when he word get hit or something like that, it was insane.
However, this book has opened my eyes to Historical Fiction, and who knows, I might pick up more in the future.
If you have not picked And I Darken up yet, I highly suggest you do or just add it to your list over on Goodreads.


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Excellent resort…new property and kept extremely clean. The owners were very friendly and welcoming. Annansi was a delight to stay during my vacation. The new casita offered the comfort of home. It offered a fully functional kitchen, comfy bedroom, huge washroom and air conditioning for those muggy days. The owners did a very nice job with the landscaping in maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. I enjoyed walking in the courtyard and listening to the sounds of the animals. I took full advantage of the pool when I wasn't relaxing at Cocle beach. The distance to Cocle beach is less than a quarter of a mile and easy to access this beautiful beach. I will definitely stay here again when visiting the area, and I'm recommending to family and friends.
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Sandra was elected into membership of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic and shows annually in their national juried shows in New York City. She is listed in the 1981-82 Edition of American Artiest of Renown and has two paintings published in the 1996 Edition of The Best of Acrylic Painting.
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Kim Wilde - Shangri-la lyrics
Shangri-la by Kim Wilde
Written by kim wilde
Hidden away - it's the end of a day
And you're not really thinking at all
There's that same stupid paper on the wall
And a stain where the damp's crawling
He's still looking for his shangri-la
But he wouldn't know it . . .
If it hit him in the face
If it hit him in the face
Day turns to daze
And indifference plays
While a sun goes on beating in the sky
And a small child falls over as she crys
Somewhere someone is calling her
She's still looking for her shangri-la
But she wouldn't know it . . .
If it hit her in the face
If it hit her in the face
Spoken : I take a look behind me
And the sun shines brighter there
And the people are much more beautiful
In a place without a care
And I'm wondering if there'll ever be room for me
In shangri-la
Wondering now - do you love me - and now
As I burn with a dangerous desire
Is our time up and on to the next fire
Got my fingers burnt and cut into the wire
Do you think we will ever learn
As we keep looking our shangri-la...
Our shangri-la
But we wouldn't know it . . .
If it hit us in the face
If it hit us in the face
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text: Blog 5 Tips for Renovating Windows in a Historic Home in Asheville, NC June 12, 2014 You enjoy the historic design of your home, but you want some of the modern conveniences that are present in newer homes. For us, the first thing that comes to mind is how nice it would be to boost the energy efficiency of your windows so you can save on your energy bills. Luckily, you can have some of these conveniences and preserve your home's style. Consider these tips before renovating windows in a historic home. Work with an expert. From window and door experts to plumbers, electricians and other woodworking contractors, professionals will keep your home in prime condition throughout the renovation process, and they'll leave you with upgrades that look great and work great the first time. Prepare for delays in your schedule. If you've been a part of a large-scale construction project before, you know how commonly the work gets behind. Unforseen setbacks are a possibility in historic home window renovations. Why? Because you (or the professionals working on the project) could discover an unexpected problem, or the workers might need to take special care to protect certain components integral to your historic home. Be patient – it will be beautiful in the end. Have a flexible budget. Renovating windows in a historic home is worth the investment. This kind of project involves keeping or restoring historic parts and making accommodations for modern life. While you've likely worked out an estimated cost, understand that unexpected costs could arise, and they might contribute to a more elegant home and less need for additional work soon after the renovation is completed. Maintain as much original woodwork as possible. We know it's not always possible, but woodwork is a key characteristic of historic homes, not to mention how great it looks with just a little sanding and buffing. Whether it's window frames or decorative wooden elements around the windows, much of the original wood inside your home may only need a little care – not a full replacement. Use products that complement the home's original style. Unfortunately, when renovating windows in historic homes, some elements will inevitably need a full replacement. Pella wood replacement windows can complement the style of your original wood windows, but the wood products you buy today have additional protection against the elements. Additionally, many of our windows with triple-pane glass are ENERGY STAR® certified. With these tips and a consultation from your local experts in Asheville, you should be well on your way to an elegantly renovated home. If replacement windows or replacement doors are a part of your renovation project, we would be happy to help. Contact our Pella Showroom in Asheville for details. Back to Blog


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Simple Graphical Accounting Engine by RDlab
What is s-gae?
It is a free GNU web application to graphically display accounting information generated by Oracle Grid Engine (property of Univa since 2013) and all its forks such as Univa Grid Engine, Open Grid Scheduler, Son of Grid Engine,… and cluster distributions such as Rocks.Accounting data is processed and stored in a database in order to display eye-candy charts grouped by user, queue, full cluster or historical (yearly). Moreover, you can use several filter options to customize the results.
Why s-gae?
At RDlab we have been running an Oracle Grid Engine cluster for several years and, after realizing that available solutions did not fit our needs, we decided to develop a good one.
How does it work?
On one hand, s-gae runs in POSIX environments using a standard PHP script executed by a CRON job (or Windows Task Scheduler). The previous named script calls the qacct tool to gather the accounting information and, after being processed and summarized, it is stored in a database. On the other hand, the application has a web frontend that displays this information and lets the user choose among several filters.
s-gae's work diagram
Who is currently using s-gae?
Several investigation departments/institutions are currently using s-gae to display the statistics of their live clusters. These are some of them:
The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
French agricultural research organization for development in the South and the French overseas regions.
Molecular Modelling & Bioinformatics Group
Bioinformatics and Genomics Department
Are you currently using s-gae? Let us now!
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Besides, the application uses some third party plugins, whose license is shown below:
This application is able to integrate the qstat frontend PHPQstat application, licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3).
New s-gae 2.0 released!
A new version of s-gae, 2.0, has been released, including the following improvements:
The application requires a Posix System, a MySql database and a PHP web server to run.
The current s-gae version is v2.0.3. Updating from previous versions v1.x is not possible: you will have to deploy it on a new database.
If you are updating from a prior v2 version (v2.0.0 to v2.0.2), please mind that you will have to run the online updater.
As an administrator, once the code is overwritten, the index.php page will forward you to the updater page. You will also be prompted to run the updater when you access the admin.php page.
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The installation manual is included at the /installation folder. Follow the steps described in order to install s-gae2 and generate a configuration file.
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Bedroom ceiling lights – come in many distinctive type and style to choose depending on not only the mood you prefer but also the size of your bedroom. Anyone who ever experienced the process to find a ceiling light for bedroom, must agree that choose the suitable one is a bit tricky. More, if you don't know the type of the ceiling light and what type of ceiling light to choose.
Types for Bedroom Ceiling Lights
12 Photos Gallery of: Bedroom Ceiling Lights, Any Ideas?
To fulfill any room expectation, you may find some types for ceiling lights such as hanging lights (pendant or chandelier), recessed lights, and flush mount lights (close and semi flush mount). And yes, under each type you may also find different styles and material that build it in order to fulfill anyone expectation.
What Ceiling Lights to Choose
Knowing the type of ceiling light alone is not enough, it is pivotal also if know which one from many types to opt. Here are some clues, for a petite bedroom you can choose flush mount light– and close flush mount if the gap between the ceiling and the surface of your bed are tiny. Meanwhile for the hanging light, be sure that the ceiling of your bedroom is more than 10 feet when you decide to pick one. For the ceiling lights versatility ensure to add dimmer switches feature.


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SmartPOP2Exchange and the Exchange Server Toolbox basicly use the same mechanisms to process emails. Both work very efficiently, with a spam and virus detection rate of over 99 % and reliably protect your inbox from unwanted (or even dangerous) email.
SmartPOP2Exchange and Exchange Server Toolbox work best in combination! They were designed to complement each other. See for yourself:
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Islandaire in ACHR – Featured Article on the EZ Series DR
Last month the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News posted a brief article on the DR. PTAC module featured on our Series DR and VR units. Islandaire's DR. PTAC module is still the only solution to high humidity and unconditioned air issues in living spaces. This module is deployed in hotels (Marriotts, Best Westerns and


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Bloc Party Announce New Album, Tour
Kele Okereke: "I missed my friends"
Bloc Party have announced the first release on their new home, Frenchkiss, and their first full-length since 2008's Intimacy. Four will be out on August 21 in North America and August 20 internationally. That's the album cover above. The band (which still includes lead singer Kele Okereke, who was rumored to have split a few months ago) have also expanded their tour in support of the record. They'll play dates around the world into November.
Here's an excerpt of what Okereke has to say about the new record on his blog:
there have been babies, breakdowns, tantrums and hospitalisations but its finally here. we started making this record in NY in the winter of 2011. we didn't want to let the world know so we told a lie that got out of hand but it made us laugh in the process, which brought us closer together.
we could have come clean from the get go but to be honest we had no idea if anything was going to come out of these sessions. there was a big question mark over whether bloc party were ever going to make another record again. we were exhausted and bored and distant from one another. so in 2010 we all did our own thing, gordon had a baby, russell joined ash, matt built a studio in his basement with his bare hands and i moved to new york to finish a book that i had been writing for the last 3 years.
after my solo record i wanted to have a year without music in a different part of the world. i had four records with me, led zeppelin 4, deftones white pony, nicki minaj's mix tape beam me up scotty and al green's greatest hits and that was enough. i just wanted to drift and watch the world from a distance and i truly had intended to switch off but then 2011 happened; in terms of global history, the most dramatic year i have experienced in my entire life. it became impossible to switch off from the world when it seemed history was rewriting itself day after day. so i did what i always try to do to make sense of the world, i started writing lyrics and something became clear to me, i needed to put my band back together, i missed my friends. even though i had made a record by myself i missed the way that my band worked, how little improvisations and suggestions would then go on to spark other ideas in me like wildfire. being in bloc party always forced me to think on my feet.
After the tour schedule, watch a teaser video for Four that includes snippets of new songs.
Bloc Party:
06-19 Glasgow, Scotland - Garage
06-20 Manchester, England - The Ritz
06-21 London, England - Koko
06-24 Tokyo, Japan - Ebisu Garden Hall
06-29 Borlange, Sweden - Peace & Love Festival
07-04 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Opener Festival
07-05 Sesimbra, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock
07-06 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-08 Turku, Finland - Ruisrock Festival
07-12 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live
07-13 Ferropolis, Germany - Melt Festival
07-20 Charrues, France - Festival Les Vieilles
07-21 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Fest
07-28 Byron Bay, Australia, Splendour in the Grass
07-30 Honolulu, HI - The Republik
08-03 Los Angeles, CA - Hard Festival
08-04 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-05 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-07 New York, NY - Terminal 5
08-08 New York, NY - Terminal 5
08-09 New York, NY - Terminal 5
08-11 Las Vegas, NV - The Pool at the Cosmopolitan
08-12 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
08-16 St. Polten, Austria - Frequency
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands
08-18 St. Polten, Austria - Frequency
08-24 Saint-Cloud, France - Rock en Seine
08-25 Zurich, Switzerland - Open Air Festival
09-04 Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca Rocks
09-05 Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks
11-03 Nantes, France - Le Stereolux
11-04 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
11-05 Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher de Palmer
11-07 Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
11-08 Milan, Italy - Acatrax
11-11 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
11-12 Stuttgart, Germany - Theatrehause
11-13 Dresden, Germany - Eventwerk
11-14 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
11-18 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
11-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Munich Brewery
11-20 Oslo, Norway - Rockafeller


text: The film 'Grazing on the Edge' captures the experiences of Common Graziers, Young Crofters, government agencies and advisors in working common grazings land in unique High Nature Value Landscapes. Grazing on the Edge was made by researchers from the James Hutton Institute together with Skye graziers and young crofters shot on the Trotternish ridge and other parts of Skye between 2015 and 2016. Skye young crofters from the Young Farmers Association engaged in a short film collaboration to provide footage for the final film about their daily work as young crofters. The film premiered at the Aros Centre on Skye in November 2016 to great acclaim. The film was the culmination of the James Hutton Institute's project called "Transgrass" (funded by the Scottish Government RESAS programme). Common Grazings Common Grazings occupy 6% of Scotland's land mass, mainly in remote and hill, upland or island areas. Several Common Grazings are within Designated Sites, such as SSSI, SAC and SPAs and many Common Grazings are used and managed by crofters with sheep and cows. Watch the film online You can also view the video Youtube if you have slower internet speed. Key themes - film excerpts Below are four exerpts from the film highlighting key themes that came out of it. Young Crofters Policy actions Re-allocating common grazing shares Agri-environment schemes Upcoming screenings Cross Party Group on Crofting - Holyrood, Edinburgh – Wednesday 15 March 2017 SNH, Great Glen House, Inverness - Monday 27 February 2017, 11am RESAS seminar series, Edinburgh - date TBC Interested in hosting a screening? If you would like to host a screening of this film please contact Janette Sutherland firstname.lastname@example.com or 01478612993. Thanks and special contributions The researchers from the James Hutton Institute working on the Trangrass project would like to thank Janette Sutherland at SAC consulting for patiently shaping the project and the film, for leading the organization of the film premiere in Aros and further screenings and promotion. We would also like to extend our thanks the following participants who participated in the making of the film and the Transgrass project: Corries General and Staffin General Grazings Committees and Shareholders Skye Young Farmers Crofting Commission Scottish Crofting Federations (SCF) National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) Rural Payments and Inspectorate Directorate (RPID) SAC Consulting We would also like to thank all participants at two workshops that shaped the film, from organizations including all the above mentioned, plus Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Scottish Lands and Estates (SLE), Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA), European Forum on Nature Conservation, Scottish Rural College (SRUC), Southampton University, University of Helsinki and the workshops key facilitator, Chris York from Walking the Talk. The screenings and SAC webhosting are funded by the Universities Innovation Fund from Scottish Funding Council. Relevant links Crofting Scotland Crofting Scotland - common grazings The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) Farm Advisory Scotland (FAS) - crofters and small farms Scottish Crofting Federation National Farmers' Union - crofters leaflet (PDF)


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The town I live in recently opened a Pure Barre studio. I really wanted to try it because I have extreme FOMO(fear of missing out) and also because I've heard so many good things about it. A runner friend from my town is one of the instructors and told me I would love it for cross-training benefits. If you have read my past fitness posts you know that I did Pilates as a main form of fitness after I had Hudson and before I found running. Pilates was great but the class schedule at the studio I went to didn't work out for me when I wanted to focus more on running.
I do the same workout routines pretty much every week- run and strength train. Even finding time to strength train is extremely difficult so I really didn't know how I would fit this in too but it came at a perfect time. The studio opened up a week after the Chicago marathon and I had purchased a 5 week opening special so once I felt like I had recovered from the marathon I went to my first class.
I was nervous- you need special socks, I am not a dancer, what is all this lingo they are talking about…all of these thoughts were going through my head. I went to an early morning class for my first class and the instructor was amazing. She went through everything I would need, explained some of the terms(tuck, freeze, lift tone and burn) and I went with it. Due to the fact that the studio had just recently opened many newbies were in the class too so I didn't feel like I was the only one who didn't know what I was doing. In fact in every class the instructors walk around and help you make adjustments to your form so you are properly working the right muscle groups. I left feeling great and knowing that I had found something that would hit the muscle groups that I tend to work the least. My hip flexors and core that I don't dig deep enough for are both a main focus in Pure Barre and that was enough to get me to my second class.
Pure Barre uses small movements that literally are focused on lifting, toning, and burning your muscles. Anyone can do it and it's low impact so it's perfect for a recovery day and I like to do it as a second workout (if I can) on an easy run day. My studio in Clarkston, Michigan has so many times each day to choose from which is a huge benefit for someone like me that is a Mom but wants to run, works a full-time job, and also wants to take a 55 minute class. In one month I've went to 13 classes and I feel like my core, arms, and legs are getting stronger because of it. Also when my hamstrings or hips feel tight from a hard workout it has been a good form of release and stretching for those muscle groups. I also find that it helps with flexibility and strengthens my joints.
Overall I'm really happy with the addition of this in my routine and plan on keeping it in my schedule 2-4 times a week. I think it is going to make a big difference in my performance and strength as a runner so stay tuned for more!
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Notorious Burnside Pig Farm, where foot and mouth disease is believed to have started last year, is on the brink of reopening on the anniversary of the epidemic.
A year after the start of the devastating outbreak the countryside is still struggling to come to terms with the impact of the disease.
It was exactly a year ago today that a young vet on a routine inspection of an Essex abattoir discovered the virus which was traced to Burnside Farm, Heddon-on-the-Wall, on the outskirts of Newcastle, within days. But it was too late to stop the spread of the virus.
It was only last month that the disease-ridden derelict farm was torn down. The Chronicle revealed that tenant Bobby Waugh quit the farm in December and the long- awaited clean-up started last month. That work is due to end this week when landowner Phillip Leadbitter can finally look to the future.
He said today: "At the moment we can't even go on the farm because it's still in the hands of Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs).
"The farm can't be left as it is, but it's too early to say what we're going to do. Something will have to be done, though.
"It seemed like nothing was going to be done so we had to get our solicitors on to Defra. They seemed happy to just let it stand like that. Once we get on to the farm we can start thinking about the future."
In the North East, 186 farms were confirmed with the disease and 1,023 farms had livestock slaughtered as a precaution.
Nationally, 3,912,700 cattle have been slaughtered and the North East figure of 376,125 is just less than 10 per cent of that. Most businesses devastated by the crisis have begun rebuilding and the livestock farmers who remain are gradually restocking as restrictions on the movement of animals relax.
Amid accusations of widespread incompetence and delay, Tony Blair was forced to take personal charge, the Army was brought in and the General Election had to be postponed.
While the country was at last declared free of the disease on January 14, the fallout continues, with demands for a full public inquiry, and warnings that insufficient border controls could allow another virus to slip into the country.
Ben Gill, president of the National Farmers' Union, said: "It's been a year of unparalleled suffering in the farming community but also of unparalleled courage and spirit.
"Thankfully, we're looking forward to a very different spring from the appalling one we went through last year."
Mr Waugh's next-door neighbours, Joan and Jimmy Brown, whose farm at Heddon View is only yards from Burnside, were forced out of business by the outbreak. They could not restock their pig farm while Burnside was still an infection risk.
Mr Brown said: "It doesn't really matter for me now. I've retired; this has all gone on for far too long. It's been a nightmare having to look out of our window and see the farm still dirty, day after day."
Once the land is cleaned another farmer could take on the farm that has blighted rural Britain.
The real cost of the disaster is estimated to be losses of millions of pounds to tourist businesses.
Northumbria Tourist Board chief executive Peter Sloyan said: "Tourism has received nothing and I have very strong feelings about it. The farmers who were infected received compensation, but no one else has."
Disease, blunders and disaster
Foot and mouth disease was first confirmed at Burnside Farm, on February 22, 2001.
The next day the Ministry of Agriculture threw a five-mile exclusion zone around the farm, identifying it as the likely source of the outbreak.
Burnside had supplied animals to an abattoir in Essex, where the alert began. Pig farmer Bobby Waugh, pictured, who ran Burnside was blamed.
We revealed Mr Waugh was the subject of an inquiry by Government officials four weeks before the disease was found and in 1994 he and his brother, Ronnie, were evicted from a Tyneside farm for breaching Government rules.
Three weeks into the crisis we found no Government official had interviewed Mr Waugh.
On April 14 we reported Burnside was yards from a 40-year-old mass grave of foot and mouth infected stock.
In June we reported that Defra had stopped Mr Waugh from cleaning his farm, saying he would have to sign the Official Secrets Act. The day after our report the Government made a U-turn saying he did not need to sign. In September Defra documents, given to us by Government whistle blower, Bryan Munro, showed a string of blunders, blighting the fight against the disease.
Mr Waugh has now pleaded not guilty to 22 offences. In December we revealed he had left Burnside and quit farming.
Last month the farm was finally razed to the ground.


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Why Am I Stabbing Myself In The Head!?
February 22, 2014
Okay, okay, I'm not really stabbing myself in the head. I mean, the pointy end is pointing the wrong direction, see? I'm actually stabbing my otherness in the head. Not sure why my otherness is wearing shoes but no matter, I'm still here in the real world, unstabbed.
There is a point to all this (sorry): there's a new episode of The Mikie Show just outside the ether, waiting for your psyche to absorb! All you have to do is click the first two words of this post to head on over there, shoeless or not!
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Pure Energy Ironman Technology: Celliant Fibers
You Parksville, Qualicum & Oceanside, Nanaimo and surrounding areas mattress store is pleased to tell you that IRONMAN-approved Pure Energy Mattresses feature Celliant which is a high-performance fiber that will enhance the way you sleep. Celliant has been clinically proven to increase your body's oxygen levels.
Increased oxygen while you sleep is important to your body in many ways. First and foremost, you'll find that it improves the quality of your sleep and allows the body to sleep more efficiently. That is, while you get the rest you need, the body's processes are more effective at what they do while you sleep. For instance, the body is more efficient and effective at repairing itself so you wake up less sore and feel less pain. Increased oxygen stimulates the body's healing process so even after a tough workout you are likely to wake up feeling renewed and refreshed.
By promoting an increase in oxygen intake, your body will also benefit from balanced temperature and reduction wake after sleep onset known as (WASO). Eight clinical studies were involved for determining these benefits which you are apt to discover for yourself after one night on an Pure Energy Ironman Mattress with Celliant fibers.
As your Parksville & Qualicum mattress store, M & N Mattress is pleased to promote this sleep-enhancing technology. Be sure to visit our store to find out more about the technology behind Pure Energy Ironman Mattresses and why they have earned Pure Energy IRONMAN status. Stop in and see why these mattresses are revered among so many customers for the good night's sleep they promise.
Celliant Enhances Sleep.
Celliant is a high performance fiber clinically proven to increase oxygen levels in the body, delivering you:
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- Clinical proof from 10 North American Medical Centre Studies
- Balance Body Temperature
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Celliant has been proven in clinical tests to reduce pain, increase oxygen levels, and help balance body temperature. Each of these results can have added benefits including faster healing, increased performance, better quality sleep, and improved overall wellness all of which can help alleviate the symptoms of arthritis and peripheral vascular disease often associated with diabetes.
The key to Celliant lies in its ability to absorb and store the electromagnetic energy emissions from the human body and release them where they are reabsorbed into the skin and deep muscle tissue. In the deep muscle tissue they act as catalysts for natural, biological processes resulting in enhanced oxygen levels and more balanced body temperature during sleep.
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- Celliant fibers are created from natural minerals and embedded into polyester fibers.
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Remember Moe Shop, oh Moe Shop, who was one of the fixtures on the future funk scene with his high-quality weeaboo album art and his head-bopping infusion of electronic and funk? Here's a reminder if you can't. Now, do you?
I mean, this mixtape was brilliant enough to make me bring this blog back from the dusty remains of the internet, so that should be proof enough. And I don't listen to hour-long mixes much because the inevitable dud in the middle just spoils the broth. This fantastic mix was taken from his liveshow at Tokyo, and is also available as a free download. There's nothing in this world that smells even better than popcorn at the movies, other than free (and equally fantastic) music downloads.
My favourite sweet spots are the massive bass that drops at the end of track 1 and straight into Moe Shop's remix of Lenno & Jack Novak's All Eyes On Us. The real shame is that this track is only available as a 30 sec preview on Soundcloud. Well, never mind about that – M2U's Memory Of Beach and Lucky Date's Ho's And Disco's close that mind-niggler with some fine moments on their own.
All in all, this is a damned fine mix – 110k plays, 5742 likes and 1040 reblogs, and counting. I'm still adding to the playcounts, by the way…
1) Fusq – Perfume! x Moe Shop – Superstar (w/ Hentai Dude)
2) Lenno & Jack Novak – All Eyes On Us (feat. Racella)
3) Suken & Fusq – Changes
4) Galantis – No Money (Daydreamer Remix) x Ludacris – How Low
5) M2U – Memory Of Beach (VIP)
6) Lucky Date – Ho's and Disco's (Space Laces Remix) x Moe Shop – Natural (w/ Ace Hashimoto)
7) Wolfgang Gartner – YWMO (feat. Gene Noble)
8) Rytmeklubben – Girlfriend (Moe Shop Edit)
9) Aiobahn & Yunomi – Makuramoto ni Ghost (feat. Nicamoq)
10) Colate – Butterscotch (feat. Hatsune Miku)
11) TAK – Voice (feat. Suran)
12) Mat Zo & Porter Robinson – Easy (Lemaitre Remix) x Hentai Dude – Tokyo Chopp [feat. Shiki(TMNS)]
13) Moe Shop – You Look So Good
14) The Knocks – Collect My Love (feat. Alex Newell) (Mat Zo Remix)
15) Tofubeats – Positive (feat. Dream Ami)


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<——– J.K. Rowling tweeted that little bit of news yesterday.
I know, like, Harry Potter doesn't actually exist and all, but chew on that little bit of news.
His oldest son, James Potter, would be starting at Hogwarts yesterday.
I'm at the point in my life where I deal with these revelations of time everyday. A few months ago, I realized that this year's high school graduation class wasn't even alive when I graduated high school. That's old.
And, now, Harry Potter's son is off to Hogwarts?
What's next–Han Solo as an old man? Don't answer that.


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In an issue as heated as abortion (or, 'feticide', to disrobe the politically-correct label for killing of the fetus), it's important first to look at the hard cold facts.
Here's a fetal development chart from the Voice For Life Fact Sheet on the Unborn (Keep in mind in reading this that most abortions [at least in the UK] happen around the 8-9-week period):
|1st day
|the child's conception takes place
|7 day
|a tiny human implants in the mother's uterus
|10 days
|the mother's menses stop
|18 days
|the child's heart begins to beat
21 days
|the heart pumps own blood through separate closed circulatory system with own blood type.
28 days
|the child's eyes, ears and respiratory system begin to form
42 days
|the brain waves can be recorded, skeleton is complete, reflexes are present, hiccoughs first occur.
7 weeks
|thumbsucking has been photographed, startles first occur from 6-7 1/2 weeks
8 weeks
|all body systems are present, isolated arm movements begin about 7 1/4 to 8 1/2 weeks after conception. Breathing movements begin during the eighth week. Stretches first occur during the eighth week.
9 weeks
|the child squints, swallows, moves tongue and makes a fist. Rotations of the head also begin from the middle of the seventh week after conception to the middle of the tenth week.
10 weeks
|Hand to face contacts first occur 8 to 10 1/2 weeks after conception.
11 weeks
|spontaneous breathing movements, the child has fingernails and all body systems are operating. Jaw openings and forward head movement begin during 8 1/2 to 12 1/2 weeks after conception.
12 weeks
|the child weighs one ounce
16 weeks
|genital organs clearly differentiated, the child grasps with hands, swims, kicks, turns and somersaults (still not felt by the mother)
18 weeks
|the vocal cords work and baby can cry
19 weeks
|Kenya King's birth, Florida, June 1985
20 weeks
|the child has hair on its head, weighs one pound, 12 inches long
23 weeks
|15% of babies survive premature birth
24 weeks
|56% of babies survive premature birth
25 weeks
|79% of babies survive premature birth
39-40 weeks
|normal birth
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An excerpt taken from my new book, Indie Confidence: Finding the Gumption to Get Your Story Out of Your Bones and Into the World.
It was not supposed to happen this way.
Earlier this year, I developed a rhythm that felt true to my season. Wake up at 4:44, write for a bit, go to work. In my mind, I figured that season was only temporary and eventually I would have the mental acuity to jump back into creative challenges like writing a novel and facilitating a writing community. I mean, I'd done something like this before — I wrote my first book while teaching full time, writing curriculum for a completely new class, and commuting to and from the school. Surely I could do it now?
I put on my super hero cape and waited for the moment to happen. It never did. For the next few months, my best thing would be managing to make myself dinner seconds before I collapsed on the couch and binge-watched episodes of Homeland.
But I kept thinking: it'll be over soon. It'll be over soon. It'll be over soon.
The way our training went, we had a five week intensive before getting out on the floor with heavy supervision. During this week, they were watching for signs of folding under pressure. They were also looking for what happens when we exceed expectations. At the beginning of August, right before I was going to be placed on a team, I received an email.
Because of my performance, I was selected for the Business team. Better hours, easier customers, swift potential for growth, and spiff pay.
I called my dad in shock. "I think I was just promoted?" I questioned, half laughing. From that point on, feedback was consistent: you're here because you're good. You're here because they see you as the best. You're here because you're talented and intellectual and you're going to kick ass.
But this was at work. At home I was drooling on the couch. There was no productivity happening. It was a miracle when I had the energy to do the dishes. For weeks, I held on to the beginning of August as a green light. THIS would be the moment I would get with the schedule and understand what I can and cannot do. THIS will be the catalyst of really letting the information I learned sink deeper than surface level. I won't merely be surviving at this point — I'll be deep in a rhythm.
And then my rhythm changed. Again. The moment I gained control, it was ripped out of my hands. And man if this isn't a metaphor for blogging or art in general.
You suffer through a few mornings of stumbling into your writing space to pen some words, knowing at any moment, the novel you know is buried somewhere within you will surface. Then, the day after the words finally break free, your schedule significantly changes and you lose that rhythm....
Or maybe you make plans to write three times a week. You have everything down to the letter and have never felt more inspired. But then, you stumble across an author's website that has the exact same aesthetic as you, thousands of readers, and even makes you feel as if you're reading your words. In any other world, you would feel as if you found a kindred. In this world, crashing into this corner of the internet has left you with every single doubt and not a shred of words you had before....
If this is you, I want to say this: you're not alone and it doesn't have to stay this way.
I'm not sure when the shift happened for me. I was on the business team for about three weeks before things started to have their own flow. I woke up with Russ in the morning and had a cup of coffee while I wrote some words. I remembered the beauty of journaling for ME and no one else. I forced myself to do that which inspires, rather than deadens.
And hello, conviction: Netflix is great for a moment, maybe a few. But it most assuredly deadens that creative flow.
We all feed the river in different ways, and because of this, there are different ways in which Fear creates a dam, blocking our flow and inspiration.
For me, it was the uncertainty of rhythm. Might as well not create anything if I can't be consistent, was something I heard myself whisper many times during August.
Don't be afraid to battle those things holding you back. Brainstorm what it looks like for YOU to write and finish a book — not the entirety of the industry. Cling tight to the truth that there are words still holding on for dear life internally, and eventually, your story will be told because you chose to listen to the voices saying you can push through any resistance that heads your way.
That's what makes the indie community great: individually, we can do pretty impressive things. Collectively, we're unstoppable.
Thoughts to Consider:
1. How are you waiting for the future in order to create? How can you harness where you're at now to begin a rhythm?
2. How is Fear creating a dam in your creative flow and inspiration?
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During the Nudge Explores Circular Cities Tour 2015 we send a team on a trip through Europe to find out how Circle Economy works in practice (read all about it on the Circular Cities Tour page). We found many great initiatives that used waste as a resource and proving it is a great alternative for the take-make-waste model the current economy is based on. This new way of doing business asks for new ways of financing. ING Commercial Banking has researched the challenges of moving from a linear to a circular economy for the financial sector. In the report 'Rethinking banking in a circular economy' they outline the most important principles and factors that are the foundation of the circle economy and the impact on financing activities.
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Our Vision is to give priority to wildlife and plants, and to provide support for them by improving and increasing their habitat. So many of our urban wild and park spaces have given priority to human recreation and activity, without accounting for the plants and animals that we share our spaces with. Worldwide, the loss of diversity of life is affecting all communities. There is a wonder and delight that comes when one views an animal or a beautiful native flower in its natural habitat. An exciting encounter with a beautiful fox or eagle will imprint on your day more than any television show or movie. In order to ensure that we can enjoy wildlife for generations to come, we need to enact protection for their habitats. We also would like to see special designation and protection given to the small areas of remaining natural Bluffs, which are a globally unique glacial deposit from up to 70,000 years ago. The Bluffs are also home to one of the only prominently visible parts of the ancient pre-historic glacial Lake Iroquois shoreline.
We aim to achieve our goal of improving and increasing habitat for our wildlife and plant species through public education and improved data collection regarding species. We will be developing new tools for outreach, including a new improved interactive website, new brochures with up to date information, and partnerships with publishers and outreach groups. We intend to publish a comprehensive list of breeding and migratory species that use the area of The Scarborough Bluffs as habitat, and illustrate the need for protection from development for these spaces. Our Mission includes shifting the focus of Bluffer's Park as a party/recreational style park to a conservation style park with interpretive centres, better signage, and by-law enforcement. We believe that if the public were educated about the value of limiting access into environmentally sensitive areas, that they would be enthusiastic supporters of a coordinated conservation effort.
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit.


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Not So Scary Day Spa In Huntington Beach
I went to my first day spa in Huntington Beach and I had no clue what to expect.I thought it would be awkward but surprisingly it wasn't!It was a great experience and I had a really good time!!So much fun and the facials were amazing!
Mens Wedding Rings
mens wedding rings....there is actually quite a nice selection out there. And men are just as fussy as women are...maybe even more so in many cases. These black diamond rings are very nice and they are quite manly as well.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Wedding Rings Orange County
wedding rings orange county has to offer then you have to check out Simone and Son. They have such a great selection that you will not be able to just find one that you like. And the pictures do not do these high quality rings any justice!
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Planning a Wedding With Beach Wedding Favors
This month has started off being very busy and continues to be. I have been informed I am in charge of one of my best friends wedding and need to start putting that together. She of course loves nice weather and decided that she wanted to have her wedding on the beach. So I have been in search for beach wedding favors and decor. I think I found the perfect favors for guests that will compliment this theme. These personalized wedding mint tins will be perfect to give to attending gifts or setting out on the tables at the reception. I think this is one thing I'm plannig this year that I'm really looking forward to!
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Great Time Making Custom Engagement Rings
Me and my fiance had a great time designing our custom engagement rings.It was an amazing experience and I can't wait to see the ending product.They got my ring exactly how I wanted it.It is going to be gorgeous.They did a great job and really new what they were doing and knew what I liked.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Looking for a Sexy Costume?
I am in the midst of packing away things from the holidays and going through all the Halloween costumes. I have to smile because this past one was a great one. My husband dressed up as a Gladiator and I had a great very sexy costume that everyone just loved! We got so many compliments and had so much fun that I am already checking out what kind of costume to get for next year. I love this Pink Sexy cupid outfit! Maybe I will put together a Valentines Day party where everyone can come in costume! How much fun would that be?
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2019 Kia Soul
$18,570 – $27,395
Plus Taxes, Licensing, & Admin Fees
With its curiously square construction, the Kia Soul is somewhere between an SUV and a large hatchback town car. With a low starting price and a surprising number of features, the 2019 Soul has a lot to offer even the most budget-conscious car buyer. See it today only at Joey Griffin Kia of Rocky Mount.
You can pick up a 2019 Kia Soul in one of three trim levels. The base model has a ton of features, such as a Bluetooth hands-free phone system with steering wheel controls, six speakers, and a six-way adjustable driver's seat. The next model is the Soul +, which adds automatic headlights, fog lights, and a 5-inch touchscreen for the audio system. The last trim is the Soul !, which upgrades the touchscreen to a 7-inch model with UVO eServices, adds red highlights to the lower body, and gives drivers a smart key with a push-button engine starter.
Each trim of the 2019 Soul comes with a different engine. The base model has a 1.6-liter I4 that offers 130 horsepower and 118 pound-feet of torque, a six-speed manual transmission, and 27 combined miles per gallon. The Soul + comes with a 2.0-liter I4 that improves the horsepower to 161 and the torque to 150 pound-feet, it uses a six-speed automatic with Sportmatic, and it still delivers 27 combined mpg. The Soul runs on a 1.6-liter I4 with turbo, giving it 201 horsepower and 195 pound-feet. It also uses an advanced seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and the fuel efficiency goes up to 28 combined mpg.
You'll get the best performance from a 2019 Kia Soul !, but even if you pick another trim, you'll still get four disc brakes, smooth handling, and the FlexSteer system. FlexSteer doesn't change everything about how the Soul performs the way that a drive mode selector does in an expensive luxury car, but it does let you change how the power steering responds by switching between Normal, Comfort, and Sport modes.
The 2019 Soul might be an inexpensive compact SUV, but it can still come with a remarkable number of features. An 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system is available on the + and ! models, and it includes UVO eServices, navigation, and HD Radio. You can also add packages that include a 10-way adjustable driver's seat, heated front and rear seats, and leather seats. As for cargo space, the Soul's boxy appearance gives drivers 24.2 cubic feet with the rear seats up and up to 61.3 cubic feet with the rear seats folded down.
The 2019 Kia Soul has all the basics of safety covered thanks to its Electronic Stability Control, Vehicle Stability Management, rear child-safety locks, and six air bags. The Soul also offers driver assistance features like a rear camera display, a rear cross-traffic alert with a blind spot detection system, a Lane Departure Warning System, and a Forward Collision Warning System, which gives an audio warning if the driver approaches too close to a much slower object.


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Disney Boardwalk Villas offers old-fashioned charm in the midst of Disney magic. Enjoy upscale accommodation and amenities - all within walking distance to both Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios along a lively "Boardwalk" environment.
Whether you're looking to purchase or sell a Disney Boardwalk Villas timeshare, you're in the perfect place to deal on the resale market here at SellaTimeshare.com.
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Find your vacation home among the taffy-colored cottages of Disney Boardwalk Villas, with spacious accommodation for the entire family:
- Deluxe Studios offer 1 queen bed and double-size sleeper sofa and sleep up to 4 adults
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Disney Boardwalk Villas offers recreation galore, including the Luna Park Pool (a carnival-themed pool with a 200 foot waterslide) and two leisure pools with relaxing whirlpools. The Luna Park Pool also features an outdoor themed playground area and the Slideshow Games Arcade is also located near the Luna Park Pool.
Aside from the nightlife of the waterfront Boardwalk, this Disney resort also offers more traditional forms of recreation like tennis, jogging trails, bike rentals and campfires. An extended stay at this Disney Vacation Club destination even gives you the option to workout at Muscles and Bustles Health Club, a full-service workout facility with massages and more.
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Midwifery Nurse – The Gambia, Sibanor
Join our team providing primary health care services including antenatal, maternity, pediatric and adult medical care. We have a small ward and specialist HIV clinic. Work alongside our long-term nurse-midwife providing midwifery care. Be on-call to support our locally-trained Gambian midwives; get involved in teaching midwifery. Opportunities to develop language skills, and relationships with our mostly Muslim staff, or be involved in discipleship activities within the church. Work closely with the Gambian church to facilitate opportunities to preach to patients, pray with them, and show the Jesus film on the ward.
Qualifications: A qualified nurse with at least one year's experience midwifery. Experience of work in a remote setting or without medical support would be helpful. Flexibility and a willingness to try new things is essential.
Minimum term: 2 years
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The Galaxy Precedent is a very affordable Android phone from Straight Talk and if you didn't know this already the device is similar in almost all respects to the Samsung Galaxy Prevail, that is available on Boost Mobile. We'll show you how to root this device in this post and enjoy the benefits that rooting bestows upon the Galaxy Precedent including WiFi tethering. Read on to know how.
I. Before You Begin
1. There is currently no solution to unroot the Galaxy Precedent, so make sure that you really need root before proceeding.
2. Make sure that you have enough charge (more than 70% at the least) and back up your data before you begin in case you run into problems.
II. Necessary Files
1. KMS.zip [File attached to the first post on this thread].
2. Samsung Drivers 32 Bit | 64 Bit.
III. Rooting the Galaxy Precedent
1. Make sure that you have installed the Samsung drivers you have downloaded above before proceeding.
2. Enable USB Debugging on your device. You can do this by heading to Settings > Applications > USB Debugging and checking the tickbox next to it.
3. Connect the device to your PC. Windows should now automatically install the necessary drivers to enable Debugging Mode for your device.
4. Unmount the microSD card. To do this, go to Settings > SD Card and Phone Storage, then select Unmount SD card.
5. Extract the KMS.zip file you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.
6. From the extracted folder, double-click on PrevailToExistence.bat to run it.
7. Follow the on-screen prompts and wait for the device to reboot.
8. Once the device reboots, it should be rooted. You'll need to install busybox after this, which is available on Google Play.
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Hi there and welcome to the ADU Odyssey blog, where I chronicle the entire process of financing, developing, designing, and building an ADU.
Finally, the ADU is done! It was a 5-month long project, and cost me $76K out of pocket. I estimate that my sweat equity was $24K, so my total project cost was $100K.
The basement/garage conversion ADU is nearly done.
I had an initial Certificate of Occupancy inspection, and it didn't pass. There was a minor change required for the plumbing: a drain needed to be added from the water heater. And, the egress window was obstructed from opening the full way.
The ADU is starting to show signs of life, with finish work giving it the appearance of an actually home. I laid the flooring, which took about 30 hours. We used luxury vinyl planking.
We finished the painting, and jumped into custom cabinet construction. I hired a builder to make them for $10K. I could have gotten them from Lowes/Home Depot for $8K, but there were some odd configurations and matching cabinet doors that I needed to do elsewhere in the ADU, so it made sense for me to go with custom cabinets this time.
I hired out the drywall, so that phase only took a couple weeks. Realistically, it would have taken me 2-3 months if I tried to do it on my own.
Next, I moved on to painting. Painting also went really fast.
Drywalling takes a lot of time, is challenging to do by yourself, and I've been told it gets old quickly. I also determined that the cost saving of me doing the work myself were not worth it in terms of the lost rental income.
After watching the drywall crew work for the last week, I'm glad I hired this job out.
The rough in electric and plumbing are done. The next step was to install wall insulation, ceiling sound insulation, and acoustic resilient channel.
The rough in electric work for the basement ADU is complete. This is a video walk through of wiring, oulets, and switches. Next up, rough in plumbing work.
We've started the framing of the basement ADU.
I'm doing some of the work myself, and getting a lot of help and guidance from a professional builder. He's actually doing a lot of framing directly. I'm finding that MOST of the framing is not at all straight forward. If it were just straight walls, that would be one thing.
If you can only insulate one of the six walls in a box house, the most important one is the ceiling/attic. This wall is where a house loses the most heat energy in the winter months.
On a rental unit, there is not necessarily much financial motivation to insulate well, because the tenant is generally responsible for the bills. However, weatherizing a home is always a good thing to do.
Project managing the development of an ADU is complicated and overwhelming. In this case, I am juggling concrete cutters, concrete contractors (two different specialties), plumbers, electricians, painters, a builder, and two sets of concurrent city inspectors. While I get input from each of them, I must also coordinate their input with the designer's feedback. The following post is a snapshot into the complexity of managing this project.
The house is now painted, and it's a big improvement. Amazing what paint can do.
When lay people view 2D floorplans, it can challenging to understand what a space is going to look like. Fortunately, most CAD programs now have built in tools to help designers spit out 3D visualizations of what a place is actually going to look like when it's complete. Here's some snapshots of the great room layout for the basement conversion ADU.
Things are moving along fast. Very fast. 3 months ahead of schedule.
Let me explain. ADU permits typically take 10-12 weeks. But, sometimes, when you're converting a pre-existing structure to ADU, the City of Portland can actually do all of the permitting the same day. That's what happened in this case. Granted, it took 5 hours to speak with all of the different bureaus, but I walked away at the end of the day with a permit in hand. Here's the official online record of the permit.
The upstairs renovation continues this week, with the installation of ductless minisplit units, electric panel installation, and the filling of a 30-yard dumpster with construction waste.
This week is a blur of activity with the renovation. Demolition, hauling waste, building a new structural wall for a washer/dryer, plumbing, electrical, drywall, interior painting, insulation, HVAC installation, and more.
There's a lot of different actitivities happening simultaneously. I'm serving as general contractor/project manager, ensuring that everything is running on schedule. I'm leaning heavily on the various tradespeople to guide the work, as much of the specifics of the process is new to me.
This is a big week. A lot is happening at the house.
One significant update is that the land use adjustment was granted. Here is the official letter from the City of Portland.
I took posession of the house last week, and have started some demolition. This involves removing the carpet, awnings, trim.
My first priority is to renovate the upstairs of the house to get it ready to rent out. This is the priority because as soon as the upstairs is ready to be rented out, the rental income should roughly cover the mortgage. So, at that point, I can breathe easy, as I won't be covering the mortgage.
This week, I took official ownership of the house. I also got notice from the City that my initial adjustment application wasn't complete, and needed some modifications.
Namely, I had to revise a reference that I made to setbacks to instead be about a parking standard.
An adjustment is synonymous with the term "variance". In Portland, Oregon, when you apply for an adjustment, you're applying for an exemption for the standard planning/zoning codes that apply to the type of permitted work you're seeking to do.
We are putting together the documentation for an adjustment, also commonly known as a variance. This means the ADU application is a process that I haven't personally dealt with before. It's effectively a 'conditional use' application at this point, where there's a chance that I won't be granted permission to build the ADU as I'd like. But, based on conversations with City officials, I'm fairly confident that permission will be granted once my application is reviewed.
This house featured a ground level 2-car attached garage. Here's what is it looks like in it's current state. Eventually, this will become the great room of an ADU.
One of the very first steps anyone should take when determing whether an ADU is going to be even possible for a given property, is to visit the building permitting office.
This is my 7:30am visit to the local permitting office in Portland. I left a mere 5 hours later after getting most of my questions answered by a variety of different municipal bureaus.
I don't think of myself as a snob, but I gotta be honest and say that I cringe just a bit when I look at the house I just bought.
So, funny story... I had been planning on making an investment in a property and building my second ADU. I was looking for a beautiful house someplace in Portland. Then the world had other ideas for me.


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Majid Jowhari
Member of Parliament
Richmond Hill
October 24, 2017
As Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill, I want to thank all of the constituents who took the time to consult with me on the proposed tax changes. I heard from over 280 constituents, that included more than 50 medical professionals, 40 small business owners and over 20 accountants. In addition, I hosted a Tax Fairness Town Hall held on September 24, 2017 and presented a report to the Department of Finance that summarized all the responses I received. I know that lowering the small business tax will ensure that small business owners in Richmond Hill have more money in their pockets at the end of the year so that they can save, invest in themselves, create more jobs and grow our economy.
On October 16th 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, and Small Business and Tourism Minister Bardish Chagger announced that our government is fulfilling its commitment to lower taxes on small businesses, from 11 per cent in 2015 to 9 per cent by 2019.
This past week, our Government announced the next steps in the tax fairness plan:
Tax Cut
- We are fulfilling our commitment to lower taxes on small businesses, from 11 per cent in 2015 to 9 per cent by 2019.
Income Sprinkling
- We are moving forward with a simplified proposal to limit the ability of a small number of high-income owners of private corporations to lower their personal income taxes by sprinkling their income among family members. During the consultations, we heard concerns that our original proposal was too complex, and created uncertainty for family members. Our next step will be a simplified proposal that addresses income sprinkling. We also heard concerns from family-run businesses – especially farm and fishing operations – about our proposals to limit access to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption. Based on this feedback we will not move forward with the measures that would limit access to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption.
Passive Investment
- We are moving forward with measures to limit the tax deferral opportunities related to passive investments. We estimate there is between $200 and $300 billion in assets sitting in passive investment accounts held by only 2% of private corporations, growing by $16 billion every year. As we move forward, we will create a $50,000 threshold on investment income annually, or equivalent to $1M in savings, to ensure business can continue to have the flexibility to hold savings that can have both a business and personal component. Under our plan going forward, 97% of businesses will see no tax increase on investment income. Changes will protect past investments and income earned from those investments. We will also ensure that incentives are maintained so that Canada's venture capital and angel investors can continue to invest in the next generation of Canadian innovation.
Intergenerational Transfer
- We recognize the importance of maintaining family farms. Based on feedback we have heard, we will NOT be moving forward on any measures that could affect the transfer of a family business to the next generation.
- The government is scrapping proposed rules meant to curtail the conversion of income to capital gains, which caused concern in relation to inter-generational transfers and insurance policies held inside corporations.
- Minister Morneau promised incentives will be maintained for venture capitalists and angel investors. Consultations will be held on how this can be achieved
In the course of the consultations, over 21,000 written submissions were received by the Department of Finance Canada. Again I would like to note that all those who reached out to my office and raised their comments, concerns and recommendations have their voices in the total submissions received.
As your Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill I am proud to be working for you and representing your concerns in Ottawa.
Majid Jowhari, MP
Richmond Hill