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February 14, 2013, posted by Crumbs.
Why the hell do we reminisce? MAN, it's fucking pointless.
These last couple weeks I've been reminiscing for some reason.
Time has a way of erasing all the bad memories and scenarios and only leaving us with "the good ol' days." It's like when somebody dies and suddenly all their sins and transgressions are totally washed away.
Do we think we get some sort of closure on the actions and/or words of the departed?
True, some people do get some closure in their lives with said person, but more often than not there may be no closure at all.
Genevra's father was an alcoholic and a heroin addict. He was barely in her life, maybe a year and a half at "best". What little time he gave to her and her brother Jack was not what anyone would really consider "good time." As a parent and as a child we all know what "good time" constitutes. He was never off any of the above mentioned addictions long enough to form a bond with his children and it was hard life for both of them.
I remember the final year of his life. His doctor telling him that if he didn't quit drinking (every day) and shooting heroin (every week) his esophagus was going to separate from his stomach lining and he would absolutely and unequivocally die from it. His family pleaded with him, Genevra pleaded with him. He wouldn't listen. People don't change unless they want to change. Even though she was upset beyond words she still reached out to try and spend time with him. She offered to take him out on our boat, go to dinner, whatever, and time after time he would just leave us waiting. He'd leave us waiting at the house or waiting at BART, but truth is, we weren't "waiting" on him, he'd simply forgotten or had something more "important" to do.
One year everybody in Genevra's family forgot to call her on her birthday, she was bummed, understandably. Her dad called her the next day, not to wish her a happy birthday, but to ask if any of her friends were diabetic so that he could pick up "some rigs" from them. It was heart-breaking and infuriating all at the same time. He never wished her a happy birthday.
When he died a year later (just like the doctor said), she had made so much effort to get some closure on their fucked up relationship. It never came. He just died. It was over. In some ways, without sounding too cold, it was better. This is what the lyrics to the song "Days Turn Blue To Gray" from our 'Through The Ashes Of Empires' album are about.
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But the finality of death somehow made that closure so much more real. She's had some closure now, it's been 12 years. However, she has no qualms about what they were and why. They definitely weren't "the good ol' days".
I relate as well. My Grandfather was an asshole. He probably said 100 words to me my entire life. "Hello Mijo", "goodbye Mijo". That was pretty much it. We had had one semi-meaningful conversation at a birthday party for my Mom, Gloria. He was a little drunk and the word meaningful is a stretch, but it was awkwardly playful, like I was talking to someone I just met or an acquaintance I never really hit it off with. He never truly accepted me being part of the family because I was adopted, and he let my family know as much. To make matters "worse for him", I was born with a lazy eye, meaning one eye went in towards my nose (basically cross-eyed, but only in one eye). I had a corrective surgery soon after being adopted. But when my parents picked me up from the adoption agency at six months old, I had this lazy eye. When my Grandfather saw me and my eye he looked at my Mom and Dad and blurted, "That's not my Grandson!"
Up until that point I was supposed to be named Samuel, after my Grandfather. But my Mom changed my name in that instant, to her favorite actor of the time (and whom she had a major crush on) Robert Redford. Robert (after Robert Redford) Conrad (my dad's first name) Flynn. Changed from Lawrence Matthew Carden, my birth name just six months earlier.
When my Grandfather (we all called him "Papa") passed away a few years ago, everyone was very sad. To my surprise (or maybe not), I wasn't. I didn't feel sad. I didn't reminisce, as there was nothing very meaningful to reflect on. In fact, I felt nothing. It was weird to me and I thought about why, but I never came up with an answer. I just felt... nothing. It was like being at a stranger's funeral surrounded by family. I could empathize with their sadness and I felt for them, but...
All everyone talked about were the good ol' days at the memorial. To me though, they weren't really that good.
Now my Papa is a saint. In the homes of his family you mustn't speak a bad word about him.
But in my heart, even now, I still feel nothing.
You know what?
FUCK the good ol' days.
Like Captain Jack Sparrow says at the end of 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl...'
"Now, bring me that horizon".
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I've been out of commission for a few days with a knee sprain. The Oxycodone manages the pain quite well, but does little to enhance my withering writing skills.
For no particular reason at all, other than it amuses me, this post takes a look at web comics. It seems to me the "funny pages" in the local newspaper are less funny than I recall from my Jurassic youth. Dick Tracy, L'il Abner, B.C., Nancy, Peanuts, Gasoline Alley, Pogo, Steve Canyon, and Prince Valiant were my favorites as a kid. By the 1970s and 80s, my attention was drawn (pun intended) to Broom-Hilda, Calvin & Hobbes, Bloom County, Garfield, For What It's Worth (much better than Mary Worth), Dilbert, and Doonesbury.
These days, the talented, creative cartoonists are found on the web.
Paul Taylor's Wapsi Square is a multilayered treat. On the surface, the storyline focuses on a group of cute young women trying to live their lives. Below the icing, some very surreal storytelling that will have you believing the End of Time is less than 1,900 days away. It is a sometimes convoluted plot that has been building since 2001.
Chris Muir's day by day strikes me as a modern day Doonesbury (from when that strip was less preachy) of the Right. I consider day by day one of my daily "must reads." This strip is running seven days a week.
Jeph Jacques' Questionable Content tells the stories of a group of young people who hang around a coffee shop. Beyond that, any resemblance to "Friends" is coincidental. The latest storyline, for example, involves a robotic boyfriend J. Jeph has just passed the 1,000 episode mark.
The very talented Danielle Corsetto has recently expanded her girls with slingshots to five days a week. Like Wapsi Square, the main characters are endowed with attractive and ample protection for their pectoral muscles. A touch of the surreal is provided by another major character, a talking (and mobile) cactus. Danielle is also the talent behind the The New Adventures of Bat Boy in the now defunct Weekly World News (okay, not entirely defunct, the print version is no longer a temptation at the grocery checkout, but is still published online.)
Starline X. Hodge (pronounced "Star Lean") offers us Candi, and it is deliciously funny. The title character is a college student dealing with all the drama and comedy that is college life. The drawing style reminds me a little of the old Archie comics from the 1960s.
A new comic I just discovered (thanks to a plug by Danielle Corsetto) and that I think has great potential is in genre of Magic Realism is kukuburi by Ramón Pérez. His is a once a week strip that is just now digging into a plot following weeks of character introduction and scene setting. The artwork is in a word, awesome.
So there you go, boys and girls. Take some time to back away from the blogs and fill your head with some visual entertainment.


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❤ Oh-So-Delicious Smoothie for Two ❤
So this is my, oh-so-delicious, compromise. I wanted to make Dr. Oz's breakfast smoothie (from his 3 day detox/cleanse),
but no one in town had raspberries! NO ONE! I checked grocery stores, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club!
I even asked if they had any 'out back' and I some said this has been very common lately. Weird!
1/2 C Spinach
1 Banana
2 C Dark Cherries (frozen)
1 T Almond Butter
2 T Ground Flax
Add enough water to cover about 3/4 of the ingredients.
Blend & drink up!
It was soooooooooooo good I drank it before I remembered to take a photo of it!


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The purpose of a timeout is to remove a child from an enjoyable experience, when they have misbehaved, and have them placed in an area free from distraction in order to calm down and reflect on their behavior. Listed below are ten secrets to implementing timeouts at home.
- Correct Age. Children under the age of two, really do not grasp the concept of timeouts. However, even though starting between the ages of two and three is more appropriate you need to understand each child and his or her abilities.
- Length. Small children are unable to be still for a long length of time. Make sure that the length of the timeout is appropriate for the child's age. A good rule of thumb is one minute for each year of age.
- Be Consistent. Try to use the same spot each time for a timeout. Whether you choose a chair, bottom step or a corner of a wall doesn't matter, as long as it is the same place each time. Make sure that everyone else in the home is implementing the same procedure.
- Set a Timer. This will help if you tend to forget about the time, so your child will not be stuck in a timeout for too long. It also helps the child to pay attention and keep quiet until the timer goes off, so that they are not constantly asking when they can get out.
- Communication. In addition to using a timeout, you want to make sure that you speak with the child both before and after the timeout. First, make sure that they understand why they are receiving a consequence. This should be a brief one sentence statement of what they did wrong. Then once it is over you can discuss how their behavior affects others.
- Be Firm. A timeout should be a time for reflection. Do not let the child move around or mumble and grumble. This is also not a time for a lecture. Not only should the child be silent, but you shouldn't be interacting with them either.
- Start Over. If the child is not obeying the timeout by trying to leave the timeout area or starting to talk during the timeout, then it should start all over, and the timer should be reset.
- Follow Through. If you tell a child that you are going to put them in a timeout if they do not behave, be prepared to follow through and do it. As with any threats of punishment to a child, you need to be able to enact the consequence, or they will not take you seriously in the future.
- Immediate. Timeouts need to be implemented immediately after the offense. If they are acting up at dinner time, you need to take them to a timeout right away and not wait until the meal is over.
- Simplistic. Do not try to use this time to reason with a child. All they need to hear is 'we don't hit'. They do not need a ten minute lecture.
Timeouts can be a very effective diversion from inappropriate behavior. If you follow the tips listed above, you should see some successful timeouts.
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Wow!!! Christmas is already here!!! Time to get those presents ready and cards to make. Ive been wanting to make Christmas gift tags for the longest time now... and at last, I was able to make a couple of them. This is also just in time for my Monthly Challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks. My challenge for December is to create 3 christmas tags....an element of repetition must be present in all 3 tags. (meaning, if you use a particular element example a certain patternpaper or embellies, that element must also be present in the other 2 tags.) be creative as possible with this. You have until the end of the month to enter this contest. Here are my Christmas tags...I've also made some cards to send to some of my online scrapping friends... Here's 2 of my cards...Ive used Scenic Route Roxbury in my projects. I love doing these especially the tags!!!
thanks for looking!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Christmas is really here!!!!
Posted by Cookie Aguilar at 9:44 PM
Labels: Cards, DT - Mystical Scrapbooks
4 comments:
- Dolores said...
love your tags and cards, Congrats on making the Scrapbook Heaven team
- December 12, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- Wendy Smith said...
these are so devine...love them
- December 12, 2008 at 11:02 AM
- ~Nancy~ said...
OH wow.. these cards and tags are so cute Cookie!! WOW!! Thanks for sharing and have a great Friday!! XOXO
- December 13, 2008 at 6:42 AM
- Jessy Christopher said...
Wow, these are such gorgeous pieces!! TFS Cooks :)
- December 15, 2008 at 11:02 AM
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Competitive Multiplayer for Destiny 2
A new trailer for Destiny 2 is released recently. It mainly focuses on the action filled competitive mode of the game. With an energizing music, the video shows off the excitement waiting to be experienced with this mode, which is called "Crucible".
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Thank you so much for the camera. It may be 10 years old, but so far it seems that aside from the lens, it has all the functionality of a digital SLR, meaning I've been able to get some really nice photos with it, making it an absolute asset to my work. Exceptionally grateful to you for gifting something so invaluable :D


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It's out of this world!
An alien planet will emerge from the movies and invade Brooklyn during eight performances of "Toruk: The First Flight" at Barclays Center, starting on Sept. 7. The high-flying Cirque du Soleil acrobatic troupe created the show, inspired by the James Cameron sci-fi flick "Avatar," which dazzled audiences with its blue-skinned aliens and special effects. In a similar fashion, the immersive spectacle at Barclays will use projected visuals, puppetry, and stagecraft to transport audiences to another world, said one performer.
"It's really unique in how we're combing technology and the visuals," said Jessica Ward, an acrobat whose performance will include an aerial rope number, dancing with sprawling flora fans, and soaring through the arena on a giant kite. "It's something different and it's nice to help people get away from the world and be part of something completely different, at least for a couple of hours."
The spectacle, set 3,000 years before the events of the film, involves no humans — just the Na'vi, a race of blue-skinned cat-people who inhabit the lush jungle moon of Pandora. To help pull audiences into the vibrant alien world, the arena is treated like a giant movie screen, with a projection surface more than five times the size of a standard Imax screen, said Ward. In one scene, waves projected among the audience crash onto the stage, while in another, a starry sky turns the arena into an upside-down planetarium.
"It becomes this really massive world and the whole space is transformed into lush forests," said Ward.
Puppeteers breathe life into the world's exotic fauna, including the dragon-like Toruk of the title, which has a 40-foot wing span and requires six puppeteers to maneuver. Packs of six-legged viperwolves, herds of direhorses, and bioluminescent woodsprites also dart across the stage to create a living, breathing environment.
Some effects are synced to the performers' movements, including a bioluminescent trail that forms as they meander through the forest. The show requires a blend of multiple art forms, said one director.
"It's the language of film applied to the performing arts," said Victor Pilon, co-multimedia stage director. "And we alternate between large-scale, spectacular effects and more intimate moments that evoke emotion."
Making the world feel intimate and real requires great attention to detail. The different shades of blue in the body suits reflect different families of the Na'vi, for instance, and the performers spend a painstaking amount of time applying makeup in order to transform into the alien beings, Ward revealed.
"It's really tough, it takes me about an hour. When I started it took me two," said Ward. "It's all those details that really add up to make the show."
"Toruk: The First Flight" at Barclays Center (620 Atlantic Ave. at Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, (917) 618–6100, www.barcl
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You Can Finally Get a Taste of NoMad Restaurant in Las Vegas
Six years after opening NoMad in New York, and 10 months after bringing it to Los Angeles, Daniel Humm and Will Guidara have debuted their third NoMad Restaurant -- this time, on the Las Vegas strip, some of the most coveted territory in dining. Surely though, they've earned their spot. Since 2011, the two have purchased the three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park (where Humm was executive chef) from Danny Meyer and made NoMad a household name on both coasts (that is, for households with excellent taste).
NoMad Las Vegas opened in mid-November on the top floors of the Park MGM, which "wanted to take a new approach to the Vegas resort experience," Guidara tells us. With culinary partners including Roy Choi, Eataly, Brendan Sodikoff (of Bavette's), and others, Guidara says it's a community that NoMad wanted to be a part of.
In advance of the recent opening, Guidara gave us some details on the Vegas location...
It's classic NoMad with a Vegas flourish
Las Vegas is a city where people come to be blown away by spectacle, make memories that will last forever, and spend money on luxurious experiences -- a lot of pressure for a restauranteur. "All of our restaurants need to have a sense of place, so while there is a certain style and atmosphere for NoMad in general, we had to approach Vegas differently than New York or Los Angeles," Guidara says. "There is a theatricality here which doesn't exist anywhere else, so it was important for us to embrace that."
In other words, NoMad has done the glitz and glam of the Strip its own way. Guidara describes the dining room's design -- which was inspired by the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, a beautifully ornate library in Rio de Janeiro -- as "a bit more over the top without being garish." (It also houses a collection of 20,000 books.)
"There is a theatricality here which doesn't exist anywhere else, so it was important for us to embrace that."
Outside of the main dining room are three smaller rooms: the Cellar, the Parlour, and the Salon -- each with a theme paying homage to Vegas' allure. The Cellar is decorated with old and new wine bottles, floor-to-ceiling racks, and vintage decanters and serving sets. The Parlour has sculptural busts (meant to honor four female gamblers), plus Persian carpets and bookshelves. And the Salon took inspiration from classic martini bars, according to Guidara, complete with a cocktail cart and emerald green tufted walls. "All of it is meant to speak to the city we're in now," he adds.
NoMad's most famous dish will be on the menu
Foodies have long flocked (get it) to NoMad for Humm's roast chicken for two. After all, the James Beard Award-winning chef's process is slightly more complicated than throwing some salt and pepper on a chicken breast.
To start, the bird is stuffed beneath the skin with foie gras, truffles, and brioche. The cavity gets a lemon-rosemary leaf combo before it's sent to the refrigerator so the stuffing can solidify and the chicken can absorb some flavor. Once it's in the 450-degree oven, the skin crisps up to a golden brown, and thanks to the stuffing, the meat becomes white and juicy. While it looks ready to eat when the whole bird is presented to diners in a cast iron skillet, the legs are actually undercooked -- that's when it's brought back to the kitchen, carved, and cooked to finish.
"We like to reinvent NoMad wherever we go, but to still maintain the elements that make NoMad what it is."
In keeping that famous dish on the menu, Guidara says, "We always like to reinvent NoMad wherever we go, but to still maintain some of the elements that make NoMad what it is." Case in point: Along with the chicken, guests will be excited to see another longtime NoMad favorite on the menu -- fruits de mer, the chef's selection of composed raw seafood.
French-inspired cuisine gets a steakhouse twist
Despite those holdovers, this isn't the same menu as New York and Los Angeles. Chef de Cuisine Mike Rellergert, who's been with NoMad since 2012, has given the Vegas restaurant a more classic American feel than its siblings on either coast.
Adding a theatrical flair are items like tableside tartare, where the presentation rivals a Vegas revue, and twists on steakhouse classics such as a 32-ounce dry-aged ribeye and baked potato "DuMont." And it wouldn't be Las Vegas without lobster, specifically Lobster Thermidor, a French take on the crustacean traditionally made by cooking the meat in a creamy sauce and stuffing it into the shell, then browning it with a cheese crust.
The cocktails are pedigreed (and shareable)
Bar director Leo Robitschek doesn't mess around. He's a James Beard Award-winning innovator who's been with Humm and Guidara since their early Eleven Madison Park days and helped NoMad New York earn the title of Top Bar in North America (and fourth in the world) on the 2018 list of The World's 50 Best Bars. For any bar director, the nightlife mecca of Vegas brings exciting opportunities -- and Robitscheck isn't shying away.
In addition to live jazz provided by the NoMad Bar's Steinway piano, guests will get the chance to order "cocktail explosions," aka large-format drinks served in a giant chalice that, "depending on your tolerance" (as the menu advises), serve four to eight guests. Consider ordering the American in Rome (bourbon, Foro Amaro, lemon, and orange) while waiting for your table. The lengthy list of (standard-sized) NoMad cocktails includes the Hot Lips (jalapeño-infused tequila, mezcal, pineapple, lemon, and vanilla) and Nod to Nothing (London dry gin, lemon, green tea, apricot liqueur, yuzu, and sage), among many others -- all of which serve as the perfect warm-up before heading out to the casino floor.


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It is the time of year that we typically look back over the last twelve months and take stock of what went well and what didn't quite measure up to our ideas of success. We hopefully spend some time using the lessons of the past and planning for future accomplishments in the coming year. This is an exercise successful business owners definitely engage in. The most fruitful ones have some form of a council to help them, not only during this annual evaluation and planning time, but on a regular basis.
Why should you have some kind of council of counselors? God tells us through His instructions to us in the Bible that we should have trustworthy people giving us advice. Proverbs 12:15 states it this way in the New Living Translation: "Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others." There are many other such statements in Proverbs. As imperfect people, we tend to have weaknesses and blind spots that prevent us from making the right decision or doing the right thing 100% of the time. If we have some wise people around us as we go through life making these decisions and doing these things, they can hopefully help us avoid the wrong ones or at least make a proper course correction in the wake of mistakes.
Here are some suggestions from a C12 Group segment on how a Christian business owner can put together that helpful council of counselors:
■ Formal Board of Directors – common for large or public companies
■ Christian Peer Advisory Board – A group such as C12 provides a readymade format for asking and receiving counsel, being challenged by best practice ideas, and submitting issues and plans to other committed Christians for feedback. C12 also provides a degree of accountability, prayer, planning, and one-on-one counsel.
■ Council of Advisors – Another resource that can complement either of the prior two alternatives is meeting with a smaller group of trustworthy colleagues (often two to four local C12 members and/or church members). Real benefit can be generated by meeting together regularly for counsel, accountability, and prayer. Due to their informality and small size, a COA can provide an opportunity for deeper intimacy which many C12 members have found to be extremely helpful.
■ Mentor – More than teachers, mentors are generally role models with more experience or authority in areas where we desire to grow. Teachers impart knowledge; mentors impart life. Long-term mentors are difficult to come by, but they can be hugely beneficial.
If you aren't a business owner you can still benefit from having a council of counselors. I've found that having a group of three additional people of the same sex that meet together at least twice a month for at least 90 minutes each time provide a good format for sharing life and getting advice on the challenges we all face. Having a small number of all men or all women in the group fosters a higher degree of transparency and trust that is difficult to achieve in a larger group of men and women.
As you gather together with your council, here are six common characteristics of finishing well that you could pose to them, asking if there is evidence of these characteristics in your life.
The Six Common Characteristics of Finishing Well
Develop and fight to:
- Hold an Eternal Perspective. Don't get caught up in the short term thinking of the culture. Eternity is considerably longer than even the longest life we could possibly have.
- Build Intimacy with Jesus Christ. In Philippians 4:13 we are told "For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength." A relationship requires time conversing. To converse with Jesus Christ you need to read His words in the Bible and spend time talking to Him through prayer.
- Maintain Self-Discipline. The self-discipline being raised here is avoiding "many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction" Timothy warns us about.
- Maintain Open and Accountable Relationships. This is a key part of having a council you can trust and be transparent with. They also need to be able to challenge you when you have a blind spot.
- Maintain a Teachable Spirit and a Lifetime of Learning. Proverbs 11:2 is one of a number of verses that tell us "Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." I can trace nearly all my worst mistakes back to pride and arrogance. I can trace nearly all of my successes to wisdom that came from someone else that I acted on.
- Maintain a Heart to Help Others Finish Well. Since others need a council of counselors, invest time, energy and prayer in being a wise counselor for someone else, sharing the benefits that you are receiving from your council.
Best wishes for a fruitful and blessed year, one that is focused on relationships, both earthly and eternal!


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Koei Tecmo's Warriors Orochi series has been known for featuring a very large roster of playable characters combined from two of their most popular game series, Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, while also adding new mystic characters that form the game's original storyline. Today, Koei Tecmo has announced through Weekly Famitsu magazine that the newest title in the series, Warriors Orochi 4, will have an even more whopping amount of playable characters.
Although the magazine will be officially published this Thursday, Famitsu has posted a sneak peek preview of the Warriors Orochi 4 article in their website, with the following description which we have translated right below.
In the May 24, 2018 issue of Weekly Famitsu (to be published on May 10, 2018), Koei Tecmo Games will publish the latest information for Musou Orochi 3 (Warriors Orochi 4), the action game scheduled for release in 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
It looks like in this Warriors Orochi 4, there will be 170 characters appearing—the highest amount in the series! It is getting powered up in all aspects, from the addition of new characters to "Divine Technique Actions" as a new attack method.
This magazine also has an interview with the producer Masaki Furusawa, which will explain the above points. Please kindly read it!
Although Warriors Orochi 4 has been announced to be released worldwide in 2018, it is so far confirmed coming for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan. Usually, the Western release will also add Xbox One and Steam to the platform roster, but we will have to wait for an official confirmation from Koei Tecmo's American and European branches first.
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The likelihood of me being pregnant?
Let me start by saying i know how unprotected sex works and im not stupid, I just let things get away from me as far as taking my birth control. I has stopped taking my pills months ago, because I was not having sex. Flash forward to end of June I had been in a relationship for months and we had sex. He came inside me, I panicked and immediately after have taken my birth control pill. Just that one day. I guess what I'm saying is, am I in denial or should I be preparing my self?
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- pit bulls biteLv 71 year ago
condoms are a good back up
- Anonymous1 year ago
I guess you never bothered to read the leaflet that came with your pills or even bother to understand how they work.
They are not like plan B. You need to be taking them for seven days BEFORE having sex for them to work AND you need to continue taking them daily until you aren't going to be sexually active for a long term again. One single pill does not have enough hormones to prevent pregnancy.
Now, that does not mean you are pregnant. It just means that you did have completely unprotected sex and then did nothing that would actually prevent a possible pregnancy. Even when all conditions are perfect, pregnancy only happens about 25% of the time.
If you don't get your next period, then you need to take a pregnancy test to know for sure.
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Take a test! I didn't think I could get pregnant and I did even though I had a period
- heleneLv 71 year ago
One birth control pill will not work as emergency contraception.
Take a test if your period is late.
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- CatherineLv 61 year ago
You're not stupid but you think taking one pill helps how?


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Catholic Prayer: Collect for Feast of St. Theodore
O God, who hast set about us the protection of the glorious confession of thy blessed Martyr Theodore, grant that we may ever profit by the following of his example, and be sustained by the succor of his intercession, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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UPDATE: Police have released the name of a motorcyclist killed in an accident late Saturday. 59-year-old Richard Manning Jr. was killed when his motorcycle collided with an SUV along Kessler Boulevard West Drive and Sharon Road.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (June 20, 2015) – IMPD confirmed that a man was killed in a motorcycle accident late Saturday night.
The wreck happened near the intersection of Kessler Blvd. and Sharon Rd., just east of Michigan Rd.
Police say the motorcycle was driving west on Kessler Blvd. when an SUV backed out of a driveway.
The motorcycle collided with the rear end of the SUV.
EMS transported the man to the hospital, but say he died after arriving.
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I am pretty sure I have a tooth infection. I had a cavity that was getting worse, but I didn't have the money for a dentist. I went to the drug store and bought some of that filling material you can get there for teeth. Well, I ran out and now the tooth hurts like a mad dog and the gum has a blister on it. I have two kinds of leftover antibiotics. One is 2/3 of a bottle of penicillin. The other is a z-pack that my ex left here. Which is the right one for my tooth infection?
Dear Casey,
I'm going to be blunt because you are getting into dangerous territory here and I want you to be safe. You need to see a dentist. What you are experiencing is considered a dental emergency. The antibiotics are not going to solve this problem regardless of which one you take. All an antibiotic will do is temporarily hold the infection at bay. Once you are done with the medicines, the infection will blow up again and then your antibiotics will be even less effective.
Dental infections are different. Until a dentist gets in there and physically removes the infection, it will return with a vengeance. This is actually quite dangerous if you think about close your jaw is to your heart, lungs, and brain. Even in the 21st century, people are still dying from tooth infections.
A quick word on those filling materials you purchased. They can be very useful in certain situations, when used properly. First, they are meant to be temporary to hold you off for no more than a few days while you wait on an appointment. Second, they will only be useful if the decay is already removed. In other words, if you already had a filling and it fell out, then the temporary tooth filling will keep the space filled for a few days while you wait on your appointment.
Your decay was still there so it continued to grow into the tooth until it hit the pulp and turned into a full-blown infection.
I know you're worried about finances. Fortunately, most dentists, especially in cases of emergencies like yours, are compassionate and will be willing to work out payment options for you. I would call around and explain your situation.
At this point, you're looking at a root canal treatment for the bare minimum. Hopefully, the tooth can be saved and you won't need an extraction. If you do, you'll also need to replace the tooth to prevent your bite from shifting too much. This can lead to TMJ problems that cause you serious pain on a daily basis.
Bottom line: The faster you get to the dentist the less it will cost you and the safer you will be.
This blog is brought to you by Huntsville Dentist Dr. Steve Murphree.


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Media pundits ask: Should the US bomb Iran now?
In the wake of Vice President Cheney's saber-rattling statements over the weekend warning Iran of "serious consequences" if it attempts to develop nuclear weapons, the cable news networks have focused heavily on the prospect of imminent war against Iran.
Fox News spoke with military analysts Lt. Col. Bill Cowan and Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney. Both men are members of the Iran Policy Committee, which was founded in 2005 to press for more aggressive action against Iran.
Cowan told Fox that he believes we are heading for war with Iran, though he suggested it might be more effective to support the "positive, forward-leaning political resistance against the regime" -- an apparent reference to the terrorist MEK group of which the Iran Policy Committee has been a supporter.
McInerney, however, said, "We, in fact, should. There are enough dots out there that we have more than enough rationale to do it." He claimed that Iranian President Ahmadinejad has killed more than 300 Americans in the last 8 months -- a figure which, if correct, would amount to roughly half of all US deaths in Iraq during that period.
"I don't think we're going to have a lot of options," Cowan concluded.
At MSNBC, Chris Matthews invited a debate on the question, "Should the United States Bomb Iran Now?" between Joshua Muravchik of the American Enterprise Institute and Jim Walsh of MIT's Security Studies Program.
Muravchik -- who has been a leading exponent of overthrowing the Iranian government since 1993, when he co-founded the Foundation for Democracy in Iran -- described Iran as "the biggest international sponsor of terrorism." He asserted that Iran is "on a mission that starts with hegemony over the Middle East ... It sees itself, in a sense, at war with us. ... If it gets a nuclear weapon, it will use that as a kind of umbrella with which to push forth its quest for dominance."
"The prestige factor of owning that weapon even if they never use it is horrible," summarized Matthews.
Jim Walsh, however, warned of the immediate negative consequences of bombing Iran, saying, "First and foremost, it would be extremely costly. ... I mean, if you like the war in Iraq, you would love the war in Iran." He suggested that an escalation of attacks on US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and a dramatic increase in the price of oil were only two of the likely outcomes.
Walsh also debunked Muravchik's suggestion that Iran might build a nuclear weapon and then hand it over to terrorists, saying that no government has ever done that. "They can't trust these crazy guys," he emphasized.
Matthews then hit Muravchik with a series of questions, including whether the threat of terrorists obtaining loose nukes from the former Soviet republics is not far greater than any hypothetical actions by Iran, how long it might take Iran to build not merely a nuclear weapons but a suitcase-sized device that could be used by terrorists, and whether any of Muravchik's associates at AEI actually believe Iran is "on the verge of getting a weapon that could be transported by a terrorist group."
"You're saying bomb now," Matthews said, demanding to know what is so urgent that it can't wait while diplomatic and economic efforts are given time to work. He also asked Muravchik whether his real deadline is to see Iran bombed before Bush leaves office.
"We've waited," Muravchik insisted, claiming he never said we should bomb Iran "this minute" and that even "a year from now might be soon enough" but "there's no alternative way to stop them."
"If we're concerned about terrorism, bombing Iran is absolutely the worst thing you could do," Walsh concluded. "It is giving al Qaeda this giant gift." He also pointed out that even an active Iranian weapons program could be reversed, saying that North Korea is now dismantling its own nuclear program and also that "Almadinejad is not calling the shots" in Iran.
The following video is from MSNBC's Hardball and Fox's Fox & Friends, broadcast on October 22 and 23, 2007.


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Introduction: The Camcorder Clip
Today I´ll be showing you how to make the The Camcorder Clip©.
It started of when I needed a clip to put on like a cap, for example when your shoting somebody.
I think i´m the first one to do this on Instructables.
I´ll post a video of the whole thing. :D
You can use it as I said like a shot cam clip. Or if you play the guitar you put it on the head.
Pretty much everything, and I´ll be glad to see what you came up with!
Cheers! :D
(I sound like an (bloody) briton)
Step 1: Materials
For this Instructable you´ll need:
1/4 Screw(To fit in the tripod hole)
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2x Hand
10mm key
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Put the screw into one of the holes in the clip.
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Put on the washers.(Optional)
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Put on the nut and tighten with an 10mm key.
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Your done!
Please I´ll be glad to see yours!
And if you came up with an upgrade show it!
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French-Mediterranean cuisine that's seasonal & ingredient-driven–served under Edoardo Tresoldi's ethereal centerpiece, Fillmore
Pop by the bar to grab a drink, cross off your to-do list, or have a bite.
Head out back to our greenery-laced outdoor space, evocative of the alleyway backyards synonymous with East Village.
Enjoy a memorable meal in our intimate private dining room, The Poster Room.
With a carefully curated menu, Chef Jason Hall adds his own unique twist on classic French-Mediterranean cuisine that paints a picture of the coastal cuisine of Southern France, with brushstrokes of Italy, Spain, and Greece in a staggering setting. Watch the chefs bring your meal to life in an open-hearth kitchen, while you sip on a cocktail amongst good company.
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Enjoy the taste of Cathédrale from the comfort of your home or office. We now offer takeout and delivery through Caviar , Seamless, UberEats, Postmates, and Doordash. For phone orders, please call (212) 888-1093.
Delivery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday 5PM-10PM
At Cathédrale, we encourage you to make reservations up to 30 days in advance. For parties of 5 or more, a credit card is required to secure the reservation. Our cancellation policy asks that you cancel no later than Noon on the day of your reservation. We can accommodate a la carte parties of up to 11 guests. For groups of 12 guests and larger, please visit the Special Events section of our website.
To order something from our menu for a friend, relative or business associate who will be dining with us, or to purchase a customized cake please email us at email@example.com.
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The Poster Room is a send back to the psychedelic rock era—and the perfect place for private dining with space for up to 26 guests. Featuring a ceiling wallpapered with vintage concert posters from the legendary Fillmore East, and backlit of-the-era screen prints, The Poster Room is a tribute to the times. With a dedicated restroom and the option to connect to the terrace, you can take your next intimate event indoors or out.
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Dear Experts,
I was trying to create a T-Junction in my network. But it didn't work. Here is how I created it:
1. Got a street with several vertex:
2. Create a new street from one of the vertex (Snapping had turned on):
3. Give the new street proper F and T_ZLEV value (both are 0), which are the same as the existing one:
4. ND connectivity property set to "Any Vertex":
5. Build and run a Route:
The Network Identify Tool also shows that this newly created street do not have adjacent edges.
However, if I create a T-junction, but connect to a Junction Point, instead of Vertex Point, it will work.
Besides, if I create a X-junction, crossing a Vertex Point, it work too.
Is there anything that I'm missing here?


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Wakatu Dance Theatre is delighted to present Let's Dance directed by Peta Spooner. This colourful fast paced performance showcases a wide variety of dance styles and music. Over 100 dancers ranging from pre-schoolers to senior students perform classical ballet, modern jazz, tap and contemporary dance styles in a superbly choreographed and brightly costumed extravaganza. We are also delighted to showcase our young choreographers in this year's showcase performance.
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Over one billion non-compostable sanitary pads reach India's overburdened and old sewage systems every month, also landfills, open fields and water bodies. Quality sanitary pads are essential to protect the body against severe infections and diseases, but inadequate information about safe disposal options are a huge burden on environmental safety. In this special episode of the NDTV Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign, here's a look at how we can make the sanitary pad disposal cycle cleaner, greener and healthier.
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I am using My Carmesi sanitary pads that are biodegradable and comes with a disposable bag too. They are really good in spreading this awareness also. There focus was also to educate women about the causes, issues, treatments that comes during periods, and menstrual hygiene.


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He has a Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), and in 1994 he concluded his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA and with the University of Coimbra awarding his PhD equivalency in Chemical Engineering. He has worked since then as an Auxiliary Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra.
The teaching component of his academic career has been devoted to the teaching of several subjects in the field of chemical procedures such as chemical procedures and systems, systems dynamics, automatic control, advanced control systems and industrial project.


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Council project takes top spot at Paperless Awards
Press release • Jul 23, 2018 14:39 BST
THE successful project to transform Moray Council into a paperless organisation and help reduce annual costs by £3million has been recognised with a national award.
Led by the council's Designing Better Services team (DBS), the project has dramatically cut the use and storage of paper files and documents. This has made many processes more efficient, slashed the amount of storage space required and enabled rapid searching of files.
On Thursday the team were awarded the industry's top prize for designing the best digital document management system at the Public Sector Paperless Awards, beating entries from Lewisham Council and East Kent NHS.
Leader of Moray Council, Cllr Graham Leadbitter, said: "A huge amount of work has gone on behind the scenes with ICT staff in the Council working closely with individuals and departments and helping the Council drastically reduce its paper usage.
"Moving to paperless working helps reduce cost, make systems more efficient and is far better for the environment by not only reducing paper but also by reducing the use of storage systems and the space required for that storage.
"This is a prestigious award within the public sector and the many staff who have contributed to this project, whether in the implementation of it or as users of the new systems, should be proud of their achievement."
The system allows staff to electronically create, file and store the documents created every day as part of their jobs. Having one shared electronic document is so much more efficient and frees up time as well as storage space.
Software by Microsoft SharePoint was chosen because it connects to other Microsoft Office applications used by the council such as Word and Excel, and can be developed to meet the needs of the different services across the council.
One of the key benefits is the management of documents after they are no longer in use and then become records. Securely managing records, ensuring they can be easily accessed and are kept for the correct length of time is automated in SharePoint so no manual tracking, shredding or deleting required.
Transforming the council works and moving to a paperless environment was a major element of the DBS programme, which has saved £3million a year in operating costs. Attendance for two of the SharePoint team at the prize-giving event in Manchester was sponsored by the event sponsors.
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Horse Riding in Hyde Park
Rotten Row in London's Hyde Park, has been the most famous equestrian venue in England for 300 years. Hyde Park Stables offer Horse Riding in Hyde Park and beside The Serpentine Lake, in the most beautiful setting for horse riding in a capital city anywhere in the world. With an experienced instructor by your side it doesn't matter whether you're a first-timer or a pony club professional, you will all enjoy a fun day out!
What's included
Minimum / Max group size: maximum 8 people per hack (up to sixteen riders on consecutive hours)
Duration: 1 hour
Destinations available: London
Example Package
- One or two nights in 5* central Spa hotel based on two people sharing
- Continental Breakfast
- Full use of the luxury spa all weekend
- Horse Riding in Hyde Park, 1 hour hack
- 3 course meal at Grace, including club entry after dinner (private dining rooms available)
- Access to our online payment facility (so group members can pay us direct)
- Personal event organiser
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Barbara I Gongini tailored wool jacket has a slim fitting silhouette that accentuates the contours of the body with a front wooden button closure and double lapel. The jacket has been hand cut and hand sewn from richly textured black Italian wool with a string tie belt to one side and wood button fastenings to the sleeves. A tailored anatomic construction features multiple panels for functionality that are complimented by an anatomic elbow panel for increased mobility and design detail. The jacket is fully lined and finished off with a single pocket to the chest and stopper stitches to the pocket outline.
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LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! Paradise awaits you at this Direct Access, BAY FRONT lot on the Isles of Capri. This lot is READY for you to build your dream home. Boasting of WIDE Pompano Bay REAR views and FRONT views of the Marco River. Enjoy waterfront living with some of the best fishing in all of SWFL, in addition to some of the most spectacular sunsets and sunrises. Currently the only undeveloped BAY FRONT DOUBLE LOT (when purchased as a package). Seller is selling this lot along with the adjacent lot, listed separately. Seller prefers to sell this lot and adjacent lot together but is willing to sell separate. Price listed is for ONE lot.
Bay Access, Dock Access, Seawall
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Discussion in 'General Chit Chat' started by jeepinmatt, Nov 11, 2015.
That's a nice shade of blue!
Accurate description of my life right now.
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You and me both buddy
Mine wanted a sprayer for the cloth diapers, but they are ~$75 for a decent one. This was gonna be my solution. Luckily, someone gave us one as a gift. Actually works well.
Almost took a pic of our cloth diaper sprayer, but I was too lazy to walk over to it.
Its good for the Earth, maaaaannn.
(But more importantly, its good for my wallet!)
when my when my daughter was a baby her mother would come to pick her up on the weekends and ask for diapers. I finally got sick of it and gave her a pack of cloth diapers and told her there's a lifetime supply. She threw them on the ground and never asked again.
Cloth diapers and breast feeding have saved us so much money.
Must be nice. My wife's cloth diaper collection syndrome has probably cost us more than just buying disposables all along
That is the flip side! Its a constant battle to keep her from buying the latest diaper she thinks is adorable and absolutely must have.
But they do make great scratch-free car wash rags....you'll have a good supply later on.
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Gerber cloth and thirsties covers were my jam (not really, but you get my meaning) for like 5 years.


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Minimum wage increases since 2015 delivered a £3bn pay boost to low-paid workers last year, showing that while they should proceed carefully, both main parties are right to propose plans for an even higher wage floor, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis published today (Monday).
Ain't no minimum high enough examines the impact of the minimum wage since its introduction in 1999 and the main parties' plans for it in the next parliament, including the opportunities and risks associated with a significantly higher minimum wage.
Looking at the introduction of the National Living Wage in April 2016 (the legal wage floor for workers aged 25 and over), the report finds that low-paid workers received a £3bn pay rise last year, relative to pay in 2015. In contrast to the firm evidence of gains for low paid workers, there is no evidence that warnings of significant job losses have come to pass.
The Foundation says this major income boost to low paid workers, worth up to £1,500 a year for a full-time worker, shows that arguments that politics should never inject more ambition into the minimum wage are misplaced.
It notes that the recent success of the minimum wage has been underpinned by the new cross-party consensus over the need for a higher wage floor. In contrast, widespread opposition to the minimum wage 20 years ago from business and the Conservatives led to excessive caution over the rate in its early years.
This new cross-party consensus means that the minimum wage is set to rise rapidly again in the next parliament. The Conservatives have set out plans to raise the National Living Wage to £10.50 by 2024 – a level that would effectively end low pay (set at two-thirds of typical hourly pay). They also plan to gradually reduce the age threshold for this higher wage floor to those aged 21 and over.
The Labour Party want to go even further and introduce a £10 minimum wage to all workers aged 16 and over in 2020, labelling this a mandatory real Living Wage.
This would give the UK one of the highest minimum wages in the world, either marginally above or below France's wage floor, under Labour or Conservative plans respectively.
It would also mean the UK labour market going from having one of the biggest low pay problems of any advanced economy – over one in five workers were low-paid as recently as 2014 – to one where low pay was virtually eliminated (measured in hourly pay), in less than a decade.
The Foundation notes however that while that this new political consensus has created a huge opportunity to boost millions of workers' pay, it also presents new risks if the parties' ambitions run too far ahead of the evidence.
The report shows that the proposed changes would represent a huge change to our labour market. If even the less ambitious Conservative plan was in place today, it could more than double the number of workers on the wage floor, with more than one in three part-time workers and more than one-in-five workers across Wales, the Midlands and the North of England, earning the legal minimum.
Among younger workers, around a third of 21-24 year olds currently earn less than the Conservatives' target minimum wage rate, while half earn less than Labour's proposed £10 minimum wage. This group is particularly at risk from setting the UK's wage floor too high, says the Foundation.
The Foundation says that whichever party forms the next government should move cautiously toward meeting its target, and be prepared to adjust the wage floor in light of changing economic conditions. The Low Pay Commission, who have been key to the minimum wage's success over the past 20 years, should continue to play a key role.
Nye Cominetti, Economic Analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: "The two main parties fought tooth and nail over whether a new minimum wage would boost pay or kill jobs in the run up to the 1997 election. Now, 20 years on from its introduction, the electoral battle over the minimum wage has completely changed. Both main parties are promising to deliver one of the highest minimum wages in the world.
"This new ambition is welcome. Rapid rises in the wage floor over the last three years have delivered a £3bn pay boost to low-paid workers.
"But both main parties need to recognise that the higher we go, the greater the risks – particularly for younger workers. So they must listen to the experts on the effects of the minimum wage, and be prepared to change course if needed."


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How to Avoid Burst Pipes
When evaluating a property, flippers must account for unexpected problems and related costs. Renovations take time and money — and incorrect budgets can wreck your ROI. Kurt Schlegel, one of our fix and flip experts at Fixters provides tips on how to check a potential flip for major issues before incurring unexpected costs. He shares, "I see HVAC, furnace, water heater, air conditioning, roof/venting, plumbing, cracking or heaving foundation and sewer systems issues all the time. Those fixes are the most expensive and therefore the most important chunk of my renovation budget."
Let's take a look at one of the common issues with fix and flips: Burst Pipes.
Why do pipes burst in the winter?
As Kurt shared in the video, the house was vacant for over 3 years before acquisition. The water, gas and electric were left on when the bank took possession. The home was not properly winterized, and water continued to flow to the house throughout fluctuating freezing and melting temperatures. The pipes contracted and expanded as the water melted and refroze. Ultimately, creating cracks and leaks that required serious time and money to fix.Recognizing the water damage, the bank quickly shut off all resources.
How to check pipes for leaks after the water supply is turned off:
- Locate the main water shut off in the home.
- Open up the valve to turn on the water. The home may have a ball valve or gate valve.
- If water leaks at the valve, this could be the pressure regulator.
- Check the rubber gaskets where pipes connect. Have they expanded past to pipe connectors? This is where seals are broken because of the expansion and contraction during the freeze/melt process.
- Check visible cracking for obvious leaks.
What to do if your property has burst or cracked pipes:
Repairing broken pipes can be expensive, but is a necessary fix to any flip with the issue. Kurt recommends making sure the water supply is shut off and hiring a licensed plumber to complete similar repairs. Budget to bring out qualified contractors and experts to inspect and fix your property within a manageable timeframe.
Get your eyes on the pipes as early in the buying process as possible. Keep a sharp eye out for issues involving heating and cooling systems, as well as plumbing, during your inspections in the buying, renovating and sales processes. Get assistance on how to fully evaluate properties with Fixters Academy. Our coaches will guide you through your property evaluation and help you locate and tackle these potential roadblocks to a profitable flip.


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Who would think that on the final Thursday of September we should have such excellent weather for our three hour cruise on the River Severn? Our chairman, David Ebsworth, made an inspired choice of dates as the previous Thursday had been much duller.
Our afternoon cruise on the Conway Castle started at Upton on Severn and headed north towards Worcester before returning to Upton.
More than 60 members and friends enjoyed a smooth journey on a spacious boat with good facilities. Speeding is not part of river cruising and there was ample time to enjoy the view. There was clear evidence of higher river levels and local people know that the River Severn regularly spills over on to surrounding land. Not on this occasion though as the river was benign.
It is hard to realise how important this river was historically. It would have been really busy with goods being brought down from Ironbridge and other manufacturing bases. Not much evidence of this today as just a few private vessels and boats were taking gravel downstream.
There was chance to catch up with old and new friends and enjoy the cream tea that was included with the ticket.


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Puer's Spaghetti Sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lb extra lean (96%) ground beef
32 oz tomato sauce
water (if needed)
2 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
1 teaspoon ground oregano
½ teaspoon minced onions
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground cayenne
¼ teaspoon ground mustard
Heat the oil over medium heat in a sauté pan. Add the ground beef, and then add worchestershire sauce and salt and pepper to the beef as soon as it starts to brown. Once the meat is browned, carefully add tomato sauce, as the hot oil may cause it to splatter. Add spices and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. Add water as needed to ensure proper consistancy.
I've always used Hunts tomato sauce in this recipe. I tried a few others at times, but I found it difficult to balance the seasonings for some reason.
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hue.inifile, uncomment the
# app_blacklist=statement and insert the name of the app you want to disable (impala in this example).Note: Do not remove
searchfrom the app_blacklist. The Hue UI will not work if the search application is enabled.
# Comma-separated list of apps not to load at server startup. # Note that rdbms is the name used for dbquery. app_blacklist=spark,zookeeper,search,impala,sqoop,rdbmsNote: After removing an application from
app_blacklist, you must update the Hue internal database to create the tables required for the application that was enabled:
sudo /opt/mapr/server/configure.sh -R
Once all changes are made, restart Hue so the changes will take effect.
Note: You can re-enable a blacklisted application at any time, and then restart Hue.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Dr. Alexeyev Appointed Associate Editor of Journal
Dr. Alexeyev's responsibilities include reviewing submitted papers, assigning formal reviewers and making final decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of papers for publication.
The journal is published by Informa Healthcare. The scope of the journal includes descriptive papers on DNA sequences from mitochondrial genomes and analytical papers in the areas of population genetics, medical genetics, phylogenetics and human evolution that use mitochondrial DNA as a source of evidence for studies.
Mitochondrial DNA also publishes manuscripts that examine population genetic and systematic theory that specifically address the use of mitochondrial DNA sequences, as well as papers that discuss the utility of mitochondrial DNA information in medical studies and in human evolutionary biology.
To view the journal, visit http://informahealthcare.com/loi/mdn.
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The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies positions on a potential 10-year, $968.1M contract to install command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms at the service branch's shore facilities worldwide.Read More »
KBR Gets NAVAIR Logistics IT Support Task Order; Byron Bright Quoted
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KBR to Help Manage NASA Wallops Launch Range Under $200M IDIQ
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Rocky Thurston Named Perspecta SVP
Rocky Thurston, a more than 20-year government information technology industry veteran, has joined Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) as a senior vice president, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday. He brings to the role years of experience supporting the departments of Homeland Security and Transportation and other federal civilian agencies in their IT modernization …Read More »
KBRwyle Gets $96.5M in USAF Task Orders for Aircraft Technical Support
KBR's (NYSE: KBR) government services arm has received two task orders worth $96.5M combined from the U.S. Air Force to provide technical support for the service's F-35 program and other aircraft platforms. KBRwyle will provide the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center with research, product assistance, analysis, engineering, airworthiness, risk …Read More »
KBR's Government Arm Books $96M in US Military Cyber, Engineering Task Orders
KBR's (NYSE: KBR) government services arm has won three task orders worth a combined $95.7M to provide engineering, cybersecurity and information technology services to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. The USAF Installation Contracting Agency issued the awards to KBRwyle through a contract vehicle managed by the Department of Defense …Read More »
Seven Firms Land Spots on $235M Navy IDIQ for Air Traffic, Landing Systems Support
The U.S. Navy has awarded seven companies spots on a potential five-year, $235M contract to provide operations support for air traffic and landing systems installed on ships or at shore facilities. Work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is expected to conclude by February 2024, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Orders …Read More »
KBRWyle Secures Prime Spot on ITES-3 Contract for Army IT Services
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 9, 2018 — A KBRWyle business unit will work to deliver global information technology services to support the U.S. Army through its position on the potential $12.1B Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 services contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The KBR (NYSE: KBR) government services business said Monday its SGT unit will offer business …Read More »


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The emergence of heavy German tanks on the eastern front spurred the Soviet military into action, looking for up-gunned tanks of their own. Rather than wait for the full development of new tank designs to combat these Teutonic monsters a stop-gap upgrade to the KV series produced. It comprised a KV-1S with the new turret from the experimental IS-85 which was still in development, mounting the same 85mm gun as the SU-85 and early versions of the T-34/85.
The 85mm gun proved more then capable of penetrating the Tiger I and because of this demand for it slowed production of the IS-85 tremendously. The KV-85 appeared on the front beginning in September 1943. 143 KV-85s were produced before production ended abruptly in December 1943.
However short a period of time this was it did allow the Soviet industry to produce a heavy tank as well armed as the Tiger I before the end of 1943 when the Soviet Army sorely needed it, being used in Soviet breakthrough regiments.
Rules for the KV-85 heavy tank can be found in Armies of the Soviet Union a must have for all collectors of the Red Army…
This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War against Finland and the final drive to Berlin, the detailed army lists provided in this supplement allow players to construct Soviet armies for any theatre and any year of the war.
- Introduction
- Army Lists
- Theatres
Written by none other than Andy Chambers, a copy of the Bolt Action rulebook is needed to use this supplement.
When you buy the Armies of the Soviet Union from Warlord Games you also receive for free this exclusive 'For the Motherland!' figure that depicts a commissar proudly flying the Soviet flag as he fights the fascist invaders. Za Rodinu! Za Stalina!


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During the London Summit on family planning in 2012, Rwanda committed to ensure the availability of family planning services in every village (Imidugudu), among others.
Five years later, a lot has been achieved in terms of ensuring that family planning services can be easily accessed.
Long-lasting contraceptive methods, including permanent ones, and high quality integrated family planning services can be easily accessed across the country.
However, the challenge of ensuring that couples embrace family planning is far from over. We still have women giving birth to unplanned children. Some of the reasons why some couples shun modern family planning methods is linked to the 'side effects.'
Modern methods of family planning are sometimes associated with certain side effects as some women time and again complain of issues such as mild headaches, irregular bleeding, dizziness and nausea, among others. This is the reason why some opt for natural methods.
A recent visit to Busogo Health Centre in Musanze District indicated that some women refrain from the use of modern methods of family planning, while a good number opt for natural means.
Natural family planning is a form of birth control which doesn't involve medication or use of devices. Some of the natural methods include cycle beads, breastfeeding, withdrawal and abstinence.
At Busogo Health Centre, about five per cent of women use natural methods of family planning.
Asuma Nikuze, a community health worker at Busogo, explains that using CycleBeads is one way of family planning, or preventing pregnancy, by simply tracking one's ovulation cycle. In other words, it involves tracing dates in which a woman is more fertile and those dates when she is less fertile.
CycleBeads is a colour-coded string of beads representing a woman's menstrual cycle.
She says that even though most women use modern methods some of them actually prefer the natural means, only that they find it hard to keep track of the cycle.
Nikuze believes that women should have access to a full range of contraceptive options, including natural ones, such that they are able to make choices when they are aware of all the possible options.
"Women are provided with different choices when they go to the health centre and all methods including natural and artificial methods are explained to them. It's upon them to choose what they prefer. Most go for modern methods but some choose the natural ones, especially CycleBeads," she says.
Explaining how the method works, Nikuze says, a woman places a rubber ring on the red bead the day she starts her period and moves the ring one bead forward in the direction of the arrow every day. When the ring is on a coloured bead, there is less likelihood of pregnancy. When the ring is on a white bead (that is day 8 to 19), then she is in her fertile period and there are high chances of getting pregnant if she has unprotected sexual intercourse.
Livingstone Niyongabo, a health supervisor at Busogo Health Centre, says CycleBeads is really effective in the prevention of pregnancy. He, however, notes that it's only eligible for those women who have a regular menstrual cycle.
A regular cycle is when the length between first day of the period and the first day of the next period is equal for a significant number of months.
"Some women are not eligible for this method because they have irregular cycles. Forgetting to move the bead can lead to a poor calculation. Also, since this method requires both the man and the woman to agree to refrain from sexual intercourse during ovulation days, it is sometimes hard," he says.
Lactational amenorrhea method
Niyongabo cites another natural method for birth control which is lactational amenorrhea method (LAM), also referred to as breastfeeding- as-birth-control.
Anyone can use this method, especially when they breastfeed exclusively before six months, but after that period, one should opt for other birth control methods. When a mother exclusively breastfeeds, the body naturally stops ovulating, he explains.
According to research done by Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, a form of breastfeeding to achieve contraception is more than 98 per cent effective during the first six months following delivery. Based on years of data from thousands of women in more than a dozen countries, the research also suggests that LAM may be dependable for longer, perhaps up to a year after giving birth.
According to the research, during breastfeeding, ovulation is inhibited by a series of physiological responses to nipple stimulation. More frequent or intense suckling sends nerve impulses to the mother's hypothalamus that disrupt normal signals to the pituitary controlling hormone secretion; the resulting abnormal pattern of LH secretion is inhibitory to ovarian activity.
When breastfeeding diminishes with less frequent breastfeeding and/or more frequent supplemental feeding, the chance of ovulation and subsequent pregnancy rises, the research indicates.
The study results suggest that lengthening the six-month criterion to nine or even 12 months after delivery might be possible under certain conditions, although more research is necessary before changing this criterion.
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This method of family planning is distinct from other natural methods in that it is male-controlled. It prevents pregnancy by preventing contact between the sperm and the egg.
Dr Rachna Pande says that this method, also known as the withdrawal method, is where the male partner withdraws before depositing semen in the vagina. However, she says, this requires a strong will.
"Moreover, few drops of semen which are present in pre-ejaculate secretions can also fertilise the ovum if spilled in the woman's sexual organ," Pande says, adding that the effectiveness of this method depends largely on the man's ability to withdraw prior to ejaculation.
This is also another form, and it involves total desistance from intercourse, Dr Pande points out. Refraining from penetrative sex provides 100 per cent protection from pregnancy, and guarantees prevention of transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
"This again requires a strong will, otherwise if forced; it can lead to frustration, lack of concentration and sexual perversions as well. However, abstinence is good for contraception as there is no risk of pregnancy involved," she says.
Would you go for natural or modern birth control methods?
I would say natural methods. Some of the women I train in the Poor Women Development Initiative prefer the natural ones only that they at times fail to use them efficiently. They refrain from modern methods because they fear risks associated with them. I think what's missing is sensitisation on what family planning really is without holding back any information.
Cressence Mukantabana, Women's Activist
Family planning as a whole is a tough issue to deal with, so choosing a method that works best for you is hard. Besides that, all methods are not a 100 per cent safe but I would say modern ones are more reliable.
Beatha Mukarurangwa, Mother
I would choose modern methods because they are dependable, if you compare them to the natural ones. Aside from them having risks which are also minimal, one can be sure to get the desired results.
Aidah Kayitesi, Housewife
Natural family planning methods can be very effective and accurate when used properly, so I think I would go for these since they are safe and carry limited risks.
Vianney Muhawenimana, Businessman
I would go for modern methods. I know some would rather choose natural, or worse, not use any family planning method at all because of the endless myths or side effects. Natural methods are good but they are hard to keep up with.
Jeanette Nyirabahizi, Farmer
Natural methods are the best; they enable couples to plan for births without any artificial substances used. They can be tricky to use but as long as the couple communicates well, they are the best.
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Get ready for the Season 7 Finale! We're bringing you a hype show featuring guitarist, David P Stevens accompanied by your host, Phil Denny. You do not want to miss this show!
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November 15, 2019 – 08:00 PM
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Scribner Seminar Program
Course Description
Human Dilemmas
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As you begin college, you are confronting the recurring dilemmas that define and shape our lives: Who am I? What exactly am I? What is my relationship to others? What is my responsibility to them and to the world? As biologist E. O. Wilson contends in his 2003 book The Future of Life, life is "an insoluble problem, a dynamic process in search of an indefinable goal. [It is] neither a celebration nor a spectacle but rather, as a later philosopher put it, a predicament" (xxii). "Human Dilemmas" will challenge your conventional assumptions surrounding these predicaments as we focus our attention on interdisciplinary readings, critical thinking, and academic inquiry. Debates, field trips, and writing will move us toward an understanding of what it means to be human in our contemporary world.