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"If you can Dream It, We can Plan and Book It"
Personalized Services International, LLC operates a full service travel agency that focuses on Worldwide Travel, Corporate Travel, Luxury Travel, Honeymoon Travel, Wedding Travel, Family Reunion Travel, Leisure Travel, Religious Travel, Vacation Travel, many Cruises, Rental Car, Group Travel, Airline Flights and Hotels. We have an outstanding honeymoon registry program located at the following website: www.yourfuturetravel.com. We are your Expert Travel Consultants that specialize in ensuring our clients receive the best vacations for their budget.
While "making your dream vacation …. a reality", we can provide your family and friends with the unique opportunity to designate $25 or more towards your honeymoon purchase. These additional "gifts" may enable you to have the ultimate honeymoon of your dreams.
In addition to being able to provide directly to the cost of your honeymoon, your family and friends can also purchase extra options such as:
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With every trip our guests book, we aim to meet their every need – to create not only a cherished memory of their vacation, but to provide ample reasons for them to return again. For this reason, we have assembled the finest team of vacation suppliers worldwide. Each is renowned in the travel industry for their achievements, experience, and expertise servicing the many different areas of vacation travel.
No matter which vacation supplier you choose, we know that you will be in good hands and will receive superior service and a fantastic, awe-inspiring vacation.
Elegance, charm and grandeur come with every cruise, vacation or escape you book with Classic Vacations, rated by travel agents as the top luxury vacation company.
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A worldwide leader in global guided holidays, Trafalgar provides the expertise of over 60 years in the travel industry, helping travelers discover the romance of travel.


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Offices / Commercial building for sale in George. Lots of potential. 14 Offices and open spaces for cubicles. Ideal for Doctors that would like to share premises. Debt collectors that would like huge area for open plan, can open a creche, college, great open areas for call center with many cubicles. Many storage facilities. Vault for safekeeping of documents like auditors or attorneys. Generator when Escom is off. Boardroom. 2 Receptions. Central. Lots of Store space. Prime exposure on one of the main roads. Ample parking. Business rights. Walking distance from town. Potential for bed and breakfast or student accommodation. Developers can have unlimited ideas for this prime spot. 948 square meters of land in the centre of George.
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Make an Adorable Origami Doll House – Step by step
Origami Doll House is a great rainy afternoon project that will engage kids in the making, decorating and playing. It's fast to make, fun to decorate and it will fold away flat so you won't have to find space for storage. Let's get started.
Required Material:
- Lightweight card 50cm (20 inches) square.
- Coloured markers.
- Glue or double-sided tape (optional).


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Eliminate Credit Card Debt
It's unfortunate, but it's a fact of life for thousands of Americans: credit card debt is often the one thing that holds you back from doing the stuff that really makes you happy. It isn't just a casual source of stress; it's something that plagues you constantly because you know that you'll be paying off your debts for years -- decades, even -- and that's the best case scenario. Even the most responsible adults can find themselves buried in debt, because the nature of the credit card industry is to make it difficult, if not impossible, for consumers to work their way out of it.
First off, you shouldn't be ashamed if you're in a situation like this. You certainly aren't alone, and there are plenty of resources available that can help you through it -- and by "resources," we mean real people who empathize with you, understand your situation, and honestly want to help.
It's important to face the situation head-on. Even though ignoring it will seem like the easiest option now, doing this will only make things worse later on. If you aren't sure what to do after deciding that you need to do something, here are just a few suggestions to get you started:
Make an organized list or chart of your spending habits. This needs to include everything -- every grocery bill, monthly loan payment, and cup of coffee. You may not realize just how much money you've been spending on non-essential items; in fact, most of us don't realize it. But it will be easier to see your expenses, listed next your current debts, listed next to the amount of income you're bringing in. You'll be able to evaluate your spending habits, figure out which expenses really aren't essential, and start to decide whether you can pay off your debts on your own (with just a bit more discipline and awareness), or whether you should contact a financial adviser for help.
Organize and prioritize your debts. This is something that a financial adviser can do, but it's deceivingly simple, and you may be able to handle it on your own. The general rule for prioritizing debts is to take care of the lowest balances first, and/or the loans that have the highest interest rates -- but this rule doesn't necessarily apply to everyone, and if you need some help determining which loans should take priority, you shouldn't hesitate to ask.
Hire a financial adviser, or look into the services offered at a debt reduction company. Whether you've been able to accomplish all of the basic organization strategies, or whether you haven't even started organizing your finances, turning to a professional adviser for help is never a bad idea. Maybe you just need someone who can help you organize, or maybe you need someone who can advocate for you and make negotiations with creditors. There are plenty of professional services out there, and it may take a bit of research, but it won't be hard to find a service that will fit your needs.
Create a budget plan -- and stick to it. It's important to create a plan for yourself, but if you can't put that plan into action and stick with it, then you won't accomplish much. This is often one of the most difficult parts of debt management, because it requires a lot of dedication and sacrifice. But think of it this way: the more self-control you exhibit now, the sooner you'll be debt-free and be able to live your life the way you want to live it.


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Laois beauty rendered in watercolour
Ballinakill-based artist, Ciarán O'Brien will be presenting his third exhibition of work at the Abbeyleix Library for the month of September, featuring a series of watercolours depicting landmarks around the county.
The series of 22 watercolour paintings shows street scenes and the buildings of Abbeyleix, as well as other gems around the county such as Timahoe Tower and the Rock of Dunamase.
Originally from Dublin, Ciarán painted in college both at UCD and in Southbank University London, and he fell in love with Laois while on a UCD field trip in 1998.
"There was something cool about the people and the place, hidden villages, secret landscapes and the Slieve Bloom Mountains," he said.
The exhibition of Ciarán's work will run at Abbeyleix Library from today, Tuesday, September 6, until Saturday, October 1.


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REO Sales Dropping in Early 2013
Posted by Don Dutton at Jan. 17, 2013
The Rise and Fall of REO Sales
REO sales no longer play the dominant role they once did in real estate transactions. The recent decline in REO sales, along with the decrease in inventory, is helping the market see an improvement in prices, according to a report from Corelogic.
REO sales showed a 35 percent year-over-year decline in October 2012 and a 60 percent decrease from the April 2009 peak, CoreLogic revealed. In addition, over the past year, REO sales have averaged 51,000 per month, down from 65,000 in the previous 12-month period. The price of REOs have also gone up, averaging $135,000 in October 2012, up 3 percent from a year ago.
Meanwhile, overall home sales increased 6 percent in 2012 to 4.2 million, with non-distressed sales seeing an 11 percent increase, CoreLogic reported. On the other hand, REO sales in 2012 fell by more than 20 percent to 600,000. Short sales continue to play important role in preventing foreclosure and have increased 23 percent to 370,000 units, the highest level since the housing market began to decline.
As REO sales diminish, home prices benefit since REOs generally sell at a more than 20 percent discount, according to the data provider. November 2012 data from CoreLogic shows REO sales averaged a discount of 47 percent compared to non-distressed sales, while short sales were discounted by about 25 percent.
Lack of inventory also helped to sustain home price increases in 2012. According to Corelogic, months' supply of inventory reached 12 months in July 2010, but as of November, months' supply has fallen to 4.8 months.
Looking ahead, CoreLogic expects 2013 to be "poised for further recovery" and projects prices will increase 6 percent. According to the data provider, high affordability, diminishing REO sales, and the low inventory will fuel the price gains expected ahead.
As prices rise, CoreLogic also explained more inventory will become available as underwater borrowers currently locked out of the market and opportunistic sellers begin to list their homes.
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Book Review: The Art of Monsters vs Aliens
Recommend books, comics, graphic novels, etc.
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Book Review: The Art of Monsters vs Aliens
This is a great art book filled with concept art, and the content is well written by Linda Sunshine.
The book is split into 5 parts, Character Design, Locations, Special F/X, The Making of Monsters vs Aliens and Out of the Picture.
The book starts off with an foreword by Stephan Colbert who voices President Hathaway. Just like many animation films, he coincidentally looks like the character he voices.
Every animation film has a specific technical or visual problem to solve. In this case, it was the tricky portrayal of size and scale. This is all in the introduction where the staff talks about this and other technical and story challenges to making the movie.
Under Character Design, we have concept sketches and digital paintings. Each character comes with writeup on how they come into being, from idea to how many times it has evolved as required by story. The characters featured are Susan aka Ginormica, Dr. Cockroach, The Missing Link, B.O.B, Insectosaurus, Gallaxahar and clones, Robots, President Hathaway, General W.R. Monger and other humans.
On Locations and Set. The art featured here shows how the set is caricatured to fit into the comedy. Everything is captioned to explain the rational. There are lots of interesting stuff to read and see. For example, there's one cross-section blueprint on the Area Fifty-Something, and just right outside the facility, there are people tunneling to China. And the humpback commercial airplane looks hilarious.
Part four addresses the more technical aspect of making the movie, like rigging, lighting and texturing. There are 12 pages in all, and I'll probably be getting the DVD when it eventually comes out for additional behind-the-scenes production process.
Finally, the book ends with a few unused concepts.
The beautiful illustrations are printed in low gloss thick paper, well bind in hardcover (with a dust jacket).
Linda Sunshine has done well by providing lots of context into the art and story, making this a very enjoyable book to read.
This review was first published on parkablogs.com. There are more pictures and videos on my blog.
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Our Principal again was asked to contribute to the success of the Future City Competition for the 2013-2014 middle school year as a Lead Judge. The annual event will occur on Saturday January 18th, 2014 at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy.
The competition's is described within program materials as:
"The Future City Competition is a program designed for 6th, 7th and 8th graders to foster an interest in math, science, engineering, architecture, and construction through hands-on, real-world applications. The students create and design a city of the future by engaging in the planning, engineering design and building process – identifying problems, brainstorming ideas, designing solutions, testing, retesting and building, and finally communicating their results."
Each year, one specific theme is highlighted for the essay portion of the competition – this year's essay topic is "Tomorrow's Transit – design a way to move people in and around your city"
For more information please visit http://www.snvfuturecity.org/ as well as http://futurecity.org/


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Surface Goes Public
30 May 2007|Lee Shupp
Microsoft announced Surface yesterday, and the announcement has spurned lots of media attention today, with articles in the NY Times and USA Today. Glad to see it making such a splash, because it's a really cool product, and Surface provides a more more interesting and intuitive computing experience than the traditional desktop PC.
You have to see it in action to really get what it does. For a video demo, see the CNET site
We've had the privilege of working with the MSFT team the past 4 years on Surface, and it's been a really fun journey. I feel like a proud papa seeing it go public. It's wonderful to be able to contribute to our client's success. Congratulations to the MSFT team for their hard work on a really innovative product!prev next