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Superstore mogul Walmart is offering 10 cents off the price of a gallon of gas this Fourth of July weekend at Murphy USA and Walmart stores. The deal, which is available in 18 states, started Wednesday and is good until September 30, 2011.
To get the discount, shoppers must have a Walmart gift card or credit card. "Perhaps most amazing," adds USA Today, "Walmart says that there are no restrictions, including no requirement for store purchases in order to get gas discounts at Walmart stations."
The deal, however, isn't available in states like California and New York, where gas prices average $3.80 and $3.85 today. But, drivers in states throughout the Midwest and Southeast can get the deal. Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia are included.
Shopping for a new car? Check out the U.S. News rankings of this year's best cars. Then, look for a great deal on a new car by checking out this month's best car deals. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter.


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AAA Engine
Serving customers throughout the United States, AAAEngine offers a full range of quality remanufactured car engines, spanning diverse makes and models. AAAEngine emphasizes efficient turnaround, with the company transacting solely with automotive shops focused on the retail and wholesale market. AAAEngine guarantees a competitive price and give its customers a variety of extras, included with installation such as timing belt, spark plugs, water pump, oil, oil filter, and coolant. In addition, California-based AAAEngine can undertake engine installation for clients in California and neighboring states. All installed engines come with an unlimited-mileage, two year warranty. Installations typically take between five to 8 business days depending on the type of vehicle.
Dedicated to customer satisfaction, AAAEngine's veteran team strives to rebuild engines beyond those listed on its website at www.aaaengine.com. AAAEngine simply asks that customers provide detailed information pertaining to model and engine manufacturer prior to seeking an estimate. AAAEngine offers customers needing 10 or more rebuilt engines per month a 10 percent discount on its full range of services.

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High Risk Merchants Can Accept Credit Cards
Are you a high risk merchant? We can help you with your
credit card processing so you could accept online payments.
Has your business been classified as "high risk" by merchant services providers? If this has happened to you, then it might be hard for you to understand, especially if it is causing you to be turned down for a merchant account. There are a few reasons that banks will consider an industry to have a higher risk:
Most or All Payments are Processed Online
Online transactions have a higher rate of dispute or chargebacks than traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. Because the transaction was not done in person, it is easier for the customer to dispute authorization. Therefore, if your company conducts most of its business online, a domestic bank will be hesitant to approve your account.
High Transaction Volumes are Common
This is one of the most puzzling factors to business owners. Most feel that if they have a high volume of sales that they will be attractive to a bank. However, the banks usually don't see it that way. High volume raises suspicion of fraud, and banks will either turn down the account or set a volume cap that will restrict the amount of business you can transact.
The Nature of the Industry is Controversial
Some industries are just controversial in nature, and banks choose not to open merchant accounts. Because of the controversy, they feel that chargebacks are more likely to occur. Gaming websites, adult entertainment businesses, and sports forecasting services are just a few examples.
There is a High Rate of Fraud
If the industry in which you conduct business has a higher rate of fraud than most, a bank will classify your account as high risk. In this case, the honest businesses are penalized for those who have been dishonest. The multi-level marketing industry is a good example. There are many MLM companies that have a great reputation for high-quality products. However, because MLM has been used in several fraudulent schemes, the entire industry has to deal with the cost of high-risk.
A Solution for High Risk Merchants
If you are in a high risk business, your situation is not hopeless. You can get approval to process credit cards at very competitive rates. CDKPay specializes in helping high-risk merchants find reliable, affordable credit card processing solutions. We can simplify your application process and help you to get fast approval on your merchant account.


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Over 70 Kmart, Sears Closings to Take Place
At the end of 2011, Sears announced it was closing as many as 120 underperforming Sears and Kmart locations after same-store sales slipped 5.2 percent in the eight weeks prior to Christmas. It's how many Sears and Kmart stores will end up closing, and whether or not Sears Corp. will rebound from this. Sears and Kmart merged in 2005, and even though they have more stores now than they did seven years ago, the merger hasn't helped in boosting sales.


text: Over 100,000 fillings per hour is not a rarity in the beverage industry. Bottles and cans have to be marked within a very short amount of time and during ongoing production. LEIBINGER inkjet printers take part in this challenge and print multiline printouts like the expiration date, production date and batch number on glass and plastic bottles. The location of the imprint does not matter for small character inkjet printers, whether it be directly on a concave or convex part of a bottle or can or on a label. LEIBINGER camera systems then monitor and log the labeling.


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45 CFR § 12a.11 - Unsuitable properties.
§ 12a.11 Unsuitable properties.
The landholding agency will defer, for 20 days after the date that notice of a property is published in the Federal Register, action to dispose of properties determined unsuitable for homeless assistance. HUD will inform landholding agencies or GSA if appeal of an unsuitability determination is filed by a representative of the homeless pursuant to § 12a.4(f)(4). HUD will advise the agency that it should refrain from initiating disposal procedures until HUD has completed its reconsideration process regarding unsuitability. Thereafter, or if no appeal has been filed after 20 days, GSA or the appropriate landholding agency may proceed with disposal action in accordance with applicable law.


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Florida Ready to Work takes the guesswork out of hiring. It is an innovative new employee credentialing program sponsored by the state of Florida. Florida Ready to Work gives participating employers a competitive edge by reducing employee turnover and training costs, saving you time and money in the hiring process.
The program tests job skills and work habits to help you identify applicants with the most potential. Florida Ready to Work job seekers arrive with a credential from the state of Florida that documents their qualifications. To earn the credential, a job seeker must take three assessments: Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information and Locating Information. These assessments are unique because they test the skills required for more than 85 percent of all jobs today. Florida Ready to Work also measures soft skills with a free Work Habits assessment, that includes interpersonal interaction; listening and speaking; cooperation and respect; customer service; problem solving; and self-, resource, time and quality management.
For more information about how Florida Ready to Work can change the way you hire, contact a Business Services representative today at 352.334.7100.


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Kjellerups Torv 1
9000 Aalborg
Phone:99 82 41 30
Biffen (in Danish) is the resident, independent film theatre in Aalborg, and shows films, movies from festivals, short films, short features, and silent movies in its 3 theatres in Nordkraft.
Kunsthal Nord (in Danish) is also worth a visit. KunstVærket, the regional centre for dissemination, education and production of art in Northern Jutland, displays their works in Kunsthal Nord.
If you're after a nice lunch or a delightful dinner, then visit Restaurant Azzurra (in Danish) in Nordkraft.
Kjellerups Torv 1
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NARAL Pro-Choice Wyoming believes women should have choices about whether and when to become pregnant. Preventing unintended pregnancy is critically important.
Family planning information, services, and products are available many places. These include physicians' and clinicians' medical practices, family planning clinics, public health clinics, community health centers, and pharmacies.
Information about various birth control products is likewise available from many sources. These include the Reproductive Health Access Project and the Wyoming Health Council.
Health care plans under the Affordable Care Act must cover women's preventive health services, including birth control. However, on October 6, 2017, the Trump administration released two interim final rules related to the women's preventive-services benefit under the Affordable Care Act, expanding the categories of employers that do not have to comply with the contraceptive-coverage benefit, which guarantees almost all women access to birth control without a copay. Under the new rules, nearly any employer can exempt itself from the contraceptive-coverage benefit by claiming to have a religious objection to contraception, and non-profit employers, privately held for-profit employers, and colleges are exempt if they have a moral objection to contraception. The rules took effect immediately, allowing objecting employers to start the process of dropping this coverage. As a result, women will begin to lose coverage as employers renew their insurance plans.
Additionally, some insurance companies are reportedly still making women pay for contraceptive services. The National Women's Law Center has a hotline, CoverHer, to help women who are having trouble getting access to preventive health services–especially birth control–at no cost to them.


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On that phone call, I was given a title of Raden Panji by him. As a Lord of Bangkalan, he felt that he had a right to give that nobility title to me, one of his nephews in Java. He also invited me to visit Bangkalan, the land of our ancestors. I had promised him to visit his house in Pangeranan at Bangkalan District, but I haven't gone there yet. But I still have a willing to come to meet Uncle Hamid and his family on Bangkalan.
From that time on, our relationship become very close. We've made phone calls each other telling about ourselves. I also had been taught a little Madura language by Uncle Hamid. It was Bangkalan dialect. But when I had met sate madura seller and I tried to communicate with him in Madura language, we had some difficulties in understanding each other. Apparently, the language had been taught by Uncle Hamid was honorific forms of Madurese. Seldom people are using it right now. And I had learned it very little bit. But little by little I could also perceiving uncle's conversation. I had also been introduced some of Madura's philosophy of life.
My first day as a Raden Panji was very hard for me. My straight-super-ordinate, the sales manager representative, Mr. KH had got very angry with me as I checked the stuff so many times. I worked as an Inventory Control at that Aussie company. The director had given the list of stuff which would be delivered to the customer many times with the same Purchase Order. Whenever he gave me the PO, he ordered me to check and prepared the stuff. And I always found disparity between the stuff which would be delivered with the PO which had been printed and given to me. Mr. KH had been being very angry as I had been preparing the stuff which never been completed yet. And it had been happened from that time on.
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The move, which was followed by an additional special VAT tax exemption for Aegean islanders yesterday, flies in the face of the stringent conditions laid down by the country's creditors, who have set targets for Greece to reach a primary budget surplus of 3.5pc in 2018.
"The institutions have concluded that the actions of the Greek government appear to not be in line with our agreements," said a spokesman for Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the 19-nation eurozone club which oversees Greece's massive €86bn bailout.
There is "no unanimity now for implementing short-term debt measures," he added.
Following the news, yields on Greek 10 year treasuries surged, while the Athens stock exchange declined by over 3pc...."
"Greece and Turkey "still need a lot of work" to settle deep divisions over Cyprus as the leaders of the divided Mediterranean island prepare for a final push in reunification talks, the UN chairman of the negotiations has said.
The prospects for a deal over Cyprus's four decades of division have risen after Greece and Turkey were invited to join the negotiations next month in Geneva.
But Espen Barth Eide, the UN special adviser on Cyprus, said after meetings in Athens and Ankara that work was required to align their opposing views on security arrangements for the island.
"In both countries I felt a positive approach to work in that direction," Mr Barth Eide, a former foreign minister of Norway, said. "But we're also trying to overcome a conflict that has been around for half a century and we cannot expect this to be easy.
"It looks credible when they tell me that getting Cyprus into a stable situation will help when they look at all the other issues they have."
Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third in response to an Athens-inspired coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece. Only Ankara recognises the breakaway Turkish-Cypriot state. The Greek-Cypriot state is a member of the EU.
Among the most sensitive questions to resolve are arrangements for the withdrawal of some 35,000 Turkish troops from the island.
The talks between Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot president, and Mustafa Akinci, his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, have been under way since May 2015. They are discussing the creation of two constituent states to run most of the island's affairs within an overarching federal framework.
International observers believe these engagements have opened up the best opportunity in generations to reunite Cyprus.
"I personally think that it is the last chance," said James Ker-Lindsay, senior visiting fellow in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and author of several books on Cyprus. "If this falls apart I don't think we're ever going to see two leaders who have had the experience of living in an undivided Cyprus."
The negotiation hit a roadblock in November when Mr Anastasiades and Mr Akinci failed during talks in Switzerland to settle on an exchange of territory between their communities. Despite significant progress on new political arrangements, the two leaders are also divided over proposals for a rotating presidency for the unified island.
However, they agreed to hold further talks in Geneva in January when they will present their "respective maps" for territorial exchanges. If agreement is reached on territory and political power-sharing, Greece, Turkey and Britain are ready for a special conference to try to resolve security questions.
Any deal requires the support of these three countries because it would replace treaties dating from Britain's withdrawal from the island in 1960, giving the three countries a right of military intervention in Cyprus.
Bridging divisions between Greece and Turkey was still a work in progress, said Mr Barth Eide.
"The Greek side maintains that they would prefer an end to the system of guarantees and an end to foreign troops in Cyprus, whereas the Turkish position has always been that a system of guarantees should be continued at least in order to see that this new federal structure works because they feel a certain responsibility for the Turkish-Cypriot community," he said.
"But there are ways that we can find to modernise security in Cyprus in ways that should accommodate the security of both sides, so the security of one is not a cause of insecurity for the other."
"Cyprus' surface water has increased by an eye-catching 90% over the past three decades, a new European Commission co-produced mapping tool has found.
Specifically in Cyprus, surface water has increased from 8km², 32 years ago, to 15km² today, mainly due to the construction of dams.
The Global Surface Water Explorer is a recently developed online interactive mapping tool that will soon be accessible to everyone and which aims to improve European and global policies for example on climate change and water management.
The maps, developed by the Commission's Joint Research Centre and Google Earth Engine, highlight changes in the Earth's surface water over the past 32 years.
They show that, although the overall amount of surface water has increased globally, important losses have occurred in specific regions of Asia.
The maps reveal that many of these changes are linked to human activities such as the construction of dams, river diversion and unregulated water use. Other changes can be attributed to climate change impacts, including droughts and accelerated snow and glacier melt caused by higher temperatures and increased rainfall.
While the maps show an increase in surface water across Europe due to dam construction and changes in surface water management and storage, parts of Asia have recorded important decreases. Over 70% of the net loss is concentrated in just five countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq.
On the occasion of the tool's official launch this week, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, responsible for the Joint Research Centre, Tibor Navracsics, said, "This new tool is a goldmine. Large amounts of data are generated every second by satellites. However, turning data into knowledge has long been a challenge."
"This initiative of the Joint Research Centre and Google Earth Engine has enabled satellite data to be translated into a user-friendly tool that is both accessible to citizens and will help policy makers across the EU and the world take informed decisions."


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Thermo is reporting a very cold 19 degrees. Hmmmmm? We really like having an inside/outside thermometer.
8AM - Breakfast Camped in La Pine State Park.
Except for a bunch of tiny squirrels, we are the only other people here in the Park, . It is sunny, and Twee is soaking up the sun.
George puts Twee out in the morning Sun.
12 Noon - Biggest Ponderosa Pine in Oregon!
We met some campers who said that we just had to see the largest Ponderosa Pine in Oregon, which is inside the Park.
Trail to the Big Tree.
Big Tree is really BIG!
3PM - East Lake Campground in Newberry National Volcanic Monument
A reader named George emailed suggesting that we go out here, and here we are! Isn't East Lake a lovely place?
East Lake Campground.
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As an experienced public speaker and facilitator, I bring a balanced fusion of fun, positivity and enjoyable learning to any event I lead.
Whether on the telephone, virtual or face to face, I tailor packages to my clients' specific needs and requirements
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The impact of coaching sessions with Paul is immediate. You are at once able to focus on the key areas that are holding you back from realising your full potential.
£797* – 1 x face to face (up to ½ day) + 1 x phone call (1 hour)
Often stemming from the needs identified during 1:1 coaching sessions, I regularly facilitate 'Team Days' for my clients and their colleagues.
I really like Paul's energy, vibe and humour; besides his obvious great professional coaching skills, he is also very good at capturing the momentum and also at listening to the audience and going with the flow of the group.
A great workshop that has equipped me with extra knowledge to develop and grow! A lot of fun!
Time to Grow workshop - Brussels
£2,979* – 1 full day's interactive workshop (including 1 day of preparation, design and consultation)
Recently, a colleague and I have developed - and are facilitating - a rolling Leadership Development programme for a micro-finance bank based in Eastern Europe.
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The programme started in a very sensitive moment for the company, with almost an entirely new Executive Team with an ambitious growing plan and under a business transformation moment.
The leadership programme was initiated aiming to nurture future leaders for a fast growing and sustainable company, by:
The programme is delivering exactly what we wanted it to. The way it is delivered makes my colleagues feel comfortable with each other and with the facilitators. It increases their awareness about each other's characters and beliefs and also facilitates their day-to-day communication. It is very positive that the programme is run in parallel for all managers; they feel united and challenge each other the same. Moreover, we see a maturity in their day-to-day behaviour in the decision making process. I was just speaking to one of our managers today regarding the programme and he said: "I cannot wait to discover the next session and what it will be about!"
Examples of the services that I can offer are outlined above. The beauty of my business is that I can give you the best in bespoke and flexible packages that can grow and develop as you do.
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San Francisco Ballet – Divertimento No. 15, Appassionata, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming – San Francisco
★★★★✰ A triple bill joining George Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15, the San Francisco Ballet premiere of Benjamin Millepied's Appassionata and Justin Peck's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
Smuin Contemporary Ballet – Dance Series 01 bill – Walnut Creek
★★★★✰ A winning first program, one with the range and breadth that Smuin is famous for.
Les Etés de la Danse, Paris – Homage to Jerome Robbins, Programme 1 – New York City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet
★★★★✰ The programme, performed by two very different American ballet companies, displayed Robbins's versatility while revealing the similarities in his approach to music.
New York Theatre Ballet – Septet, Rondo, Concertino, Wings/A Petroushka Collage – New York
★★★✰✰ New York Theatre Ballet's director, Diana Byer, is known for dusting off the dance history books, and giving a dose of challenging revivals. This time NYTB joins may companies around the country and indeed, the world, in celebrating Jerome Robbins' centennial…
New York City Ballet – The Times are Racing, The Shimmering Asphalt, Fearful Symmetries – New York
★★★✰✰ More than anything, Peck's "The Times are Racing" reminded me of the movie Rebel Without a Cause. These kids are uneasy, but what is the object of their unease?
New York City Ballet – Masters at Work and All Balanchine I bills – New York
★★★★✰ (20), ★★★✰✰ (21) The temperature in Glass Pieces was uncharacteristically low. Under the baton of Clotilde Otranto, the orchestra sounded muffled…
San Francisco Ballet – Dances at a Gathering, Hummingbird – San Francisco
San Francisco Ballet's Program 4 is a double bill coupling a welcome return of Robbins' Dances at a Gathering with a Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird.
New York City Ballet – Hear The Dance: America bill – New York
The most obvious, and pleasurable aspect of New York City Ballet's mixed bill Hear the Dance: America is its juxtaposition of two very different works by Jerome Robbins.
Juilliard Dance – New Dances, Edition 2014: works by Austin McCormick, Loni Landon, Kate Weare, Larry Keigwin – New York
While the program slumped, mood wise, in the middle, it went out with a bang thanks to Larry Keigwin's Exit Like an Animal.
BalletCollective – The Impulse Wants Company, Dear and Blackbirds, All That We See – New York
Troy Schumacher's BalletCollective company is a work in progress and unusually has a resident writer, Cynthia Zarin. Marina Harss, at New York's Skirball Center, sees where they are all at…
San Francisco Ballet – Maelstrom, Within the Golden Hour, Glass Pieces – Paris
Great to see so many of San Francisco Ballet's dancers enjoying themselves and enthusing their audience in a steamy summer evening in Paris.
New York City Ballet – Spring Gala with Wheeldon premiere – New York
But 'A Place for Us' (new Wheeldon) feels like a bauble, not quite a jewel.
Interview: Justin Peck – New York City Ballet – Dancer and Choreographer
"It's very lonely out there… I mean, it would be nice to have some sort of mentorship with regard to what it takes to be a choreographer."
San Francisco Ballet – Programs 5 and 6 (Liang/Page premieres) – San Francisco
Calling this ballet a guide (Guide To Strange Places) is not really precise because it's more like a portal that lets you in and then leaves you on your own to figure out where you are. Whether you have absolutely no sense of direction or can find your way anywhere blindfolded could determine how you explore this terrain


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Posted by Toni on 18th September and posted in Uncategorized
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The Dasātīr-i-Asmani is a work of the Zoroastrian school of Ešrāqī (Illuminationists), founded by Āzar Kayvān (b. between 1529 and 1533; d. between 1609 and 1618).[1]
It contains fifteen sections which are said to have been revealed to fifteen successive prophets, and at the end of each section, with the exception of the last one, there is a prophecy about the next prophet.[2]
Islamists such as Dr. Zakir Naik have stated that Prophet Muhammad is among those individuals who have been prophesied about, saying "The sum and substance of the prophecy mentioned in Dasatir is, that when the Zoroastrian people will forsake their religion and will become dissolute, a man will rise in Arabia, whose followers will conquer Persian and subjugate the arrogant Persians ... This Prophecy relates to no other person but to Muhammad (pbuh)."[3]
The Dasātīr is written in a fabricated language with some words taken from Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskrit, and Arabic and used in corrupt and distorted forms, sometimes with Persian prefixes or suffixes.[4]
The accompanying Persian "translation" of the Dasātīr with commentary, is ascribed to the sixteenth prophet, Sāsān V who lived at the time of Khosrau II (590-628 AD).
Most scholars consider both (published in two volumes in Bombay in 1818-19 under the title The Desātir, or the Sacred Writings of the Ancient Persian Prophets, Together with the Commentary of the Fifth Sāsān) to be almost certainly the work of its founder, Āzar Kayvān,[4][5] and a "proven fabrication".[6]
The linguistic characteristics of the Persian used also indicates that it was written in the 16th-17th centuries, about a thousand years after Muhammad.[4]
See Also
- Muhammad in Other Scriptures - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Muhammad in Other Scriptures
External Links
- Dasātīr - Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition, December 15, 1994
- ↑ H. Corbin - Āzar Kayvān - Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition, December 15, 1987
- ↑ Dasatir-i-Asmani - Wikipedia, accessed September 3, 2011
- ↑ Dr. Zakir Naik - Muhammad (pbuh) in the Parsi Scriptures - Islamic Research Foundation, accessed September 3, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fatḥ-Allāh Mojtabaʾī - Dasātīr - Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition, December 15, 1994
- ↑ Dr. M. N. Dhalla - History of Zoroastrianism - p. 463, 1938
- ↑ Joseph H. Peterson - The Dabestan-e Madaheb, or 'School of religious doctrines' - Avesta, accessed September 3, 2011


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starting and running your own business can be exciting and rewarding, but it can also be very stressful. For most of the nearly 40 years of our marriage my husband has been a pioneer and I have sometimes worked with him. Having built my own business as a Stress Reduction Coach I've been reflecting on the load to be an entrepreneur.
Signs and sources of stress
Some symptoms of stress overload include irritability, anxiety about the sustainability of the business and / or high debt companies. Relationships within the family can suffer if they do not understand the entrepreneurial drive or the time and effort it takes to start and run a business. For women entrepreneurs, the job of running the home and balancing work and home can create enormous stress. When you work at home, any home project that needs to be done can pull you away from your business. People who are drawn to be entrepreneurs are sometimes idea people who do not have the details and repetitive tasks. The need to work on those things can create stress as well. And when you are stressed it is difficult to focus and concentrate.
Plan environment
One of the solutions is to reduce stress and create an environment that reduces stress. Have a place where you can keep everything together and organized. A written plan of action for the company supplies where you can see it with every plan can help you focus on when you have available.
system that works for me
I'm not a person who comes to the organization easily and I have struggled to find a way that works. Daytimers and the arts help in the short term, but I've never been able to keep up with them. One thing I've found that works is to have a "big picture overview" of what needs to be done where I can see it. I have a poster board size piece of "static cling" presentation sheet attached to my door. It can be easily rolled up and removed if necessary. I have a few classes I have posted the top of the sheet, such as "additional", "promotion", etc. These are written on standard size post-it tickets so they can be easily removed and changed. I brainstorm all I need to do on a small post-it tickets. After I brainstorm, I organize the notes in the appropriate columns. I also have a category that says today that urgent and important issues. I can look at the poster while I'm working and see what I might have to do when I finish what I have to do, I can throw it away after. If something comes up that is not posted, I can put it on a post-it note and put it where it needs to be.
This "system" helped me to write many articles in graduate and I used it when I planned and wrote my thesis. Now it helps me as I'm working and my business. This is just one technique that helps me reduce the stress of being an entrepreneur.


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I have the unfortunate experience of having rather large pores on my chin and nose. As a result, I seem to get a lot of breakouts in those areas due to oil buildup. After trying a lot of different toners and cleansers, I discovered that a deep pore cleanser would work best when it comes to preventing those breakouts in the areas where I have large pores. I have tried a few different brands over the past few years and have definitely found my favorites.
Neutrogena Clear Pore Cleanser Review
When I was in college, Neutrogena Clear Pore was my favorite deep pore cleanser. The best thing about it for me was the price. I could regularly buy it for around $5 and sometimes even cheaper than that if there was a coupon in the Sunday paper. I actually tried a few of the cheap pore cleaners and this one was the best of the bunch. The great thing about it is that you can use it as a cleanser or as a mask. I did both with good results. My skin always feels soft and smooth after using it, but it does tingle a little bit while the mask is setting up or while the cleanser is on your face. I got it in my eye in the shower once and it actually burned pretty bad. Other than that, I had no problems with this pore cleanser. Neutrogena is not there in the list of top 10 best pore minimizing products 2012 however the fact is that it is very good and a great product for pore cleansing.
Zia Natural Skincare Ultimate Deep Pore Cleanser Review
Now that I'm out of college, Zia Natural Skincare Ultimate Deep Pore Cleanser is my usual brand of deep pore cleanser. It is a bit more expensive than the Neutrogena cleanser with a price of around $24. Of course, the Zia cleanser has better ingredients like orange peel oil, jojoba, shea butter, sea kelp and rosewood oil. I think that is why it makes my skin feel a thousand times softer than the Neutrogena or any other brand. I use it once in the morning and once in the evening. It only takes a little of it to work on your entire face. In the evening I even use it to take off my makeup. It really leaves my skin feeling clean and taut, which works wonders on my wrinkles. It kind of feels like there are some exfoliating beads in the cleanser, which is why my skin feels so refreshed after using it. But it is not one of those harsh exfoliating cleansers that can leave your face all red after you use it.
I usually follow up my deep pore cleanser with an anti-aging moisturizer to help keep my skin looking its best.


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Also from December 27
Lead stories
2:08 p.m.
- 3rd runner up calls Miss Rodeo America pageant a 'once-in-a-lifetime experience'
- December 28, 2011
- The crown and title of Miss Rodeo America was the ultimate goal. But while Alyssa Morrison of Bonner Springs, who holds the title of Miss Rodeo Kansas 2011, only came close, she says she is far from disappointed.
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- Basehor-Linwood High School to be featured on KCTV5 morning broadcast Jan. 6
- December 27, 2011
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Iphone fix part 2
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Part 1 was replacing the broken screen, but after I put it back together and turned it over I remembered that the home button does NOT come with the kit. I was not about to take that whole thing apart again without an other reason. Just so happens that the power button was not working and I could not fix it in part 1 of the repair.
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I bought the kit and did this repair in part 2. I was a pro at it by now.
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Here are some tips for the first timers.
1. Find the DirectFix.com videos on how to replace the screen and then this power strip. They are excellent.
2. Use a magnet sheet to hold the screws. I used the back of one I had on the fridge.
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Cher is a privileged young girl from L.A. who helps a misfit new student, Ty, fit in with the popular crowd. Cher introduces Ty to fashion, guys and parties in an attempt to boost her social status. Over the course of Ty's "make-over" Cher takes an interest a new student named Christian. But when Christian turns out to be not quite the right guy for her, she finds herself falling for someone she never expected.
Language and Sexual Content
Language and Sexual Content: 3.5 Stars
There are a few references to sex in Clueless, and each of these references represents real conversations between teenage girls. No one is demeaning or cruel to each other. To the contrary, the girls seem to support each other's interest and confusion over the topic.
There are, however, some unfortunate exchanges in which Dionne's boyfriend Murray refers to Dionne simply as "woman" and on one occasion, even calls Cher and Dionne "bitches." Thankfully these moments are rare and playful, and on at least one occasion, Dionne quickly lets Murray know that the term "woman" is unacceptable.
Room for Improvement:
Gender Roles – Women
Gender Roles – Men
Self-Esteem and Body Image
Character Development
Gender Roles - Women 1.5 Star
Although there is more to Cher than one might expect, she is primarily self-centered and superficial. She's uninterested in academics or current events and puts all of her energy into shopping and maintaining her social status. When she receives a bad grade in debate that she's unable to argue her way out of, she decides to start using her popularity for the larger good. But it's easy to see that most of Cher's good deeds are primarily self-serving. It isn't until the very end of the film that she actually raises her hand to volunteer for a noble cause without any real expectation of benefitting from it.
Gender Roles - Men: 2 Stars (Spoilers)
Josh is one of the more genuine, down-to-Earth characters in Clueless. He's not vain or entitled and appears willing to put in the work necessary to make something of himself. He's not dead set on going into corporate law and making piles of money, and appears to have a genuine interest in making the world a better place. He's not the trendy dresser or confident dancer that Cher expects to fall in love with, but he has a good heart.
It is a bit frustrating that Josh seems to be the sort of man who is interested in finding an educated woman, but ultimately falls for Cher. At one point, Josh is dating a college girl named Heather, someone who seems to share his interests and can intelligently discuss social issues with him. But Clueless does a terrific job of turning her into someone who is more annoying and pretentious than insightful. In the end, Despite Josh's pretense that he finds Cher to be both clueless and ego-centric, he eagerly chooses to be with her rather than someone with a bit more substance.
Self-Esteem and Body Image: 2 Stars
Clueless definitely sends the message that being attractive and fashionable is more important than being driven or intelligent. Although Cher is a kind person, her popularity revolves around her money and her individual style. She claims to want to be friends with Ty, but immediately sets about transforming her into a miniature version of herself. The fact that Ty is willing to go along with Cher's "make-over" of both her appearance and her personality suggests that all of us, even those that have our own peculiar, unpopular sense of style, secretly want to be turned into Barbie dolls. That we want to be taken under someone's wing and transformed through some bizarre version of Cinderella.
The film does score a few points for including some diversity in its cast and portraying a high school universe where even awkward and pudgy girls can become popular and well-liked. Despite these few bright spots, however, Clueless does more to reinforce superficial beauty standards than to derail them.
Plot: 1.5 Stars
Cher is clearly a leader within her circle of friends. She's a trendsetter who shapes the standards and ideals of her social clique. Unfortunately, despite her claim that she's going to start using her popularity for something good, she never devotes her power or influence towards larger goals or anything beyond her elite, high school universe. She has no interest in running for student council or helping her community. As far as we can tell, she saves one unfortunate young girl, Ty, from being picked on and excluded. Although this is noble, Cher doesn't do much for the other social outcasts. She never makes the claim that everyone at school can be part of the elite crowd. That if Ty turned out to be cool and interesting, despite not quite fitting the mold, maybe there's something cool and interesting about everyone. Instead, as Josh aptly points out, Ty becomes little more than a puppet to look up to Cher and validate her. She's no longer free to be herself, or even date the one guy that she's truly interested in. And at times, it's difficult to say how much of a favor Cher is really doing for Ty.
Character Development: 3 Stars
Cher doesn't change much over the course of the film. In fact, she spends more time changing others than improving herself. She changes her teaches in the hopes of getting better grades, she changes Ty into someone she can relate to, and in time, she even changes Josh. She does have her moments of insecurity that make her relatable and human. Moments when she realizes that she's not invincible and that she can't always get what she wants by flirting and playing dumb. She does come across as a more genuine person towards the end of the film. Someone who's learned something about what it means to truly help others and support them as they are. But her sense of entitlement and her materialistic values, remain more or less intact.
Love: 2 Stars
Cher and Josh have very little in common, but it doesn't stop them from "falling in love." And Clueless doesn't do much to convince us that this mismatched romance is based on anything more than physical attraction.
Cher is pretty candid and even proud of the vain and immature ways she goes about attracting guys. A full 90% of her efforts, if not more, are focused on hair, clothes and make-up. She also plays juvenile games to make men jealous, rather than simply approaching them with conversation. But everything about Clueless suggests that Cher's instincts are spot on.
When Cher begins to doubt her ability to win Josh over, her father encourages her by telling her how beautiful she is, reinforcing the idea that looks alone should be enough to convince any guy that she's worth the time and effort of a relationship. Similarly when Cher and Josh finally reveal their feelings for one another, Cher calls him out for thinking she's nothing more than a ditz with a credit card. He doesn't counter with any substantive compliments, but simply tells her that she's gorgeous. The empty flattery suggests that Cher has the right idea in focusing so much attention on her appearance. Because apparently, that's all it takes.
Family: 3 Stars
Cher's father, Mel, might have been a more progressive father figure if he'd had a bit better follow-through. He occasionally encourages Cher to be more than she is, telling her that he'd like to see a bit more drive out of her and that she needs to start thinking about her future. But he never sits down and has a serious conversation with her about it. To the contrary, he seems to allow her to perform poorly in school and skirt through life on her good looks and social status, as long as it continues to give her a concrete advantage.
Friendship: 1 Star
Cher and her friends are the perfect embodiment of every stereotype of female friendships. They go shopping when they're stressed, give each other make-overs and talk about boys, but there's little true substance or sincerity behind the drama.
Clueless does include one scene where Cher and Dionne have a somewhat serious conversation with Ty about drug use. But the conversation is more of a lecture than a discussion. If anything, it's a warning regarding her new "dos" and "don'ts" now that she's one of the in-crowd. Ty clearly doesn't have a voice in the matter. Cher and Dionne also spend some time comforting Ty when she loses Elton, but they don't offer her much sympathy over the guy she really likes, Travis. Everything in Clueless suggests that female friendships are far more trite and shallow than they truly are.
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Mean Girls (2004)
10 Things I Hate About You (2003)
Sydney White (2007)
She's the Man (2006)
Save the Last Dance (2001)


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Although we live in a golden age for think tanks I worry about whether alternative policy prospectuses will be the clincher in the General Election campaign.
Surely the choice should be about substance. Rhetoric and personality come into the mix. Naturally we want to have competent rulers and will be concerned about their motives. But isn't the most important question what they would do? The direction they would take our country? I worry that the debate about policy gets drowned out amidst the jeering and the cheering, and is dismissed as too dull and worthy.
If so, then perhaps that self-styled "public service broadcaster" the BBC is the culprit.
As Michael Gove told Eddie Mair recently:
"Your question was, if I may say so, the type of political game-playing that puts people off BBC interviewers because instead of asking about policy you're asking about position.
"One of the things people dislike about politics is the way that commentators instead of talking about issues of substance, such as employment or inflation, play a game of snakes and ladders, and who is up and who is down."
When I was growing up there used to be hour long interviews of politicians on an ITV programme called Weekend World with Peter Jay and then Brian Walden. The interviews were challenging but they were also serious. Andrew Neil is very good but he just doesn't have as much time as Mr Walden.
Then again perhaps the voters are really to blame. We are all so busy with other things. The attention span of much of the electorate seems to have shortened.
Or have the politicians become more vacuous?
Lord Saatchi, back in 2003, said that for Conservatives to complain about soundbites as a modern idea was misguided:
"If you can't reduce your argument to a few crisp words or phrases it probably means there's something wrong with your argument.
"The next time a senior Tory tells you that soundbites are ineffective or immoral, remind the speaker of these: 'Your country needs you'; 'One man, one vote'; and 'No taxation without representation'."
So often political interviews have become uninspiring as the politician regards the measure of success as being a matter of getting through it without making a gaffe. The only means to achieve this is regarded as reciting passages from a brief they have been provided with. Sometimes reciting even the most apposite passage from their folder will have a only a tenuous connection with answering the question. But no matter. The primary objective has been accomplished of avoiding saying anything interesting.
The allocation of airtime for all this continues. For the viewer or listener there is still a certain bloodsport of hearing the discomfort of the politician refusing to give an answer despite being asked perhaps three or four times. Then on to the next item with public cynicism cranked up yet another notch.
Broadcasters are not motivated by some perverted determination to lower voter turnout. They know their audience is up for a ruck. There is the energy and human drama. There is humour, abuse, fear. Therefore John Bercow's priggish pronouncements about rowdiness at Prime Minister's Question Time being a "turn off" for the public is backed up by scant evidence in terms of the Parliament Channel being a "turn on" the rest of the time.
All this gives a premium to those who, as Les Miserables would put it, are "singing the song of angry men." BBC TV's Question Time last night had a couple of angry men on the panel – Nigel Farage and Russell Brand – both calling each other "mate" in a menacing tone.
Anger has its place in political motivation – but as a means to an end. We can all go and riot – or vote UKIP or for the Green Party or follow Russell Brand on Twitter. Or we can be spurred, with less adulation, into coming up with solutions.
All well and good. But after rushing off to a think tank seminar to thrash out an evidence- based remedy to whatever it is, which can be adapted from Denmark or Wisconsin or somewhere, the politicians need to gain the attention of voters.
Norman Kirk said:
"New Zealanders don't ask for much: someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for."
Yet as John McTernan wrote the other day that sort of language matters. Having a home – rather than housing, or a "housing unit". A powerful message from the Conservatives – a clear, emotional message – about the value of home ownership matters as much as statistics and policy.
Aspiration is of the greatest importance to the common ground (rather than the arid "centre ground") of politics in offering a bold and inspiring message. However, Mr McTernan offers an interesting warning against the word "aspiration" compared to the preference of Mr Kirk, the former New Zealand Prime Minister, for the word "love":
"What's the government policy on love? Ask that question and you'll be laughed at. We're embarrassed about emotions so we reify them. I've got a friend whose sister still lives near their mum and dad. The parents are getting old, and a bit frail. So she pops in to see them. Helps with shopping. Sorts out problems. Ask her what she's doing and she wouldn't know what the question meant. Tell her she's a carer and you have a package of support for her and she'll exasperatedly say 'I'm her daughter, what do you expect me to do?' The same is true of being a mum or a dad.
"Political parties have agonised discussions about their 'offer' on 'aspiration'. What do they mean? Ever heard parents say they are aspirational for their kids? Nope, me either. But they ferry them to football training, get them music lessons, read to them and love and nurture them in so many ways. 'See', says the politician, 'you're being aspirational'. 'No', says the parent, 'I'm being a good dad/mum. What would you do?' "
I rather like the word "aspirational" but we certainly need to mind our language. For example, polling from Lord Ashcroft has suggested that ethnic minority voters do not distinguish between attacks on "multiculturalism" and a multi-racial society.
The optimists can win. In the context of the 2015 General Election that means the Conservatives can win. Yet to defeat the pessimists alliance of UKIP/Greens/Labour/LibDems/RussellBrandabstentionists there must be more passion, candour and plain speaking.


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To understand how brain cells release compounds (or transmitters) used when the cells communicate with each other, Vladimir Parpura, associate professor of neuroscience, and Umar Mohideen, professor of physics, devised a new technique, used commonly in physics, that can be applied now to the study of a wide range of biological processes and interactions.
The researchers, who performed their experiments on brain proteins called SNAREs, published their results in the July issue of Biophysical Journal.
The technique, commonly referred to as Atomic Force Microscopy, uses the deflection of microfabricated membranes of silicon nitride, about 100 times thinner than the human hair, to measure very small forces. Using this technique on rat brain proteins, the researchers were able to measure the bonding between single protein molecules that are involved in the release of the neurotransmitters. They also were able to classify the strength of the molecular interactions (bonding) between 3 of the SNARE proteins that participate in the process.
SNARE proteins are located on vesicles (tiny membrane-encased packets that contain neurotransmitters or enzymes) and the plasma membrane of brain cells. These proteins are thought to play a key role in the final fusion of the synaptic vesicle with the plasma membrane, a process that makes communication between cells possible.
"Our results shed new light on how these proteins are involved in exocytosis – the process by which a biological cell releases substances into its environment," Parpura said. "We now understand better how these proteins interact at the molecular level and we can apply this to improve our detection of toxins acting on these proteins."
The researchers used the technique also to develop a sensor for detecting botulinum toxin, responsible for an often fatal type of food poisoning.
"Our sensor is extremely sensitive because it is capable of detecting interactions between two single molecules," Mohideen said. "As a result, the sample size you need for testing can be extremely small, of the order of a few molecules."
The UCR technique paves the way for developing high-sensitive microsensors for the rapid detection of neurotoxins.
The research team also included UCR's W. Liu and Vedrana Montana and the University of Wisconsin's Jihong Bai and Edwin R. Chapman.
The research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Defense/Defense Advanced Research Planning Agency/Defense Microelectronics Activity.
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Rayna, Juliette and Scarlett each took a definitive step toward securing their futures in this week's episode of Nashville, regardless of how their decisions affected some of their closest loved ones. Hey, a country girl's gotta do what a country girl's gotta do, right? Let's review the major developments of "Move It On Over."
MAMA DRAMA | The episode opens at the recording studio, where Juliette has kept her band laying down tracks all night long. Makena meets up with Deacon and Glenn in the hallway and offers them some much-needed coffee. Deacon must've ordered his latte with extra exposition, because we quickly (and clunkily) learn that Juju is avoiding her trainwreck of a mother, who has to stay at Juliette's house – or go to rehab – until her sentencing hearing. And then, just in case we didn't get it, Deacon intones, "The problem is, she doesn't wanna go home." Eesh. He offers to help Juliette get Jolene into rehab, but she refuses and says she's just going to run out the clock on her mother's stay. "That's your big plan?" he asks dubiously. She answers in the affirmative but then reconsiders after finding her mom passed out in bed, amid empty pill and booze bottles, with some random greasy guy. Juliette tosses the dude from her house and then engages in a fight with her mom – who's wearing a tank top and undies — on the front lawn for all the neighbors to see. (Side note: Do you think Jolene's little half-trip on the way back into the house was planned? I hope so. It's like she can't even get in a good dig at her kid without somehow screwing it up.)
When Juliette laments that she's tried to get her mom clean umpteen times, bodyguard Bo offers, "Maybe she can't hear it from you anymore," then promptly skedaddles right out of the scene. OK, time out: I'm fine with bodyguards offering important context and/or perspective for their rich pinhead employers, such as The Newsroom's Lonny does for Will, but have we even heard this Bo talk before? It would've been nice to see a little more interaction between Ju and her hired gun before now is all I'm saying. Time in! At Ju's call, Deacon swings by to coax Jolene into going to rehab. It takes, like, five minutes. Maybe Intervention should start adding country stars to their counseling staff. In all honesty, if Deacon showed up in my living room all southern earnestness and warm, gravelly voice, I'd probably go anywhere he asked, too. Mama Barnes tweaks a bit upon arrival at the facility – she slaps Juliette, and Deke has to take some pills away from her – but she's successfully checked in. Juliette tries to "thank" Deacon by kissing him, but he pulls away and advises her to spend some time alone putting all of her troubles "in the rearview mirror" – advice he might wanna follow himself later in the hour. By the end of the ep, she tells her assistant she wants to start fresh in a new house and… totally moves into Nolan's old place from Revenge! (Yes? No? Tell me if I'm right in the comments.)
SELL OUT WITH ME TONIGHT | Rayna's got a list of things she will not do, and a tour with Deacon and a greatest hits album are No. 1 and 2. But taking part in commercials apparently is no longer verboten, mainly because her family is broke. So we watch Rayna twirl in a very pretty crimson dress as she sings about American beauty, and the commercial's going along swimmingly until she gets word that Deacon's not cool with the lyrical tweak necessary to hawk a line of beauty products. She tries to change his mind but he sticks firm, so she retaliates by bringing up his recent time spent in Ms. Barnes' presence. Their exchange isn't exactly a rehash of the break-up conversation we've seen a bunch of times already, but it's close enough. Fish or cut bait, kids! Rayna then decides that she doesn't need a new writing partner, because she's going to compose some tunes all on her own. I certainly hope the one she writes by the end of the episode is as good as Watty thinks it is, because the Jaymes/Conrad household may have some gigantic legal bills to pay in the near future. Teddy, who's still not doing well in the polls, confesses to Lamar that he embezzled $2 million from the credit union – via Peggy – to cover debts on the busted Cumberland Project. Though they paid the money back, the credit union's audit has Pegs wanting to go to the feds before the feds find out on their own. And for the record, Teddy tells Lamar, he and Peggy didn't sleep together. Rayna's pop says he'll take care of it all… and later, we see a photographer surreptitiously shooting pics of Peggy and Teddy's affectionate-yet-platonic meeting. (Side note: They were literally under a street lamp. What, all the shady back alleys were full up?) In the meantime, Deacon gives the pills he confiscated from Jolene to his sponsor Coleman. "There's seven in there. I counted them all night," he says, agitated. (Also of note: We learn that though Rayna put Deacon into rehab years ago, it was Coleman who actually brought him to the center.) Later at The Bluebird, after singing a song that is totally not about Rayna y'all, he and a heckler get into parking lot fisticuffs that land Deacon in the clink. (I loved that moment when he's on the ground and makes the conscious decision to slug it out.) Rayna declines his one phone call (ouch) but Juliette posts bail, because that's what friends with benefits do. During a break at a 12-step meeting, Deacon gets past his anger and calls his lawyer: He's granting Rayna permission to use their song to hawk wrinkle cream or whatever.
NEED YOU NOW (TO STOP SCREWING THINGS UP FOR ME) | Jeanne gets Gunnar and Scarlett the opportunity to perform one of their songs for Lady Antebellum's producer, provided they can get another guitarist to "round out" their sound. Avery volunteers and acts like he's doing Scarlett a huge favor, then totally pulls focus by going rogue and turning their simple love ballad into a vehicle for his guitar solo. He all but does the Chuck Berry duck walk, and no one's happy afterward. Gunnar confronts him post-performance – and Scarlett overhears – but she makes it clear to her writing partner that she's with Avery. After Lady A's producer passes on the song though, mainly because of Avery's showboating, Scarlett (finally!) lays into her insecure boyfriend. Clare Bowen does a nice job of mixing Scar's anger, disappointment and sadness with a very welcome dose of you-will-not-ruin-my-fledgling-career. "I don't want to be this couple that fights all the time," Avery tells her, and for once, he and I agree: I don't want you two to be a couple, period. Elsewhere, Gunnar tells Hailey the "uncomplicated" hook-up they've got going won't work, because he really likes her. Hmm. Any of that devotion fueled by Scarlett's line in the sand, Gunny?
Now it's your turn. What did you think of this week's episode? What's your speculation about Teddy's dad? Do you have any hope that Jolene will actually get clean? And does Avery have any redeeming qualities? Sound off in the comments!


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Founder and CEO Louise Bracken-Smith will attend tonight's ceremony with members of Fairway Group and Bracken Rothwell.
Shortlisted for "Director of the Year – CSR", Louise invited representatives from the Colleagues Council and Social Committee in recognition of the work they have put in to the business, driving internal culture and implementing exciting new initiatives.
Speaking ahead of the awards, Louise said "This year we've launched a number of wellbeing initiatives including yoga, meditation and mental health training as well as continuing to support local causes and reducing our environmental impact."
She continued, "The introduction of the Colleagues Council has opened up a new way of communicating ideas and giving all of teams the power to make meaningful contributions to our corporate responsibilities".
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Wheat Flour Savory Chips
Ingredients Needed:
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Sambar Powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
How to make the Chips
In a bowl, take the flour, sambar powder and salt. Slowly add water and knead to a soft dough.
Heat a kadai with oil.
Divide the dough into equal balls, dust and roll out into thin discs. Using a knife cut into diamond cuts. Pick on top with fork, else these will puff and will become soft.
Drop into the hot oil and fry in simmer till you get a cripsy chips.
Drain from fire and store in an air tight box.
Since the dough tends to become soft, you got to fry these in low flame.
Other Wheat Flour Dishes done for this theme:
Wheat Flour Halwa
Wheat Flour Banana Chocolate Chips
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In the top of a double boiler or in a microwave oven on medium, stirring often, heat chocolate, coarsely chopped, water, freshly brewed coffee or milk and pinch of salt (optional) just until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Remove from heat. With a rubber spatula, stir in unsalted butter 2 or 3 pieces at a time, cut into small pieces.
Continue to stir (do not beat) until perfectly smooth. Stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons liqueur (optional)
For a pourable glaze, let stand at room temperature, stirring occasionally, until the mixture cools to 90°F. For frosting, let stand until spreadable. If the frosting becomes too stiff, set the pan in a larger pan of hot water and stir gently with rubber spatula; or remelt and cool to 90°F to use as a glaze. This keeps for up to 3 days at room temperature, or up to 3 weeks refrigerated. Or freeze for up to 6 months. Soften or melt before using.


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Lemaire Menswear Autumn/Winter 2018
Forward-facing minimalism. "Maybe we are not so timid," said Christophe Lemaire. The collection inspired by Russian roots, with a polished modern twist.
Highlights for pink turtlenecks, loose pants, big-jacketed, soft-shouldered suiting. Trench coats with duffel hoods, super-wide pants masterfully corralled by pleat, tufted wool Chesterfields, and a cool granddad waffled blouson in alpaca and yak were among the chief pieces .


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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke
In early March, during the midst of the Republican Presidential Primary, Mitt Romney took the stage at the University of Utah to deliver a speech which chided Donald Trump for "lacking the temperament, business record, and substantive policies to occupy the White House." Governor Romney warned that "if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished." He went on to describe Trump as a "phony" and a "fraud" who is "playing the American public for suckers." Romney highlighted Trump's "vulgar" behavior and warned that his "promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University." Romney urged voters to vote for literally anyone else in order to save the party, and the country, from itself. He became the face of the Never Trump movement. Nine months later, Trump's transition team has announced that Romney is under "active and serious consideration" to serve as Secretary of State.
This rather surprising announcement came out a few hours before Romney, Trump, and Vice President-Elect Pence met at Trump's National Golf Club. Almost immediately questions began to arise as to how someone who so thoroughly denounced Trump could betray his previous convictions and serve in the administration. While from the principled victory standpoint, this argument makes sense, I contest that this nation – and the principles raised by Romney in March – will be better served by Romney accepting the position. As Secretary of State, Romney would bring genuine executive governing experience to a wildly unqualified administration, he would be a signal to our allies of normalizing relations, and most importantly, he would help to diminish the potency of Trump's hate filled echo chamber.
Although often ridiculed by his opponents in the 2012 Presidential election, Romney's executive experience – both in and out of government – is top notch. Unlike Trump, who inherited his business from his father and then proceeded to slap his name on anything that moved *cough* Trump Steaks *cough,* Romney built his empire, Bain Capital, from the ground up. In time, Romney would lead the "shaky start-up from a staff of seven people managing $37 million to over a thousand people managing billions in assets." By the end of Romney's twenty-five year tenure, the firm would, on average, double its return on realized investments each year; the success directly attributed to Romney's guiding hand and managing style. A few year later, Romney would leave Bain Capital to take on an even more ambitious project – Saving the 2000 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
In the late 1990s scandal had forced several members of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee to quit and the local Mayor to step down. This scandal resulted in a large "crisis of confidence" which spooked corporate sponsors, athletes, and the local community. With less than two years until the opening ceremonies, the games were in chaos. Romney, who had ties to the area, was called in from Boston to clean up the mess. Under Romney's leadership, the Olympic committee, which had about a $1.3 billion operating budget, ultimately brought in tens of millions in profits and the games proceeded as scheduled.
After the success in Salt Lake, Romney re-entered politics and was elected Governor of Massachusetts. As Governor, Romney oversaw a major overall of the Massachusetts health care system. He is credited with "negotiating a very complex situation, and he worked out a brilliant deal, at the end, with the Democratic leadership." The result has been broadly popular and is largely considered a success. In a lengthy examination of Romneycare last year, the Globe called it "a revolution that basically worked," securing coverage for the vast majority of the state's residents "without devastating state finances." While Romney would ultimately attempt to distance himself from the accomplishment as he faced challenges from the far-right, his experience remains.
Time and again Romney has demonstrated that he knows how to run an organization, and perhaps more importantly, how to run a bureaucracy. Compared with the rest of President-Elect Trump's appointments, most of whom have only legislative experience, and many of whom have no governing experience at all, Romney will be able to provide important advice and insights that will help to keep (at least some parts of) our government functional.
During the campaign Donald Trump made several comments that, in addition to showing his ignorance to the workings of foreign policy, left many of our allies unsure about the future of relations with the United States. While his assertions that Japan and South Korea should have nuclear weapons and that the level of protection provided by the United States should be based on monetary reward have shaken our allies, Trump's blind spot when dealing with Russia and Vladimir Putin is the top concern. This Russian blind spot is one that is not shared by Governor Romney. Throughout the 2012 presidential election, Governor Romney asserted that Russia was perhaps the biggest geopolitical threat facing the United States. He persisted with this view, even after President Obama tagged him in a debate as being outdated, that we could not look at Russia or Putin through rose colored glasses, and recent history has validated Governor Romney's views. Just a few months after the 2016 election, Russia invaded the Ukraine and, at press time, still control a significant portion of the eastern front. As Chief Diplomat, so long as Trump would be willing to listen, Romney would be in a position to provide a clear-eyed analysis of Russian intentions.
Perhaps the most compelling reason for Mitt Romney to accept the Secretary of State position, and presumably the most likely reason as to why it would not be offered to him, is that it would add a dissenting voice to the team Trump has been creating. Throughout the campaign and the transition process, Donald Trump has made overtures to neo-Nazis, racists, sexists, xenophobes, homophobes, and every other shade of intolerance that has so inconspicuously been labeled the "alt-right." Trump's decision to appoint people like Jeff Sessions and Stephen Bannon further demonstrates the tone of the advice he will be receiving in the oval office. America needs someone in the "room where it happens" that can serve as a voice of reason. While Mitt Romney may not be the knight in shining armor, we can at least trust him to be the dissenting voice in a conversation on Muslim-registries or whatever other disgusting slime oozes out of the latest issue of Breitbart.
Of course, there is no guarantee that Trump offers Romney the position, or that Romney would even accept it. Romney, who served as a punching bag for Trump, other Republicans, the Democrats, and the national news media over the last sixteen years; and he certainly has a lot of incentives to stay at home and play with his grandchildren. However, if the opportunity presents itself, Governor Romney would best serve his "Never Trump" conservative ideals by accepting. Romney would be able to serve as the first line of defense against the concerns he has expressed about Trump from within the administration. The concerns Governor Romney expressed about the President-Elect are no less true today than they were when he expressed them in March. Serving in the administration would provide Romney, and presumably the staff he brings with him, the opportunity to cool Trump's temperament, build on his own successful business experience, and propose substantive policies. Simultaneously he would be serving his party well by showing that there is a future for Republicans outside of Trump, and be adding to his own considerable legacy as a bridge builder. While there is a real concern of "normalizing" Trump and his rhetoric, I believe that the larger threat exists in allowing his team to operate unchecked. America needs an advocate in this administration, and it's looking like Mitt Romney might be our best hope.
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The Client
All Star Bleachers Manufacturing, Inc.
Tampa, Florida based manufacturer of aluminum bleachers, including those in NASCAR racetracks around the U.S.
The Challenge
The company got involved in two 60,000-seat projects simultaneously and was spread financially thin. Then, a design flaw caused the bonding surety to take over one of the two projects and despite All-Star having already spent considerable money, they were not paid. Without the ability to obtain bonding, sales plummeted. The owner needed to sell the company, or find a partner with the ability to get bonded. In addition, he owned the land and building and needed a continued tenant in order to be able to make his mortgage payments.
The Process
Equity Partners conducted many visits with qualified prospective investors, both strategic and financial, and quickly generated four offers for the owner to consider.
The Solution
With multiple favorable offers to chose from, the owner selected The Vesper Group, because they offered to retain him as President and kept his family members employed (as well as offering paid non-competes). Vesper also had the financial wherewithal and contacts to obtain a very high level of bonding. The company continues operations in the facility owned by the shareholder, thereby providing him with continued lease payments.


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TD reveals diagnosis of motor neurone illness
FINE GAEL TD for Longford-Westmeath Nicky McFadden (49) has said she was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last week.
Ms McFadden noticed she had to speak slowly to avoid slurring her words about eight months ago. A problem with her vocal cords was suspected.
The possibility of motor neurone disease was investigated in the last fortnight before being diagnosed by a neurologist.
"Last Thursday Prof Orla Hardiman diagnosed motor neurone disease," Ms McFadden yesterday said. "I was shocked and distressed when I was told but after a couple of days it was clear to me that this was something to be fought and I'm a fighter."
The popular TD, who is well regarded by colleagues across the political divide, said she had adopted a "business as usual" approach to her job. She was determined to maintain her workload and continue representing her constituents in the Dáil.
She has offices in Mullingar and Athlone.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has expressed admiration for the courage with which Ms McFadden has addressed her illness, adding: "We have no doubt that Nicky will continue her work with her customary conviction and energy."
Ms McFadden was elected to the Dáil on her third attempt last year having stood unsuccessfully in the 2002 and 2007 general elections.
She served as a senator from 2007 until 2011. She was a member of Athlone Town Council from 1999 and was co-opted on to Westmeath County Council following her father Brendan's retirement in 2003. She had worked for the ESB and was a medical secretary.
Ms McFadden said that while three in four people with motor neurone disease presented with muscle weakness in their arms and legs, the onset of her condition had been "subtle" and had affected only her speech so far.
"I feel absolutely fine and I completed a 10-mile walk for the Irish Countrywomen's Association just three weeks ago," she said.
"I've never surrendered in the face of any challenge and I'm not going to surrender to this either. I have the full support of my party and will have the practical help of my good friends and staff to assist me in continuing my work as a Dáil deputy."
Ms McFadden highlighted the Custume Barracks in Athlone as an issue on which she intended to continue campaigning, to prevent the facility "from being stripped of its brigade headquarter status".


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Cloud-Based, Paperless Workflow System for Detailers & Dealerships
KleanTRAC is a cloud-based program designed by one of the largest auto dealerships in the country, with the help of one of the largest car detailing companies in the country. Dealerships have software available to them for every other aspect of their business, except the tracking of Car Detailing and Product Installation.
KleanTRAC allows the Detailing Department and the Auto Dealership to access the same system and enter jobs, assign detailers, track status, track billing, track employee time clock and much, much more. All functions are secure since the entries require a pass-code from that user.
Green Initiative
For over 100 years dealerships have been relying on paper to help track the process of washing their customers vehicles. KleanTRAC introduces a faster and electronic method of tracking these detailing jobs. KleanTRAC is a "green" way to do business and also a way to stop wasting money on paper invoices every month. The savings in paper alone practically covers the cost of using KleanTRAC.
Creating A Job
Use KleanTRAC to create jobs electronically from any computer in your network. Whether it's your receptionist in the front on her desktop or your detailers in the back on a laptop... KleanTRAC provides a quick and electronic way to create a detailing job in under 20 seconds.
Cloud Based
KleanTRAC is all about keeping every department in the loop by eliminating the miscommunication between departments. Our cloud based system allows all the departments to access the same data from multiple computers on your network while never having to worry about data loss - because all the data is in the cloud.
Full Accountability
KleanTRAC holds every link in the process accountable. Know who is working on each detailing job, how many job's each detailer is completing, and who is not meeting their deadlines. Your customer holds your dealership accountable... it's time to hold your detail department accountable - with KleanTRAC.
Electronic Invoices
KleanTRAC's unique invoicing process eliminates the need for paper invoices and the potential mistakes caused by them. With a simple click of a mouse - our quick and intuitive system allows you to create and print an electronic invoice during any step of the process.
Keep Sales Focused
No longer will your salesmen have to run to the detailing dept to check the status of a job or check for detail service availability. Salesmen can use their phone or a computer to stay informed on what is going on in the back without leaving their customer alone.
Increase CP Details
An informed salesman is an effective salesman. KleanTRAC allows your salesman to quickly and effectively add on detail jobs to any service without running to the detailing department to check if there is an opening to sell that service.
Have a customer you could add a detailing service to? Worried running to the back to check for an ETA could lose them? With KleanTRAC's real-time job tracking, every department will be aware of the availability of a detailing job, status of existing jobs, and their estimated completion times. With KleanTRAC - Everybody is in the loop.
DMS Friendly
Not only are you saving money with KleanTRAC, but you're saving time too! With a simple click of a mouse your invoice reports will be generated and easily exported to work with your DMS. Invoice reports can also be exported to an Excel spreadsheet so you can quickly attach them to an email.
Time Clock
KleanTRAC offers a free time clock & payroll service for the entire detailing department. From the jobs screen your detailers can quickly click on the Time Clock button and clock in and out from any computer in the dealership. The Accounting department can just as easily click on the reporting tab and download a time sheet report and they can use to do the detailers payroll.
Sell More Service
KleanTRAC will increase your service revenue by giving your service department detail services to sell on the service drive. Your service team can see the availability of the detail department and sell from the menu of services with confidence by seeing real-time data.


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15-Day Uganda Gorilla & Chimp Safari $3480 Per Person
This 15 day Uganda Safari takes you to the Murchison Falls National Park for wildlife viewing through game drives and boat launches and to Kibale Forest National Park, the primate capital of the world, for a chimpanzee tracking and to see various species of monkeys and birds.
During this Uganda Safari , you will have a walk in the Bigodi swamp renowned for rare bird species, you will visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for more wildlife viewing through game drives and boat launches, Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest.
You will relax at Lake Bunyonyi and also have a guided walk safari in Lake Mburo National Park before you return to Kampala.
DAY 1: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
After your breakfast, you will be picked up at exactly 7:00 am by our guide and drive through the famous Luwero Triangle. This journey takes 6-7 hours.
You visit and track white rhinos at Ziwa rhino sanctuary. This sanctuary has now been established to breed black and white rhinos, and restore rhino populations in Uganda's' protected areas in a later stage.
The drive will take 1 and half hour. Continue driving and get to Masindi town for a lunch break. Then proceed to Murchison Falls.
Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 2: Early Game Drive and Launch Cruise on the Nile
After breakfast head to the delta in search for bird life and enjoy the game drive to look for lions, giraffes, herds of elephants, buffaloes and many more. Set out for an afternoon boat cruise along the Nile to the bottom of the Murchison Falls.
The river banks are lined with a variety of game and colorful birds. Expect to sight a lot of hippos cooling off in the water, buffalos, and elephants drinking from the Nile, warthogs, waterbucks, kobs and other animals eating fresh grass along the banks and drinking from the Nile.
If lucky you may see the rare and prehistoric looking shoebills, which is a cross between the dodo and a dinosaur during this Uganda Safari . The Lunch ride lasts about 3 hours.
Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 3: Murchison Falls National Park –Hoima
Morning at leisure at the lodge. In the afternoon, you will proceed to Hoima, travelling on both asphalt and unpaved roads, you pass through traditional Ugandan villages where you see people at work tending their traditional crops of millet, sorghum, beans and maize.
The lush rolling of this region provide good "photo opportunities" in Hoima you will visit the karuzika palace the official residence of the king of Bunyoro and get to know the origin of the bunyoro kingdom.
Visit mparo tombs which are a royal burial ground for the kings of bunyoro kingdom. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 4: Drive to Kibale National Park, Visit Craters
After breakfast, we will transfer to fort portal town. We shall have several stopovers for sightseeing and also take photos of tea plantations.
Lunch at the hotel and we shall have a brief visit to the Amabere Ga nyina Mwiiru caves and you will visit crater lakes.
You arrive at Fort Portal, then continue towards Kibale forest, one of the great African rainforest research reserves.
This forest is famed for the variety of primates found here and it is a terrific area for birds. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 5: Chimpanzee plus Other Primates
After Breakfast, you will go for chimpanzee and 10 other primates including phoestes, red colobus, blues and red tailed and grey cheeked Mangabey.
The guide will provide detailed explanations, not only on primates, but also on all the forest fauna and flora and will ensure that your walk is both informative and enjoyable.
This walk is excellent for viewing bird life and seeing primates at close quarters. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Viewing Rwenzori, Lots of Crater Lakes And Wild Animals
Breakfast and then drive to queen Elizabeth. The game seen will depend on the season: the kasenyi plains are good for loin and mweya peninsula for a variety of animals.
Shift to Queen Elizabeth National park this morning (about 3 hours driving) leaving through fort portal town. You turn south and early this afternoon enter queen Elizabeth national park, which is dominated on its northern border by the snow-capped 16000-foot Rwenzori mountains-the famed "mountains of the moon".
This 767-square-mile conservation area is bordered on the north east by Lake George and on the southwest by LakeEdward: its western border adjoins the Zaire parc du virunga.
You will expect to see teeming herds of impala-like Uganda kob as well as topi, elephant and loin, giant forest hog, Capebuffalo. There are also several soda lakes filling ancient volcanic calderas where flamingos reside seasonally.
In the afternoon enjoy a game drive in the northern part of the park, visting the baboon cliff famous for its nice scenery and good views of the shadows of the mountains of the moon-the Rwenzori. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 7: Game Drive to See Lions, Leopards, Elephant, Buffalo Etc
We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the kasenyi, track in search of loins, elephants, and solitary buffaloes.
This is the best time for opportunities of viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda kobs. We have an excellent chance to view just about every animal here at very close range.
Return to the lodge for your breakfast, before heading out for a launch trip along the kazinga channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippos' huff and spray at a mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows.
The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 8: Drive to Bwindi via Ishasha Sector- Tree Climbing Lions
After breakfast we drive through south sunning savannah grasslands as we head to the southern sector of the park –Ishasha, is the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park that is host to a large variety wildlife (this is a fabulous area in which to see the lions draped from the trees and nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this in the large low limbed fig tree of ishasha ).
We will visit the Uganda kob mating ground which is a defined area specifically used by kobs for challenging, enticing and mating adult rams defend a circle territory (30meters diameter)and depending on the season the mating ground can have 20 and more of these small.
You will after transfer to Bwindi. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 9: Gorilla Tracking In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have an early breakfast and be driven to the Park Headquarters for a briefing at 7:30am about the rules of Mountain Gorilla tracking.
After the briefing, you will set off for the Mountain Gorilla hunt in the thick jungle. The jungle is very lively with rich forest sounds. The trek ranges between 2 – 8 hours and you have one hour to stay with the Mountain Gorillas once sited.
In the afternoon you can opt for a community walk among the Batwa people who used to live in the Bwindi forest before it was gazetted as a National Park and learn about their life and culture as a forest people.
A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 11: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
After having breakfast, we shall take a scenic drive to Lake Bunyonyi taking you through the beautiful terrain of the rolling hills with terraced landscape.
A short drive to the beautiful lake Bunyonyi where we can relax and enjoy some reflection time with its fresh water, bilharzias-free and beautiful landscapes.
Lake Bunyonyi is a small paradise for travelers. Dinner and overnight will at your lodge of booking.
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DAY 12: Canoe Trekking On Lake Bunyonyi –Uganda
After breakfast, set out for a 5- hour canoe trek as well as bird watching on the beautiful lake bunyonyi traversing to the Gorgeos Kyabahinga Peninsula.
Here you will be gladly welcomed with songs plus dances by the resident school children. You will enjoy with the locals at least a cup of "Obushera"which is a local brew yes will ascend the Kyabahinga slops having a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the birdlife and the verdant terrain.
The view is very break taking! The guide will certainly brief you about the history of the area. Among the bird species you will see the dusky Tutle dove, the handsome francolin and alpine chat.
Renown herbalist who is a traditional healer-omugurusi Jeremiah, based on the hill top will disclose to you some of the secretes about the flora on the tropical highland.
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DAY 13: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park
We drive to Mbarara now one of Uganda's major towns, but formerly capital of Ankole kingdom for over 400years until disbanded by independence in 1962.
In the days before modern Uganda came into being, the area had a series of fiercely independent tribal stats.
From here you continue to Lake Mburo, a small but picturesque national park renowned for its herds of antelope and one of the only two Ugandan parks home to bushel's zebra.
The park is also especially good for acacia associated bird.
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DAY 14: Safari in Lake Mburo National Park for Zebras, Eland, Hippos, Buffalos, Topi, Birds Etc
Rise early for breakfast before a short drive to the Rwonyo park headquarters. This has often been a good chance of seeing hyenas coming back to the water you will see buffalo zebra, impala and topi and with a bit of luck may be even asitatunga,an antelope rarely seen living in the papyrus swamps.
After your early morning activities, return the lodge for a late breakfast on the wooden decking overlooking the water hole. Before lunch you relax at the pool the bar area or enjoy the privacy of your room.
In the afternoon you can go on game drive to kazuma look-out point with a stunning view on to 9 of the lakes surrounding this park. On your way you will see most of the animal species occurring in Lake Mburo national park.
The walk onto kazuma look-out point is steep but short and extremely rewording and should not be missed when visiting this park.
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DAY 15: Return to Entebbe
Morning at leisure before checking out of the lodge heading east from lake Mburo, we bid farewell to the parks friendly staff as we depart for Kampala.
We drive through a magnificent hilly country and lush cultivation on an approximately four-hour journey en route we will stop at the equator for photographs and polar-water experiment then a local community popular for making local drums (mpabire village) gardens crafts shops and fruit markets. We will be in Entebbe in the evening before for your flight back home. This marks the end of this 15-day Uganda Safari
15-Day Uganda Safari Highlights
- Visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuaray
- Game Drive and Boat Cruise in Murchison Falls
- Visit the top of the falls
- Bigodi Swamp Walk
- Chimpanzee tracking
- Game Drive and Boat Cruise in Queen
- Canoeing Ride on Lake Bunyonyi
- Safari on Lake Mburo
Tour cost includes
- All tour activities in the program with entrance fees and local guides
- Gorilla permit
- Full board accommodation with all Meals, bottled drinking water on safari, all park entrance and related fees
- Private 4×4 ground transportation with an English speaking driver guide, arrival or departure airport transfers.
- Flight tickets and departure taxes
- Travel documentation (visas)
- Travel and medical insurance
- Optional excursions
- Excess buggage charges
- Tips and gratiuties for your guides, Laundry, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle and at meal times with meals
- Items of a personal nature such as telephone calls, postage fees and so on
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