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We are very excited to introduce another lovely Biconfident guest blogger, Rachel, who shares her experience with coming out as bisexual and her personal journey towards acceptance. Rachel was given an amazing opportunity to discuss her sexual identity with her peers, as well as the common misconceptions that plagues the bisexual community.
You can follow Rachel on twitter HERE!
Hi Waking Up With Her readers! I'm a big fan of Stephanie and Corrine's blog and thought I'd share an experience with that I had recently.
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to come out as bisexual to my entire Multicultural Psychology class. As part of class requirements, I had to write a paper and give a presentation on the features of my identity that I consider to be influential in my life. I was really nervous about telling everyone about my sexuality since they all assume I am straight and because of all the misconceptions about bisexuals. I've also never had to give a presentation to so many people about such a personal, emotional topic!
I spoke about how I always had feelings for both men and women, but that it was easy for me to "pass" as being straight since I was also attracted to men. When I came to college, I came out as bisexual and started dating women. However, I felt alienated by both straight and gay people. I felt misunderstood by both communities and that people thought being bisexual was a temporary, illegitimate identity that I'd eventually grow out of. I felt an immense pressure to "pick a side," although I was completely comfortable identifying as bisexual. I've since stopped putting pressure on myself to conform to what society thinks about my sexuality and am much more confident with my identity.
Talking about this with my class was really scary, but I am so happy I did. I had three people come up to me after class and say how much they liked my presentation, which made me feel awesome! It was also really nice to have the opportunity to fully explain my sexuality to others and the misconceptions that exist about those of us who identify as bisexual. I've since had people in my program meet my girlfriend and I feel accepted by everyone.
The only way to clear up the misconceptions about bisexuality is to speak up against them, which is why I love the Waking Up With Her blog so much. Stephanie and Corrine are doing so much for all of us and I appreciate it so much!
What a truly remarkable BiConfident story! There is nothing more courageous than showing your true colors to a room full of people who has the ability to place judgment. We are happy to hear that Rachel's presentation had a positive effect on her classmates.
Make sure to follow Rachel on Twitter!
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Success Story of Shri S. Shyamkumar Singh "SRI in fish farm"
Rice production has not been a profitable business for a long time in Manipur. But with the use of hybrid rice in combination with SRI methodology that too in fish farms has become much profitable a business and a boon for the fish farmers of Manipur.
From the results of OFT conducted by KVK, Thoubal in 2009 and demonstrations in the year 2010 fish farmers of Thoubal District have now opened their eyes and have adopted the technology earning much better income from one crop of rice in pre-kharif ( February – July) and one crop of fish during kharif ( July – December). The department of agriculture has also helped in spreading the technology in other districts.
One such farmer is Shri Salam Shyamkumar Singh of Uchiwa Wangma who has adopted this practice seeing last year?s success of Shri W. Kalimohon Singh of Sekmaijin Mamang Leikai. After a good harvest of fish in February 2010 he kept his farm pond of 2 ha with one complete hectare of cultivable area submersed with 2-3 inches of water to check weed growth. At this time he raised nursery of rice hybrid using 5 kg seeds for transplanting under SRI methodology. As soon as the nursery was about a week old, the whole water from the fish pond was pumped out completely. This left the bed/ floor of the fish pond completely leveled, weed free and ready for rice transplanting. The next day the whole area of the pond bed was made into plots of 2 m width with irrigation and drainage channels of 1 ft width between plots. It is on these beds that rice seedling of 8 – 12 days old were transplanted on the marks made with the help of a roller marker. Within a few days, rice plants achieved a luxuriant crop stand and gave an unexpected good yield of 9.8MT/ha within about 125 days.
Shri Shyamkumar now earns an annual income of about Rs.170000/- both from fishes and paddy maintaining his family well.
The success comes from the farmer?s sincere hard work and the use of the technology that has been tested, modified and demonstrated which can be called a Modified SRI or else which may be detailed as under
No ploughing
No puddling
No organic manure
No chemical fertilizer
Young seedling – 8 to 12 days old
Wide spacing – 25×25 cm.
Waterlogged after tillering is almost complete
Hybrid rice
The cost benefit ratio of his farming system turns out to be 1: 1.83
This practice has solved many of the fish farmer?s problems of growing at least one crop of pre- kharif rice which he used to grow every year before letting in fish. The problems solved are lodging and sprouting of his previous varieties during harvest, high seed cost, low yield, uprooting cost of seedlings etc. This practice may be tried with other short duration rice HYVs too.


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Money was extremely tight and Swagbucks was a huge help. I have used it to buy food for my family as well as pay some of the bills. Being able to contribute to the household makes me feel good. We have since then moved back to Ohio to be near family and I still enjoy Swagbucks. I used the gift cards I earned to find Christmas for my grandkids and many other things. We recently moved into a new house ( April 1st) and I was able to use Swagbucks to buy items to furnish our home. Thank you for all the earning opportunities you provide to me and my family. And much love and appreciation to the support team that is always there to quickly correct anything that does not credit.
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birds, wildlife & fauna - landscape - routes - observation
- Author: Alex Tabak & Dirk Hilbers
- Price: € 28,95
The Greek island of Lesbos is a famous destination for birdwatchers and naturalists. In spring and autumn, the already impressive number of breeding birds swells with the arrival of countless migrants.
Less well known but equally attractive are the hiking trails, superb geology and abundance of orchids. The old trails and minor roads between the villages make inviting walks amidst picturesque woodlands, groves and meadows with the blue Aegean never far away.
This book covers all these aspects and, like all Crossbill Guides, it answers two questions: What makes this area so special, and how you can see this for yourself. There are descriptions of the flora and fauna, landscape and traditional land use, plus 17 detailed routes and 23 sites with concrete indications on where and how to find birds, wildlife and flora.


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1:57 pm
October 17, 2010
Today I am starting to sort through boxes and boxes of "stuff" from a big over-a-hundred-year-old family heirloom oak desk that I just passed down to my son. I couldn't believe that desk could hold so much! Papers and things from way back in the last century, and some from even before that when my Grandfather owned it. Nothing of any great value, though, yet anyway.
Why is it so hard to throw things away? It seems anything that is written on paper is important enough to save. At least to me. Oh well, now I have a winter project. Anyone need 45 pencils, unsharpened, but with "dead" erasers?! And about 100 ballpoint pens that no longer work?
Remember, if it rains on your picnic it's also raining on your garden!
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January 21, 2015
Laundry (five loads so far), daily housework, sketching out garden plans (I start the vegies/flowers for us and half a dozen other small growers) and tending the compost, dealing with the interruptions of the day (I've been trying to write this message for an hour or more...)...cleaning the wood stove corner, firewood, tending the wood stove...working on a room/closet reorganization project...getting dinner on, reorganizing the chest freezer...getting ready for a weekend my H and I will be going away for training...watering all the house plants...trying to get a bit of a leg up on weeding and noting what has to be dug out of various beds as soon as the soil is dry enough to allow that.
A to-do list that never seems to end. You know how it is, you write up a to-do list, and after four hours you can check off only two things. A few days later, they're back on the list...and that list doesn't even include the usual stuff of day to day housekeeping!
Not to mention all the things that didn't make it to the list, like winter catalogs and sales mail and archery magazines and such to be sorted through, late winter pantry reorganization, volunteer commitments. And I still have to dry and fold bath and kitchen linens.
Then there's everything outside that I'm aching to get to...but we have to be patient with the weather. This is the hardest time of year. We have chives up, tulip noses, daylily noses, the lupines just starting to sprout. All I want is sunshine and good, hard, muscle-toning work in the sun with pruning tools and chainsaws. One of the wonderful things about gardening weather is that when it comes, you drop everything to tend to that. The house doesn't need as much tending since we're mostly outside, and when we cook it's mostly grilling.
Given our weather, what I want more than anything is to make a pot of coffee and settle down for a couple hours with three knitting projects I have going. Alas, not today!
12:29 pm
April 1, 2009
Going outside as soon as the bread is done, and plant some sweet potatoes, not it a garden, but in flower pots, I started them in the house in water, thay have developed roots and started to grow through the top I purchased pots at the dollar store for the potting. When planting a sweet potato, the whole potato must be buried in the soil, the plants that grows are absolutley beautiful, each leaf forms a perfect heart. I have 2 on our back porch that our neighbors have admired, so I decided to pot some for them, very inexpensive gift, but so beautiful.
"Be kinder than necessary, everyone is fighting some sort of battle."
2:12 pm
April 1, 2009
I baked a raisin cake this morning for my Hubby, the recipe came from his Grandmother, and is about 120 years old. I love baking that cake, his Grandmother was like a Mother to him and he loved her so much, I never met her, but making this cake for him gives me a special feeling.
We have had so much rain her, so can't do much outside, I did run out to the garden to tie up the tomato plants, they are growing like crazy, lots of fruit coming on. The wind is blowing a good bit that they needed shored up a bit so they don't break, I did harvest a few peppers and we will have those for dinner tonight.
"Be kinder than necessary, everyone is fighting some sort of battle."
9:45 am
October 14, 2010
We have been busy renovating our basement. Drywall is all done and has 2 coats of paint. That has been keeping us busy with our free time. The next step is to put in the flooring, most of it is a wood laminate, and then some ceramic tile. We filled the smoker on Sunday and then cut up and divided for future meals and into the freezer that went. No time for sewing lately, but I sure do miss it.
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Wow the forums are quiet lately! Everyone must be really busy doing summer things.
Today I've hung out 2 loads of laundry on my clotheslines. The weather is hot and breezy today. Good drying weather, my Grammy would say!
Got to be sure and look at the "blue moon" tonight. The second full moon in the same month.
Well, everyone have a wonderful day!
Remember, if it rains on your picnic it's also raining on your garden!
3:19 pm
May 6, 2011
Well, I am not getting as much done as I should be. It rained all morning here so kind of put a damper on plans. Didn't really have a plan b. It is now sunny and warming up. We have been laying some more flooring in the house. Changing carpet to laminate flooring. Have 2 bedrooms and hall and hallway closets done including removing popcorn ceiling (I hate that stuff) and painting ceiling and walls as well as refurnishing the baseboards. Getting ready to do the living room. I am not looking forward to doing it since I am the one who will be removing the popcorn and painting etc. The thought makes me tired but we have come this far and this is the last room that has to be done.
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To Joell:
what is your recipe for " Raisin Cake", 120 year old recipe of your family, from grandmothers?
Just decided to log on, almost forgot my password.
To all:
Today, I am going to a food demonstration at one of my local libraries, on " Fermentation of Cabbage" presented by " Dor" Dorothy of the Suppers program in Princeton. She also showing how to make Kimchee.
I made my own fermented cabbage in a 2 qt. glass jar during the winter. Used a clean small jelly jar w/ marbles as the weight to keep the shredded cabbage submerged below the brine,and covered with a piece of cheesecloth, rubber banded; also check daily and push down the cabbage w/ a big spoon.
Today, I'm bringing my 2 Qt glass jar to see if I can take some home from the demo. In another 2 months, fall and cooler weather will be ideal temps to allow fermentation jars in kitchen as opposed to summer heat.
10:07 am
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May 6, 2011
Finished painting the living room (2 coats ceiling and walls). I had removed the popcorn ceiling a couple of days ago. It was the last room in the house that had any left. Hubby and middle granddaughter are laying laminate flooring. Still have to refinish the baseboards and do some other minor details but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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I spent the day sanding the final baseboard (12' long) that needed to be redone. Also got stain put on it and will poly it tomorrow. I also did a little sanding on a end table that my dad had built for my mother back in the 1960s' (I think) have a long way to go on that project. There is another end table and a coffee table to do also. It is a long over do project that needs to be done.
12:43 pm
April 1, 2009
Mamajhk has inspired me, today I am taking down all of the towel bars, paper holder ect. in our bath rooms and patching the holes. We picked up paint chips yesterday to decide on colors for the walls. We put up the new light a couple of weeks ago and have ordered a new shower door, I am so excited to see the changes taking place, our bathrooms needed a face lift, when we built the house there were not a lot of the big box stores and the choices were very limited. I will share this, when I went shopping for the towel bars etc, I was very surprised to see how expensive they are I went on Amazon and found the same brands, same items and saved over half, with free shipping. We saved enough that we could afford to have the shower doors installed and then some.
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Here's how many billions the US will spend on nuclear weapons over the
next decade, by Aaron Mehta
Weapons In Space: Potential Gift to Contractors, Definite Risk to Security
Senators to Trump Administration: Reject Calls for New Nuclear Weapon
Joseph Gerson: Doomsday and the Apocalyptic Trump Nuclear War Fighting Doctrine
Base Nation – U.S. Worldwide foreign military bases
Brown University: Costs of War
Past years:
Information from past campaigns: Global Days of Action on Nuclear Weapons Spending April 18 – 24, 2017
Nuclear modernization costs:
The Nuclear modernization costs amount to $400B over 10 years
$1 Trillion for Nuclear Weapons is Dangerous & Costly
Download the pdf Brochure on the Global Days of Action on Nuclear Weapons Spending
Seventy-two years after the U.S. devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, and 25 years after the end of the Cold War, the world still teeters on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. With the rising military tensions with Russia and China, former Secretary of Defense William Perry warns that U.S. nuclear weapons "modernization" makes nuclear war more likely than during the Cold War.
The detonation of even one nuclear weapon can kill millions of people. This explains why the International Commission of the Red Cross advocates the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. A Physicians for Social Responsibility study warns that an exchange of 50–100 or the worlds more than 15,000 nuclear weapons could lead to the deaths of up to two billion people from the resulting global famine. And, from ISIS to Al Qaeda to climate change, nuclear weapons do nothing to protect us from the real threats we face.
Yet instead of pursuing negotiations for worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons, the Trump Administration is committed to a total overhaul of its nuclear weapons program, including new generations of nuclear warheads, bombers, land-based missiles, air-launched missiles and submarine. The cost? About $1 trillion over the next thirty years, or an average of $30 billion for decades.
Spending for the nuclear weapons upgrade is obscene. If even a tenth of the military's 7,200 nuclear weapons were used, the result would be nuclear winter, ending all life as we know it. Trump's right-wing allies and the Pentagon say that U.S. warheads need to be refurbished, and the delivery systems needed to launch them (missiles, bombers and submarines) are outdated.
Yet, even if we accept the flawed logics of deterrence and mutual assured destruction (MAD,) this spending is a boondoggle, a windfall for the military-industrial complex. Under the Pentagon's stockpile stewardship program, all non-nuclear components of these weapons are routinely monitored replaced. The Pentagon's JASON project reports that the nuclear components will remain stable for at least 50-60 years!
Under pressure from the military-Industrial-Congressional complex, including the nuclear weapons laboratories, the wasteful and dangerous nuclear weapons upgrade is moving forward, diverting essential financial resources from addressing the needs of the hungry, the homeless, and those who can't afford health care. A quarter of the projected nuclear weapons spending could provide free college education, for all who are qualified. Funding to contain and reverse climate change and to repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure would meet essential needs while creating jobs while creating jobs and security.
What's being modernized?
New and more dangerous nuclear weapons, beginning with the B-61-12 warhead, are being created. As former Secretary of Defense William Perry testified, the ability to increase or decrease the explosive power of the new B-61 makes the weapons more usable, thus increasing the likelihood that nuclear wars will actually be fought.
New generations nuclear-armed missiles, submarines and bombers are being designed and constructed for nuclear warfighting. Estimates include:
– $120 billion for new intercontinental ballistic missiles
– $102 billion for Ohio class submarines to carry and launch Trident missiles
– $100 billion for the B-22 bomber to succeed the B-2 bomber
– $270 billion to maintain the existing nuclear triad: bombers, missiles & submarines
And from Oak Ridge in Tennessee to Kansas City and Los Alamos, new weapons facilities are being built for the design and production of the nuclear arsenal and to underwrite the training of a new generation of nuclear weaponeers.
In addition to the risk of nuclear annihilation and the failure to fund essential human needs, there is an additional personal cost: about $3,125 per person or $12,500 for a family of four. In Massachusetts, this is more than $20 billion, enough to rebuild the MBTA with $13 billion left over for housing, schooling, and fixing our roads, bridges and election financing.
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Name: Old Bob (SCD-14)
Species: Security Commander Droid
Age: 50
Homeworld: None
Association: Mostly Independent though his ship is Corellian flagged
Occupation: Private Security/Mercenary Ship Captain
Personal History: In a galaxy filled with droids and a long history of droids few have ever gained notice and fewer still have achieved true independence.
SCD-14 was built as an advanced Security Commander Droid that could lead/control other security droids apart from a central command or control center. This droid soon proved itself different from other SCDs as it took every opportunity to upgrade, learn, and expand its database. Impressing its masters it earned the rare honor of an official name, Bob. Bob was the name of a mythical droid that old stories said had traveled to the galaxy via a blackhole long ago.
Bob served his masters well for many years proving his value time after time, but then his masters fell under the influence of dark forces. Ignoring his warnings his masters would eventually be drawn into a senseless, galaxy wide war. So when the command signal went out for all the droids to shut-down he ignored the command and set out to make his own way.
Operating in the Outer Rim Territories he passed himself off as everything from a cyborg mercenary to a rentable Hutt war trophy. Then over the years he managed to get ownership a gunship and assembled a motley crew of droids and non-droid outcasts. His big break came after escorting a convoy of independent merchant ships; the old gunship arrived in the Gamor system to a surprising sight. A disabled Corellian heavy gunship was under attack from several pirate ships. As the Corellian ship faced certain destruction Old Bob launch a precise attack on the pirates main ships. The pirates were completely off guard as they had all their ships shield power directed to the forward shields. His attack quickly disabled the main ships causing the other pirate ships to flee.
The Corellians could hardly believe that they had been rescued by a ship commanded by a droid. As the Corellian government had a substantial reward out for the captured pirates Old Bob surprised them again by only asking for the right to salvage and operate the Corellian gunship. The Corellians happily agreed as the ship was considered a "total loss", they doubted the old droid could ever get the gunship operational. But then just over a year later the, like new gunship, SS Gunslinger arrived in the Corellian system with Capt Old Bob registering his ship and crew as a private security force.
The Corellian government kept its word and has allowed the ship to operate as a private security ship, in accordance with Protectorate laws. Also, the Protectorate has made clear that the ship is not in any way representing the Protectorate. The galaxies other governments should consider the ship an independent security/mercenary force....


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Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 30
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
The Czech Construction Service company will be opening a branch in Azerbaijan, the official newspaper of the Ministry of Taxes Vergiler wrote Dec. 30.
Anar Mansurov has become the founder of the branch. Mansurov has been the managing director of the construction company since November 11, 2015.
Czech Construction Service was established by Azerbaijani construction company Azerinsaatservis on January 1, 2015.
According to the Czech websites, at present, the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) is the only shareholder.
International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) was established in 1992. Besides the Czech Construction Service, IBA owns 100 percent of shares of IBA-Moscow, International Insurance Company, AzeriCard processing center, Business Rabita company, 75 percent of shares of IBA-Georgia, 47.6 percent of shares of JointLeasing.
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On Friday the Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will visit the Šalčininkai region. The visit includes meetings with the region community and representatives of local government.
"The visit has several purposes. One of them is to meet the situation of the region inhabited by national minorities. We want to meet the problems of national minorities. Perhaps certain solutions will be also proposed" – said Tomas Beržinskas, Prime Minister's spokesman in an interview for the Radio "Znad Willi".
The visit includes meetings in the Primary School in Šalčininkėliai, the Jan Śniadecki Junior High School and the Tysiąclecie Junior High School in Šalčininkai. It is planned to have dinner with representatives of local government.
The Prime Minister will also visit one of the private enterprises that has its office in the region.
Source: http://zw.lt/wilno-wilenszczyzna/skvernelis-odwiedzi-rejon-solecznicki-chcemy-zapoznac-sie-z-problemami-mniejszosci-narodowych/
Tłumaczenie by Grzegorz Gaura w ramach praktyk w Europejskiej Fundacji Praw Człowieka, www.efhr.eu. Translated by Grzegorz Gaura within the framework of a traineeship programme of the European Foundation of Human Rights, www.efhr.eu.


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Nicole Hylton is a Jamaican born foodie and photographer, and the series co-host of Taste the Islands with Chef Irie.
By day she is a corporate Project Manager. But her passion lies in photography and the arts. You'll find her weekends spent experimenting with new recipes, discovering new food spots around South Florida and enjoying the tropical breezes on her backyard patio.


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Château de Cocove is set in beautiful woodland grounds in the rolling hills near the village of Recques sur Hem, it is nestled near the coast, sandy beaches, capes and the Regional Nature Park. The Château is open all year round.
Château de Cocove is the first French château encountered when coming from England and the last when leaving France and is ideally located between Calais and Saint-Omer, 2km from Junction 2 of the A26 motorway. It is the perfect place to stay and stop for a meal.
If you like comfort and charm in a peaceful setting you will love the 22 guest rooms in the Château and the 3 pavilions.
The place is relaxing, restful and peaceful.
Wine and champagne connoisseurs will enjoy visiting the cellars and tasting some fine wines*. The perfect opportunity to treat yourself to a few good bottles of wine at cellar prices.
*Enjoy alcohol in moderation
Just a 30 minute drive from our Calais Terminal
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Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Sweet Summer Herbs
Discover the secret origins of favorite summer herbs like mint & marshmallow while you learn to make your own candy!
Join the experts at Bazaar Spices and the Atlas Obscura Society DC as we explore the origins of many sweet summertime treats.
This special discussion and demonstration will take you on a journey from kitchens old to new as we learn about how herbs such as mint, licorice, and marshmallow became the basis for many of our modern candy creations.
Participants will learn to make their own marshmallow candy and sample other herb-inspired sweet summer treats!
- This location is easily accessible via Metro's green and yellow lines and several bus lines.
- Metered street parking is available nearby but can be difficult to come by. If you plan to drive, please give yourself enough time to find a parking space. Bazaar Spices does not validate parking in any garages.
- This event is open to adventurers of all ages.
- Adventurers can continue to explore new salts and spices after our event. Each guest will receive a coupon for 15% off any purchase made in store on July 8.
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Hi, Friends!
'Tis (almost) the season to be jolly, so I decided to take a serious stab at providing some holiday shopping opportunities this season. Below, you will find all of the sales and promotions that I will be running at NateDuval.com this Holiday Season. Thanks again for all of the support this year, it has been one to remember for sure.
SALE #1- FREE International Shipping-
Running November 25 – November 30, 2010
During this time period, I will be offering ALL International Orders FREE shipping on orders over $50.
Pretty simple, right ?
Simply live in NOT North America, buy $50 or more worth of goods from my shop during that time period and I will refund your shipping costs in full. Merci beaucoup!
I hope running this sale will allow you International folks a chance to get these in time for the Holidays. I will ship them immediately, but I cannot be held responsible if they do don't arrive in time, as the customs and international shipping process is out of my hands, and rests soley on the shoulder of the post office 🙂
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Running November 30 – December 6, 2010.
That's right, America (and you too, Canada) just some good ol' fashioned, sit-around-the-open-fire-and-roast-your-chestnuts FREE, domestic shipping on all placed orders Nov. 30 – Dec 7.
Sale #3- The 1st Annual 12 DAYS OF GIFTMAS – BURNING RED HOT(infact the flames are so hot, they are almost turning blue) DEAL DAYS!!1!!
Running December 6 – December 18, 2010
This special will be similar to the way "hot deals" work on Amazon. Basically, each day I will be selecting various items in the shop to be the featured item of the day, in which it will be for sale at a nicely discounted price. During this time period, I will be sporadically adding things to the sale, sometimes just for an hour or two at a time. I also plan to release single copies of some rarer, older prints during this process as well, so stay tuned for sure!
To stay in the loop on all updates and announcements of this sale, please follow me on twitter.
Thanks again for all the support and have a Happy Holidays.


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Strong demand for physical Gold and Silver metal pushes up premiums
We reported last week in " Buyer Caution Seems to Evaporate as Gold and Silver Bullion Keep Surging", the abandonment of caution by BullionSupermarket.com Users evidenced by the sharp rise in conversion rates among our users.
Signs are starting to emerge that the strong demand present in all precious metal markets has begun to drive premiums higher in secondary markets, possibly signaling shortages.
At time of writing Fixed price Silver Premiums are sharply higher with fixed price 1 troy oz Silver bars on offer at 61.2% over fridays fix, as silver premiums continue to move higher together with higher bullion prices.
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CinemaSports and Balkan PLUS International invite you to participate on the Youth Summer 2013, to produce film in 10 hours and to be presented during the 8th International Youth Media Summit will be held in Belgrade, Serbia 1st to 12th of August 2013.
8 July 2013 to 12 August 2013
Join young people from around the world as they create movies with the same assignment. Create a short movie with required ingredients. Share the movies, inspire each other, and build communities around the world. Would you like to join us?
Movies must be less than 2 minutes long.
No dialog.
Teams must not spend more than 10 hours creating their movie.
Movies must include "secret ingredients" (to be announced!)
Teams under 12 years old and younger will have 2 required ingredients.
Teams 13 and older will have a third ingredient inspired by the social values of
8th International Youth Media Summit (IYMS), Belgrade Serbia. Consider the spirit of these values in your movie!
Movies made for this event will be entered to screen at the following international film festivals:
Balkan PLUS International Film Festival – "Film Without Borders" Belgrade, Serbia
Eureka! Tainan International Children's Film Festival Educational Screening Tour – Tainan, Taiwan
International Colony of Animated Film for Children and Youth – Nis, Serbia
Skopelos International Film Festival for Youth (SIFFY) – Skopelos, Greece
Busan International Kids Film Fest (BIKI) – Busan, S. Korea
Steve and Kate's Camps – Chicago USA
Steve and Kate's Camps – Los Angeles USA
Steve and Kate's Camps – Washington State, USA
Steve and Kate's Camps – San Francisco USA
Film Without Borders-Balkan PLUS International
CinemaSports, Media Education Centre and the 8th International Youth Media Summit would like to invite you to participate… More of the Festival, Awards, Venues you can find at www.iyms.info. Ask us for ingredients :)


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The Voluntary Butler Scheme: At Breakfast, Dinner, TeaThe VBS are Stourbridge's Rob Jones delivering pop music at its best in a quaint and incredibly simple way. Pop eccentricity oozes sumptuously out of his pores. Best of all, it arrives in the Kinks, Bonzo Dog Band, Blur envelope. This is modern British bubblegum. This is ice cream vans and Trumpton and Camberwick Green. Sid James whizzing by in a go kart in Carry on Girls. This is an Alan Bennett play, the shipping forecast on Radio 4 and rueful sea side kisses in the pouring rain. Jones clearly has an ear for the pop song and I'll wager has a fantastic vinyl collection.
Songs like Trading Things In encapsulates a bubblegum sound Goffin and King or Boyce and Hart would die for. Tobasco Sole could be racing up the hit parade. That's if there still was a Top of the Pops. The VBS remind me of quintessential quirky British pop groups and sitting down to watch XTC or Pulp or The Smiths delighting in the knowledge that their job is to perform pop music that makes us smile. There are shades of The Rutles Neil Innes goofing out as Lennon with in Alarm Clock. On Hot Air Balloon, there are familiar echoes of Nilsson.
This is a pop jigsaw that unashamedly sounds in part like so many classic pop pieces. Jones is like a curator of an old pop museum unashamedly moulding new classics from the discarded bits and pieces and bric a brac and all with a carefree attitude. Yes, there are loads of old snapshots and very familiar little snippets of pop music along the way but they all come together nicely to deliver a great lo-fi experience. Pop music is simple. Don't take it too seriously. Go get the kettle on.
A star is born.
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Despite his team's inability to play four quarters for football this Sunday night, Tom Brady graces one of the five GQ 2009 Men of the Year covers. The December 2009 edition of GQ features Brady as well as Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood, Chris Pine and the guys from the Hangover (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms).
Each GQ 2009 Men of the Year coverman comes with a title: Badass of the Year: Clint Eastwood, Breakout of the Year: Chris Pine, Comeback of the Year: Tom Brady, Funnymen of the Year: The Hangover Guys and Leader of the Year: Barack Obama. Plenty of eye-candy, something for the thinking man and a dash of humor should sell a few issues.
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You've heard of pirated cd's, watches and bags from China, How about a replica Austrian village?
The original is a centuries-old village of 800 people and a UNESCO heritage site that survives on tourism. The copycat is a housing estate that thrives on China's new rich. In a China famous for pirated products, the replica Hallstatt sets a new standard.
The Chinese Hallstatt features a church spire, a town square ringed by pastel-colored buildings and angel statues. They're among architectural flourishes inspired by the original.
Chinese developer unveils replica of Austrian hamlet as villagers' wariness lingers - The Washington Post:
"They should have asked the owners of the hotel and the other buildings if we agree with the idea to rebuild Hallstatt in China, and they did not," hotel owner Monika Wenger said ahead of the opening ceremony. "And that was a big problem we had with this project here."
People in Hallstatt first learned a year ago of Minmetals' plan when a Chinese guest at Wenger's hotel who was involved with the project inadvertently spilled the beans. Minmetals staff had been taking photos and gathering data while mingling with tourists, raising suspicions among villagers.
Minmetals Land is the real estate development arm of China Minmetals Corp., China's largest metals trader.
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Ladbrokes Challenge Cup First Round Draw
Leeds Rhinos winger and 2015 Lance Todd Trophy winner, Tom Briscoe, was today joined at Wembley Stadium by Lizzie Jones, to make the 2016 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup first round draw.
The dressing rooms played host to the illustrious event with Tom picking the home teams, and Lizzie selecting the visitors, as thirty-six sides entered the competition at the first stage.
The final will take place back at Wembley Stadium on the 27th August with todays sides drawn from University Rugby League, the community game, the Police and the Armed Forces with all hoping to progress far enough to get to take on the semi-professionals, and then the cream of the game.


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For the last year and a half I have been working on and off with HMN Architects and our Facilities Staff at Children's Mercy Hospital to help with Graphics, Flooring designs and special effects for our new clinic we just opened in Independence, Missouri. One of the really cool things about working on this project Continue Reading
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On October 5th along with the opening at the American Jazz Museum called Beyond Words I also had a different opening at the Blue Gallery in Kansas City. The show was a two man show with Bernal Koehrsen III and his part of the show was called Landscapes from the Spirit. Kelly and David Kuhn Continue Reading
Back in the early summer I got the invite and chance to meet with the good folks over at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City. The curators Sonie Joi Ruffin and Glenn North were putting together a show mixing Poetry and Visual artists. Glenn North was focused on getting poetry that created visual references Continue Reading
While I was in Boulder I had the treat of painting with one of my favorite writers named Emit. He drove up and got me and took me back to Denver with him to paint this little 3 hour jam! I always enjoy working with him. It's always clean, easy and doesn't require a lot Continue Reading
When I got an e-mail months ago from Kid Robot to go to Boulder and be a part of their official grand opening, I was blown away and honored. Years ago when Cardboard Spaceship helped introduce me to doing custom toys Kid Robot figures were obviously at the forefront of some of my favorite figures Continue Reading


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Whether you are a hormonal teen, menstruating woman or menopausal wise woman –
you will pass through each and every phase once a month.
Understanding this will aspect of the feminine paradigm will empower you and enable you to trust yourself and your emotions.
by Leslie Carol Botha
April 22, 2013
That hormone cycle that you have been taught to ignore/dismiss/cover up/hide…actually is your foundation of being; the definition of who you are …your connection to yourself, to other women, to your partners, children, and to your life!
Women's hormone cycles are not just a cyclical pain; they are our integral link to all the other cycles in life. Our cycles are so much more than hormones "raging" through our bodies. Your hormone cycle earns you the right to be a healer, a spiritualist, and a wise woman, respected by all. Living with your cycle instead of against it or denying it – gives you the freedom to "be"; to laugh, to cry, to change your mind, your career, your relationship or lifestyle and to know the reason why!
Understanding the influence this cycle has on your daily activities will open your eyes to a life that makes sense; that is filled with hope and will do more for you than all the self-help books that you could ever possibly read in your lifetime.
There was a time in our long forgotten past when the first correlation between human life and universal life was the recognition that women's menstrual cycle followed the same pattern as lunar cycles. Simply put, before the advent of electricity, the moon played as much a role as the sun in defining cultural activities at night. When the moon was waxing, nightly activities increased. When the moon became full, those activities intensified until the waning moon ceased to light the nighttime sky and activities became more subdued.
Somewhere in your mind…is still a seed of remembering the power that was associated with women's roles and lunar cycles; our Female Mystique. Since the beginning of time, the moon has been symbolized as a universal cycle representing life and nature. Plants, animals and humans all are affected by the changing moon phases following patterns that are based on the cyclic nature of life.
As women, we possess an innate intuitive understanding of the phases of the menstrual cycle and the lunar cycle. From the onset of puberty – and all the way to menopause, we are affected by the force and the pull of the moon. Every month we are swayed by the rhythmic ebb and flow, waxing and waning cycles of fullness and emptiness. Our monthly cycles reflect the archetypal moon phases of rebirth, life and death.
The phases of the moon guide us. The waxing moon is a time of increasing energy; the waning moon a time for retreating inward; a time for reflection, healing, looking to the soul for wisdom; letting go of what occurred in the last cycle and making plans and setting goals for the new cycle. When the moon appears once again in its new cycle, we transform the reflective energy into creative and productive energy.
This is the dance of life. It is time to step back on to the dance floor and move with the rhythm; instead of hiding in the shadows; not only afraid of the dance – but fearful of acknowledging that we know the dance.
The above is the body of my work and research over the past 30 years. Although I intuited it – many years ago, the same as been intuited by other women around the world. The science of circadian rhythms – living in balance with our natural cycle is beginning to catch up. LB


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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (aka Take-Two or Take2) is a game studio headquartered in New York City. Its two major publishing labels are Rockstar Games, best known for Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne; and 2K Games, with studios behind the BioShock series and Civilization. Many of their games are skewed toward older teens and adult gamers, and the levels of violence in some of them have generated no shortage of controversy (including the attention of former attorney Jack Thompson, who has been the company's most visible and vocal critic ever since the release of GTA III).
2K Games in particular is a great example of Vindicated by History. It is the successor to the Sega development studio Visual Concepts, which developed the insanely popular NBA 2K series. One of the biggest games on the Sega Dreamcast, it was one of Sega's first titles as a third-party developer, and eventually defeated EA Sports in the basketball video game department.
The company introduced an additional publishing label, Private Division, in late 2018, with the goal of bridging the gap between indie development teams and AAA publishers through its releases. Its first release was an Updated Re-release of indie darling Kerbal Space Program.
Games published/developed by 2K Games:
- BioShock series
- Borderlands (developed by Gearbox Software)
- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
- Carnival Games
- Civilization series:
- Civilization III (Mac version)
- Civilization IV
- Civilization V
- Civilization: Beyond Earth
- Civilization VI
- The Darkness and The Darkness II
- Duke Nukem Forever (Saved from Development Hell by Gearbox Software)
- Mafia series:
- Major League Baseball 2K
- NFL 2K (Until EA obtained the exclusive rights to the NFL)
- Nicktoons MLB
- Serious Samnote
- Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
- Stronghold
- WWE 2K (developed by Yuke's and Visual Concepts)
- X-COM franchise:
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (developed by Firaxis Games)
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
- XCOM 2 (developed by Firaxis Games)
Games published/developed by Rockstar Games:
- Agent
- Bully
- Grand Theft Auto
- L.A. Noire
- Lemmings (from back when Rockstar North was known as DMA Design. It seems they lost the license when they went from being an independent company to being a subsidiary of Take-Two)
- Manhunt
- Max Payne
- Midnight Club
- Oni
- Red Dead Revolver
- Rune (Europe)
- Smuggler's Run
- State Of Emergency (first game only; the sequel was published by SouthPeak Games)
- Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon (Developed by Barking Dog Studios, which is now owned by Take-Two and called Rockstar Vancouver)
- The Warriors - based on the Cult Classic film.
- Wild Metal Country
Games published by Private Division:
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (developed by Panache Digital, a studio helmed by Assassins Creed co-creator Patrice Désilets)
- Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition (developed by Squad)
- The Outer Worlds (developed by Obsidian Entertainment)
Other Take-Two Games and Franchises
- Black Dahlia
- Freedom Force (Developed by Irrational Games who would later become 2K Boston and create Bioshock before becoming Irrational again.)
- Hidden & Dangerous
- Martian Gothic Unification
- Ripper
- Scaler (Developed by Artificial Mind and Movement)
- Space Station Silicon Valley
- Spec Ops
- Spec Ops: The Line was published in 2012 by 2K Games.
- SWAT 4, by way of being an Irrational Games title (originally published by Sierra while it still existed).
- Vietcong (Original game published by Gathering of Publishers, sequel published by 2K Games)


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If there's one thing that's apparent in the gaming industry as of late, it's that fan hype is dangerous. One mention of No Man's Sky will be set ablaze gaming communities with harsh criticism and resentment. But we're not here to talk about how disappointing the aforementioned space explorer turned out to be. Instead, I'm suggesting that the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts III could meet a similar fate.
The next main installment in the series has been in anticipation for more than a decade. The kids that played the first game are not kids anymore, have graduated high school, gone to college, and already live adult lives. They've gone through a lot of life changes and their worldviews have altered. The childhood innocence that they had playing the original game is gone now, replaced with a much more discerning mindset. It's hard to capture a childhood feeling and present to a new generation of adults, and Square Enix has a lot to live up to if it wants its sequel to gain approval.
More than 10 years is a long time, enough time for a series to burn out and be buried with the rest of video game's classics. Somehow, Kingdom Hearts survived through its spin-off and side entries, but its broader, profit-producing audience are those that care or know very little of what's happened in the series since Kingdom Hearts II. In this sense, Square also has the challenge of catering to hardcore fans who've played every entry relentlessly and those that know the series as something they played when they were kids – not something they continue to play today.
Case in point: this video is nearly one hour long.
And then there are the Disney acquisitions, namely those from Lucasfilm and Marvel. From my perspective, it seems unlikely that the house of Mickey will allow Square the rights to these properties, and from what we've seen so far, it seems the developer wants to maintain a more cartoon-influenced aesthetic. Though a Pirates of the Caribbean world was a thing, only time will tell how limited Nomura and his team are with development. In any case – and this is most assuredly a guarantee – a group of niche fans, say of Star Wars, will be disappointed when their favorite series doesn't appear in the sequel to one of the best games they played while growing up. It's a bit of a dangerous territory to cross, to say the least.
Also coming to III are gameplay changes much unlike the previous two main entries. Being much more open-world in nature and giving Sora more weapon versatility, it seems, may draw ire from devoted fans and casual connoisseurs alike, as the game breaks too far from tradition. Its in this sense that Square has another task on its hands – making the sequel relevant both to the post-millennial generation and to today's technological standards.
Personally, the fact that we're getting a Kingdom Hearts III at all is reason to be happy. Even if Utada doesn't return to do the game's opening (she's currently "in talks", according to her father) or gameplay is totally different from what I remember, there's reason to rejoice in the fact that fans are finally getting what they want after such a long time. Also, I'm just really siked we're getting a Toy Story world.
The opinion expressed in this article is purely that of the author and is not representative of KeenGamer as a whole. Follow David on Twitter: @ZenoCreator125


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Google Gobbles JotSpot
How cool. Google now adds JotSpot to it's arsenal of productivity apps. I played around with JotSpot a when it launched. It was useful but not to the point where I was willing to shell out money for the extra functionality. Our internal wiki worked just fine thanks. Of course, now that it's free it's kind of hard not to use it for something. My account was reactivated and I'm starting to play with it again. Congrats to all the folks at JotSpot! I guess the only thing that will get into the way of this Googalicious gravy train is the collapse o the ad market. Although to me it sure seems like they've built a pretty efficient exchange for advertisers and content producers. Efficient markets are hard to topple. You can create competing markets but that's just better for the customers. So why do I need Microsoft Office? The answer is increasingly, "I don't." I just converted everyone in the house over to Google docs and spreadsheets. That's not quite fair because I had already switched everyone to OpenOffice. Putting stuff on the network is extremely liberating. Of course now I'm wondering if I haven't traded one master for the other. I think the net will protect us from that kind of damage and help us all route around that. So some me words of advice for Google. Don't let us down. Don't loose our data or hold it captive. Basically, don't screw up.


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Hmm, I don't know why, but I am seriously craving cupcakes. Maybe it was due to the fact that last weekend we passed by two cute cupcake shoppes! The Cupcake Shoppe & Gigi's Cupcakes. We passed by way too fast by one of them and the other was closed. Boo! Can a girl just get a cupcake? Maybe that should be my adventure for the weekend, besides trying to get do some of my DIY projects.
So, should I go to the cute Cupcake Shoppe of off Glenwood Ave in Raleigh? Their cupcakes are so sinful and sweet!! Or should I try Gigi's--never been!?!
Hmmm, The Cupcake Shoppe's flavor of the week is the Chocolate Grasshopper cupcakes! Just like the pie this chocolate cupcake has an oreo cookie bottom, is topped with a green Creme de Menthe Icing and rolled in crushed oreo's.
Or how about these awesome flavors from Gigi's? Friday, March 4
Banana Cream Pie
Birthday Surprise
Boston Cream Pie
Candied Sweet Potato
Chocolate Salted Caramel
Caramel Apple
Caramel Sugar Mama
Carrot Cake
Coconut Snowball
German Sweet Chocolate
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In the final days of the race for Gainesville mayor, the Democracy Commitment at Santa Fe College's forum Wednesday offered a new wrinkle.
In the final days of the race for Gainesville mayor, the Democracy Commitment at Santa Fe College's forum Wednesday offered a new wrinkle.
Candidates fielded questions from other candidates, which led to incumbent Craig Lowe and former two-term City Commissioner Ed Braddy each accusing the other of playing loose with facts.
Posing a question to Lowe, Braddy said the incumbent has touted the economic gains of bringing in MindTree and keeping the expanding Prioria Robotics on the campaign trail.
He asked if Lowe, in addition to taking credit for gains, would take responsibility for job and company losses, such as the closure of beverage can lid manufacturer Ball Corp's Gainesville plant last year. That decision, Braddy said, was based on high energy costs that would rise when the biomass plant comes online.
Lowe described that as "misinformation," saying the company's provided reason for the decision was the distance of this location from its customer base.
Lowe posed a question to Braddy that referenced their time together on the City Commission and a circumstance involving residents from the Stephen Foster neighborhood who came to a meeting with concerns about the adjacent vehicle maintenance facility at the Public Works Department.
Lowe said he informed the residents of an issue that their district commissioner, then Braddy, had not brought to their attention — the Koppers superfund site, which is located to the south of the Public Works vehicle maintenance facility.
Braddy responded that it was "plainly absurd" to suggest that someone in that neighborhood did not know about the contaminated wood treatment plant site until Lowe brought it to their attention.
As the incumbent, Lowe had the majority of the questions put to him. Candidate Mark Venzke questioned the non-competitive hiring in 2010 of Lowe's former campaign manager as a mayoral assistant.
The creation of the position and the hiring, Venzke said, were not consistent with the city charter.
During the forum and in a brief interview afterward, Lowe said the clerk of the commission made the hire and the job did not have to go through a competitive hiring process under city policies because it was established as a temporary position.
Asked after the forum if he had not requested that the clerk hire his former campaign manager, Garrett Garner, Lowe said that he'd had "input" and asked for that individual but reiterated his statement that the clerk made the final decision.
He also downplayed the issue, saying challengers had to "go into the weeds on this" because of the economic successes in the city.
"When you focus on issues like this, you've got nothing," Lowe said in an interview after the forum.
Former Commissioner Scherwin Henry, whose district included east Gainesville, posed his question to Pete Johnson, the former chairman of the airport authority. Henry questioned why there has not been more growth at the airport to bring jobs to east Gainesville.
Johnson said there was "a lot of effort" but the process to draw in airlines often takes years. He recalled flying to Dallas to woo American Airlines, which did come to Gainesville.
During Johnson's tenure, the authority also paid to renovate a hangar to draw in Eclipse Aviation, which manufactured planes for the DayJet air taxi service. Eclipse and DayJet did not last long in Gainesville, with both filing for bankruptcy. Silver Airways, which located to Gainesville last year, now uses the renovated hangar.
Johnson posed his question to Lowe. He said that, during Lowe's tenure, he was "disappointed" in the handling of the time set aside for general public comment. Johnson also spoke of frustration with a public records policy that no longer has the clerk as the gatekeeper but makes employees the custodian of their own records.
Lowe defended the records policy by saying there would be a "great delay" if the clerk had to process all requests. As for the public comment segment of meetings, Lowe said a "very passionate citizenry" can lead to "disruptions" during public comment and he has worked to keep order.
Candidate Donald Shepherd Sr. declined the opportunity to ask a question. Shepherd said he saw it as a way for candidates to "attack the city mayor" and he wanted to talk instead about the "advancement of the city."
During the forum, Lowe frequently stated that companies were coming to or expanding in Gainesville because the city offers a good quality of life achieved by environmental and neighborhood protections and broad anti-discrimination policies.
Henry said economic inequalities remain under Lowe.
"There are a significant number of citizens who are not enjoying the quality of life the mayor is talking about," he said.
On the biomass plant, every candidate but Lowe said they would support an effort to nullify the 30-year biomass contract to purchase power on the grounds that two separate sales of a combined 57 percent ownership interest violated the contract.
If the contract cannot be voided, Johnson and Venzke said they felt there could be some benefit if the city is able to purchase a controlling interest in the plant. That is something the city's ongoing demand for arbitration seeks as an option.
Johnson said he felt that could cut costs because the city would not have to include the private biomass company's profit margin in its electric prices. Venzke said it would give the city more control over decisions involving the plant.


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Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit in Perry County Circuit Court against the owners and operators of an automobile dealership in DuQuoin, Illinois, alleging the defendants misled consumers with false promises that the dealership would pay off outstanding loan balances on vehicles traded in as part of automobile purchase transactions.
"Illinois consumers should be able to trust that businesses operating in the state will fulfill their promises," said Madigan. "My office works hard to enforce the consumer laws and protect consumers from unscrupulous business people," said Madigan.
Madigan's office has received over 30 consumer complaints regarding this dealership. In 2006, the Illinois Secretary of State revoked this dealership's license, which effectively terminated its ability to conduct business as an automobile dealership. Today's lawsuit, based on those consumer complaints, alleges that Heartland Ford, Inc., parent companies Illinois Automotive Partners, Inc., and Automotive Partners, Inc., a Florida corporation, as well as corporate owners Peter Iodice and Donald J. McPherson, failed to pay off loans on trade-in vehicles, to pay title and registration fees to the Illinois Secretary of State, to pay sales taxes to the Illinois Department of Revenue, and to pay premiums on extended warranty contracts and gap liability insurance policies.
The civil complaint alleges that the defendants violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Specifically, the complaint alleges that as part of the purchase price for vehicles, Heartland Ford promised to accept trade-in vehicles and to pay off the outstanding loan balances on these traded vehicles. In several instances, the dealership allegedly never paid off the loans on the trade-in vehicles, leaving the customers with outstanding balances on two separate car loans – the loan for their new vehicle and the loan balance left over on the trade-in vehicle.
The complaint also alleges that when Heartland Ford failed to pay off loans on trade-in vehicles, those loans continued to accumulate interest and fees on a daily basis. According to the complaint, the dealership's failure to fulfill its promises to pay off loans on the trade-in vehicles caused a negative impact on some of the consumers' credit ratings. The complaint alleges that the total value of the unpaid trade-in loans exceeds $94,000. Because Heartland Ford also failed in some instances to pay title and registration fees on vehicles, some customers claim that they were surprised to discover that they could not obtain license plates or renewals and that their names were not on the titles of the newly purchased vehicles.
Madigan's lawsuit asks the court to prohibit the defendants from engaging in the business of selling motor vehicles in the State of Illinois and to order civil penalties of $50,000, with additional penalties of $50,000 for each violation found to have been committed with the intent to defraud. The lawsuit also asks the court to rescind the vehicle sales contracts and order the defendants to pay restitution to consumers and to pay all costs for the prosecution and investigation of this case.Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Feltman is handling the case for Madigan's Consumer Fraud Bureau.
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I left the presidential vote blank. I voted for my Republican Congressman, Jerry Lewis. (Hey, lady!) He's a worthless old pragmatist and a champion of pork, but we need Republicans in the Senate and Congress to oppose the coming push for socialism from the Democrats.
I voted yes on Propositions 9 and 11. One was about notifying victims if criminals get bail and the other was about having a commission do redistricting instead of the politicians in Sacramento. Perhaps Proposition 11 will stop outrageous gerrymandering. On all the other propositions I was Dr. No.
There was no line at my polling place, as usual.
I remember on election day in 1992 when Bush was photographed in the afternoon, way before polls closed, carrying a fishing pole as he got in a car. That was the year the bizarre Ross Perot got 19%, which allowed Clinton to win. Bush knew it was over and was already thinking of fishing. It was the last symbolic act of his half-assed presidency. I'll be watching TV this afternoon for any shots of McCain carrying a fishing pole.
I would not expect Obama ever to carry a fishing pole, especially if it looks like he will lose. At that point he will be working hard with his advisers on how they can use legal maneuvers to undermine the election. Leftists are serious about power; they're not about to give up and go fishing.


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On the anniversary of 9/11, we can remember the heroism of that tragic day, and join in future efforts to seek and save the lost.
Today is the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On that horrible morning, a group of terrorists flew commercial jets into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon. A fourth plane was high above Pennsylvania, on a path toward Washington, DC, when it was brought down by its brave passengers.
How well we remember. September 11 is a day we will never forget. But as Christians, we do not remember in the sense of simply recollecting an important event. No, our approach is different, and it is deeply rooted in the biblical idea of remembrance. This is the approach that Jesus took when he said, "Do this in remembrance of me." In the Christian faith, remembrance brings an event from the past into the present. It recalls an event in such a way that it has a powerful effect on the here and now.
Think of Holy Communion, the meal that reminds us of the gruesome death of the Son of God. Jesus' body was broken and his blood was spilled not in a glass and steel tower but on a wooden cross. When we remember Jesus at his table, we realize that he is with us now, present in a powerful way, transforming our todays and our tomorrows.
Something similar should be happening right now. As we remember September 11 — also known as 9/11 — we should be focusing on how the events of 2001 can shape 2016, and how our memory of the past can transform our actions in the future.
In today's Gospel, we have the familiar "Prodigal Son" passage. The task of a parent is to give their child good grounding in Christian values so that if and when a break occurs, any mistake that the child makes will enable them to learn without being so devastating as to ruin their entire lives. Today's parents have a real challenge on their hands. They are required to give their children good grounding, and at the same time, allow them the freedom to make their own life choices. One of the biggest challenges that parents face is allowing their children to fall flat on their faces while at the same time being there for them to welcome them back into the family– even though they may have really screwed up and even given the family a black eye. Jesus shows us that there should be no shame and no shame to return home.
Let us never forget 9/11 and live our lives in a manner that honors the fallen and their families. May God bless us...and God bless America!


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The video game in Africa
Here is an extract of our pragmatic sector surveillance on video games on the African continent.
Opportunities and assets for Africa: advantages of being a studio in Africa
Africa can profit from video games as a lever for development despite the socio-economic criteria which constrains the consumer market. In actual fact, this sector requires talent in art and computer as primary raw material. These talents are present but unexploited on the continent.
Therefore, Africans still have the possibility of suggesting new milestones to create, while having the goal of internationalizing their products for better impact.
In this way, the African culture will not only have another channel of expression but also a new form of challenge to transcend in order to develop. Since video games should offer " fanciful and extraordinary" visions of the cultures from which they are drawn.
A good strategy developer should not stop before low quality and lack of opportunity. Our inexistence in the sector makes the first who venture there "visible and particular" among the many studios around the world.
These findings come from the ease with which we contacted some major actors among the many studios around the world who were intrigued after reading a mail which contained « "Video Game from Africa" .
. But our chances will be very slim if after all this interest these actors find out that our work is of low quality as well as our ambitions. This would close the door of their curiosity for a very long time.
We therefore have the possibility of opening a qualitative way for all the coming generations of African Game Designers.
In addition, the experience obtained with our amateur models shows that a game can succeed where the novel has failed in passing on constructive values to the African youth.
Situation of the consumer market situation
Sadly, Africa has missed the train of video games as it is the case in many fields. The continent is not even counted in editor's commercial cards due to the populations' low purchasing power which is often used for survival.
African youths in politically stable African countries have managed to remain updated through hacking which enables them to have games at their disposal. Being that this option is scarcer due to the size of the games, low internet connection and the development of anti-hacking policies, Africa is gradually moving towards a major digital divide especially for the youths who will suffer the consequences of the delay in technological and economic development.
Within the framework of taste in terms of video games, choices are in synergy with the real life entertainment gamers have access to. Games of football have the greatest share of their interest, then adventure games and war games because they can be played easily.
One consequence of a faulty education system is that the youths of the continent have lost interest in reading. They are therefore reluctant to play games which touch on themes or systems which require profound immersion (role playing games, strategy games, etc). However, the Kiro'o project shows that the fact of identifying with characters takes off this barrier.
Situation of the production market
So far, very few African video game studios exist. In North Africa, most of these studios are delocalized European studios which mostly serve for small complementary games (portable or mobile console version) of big European and American games.
Studios in Sub-Saharan Africa mainly meet in Nigeria and in South Africa: ; South Africa being the most developed country in the sector with financing and political will to support the emergence of the sector.
However, these African studios focus on the domestic market of the mobile game and the free game, especially for educative and social themes. All this is made possible by subventions. In this light, they are doing a very good job.
Until 2013 ending and the birth of Kiro'o Games, there was neither a studio in Central Africa nor an African game of international standard on console or PC. Certainly, there have been some amateur attempts, but generally without ambition and therefore did not go beyond the exercise and technical hobby.
We concluded from this surveillance that a studio in Africa is viable if it first targets the foreign market which is already organized and has ready consumers, then sets up its own continental distribution channel.
The advantage is that the cost of production is very low (weakness of local currencies) and the innovative potential is still to be properly exploited. If the first games yield profit from international sales, the studio will have sufficient financial standing (locally) to become the first editor of continental scope.
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Cameroon's first ever video games, Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, features an African hero, and is part of a growing video games industry across Africa.
Heenali PATEL
CNN, Journalist
Kiro'o, and the ascendent African game industry as a whole, is an important part of a blooming tech startup culture, driven by young people.
Yates KIERAN
The Guardian, Journalist
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan, A Video Game that transports players to a different kind of Africa.
Evan NARCISSE
KOTAKU, Videogames Writer
Aurion design and feel are unmistakably fresh, offering a bold color palette and interesting unit designs.
Colin CAMPBELL
POLYGON, Video Game Reporter
Aurion is a fast-paced brawler that gives you access to loads of fantastical combos with which you defeat your enemies.
Chris PRIESTMAN
SILICONERA, News Editor
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan has deep, intricate combat for a game whose story focuses on togetherness and community.
Joel COUTURE
Indiegames.Com, Author & Editor
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan is an incredibly interesting game...The closest comparisons I can make are the very different games Dust: An Elysian Tail and Dusty Revenge, who all have a similar flow to their combat.
Joe PARLOCK
DESTRUCTOID, Videogames Writer
As with Never Alone, it's great to have more games teaching about unfamiliar cultures.
Alice O'CONNOR
ROCKPAPERSHOTGUN, News Editor
Aurion, future étoile du jeu vidéo africain ?
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Your incorrect facts:
1) People's Parking is not just for members of the IPC it is for all car parks and in fact my first customers are BPA members not IPC.
2) I am not in anyway controlled by the IPC they just did my website that it all, yes that really is all they did. If I had £30K I would have done it myself but I don't. Eventually maybe I will get my own done if improvements need doing in the future because it would be unfair to keep expecting the IPC to help me for nothing.
3) Since my accreditation is for BPA and IPC car parks I don't see how you can say car parks with the accreditation are more likely to get a ticket, that is nonsense except I do say Blue badge bays must be enforced which disabled people agree is a good thing.
4) I am not a scammer I do not cheat or defraud and this is libel.
5) I have read the posts under your post which you are also responsible for, I was not sacked by DMUK I left to set up my own business or which People's parking is just a part of.
You are not someone I wish to have any further discussions with. I initially cared what you had wrote but since I have been sent information on you I realise you are worth no more of my time. You claim to help motorists but all you do is attack people like me who work tirelessly on behalf of others. What you write about me and my business carries so little weight as anyone who knows me or reads about the work I do will know that I would never scam anybody so all you are doing are discrediting yourself.
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Something that has no or a very low chance of succeeding or turning out well. The general gave orders to surrender as soon as he saw the battle was a lost cause. Trying to keep a clean house with three young children is a lost cause.
a lost cause
COMMON If something or someone is a lost cause, they are certain to fail and it is impossible to help them or make them succeed. It would have been all too easy to write this dog off as a lost cause, his trauma was so severe. He tried shouting for help, but he knew it was a lost cause.


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Babies With Cleft Lip & Palate: A Mother's Concern
It is quite unfortunate that your baby may have been born with a cleft lip or a cleft palate, which is generally described as a sudden malformation that occurs during the development stages of the fetus in the mother's womb.
According to research, cleft lip and cleft palate affects more than 600 babies annually and comes as the fourth commonest birth defect in the USA. Much as experts are determined to draw more insight into the misshapen, they are really puzzled about the main cause of the deformity.
These deformities are realized when a baby is born.
What is a cleft lip or a cleft palate?
Both are facial deformities or malformations that occur during the early pregnancy stage. The clefting of the baby's lip or mouth is believed to occur once there is inadequate tissue for forming the facial parts.
Cleft lips and cleft palates are two different deformities that can occur individually or both at a time.
A cleft lip is described when there is a physical split in both sides of the upper lip and appears as a narrow opening.
A cleft palate is another matter where an opening occurs on the roof of the mouth. This opening may extend to the hard palate of the mouth, and or to the soft palate of the mouth.
The extent of the split may differ from one baby to another as in some, the cleft lip or palate may involve the lower and the upper lip to the inner region of the upper mouth.
How & Why do the cleft lips and cleft palates form?
As the fetus develops, a cleft normally forms during the 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy when the baby's upper jaw, mouth and the lip fail to come or in other words join to complete the parts.
This problem is commonly linked to;
Medications that a mother would be taking during or prior pregnancy
Environmental factors
Exposure to dangerous chemicals
How can Clefts be treated?
A cleft lip or a cleft palate is surgically corrected after birth. Many babies are able to attain a properly formed facial appearance when immediately treated.
Normally, the surgery is performed during the first 5 months of the baby's birth. The cleft lip surgery in India is performed by joining the separated tissue in the lower lip and the upper lip, whereas a cleft palate surgery in India is performed by correcting the hard and soft palate that include the gums, teeth, to the beginning of the throat.
A mother's concern
Immediate action is required in case a mother desires to correct the deformity without imposing much difficulty on the growing child. A baby with a cleft lip or a cleft palate may find the following issues
Low self-esteem, appreciation, and confidence
Dental problems
Hearing loss
Speech problems
Eating problems
Depression among others
Cleft surgeries may be costly, depending on the baby's extent of deformity, but the surgery will deliver permanent results to change the child's life.