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Denmark joins EU patent court
26.05.14 @ 08:26
Denmark will join the EU patent court following approval by referendum on Sunday. A majority of 33.7% voted yes, 20.2% no, while 1.9% were blank votes and 44.2% abstained. Agreement on the Unified Patent Court was signed in 2013 by 25 states, not including Poland, Spain and Denmark.

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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Per L&M Companion:-
Bt. 1661 (d. 1666) Merchant; a Devonshire kinsman of Albemarle and an ex-royalist who had large plantations in Barbados. He served on several committees on trade 1660-6, and was one of the proprietors of the new Carolinas (1663).
Warrington has (maybe) some one else here: "Sir John Collaton or Colladon, of St Martin-in-the-Fields, physician-in-ordinary to the king, was knighted at Somerset House, 8th August 1664."
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The challenge is hosted by Michelle at 1morechapter.com and the details are:
Book Awards II Rules and Signup
10 months. 10 award winners. Rules:
- Read 10 award winners from August 1, 2008 through June 1, 2009.
- You must have at least FIVE different awards in your ten titles.
- Overlaps with other challenges are permitted.
- You don't have to post your choices right away, and your list can change at any time.
- 'Award winners' is loosely defined; make the challenge fit your needs, keeping in mind Rule #2.
Books read:
- White Noise by Don DeLillo (National Book Award for Fiction 1985)
The books listed below are those I initially picked to chose from (I can't think I'll read all of them):
Agatha Award
Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear – one I don't own, but I've read others in the series.
Alex Awards
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Booker Prize
The Gathering by Anne Enright
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
British Book Awards
Wild Swans by Jung Chang – another one I don't own, but have wondered about reading.
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Edgar Ward
Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
Gold Dagger Award
Black And Blue by Ian Rankin
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carre
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Persephone by Jenny Joseph, – I don't own this either. In fact I've never come across it before, but it sounds good.
Pulitzer Prize
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Nobel Prize Winners
Rudyard Kipling – I don't own any of his books – yet.
Gabriel García Márquez
Orhan Pamuk


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Joint venture partners and affiliates are a great way to boost your visibility, attract new clients and customers, and make more money. However, there is some etiquette involved in how you approach a potential joint venture partner.
A few days ago I was asked by my colleague Kathleen Gage to contribute some tips and advice about how to deal with an overwhelming number of joint venture requests. What I sent her is the list of 9 questions you see below. Kathleen's post, Leading Experts Share Top Reasons Why They Won't Promote for Others, also includes excellent tips by Ellen Britt, David Perdew and Susan Lassiter-Lyons. As you'll see, we all share Kathleen's frustration about the number of promotion requests we get that are from people we don't know, have no relationship with, and are for products that are not a good fit for our communities.
Whether you're new to affiliate marketing or a seasoned marketer, I urge you to read Kathleen's post. The advice and tips are excellent. I especially like how Susan rewards her top ten affiliates at the end of the year!
Top Questions About Digital Publishing for Entrepreneurs
Based on 2012 Digital Publishing Industry report published by The Future of Ink, these are the top questions online entrepreneurs want to know about digital publishing. Learn more details about the questions as well as info and demographics about how online entrepreneurs are using digital publishing in their marketing strategy. You can get the FREE report at http://thefutureofink.com
Source: http://thefutureofink.com/digital-publishing-industry-report-2012/
1 How do I get started with digital publishing?
The number one question entrepreneurs want answered is how they can quickly and easily get started publishing their content in digital form.
2 How do I market my ebooks?
Online entrepreneurs want to know how to best market their digital content.
3 How do I properly format my ebooks?
Many online entrepreneurs are concerned, and rightly so, with proper formatting.
4 Which platforms should I use to publish my content?
Many online entrepreneurs want to know how to choose which publishing platform to use.
5 How do I get the knowledge in my head, into an ebook?
Many online entrepreneurs have concerns related to the actual writing of the book, whether digital or print.
6 How do I get more exposure and visibility for my ebooks?
Many online entrepreneurs are very concerned about getting maximum exposure and visibility for their digital books.
7 Where can I find trusted places to outsource work?
Many online entrepreneurs want recommendations for places to outsource many of the tasks associated with digital publishing.
8 How do I research the best niche to write about?
Many online entrepreneurs had questions about researching and picking a niche.
9 Can I really make money with digital publishing?
Naturally, many online entrepreneurs want to know how to make money selling their digital content.
10 How can I best market my digital publishing services?
In addition to questions directly related to digital publishing, some online entrepreneurs want to know how to sell their services to people interested in digital publishing.
What's been your experience both receiving joint venture requests and asking others to be a joint venture partner? What has worked for you in building partnerships?


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Robust, or Risky? What Makes an Earthquake-Resistant Building
Building codes were not always so rigorousespecially in earthquake-prone areas. Here's how to eyeball the risk posed by various structures.
By Kalee Thompson
Intense shaking can cause old masonry walls to crack, crumble, and collapse. Brick buildings can be strengthened with concrete and have steel "moment frames" installed around storefronts. Often, steel wall-to-floor reinforcements are visible from the street, where sandwich-size metal plates delineate the line between stories. While such retrofitting work is often mandated by building codes, there are still old brick buildings with little or no quake reinforcement.


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Prose is a form of language that exhibits a grammatical structure and a natural flow of speech rather than a rhythmic structure (as in traditional poetry). While there are critical debates on the construction of prose, its simplicity and loosely defined structure have led to its adoption for use in the majority of spoken dialogue, factual discourse and both topical and fictional writing. It is commonly used, for example, in literature, newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, broadcasting, film, history, philosophy, law and many other forms of communication.
According to the first two sentences of Isaac Newton's The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms,
The Greek Antiquities are full of Poetical Fictions, because the Greeks wrote nothing in Prose, before the Conquest of Asia by Cyrus the Persian. Then Pherecydes Scyrius and Cadmus Milesius introduced the writing in Prose.
Prose lacks the more formal metrical structure of verse that is almost always found in traditional poetry. Poems usually involve a meter and/or rhyme scheme. Prose, instead, comprises full, grammatical sentences, which then constitute paragraphs and overlook aesthetic appeal. Some works of prose do contain traces of metrical structure or versification and a conscious blend of the two literature formats is known as prose poetry. Verse is considered to be more systematic or formulaic, whereas prose is the most reflective of ordinary (often conversational) speech. On this point, Samuel Taylor Coleridge jokingly requested that novice poets should know the "definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose,—words in their best order; poetry,—the best words in their best order."[1] In Molière's play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Monsieur Jourdain asked for something to be written in neither verse nor prose. A philosophy master replied that "there is no other way to express oneself than with prose or verse," for the simple reason being that "everything that is not prose is verse, and everything that is not verse is prose."[2]
There are many types of prose, including nonfictional prose, heroic prose, prose poem, polyphonic prose, alliterative prose, prose fiction and village prose in Russian literature.[3] A prose poem is a composition in prose that has some of the qualities of a poem.[4]
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prose writers.
- ^ "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)". University of Chicago reconstruction. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme". English translation accessible via Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Prose". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Prose poem". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2012-05-27.


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Madeleine Simon deliberately started her fashionable maternity clothing business — Madeleine Maternity in Cypress — during tough economic times.
"We believe the old Chinese saying that 'in chaos there are opportunities,'" she explains. "We've seen many competing maternity designers fold during the last few rough retail years."
Click on the photo to see some of Madeleine's styles.
Madeleine's opportunity is a market of women who don't want to give up fashionable clothing while pregnant and yet want good prices because times are tight and they don't expect to wear maternity clothes forever.
"We pride ourselves in creating a designer garment, yet with a more affordable price tag," Simon says. "Our approach is to keep our overhead low, providing a quality product and by not spending money on traditional, expensive advertisements."
Madeleine clothing sells for $39.99 to $98 online.
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Entertainment calendar, High Points This Week (Oct. 17-23, 2013)
"GHOST Stories in the Park" will be held 6-8 p.m. Saturday in the Historical Park of the High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave. Charlotte Hamlin will tell stories around a bonfire. Ingredients to make s'mores will be for sale. Children, and adults, may wear costumes. $2, free for Historical Society members
In concert
THE JAZZ ENSEMBLE at High Point University performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Hayworth Fine Arts Center at High Point University, 833 Montlieu Ave. Directed by Robert Faub, instructor of saxophone, the annual fall concert features jazz pieces, including songs by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. It also features vocalist Eugenia Copeland, a senior voice major. Free
KINGSMEN QUARTET gives a concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Baptist Church, 6499 N.C. 62, Trinity. The Southern gospel group, formed in 1956, was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame in 2000, and it has received Grammy Award nominations and four Dove Awards. Admission is free; an offering will be taken.
For kids
HIGH POINT Neal F. Austin Public Library, 901 N. Main St., sponsors the following free events for children in the Storyroom:
• Children's author Kelly Starling Lyons, who will discuss the history behind some of her picture books and her writing process — 6 tonight;
• Book Babies story time for children through 11 months and caretakers — 10 a.m. Monday;
• BookWorms story time for age 12-24 months — 10 a.m. Tuesday;
• Magic Tree House Book Club, for fans of Mary Pope Osborne's "Magic Tree House" book series, with games and crafts, for school-age children — 3:30 p.m. Tuesday;
• Time for Twos story time for age 2 years— 11 a.m. Tuesday;
• Build It/Game Day, building kits, toys, board games — 3-5 p.m. Wednesday;
• Preschool story time for age 3-5 years — 2 p.m. Wednesday.
On stage
"THE BOYS NEXT DOOR" will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Edward C. Smith Civic Center, 217 S. Main St., Lexington. The performance is by students in the International Thespian Society at Ledford High School. Ticket sales benefit Special Olympics of Davidson County. Tickets are $10, and they will be available at the door or at the civic center box office. Adult education students at The Workshop of Davidson will exhibit and sell their art at the civic center in conjunction with performances, and proceeds go to The Workshop.


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eReaders Reviews
The Good Housekeeping Research Institute tested eReaders for ease of use, performance, and built-in features.
By The Good Housekeeping Institute
Barnes and Noble Nook ($149 with Wi-Fi, $199 with Wi-Fi and 3G)
While a bit quirky in design, the moderately priced device has several great attributes that only Barnes and Noble could offer a consumer like the ability to read books for free when in a store and other exclusive in-store content and discounts. The bookstore has over a million books available, most under $10. Features include: applications such as games and basic Web browsing (beta), in-store browsing of books over stores Wi-Fi network, ability to lend books to friends for two weeks, color LCD touchscreen on bottom for navigation and larger screen on top for reading in E-Ink, and edit tools such as a dictionary and the ability to take notes or make highlights. File support: epub, pdf*. Available at BarnesandNoble.com.
* We are only accounting for common formats of txt, azw, rtf, epub, pdf, mobi, doc
- Very easy to read in a bright room
- Consumers found it easy to read
- Somewhat easy to adjust sizes and choices of fonts
- Very small footprint
- Consumers felt the contrast was great and reading was very easy on the eyes
- Good battery life (about 2 weeks)
- Good book storage
- Tied for fasted transfer speed
- Very high apparent quality
- Very resistance to fingerprints
- Android-based, so apps are expected for the future
- Impossible to read in a dark room
- Thick
- Very slow turn on time
- Slowest to turn between pages
- Awkward interaction with lower touch screen
- No international availability


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|Sat, 06-02-2007 - 3:50pm
Hello! Thought I'd introduce myself:)
I have four children and my youngest Charlie, who is 10 this week has ASD. He is reasonably high functioning for his autism diagnosis but not quite bright enough for Aspergers! He has some learning difficulties and also poor muscle tone (I used to hang on the hypotonia board when he was little) but also some amazing skills.
He is actually a very sociable child..he likes people (prefers adults), but has very poor understanding of social functioning. He has obsessions and will monologue complete strangers on them ..Andrew LLoyd Webber musicals are his biggest obsession, and he can sing several from one end to the other, yet can't dress himself yet, cant ride a bike, can;t draw... he's a sweet and unusal little fellow. he is also quite anxious and has odd fears. Currently having trouble getting his outside as he is petrified of anything with wings:(
My other three are teens (15, 14 and 13..yeah fun !) who are very tolerant with Charlie *most* of the time:)
I work in special school (Oxfordshire UK) and I work with children at the most severe end of the spectrum, with severe learning difficulties, austim and very challenging behaviour. Hard work but I love it.
Anyway Hi!! Look forward to meeting people:)
Mum to Charlie 10 ASD, MLD, hypotonia and cute, Abby 15, Zach 14 , Lucy 13
|Tue, 06-05-2007 - 12:46am
Hi Julie,
Welcome to the board!
Charlies sounds like my son Peter in many ways. Peter is almost 9, very outgoing, but inept with it. He gets away with a lot because of his clownish and self-deprecating sense of humour (<-- note correct spelling: I'm originally from Ireland ;) ).
I hope you feel at home here. We have another UK-er who recently joined, and a few ex-pat Irishwomen like meself hanging around to make the place a bit more interesting ;).
I know your neck-of-the woods quite
|Tue, 06-05-2007 - 9:16am
*Waving To Julie*
Hi & Welcome! I think you'll enjoy hanging out around our little corner or cyberspace. Goodness knows these wonderful ladies have been my "shelter from the storm" on more than a few ocassions over the past 5+ years.
Wow, Charlie sounds a lot like what I think our "almost" 7 year old daughter will be like at ten. Fairly high functioning, but not high enough to be Dx'd Asperger's. While many things are frustrating about her functional level, I think the unusual fears are often what bother me the most! However, for us it's not wings, but household appliances and bananas. Oh, those evil yellow fruits!!!
Blessings to you for the work you do. I have great admiration for anybody who has a special needs child and also finds the strength to work with other special needs children. It certainly takes a strong personality, and a huge heart.


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Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Greek ruling party lawmaker Thomas Robopoulos submitted his resignation today, surrendering his seat ahead of a Parliament vote on austerity measures, according to a statement posted on Robopoulos's website.
His resignation means Prime Minister George Papandreou will be able to replace Robopoulos with another member of the ruling party, leaving Papandreou's majority of 154 seats in the 300- seat Chamber unchanged.
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Williamson County Schools could be free of some state regulations as soon as July 1st. The suburban system pushed the "High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act" through the legislature, and it was signed into law late last week.
"We certainly meet the requirements under the law, and we will be seeking some flexibility in the year ahead," WCS director Mike Looney says.
Looney knows the law better than anyone; he wrote it and spent many days at the state capitol lobbying for its passage. It gives an entire district some of the same autonomy enjoyed by charter schools such as extending the school year and changing the teacher evaluation system required by state law.
Looney says observations by principals should be shorter and all of them should be unannounced, "rather than just a series of going into a classroom, sit down for an hour, and watch the dog and pony show that ensues."
WCS also wants to waive rules about moving money from one account to another that require permission from the county commission.
"That's just cumbersome and doesn't make a lot of sense," Looney says.
The commission, he says, is less-than thrilled with the prospect of losing some budgetary control.
To qualify for such flexibility, districts have to meet three out of five standards:
- Graduation rate of 90 percent or higher
- Average ACT score of 21 or higher
- TCAP three-year average of 55 or higher
- TVAAS (student improvement) three-year average of 1.75 or higher
- Meets or exceeds "exemplary" status in closing achievement gap
As many as 20 school systems are eligible – including Rutherford County and Franklin Special. But Williamson County seems most eager to move forward. Looney says he will ask the school board to declare the district "high performing" at a meeting Thursday.


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Marriage is all around me these days. On TV, at work, with my friends, fucking internet pop-ups. It's everywhere.
And it wouldn't bother me, if it weren't for the fact that I'm not getting married. I'm probably not getting married this year, or next year, or the year after that. Which is usually fine with me, because I want to be older. I want to have a career going for me, and I want to be financially stable enough to start a family. Right now I make $25 a game, and all of it is going towards my computer. I have thousands in grant money coming in mid-semester, but all of that is going to pay off my momma's car...so I can have it.
When I get married I want it to be everything I have always dreamed of. If I do it now it won't be.
But at the same time I want it. I want to be the wife and not the girlfriend. I want to have a husband, and a home, and a family. But its a matter of reality or wishes.
I've proposed to Jon at LEAST a hundred times, and everytime he says "Someday".
I don't know what I want. Sometimes I wake up with a "now or never" attitude. Other days I shake it off and realize I'm just anxious to get there.
I dunno.
I'll get there someday. Just like Jon says.
I went to court yesterday. It was the head of the pimple that was the Steven situation. I was scared shitless. But I went. Jon was there as a witness, and both of our daddies went too. So we meet our lawyer, who told us we won't win. I already knew that, but still. While we are in this room talking with our lawyer we are notified that "Mr. Ortiz" has entered the courtroom. My lawyer runs in to do some last minute shit. When he comes out he tells me and Jon that since our odds of winning are so low, we can choose to drop all charges, and leave. Jon said it was up to me. Every single part of me wanted to go home. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to be asked questions. But then a thought popped in my head. I saw Steven's face, laughing, knowing that I would chicken out. Laughing at the thought that he scared me, and that he won. I got told my lawyer that I wanted to do it...and Jon was right behind me. When we entered the courtroom there he was. He saw us out of the corner of his eye, and I saw him nod his head. At that moment I wanted to kick the shit out of him. But I didn't. They make me and Jon go back outside for a few minutes, and then they call me in. I am asked questions by both sides. Steven's mom didn't take her eyes off me....but Steven? He just sat there with his head down. His ugly long orange hair hangs in his face. Every once in a while I steal a glance at me. Our eyes meet and I show no fear. After that they send me out and call Jon in. He does his stuff. They send him out, and we sit outside playing "paper, scissors, rock" to pass the time while Steven testifies. Eventually they bring us back in for the verdict. Everybody, including the judge it seemed, felt we almost one it. But it was in his favor. He "won". And I smiled...because the judge, although ruling in his favor, told him that there was no excuse for what he had done...and that there was NO reason for him to ever try to contact me or be around me again. Ironically, I ran into him at Best Buy that night. I did not let this defeat me. I am so glad that it's over. Because it's always been over for me...but I think it finally ended for him. I don't wish that I had won. I didn't want to take law into my own hands. That leads me into...
In the Bible, in the book of Matthew is a story about weeds. Often in the Bible, Jesus speaks in parables to teach important lessons. This is my favorite one.
"Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared."
"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'"
"'An enemy did this,' he replied."
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'"
"'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"
"Then He left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, 'Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.'"
"He answered, 'The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of The Kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.'"
"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.'"
The moral of this story is obvious. It is not our jobs to rid the world of evil. God says it is important for the good to live side by side with evil. When Judgment Day comes the weeds will be separated from the wheat. It is not my job to do anything with this Steven situation. God shall judge him when the time comes. I will live my life with that weed and the others that will follow. Who knows, he might be wheat. It is not my job to know. God shall judge him, and God's word is all.
Work goes on. It's HOT outside. Yuk. I hate getting angry fans. No food or drinks allowed in the park? THEY FREAK OUT! AHHH! PEANUTS! AHHH! I hate being the bad guy...and for $25 a game I REALLY hate being the bad guy. But I don't care as much now as I did when I started. It's a pretty fun job sometimes. lol. Soooometimes.
My life is awesome. Wow.
So work is going great. I love my job to DEATH! Funny story...
My first day of work I fainted!! It was terrible. I just totally underestimated the heat. I didn't drink any water before work and I didn't bring any with me. I lasted about 1 hour...and then WHAM-OH! I was out like a light.
I've since hydrated myself.
By the way...I work for the Corpus Christi Hooks. That's our local minor league baseball team. I have one of the funnest jobs ever. I stand at the gates with a little scanner and scan peoples tickets. It is soo much fun. You get to meet all kinds of people. And the people I work with are so great. They are all older people, and they are so sweet. There's Joan, who is my favorite. She's the sweetest old lady in the world. Then there is Thomas "TC". He's hilarious. Carlos is so fucking funny. He's in a wheelchair and relates with me cuz we both went to Hamlin! Mario has an in your face attitude, but he is a peach. Moses brings us all water, and he looks out for me. Darlene looks like Bam Margera's mom. She's a hoot to work with. Jose is the craziest old mexican I have ever met! OMG! Willis is the one I know the least, but he's a crowd favorite. He loves to work suites.
Anyways I always have good work stories. The ONLY downside to my job is the pay. I make $25 a game. I start work at 5:30 and I'm off at the 7th inning stretch. It's less then minimum wage...but I don't care. I get 50% off of concession stand and 25% off at the gift shop. AND when I'm done working I can go watch the rest of the game. NOTHING is cooler then that. I get to see Art Mack everyday too! lol!
Other then that I got an iPOD. My daddy came into some SERIOUS cash from work...so he bought and iPOD for me, jerry, mommy, AND himself. It's the shit. Hard as hell to figure out...but worth the effort. Only thing is I'm out of songs to get. I have song block. HELP ME OUT! When you install all the iPOD stuff on the computer it asks you to name it. Jon named it Betty Sue. She's pink. Her full name is Betty Sue Bubblegum. Kick ass.
That's all for now. More later!!
My name is Christine and I am 18 years old.
I live in Texas, in a city named Corpus Christi. It has a beach.
I have a mother, a father, and a brother. My parents divorced last summer. Daddy moved in with his aunt. I haven't tasted his pancakes in over a year, but I still get to see him. Mommy works hard to give me and my brother the things we need, and on occasion, the things we want.
I have a boyfriend named Jon. Without the "h". He is a good, loving man who takes care of me and my family. He's strong for me, and although he doesn't know it, I'm strong for him too.
I have tons of friends of all shapes and sizes and colors. I haven't seen much of them since I've graduated, but I know it's just a part of life. Doesn't mean we forgot about eachother. We just forgot we weren't meant to be around forever.
I still don't have a job, and the lack of money gets to me. I got a phone call this morning from the Hooks, our city's local baseball team, asking if I wanted a job. I sent in an application a while back. I interview tomorrow. Job = paycheck = material goods = momentary satisfation = the wanting of bigger goods = a better job = a better paycheck = better material goods = temporary satisfaction = the wanting of bigger goods = a better job....oh, you get the idea.
I was watching Oprah today. They talked about the things that are going on in the Congo and in Rwanda. About all the women being raped and tortured by 7 or 10 men at a time. How the president isn't doing enough, or isn't doing anything, about it. How people aren't informed enough. Oprah said after the show "Now that you know, you can't pretend that you don't". You don't have to have tights to be a hero. You don't need super powers to save somebody. I could I would save every woman, man and child in need of help. I think I will someday.
I have a love-hate relationship with the x-box game Halo2. It's addicting as hell. My name is "BowserKitty" and my colors are orange and gray. My symbol is a white bird in flight. It really is quite symbolic. Geeky, yet symbolic. I might play today.
I'm drinking lots of water now. "Lots" meaning a bottle a day, which is a lot considering I would drink zero a day. It really isn't that bad, once you get used to it.
My sex life has calmed down in the past months. I went from once or twice a day to maybe once or twice a week. I kind of like it better this way. It's hard to explain really. Sex is no longer my top priority. It's still good though!
I don't know what this whole entry was about. Just wanted to try something different. Let people see me for me.
I have the strangest urge to start a clap. You know, where you stand up and start clapping all slow and dramatic like, and eventually everybody else joins in? It's a cool thing to do. And I wanna do it. I just have to bide my time.......in the shadows. lol.
Yeah, you guessed it. I'm bored.
This entry sucks. Ha. Sorry!
I won't write again till there's something to say.
So today is the day when Jon's sister passed away. And it puts me in this unusual spot...because I want him to talk to me about it, but also I know there are somethings that plainly put, aren't my business. I know how personal it is, and I don't want to impose. Plus, Jon is a very private person who very rarely tells what he's thinking. And I know he's hurt by it. It's impossible to expect him not to be. I can't imagine what that must feel like. I almost lost Jerry when he was little, but it just doesn't compare. I want to make him smile and to make him laugh, but today it just won't happen. I don't know much about her. I don't even know how she passed away, but it's my fault for not asking. But you have to understand that I still don't think it's my place to ask. Some things are just out of my reach. Everybody has things they don't like to talk about. That's just the way it is. And I accept it. But back to that unusual spot I was talking about...even though I accept it, the girlfriend part of me wants only to cheer him up. I want to take his mind off of it, and I know I can't, and it hurts me. When it comes to him, all I want is for him to be happy. I would jump head first into an active volcano for him, and when I can't fix his problems I go crazy. I want to be his hero. His Wonder Woman. But I am only a person, and I can only do so much. People handle things their own way. Sometimes the best thing to do is to let them deal, and just be there if they ask for you.
Anyways, I guess thats it. I just had all that on my mind.
I went to Wal Mart today and bought some CUTE stuff. Just an FYI.
I can't wait till this weekend. I'm going to Austin with Jon and his family. Sadly, his dad is sick and the trip might be called off, but I have my fingers crossed. Its gonna be fuuuuuuuun.
I gotta go get my ass a job. I might as well just go to APAC with Joey so I can make $7.50+ an hour and not have to worry anymore. We'll see. Gotta check that Temp agency too. Need money, want money.
What else? Hmmm. I dunno. I guess thats it. Can't wait for College. I already set up my schedule y todos. It's gonna be the shit. YAY!
I'm going to pick up my ring now. Bye guys.
It all started on Saturday...my 18th birthday! Jon and Joey called me at Midnight to be the first ones to tell me happy birthday. Then Jon came over around 1 in the morning to gimme my present! He got me this diamond ring with pink sapphires. It is sooooooooo amazingly beautiful! I couldn't believe it! I dunno how many carats it is...but it sparkles all BAD ASS! lol. Anywho, it was a little big, so we took it to get resized, and I'll get it back on the 25th. Bummer.
Moving on, that morning I had a Youth Group car wash for my church, so I went to do that. It was lame. But we got the work done. At around noon my daddy picked up me and Jerry (if you don't already know it was his birhtday too). We went to his house for a bit, and then picked up my Uncle John so we could all go to Gatti Town. We had sooooooo much fun. It was bananas.
After that I went to pick up Jon so we could fix my ring and buy me something to wear to the clubs. I dropped him off and came home to pick up my dad and jerry so we could go to the gym. I ran up hill for a mile on the treadmil. It was great. After that I came home and took a shower and got dressed for the club. My and all my friends were gonna go to Grahms for my birthday. So I got dressed and went to pick up Cori cuz she said she needed a ride. Everybody met at my house around 11:00, and then we were off. In total it was me, Jon, Cori, Sarah, Bobby, Joey, Chuey, Angel, Alfonso, some chicks I don't know, and Perla. When we got there we ran into this guy Robert who went to Hamlin with Me, Sarah and Cori. IT WAS AWESOME! He hung out with us. He lives in Houston. Anyways, the club was pretty damn fun. I'm sure if I was there without my buddies it would suck. I danced in a fucking cage! It was hot...or so I was told. Anyways, I got home at around 2am. It was the best. The only downside was that one of my best friends didn't go...but whatever.
So on Father's day, my dad was working fire dept. so me and Jerry called his cell and left him a message. I went to church at 10:30, and had fun cuz it was donut and coffee day. Me, Momma, Jerry, Deb, Jamie, Jon and his parents all went to the monster truck show at the Bank Center. It was freaking sweet!! We had earplugs. lol. After that Jon's parents left and the rest of us went to Joe's to bbq and swim in his pool. We had sooo much fun. Me, Jon and Jerry were doing all these stupid moves off the diving board. Fun! Anyways we all just hung out and ate and played with Nicky. And the most awesome thing happened. We got Nicky to say Grandpa. We all just kept repeating "Graaaaaaaandpaaaaaaa" over and over, and sure enough...he said it. Clear as day. Me, Jon, Momma and Joe were witnesses. It was sweet. WAY TO GO NICHOLAS! We came home and I can't see and night when I drive, so Jon got to spend the night at my house, since he didn't have his car. We cuddled. He's a good sleeper. lol.
And todaaaaaaaaaay, me and Momma went and got pedicures. And the dude who did my toes was GORGEOUS. He looked like every anime ninja I have ever seen. He had his hair kind of long, parted and gelled, with little stands hanging in front of his eyes. They surgical mask he was wearing is what made him a ninja. Anyways, the pedicure was sweet. Totally relaxed me. My toes look so cute.
After that we went to Olive Garden and had a kick ass lunch. Mmmmm mmmm bitch.
Me and Sarah were supposed to go play bingo this morning but she overslept! LAZY!!! lol. JK! I still love you and your sparkly hoochie mama shirt (gold NOT silver)
Cori might spend the night, so I'm looking foward to that.
So i made the big mistake of reading my old diary entries...when I realized the worst.
The things I say about Jon, the things about how much I love him and how amazing he is, is all true. I mean it all. And I was reading about Steven, and I read the things I said about him. And I couldn't believe how much I used to love him. I didn't want to believe it. But I was reading these words and thinking, how I can feel so much for him...and then feel it for somebody else in a matter of years. And I felt like a whore! Because it made me feel that Jon isn't getting what he thinks. Everything has already been done before it seems.
I don't want to remember loving Steven. I don't even want to think that I really did. But I couldn't stop reading. And I remembered something. I remember being happy. I read stuff from the days when things were good. And I talked about how I will love him forever.
And I don't understand how I could have said that.
And I feel so...wrong. Because Jon is getting a used car. And NOBODY...NOBODY...wants a used car when they can get a new one. Nobody. And I wish I had never done anything with Steven. I want Jon to be my first everything. The first person to cuddle me. The first person to kiss me. The first person to love me back. But I can't change the past. And I am crying sooooooooo bad because Jon deserves more then that. Everything he's getting is second hand. And I'm afraid of it. Because he knows it deep down inside. Maybe he doesn't care. Maybe he loved before me, or kissed before me, but I don't know. Because I'm afraid to know. Because if he has I will feel only 2nd or 3rd...instead of first. But its unfair....because that is how he must feel.
I HATE THAT STEVEN GOT TO ME FIRST!! I hate it. And I don't hate things. I don't know how. But I hate him. And it makes my stomach hurt to think about it. Jon is all that I have. And he doesn't deserve this. He should have been my first everything. But Steven stole everything from me. And I give Jon all I have, but I've done that before. I've ALREADY given somebody everything. How can I do it again? Its not new anymore. I'm not new anymore. And maybe Steve is right. Maybe I do just jump around from guy to guy. And destroy lives in the process. And I'm afraid of destroying Jon. I don't care if I hurt Steven. I don't care. But to even think about what I could be doing to Jon, I could die. And I've thought about letting Jon go. Because I'm only going to hurt him in the end. But I've fallen in love with him. I've given him my everything...and he's taken it. And I never ever want to leave.
But I've said all this before. That's why I'm so worried. I wanted to marry Steven and have babies and live by the beach. I've felt it all before. And I wasted my dreams on an asshole. And Jon is getting somebody elses dreams. He's getting the stuff thats old and used. And he doesn't need that.
I wonder if Jon knows this already. If he remembers me happy with Steven. If he thinks its the same thing again, with just a different guy.
I need to stop crying for one. I dunno. I just do not feel good.
Ok hi.
Did you know that humans are the only beings in the world that are aware of the fact that they will someday die. Lions and hermit crabs just walk around completely oblivious to their mortality.
That is the only thing that really sets us apart. I wonder if we are the only ones who know OTHER things will someday die. Or if a lion looks and his buddy and thinks "poor guy...such a short lifespan" without knowing he has one too.
I am such a lion. I am such a hermit crab.
I have no idea that I can die someday. Which is good and bad. To be honest I am quite scared of dying. Terrified actually.
Nothing brought this up really. Just thinking.
Have you ever heard the song "Cigarette" by Ben Folds Five. It is so...real. It's about this man who takes care of his sick wife, and he is soooooooo tired. But he can't sleep, because he's afraid the drugs will knock her out, and she'll burn the house down with a cigarette.
I wonder if she's aware of her mortality.
Too much wondering today.
I have to go to court in a few hours. I really don't want to. I mean I feel sick to my stomach about it. I really don't want to. But I must. And it sucks. Hopefully this will be the end of all that old school nonsense.
Gotta run.
"Fred Jones was worn out
From caring for his often
Screaming and crying wife
During the day but
He couldn't sleep at night for fear that she
In a stupor from the drugs that didn't
Ease the pain would set the house ablaze
With a cigarette"
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Point/Counterpoint - Small Laptops vs. Large Laptops
Kyle Rankin is a director of engineering operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, the author of a number of books including DevOps Troubleshooting and The Official Ubuntu Server Book, and is a columnist for Linux Journal.
Netbooks For The Mass Market
The majority of computer users are light. This means they use their laptop for simple tasks - email, web, music, word documents. For these people a netbook is perfect. Portable and cheap, it appeals to the masses. With larger hard drives and bigger battery lives, the netbook specifications are improving constantly and this is being reflected in the amount of sales.
Pocket or Bag
I say it either fits in your pocket, or it doesn't. If it's a pocket gadget, the smaller/thinner the better. If you have to carry a bag anyway, who cares how big or heavy it is? The weight/size range laptops fall into should be easy enough for any healthy human to carry without much effort.
Netbooks will roam the earth
I just want to say I'm on kyle side. Ever since i got my eeepc, i dont worry about those bulky things. Far more as a linux user most of my stuff dont require a huge footprint so i can always remain priductive under a low powered laptop.
last year i went to europe only on my eeepc, external portable harddrive and my nokia N800. the configuration was solid.
never had any issue, and the quick boot was all so appreciated.
Netbooks will roam the earth.
Why not use both worlds
Why don't you try a mixed solution?
There are nice 13 inch laptops with 1.4 kg, with full processing power, nice ram amount and large disk.
I don't know if you ever tried one of these but I've got a Sony Vaio SZ5XN and I love it. Usually on my personal budget I save some money to buy a new laptop every year, but I've this one for almost 2 and I'm not thinking in changing.
I use it for working in the office, at home, and traveling. The only thing i bought was a large capacity battery on ebay so i can work decently for 7-8 hours.
To be sincere I can go from Lisbon to New York with the laptop always on.
It has a nice resolution 1280x800, bright screen, a dual core duo with 2ghz and a hybrid video card, that allows you to work while plugged with a nvidia video card and if you want to save the battery you can use an intel video card (as I don't play I always use the Intel one).
It's not a cheap system I know, but it pays off. It's my first machine that gives me power to whatever I would do (develop, compile, run virtual machines, test web applications) and still be light and small being at the same time very usable (keyboard and mouse).
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"Yacht clubs don't die."When it comes to moorings
It can take more than 20 years to get a non-resident town mooring for Block Island's Great Salt Pond.
About a quarter of those who currently have a town mooring permit are yacht clubs, not individuals. This fact could make the wait even longer, since there is less turnover from organizations than individuals.
Harbors Committee member Carl Kaufmann came before the Town Council at its Wednesday, July 17, meeting to suggest a limit to the number of yacht clubs that are allowed moorings.
"It's an ongoing problem," said Kaufmann. "Yacht clubs do not die. The permit stays in the name of the organization."
Kaufmann said there are 22 yacht clubs who have mooring permits. There is a total of 96 non-resident town moorings available. Kaufmann suggested that the limit for clubs be 23 or 24.
The waiting list to receive a mooring is a long one — there are more than 370 names on the non-resident list — and every year only a few new permits are given out.
New permits are issued only after a current permit holder either relinquishes the license or passes away.
As for yacht clubs, Kaufmann said there appears to be no turnover. "I'm not aware of any that have dropped out," he said.
"I'm definitely in favor of setting a cap," said First Warden Kim Gaffett. "At some point, all [mooring permits] are going to become yacht clubs."
Kaufmann also said there is another problem with the idea of yacht clubs: It is difficult to tell what is a legitimate organization and what is not.
Kaufmann said that people could possibly "game the system" by forming an organization of a few people that looks like a yacht club but is not — this would mean that once the organization has a permit, it could keep it forever.
"I do agree this is an issue of concern," said Town Councilor Chris Warfel.
The council voted 4-0 to approve the notion of setting a limit on yacht club mooring permits. It did not vote on the number it will cap the permits at.
Second Warden Ken Lacoste was absent from this meeting.
Fast ferry application
The Town Council voted to invite Charles Donadio, Jr., owner of Rhode Island Fast Ferry, to a future council meeting. Donadio has applied to the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers to operate a new high-speed ferry service to Block Island.
Town Councilors had some questions about the proposed ferry service that they wanted to ask Donadio, but overall they expressed support for it.
"I think it's a great idea," said councilor Sean McGarry. "It's an alternative to Interstate. I wish him [Donadio] well.
Legal matters
Town Solicitor Katherine Merolla updated the council on various legal matters. She reported that two zoning violations had been removed, after the individuals in question corrected the issue.
Jeremy Roll has removed an accessory building that was cited for zoning violations. Homeowners Marcel and Judith Dulac have cleaned up their property, which was cited for a junkyard violation, and they have also removed a shed that was in violation.
Merolla also said that Champlin's Marina laundry room had been cited for leaking soapy water into the Great Salt Pond. Champlin's has shut down the machines that were causing this problem, reported Merolla.
Merolla also reported that she issued a declaratory judgement petition to the R.I. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) about state renewable energy grants. It is currently unclear whether or not Block Island is eligible for the grants, which are given by the Rhode Island Economic Development Council, and jointly regulated by the PUC. Merolla said that anyone interested in intervening in the declaratory judgement has until August 1 to do so.
The council finished its meeting in executive session to discuss the agenda item "Paul Filippi v. Interstate Navigation Co. v. the Town of New Shoreham and & Town of Narragansett."
Other business
The council accepted the quarterly municipal deficit reports for June. Town Finance Director Amy Land reported that both the town and the school were running at a surplus.
Also, the council awarded a $180,000 bid to Hague, Sahady & Co. to perform the town and school financial audits.
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During public comment, resident Bill McKernan reported that he and a committee had met with representatives from Verizon Wireless to discuss the "poor service" on the island, he said. McKernan said that it was a "good meeting" and that Verizon seemed receptive to implementing new technologies on the island.
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Bringing Health Care Home
When most of us think of retirement, we envision happy days filled with family, friends, and hobbies. We think of a rich, independent life of our own making. But as we age, the likelihood of needing assistance with even basic daily tasks multiplies, as does our odds of living in a nursing home.
By 2030, the number of Americans over the age of 65
will double, creating an unsustainable increase in demand
for medical services, as the "boomers" will require,
on average, five times the number of clinic visits than
those younger than them.
Back in January, I wrote about the Open Source Building
Alliance (OSBA), a concept that will provide individuals
with choices about how to configure their homes, while
also allowing for mass-customization through a modular
component system. This forward-thinking Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) forum allows companies
to participate in testing strategies and setting standards
for future single- and multi-family residences. One
of the most desired byproducts of this new building
paradigm will be living spaces that unobtrusively monitor
and encourage individual wellness.
MIT and my company, TIAX, have just finished constructing
PlaceLab, a shared research facility nestled in a new
building in Cambridge, MA, U.S. It features a 1,000-sq-ft
apartment where researchers are studying how people
will use technology in their living space on a daily
basis. Researchers are creating a supportive home that
can maintain or even improve the health of people as
they age to allow them independence and life quality
in later years.
Volunteers will actually live in the facility during
experiments that will run from a few days to several
months. Researchers are eager to test out cost-effective
home-based early warning systems to detect changes in
a person's health early on, when prevention or quick
recovery are still attainable. Changes in eating, sleeping,
and socialization patterns often herald the onset of
emerging health problems - especially in elderly persons.
PlaceLab researchers will also attempt to make positive
changes in people's diet, exercise, and prescription
drug compliance through the use of non-invasive, home-based
biometric monitoring devices, such as blood pressure
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The yearly debate over the federal budget is vitally important. It is – at its heart –a struggle for our nation's moral conscience. It is also one of the only things Congress is likely to work on in what is already shaping up to be an intense election cycle. As advocates who care about any number of issues - from health care to education, from the environment to job creation, for hungry people here and around the world - this is an area where we must engage.
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All our faith traditions place people who are impoverished and marginalized at the forefront of concern. The current fiscal debates – at their heart – are a struggle for the soul of our nation and its moral conscience. As people of faith, we grieve at the soaring gap between rich and poor; faith and fairness require that we preserve and strengthen vital lifelines for people who are struggling to overcome hardship and poverty in the US and abroad. The faithful way forward to fiscal health calls for a focus on job creation, revenue increases, a shared commitment to the common good, and cuts in unnecessary military spending.
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The Riviera Resort & Spa Hotel, Mellieha
Rooms: 250
Reviews - The Riviera Resort & Spa Hotel
- Age Group: 41 - 50
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Family Traveller
The facilities were ok, but the outdoor pools were sub zero, the indoor pool was nice apart from being salt water. The bars were understaffed and on a number of occasions one person was covering the upstairs and downstairs bar at the same time!! The Hola beach resembled a large play pit with little or no sand no access to the sea unless you wanted to jump onto the rocks from its jetty (the Ramla bay next door had a very nice small beach) The fat controller who was sort of in charge seemed to go around grinning at most people and trying to chat the bar staff up and would not comment to any of my complaints.
We had another meal in the Bistro in the vain hope that it would be better but alas it was worse it took 45 minutes to arrive and one meal was pork which was unchewable. and the steak was not much better.
Last but not least, the lifts, these seemed to work when they felt like it and could be heard from every room within 50 yds of the lift shaft the noise resembled the calling of a bull elephant. We were 4 rooms away and they kept you awake until finally they stopped but started again at around 7.00am. Breakfast was exactly the same every morning with one exception of fried tomatoes on one morning the same sausages bacon eggs (probably what hadn't been used the day before the odd bit of fruit was on display but rarely.
There are a number of very nice beaches close by, Golden Sands is probably the best as the beach at Melliah is a bit like Brighton. Hiring a car if you are unfortunate enough to stay at this hotel is a must.
- Age Group: 60 +
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Retired
- Age Group: 41 - 50
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Family Traveller
- Age Group: 41 - 50
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Family Traveller
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Mixed impressions but worthwhile overallfrom Adjutant
Isolated and disappointingfrom kjkent
The room did not have the advertised sea or countryside view, but judging from the complaints of the woman next to us at reception, we got off lightly with our ground floor pool view.
The reception area was very ornate and appropriate for a four-star hotel, and what I saw of the spa was also good, but the pool area and the exterior of the building were getting pretty tatty as the season drew to an end. The room was clean, and adequately furnished, but the air conditioning was completely ineffective. We had it on full the whole time and it could only reach our desired temperature of 20 degrees shortly before sunrise. I would hate to have been there at the peak of summer.
Breakfast was poor. The buffet area was badly laid out and congested, and the food lacking in flavour (there was more water than egg in the scrambled egg). This poor standard carried through to the restaurants in the evening. And my pet peeve: menus with seafood dishes marked as vegetarian. The pool bar, where 'happy hour' began at 8.30pm, regularly shut up shop at 8.
But what was most disappointing was the standard of service. The first encounter at reception set the standard. When the service was occasionaly friendly, it was slow or confused, and more often than not it was the worst of both worlds.
Finally, if you want to avoid the crowds, then this area fits the bill. There are two hotels (the other looked much better!), and everything else is a bus ride away. There is good access to the boats for Gozo and Comino. However, the beach is small and not particularly nice, and we had to take a bus journey to get a decent meal.
great weekfrom martindeann
Greatfrom FelicityWat
Spent a week in the tranqulity of the surroundings. not many shops in the area. no husle and bustle. Food is great.
Booked a country view room and when we got there we regretted not having booked a sea view as the view is to die for. nevertheless the country views are lovely.
A car is a must to get round. Must also take a day trip to gozo.
good food but expensive drinksfrom zorex
Forget the beachfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Forget the private beach mentioned - only operates July & August. There is no sand and is just a dusty scrub land with a few palm trees. The water is all but inaccessible due to a drop to the water's edge and an exposed telephone cable running across it. During our stay a digger was parked on it most days.
Unsuitable for anyone with walking difficultiesfrom A TripAdvisor Member
just what we were looking forfrom juliandavies
the indoor pool was cold and my daughter braved the outside pool.
there is work extending the resort which was a bit dissapointing but did not rally interupt us but we were on the ground floor which is recommended.
the views from the hotel were excellent although other reviews said it was quiet a car is a must great scenery the red tower is a must and a visit to gozo the restaurants in the village were expensive but value for money try the hilltop and the xi xtaba. i recommend the hotel but dont ask for a morning call we just caught our plane thanks reception
save money go somewhere elsefrom A TripAdvisor Member
Great Value, great holiday...we loved itfrom A TripAdvisor Member
On the other hand Marfa & Mellieha still have charm, open surroundings, beautiful countryside ideal for long walks close to the shoreline breathing clean fresh air. Weather was great and we managed to relax and sunbathe on the pool deck. It was so relaxing, just what me and my wife wanted. Service is quite good, breakfast is ample and varied. We booked on half board, buffet dinner was also good. The hotel offers the opportunity for half boarders to dine at the Bistro were an allowance is deducted from the food bill. We loved it there the food is excellent and topped any restaurant we visited on the island.
We managed to book some spa treatments at the Spa. Prices are reasonable, the treatments were great. we really enjoyed it. We upgraded to a seaview, the view was breathtaking, were we enjoyed a couple of nightcaps in the balcony. There was a conference going on and as I am in the same line of business I couldn't help but check it out, I must say I shall definitely include this hotel in my potfolio.
It was a pleasure staying there and definitely will not be the last. Keep it up guys!
Top Local Tips for Mellieha
Malta and Gozo Get the bus to Valletta which is a very interesting place. Or Hire a car (they do hotel delivery) and get the ferry to Gozo and travel around this gorgeous island and when you have the car back in Malta check out the popeye film set esp. if you have kids and even if you don't.
Rent a car if you're staying Renting a car would make the holiday a lot more pleasnt if you wanted to get around and get a better feel of the life on the island.
learn from experiance Try "Billys" - very good prices for car hire & reliable taxi service. Take trip to Gozo by ferry. Costs 10MLA for car/driver & 3 passengers return. Azzure window is great. Mdina is worth visiting. The Arches restaurant has a great menu.
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- Address: Marfa - Mellieha - Mlh 9069 - Malta
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- Maritim Antonine Hotel And Spa Mellieha, Malta Distance: 3.4 km / 2.1 mi
- New Dolmen Hotel St. Pauls Bay, Malta Distance: 5.6 km / 3.5 mi
- Gillieru Harbour Hotel St. Pauls Bay, Malta Distance: 6.9 km / 4.3 mi
- Grand Hotel Mgarr, Malta Distance: 6.3 km / 3.9 mi
- Hotel Santana Qawra, Malta Distance: 7.8 km / 4.8 mi
- Il Palazzin Hotel Qawra, Malta Distance: 8 km / 5 mi
- Hotel Ta Cenc Gozo, Malta Distance: 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- Cornucopia Hotel Gozo, Malta Distance: 10.8 km / 6.7 mi
- Downtown Hotel Gozo, Malta Distance: 11.1 km / 6.9 mi
- Hotel Calypso Gozo, Malta Distance: 12.1 km / 7.5 mi
- St. Patricks Hotel Gozo, Malta Distance: 12.4 km / 7.7 mi
- Golden Tulip Vivaldi Hotel St. Julians, Malta Distance: 14.2 km / 8.8 mi
- Radisson Blu St Julian's Hotel St. Julians, Malta Distance: 14.6 km / 9.1 mi
- Baystreet Hotel Saint Julian's St. Julians, Malta Distance: 14.6 km / 9.1 mi
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Today is the birthday of GameProducer.net. It's been one year since I started writing my thoughts down, and publishing them here online. In total there are 388 posts and 1954 comments in this blog. Since June there has been 74197 visits, and 163789 page views. The site has been active and is receiving increasing number of visitors.
As I write this blog entry, I feel really good. It's been very nice year, and there has been lots of comments and arguments forth and back in the blog. There has been also lots of guidance from you readers when I've been getting too much on a sidetrack, you've always remembered to mention gently if entries haven't been focusing on game production… ;)
The most popular articles have been the sales stats, and there sure has been interesting numbers there. I will keep putting new stats also in the future.
Thank you
There are so many names to thank for their support, so I'll list some of them here. I probably forget some important names (yes – that happens to me) or type them completely wrong so please forgive me. The names are listed totally randomly (using the good ol' copy-and-paste-here-and-there-eyes-closed -method).
- Tim Fisher (for being a great business partner – and especially saying me "what's stopping you" which sort of was the final push for me to start this blog)
- Dan (for posting stuff that actually make me smile)
- Cliff Harris (for the nice interview and being a great example – even though you sell games via portals ;)
- Corvus (for your support)
- ZeHa (for asking good questions)
- Kal_Torak (for emailing me lots of good stuff, and being a positive force here at gameproducer.net)
- MariuszH (don't know if you are still reading, but I'm thankful for helping me keep the site focus on target)
- Jess Smith (for great interview)
- Gavin Carter (Oblivion game producer – for the interview)
- Scott Miller (for giving a fine interview)
- Jeff Tunnel (for giving great comments as an long time industry veteran)
- Vex (for letting me pester you with many questions)
- Oaf (for letting me test your fine game – it was fine after I finally got it working :)
- Jake Birkett (for fine contributions)
- Sonicron (for good points)
- GBGames (for fine talks about advertisement)
- Petri Purho (great articles and insight about prototyping)
- Guys at ArmadilloRun (for proving how good deeds bring good results)
- Rampant coyote (for great & inspiring articles, although for some reason I always think about Rampart when I read the URL…)
- MrPhil (for support and being the first Insider)
- Charlie (for support and giving insight as AAA title game producer)
- Mike Acton (for support)
- Patrick (for helping me out)
- Nick (for telling me about Audacity… and many other things)
- Advisador (although I still don't know who you are…)
- Aymes (it's nice to see guy who originally was testing Morphlings to be a real help with many other things as well)
- Arex (for giving me lots of insight on technology – although I still don't understand half what he says… ;)
- Ghost Dancer (our newest Insider)
And last but not least… all you readers. It's been great to get comments and emails from you and I'm looking forward to see more of them in the future. I read everything I get, and I'm "bit" busy so the answers might take sometimes quite long, but I do my best.
So, what am I expecting the next year to bring?
- More interviews: Unfortunately two of the promised interviews couldn't been finished (for people moving to different companies and being buy), but I've already been promised to get one interview. I'm going to get some other people to share their insight.
- More sales stats: This naturally depends much about game producers' willingness to contribute, but I'm sure we'll see plenty of more sales stats in the year.
- 'Secret Game Project' – the "simple" and "quick" project has not been so "simple" and "quick" as I initially planned. Lots of setbacks (which is good) have occurred, but also lots of learning. I'm going to write a more detailed post about the setbacks and what changes have been done. It's been good experience, and gets even better.
- Daily posts: I will keep writing – well, at least publishing writings – daily to keep the site fresh.
- Contests: spam contents was a great success, and I'm going to have some other contests, because who wouldn't like to get free stuff?
- Surprise: Something blogging related that I'll announce in the nearly future.
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(pron.)the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
the woman:
She who listens learns.
anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine:
spring, with all the memories she conjures up.
(n.)a female person or animal.
an object or device considered as female or feminine.
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Wiley Valentine plantable herb cards are easy to germinate. What you'll need: a plantable seed card, a paper towel, a plastic baggie and a sunny window.
Rachelle Schwartz, co-owner of Wiley Valentine, says to insert the plantable seed card on top of a folded wet paper towel inside a zip baggie. Place in a sunny window and watch. Once the card has germinated, plant just at the soil surface, with a sprinkle of garden soil over the top.
Keep moist until the tiny plants root themselves into the soil.
Think what you will about print products, but know that greeting cards and invites aren't going away anytime soon.
Now, more than ever, when online greetings and email invitations seem rote, a personal envelope in the mailbox with a real stamp on it can feel more special than ever.
"A written card from a friend or family is such a pleasant surprise," said Rachelle Schwartz, co-owner of Wiley Valentine in Irvine. "Everybody loves to get one."
Partner Emily Owen said the business has grown so much in 10 years that they have had to move three times as they ran out of room.
Schwartz and Owen are graphic designers who met while working at a large design firm in Orange.
"We were bored out of our minds," Schwartz said of designing passionless sales signs for big box retailers.
The two hatched a plan to strike out on their own. They saved as much of their salaries as they could for more than a year.
A kitchen-table company was born as the women began selling their greeting cards and custom wedding invitations to friends and neighbors and opened a shop on Etsy.com.
As business boomed, and they began to show their line to retail stores at gift and stationery shows, "90 percent of the buyers who saw our line wanted to purchase our products," Schwartz said.
That meant they had to hustle. Enter Schwartz's husband, Michael, whom they enlisted to learn the art of vintage letterpress from well-known artisan printer Claudia Laub in Los Angeles.
Michael, who owns his own print studio, Czar Press, next door to Wiley Valentine in Irvine, now runs four hand-fed, one-color-per-pass, vintage-style printers. He runs them full time not only for his wife's business, but also for clients as far away as China.
Laub says letterpress is a kind of old-school printing "that bites into the paper." Michael describes the style as debossed – the opposite of embossed.
Letterpress lends a rich, well-made hand to even simple, everyday greeting cards.
"We only use cotton or 100 percent recycled paper," Rachelle said.
As in the fashion industry, the company comes out with new lines four times a year.
"We just finished Christmas 2013 in March," Rachelle said.
While feeling solid with their future of Wiley Valentine, the partners decided to go sassy and recently moved their sales ceiling upward.
"We're seeing a shift in sales. People really pounce on witty cards," Owen said.
They also have plantable seed cards, and "Tat" cards that are greeting cards that sell with a temporary tattoo. Custom wedding invitations continue to be a large part of their business.
Their grandmothers, Mary Wiley and Norma-Jean Valentine, inspired the company name. Like most creative people, it usually runs in the family.
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