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If you're the owner of a mobile home or RV, congratulations! You're a member of a class of people that proudly make wherever they roam their home. As your RV is your home, you'll need to take great care in keeping up with its maintenance. You wouldn't, after all, want negligence be the cause of some unfortunate damage derailing your cross-country adventures!
Among the most nefarious problems you might encounter in your RV is a leaky roof. Of course, it might seem as if it's not big deal. It's just a few drops every now and again when it rains; how bad can that be? The answer is that it can be incredibly bad! While a leak will almost always start small, they only grow over time. As they grow, they begin to pose more and more serious danger to the longevity of your RV or mobile home. A small leak today may grow into a serious structural problem caused by rot later! For this reason, it's absolutely essential that you take action immediately when you discover your RV rubber roof is leaking.
How Can I Conduct RV Roof Repair
This is why we said don't sweat it! RV roof repair can be an incredibly simple process, provided you take action immediately once you've noticed a leak. Of course, your best option will be to get in touch with a licensed RV rubber roof contractor who can assist you with making repairs. But, if you're the do-it-yourself type, then here are the steps you'll need to take in order to conduct an RV rubber roof repair:
- Step 1: First you're going to need to get your hands on the tools that you'll need. Among those tools, you'll need liquid roof, which you'll use to cover the site of the leak. You'll also need an EPDM roller, which you'll use to apply the aforementioned liquid roof. Finally, you may need some masking tape and other cleaning products.
- Step 2: Those cleaning products could be important, because the second step is actually cleaning your RV's roof. In order for the liquid roof to bond adequately to your existing RV roofing system, the roof will need to be clear of dirt, debris and grime.
- Step 3: Once the RV rubber roof is clean, you'll then need to apply the liquid roof. Using the EPDM roller spread the rubber roof as evenly as possible over the site of the leak. It's important that it be spread evenly, as an uneven spread could lead to problems down the line.
- Step 4: Finally, you're going to need to let this liquid roof dry. In order for the liquid roof to dry appropriately, you'll have to leave it alone for a period of 24-hours. But, after that time window has elapsed, you're done!
As you can see, making repairs to your RV's rubber roof can be incredibly simple. Of course, you might not be the handy type, in which case it may be advisable to leave such repairs to professionals. But, you're likely to find that such repairs for your RV's rubber roof should be relatively inexpensive.

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Have you seen our new #MMMUA Instagram page? To stay up on the latest and greatest, you want to make sure to follow and get your MUA friends to follow too! Check that out here.
In February, I thought it would be fun to do a challenge. We can share pics from our kits of some of our favorite things. I thought this would help inspire us. I always like to see what other artists love. Since February is all about love, what better time to share!
Win this fun collection of OCC liners and Lip Tars (+ a brush) ! Over a $100 value to add to your kit.
Here's the deal…
- Runs Feb 1-Feb 28
- Person with the most entries wins the prize (shown below)
- Winner must follow the MMMUA Instagram page
- Repost the 21 day challenge photo at least once to let us know you are in
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- Include the hashtag #MMMUA AND #insideyourkit in each post
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- We encourage everyone, everywhere to participate and get excited about sharing kit secrets. However, I am only able to ship the prize within the US only, no international shipping available. Sorry!
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Comment to let us know if you are going to enter! We just like to hear you get excited! (and it could be a potential tie breaker entry, if it comes to that.)
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Private Self Catering | Self-drive Family Safari Package
The 3 Day Private Self Catering Safari Package offers two nights and three days in a truly special wilderness at the edge of the Kruger National Park. Ideal for family groups, this stylish safari lodge is a relaxing haven in the heart of the bush.
- A spacious, home from home overlooking a waterhole
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Travel on safari with your family to the magical Sabi Sands Game Reserve and experience this untamed wilderness that is ruled by the legendary Big Five. At this safari lodge in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve you will find relaxed comfort in spacious surroundings and simply wonderful game viewing.
You can bring your own drinks and cooking supplies or an expert chef can be arranged in advance. Enjoy the luxury of a private bush lodge all to yourselves and the friendly and professional service from long-standing and dedicated staff
Your safari lodge is located in a smaller reserve that is home to a diverse range of wildlife which roams free and undisturbed between Sabi Sands and the Kruger National Park. A 3 Day Private Self Catering Package is an excellent family getaway in this famous wilderness. You have the freedom to tailor-make your own African bush experience without compromises and create memories that last.
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Day 3: Sabi Sands to JohannesburgThis is the final day of your luxury South African safari in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve. After a morning activity and breakfast, it is time to say farewell and start your return journey back to Johannesburg. Game viewing activity: Morning game drive.
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The power to create a field that nullifies the magic of others. Variation of Magic Negation and Effect Field Projection.
Also Called
- Anti-Magic Field
- Magic Cancellation/Neutralization Field
The user can create a field or area where they can cancel out the magic of others, or simply "dampen" or just weaken powers. Others are unable to use their powers as long as they are in the user's area of affect.
- Effect Field Projection
- Magic Negation
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- Destroy something completely made of magic.
- User/allies may also be affected by the field.
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- Useless if opponents do not have any supernatural powers.
- Unless the barrier also secures escape, targets can reactivate their powers by leaving the field.
Known Users
- Warring Triad (Final Fantasy VI)
- Asuna Kagurazaka (Negima)
- Witches (Witches of East End)
- Witches (Shadow Falls); via the Black Spell
- Warlocks (Shadow Falls); via the Black Spell
- Slow-Moving Slogturtle (Patapon 3)
- Shortbread Wicth Cookie Minons (Regal Academy)
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- Cave of the Stone of Dreams (Wizards of Waverly Place - The Movie)
- Bermuda Triangles (Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Crossed, Double-Crossed (Charmed)
- The Ice-Cream Truck (Charmed)
- Mathayus/Scorpion King's Chamber (The Mummy Returns)
- Isle of the Lost (Descendants)
- Land Without Magic (Once Upon a Time)
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President Elect has officially released two videos from his transition team that are made for the American public. The first video was about what he plans to do in his first one hundred days in office. While his second video was addressing the Thanksgiving holiday.
He said,
"It is my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve. We have just finished a long and bruising political campaign.
Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight. It doesn't go quickly, unfortunately, but we have before us the chance now to make history together to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me, and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation."
Watch his video address here,
It looks like this will be a habit for his transition team and future administration, Facebook video addresses. He has infamously had falling outs with the press. Rumors say that he had a closed door meeting with high profile member of the press where he allegedly deemed them out for being dishonest and bias. He appears to be bypassing them completely.
This way he can channel the power of social media without having people from the press interfere could be key to hoe his administration works with the press. It could put him on a completely different playing field than previous Presidents by allowing him to control the narrative of his administration.
Hopefully people take his promises seriously and try and take his message to create positivity in a world of perpetual violence. Now more than ever Thanksgiving is the perfect time to do it.


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Lakeside Cafe
Enjoy the stunning views over Lough Key and Castle Island from indoors or from the outdoor deck area.
Enjoy our daily offering of home baked buns and cakes with a Puro Fairtrade Coffee all made on site. The cafe also specializes in Baquettes, Bagels, Wraps, a Hot Dish of the Day and our signature Pizza's
There is always a children's menu option available and we have a good selection of Gluten Free options.
The Lakeside cafe is a perfect birthday party venue where you can avail of the party menu combined with the attractions.
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Poland (Polish: Česko), officially the Polish Monarchist Shugarhai Kingdom (Polish: Polskie Monarchistyczna Królestwo Chugaziecka), shortly known as Polish MSK (Polish: Polskie MKC) or less known as Polish Kingdom or Kingdom of Poland, is a Monarchist Shugarhai Kingdom in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; Czechia and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Prussia (a German kingdom) and Lithuania to the north.
The establishment of a Polish state can be traced back to 966, when Mieszko I, ruler of a territory roughly coextensive with that of present-day Poland, converted to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, and in 1569 it cemented a longstanding political association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by signing the Union of Lublin. This union formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th and 17th-century Europe. The Commonwealth ceased to exist in the years 1772–1795, when its territory was partitioned among Prussia, the Russian Empire, and Austria. Poland regained its independence (as the Second Polish Republic) at the end of World War I, in 1918.
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Niantic yesterday published the details of the next Pokemon GO update.
The update going to change the training and the battles in the friendly Gyms where you can now fight with 6 pokemons instead of only 1.
"As we continue to make improvements to Pokémon GO, we have made an enhancement to the Gym experience for Trainers of all levels. In an upcoming version of Pokémon GO, when training at a friendly Gym, Trainers will be able to bring six Pokémon to battle instead of one. In addition, the CP of the Pokémon you are training against may be temporarily adjusted lower during your training session to generally match your Pokémon's battle capabilities.
No matter what your level, you can now have an impact on your team's Gym. Walk with your Buddy Pokémon to that nearby landmark and show your Team Leader that you can battle with the best!"


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14 more Korean farm dogs arrive in U.S.
Fourteen more farm dogs from South Korea have arrived in the U.S. and are bound for the Richmond SPCA for eventual adoption.
The dogs arrived Friday at Dulles International Airport after being rescued from a dog meat farm in Jeonju, where they would have faced being slaughtered and butchered after living short and miserable lives.
Since 2014, Humane Society International has transported 540 dogs — my Jinjja among them — to the U.S. and Canada as part of an ongoing effort to end the dog meat trade in South Korea.
Working with local animal activists, HSI attempts to persuade the operators of dog farms to relinquish their dogs, close down their business and find a new line of work, sometimes assisting them in the latter.
The dogs who arrived Friday were rescued from a meat farm in Jeonju — likely the same one my new dog was in.
While dog meat farms are legal in South Korea, the latest arrivals — like the 31 that arrived at shelters across North Carolina in October — came from a farm that Korean officials found to be operating illegally (on someone else's property) and ordered to close.
The latest 14 were sheltered, vaccinated and quarantined in Daegu and Isla before being flown to San Francisco and, eventually, Dulles, according to the Richmond SPCA.
Robin Starr, CEO of the Richmond SPCA, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that some of the dogs will be ready for adoption in about a week.
"When we save the lives of animals that were really facing not only short lives of utter misery but then a terrible death, nothing could be more central to the accomplishment of that," she said.
(Photos: At top Jessica Bristow carries Mokpo; lower, another Korean dog stretches his legs after arriving in Richmond; by Joe Mahoney / Times-Dispatch)
Posted by John Woestendiek December 5th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, dog farms, dog meat, dog meat trade, dogs, farm, farmers, farms, humane society international, jeonju, jindos, jinjja, korea, korean, meat, pets, rescue, rescued, richmond, richmond spca, spca, virginia
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My half-ashed plans for the hereafter
I try not to think about my own death too much, but I do have a general plan for the hereafter.
I want my cremated remains to spend eternity with my dog's cremated remains — or at least those remains of him that remain after I, earlier this year, spread some of his ashes in his favorite ocean and some in his favorite creek.
I still have about half his ashes left (he was a big dog), and, if I revisit another place that was dear to us, I may spread a little more of him there.
But I'll keep the rest so that they may join my own. As I see it, that should be my right as a dead man.
But it's not always — at least when it comes to the rules of individual cemeteries, and the many local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations that govern how we dispose of our remains and those of our pets.
In most cases, state laws prohibits burying pets in human cemeteries, even just their ashes, but they are unenforceable laws — to be honest, needless laws — and they're generally overlooked by funeral directors.
Most funeral directors go along with it when the family of the deceased requests their pet's ashes be placed with the deceased — even when it's technically against the rules.
Sometimes cemetery rules prohibit it; often state laws do. In recent years, though, some states have reexamined those laws.
Virginia passed a law in 2014 permitting cemeteries to have clearly marked sections where pets and humans may be buried alongside one another — as long as the animal has its own casket.
In New York, Gov. Cuomo signed legislation last month making it legal for the cremated remains of pets to be interred with their owners at any of the approximately 1,900 not-for-profit cemeteries regulated by the state.
"For many New Yorkers, their pets are members of the family," Cuomo said. "This legislation will roll back this unnecessary regulation and give cemeteries the option to honor the last wishes of pet lovers across New York."
The new law does not apply to cemeteries owned or operated by religious associations or societies, and any cemetery still has the right to say no.
But it's a step closer to reasonable, and better than an interim measure passed three years ago, when New York made it permissible to bury the cremated remains of humans and their dogs together — but only in pet cemeteries.
State lawmakers approved the new bill during the final days of the legislature's session June, according to The New York Daily News
"For years now, New Yorkers have desired to have their pets interred in their grave, and cemeteries will now be able to offer this burial option as a result of this new law," said Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer (R-Erie County), who sponsored the law in the Senate.
One of those New Yorkers was Leona Helmsley, the hotel magnate who died in 2007 and specified in her will that she wanted her dog, Trouble, interred with her in the family mausoleum in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Westchester County.
Trouble died and was cremated in 2011, but could not be buried with her owner because of the state law prohibiting it.
Call me crazy (just don't call me as crazy as her), but I want my ashes with Ace's ashes, and not just in adjacent airtight containers.
I want them mixed, or at least — should I opt for my own to be spread — spread in the same location.
That could violate a law or two — because there are thousands of them governing how and where dogs and humans can be buried, cremation procedures, after-death mingling of species and where ashes can be spread.
According to Time.com scattering human ashes at sea must be done from a boat or plane three nautical miles from shore. That's an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule.
The EPA says scattering a pet's ashes in the sea is prohibited.
Woops, I already violated that rule.
Before it's all over, or, more accurately, once it's all over, I might violate some more. Blame my rebellious streak.
My advice is to check your city, county, state and federal laws, and then break them — at least as much as you, being dead, can.
Burying an entire dog or human body is one thing, and there should, for public health reasons, be some rules regulating that.
But ashes have no germs, no odor, no dangerous implications. What pet owners might have spread in rivers and streams over the centuries is non-toxic and only a drop in the bucket compared to, say, the coal ash Duke Energy unleashed in a day.
My plan to combine the ashes of myself and my dog still has some details in need of being worked out.
For one, I'll need an accomplice to carry out my wishes and do the mixing, assuming the crematorium balks at my afterlife recipe — mix one part Ace with two parts John in a large Folgers Coffee can. Shake well.
After that it would be sent along to my designated spreader, to be named at a later date.
(I was joking about Folgers, any brand will do.)
When we leave the coffee can, we would like for it to be somewhere scenic and not too noisy.
Somewhere with a view of the sunset would be nice.
Someplace where I'm not in a neat row among other rows.
And somewhere free — in both meanings of the word.
Ace and I were thrifty in our travels, and our travels were all about feeling free and liberated as opposed to crated, coffined or cubicled.
I want our ashes to have that same freedom, together.
(Photos: Top and bottom, spreading Ace's ashes in an unspecified ocean on the east coast, by Seth Effron and Glenn Edens; middle, more of Ace's ashes being spread along a creek in Bethania, N.C., by Joe Woestendiek)
Posted by John Woestendiek October 19th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, ashes, burials, cemeteries, cremains, death, dog, dogs, eternity, funeral directors, funerals, laws, leona helmsley, new york, oceans, pets, regulations, remains, rules, spread, spreading, spreading ashes, together, virginia
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From "throwaway" dog to police canine
The wife of a Philadelphia police officer is proving that police dogs don't have to be expensive European imports.
Carol Skaziak, after seeing too many dogs languishing in shelters, started an organization called Throw Away Dogs.
Established two years ago and based outside Philadelphia, the program rescues neglected shelter dogs and works to rehabilitate and train them for police work like narcotics detection and patrolling.
Since beginning her work, nine out of 12 dogs she has rescued have been placed with police departments across the country.
"I pour my heart and soul into it and all I ask for these departments is to just give my dogs a chance," she told NBC News.
Unlike most police dogs, who commonly are expensive purebreds purchased from Europe, these home-grown mutts are donated to departments in need.
"This is a huge amount of money that we are saving," she said. "It will save (a police department) anywhere from $5,000 to $8,000, $10,000."
Assisting her in the effort are K-9 handlers from area police departments.
The program puts the dogs through a three-month training period, and while not all will earn spots on police forces, Skaziak says all dogs that go through the program find a home — something they didn't have before.
"I will follow through with every dog from start to finish. Not all dogs will make it through K-9 school and I am OK with that outcome. I will then find a perfect loving family for that dog that will love and treat them like part of their family. It's just a different kind of badge they will be wearing," she notes on the organization's website.
While she doesn't believe every dog can be trained to be a police dog, there are many in shelters who have the high play drive it takes for the job.
After a graduation ceremony this year, two "throwaway" dogs were placed with the Roanoke Police Department, and a third with the police department in Roanoke, Va.
Skaziak, who is married to a Philadelphia police traffic officer, came up with the idea for Throw Away Dogs in 2013, while doing public relations work for a shelter in Philadelphia.
"I was upset about it, because people were throwing these dogs away like trash," Skaziak told the Roanoke Times.
(Photos: Officer Bill Tars and Throw Away Dog Kayos in Roanoke, by Heather Rosseau / The Roanoke Times)
Posted by John Woestendiek July 18th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, carol skaziak, dog, dogs, europe, imported, K-9, law enforcement, officers, pets, philadelphia, police, police dogs, rescue, roanoke, rocky mount, shelter, Throw Away Dogs, training, virginia
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Rapid Paws: A limousine service for dogs
There's a new taxi service for dogs in the nation's capital.
Launched earlier this month, Rapid Paws will transport your pooch (or cat) wherever he or she needs to go — be it vet, groomer, day care, airport, or even to another state.
The on-demand limousine service for animals has a fleet of two climate controlled, high-roofed vans, and they're even equipped with cams should you want to check in and take a look as your dog gets from here to there.
Customers can schedule a a door-to-door pickup and local delivery to anywhere in Washington and its burbs, and they can do that by phone, via the Rapid Paws website, or through a smartphone app.
While the service may sound over the top, owner Paul Ozner says it's filling a need.
"It's an excessive service for some, in terms of basic necessities. But some of the people in this area, they're time-constrained, and they do have pets. So what are you going to do? You have to treat them right," he told the Washington Post.
So far, he said, most clients are middle aged professionals too busy to take off work to run their pet to the vet, or disabled, ill or elderly pet owners seeking a little help.
Rapid Paws has teamed up with one real estate company to transport the dogs or cats of people who are relocating.
Ozner said he and his partners came up with the idea based on their experience with a company that delivered meals to schools and the elderly.
Fares typically run from $25 to $60, depending on the length of the trip.
Posted by John Woestendiek April 18th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, app, cats, day care, dc, dogs, groomers, limousine, maryland, pet, pets, rapid paws, services, shipping, taxi, transport, transportation, vet, veterinarian, virginia, washington, website
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Yes, Luke, there is a Doggy Heaven
The letter was in an envelope addressed to Moe, Doggie Heaven, First Cloud.
Coping with the death of the family beagle, a Norfolk mom encouraged her 3-1/2-year-old son, Luke, to express his feelings in crayon-drawn artworks and letters.
It was Luke's idea to write to Moe in heaven, and Mary Westbrook said she figured it would be good therapy for her son who, after Moe died at 13, kept asking if and when Moe was coming back.
She'd put each letter, upon completion, in the mailbox, then, after Luke had gone to bed, she'd go out and retrieve them.
But one day she forgot, and the mailman picked it up.
"I figured someone would just throw it away once it got to the post office," Westbrook told the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk.
"It didn't even have a stamp."
But last week, a letter from Moe — magically, it seemed — appeared in the Westbrook mailbox:
"I'm in Doggie Heaven," it said. "I play all day. I am happy. Thank you 4 being my friend.
"I wuv you Luke."
Postal worker Zina Owens, in her 25 years on the job, had taken the liberty of answering some mail to Santa before, but this was the first time she took on the persona of a deceased family pet, hoping to make a child happy.
Owens, a window clerk, had noticed the letter to Moe on a table at the post office. She opened it and found a card covered in crayon scribbles. With help from the address on the envelope, she was able to read between the lines.
"I felt it in my heart," she said. "Here was a child who had lost his dog, and any time you love something and it goes away, it hurts."
So Owens, as Moe, wrote back. Mary Westbrook was touched to find the reassuring letter from Moe in the mailbox and shared it with Luke.
She posted the response on Facebook, saying, "What a beautiful kindness from a stranger."
Owens says seeing the letter from Luke "made my day … so I wanted to make his. It's just love, plain and simple."
"You see so much negativity in the world, so many bad headlines," she added. "But we're more than that."
(Photos: By Bill Tiernan / Virginian-Pilot and courtesy of the Westbrook family)
Posted by John Woestendiek June 15th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, beagle, boy, children, coping, crayon, dead, death, dog heaven, doggie heaven, dogs, drawings, grieving, heaven, letter, luke, moe, mourning, norfolk, pets, postal worker, rainbow bridge, virginia, writes
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Former Vick dog Gracie dies
Gracie, one of more than 50 dogs rescued seven years ago from NFL quarterback Michael Vick's dog fighting compound, has died.
The black pit bull spent her final years in an adoptive household in suburban Richmond.
She died Monday morning, according to Amy McCracken, executive director of the Richmond Animal League.
"This morning, little, old, bow-legged Gracie passed away and got her angel wings. Any words we write here could never begin to express the profound, positive and lasting impact that this little, black pit bull had on so many people who encountered her or heard the story of her suffering and triumph," said a post on the animal's league's "Gracie's Guardians" Facebook page.
"We are and will be forever grateful for this little, broken black dog and everything she personified."
The dog arrived at the Richmond in 2007 and was adopted by the group's board president, Sharon Cornett.
"Gracie was very, very friendly," McCracken told CNN. Gracie had been used as a breeding dog, as opposed to a fighter, in Vick's operation, she said. "She loved people and was never aggressive to other dogs."
With her new owner, Gracie attended conferences and meetings about animal welfare and visited schools to show people they have nothing to fear from most pit bulls.
Gracie was one of about 50 pit bulls seized by authorities in April 2007 when Vick, then a quarterback with the Atlanta Falcons, was charged with operating an illegal dog-fighting ring, called Bad Newz Kennels, on his Virginia property.
Twenty-two of the dogs were sent for rehabilitation and long-term care at Best Friends Animal Society's sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, while others went to Bad Rap, a San Francisco pet shelter, and a handful of other shelters and sanctuaries,
Created by the Richmond animal shelter, Gracie's Guardians is an initiative dedicated to the welfare of pit bulls. The group chose Gracie as their namesake "in tribute to her perseverance and that of countless other pit bulls who have suffered or continue to suffer at the hands of people, yet whose spirits and love for humans remains untarnished."
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Recipients say agency's diabetic alert dogs aren't performing as promised
Three North Texas families say the diabetic alert dogs they received from a Virginia-based nonprofit aren't alerting them to anything, and have turned out to be nothing more than expensive house pets.
The three families are among 30 that have filed complaints against Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers, according to NBC 5 in Dallas.
Each of the three paid up to $20,000 for what they were told were specialized service dogs trained to alert them to spikes and drops in blood sugar and help them manage Type 1 diabetes.
Mindy Guidry said the dog she received to help her daughter manage her diabetes has failed to detect any blood sugar spirals. On top of that, the dog is afraid to go out in public.
"I cannot take her out in public at all. Even in our own household she's scared," Guidry said.
Krista Middleton told NBC 5 that her dog doesn't alert her when her blood sugar is dropping dangerously low.
"And then I'm passing out. I'm going into comas. My kids are finding me in seizures," said Middleton. "It gets to the point where, as a mom, I wanted to make sure my kids weren't the ones to find me convulsing."
Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers says it offers a one- to two-year training program with initial in-home sessions of up to five days, long-distance training and education and up to seven more multi-day visits.
Middleton and Guidry both failed to complete the training program, a spokeswoman for the agency said, and both still owe the agency money.
Middleton said when she informed the non-profit her dog wasn't working, she got no response.
But Warren Retrievers spokeswoman Jennifer Bulotti told NBC 5 when a dog isn't working "instant intervention and training is provided."
Dan Warren, founder and president of the nonprofit, was convicted of passing forged documents in 2008, before he started his service dog agency. While working at a car dealership, he had someone prepare phony tax returns to help customers get loans for cars, NBC 5 reported. He was sentenced to five years' probation
Tax records from 2012 list his salary from the service dog agency as $157,411.
The Virginia Attorney General's office has received 30 complaints against Warren Retrievers, but declined to discuss the details of any of them.
Providers of service dogs operate relatively free of government regulation or required standards, and some think it's time for that to change.
"This is an industry that's fraught with fraud," said Brent Brooks, president of The Diabetes Alert Dog Alliance (DADA). "It angers me to have to say it but you have to be skeptical."
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We investigate temperature and fluence dependent dynamics of the photoexcited quasiparticle relaxation and low-energy electronic structure in electron-doped 1111-structure Sm(Fe0.93Co0.07)AsO single crystal. We find that the behavior is qualitatively identical to the 122-structure Ba(Fe,Co)(2)As-2 including the presence of a normal state pseudogap and a marked twofold symmetry breaking in the tetragonal phase that we relate to the electronic nematicity. The twofold symmetry breaking appears to be a general feature of the electron-doped iron pnictides.
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2013 NFL Draft: Browns let it be known they're Geno Smith admirers
Add Cleveland to a rapidly expanding list of NFL admirers for the top-ranked quarterback in the 2013 draft.
The forecast this time of year calls for 100 percent chance of smokescreens, and many teams with top-10 draft picks are predictably floating their verve for West Virginia's Geno Smith.
Five weeks and two days before the 2013 NFL Draft, and at least seven teams have made their interest in the top quarterback in the class known publicly.
The Browns arranged a private workout with Smith. Same time, coach Rob Chudzinski claims he still hasn't watched tape of Smith. Perhaps we're to believe he's leaving that to CEO Joe Banner and GM Mike Lombardi, who called drafting Brandon Weeden 22nd overall in 2012 a "panicked distaster."
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Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Tuesday at the AFC coaches breakfast that it's too early to rule out Smith. He wouldn't say whether he had Smith graded close to where he had Donovan McNabb in 1999, but Reid vowed that he does believe Smith "is a good quarterback." That's hardly over-the-top interest. And after trading for Alex Smith and signing Chase Daniel, we can't believe Reid is head over heels for a quarterback in this lot. But it's enough to put doubt in the minds of the team holding the No. 2 pick.
Jacksonville held an extensive on-spot, informal interview with Smith last week in Morgantown. It's the same tact, grading reaction to the unrehearsed, coach Ron Rivera and the Carolina Panthers used to determine Cam Newton warranted the No. 1 pick two years ago.
Oakland, which has the third overall pick, is unsettled at quarterback and interest in Smith had been rumored since the combine last month. On Tuesday, coach Dennis Allen confirmed Smith is an option the Raiders will consider.
The Eagles, who hold the fourth pick, sent everyone but the mayor to Morgantown eight days ago. Owner Jeff Lurie, GM Howie Roseman and head coach Chip Kelly were on hand ahead of Smith's pro day to run him through one part endurance test and one part passing/accuracy exercise.
Detroit at No. 5 has been silent, and with Matt Stafford's contract extension around the corner, that's what we'd expect.
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Cleveland doesn't have a second-round pick (spent in the supplemental draft on WR Josh Gordon, another player Lombardi viewed as a dud). It would almost certainly have to part with its 2013 third-rounder to move up a few spots. Does it make business or football sense to give up one-third of your draft to land Smith? If you believe he's a franchise quarterback, it just might.
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If you're a fan of Fox TV's animated comedies such as Family Guy, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, and King of the Hill, then Kongregate has just the game for you waiting for you to download for free from the App Store.
Animation Throwdown, which is one of Apple's highlighted "New Games We Love" this week, lets you play as your favourite character from one of those five series as you attempt to create the ultimate show-themed deck, and then compete with your deck against friends and other players.
The game is co-developed by Kongregate, along with Chicago's Synapse Games (Tyrant Unleashed, Global Assault, Spellstone) and San Francisco's Chinzilla Games (Little Alchemist). Both Chinzilla and Synapse are veteran card-battle game developers, and Animation Throwdown combines the most popular gameplay elements of their previous titles.
They've clearly done a great job, as it has a 4½-star rating on the App Store, although there are some negative comments about the in-app payment aspects of the game, as usual for these types of free-to-play games.
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I've found that some of JDK 9 released. http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/
As u know new JDK supports AOT compilation that possibly able to improve overall performance of LeJos programs on Ev3.
Its supports only java.base right now.
http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/docs ... mmary.html
JDK9 full release planned on JULY 2017.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/14 ... ase_delay/
So would LeJos support JDK9?
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Re: JDK 9 Support
That document says that AOT compilation is only supported for Linux/x64 systems so is very unlikely to work on the EV3. I'm sure someone will get JDK 9 working on the EV3 but there may be issues due to the rather old version of Linux that is used by LEGO/leJOS. There are also the problems (like with Java of having to take extra steps to generate the JRE on another system rather than having something that can be used directly from the download.
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With EV3Dev, I am testing the installation of Java 9. At the moment, I could install Java 9, JDK + JRE installing in a manual way all debian packages, but it is possible. When I have more tests, I will inform.
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October 8th, 2016
Hurricane Matthew floods St. Augustine, leaves a path of destruction
Flood waters brought on by Hurricane Matthew have receded in parts of Florida and officials are now assessing the damage. At one point, more than 1 million customers were without power and at least 5,000 flights were canceled. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY from St. Augustine, Florida.


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As in, what "signs" would guys be looking for to determine that she WANTS to be kissed?
Most Helpful Guy
Enter his personal space, look into his eye, look at his lips, then back to his eyes. If he doesn't get a clue then he is ether shy or inexperienced and won't act unless you were likely to come right out and tell him verbally to kiss you.11|00|0


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Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.
When performing a network scan, and you limit your scan to only 1 out of your list of many network segments your DNS list under environment summary will only list what was selected for the scan.
I can see why this would be normal behavour but I don't know of any other way to only scan 1 segment. Now I will need to scan everything again to get my list to repopulate. Wouldn't it be better if the scan just updated the information? Thoughts?


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Two different installs: Login once (share cookies)
Hi folks,
I knooooow many before me have had, asked about and gotten answers to this issue ..but some are for older versions of WP, and I JUST can't get this to work 🙁
Situation: I have two *different installs (WP1 and WP2)of WP on the same domain running on the same database using different prefixes.
*different = WP2 is a backupbuddy backup of WP1.
Need: To be able to login ONCE on eiter WP1 or WP2 and to then be logged into both.
Problem: I have tried "everything", but I just can't get it to work! Salts are the same in wp-config.php for WP1 and WP2.
This is the wp-config.php of WP2. Values are changed to dummy values:
<?php /** * The base configurations of the WordPress. * * This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix, * Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information * by visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host. * * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the * installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can just copy this file * to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values. * * @package WordPress */ // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'wp_db'); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'wp_user'); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); /** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'something.unoeuro.com:'); /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */ define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */ define('DB_COLLATE', ''); /**#@+ * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts. * * Change these to different unique phrases! * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service} * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again. * * @since 2.6.0 */ define('AUTH_KEY', 'salt1'); define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'salt2'); define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'salt3'); define('NONCE_KEY', 'salt4'); define('AUTH_SALT', 'salt5'); define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'salt6'); define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'salt7'); define('NONCE_SALT', 'salt8'); /**#@-*/ /** * WordPress Database Table prefix. * * You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique * prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please! */ $table_prefix = 'wp1_'; /** * WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English. * * Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen * language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install * de_DE.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de_DE' to enable German * language support. */ define ('WPLANG', 'da_DK'); /** * For developers: WordPress debugging mode. * * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development. * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG * in their development environments. */ define('WP_DEBUG', false); $root_host = 'mysite.com'; define( 'COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.'.$root_host ); define( 'COOKIEHASH', md5('http://'.$root_host) ); /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */ if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ) define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/'); /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */ require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
I've alto tried:
$cookiehash = md5("http://uniqture.dk"); // Use Site A's URL define(CUSTOM_USER_TABLE,'uniqture_users'); //Change 'wp' to match the prefix set during define(CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE,'uniqture_usermeta'); // Site A's installation define('COOKIEPATH', '/'); //This path should reference Site A's root define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '/'); //Should match 'COOKIEPATH' define('COOKIEHASH', $cookiehash );
Can anyone help me getting this t work? It's probably simple as heck ..but I just can't get this important "little" thing to do as I want it to 🙁
(..and no, a multisite is not a solution for me, as I need an exact copy of my main site, whis will take me forever to recreate + need 100% control when editing both sites)
Thanks a lot in advance for any help! 🙂
[ No bumping please. ]
Luisma MedicalESP
I got the exact same problem here, and I've been searching all along solutions but nothing I find on the web seems to work for me, may be because is done for older versions of WP as kalledrengennr1 says.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks so much!
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Try not to outshine the bride.
10 Chunky, Soft Sweaters to Feel Cozy In
Embrace a winter wedding with jewel-tone velvets, long sleeves, heavy silk brocade, and everything else you couldn't get away with at a sweltering July ceremony. Here, 50 options you'll want to wear while toasting the newlyweds.
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Toyota just might be serious about electric vehicles this time : Sure, the company recently announced a "virtual organization" dedicated to electric vehicles and a bigger push into EVs, but we've heard plenty of plug-in platitudes from Toyota over the years as it followed its hydrogen mission.
The announcement of who will lead Toyota's new EV division, though, just might show that the Japanese automaker is finally serious about plugging in. That's because the new leader is Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the man who started Toyota, Kiichiro Toyoda.
Executive vice presidents Mitsuhisa Kato and Shigeki Terashi are also involved in the new EV department. Akio has been the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation since 2009, so there's no question that whatever direction the company now moves on EVs, leadership is on board.
On the engineering side, the man behind the plug-in Prius Prime, Koji Toyoshima, is going to head up the new electric vehicle department. This, plus the recent announcement that Toyota next big move in the hydrogen space will be in semi trucks, shows a lot of shifts in the grand strategy.
A Toyota spokesperson told Automotive News that, "By putting the president and vice presidents in charge of the department, we plan to speed up development of electric cars.
The president will directly oversee the department's operations to enable decisions to be made quickly and nimbly." Toyota will have to move quick if it wants to catch up to its rivals on the electric highway. Source: autoblog


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Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
Have you ditched the Purel yet? Studies show that carpet-bombing your microbial passengers with antibiotic soaps and hand sanitizers is counterproductive and even dangerous, while simple soap works best.
The United States Army banned Vibram Fivefingers (and, if anyone actually has a pair, those Fila knockoffs). To be fair, they do allow other minimalist offerings.
Longtime reader Alex Shalman went strictly Primal and lost a bunch of weight and inches. Check his blog post for detailed stat and food porn.
In pleasantly surprising news, the USDA concluded that grass-fed cows are more environmentally friendly than feedlot cows.
My favorite research of the week: tennis match grunting proven to negatively affect opponent's performance. Of course, grunting positively affects other types of performance.
Second favorite: better sleep improves athletic performance.
Have you been eating deep-fried wood pulp?
One year ago (July 4 – July 10)
i don't know, isn't Glee on then?
– Reader Dasbutch, in the comment section from "Expedition Impossible Team Goes Primal"
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25 Comments on "Weekend Link Love – Edition 150"
That reduction sauce looks amazing!
Never thought I'd be cheering on the USDA. Love me some grass-fed beef regardless of what they say, but glad to see it all the same.
Thanks for the link love again this weekend! That's interesting on the Army and VFF's. I wouldn't give mine up for a lot of things, but I can also see where the unified appearance of your fighting force is important. And I can also see the advantages of the "single compartment" argument in terms of safety and protection.
Interesting that the Army bans VFFs, but the Air Force is allowing them (so long as injinis are worn).
Amen to grass-fed beef and sleep!
Deep-fried wood pulp! That sounds so yummi.
If I eat enough will I grow beaver teeth?
Not sure about the beaver teeth, but you'll definitely sprout leaves—-do you look good in green? LOL
I am so disturbed by the cellulose article, obviously the food system is irreparably broken. I felt like an alien from a different planet clicking through the slideshow of "foods". I mean, really? Frozen cream cheese-jalapeno bread bowl bites?
"Frozen Cream Cheese Jalapeno Bread Bowl Bites"… Haha, if what you're eating takes longer to say than it takes to actually eat a bite of it, or if it has a brand name, that's the first sign you're doing something wrong with your life.
Congrats Alex!!! You are doing awesome man!! And to Mark, wow, you have made such an impression on me, and like Alex, follow your principals and am on my way to curing my t2 diabetes!! You have made such a huge difference in so many lives that I will be forever grateful that I came across your fabulous blog!!
Thank you!!
Re: the silly article about wood pulp.
Don't get excited, folks! Cellulose = plant fiber = wood fiber. Fiber = fiber. What do healthywholegrain purveyors and diners think makes their healthywholegrain "healty?"
"It's the wood pulp, stupid!"
Triclosan safety is currently under review by the FDA. And all the antibiotic use too. just stay healthy!!! eat your veggies, and of course…relax.
Hey, I like the Fila knockoffs! lol
I have both, so I can make a comparison. I like them better than VFFs actually.
VFFs are perfect for water sports! If you get that river water smell just rinse off any mud and throw 'em in the washer with your laundry (make sure the velcro is covered). After that stick 'em in the sun to dry out. That's what I love about my VFFs, they don't ever get completely saturated with "foot" smell because I can wash them easily whenever I want. Try doing that with most other expensive running shoes.
Oh, BTW, it's "virgin" wood pulp that's being used in prepared foods – what more could we possible ask for?
WOW! The USDA got smart, at least on one thing!!
Mark, I saw the article on the army banning vff yesterday and thought of you. A portion of the reasoning was aesthetics, that is silly for the army to be more concerned with how they look than how they perform
On wood pulp in processed food, I'm glad I gave up processed foods.
Bad luck for our US Army brethren. I've had no problems here (Australian army) with wearing VFFs for PT sessions or fitness tests thankfully. In fact I see more and more army guys giving them a shot.
US army ban vffs???? Take a look at that pic!!! Ffs!! They can't be that bothered about PT as that bunch are a bunch of fat bastards. In the British Royal Marines if you looked like that you would be given a warning and if nothing happened you would be binned back to civvie street!!! I think they should get their priorities right!! As the soldiers who bought vffs are obviously serious about their fitness.
I got my VFF in April for hiking. We hiked Buckskin Gulch, here in Utah, barefoot one day and it was awesome. The VFF give the same grounding feel with some protection. I wear mine all the time.
I am not sure if you meant to answer my qestion with a link path to this topic, but it worked and you did it. Thanks Mark
I don't know about wood pulp, but I've seen "ester of wood rosin" on many a label in my day… YUM! @.@
Next time I have a all the saw-dust up, add some milk, and I've got a full meal: Protein, Carbs, Fat, and Fiber – and I'd be recylcing, no waste. Kellogg's sawdust anyone?


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Perrey Reeves: I love being part of a community
Perrey Reeves shows off her vintage looking engagement ring that she admits has flaws in the large diamond, but that's what makes it special and unique to her. Wearing skinny jeans, and a loose tee, the co-star of HBO's Entourage and its summer feature film, looks years younger than her 44. She credits a vegetarian diet, Ayurvedic medicine and a devotion to yoga for a healthy, youthful appearance.
"I have to say I'm far more comfortable with myself now than I was when I was younger," says the actress who stars as Melissa Gold, Ari Gold's supportive, yet strong-willed wife in Entourage.
An East Coast native who lived with her physician father and entire family in France and Italy growing up, she reflects on her life today.
"I'm now in the world of Hollywood and looking at myself as a product is a weird thing. You have to build your life with interests, friends and activities that support another aspect of you or I don't know how one can survive. It's the simple things in life, like going for a walk with my dog, watching a movie with my fiancé, doing my morning meditation and yoga - I feel good then and I'm ready to conquer whatever needs to be conquered that day.
Complimenting that simple lifestyle is her yoga retreat, Sanctuary at Two Rivers in Costa Rica that she helped build - literally - from the ground. The 100 percent solar-powered tropical modern luxury retreat boasts a full array of wellness services with organic vegetarian and vegan food where guests connect with Mother Nature and relax. The houses are very Zen and high up in tree levels. And the food is amazing.
"Being a vegetarian has never been an effort for me," she says. "It's always been a natural path. I started a meditation practice in 1992, in 1993 I began going to an Ayurvedic physician and in 94, I started practicing yoga, not realising that all of these were inter related. They all came to me from different directions and they have really been a major influence on my life."
Q: You studied in France and Italy, along with Ivy League colleges. What did living in Europe instil in you that is important to you today?
REEVES: First of all I think it's great to interact with people from different cultures. We were lucky enough to travel a lot growing up. One thing living in France did for us as a family, we got to get rid of a lot of stuff. We had lived in a house with lots of bedrooms; in France, we had a small apartment. It's amazing to say, OK, you can have one suitcase and that's that. And off we went. I grew up in a family where food and diet and preventative medicine were at the forefront of how we thought. In Europe, almost everything you buy there is fresh. It's slightly different there now but you don't go to the grocery store and get a week's worth of food. You go out and get your bread and cheese for the evening.
Q: Your family shunned TV in favour of reading and exploring literature. Why did they do this?
REEVES: I have no idea but I will say it was frustrating and hard on us growing up because culturally, I think, a lot of the way people communicated, they're doing common things and television is one of them. Watching too much television can be dulling but I certainly watch it myself.
Q: You're involved with the International Fund for Animal Welfare so was becoming a vegetarian for moral or health reasons?
REEVES: Growing up in such a health oriented family environment, my sister and I decided to be vegetarians when we were really young. My brothers would eat meat every now and then but I was never drawn to meat eating. The moral aspect might be part of that. I do wear leather shoes so I don't want to tell you I'm perfect when it comes to animal products.
Q: Any foods you've completely omitted from your diet for food sensitivities or allergies?
REEVES: I haven't. I'm not a big bread eater. I don't have a problem with gluten; it's a protein. We have gone gluten free at the Sanctuary at Two Rivers because a lot of people do have sensitivities.
We've managed to do an incredible menu there; you'd never know it was vegan. I eat raw dairy. The process of pasteurizing is not so healthy. But pretty much a balanced diet. I'm not a big sugar eater; when I do eat it, I enjoy it, but I don't feel great. I like to say that sugar is like a recreational drug; use it accordingly. It's fun but not something you want to do every day.
Q: Meditate and yoga in the morning?
REEVES: Yes and yes. I always find if I do things in the morning then I have the rest of the day free. It's hard to get to 4 o'clock and then think I'll do meditation and yoga. I love the mornings anyway and I feel if I get up early enough I can enjoy my tea, enjoy the dog, sit outside. We have a nice outside area of the house and that goes for Costa Rica as well. It's just a nice way to start the day.
Q: This your first marriage?
REEVES: Yes. I've been in long partnerships with other people but this is the first very traditional - I guess it is cause we're walking down an aisle in somebody's backyard. But we're keeping it very casual and fun with lots of retro music, dancing and good food.
Q: How have you incorporated eco-friendly practices into your home and also your retreat?
REEVES: The retreat in Costa Rica is 100 percent solar. We pull our water from a waterfall that's a spring and goes through six different filtration systems. All the building materials were built on property; we did everything we could to be as green as possible. We don't use generators. We had to when we were building but nothing was done with big tools. Everything was hand done. It was amazing. The houses are very Zen and high up in at tree level. Very special place. Beautiful woods.
Q: You sound the antithesis of Melissa Gold - who seems into designer clothing, rather uptight and harping on her husband.
REEVES: So true.
Q: Is there any part of the real you in Mrs. Ari Gold?
REEVES: I had known Jeremy (Piven/Ari) - we had worked together on another film. We were good friends then. I have a strong personality and I think Melissa has a strong personality too. I think we're both very loyal; I don't like to tell people what to do so that would never be a relationship I could be in so Melissa and I differ there. She's such a complicated force of nature. My fiancé is a ball of energy and fun but I certainly don't have to guide him down any road. I think you always bring something of yourself to the character. It was such a fun role to be able to dress up in those clothes, wear that jewellery and live her kind of life. Whenever I would be shopping I'd think oh, Melissa would love that outfit. I would never wear it though. So it was like having a split personality. And eight years is a long time to do something. Women loved the role; sometimes men struggled with it. Every now and again, I'll have a guy say to me, oh you were such a bitch and I think to myself what a one dimensional view of that character. I felt like everything she did was out of love for her husband; she was helping guide him. She loved him so much that she wanted to help him not self-destruct. So women found that to be amazing. There was a scene when we're in temple so I'm telling Ari not to use the phone - I wasn't being a brat saying that; I was trying to respect a desire to have a spiritual life. I probably wouldn't personally marry someone who wanted to take phone calls in temple. They were such fun scenes.
Q: Melissa Gold seems to be an empowered woman. What empowers you in your personal life?
REEVES: Having friends and being in a community is a lovely thing. One of the reasons I built the sanctuary was that I wanted to have a space where people can come for a healthy vacation. A single travelling woman can come and find a common interest with others and join a group. I've been lucky enough to have been able to live my life this way and I wanted to share that.
Q: Melissa seems a very confident woman. When did you first feel comfortable in your own skin?
REEVES: I look at culture now and think being a young woman, there are many things that are more progressive with embracing body types. But then with social media, there's holding yourself up against these impossible images. If you hashtag yoga on Instagram you'd think it was just for beautiful models who were acrobatics. That's not what yoga is for me and I think it could be intimidating for some. I have to say I'm far more comfortable with myself now. I'm in the world of Hollywood and you're looking at yourself as a product and that is a weird thing. You have to build your life, have interests, friends, and activities that support another aspect of you or I don't know how you survive - it would be very hard.
Q: Can you give us a hint as to what is Melissa up to in the movie?
REEVES: We just shot a Cadillac campaign for a tie-in with the movie and it's what happens when Ari and Melissa arrive in Italy. The last episode ended when we flew off to Italy - so you're going to get a little flavour of what Ari did in Italy.
Q: Sunrise or sunset person?
REEVES: I have to say Aaron, my fiancé and I have a huge obsession with beautiful sunsets. But then again, I love it when I happen to be up when the sun is rising.
Q: How would you describe yourself in three words?
REEVES: Happy, vibrant, and thankful.
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