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We are both in our 40s, and would love to come to the Caribbean next year to elope. We don't have the budget for hotels over $400 a night, yet would still like to be on the beach.
We are hoping for uncrowded, beautiful beaches. ( Including one to get married on. )
We aren't big nightlife people -- it's more fun for us to spend the day snorkeling, laying on the beach, sightseeing and shooting photos, and maybe a little shopping. Evenings would be a nice dinner and quiet drink, maybe a stroll on the beach.
So... I ask you experts -- which island is for us?
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Uncrowded, beautiful and inexpensive - does it exist?
We are both in our 40s, and would love to come to the Caribbean next year to elope. We don't have the budget for hotels over $400 a night, yet would still like to be on the beach.
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Take a look at these - all are uncrowded and can easily be done on your budget;
Isla Mujeres (not far from Cancun)
Culebra (off the coast of Puerto Rico)
Vieques (off the coast of Puerto Rico)
Also check out the following Out-Islands of the Bahamas:
Cat Island
Long Island
Finally look at Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos
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Hotel or house rental?
Budget per week?
I agree wih roamsaround : Bahamas Out islands - incredible.
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Mexico = inexpensive.
What is your actual budget? You'll find many options for less than $400 per night.
What type of accomendations are you looking for?
When are you going? Price and crowds are very determent by the time of year.
Many resorts offer wedding packages. Some may even be included depending on the hotel room catagory you purchase and the number of nights stayed.
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Try Isla Holbox.....it's near Cancun...but a little island...looks pristine!
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I'm going to Grenada this week. Check that out, particularly in the off season.
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We'd like to keep the actual trip under $5000 total for a week, if that helps. That amount includes airfare from Ohio, but probably not the wedding services.
As for accommodations - we want ocean front and nice, resort or similar type of set-up. We're going to be married and honeymoon there, so it needs to be special.
Time of year will likely be next May or June, July at latest.
Thanks again!
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We have visied most of the destinations mentioned and there are some good ideas with Cubebre maybe being your best bet. The T&C has the same culture as the States but Culebre is quite different. You need to see the current connections from San Juan as well as Jet Bjue;s flight scheule for they may go non-stop NY to Culebre or via San Juan. But the snorkeling in the Caribbean has become limited dueto gobal warming of the oceands and oils spills such as BP's a year ago, We do bit hear about many that happen evey year around the world and they kill the local coral and drift elsewhere. Still parts of Asia and Micronecia near Papau remain in good shape.
An exception is Belize in Central America and Honduras. in Central America only a 2 hour flight from Miami. The snorkeling is far better but the acommodations are more basic but the food id excellent at all 3 meals. They devote a regular speedboat to take the snorkelers to duffent destinations 2 times a day for 1 hour at each stop. The driver, Captain Carlos anchors and guides us in the water to see critters we would have missed.The first snorkel is at 10 and the second is at 3. You also get to go once to go to the world famous Blue Hole. The beach is pretty nice and the staff is quite friendly. You can use their kayaks, sail boat (15ft) and volley ball on the sand if you are so inclined.It is quiet with no phones, they will knock on your door to wake you if you ask for that rather than your travel clock. When you get up there is coffee or tea at your front door.
If you call the resorts Houston Ofiice and request to ask for Danielle and mention Stan referred you I am quite sure you will get a better rate than if you do it through a travel agent. In mid-May before the kids are out of school would be a desirable time to go. I would ask Danielle what is the possibility of getting the resort package for $3200 for 2 persons with tax and say because with the high air fare you are working on a tight budget. If she agrees ask her for Cabins 2 3 or 4 only. Actually the fare from Newark is $700 and it is non-stop going down but one stop (20 minutes) on the return. The only thing extra is beer, wine and soft drinks and some gratuities if you wish which in our 2 trips only cost us about $350 for the week.
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If ocean front, resort and nice are essential plus under $400 per night I'd look at the Westin, W Vieques.
The Out Islands would also be a good choice.
Mexico would be cheaper.
I'm not sure how upscale you desire/ expect your accommodations to be but it's rare to find something truly upscale, oceanfront, under $400, and not busy. That's the kind of private luxury that tends to cost $$$
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I think sassycat is absolutely right.
The best prices for wedding packgs will be found in the high volume resorts like Nassau or Cacun but this isn't what you want. Smaller resort in beautiful areas like The Exumas cam be very, very expensive. What about Sandals in the Exumas?
If you could cope with a ceremony at home, there are many, many house rentals in The Out Islands on the beach with world class snorkelling for under $2000 a week.
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Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma, Bahamas is a great suggestion. You probably won't get a "oceanfront" room for $5,000, but all food/drinks are included, plus they offer free wedding packages with extra $ for upgraded services. It should be uncrowded and it's a couples only resort.
The 2nd and 3rd week of May before Memorial Weekend, should be less expensive. June and July, be careful with your resort choice. If it's not an adult oriented resort, there will be lots of families. July in the Caribbean is HOT and HUMID. We were married in July and I regret that month as it's a terrible time to travel for an anniversary.
Also look at Galley Bay and Coco Bay in Antigua and The Sibonne in Turks and Caicos.
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We've been looking at Tortola or Vigin Gorda. Thoughts on those locations and our requirements?
We've been to Puerto Rico and Culebra, so would like somewhere else.
Are considering Hawaii too, but have yet to do any pricing research.
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On Virgin Gorda, look into Nail Bay, Mango Bay, and Guavaberry Spring Bay lodging options. Mango Bay might be the closest to what you are looking for.
Very quiet island though. That's why we like it. Gorgeous beaches with walk in snorkeling.
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I second Jimmie's suggestion of Virgin Gorda- we loved it and stayed at Mango Bay in an oceanview unit (#6)- $255/night in low season. You could get an oceanfront unit for $360. Also check out the "just for two" package on their rates. MB is just what you described and we hardly saw another soul at the beach or around the property the entire time we were there.The snorkeling right there at Mahoe Bay in front of the units was very good. Very accommodating and helpful management- the beach there would make a pretty setting for your wedding- see photos on website. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and I hope you find the perfect spot!
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Speaking of the British Virgin Islands, have you considered Jost Van Dyke?
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I think the bahama out islands would be a great choice for you. Some resort recommendations - pineapple fields on eleuthera as well as Cape Satna Maria on Long island. Plenty of beautiful isolated beaches to explore...some good restaurants/beach bars...minimal shopping.
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Try Cuba, the best bang for your buck. Beautiful beaches and friendly people. Only drawback is the food. Try the Riu Varadero, had a wonderful time there, http://www.riuvaradero.ca
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I'd love to visit Cuba sometime, but have to convince my bf. Surprised to hear you say the biggest drawback is the food. I would have thought that would be a highlight.
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If you're truly interested in staying on Virgin Gorda, the best advice I can give you is to start posting at www.caribbeanonline.com. I was an active poster there, looking for a place to stay on VG when a villa owner on Mahoe Bay approached me and offered me a significantly reduced price on his villa for the off season, and only because I was posting there and was as much of a known quantity as you can be on an anonymous travel forum. I thinkg VG is a very special destination and you should think about Guavaberry SpringBay--both their little units and the villas they manage in the same area. Maybe La Casita would suit your needs?
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They state that 11% of traffic is General Aviaiton (or Business Aviation) and that we only pay 3% of the taxes. This is a clear FUD campaign. Here's the real story.
It might be true that 11% of the traffic is by GA or BA flights, however MOST GA Traffic does not use the Air Traffic System. Flights flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) are not required to use Air Traffic Control, and therefore, don't. It's that simple.
In the very rare instances that I do it, I welcome it, however, I would say that 95% of my flights never require me talking to a Control Tower, ATC or even FSS (Flight Service.) So, adjusting for that math... that leaves us with only 5% of 11%... which comes out to.... let's see, carry the one... a grand total of .55% usage of the air traffic control system, yet we pay 3% of the taxes. GA is already paying almost 6 times the tax rate that commercial traffic is paying, and now they want to raise that four fold.
So, why is the Bush Administration trying to raise our taxes? Simple, they're trying to increase our fees to offset the poor management decisions of the airlines, and Marion Blakey (FAA Administrator) is falling right into their lobbyists hands. Not only that, they're trying to "overhaul" the National Air Traffic Control system, by giving those same airlines more control over how it is run. What? They're trying to give more control of the National Airspace System to these same companies that can't even keep their own businesses a float. Are you kidding me??? The current national airspace system is not broken, period. Airlines are broken. The Hub and Spoke model simply doesn't scale. What we need is new ideas here, not expanding on out dated ones. Most commerical flights fly above 18,000 (in fact, all of them do.) Most GA flights occur below 12,000 feet. Let's add a step in the 12k to 18k for "medium" traffic. That's what the vision of the SATS program that I was involved in was about. Utilizing the air space system that we have and reducing that "overloaded" commercial sector. I'd also like to see a few of these newer startup airlines buy out or drive out of business some of the larger airlines that simply can not handle their own volume. Replacing dinosaurs like Delta with smarter companies like JetBlue would be a good step.
I agree with Smaller Gov't and such, this is one point that it really doesn't make sense. The current funding of the FAA is more than sufficient. In fact, if you ever read up on the FAA Funding policy, you would understand that they CAN'T have a funding crisis... the are already funded for decades. (In fact, I think you'd be amazed at how well they are funded.) They're not loosing money. If they want to save more money, then what they need to do is to continue to innovate like how they privatized the new FSS system. That works great and saves the FAA money... it is a much better system and much less costly. Raising taxes and lying to the public as to the reason for it, simply isn't the answer, period.

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Scholes weighs up future
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Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes has suggested he will consider his future at the end of the season after admitting he questions his contribution to the team.
Over the past couple of campaigns, the former England international has been used more sparingly by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and this season has appeared in just over half of the club's fixtures.
Scholes' contract at Old Trafford expires next summer and there has yet to be any indication as to whether he will be offered a new deal.
The 35-year-old admits to thinking about his future and believes he has not been performing to the levels he attained earlier in his career.
"I wouldn't say I am playing some of my best football," said Scholes.
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The Star Wars prequels. Absolutely horrible. Nice special effects but the acting and writing were terrible. They never fit with the original 3. Then Lucas had to add "young" Anakin to the last scene of episode 6 with Yoda and Obi Wan??
They're not the worst movies ever made but in trying to mesh with 3 classics, they fall dismally short. If this is the best Lucas could come up with, they should have never been made.


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Don Bellisario, Penn State Class of '61, is head of Belisarius Productions, producer of such TV series as "NAVY NCIS," "Jag," "Quantum Leap" and "Magnum PI." Naturally, his star bears the TV icon in its center.
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By Tom E. Curran
DALLAS I think we can agree that, when appraising any situation, the only question that demands answering is: What does this mean to meeeeee?
And there were things that occurred in Dallas Sunday night that had relevance to people residing in the Northeast corner of these United States.
Christina Aguilera leaving out her ramparts during the National Anthem? Interesting. Not impactful.
The Pittsburgh Steelers bumbling away a chance at their third Super Bowl win since 2005? Impactful.
I know enough Steelers fans to be aware of their searing hatred for all things New England Patriots. Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Danny Woodheads adorable three-legged basset hound? Hate. Hate. And hate.
Its born of their agitation with the Patriots usurping Pittsburgh as the dominant AFC team. From 1975 through 2000, no AFC franchise approached the legacy the Steelers built in the 1970s.
The Broncos kinda did, but even those two Super Bowl wins in 1997 and 1998 didnt erase their four Super Bowl losses (a few by beatdown). And the Bills were despite being the most consistently excellent team of the 1990s - really just lovable losers.
When the Patriots came along and won three Super Bowls in four years, going right through Pittsburgh (at Pittsburgh) in two conference championship games, Steelers and their fanbase lost their identity. Or at least the ability to indisputably claim the Steelers were the most important AFC franchise.
And when the Patriots got caught videotaping defensive signals after being asked (along with the rest of the league) to stop the practice, that relatively minor act (the major act was their defiance of the edict), Steelers fans had their hammer to discredit the Patriots legacy.
Had Pittsburgh won Sunday night, they would have basically matched what New England did from 2001 through 2004 winning three titles in a very short span.
But they didnt. Instead, they spit the bit in a very winnable game. Their very good quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, failed to cross the threshold into all-time greatness. Their amazing and admirable safety, Troy Polamalu, was a liability. The Steelers failed to beat a team that had lost important players on both offense (Donald Driver) and defense (Charles Woodson).
And now their hammer remains Spygate, instead of three rings for Roethlisberger and seven Lombardis for the franchise (including three from 2001-10 . . . same as the Pats).
They will use that hammer. This post-Super Bowl Monday, Ive been fielding irate e-mails from Steelers fans for saying Roethlisberger failed to achieve all-time greatness when the opportunity was laid out in front of him.
And failed in spectacularly inefficient fashion.
This assertion, apparently, is not made in a vacuum because the e-mails Ive gotten have usually included the words Spygate, Brady Cheating and expletive Belichick.
The reason?
Its not just about their Steelers. Its about their Steelers place in history. Same thing as the Patriots and their fans concerns.
And on this particular Monday, nothings changed for the Patriots. Given the alternative if Pittsburgh had won, that probably means a lot.
Tom E. Curran can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Tom on Twitter at http:twitter.comtomecurran


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Saturday, 13 June 2015
Midway Motivation - Father's Day
Welcome back to our
'Midway Motivation' post here at
I am back with a returning Guest Designer for you today to give you a little extra motivation for our current 'Father's Day' challenge. So please welcome back, Diane ...
I am a wife and mum to three grown-up children and a little grandson. I live in a small town in Mid-Wales and craft as a hobby and have been crafting as far back as I can remember. I do lots of different crafts and love trying something new - my Mum taught me to knit when I was about seven and I have recently started to teach myself crochet.
I have had Fibromyalgia for over ten years which leaves me in constant pain, but my crafting helps take my mind off the pain. Card making is my main craft and I have a craft room which I share with my husband's junk collection. His trade is a plasterer/builder, so he often brings bits home for me that people throw out. I enjoy recycling and a lot of my storage is second hand, free or re-used. I often pick up found bits and pieces for my crafting, like ribbon off clothes, washers, string, packaging - I am a bit of a hoarder!
Here's Diane's fab project for our current challenge ...
Stamps - Docrafts Papermania
(For full details pop over to Diane's blog here)
Many thanks, Diane.
So, there is still plenty of time to join us - the current challenge will close on the 19th June, and I will be back with details of our next challenge the following day.
Hugz, Jan xx
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Field Trips are on the 3rd Friday of each month. We usually carpool from the Tallwood parking lot at 9:00 am, or meet at the designated location at 10:00 am. Field trip destinations are announced at club meetings and by email to members.
For more information contact Tom Simpson or call 703-250-9546 or (c) (703)254-8535.
Field Trip Schedule
March 17 St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
April 21 Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
May 19 National Zoo
June 16 Yards Park (Nationals) and Blind Whino Church
July 21 Kenilworth Gardens
August 18 Museum of Natural History
September 15 Georgetown Waterfront
October 20 Freer and Sackler Galleries
Novembe 17 Holocaust Museum
December 15 National Museum of African American History and Culture
Schedule subject to change per weather, member's preferences and suggestions
Additional Friday venues: Alexandria and Occoquan
Additional Possibilities: Folklife Festival (June 29-July 4 and July 6-9), Summit Point Racetrack (day trip – approximately 40 minutes from Dulles Airport), Scales and Tails (Cunningham Falls State Park, MD)
A group from the photo club recently visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps. This photo was taken by Ed Marion
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Find out what you can get away with in your age group
Your 20's: You can try out all kinds of cuts and styles, many opt for the romantic and pretty long hair styles, but others either want to look younger or older so they get shorter haircuts (whether you look younger or older really depends on the style and the competency of your hairdresser). Beware of getting short cuts that are not ideal for your face shape and age, you don't want to end up looking like a cartoon with a boyish mushroom cut. Highlights and lowlights are always a great way to achieve dimension with any haircut, so consider getting them in a tone matching the full color of your hair.
Make sure to always choose a look that fits your age and latest trends. It's important to consider your career since you are most likely establishing what it will in your 20's. If you're more into the arts you can probably get away with some funky colors and fun styles, but if you're in a conservative profession you should steer clear of anything that might be construed as rebellious.
You should experiment with length and color because this is the time that you can, later on maybe your hair won't grow as beautifully long and your face may not lend itself to trying all sorts of dye colors. In your 20's your hair will grow faster and thicker than any other time in your life, so make sure you take care of it and take advantage of it!
Don't be afraid to try new haircuts or go short with your hair, some people just naturally look better with short hair, especially if you have beautiful facial features, they will be highly accentuated without all that hair in the way. If you're starting to have significant amounts of gray hair you can start coloring your hair pretty regularly, or you can ask your stylist to hand-paint the couple of strands of gray that you have in a tone that matches your hair, so that you don't have to color fully. Another great way to camouflage gray hair is to color it with a color of mascara that matches your natural hair (they make mascara in tons of shades now).


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"I was looking for a versatile compound butter that would go well with beef, chicken and seafood. This is what I came up with. Cook time is chill time."
Garlic Compound Butter
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READY IN:2hrs 10mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 head garlic (roasted, and cloves removed)
- 1⁄2 cup sweet creamy butter (1 stick)
- 1 lemon (zest, and juice of)
- 1⁄4 cup flat leaf parsley (minced)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Place the oil, parsley, garlic, and lemon juice/zest in a food processor. Blend ingredients on high for 20 seconds or until the garlic is completely broken up and mixed in with the oil.
- Add in the butter, two tablespoons at a time blending on low to fully incorporate all of the flavors.
- Spoon the butter out of the food processer into a bowl and fold the black pepper inches Salt to taste.
- Place the butter onto a piece of parchment paper forming the paper around the butter resembling a paper towel roll with the butter inside.
- Gently squeeze the butter until it is twice the size of a normal stick of butter but the same length. Fold in each side and tape it down or lay the butter on a dish with the ends under the butter. Chill for 2 hours before using up to a week.
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About a Boy
People related to About a Boy:
Hugh Grant - actor
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Rachel Weisz - actor
Chris Weitz - screenwriter
Paul Weitz - director & writer
About a Boy
The Muckety map below is interactive. Use the "Map Tools" bar at left to delete and add relationships, make notes, create titles and save maps. (Requires Flash.)
The relationship map to the left is interactive.
• Roll your mouse over connecting lines to see the relationship.
• Solid lines are current relations. Dotted lines are former relations.
• Expand items with + signs by double-clicking.
• Move an item in the map by clicking and dragging.
• You can also delete items, separate boxes and save maps by selecting Map Tools (on left border of map).


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In an earlier article, we presented the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority's (the "FSA") decision to initiate an independent third party assessment of the insurance sector in Romania.
In a press release on 18 February 2015 (the "Press Release"), the FSA announced that the process of selecting the auditors to carry out the assessment has been completed. The Press Release lists the six audit companies selected to carry out the assessment.
The assessment is intended to be representative of the Romanian market and will evaluate insurers, who in the aggregate, represent at least 80% of the market. The envisaged evaluation of the selected insurers' balance sheets and analysis of their compliance with prudential requirements will be based on currently applicable legal provisions and stem from a Solvency II perspective. The assessment process will also include: an evaluation of the insurance portfolios of the selected insurers and a bottom-up stress test to determine the readiness of the insurance sector in Romania to implement Solvency II criteria and the insurers resilience to specific markets' shocks. The reference date for the financial data to be used for this assessment is 30 June 2014. The FSA approved the criteria and the conditions based on which, upon the finalisation of the assessment, it will require the selected insurers to implement specific supervisory measures, including capital adequacy. The FSA has also approved the timeframe to implement the supervisory measures and the procedures for monitoring the implementation by insurers of the required measures.
We will provide a more detailed analysis once more information regarding the assessment of the insurance market in Romania is available.
If you are interested in finding out more details about the above and/or would like to discuss how the upcoming assessment may affect your business, please contact our insurance team in Bucharest.
The full text of the Press Release is available in Romanian here.


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Fun With Portals!
by Tass on Apr.19, 2011, under Game, mrrubix, Personal, Puzzle
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I spent pretty much all day today playing Portal 2. Apart from lunch and bowling. And 90% of that time was spent doing co-op missions with my buddy MrRubix. It took about 7 hours, but we managed to beat the whole thing. Super fun and I highly recommend all of you play it with a friend!
Here's a video I recorded of the final level of co-op. It comes complete with audio of both of us.


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Roger Martin's explanation on heuristic thinking's place in the knowledge funnel. In a commercial world where efficient production is now a well distributed commodity, the market has to create new, value-added products and services to promote economic growth. Heuristic thinking offers a solution.
The founder of MESH Cities is often asked, "What does MESH stand for?" We've explained the acronym in previous posts, as well as in a variety of interviews; none-the-less, the functional parts of a truly MESHed city are complex—really complex. For practitioners of modern city building, having access to the strategic tools offered by this smart city evolution are essential to getting modern city design right. That's the reason we will deep dive into one facet of MESH: Heuristics.
To begin with, let's agree that cities are messy. Eclipsed only by incomprehensible geopolitics, they also offer the ideal breeding ground for wicked problems—societal riddles so tangled that sensible people avoid them. The school of hard knocks tests designers whenever they take on the Sisyphean task of changing familiar city patterns. Rarely does the result get a passing grade. What can MESH Cities thinking do to up the pass/fail rate?
In the MESH City schema city designers, builders, and managers enter into a continuous improvement cycle where data are always collected and used to learn what solutions work. All that information, however, opens up new opportunities--not to mention challenges. Often data takes us places we don't understand. Enter Heuristics.
Heuristics, for those readers unfamiliar with the term, is a process people can adopt to tackle problems without obvious solutions. It is a conceptual framework referred to in math and computer science circles for good reason. Practitioners in those fields are often given the task of getting from point A to point B without an existing map. We too can adopt the idea because MESH Cities succeed not only due to stellar design, they rely on some big, science-driven technologies too. And the design teams essential to getting the job done need a common approach to problem solving.
Not surprisingly then, one of the most recognized texts on the art of heuristics comes from 20th century mathematician George Pólya. Borrowing from Wikipedia, we offer this five step guide to heuristic approaches embelleshing ideas from Pólya's book, "How to Solve It."
First principle: Understand the problem
This may sound obvious to design and planning professionals, but more lost problem-solving time can be attributed to not understanding the problem in the first place. We've all done it. We think we know the answer right away then go about rationalizing our great insight. Hours, even days later something or someone helps us focus on the real issue we completely missed. These kinds of knee-jerk misfires are even more disastrous when designing for intelligent cities--infrastructure is expensive, bad infrastructure even more so.
Here, then, is how design teams can go about understanding those wicked, smart city design problems in a systematic way:
- What are they asked to discover or improve?
- Can the problem be restated in simple words rather than in jargon?
- Is there a picture or a diagram that will help your colleagues better understand the problem?
- Is there even enough information available to find a solution?
- Does your team understand all the words and concepts used in stating the problem?
- Do you need to ask a question (of someone) to get the answer?
Second principle: Devise a plan
Professional designers have seen it all. Many default to their standard Operating Procedures. That could be a mistake. Having an agreed to plan on how to tackle problems increases the likelyhood of solving them especially across large, diverse design teams.
So here is how a MESHed design plan might be structured:
- Make an orderly list, or even a matrix of the problem environment
- Eliminate possibilities--get rid of items that don't fit
- Use symmetry (or what we'd call a preponderance of small, correct types to push the needle forward)
- Consider special cases--is there a solution that worked somewhere else in a different situation?
- Look for a pattern your team is familiar with (patterns can lead to analogs, analogs to solutions)
- Draw a picture--really . . . draw one, or ten
- Solve a simpler problem that is similar and look for connections
- Use a model (and by this we mean a conceptual model, but use simulations too)
- Work backward (what does the ideal solution contribute to its own development?)
- etc. (there are numerous problem-solving approaches out there . . . use some of them
Third principle: Carry out the plan
This step is usually easier than devising the plan. In general, all your team needs is care and patience, given that they have the necessary skills. Persist with the plan chosen. If it continues not to work discard it and choose another. Don't be misled; this is how, for example, mathematics is done, even by professionals.
Fourth principle: Review/extend
Pólya mentions that much can be gained by taking the time to reflect and look back at what you have done, what worked and what didn't. That's the whole point of including "H" in the MESH Cities method. Doing this will enable you to predict what strategy to use to solve future problems.
Fifth principle: Document where you've been
The whole point of this structured approach is to bring new products and processes to the canon of city building solutions. That means your work must be documented in a way that is accessible to others. Build a wiki, website, mobile App, database, document managing system, and/or whatever else allows team members and citizens to access your work. After all, the point of all this work is to improve the public realm.
We offer readers this far from comprehensive guide to MES(H) in the hope that these tools will help build the intelligent cities of tomorrow. Skilled designer teams already have structured systems, but it is good practice to follow a checklist when dealing with mission-critical procedures. Ask any airline pilot.
In a more abstract sense, thinking heuristically when building responsive, intelligent cities allows for improved efficiency to be sure, but it also allows new solutions to old problems. Those new solutions not only help build smart cities, they build smart economies too.
(PS: If you have some great ideas on how to tackle wicked problems like cities you'd like to share, let us know.)


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Aputure Amaran H160 LED Light CRI95+
Aputure Amaran H160 LED video light is a lightweight, powerful on-camera light that uses CRI 95+ LED's with the latest colour rendering technology to create true and vibrant colours across the whole spectrum. It lights your subject evenly and widely, brightness can be adjusted freely as you need and output is flicker-free.
With 160 LED's, the use of 60 degree angled bulbs, PWM technology and the latest colour rendering techniques, the Aputure Amaran H160 shines an exceptionally even and stable output. It's the perfect tool for shooting still life and portraits.
Choose to power your H160 with either 6 AA batteries or an easily replaceable lithium battery (Sony F/FM/QM/FP/FH/FV). Four LED's display the remaining battery life.
Up to 9 panels can be attached together to create a larger, softer and more intense light. The slim and frameless design without borderline partitions also means that when lights are combined, there is no leak in light.
Main Features:
- Higher colour rendering index (CRI 95+)
- Much wider and more even lighting effect
- Battery power indicator
- Seamless connection
- Brightness adjustable
- Eco-friendly & power saving
- Multiple battery options
- 16:9 widescreen design
- Operating current ≤ 1.5A Power≤ 13W
- Supply power:DC5.5V-9.5V
- Cooling mode:Natural Ventilation
- Average life span(H)≥ 100,000
- Colorur temperature:5,500K Beam angle:60° CRI:≥ 95 Ra
- Volume(L*W*Hmm):151*56*100
- Net weight:325g
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The present invention is related to a wireless communication method and apparatus for securing data transmissions. More particularly, the present invention is a method and apparatus for securing transmission of content created by a content generation device embedded in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) by incorporating a watermark in the content.
Mobile phones, such as cellular phones operating in a global system for mobile communication (GSM) or universal mobile telephone service (UMTS) network, are no longer used just for voice communication. The mobile phones include embedded devices which are used to provide other features, such as a camera, a speech recorder, or the like. The incorporation of content generation devices into mobile phones permits users of the mobile phones to create and transmit audio, video, text or multimedia content via a wireless interface. Currently, there is no mechanism to safeguard the ownership, authenticity and safe distribution of the content created by these embedded devices.
The lack of such security mechanisms may result in misuse of the content, invasion of privacy or other problems. Therefore, there is a need for providing a security mechanism to safeguard the ownership, authenticity and safe distribution of the content developed by devices embedded in mobile phones.
The present invention is a method and apparatus for securing transmission of content created by a content generation device embedded in a WTRU by determining the type of watermarks that should be applied to the content and incorporating the watermarks in the content. The present invention includes a watermarking mechanism in a WTRU such that users of the WTRU can incorporate a variety of watermarks in the content they create.
The WTRU includes a content generation unit, a watermark incorporation unit, and a communication subsystem. The embedded content generation unit generates content, such as audio, video, image, text, or a combination thereof. The watermark incorporation unit incorporates watermarks in the content. The watermarked content is transmitted by the communication subsystem. The transmission of the content is secured by the incorporated watermark.
A more detailed understanding of the invention may be had from the following description, given by way of example and to be understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
Hereafter, the terminology "WTRU" includes but is not limited to a user equipment (UE), a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber unit, a pager, a personal data assistance (PDA), or any other type of device capable of operating in a wireless environment. When referred to hereafter, the terminology "base station" includes but is not limited to a Node-B, a site controller, an access point or any other type of interfacing device in a wireless environment.
The features of the present invention may be incorporated into an integrated circuit (IC) or be configured in a circuit comprising a multitude of interconnecting components.
The content generation unit 105 is embedded in the WTRU 100 and generates content. The content generation unit 105 includes a user interface 104 and a multimedia subsystem 106. Content may be generated by users directly through the user interface 104, which is also used to input commands to the WTRU 100. The multimedia subsystem 106 generates content, which can be any type of content including, but not limited to, audio, video, image, text, or a combination thereof, and stores the content in the secure memory 108. For example, the content generation unit 105 may be a still camera, a video camera, a voice recorder embedded in a mobile phone, or any other device that can be embedded in the WTRU 100 and generates information transferable by the WTRU 100.
The watermark incorporation unit 110 includes a watermarking unit 112 and a watermark generation unit 114. The watermark generation unit 114 determines at least one watermark and algorithm for incorporating the watermark in the content. The determination is performed based on inputs from users via the user interface 104, hardware signatures, RF environment, channel conditions, type of session and protocol information. The watermark may be based on any single input or multiple inputs. Some characteristics may be directly used as a watermark, such as location information, signal strength measured at the WTRU 100 or the device identification obtained from the protocol information elements. Otherwise, analysis is performed by the watermark generation unit 114, based on the received inputs and optionally the user may be provided with a choice. The analysis takes into consideration certain elements such as RF environment, threat level, sensitivity of the context, or the like. The watermarking unit 112 incorporates the watermark into the content using the algorithm supplied by the watermark generation unit 114. The watermark generation unit 114 receives inputs from the user interface 104, the communication subsystem 115, the hardware profile and signatures stored in the memory 108. The watermarked content is forwarded by the watermarking unit 112 to the communication subsystem 115 for transmission.
Ongoing transmissions will be continuously monitored and analysis will be performed on the received signals' RF environment to determine if there is any need to change the watermark and watermarking algorithm. The watermark and watermarking algorithm may be determined based on signal strength as measured at the WTRU 100, received multipath signals, interference and fading patterns. If such a need arises, the watermark generation unit may generate a new set of watermarks to be embedded into the content.
The watermark incorporation unit 110 incorporates at least one watermark in the content. Watermarking is a process of adding a secure signature to the content to prevent unauthorized use of the content and/or authenticate the content. Currently, many algorithms have been developed to incorporate a watermark into text, image, audio and video content. The present invention utilizes any prior art watermark generation mechanism which currently exists or will be developed in the future.
The communication subsystem 115 transmits the watermarked content. Whenever the content exits the WTRU 100 to be transmitted by the communication subsystem 115 or to be stored or manipulated, the watermark. incorporation unit 110 is triggered to incorporate watermarks in the content.
Watermarks can be of two types, conceivable watermarks and inconceivable watermarks. The conceivability is not limited to visibility by human eyes, but may be any type that can be recognized by human senses, such as sound, smell, or the like. Besides symbols, logo, holograms which are visible to human eye, sounds like a bell or music can be used as a watermark. There are no limitations in what can be used as a watermark. The proper watermark is chosen depending on the sensor input such as device profile, content type, session information, RF environment, or the like.
In addition to incorporating watermarks in the content, (or alternatively), a header may be appended to the content. The header contains information about the WTRU 100, an owner or current user of the WTRU 100, or date and time of generation and/or transmission of the content, usage criteria and any other information that are necessary to tie the content to the WTRU 100 or the creator of the content. The header may contain information about the watermark and key information to decrypt it. The header acts as a metadata, conveying information about how to handle the content. Using a header reduces the need for message exchanges between the sender and receiver. The header may be appended after a watermark is incorporated in the content or may be separately appended regardless of incorporation of watermarks.
In order to incorporate watermarks in the content, several options are provided to the user via, for example, through the graphical user interface 104, whereby the user may choose the level or scheme of watermarks. Depending on the sensor inputs such as session type or transmission/operating environment, the user may be prompted about suitable watermarking schemes available and may be used under the current situation. The user chooses the right scheme by providing his inputs through the user interface 104, such as keyboard or other input devices, (e.g., touch screen, graphical user interface, stylus, voice activated response unit, etc.).
A first option is directed to whether or not to incorporate a watermark. This option can be used when the user is developing content that is deemed usable by anybody and in any context. When content created by embedded devices is transmitted, a user is prompted as to the watermarking. The user may be prompted via the user interface 104. If the user decides that the content does not need to be watermarked, the content is transmitted without watermarking. Alternatively, it may be automated such that a certain category of content may be transmitted without watermarks without prompting the user. The watermark generation unit 114 may be programmed to do such selective watermarking.
A second option is provided in terms of conceivability of the watermarks. The incorporated watermarks may be conceivable by human senses without decryption keys. Depending on inputs from the sensors and the user, the watermark generation unit 114 may decide to use conceivable watermark such as a logo. The watermark generation unit 114 directs the watermarking unit 112 to imprint the logo directly on the content. This type of watermarking is used to protect ownership of the content and may contain conceivable audio/visual information superimposed on the content. The watermark is conceivable by human senses without decryption keys, such as a visible logo or a jingle. The conceivable watermark is used as a means for auditing the authenticity of the image and rights of ownership.
The incorporated watermarks may be inconceivable by human senses without decryption keys. This type of watermarking is used to protect ownership and authenticity in content to prevent misuse or intentional modification of the content. The watermark is not conceivable to the human senses but can be detected using decryption keys. In accordance with the present invention, the type of watermark and the algorithm to be used is determined at the time of generation and transmission, taking into account the context of the communication. To determine the proper type of watermark, the present invention uses some of the very unique characteristics of the operating environment such as a channel characteristic, a device characteristic, and perceived threats at the time of transmission. Considering these unique criteria makes the watermark unique and difficult to duplicate and decrypt by others.
For example, by means of RF sensing over a very wide band, it may be possible to estimate or detect if any rouge WTRU is available in the vicinity which may be capable of tuning to the RF transmission of the legitimate WTRU. By doing this, the WTRU 100 may model the perceived threats around it and determine a watermarking strategy.
A third option is provided based on the content. More than one watermarking scheme or a different level of watermarking scheme may be chosen in accordance with importance of the content, nature of the content, a transfer mode, compression mode or any other criteria. The selection may be automatic or manual.
Different degrees of watermarks or a series of successive watermarks may be applied in accordance with the importance of the content. If the content is sensitive enough not to be altered or modified, then a higher level of watermarks or several successive watermarks may be incorporated. The user decides how sensitive the content is and instructs the watermark generation unit 114 through the user interface 104 such as a keypad, touch screen, or the like. The watermark generation unit 114 determines the degree, times, type, algorithm of watermarking, or the like, depending on the level of sensitivity, and alternatively depending on whether the sensitivity crosses certain threshold value, and instructs the watermarking unit 112.
Most content created by the WTRU 100 is subject to a variety of manipulations. The manipulations may be either intentional or unintentional. None of the currently available watermarks can survive all forms of manipulation. Therefore, there is a need of successive watermarking based on the importance of the content and the degree of manipulation that the content should survive. The watermark generation unit 114 decides to do successive watermarking and instructs the watermarking unit 112 to do so. The watermark generation unit 114 supplies the multiple watermarks to the watermarking unit 112.
The user of the WTRU 100 can create a series of content-based watermarks that can be applied to the content during its creation or post creation before distribution. For example, the WTRU 100 may be equipped with a 5 mega-pixel charge coupled device (CCD) for capturing an image, and recording of the image may be performed with high resolution. When the user is downloading the image over an interface, such as an USB or any serial or parallel interface, to a local computer, the user may use the high resolution version of the image. However, when the user sends the image with an email over the wireless interface, the user may perform compression of the image to reduce the size of the image, and the compression may be lossy with an acceptable loss of resolution. Instead of doing the watermarking at the time of content creation, the process is delayed until the content is being transmitted. The multimedia subsystem 106 and the user interface 104 create content and store the content in a temporary memory without any watermarking or compression. During transmission initiated by the user through the communication subsystem 115, the watermark generation unit 114 collects, as an input, the type of transport media that will be used in transmission of the content. Depending on the type and available bandwidth, the watermark generation unit 114 may compress the content and instruct the watermarking unit 112 to watermark with a proper watermark signal suitable for the content, which has been compressed from its original version.
Moreover, when the user is sending the image over the wireless interface, the image is also subject to manipulation depending on a transfer mode, (i.e., an acknowledged mode, an unacknowledged mode and a transparent mode). The acknowledged mode permits lossless transfer of the image over the air, but the other two modes are lossy mechanisms.
Therefore, depending on the compression scheme and wireless transfer mechanism, a series of successive watermarking has to be applied to survive the loss introduced by the compression and transfer. Every successive iteration serves to more extensively mix the original watermark. It acts as an interleaver and spreads the watermark thoroughly. Thus, the probability of losing any watermark information during lossy compression or transmission is reduced. This can be equated to some form of content equalization with an inverse transfer function so that the image is obtained undistorted at the other end. A similar means can be applied to recorded audio. For example, if the user records an audio at a 144 kbps (CD quality), the audio may be subject to 8-128 kbps compression using MP3 or other audio compression techniques so that it is suitable for transmission over the air. Therefore, the user has to select watermarking schemes that will survive the compression and transmission. There is also the potential that the recipient will subject the watermarked image to further compression.
The watermarking may be personal such that the content is embedded in the watermarks. In this case, only the watermarks are conceivable and the content is not conceivable by human senses without decryption keys for removing the watermarks. There are occasions when the owner wishes to create personal content that should never be put out for circulation and if it is accidentally circulated, the content should not be conceivable without the keys. This can be achieved in a special usage of watermark. The content may be hidden in the watermark. Therefore, only the watermark is conceivable and not the content. The user can define a series of trusted devices (by their serial numbers, or special watermarks in viewers and players) that equates to the input of the decryption key, thereby automatically eliminating the watermark. In this case the actual content is treated as a watermark signal and hidden under some plain text such as text file, general photograph, audio clip or a video clip. Thus, the watermark generation unit 114 provides the plain text, (or image, video, etc.), and instructs the watermarking unit 112 to embed the actual data in the plain text. The actual data may be encrypted using keys made up of identity of trusted devices. When the hidden content is received by those trusted devices, the plain text under which the actual data is hidden is automatically removed.
The personal watermarked content may also be subject to compression and manipulation during transmission over lossy channels. The covering watermark and content should be able to survive these manipulations and not lose the invisibility provided. Inadvertent recipients of the content may like the covering watermark and may decide to store it after subjecting it to various manipulations without knowing about the hidden content. The watermark should be able to survive these manipulations successively without revealing the hidden content.
The content is encrypted using keys which can be computed from device identity (ID), hardware ID. The encrypted data is hidden or embedded in a plain text, image or video. The hiding of data may be performed multiple times so that it can survive multiple manipulations.
Whenever the content exits the WTRU 100, (for example, over the air, through the Bluetooth protocol, infrared, through smart media, or equivalently when the content is stored or manipulated), a menu pops up that permits the user to modify the usage criteria stored in the header appended to the content or modify the watermarking level used during creation, as well as the type of rights that the user would like to assign to the content. The user can then modify it via user interfaces such as touch screen, keypad, or the like.
An automated list of successive watermarking options may be provided to the user to cover various contingencies. The watermark generation unit 114 prompts the user with the watermarking options it calculated from the inputs from communication subsystem 115, user inputs and device characteristics. The option list may be classified on the transport link to be used, destination machine, user, time of day, or the like.
A cellular network in which the WTRU 100 is operating, (i.e., a base station, a radio access network (RAN) or core network (CN)), may add supplementary information to the content. While the content is in transit, the network elements may add to the header of the content the ID and location information. This assists in determining the trail of the content.
Although the features and elements of the present invention are described in the preferred embodiments in particular combinations, each feature or element can be used alone without the other features and elements of the preferred embodiments or in various combinations with or without other features and elements of the present invention.
While the present invention has been described in terms of the preferred embodiment, other variations which are within the scope of the invention as outlined in the claims below will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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|The Dice Company
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|Oct 2, 2001
|Nec Corporation
|Image data encoding system and image inputting apparatus
|Jan 27, 1999
|Jan 6, 2004
|Kent Ridge Digital Labs
|Digital audio watermarking using content-adaptive, multiple echo hopping
|Sep 14, 2000
|Jan 6, 2004
|Digimarc Corporation
|Watermarking in the time-frequency domain
|Dec 29, 1998
|Jan 13, 2004
|Kent Ridge Digital Labs
|Method and apparatus for embedding digital information in digital multimedia data
|Jan 17, 2001
|Jul 6, 2004
|Digimarc Corporation
|Watermarking methods and media
|Jan 6, 2000
|Apr 21, 2009
|Digimarc Corporation
|Wireless methods and devices employing steganography
|Oct 26, 1998
|Sep 13, 2001
|Paul B. Schneck
|System for controlling access and distribution of digital property
|Oct 15, 2001
|May 1, 2003
|Jessica Fridrich
|Lossless embedding of data in digital objects
|Dec 24, 2002
|Aug 7, 2003
|Singh Ram Naresh
|Secure wireless transfer of data between different computing devices
|Dec 13, 2002
|Sep 25, 2003
|Jun Tian
|Progressive image quality control using watermarking
|Jun 11, 2001
|Feb 5, 2004
|Jong-Uk Choi
|System and method of providing and autheticating works and authorship based on watermark technique
|Jul 23, 2004
|Jan 27, 2005
|Pantech Co., Ltd.
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|Feb 3, 2005
|Hooper Daniel Luke
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|Feb 17, 2005
|Vidur Apparao
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|Apr 25, 2003
|Feb 9, 2006
|Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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|Feb 5, 2003
|Mar 9, 2006
|Taylor Andrew R
|Modifying bitstreams
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|Mar 9, 2006
|Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
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|May 18, 2006
|Dhiraj Bhatt
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|U.S. Classification
|382/100, 380/270, 713/176
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jun 6, 2005
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SPOT Royal is the name of a list concerts with new Danish acts, who will be presented on the stage at Immervad facing The Spanish Steps.
SPOT Royal now gives Aarhus, its citizens and the tourist a concert stage, where they will be able to see new acts not just from Aarhus but from all over the country on scheduled Saturdays in the summer months.
The programme (all concerts from 2pm to 4 pm):
27th of May
Soleima og Soon
3rd of June.
Peppermint B og The Vice
17th of June (in cooeration with Aarhus Volume)
Bogfinkevej og Monti
24th of June
The Attic Sleepers og Martin Baltser
1st of July
Kajsa Vala og Gurli Octavia
8th of July
Wangel og Alexander Oscar
29th of July – presented in cooperation with Headquarters
HQ Club afternoon, Headquarters resident DJ's.
5th of August.
Rasmus Matthiesen og R.Noor.
12th of August.
Kentaur og Nicklas Sahl
19th of August.
Tårn og Sundays
Photo from the Aarhus stream – Ultramarin on stage (Photo: Rasmus Vester)


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We're back from attending a wedding in California, and I'm ready to share more wedding stuff with you! Yay!
John and I met in college, but we only started dating after he was in the Navy. (We do things the hard way. Never the easy way for the two of us.) Our entire relationship was long distance, so we thought it would be fun to name each table as a place that is important to our relationship. We tried to match each place with a coordinating picture. I don't think anyone noticed, but I set the table numbers up so they told our story– the first guest table was where we met and the last was where we'll be PCS-ing next, with everything else in between in order.
You'll Need:
- Microsoft Publisher (or other design program)
- 5×7 photo paper
- glue tape or glue dots (I found that the tape works wonders!)
- 5.5×7.5 scrapbook card stock paper (I found a 100 pack at Michaels for about $8.)
How I Created the Look:
I created a template using the generic 5×7 paper size on Microsoft Publisher and then dragged and dropped photos and text that I needed for each. (I also used grayscale in the program for the photos, so I didn't have to mess with creating and saving other copies of the pictures themselves.)
After I printed all of the cards, I rolled the glue tape on the back of each one, and centered it and pressed it onto a sheet of cardstock.
We haven't gotten our professional pictures back yet, so I don't have any clear photos of how the tables looked at the wedding. However, if you want to create this look for your own, we used small, black easel stands to prop the cards up. (A post about our centerpieces is to follow soon!)
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Sexual dysfunction is a serious problem in both men and women. It is one
of the major problems that hamper intimacy between spouses or
even friends. If you are suffering from this problem and  are wondering
if there is any treatment that can help you deal with the condition,
this article will share some of the best treatments available
for managing the condition.
With that said, it is important to know that there are more treatments for sexual dysfunction
available for men than women.
The bulk of the treatments designed for treating the condition in men are mainly oral
prescriptions. It is important for a patient to seek the guidance of a doctor before using any of
these medications. In case you don't know, some of the common drugs include: Vig RX,
Sex Drops and the popular Viagra. It is important to take the aspect of consulting with your
doctor very seriously. This is because the use of drugs that relate to sexual disorder comes with
lots of side effects.
When it comes to treating sexual dysfunction in females, like I said earlier there are less
treatment options at the disposal of the victim of such condition and the doctors alike. The most
popular and probably the most effective form of treatment available for females, with sexual
dysfunction is Germany Sex Drop. This treatment type is particularly designed for women
with decreased sexual desire caused by early procedural menopause.
It is important to know that induce liquid is not a drug in particular and contains a very precise
blend of herbals, nutrients, and aphrodisiacs that work.
The treatment when applied assists the victims in boosting their sex drive. What happens is
that a little quantity of sex hormone is introduced into the blood stream of the patient thus
helping to "up" the sexual urge in them. One of the major reasons many women suffer from
sexual dysfunction is due to surgical procedures and certain medical condition that cause
them to lose testosterone.
In the end, the best thing to do is to make sure you do all you can to prevent the condition. Where
you can't help it is important you consult with your doctor so as to find the best solution that would
see you out of the condition. It doesn't matter whether you are a male or a female, sexual
dysfunction is the greatest killer of relationships, so the best way to deal with the situation is to
attack it headlong.
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Mishawr Rawhoshyo Trailer (2013)
11 October 2013 Adventure, Crime
Mishawr Rohoshyo, a thriller, is The Egyptian Mystery to be solved by detective Raja Roy Chowdhury to unearth an Egyptian fortune. The all's-not-well quest takes Kakababu and Santu into a bumpy ride which finally ends at the baffling Egyptian tombs.
Watch the official Mishawr Rawhoshyo 2013 trailer in HD below or find more Mishawr Rawhoshyo videos on Vidimovie.


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This is a big deal: PayPal Unveils Web Services APIs. Think about it — a general purpose, programmable payment and funds transfer service. With this, you could build systems to reconcile all kinds of transactions programmatically — VoIP micropayment billing systems, for instance.
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How to Determine the Cost Basis for Mutual Fundsby Alia Nikolakopulos ; Updated April 19, 2017
The Internal Revenue Service allows two methods for determining the cost basis for mutual fund shares. The method you use depends on whether you purchase all the shares on a single date for the same price per share, or purchase mutual fund shares on various dates and at different prices. You must have cost basis information to report the sale of your mutual fund shares to the IRS.
Single Acquisition Date
Determine the price you paid per mutual fund share when you acquired the shares. This information is found on your broker statement or sales summary documents.
Multiply the price per share by the number of mutual fund shares you purchased. The result is your total initial basis in the shares.
Add broker fees you pay to acquire, dispose of, or perform related broker transactions concerning your mutual funds. This information is also found on your broker statement.
Add your broker fee expenses to your initial basis. The result is your cost basis in your mutual funds.
Multiple Acquisition Dates
Calculate the total you paid for all your mutual fund shares. If you have held some shares for less than one year and some shares for longer than one year, separate your shares into these two categories before you calculate the total you paid for shares. Shares held less than one year are short-term assets and shares held longer than one year are long-term assets. Calculate totals for each of these asset groups separately.
Divide the cost total by the number of shares you own. The result is your average initial basis in the shares. If you separated shares into short-term and long-term categories, perform your average initial basis calculation separately for each asset class.
Add broker fees associated with transactions that affect your investment. Divide the result by the total number of shares you own, regardless of asset class. The result is your average broker expense per share.
Add your average initial cost basis per share to the average broker expense per share. The result is your average cost basis per mutual fund share.


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Fido's First Cell Phone: Get a cell phone for your dog. This is hilarious. However, in their defense, if they do come out with one and it is within any serious purchase price range (affordable) I will definitely try one. Luckey and daisy will LOVE being on the phone with Jennifer and I while we are at work.
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Inthsigs like this liven things up around here.
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If you wrote an article about life we'd all reach enlightenment.
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Merci pour ton gentil message. Moi aussi j'ai succombé aux ateliers de Sanmao, je me suis inscrite le 30 août pour la dégustation des Long Jing et le 20 septembre pour les Dan Cong, peut-être s'y rencontrera-t-on?
That's a subtle way of thinking about it.
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text: Role of axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with pure ductal carcinoma in situ of the breastGiorgio Zavagno, Paolo Carcoforo, +11 authors Donato NittiBMC Cancer2003Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is an effective tool for axillary staging in patients with invasive breast cancer. This procedure has been recently proposed as part of the treatment for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), because cases of undetected invasive foci and nodal metastases occasionally occur. However, the indications for SLN biopsy in… (More)


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Flagship restaurant of T's tantan, located in Jiyugaoka district, at 東京都目黒区自由が丘2-9-6 Luz自由が丘B1F. Serves a fusion of Japanese and western vegan cuisines, from ramen dishes to pizza and risotto. Different menus at different times of day. Menus in English and show photos of the dishes. Power outlets at some seats. Credit card use with minimum purchase required. Note: In Japan kitchens often stop serving 30-60 minutes before closing time. Call ahead to confirm. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-10:00pm.
Categories: Vegan, Pizza, Japanese, Western, Fusion


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Description of the accommodation:
Rooms, services Island Vibe Knysna Hostel Knysna is offering ten comfortable rooms to guests looking for accommodation in Knysna. For meetings and nice evening chats the local bar will provide an ideal location. If you wish to learn more about the exact scope of services provided by Island Vibe Knysna Hostel Knysna (including any available for an extra fee), you will find them on the information sheet below.
Payment Advance payment by credit card or providing credit card guarantee may be necessary for finalizing the reservation, depending on the chosen date, room and price.
Arrival, opening hours The earliest check-in time to your room is 14:00, the latest check-out time from your room is 10:00. The personnel of the hostel can speak with you in Zulu and English languages.
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- Pool (Outdoor - seasonally open)
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The Columbia Police Department Metro Region encompasses neighborhoods including:
Main Street, Arsenal Hill, Belvedere, Bradley, Pinehurst, Booker Washington Estates, Grove Park, Benedict College's Campus, USC's Campus, Finlay Park and The Vista.
The Metro Region consists of 5 squads that work a 12.5 hour shift rotating every 28 days. This ensures coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Metro Region has a regional Community Response Team (CRT). This team works flexible shifts based on crime trends to best serve the citizens of the Metro Region. The authorized strength for Metro Region is 59 officers.
The Metro Region Commander is Captain James Auld, who has served with the Columbia Police Department for 25 years.
Address: 2638 Two Notch Rd, Columbia, SC 29204 (Metro District) | 1600 Bull St, Columbia, SC 29201
Contact: (803) 545-


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Picture: Eddie Van Halen Van Halen announces they will be going on tour at The Four Season Hotel Los Angeles, California - 13.08.07
Former Van Halen front man David Lee Roth has angered broadcast bosses with his diva antics on his new radio talk show.
The rock star, who replaced controversial shock jock Howard Stern when he moved to satellite radio company SIRIUS at the beginning of the year (06), is reportedly driving executives crazy with his demands.
One tells the New York Daily News, "This guy (Roth) is impossible to work with. A real arrogant, self-righteous a**."
Roth is less than enthusiastic about his new gig and never bothers to prepare for a show and leaves five minutes after he is finished.
The exec adds, "It's almost like he wants to get fired and take the money and run."
Roth also demanded expensive renovations to Stern's former radio studio and then refused to use it citing "asbestos contamination".
He also ripped down the walls of a temporary studio because he feared there was dust behind the walls.
The exec comments, "He swears he is allergic to dust and smoke, but (he) smells like an ashtray."
Before scoring his latest radio job, Roth was working as an emergency medical technician in New York City.


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When the Jacksonville Jaguars joined the National Football League in 1995, a whole lot of excitement was generated, especially in the Jacksonville area. Since that time they have had up and down seasons and benefited from the play of some great players. Here is a look at eight interesting facts about some of the players who have played quarterback for the team.
-With 25,698 passing yards, no quarterback has thrown for more total yards for Jacksonville than the team's original starting quarterback Mark Brunell.
-The most passing touchdowns ever thrown in one year by a Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback is twenty, Mark Brunell did this twice, once in 1998 and then again in 2000.
-Brunell sits at the top of the list of total passing touchdowns for the Jaguars with 144.
-The first touchdown pass thrown in the NFL by Jags quarterback Byron Leftwich came during 2003 in week 2 and was thrown in the fourth quarter to George Wrightster.
-Mark Brunell threw more touchdowns against the Cincinnati Bengals during his career than any other team.
-Brunell threw 86 interceptions during his time with the Jaguars, by far more than any other quarterback who has played for the team.
-The first touchdown pass David Garrard threw in the NFL came in the fourth quarter of a 28-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans in 2002, which was his rookie year. The pass was thrown four yards and went to Jimmy Smith.
-In 2001, Mark Brunell was sacked 57 times. No Jags quarterback has ever been sacked more than that in one season.
-The player who caught the most touchdown passes from longtime Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell during his career was the great Jimmy Smith with 44.


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Slice of Life Tuesday is hosted by Two Writing Teachers
Today is the first day back after Christmas break. It is always a bit of a tough morning for my children––both those at home and those I will soon see in the classroom. I plan to start my classroom children with a One Little Word activity to get them thinking about a focus for the year. My students only see me once a week, so I must pack a great deal into that 50-80 minute time frame.
This time or lack thereof is a constant reminder for me to be planned and ready. It has it's drawbacks to be so planned, sometimes I cannot be as flexible to what kids need in the moment as I wish to be. Sometimes they must wait a week and then, often, the moment is lost.
It is difficult to be a "pull out" teacher. There are critiques at every turn. Why do I seem like I have so much non-teaching time? Why don't I have to assess as often? My answer (if I was asked instead of talked about when not present) would be that my non-teaching time is consumed by obsessive planning time designed to make every second with children count. I assess every moment because I cannot leave it to the next class. And, finally, I work behind the scenes to help administrators and other teachers understand that there are different ways to help gifted kids that might be better served in a different teaching model.
Today is the first day of school in 2017. It might be tough, but I will help the students I teach learn during every minute of the time they spend with me.


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Apple's iPhone 5 went up for pre-order earlier today with Apple, and now the majority of the UK mobile carriers have revealed their tariffs for the iPhone 5.
Mobile carriers Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and Three have all listed the mobile tariffs for the iPhone 5 on their networks in the UK, O2 have not released any pricing on the handset as yet, but O2 told us that they will have some more information this afternoon.
Vodafone are offering the iPhone 5 on both 12 and 24 month contracts, prices for the iPhone 5 on a 24 month contract start at £49 up front plus £42 per month.
Prices for the iPhone 5 on Vodafone's 12 month contract start at £169 upfront for the iPhone 5 plus a monthly fee of £51, full details of what is available on Vodafone below.
Next up is T-Mobile who are offering the iPhone 5 on their Full Monty 24 month contract, the cheapest monthly contract is £36 per month and the iPhone 5 will cost you £109 up front, full details below.
Next Up is UK mobile carrier Three who are also offering the iPhone 5 on a 24 month contract, this will cost you £34 per month with an upfront cost of £79 for the iPhone 5, full details below.
Finally we have Orange who are also offering a 24 month plan for the iPhone 5, with monthly costs starting at £36 per month and an uofront cost of £109.99.
O2 have listed some of their contracts on their website, but no details on how much the iPhone 5 will cost with these contracts, they also seem to be offering 24 month contracts.
More details on all of the available tariffs for the iPhone 5 in the UK can be found over at the various carriers, which are Vodafone, Orange, O2, Three and T-Mobile.Filed Under: Apple, Apple iPhone, Technology News, Top News