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Hot Chocolate Cheesecake with GayLea Real Whipped Cream
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Valentine's Day has always been a fun holiday in our house, especially now that we have Sam. The day starts with heart shaped pancakes and every year, I work hard to make sure that both my guys feel special and loved on Valentine's Day. It's a great chance for us to talk to Sam about what love is, especially now that he's getting a little older and understands more. He is so kind hearted, it's not a hard concept for him to understand.
This year, I want to make something extra sweet for us to all enjoy together. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE sharing food so I am going to be making a no-bake hot chocolate cheesecake they we can enjoy with three spoons. It's rich and delicious and topped with marshmallows, chocolate chips and GayLea real whipped cream – just like a real mug of hot chocolate. It's simple to make and the result is a real WOW!
How to Make Hot Chocolate Cheesecake
– 1/4 cup of chocolate wafer crumbs
– 1 tablespoon of Gaylea butter
– 1 brick of cream cheese
– half can of sweetened condensed milk
– 4 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips
– Gaylea Real Whipped Cream, mini marshmallows and chocolate chips to top
1. This is a really simple recipe to make. For the "crust" you will only need about 1/4 cup of chocolate wafer crumbs and about a tablespoon of Gaylea butter melted. Mix together until well blended. Take half the mixture and press it into the bottom of your mug.
2. The cheesecake is made by blending 1 brick of cream cheese with 1/2 a can of sweetened condensed milk. When all the lumps are out, melt 4 tablespoons of chocolate chips and blend into the mixture.
3. Because mugs are so tall, I really feel like this cheesecake needs layers to add some interest. Start with the aforementioned crust, then add a layer of cream cheese mixture; then layer in the rest of your chocolate wafter crumbs from step 1; add more cream cheese mixture. Then a layer of mini marshmallows and chocolate chips; top it with the cream cheese mixture until you are flush with the top of the mug. Let the entire thing set overnight.
4. Before you're ready to serve: top the hot chocolate cheesecake with Gaylea real whipped cream, as well as mini marshmallows and chocolate chips. Sooo good.
If you're looking for something special to enjoy this Valentine's Day, this hot chocolate cheesecake topped with GayLea whipped cream could be your perfect treat! Visit GayLea on Pinterest for more Valentine dessert inspiration. Plus, find GayLea on Facebook.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
I hope it's been lovely so far. Just lovely. I look forward to Valentine's Day every year and really get a kick out of making cards for the kids (I've said it before). I like them to be fairly cheap, unique, and fun for the individual child to give out. And (as I told my sister) it's the one chance a year to be cheesy...extra cheesy. Which is so fun.
I spotted mini barrels of monkeys at Party City awhile back, and about died. I knew I had to do something with them for Q. Miniature barrels with the teeniest mini monkeys in rainbow colors. What could be more cute?! He only had a handful of friends he was going to give them to, so I bought the few I needed and made an appropriate card.
Then. A few days before Valentine's Day...a group of ladies organized a get-together for a bunch of the preschool aged children that didn't really have a venue to exchange cards. And it suddenly hit me that 1. I needed more cards and 2. I would be passing out choking hazards. So. I quickly scrapped the monkey idea and set out looking for another one. Miss B saw gnomes made out of Hershey's kisses in our Family Fun book and fell in love and said we should make them instead. I thought of a delightfully cheesy saying and quickly made a matching card. We finished them up last night and I think I might like them even more than the monkeys.
Mr. C came up with his idea all on his own. I thought the joke idea was perfect for his age...and it's not too girly or mushy at all. Plus he loves jokes. Loves. He can read a joke book for hours, giggling to himself...and us.
Miss B loved the mini monkeys and wanted to give them to several of her close friends...until we made the gnomes and then she gave them gnomes too.
Also, I had fun taking pictures of mini monkeys.

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Fascino, the brainchild of celebrity Chef Ryan DePersio and his family, is a study in modern Italian food, coined "Italian without borders." Ryan's unique approach is apparent, showcasing his years with world renowned chefs Jean Georges Vongrichten and David Bouley. Achieving a Zagat food rating of 26, it states, a "consistent" "favorite" for its "elegant", "innovative" interpretations of "traditional" dishes (and his mom's "alluring" desserts). Fourteen years and going strong, Fascino has been renovated, completely redecorated with a fresh new look, and has a newly expanded menu.
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We were seated in a quiet booth which was perfect for conversation. Our waiter Michael was fabulous as always.
Dinner was lovely - we tried all sorts of things and loved experimenting. The braised ribs were delicious but no sides. The halibut was exquisite and came with vegetables. The salmon special appetizer was better than the polenta fries.
We love eating here and love to use Open Table to reserve.
A perfect place for a special occasion.
Date night with the wife. The food was good excellent. The staff where very attentive.
BEWARE there is an extremely cozy (frighten tiny) table. Not the kind of table I would expect from a reservation holder. If I where a walk in guest, I would call it accommodating. It felt like I was going to knock food off the table.
Aside from the great food, excellent service and mediocre sized table, the restaurant is BYOB and accommodating. Overall an excellent value.
We went to Fascino for our 15 Anniversary. I requested a special private table on my Open Table reservation, which they accommodated. The host and owner wished us a Happy Anniversary when we arrived. Our waiter was outstanding. Professional, knowledgeable, attentive and engaging. The food quality was truly excellent. Flat iron steak was perfectly prepared and homemade gnocchi with sweet sausage ragu was mouth watering. Dessert was chocolate and coffee mousse special that was a perfect ending to the meal. Highly recommend!
Our favorite restaurant in Montclair, NJ! Bring your favorite bottle of wine and choose the chef selection dinner which is a 4 - course meal - a dining experience with delicious food. Service is impeccable and compliments the experience. Highly, highly recommend Fascino to everybody!
I have wanted to visit the restaurant for a while. It did not disappoint. The service wAs very professional. The food was fantastic with interesting twists on traditional dishes. The pappardelle with rabbit ragu was delicious. The desserts were wonderful as well. Don't be turned off by the credit card reservation hold. The restaurant is well laid out so the noise level is relatively good. Had a very expensive meal the night before at a NY restaurant and this was 30% of the cost and 1000% better. Bravo.
My fiance and I visited Fascino for a date. Although the service and ambiance were fantastic, the food didn't quite hit the mark for us. It was certainly good, but nothing special for the price. We had heard amazing things about the polenta fries and just had to try, but were very disappointed. The sauce was fantastic, the fries themselves were kind of bland and needed some seasoning. My fiance had the duck which he ended up taking home because he didn't quite like it and I had the special, which was okay. We did appreciate the BYOB, however. We still had a good time regardless, but next time we'd opt to go somewhere else.
My family of five went to Fascino for my wife's birthday dinner. The service was excellent. Our waiter, Walter, was knowledgeable about the menu and made great recommendations. There were many unique appetizers to choose from and we tried four of them. We had our favorites, truffle artichoke and zucchini flower stuffed with crabmeat, but they were all good. Everyone liked their entre choice as well. We all tasted and really liked the ricotta gnocchi. It was a quite night and we were the loudest table there, but the atmosphere was pleasant. All in all, we really enjoyed it and would go back in the next couple of months to try some more of the creative dishes.
Food was great but unfortunately the service was terrible. 1hr 10min to get starters, had to talk to the manager to get things moving. They did comp us coffee and dessert which was a nice gesture, but was just a little too late by then. We've eaten here multiple times, but after this most recent experience we won't be returning, such a shame as the food is quite excellent.
This was an 'event' night at Fascino featuring a five course tasting menu with dishes from Bar Cara, Fascino's more casual sister restaurant, that closed four years ago to the regret of many. Chef Ryan DePersio was out to comment on each course, a nice touch. My comments:
Thin Sliced Mortadella, Whipped Ricotta, House Made Foccaccia, Drizzled With Honey -perfectly executed and delicious. A.
Local Clams Oreganata, Charred Lemon - the tiny clams were a bit overwhelmed by the breading. B-.
Papa Mac's Cavatelli, Arugula, Sweet Sausage Broth, Asiago Cheese - Again, great ingredients cooked perfectly. Maybe a tad less sparkling than the first course. A-.
Brick Roasted Chicken, Barlotto, Mushroom Marsala - moist, tender chicken. Nicely cooked barley risotto. Mushrooms had great flavor. Had there not been salt slicks on a few spots of the chicken skin, the main would have been flawless. B+.
Pizelle Cheesecake Panini, Summer Berries - a light, flavorful and texturally interesting finish. A-.
Service wonderful as always. GM Chris Pavone does a fine job making you feel like extended family. This continues to be our favorite Montclair restaurant.
Lived up to all expectations. Outstanding service, creative food (from a somewhat limited menu), comfortable understated ambiance. All the dishes were excellent - stuffed zucchini blossoms and papardelle with duck starters and shrimp scampi style and 14-oz pork chop . Nice added touch - small bowl of house-made gelato to commemorate our anniversary
we've been to Fascino many times over the years and this place has maintained it's high standards. We were late evening diners (in fact, the last to leave) but never felt rushed. Service was impeccable. The cuisine was superb, scallops perfectly prepared. The fact that its still a BYOB is an added benefit.
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The ability to purchase nutritious foods for your dog seems to be getting slimmer with each dog food recall and company buyout that is taking place so frequently these days. To top it off, manufacturers are changing ingredients as often as people change their shoes. What's really sad is if a manufacturer changes ingredients, they have six months to list the new ingredients on the bag. By then, you went to the vet how many times? And spent how much money trying to find out the reason your dog now has diarrhea? That law is outrageous and needs to be changed. We as consumers, deserve to know what is in our dog's food today, not six months from now.
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After several years of lonely development, I decided to spread the word about this game and to start building a community that could help me finish and polish the final product.
The real story is kind of precipitous and hectic:
I was in touch with Pavel Dobrovský (editor at Czech News Center) from last year's Game Developer Session (GDS2014) and he asked me to show him actual build of the game at GDS2015. First plan was just to show him the version but there is an independent games showcase at the beginning of GDS every year and 3 days before conference I decided to create a small presentation of the game specially for this purpose.
3 days before conference I didn't have even a name for the game:), nor domain registered, nor a single presentation material. There was only a temporal name for the game: Mashinky.
I made a teaser, decided to call this game Logistics, register domain www.logisticsthegame.com and prepared few slides about the game pillars.
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And above is the outcome of everything I own at the moment, Im lucky enough to get all my skincare from work, which is amazing to try out new things.
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Color of the Night by:Darkmage18
I'll tell you now, I do not own Teen Titans or the song. That way no one has to waste their time sueing me.
Also, I will warn you now that this is a Beast Boy x Raven story. If you don't like it, then stop reading now, and go read something you do like. I'm sure you'll find it somewhere. NO FLAMES, PLEASE!
Now that that's outta the way, on with the fic!
BB's POV
It was dark. Too dark to see, but I knew she was there. I could sense that she was close. The faint sound of someone breathing reached my ears, and I turned to where the sound was coming from. Taking a few steps, as I advanced, the sound got louder. I bumped into something. I reached out my hand and touched flesh. Moist flesh. As soon as my fingers touched it, it flinched and moved back. It was her. She had been crying, I could tell now by my moist fingers.
"You shouldn't be here," I heard her shaky voice say.This was not like her. She never cries. It worried me.
"What's wrong? What happened?" I questioned, but she kept quiet. I waited patiently for her answer, but it didn't come.
I reached out my hand and touched her shoulder. She was trembling.
She tried to shake my hand off, but I tightened my grip.
"Raven, I want to help you."
"Just get out."
Her words sounded so cold.
"Raven, I can't. I won't. I want to know what's wrong. I want to help you."
THere was another silence. The rain outside hammered on the roof of the tower. A flash of lightning illuminated the room for a split second. In that moment, I saw a flicker of hope in her eyes, and I saw her tear streaked face. She looked so pained, but she was beautiful.
"Raven... please."
I loosened my grip on her shoulder.
"I wanna know. Why are you crying? Please tell me."
Another flash of lightning showed her looking over at a large trunk.
"Its dark in here." I heard her say, and seconds later, the candles were lit.
It was still dark, but I could see clearly. She was seated on her bed, though the canopy part shadowed her partly from my view.
I went over to the trunk she was looking at. I opened it up and found a dusty old book in it. I immediately knew what it was. Malchior. I despise that guy. I knew what she was going through, falling for someone, then having them betay you and break your heart. I went through the same thing with Terra. And somehow Raven helped me get through it. No, she didn't comfort me, or talk to me,but that's just who she is. She helped me in a different way. She helped me to fall in love again, and she doesn't even know it. I decided to help her as best I can, even if its not in the same way as she helped me.
I closed the lid, and went back over to where she was seated. I sat down beside her on her bed, with my back to the wall. I could see her better this way. She was silent for a moment.
"It hurts," she said, looking at me.
"I know," I whispered as gently as I could, "I know. Wanna talk about it?"
"I-I don't know."
She looked down at her legs. I saw a tear drop fall onto her hand. I took that hand into my own.
"Raven, please. I just want to talk."
Raven's POV
He's too persistent, but I finally cracked. I don't know how he got me to, but I fell into his arms and cried into his shoulder. I could tell he was shocked for a second, but then he put his arms around me and let me cry. His arms felt so warm, and my room was so cold. He actually smelled pretty good, not at all what I'd imagined.
"I-I don't know why it still hurts."
"Shh," I felt him rubbing my back comfortingly, "Shh, I know. I know it hurts. I know how you feel."
He rested his chin on my shoulder. I could feel moisture soak through my clothes.
"Beast Boy, why are you crying?"
I heard him sniffle a bit.
"It just hurts me to see you go through the same thing as I did. It hurts to know how much pain you're in."
I hugged him close."
"I don't like seeing you cry," he said as he pulled away from me.
I looked into his moist eyes and couldn't tear my gaze away. Then and there I knew that I would get through this. I would eventually be free from the pain. I knew I was in love.
For a moment it was quiet, but then a burning question finally got the best of me.
"How did you get in here? The power's out and the door's shut."
I know, I know. Way to ruin the mood, Raven. But I had to ask.
"He he, I was worried about you and I uh..." he turned into a spider, then back. "I squeezed under your door."
I don't know what posessed me to do it, but I laughed. Not a big laugh, but more of a giggle. I was hoping he hadn't heard, but that was wishful thinking.
"Hey, I made you laugh!"
He smiled that adorable smile of his.
"Yeah, yeah, don't count on it happening again."
His smile didn't fade.
"But I made you laugh. I told you I would."
"Does this mean you're gonna stop?"
He put his finger to his chin and looked at the ceiling, in a sarcastic thinking sort of way.
"Nah, that wasn't one of my jokes. I won't quit until you laugh at one of my jokes."
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him. The storm outside was somewhat calmer, and I realized that my crying had stopped. So had his.
"Thanks, Beast Boy."
"For what?"
"Just for being here."
3rd person POV
There was another silence. The storm outside had turned into a soft pitter-patter on the roof. She looked up into his eyes once more, and he into hers. By some strange force, he was pulled forward and kissed her. She was surprised for a second, but before she could react, he realized what he was doing. He pulled back so fast that the back of his head smacked into the wall behind him. He yelped and put his hands over the spot, then looked up at Raven, who was still slightly shocked looking.
"I'm so sorry Raven. I couldn't help myself. I mean you looked so beautiful and your eyes and-" his babbling was cut off by Raven's lips.
His eyes bugged slightly, but he kissed her back after getting over his own shock. They broke the kiss seconds later.
"Wow," was all Beast Boy could manage.
Raven smiled at him.
"Yeah, wow."
She leaned against him and rested her head on his chest.
"Beast Boy, I'm tired. Could you please hold me?"
He smiled.
"Of course," and he put his arms around her, holding her close.
He leaned against the wall, and rested his chin on her head. She nestled against his neck, and he took in the scent of her hair.
"I love you."
There was a silent moment, and it scared him.
He felt her smile.
"I love you, too."
All was silent except for the rain softly tappin the window panes outside. Raven could feel Beast Boy's heart softly beating in his chest, and that was all she needed. The sound of the rain and the feel and sound of his heart soothed her to sleep. Beast Boy smiled when he heard her soft breathing, and fell asleep, too.
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- Why use Shake? Shake lets you write large robust build systems, which deal properly with generated source files and run quickly. If you are writing a custom build system of any moderate size (more than a few rules) you should use Shake. The advantages over other build systems are detailed in the document Why choose Shake?.
- How do I use Shake? Shake is a Haskell library that you use to define your rules. The Shake manual provides a walk through of a small but realistic example, assuming no Haskell knowledge.
- Generated documentation for all functions, includes lots of examples.
- Running Ninja builds using Shake.
- Blog posts detailing ongoing development work.
- Profile report demo explaining what the profile reports mean.
- Academic paper on the underlying principles behind Shake.
- Video of a talk introducing Shake.
Other links
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It was an absurd group of people. We all sat at three long community tables (the kind you'd see at Hogwarts), plates heaped with treats for every taste — some coconut-covered snowballs, some waffle fries, and a lot of orange-colored buffalo chicken wings. There was chatter, craft beers, a distinct smell of something fried and hopeful in the air. Invariably, most of us were spectacled, twentysomething, coming from the office, attached to a smartphone, and in a constant state of leaning over to shake the hand of "Have you met…?" In a few moments we would all quiet down our enthusiastic, booze-aided hum and watch a 50-minute-long show about the deprivation, community, and injustice of the American prison system. And we would like it. No, we'd really like it.
That's the curiosity of the loyal, viral fandom behind Netflix's Orange is the New Black. It's not a show about inherently "fun" stuff — solitary confinement, prison-induced starvation, the dissolution of identity, intergang politics. The plotting is addictive, but not easily digestible. The characters are relatable, but still condemnable. And yet, Netflix's dark horse has become its most successful original series yet. It was enough to pack Tumblr headquarters with hundreds of ecstatic fans ready to watch the premiere last week, and it's enough to win sweeping media attention (Laverne Cox, one of the show's favorite stars, recently got a landmark Time magazine cover.)
Netflix's own unique distribution model, releasing all 13 episodes in one go for the most bingeable experience, has also created an entirely new kind of insta-fame for the cast. Their faces have been adapted into cutesy caricatures by Tumblr artists. Their Instagram and Twitter accounts have garnered a strong allegiance of fans who communicate with the stars as if they were old friends. Samira Wiley, who plays the lovable inmate Poussey Washington, explains at the screener that the Netflix model puts a lot of power into the fans' hands. "I mean, who am I to comment on the marketing business plan of Netflix? Obviously it works," chimes in the brash Lea DeLaria, who plays Big Boo — yes, the character who did that thing with the screwdriver. "It's proven to be incredibly successful. Successful television equals instantaneous fame worldwide. One day I was going to do my laundry around the corner on Knickerbocker, I live in Bushwick. [sings] 'I live in the Ghetto.' But I'm going to do my laundry on Knickerbocker on Thursday and the show comes and then on Saturday I'm walking down the street to go grocery shopping and some chick runs out of the ACE Hardware on the corner of my street and starts screaming 'Big Boo!' and asking me to sign a screwdriver."
But, as has been pointed out before, whether Orange is the New Black really is a runaway hit is still up for debate — Netflix isn't rated by Nielsen and executives have refused to release any viewership data apart from the estimated 44 million subscribers it garnered by the end of 2013. Though, Netflix shows are just as capable as network shows of winning Emmys, critical acclaim, and estimates say that OITNB most likely gets about 4 million viewers, a million fewer than Game of Thrones. If you took a look at Twitter, you'd think there were billions.
It's something DeLaria describes as the third "feeding frenzy" of her career (the first being her stand up set as the first openly gay comic on Arsenio Hall in 1993). Matt McGorry, who plays the dreamy Correctional Officer John Bennett, believes that part of the show's success, the source of that feeding frenzy, is the anonymity of the majority of the ensemble. For McGorry, landing his break-out role on OITNB wasn't as much a struggle as serendipity. "I'd be an asshole to talk about the struggle, and be under 30 and be on a fucking great show. There are a lot of people who work hard their entire lives and don't have the opportunity to be on such a great show. But, we all started from a similar place, I played my fair share of EMTs and cops and by that I mean that was my name, the three-line roles and the five-line roles. I think we were just sort of in the right place at the right time and I credit our casting director Jen Euston for not just looking where the low hanging fruit was, but looking all over."
Showleader Jenji Kohan is known for bringing visibility to marginalized groups with her shows — Weeds featured a diverse cast in recurring non-Botwin roles and OITNB further caters to that sense of honesty and realness. DeLaria notes, "My favorite thing about being on this show is actually portraying an intelligent, funny, three-dimensional butch on television because normally they're like drunk truck drivers fighting over a pool game. I can get that at any dyke bar. I don't have to see it on TV." With more diverse casting, the rabid consumption of streaming TV, comes instant fan identification. People suddenly become "Pipers," "Alexes," and "Nickys." Jokes about wearing menstrual pads as shower shoes become commonplace.
Wiley says, "I love the social media aspect of it. Coming from the theater background, I sometimes miss the one-on-one connection that you have with the audience. You're in there. It's only one night on Thursday, May 16th. Having someone stop you on the street, or connecting with someone on Twitter, I feel like it's bridging that gap somehow for me and bringing me back to why I wanted to do this in the first place."
DeLaria brazenly admits that same bridged gap between her and her fans has allowed for some interesting, R-rated encounters. "Well you know Instagram? You can send personal pictures now. [Laughs] I like that a lot. I totally love that." McGorry agrees with his castmates. "I enjoy the social media as well. My Instagram settings are private in terms of direct messages. Maybe I should change that…" he says. "You really should," DeLaria teases him.
It's hard not to note the palpable chemistry between DeLaria, Wiley, and McGorry themselves.This type of close-knit ensemble cast, where a lot of the key players share scenes, also comes with a sense of genuine camaraderie. While other casts (ahem, Sex and the City) have tried to convince us that they are "best friends," the Orange is the New Black cast reeks of a certain authenticity that bodes well to play their down-and-out characters who develop a community in unlikely circumstances. In fact, the worst part of the Season Two premiere — and I won't share much of the plot — was the lack of ensemble and the hyper focalization on Piper herself. That's because the ensemble cast is the honestly best part of Orange is the New Black, and it's because of how goddamn good some of the auxiliary characters are crafted. DeLaria's character Big Boo was, in fact, practically written for DeLaria after she nailed the audition, but not for the right part. "The character Big Boo wasn't really anything, it was a small part that they cast me in and kind of wrote for me," she explains. "So when I say 'I am Big Boo,' I fucking am Big Boo…But yeah, any words that they say just come out so naturally, because I would fuckin' say any of that shit in a second." Wiley, on the other hand, read the part for Poussey and said, "Man I know that person."
Orange is the New Black seems set to build more and more ardor with each coming season, and part of that comes from good writing, part of it comes from amazing acting, but another large part of it comes from the way we've been delivered the material in one big easy-to-swallow-with-your-Cheetos gulp. And it will continue to ramp up its following, honing in on middle audiences apart from the chicken wing-touting, glasses-donning media set. A significant part of that seems borne out of the cast's genuine interest in participating in such a unique, almost DIY show, and let's face it, their genuine interest in participating with each other and with us. Like McGorry admits, "Not five minutes ago we were getting drunk and eating snacks in the back room. Five minutes ago! We're still drunk!"


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I've been doing some work for a recruitment consultancy recently so I've started following a few recruitment industry accounts on Twitter. To find them I simply searched Twitter for accounts to do with 'recruitment' and 'human resources' and followed a few that looked interesting.
A lot of them turned out to be job boards which I didn't follow for long because that's not what I'm interested in. A few of them have turned out to be useful, although none of them really go in for the two-way communication that makes Twitter valuable. A lot of them are very obviously automated. I understand the need for companies to embrace efficiency and I've scheduled tweets myself, but sometimes it's just not appropriate.
Key things that really piss me off about some Twitterers are:
• Publishing several tweets in a row. Two, maybe three, in a few minutes is fine, but not six or seven within a minute. You just clog up your followers' feeds and make them want to click that unfollow button. If you have your tweets for the day pre-written, at least use a third party application to schedule them across the day for you.
• Tweeting the same thing over and over.
• Using your Twitter account solely as a feed for your blog or to promote your products. As a friend likes to say, using social media like that is akin to going to a party and talking loudly and constantly about yourself. You'll be left alone pretty quickly. The only accounts to get away with this are celebrities, politicians and actual news media, and even some celebs and politicians @reply to their followers.
• Trying to look like you're interacting with the community and starting discussions but not actually engaging with anyone who responds to your discussion bait.
Key things I love about some Twitterers are:
• Interacting with followers. Optus once replied to a tweet of mine wherein I bitched about my mobile phone account. Their tweet included a phone number I could call about the problem and the name of the person who wrote the tweet. I don't know if that's Optus's procedure or that particular tweeter just knows what she's doing.
• Linking to relevant content created by others rather than just to their own content.
• Random philosophy or ideas on whatever it is the account is about.
Has anyone else got anything to add? What do you love/hate about tweeters?
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During its investigation, the Zanesville Post was able to determine that Binckley's license is under suspension for O.V.I. related charges.
The OVI tags on Binckley's car were visible at the scene. Lt. Rine says the first conviction happened back in March 2008 and the most recent was in May of 2010. WHIZ asked if alcohol may have been a contributing factor in this crash.
"We're looking at all avenues in this investigation. We don't know if it's impairment through sleep deprivation or if it was chemical or drug related, " says Lt. Rine.
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Sharing my excitement!
I'm sure it comes as no surprise to most of you that my favorite crafting time of year is the time leading up to Christmas. I get to craft so many more hours per day and call it Christmas shopping!
I'm busy working on projects from baby blankets to scarves, to a full set of Christmas cards (my favorite craft of them all is card-making!), to Christmas-themed art journal pages, and more. The craft stores smell fantastic with the cinnamon and pine scents, and my heart skips an extra beat every time I walk in the door.
Not the least of the things I find exciting: Christmas/holiday-themed products! Between Amazon, Simon Says Stamp, and oozak, I should be on a first-name basis with every delivery person in the area! I may have made a few purchases...
One of the things I love the most is a good card kit. I love them. It's like Christmas every single month when my SSS kit arrives - and this month?? I am getting THREE kits! Yes, three! I'm getting the regular December SSS kit, the special holiday SSS kit, and a gorgeous new kit from Love from Lizi!
I absolutely cannot wait to receive these kits, get some things made, and share them with you!
I'm currently working on setting up a video camera, so hopefully videos will be coming around or after the New Year. (Sooner if I can manage!)
Thanks for being here and reading this. Thanks for sharing in my excitement. See you all again soon and don't forget to Ink, Play, Love.
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Every Sunday at the 10:00 am worship, adults and children gather in the Meetinghouse sanctuary to begin worship together. Children are invited to go to their Sunday School classes after a Children's Message or other liturgical break. Even though our primary goal is to teach our children the story of God's love for us, we also want them to feel that they are an important part of our worshipping Church community. We are glad that our Lectionary approach to curriculum will help integrate our worship experience and our Sunday School experience.
Sunday School 2017-2018 Program
At the heart of our Christian Education program is our Sunday School. From September through June, classes meet weekly during the 10:00 am worship hour, with the exceptions on All Ages Worship Sundays on the Sunday after Christmas and on/after Easter. We occasionally offer programs or Children's Worship during the regularly scheduled Sunday School time.
Classes are offered for children age 3 through the Seventh Grade. We offer nursery care for younger children. Our Sunday School classes are taught by a dedicated and faith group of volunteers, who are still listening for God's voice to enrich their own faith. Our 2nd Graders receive a Bible, as a gift from First Church; they learn how to use the Bible and listen for God's voice through its amazing faith stories. Our rising 8th Graders, who are entering the Confirmation Program, also receive a Bible to help them along on their journey.
Through story, drama, activities, art, music and more, the good news of the Bible will come alive for us in Sunday School. We might grow to see ourselves and our stories in the epic of God's love and call as we strive for God's Peace in our lives and our world.
Throughout the year, there are a number of events and celebrations that highlight our Church year: the Sunday School Celebration Day Worship, Bible Workshops, Advent Programs, Wintry Day Children's Worship, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, Good Friday Worship & Activities, an Easter Egg Hunt, Summer Kids' Program, White Gift Mission, Christmas Pageant and always something more.
We offer special Children's worship services throughout the year, which meet in Woodruff Chapel (or in Fellowship Hall). This time will provide a worship experience geared to the age-level of participants and is sometimes led by the students themselves. The children love these special services! We ask that parents drop children off at Woodruff Chapel (which is located on the other side of the river in our Plymouth Building) at 9:55 AM, so that parents will be able to head over to the main sanctuary for the 10 AM worship service. Some parents are invited to stay and help along with our volunteer teachers and assistants. After the worship service, meet your child at the Chapel.
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In this eighteenth-century farmhouse in the Cotswolds owned by Jacqui Rufus-Isaacs, the black and white entrance hall looking into the kitchen features a bench that was a junk-shop find.
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Presenting the future visions for the campus today, the developers demonstrated the architectural competition's winning entry, which will see the complex expand by a third. The estimated cost of the project is a billion euros, the TallinnCity, the online edition of the daily Postimees, reported.
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NASA's decision Tuesday on where to house its retired space shuttles touched off celebrations from some lawmakers and recriminations from others.
Texas's delegation in particular was furious over NASA's decision not to place one of the former shuttles in Houston, the home of mission control.
The NASA snub also angered Houston Democrats, who generally support the Obama administration.
"Disappointed that the #spaceshuttle will not go to Houston's JSC," tweeted Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson LeeThe Hill's 12:30 Report We will fight for our DREAMers Bipartisan duo offer criminal justice reform legislation MORE (D-Texas), whose district includes parts of Houston. "We are the home of human space flight."
Houston had launched a campaign, called "Bring Home the Shuttle," to convince NASA to place one of the retiring shuttles there. Officials noted that the city's nickname is the "Space City."
"What this decision won't change is the legacy of the men and women of Johnson Space Center who have changed the face of manned space flight forever," Brady continued. "Their innovation, dedication — and even the loss of loved ones in pursuit of their mission — will live far beyond the tawdry politics of today."
Relatives of five astronauts who died in space shuttle accidents said they were "heartbroken" by the decision to pass Houston over, according to a statement sent to The Hill.
"Home is where the heart is, and Houston has served as the heart of the space shuttle program since its inception nearly four decades ago. All the astronauts lost were Houston's residents," said the statement, issued by Evelyn Husband Thompson, Jonathan Clark, Sandy Anderson, Lorna Onizuka and Cheryl McNair, who were all married to astronauts who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion or the 2003 Columbia accident.
Bolden announced the shuttles would be permanently housed in New York City; near Washington, D.C.; in Los Angeles; and on Merritt Island, Fla.
Bolden made no specific mention of Houston. But he said many of the more than 20 cities that had applied deserved a shuttle, though they could not all be accommodated.
"There were many worthy institutions that requested an orbiter, and only four to go around," he said during the speech, which marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. space shuttle program.
Lawmakers in victorious places like Florida were much happier than their Texan counterparts.
"Thirty years ago today, the United States launched its first space shuttle mission from Kennedy Space Center, demonstrating our country's commitment to space exploration and our future," Sen. Marco RubioMarco Antonio RubioOvernight Cybersecurity: What we learned from Carter Page's House Intel testimony | House to mark up foreign intel reform law | FBI can't access Texas shooter's phone | Sessions to testify at hearing amid Russia scrutiny Cornyn: Senate GOP tax plan to be released Thursday This week: GOP seeks to advance tax overhaul MORE (R-Fla.) said in a statement. "On this anniversary, it is only fitting that the orbiter Atlantis is being retired at Kennedy Space Center, the location of every single shuttle launch."
Still, Rubio pondered what's next for the NASA program, which is set to end this summer after two final missions on Endeavour and Atlantis.
"While this is welcome news for Florida, I am nonetheless concerned about the overall impact NASA's retreat from manned space exploration will have on scientific progress, our economy and national security," Rubio said.
NASA gave Florida Atlantis, which will launch its final mission from the Kennedy Space Center on June 28.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, which will leave for its final mission April 19, will go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, never flown in space but used as a prototype for tests at the beginning of the program, would be moved from Washington, D.C., to New York's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan, Bolden said.
Enterprise will be replaced in D.C. by the Space Shuttle Discovery, which will go to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
Other museums that sought shuttles include the Museum of Flight in Seattle, the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, and the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
Bolden has stressed in recent days that the shuttle decisions were apolitical, though he acknowledged unsuccessful cities might never believe that.
"This process has been as pure as I could make it and free of any political involvement," The New York Times reported him saying during a Senate hearing Monday. "I can say that until I am blue in the face, but there will always be someone who will have the opinion that that was not the case."
The NASA Authorization Act of 2010, which set out the process for the retirement of the space shuttles, said they should go to locations best able to host the display and with the best potential value to the public.
Bolden said Tuesday he was confident New York, Washington, Los Angeles and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida fit that description. "People from across our nation and around the world will continue to learn from these amazing vehicles," he said of the victorious museums.
Bolden, a former astronaut, was noticeably emotional about announcing the final destinations of the space shuttles.
"Take good care of our vehicles," Bolden said. "They have served the nation well, and we at NASA have a deep and abiding love affair with them that's hard to put in words."
Tuesday's announcement came on the 50th anniversary of human space flight.


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Garmin NÜVI 200
Navigate without breaking your budget with nüvi 200. This affordable entry-level Personal Travel Assistant comes with preloaded maps for the continent...
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"Invaluable For The Geographically Useless Like Me!"
Once I got my car I realised that I lack even basic geographic knowledge and could only easily find my way to places I had already been several times. Sat Navs are now very popular and have come down in price, so I decided to invest in the Garmin Nuvi 200 (UK).I purchased this from Halfords when they had a sale on Sat Navs for £89.99, but they generally retail for £99.99. Although these devices have come down in price since first being marketed, they're still very pricey. I'm sure there will be many more offers on now around Christmas with updated models, so there's even more choice now. I wouldn't have bought one if I felt safe with your bog standard map and road markings, but I wanted the security of knowing I had something to guide me; getting stressed and flustered when you're lost isn't much fun!
The Nuvi 200 comes with pre-downloaded UK & Ireland maps, but other locations are available to download from their website, but this will cost you. It also has preloaded camera safety alerts, but I believe these only last 6 months before you have to reinstall them, but again, this is at a cost for subcription from their website. In the box you get a car charger, dashboard disk, set up guide and a suction cup mount for your car. I prefer to use the windscreen mount as you can place this in a suitable place for you to see whilst driving without obstructing your view. The battery lasts upto 4 hours so the in car charger is great, but if you want to charge it at home before you leave the house, you will need to buy your own adapter. I bought mine from Ebay for under £4.The device is sleek and small so it's small enough to carry around with you and place on your windscreen, yet a decent size for you to be able to see the screen clearly. The screen itself is touch sensitive and easy to use, even if you don't have dainty little fingers. There's a slide button at the top and once activated, the sat nav takes only seconds to start up. Initially however, you must go through setting up the device so that it's ready to use which can take around 10-15 minutes. Once it's on, you are taken to the main screen. The time is shown in the top right along with the battery life, and the signal quality is shown in the top left. You have two main options here - 'Where to' or 'View Map'. #
By viewing the map you can see where you currently are. By choosing where to, you can select your desired location. Alternatively you change the sound settings or go to miscellanious settings. Here you can get help, view images, ie. photos (you can do this via your computer using a USB cable which you will have to purchase separately). A calculator also features, along with a currency and unit converter and world clock.Once you are set up and ready to go, 'Where to', will allow you to input an address which can be an area, street or postcode. You can also search for the nearest food/hotels/supermarkets/petrol stations, look through your recently found destinations, save your favourites, or go to other extras (such as locating intersections or look at cities.
Once you have put in your location details, it will last the matches it has found and generate the map. Calculation will take a few seconds, depending on how strong the signal detection is. You can zoom in/out of the map, but the best way to follow the instructions is to have it close up so that you can see the arrow and the path it has chosen. Roads are clearly named and instructions can also be spoken clearly to you. A reminder of your next instruction also appears in text at the top of the screen.
I have found this Sat Nav to be very useful; I wouldn't been further than 2 towns without it but that's because I'm not very good with finding my place around unknown areas. You can't however rely soley on the sat nav to direct you at all times. It definitely gives you good direction, but you still need to pay attention to road markings (it has on occasions told me to go up a one-way street which I couldn't go up). It gives you a distance at which to turn, ie. in 200 yards, turn left. Be sure to look at the arrow on the map. Some small roads may not be listed, or you could take the next left when in fact it was the one after that. I have made that mistake several times. If you do go the wrong way though, it will recalculate fairly quickly and take you in a different direction to get you back on track to your desired location. It also gives you a rough arrival time which is useful, and it does try to take you the quickest way, but it can't know when the rush hour is or which roads are having works done, so if you know the area or see signs of disruption on a road it takes you down, you also need to use common sense. Put together, it can be a lot to pay attention to...the road and other cars/pedestrians, following text, arrow and voice instructions, looking out for road markings, etc.All in all, I don't know how well I'd cope without one of these. I have found the device itself to be very good with reliable maps and directions, providing you follow them correctly (sometimes difficult when there's lots of little roads around). My only issue is that I have had to have this replaced. I was due to drive to cardiff to stay there for the week. I missed my chance of going however because when I turned on my 'trusty' satnav, it wouldn't work. The colour had faded and the maps wouldn't load. I spoke with Garmin who suggested a few things to try, but nothing helped and they put it down to a 'technical fault which can not be fixed'.
Be aware of the returns/fix policy of the shop from which you buy this product. Although they're good sat navs, they still have many complaints made about them and hundreds of units get returned to the shop and exachanged.
With Halfords, I just took the product in along with the receipt, and gave the name of the woman at Garmin I spoke with. They exchanged the unit immediately and gave me a fresh guarantee.
[Also written by me, 'Cazkins', on DooYoo]
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Product Information : Garmin NÜVI 200
Manufacturer's product descriptionNavigate without breaking your budget with nüvi 200. This affordable entry-level Personal Travel Assistant comes with preloaded maps for the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico or regional coverage in other areas. For even more mapping options, nüvi 250 features preloaded maps for all of North America or Europe. Like all nuvi 200-series members, the 200 features an easy-to-use colorful touch screen and ultra-slim design - perfect for everyday navigation.
Product Details
Manufacturer: Garmin
3D Landmarks: No
3D Elevation Mode: No
Category: Portable Navigation Device
Telephone Included: No
TV-Tuner: No
FM Tuner: No
Screen Size in Inches: 3.5, 2
Monitor Type: Fixed Monitor
Monitor Format: 4:3 Monitor, 16:9 Monitor
Touchscreen: 1-Point Touch
CD Player / Recorder: without CD Player / Recorder
DVD Player / Recorder: without DVD Player
MP3 Playback: No
Map Coverage: Single countries
Map Provider: Navteq
Map Sharing: No
Map Storage Medium: On Board Flash Memory
Traffic Message Channel: No
Voice Control: without Voice Control, Address only
Text-to-Speech: No
USB: Yes
Internet Connectivity: No
Bluetooth: No
iPod Control: No
Reality View: No
Lane Assistant: No
Application: Car
Pedestrian Mode: Yes
Voice: Navigation instructions
Product Type: GPS receiver
Weight: 147 g, 173 g, 172 g
Dimensions (WxDxH): 9.7 cm x 2 cm x 7.1 cm, 12.2 cm x 2 cm x 7.4 cm
Recommended Use: Hiking, automotive
Product Description: Garmin nüvi 200 - GPS receiver, Garmin nüvi 200W - GPS receiver, Garmin nüvi 200W DACH - DACH - GPS receiver
Pricing Type: Refurbished
Card Reader: SD Memory Card
Included Software: MapSource City Navigator NT, NAVTEQ ON BOARD, MapSource City Navigator NT, Garmin Atlantic Lite Routable Basemap
Interface: USB
Preloaded Maps: Ireland, United Kingdom
Touch Screen: Yes
Display: 3.5" colour - 320 x 240, 4.3" colour - 480 x 272 - widescreen
FM Transmitter: No
Traffic Message Channel (TMC): without Traffic Message Channel, Traffic Info ready
Integrated Radio: without Radio
Monitor Size In Inches: 4.3
Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: Digital player
Features: Anti-glare
Display Illumination: Yes
Resolution: 320 x 240, 480 x 272
Diagonal Size: 3.5", 4.3" - widescreen
Type: TFT - colour - touch screen
Media Player
Supported Image Formats: JPG
Dimensions & Weight
Weight: 147 g, 173 g, 172 g
Height: 7.1 cm, 7.4 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 9.7 cm, 12.2 cm
Included Accessories: Car power adapter, dashboard disc, suction cup mount
Pricing Type: Refurbished
Colour: Pink
Body Material: Plastic
Run Time (Up To): 5 hours
Type: Lithium Ion
Included Qty: 1
Interfaces: USB
Trip Computer: Avoid highways, quickest route, avoid toll roads, fast/short route
Waypoints: 500
Product Type: GPS receiver
Features: Built-in speaker, calculator, clock, 2D / 3D map perspective, Garmin Lock, photo viewer, custom POIs, automatic routing, measurement converter, currency converter, Garmin Garage
Aerial: Built-in
Compatible Software: Garmin Travel Guide, Garmin SaversGuide, Garmin Travel Guide
Included Software: MapSource City Navigator NT, NAVTEQ ON BOARD, MapSource City Navigator NT, Garmin Atlantic Lite Routable Basemap
Voice: Navigation instructions
Interface: USB
Card Reader: SD Memory Card
Preloaded Maps: Ireland, United Kingdom
Recommended Use: Hiking, automotive
Update Rate: 1/second
Accuracy: Position - 10 m ¦ Velocity - 0.05 m/sec
Integrated Components: Digital player
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support: 1 year warranty
Environmental Parameters
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Min Operating Temperature: -20 °C
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The addition of Yoshi as the beginning's character is only the start of the new stuff, and it's a brilliant way to slowly present all of the additional elements introduced in this remake. As Yoshi, players are faced with the new task of rescuing Mario, Luigi and Wario, as well as Princess Peach who have all been locked away in the princess' castle. By securing stars scattered in each of the many different areas (cleverly presented as magical paintings that must be leapt into), players can advance through all of the locked doors in the castle, which lead to other levels and star challenges.
The game, of course, isn't Super Yoshi. Mario returns to the gameplay very early in the adventure, but only after teaching the basic controls through the green dinosaur. Though Mario isn't selectable right from the start, players have the ability to transform into the plumber...if they can find his hat scattered somewhere in the level. And it's this transformation ability that actually adds to the fun and challenge of the established Super Mario 64 game design. Many times players will need the right man for a specific job, and sometimes being a dinosaur isn't going to cut it. Mario, Luigi, and Wario share all of the standard Mario controls, but they've been tweaked ever so slightly to give each of the mustached characters their own unique abilities. And they each have one drastically different move that's activated by a power-up, and there are a handful of stars out there than can only be acquired by the specific character -- and the player must do the necessary thinking to figure out which one's the guy to do it.
The unlockable characters means new locations in which to find them. Super Mario 64 DS actually builds in brand new level challenges specifically for this purpose, and they've been integrated so well that unless you've played through the original adventure on the N64, you'd never even know they've been added after the fact. There have been 30 new star challenges added on top of the original's 120, adding a lot more to the dozens of hours already needed to finish the established N64 design.
The original Super Mario 64 on the N64 utilized the system's analog stick to maneuver the on-screen character, and Nintendo definitely put that stick through its paces right out of the box. The on-screen character ran, walked, or creeped depending on how much or little the stick was being pushed in that particular direction. This control scheme, combined with the controller's action and camera buttons, gave Mario a huge arsenal of moves, and the designers put these moves to use in all of the game's level challenges.
The Nintendo DS, however, lacks an analog stick. The default setting puts the original analog controls to the D-pad of the handheld, and after playing it this way, regardless if you've played the original game or not, it's clear as day that the game was never meant to play this way. Nintendo shoehorned the different speeds of Mario by combining button presses with the D-pad direction, so if you want to run or creep you'll have to hold a button down to do it. True, this is the way control had been handled in 2D Super Mario titles, but in a 3D world these digital controls are incredibly imprecise and in fact, get very cumbersome in certain challenges that require careful timing. In Super Mario 64, there are a lot of these moments.
As an answer to the system's lack of analog control, Nintendo's developers have created what can be considered "Analog Stick emulation" in its alternate "Touch Mode" control option. Incorporating the clever "thumb strap" included with every Nintendo DS (don't leave home without it, folks), the designers enable a virtual Analog Stick on the touch screen by recognizing a "center point" where players rest the tip of their thumb on the touch panel. By sliding the thumb pad in any direction, players can manipulate the character in the same precision as if they were playing the game with a real analog stick. The problem, however, is that the screen offers zero physical feedback. There's no "spring" pressing against the thumb to reposition it back to center, and the thumb naturally tends to keep sliding on the screen even when players have maxxed-out the most extreme analog position. Players will find they'll have to lift their thumb off the screen and reposition it back to a location where there's plenty of room to continue sliding the pad.Continues


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Genre: Steampunk
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Series: Gone with the Respiration #1
Website: http://liahabel.com/dearly-departed/
Source: Library
Rating: 4.8 stars
Nora is just like any teen girl... except that she's an orphan in New Victoria, a futuristic country reminiscent of the original Victorian Era. Her job is to better her status in society, and to be a proper young lady, but that is tossed out the window when she's kidnapped. By zombies. Luckily, these zombies are the good guys, but there are other not so good zombies out there, too. The only thing the two groups have in common is they both suffer from the Laz, the disease that transforms humans into the undead. It's spreading rapidly, and the entire nation is on the brink of war, as Nora learns more about the zombie world, and Bram, her undead savior. Even though he isn't technically alive, they begin to develop feelings for each other, but there's no guarantees that either will survive.
I have never read a book like this, and I mean that in a good way! Dearly, Departed is a combination of historical fiction, science fiction (dystopia), zombies, and romance. Who knew that those ingredients would make for an absolutely amazing novel? Parts of this book are so utterly suspenseful and gripping, and they intermingle flawlessly with the romantic aspect. Bram may be a zombie, but that doesn't stop him from being completely dreamy and, well, perfect. And Nora and Bram's love is done in a way so that it isn't in your face, but it still has the sizzle to make it work. Furthermore, Dearly is funny, too; some parts will have you chuckling out loud. Habel's writing is just incredible and she keeps the reader hooked with five different POVs, which is no easy feat.
So how could I have not given this book five stars? Well, Nora and Pam, her best friend (who also has chapters from her point-of-view), seem to practically switch voices after the first few chapters. Pam becomes more kickass, while Nora seemed to become less so. Also, Habel has a habit of switching from past tense to present in a way that is not grammatically incorrect (you'll understand when you read it), but interrupts the flow a bit. These two little things, however, didn't keep this book from being completely amazing! I didn't want Dearly, Departed to end, and I can't wait for Dearly, Beloved.
A Quote from the Book: "Vampires are just zombies with good PR!"
This was my first steampunk book and I loved it! Do you like this genre?


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A beginer at this.
I Have an idea of what I am trying to accomplish. I am trying to build a database to track customers for a water company. There meter readings and billings. I want the interface to be like its own application. You would open the application then log on have some option buttons to other pages that would perform various tasks ie. enter meter readings, update customer info, print bills, ect... I would like this to be self contained in a program that I could install on the owners computer and they could use it. I know open office base and have built it on there but I am afraid the interface is to complicated for the end user to understand (my 70 year old grandmother) as she is not very computer literate.
The problem I am having is knowing what direction to go with this or if it is even possible or feasible? I am open to any ideas on this. Thank you in advance for your input.


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The museum was the brainchild of the late Brighton Councillor John Drake. His wife adopted it as her mayoral project and the museum was opened on the 4th May 2005 by the Mayor of the City of Brighton and Hove, Councillor Mrs Pat Drake. The museum was created thanks to the work and enthusiasm of retired and serving police officers and council staff and with the wonderful support of the Brighton Princes Trust and graphics students from the University of Brighton.
730 visitors in the first year
In the first year 2005-6, some 730 people visited the museum and display material was constantly added. The Old Police Cells Society held their first AGM, adopted a constitution, sought Public donations from visitors and the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex, Mrs. Phyllida Stewart-Robert became the president of the Society.
In 2006 a successful application was made for a lottery "Awards For All" grant of £10,000. This enabled us to appoint a museum trainee assistant, set up this web site and redecorate the museum.
In spring 2007 a licence was signed with Brighton & Hove City Council and a further five cell expansion acquired for the museum.
Twelve further display cabinets were bought and the Princes Trust volunteers did a magnificant job once more of repairing and redecoration of the additional cells.
Spring 2007 heralded the opening of the female cell extension and their dedication to the constituent parts that together formed Sussex Police in 1967. The cells display, artefacts and memorabilia relating to West Sussex, East Sussex, Hastings, Eastbourne and finally Sussex Police.
The Museum are delighted to accept on permanent loan one of the finest collections of truncheons and tipstaffs in the country by Alderman Caffyn throughout his lifetime.
Some 800 further visitors have looked around the museum in its second year of opening. The cells were used as a Film location by the BBC; also to stage a major money raising day by the National Children's Homes in a Jail and Bail event and they formed the setting for the World Premier of the New World Order plays by Harold Pinter during the first two weeks of the 2007 Brighton Festival.
The 2008 Brighton Fringe Festival saw the staging of a lyrical and haunting new drama by playwright and poet Ed Harris entitled Total in the atmospheric sub-basement of the Museum.
A further male cell was acquired in October 2008 from Brighton & Hove City Council and later dedicated to retired ACC John Dibley OBE, a founder Member of the Museum, following his sad death in December 2008. The cell features his exceptional service and that of many other officers and also contains the special court exhibits and model from the bombing of the Grand Hotel bomb trial.
Educational aids, participation sheets and dressing up material have been provided to cater for all age groups. CDs of the History of the Constituents Forces can be purchased for £10 each together other items.
The Brighton Fringe Festival of 2009 saw the return of the Squaremoon Company with an evocative play 'Nourish' featuring the life and imprisonment of Sylvia Pankhurst. The play won The Angel Trophy for the company, awarded by The Argus newspaper.
In July 2009 a report on the Museum progress was received at a meeting of the Sussex Police Authority.
In 2010 Brighton Festival the Museum was able to host a variety of short plays involving Northbrook College, John Matthews "Nevermore" an evening with Poe and Christopher with short playlets.
Four further male cells were leased from Brighton & Hove City Council and are now filled with exhibits to bring the story of Sussex police up to the present day. They include a 1950s detective's office and a scene of crime room. You solve the crime.
The Brighton Festival in Spring 2011 saw the return of the Harold Pinter short plays and once again were a complete sell out.
In February 2011 the museum team and Sussex Crimestoppers came together to host a highly successful Jail and Bail event when so many of the leading lights of Sussex came together and allowed themselves to be locked in and only released on payment of bail monies. This raised some £12,000 to be shared between the two societies and our sincere thanks went to all those involved, such as Dame Vera Lynn, Peter James, the chief constable Martin Richards, Martin Perry of Brighton and Hove Albion, Michael Chowen the High Sheriff and many others
In Spring 2012 the cells hosted a jailbreak event when teams from across Sussex followed clues in towns and villages in the County to return to the museum cells and release their team member and enjoy the hospitality of the Honey Club. The £4,000 raised was split between Crimestoppers and the museum.
Brighton Festival 2012 saw the return of drama students from Northbrook College to the cells with another fine production. We also played host to an afternoon of films by human rights filmmakers, artists and producers in a temporary pop-up cinema space under the cells and Blank Productions of Lewes staged the first live performance of 'Scrublands' by Mark Hewitt
The Society's very sincere thanks go to all who have helped us so much - our committee, our volunteer guides, the University of Brighton, the Brighton Princes trust, Sussex Police, and the officers of the Brighton & Hove Council particularly property services, Brighton museum and the town hall keepers and reception staff.
A certificate of Brighton Police Divisional congratulations was presented to the museum founders Pat Drake, David Rowland and Derek Oakensen in November 2012.
March 2013 saw the museum stage a repeat of the highly successful Jail and Bail event with Sussex Crimestoppers and the generous support of all those who participated, such as the Vice President Peter James, Chief constable Martin Richards, Sussex PCC Katy Bourne, High Sheriffs Andrew John Stephenson Clarke and David Allam, past High Sheriffs and the City Mayor Bill Randall.
During the 2013 Brighton festival the museum hosted four events ranging from the haunting music of Sarah Angliss to Rachel Guershons portrayal of Betsy in 'The Wisdom of a Brighton Whore', 'Killers' by Glen Chandler featuring the personal letters of Ian Brady, Dennis Nilson and Peter Sutcliffe and finally a solo performance by Jessica Cheetham in a cell full of memories entitled 'You Left Me in the Dark'.
Museum officers attended the closure reunion of Hove Police Station and the July police open day at Brighton John Street station. The museum hosted the prize winning fans of Peter James, our Vice President and acclaimed author, a visit of district police Superintendents from across the South of England, the Mayors charity supporters and two film companies, one of whom made a documentary of the work of Nick Cave.
Sadly November saw the death of our second founder member, Norman Cooper QPM, retired chief Superintendent of Brighton. Ten paranormal groups hired the cells for investigation and altogether our visitor numbers exceeded 1200 persons.
The year 2014 has seen a blossoming of support for the museum. Throughout the last three years the police museum has worked with other local museums to create the Heritage Learning group presenting schools throughout Sussex and beyond with educational visit options. The launch on march 18 resulted in the visit of some 800 pupils through central bookings plus schools making direct bookings and regular language school visits.
Paranormal group visits rose to 15 bookings and there were six filming requests during the year.
The Brighton Festival in May 2014 resulted in two theatrical productions in the museum. 'Those Precious Hidden Things' featuring the pearl murder Vincent Devlin in Rosemont jail and Maggie's thoughts in solitary confinement 'We'll Laugh at Guilded Butterflies'.
In May 2014 the 50th anniversary of the mods and rockers invasion of Brighton saw the arousal of national interest and the museum which houses much of the graffiti from the period, featured in the two page spread in the Telegraph.
During autumn 2014 the museum hosted the employees of the coroners office and the officers of NARPO, the National Association of Retired Police Officers, who were holding their national conference at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. To our great pleasure they were full of praise and genuinely impressed with the Old Police Cells Museum.
In September 2014 the museum was registered as a wedding venue and our first ceremony takes place on May 17, 2015 with many more to follow.
Brighton Town Hall now boasts a second blue plaque recording the death of Henry Solomon our first chief officer of police in 1844. His murder took place in his office within the building.
Visitor numbers for the year up to April 2015 total 2,190
The Old Police Cells Museum > http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/
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