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LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Government plans to increase infrastructure spending will not be nearly enough to fix Britain's infrastructure backlog, boost its ailing construction industry or kick-start growth, industry experts warned on Wednesday.
Finance minister George Osborne said in his budget speech that he would spend an extra 3 billion pounds ($4.54 billion) a year from 2015/16 on infrastructure projects.
"Regrettably the announced sum is insignificant relative to the infrastructure backlog," said Richard Abadie, global head of infrastructure at PwC.
"The reality is it won't make a significant impact on economic growth as it comprises less than 0.2 percent of GDP."
The government has put infrastructure at the heart of its strategy to boost the flat-lining economy, and is planning to upgrade Britain's creaking roads, railways and airports with 500 projects worth 310 billion pounds between now and 2050.
Though this will be done mostly through private financing, the plans announced on Wednesday will be financed from cuts in departmental spending.
Jon Porre, public sector director at construction consultancy Turner & Townsend, said that the infrastructure spend increase was an acknowledgement that Osborne's plan to rely on private sector financing was struggling.
"In the past year total infrastructure spending shrank by 12 per cent as the private sector steadfastly refused to take on the role of white knight. Progress on the chancellor's wish list of infrastructure projects has been underwhelming," he said.
Earlier this month, the Treasury ditched a plan to use private sector money to fund the building of trains for its 16 billion pound Crossrail project in London, putting taxpayers on the hook for an extra 650 million pounds. [ID: nL6N0BTD95]
Construction firms had hoped that the chancellor would give details of the pipeline of projects that would come under PF2, his new version of the private finance initiative announced in December, but he did not do so. [ID: nL5E8N55UH]
The weak construction industry was the main drag on Britain's GDP growth last year, putting the country back into recession. Balfour Beatty, one of the largest firms of its kind listed on the FTSE, expects a 20 percent fall in UK construction revenue this year. [ID: nL6N0BZ1P9]
John Denning, director of group corporate affairs at construction firm Carillion, said that the 2015/16 start date meant the plans would not help the immediate problems in the construction industry.
"We believe that the government has opportunities within its existing infrastructure plans to move faster," he added.
There was also speculation that Osborne would establish an independent body to oversee infrastructure to avoid projects becoming beholden to political timetables after a review from former Olympics CEO Paul Deighton.
Instead the government said that it was simply considering making more use of independent expertise in shaping its infrastructure strategy.


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Episode 68: Unaired Sherlock Pilot Reaction
By popular request we are doing reaction episodes for the first series of BBC's Sherlock! But we couldn't just jump in with "A Study In Pink."
Oh no.
We have to take a step back and look at the un-aired pilot. From skin tight jeans to leather jackets, Batman, and Hipster!lock, BSBs Amy, Maria, and Ardy dissect the original and see how it differs from the aired version. Some of it's good. Some of it's bad. All of it is wonderful.
You can watch the unaired pilot on the Sherlock Series 1 DVD. And please take a moment to visit our sponsors, The Baker Street Journal and Wessex Press!
Our other Sherlock reaction episodes are here:
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Throw open the doors to a stunning dining room – a place your family can kick back and relax, while guests will feel pampered and special. The rustic Catalan dining range is practical yet stylish.
For just the two of you, this special furniture collection provides a romantic, cosy dining space whether you eat in the kitchen or in a more formal dining room. Set the smokey-grey dining table with some jewel-coloured table mats, choose a set of country-style tableware and uncork a chilled bottle of wine. All you need for the perfect date night at home. For a bigger family, this dining set grows with you. The extending dining table provides space for everyone to enjoy home-cooked family meals. Spacious sideboards contain all your things in perfect style.Read More
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Monday, 16 February 2015
Eye of the Tiger
I really struggle with cards for men, my closest 3 aren't into cute in any form, I was using my Jayne Netley Mayhew CD the other day and decided to print off this image. There were several reasons for picking a tiger, not least as our youngest son calls his dad Pi , ?? after the film Life of Pi, but more especially as hubby loves wildlife programmes.This is for James to give to his dad, dad thinks nothing of getting up early to drive him to work in Aberdeen, over 50 miles from where we stay, there is no public transport until 11 am on a Sunday, James does drive but parking is expensive it would be at least £12 per shift.
Image from Joanna Sheen Jayne Netley Mayhew CD
Tonic Die to emboss background
Sentiment a stamp from Papermania
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/inspired-by-song.html eye of the tiger
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/square-eyes.html any wildlife TV show
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.ca/2015/02/new-challenge-film-inspired.html Life of Pi
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Fabulous card Meg & perfect for these akward males lol :o)ReplyDelete
Oh I love this tiger image Meg… it's gorgeous! and love how you've layered up and the fab embossing! it's always nice to say Thank You… it's not said enough nowadays. Your hubby sounds a gem driving your son to work.. and I'm sure it is much appreciated.ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week
Hope you have a great week
Big hugs, Sue B xx
Great design, love the embossingReplyDelete
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That's such a beautiful image Meg and the embossing really sets it off nicely. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Sparkles this month, hope to see you again.ReplyDelete
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Fabulous card Meg, what a wonderful image of the tiger, and the embossed background is super, I'm sure your hubby will love it, hugs Kate xReplyDelete
The tiger is my favorite wild predator! Well done!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing with us at Moving Along with the Times
Riette, DT
My personal blog: www.redcardcorner.blogspot.com (I LOVE boy / man cards so maybe you'll get some ideas!)
This is a brilliant card Meg, such a gorgeous image and fabulous design.ReplyDelete
Oh h this is super, what a fabby image hes gorjuss. Thanks for playing on MAWTT this week, Love Hazel (Didos) xxReplyDelete
hello Meg! stunning, an awesome image....perfect male card! I am so glad you played along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!ReplyDelete
add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine *~*
Great make for our theme at Allsorts tracy xReplyDelete
Great manly card. Love that embossing! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week.ReplyDelete
A great song choice and a great 'masculine' card. Thanks for playing along with our 'inspired by a song' challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week and good luck, love Jacky xReplyDelete
Love how you have showcased the image. Great male card. Thank you for sharing your talents with us over at Crafty Catz. Hugs NinaReplyDelete
Awesome! totally fabulous project with some epic elements xx Good luck and thank you for joining us at http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ReplyDelete
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Stunning card and amazing image...just beautiful and so perfect for a guy. Thank you so much for playing along with us at Simply Create Too.ReplyDelete
WOW! What a gorgeous tiger!ReplyDelete
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Very cool song choice and fab card! Thanks for joining in our 'inspired by a song' challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week. Hugs, Wends x Sweet Stampin' DTReplyDelete
Gorgeous card, thank you so much for playing with Simply Create Too, hope you can join our next challenge too :)ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous car, very striking and masculine. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Forum Challenges. CazReplyDelete
Such a simple but effective card! Thanks for joining us at Sparkles this month, we hope to see you again soon!ReplyDelete


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Thanks to this forum I found a good take out place called Costa Verde at the corner of rogers and oakwood. They have great chicken, potatoes and rice that I usually get to feed my family of 4. We enjoy the rice very much because it is something ifferent from our usual everyday rice we eat at home. We are big fans of rice, we go through a 8kg bag in 2-3 weeks and are always looking for a new rice to make at home.
Now this rice from Costa Verde, I have no idea what they use to make the great taste, I have tried Tomato Sauce, Chicken and Beef bouillon cubes with red food coloring, Red Peppers sauce, saffron/turmeric with food coloring and a bunch of other stuff and recipes from the internet but can't get the right taste. The closest I have come is using a seasoning called Sazon Goya with Culantro and Achiote and the color is almost the same but it looks like a kind of ugly radio active orange with a bland taste, like it is missing a lot of ingredients.
Anyone know how to make it? If you want the chicken sauce they use at this place it is frank's hot sauce, I am certain because I saw the guy pouring it from a bottle. I haven't been able to try it because I have no grill.


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Rain can pour down as much as it wants, thinks Ziva, and the devil may care.
She certainly doesn't care, anyway; she's been standing outside for twenty minutes and has yet to open her umbrella.
Which is why, when Tony finds her soaked and shivering, he shares his with her.
"How long have you been standing out her?" he asks, barely able to be heard over the sound of the rain.
"I do not know," answers Ziva without meeting his eyes.
"You are freezing," he points out.
"The cold," sighs she, "does not bother me."
"But something does," he infers. He leans against her car, facing toward her while she stares obstinately ahead. "Ziva?"
finally turns her eyes toward him. "Is there something you needed,
He blinks once, then slowly looks away. "You said you were tired of pretending."
She bites the inside of her lip. "That is not a question."
"I'm asking why," he says.
"You said you were tired of pretending, too," she points out.
"You're avoiding the question," he says, voice a little tense.
"I did not like it," she admits openly, defiantly.
"That doesn't mean you don't have to answer it!" He is facing her now, although he doesn't remember moving.
"Why the hell does it matter to you?" she asks, her voice nearly a shout. When she realices her volume, she backs down, leaning against the car again.
He sighs quietly. "Do I need a reason?"
A few moments pass in which Ziva tries to articulate an answer and Tony tries to articulate an apology. When neither is successful, he sighs again.
"See you tomorrow, Ziv," he mutters. "You can keep the umbrella."
And then she realizes she's holding it, watching him walk away and get drenched.
"I am tired," she says hesitantly, "of pretending that I do not occasionally misspeak an English idiom just to hear you correct me."
It isn't much, but it's enough to make him turn around.
"I am tired of pretending," she says, her voice stronger now, "that knowing you had those pictures of me while you were away does not make me crazy wondering why you had them."
He moves a step closer. "Ziva, I—"
She shakes her head, beckoning for silence. "And I am tired of pretending I do not care for you." They are standing face to face now, noses just barely touching. "When it is painfully obvious that I do."
Slowly, his hand moves upward, coming to settle lightly on her jaw bone after a brief hesitation. She closes her eyes at the caress, chin tilting upward on instinct. When he speaks again, his voice is whispering softly into her ear instead of being warm and moist against her lips as she expected.
"I would be lying if I told you your idioms weren't better than mine half the time, anyway," he says, making her smile. "And I had those pictures because you were the only thing keeping me sane. You kept me afloat."
She opens her eyes again. "And the last?"
"You didn't have to pretend," says Tony. His slides his thumb slowly across her lips, making her shiver. "And I care for you, too."
Ziva swallows hard, trying to answer. "And here I was, thinking—"
Her clever response is cut off by the sensation of his lips against hers. Her hands find the back of his neck, anchoring him to her, and the umbrella falls from her grip and onto the ground, forgotten.


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Bring on Detroit.
In less than one month – 25 days to be exact – the next generation Nissan Titan featuring the Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel will debut at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan.
The engine will be produced at Cummins' historic Columbus Engine Plant in Columbus, Indiana. The plant was originally built around a two-story Civil War-era house purchased by Cummins co-founders Clessie Cummins and W.G. Irwin. Used as the company's headquarters in the 1920s, the plant has been expanded 26 times, including extensive work in the 1940s during World War II.
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Prices of imported and premium products may rise; electronics goods to cost more
Starting September, prices of a wide array of imported and premium consumer goods, including imported chocolates, olive oil, personal care and cosmetics, foreign apparel, electronics, mobile phones and laptops, are set to go up between 4% and 15%, a development that could impact already bleak consumer sentiments during the upcoming festive season.
Imported products are not the only ones set to become costlier. Even domestic FMCG companies are set to hike prices.
Electronics Goods, Personal Care Items to Cost More
Officials at companies like Dabur and Cargill said prices of products such as edible oil and juice are likely to go up as imported raw materials had become more expensive.
The companies said they had benchmarked their current prices assuming an exchange rate of 58-59 against the dollar when they last increased prices in July. The rupee on Tuesday touched record lows against the dollar and pound, closing at 64.13 and 100.35, respectively. It closed against the euro at 85.
The country's four leading consumer electronic makers - LG, Samsung, Panasonic and Videocon - said they may soon announce a 2-4% price hike that could come into effect as early as next month. Prices of refrigerators, washing machines, LED and LCD television sets, and microwave ovens had gone up 3-5% last month when the rupee had crossed the 59-60 range. In all, the likely September increases will be the third price hike this year due to rupee depreciation.
"It has become extremely tough to hold on to prices because it's completely eroding margins," says Panasonic India MD Manish Sharma.
"The way product price is going up, it will hit India's consumption cycle badly," says Rajesh Shukla, consumer economy expert and a professor at the Institute of Human Development. "Demand for aspirational products, high-value FMCG and even high-value food such as protein will take a hit," he said.
"The IT hardware industry operates on wafer-thin margins, which is why we simply cannot absorb any of the dollar fluctuation," said Acer India Chief Marketing Officer S Rajendran.
Computer makers are focusing on promotional schemes such as extended warranty and EMI to ease the consumer's burden and keep demand alive.
Mobile phone makers too are planning to raise prices, despite the overall market growth rate being in negative trajectory. Indian handset brands like Karbonn, Maxx Mobile, Lava International and Micromax, which together account for around 18% of the market, are planning a 5-10% price hike. Handset prices too had gone up 8-12% last month.
"We are carefully monitoring the situation," said Deepak Mehrotra, CEO of Micromax, adding that the company will raise prices if the rupee falls any further from current levels.
Retailers said all MNC brands have indicated that a 3-4% price hike is round the corner. Himanshu Chakrawarti, CEO of India's largest mobile phone retailer The Mobile Store, said almost all brands are increasing prices selectively and trying to off-set negative consumer sentiments with buyback deals and gifts such as free headphones.
Prices of cosmetics, international apparel labels, premium personal care products and international food too are set to go up as the landed cost is going up.
"There is an indication that several international brands could increase prices by 8-10% once new stocks hit stores in the next few days," says Govind Shrikhande, managing director at Shoppers Stop, a department store chain that sells several international cosmetics brands such as MAC and Estee Lauder as well as international apparel labels, including Mustang, Tommy Hilfiger and Mango.
Devendra Chawla, president (Food Bazaar), part of the country's largest retailer Future Group, said while importers are in wait and watch mode as they currently hold stocks bought a few months ago, prices could go up 10% in categories such as imported chocolates and over 5% in pasta during the crucial Diwali season. "Yet, we feel that consumers shopping at supermarkets for international food are more immune to volatility in prices," he says.
Olive oil prices would go up 10%, which would follow a massive price hike of 40% since January due to the rise in the euro, said VN Dalmia, president of the Indian Olive Association. "New prices will come into the shelf in a month and two, but imports have become flat this year," he said.
Spencer's Retail Chief Executive Mohit Kampani said for every 1% the rupee devalues, the end-price for imported food items goes up 3-4%. For imported liquor, the impact is 6% while it is 2-3% for imported crockery, plastic products and home convenience products.
Retail chains like Future Group and Spencer's said imported chocolates and spreads such as Ferrero Rocher, Nuttela, Orion Choco Pie, Snickers, Skippy peanut butter and American Garden will also see a jump in prices, once the current stock finishes in a few weeks.
Dabur India CEO Sunil Duggal said commodity prices are showing signs of hardening, petroleum product prices are going up and materials used as inputs, notably, plastic and juice concentrate, are imported.
Cargill India Chairman Siraj A Chaudhry said edible oil prices too may firm up 2-4%. But the increase is moderate since greater import costs will be balanced by higher domestic production. Cargill sells the Sweekar and Nature Fresh brands.
Some retailers are still hopeful that consumer sentiment will hold up in the festive season. Shrikhande of Shoppers Stop said while consumers might cut back spends on high-value items such as durables and cars, they might spend more on movies and shopping. "The ongoing festive season could also help keep sales momentum going," he said.
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When I saw the idea of poking uncooked spaghetti noodles through hot dogs on Pinterest, I knew I would have to make this sometime. O week seemed like the perfect fit. In order to make this look more like an octopus, I cut a hot dog in thirds, then broke twelve pieces of fettuccine in half to make the legs. I stuck the noodles about 3/4 of the way through the hot dog pieces (but discovered that they don't have to be in that far- half way should be plenty).
I then dropped them in boiling water until the pasta was cooked. They ended up looking a little more like a squid, but Trip liked them anyway and got the idea.
He had requested olives to go with his octopus lunch.
After a few olives, he began pulling the legs off an octopus.
He also took a break to play with his toilet paper roll octopus.
Then, it was back to eating the legs.
I had hoped to get Trip to paint this octopus, but he never would. I offered to make a face on it, and he didn't want that either. He was just happy with it in its most simple form and got lots of practice trying to say octopus.


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Before coming to the US I had a mental list of the places and things I really wanted to show my husband. Some were as simple as the local Walmart and others were a bit more 'destination'. That really is one of the greatest things about America… every state has something truly awesome to offer and something amazing to see,
My mother was born and raised in Asheville, NC and much of her family is still there. My early childhood was spent there and I've always had such fond memories of our life there and many visits back for holidays and reuinions. So getting my husband to Asheville was definitely on the list. What to do and where to stay were no-brainers.
The Grove Park Inn is one of the finest hotels in the world. It's been used as location for several movies and frequented by some of the world's VIPs. Yet it manages to maintain such a sense of intimacy. As a guest of the Grove Park Inn you feel as if you're the only person staying there. Their service is unmatched and everyone is made to feel like their need is the highest of priority.
Their Spa (with a variety of services for singles and couples) is voted one of the top 20 resort spas in the US by Condé Nast Traveler, while their golf course is said to be one of the finest in the world.
"Pamper yourself in our $50 million 43,000-square-foot subterranean spa featuring cavernous rock walls, arches, tunnels and 20 water features. The main pool area features two therapeutic waterfall pools, a warm mineral pool and lap pool with 6,500 fiber-optic stars embedded in the ceiling and constant underwater music. Enjoy exhilarating contrast pools, an inhalation room and eucalyptus-infused steam room. The 10 pools are mineral-based and chlorine-free, containing trace minerals of sodium, potassium, magnesium and zinc. Three fireside lounges await you with overstuffed chairs, warm blankets, light snacks, hot organic teas and herbal infused waters. And step outside to enjoy fireplaces, whirlpool, and a tiered outdoor terrace with panoramic mountain views."
"Our historic course was designed by Donald Ross and has played host to numerous PGA Tour events. Golf legends like Harry Vardon and PGA stars, including Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus, have played here. Even President Obama played a round in 2010. "
The interior and exterior of the hotel is breathtaking. Every detail is attended to. And nothing gets missed. Fresh flowers, roaring fires, and someone always willing to make sure your needs are met. To me this is the Emirates Palace of North Carolina but with a much more welcoming feel.
For the perfect romantic getaway the Grove Park Inn is still the place to go. It really is the epitome of classic elegance.
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The Anavatapta Warmech is a boss in Final Fantasy XIII. The fight begins with Odin in Gestalt Mode, and given the Warmech's Lightning weakness, it can easily be defeated before Gestalt Mode ends. If it manages to survive, it is fought with Lightning, Snow, and Vanille.
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Since the battle starts with Lightning already summoning her Eidolon Odin, simply press the default button for Auto-gestalt and let Odin take care of the rest.
If it survives past Odin, it will use Omnegator to put an invisible bubble around it, making it immune to all attacks. The player can stagger it with Ravager attacks and it will lose its immunity. After that, it is easily defeated. However, if the player fails to defeat it with Odin, it's recommended to simply restart to save time.
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Anavatapta refers to the lake at the center of the world, according to Buddhist cosmology. This lake is said to be "free from heat," the origin of its name, and that its waters cools those who have been tormented by fires.
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- The Cocoon script writing on Anavatapta Warmech's arm reads "02".
- Anavatapta Warmech has the same model as Manasvin Warmech, the only differences is Anavatapta Warmech red and black body colors and different Cocoon script writing.
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- Manasvin Warmech
- Garuda Interceptor
- Kalavinka Striker
- Aster Protoflorian
- Vernal Harvester
- Ushumgal Subjugator
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If you've ever clicked on my Travel Page, you might have noticed that I listed two sections as "to be shared at a future time." That's because both of those trips {our honeymoon and my semester abroad in France} occurred at a time before I started this blog.
So, in order to work towards completing my Travel Page and just because I have some really good stories to share, here we go....
To say that I'm a lucky girl is a huge understatement. When Matt was my then-fiancé, he saved up a lot of money so we could have a "dream" honeymoon. Since we're not believers in buying things on credit,
we wanted to make sure we could pay up front for whatever honeymoon we chose. Matt is a really diligent saver, so he spoiled me with this beyond-amazing honeymoon.
Matt really wanted to go to Europe for our honeymoon, and see multiple countries at that. You know me...Europe is always calling my name, but I was leaning towards a tropical honeymoon just because it seemed easier to plan. I had traveled quite a bit throughout Europe already by that point, so I was very familiar with how time consuming it could be to plan a multiple-city/country trip, and that because of my experience with travel-planning, I would be the one who'd need to organize everything. But with working full time and planning a wedding full time, I knew it was just out of the question for me to take on that responsibility. That was the point when I told Matt that I really thought the only reasonable way we could plan for an extensive honeymoon in Europe was if we booked a Mediterranean cruise. Really, no planning was required! Matt loved it.
Matt took over from there and did the research, and lots of it; we wanted to make sure we got the most for our money. Matt looked at different cruise lines and destination points and then always came back to discuss the options with me. We were just about to book a 10-day Greek Islands cruise {which would have been amazing} when Matt found a 14-day, west to east Mediterranean cruise for the same price! We booked that one immediately and the cruise line arranged our airfare for us.
We were all set for a dream trip: a two week cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines with stops in Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey.
Here was our ship:
We arrived in Barcelona on a Sunday morning, and since our cruise ship didn't leave until 6 pm, we were going to walk around the city for a few hours. I felt completely confident in this because I had spent 6 days in Barcelona during my semester abroad. I was familiar with the layout of the city and was armed with my map from a few years earlier.
But then, near disaster.
We had arrived to the Barcelona Airport and were in the baggage claim, waiting for our luggage. We got one suitcase, then another, and then we waited. And waited. And waited. My second piece of luggage did not appear.
I was absolutely panicking inside. I had one of my suitcases--the one that didn't truly matter. I had the suitcase in which I had packed my shoes, purses, jewelry, and swimsuits. The missing suitcase had everything else--my toiletries, my make-up, my undergarments, and most importantly, ALL my clothes. Really, this whole situation was a huge "shame on you, Deanne" moment. I mean, I am a seasoned traveler after all. I knew better than this. I had totally set myself up for disaster. How could I have been so dense to have packed all of my essentials in one suitcase?
After it became quite clear that my second suitcase was nowhere to be found, I approached the Iberia desk in the baggage claim area. The lady there was kind, though her English was not very good. I explained my situation to her and she assured me that despite the fact that we were going to be on a traveling cruise ship, they would be able to deliver my suitcase to me {in two to three days, no less}. I, however, was less certain that this was realistic.
I walked away feeling doomed. I was without all of my necessities. The only clothes I had were my very-casual traveling clothes that I was wearing and I knew that I wouldn't be able to buy all the things I needed aboard the ship. Some items would be available on the ship, but at an incredibly steep price. And this was my honeymoon. And what would I have to wear when we dined on board at the fancy restaurants, the ones that required fine attire?
I sat down and cried. Matt tried to reassure me, but I think he too, knew that it was a precarious situation, trying to trust the airline to take the time to track down our cruise ship at whatever port we happened to be at {in another country, no less} and deliver my lost baggage. In an effort to comfort me, Matt suggested that we try to find out what happened to my suitcase--where it was.
I went back to speak to the lady at the Iberia counter. I asked her if she could check to see where my suitcase was at the moment. {I really should have asked her this the first time around}. After a minute or two of clicks with her mouse, she informed me that my suitcase was in Madrid. She further noted that it was being loaded onto a flight to Barcelona at that moment.
HALLELUJAH! We walked away from the Iberia desk with the flight information for the arrival of my little lost suitcase. We knew we'd have to wait around in the baggage area for a few more hours, and in that, we'd be sacrificing the time we had planned to walk around the city, but it was all going to be okay.
We sat for a few hours in the hard, plastic chairs, watching a movie on our portable DVD player and trying not to doze off despite our severe jet-lag. Finally, we saw a screen displaying info for the arriving flight from Madrid, and we stood waiting at the baggage carousel. Then, I saw it--my suitcase! We had it, and all was well again.
I couldn't stop praising the Lord for watching over my suitcase and making sure we got it. We were both so delighted and had a skip in our step as we boarded the charter bus to take us to our cruise ship.
Here we are that very evening, dressed up to go to dinner, but first stopping off to admire the view from the back of the ship:
Cruise ship dining is absolutely wonderful. Nearly nothing is as delightful as a five-course gourmet dinner!
If you've ever cruised before, you know that many ships will have the cabin crews fold the guest towels in one's room into fun animals {and a new animal every day, no less!}. We always came back to our room after dinner to find the ship's program booklet for the next day along with some delicious dark chocolate after-dinner mints layed out on our bed.
One of the things we loved best about Norwegian cruise lines is their "freestyle dining." Guests are not assigned to a dining room and table where they dine each evening. Norwegian ships have so many, many restaurants to choose from. One could almost dine at every restaurant and not have to repeat! The specialty restaurants were especially lovely but did require a "reservation" of sorts; one just had to call from one's room in the morning to put in a name and time. Examples of restaurants were: Le Bistro French restaurant, Tsar's Palace, Chin Chin Asian restaurant, Sushi Bar, Tango's Tapas restaurant, Mama's Italian Kitchen, Cagney's Steakhouse, Sky High Grill--and this is only to name a few!
The time aboard our Norwegian Jewel ship was almost as lovely as the ports of call...although nothing can quite compare with the beauty and grandeur of multiple European cities.
I will share all about our on-land adventures in the coming days, so check back soon! Up first: ROME!


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Strategic adviser and futurist Nigel Cameron is president of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET) in Washington, DC, and a principal of C-PET Futures Platform. A graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and the Edinburgh Business School, before founding C-PET he was Research Professor & Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), where he established the first US university center on nanotechnology & its social implications, and led a multi-sectoral study of the implications of diabetes.
He has written widely on the policy impacts of emerging technologies, including: Innovation President (Amazon Kindle), The New Medicine, & Nanoscale: Issues for the Nano Century. In addition to essays on innovation and technology policy, he blogs at FutureofBiz.org and is a columnist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sensei Marketing. He has been a featured speaker at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Global Health Forum, and the STARS business leaders' symposium. He has also served on US delegations to the UN and UNESCO, and was invited to participate in the State Department-led scenario planning effort Project Horizon.
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A Favorite Quote of My Own:
"The technological disruptions of the past 20 years are as nothing compared to what we may expect in the next 10. Whole industries, categories of employment, and social patterns, are on the verge of dramatic (and for many people disastrous) disruption. While the tech gurus tend to this this all good, the policy community thinks it all relevant. We need to get them together."
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Before last season, the term "Intellectual Honesty" was used by General Manager Jay Feaster to illustrate an impartial view of the makeup of the team and to take appropriate actions to address the needs of the organization. After the performances the last couple seasons, it became necessary to make changes from the top of the roster to the bottom. With the revitalization of the Calgary Flames already underway, being intellectually honest is as important now as it ever was.
As the Flames move forward in their rebuild, they are going to accumulate a lot of quality prospects and younger players. If you've watched anything Flames related during the summer, or since training camp started, you can see the beginnings of this. The Flames have many different styles of players filtering through their system, from beasts like Kanzig to small shifty guys like Gaudreau and everything in between.
This is where being intellectually honest comes into play. There are going to be quite a few players that will become quality NHL players from this current group. However, just because they are quality players does not necessarily mean that they will be the right players. To build a winning team, you need just the right amounts of leadership, skill, and attitude. Character and attitude are very underrated aspects to an NHL team, but are extremely important when it comes to the results. It's one of the main reasons why the Flames have underperformed for the past few years despite having more than enough on paper talent to be a good team.
Looking back to the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, the Vancouver Canucks had more skill and overall talent than the Boston Bruins. They finished the regular season with 14 more points and were the President's Trophy winners. They should have defeated the Bruins easily. Yet, they turned in the worst 7 game series performance of any team in NHL history. The main difference between the two teams was the character of the two lineups. Boston played a hard nosed, in your face, determined game and they were relentless. Vancouver, well, it's the Canucks. I don't really need to go too deep with that.
As players graduate into the NHL, they will need to show that they can both play adeptly at the NHL level, but also that they have the right work ethic and attitude both on the ice and off. If any of them are not fitting those standards, they too should be moved elsewhere, just as Iginla and Bouwmeester were this past season. That doesn't mean that anyone that isn't fitting in will be given away though for spare parts. Looking back at Chicago before they won the first time, they had quite a few quality top 6 forwards. However, one of them wasn't quite fitting what they needed as a team. So they sent Tuomo Ruutu to the Hurricanes for Andrew Ladd. Ladd wasn't as skilled as Ruutu was at the time, but he played the game the right way and became one of the the key secondary players on their way to winning it all in 2010.
There will be growing pains over the next couple years. I'm looking forward to it though. It will be fun to see who emerges as the key players in the organization and who doesn't quite make the cut. It makes for a more compelling and interesting story than will we maybe be good enough to finish in 7th or 8th if the stars align just the right way.
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|2007-03-19, 07:23
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Join Date: Feb 2007
1)Rurouni Kenshin - Tsuiokuhen OVA-The most beautiful love story of them all. Atleast in my opinion.
2)GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)
3)Serial Experiments Lain
4)Happy World!
Nana and Death Note should get their place in the top but i can't put them until i see the whole thing of theose two.
|2007-03-20, 01:14
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kyuukyouku samurai.
Join Date: Aug 2006
1: higurashi no naku koro ni. i love this anime. every single thing about this anime..i love.
2: card captor sakura. (any anime that can make me feel happy every time i watch it is doing something right ^_^)
3:suzumiya haruhi no yuutsu. (this anime was awesome)
4:elfen lied. (this was a very deep anime. i gotta say i agree with lucy in her hatred for humanity. some people cant see past the frequent nudity and graphic violence to see the deep involved story behind it.)
5: air. (no matter how many times i see it, this anime takes my breath away....no pun intended)
i know it only said 5 but these deserve honorable mentions:
kanon, kimi ga nozomu ein, hellsing, yami to boushi to hon no tabibito, and the rest of the anime on this list:
|2007-03-25, 11:00
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
this is so hard -.-
1, Full metal panic all seasons (it got humor,great fights, some romance)
2,have to be Tokimeki memorial -only love- ( I really enjoy school anime)
3,Prince Of tennis (I am a tennis fan so)
4, Love hina ( like romance animes)
5, Air gear ( great anime )
this was really hard but other animes worth saying is.
Death note,Naruto,One Piece,Green Green,Cowboy bebop,Final fantasy ( if it counts?) and I got alot more^^ but it will take so manny pages to write down xD
|2007-03-25, 18:24
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Gee, that's a toughy. Well, these are the 5 that come to mind.
1. Naruto - Lots of action, popular, and very addicting. It's one of those "MUST SEE" animes.
2. Bleach - This one also has lots of fighting and action. It's funny at times too ^^.
3. Chrono Crusade - This one has a really sad ending and it's very memorable.
4. Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - Dramatic romance story =]. That's all I can say.
5. Full Moon wo Sagashite - Very cute and dramatic anime. Made me cry in so many episodes. I loved this one very much .
|2007-03-25, 18:26
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5 Top Animes
Gee, that's a toughy. Well, these are the 5 that come to mind.
1. Naruto - Lots of action, popular, and very addicting. It's one of those "MUST SEE" animes.
2. Bleach - This one also has lots of fighting and action. It's funny at times too ^^.
3. Chrono Crusade - This one has a really sad ending and it's very memorable.
4. Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - Dramatic romance story =]. That's all I can say.
5. Full Moon wo Sagashite - Very cute and dramatic anime. Made me cry in so many episodes. I loved this one very much .
I'm sorry if I double posted; I'm kind of new so I'm not sure what I'm doing @_@.
|2007-03-27, 12:14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
my 1st top 5 and the one starts it all that i loved anime that is comedy/hilarious/romance..
1. it's Fruits Basket!! ^_^
2. D.N angel
3. school rumble
4. ichigo mashimaro
5. maharoba 'heartful days'
after that i start watching
1. the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya (my 2nd best anime!! heads roll!!)
2. ouran host club (simple yet very interesting anime of that time my 5th Best)
3. Shakugan no shana (so interesting story and character)
4. girls bravo 1st/2nd season (great anime)
5. honey and clover! (really a touching anime series)
then now i've finished watching
1. kanon'06 (1st of my best anime!! uguu...characters are well made and the story!! DAMN!! it's just so good ^_^)
2. zero no tsukaima (3rd best anime!!love love)
3. rozen maiden (4th best anime!! Cute!!shinku's so strictly funny)
4. air
5. otogi jushi akazukin (hehe so cute of them)
unfinished anime ( still watching and waiting ) ^_^
1. manabi straight!! (for now my favorite)
2. tokimeki memorial (also this one!exciting anime!! well made anime!!)
3. yamato nadeshiko
4. death note (cool)
5. chokoto sister /ghost hunt (somewhat boring but a really good anime to be watched)
|2007-03-29, 21:09
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
first I'm just going to say that i am not sexiest. i just like funny animes that centers around male characters. THEY ALL HAVE FUNNY IN COMMON
so this is my list, have i like then all the same, this a recommended animes.
[1] History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi (my current favorite anime as of now, it's about a weak guy who learns how to fight, reminds me of yu yu hakusho and DBZ combine with funny. SO CHECK IT OUT.
[2] Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu [about a guy who can't live the life of a citizen because he thinks like a solider]
[3] School Rumble [first season better than the second, guy who tries to confess to the girl he likes but to shy]
[4] GTO [a stupid teacher who was once a gangster, i think most people wachted this.
[5] welcome to NHK [an anime to teach all us people who don't leave the house]
|2007-03-30, 23:58
|Link #317
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
1) ONE PIECE - hands down, best anime i've seen!
2) FMA - Very nice story, great OVAs too!
3) NARUTO - It just got its groove back!
4)Hellsing/Chobits - Two of my first official anime series, excellent story!
5) GTO - Live action was well done as well!
|2007-04-01, 01:27
|Link #320
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: eh...
Off the top of my dome...
1. Berserk - Has been number one since i have seen it.
2. Kemonodzume - Love the style, music and story.
3. School Rumble - I dont normally like this kinda stuff but it was hilarious.
4. Gunslinger Girl - Whats not to like? And i still cant get that song out of my head.
5. Gantz/Noein/Paranoia Agent - Cant decide. Liked them alot though.
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Nashua musician stuns girlfriend and wows family with marriage proposal in songBy Kimberly Houghton
Union Leader Correspondent
February 24. 2012 5:55PM
It was a surprise well-worth keeping, despite all of the deceit that came along with it, said Robinson, 30. The local musician wrote a song for his girlfriend, Michelle Stickney, and planned to sing it to her during a performance at a Boston music club. She expected him to take the stage and sing the set he had been practicing around the house for several nights.
'I was so nervous,' admits Robinson, who had all of their friends and family gathered at Church, a restaurant and bar located near Fenway. 'I had the ring in my pocket and I thought for sure she would notice it. But she had no idea. I don't even think she realized the song was for her.'
Stickney, who was expecting Robinson to propose during an upcoming vacation the two of them were planning, said she was incredibly worried when the disc jockey started playing the wrong music for her boyfriend.
'I just kept saying to myself, 'It is okay baby. Just go with the flow,' said Stickney, acknowledging she wasn't really listening to the lyrics of the song he was performing.
Robinson had his eyes intensely set on Stickney when he finally took her hand and pulled her up onto the stage with him. Then, he began singing the chorus: 'I wanna spend my whole life with you, walk down the aisle and say 'I do.' Build a family, start a team. Live the dream - picket fence and porch swing. You and me, yeah, you and me.'
Still, Stickney said she just kept dancing on stage with her boyfriend, not quite realizing the seriousness of the moment until Robinson stopped singing, grabbed a small box out of his pocket and knelt down on one knee.
'At that point I was so in the moment with him. I was completely caught off guard,' said Stickney, 28. 'I was full of emotion.
Obviously, I said 'of course.'' The entire audience went crazy, according to Robinson, who said it was worth the wait. The couple has been dating for about a year-and-a-half, and say they were best friends from the moment they met.
Robinson, who works for U.S. Cellular, says he was preparing an imaginary vacation for the two of them to keep Stickney's mind off of all the secrecy and lies associated with the big proposal.
Stickney, a radiation therapy student at NHTI, says the trick worked, as she was pretty confident that Robinson would propose during their upcoming getaway. Instead, she says they now have something even more special to look forward to - their big wedding day. They are hoping for a December wedding close to Christmas time.
'I have always said that it is the little things that matter. All of the little details that went into this proposal made it truly amazing,' she said. 'I am very inquisitive, so for him to have pulled this off was quite impressive.'
The couple has already been through so much since beginning their journey together. Just two months after they started dating, Stickney was placed on bed rest because of a health condition that placed pressure on her spinal cord and caused severe migraines.
Several months later she underwent surgery, which stopped all of the unmanageable headaches.
Robinson says it has been an unbelievable experience thus far, with a phenomenal future ahead for them.
He thanked his co-worker, Chris Hicks, who helped produce the song, along with hip hop artist Lyrical Plourde, who helped find a venue for the marriage proposal.


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Music and weather. Probably two of the bigger conversation topics. With it finally feeling like we might have summer here in the UK and the run up to festivals, I can't help but listen to sun music. Everything changes with music when the weathers good. I find there are certain bands and songs that I will generally tend to listen to when it's warmer, sunnier. Currently I travel to work by bus through the suffolk countryside and it's one the of the best way's to travel home and listen to music at the same time. No congestion, amazing views and no commuters. One band who seem to fit the landscape of Suffolk so well are Efterklang. Despite it being a while since Piramida was released, the album has been on my playlist for a good few months and I haven't got bored of it yet.
What's even better is the fact that Efterklang will be playing live in a hopefully sunny suffolk at Latitude this year. Henham Park and it's surroundings are similar to the views and landscape I see on my way to work and will definitely provide the perfect platform and setting for Efterklang and their music. Latitude is a festival I've been to three times before and this years lineup is another great mix of established acts such as Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Kraftwerk, The Maccabees and smaller artists such as Purity Ring and Marika Hackman. With it being only 86 days away, here's two other acts on the lineup that I'm excited about.
Daughter. Until a couple of weeks ago I had never heard Daughter's music before. I've probably heard the album over ten times now as it's one of the albums always on repeat in the office. I probably wouldn't have ever listened to the album if it wasn't played at work. I'd heard about them but had never bothered to listen to their music. Despite now having heard it many times, I'm not bored of it, and probably know most of the lyrics. You'd be a fool to miss them.
Moving on to the next act. Now we decided at APFOS to each choose three acts across different stages to write about, so having written about the Oblesik arena and BBC Radio 6 Music Stage I now turn to the I stage and Purity Ring. Magical, pop – electronic music that's once again got that summer sound to it. Purity Ring are definitely going to be a highlight of not just that stage but the whole festival. Definitely one to catch, and with them playing in one of the smaller tents, the atmosphere should be perfect. It the I stage is where the In The Woods stage used to be, then Purity Ring are going are to going to pack it out.


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Many of you have wondered why I haven't been updating. Well I'll tell you. I was sick and tired. Not in the angsty way. I was too poor to eat. So I was quit literally too sick and tired to do much. I have mentioned my job before and how it was somewhat terrible. I was always working a "steady" gig while I picked up freelance work. The thing with freelance is that sometimes you hit a rough patch. The money stops coming and if your steady gig can't cover the bills your screwed. That pretty much happend to me.
Last week I started a new job. A for realzies job. I have insurance and a 401K and no one walks around with an erection nor does anyone stuff money in my panties. In fact I actually wear panties everyday! Not just panties but a pants suit. So not only do I not have to fear closing this site due to costs but I can actually realize he vision I have for this site.
I feel like Pinocchio , I'm finally a real person in the eyes of society. I'm a functioning member and not financial or social drain. I think it might come as a shock but I really never fully believed this day would come. There's a high functioning part of my brain that is disgusted at how much my job controls my feeling of self worth, but fuck that part of my brain.
I've done the goddamn near impossible. I've gone from sex worker to freelance journalist to corporate career woman before 30. Along the way I've been to places so low and crushing I thought I would never feel the warmth of light again. I've seen ugly things , done a few myself and have the scars to prove it. Fuck a crystal stair, my life hasn't even been a project elevator at times. Regardless I set a goal that many people said I'd never reach and I did.
I really can't think of a bigger cosmic fuck you to every teacher that told me I wouldn't amount to shit, to my uncle that told me I just wasn't that smart, to the slimy editors that would steal my by-lines to my best stories, to the bitches at the club that would break my stuff and blow smoke on my costumes for having the audacity to read a fucking book in their presence, to the "I think I'm famous" party rapper who thought his one single made him hot enough to get away with punching a dancer because she didn't want to blow him, to the stupid ass bouncer that let him get away with it, to the manager who fired me fighting back , to the boyfriends that told me that I wasn't shit without them, and I was only good for one thing, to the assholes of Newark, Hunts Point and Elizabeth who would harass me on the streets making in that much harder to get to and from work to fund my goddamn education. To the people who would condescendingly ask me if I went to school and if I had any kids. To
To all these fuckwits that funny feeling on your chin are my cosmic ball hairs scraping your skin as you FUCKING CHOKE ON IT.


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The consumer price index (CPI) [in Jordan], used as a measuremen tool of inflation, increased by 4.8 per cent in 2012 compared with an increase by 4.4 in 2011, according to report issued by the Department of Statistics (DoS) on Monday.
In its report, the DoS indicated that the rise was due to higher transport charges (9 per cent), rentals (3.6 per cent), meat and poultry prices (6.4 per cent), yoghurt, other dairy products and table eggs (13 per cent) and fuel and lighting charges (4.1 per cent).
The increase was coupled with a drop in the prices of cereal products by 1.3 per cent and telecommunications by 0.1 per cent.
The CPI is a statistical estimate computed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically and the annual percentage change in a CPI is used as a measure of inflation.
In related news, the Income and Sales Tax Department on Monday said its revenues rose by 9.6 per cent in 2012 to JD3.03 billion compared with JD2.76 billion in 2011.
The department's Director General Riyad Shraideh said the collected revenues were slightly lower than the amount envisaged in the budget but, however, were higher than the JD2.98 billion estimated by the department.
Computed separately, the sales tax revenues went up to JD2.31 billion in 2012 from JD2.07 billion in the previous year whereas the income tax rose to JD713 million from JD685.5 million, Shraideh pointed out.
Shraideh attributed the increase to improvements in the economy and an increase in tax-collection efficiency.
Taxes represent a large portion of the local revenues, besides custom revenues and those generated from real estate registration.
The department's revenues are expected to continue to go up after the department has become more active in eliminating tax evasion, Shraideh said.
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Dear Carolyn:
From "You're not getting a puppy" to first loves, how does a parent teach a child to deal with bitter tears and heartbreaking disappointment? I was taught not to get your hopes up. Is that a downer or just being a realist?
As a mom of four, I have been accused of "sucking the joy out of everything" and my response is always that I am just trying to help them temper the disappointments that they suffer and that I am faced with having to deal with afterward. Got any suggestions?
Mom a.k.a. Debbie Downer
For starters, you teach them to deal with tears and disappointment. By tamping down their hopes, you're trying to prevent tears and disappointment, which is a different effort entirely.
If your kids' hopes are unrealistic, then they're going to find that out when the things they hoped for don't happen; life plays the realist role brilliantly, without your help. Christmas alone schools millions of kids in the hazards of hype.
Broken hearts hurt, yes, and a brokenhearted kid means a parent with extra work to do. But a preemptive visit from Debbie Downer doesn't make things hurt any less, or make the mop-up easier; that's what your kids are trying to tell you. Plus: Getting rejected is going to hurt no matter what, but when Mom feels compelled to notify you that you're probably going to get rejected, that's an additional kick to the confidence.
And how would Mom know, anyway? You say you were "taught not to get your hopes up," but unless your elders were omniscient, you were taught to expect bad news that no one was in a position to predict. Sometimes people do get the date, get the role, get the job, get the medal.
You want your kids to manage emotional risk, not be cowed by or oblivious to it. Teaching risk-management is a childhood-long process, and a parent's role in it is largely positive.
For the "no puppy"-type heartbreak, it's also straightforward. As long as you have integrity and consistency in saying "yes" and "no" to things — i.e., if it's really about dogs and not about punishment or pandering — then kids manage. Say yes to what you're able and willing to provide, no to the rest, and no ulterior motives.
When it's not about having, but instead about doing/being/achieving something, that's a different heartbreak; a soul rejected is more complicated than a request denied.
But it still doesn't involve parentally deflated expectations. Instead of telling kids what they probably won't do — go to the Olympics, the moon, Hollywood, the altar — teach them what they can do: practice hard, study hard, rehearse daily, treat loved ones well, pursue happiness.
Even better, notice and praise their hard work and its (guaranteed) rewards.
And, be the safe place they can land when the coaches/teachers/employers/directors/sweethearts of the world stick a pin in their hopes, because some always do (no told-you-so's; you can't always predict which ones). Be the one who gives your kids a hug, says you're sorry and invites them to do the only second-guessing that matters: "Did you give it your best?"
If instead you try downsizing their expectations for them, you interfere with the natural feedback cycle of effort, results, expectations. That hurts them more than it helps.
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Time to check out this week's batch of New York Giants #nygmail on Twitter ...
@DanGrazianoESPN why didnt @Giants sign thurmond to longer deal? he doesnt seem injury prone and had shown his potential at seattle #nygmail
— David Lee (@giwook11) August 14, 2014
@DanGrazianoESPN: After you asked me this question Thursday morning, I asked Walter Thurmond whether he'd had the opportunity to sign a longer-term deal. He said he did, and that the Giants actually offered three years, but that he preferred to take one to keep himself hungry. Now, there are plenty of good reasons he might have wanted to do this. Cornerback salaries continue to escalate, the salary cap is due to rise again next year and a season playing in the New York media market can only help Thurmond's profile. And from the Giants' standpoint, they'll have first crack at him if they decide -- either during the season or right after it -- that they want to keep him for more than just one year. As long as he doesn't get hurt, Thurmond's in a good spot. And based on what we've seen in camp, he's a heck of a player.
#nygmail do you think the gmen have what it takes with the current state of the offense to go to Detroit and start the season with a win
— Burnin'ItDown (@bballevans7) August 14, 2014
@DanGrazianoESPN: Well, no, but they have more than three weeks still to get ready, and I think that's an important thing to remember when reading my accounts (and other people's accounts) of what we're seeing in practice. This offense is still a work in progress, and that progress isn't and wasn't supposed to be completed by now. They only just completed the installation process Tuesday, which means there are still new schemes and plays they haven't practiced more than once or twice. We're in a making-of-the-sausage era of news and sports coverage, in which every step is documented and analyzed. The Giants are by no means ready to play a real game right now. The question is whether they can get themselves ready by Sept. 8. My personal hunch is that this offense will still be a work in progress when the season starts and will be running more smoothly in November than it runs in September. But I also still think the main concern is the quality of the personnel and/or the lack of depth at wide receiver, tight end, running back and on the offensive line. I think they're thin in too many places to really have a big year.
@DanGrazianoESPN how strong do you think O-line is? Chances Richburg overtakes Walton at some point this season? How has he looked? #nygmail
— Frank DeRose (@DeRose_da_man) August 14, 2014
@DanGrazianoESPN: I think there are legitimate question marks at every position. Can Will Beatty bounce back? (I think so.) Can Geoff Schwartz continue the improvement he showed last year in Kansas City? (Don't see why not.) Is J.D. Walton a legitimate NFL starting center who can push defenders off the line reliably? (Have my doubts.) Who the heck is the right guard? (Brandon Mosley right now, and he's been shaky.) Can Justin Pugh build on his strong rookie season, or is a sophomore slump coming? (No idea.) No matter how you answer them, the fact that there are so many questions is alarming, and likely indicative that it's not a strength of the team. As for rookie Weston Richburg, he looks like a guy who's learning. He's had a lot of reps at guard and center, and they're trying to get him up to speed quickly. I think there's a decent chance he passes Walton this year, but I also think it's more likely they work him at right guard, since that seems to be the bigger problem.
@DanGrazianoESPN #nygmail since it seems the strength on the team,the secondary and the weak link is the Oline . Position order of strength?
— Ibleedbigblue (@tmerritt51) August 14, 2014
@DanGrazianoESPN: Here's how I'd rank the position groups on paper:
1. Cornerback
2. Safety
3. Quarterback
4. Running back
5. Offensive line
6. Linebackers
7. Defensive line
8. Wide receivers
9. Tight ends
Could be a long year, folks. Enjoy the game tonight.


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On the second morning of my visit to the Gold Coast Hinterland I sat in the warm sun watching bright lorikeets squabble over bowls of cooked rice. Overhead a couple of cheeky kookaburras were perched on tree branches, sneakily swooping on unattended tables to nab a leftover sausage or scrap of bacon.
After having breakfast and checking out, it was time to make our way to a hands-on cooking class at Mount Tamborine, overlooking the glorious Scenic Rim.
At around forty minutes from the Gold Coast, Tamborine Cooking School is run by French-trained chef Terri Taylor and is located on a beautiful two acre property with a perfectly manicured garden and a large vegetable garden out back.
So participants can get personal attention, cooking groups are small and Terri makes sure everyone is given tasks to help create the meal – ours consisting of a lot of small dishes – that the group enjoys at the end of the class.
Terri's choice of dishes, selected to show off the local produce of Mount Tamborine, were fresh and light and easy to recreate at home. Participants receive the recipes to take away and during the class gluten free / dairy free / vegetarian diets were all easily accommodated.
One of the first dishes prepared was mushroom and goats cheese ravioli and rather than cooking pasta from scratch which takes some time, the quick trick was to use a gow gee wrappers and a ravioli press. These delicious parcels were cooked and served with a spinach pesto.
Square puff pastry tarts held a mixture of grated beetroot and apple, simmered with spices and served with a goats cheese mousse, topped with a puffed pastry pillow that had been cut out of the middle.
The filo tartlets were one of my favourites – the artichokes were steamed whole with the skin on, then peeled and cooked with fennel, shallot and a dash of cream.
Other dishes included a millet, pumpkin and seed salad and barbecued haloumi and vegetable kebabs. For dessert we enjoyed ice cream and strawberries, I had juicy blood oranges while the others enjoyed crepes Suzette and a vanilla chia pudding.
Once all the cooking was done we sat together in the back room, chatting, drinking local wine while overlooking the Scenic Rim. It was a lovely way to end an interesting and informative class.
Have you ever been to the Gold Coast Hinterland? I would love to hear what you like about the area.
vegeTARAian visited the Gold Coast Hinterland courtesy of Gold Coast Tourism and Tourism and Events Queensland


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My 48/49 is wondering for working off a puck, and even from a lather bowl although I don't like or use a lather bowl. I face lather. I get good results loading the brush on a puck and then going for it on my face.
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Giuliano Iacobelli of Stamplay.com
Giuliano Iacobelli is a software engineer and entrepreneur who has lived and worked all across Rome and London. He co-founded Indigeni Digitali, and also runs StamPlay.com along with the Innovation Lab Alumni Station, which gives young people the necessities to create their own boot strap start-up.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself & your background.
I'm a software engineer in love with web products, an entrepreneur oriented guy since I was 17 who just turned 30 (damn I'm getting old! -.-'). I'm a software engineer constantly looking forward to trying out new technologies and web products to test their potential to change the habits of people. I live and work in Rome and London pursuing the dream of bringing something amazing to the internet , and now I'm having the time of my life by running Stamplay.
I believe in communities and in the power of networking. I think they can enable and bring innovation in a very unique way. This is why I cofounded one of the biggest web communities in Italy called Indigeni Digitali and then left to focus on the entrepreneurial ecosystem by running the Innovaction Lab Alumni Association that aims to help young people to get the necessary basic know-how to bootstrap a startup.
How did you become a digital designer?
It has been a pretty long process started about 2 years ago, while exploring the opportunity of providing a tool to the marketing industry we had this kind of epiphany of building a tool to create web apps in a very efficient way. Software is eating the world, but today creating a web app is still a big pain because it relies on many things like: infrastructure, design and expose API, backend coding, third party services integrations, building a backend and finally designing the UX and UI of your product. Moreover this is probably going to be an ever-changing creature that will evolve continuously!
This turned out to be the perfect solution for all those designers and developers who want to only care about the UX and the UI of their product. We empower them to rule the backend development and by doing so we let them build Rome in a day!
Where do you get your design inspiration from?
Well in term of design, is hard to say. I don't have any specific muse; I let the world, the amazing stuff I discover, and the people I meet day by day inspire me, especially on the web where things are evolving at a blinding pace.
As an entrepreneur I have role models, those who had a huge impact on the daily life of millions of people from Henry Ford to Steve Jobs, from Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates. Reading their stories gives you an incredible energy and helps you give 100% of your energy on everything you do.
Do you see the design and development worlds colliding?
Well the world is moving towards a front-end bias but I don't think that design and UX will collide with development. Mobile clients and browsers are getting more and more capable of great things and functionalities, and you will still need highly skilled developers to get the most out of them. Meanwhile designers will be in charge of creating a compelling and coherent user experience across different devices and mediums for a given product.
What are some industry sites or blogs that you read on a regular basis?
Twitter is my favorite resource. It's such a strong and connected community of people interested in the same topics, I trust that the good content of the web will sooner or later come to me. Also in the past few weeks I've been visiting Product Hunt on a daily basis.
What are a few of your favorite design software tools, and why? (Web frameworks, Adobe software, etc.)
For me it's all about JavaScript, and I do large use of ExpressJS on the backend side as well as a lot of BackboneJs on the front-end. CSS libraries like Bootstrap, and extensions like SASS are also great when it comes to managing big client side application. I can handle some Photoshop but I'm not really the go-to guy for tips about it :)
Could you describe what a normal day of work looks like for you?
Well do you know that famous quote from Marc Anthony "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." I think that is actually really true. It doesn't mean that you don't get tired or upset, but it's an incredible experience spending every single day with an amazing, committed team. That is already a great achievement. This is one of the things I care most about our startup.
What do you think is the most intimidating thing for first-time developers (or new designers) who want to get started? How do you think they can overcome this?
Well, it's not the language, the libraries or the complexity of technologies that scare them. Things tend to get confusing and put you in the "I'm never sure I'm doing this well" when it's about coding conventions, methodologies and tools that you should use. There are so many posts, literature and threads about these topics all over the web that can really intimidate first time developers, and the only way to overcome this is by experimenting, that's where you'll find most all the answers. It's a learning by doing thing, you can't rely on a book to tell you what will best fit your needs, and it changes from person to person and from project to project.
Do you have any thoughts on what the future of digital design is?
I definitely see software development and design becoming much more visual in the future, just like the desktop publishing revolution decades ago. A lot of "Photoshops for mobile/web interfaces" are rising, and the same thing is happening in the development industry. The way CMS systems such as WordPress reduced the barrier to entry into placing stuff on the web empowering content creators to publish material without much technical work and we believe this is about to happen again in the web development. And this is where we step into the game. It's an ambitious vision that we are fully committed to.


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Income distribution and economic growth. A comparison between Latin America and Southeast Asia
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Where is Leeds?
- Located in the centre of the UK, it is the third-largest city after London and Birmingham with a population of over 750,000 residents
- Leeds has its own international airport with direct flights to over 70 destinations and connections to hundred of cities
- It is well connected with a quick and easy transport service to the rest of the country
- With three fantastic universities, Leeds has the fourth-largest student population in the country
- It is situated in the heart of Yorkshire, a world-famous region full of history, beauty and charm
- Leeds has over 1000 retail stores found in the city's pedestrian zone, with two modern commercial centres and traditional Victorian arcades
- There are hundreds of cafes and restaurants where you can enjoy food from all over the world
- Leeds has the largest covered market in all of Europe where you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.
- One of the friendliest British cities, it's the perfect place to learn English!
Educational centre
- Leeds is recognised internationally as a leading centre for learning, with a total student population of over 200,000.
- Voted 'Best university destination in the UK' by The Independent newspaper.
- Three universities of international renown – the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University, and Leeds Trinity University, with a combined total of over 130,000 full and part-time students.
- Ten colleges of higher and further education, including Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds College of Music and Notre Dame Sixth Form College, with a combined total of 78,000 students.
Cultural and entertainment centre
- Theatres, museums like the award winning Royal Armouries, galleries such as the Leeds City Art Gallery
- Sites of historical interest like Kirkstall Abbey, and one of the UK's finest stately homes, Harewood House
- The new 13,500 capacity Leeds Arena, opened in 2013
- Fantastic nightlife
- Modern shopping facilities like the state-of-the-art Trinity Quarter, opened in 2012
- Multiplex cinemas and restaurants specialising in food from around the world
- Sporting venues like Headingley International Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Ground (home to the World Club champions 2102, Leeds Rhinos) and the famous Elland Road football stadium, home of Leeds United
What others say about Leeds
- Best place in Britain to live
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- Most cost-effective place to study in Britain
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- UK's most female friendly city
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- UK's best shopping destination
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- One of the UK's top cities for restaurants
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A cosy cottage for couples or families to enjoy the farm
After a quick intro from Paul you'll head over to the bushcraft area.
It's time to find your materials and build your den.
You'll need to bring your packed lunch with you.
Learn how to build a fire and get it lit.
Once your fire is going enjoy the campfire classic of toasted marshmallows - delicious!
Course dates are yet to be confirmed but you can register your interest now by submitting our online enquiry form. As soon as dates are released we will be sure to notify you.
Why should the kids get all the fun? It's time to get outside for a fantastic family day, having great fun and learning essential bushcraft skills!
This fun-packed day is a great introduction to bushcraft. You'll work together to create a weatherproof den. The first challenge will be finding your materials, so have a good look around for branches, leaves and anything else you can find lying around. Once your den is complete you'll learn how to make a fire using only materials you can find around you, who will light their fire first? We'll wrap the session up with marshmallows toasted over the fire - sounds like the perfect day!
This session is outdoors and we can't guarantee the weather, or that you'll stay clean! If it's raining we'll carry on, outdoor activities are still plenty of fun in the rain if you're properly kitted out. We like to think of it as just another way to challenge our skills!
This course will run from 10am to 4 pm.
Please bring plenty to drink, snacks, and lunch. You'll break for lunch in the bushcraft area.
All children must be accompanied by an adult. One adult can accompany a maximum of 3 children.
The minimum age for children on this course is 6 yrs of age.