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Ha Long Bay Ranks 2nd in Top 10 Best Boat Journeys in the World
Vietnam's Ha Long Bay listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has been ranked the 2nd among the 10 best boat journeys by the UK's Lonely Planet Travel Magazine.
"Bobbing on the emerald waters of Halong Bay and moving through its 3000-odd limestone islands is simply sublime.
The tiny islands are dotted with beaches and grottoes created by wind and waves, and have sparsely forested slopes ringing with bird tunes.
There are more than 300 boats based at Bai Chay Tourist Wharf waiting to sweep you away to the World Heritage waters.
Day tours last from four to eight hours, though (recommended) overnighters are also available" the magazine written.
Norwegian Fjords gets the first place.
Next positions are Amazon River, South America; Franklin River, Australia; Quetico Provincial Park, Canada; Kerala's backwaters, India; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Island-hopping, Greece; Disko Bay, Greenland; and Galapágos Islands, Ecuador.
Ha Long Bay is a popular travel destination in the Northern Province of Quang Ninh. Covering on an area of around 1,553 km2, the hot tourist spot has including 1,969 islets, most of which are limestone.
In 1994, Ha Long Bay was recognized as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. It has jumped to second place among the 28 finalists of an online voting for the world's new seven wonders and helping to bring 5.3 million visitors to Quang Ninh in the first eight months of the year.
"Halong Bay is so much more compelling when it's not a passive experience," said Kurt Walter, group general manager of Apple Tree Group Hospitality. "Yes, it's one of the most magnificent seascapes you've ever seen, but when you get out into it, with a paddle in your hands, or your hands on the grit of these limestone karsts, then you've just gained a whole new dimension of experience."
The new soft adventure program is managed by Slo Pony Adventures, a Vietnam-based travel company run by Onslo Carrington and Erik Ferjentsik, two American-trained outdoor enthusiasts. Participants can book the soft adventure of their choice independently, or as part of a group effort.
For rock climbers, Slo Pony is cultivating 20 different venues around the bay, including the Polish Pillar, a karts that exemplifies the bay's fantastic limestone formations.
Most climbing for beginners and intermediates takes place at Moody's Beach, where a two-faced crag is laced with easy-to-moderate routes.
"No matter how intimidating the prospect of rock climbing may seem for some, especially among formations as otherworldly as Halong Bay's, the experience we're promoting is accessible to anyone," said Onslo Carrington. "If you can walk up a flight of stairs, you can climb!"
On Cat Ba Island, Slo Pony leads trekkers through Butterfly Valley in the National Park. Here the experience is less predictable but serendipitous with waterfalls, exotic wildlife, rainbows and spectacular views. On the bay itself, Slo Pony's kayak guides steer Emeraude passengers to deserted beaches and in and out of myriad lagoons.
"As a destination, Halong Bay is one of the most amazing backdrops to an adventure, and always has been," said Walter. "But we've always thought it's more than a backdrop. What we want to do is put these karsts in the foreground of everyone's memory of Halong Bay."


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In 2019, WOW presented an incredible line-up of events to mark the launch of The WOW Foundation and begin the countdown to 2020 – the 10th anniversary of WOW.
The programme included two very special conversations with Angela Davis and Naomi Klein, as well as two full afternoons: WOW: What Now? and WOW: What Next? led by Jude Kelly – and more.
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To date, WOW has reached over two million people in 17 countries on five continents across over 65 festivals – and growing – including in Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somaliland, the UK and the USA. In 2018 WOW took place in Rio, Karachi, Beijing, Cardiff and Bradford, as well as London, New York, Dhaka, Pakistan Atlanta, Istanbul and China in 2019 and 2020.
Over the last nine years the Festivals have developed a reputation as a space for world renowned artists, activists, thinkers and performers including Angela Davies, Malala Yousafzai, Annie Lennox, Patrick Stewart, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Salma Hayek, to come and participate, alongside thousands of women and girls who don't have public profiles but are doing amazing things. WOW provides platforms for people of all kinds, changes attitudes, brings communities together and provides a unique space for people to work together towards gender equality in their own communities. One example of the impact the festival came in 2015, with the founding of the Women's Equality Party by Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer.
In 2018 Kelly left Southbank Centre to run the WOW Foundation full-time as an independent charitable entity working to build, convene and sustain a global movement that believes a gender equal world is possible and desirable through festivals and empowering women and girls. The unique festival model creates numerous pathways for participants to take part in WOW projects, amplify their own causes, or start new initiatives which have wide impact on communities. It is the biggest, most comprehensive and most significant festival dedicated to presenting work by women and promoting equality for women and girls.
As the WOW Foundation establishes itself as an independent charity with national and global reach, it will prepare and present WOW – Women of the World festivals around the world ensuring that the 10th anniversary of this important and highly respected festival is celebrated in 2020 with major events and activities.
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Perhaps the most significant role of the Hip fleet is that it represented a lifeline between regime-held Syria and besieged army garrisons across Syria, which had been completely cut off by road for sometimes up to several years. The Mi-8/17s could, contrary to transport aircraft, land to bring in reinforcements or transport the wounded to hospitals. Indeed, the city of Deir ez-Zor was at one time completely dependant on Syria's fleet of Hips for bringing in reinforcements and evacuation of the wounded and civilians.
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Eager to test its Mi-8 electronic warfare variants, the Soviet Union subsequently deployed up to eight Mi-8PPAs, Mi-8MTP/Us and Mi-8SMVs to Syria, where they were based at T4 airbase with regular detachments to Mezze airbase, located closer to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. These helicopters were tasked with jamming the guidance radars of enemy surface-to-air missile systems (SAMs), and might have been pitted against Israeli MIM-23 'Hawk' SAM sites during peacetime before they returned to the Soviet Union at the end of the eighties, ultimately ending up in a helicopter boneyard.
Back to Syria, where the vast majority of the SyAAF's Mi-8s and Mi-17s continue to operate in their original configuration, often with their rear doors removed to allow for easy loading and dropping of so-called barrel bombs (which by today's standards actually consist of more sophisticated designs that have little to do with barrels). The fact that several of the SyAAF's Hips had been upgraded was first hinted at shortly after the capture of Taftanaz airbase on the 11th of January 2013, resulting in the loss of more than a dozen Mi-8/17s and Mi-25s.
Taftanaz was the second heliport to be overrun by the rebels, following the capture of Marj as-Sultan heliport on the 25th of November 2012. Despite frantic efforts for a last ditch evacuation with some of the helicopters located here, the loss of Taftanaz represented the first major blow to the SyAAF, losing almost as many Mi-8/17s as there are operational airframes today.
Careful examination of the airframes captured here revealed the addition of an electro-optical system under the fuselage of one of the Mi-17s. Later footage from Taftanaz would also show a dismounted electro-optical system and its associated control panel. Another image taken in 2013 at Mezze airbase would also give us the first good view of the armoured panels protecting each side of the cockpit. Interestingly, this relatively simple addition aimed at increasing crew survival has only been applied to a small number of helicopters.
this example. It might be easy to mistake this helicopter for one of the regular Mi-17s in use with the SyAAF's helicopter forces, but the hardly visible armoured panels on the cockpit and electro-optical turret serve to differentiate it as one of the upgraded examples.
While Syria's Mi-17 already come equipped with three hardpoints on either side of the fuselage, allowing for the installment of rocket pods, bombs or as in the case above, a 23mm UPK-23 gun pod, the addition of an electro-optical system would significantly increase the helicopter's capabilities in target acquisition and threat identification. In turn, the armoured panels installed around of the cockpit increase the survivability of the helicopter crew, a welcome addition to the anti-aircraft weapon rich environment of Syria.
It is highly likely that these upgrades were carried out by the SyAAF's overhaul and maintenance facility 'The Factory' at Neyrab/Aleppo IAP, which has also been responsible for the design and production of the indigenous chaff/flare launchers mounted on nearly all of the SyAAF's Mi-8s and Mi-17s. The electro-optical system seen in detail below and the armoured panels are believed to have been acquired from Iran, which has carried out similar upgrades on its helicopters.
Other specialised Mi-17s have been used for less lethal tasks, such as the transportation of very important persons (VIPs) across the war-thorn country. As movement from one side of Syria to the other by road has meanwhile become impossible or too time consuming to allow for rapid deployment across the country, Brigadier General Suheil 'The Tiger' al-Hassan has often made use of a Mi-17 configured as a VIP transport to allow him to swiftly cross long distances.
The SyAAF already operated several Mi-8Ps (identifiable by the rectangular/square windows instead of the round windows found on normal Mi-8/17s) for VIP transport, but had already retired these before the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. President Bashar al-Assad makes use of two VIP helicopters of his own, which will be covered on this site in a later article alongside his other VIP aircraft.
While the tasks of the aforementioned helicopters are relatively straightforward, the SyAAF also operates at least two Mi-17s airborne jamming platforms for the jamming of enemy air defence radars. First seen during a large-scale Syrian Arab Air Force exercise in July 2012, the first type was seen equipped with two oddly shaped containers installed on either side of the fuselage. While the exact purpose of these containers remain unknown, it is now believed that they are part of the North Korean TACAN electronic jamming system installed onboard at least one SyAAF Mi-17.
The TACAN electronic jamming system was reportedly (quoting statements from a Syrian defector) used against a Russian crewed SyAADF Pantsir-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft system in a series of test taking place in early 2012. This test came after Syrian complaints regarding the Pantsir-S1's ability to cope with electronic countermeasures, which are heavily employed by the Israeli Air Force during their raids against Syrian military installations. While the Soviet Union's and Russia's standard response to criticism on its military hardware has been to blame the operators and not the quality of the hardware itself, the Russians suffered a serious blow when the TACAN electronic jamming system successfully managed to jam the Pantsir-S1 during the 2012 test. Despite the Pantsir-S1's supposed ability to deal with heavy electronic countermeasures, the Russian crew's efforts to evade the jamming were in vain.
Arguably the most interesting helicopter to serve in Syria is also the most mysterious; just one example is believed to have entered service with the SyAAF. This Mi-8MT (Russian military designation for the Mi-17) '2981' was only seen once: General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, the Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Arab Army, examined it during a visit to Bley airbase in July 2015. The Mi-17 stands out because of its newly applied camouflage pattern, which has not been seen on any other Mi-8/17 in Syrian service. The green square on the right side of the fuselage would provide the first major clue to the origin and mision profile of the helicopter.
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Problem with that is just that it does not work, someone said, it is intended to be used with Fmod only.
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The Pamlico Hurricanes� baseball team will have a unique look to it this season.
BAYBORO � The Pamlico Hurricanes� baseball team will have a unique look to it this season.
Head coach Mike Twichell Jr. will need to pull off his best mixologist impression to blend the young offense with a veteran pitching staff.
The �Canes return senior hurlers Mark Buck and Shane Hardison to comprise a formidable duo on the bump.
Twichell will have to plug holes left by power hitters Jason Dunn and Micah Caroon, who were lost to graduation.
�We�re excited to have our main pitchers back and I believe that I have some good young bats that might surprise some people,� Twichell said.
�We�ll just stick to the fundamentals and play a lot of situational baseball this year.�
Hard-hitting shortstop Bradley Bennett is back to strengthen the top of the Hurricanes� order.
This will be Pamlico�s last season of having traditionally solid programs Southwest Onslow and Dixon to compete against before realignment next season.
�We aren�t that good to where we can just walk out there without playing hard and beat anybody, but we gotta beat Dixon this year,� Twichell said.
�They (Dixon) will be strong as always and Southwest lost seven seniors, but I know they will be scrappy as always.�
Pamlico has a tough non-conference schedule to navigate through early on.
They play a home-and-home with Ayden-Grifton and have two games at West Craven.
�Every game is important. Even though the non-conference games don�t affect our playoff seed, we still want to win and will have to play very well to win,� Twichell said.
�I think the guys are expecting to compete for a conference title, that�s what we always want to do. We just have to do the little things well and play our best.�
Pamlico baseball 2013 schedule:
Feb. 27 at Ayden-Grifton
March 1 at West Craven
March 5 vs. Ayden-Grifton
March 7 vs. Southside
March 8 at West Craven
March 13 at Northside � Pinetown
March 14 at Mattamuskeet
March 19 vs. Mattamuskeet
March 20 vs. Northside � Pinetown
March 21 vs. Havelock
March 26 vs. East Carteret
March 28 vs. Dixon
March 30 in Ray Avery Easter Tourney (Ayden-Grifton)
April 1 in Ray Avery Easter Tourney
April 2 in Ray Avery Easter Tourney
April 9 at Lejeune
April 12 vs. Jones Senior
April 16 vs. Southwest Onslow
April 19 at East Carteret
April 23 at Dixon
April 26 vs. Lejeune
April 30 at Jones Senior
May 3 at Southwest Onslow
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In preparation for the upcoming Cycle Messenger World Championships in Guatemala, Nadir Olivet former Toronto messenger and owner of La Carrera Cycles, along with Mexicofixed.com hosted the Chill and Go alleycat on January 30th.
Some local faces came out, including NYC's Austin Horse:
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Christmas carols, holiday colors and bright table decorations fill a new shop on Craven Street that has a room poised to change with the seasons.
Christmas carols, holiday colors and bright table decorations fill a new shop on Craven Street that has a room poised to change with the seasons.
A glimpse through the window reveals a small Christmas tree under a constant flurry of snow. Through the window on the other side of the front door is a larger, snow covered Christmas tree and colorful ornaments on tables in the Seasonal Room.
Four weeks ago Wanda Kay Thompson opened the Holiday House, after two months of decorating, and people visiting are excited about the variety of distinctive items for sale and the spirit of the holidays she has created.
Sondra Moffat, assistant manager of the Holiday House, was showing a couple of shoppers the Seasonal Room on Thursday and they were amazed at the quality of the items and the striking decorations.
�Everybody loves the shop,� Moffat said after they left. �They think it is just beautiful. There is something here for everybody, not just for Christmas but for every day and all the holidays.�
Thompson said the Seasonal Room, one of four theme rooms, would change with the different holidays. She is constantly redecorating it as people come in and buy the table decorations, she said.
�I�m in the middle of decorating now,� she said. �I can�t keep enough things on the shelves.�
But the room really has plenty of decorations left and the entire shop is filled with everything from jewelry to silver bowls.
�I love being in retail and decorating,� Thompson said.
For about a year after Thompson sold her dance studio, Wanda Kay School of Dance on Cardinal Drive, she drove around looking for a place to open a shop similar to one she had for a year in Bath.
When she first saw the building on Craven Street that once housed insurance offices, Thompson said she didn�t think it would be right for her shop. But as she thought about it, it turned into the perfect place.
Thompson was able to transform the small, former offices into different retail themes. Beside the Seasonal Room, and main salon there is the Primitive Room, Whimsical Room and Contemporary Room.
In the Primitive Room there is a spinning wheel, butter churn, bowls and table decorations that take you back to another era and give the room a rural feeling.
�Believe it or not there are so many people interested in this sort of thing,� Thompson said.
A few steps away the Whimsical Room is full of vibrant color after the earth tones of the Primitive Room. There are tasty looking cheese spreads and cheese straws, and bright, fanciful decorations for sale.
�We have a lot of food put out for the men who come in here and are bored and don�t have anything to do,� Thompson said and laughed.
The Contemporary Room, between the Whimsical and Seasonal rooms, is filled with bright crystal and silver pieces from bowls to vases that would highlight the center piece of any table.
Her husband Tommy, who said he has no talent when it comes to decorations, is obviously proud of the way his wife turned the shop into The Holiday House, where every day is a holiday.
�I have been blessed to be married to this creative lady who just has a habit of making everything beautiful,� he said.
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5 things to watch at the debate
The pundits have labeled this week as the most important of the 2012 election.
It will live up to the hype when President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney meet for the second presidential debate in a town hall format tonight at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y. That means voters who haven't made up their minds will be asking the questions and Romney and Obama will be free to interact with them rather than be tethered to their podiums. How they interact with the audience will be just as important as how they deal with each other.
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( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of the presidential debate at Hofstra University)
Obama needs to come back from a listless performance during the first debate in Denver — the best thing he has going for him are low expectations. The expectations are higher for Romney, who needs to match his previous showing without having the benefit of surprising the media and viewers.
Below, POLITICO's five things to watch tonight:
1. Oh yes, it's ladies night.
Romney's post-debate gains have been attributed to inroads among previously uncommitted working-class and single women, key demographics in battleground states.
Obama's pollsters chalk up the shift to a consolidation of GOP-leaning independents rather than erosion of support for Obama. But women voters are the key to a second term for the president. Obama's team dismissed as not credible a USA Today/Gallup swing-state survey released Monday showing Romney and Obama tied with women voters.
( Also on POLITICO: Swing-states tighten)
Nonetheless, expect Obama to talk about women's issues whenever the opportunity presents itself at Hofstra, especially the pragmatic kitchen-table kind that helped propel pre-debate Obama to a commanding lead among middle-class voters.
But Obama's attack will also be more explicitly gender-based: The president will look for an opportunity to talk about social issues, especially Romney's flip from pro-abortion rights as a gubernatorial candidate to anti-abortion as Massachusetts governor — and the GOP nominee's opposition to Planned Parenthood, top Democrats say.
That's where Obama's campaign has been concentrating its money since the Denver debacle, releasing an ad last Friday slamming Romney on social issues that will run in a half-dozen battleground states.
That dovetails with an intensifying effort to nationalize Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin's infamous rape comments. "We have Republicans trying to redefine rape," actress Scarlett Johansson said in a MoveOn.org ad produced by Obama supporter Rob Reiner.
Obama's people were stunned — and delighted — by Paul Ryan's extended attack on abortion during the latter part of last week's vice presidential debate, an eloquent but ultimately polarizing disquisition about the role religion has played in his views on abortion. It was largely lost in the clamor over Joe Biden's demeanor, but post-debate dial groups showed the exchange played very poorly with women.
But most of all, Team Obama intends to use Romney's own words against him, especially his claim, made to The Des Moines Register a week ago, that "there's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda."
When conservatives howled, Romney backtracked, giving Obama the chance to portray his opponent as a political opportunist who will sacrifice the interests of women for self-preservation, Democrats say.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Josh Harding stopped 19 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the New Jersey Devils 4-0 Sunday night.
Mikael Granlund, Torrey Mitchell, Dany Heatley and Jason Pominville scored for the Wild, who have won five of six. Nino Niederreiter had three assists.
Cory Schneider, back after missing three games with a sore groin, finished with 16 saves for New Jersey. The Devils were blanked for the second straight night and fourth time in 14 games.
New Jersey defenceman Jon Merrill left his first NHL game after sliding hard into the boards in the first period. The team said he had lacerations on his face.
CHICAGO (AP) ? Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime and Reto Berra made 42 saves in his first NHL game, leading the Flames to the victory.
Russell's shot from the blue line clanked off the crossbar and past Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, ending Calgary's 10-game losing streak in Chicago. The Flames won at the United Center for the first time since March 2008.
Mike Cammalleri and Curtis Glencross scored in regulation for the Flames. Calgary's T.J. Galiardi missed on a second-period penalty shot.
Chicago's Marian Hossa scored a power-play goal with 4:19 left in the third period to tie it at 2. Patrick Kane also scored for Chicago, which had won three in a row.
Crawford made 27 saves.
OTTAWA (AP) ??? Jamie Benn scored in the shootout to power Dallas to the road win.
Antoine Roussel, Ray Whitney and Valeri Nichushkin scored in regulation for the Stars (6-6-2). Kari Lehtonen stopped Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza and Bobby Ryan in the shootout.
Ottawa lost goaltender Craig Anderson when he went down hard after being hit by Valeri Nichushkin in overtime. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he appeared to take a knee to the head.
Anderson faced 36 shots before Robin Lehner was forced into action.
Ryan, Erik Karlsson and Jason Spezza scored for the Senators (4-6-4), with Ryan tying it with 9.6 seconds remaining in regulation.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Foster: Cloth.
We had someone ask us a few weeks ago if we are going to use cloth diapers with our future foster children or not.
Truth is, the first thing I said is no! Disposables it is!
The thought of dealing with another child's dirty diapers grossed me out a bit, lets admit it, cloth can be messy sometimes!
But then, in these past few days we've had a friends little one year old hanging out with us, and we ran out of "sposies"!
The only thing I had was my daughters Fuzzibunz stash, freshly clean and awaiting her next diaper change! So I said what the heck, and put one on him.
It's day three of having him in cloth, and it's not bad at all! I'm not sure what I was so grossed out about before, I actually LOVE how cute he looks in them (and he cant rip them off!). Also, despite popular belief, foster parents do not get much money to care for the child/children they have placed with them, using cloth with everyone will help the budget in a huge way! Who knows, maybe the children's parents will be interested in using cloth when they return home!
So YES! We will be using cloth on our future foster children, each and every one of them (that wear diapers!) will have their own Fuzzibunz stash awaiting them, and I cannot wait!
Now for the fun part...the building of their stashes..!
By Shay P.
11 comments:
- Nicole said...
That is awesome! And how very exciting that your journey with fostering starts soon!
- May 31, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- marnieov said...
Wow! Kudos to you for fostering. I hope you keep us updated on how it goes after you have some experience. Do you use Fuzzibunz exclusively for all of your children?
- May 31, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- PotterMama said...
@Nicole, thank you!
@marnieove, We have a few BG's in our stash, but mainly FB. I love how long lasting they are, the fleece and colors.
You can keep up with our fostering journey on our blog busybudgetmom.blogspot.com
- May 31, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- Colleen said...
We are a foster family and I have been using cloth on all our kids from the beginning.
You are right, sometimes it is hard to do but in the long run it's worth it.
Good Luck! Fostering is the hardest job you will ever LOVE!
- May 31, 2011 at 9:05 PM
- mrsprincessdawn said...
Thats so awesome! Foster care is so wonderful. My parents did foster care when I was growing up. Good luck :)
- May 31, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Yay!! For more foster kids in cloth!! I have cloth diapered 2 foster children and can't wait to keep using the diapers.
- May 31, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- Liv said...
It is beautiful what you are doing, becoming a foster family. I'm looking forward to reading how the little ones do in their fluffies!
- May 31, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Karmihn'sMom said...
Its great that you're fostering! CD' ing your foster children seems like the most logical (and economical) step when you've already got one in cloth diapers :)
- May 31, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- Trista said...
I recently left my position as a foster care casemanager and one of the families I worked with use cloth on all of their foster kids. In fact when I was preparing for my LO I spoke with the foster mother at length about diapers and washing. I even found her larger sized diapers for her very large child! :). Fostering and cloth diapering go great together! :).
And your right, foster parents do not receive a large amount of money to help cover the cost of the kids. It's for the kids, not payment for the parent, and there is never enough.
Good luck! And I'm glad you decided to take the journey to help other families rebuild their lives.
- June 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Anna said...
Awesome! We've thrown the idea of fostering around and when my kiddos are done with their stash, I'm planning to hold on to all our beloved diapers in case we do in fact decide to foster. Way to go!
- June 1, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Azure Skyyes said...
We are a CD foster family...I have even convinced our daycare to cloth diaper my foster baby.
- June 15, 2011 at 10:21 PM


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Legendary former Lipscomb University basketball coach Don Meyer and his wife, Carmen, have established an endowed scholarship fund at Lipscomb.
The Don and Carmen Meyer Endowed Scholarship will provide scholarships each year for a very special group of students in the lives of the Meyers – descendants of former basketball players, trainers, coaches and other intercollegiate athletics staff who were associated with Don Meyer's tenure as coach.
As those who know the Meyers well might expect, the scholarship is intended first to help students who would find it financially difficult to attend Lipscomb without the benefit of significant aid.
"Knowing how they have invested so much of their lives into those of the players, coaches, staff and community at Lipscomb University, it is no surprise that they would establish a scholarship benefitting the families of those to whom they've already given so much,"said Philip Hutcheson, director of athletics at Lipscomb and a former All-American during Meyer's tenure. "Many family trees have been permanently changed for the better as a result of time spent learning on the Lipscomb campus and from the coaching and friendship of the Meyers and many more will be changed in the years to come as this scholarship will provide others the chance to learn and grow on the Lipscomb campus as well.
"This gift and willingness to help generations to come is a perfect reflection of the servant attitude that they have displayed throughout the years they've been a part of the Lipscomb community. I am confident that those who benefit from this gift, and from their time at Lipscomb, will learn some of those same lessons Coach used to preach, and as a result, the Meyers' Lipscomb legacy will live on," Hutcheson said.
With permission of its key donors, the assets of a previous scholarship established by the university in honor of Coach Meyer have been added to the new Meyer Scholarship. As a result, the first scholarship could be awarded as early as fall 2013, said G. David England, associate vice president and director of Lipscomb's Office of Donor Relations.
The intercollegiate athletics program and Office of Financial Aid will work together annually to identify candidates for the Meyer Scholarship.
Endowed funds like the Meyer Scholarship are extremely important in the lives of Lipscomb students. In the 2011-2012 academic year, nearly 89% of traditional undergraduates received some sort of financial aid provided by Lipscomb. Aid provided by the university – which is often in addition to federal assistance – is the difference for many who would not otherwise be able to benefit from a unique Lipscomb education.
The special benefit of an endowed scholarship is that donations are permanently invested and provide continuous support that helps the university meet students' needs for financial aid. One of the university's goals as part ofLipscomb:Next–A Vision for 2016 is to add $20 million to the overall endowment, including to scholarship funds.
Anyone may contribute to the Meyer Scholarship by visiting give.lipscomb.edu – enter "Don and Carmen Meyer Scholarship" in the blank for the "endowed fund you wish to support." The same form may be used to contribute to any existing endowed fund.
The minimum amount necessary to establish an endowed scholarship is $25,000, which donors often choose to give over a period of years or even through estate gifts. If you are interested in establishing an endowed scholarship, contact Andy Lane, Associate AD for Development at 615-966-5853 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Sir Walter Raleigh wins favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
In 1581, as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester travels to London, his carriage becomes mired in the mud. Leicester orders the occupants of a nearby inn to help him, but they refuse until one, Walter Raleigh, recognizes him and rallies his friends to free the carriage. When Raleigh introduces himself, Leicester, who was friends with Raleigh's father, recalls meeting Raleigh as a boy. Raleigh, who served in the English Army in Ireland, along with his Irish friend, Lord Derry, asks Leicester to introduce him to Queen Elizabeth, and Leicester agrees. In London, Raleigh relates to Leicester his dream of building three ships of his own design and sailing them to the New World in search of wealth. After Leicester advises him to obtain suitable attire for his introduction at court, Raleigh talks a bewildered tailor into renting him the finest cloak in his establishment. At court, the sharp-witted Elizabeth is intrigued by the handsome Raleigh and invites him to dine with her. As they walk outside, Raleigh spreads his cloak over a muddy puddle so that the queen does not soil her feet, and his gesture further pleases Elizabeth while engendering the jealousy of her current favorite, Sir Christopher Hatton. During dinner, Raleigh irritates Elizabeth with insistent talk of his ships, but the squabbling couple are too well matched in wit and intelligence for Elizabeth to dismiss Raleigh completely. As he is leaving the palace, Raleigh is approached by Beth Throgmorton, a lady-in-waiting whom he met earlier, and although Raleigh swears that he will not return to plead before the queen, Beth asserts that he will. Soon after, Leicester visits Raleigh and Derry with news that Elizabeth has appointed Raleigh the captain of her palace guard. Raleigh, infuriated by Elizabeth's ploy, wants to refuse, but Leicester assures him that the palace is the perfect place for an ambitious man. Hoping to gain Elizabeth's favor, and thereby his ships, Raleigh acquieces and brings along Derry. One day, as Raleigh is inspecting the guard, Beth teases him about being the queen's new "lapdog." Raleigh is angered, and soon after, Beth again taunts him during a hunt, when Elizabeth orders him to set up her picnic. The queen sees Raleigh and Beth quarreling, and jealously tells Raleigh that the courtiers are not allowed to dally with her ladies. Later, at the palace, Elizabeth is approached by the French ambassador, who again broaches the subject of her marriage, much desired by the French queen, to a young French duke. Elizabeth, who has been stalling the marriage for five years in order to keep France from allying with Spain, throws out the ambassador. Seeing how irritated Elizabeth is, Hatton takes advantage of the situation by telling her that Raleigh has installed an Irishman in the palace guard. Hatton strongly hints that Derry is an assassin sent to kill the queen, and Raleigh reacts violently to his accusations. Later that evening, Elizabeth demands that Raleigh apologize for his behavior, but the headstrong courtier, sick of humbling himself, even for the queen, refuses. Raleigh storms out and is later met by Beth, who spends several hours with him in his rooms. Late at night, Raleigh and Beth, in front of the innkeeper and a servant, exchange their own wedding vows as a pledge of their love. Before Raleigh and Beth can escape with Derry, the palace guard come to arrest Raleigh. Beth returns to the palace safely, while in her bedchamber, Elizabeth pleads illness to pacify the French ambassador. Raleigh is brought to the queen, who charms him into pledging not to indulge in any swordplay with Hatton. Raleigh is astounded when Elizabeth then knights him and agrees to give him one ship. Raleigh rushes to tell Beth the good news, but she accuses him of "selling his favors cheaply" by putting up with Elizabeth's temper for only one ship instead of three. Especially angry that Raleigh did not tell the queen about their marriage, Beth quarrels with him, and he vows never to see Beth again. In Plymouth, Raleigh works with shipbuilder Randall to re-design an existing ship, the Golden Falcon . Meanwhile, in London, Beth overhears Elizabeth tell Hatton that she has no intention of letting Raleigh leave England. Realizing that Beth and Raleigh have formed some sort of attachment, Elizabeth also decides to send her ladies-in-waiting to France as a sign of good will. A rider arrives in Plymouth to tell Raleigh that he must return to London for the ship's cannons to be fitted, and also relates him the gossip that one of the queen's ladies is pregnant. Raleigh immediately rides to Beth's house, where she confirms that she is pregnant. The couple is reconciled and Raleigh plots to sail for the New World directly from Plymouth, with Beth by his side. Derry warns his friend that the plan is too dangerous, but Raleigh assures him that Elizabeth's greed will prompt her forgiveness when he returns with spices, gold and other treasures. Courtier Chadwick arrives in Plymouth and is suspicious of Raleigh's hurry to finish the ship, as well as the installation of a large bed in the captain's quarters. When Chadwick returns to London, he and Hatton reveal to Elizabeth that Raleigh has married Beth, and the infuratiated queen orders their arrest. Derry and Beth escape when Raleigh is arrested, but soon they, too, are apprehended, and Derry is killed during the struggle. Beth pleads with Elizabeth for Raleigh's life and, failing to sway her, warns that the queen cannot execute her until she has given birth. Elizabeth angrily retorts that men, including Raleigh, have loved her for her mind and spirit, even if they have been tempted by pretty faces such as Beth's. Later, Elizabeth visits Raleigh in the Tower, where he is being held, and accuses him of treason. Raleigh is outraged that she intends to have Beth executed, and the pair reprimand each other for their perceived betrayals. Finally realizing that she cannot live without Raleigh, even though she cannot control him, Elizabeth relents, allowing him and Beth to go free. Soon after, Leicester gently guides Elizabeth to a palace window and shows her the Golden Falcon as it sails down the Thames. Although she is displeased by the sight of Beth on the deck with Raleigh, Elizabeth is cheered to see her own royal scarf waving from the main mast as a sign of Raleigh's devotion.
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With OneDrive, you can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you're offline. Whenever you're online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically.
This article describes how to download the OneDrive sync client and sign in with your personal account, or work or school account, to get started syncing. If you use Office 365 Business, you can also sync files from your SharePoint sites. If you're not using Office 365 Business, see Sync SharePoint files with the OneDrive for Business sync client (Groove.exe).
Note: For more information about how to use OneDrive, see OneDrive video training.
Install and set up
If you don't have Windows 10 or Office 2016, install the Windows version of the new OneDrive sync client.
Start OneDrive Setup.
If you have no accounts signed in to OneDrive
If you don't currently have an account signed in to OneDrive, use these instructions to start OneDrive.
Select the Start button, search for "OneDrive", and then open it:
In Windows 10, select the OneDrive desktop app.
In Windows 7, under Programs, select Microsoft OneDrive.
In Windows 8.1, search for OneDrive for Business, and then select the OneDrive for Business app.
When OneDrive Setup starts, enter your personal account, or your work or school account, and then select Sign in.
If you already have an account signed in to OneDrive
If you already have an account signed in to OneDrive and you want to add another account, you'll do that in OneDrive Settings.
Select the white or blue OneDrive cloud icon in the Windows taskbar notification area.
Select More > Settings.
(You might need to click the Show hidden icons arrow next to the notification area to see the OneDrive icon. If the icon doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might not be running. Click Start, type OneDrive in the search box, and then click OneDrive in the search results.)
In Settings, select Account, and then select Add an account.
When OneDrive Setup starts, enter your new account, and then select Sign in.
Key points in OneDrive Setup
There are two screens in OneDrive Setup that are helpful to watch for:
On the This is your OneDrive folder screen, select Next to accept the default folder location for your OneDrive files. If you want to change the folder location, select Change location - this is the best time to make this change.
On the Sync files from your OneDrive screen, choose the folders you want to sync, and select Next. This helps control the amount of space OneDrive files take on your computer and conserves bandwidth during sync processes. You can change this later in Settings, but this is a good opportunity as well.
Note: If you were already syncing OneDrive for Business to your computer (using the previous sync client) and you've just installed the OneDrive desktop app, you won't see the This is your OneDrive folder or the Sync files from your OneDrive screen during OneDrive Setup. The OneDrive desktop app automatically takes over syncing in the same folder location you were using before. To choose which folders you're syncing, right-click the blue cloud icon in the taskbar notification area, and select Settings > Account > Choose folders.
See and manage your OneDrive files
You're all set. Your OneDrive files will appear in File Explorer in the OneDrive folder. If you use more than one account, your personal files appear under OneDrive – Personal and your work or school files appear under OneDrive - CompanyName.
You now have a new white or blue cloud icon (or both) in your notification area and your files are synced to your computer. Your blue cloud icon will appear as OneDrive – [YourTenantName] when you hover over the icon.
Any time you want to change the folders you sync on your computer, right-click that cloud icon in the taskbar notification area, and select Settings > Account > Choose folders. Find other information about your account and change other OneDrive settings from here.
Need more help?
Learn about OneDrive Files On-Demand
Sync your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders with OneDrive
Get online help
Email support
OneDrive for Business Admins can also view the OneDrive for Business Tech Community, Help for OneDrive for Business Admins, or contact Office 365 for business support.
Got feedback?
Go to the OneDrive UserVoice.


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Wondershare Photo Collage Studio is a fun and easy tool to make impressive photo collages and digital scrapbooks with your photos. In Photo Collage Studio, you can drag-n-drop to create unforgettable gifts and keepsakes. Like a digital scrapbook complete with customized drawings. Or greeting cards and gorgeous calendars that keep the smile going all year long. Just choose a colorfully designed template, drop in your photos, customize your text, add cliparts, photo frames, and click. Beautifully printed pieces will be delivered to you in minutes and shared anywhere!
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