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Beautifully situated in the icon Moullie point. Moullie was once only associated with its surreal ocean views and landmark lighthouse but now is associated with one of the best steakhouses which is Hussar Grill. With over 50 years of grill house wizardry the pair complement each other perfectly. Its loyal dinners flock to the grill house for its superior quality of meat and great service.
If steak you have a passion for well-cooked steaks and classic grill room feel then Hussar Grill is definitely a place where one will not be disappointed. When at a grill room order steaks, they say but rest assure there is a lot more than just steaks on offer like the Mussel Pot that is truly delicious. The mussels are cooked beautifully and plump, finished in a green herb, wine reduction, light cream based sauce. Each ingredient complement each other well and each spoonful makes you wanting more. Enjoying a dinning with theatrics is always a pleasure is the Chateaubriand a good choice. A well-aged fillet served with a classically prepared béarnaise sauce on the side and for the extreme dining theatrics brandy is flambéed add a defined smoky burned taste to the fillet with the flambéed brandy aroma adding to the anesthetics of the dining experience. The meal includes a starch but the onion rings and creamed spinach and cinnamon infused butternut is surely something to consider. Hussar Grill also offers a good selection of poultry and seafood. The best way to compliment or end the dining experience is with dessert and the Hussar Grill Ice Cream dessert is it. This dessert has become just a popular as the steaks. The Hussar Grill Ice Cream Dessert is a well-constructed dessert that has extravagant written all over it being a combination of ice cream, peanut brittle, marshmallow, nougat, honeycomb, sprinkled nuts finished with a proper drizzle of the signature chocolate sauce. Yes, this is surely more is better as the waiter will happily remind you.
The wine menu is well presented and easy to read for the novice wine drinker to wine connoisseur. It's very informative and offers suitable wine parings as well as what regions the wines originate. The wine list has a good selection of white wines, red wines and sparkling/MCC available of which a selection of these wines could be enjoyed by the glass. Hussar Grill also has good selection of spirits & beers local and international.
With that true classic grill room feel Hussar Grill offers a comfortable atmosphere. With a relaxed setting one is sure to have an excellent dining experience.
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If welcoming monsters to Florida wasn't enough, manufacturer Kurt Kuersteiner decided he needed to add maniacs to the mix in his new trading card product entitled (what else!) Monsters & Maniacs. "It's a very innovative series…even by our standards," said the Monsterwax representative.
Kuersteiner continued, "The inspiration for the card set came from running the Terror of Tallahassee haunted attraction [for 15] years. I had two objectives every night: 1. Scare the tar out of the customers, and 2. Make sure no one gets hurt. In fact, paranoia about customers getting hurt is what scares haunted house operators the most. You try not to obsess about it, but your mind can't help but imagine all sorts of perils, real and unreal.
"Back in 2001, Tallahassee was also the target of several terror attacks (from Anthrax in the mail). Many people said it was too dangerous to open a haunted attraction that season because it was a perfect target for terrorism. We opened anyway, but it did set my mind wandering and worrying: what if a masked killer (or killers) were to slip into the haunt through one of the many exits? There are 13 of them and although they were locked on the outside, frightened customers routinely opened the doors from the inside to escape, unable to continue the tour. Our haunt was exceptionally big (20,000 square feet) and unusually long, taking 40 minutes to traverse through dark, twisting tunnels. It became increasingly intense, so a masked man could hang out by an exit and almost certainly encounter customers fleeing sooner or later.
"To make matters worse, we had a very large cast. Between 30 and 60 people each night. It was impossible for the staff to know everyone else. If a stranger (or strangers) were to infiltrate the place in costume, they would likely be unchallenged for some time. And if they were to attack customers, any witness would likely assume it was part of the act. We were famous for featuring graphic illusions, including beheadings, cutting people in half, and even shooting someone in the head and blasting their brains out against the wall!
"Suffice it to say, such an attack never happened. But the 'what if…' worry was always there. That fear, along with working in a very dramatic and atmospheric setting, was the genesis of the Monsters & Maniac concept. Such a tragedy really could happen in any haunted house. After all, you're in a dark place with masked strangers who are 'pretending' to want to kill you. You assume they are only acting and you're really safe… but that's only an assumption."
As is fitting, Kuersteiner himself can be found within the cards. "I'm the manager who is murdered and then has his haunted attraction taken over by the killers. I'm basically the guy getting his throat throttled by a giant, living corpse!"
Only 500 24-pack numbered boxes will be made. The main source for Monsters & Maniacs is through the monsterwax.com website and by mail order at Monsterwax, 3202 Enterprise Drive, Tallahassee FL 32312. The cards are also available at cards shows like Philly Non-Sports and Alt.con and, of course, at Kuersteiner's new haunted house (just 1/2 mile from the old one) and at other selected haunts. As Kuersteiner said about his resurrected spook house, "I guess you can't keep a good corpse down!"
For more information about this frightful trading card product, see the article, Tales of Tallahassee Terror, in the current Aug-Sep issue of Non-Sport Update.

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Brand Agency Delivers Interior Branding For Business School With Global
Friday, 11 March 2011
Edinburgh-based brand agency, Tsuko, has successfully undertaken a brand development project for one of the world's most respected business schools.
University of Edinburgh Business School tasked Tsuko with integrating its identity and communicating its brand positioning inside its new home.
Tsuko was appointed following implementation of a successful 2009/10 global recruitment campaign, promoting the school's range of programmes, resulting in over 100% increase of MBA applications.
For this most recent brief, the brand agency was given the task of interpreting the business school's brand throughout reception, study, teaching, congregating and executive education spaces.
Fiona Burnett, Tsuko's design director said: "The University of Edinburgh Business School aims to attract top quality students from around the world, so we have created a branded environment that subtly references the city's iconic heritage, global reach and the business school's academic and intellectual achievement.
"Large format graphic and typographic reliefs are used to communicate intrinsic brand messages at the heart of the school's brand positioning. A three-tier relief abstract city skyline is installed in the main entrance area to represent the School's enviable position in the heart of Edinburgh. This serves as an extension of our ongoing global advertising campaign harnessed by the concept of 'A city built on ideas'.
"Our objective was to ensure a confident presence of the brand throughout the Business School while visually integrating the signage components with the architectural design of the building."
Through self-colour identity reliefs, the Business School brand identity is profiled in each of the eight lecture theatres, conference room and the board room, and an abstract world map highlights the broad international student base - currently representing 69 nationalities - and incorporates the signature 'stripe' pattern that is present throughout the architectural interior and exterior.
Audrey Healy, Marketing and Communications Manager at the University of Edinburgh Business School, said: "Our new building has truly been brought to life through Tsuko's design ideas. A unique setting has been created that represents our vision of a global Business School at the heart of the business community.
The Adam Ferguson building - the Business School's new home - was built in the late 1960s by designer Sir Robert Mathew. The current building, which replaced a previous Georgian incarnation, is listed due to its merits as a piece of late modern design.
Dermot Patterson of LDN Architects, which carried out the redevelopment of The Adam Ferguson building, said: "After 40 years of intensive use the building no longer met user expectations in terms of thermal comfort and flexibility, but this top class business school is now housed in a true first class facility thanks the recent redevelopment work."
Tsuko has undertaken major brand, communications and campaign projects for an extensive client list, operating national and global campaigns for clients including Land Securities, UK India Business Council, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), University of Strathclyde, Edinburgh Business School (Heriot Watt), Scotmid, Sport Aberdeen, Stobo Castle Health Spa and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Musings: HO Ho ho
ly shit!
If my hair wasn't firmly attached by middle-aged roots I would have lost it all this morning.
Now, I love winter. Really love it – except . . .
for shoveling snow before going to work.
Which I did this morning.
In gale force winds.
Perfect for one of those Winter commercials selling decongestants.
Perfectly awful for shoveling the driveway. So why is this post of interest to anyone?
Well it's not. Posts about weather suck, are dull, uninteresting and who-gives-a-shit worthy of no notice.
Still, it was a good thing I fished my boots out of the basement last night and brought the snow shovel in the house from the garage.
Yah, I'm Mr. Think Ahead. You can cheer if you want.
My snow shovel is very light aluminum (no, not transparent) and ergonomically curved so you don't strain your back while using it. Get one.
Of course the weather this morning was just a tease. A firkin white, flaky, strip-teasing whore.
You see, by Tuesday it's going to rain – hard. Like a bloody monsoon.
I miss the real Great White North.
Here in the Great Grey Midlands.
Still. I love everything about winter – except the shoveling – before work.
At least I didn't keel over from a heart attack (Yeah for me.), though I was breathing hard and feeling slightly nauseous afterwards. But I think the nausea came when I realized it was time to head off to work.
It took me almost three times longer than normal to drive in today. Saw three cars in the ditch and witnessed one pretty good accident.
The ultimate cure – hot tea and raison bread with butter.
Hey – get your own!
Posting about the goddamn weather.
Pretty lame.
Tomorrow tune in for - "What I ate for breakfast"
And the day after I'll chronicle - "The Second Bowel Movement of my Intestinal Symphony"
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As has been repeated on Zero Hedge many times, with the stock market just 15 per cent off its post-Jackson Hole surge highs, the market continues to be irrationally exuberant that QE3 will come come hell or high water.
No. That will not happen until all the mutual funds who have been holding for 2 or more years realise that in order to get another heroin hit, some will have to be wiped out (thank near-record margin debt and record low cash holdings) before QE3 does arrive.
The latest to confirm this is Goldman Sachs, which via a note just released by Dominic Wilson. It confirms our speculation that "QE3 optimism is excessive." Ironically, the only thing that will guarantee QE3 is a fresh round of significant pains which retraces the entire QE2 move higher. Nobody in the long-only community wants to hear it. Alas, it is the truth. As usual: he who sells first, will have a job tomorrow…
From Goldman:
Part of the reason for speculating that QE3 optimism is excessive is that many investors believe that equity markets have been strangely resilient. We have ourselves pointed out that US equity indices have been vulnerable to the growth downgrade that their own rotations out of cyclical sectors imply, and some of that "gap" has recently closed. But it is also true that the current pattern of asset markets is broadly consistent with the way mid-cycle slowdowns are often priced. Cyclical assets underperform broad equity indices, bonds rally as the market adjusts its views of policy and that dynamic in turn partially cushions the hit to risk assets overall. As Themos Fiotakis described in a recent Daily, a weakening dollar is not uncommon in an environment where the global cycle is showing positive but declining growth. So the critical question again comes back to how persistent and how significant the underlying growth slowdown turns out to be. Amid all this is a reminder that the simplest US slowdown trade – mid-cycle or otherwise – is generally to be long US fixed income.
And some more observations:
While the market has been quick to price easier policy in the US in response to the growth slowdown, it has been slower to relax about EM tightening risk. At one level, that makes sense given tighter capacity and more intense inflation pressures in many of the large EM markets. But we think a US slowdown – up to a point at least – is probably more helpful to EM than to DM markets. This is simply the reverse of our argument in late 2010 that an accelerating US recovery would add to EM policy dilemmas by pushing commodity prices higher and providing a tailwind to local demand. While persistently slower US growth would be more troubling for the large developed economies that are still trying to make inroads into spare capacity, it would also create more "room" for EM economies to grow without hitting global constraints so hard. That was the rationale for our long EM Top Trade recommendation in April. The timing of our shift has clearly been premature. But we are less puzzled that EM equities have been outperforming again recently in this environment than we were by their underperformance in the first half of May. Our latest tactical FX trade recommendation to be short MXN/CLP, based on Robin Brooks' and Alberto Ramos's recent work on cyclical momentum in Latam, has a similar flavour.
One potential lesson of the last few months is that the global economy finds itself in uncomfortable places when US growth accelerates alongside robust growth in other parts of the world. Our latest round of forecast revisions in May were to a large extent about acknowledging that the energy constraint is more binding than we expected going into the year. The silver lining of a US slowdown could thus be that it takes the sharpest edge off some of the commodity-related inflation worries. Our own new forecasts look for higher commodity prices over the coming 18 months, but not for the kind of rapid acceleration that we started to see in the first quarter of this year in energy markets. Those forecast revisions do reinforce our preference for commodity exposures – having taken a break in April and early May – and Jeff Currie and team added fresh long recommendations in oil, copper and zinc two weeks ago. With that shift and an expectation of more USD weakness, we added a short $/NOK Top Trade recommendation (our eighth) at the same time, which is off to a good start.
Translation: prepare for much more selling (including precious metals which will likely see at least one or two rounds of margin call satisfying liquidation), before the time to front run the Fed comes again.
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i know its not ANIME pink hair related, but check out the pinked haired girl in this asian music group...."wow" is all i got to say!
Where's meduka maguca?
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That's interesting. The short dark haired one is actually considered the least attractive of the four.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose!
I like the one 2nd from the left and the one on the far right (in that order) in the video clip's screen shot.
Hahah how would the world survive without pink haired anime girls?
edit: I guess Im kind of a sucker for white/ light gray haired anime guys. Like Kakashi from Naruto or Dr Thunderland Jr from Tegami Bachi
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Waiting for
Season four of Sherlock
The new Hobbit movie
Season five of Game of Thrones
New episodes of Downton Abbey
Quite alot of styles are appealing to me, it's hard to choose.
I am pretty indifferent when it comes to hair color but I suppose I do prefer the ones that don't appear naturally in real life.
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You're not a sucker for their hair color. You're a sucker for their boobs.
This is kinda funny. I was sitting next to my friend while I was watching that and she's like, "Miss A. Bad girl, good girl. I like the color of the girl with pink hair but I chose to model my hair off of the short haired one."
And then I scrolled down and read Karami's post. scaarryy.
Anyway, I don't have a weird obession with hair colors.
Hmmm, my standards for anime and for real life are very different.
Like for anime, I dig all kinds of hair/eye colors, depending on how much I like a particular character. I don't really have one set color that I'm a sucker for...
But when I watch that Miss A video, I didn't like the pink-haired girl because, well, it's real life so I like it natural =D
(in real life I'm all for straight black hair since that's how my hair is)
Of course, no insult to your taste. I like all kinds of colors in anime.
Hmm... I kinda get where @animeyay 's coming from here. There are many hair colours and styles that seem acceptable in the anime world to me but bizarrely out of place in the real world. Like even in cosplay, somehow, when a person is dressed as an anime character, they still look kinda, well... fake. Mind you, I partially put this down to the usually cheap look of the costumes themselves, and to some extent, the proper effect being wasted on a person that does not quite fit the profile of their assumed anime character - and by "not quite" I mean, not in any way, shape or form.
I'd most certainly consider myself a fan of pink hair in anime (along with blue, white and green hair too); but seeing the same hair colour on people irl is usually met with a personal sense of vulgarity. Even with the former, it has to be the "right" shade of pink and must not be too vivid. Anyway, in wondering why I could accept the former but not the latter, I eventually came to the conclusion that the former seemed more acceptable because it had become establised (i.e. familiar) in anime culture, so felt natural; whereas the latter is still thought of as a minority "phase" and is usually associated with individuals considered in general society as "freaks". This isn't helped by the usually flat colour and wind proof look of most dyed hair either; for such traits are barely achievable with natural colour hair.
Having said that, I've recently noticed a shift toward the concept of "naturalness" in dyed hair with real people. I recall this one time when I saw a person sporting apparently pink hair as I was walking down a street - yet it looked surprisingly natural and attractive. Somehow it complemented the person's skin very well, and if one looked closely enough, he/she would have also made out the layers of subtle redish tones and highlights not unlike natural-colour hair.
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Anime girls don't turn me on. Sakura is discusting to me, i don't even know why but she actuly makes me sick, haha! I judge characters purley on there personality, i'm a sucker for emo supernatural chicks, lmao! Mei misaki from another is an example. Also Alma from F.E.A.R.
I dunno about anime, but i love pink hair IRL. <3
although, i guess a lot of my favourite characters do have pink hair..
I dont really mind the hair. What really does it for me is shortness and shyness.
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Smiles. I love smiles. That and eyes...I'm a sucker for those, always the first thing I will notice about someone. That is why I am completely smitten with my girl...green eyes with a killer smile. :3 Plus shes gorgeous, and her heart is just warm.
I ♥ yuri
I'm sure you'll like Elfen Lied. There are lots of pink haired anime girls there. XD
There's also a pink haired girl named Arche in the anime adaptation of the game Tales of Phantasia.
Code Geass' Euphemia La Brittania has pink hair. I think Cornelia Li Brittania has one too, but in a darker shade.
You might like Vocaloid's Megurine Luka, even though she's not from an anime. She has pink hair. :3
I'm a sucker for cold-blooded anime characters.
@ the Miss A vid: The pink haired girl is named Jia. She's Chinese but the group is Korean (for Korean pop).
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Leanne from Resonance of Fate! Depending on the lighting, her hair can look really beautiful! This is one of the poorer examples but you can still see that it looks pretty.
I'm seriously a sucker for the obnoxious, loud and kinda dumb male leads. (example: Naruto, Kimihiro Watanuki) They always have a strong will and they're always kind-hearted too. ♥ ^ ^;
I also like a Tsundere male~ Only in Shounen ai/yaoi anime though. :3 ♥
It's hard to choose which one but I prefer overall look
I really don't like Alma F.E.A.R. She really scared me
Eyes! preferably in combination with smiles.
Also boobs.
He's just a dandy guy, in space.
I am a sucker for pink haired chicks to, but only Yuno!!
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Remember learning about the 12 Tribes of Israel? The Wise Men did not come from any of those 12 tribes. They came from the East. They were from another set of tribes in Babylon called the Medes. We initially see the Wise Men in the book of Daniel. They are referenced as Magicians, or Magi (Daniel 2). They Wise Men were often called upon by kings to interpret their dreams.
The Wise Men were affluent philosophers, known for their study of the stars.
Most of the tribes in Babylon were known for worshiping false Gods. The Magi, also part of a tribe that worshiped false God's, became educated on who God was, and on the prophesies that Jesus was to be born. When a new star appeared in the sky, they knew what it was. They knew the prophesies involved a star symbolizing the delivery of the King of the Jews (Numbers 24:17).
When the Wise Men saw the star, they prepared for their journey. There were also prophesies that the King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem. The Wise Men, Magi, lived in Babylon. Babylon was 800 miles away from Bethlehem.
From my house, It's 665 miles away from Disney World- the best place ever. It's 919 miles away from New York City- the second best place ever.
I took a look at Google Maps to see if it would help me get a better understanding of how far the Wise Men traveled to see Jesus. If I decided to walk from Huntsville, Al to Disney World in Orlando, Fl, it would take me 194 hours. It would take 304 hours to walk from Huntsville to New York City.
This was a long journey.
What if someone told you that you could have a free trip to Disney World, but you had to walk there? Would you go? I would definitely pass.
Before making a journey of 800 miles on foot, the Wise Men must have been certain of what they saw and what the star represented. They also had to have known why the birth of Jesus was so important. Otherwise, they would not have made the trip to see him. This was no "lets just swing by and see if they're home" kinda trip. They saw this star appear in the sky, and they were committed to making the journey to Bethlehem to worship the new King.
The big question is, how did the Wise Men know that star represented Jesus? And why Jesus was so important?
We see the Wise Men referenced several times in scripture before the story of the birth of Jesus. They are usually referenced as the Magi. In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar needs someone to interpret his dreams. He calls the Magicians (Magi), the Chaldeans, the Sorcerers, and the Enchanters. No one can interpret his dreams. King Nebuchadnezzar finally calls in Daniel. Through the wisdom God gives him, Daniel is able to interpret the dreams.
Years later, King Nebuchadnezzar's son needs someone to interpret his dreams. He takes the same first steps. He calls in the Magi, Chaldeans, Sorcerers, and the Enchanters. At that time, the queen came in and told this son not to be alarmed. She told him there was a man who had great wisdom and understanding like the gods. His name was Daniel. (Daniel 5). (If you recall the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den, it's the same Daniel).
King Nebuchadnezzar made Daniel "ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon" (Dan. 2:48).
Make sure you don't miss this. Daniel, a man who God used to interpret the King's dreams that the Magi couldn't interpret, was put in charge over all of Babylon and the Magi. Daniel now had influence over them, and could use that influence to teach them about God.
When the star appeared in the sky, perhaps the reason the Wise Men knew of its meaning and significance was because of Daniel's influence and teachings?
Are we using our teachings and influence we have to point those around us to Jesus?


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Every Day for Thirty-One Days
Abba's Heartbeat for Israel
Today's Prompt: Look
Will you watch for an hour?
What are you looking for, friend?
What are you looking to find?
If you're looking
and you're seeking
and you're knocking
and you're asking
I'll tell you something
You're going to find
Yes, you will find what you're looking for
This is what He promised to His sons and daughters
I was looking for His heart
and I ran straight into Israel
I was looking for His desire
and His desire for Jerusalem brought me nearer
I wanted fellowship and partnership with G-d
He shared with me that which He greatly longs for
Israel, Jerusalem, Zion's destiny
He said, "Will you pray with Me?
Will you watch with Me?
I long for Jerusalem.
Israel is My inheritance."
I answered, "Yes!"
And His heart, His desire, His longing
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And I will never be the same again
For Zion's sake, For Jerusalem's sake
I will not stop crying out
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Christians around the world face heightened persecution
NEWS | From Baptist Press and IMB reports
An unfamiliar symbol began showing up on social media pages late last month. The curved line under a single dot is the Arabic letter "Nun," reportedly used by militants in Iraq to mark the homes of Christians in the country.
"Nun" stands for Nazarene, or Jesus.
Extremists with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have forced Christians from their homes under threat of death. The Iraqi believers and other religious minorities joined millions of Syrian refugees already displaced by civil war. In a region rich with Christian history, many have noted, very little evidence of Christianity is left.
The onslaught of persecution this summer has awakened many in the Western church to the needs of Christians around the world. Many pastors and Christian organizations in July changed their Twitter avatars and Facebook profile photos to include the letter "Nun." They also used the hashtag #WeAreN as a show of solidarity with the persecuted believers.
"The Islamic militants mean it for evil when they mark homes with 'N' for 'Nazarene,'" wrote Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. "They assume it's an insult, an emblem of shame. Others once thought that of the cross.
"But in that intended slight, we are reminded of who we are, and why we belong to one another, across the barriers of space and time and language and nationality. We are Christians. We are citizens of the New Jerusalem. We are Nazarenes all."
Iraqi refugee crisis
"There are no Christians left in Mosul."
That's how religious freedom advocate Nina Shea described conditions in Iraq's second largest city in July.
Shea, director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, told CBN News that Islamic militants have eradicated virtually every trace of Christianity from Mosul, the center of Iraq's Christian community for 2,000 years. Mosul is located on the site of the ancient city of Nineveh.
In June, militants with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extended an offer to let Christians in Mosul practice their Christian faith behind closed doors, after they paid a hefty tax and agreed not to proselytize. However, multiple sources in the region said that offer was later withdrawn and all Christians were told to leave or face execution.
Members of Assyrian Christian and Chaldean Catholic groups left empty handed, Shea said. Militants confiscated all of their possessions, including homes, cars, clothes "and even their wedding rings, sometimes with the finger attached if it would not come off."
Christians aren't the only religious minority targeted by ISIS. On August 3, militants seized the city of Sinjar, forcing the Yazidi Kurdish population to flee. Many escaped to the nearby Sinjar Mountains, a barren heap of rock where daytime temperatures can top 120 degrees.
More than 150 Yazidi immigrants rallied in front of the north lawn of the White House August 7 to plead for American involvement in the growing crisis. (President Obama announced that evening he had authorized military airstrikes on Iraq.) The protestors came from across the U.S. to rally on behalf of the Yazidis, who do not practice Islam but instead follow an ancient religion ISIS equates to "devil worship."
Christians and religious minorities in other nations also have faced recent persecution due to war and religious hostilities:
Syria | The recently released International Religious Freedom Report included a daunting sentence about the country that shares Iraq's northwestern border: "In Syria, as in much of the Middle East, the Christian presence is becoming a shadow of its former self."
A three-year-old civil war has resulted in millions of refugees and increasingly persecuted religious minorities, including Christians caught between the regime currently in power and militants fighting against it. The report, released annually by the U.S. State Department as a picture of the state of international religious freedom the previous year, found that in the city of Homs, only 1,000 Christians remain. There were approximately 160,000 Christians there before the war.
Nigeria | Approximately 1,505 Nigerian Christians have been killed for their faith this year, as the Boko Haram terrorist group and other extremists continue their campaign of religion-based violence in the West African nation. Boko Haram and other groups have killed nearly as many Nigerian Christians in the first seven months of this year as were killed in all of 2013, the advocacy group Jubilee Campaign reported July 29.
Christians killed to date include seven fathers of the 223 Chibok school girls still missing after Boko Haram kidnapped more than 300 students in mid-April. (The group is dedicated to fighting the influence of Western education.) The fathers were killed July 20 when Boko Haram attacked the city of Damboa and hoisted a Boko Haram flag there, the Associated Press reported.
Response from the West
David Curry is president and CEO of Open Doors USA, which offers assistance to persecuted Christians around the world and lobbies repressive governments to cease religious persecution. In July, he called the plight of Christians in Mosul and the remainder of northern Iraq "unprecedented in modern times."
"This latest forced exodus of Christians further shows why Western governments and the people in the West need to cry out in support for religious freedom in the Middle East and elsewhere," Curry said in a statement. "If this does not move us concerning the near extinction of Christianity in the Middle East, it's likely nothing else can."
Since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein, nearly one million Christians have fled the country for safer surroundings.
In an editorial this month for The Christian Post, Curry expressed doubt that the persecution of Christians would ever be treated as "a major humanitarian crisis" by governments and secular media. "However, we should be able to count on our own family," he wrote.
"The persecution of Jesus followers should be preached from every pulpit and prayed for at every kitchen table. One day soon it may be your faith that is under attack and you will be hoping that others will be praying for you…or even notice that it is happening."
The International Mission Board and its ministry partner Baptist Global Response are coordinating relief efforts among Iraqi refugees. For more information about how to help, go to www.IMB.org.


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"Marion Martin was a trailblazer and visionary, and her long career was distinguished by efforts to save lives and prevent injuries," said Deborah A.P. Hersman, president and CEO of the National Safety Council. "We are excited to recognize the next generation of Marion Martins through the establishment of this inaugural award."
Nominees must have achieved professional excellence in the safety field. They also must have accomplished at least one of the following:
Martin was a safety pioneer who started her political career in 1930, serving two terms in both the Maine House of Representatives and the State Senate. She was the only woman and only non-lawyer on the Legal Affairs Committee. Martin later became the first female head of a Maine state government agency. During her tenure, Maine passed legislation on equal pay for equal work, strong industrial safety, child labor and collective bargaining. Martin also was the first woman to win the prestigious National Safety Council Distinguished Service to Safety Award in 1971.
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Dash into your newest adventure as a ferocious Bear, speedy Rabbit, or a deadly Cougar! Choose from TEN PLAYABLE ANIMALS! Hunt down food in the rocky mountains, raise your family, and unlock exciting new playable animals as you experience life in a beautiful yet dangerous Forest! Download the Ultimate Forest Simulator today while it's 50% OFF for a very limited time! Brand New Features REALISTIC SIMULATOR You'll need to maintain your health, hunger, thirst, and energy while ruling over the Forest! TEN PLAYABLE ANIMALS Choose from your favorite species of forest animals in a single game! Become a Bear, Rabbit, Turtle, Cougar, Bat, Deer, Raccoon, Squirrel, Snake, and a Hawk! Each species has their own families, experience, and levels! DANGEROUS BOSS BATTLES Test your skills against SIX thrilling boss battles! A massive tusked beast awaits in the frozen peaks! A legendary reptile awaits you in the coastal caves! BUILD YOUR FAMILY Dominate other animals or bring them a treat to recruit them to your family! Customize and play as any animal in your pack and create a powerful family! RAISE YOUR BABIES Breed babies that will grow into powerful members of your family! Care for you babies while they are are young, finding food for them and carrying them in your mouth! CUSTOMIZE YOUR ANIMAL Choose your animal's name, appearance, skills, and attributes to complement your pack members and become a more powerful group! LEVEL UP YOUR ANIMAL Gain experience by catching and eating your prey, escaping predators, caring for your family, and completing missions! Level up your animal to increase their health and attack damage, earn points to upgrade your stats, and increase the size of your pack! EARN STAT POINTS Stat Points can be used to provide bonus's to traits like Health, Critical Attack Chance, Run Speed, and much more! UPGRADEABLE BUFFS Buff Points can be used to upgrade your Hiss and Roar Buffs, which create temporary Stat Boosting auras around your animal when active! RAGDOLL PHYSICS Your prey now realistically dangles from your jaws as you carry them! DYNAMIC WEATHER, SEASONS AND DAY/NIGHT CYCLE Procedural weather system with unique storms, clouds, sun, and stars! And the BRAND NEW changing seasons! MASSIVE REALISTIC 3D ENVIRONMENT Explore a world so big we created TWENTY FOUR unique dens for your animals to live in! Catch salmon from a sparkling river, climb the arctic peaks, and explore the dark caves on the coast! DOZENS OF ENEMIES Hunt down animals like deer, rabbit, boar, wolf, crow, snake, fish, duck, raccoon, bat, sheep, lynx, alligator, cougar, squirrel, owl, frog, fox, moose, bear, hawk, skunk and many more! OPTIONAL BLOOD EFFECTS If you are of age or have your parents permission, turn on the BRAND NEW blood effects for added combat ferocity! GLUTEN-FREE PROMISE With all of our games you will always get the full game with no ads or additional purchases! Download the Ultimate Forest Simulator to transport yourself into a dense wild world with hidden dangers and live the life of your favorite wild animal! If you liked living in the Forest then you'll love our other animal simulators! Download our Ultimate Cat Simulator and live as a wild feline in the city, or try the Ultimate Wolf Simulator and howl at the moon with your pack of wolves! Give us a shout and let us know what you want to play next! facebook.com/glutenfreegames twitter.com/glutenfreegames


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Album and DVD design for Austin singer/songwriter James McMurtry. Harkness Design has worked with McMurtry on several albums, including the AMA Award-winning "Childish Things" and "Just Us Kids." This time around, the package included a bonus DVD of a live concert from a European tour. McMurtry is known for his keen observational style of songwriting, and this package aimed to complement the experience of seeing him in concert — snarl and rough edges that sometimes belie the compassion he shows for the hard-bitten subjects of his songs.
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Qualcomm was a surprise winner Friday in a broadband spectrum auction in the emerging India market for next-generation wireless services, paying $1.045 billion for coverage in regions that include the large cities of Delhi and Mumbai.
The San Diego wireless giant said it bought the 2.3-gigahertz spectrum to accelerate the build-out of fourth-generation LTE — Long Term Evolution — wireless networks, the kind that can deliver fast Internet connections to mobile devices.
Analysts found the spectrum purchase puzzling.
Qualcomm makes chips that run wireless phones and other devices. In most cases, it's wireless carriers that buy spectrum — the radio frequencies over which voice and data services are delivered.
In the past when Qualcomm acquired spectrum, it had a specific service in mind that no one else was likely to provide immediately. An example is spectrum Qualcomm bought in 2003 for the Flo TV mobile television service.
But LTE isn't so nascent. It already is being rolled out elsewhere, including in the United States by Verizon. So LTE probably would have found a foothold in India without Qualcomm, said Iain Gillott, president of industry research firm iGR in Austin, Texas.
"Normally they do this when they want to seed a market with something," Gillott said. "And I just don't see what needs seeding here. I'm not sure that the LTE market needs a kick-start."
Qualcomm sees LTE as an alternative to WiMax, which is another flavor of broadband wireless technology, said Peggy Johnson, Qualcomm's executive vice president for the Americas and India.
A few WiMax services have been deployed in India. Qualcomm believes it's a better technology evolution to go from third-generation, or 3G, wireless networks to LTE rather than to WiMax.
"We believe the best user experience will be 3G to LTE, and wanted to ensure that path was enabled," Johnson said.
Qualcomm's chips are used on 3G and LTE devices. In vast areas of India, wired Internet connections do not exist. So Qualcomm believes the main way that many Indians will connect to the Internet will be over wireless services.
LTE boasts download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second for the networks that are starting to roll out in the United States. 3G networks have download speeds of 1 to 2 megabits per second.
Qualcomm was one of 11 companies bidding on the spectrum. It won rights in four of 22 regional "zones" that were auctioned off by the Indian government.
Qualcomm, with more than $17 billion in cash at the end of the first quarter, can afford the investment. It doesn't plan to build the network itself but will work with partners. The network would be based on TD-LTE technology, or Time Division Long Term Evolution.
The company has not named a partner to build the network. Johnson said a decision about whether to work with existing Indian carriers or a new carrier to the Indian wireless market has not been made.
The business case in India for next-generation high-speed wireless services is still developing, with pricing for devices and subscriptions as the key hurdle.
Johnson said adopting LTE will help keep costs down because it's expected to be deployed on a larger scale worldwide than WiMax. The result would be lower-cost network equipment because it would be produced in higher volume.
Qualcomm also has been designing chips to make mobile devices more affordable in the Indian market, CEO Paul Jacobs said.
"Along with our ecosystem partners, we are now poised to accelerate the mobile broadband revolution … to the benefit of all Indians," he said.
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Wednesday 24th May
11.00am – Memorial service
Thursday 25th May
Ascension Day – We are encouraging everyone to join in with Thy Kingdom Come. Beginning today and for the 10 days until Pentecost, pray for five people at five o'clock that they might know Christ (5 @ 5)
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Hustings at the Village Hall – doors open 6.30, with several of the local candidates for the General Election. A way to take part and prayerfully consider the issues and how you will vote
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Customizing Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange Server 2007
Customize Outlook Web Access (OWA) themes in Exchange Server 2007 and set rules to control how OWA users access email attachments and components.
Outlook Web Access (OWA) is often considered a static service in Exchange Server 2007. Administrators tend to only use its default configurations. While minimal changes can be made to OWA, its level of administrative controls is highly customizable.
In this tutorial, Microsoft Exchange MVP Brien Posey explains how to make various changes to your OWA server, including how to modify an OWA theme or customize a built-in theme; create a custom header; change OWA fonts, colors and layout; and modify a sign-on screen. He also details how to make functional and security-based customizations to manage mobile and remote device users' access to email attachments and how to apply OWA segmentation to control which Microsoft Outlook email features they can use.
TUTORIAL: Customizing Outlook Web Access in Exchange Server 2007
Home: Introduction
Part 1: Modifying the look of OWA in Exchange Server 2007
Part 2: Using cascading style sheets to change a color in OWA
Part 3: How to handle file attachment access in OWA
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Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with Exchange Server, and has previously received Microsoft's MVP award for Windows Server and Internet Information Server (IIS). Brien has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once responsible for the Department of Information Management at Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, Brien has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies. You can visit Brien's personal Web site at http://www.brienposey.com.


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USAA, who specialise in providing insurance to those in the U.S. military and long time sponsor of catastrophe bonds, is returning to the market once again and is currently marketing it's 13th issuance in the Residential Re series. Residential Reinsurance Ltd is their Cayman Islands based special purpose vehicle, it issued it's first cat bond way back in 1997 so it's great to see their confidence in the market still exists.
This latest deal from from USAA totals $150m split into three equal tranches of $50m and is designed to provide USAA with three years of cover against U.S. windstorms and earthquakes. USAA are being assisted by Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and Aon Benfield who are all involved in managing the transaction to bring it to market. The deal is expected to complete before the end of May.
Reuters quote an unnamed investor as saying that this deal will not employ a total return swap counterparty and instead will have it's collateral invested in low risk and highly rated money market funds. This is a similar arrangement to the recent Blue Fin Ltd deal from Allianz which shunned having a counterparty and in it's place used highly rated debt. This is a further sign that even those who access the capital markets on a regular basis are having to change their practices in order to keep investors happy and make certain deals make it to the market.
That makes seven cat bonds so far this year which is healthy issuance given the market conditions of late and the gloom and doom surrounding insurance linked securities in the second half of 2008. With rumours of more deals in the pipeline and attempts underway to structure cat bonds to cover different types of risks (such as supply chain) it's certainly looking good for 2009. One thing which would be a great indicator of market health would be to see some deals covering risks in countries other than the U.S. as so far this year, all have a U.S. focus.
We'll bring you further details on the structure of Residential Re 2009 and the risks it covers as they become available. You can read about previous deals from USAA in the Artemis Deal Directory.
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As you may have seen on our homepage we're going to be on the hit CBC show Dragon's Den.
Well the day is almost here, and you will be able to check out our Urban Cultivator Dragon's Den pitch on Wednesday January 25th!
Dragon's Den is a show where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to 5 wealthy venture capitalists in Canada.
We filmed last year and are proud to be on Dragon's Den this Wednesday.
So set your schedules and PVRs because it's going to be a great show.
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Donegal have the Allianz Football League title very much in their focus following a 1-14 to 1-12 victory over Mayo that leaves them unbeaten in three outings and bolstered by a surge of new-found confidence as they contemplate the remainder of their campaign.
Yesterday it was the twin attacking spearhead of Michael Murphy and Patrick McBrearty that pocketed the lion's share of the points with the former landing 0-5 and McBrearty pilfering 0-4 as Mayo lost for the third time on the trot.
Donegal finished strongly and even though they have teams like Dublin and Kerry still to confront, Rory Gallagher's charges certainly look to be up for the challenge.
Monaghan, though, are finding life difficult in the top bracket.
They turned in a hugely courageous display in going under to Dublin by the narrowest of margins (1-14 to 0-16) but manager Malachy O'Rourke is aware that the threat of relegation still hovers over his side.
Neighbours Cavan, though, caused something of an upset when they beat Meath by 1-20 to 1-13 to keep alive their hopes of making the jump from Division Two.
Cavan now face Armagh in a crunch game next Saturday night when both teams will be desperate to claim the points to avoid becoming involved in a relegation dog-fight.
St Paul's, Bessbrook will now meet St Patrick's College, Maghera in the St Patrick's Day MacRory Cup final following their fine 1-17 to 2-6 win over St Ronan's, Lurgan in Saturday's second semi-final.
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So many of our clients can't believe how much extra space their new Bubbles Bathrooms can give them. This recent renovation is a case in point. The old layout made the space seem cramped and it was never a space to indulge in. We reconfigured this space using matt white wall tiles as a base. We added into the mix a custom vanity, walk-in shower with frameless screen as well as some luxurious finishes including Caesarstone in a beautiful ginger hu, feature Aztec tiles and floor tiles in an oxtail orange. The tap ware from the Argent zen range and elegant chrome drain finish off the transformation.


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Early Church Fathers, Heresies, History, James Hitchcock »
There are some crazy Church historians out there. James Hitchcock sets the record straight
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Bible, Heresies, History, History of Scripture, Readings, Scott Hahn »
Scott Hahn shook his family and the Christian world when he converted to the Catholic Church and wrote Rome Sweet Home with his wife Kimberley. Now you can listen to Hahn on Catholic Answers Live as he discusses "Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium." (part 1 of 3)
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Fr. Charles Connor, Heresies, History »
The Great Heresies, by Fr. Charles Connor of the Diocese of Scranton, PA, explains how the Catholic Church handled issues of heresy throughout its history, thereby providing a clarified understanding of the deposit of faith. CLICK HERE
Apologetics, Bible, Early Church Fathers, General, Heresies, History, History of Scripture, John Martignoni »
Topics Covered: Discussion of whether the Church or the Bible came first and discussion of why it matters, The Old Testament coming before the Church.
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Typically this error can be triggered when the particular item has been deleted directly on BigCommerce and because of this SureDone wouldn't be able to control that SKU anymore.
The solution is to create a bulk edit file with the corresponding GUIDs for the affected items and their BigCommerce listingid and sku identifiers cleared out. Once the *.csv file has been uplaoded, then the blank cells under the headers bigcommercelistingid and bigcommercesku in the C & D columns would overwrite and delete any previous values for those fields, which would allow you to push and relist the item succesfully on that instance and see the example below:


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About Cyprus
A member of the European Union since 2004, Cyprus is an ideal centre in which to study, combining a modern infrastructure, multicultural population, rich history and cultural heritage, and a beautiful natural environment with an excellent quality of life – reasons why the island and the University of Nicosia have become major international education destinations.
Cyprus is located in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, at the meeting point of Europe, Asia and Africa. The island is rich with history and tradition, as Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Romans along with Crusaders, Byzantines, Franks and Ottomans have all left a fascinating legacy for the visitor to enjoy.
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1 Thing and 1 Thing Only
This weekend was bananas. This time last week, I I told myself that I was going to make every effort to keep a low profile and catch up on the rest I lost in the week and weekend before, but alas, that plan went down the toilet quickly as last week unfolded and I felt like I needed to release a lot of stress. I've really got to learn how to stop agreeing to going to everyone's this and that to appear "social". I guess part of me wants to appear "invested" in many of my newer friends (situationships, and otherwise), but it's also depleting me of energy.
Last week by far was one of my more trying weeks that I've had professionally in a really long time. Aside from the regular stress that typically comes with this time of year, I also had the added stress of our system going offline several times and fighting with developers over numerous unexplained bugs/glitches. On top of all of that, I had two critical meetings to prepare for and a workshop to teach. I didn't even get around to preparing for the workshop until 11 o'clock the night before because I had spent the entire week up to that point putting out fires (oh and I had promised The teacher, I'd meet him for dinner–that's for another post though). I'm happy to report that everything worked out well. Fires were put out, bugs/glitches were resolved (in the 11th hour nonetheless), my workshop went almost too smoothly and my director and boss raved about how IMPRESSED they were with my work and my ability to work well under extreme pressure and how I've really, "taken on" a leadership role in the office. I was too tired to celebrate any of those successes, but made sure "treat myself" to a evening of pure idiocy with friends after work.
A good friend of mine hosted game night over his place, which ended up being a lot of fun. Usually a bunch of us will link up (formally) at a local bar for game night, but occasionally someone will actually host it in their house. At home game nights are far more intimate and cost effective. There was a ton of foolishness, drinks, cheese sticks (as well as pineapples?) and all around great fun. It was the best way to decompress after such a long and hellish week. While partaking in the buffoonery of game night, I realized (in my tipsy haze) that a newer friend of mine was kind of attractive. We've known each other a few months, but mostly in passing and haven't "bonded" as I have with my other friends who were there. We tagged teamed all night on games and flirted most of the night–though I'm going to blame the majority of that on the alcohol, because we were both pretty sauced up when all was said and done. It was nice to get a goodbye hug from him when he called it a night shortly before 2 a.m.
Now mind you, I was fairly hungover the following day. Far more than I anticipated, especially since I downed several FULL bottles of water in the last hour or two of the night before I left and I even ate a slice of pizza someone ordered. I guess that's my body's way of telling me I'm old? Anywho, I gave myself the day to run errands and prepare for date night with Babyface. When we last left off, I was given sound advice to step back and make him plan our next date. Did he do this? Not entirely. Outside of picking he day/time and suggesting we eat some place with "decent whiskey" that's about the extent of the planning he did. He pretty much left the rest up to me and told me he'd pick me up by 8.
So 7 o'clock rolls around and I hadn't heard from him, which is unlike him. While I've mentioned before that our text message conversations are often meaningless back and forth babble, we re pretty much stay in touch all day (everyday). I finally decided to see if we were still on for 8 so that I knew whether or not to proceed to finish dolling up and to get back with another friend of mine who had invited me out for wing night. His reasoning for being so quiet during the day/evening? He was hungover….Yeah…I'm not even going to begin to dissect just how irresponsible it is of him (at 30) to have consumed so much alcohol the night before that his body was still recovering that evening (since I too had quite a rough start to the morning). But to do so at the expense of someone else's time is downright rude and tacky. At some point during the day, he could have touch base to let me know what was going on or hell, he could have even postponed the night all together, so as long as I wasn't being held up on account of his nonsense.
So two hours later (mind you, it's about 9:30 p.m. at this point) he arrives to pick me up, kisses me (as if he didn't just pull this stunt) and asks if I'm ready, before interrupting himself and asking, "…if you're even still hungry (ha), I know it's a little late, I'm sorry about that." I should have punched him in his adorable face for that remark.
"A little late" might have been 8:15, 8:30…but to tell me around 7 that you're "getting ready and you'll be on your way" to show up at 9:30 p.m., is very late. Matter of fact, I had a hard time deciding if I was more angry at him for not making a bigger deal of his tardiness or the fact that I missed out on eating ACTUAL dinner with ACTUAL people that would have been timely (and entertaining). Chicken Wings n thangz! Part of me wanted to scream at him (like a crazy person), but I checked myself..took a breath and proceeded to head downtown with him in the most passive and non-confrontational way possible. I spent too much time dolling up to waste it.
Since he never specifically fleshed out our date outside of wanting us to do dinner at a place that had "decent whiskey", I suggested a classy spot that I've been to with a few fellow bourbon enthusiasts friends. The place is a step classier than your typical bar and has about ten pages (front and back) of whiskey and bourbon selections, organized by place or origin (country/region), then traditional, wheat and rye. Yum yum yum. I was ecstatic about this place, because I've grown to love bourbon ever since my ex introduced it to me last year. I wanted to impress Babyface by my vast knowledge of bourbon selections (since he told me he appreciated whiskey one night when we were downing jim beam at dinner). I smugly ordered buffalo trace (neat) to start as Babyface searched the menu back and forth in panic mode. His puppy dog eyes scanned the menu as if he was trying to comprehend a foreign language. It dawned on me ten minutes into this that he might have been overwhelmed and not well versed in the world of bourbon selections, so I offered him help. He smiled sweetly and just opted to order an IPA.
First of all…who orders a beer at a bourbon spot? I didn't even know they SOLD beer there.
2-3 drinks in, I finally talked him into ordering a cocktail and he ordered a drink with (American) absinthe. By this point, I stopped caring to appear cultured to him probably because I was on my second old fashion of the night, like the classy broad that I am.
We never did end up eating at the bourbon spot (even though their food is amazing) because again, I believe BF was overwhelmed by the menu or maybe he was still drunk or hovering somewhere between coming off his hangover and moving into stage 1 intoxication. He instead suggested we swing by cookout on the way back, because virtually every other decent restaurant was closed for the night. I was too sauced to argue with him at this point and my hopes to have a nice and classy date were shot to hell. I was a mixture between hangry, intoxicated and exhausted. All I wanted to do was go home and go to bed.
I don't remember much after we got back to my place. I vaguely remember us eating–or well him eating, us laughing about something stupid in my kitchen while I sat on my counter (apparently I gave him a beer and took a shot of tequila???), him playing with my cat and I guess at some point us snuggling and passing out on the couch. I definitely don't remember that last part, just waking up from it and netflix asking, "Are you still watching". For whatever reason we both woke up at the same time to notice that the sun was up. It was 6:30 in the morning!! Do you know how startling it is to wake up to it being light outside when you had no idea you had even dosed off (when it was dark) to begin with? I was stressed and disoriented.
After the initial shock of realizing the sun was up, he followed me upstairs to bed like a lost puppy. I was basically concerned with continuing to sleep off the bourbon, but other things ended up going down. Some really pleasurable, hair raising, back arching, heart pounding, better-than-fresh-coffee thangs. There were a few intense rounds of this and I'm not even sure how because by this point we were both fairly sleep deprived, mildly still intoxicated and zombie like. Things settled around 8 or 9 and then he eventually left around 1 p.m. (after latching onto me for hours as he does whenever we sleep together).
I spent the rest of the day wondering what just happened and assessing just how angry I was at him for his tardiness the night before. Sure, he apologized (I think once in text and once in person), but part of me feels like he didn't quite understand just how much he actually rubbed me the wrong way. I take quality time with the people in my life seriously and I expect them to do the same. If we say we're getting together at a certain day or time, I expect those plans to be golden and I expect transparency and advanced(ish) notice if not so I can do other things. Me following up with you an hour before we're supposed to get together–especially if it's a time YOU selected, isn't a good look. Part of me feels like I should have cancelled our date to be petty and prove a point, but I have an issue and I think I'm addicted to his…
My feelings towards BF have shifted quite a bit in these past few weeks, drastically even since we started dating a few months ago…while he's fun and I genuinely enjoy spending time with him (he's a nice guy and makes me laugh), I've become more concerned (and less emotionally detached) with the physical benefits of it all. In my mind, it's like he's serving a very specific purpose. I know, I know, I know. This is terrible and I'm not usually this person, but man oh man. He's got a talent.
Anyway, I've spoken to a few friends about this and they all agree that I should seriously sit down and talk to Babyface about his rude act Saturday night (and his piss poor efforts in planning and being decisive in general) because, "how dare he?". One of my friends mentioned that he says like he's either very lazy or too comfortable. While it was very F-boyish behavior (even for him–especially being 30), I don't know if I'm invested enough to really address or entertain it for that matter. Would addressing it really assure that this doesn't happen again? Would he even comprehend or just assume I'm being a nag? I don't care. It's just shown me that he's a terrible planner and I should protect my time a little bit better for someone/some people who reciprocate those simple line items of respect. Why should I be punctual and plan my entire evening around him? If I want to go grab chicken wings with friends when I know I'm supposed to be on a date with him in an hour….why not? Why should I be respectful of his time or energy/effort? I mean, I've tossed around completely eliminating trying to "traditionally date" him and just get to down to the "dessert". I'm getting frustrated with him and I'd prefer to put my effort into other things.


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Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort
About the Hotel
Why We Love This Hotel
- Directly across the street from Deerfield Beach and the International Fishing Pier
- Each room has a balcony, some have views of the Atlanitc Ocean
- Its four on-site restaurants include a burger joint and a gelateria, also poolside food and drinks
Facing the ocean, The Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort is directly across the street from the beach. From unwinding at the pool to kicking back with live entertainment, the property's relaxed atmosphere is ideal for a family vacation.
Rooms, complete with dark woods and stylish furniture, come with a small balcony overlooking the ocean or city, and the bathrooms feature rainfall showerheads. Man's best friend can stay in pet-friendly rooms for a nightly fee of $35; contact the hotel for additional guidelines.
There are four casual on-site restaurants, including Burger Craze and Vaniglia e Cioccolato Gelateria. If you crave Italian food beyond gelato, Cafe Med has entrees ranging from Florida snapper to filet mignon. Guests can also relax by the pool with a drink in one hand and a snack in the other; afterwards, head to the waterfront Patio Bar & Grill for seafood and nightly music.
One minute away from the hotel on foot is the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier, where thousands of fishermen come each year -- and where you can rent a fishing pole and try to get the catch of the day. You also can drive 15 minutes to Boca Raton to visit Mizner Park and Town Center Mall.
About the Hotel
- Bar
- Gym / fitness center
- Hot Tub / Jacuzzi
- Outdoor pool
- 100% smoke-free
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge service
- Laundry / dry cleaning
- Room service (limited hours)
- Business center
Room amenities
- Air-conditioning
- Coffee / tea-making facilities
- Iron and ironing board
- Pay-per-view / movies on demand
- Safe
- Flatscreen TV
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in guest rooms
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in public areas
- Hair-dryer
- Parking (fees apply)
- Valet service (fees apply)
Check-in: Standard Time is 4pm.
Checkout: Standard Time is 11am.
Children and additional guests: No rollaway/extra beds available
Pets: Pets allowed. Only service animals are allowed
Cancellation: Cancellation policy & booking conditions vary by 'rate plan'. These will be displayed on the payment page after you have searched for your dates and selected a rate.
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*Unless otherwise stated, Travelzoo-exclusive extras are valid once per stay (based on two adults sharing). Value is an estimate based on double occupancy. Extras are only included with Member Rates and may not be available on all dates. Extras are non-transferable and have no cash value. Total value may vary depending on time of booking and availability. When included, breakfast may be limited to 2 guests per stay subject to hotel's discretion. Other restrictions may apply; see our T&Cs for details.
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How many times have we looked at celebrities well into their 50's and 60's and "wow'd" at how healthy and youthful they look. I'm not talking about having a face that looks 22, I'm talking about a lean, trim physique and a glow to the face that exudes youth. For example Bruce Springsteen turns 64 this week—and he looks great. Helen Miren, Jane Fonda, Christie Brinkley to name a few. And who can forget the incredible vigor of Jack Lalanne?
They all must be doing something right to look and perform as they does in their 50-s and 60's.
What are they doing right—and how can we replicate their success.
Celebrity Role Models. These are great performers in the history of their respective fields. They exercise and watch what they eat. They find places to exercise when the logistics are not ideal. And they have connected with their fans on a long-term basis. If you look at almost anything that has been written on healthy aging, they are examples of what to do and how to age well. Now granted we can all say that they have more time and money to facilitate a healthy lifestyle, and yes that may be true. But facilitating a healthy lifestyle is a choice and a commitment which actually requires little or no money. All you have to do is decide that it is a priority.
I think the basic premise is to Keep it Simple. If you can't follow a plan consistently, eventually you will give up. Your program should be sustainable for years and years. Compliance is key. And you don't need a lot of time for it, you just need to make time for it that is not negotiable. For example, Springsteen has been following a simple fitness program for the last 30 years. He alternates running four to six miles with strength training every other day. He also watches what eats and is mostly vegetarian. Incredibly, when you consider the entertainment world, he has been able to stay away from drugs. He also finds places to exercise when he is on the road.
Find a positive vision and pursue it. There are a lot opportunities to pursue things that have little meaning yet take up an enormous amount of your time. Choose ones that are worthy of your time which is limited and valuable. One that brings out the best in you and those around you and don't look back.


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Motor Monkey is a line of custom made fenders and bumpers for water crafts. These include speedboats, center consoles, pontoon boats, jet skis and more.
These fenders and bumpers we designed to give maximum protection while docking or rafting.
The Motor Monkey fenders and bumpers were designed by industry professionals and manufactured in Louisiana. The materials used were selected and developed to for the best protection of your boat.
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Wow so many visitors...
First up I must say Hi to all that have stopped by and checked out my blog (and other pages) while viewing my latest update for Trumpeters T-80BV. According to the stats my host gives I have also received many (50+) visitors from modelwork.pl so Hi to all the visitors from there and thanks to whomever linked me.
Secondly while working on some more update reviews for my old builds I started pondering the question of aircraft undercarriage stability.
There has been a large growth in 1/32 and to a lesser extent 1/24 scale kits in the last 5 or 6 years and many of these have metal undercarriage for strength. I was thinking I've had more than the occasional 1/144 and few 1/72 aircraft depart due to broken undercarriage. I remember a 1/72 Hawker Typhoon by one company, its struts were so weak they had a bend in them. I don't know about you guys but this is one area I wouldn't mind paying a little bit more for the strength of metal undercarriage.
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It's not easy to avoid spending money especially with all sorts of sales and special offers that we see almost everywhere we look, from online stores to supermarkets. We buy the things we need but we also become impulsive and shop for items that we end up giving away or throwing in the back of the closet.
It's quite a pity because controlling the urge to overspend can bring tremendous benefits to our lives. Besides putting money in the piggy-bank, we can save money for things that are actually worth it, like taking a cruise or visiting an exotic country.
If you feel lost, you shouldn't be so negative about yourself because there are some basic money-saving tips that are known to be effective. This way, you can live your life and still have some cash leftover that you can deposit into your savings account.
- Say goodbye to daily trips to your favorite coffee shop
Indeed, it's easier to just wake up in the morning and head out to your favorite coffee shop instead of brewing your coffee at home. However, cutting off this habit can save you some precious money. According to multiple studies, if you took the savings from making your own coffee and put them into a fund that comes with a 6.5% compound interest rate, you could get almost $8,000 in ten years time. And this is only for one coffee, each day.
- Scrutinize all your subscription services
Thanks to the world we live in, we have become accustomed to getting subscriptions for all sorts of services. We get Hulu because they have cool TV shows, Netflix because everybody can't stop bragging their documentaries, and Amazon Prime Video because we're nostalgic about the good old movies. But really, do you have time to watch them every single day? Ask yourself when was the last time you watched an entire show?
Not to mention that gym membership you made in January and used it only once this year. Everybody falls into this trap and spends money on things they never get to use. So, make sure you cancel a subscription if you don't use it for 3 months in a row.
- Get a cell phone plan that fits your current needs
Maybe a few years ago when you signed a plan with your mobile provider, you were more than happy with the minutes and text messages included in the contract. However, you should consider other alternatives if you're constantly going over your data limit or spending extra money on minutes. If you decide to upgrade your plan, you might increase your savings.
- Use special tool for retail purchases
Many tech companies have managed to develop solutions for shopaholics. With every retail purchase you make, you can use different apps that will search for applicable coupons that come in handy for online order.


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By: Emanuel, Cedric (art); Ruhen, Olaf (text)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Angus and Robertson: 1972
Edition: Limited Edition
Inscription: Signed by Artist
Seller ID: 0057308
Condition: Near Fine
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Euromonitor: Keurig's supremacy hinders coffee pod market expansion
The years of rapid growth of the North American coffee pod market are over and by 2019, North America will be the slowest-growing pod region of all, Euromonitor beverage analyst, Matthew Barry, said.
Between 2011 and 2016, the North American coffee pod market quadrupled in size, reaching $5.7bn in annual sales. Euromonitor projects that the 82% annual growth rate the coffee pod market once experienced in 2012 will fall to 6% by 2019.
Keurig is the hindrance
"While much of this has to do with market maturity, there is another factor playing a major role: the supremacy of the Keurig system," Matthew Barry said.
North America is the only market where Keurig dominates instead of Nestlé or other brands, which account for 1% of coffee pod system sales.
Its parent company, Keurig Green Mountain (KGM), has maintained its near control of the US and Canadian coffee pod markets, which has been detrimental to the category as a whole, keeping prices high and limiting consumer choice, Barry explained.
A liter of coffee brewed from pods is six times more expensive than a liter brewed from standard ground in North America, compared to four times in Australasia and just two times in Western Europe, according to Euromonitor.
"This disparity strongly suggests that there is still a base of consumers who are being priced out of the category," Barry said.
Due to Keurig's dominance, American and Canadian coffee pod consumers are not getting full access to newer, more advanced, and less expensive coffee pod systems such as Lavazza's extension to the Modo Mio system, Jolie.
"It is doubtful most consumers will ever hear about it [Jolie]," Barry said. "Presumably there are consumers who might be interested in purchasing a machine, but most will never get the chance to because of North America's market structure."
Unmet market potential
Even with the rapid expansion of the coffee pod market in North America, household penetration of pods falls well below the levels in Western Europe – 9% of household coffee in the US came from pods compared to more than 30% in France and 20% in Spain.
"It would be easy to blame the slowdown in North America purely on a maturing market," Barry said. "While that is of course part of it, it cannot be the only factor because of the evidence that indicates unmet potential still does exists."
One option is to attract a group of consumers that had been previously avoiding the coffee pod category, according to Barry.
"The most promising is probably environmentally-minded consumers who have avoided the category because of the amount of waste it generates," he said.


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From: United Kingdom
I am an emerging musician of 35 years, and am currently producing a mix of electronic based music. I started making computer music from the age of 10 whilst learning to play keyboards and guitar. I also write and record songs (rather amateurishly).
When I'm not writing my own compositions I participate in remix competitions from Indaba Music (Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, John Legend & The Roots) and AmazingTunes( Ex Libras, Dimbelby & Capper).
If you are interested in my remixes they can be found :-
To date I have achieved a best position of 38 th in a remix contest, with my efforts being in the top half to third of all entrants generally.
I have also had my own music (New Wave, Gobsmacker and Air) played on National (DAB) radio (http://www.amazingradio.co.uk)here in the U.K.


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