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I'm so excited for the upcoming release of my new book, WHEREVER YOU ARE. My heroine, Winnie, is a total foodie like me and I thought it would be fun to post a sneak peek from a scene where Winnie is busy enjoying her dessert--and Brian is busy trying not to enjoy...read more
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Enjoy magnificent view of the Northern Alps in the gondola.
View is different by season such as fresh green, colored leaves and snow.
※Spring observation deck
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The park spreads around Nishihotakaguchi Station.
In walking path through trees of virgin forest,
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Nishihotakaguchi Station exhibits landscape paintings.
Enjoy paintings by local junior high students.
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They say people who spend money on experiences tend to be happier than those who spend money just on material goods.
And while chekis (polaroid pictures) are technically a tangible item, the memory about the experience is what I feel most strongly about.
I've been an Idol fan since about 2005 but I don't think the door was truly opened to me until about two years ago.
So here's a look back on some of the best moments. I hope you are able to experience some of the memories I've been able to have.
While some may think that meeting and interacting with idols is sort of weird and an awkward encounter, Zero really showed me how to approach it by having fun and being silly. His mannerisms greatly influenced how I took photos and you'll probably be able to see that evidence in the following pictures.
She would play the Scarecrow character for the next year and a half and during that time I really enjoyed watching her progress as an Idol and as a young lady.
Also it's funny because one of the other members was jealous of my love for Sakamoto and thought it'd be funny to cover her face. HA
Funny thing was my member ended being absent that day. It was a bummer but then suddenly she was showed up at the end in her street clothes and started taking pictures with people.
Full on crap face.
I really learned to just go with the flow and Sakamoto is always such a good sport about things.
On the last day I forced myself out of bed in order to attend. Sakura Yuki is trying to feel my forehead to see if I have a fever.
It's one of the best moments in the song so Sakura Yuki and I are recreating that moment.
Sakura Yuki is dressed up as Jibanyan from Yokai Watch. She made the costume herself.
As I am from Texas, I felt it was necessary for me to get a picture.
There's Sakamoto dressed as a sunny side up egg.
The last time I saw her was when she was still the Wicked Witch. As I was walking up, she knew which pose to go for. Still one of my favorite pictures.
It all happened so fast I can't even remember anything about it.
But I made the mistake of wearing mine on the graduation day. Apparently most people dress up the day before. I ended up being the only person in a costume. Oops.
She's holding her certificate of graduation.
She's a student of Tokyo University which is basically the Harvard of Japan. It's really prestigious and difficult to get in.
So here's me helping her with some homework.
She is one of the most friendly, down to Earth, and sweet Idols I would ever meet.
The group disbanded a few weeks after I saw them. There's a lesson here about taking and appreciating the opportunities you have because you never know what will happen tomorrow.
I was curious as to what was the big deal. So she showed me how to do it.
But they are allowed to touch fans with the bottom of their shoe however.
Apparently doing narcissistic poses is her thing because this was the second time she had asked me to do one.
She's from Saitama but admittedly she says she's not like typical girls from Saitama.
It's good to be young.
Here's a clip, you can immediately tell which one she is.
But immediately after the picture was taken she realized I was a foreigner and speaking English. The smile disappeared. She clammed up and suddenly became super embarrassed to speak. The staff had a good laugh as did I. She's cute kid. Wish her the best.
I attended a cookie baking event so I could meet her.
Those exist?
Nah, I'm kidding.
The oven gloves were just there at the venue.
You pretty much have to see her to believe her. She calls her fans out. Pulls them on stage to be background dancers. Then tells them to get off her stage.
Never would have known about her if not for @johpan
Their fans are way more creative and masochistic than I am.
They opened up an entirely new world for me. Thank you Lolisyn fans for making me laugh, y'all are some of the best.
This is when they came to Los Angeles. Unfortunately their last show is next week.
I noticed she was having problems with her hat being too big during their performance that day so I had to get a picture of it.
She was a good sport about it.
They have one of my favorite costume designs.
Her bow-tie was a bit crooked so I'm fixing it for her.
First and only time I've done that.
She became my new favorite Oz member.
She floored me when she showed up to the event in a wedding dress.
So here's to an exciting 2016 and beyond. I hope you're able to meet the Idols you want to meet.
There will always be mistakes and embarrassment, but if there's one thing I've learned from Idols it's that "Rebounding from failure leads to Success"


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I am excited to be graduating in May with my Early Childhood Education Degree!! I can't wait to get some preschool students out into nature. The earlier the exposure the greater the love will grow for the outdoors! I would love to hear some inspiring stories about getting preschool children into natural settings and their reactions to the great outdoors.
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Tres recuerdos en verso I. The Legendary Children we are all snakes devouring and being devoured by those who remind us we are human II. Apsis there is no perigee where we're standing but if there is such a thing as witchcraft, use it now before I leave without saying your … Continue reading
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Fiction by Kyle Getz
It all started when dad made me sign up for football. I was really little, and when I told him I didn't want to, he said, "It will turn you into the man you're going to become," and we didn't say anything else for the rest of the car ride. And, looking back on it, I guess he was right, but not for the reasons he thought. Continue reading
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Womb In my dream, it had green eyes and light-brown skin. I couldn't make out a gender, and none of the doctors in the white room I stood in spoke of one. It looked up at me with those big green eyes, almost reptilian. I was terrified. It was mine, I was sure, but its … Continue reading
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I remember childhood as the dirt on my feet and how my gold anklets jingled when I ran across the street. The red strings tied around my wrists, the first apartment we grew up in. Summers full of bug bites and melted ice cream. Sleeping parents and car alarms. I want to give that to someone. Continue reading
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He asks if the roar of the engine is loud and I want to say like the belly of a slouching beast, because it's not all false, but instead I say how close we come to the sun. His hand spans my back in slow circles, and he tells me again to open it. And I say, I tried, it wasn't a success.
Kissing him, there's an urgency, and the feeling that if I don't leave the house now, it'll burn down around us.
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around the lightless insides of my skin
at six quarts a minute; mostly all me
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Today you can find lots of free to play video games online and for cell phones. Many of these games use adds to make the game profitable to the Developers. One such game is Fireboy And Watergirl, it has both an online and cell phone app version that is free-to-play but does have adds. Description . . .
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We sit in lotus. We invert in lotus. That is not all though. We keep the lotus motif as a guiding principle that informs our form throughout our practice. In yoga, our mind-bodies develop the tenacity of the lotus stem. It is a form of undiluted amusement for rural folk in India to watch a city boy or girl filled with an inexplicable longing for a lotus flower plunge hands into a pond and pull, and pull, and pull to no effect whatsoever. The lotus stem is almost impossible to break!
The lotus motif connects us to that ephemeral tenacity that Gandhiji called Satyagraha or Soul Force.
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Faith and sincerity are the first requisite if one wants the divine help in understanding the Holy Quran and following the message of God in practical life, which can turn him into a man of excellent character, the crying need of the Muslim nation.
The recitation of the Holy Quran in the month of Ramadan, which is also known as the month of Quran, is a source of infinite blessings.
No doubt, it is the duty of every Muslim, man, woman, or child, to read the Holy Quran and understand it according to his own capacity. If anyone of us attains to some knowledge or understanding of it by study, contemplation, and the test of life, both outward and inward, it is his duty, according to his capacity, to instruct others, and share with them the joy and peace which result from contact with the spiritual world.
The Quran — indeed every religious book — has to be read not only with the tongue and voice and eyes, but with the best light that our intellect can supply, and even more, with the truest and purest light which our heart and conscience can give us. The soul of mysticism and ecstasy is in the Holy Quran, as well as that plain guidance for the plain man, which a world in a hurry affects to consider as sufficient.
Every earnest and reverent student of the Holy Quran, as he proceeds with his study, will find with an inward joy difficult to describe, how the general meaning of the Quranic verses enlarges as his own capacity for understanding increases. It is like a traveller climbing a mountain: the higher he goes, the further he sees.
How much greater is the joy and sense of wonder and miracle when the Holy Quran opens our spiritual eyes. The meaning, which we thought we had grasped, expands. New worlds are opened out. As we progress, still newer and again newer worlds 'swim into our ken'. The miracle deepens and deepens, and almost completely absorbs us.
It is in this spirit that we should approach the Holy Quran with sincerity and total faith in the religion of Islam.
An incident related by an eminent scholar, the late Dr Hamidullah, on how the reading of the Holy Quran opens newer and still newer worlds is food for thought for every Muslim:
"I have known a Frenchmen, Gilles Guilbert, who by taste, nature and profession, was a musician. He used to assert often and everywhere to our amusement that the true and only criterion of a civilisation and culture of a people is the level of its love for music!
"Somehow, he heard one day a Muslim Qari reciting the Holy Quran, and Guilbert was at once enchanted. It was music to him, and so powerful that wherever he went he wanted to hear the Holy Quran recited. And he was so much more impressed when he was told that it was not a poem but divinely revealed prose.
"He began meditating: poems in any and every language are melodious, and could be measured and scanned, but prose nowhere. Why an exception in Arabic? Then he learned Arabic script, and began reading the Holy Quran himself. He bought a pocket size copy of the sacred text, and carried it always with him. He began even learning by heart smaller Surahs. At last, he became Abdullah Guilbert.
"I met him for the first time in Istanbul some 40 years ago, and there he explained to me his theory or discovery, viz, poems can be scanned and measure with mathematical precision in any language, but not prose works, be that a classical or modern language; the only exception is Arabic; and in Arabic, only the Holy Quran. So the Holy Quran cannot be of human origin, surely, it is the revealed word of God Himself for, its verses can be scanned like the syllables of a poetical hemistich, so much so that even if a single letter of a verse of the Holy Quran is omitted, it can be detected immediately on "hearing it."
"I was impressed, but not being a musician myself, I was not much interested. One day he came to see me in the university, very nervous, agitated, perplexed and trembling. He told me: surely our Muslim ancestors have somehow lost some passages of the Quran! Then he explained: in the Surah 110 (Izaja'a) they read and write: "Afwaajaa fasabbih…", and that is, musically speaking, impossible! My humble knowledge of Tajweed (psalmody of the Quran) came to my help, and I said: No, that is not the only right way of reading; one may also pronounce: afwaajan fasabbih. The sound of letter 'N' in "afwaajan" may then be pronounced in full as "afwaajan" instead of "afwaaja". This may then be followed by the second word, "fasabbih".
Thereupon, he recovered as if from a trance, and said: Oh, if, that is so, then it is all right, nothing lacks and I renew my faith!
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UK mid-sized businesses to drive innovation in 2015
Mid-sized firms in the UK will increase their research and development (R&D) expenditure in 2015.
The latest Agents of Growth report from Grant Thornton suggests that 2015 will see UK mid-sized businesses (MSBs) as the drivers of innovation.
British firms that employ between 50 and 499 staff will become the nation's largest investor in new technologies over the next year, as almost a quarter (23 per cent) of UK MSBs expect to increase their investment, according to the report.
Indeed, it seems that MSBs will look to build upon last year's growth, where research and development (R&D) expenditure expanded by 2.7 per cent, outpacing that seen by both larger and smaller companies.
Faster growth for MSBs anticipated in 2015
"Innovation lies at the heart of leadership and the UK has for generations been looked at as a leader in developing new technologies, processes and ways of thinking," said Dominic Preston, head of innovation at Grant Thornton.
In fact, the UK's MSB population predicts that 2015 will bring with it faster growth in turnover, exports, capital investment, and employment, more so than other businesses.
However, while the MSB sector shows growth, it appears the UK is falling behind when compared to other nations and risks its edge as an innovative leader to "economies which are proactively offering their business communities more support and encouragement to invest in R&D".
The OECD ranks the UK at 19th in terms of R&D expenditure out of 34 members of the organisation.
MSBs well placed for innovation
Current statistics show that there are currently 34,100 MSBs operating in the UK and these firms contributed £270 billion to the UK economy in 2012, a significant amount. It's a testament of the sector's importance to UK growth, as it equates to the combined worth of the entire financial services and real estate sectors.
However, while the UK has often been a leader in the development of new technologies, it appears that not enough is being done to promote MSBs.
"No other segment of the business community is as well placed as the UK's MSBs to deliver cutting edge technologies, innovative ideas and transformative operational processes – all they need is just a bit of extra support and encouragement from the government to do so," said Mr Preston.
The hope for MSBs is that the government should provide more support to smaller firms while they transition into MSBs and further invest in the sector to ensure the UK maintains its competitive edge.
Thiago is the LSBF Blog Editor who manages news and features content on the site, and writes about business, finance, technology, education and careers.


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- Try to gather a list of your guests addresses as soon as possible – ideally 12 months in advance. Your guests will love to be surprised with an exquisite personalised invitation through the post; however it won't be much of a surprise if you asked them for their address the week before!
- Ask close friends and family to make sure everyone has been invited who should be. Often it's courteous to invite your parent's friends for example, after all the day will be as special to them as it will to you.
- Make sure that you send out your invitations at least 6 weeks in advance, ideally sooner. You are going to need the responses to give your caterer the final numbers.
- If your wedding is a long time away, consider using Save The Date cards. These will allow people to make a date in their diary and not double book. Sending out the formal invitations too early detracts from the specialness of the occasion as the guests will undoubtedly forget what they looked like.
- Formal wording on invitations is traditional, but this can vary to some degree depending on who is sending them. Have a look at some sample wording and see what is most suitable for you. You don't have to be bound to this though, its your big day after all, so be as creative and personal as you want!
- Make sure that you include enough information about times, locations, activities and directions. The Wedding Parcel offer optional guest information inserts which can be slotted in behind the invitation.
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Purpose: The purpose of this ministry is to disciple Christians on how to handle problems Biblically. The Biblical counselor helps the counselor restructure his/her life totally — that is, to change permanently from one who is defeated to one who can successfully meet every trial of life and continue steadily to grow in the likeness of Christ.
Our Biblical Counselors: Our counselors are under the supervision of our church leaders and are trained in the use of the Scriptures and the principles of Biblical Counseling. They are committed to the position that Scripture provides the only authoritative rule of faith and standard of conduct (2 Timothy 3:16-17). They do not base their counseling knowledge on their own opinions, experience, or concepts of behavior, but seek to marshall the full range of Biblical truth to bear on the counselee's needs (2 Peter 1:2-3; Isaiah 55:8-9).
Biblical counseling can help you learn how to handle any problem you are dealing with victoriously!
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Emma Claire Sweeney's Owl Song at Dawn introduces us to Maeve Maloney, a woman of nearly 80 who runs Sea View Lodge, catering largely to guests and staff with disabilities. This moving story traces Maeve's reaction to the unexpected (and unwanted) arrival of an old friend, and these episodes of the present day are interspersed with passages from the past, filling in Maeve's somewhat surreptitious past, memory by memory.
Whilst the novel is slow paced to begin with and there's nothing fiercely gripping about the opening chapters, there is a gentleness about the language that wills you to continue turning the pages. This gentleness seems to come from both Maeve's own compassion towards those immediately around her and from a nostalgic air that seeps into even the scenes in the present.
Though Maeve comes across as a little bitter and moany on first impressions, the more we learn of her past the more we forgive her present temperament and the guilt she has been holding in for all these years.
The focus of the novel is very much on Maeve's twin sister, Edie, who had Down's Syndrome and died many years earlier. Maeve's whole life has been dedicated to her sister, whether this was caring for her when she was alive and protecting her from the harmful views of society or through her dedication to supporting those with similar disabilities through Sea View Lodge.
In fact, Maeve's narrative is directly addressed to Edie throughout, and this along with the intermittent passages of Edie's jumbled speech and favourite phrases effectively displays how Maeve's collection of memories with Edie are both a comfort and a haunting reminder of her guilt-ridden conscience.
Sweeney really successfully addresses issues of stigma surrounding disabilities. During flashbacks to the past, she highlights the horrendous attitudes of society that towards those with Down's Syndrome, most shockingly the approaches of those in the medical profession who tried to advise Edie's parents on how to deal with her.
In the present day, Mauve's livelihood is caring for others with disabilities, both as guests and staff at Sea View Lodge, and Sweeney demonstrates first-hand the life-changing effect that this care and love can have on individuals who are otherwise struggling with their disability.
Owl Song at Dawn is a truly touching story about family, loss, guilt, friendship and forgiveness, and the charming characters are those that stay with you long beyond the final pages of the book.
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We are students ( 18 years old ) of Gymnazuim Mateja Hrebendu in Hnusta . We got experiences from this activity . These experiments and equipment were simple and we really liked it . We used water from the river Rimava in our city Hnusta . We are glad that we could join this project and we wish you marry Christmas and happy New Year :-). Syma , Lenka , Lašky , Aďa , Katka , Simon , Rasťo, Radka , Jano and Naďa .


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To make a website for the social project that is aimed to launch and develop the methods of control over quality of life for disabled in different regions of Russia.
The website is full of information so the main task has been to structure it and make comfortable for reading. We have developed the logical structure, worked on the adaptivity and made the version for people with low vision. Friendly illustrations have been drawn and soft colours have been chosen for the cozy feeling.
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ROUND nine of the KNTFL will throw up some interesting clashes this Saturday, starting with the rematch of the 2013 grand final.
PENOLA host KEITH and the home side are rightfully favourites this time around, the same as they were when they claimed last year's decider.
Both teams come into the game in form – Penola faced a quality Bordertown side in their last start and defeated the equally well-credentialled team by blowing them away in one quarter.
Adam Merrett has 49 goals already this season with this weekend marking the halfway mark.
He is tracking well for a second consecutive ton of goals this year.
Keith on the other hand had essentially a training run last weekend as they piled on 30 goals to three at home to Border Districts.
All players contributed and that even spread will serve them well this weekend, but Penola at home is sure to be a tough ask.
PADTHAWAY travel down the highway to face NARACOORTE.
Recent history between these teams has seen the Demons with an advantage, something which burns with the Lions.
Although hit with injury Padthaway are still a quality side and start firm favourites, although Naracoorte aren't to be underestimated.
Much centres on the performance of Padthaway's dynamic forward line.
Led by former AFL forward Scott Welsh, the Lions have been able to hit the scoreboard regularly and were particularly effective last weekend with 23.7.
Naracoorte's backline is inexperienced and will be hard-pressed to stop the class of the Lions.
KYBYBOLITE play KINGSTON at home in a battle of the foot of the ladder.
This is a genuine chance for either side to claim a much-needed victory with both currently winless.
Kyby looked a little better against Padthaway last weekend but were still comfortably beaten, while Kingston over the year have pushed good teams but are still susceptible to heavy defeats.
An interesting battle in this match will be between Kingston recruit Matt Williams, who battled admirably against Mark Snowball last weekend, and interleague ruckman Cam Sandercock.
With both teams propped up by young players it should be an exciting, free-flowing contest.
LUCINDALE claimed the Wilks Cup over Kingston last weekend but now face a stronger opponent in MUNDULLA at Roo Park.
The Roos were bolstered by coach Sam Logan playing last weekend with the big man hitting the scoreboard well in his side's win with six goals while the ever-present Sam Mardling had four of his own.
A much-improved team this year, the Roos are still developing and will get there but at this minute the Moots probably have their number.
Fresh off a bye Mundulla are still well and truly in the race for the top three and will see this game as a chance to solidify that position if they can get a good win.
BORDER DISTRICTS return to their second home in Goroke, hosting KANIVA/LEEOR UNITED for the day.
The Cougars are one of the top teams while Borders are a long way off – as shown by their performance against Keith last weekend.
Goals have been hard to come by at the Eagles, with Clint Barras's bag of nine in their stirring win against Naracoorte at Goroke seeming like an age ago.
The club will be hoping their usual strong form across the border continues but working against them is Kaniva's close proximity to the venue.
Most teams don't like travelling to Goroke but it isn't much of a trip for Kaniva/Leeor so Borders will need something special to come up with the win.
Bordertown have the bye.
– Border Districts defender Jay Zeuner, who started the season at Wimmera League struggler Nhill before returning to the Eagles, faced the KNTFL tribunal on June 19 reportedly on multiple charges after an incident in the game against Keith on the weekend. See the result here.
– In representative football news, Kane Cuthbertson of Bordertown has been added to the Murray SE Zone side to play at the Country Championships in Kadina in July.
In the juniors, 15 KNTFL under 15 players have been selected to try out for the Glenelg Country side at the SANFL Under 15 Championships.
Tobin Cox, Dan Fraser (Padthaway), Darcy Fogarty, Brad McCarthy, Will Gould (Lucindale), Sam Bates, Will Harris and Ralph Palma (Naracoorte) join other KNTFL, Mid SE and WBFL players for the tryouts. These players were selected after strong performances in the recent SE Zone Carnival, where the KNTFL finished third in both the Under 14 and under 15 grades – with Glenelg the champions of both. Palma and Fogarty were named the KNTFL's best players in the under 14s and under 15s respectively.
Padthaway's Michael Hoffman outrucks Kyby's Cam Sandercock in their clash on the weekend. This Saturday both teams have important clashes, Padthaway play Naracoorte in a grudge match and Kybybolite have a genuine chance to break their 2014 duck against Kingston. More football: pages 28-29.
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I'm a huge believer in doing your own thing or going your own way, because why would you want to live your life in any way but pure happiness?!
I find myself often questioning if I should be doing more with my blog like these bigger bloggers say. That I shouldn't get some free products and share a review about it unless I'm being paid in cash too. Then I'm reminded of why I started this blog in the first place- as a creative outlet, to do something for me, to express myself in a fun way. It's extremely fun and also a lot of work to partner with brands, but I go with my gut based on what a company is looking for when I collaborate on a post and what I expect in return.
We all have our own pace throughout our walk of life, and it's one I want to enjoy. I don't want to do things because other people my age are doing them, or my circle of friends have accomplished milestones and now I should. I want to beat to my own drum and make decisions for me that make my mind, body and soul happy.
Maybe you're contemplating a new career path, or wondering if you want to start a family, or don't agree with a big plan you and your partner are making...listen to your heart.
Listen to your heart, only you know what it's telling you--don't let anyone make you think you different. I want you to remember that even though our dreams may be different sizes, they are all still very meaningful.


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What carries you from here to there everyday and contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons? Feet. We often don't think too much about our feet until they cause us pain. With winter coming to an end and summer quickly approaching, the winter boots turn into summer sandals and that raises red flags to potentially sore feet.
Pain in the sole of your foot can often be extremely painful and uncomfortable for you. If you have pain in your heel you could have Plantar Fascitis. Plantar Fasciitis is an irritation or inflammation of the band of tough tissue connecting the heel bone to the toes. There could be many causes of Plantar Fasciitis, including:
Typically, mornings are often when the pain is as it's worst. To prevent and help ease your pain you should try:
To prevent foot pain, you should wear the proper footwear. If the pain continues, you should make an appointment with us to discuss further options.
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We invite you to look around and get a feel for our church on this site.
Our Sunday Worship Service begins at 10:30am, and is generally about an hour in length. Children are important to our church family, and Kids-view and Teen-view is an exciting, creative learning time that takes place downstairs while the adults participate in the service of worship in the sanctuary on the upper level.
We hope you and your family will have a warm and spirit-filled experience at Thamesview as we worship and fellowship together at our services, events, and ministries.
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Be smart about SSD maintenance
Here are the most crucial and useful SSD maintenance tips to bear in mind.
Solid-state drives have gone from being an overpriced curiosity to a must-have. It's still not cost-effective enough to replace all spinning-platter drives with SSDs, since conventional hard drives are still far cheaper on a buck-per-gig basis. But where raw throughput and IOPS are crucial, SSD wins hands down.
From the maintenance side of things, though, an SSD demands a different approach than a spinning drive. With that in mind, I've compiled some of the most crucial and useful SSD maintenance tips to bear in mind.
Don't defrag. Ever.
This bears repeating and elaborating on, even if it's something widely known by this point. SSDs do not need to be defragmented, since every byte on the drive has the same access time, whether via random I/O or sequential reads. Defragmenting such a drive doesn't provide any discernible performance improvement and constitutes a waste of drive bandwidth (although I'm dubious that it shortens the lifespan of the drive in any appreciable way; see below for more on that score).
At this point, most operating systems are able to detect the presence of an SSD and configure themselves accordingly to avoid defragging an SSD. Windows 7, for instance, detects the presence of an SSD when the OS is installed and doesn't automatically add it to the schedule of the defrag utility. However, an SSD added after the fact -- or used as a replacement for an existing drive with the same drive letter -- may not be automatically excluded.
Make sure any SSDs are excluded from defrag by opening the Configure Schedule in Disk Defragmenter, then selecting Select Disks and making sure any SSDs are unchecked. If the SSDs don't show up at all in that list, then you're good to go.
Don't worry about the lifetime of the drive.
When SSDs first appeared on the market, the most common objection to them involved the limited number of writes each memory cell could sustain. The flash memory used in SSDs does have a lifespan, typically on the order of 100,000 to 1 million writes per block. But to say that this makes SSDs unsuited to everyday production use is both unrealistic and unfair.
SSDs, and flash devices generally, use a technique known as "write leveling" to lengthen the lifespan of the drive. When cells are written to on the drive, the leveling mechanism ensures that the entire drive's complement of memory is used fairly for writes, instead of just the same cells over and over again. This, by itself, greatly lengthens the life span of the drive.
It's enough that the average life span of an SSD drive, even in a write-heavy scenario, is probably far longer than the time the drive will remain in production use before it's replaced by a far faster, larger and even more wear-resilient model.
Some people who are concerned about SSD maintenance have opined that, with a system that uses an SSD system drive, you'll want to shut off hibernation or move the swap file to another drive. The first is pointless. Notebooks that ship with SSD system drives use the SSD for hibernation and are none the worse for it.
The second suggestion has the germ of a good idea in it, but is often implemented wrong. If you have a system with an SSD and other spinning-platter drives, you may want to put the bulk of your swap on something other than the SSD -- but that's mostly for the sake of parallelism or I/O bottlenecks and not because of worries about the device's lifespan. Hosting companies, for instance, are known to use SSDs as swap-only drives for some of their server clusters without being too concerned about the drive's lifespan.
In short, the lifespan of the drive -- barring cases where the drive is actually defective -- shouldn't even be an issue. If you're curious about the actual numbers, Max Schireson did some number-crunching and came up with a figure of five years or so, based on worst-case scenarios in a database server environment.
Don't worry as much about ventilation or cooling.
SSDs produce far less heat and are also far less affected by heat than their spinning-platter counterparts. To that end, they can be used safely in environments where cooling or airflow is minimal without worrying about lifespan or performance.
Do use SMART stats.
SMART statistics (from the Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology open standard) are reported by many varieties of storage devices, including SSDs. The variety of stats returned by the drives varies a great deal, based on the manufacturer and the type of drive, but SSDs provide a number of different stats that are worth paying attention to every so often. A program like CrystalDiskInfo can provide you with both a general health level for the drive as well as detailed reporting about individual statistics. The stats are not bulletproof. Drives can fail for reasons that have nothing to do with what is reported by SMART, but can be useful as a way to pre-emptively eliminate possible issues.
Do be mindful of firmware upgrades.
SSD drives have a firmware layer that may be updated periodically by the manufacturer to fix bugs or improve performance. My own Crucial M4 drive, for instance, had a firmware update published for it in August 2012, which fixed a number of strange issues (including one where the system would crash upon resuming from hibernation). If you plan to roll out a whole slew of SSDs to systems across your organization, your SSD maintenance burden might be lighter if you stick with one manufacturer, making it easier to track firmware releases for them.


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Friday, January 15th, 2010
jQuery 1.4 is released
The incredibly popular jQuery library has released jQuery 1.4 on a new website that will celebrate 14 days of jQuery.
There are a lot of new features, and as usual performance gains are showcased.
- Easy Setter Functions: For a while now, you've been able to pass a function into .attr() and the return value of that function is set into the appropriate attribute. This functionalilty has now been extended into all setter methods
- Ajax: A lot of enhancements to the various remoting functions including support for native JSON parsing, etags, request context, and more
- .css and .attr have been improved
- Per property easing on effects
- If you want to ensure that "this" inside a function will be permanently bound to a particular value, you can use jQuery.proxy to return a new function with that scope
- New events: focusin and focusout
And Joe Walker will be really excited to see that
dojo.create has made it in! :)
- jQuery("<div />", {
- id: "foo",
- css: {
- height: "50px",
- width: "50px",
- color: "blue",
- backgroundColor: "#ccc"
- },
- click: function() {
- $(this).css("backgroundColor", "red");
- }
- }).appendTo("body");
Congrats to the jQuery team. I look forward to seeing posts over the next 2 weeks that go into more detail on the new coolness.
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Mumbai, February 9: Mathematician Anand Kumar, who has founded the innovative coaching programme 'Super 30', today said inclusive education is the only way forward to ensure social justice and asked the youth to devote themselves to community service in the right earnest.
It is important for the youth of the nation to take to social service like a mission to bring about real change in society, he said.
"Inclusive education is the only way forward to ensure social justice in society and for that youth have to come forward," Kumar said addressing students and academicians at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) here.
He shared experiences about his successful initiative, under which 30 meritorious children from economically backward sections of society are selected and academically groomed to join the prestigious IITs.
Experiencing acute poverty in his student days, which prevented him from going to Cambridge University for higher education, Kumar made it a mission to help wards of people from underprivileged sections at Super 30 and help them realise their dreams.
"What I have achieved as an individual gives me the confidence that if the youth take to rural areas in the right earnest and do social service, they would make a vital difference in society," he said.
Highlighting the need to take theoretical knowledge to the villages for practical experimentation, he said the nation looks up to them to deliver. Launched in 2002, 308 students from Super 30 have so far made it to IITs out of 360 who were enrolled in the Patna- based institution.
At Super 30, food and accommodation are provided free apart from round-the-clock mentoring. Kumar's entire family is involved with the programme running under the banner of 'Ramanujan School of Mathematics'.


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Kathryn Stagg, IBCLC, is a UK-based Lactation Consultant certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. Her philosophy, as she puts it, "empowers and enables mums to fulfill and surpass their breastfeeding goals with factual, evidence based information and emotional support. With these tools, women are amazing and can overcome unimaginable difficulties."
Thirteen years ago, Kathryn received such great breastfeeding support after welcoming her twins, she decided to become an IBCLC. She now runs a website and Facebook page dedicated to helping nursing mothers of multiples.
In my own work as a postpartum doula, I've seen many well-prepared mothers of twins struggle with breastfeeding for various reasons. Many of the available breastfeeding books are written from the perspective of nursing a singleton, and it can take more effort to find resources focused on breastfeeding multiples.
It's rare to encounter a Lactation Consultant who also successfully breastfed her own twins. I interviewed Kathryn so she can share her first hand knowledge and advice about breastfeeding twins.
Breastfeeding Twins
Q: I have worked with moms of twins who compare their breastfeeding experience to what they've read in general breastfeeding books or what they've witnessed with friends who have one baby. How is breastfeeding twins different from breastfeeding a singleton?
A: The actual act of breastfeeding is the same, no matter how many babies you have. The latch still has to be the same, and in order to make enough milk it is important for the babies to remove the milk frequently and effectively, just as it is with one baby. The main difference is that there are two babies! But also twin babies tend to be smaller and are often born early, not normally born after 38 weeks and often before. This impacts how easily they will be able to breastfeed, and can make the early days quite challenging, as they can be sleepy and difficult to wake for feeds.
Q: What are the time demands to exclusively breastfeed twins?
A: Basically expect to spend the first 6 to 8 weeks breastfeeding a lot. If mom prefers to breastfeed separately, breastfeeding can be pretty time consuming until the babies become more efficient later. If moms can manage to get tandem feeding going this helps massively as it can halve the time it takes! Once the babies become more efficient when they're a few months old, breastfeeding can be really quick.


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We are in the midst of earnings season with several biotech companies coming out with fourth quarter results and guidance for 2014. Meanwhile, pipeline data continues to flow in and the companies carry on with the usual business of filing for regulatory approval. But first, a look at a couple of winners on the earnings front.
Gilead's ( GILD - Free Report) Sovaldi Off to a Flying Start: Gilead's fourth quarter results were strong with the company surpassing both revenue and earnings expectations. But the main focus was on the performance of recently launched hepatitis C virus (:HCV) treatment, Sovaldi.
Sovaldi delivered sales of $136 million in just a month on the market. About $50 million represented patient demand. The strong launch indicates continued outperformance in 2014. Typically, new HCV treatments benefit due to the warehousing effect – patients and physicians postpone treatment with existing drugs so as to avail better new treatments once they are launched. Given the strong start, Sovaldi estimates are on the rise.
Cytokinetics ( CYTK - Free Report) Surprises: Cytokinetics' shares gained 26.1% on strong fourth quarter results. The company surprised with its results - it reported a profit while analysts were expecting a loss. The company has three promising pipeline candidates and investors will be on the lookout for updates on the same.
Puma ( PBYI - Free Report) Surges on EU Patent Decision: Puma Biotech soared 18.2% on favorable patent-related news from Europe. The company's licensed European patent - EP 1848414 - was upheld by the European Patent Office. Boehringer Ingelheim was looking to get the patent revoked.
Basically, this patent includes specific claims like a pharmaceutical composition for use in treating cancer in patients having a mutation in EGFR with a T790M mutation using an irreversible EGFR inhibitor. Although Puma is not developing its experimental cancer drug, neratinib, for the T790M resistance mutation, the patent is important in the T790M landscape and could help the company garner patent-related royalties in future.
Repros Soars on Androxal Data: Repros saw its shares soaring more than 15% on a favorable update regarding its experimental drug, Androxal, which is being developed for the treatment of secondary hypogonadism. The company met with the FDA to discuss phase III data requirements for its regulatory application for Androxal.
Repros said it remains on track to submit the NDA by year's end. The key take away from the meeting is that the company will not have to run additional safety studies as had been expected earlier.
EU Win for Biogen's ( BIIB - Free Report) Tecfidera: Biogen's oral multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera gained EU approval. This was largely expected – Biogen had already received a positive opinion regarding Tecfidera's approval in the EU last year. The company was waiting for stronger patent coverage which came through in November last year with the receipt of new active substance (:NAS) designation for dimethyl fumarate. With the NAS designation in place, Tecfidera will enjoy 10 years of regulatory exclusivity in the EU.
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The prospect of Donald Trump with his grubby little finger on the nuclear button horrified millions when he was elected.
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Pushing the Elephant captures one of the most important stories of our age, in which genocidal violence is challenged by the moral fortitude and grace of one woman's mission. Rose Mapendo was forced to leave her daughter behind when she fled the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now Rose works to unite her family as she fights for the future of her country.
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I mentioned cooking with Proware Kitchen's Tri-Ply copper pans on my blog shortly before Christmas, when I tested a set sent to me by Proware Kitchen. They've stood up extremely well in my kitchen and so I was pleased to see some new pans added to the range, including a 24cm saute pan, a 24cm stockpot, a 12cm mini frying pan and a 12cm mini casserole. I've now tried out the newbies, too and have been equally happy with them – the 24cm saute pan being my most used and loved pan in the range. Lakeland stock the pans exclusively and since the beginning of the summer Lakeland have had them on special offer – 3 for 2, with the lowest price item being free.
A tasty filling for an Easy Chicken Pie – {find my recipe here}
Caring for my Copper Tri-Ply Pans
My Proware Kitchen Copper Tri-Ply pans have been through the dishwasher lots of times, though their website states that where possible, they should just be washed in warm soapy water. Copper does tarnish over time, which gives them a lovely, rustic, well-used look, although I've found that either Brasso (an inexpensive metal polish) or better still, half a lemon dipped in salt and gently rubbed onto the copper, brings them back to their shiny state easily enough.
The photo on the left is before cleaning the pans. On the right, the pan on the top left was cleaned with half a lemon dipped in salt and the pan on the bottom right was cleaned and polished with Brasso.
The new mini pans are also incredibly cute. They remind me of a posh meal, with perhaps a roasted chicken breast and some bright green petit pois served in a little pan alongside, or even a tasty sauce. I use mine to make mini pasta bakes in, which can then be served as individual portions. You have to be very careful though, as straight out of the oven the copper is very hot! The mini frying pans are great for single fried eggs, or mini omelettes, too.
Copper pans are excellent conductors of heat. The benefit of using Tri-Ply copper pans is that they are lighter than traditional copper pans, less expensive and have a three layer structure – a copper exterior, an aluminium core second layer and then they are finished with a thin layer of stainless steel inside the pans. So basically, the pans stand up to professional or domestic use, they look pretty and food cooks evenly and without sticking or burning as you can generally use a lower heat.
Here's a very simple Pea and Bacon Pasta Bake recipe that I often make at home. Below the recipe, you'll also find a giveaway for a mini frying pan – good luck!
Mini Bacon and Pea Pasta Bakes
A simple pasta dish, livened up with melted cheese and crispy bacon. If you don't have mini pans, use one larger oven-proof pan or baking dish.
250g pasta (macaroni, butterfly/farfalle etc)
100g frozen peas
1 tbsp olive oil
200g chopped mushrooms
2 tomatoes, skinned, chopped
200ml double cream
100g cheddar (grated)
200g smoked bacon rashers, chopped into small pieces
An extra sprinkle Parmesan cheese (optional)
Sea salt and pepper
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. A few minutes before the end of the pasta cooking time, add in the frozen peas. Drain and put to one side.
- Pre-heat the grill or the oven to 180C
- Take a large frying pan or saute pan. Add the olive oil and the mushrooms, cook for a few minutes until soft. Add in the tomatoes and cook for another few minutes. Pour in the double cream and simmer for five minutes. Season with a little salt and pepper.
- Pour the pasta and peas into the pan with cream and mix everything together well. Transfer the pasta into four mini pans or into an oven-proof baking dish.
- Top with grated cheese and place under the pre-heated grill or onto the oven for 5-10 minutes, until the cheese is golden and bubbling.
- Meanwhile, in a separate frying pan, fry the bacon bits until crispy.
- Serve the pasta bake taking care of the pans as they will be super hot. Sprinkle over some of the crispy bacon pieces and a grating of Parmesan cheese.
- This dish can be served without the bacon for a vegetarian version.
– Nutrition Facts
for 100 gramsCalories Fat Cal.
ProWare Kitchen Giveaway
With thanks to ProWare Kitchen for sending me the latest pans in the range to review and for providing a giveaway prize. I was not required to write a positive review and this is an unpaid post.
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As far as I can tell, Mingw needs to export/import the global data to work correctly with DLL's. I added this to config.h to allow the build of xmllint and the test programs: #ifdef DLL_EXPORT #define LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT __declspec(dllexport) #else #define LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport) #endif config.h may not be the best place for these to go but I was just trying to make the xmllint et. al. compile.
Perhaps we should place these somewhere where all compilers can access it. All compilers see it in front of every public variable declaration and all preprocessors must expand it to something, or remove it. One thing: The name 'LIBXML_DLL_EXPORT' is somewhat misleading. An user who has never seen Windows rightfully asks herself what that should be. Should this thing ever be used more than now, I would urge to rename it to something more understandable, such as LIBXML_PUBLIC, for example. Whatever its name, putting it in front of every function's declaration is unlikely to happen. Only Windows can profit from this and all other platforms would have to endure a header uglification. We had discussed about this a while ago. There is a hard resistance at least as long as there is an alternative.
The deal is that mingw needs the global *data* to be wrapped with the __declspec(dllexport | dllimport) and to the best of my understanding the functions are not nearly as big of a deal and do not need them.
Mingw needs (dllexport)? I thought it is the same as MSVC in that manner. A DLL can export a variable without (dllexport), but the client code such as xmllint cannot import it without (dllimport). Functions can be exported an imported without these. C++ classes can not be exported without (dllexport) but can be imported without (dllimport). What a mess.
Any objections, suggestions, cries, cheers?I think you are doing a wonderful job and thank you for your consideration of those, like myself, who like using mingw.
Was that a cry or a cheer? :-) Seriously, I appreciate it, but there is no need to thank me for that. No sane soul would ever drive the support for her own platform with ignorance towards any other platform, regardless now small the number of its users. Even if I would do that, I would be stopped by the others one way or another. Daniel has equally considered your platform, although he has absolutely no use for Windows or mingw. That is not a simple courtesy, it is our duty, it is what we want, and it is the only way we can go no matter what we want. That is the democracy of the Open Source and precisely the politics responsible for today's libxml, one of the world's very best XML processors... ah cut that crap, is the beer cold allready? It's saturday evening :-) Ciao Igor


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Sorry for the delayed post this morning. Both M and I have caught a wicked spring bug and can't breath through our congested heads or stop squinting from headaches forcing our eyes closed. A little dramatic, I know but as someone who rarely gets sick, when I do I reserve the right to act like a baby. Also, since I have little experience with colds, I tend to always do the wrong thing with medicine. Like last night, for example, I took a Sudafed on an empty stomach and spent the next few hours unaware that my head had cleared because I was focused on my new found stomach issues. Way to go me.
As lovely as that all is, the couch time has allowed me to spend a little time working on those graphics I promised you. I know I said it was a #freefridaydownload but I'm breaking the rules this week and it's a #freethursdaydownload. I'm hoping that this little ditty reminds of you that spring and Easter are right at our doorsteps. Plus, I'm positive you can't get that song out of your head now.
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Villa Kieloranta Häät. Hämeenlinna Häät. Bohemian Finnish Lake Wedding.
Three weeks after their London adventure, Zsuzsanna and András met in the Finnish forest to say exchange vows.
I spent two days together with them and their friends, taking in all the beauty of Finland: the lake filled with water lilies, the rain and the sun peaking behind the clouds, the tranquility.
Zsu remembers about the wedding day: Our friends came a day early to the wedding place. We wanted to spend some time with them so we had rented the houses for 3 nights. As there was a such a rush during the first day, we had to leave them with the task of starting with the decoration. I had bought some textile and lights to be hung in the room, and made some garlands out of pine cones and cardboard circles. By the time we got back to the house, they were done with the decoration and created this beautiful magical place inside, that looked even better than I had imagined. We had a relaxed dinner together, and spent the evening in the Jacuzzi and sauna chatting.
The next day started much less crazy, breakfast, rain, hairdresser, rain, lunch, rain. Thankfully the rain stopped about 15 minutes before the wedding, after which, as it usually happens in Finnish summer, we had a bright, sunny afternoon. We had the ceremony, took some photos and had dinner with our guest.
For the wedding, Zsu wore a stunning Vera Wang dress, flowers in her hair, and a pair of the most gorgeous cream ballerina shoes I have seen.
The decor was all forest inspired, featuring pine cones and leaves hanging from the ceiling and table name cards with forest animals: deer, hedgehogs, owls, bears, rabbits and, of course, Gandalf for Zsu's friend who flew in from New Zealand. And I must mention their super-cute brown bunny Winston who also joined the celebration.
The evening ended with a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" style quiz on Zsu and András' life, and a Finnish sauna and cocktails after-party.
Zsu's words, again: The best part of the evening for me was the quiz game that Andris had prepared. It was a "Who wants to be a millionaire?"-style quiz with questions about us, our work and interests. The whole evening went by so fast. After midnight we went down to enjoy sauna with the remaining guests and stayed there until 6:30 in the morning.
It was just simply the best night. We both are very happy with how the wedding turned out and thankful that we could have most of our friends there, who traveled shorter or longer distances to come and celebrate with us.
Villa Kieloranta Häät. Hämeenlinna Häät. Lake Wedding
So far I haven't had a chance to thank you for the marvelous work what you have done with the wedding photos! So thanks very much, great work! We're really satisfied! Now we are just sending it over to people so every could see how awesome they are :)
Cheers and looking forward to the album!
Location: Villa Kieloranta Häät
Hair and Make-up: Salon Violet, Hämeenlinna
Wedding dress: Vera Wang – Faye
Shoes: Badgley Mischka – Dainty
Earrings: Haknik
Groom's suit: Brothers
Flowers: Kukkakauppa Pioni
Catering: Rengon Pitopalvelu
Cake: Sokerileipuri Suominen
Stationary laser cutting by: TwoHermanas
Wedding planner consultant: Sonja Wikström from Orchidea
Zsu and András write about their experience with the wedding vendors:
I think we were very lucky with our wedding organization. On a wedding fair in Helsinki (Häämessut), we met our wedding organizer consultant, Sonja Wikström, who helped us in the beginning with great advices on the wedding location and budget. We were also looking for a photographer there. Having previously visited many Finnish photographers' websites, we were very curious as to who we would feel comfortable working with (as I particularly don't like to be photographed at all). We didn't want posed studio pictures, just something that feels natural. When we first met Maria, we were absolutely sure we want to hire her. I think it was not only the style of her pictures and their storytelling quality, but also her personality and the albums she made, which are great both in quality and in composition.
About half a year later, when we found our wedding place, Villa Kieloranta, the owner there suggested us to contact the catering company, Rengon Pitopalvelu, who proved to be an amazingly good choice. Rengon Pitopalvelu recommended our cake-maker, Sokerileipuri Suominen, who they have already worked with in the past, and who were known to be the ones making even non-traditional cakes. We found the florist (Kukkakauppa Pioni) on the internet, who seemed very nice on the phone, and professional in real life. When asked if she could recommend any hairdresser, she pointed us to the direction of Salon Violet, where they did my hair and make-up perfect for the wedding, even without a wedding hair trial. The marriage officiant appointed to us was also very nice and flexible, so we could have the ceremony in English with our friend translating it to Hungarian.
I really love this collection Maria :)
Love it!
geez... these are freaking spectacular... seriously so many great frames in this session!
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful intimate wedding! I LOVE their portraits and details.
wow this venue is awesome! I want to be there.
Beautiful work with a great scandinavian touch! GREAT!
Gefeliciteerd, uw foto's zijn zeer succesvol!
love the b&w's in the forest! also, that invitation is legit!
Your compositions are simply PERFECT. Clean and subtle, and you always know how to zero in on the perfect moment. Awesome, awesome work.
Love all the dreamy tree shots and the light painting. I bet theyll love these!
seems like a gorgeous wedding. you did a beautiful job. I love the lightpainting a lot.
Some nice storytelling here, especially with your scene setting. Great job!
What an absolutely stunning wedding; awesome work Maria!!


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You don't need to spend the night here (that's what Favignana, its butterfly-shaped sibling in the Egadi Islands is for). A day trip is all it takes to explore the paleolithic cave paintings and to throw back espressos at the boat dock with locals.
The grassy valleys, glowing blue grottoes, and tiny, white-washed villages make this Aeolian outlier the more untouched counterpoint to sophisticated Panarea with its high-design hotels.
Powdery sands and barely an English speaker in earshot are part of the appeal of this archipelago off the Costa Smeralda. Best of all, the local goat cheeses, vermentino whites, and legs of prosciutto make it feel like a microcosm of old Italy.
Take the advice of this south Sicilian island's most famous vacationer, Giorgio Armani, and skip the beaches (they are mostly rocky) in favor of quiet swimming holes inland. The fashion maestro should know; he's been coming to this 32-mile island for over 40 years.
The most western of the Pontine islands has limestone cliffs, emerald-colored lagoons, and a craggy coastline best explored by sailing over from its neighbor, Ponza.
Bronzed Italians have vacationed on these Adriatic islands off the coast of north Puglia for decades, but somehow the sandy beaches and secret coves on San Domino have yet to reach the international-traveler set.


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