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Welcome to Center Hill Middle School. The faculty and I are pleased to be a part of your child's education. We welcome the opportunity to help them grown and mature both academically and socially. It takes parents, schools, and the community working together to ensure each student receives the best education possible.
My staff and I strive to establish a safe and positive learning environment for each student. It is our goal to provide academic and extracurricular activities that help each child become excellent in their own way. We recognize that each student is different and we must be flexible while maintaining an atmosphere of the highest expectations. We will push each student to be excellent.
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Fishing Savannah Hilton Head and Beaufort
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Been fishing Savannah this past month we have had the best weather I can remember. Consistently sunny with light winds and happy fish. Reds are doing there thing as always, but the albies are the shit right now. Been chasing them around solo, and that in itself is a workout. The schools have been staying up for 30 seconds or so. Run and Gun, these lil guys are moving so fast !! You see them run like hell to them throw the throttle in neutral and run to the bow of the boat and cast. Try that a dozen times by yourself and you are sweat'n !!! Most are in the 4-6 lbs range but I have had a couple in the 8lbs range. What these guys lack in size they make up for in pure drag screaming speed !! Tried to get some video yesterday and the Go Pro Batteries died. Try again today.


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All,There has been a lot of distributed accessibility work within the jQuery community recently. To further this, the IDRC at OCAD University [1], in conjunction with jQueryUI [2], is hosting a face-to-face "ARIA and Accessibility" hackathon at the IDRC to bring together everyone who has been contributing to the jQuery accessibility effort.
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The collective wealth of Britain's 1,000 richest people went up by nearly 15 percent last year, and more than half the country's 75 billionaires are foreign-born, according to a list published by the Sunday Times newspaper.
The newspaper's annual Rich List ranked steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal as Britain's wealthiest man for the fourth year running. It put the Indian-born tycoon's fortune at 27.7 billion pounds, or $55 billion, up more than 8 billion pounds from last year.
Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich, owner of London's Chelsea soccer team, was in second place, with wealth of 11.7 billion pounds, or $23.2 billion.
The Duke of Westminster was in third place with 7 billion pounds ($14 billion). The Briton owns huge parcels of land in central London and elsewhere.
Indian-born industrialists Ari and Gopi Hinduja were in fourth place with wealth of 6.2 billion pounds ($12.4 billion). Russian steel and mining magnate Alisher Usmanov was ranked fifth with wealth of 5.7 billion pounds ($11.4 billion).
The newspaper said more than half of Britain's 75 billionaires -- including 14 of the 20 richest people -- are foreign-born.
Queen Elizabeth II -- the country's richest person when the Rich List was first published in 1989 -- now ranks 264th, with a personal wealth of 320 million pounds ($640 million). The estimate no longer includes the vast royal art collection, which is now considered to belong to the nation.
Philip Beresford, who compiled the list, said "much of the rise in this year's wealth can be attributed to one factor: the number of foreign rich who have made London or its environs the main home and base of operation."
He said the 11 years since the ostensibly leftist Labour Party was elected to power in 1997 had seen "a boon for the super-rich rarely seen before in modern British history."


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Design Days Dubai: Ammar Kalo and Architecture + Other Things create furniture from recycled car tires
Bee'ah, Sharjah-based environmental management company, commissioned two design teams: Amaar Kalo and Architecture + Other Things to explore the potential of using its locally recycled rubber crumbs to design two different furniture collections.
Bee'ahs Tire Recycling Factory uses the cryogenic process to recycle over 900 used tires into crumb rubber on a daily basis. This is the material that was then used by the design teams to create functional furniture.
The two teams worked together to understand the qualities of the material, resulting in two different research outcomes with Kalo exploring the softness of the material as well as its compressibility and ability to bond with other recycled materials, while the other team looked at its contradictory qualities and played with various conditions and layering.
Kalo created Macaron Seats using recycled tires using the same industrial method Bee'ah uses to make rubber pavement tiles.
"I designed the chairs based on the same moulding technique used to create pavements and I mixed in some wood shavings that came from making the legs for the chair," Kalo explained.
"The other team also worked on using the same material but different ratios of binder and were able to achieve a layered effect and a hardness almost like concrete," he said.
Each Macaron seat is made by pressing a two-part mould onto a pre-made wood frame. It features wooden legs that jut out of the rubber mass and fold towards the ground, leaving an x-shaped silhouette. The mixed in wooden chips were integrated during the leg-making process and gives the rubber seats a contrasting, speckled look.
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< Gabrielle Amodeo Wins 2015 Parkin Drawing Prize | Fine Arts Lecturer Curates Exhibition at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery >
The 2015 Wallace Art Awards were announced 7 September at the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre in Hillsborough, Auckland. Whitecliffe BFA graduate, MFA candidate and lecturer Rose Meyer won First Runner-up with a cash prize of $2500. BFA graduate Hugo Lindsay won The Kaipara Wallace Arts Trust Award, a three-month residency at Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland.
Meyer comments on her win "I had been really pleased that the work had gotten into the travelling show, as it suits the nature of the work. To hear my name called for one of the awards was quite a surprise, unexpected icing on the cake - I'm still a bit stunned to be honest! I'm currently in the last six months of my MFA, so the prize money will definitely be channeled into that. It will really help to take the financial pressure off and enable me to really focus on future work. Winning First Runner Up is fantastic; it's great to be able to get your work out to a wider audience, across different locations. I'm extremely grateful to the Wallace Art Awards for this opportunity."
Sir James Wallace established the awards more than twenty-four years ago to support and expand the visual arts in New Zealand and reward artists creating exceptional work. This year's judges were esteemed arts practitioners Joyce Campbell, Andrew Clifford, Ian Jervis, Andrew McLeod and Philip Trusttum. The judges for the Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award were Bronwynne Cornish, Mark Fitz-Gerald, Richard Maloy and Steve Rood.
An exhibition of winners and selected finalists opened to the public on 2 September and will be showing until 9 November at the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre in Hillsborough, Auckland. The exhibition will also travel on to Pataka Art Museum in Porirua and Wallace Gallery Morrinsville in late 2015/early 2016. You can also see works from other Whitecliffe finalists included in the traveling exhibition:
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Dunlop Run Flat Tires Review
Run flat tires are great in that they can protect you in the event your tire goes flat. They do this with durable construction, which allows you to travel a certain distance on zero tire pressure. This can provide convenience and safety, as it will give you a chance to drive the vehicle to the shop instead of parking on the side of the road to change your tire.
If you are in the market for some, the first step is to do some research. Compare different brands to see what they offer you. It's a good idea to find reputable brands like Bridgestone run flat tires to see what benefits they have, as well as any specials stores may be running. Along with this, you'll find Dunlop run flat tires, which have grown in popularity. Here is a breakdown of them.
Dunlop run flat tires come in a wide variety of sizes to accommodate different types of vehicles. For example, their SP Sport Maxx DSST RunonFlat will add a sleek, sporty appearance to your ride while providing smooth handling. Typically, these are perfect for sportier cars and sedans, as the design enhances the performance of these types of vehicles.
Now, let's look at the drawbacks. For starters, Dunlop run flat tires like these are extremely expensive. On Tire Rack's website a set of four will run you $1800, which makes these an unaffordable option for many people. Even if cost isn't an issue, then there's the problem with durability.
After reviewing many customers' reviews, there was one glaring problem and that was the tread wore away too quickly. While driving conditions and weather play a role, the fact that many saw their tread wear away within 10,000 miles is disturbing. Therefore, buying these can be a very expensive option, especially when you consider flat tire repair cost.
Ultimately, Dunlop run flat tires have some benefits, but their durability issue outweighs the good. It is better to shop for other tires like Michelin, which have shown to hold up better. One of the best suggestions is to look for wheel and tire packages on websites like Tire Rack, as they provide discounts. This means you can receive a great quality wheel and rim for an affordable price.


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34 years ago, The Poseidon Adventure rode the trendy disaster meme of its day to stellar box office and numerous Oscar nominations. Today, Poseidon sits poised to ride the current effects meme to similar financial reward and perhaps some technical nods to boot. What it probably won't see is acclaim for its dialogue, story, or characters, but those laurels largely eluded its predecessor as well.
As with its forerunner, Poseidon opens with an introduction to its namesake, a massive luxury liner, and its passengers, which in this installment include an ex-mayor/firefighter (Kurt Russell), his daughter (Emmy Rossum), her beloved (Mike Vogel), a gambler (Josh Lucas), a jilted lover (Richard Dreyfuss), a stowaway (Mía Maestro), an inevitably hot single mom (Jacinda Barrett), her inevitably adorable tyke (Jimmy Bennett), and a waiter (a completely wasted Freddy Rodríguez). If you think reading a list of these stereotypes is tiresome, watching them establish their personas is more so.
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The painfully obvious plotline makes this an overly long medical thriller with no thrill. All that's left is some spewed-out medical terms, a sappy love story, and a few million bucks worth of military surplus jeeps and tanks. Luckily, Dustin and Co. are able to put this stuff to fairly good work, with strong performances by Hoffman and Russo saving the day, and the eerie feeling that all this military goofiness is just a bit too real.
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Troy leaves the talking to its triumvirate of Hollywood royalty - Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, and Peter O'Toole. The dying is left up to the chiseled and marketable studs - Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Brad Pitt. Whenever a member of the veteran trio interacts with a member of the other on screen, it creates a mismatch of talent not even a Trojan Horse could overcome.
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Frankly, I was shocked to discover how much I liked Air Force One. Yes, it has villainous Russians who can never see our good guy President (Harrison Ford) when he's hiding right in front of them (much less shoot him). Yes, it has Secret Service guys who die at the hand of the enemy like flies in a bug zapper. Yes, it has the cheesiest special effects this side of of a Tom & Jerry cartoon. Yes, it features a rambling Gary Oldman in one of his clearly improvised looney-tune terrorist/psychopath roles. I could go on and on...
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In the first vignette, Garance hops through about three guys in one night. One's shy. One tries to beat her with his belt (before neighbors burst in and turn the tables). A third likes costumes. Garance lives to screw another day.
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Bicentennial Man aims to turn that all around by making Williams something we can relate to once again. Ironically, that's not as a human: It's as a robot.
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As it turns out, I'm starting to dislike movies about boats, too. They also make me seasick.
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text: Review: Sleepsculptor – Untimening EP September 7, 2018Andriana No Comment Sleepsculptor is my latest find and boy, have I been enjoying it. Hitting hard in every aspect, you can expect to enjoy their latest EP Untimening. Sleepsculptor has released the EP on all platforms and on Beheading the Traitor, so you can't miss them. Untimening does not waste any time at all; the first track is as heavy as the rest and there are no filler tracks to distract you. I have to say before anything else that the vocals on this EP are insane. The vocalist projects such intense highs and even tampers with mid-range vocals on "Torn by the Roots." The highest highs you will hear are bone chilling and eerie. On "Failsafe" he dances between the murderous highs to a mid-range bellow that paint this haphazard abstract painting of psychosis and mental torture. The vocals are just the cherry on top of an already tasty cake: the riffs use dissonant chords and other loud, screechy chords scattered among chugging riffs. The breakdowns on Untimening utilize the same elements I had just described with "Failsafe." With the pause in between cymbal hits and even low-end notes on the guitars, it amplifies the effect of the vocals. Just the madness from the vocals and a crash cymbal ringing out is enough to send goosebumps along your neck and arms. It's a nice experience and there is no way for me to describe the experience enough without giving the EP the full credit it's worth. Every track is a banger, honestly. I could not find any lyrics, so I don't know what each track is about, but it really just sounds like madness and mental strain manifested in structured music. Rate: 9.2/10 Links: Facebook, Beheading the Traitor, Bandcamp Reviewhardcore, Metalcore, SleepsculptorShare : Tweet ‹ Review: Locked Out – Dissociation Review: Owed To Damnation – The Great Australian Dream ›


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Working with energy utilities over a number of year, we have seen first-hand the rapid changes affecting this sector. Whether in the context of the traditional 'big six' or newer entrants to the market, we understand the importance of innovation and improved customer experience, against demands for agility and efficiency. It's not an easy combination to pull-off, but we believe we can help.
Energy utilities face many challenges, both internally and externally; responding to 24/7 operational demand, complex contracts, different types of operation including emergency response, industry deregulation, increased competition and maintenance of the ageing asset base to name but a few.
Downtime is heavily criticised by both customers and regulators, meaning energy utilities must ensure that they maintain assets and manage crews effectively and proactively. Demands for lower prices and uninterrupted supply mean that field-based operations, and their supporting functions, are all-important.
We believe that field based operations are too pivotal for energy companies to simply sit back and follow the pack; there's a need to innovate, to realise value from the field, and to make a greater contribution to the company's goals. To help with that, we'll bring a different way of thinking, but combine that with an absolute understanding of the drivers of your business and the challenges you face.
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_I have days where I feel like I'm suffocating, unable to come out for air in this busyness of life. Feeling lonely and empty, wanting to desperately cry out for help but unable to vocalize it. Sound familiar to anyone out there?
Adjusting to being a mom wasn't the easiest transition for me, but it's been the most rewarding part of my life. I quit my job working at my alma mater to become a stay-at-home mom for my son's first year. I stopped writing and blogging because sleep deprivation is real when you have a baby; and without extra help, I couldn't find the time to write. Without realizing it, I had put my life on hold … well more like pressing on the brakes really hard before hitting the car in front of me.
There were days where I felt lost. Felt like I didn't know who I was anymore. Of course, I knew I was a wife and a mother; but those are just two of many aspects that make me a whole person. I chose to suppress the rest in order to focus on what was currently important in my life. And now there's this inner struggle in my heart.
Like many of you, we hit seasons where we lose our sense of self. And it feels like you are in the middle of the battlefield, feeling lost, hopeless, and fearful. If you are looking for ways to reclaim your sense of self, here are some takeaways that can help steer you back that have encouraged me in this season:
1. Take a breather
When was the last time you stopped in the middle of whatever task you had before you, and took a deep, deep breath? Didn't it feel great? As if whatever was wearing you down heavily on your chest became lighter and lighter? There are times I even took several deep breaths so that I was able to regain some control of my body and emotions.
2. Refuel Your Passions
Before I became a mom, I LOVED to write during my free time. Whether it was for my personal blog, for my church, or for other organizations, the minute my hands touched the keys of my laptop they didn't stop until I flushed out my idea (or until I fell asleep…whichever came first!).
Start off by reuniting with something you love to do. It doesn't need to be this big ordeal; just something small. You'd be surprised how even reconnecting with something you love can make you feel whole again.
3. Ask for Help
We are created for community. We weren't meant to live this life alone. But when we allow ourselves to cave into our insecurities, the world seems a lot smaller and not as inviting as it once was before. My advice: Stop, and ask for help.
Family and friends. They are my tribe. Without their help, I would still be lost. I remember asking our friends to watch Micah while my husband and I went on our first date the in five months… It was a huge step for me, and it felt so good to have time to reconnect with my husband and act goofy without the pressure of needing to feel composed.
4. Give Yourself Grace
This, by far, is the hardest step for me. Giving grace to others is one thing, but giving grace to yourself is a whole other ball game. We are our biggest critics. Society has given us a reason to carry this guilt, this shame. The fact is: It's ok. Seasons of feeling distant within ourselves serves as much of a purpose as seasons of joy.
I look at this season of admitting that I feel lost but moving in a direction that enables me to grow, to feel empowered. There are good days, and there are bad days … and I'm learning to embrace them both. For me it's still a work in progress, but each day I feel more confident and more of myself.
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Dad, You're the BEST! Here's Wishing You a Happy Father's Day
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Apr 19, 2019
Father's day is here again, it's time to celebrate fatherhood. This one's for you dad.
From 'my daddy strongest' to 'my greatest support system' to 'my biggest weak point' ... that's what he is, for every daughter. He has seen her grow from a little girl to a mature woman. He is the first Man in her life - her Father.
Here's a tribute to all the daddies on this very special occasion of Father's Day. Here's something perhaps every daughter would want to say, this Father's day.
As a young girl, your father is the strongest in this world, unbeatable, incomparable, and the greatest of all dads. There's no one better than your father, there's no one stronger than your dad. As a little girl, you associate the superlative of every good thing in life with him.
For your dad is the most capable of all men in the world, and there's just no one who can match up to him in any aspect. You grow up, you change, and so does your perception about your dad. You begin to realize you don't talk to him like you did before, you realize he is not like he once used to be, but you look into his eyes and you see only love.
You know the communication still isn't lost. You grow up. You don't need words to communicate now. A smile to cheer you up, a nod when you really need it, a pat on the back when you really want it and a 'yes I am with you' look when it seems no one in the world is going to understand. That's what you want from your dad now.
Is he really the strongest? You wonder sometimes, and why should he be, you tell yourself ... you realize you were a kid to think like that about your dad, you laugh at the little you, the innocent you, but also feel you are missing something now. Are you missing your 'daddy strongest'?
Are you missing the child in you? The child who never really 'judged', who never really 'thought', who never at all 'analyzed', the child in you who just loved and
, believed that her father was the strongest of all men and the best of all dads.
It's not that you love him any less. It's not that you don't believe he is strong. But you also analyze. You read him, as a father, as a person. You know he is someone's son, you read him; you now realize he not just a dad, he is also the husband of someone you love as much, your mother. You were a girl once, you're a woman now.
At some point in time, you remember all the times spent with dad; the small joys shared, your little successes that meant big achievements for him and even those little failures that made him cry ... though he never really showed that. He smiled with you, he cried when you were in tears but never let that show.
So unexpressed yet so heartfelt, his expressions used to be. Men can never communicate well; they can never express their hearts out; you know, for you are a married woman today.
You remember your wedding day, how your dad had walked you down the aisle, how his eyes had showered love and how his closed lips had said a lot... you remember the slight tremble in his hands while giving your hand to some other man. That was probably the first time you had
him cry.
Seeing tears in his dimples you had smiled, you had cried, you had hugged your mom, you had cried in her arms. But you had avoided looking at your dad 'coz you had never before, seen tears in his eyes. Just once before you left, you had so much wanted to look at him, you had wanted to go back, hug him, kiss him, like you used to, years before.
All your childhood memories had come flooding back to you - your first day at school when he stood outside class without letting you know, your first bike ride when he had followed you so as to not let you fall, your first day at college when you had not let him accompany you, you had thought you were big enough.
The Mr. Mom he had become when you had told him about your love. "I have found the love of my life, and we have decided to marry", you had said. Today you've grown up, he has grown old, he is yet the ever-so-young daddy for you. He is your strength and your weak point.
He is, yes, the most wonderful man in the world. He is the first
you met, admired and adored so much - your father. Here's wishing you all a happy father's day.
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A Little Majesty
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As an enthusiastic little guest waves her pom-poms in the sky at the Majestic for a Day event, senior Destiny Chan smiles toward the excitement. For the past 26 years, Majestics have taken pride in their expectation that high school girls can excel in their academic, social, and family lives in a poised and humble manner. Each year the team makes an effort to spread their exceptional standards to the next generation by inviting young girls to join them out on the field after attending a Saturday clinic to learn the routines.


text: MOVIES Warner Bros. Unveils First 'Hangover 2' Trailer, 'Harry Potter' Footage at CinemaCon 6:24 PM PDT 3/31/2011 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Ethan Miller/Getty Images Jeff Robinov, Ryan Reynolds and Todd Phillips participate in the final presentation from a studio at the convention. LAS VEGAS -- Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group president Jeff Robinov -- who will inherit greenlight authority after studio president Alan Horn retires Friday -- made his first visit to the annual convention of theater owners on Thursday, promising that the studio will continue to make a diverse slate of films. Keeping with tradition, Warners was the last studio of the convention -- now called CinemaCon -- to present footage from its upcoming films, including the world premiere of the first trailer for Todd Phillips' The Hangover 2 and several minutes of footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Warners also showed extended footage from Ryan Reynolds superhero pic Green Lantern, with Reynolds taking the stage, as well as recapping the studio's No. 1 standing at the worldwide box office last year. Robinov is one of three executives who will ascend to the office of presidency next week. The other two are home entertainment executive Kevin Tsujihra and television veteran Bruce Rosenblum. Robinov profusely thanked exhibitors for their "unparalleled support." The sentiment was repeated by Warners president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman -- who led the show -- and international president of distribution Veronika Kwan-Rubinek. But the timing of Warner presentation was unfortunate for the studio. Earlier in the day, theater owners reacted with fury when finding out that Warners, Fox, Sony and Universal are planning to shrink the theatrical window and offer a premium VOD service 60 days after a film is released in theaters. Exhibitors were still eager to see Warners' strong slate, however, and responded with the customary applause after the various executives spoke. Neither Robinov nor Fellman mentioned the dust-up. Phillips, who took the stage to introduce the trailer for Hangover 2, addressed the issue directly, however. He told theater owners he sides with them on the issue of premium VOD. Theater owners clapped loudly, while hoots and hollers could be heard. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Pamela McClintock email@example.com PamelaDayM


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Dear Drew,
I'm holding on to the little bit I have left of you being a toddler. I don't know the exact age a child goes from a toddler to little boy but as a mother I use my judgement. I go by your growth in size, cloths and the way your developing your language and learning. I know we are on the borderline of loosing what is left of your toddler days. Maybe we already have a little boy and I'm just in denial over it. I find myself holding on to every little thing lately. You are fully potty trained, you know all of your colors, you sing the ABC's, you can count to 12 and you are more independent than ever. I have watched your sweet face leave it's baby stage behind and the shorter we cut your hair, the more the big boy shows in you. I thought it was tough watching you turn three last summer, but watching you slowly approach four is proving to be just as difficult. You have a strong-willed personality. It can make some days tougher than others, but the sweet side of you by far outshines those days. Your laugh is contagious. I've even heard strangers say when they hear your sweet voice it just makes them smile. We found a great preschool program for you to start next year. It'll give you more structure that you need in your day and I really think the schedule will help you sit, learn and grow into who your meant to be sweet boy.
I hold on to the way you still mispronounce certain words. I smile every single time you say a word incorrectly. I don't correct you, I smile when you bring me your plate and say "Momma I ate all of my lunch all." That extra "all" becomes my smile, it's my reward. Motherhood is hard sweet boy. I don't get many moments to myself, I spend my days teaching, guiding and giving you everything that I have. That extra smile from mispronounced words gets me through some of the hardest days.
I hold on to the way you wave to me. I remember noticing it one day when I was sitting on the porch steps and you drove by on your motorized gator. You smiled wand waved. The wave that isn't quite as clean and fresh like your big sisters, it's more of a back and forth motion because your still little enough that you have to really concentrate on if your doing it correctly. I smile and wave back. That day it brought tears to my eyes because I know that this too will be mastered some day and it'll just be another sign of you getting bigger. Another extra smile to get me through a day where I'm feeling the brutal blows of motherhood.
I hold on to the way you pat me on the arm or leg when your sitting next to me. When we are sitting on the couch watching a movie or if I'm typing on my laptop and your on your ipad you will randomly pat my leg or my arm. Sometimes you look up at me with those big green eyes and sometimes your doing it and you don't even realize your doing it. I smile and say "Awh I love you too buddy." You don't quite know how to tell me how your feeling when your feeling so that little pat, that sweet gesture and the way my heart feels when you do gives me that extra smile a few times a day. A few extra smiles I need to see myself through the last few rough months of trying to teach you some pretty important things.
I hold on to the way that you insist that you are not a big boy. I've never heard of a child that doesn't want to get bigger. Most kids rush through their days awaiting birthdays, Christmas, and last days of school. Not you my love, when I call you my big boy you insist that your still little. I smile, give you a kiss on the head and say "that's right buddy, you are still my little boy." From a distance I watch you become less independent. You insist on putting on your own shoes and socks, even if they are on inside out or on the wrong feet. I step back and allow you to open your own yogurt, apple sauce or snack pack. I take a deep breath and forget about how late we are running to allow you to buckle yourself up in your carseat. I smile when I think of these independent times because I too don't want you to be a big boy yet. Smiles that just add up on days that may be filled with time outs, angry words and a whole lot of tears.
I hold on to our pajama days. You have come to appreciate the days you have at home with Momma and you've turned them into pajama days. Days where you will wear your pajamas all day long, even if it means playing outside with them or wearing them to the library. It makes the days that you do go to school quite hard some times but I hold on these days with you because I'm still able to go out and purchase new pajamas for you each season. I know there will come a time where going into the store and purchasing your favorite character or television show themed pajamas won't give me those extra smiles. So for now sweet boy, have all the pajama days you want because those extra smiles every time I see you in them is exactly what I need.
I hold on to these little things because on a like today I need those extra smiles. On a day where I sent you to school in tears because I insisted on putting your shoes on, I fought with you and I buckle you up because we were running late, I made you change out of those favorite pajamas, I didn't notice the little boy wave when I dropped you off, there were not sweet pats on my leg, and the sweet words you mispronounced were not recognized.
Momma needs those extra smiles buddy. May I always be able to find them.


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NCAC Field Hockey Special
CLEVELAND — The DePauw University Tigers narrowly edged the Denison University Big Red for the top spot in the 2017 NCAC Preseason Field Hockey Poll based on balloting by the league coaches.
DePauw, which won its fourth NCAC Field Hockey title last year, collected four first-place votes and 57 total points in the poll, while DU finished second in the poll after earning one first-place vote and 55 total points. 2016 NCAC Tournament Champion, the Kenyon College Ladies checked in at third with 46 points after collecting the final three first-place votes. Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg tied for fourth in the poll to round out the top-five with 34 total points followed by Wooster (27), Earlham (19) and Oberlin (16).
The DePauw Tigers, who will be under the leadership of head coach Erika Burcher for the third year in a row, are seeking their fifth NCAC title in seven years since joining the league in 2011. In two years at the helm, Burcher owns an overall record of 32-9, which includes a mark of 25-3 in regular season conference games and a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2015. The Tigers return four all-conference performers from 2016, including NCAC Offensive Player of the Year in senior Paige Berliner (New Albany, OH/Columbus Acad.) and the NCAC Newcomer of the Year, sophomore Kate Milner (St. Louis, MO/John Burroughs School). Offensively, the Tigers return their top three point scorers from a season ago that led the NCAC in goals (82) and assists (55). Berliner and Milner along with senior Reilly Bruce (Chicago, IL/Francis Parker) combined for 33 goals and 22 assists for 88 total points in 2016. In all, DePauw returns 74 of its league leading 82 goals from a year ago and 192 of 219 points. Defensively, junior Sarah Foye (Goshen, KY/North Oldham) returns in the cage for the Tigers after boasting a 1.18 goals-against-average, .700 save percentage, 35 saves and three shutouts a season ago.
The 2017 NCAC field hockey season kicks off with non-conference games on Friday, September 1st, while the first league games of the season are scheduled for Tuesday, September 5th. The 2017 NCAC Field Hockey Tournament will be held in early November with semifinal games on Wednesday the 1st and the championship game on Saturday the 4th.
Founded in 1983, the North Coast Athletic Conference is made up of ten academically selective colleges and universities – Allegheny College, DePauw University, Denison University, Hiram College, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Wabash College, Wittenberg University and the College of Wooster, along with affiliate member, Earlham College (field hockey). The NCAC sponsors 23 championship sports, 11 for men and 12 for women.


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Coming Home
In his latest play, master playwright Athol Fugard (My Children! My Africa!, "Master Harold"…and the boys) crafts a moving tale of a young South African woman's never-ending hope for a better future. As a teenager, Veronika left her cherished grandfather's farm with aspirations of becoming a cabaret singer in Cape Town. Years later, she returns to her hometown with broken dreams, a painful secret, and the unflinching hope of building a new life for her young son. From "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" (TIME Magazine), Coming Home is a soaring emotional experience, touching, funny, and unforgettable.
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In August, Wilma Dramaturg Walter Bilderback was lucky enough to arrange a phone interview with Athol Fugard to talk about his new play, Coming Home, which opens the Wilma season. Although he is best known for his plays chronicling the pernicious effects of apartheid on his native South Africa, Fugard has remained active as a playwright: he has written at least six plays since the Wilma produced My Children! My Africa! in 2007.
How did the design process begin?
I felt pretty strongly that we had to have this very, very realistic home where the action is…At the same time I feel that Fugard's writing is so incredibly poetic that I felt that there also needed to be something in the set to reflect that.


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FRANdata Australia CEO Darryn McAuliffe provides some advice for those looking at lending or funding options before they buy a franchise business. Turns out your new Franchisor and existing franchisees in the system can be a great source of advice when it comes to finding a lender familiar with the way the business works.
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Dexterous : Skillful with one's hands; Skillful in some specific thing; Right-handed (from original Latin – old fashioned); Opposite of sinister/left-handed.
Greetings Artwiculati! Welcome to yet another selection of fine tweets, dexterously selected by @TheSupercargo and his sinister alter ego.
Artwiculate's definition of todays WOTD, though it stressed the importance of skill, left out of the equations two important aspect but the Artwiculati were swift to correct the error. Indeed, of my favourite 21, by far the majority reference hands and left/rightness.
RT @19ish After the hand transplant, Dexterous discovered that two lefts DO NOT make a right! #artwiculate
Now I have a picture in my head of a botched hand transplant. That's going to haunt my dreams tonight, @19ish!
RT @bookdreamer Dexterous Business Consultancy – for when your left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
I think that's a really business good name and slogan. Hope @bookdreamer thought to registered it.
RT @LBY3 @artwiculate Artwiculate victory tends to go to the dexterous, since they will make fewer typos with their cell hone keybaed.
Every normal sized adult who believes mobile phones are increasingly designed for the hands of young children, should vote for @LBY3's tweet!
Opposable thumbs are, of course, one of those things that mark us out as primates, though mini mobile keyboards seem intent on erasing that.
You never know, soon other animals may be able to use the bloody things just as well, if not better.
RT @helacious My dexterous cat with opposable thumbs/Could count on his pawpads and do complex sums.
But perhaps we have only ourselves to blame. Taking up the computer keyboard so whole-heartedly in the first place. What have we lost?
RT @lagadu123 Used to love to write by hand / Fluidity of ink on page / Easy effortless characters / Dexterous – casualty of the keyboard age
And in our brains to – here's a point to ponder from @osmarjardim
RT @osmarjardim "The rt half of the brain controls the left half of the body. Ths means that only left handed ppl R in their rt mind.†#dexterous
The right-and/or-left-hand issue can also be characterised (latinately) as the Sinister issue – as in the next tweet from @JonPowles
RT @JonPowles There's nothing sinister about "dexterous".
And it's also hinted at in this one from @Ameeee
RT @Ameeee My right hand used to be far more dexterous, but my left hand has taken over, like an evil twin!
As a Swede (ish) I must also puff this from @ariandalen.
RT @ariandalen Let the Dexterous One In #FailedMovieTitleTranslations #artwiculate
Clearly, you want to let in the Right one and not the Sinister one, don't you?
And from Vampires to Epitaphs:
RT @Wifsie RIP: My Lord Dexterous – Sitting at the right hand of God. #artwiculate
To get back to Artwiculate's senses of the word, let's pass through the sense of skilful with ones hands:
RT @asim7asim Dexterous : Handy Word Of The Day #artwiculate
Indeed it is!
RT @mazpowles The blokes in my town don't understand why the girls call the handyman 'Dexterous Dan'. Most of his carpentry is pretty shoddy.
Oh there were a number of plays on this sense of the WOTD today, but @mazpowles's made me smile. And @runheidi's:
RT @runheidi He's dexterous in the kitchen; in the boudoir he can't be beat. He's superman under the covers, AND he can fold a fitted sheet!
RT @TOCSY1 Why was the robot so dexterous? Fine ~motor~ skills, of course.
RT @ten_ten_ten hands / sweet as sugar / dexterous dextrose #artwiculate
I tried but failed to find a way myself to combine dexterous dextrose and so salute @ten_ten_ten for that one.
This is a word game, so lets be dexterous with words now.
RT @chemingineer Dexterous with words but clumsy with feelings; he won #artwiculate but not her heart.
Ah, yes. The gift of the gab doesn't necessarily promise anything else.
RT @twilobite22 He was incredibly dexterous of word, but a fisherman? Oy vey! In the end all we feasted on was a tale: the one that got away.
Here was a use of the word I didn't see coming. A wonderful little epigram from @kado56
RT @kado56 This fabulous work of art I see unfold before my eyes/ a dexterous stitched embroidery upon a tissue of lies.
The next is a poem from @CreoleEloquence. See those hands, twisted and lost to skill.
RT @CreoleEloquence Stiffened knuckles greet this dark morn with scorn. Fist shadows scuffle til dawn. In the end, I found a dexterous soul. #artwiculate
I also liked this from @lawyergirl3
RT @lawyergirl3 Ineffable heart – knotted by dexterous hands ~a bowtie of serendipity
Finally I wanted to share this reminder from @SJHatzi
RT @SJHatzi While we complained of everything we cannot do, Christy Brown painted w/ his left foot. Who cannot be dexterous, tell me, who?
Nuff said.
No newcomers to either the game or the round-up today, so I'll content myself with a general greeting to everyone.
Thank you all for your tweets and your attention. About 3 hours left to tweet and vote.
Dexterously handing you back to @TheSupercargo. Bye! 🙂
Artwiculate is a game played on Twitter. Visit http://artwiculate.com for more information. The winning tweet and the most popular runners up for today's word are listed at http://www.artwiculate.com/words/Dexterous (And, for addicts, don't forget Salon ArtWois at http://www.salonartwois.com/ )


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A decade has passed since Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker last shared the screen together, but it appears fans are now finally closer than ever to a Rush Hour 4.
The veteran film actor shared the exciting news during an appearance on Power 106's The Cruz Show, where he confirmed years and years of rumblings that he'd given the green light on expanding the action-comedy franchise.
"For the last 20 years, I've tried different [characters,]" Chan shared. "A few years ago, Karate Kid. There was supposed to be a Karate Kid 2 but the script isn't right. Several years later they want to do it and I say, 'You still want to do Karate Kid? No, Karate Men.' They're taller than me now!"
He added, "Rush Hour you can do any time... Next year!"


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Black Cowboy Parade and Heritage Festival
Celebrating 45 years
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Celebrating 45 years
Saturday, October 5, 2019
The Oakland Black Cowboy Association, a not-for-profit organization, has spent four and half decades enlightening children and adults with the contributions of people of color in the settling of the West. This vision continues today with its annual parade and festival. People from all walks of life attend this one of a kind parade and festival which features nationwide cowboys, trick riders, schools community organizations, and local businesses.
In addition to the parade and festival, the Oakland Black Cowboy Association hosts dances, conducts speaking engagements and community events promoting the contributions of people of color to the Old West.


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Results of a European study to be presented at an international conference this week have revealed that a low intake of protein during infancy can reduce a child's risk of becoming obese by the time they go to school.
The paper "Lower protein content in infant formula reduces BMI and obesity risk at school age" is now published on-line on the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) and the print publication later this month and was presented at the international 'The Power of Programming' Conference at LMU in Munich 13-15 March 2014).
The research has been supported within the EC funded Early Nutrition project, taking forward the work undertaken in the EC supported Childhood Obesity Project (CHOP) and the EARNEST project which revealed that low protein content in infant formula reduces Body Mass Index (BMI) and obesity risk in later childhood. Early Nutrition is co-ordinated by Prof. Berthold Koletzko of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU).
Babies were initially enrolled in the study, which involved researchers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Poland, between October 2002 and July 2004. After their parents had made the decision to formula feed, the infants were 'randomized' to receive either a high or low content formula.
Early nutrition is recognised as a key factor in the effective prevention of childhood obesity. One of the best predictors of future obesity risk is weight gain during the first year of life, and protein intake is associated with more rapid weight gain during infancy.
In 2009, the CHOP study reported that the babies given a higher protein formula had gained more weight during their first year and were heavier at two years of age than those fed lower protein (published in AJCN, 2009).
These latest results involve the same cohort of children followed up to the age of six (of the 1090 babies enrolled, 518 (48%) have continued to participate in the study to school age). In the higher protein group, BMI was 0.51 kg/cm2 higher at six years of age and the risk of obesity was 2.43 times higher.
"Optimal infant nutrition is of major importance because it lays the foundation for future health," explains study author Martina Weber. "Our results demonstrate that protein intake through infant formula affects BMI and obesity risk at school age. Avoidance of infant foods that provide excessive protein intake and promoting breast feeding may therefore effectively contribute to the prevention of childhood obesity."


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Check out this fun new kit from A-Manda Creation! It's called Slam Dunk and it's a must has for any basketball fan!
You can pick it up in Amanda's store HERE.
Here is my layout! I also used a template from Keystone Scraps, which is coming out soon!
Happy Scrapping!


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Agricultural Finance Training of Trainers Manual from Credit Mutuel du Senegal
The training of trainer manual provides guidance to trainers on how to conduct a training course for loan officers in agriculture finance. Specifically, the guide provides technical information on key principles of agriculture finance, how to analyze agricultural activities and clients, various lending approaches used, and how to monitor and manage agricultural loans.
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Culinary Instructor Robin Skirboll
The Chef Within, chefwithin.com, Northampton, MA
- 2 medium sized fennel bulbs, very thinly sliced or shaved on mandoline
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- coarse sea salt
- 3 tablespoons currants
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- 4 oz Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese, shaved with peeler
- 2 oranges segmented, juice reserved for dressing
- ¼ cup best quality extra virgin olive oil (fruit infused, preferably)
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and sugar to taste
In a medium sized bowl, toss the fennel slices with the lemon juice and zest. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice and champagne vinegar to make dressing. Drizzle in the olive oil while continuing to whisk. Season to taste.
Add currants and pine nuts to the fennel and gently toss through with the dressing. Mix in half of the cheese shavings and spread mixture onto serving platter. Arrange orange segments and remaining cheese on top and serve immediately.
Serves 4-6
Recommended wine/beer for Shaved Fennel Salad:
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Guest Reviews | Key West Hotel Reviews
We had a group of 7 couples and stayed at the Chelsea House Hotel for two nights Feb. 1-3, 2017. The location is close to Duval Street and within easy walking distance to main attractions in Key West. The staff was excellent, friendly and knowledgeable. The beautiful old buildings had been renovated and each room had its individual and unique charm. Although the rooms were not large, they were very clean and beds were very comfortable. The pool area was very nice, lot's of seating and a good space to relax and visit with our group. Plenty of parking for cars and motorcycles. This was our 6th trip to Key West and we will return to the Chelsea House Hotel (previously stayed at another hotel but they have raised their prices to a level we were not willing to pay).By: Lesley WeidnerFebruary 10, 2017
5 / 5 stars


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People are more busy than ever in urban India. At least they are under the assumption that they are. To be busy is a privilege, a social stamp of importance. In fact, if you are not on the run in your bustling city, you are the odd one out. It can be stated with assurance that a hardworking farmer in any village would have more free time than the average urban dweller (employed or otherwise) states that he or she doesn't have. Why indeed?
The 18 to 35 age group are sealed to their computer seats more than ever. As a recent survey showed, most people are not looking for anything in particular on the Internet, most of the time. Just how much time would one need to check their email accounts? When was the last time you logged on to a social networking site and found anything useful? Online videos, when you are done with TV, then there is the dependable cell phone waiting to whisk you away.
Free time inevitably bring in self-reflection and introspection, the truth becomes more evident and inescapable than ever. Fear looms, jealousies, regrets and tears too.What you repress by day, accumulates at night. Habit-induced sleeplessness has thus become a culture. You sit, post comments and make wise statements on Facebook, sometimes right till dawn. You drink that the mind may be temporarily numb. You will do anything to evade what is looming right in front. There is an illusion of safety too, you are not alone. There is a whole hoard, including your friends and relatives who are playing the same game.
"So what do I do instead? What to do when I am not busy?" We do not have the time to consider these options. That's all it will take - rest, relaxation and self-reflection. Meanwhile, busyness flourishes. Advertisements, celebrities, employers, educational institutions are busy emphasising this delusion.
Hell, there should be time to waste. For it is in that wasted, empty time that you are regally seated on your throne. Now, can you while it away?


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Khua Thai BF Paranaque
My friend invited me to accompany her while shopping for… I don't really remember. I got hungry and I saw this Thai place so I decided to grab something to eat. It's interesting that more and more Thai places have sprung up in the area after the recent success of Sen Lek Thai Noodle in a lot of locations.
I tried the Pad Thai, and asked them to split the order in two plates. Here are the results.
Kua Thai is a cozy place to grab some Thai food in BF Paranaque. It's located at Ground Floor Pergola Mall. You can find it near the Zagu and Robinson's Supermarket in BF. The food is nice and you can get a nice snack for two for a budget of Php 300-500 and add a bit more if you have a big appetite.
Thank you for reading.
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Andre Villas Boas wants to sign Aston Villa striker Jordan Ayew for his Chinese club Shanghai SIPG.
The former Chelsea and Spurs boss, fresh from acquiring Chelsea star Oscar, has made an approach for Ayew – who could be sold by Steve Bruce in the January transfer window.
Ghanaian international Ayew is heading off to play for his nation in the African Cup of Nations next month – but he could also be leaving the country to change clubs.
He is not a starter under Bruce and he is unsettled in the Championship, so the chance of a lucrative switch to the Far East may appeal to him.
Bruce has used him as more of a super-sub, and recently he helped Villa clinch a 2-1 victory over Burton Albion at Villa Park after stepping off the bench to set up Ross McCormack's winning goal.
The former Marseille and Lorient striker joined Villa in 2015 and has scored just nine times in 50 games for the Birmingham club.
Villa would want around £10 million for Ayew but that kind of money is no problem to Villas Boas's club who have been spending freely – with Oscar their latest capture for close to £60m.
Former Hull boss Bruce would then use the money to bid for Jordan Rhodes and meet Middlesbrough's £12 million valuation on the proven Championship scorer.
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... because I have nothing to call it today! LOL. C'mon. It's Tuesday after a holiday and you expect me to be creative? Sorry. I've spent the majority of my day on reports... funny thing about reports. You send them off only to have them become part of another report that becomes part of another report that ultimately goes into another report which gets read on the bathroom by an assistant who prepares a report for someone else who sends the report... you get the idea, right?
So... maybe my day's been like yours... digging out of 10000 emails... catching up... it's been slammed. Why are Tuesdays like this after a holiday? Go figure.
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Canada scored at hat trick at the UN climate change conference Wednesday, winning a 'Fossil' trophy for the third straight day. The tongue-in-cheek award is presented to the country that has done the most to block progress at the negotiations.
Every evening in Durban since the conference began, a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation has accepted the award in a mock ceremony on behalf of Ottawa. Canada won both first and second place on Monday, first place on Tuesday, and second place on Wednesday, each time to a chorus of boos from the crowd
The awards are presented in jest, but the message is serious.
"Please, Canada, we need to you urgently work to an urgent solution to an urgent problem," said Isaac Astill, an Australian Youth Climate Coalition co-ordinator who acts as the presenter.
The Climate Action Network, which votes on the awards, is compiling a long list of Canada's crimes at the negotiations: ruling out a Kyoto extension before the talks even began, planning to formally withdraw from Kyoto before Christmas, and refuting the principle that developed countries need to lead the way on climate action.
"Canada is here in Durban in bad faith. Countries should be asking themselves why Canada is sitting at the Kyoto negotiating table with a secret plan to formally withdraw from the protocol mere weeks after the talks end," Astill said.
At the awards ceremonies, Astill has taken to quoting Environment Minister Peter Kent, noting dryly that his quotes require no paraphrasing — they're sufficiently outrageous on their own.
On Tuesday, Astill quoted Kent as telling the Canadian media that, "There is an urgency to this. We don't need a binding convention, what we need is action and a mandate to work on an eventual binding convention."
But it makes no sense to propose an 'eventual' solution for an 'urgent' problem, Astill told the crowd. For that reason, Canada would take home the day's Fossil award, a dinosaur trophy.
"What can we say? He nailed the first half of the sentence! The second half needs some work."
The Fossil awards have been a COP tradition since the Bonn round of negotiations in 1999. Since 2008, Canada has repeatedly been centre stage at the ceremonies. It has also won four straight Fossil of the Year awards.


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Have you ever thought about having all the vibrators of a special collection? So far, I have three of the Rock Star vibrators and am more than happy with the unique shape and performance of each one. I didn't set out to collect all of the Rock Star vibrators. It just kind of happened as a result of looking for vibrators I thought I'd enjoy. You might want to read all about each one to see what you might find enjoyable, and who knows, you just might end up with a "special collection" too.
Rockstars vibe Patti is shockingly rumbly and deep, compared to many similar vibrators with their surface deep buzzes. It's unfortunately very anatomy dependent, and while it worked for me, it may not be the best for everyone. It lost one star for a few poor design choices, but I hope to see further Rockstar vibes with the same bass guitar motor... it definitely marches to the beat of my drummer.
I'm giving it four stars because it has such great vibrations. To be honest, I prefer Rock Star Joni because she has more texture and no curve to her. But I love the deep vibrations and they are among the strongest I've ever felt. I also don't mind the plastic although it is rigid. If you can use a vibrator this size and don't mind rigidity and like high vrooms, you'll want to check this one out.
I can see this little rockstar becoming one of my favorites. It has everything that's great about a bullet (nice and small, easy to carry around) plus the ability to penetrate. It's very travel-friendly, and it packs a lot of power. However, if you're only going to have a few toys in your collection, you may want to consider one with more insertable length.
Patty is one of the vibrators from the nice collection of Rock Star Vibes line of toys from Doc Jonson. Unfortunately Patty is quite anatomy specific by having a pointy head, short body, and larger sized girth.
Patti may be moderately sized, but she will surprise you with the strength and depth of her vibrations. She is absolutely a winner for those who want a smaller G-spot vibrator and need deep, strong vibrations. Patti works equally well for clitoral and G-spot stimulation.


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Do You Want to Risk a Scheduled C-section? Read this article and see my comments below.
The article that is quoted below is merely factual. There is no "hype" or agenda. But women all over the 1st World seem to feel that C-sections are an easy and safe way to deliver a baby. Why have they forgotten the danger of sections in the past? The modern view is that it is a snap. There is so much written about how easy it is. Many women mention a speedy recovery. But do these women realize how VERY speedy the recovery generally is with a normal, vaginal birth? Cutting into one's belly makes it sore. VERY SORE. Many women can barely get out of bed the next day, much less bend and scoop up their baby to care for him or her.
Yes, C-sections save lives when there is a life-threatening problem for baby or mother. I am thankful that we have perfected the operation so much. It is relatively safe. So is walking, but you can still die by being hit by a car while crossing a street. The perception that this major surgery does no harm, causes many women to agree to it when coerced by the hospital or their doctor. But most women do not really need a section. Only something less than 10% of women really need one. And that number is substantially less for low risk women. Yet women of all types are told that a C-section is indicated when labor goes on longer than a set amount of hours.
The thing is, there is no set amount of hours for getting a baby born. Some take longer than others. Worse than the "timeline" problem, is the fact that fetal distress or other worrying problems are often caused by interfering with the birth process. Everything from stripping the membranes to pitocin and on to giving the woman an epidural can cause mishaps in the timeline of a birth. Slowing down labor or causing decelerations of the baby's heart rate are a direct result of these often.
Patience is the best "tool" in childbirth. Let the poor woman alone to have her baby undisturbed. Encourage all pregnant women to hire a doula to stay with her while in labor. That is much more comforting than L & D nurses who may be wonderful but they leave at the end of their shift. And a doula who already knows the mother, knows her fears and wishes, will be much more satisfying for the mother's companion in labor.


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When do you tell a franchise prospect that you have give up on them?
Two entirely different views here: which one do you favor?
Or do you have a different view?
I'm all for these emails. Communication is two way. Without a response the receiver is showing disrespect.
The sender here is clearly calling them out. It may upset the receiver, though hopefully help them understand that other people's time is just as valuable as theirs.
Agree. You can only contact the same prospect so many times with no response.
Politely shut the door as a salesperson and move on. I get a high rate of reply from this type of email/voicemail, and have closed many deals as a result.
James Kademan don't get how sending this message or one like it would be helpful to buyer or seller. Maybe you can explain it a bit more.
James Kademan
Emails like this only come about after several attempts to get in touch with someone that initially reached out on their own and has since stopped responding.
People that hate these emails are generally the ones that are terrible at responding to emails in general.
If you don't have the courtesy to tell someone "no" or what next step you want them to take, you are telling them their time is not valuable. For them to keep chasing you for the sake of being wanted.
This email is telling the non-responder that you don't chase.
If the receiver gets upset over an email like this, their skin is too thin to be in business anyways. I would have worded the email a bit differently and a day seems like too short of a timeframe.
But to keep your prospect list fresh without tire kickers, you need to pull some weeds. What is the other option you would propose?"
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This summer on Fridays at 7 p.m., the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College will present family-friendly movies at the Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater. Enjoy a movie under the stars with family and friends. Sit on the benches or bring a blanket to stretch out on the grass.
Admission is $3; free for NOVA students, faculty and staff. Parking is free by the Amphitheater. In case of inclement weather, the movie will be shown indoors. For more information, call 703-530-3072.
May 2: Walking with Dinosaurs
May 9: Secret Life of Walter Mitty
May 16: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
May 30: Turbo
June 6: Princess Bride
June 13: The Croods
June 20: Megamind
June 27: The Book Thief.
Northern Virginia Community College is the largest institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of America's largest community colleges. NOVA enrolls more than 75,000 students at its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge, and through NOVA Online. For more information about NOVA and its programs or services, call 703-323-3000 or visit the College's Web site, www.nvcc.edu.


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The love between a Mother and Daughter is forever. You can give this beautiful silver necklace to your beloved Mom. The real silver pendant is approximately 22 millimeters, including beautiful silver necklace.
♥ Give a piece of silver jewellery with a beautiful message!
♥ The text is engraved precisely on the charm.
♥ The size of pendant is 21 mm and is pretty sturdy and thick.
♥ Handmade of real silver.
♥ Self designed and produced for KAYA jewellery, therefore this is perfect price-performance ratio.
♥ Luxury wrapped in a silk jewellery pouch.
♥ For each piece of jewellery KAYA donates an amount so that a child in Gambia can go to school (CSR recognized)


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- Hare Hatch: 01189 401890 - Newbury: 01635 871003 - Tadley: 01256 855052 - Windlesham: 01344 874287
Stonemarket Dorian Paving is a superb light-grey limestone with sawn edges and a naturally split surface that has been partially rubbed to give a very attractive clean finish.
Stonemarket Dorian Paving is ideal for use in a wide range of contemporary or traditional design schemes.
Available in a single size project pack covering 16.24m²
The prices quoted below are for a full pack of the product delivered via a courier typically to a kerbside. If you want to discuss delivery issues or part packs, please call us.
Stonemarket are quite flexible in offering customers smaller quantities of a paving if you don't need full packs and this can be done with Stonemarket Dorian - just call us.
A full pack of 570 x 570mm Stonemarket Dorian Paving will contain 50 slabs and allowing for a 10-15mm joint will cover 15.81m2. Stonemarket Dorian Paving is 30mm thick.
Purchasing online, Rivar will deliver direct to your property using a courier. For part packs, please call our depots at Newbury, Tadley or Windlesham where we can arrange delivery across Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey and beyond. You can of course collect if this helps.
Stonemarket Dorian Paving is a good example of the innovative cutting edge products Stonemarket provide. To protect these products, you may want to look at Rivar's Pave-Gard or Stain-Proof products.
Rivar's Jointex is another product option you may wish to consider for fast pointing in with minimum chance of staining.
If you wish to look at laying patterns for Stonemarket Dorian Paving then please call your local Rivar depot.


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It's freaking Monday! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! Today the book is talking about how to be able to grow, you have to be willing to make changes.
Its possible to change without growing, but it is impossible to grow without changing.
One of the keys to making the right changes that allow us to grow is knowing the difference between a problem or challenge. John C. Maxwell, uses the example of him waking up one morning as a teenager and looking into the mirror where he finally came to the realization that he was not a good looking dude. What was he going to do? He decided to change his attitude about it. He made a commitment to smile every chance he could. Did it change his face? No. But it helped him to look better.
Many of us deal with many facts of life. Some of us were born with good parents. Some of us weren't. Some of us had a good education. Some of us didn't. Some of you were born beautiful. And some of us definitely weren't. You cannot change your height or your DNA. But, what you can change is your attitude about them. You must do your best to live with them. One of the greatest examples I have ever seen when it comes to living this way, was from a guy we had come speak at one of our big sales rep events. His name was Roger Crawford. Roger was born without hands. For most people, that would be easy justification to just throw in the towel in several ways. Not for my man Rog. he used it as motivation. He used it as a way to inspire the life of others, including mine. Even with no hands, Roger worked his way up to be in the college tennis hall of fame, and received several other awards since.
Roger had a challenge, remember a problem is a little bit different than a challenge. A problem is something that you can change. And this is where a huge portion of the world gets themselves in trouble. They are so caught up in not wanting to change, that great opportunities pass them by. In the bucketfuls. John lists some choices we can make to put ourselves in a better spot to grow. I am going to talk about the first one today.
- Assess the Current Environment – Change just for the sake of change is not going to help you. If you are going to make changes, you must make sure they are the right ones. So how do you do that? By starting to assess where you are now and why you want to change. One of the best questions you can ask yourself is
"Do I look forward to what I am doing?"
If the future looks dull, routine, or confining, it might be time to make a change. Learn to understand yourself and the environment that you want to be a part of. Then, make that hard core assessment as to whether or not you are there or if changes need to be made.
I go back to the opening quote. "Its possible to change without growing, but it is impossible to grow without changing." Just this morning I thought of 4 different ways I can change my routine just a tad bit to increase my spirituality. With one step in front of other, we will get there. We will reach the destination we dream about every day. Keep on keeping on.
Yours truly,
Change is good, Cram


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At auction there this Lotus Year 1971 mission known for the Lotus was in 2015 restored extremely complex and with attention to detail.
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A super 1967 Lotus Elan DHC Left Hand Drive
Low Mileage, low ownership, originally left hand drive, correct Type 45 in very good condition. I can supply spare parts to convert to right hand drive......
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Euroculture Spotlight #5: Marloes van der Weij
14 Feb 2017
The fifth edition of the Euroculture spotlight features Euroculture Groningen's Marloes van der Weij (Euroculture course manager and study advisor at the University of Groningen, Euroculture consortium secretariat).
Thanks, Marloes, for taking the time to answer our questions!
What is your affiliation with Euroculture?
I have been course manager and study advisor of the Euroculture programme at the University of Groningen since 2002. So I have seen many cohorts of students up until now.
What is your current occupation?
I am still working at the Euroculture department in Groningen, both as course manager and study advisor, but since 2002 the job has gradually become more substantial. First by extending the master from 60 to 90 ECTS (in 2006), and next by making it a 2-year master of 120 ECTS (in 2011). Linked to both these changes we prepared and submitted an Erasmus Mundus application to the Euroculture Commission and were lucky to be selected for the Erasmus Mundus master scholarship programme. As, since 2006, the Euroculture consortium is coordinated by the University of Groningen, managing the consortium secretariat has been added to the job, for which the work became a bit too much and (luckily for me!) since then I have a colleague to share the work with. Currently that's Albert and Rieke. The past years I have also been supervisor for the Euroculture placements in Groningen.
Would you like to share something special about your Euroculture experience?
Euroculture students have something 'extra'; they are open-minded, usually have travelled a lot and have lived in different countries. Having to adapt to different cultures and systems makes people flexible, independent and self-confident and I think those are precious skills in life. The past years I have attended some reunions of former Euroculture-Groningen groups: Euroculture alumni meeting each other after 5, 8 or 10 years. All coming from different places to meet in Groningen (or sometimes at another location), some are married, some already have kids, they have nice job experiences to share…. It's really nice to see that they are still in touch and share this 'Euroculture-feeling' and that some have become really good friends.
What do you like the most about Euroculture?
For me as a coordinator it's an interesting and rewarding process to see all these enthusiastic students starting with the master, and some of them having their difficult moments during the master – and if possible I guide them through it – and in the end to see them so happy and proud when they complete the master. At the graduation ceremony it sometimes really feels hard to say goodbye to the students, but I am always very confident that they will find nice jobs and that they will manage in life. And I must add here that by working for Euroculture I have come to meet very nice fellow-colleagues at the partner universities which have become good friends now. And last but not least, it's a pleasure to work with my colleagues of the Euroculture team in Groningen.
What did you do before Euroculture?
Since I graduated from the master Romance languages and cultures in 1998 I have been working in several jobs at the University of Groningen. My first position was a festive one: I was part of the team organizing the programme for the 385th anniversary of the university. Next I worked as an assistant to several policy officers at the Arts Faculty. After that I became a manager at the Center for Japanese Studies, and I worked at the International Office of the Faculty of Arts.
What are your plans for the future?
The future lies within the now. I like what I do.
Where is the best place you have traveled to and why?
Chile, especially Patagonia and visits to the houses of Pablo Neruda. I am fascinated by Chile's past and Chilean culture.


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Revive Project: Bring your Dead Stuff Back to Life
When we move from one house to another, we suddenly realise how many objects we are surrounded by. We buy things and throw them away without really focusing on the before and after; they just land in a shop where we pick them up and end up in a bin where again somebody picks them up to take them back into the thin air they came from.
Sheets, cups, chairs, dresses and cases populate and fill our lives, and, as a matter of fact, in a city, the artificial landscape is much broader than the natural one. But one of the great differences between the two worlds is that artificial objects are created for a purpose, i.e. to be used. We look at them and see their function clearly, which makes sense. What would be the point of a phone if the keyboard wasn't working anymore?
When these objects have had enough of carrying out the job they were made for, we just get rid of them, either with some sadness, for they were part of our adventures, or with no regret at all. Scrap. Tired, tried useless things.
But what if we were to look at these very objects with an open mind, depriving them of the function they were created for? The "Revive Project" has taken on this challenge, right here in Berlin. These guys look at things valuing the spread between the object and its usual use and expose all of the hidden processes.
Whether we're talking about things which are otherwise sentenced to death, or simply objects that are taken out of their native context, we see creativity blowing up our world: loo rolls that turn into light fittings, computer parts into earrings, waste wood into tables and kitchens. You can track down their stories, yet told from a new position.
Art had already taken this step half a century ago, raising everyday objects to artworks, and vice versa. But the point here is not challenging the standards of beauty and art, or reconsidering the standards of industrial products; here the focus is on a drifting outlook, on the ability to see differently, make beauty affordable through creativity, and, last but not least, be able to arrange all the processes that we use to think as barely intelligible and simply delegate to industry as if that were the only possibility.
Their motto is instead: YKEA? As if to say, do we really need it? Do we really need this long industrial process that creates new stuff with a lot of energy wasted to pay for it?
This is so inspiring, not only for the environmental value – not all of Revive's creations come from scrap, some are just reinterpretations of stuff which is still good for its original purpose - but for this positivity surplus, for the ability to see the opportunity to change the coordinates of an object, relocating it from one frame to another, where it not only has sense but also dignity and beauty, and where its story is preserved, like a treasure's spoor. It's about upgrading through disassembling and reassembling meaning.
I find it a very useful exercise nowadays, and we can also apply it to ourselves: so many people find themselves rejected from the labour market and have the possibility or the duty to reinvent themselves, putting together their torn pieces as if to create a brand new shape. A shape that sometimes, far from being a fall-back, a descent, a lowering, can result in an enhancement.
The Orquestra de Instrumentos Riciclados in Paraguay teaches us that even crap can be nothing less than the possibility of redemption, as objects found in landfills have been transformed into musical instruments: violins, double basses and so on, allowing the guys living in the slums to play in an orchestra. These guys would have never been able to afford to buy – and therefore play – such instruments, but now they're playing in a proper orchestra, with amazing results, and seeing them play really touches your heart.
Best wishes to the Berlin Revive Project, and here's hoping that more and more people will have the same strength and energy to look at objects – but not only objects – in a new way, thereby finding the hidden potential.
You can find the Revive Project at Parkstraße 16, a place, a lab, which was itself converted and rearranged with DIY furniture, where artists have their home. Artists which also took part in the Wolf Theatre, a project that survived until this month, and is now forced to close due to the same old problem of rising rents.
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We agree with backers of
on one thing: The corporate kicker is bad public policy. Because good public policy is the best antidote to bad public policy, however, voters in November should deliver a swift kick of their own to Measure 85.
The corporate income tax kicker is half of a matched set of revenue-reduction mechanisms protected by the Oregon Constitution, the other being the much more substantial personal income tax kicker. From a taxpayer's perspective, both kickers reward bad guessing by budget experts. If collections of either income tax exceed projections by more than 2 percent, then all of the unanticipated money in that pot is returned to taxpayers. Since their creation in the late 1970s, the personal kicker has returned about $2.6 billion to Oregonians, and the corporate kicker has returned about $527 million.
Measure 85 would allow the state to keep the corporate kicker money, ostensibly to provide additional support exclusively for K-12 education. However, there's no guarantee that lawmakers won't spread some of that wealth among other programs supported by the general fund, including corrections, social services and higher education. A 24-member Citizens Initiative Review panel
unanimously that Measure 85 "does not prevent the redirecting of current funding resources to other non-education budgets." And that's from a group whose majority endorsed the measure.
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Measure 85's supporters assert that Oregonians would be very angry if the Legislature ignored the intent of the measure in this fashion, but that's not much of an assurance.
Neither would the measure make education funding more stable, as supporters claim. In fact, it probably would do just the opposite. Over the past 20 years, the corporate kicker has returned money to businesses only three times. Given the chance to keep this unanticipated loot on the r are occasions it becomes available, lawmakers will simply spend it rather than save it for a severe downturn.
If Measure 85's backers were really interested in enhancing stability, they would have sought to put the corporate kicker in a rainy day fund, much as the Legislature did when it suspended the corporate kicker back in 2007. Why didn't the Measure 85 brigade choose this option? Because, said Liz McCann of
campaign arm), tapping a rainy day fund requires a two-thirds vote in the Legislature, and lawmakers might not vote to release the funds as often as Our Oregon's supporters -- primarily public employee unions -- would like.
In other words, Measure 85's supporters want to increase spending, not stability.
What Oregon needs isn't a "solution" like Measure 85, which replaces bad public policy with worse public policy. What Oregon needs, rather, is an honest look at both its taxing and spending policies, followed by a package of reforms in 2013 designed to make the state's revenue stream more stable and its spending more sustainable. The corporate kicker has to be part of that discussion, as do the personal income tax kicker, the Public Employees Retirement System and a lot of other things.
Removing the corporate kicker from the mix will make it harder for all parties to make a comprehensive deal.
But Measure 85's supporters are less interested in solving Oregon's persistent budgetary problems than they are in grabbing easy money from politically unpopular groups, to which end they've begun to rev up the rhetoric of resentment that characterized the ugly campaigns in support of Measures 66 and 67. Expect to hear plenty in the next couple of months about the "out of state corporations" that have been Hoovering up kicker money that ought to be spent on teachers and schoolchildren.
Then vote "no" on this and demand that lawmakers address Oregon's revenue and spending problems in 2013.