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Doritos Brings the Heat – Vegan Style!
Vegans and non-vegans alike are well aware of the amazing and "accidentally vegan" Doritos flavor – Spicy Sweet Chili. For years it was a go-to snack!
But now there's a new flavor in town!
Frito-Lay launched a new dairy-free flavor that packs some serious heat: Blaze. Made spicy with jalapeño peppers, these bad boys are reminiscent of the brand's Flamin' Hot chips, without the dairy.
But these Doritos flavors are far from the only tasty vegan chips to satisfy your cravings. Here are seven more "accidentally vegan" snacks to bring to your next party:
Kettle Brand Jalapeño
Stick inside a sandwich for the ultimate mind-blowing experience!
Kettle Brand Maple Bacon
All the flavor with none of the cruelty.
Pringles Xtra Tangy Buffalo Wing
The buffalo flavor is spot on—but the best part? No chickens are harmed!
Sun Chips Original
Looking for something crunchy and delicious that's also better for you? Grab a bag of Sun Chips Original flavor.
Salsa is sooooo 2008. Convenience is key, so ditch the salsa and munch on some Salsitas instead!
Earth Balance Vegan Cheddar Flavor Kettle Chips
Vegan cheddar? Say no more!
Ruffles Tapatío Limón
Super spicy but so worth it!
Be sure to share all this amazingly delicious news with your friends and family to show them how EASY it is to try vegan!

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The UHF RFID Card provides both long-range identification and muti-card read/write capability. The UHF RFID card is used in applications from access control, staff identification to customer loyalty programs.
UHF (Ultra High Frequency) Tags, Labels and Cards operate at a ultra-high frequency. These types of tags/cards are considered no on board power source. The supply chain related mandates from retailers such as Wal-Mart, Sam' Club and Metro require that UHF Passive RFID tags/cards be used. These tags must comply with the international recognized standard set by EPC global (UHF Gen 2). UHF frequencies typically offer better range (20-30 ft) and can transfer data faster than LF and HF tags, but they use more power and are less likely to pass through materials.The EPC global UHF Generation 2 Standard allows the commercialized provision of mass adaption of UHF EPC technology for passive smart tags and labels. Main fields of applications will be especially the supply chain management and logistics for worldwide use with especial consideration of European and US regulations to ensure that operating distances of several meters can be realized.
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Businesses tend to get confused when they are asked to make a choice between dedicated hosting and a shared hosting plan. Things can get a lot confusing if you are unaware of what you have to consider while making a choice. There is a number of hosting providers that give you a choice to have the Amsterdam dedicated server but before you make the selection, make sure that you know comprehensively about shared and dedicated hosts. In this article, we are going to give you a comparison between the shared hosting and dedicated hosting concerning different features.
Bandwidth and disk space
Let's start off with the bandwidth and disk space.
The web hosting companies tend to brand their plans by stating that you get the unlimited bandwidth and disk space. However, considering shared hosting, you do not have anything such as unlimited. There will always be a limit as many sites are operating parallel to one another. What you actually get is the unspecified amount of disk space and bandwidth. It will be added as you go on and on. But the amount you are going to use will be under the command of the web host.
On the other side, if you have a website that receives a lot of traffic each day, then the dedicated hosting will be your pick. It is because when you consider the dedicated server, some hosting providers actually let you have unlimited bandwidth and disk space. You can use it as much as you like without any worry.
Now, we will consider the site performance on both shared and dedicated hosting.
When you have shared hosting plan, you will have access to the limited resource. When there is a limit, you cannot be sure about how good your site performance will be. Consider it in a contrast that your website is receiving an average amount of traffic per day and you think that shared hosting is enough for you. Another website, on the same server, runs an SEO campaign and gets a great increase in traffic. What will be the result? Well, more traffic will be on the server and ultimately, thus your site's loading time will increase. Therefore, it may cause annoyance for the people that visit your site. And if it is you that runs SEO campaign and receive a boost in traffic, certain hosting providers may charge you for consuming more than specified bandwidth.
If you consider the use of dedicated hosting plan, you must not worry about the traffic. It is because you will have a dedicated server and the resources are entirely devoted to your website. There will be no worries about the downtime and your visitors will have a great experience.
Security is important for any website. It is critical and no one wishes his site to go through any security problems.
The shared hosting is a bit less secure than the dedicated plan. It is because there are different sites that are depending on a single server. A single website with an error in its scripting will down all the other websites. Moreover, if there is any adult site or malicious site, it will down the ranking of all the other sites on the server and may affect them.
On the other site, the dedicated hosting provides you a bit more security and a bit more integrity. There, you can run the scripts as per your requirements and you and work on the software that you wish to work on. Your site will run smoothly and until it does not have any malware or error in it, it will always be safe and secure.
The shared hosting does not allow web owners to control the things. Therefore, you cannot manage and control things. It is unwanted for a number of users. There are a great limitation and you are restricted to using things.


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Set sail through this bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia and celebrate with us onboard our Vancouver cruises! This beautiful Canadian city is surrounded by mountains and has a thriving art, theater and music scene. Get onboard our cruises and experience Vancouver from a perspective like never before. Take in the sights of the city skyline, the mountains, and your favorite landmarks! Celebrate New Year's Eve with a live DJ as they mix and spin the hits all night long. Throw in some drinks while you celebrate and you're in for the perfect New Year's Eve celebration this year! Check out all of our Vancouver New Year's cruises and book your tickets onboard today.
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JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel invites you to discover contemporary sophistication here in Romania's capital city. Our hotel has a stately elegance that befits its storied history, and we pride ourselves on providing every visitor with a first-class experience.
402 rooms and suites, the largest available in Bucharest feature 2 newly renovated Executive Floors that impress by a thoughtful and natural design, stylish decor and top-tier amenities. We're known as a "city within a city" because of our extensive array of on-site entertainment options, such as an upscale shopping gallery, casino, fitness club, and six different restaurants and bars. If you're interested in planning a corporate event or a wedding, look no further than our hotel. We offer 12 flexible venues, including a lovely Grand Ballroom, in addition to an event staff and catering team.
Come experience our restaurants: JW Steakhouse – the trend setter of steakhouses in Bucharest, proposing impeccable USDA Black Angus steaks and home to the famous JW Cheesecake; Cucina – the lovely and discreet Italian restaurant, Champions – sports' bar and restaurant, with a delicious JW Black Angus burger as signature dish; The Garden – the summer terrace, a genuine green oasis, refuge from scorching heat of the sun; Vienna Lounge – daily selection of cakes, 11 types of cheesecake and take away anniversary cakes; Pavilion Lounge – perfect for grabbing a coffee and a croissant in the mornings or one of our bartender's cocktail selection for evenings.
Excellent location in a peaceful residential area, near the remarkable Parliament Palace and close to popular local attractions.


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The Coast Guard has released 11 Sri Lankan fishermen who were detained in Indian waters in May along with two fishing boats, it was announced Monday.
A Sri Lankan government statement said the arrests and seizures were made off the Andhra Pradesh coast.
Following the intervention of Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister and the help provided by the Indian high commission in Colombo, all 11 men were released over a week ago, the statement said.
"The vessels are expected to reach Sri Lankan shores by Aug 8."
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Many companies pay their employees in commissions, typically their sales people. A commission agreement should thoroughly explain the basis on which commissions will be paid and include examples of commission computations. (Labor Code § 2751(a).) A company that willfully fails to enter into a written contract with the required explanation is liable for treble damages. (Civil Code § 1738.15.) A "willful" failure does not require any malice or even that the party be aware of the requirements of the Act but merely that the failure was intentional. (Baker v. American Horticultural Supply, Inc. (2010) 186 CA4th 1059.)
To be a true commission, it must be based on either net or gross sales figures and must be a percentage of the price of the service or product that is sold. (2002 Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Policies and Interpretations Manual §34.1 (rev 2009).) In addition, the employee receiving the commission must be principally involved in selling the goods or services on which the commission is measured. (DLSE Manual §34.1.2.) The employer's cost of doing business must not be considered when reaching the "net" sales figures on which commissions are based.
Many companies fail to pay commissions to their employees upon termination. Sometimes, the individual's entitlement to payment of post-termination commissions depends on how much work remained to be done for the customer and what the circumstances were surrounding the termination. Several of the factors that may be relevant to whether a company must pay a former employee for commissions are:
- When commissions are earned;
- How commissions are calculated and when they will be paid; and
- Whether payment of commissions following termination is addressed in commission policy.
If a commissioned employee is hourly and non-exempt, commissions (and bonuses) must be included in the regular rate of pay for overtime calculations whether they are the sole source of the employee's compensation or are in addition to a guaranteed hourly rate. (29 CFR §§778.117, 778.208.) If a commissioned employee is salaried, their earnings must exceed one and one-half times the California minimum wage and more than half of their compensation must be in the form of commissions. (Wage Order Nos. 4–2001, §3(D) (8 Cal Code Regs §11040(3)(D)) and 7–2001, §3(D) (8 Cal Code Regs §11070(3)(D)).)
If you are a commissioned employee, you should consult with a knowledgeable wage and hour employment attorney to determine if you are owed compensation.


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You may de-dupe you contacts within any project after they have been imported. To De-dupe contacts:
- Login as an Admin
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- Click the "View Duplicates" button to see the list of duplicate contacts
- Select the contacts you wish to delete or close by either: a. checking the individual contacts or b. utilizing the Quick Select menu to multi select based on criteria
- When finished selecting your contacts click on "Delete Selected" to delete those contacts or click "Close Selected" to close the contacts which will leave them in your project but will stop them from being routed to call.
Note: This webpage is limited to show only 5,000 duplicate contacts at a time. If you have more than 5,000 duplicates in your project you will need to re-run the process until all duplicates have been de-duped.


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The typical microcontroller used for a digital controlled power supply will have a good deal of extra computation time between running the control loops for a power supply. Some microcontrollers actually come with computational acceleration hardware to speed up the power supply computation process. While this could mean that a little slower speed, smaller, less functionality microprocessors can be used to manage and control only the power supply. It also means that more of the system processes can be managed and controlled by the microprocessor with the same central processing unit and overall configuration with extra modules, memory, and functionality.
Microcontroller families generally are the same base model chip with more or less bonuses to best fit the customers cost vs. functionality needs. Microcontrollers can come with different amounts RAM, EEPROM, and Flash memory and different numbers of pulse width modulators and modules, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) channels and converter cores, digital input/output (IO) pins, and communication ports and other components. Many times a pin is connected to one or more of the functional blocks (PWM, ADC, etc.) and can be configured to take advantage of one of these connections.
Depending on the size and needs of a system, a microprocessor can be chosen that will run the entire system as well as the power supply or only the power supply. Controlling the power supply, switching loads on and off, acting as a motor controller, communicating with personal computers and other devices, and monitoring voltages, currents, temperature, etc. can all be done with a single microcontroller.
Systems that require many different voltages or multiple power supplies can have a single microcontroller chosen to control and manage all the supplies together as its own subsystem. In addition to reducing size and cost, a microcontroller can allow the power supply subsystem to communicate and work easily with the rest of the system. This would allow a designer to run the system and interact with the power supply subsystem without worrying about the control and management of the power supplies at the same time. Even using individual microcontrollers to control each power supply in the system would allow for a level of communication that would be very hard to achieve otherwise.


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"If at the end of the next three days of pistol training, you've learned one or two good take-aways, I will have done my job."
Dan Brokos began his Training Day 1 brief with this humble statement. He didn't promise any magic and honestly shared with us the evolution of fighting with a firearm based on lessons learned since September 11, 2001.
Committed to always being a student, I leapt at the chance to train with Dan Brokos of Lead Faucet Tactical, as I had heard good things about him. The class was three days of pistol hosted by Franklin Township PD in New Jersey. FTPD has a history of bringing solid training to regional law enforcement, and this was no exception.
Dan Brokos' background includes over 26 years in the U.S. Army, with 21 years in Special Operations. He has written several articles, developed some outstanding products, and offers quality training.
We spent TD1 working on basics, getting warmed up with some fundamental drills, and with Dan getting a feel for the level of experience and ability of the class.
He had us building our ability to fight with a handgun from the ground up, and we discussed and practiced using a less "front-sight centric" method of close-quarters engagements, instead seeing the target more clearly and using the sights slightly blurred and more intuitively, utilizing a good grip and stance.
The training continued with a good balance between shooting from distance with an emphasis on accuracy, to closer engagements with shorter time intervals. Par times were shared in all drills, creating self-induced stress in the class of experienced and competitive personalities.
Dan talked about a stronger support-hand grip as a big aid in recoil management and straightening out shots that tended left (for right-handed shooters). This echoed similar comments from other former SOF personnel with whom I have trained, and it works. Conversely, Dan advised gripping with the shooting hand only as firm as one would "grip a hammer," allowing independence of trigger-finger manipulation.
Training Days 1 and 2 continued building on existing skills and shaving off inefficiencies. The entire class, all good shooters, experienced improvements in speed and accuracy. It was the little things that, as they accumulated, led to the most improvement.
Old myths were debunked and the "why" of suggested techniques was shared, such as the suggestion to use as much finger in the trigger guard and on the trigger face as one's own physiology demanded. With the goal of pressing the trigger straight to the rear, the old rule of using the middle of the first pad of the finger was logically disposed of with a common-sense explanation of why our individual differences in hand size and weapons platform called for adjustments to finger placement that made sense for each person.
The analogy of pulling the trigger "straight back to the shoulder" assisted in the mind's eye of seeing where we needed to go with trigger control.
The class spent significant time working drills to emphasize driving the gun. Leading with the eyes and snapping over to the next threat by driving from the hips was worked over and over. This was accomplished by placing targets a significant distance apart, requiring an aggressive shifting of the eyes and then the gun across the width of the range. Aligning the centerline of the body with the target that was transitioned to aided in stopping the pistol where the eyes led.
One of the "one or two good take-aways" that I had not heard before involved Brokos' take on one-handed shooting. Prior training had simply called for a two-handed grip and stance with one hand dropped off the pistol.
Dan's explanation of the suggested technique for one-handed shooting called for a stronger grip pressure with the shooting hand and included pulling the shooting thumb down and deeper around the gun, flexing the arm with the elbow turned in and with the triceps muscle turned under, a lowered center of gravity, and more weight on the front leg and aimed shooting from the centerline.
Putting all that together as taught really helped with recoil management and rapid, accurate single-handed shooting.
Drills to test these evolving skills were many and varied, and as these concepts were internalized, Brokos had us begin shooting with a measurable cadence. He had the class work hard to overcome a common tendency to shoot a called-for number of hits, then take our time moving on the next threat. Rather, with multiple threats/targets, we worked to shoot each round with the same time interval, or split times.
The weather, which had been threatening rain for all three days, finally delivered enough to turn portions of the ground into a muddy quagmire. Of course, this coincided with the portion of the class that introduced a variety of unusual shooting positions, most of them on the ground.
We practiced shooting from our knees, from various prone positions, and with techniques that used one and both hands, from under, through and around vehicles. After everyone felt comfortable with these positions with both dominant and non-dominant hands, we employed these techniques in timed team stress shooting competitions—all of which included rolling around in the mud.
The biggest take-aways for me were the new (to me) way of looking at one-handed shooting and managing recoil while doing so, and the unusual shooting positions while employing a handgun. I'd seen these positions with a rifle and was pleasantly surprised with the accuracy achieved (even while feeling like a pig in slop).
Having been in the industry for quite some time, I am consistently drawn to training that emphasizes solid fundamentals, as there is no substitute. Applying those fundamentals in a variety of conditions and positions is a lot of fun, and clearly shows that a focus on those basics leads to success no matter where you are and what you are doing.
Ron Flowers is a formerly Commissioned veteran of the U.S. Navy (Reserves) and the U.S. Merchant Marine, a retired lieutenant of the Allentown, Pennsylvania Police Department, and former Law Enforcement Professional contractor in Operation Enduring Freedom. He serves the NRA Law Enforcement Division as an Adjunct Instructor for Police Firearms Instructor Development. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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A year ago, I trained for my first marathon. It did not end well. In the eleven months since that failure, I've had a lot of time to think about what went wrong, and the thing that I kept coming back to was how I did not train properly--if you can consider what I did training at all.
In December, I realized that I need to figure out how I was going to train for the Big Sur 21-miler this time, as well as coupling training with my goal to lose 30 pounds by the end of the year. After doing a lot of research, I choice Hal Higdon's Novice 1 program, coupled with Jeff Galloway-esque run/walk intervals, and 2-3 CrossFit WODs a week.
I know there may be purists who disagree with this approach, but my decision was based on continuing my current level of activity, layered with a practical approach to balancing marathon training with my regular life.
I officially kicked off training in January, and since then, I've been on a constant roller coaster of fatigue, soreness and constant discovery of clothes that don't fit me anymore. On Saturday, I ran what I am calling the inaugural Half Mere-athon (or as most people know it, a 13-mile training run), which gave me a lot of time to think about how the first half of my training has gone. I decided to make a list of the things I've learned in the last few months in the off-chance that there's someone else out there is like me.
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Hannibal performs a balancing act between character drama and police procedural. One criticism that could be made of the series so far is that it occasionally leans too far towards one at the expense of the other, but what episode five makes clear is that the procedural aspect comes second. It provides structure and an excuse for some elaborate, striking and gory tableaus, but Hannibal's primary focus is its characters. This week, it's Jack Crawford's turn to go under the microscope
In 'Coquilles,' Will finds that he's started sleepwalking. Hannibal tells Will that Jack is placing him under too much pressure, an idea that Will initially dismisses, but quickly realises is true when a killer who turns his victims into angels gets under his skin a little too easily. Meanwhile, Jack has his own problems: his wife Bella is becoming increasingly distant, but after the Crawfords have dinner with Doctor Lecter she visits him in a professional capacity and reveals that her deception is not what Jack thinks it is.
The casting of Laurence Fishburne's real-life wife Gina Torres as Jack's wife Bella is a wonderful touch, and their scenes together are superbly played. Fishburne has mostly had 'authoritarian' and 'bullish' to work with so far, so it's great to see an episode that allows him to stretch his dramatic muscles. As Firefly fans know, Torres can present an impressive veneer of unquestioning strength and loyalty, and the episode allows her to gradually break that facade apart. The revelation of Bella's cancer won't come as a surprise to Thomas Harris experts but it's a beautifully played moment by the two actors and, more importantly, shakes up one of the show's most unshakeable characters. Will's offer of support to Jack at the episode's close is a reversal that can't be sustained.
The reason being, of course, that Will's still heading in a downward spiral. The sleepwalking that opens the episode allows for a callback to Hannibal's recurring stag motif (which seemed rather too on-the-nose at first, but now fits nicely into the series' general atmosphere of lush decadence) and prompts Will to examine his relationship with Jack. As far as Jack is concerned, he has brought Hannibal in to support Will, and that should be that. It's important that Alana Bloom, the second of Will's support figures, is missing from this episode. Although Beverly (Hettienne Park, continuing to put in good work) offers herself as a confidante, Will is continuing to rely on Hannibal, even if the good doctor smells him. What conclusions Will drew from the ornate stag figure on Lecter's desk remains to be seen.
This week's gruesome tableaus were the most shocking since the human mushroom garden in 'Amuse-Bouche.' The flayed victims with their wings of skin, praying over the killer while he slept, is an incredibly powerful image. It's a shame, then, that the scenes from the killer's perspective feel rather like something out of Millennium. The episode is beautifully shot by Guillermo del Toro's regular cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, but the victims' flaming heads felt a bit clunky and his motivation ties a little too neatly into Jack and Bella's storyline. Given what we know about the major villains that will eventually appear, it's interesting to note the killer's fascination with metamorphosis, and that line about Will's "becoming" is an intriguing link to the events of Red Dragon.
After the focus on Abigail Hobbs, it's good that 'Coquilles' gave a little more time to a character in danger of becoming two-dimensional. Bryan Fuller's fascination with exploring the cracks in Harris' characters continues to pay off; Hannibal has been funny, shocking, and now it has been moving.


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Q. Where can I find information on the influence of cross-culture on global business?
I'm writing a research paper on the influence that cross-culture has on global business and I need to expand on the following:
•Values and Attitudes
•Manners and Customs
•Social Structure
•Personal Communication
•Physical and Material Environments
Where should I start?
The topic of cross-culture and global business is a very large one, and may take a little bit to narrow down. I see that you have specific categories that you are looking for. Generally, when discussing cross-culture and business, researchers tend to focus on specific countries to compare. Is this the case in your research? If so, I can direct you to additional useful resources.
I would suggest starting on the International Business and Country Profiles Guide. This will give you the best databases for business research to start.
From the first page of the Business Cornerstone Research Guide (linked above), have a look in the center of the page to find the most recommended databases. The first two, ABI/INFORM Complete and Business Source Complete should be useful in your particular searches. Both will include a variety of information including Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, etc.
In both of them, try searches such as:
Cross-culture AND global business AND aesthetics
Cross-culture AND globalization AND religion
Many of the results you will come across will be speaking about the impact for specific countries. If you are researching about the topic generally, without specific countries in mind, you may have to take the country information as specific cases and examples for what you are writing about. Also check out the resources "Country Watch" and "Global Road Warrior" under the "Country Resources" tab.


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Yeah it's weird, but she was oddly hot, and there are probably weirder entries on the list, despite the frankly creepy implications of the 'sex' scene. For your very own creepy Avatar themed bedroom fun, why not get your girlfriend to draw some big eyes on a blue plastic bag with a marker pen and wear it over her head. It's less damaging than being caught watching the DVD with your pants around your ankles and 3D glasses on.
Lara Flynn Boyle's role in Men in Black 2 was as a shape-shifting alien queen called Serleena, and she was so hot she made the film watchable. The ex-Twin Peaks star has done the rounds mostly on the small screen, making MIB 2 a rare starring role for the raven-haired beauty. In our opinion, with cans like hers she should have been allowed to play a shape-shifting alien in every film ever to come out of Hollywood. She'd certainly have livened up A Few Good Men.
Laliari: the only woman/thing we can think of that looks sexy with tentacles (apart from Serleena, that is). Galaxy Quest's Laliari, played by Texan-born Missi Pyle, gave away her secret during a make-out scene where she began sprouting octopus-esque appendages. Once we got over the initial shock, it didn't take long to warm to the idea. Just think what she could do with those things in bed…
If aliens are meant to be so intelligent, then why do they seem to consistently send leaders to Earth who have massive bulging foreheads, spindly fingers and flabby green bellies? Send a leader that looks like V's Anna, and you'll have the world's leaders in the palm of your extraterrestrial hand. There's no way Obama and the boys could resist succumbing to her naughty short haired sexiness!
Leia's main hotness rival in the original Star Wars trilogy, Oola was Jabba's Twi'ilek dancing girl. She and her crew of palace babes entertained the bounty hunters with their atrocious music (since digitally remastered) and hot dancing (retained from the original). Sadly she met her demise in a rather sudden and messy fashion as brunch for the Rancor. What a waste.
Underrated sci-fi epic The Fifth Element featured a ditzy, tough as hell, red-headed alien babe as its protagonist. Played by Mila Jovovich, Leeloo spent a satisfyingly large amount of time showing just enough skin to get us all warmed up, and not so much that we couldn't watch it when we were 12.
Who would have ever thought there could be a redeeming feature to the world's most, er, earnest sci-fi franchise? Sure, Battlestar Galactica had its moments back in the day. But there was only so much of the same shot of plastic models fighting in space one could take before throwing an implement at the TV due to perilous levels of boredom. Then the new series appeared with improved scripts and Tricia Helfer's barely clad space globes, and all of a sudden we were addicted again. She might technically be a robot, but she's certainly not made from metal, and she's definitely not from Earth. What's more, there are thousands of identical copies of her.
Another hot Twi'lek from the Star Wars universe, Aayla was a Jedi Master with blue skin and the standard bizarre head tails. Neither attribute failed to impress in a sci-fi series which, Padme Leia aside, was remarkably short of other-worldly eye candy. Like her other main competitor, Oola, Aayla also enjoyed wearing various outfits which would have been more appropriate on Tatooine than Hoth, if you catch our drift (no pun intended!).
Not to be confused with '80s pop group T'Pau, T'Pol was a saucy Vulcan temptress who added a whole new dimension to the old joke… Vulcanised rubber? Spock's condom. Played by the generally smokin' Jolene Blalock, she is technically a MILF according to her Star Trek age. Only Helen Mirren looks as good at 65.
A particular high for fans of T'Pol was the foxy knife fight seen above. You pop your favorite Star Trek characters in an alternate dimension, and they bare their midriffs. Whatever next
Sil from Species did an awful lot for the genre. Where do we even begin with her? From a DNA splicing experiment gone wrong (don't ask), she escaped and grew rapidly into a hot, 20-something female whose main goal was to have sex with as many virile males as possible. Were this to happen in real life, and this were how all the aliens turned out, we reckon we'd be happy to see the human race overtaken.
"It's times like this I wish I had three hands!" One of the most awesome quotes of all time, courtesy of the discovery of this Martian prostitute's special party trick. Sheer sci-fi comedy genius. You might have been expecting to see this lovely lady earlier – however, while she might be from Mars, she's a mutant, not an alien. Nevertheless, for sheer novelty value, she deserves a mention alongside these off-world honeys!


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Judge denies request to release alleged Irish Olympic ticket tout
THG Sports director Kevin Mallon has been detained in Rio since August 5th
A picture of an ID card belonging to Kevin Mallon, an Irish director of THG Sports, who was arrested for allegedly illegally selling tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. A court in Brazil has denied a request to release Mr Mallon. Photograph: Tasso marcelo/AFP/Getty Images.
A federal appeals court judge in Brazil has rejected a request that an Irish man accused of ticket touting at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro be released from prison.
In a ruling published in the capital Brasília on Monday, superior court of justice judge Ribeiro Dantas refused lawyers representing Kevin Mallon a writ of habeas corpus.
His lawyers have argued that there is no evidence their client was selling tickets above face value and that his detention before a formal charge is made was excessive given ticket touting is a minor offence in Brazil which rarely results in a custodial sentence.
Mr Mallon's lawyer was not immediately available for comment after the decision was announced on the court's website. The site listed a new petition entered by him five minutes after habeas corpus was denied.
The Dublin finance director of British sports management company THG, Mr Mallon has been held in Rio's Bangu prison since his detention on August 5th in an operation during which police also seized several hundred Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) tickets for the Games.


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While I'm sure all my gentle readers would never go to a circus where animal acts are exhibited (After all, circuses are no fun for the animals that are caged, beaten and forced to perform unnatural tricks.), this particular circus, Carson and Barnes, is particularly nasty.
Since 2004, PETA has tried to contact every community or group with plans to host a Carson & Barnes circus to urge them to cancel the event.
Nicole Meyer, an elephant specialist for PETA, said the 69-year-old circus troupe employs animal handlers among the worst in the industry.
But Brenda Pobre, a spokeswoman for the circus, said the company has never violated federal animal cruelty laws, and that citations by regulators have been for minor infractions.
"I doubt you've ever eaten in a restaurant that hasn't been cited for something," she said.
Can you imagine? The gall of these PETA people! To accuse a poor innocent circus like that... Somewhere a clown must be crying. Well, with facts like that, those circus people made me want to find out what they've been cited for...
At circuses.com I found a fact-sheet on Carson and Barnes. The first paragraph says:
Carson & Barnes Circus has failed to meet minimal federal standards for the care of animals used in exhibition as established in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Carson & Barnes Circus numerous times for failure to provide vetrinary care and minimum space, for failure to provide shelter from the elements, for failure to maintain transport trailers, for inadequate ventilation, for unsound fencing that failed to protect spectators and the animals, for rusty animal cages, for giving animals unclean water, and for failure to keep animal care records.
Some of those were some pretty major citations - not minor at all! I don't know that I'd eat in a restaurant that had that many serious citations. But I do know that I'll never go to a Carson and Barnes circus.


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Savoy Tango Cocktail
1/2 Sloe Gin. (1 oz Plymouth Sloe Gin)
1/2 Applejack or Calvados. (1 oz Calvados Groult Reserve)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Note: This cocktail is a very great favourite at the Savoy Hotel, London, where it was invented.
That's kind of a mind-blower, eh?
This simple combination of Sloe Gin and Apple Brandy is noted as, "a very great favourite at the Savoy Hotel"?
Well, first, if you don't have a decent Sloe Gin, like the Plymouth, don't even bother.
For my money, the complexity of a lightly aged Calvados, like this Roger Groult, adds a bit more character to the cocktail than an American Apple Brandy.
Still, a "great favorite"? Bartenders whipping out dozens of these puppies a night?
Well, OK, it is a very good name. And if you like Sloe Gin, which I understand the English do, this is an interesting flavor combination. I guess those two factors alone might go a long way towards explaining its alleged popularity.
Kind of tough, though, to taste this and wrap your mind around it being a "great favourite".
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Is conspiracy theory website Infowars right?
Giulia Petroni is a journalism student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
"El Sapo Pepe" is about to get dragged to court, but don't worry – it won't be end up behind bars.
American far-right conspiracy theory website Infowars filed a case Thursday accusing Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie of copyright violation for basing his character on "pre-existing, strikingly similar" Argentine cartoon character "El Sapo Pepe," also known as "Pepe the Toad."
That's a new defense for Infowars against a copyright infringement lawsuit that Furie filed in March over the site's sales of a poster copying the character.
Infowars' attorneys argue Furie could be precluded from asserting any copyright interest in his creation if Pepe the Frog is an "unauthorized derivative work" based on Pepe the Toad. Or it could "at least severely the scope of copyright protection in the character," they wrote.
"You've got to ask yourself if Mr. Furie's work is truly original," Infowars attorney Marc Randazza said during a telephone interview Friday. "I think it's at least worth taking a closer look."
Louis Tompros, one of Furie's attorneys, said the California-based cartoonist had never heard of El Sapo Pepe before receiving a letter from Infowars's attorneys about it.
"So, it definitely did not inspire his creation of Pepe," Tompros wrote in an email Friday.
A federal judge set a July 2019 trial date for the lawsuit Furie filed against Infowars in Los Angeles.
It was the second such case that Furie has brought as part of a legal campaign to reclaim his creation.
Infowars' website is the online platform for right-wing radio host Jones. Furie's lawsuit says he didn't authorize the site to sell a poster that depicts the anthropomorphic frog alongside images of Jones, President Donald Trump, far-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos and other right-wing figures.
Jones has described the lawsuit as a "publicity stunt" and said he views it as an expression of political speech protected by the First Amendment.
"My listeners understand this is all frivolous," Jones told The Associated Press in March.
Infowars was selling the Pepe-adorned "MAGA" poster for US$29.95 and says it was created by "renowned artist and patriot" Jon Allen. Jones said Infowars has sold about 1,000 of the posters but added that it's hardly one of the site's most popular items.
Furie's "chill frog-dude" debuted in a 2006 comic book called "Boy's Club" and became a popular canvas for benevolent internet memes. But the user-generated mutations grew increasingly hateful and ubiquitous more than a year before the 2016 presidential election, when Furie's creation become an online mascot for white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists.
The Anti-Defamation League branded Pepe as a hate symbol in September 2016 and promoted Furie's efforts to reclaim the character.
Twitter banned Jones and Infowars from the social media platform earlier this year for abusive behavior. Jones has been sued by targets of his conspiracy theories, including parents of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Jones questioned whether the shooting rampage was a hoax.
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Hansen says Bachman Good Source for Jokes
Minnesota comedian Scott Hansen says Michelle Bachman has been a source of good material for his act. The Congresswoman from the 6th District is a Tea Party favorite who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. He says he capitalizes on her mistakes.
Hansen is appearing at the Pine Peaks Comedy Club in Crosslake this weekend.


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The Voter Fraud That �Never Happens� Keeps Coming BackMore at the site -- this was first reported by Cincinnati station WCPO which has a lot more including the fact that there were five people casting absentee ballots from her physical address and that she cast the ballot for one of her grandchildren. Now wasn't Ohio one of Obama's key states? Wonder why... Posted by DaveH at February 9, 2013 11:59 AM
Critics of voter ID and other laws cracking down on voter fraud claim they�re unnecessary because fraud is nonexistent. For instance, Brennan Center attorneys Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt claimed last year: �A person casting two votes risks jail time and a fine for minimal gain. Proven voter fraud, statistically, happens about as often as death by lightning strike.�
Well, lightning is suddenly all over Cincinnati, Ohio. The Hamilton County Board of Elections is investigating 19 possible cases of alleged voter fraud that occurred when Ohio was a focal point of the 2012 presidential election. A total of 19 voters and nine witnesses are part of the probe.
Democrat Melowese Richardson has been an official poll worker for the last quarter century and registered thousands of people to vote last year. She candidly admitted to Cincinnati�s Channel 9 this week that she voted twice in the last election.


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One of the many films that premiered at this year's Toronto Film Festival was The Spierig Brothers "Daybreakers". The film stars Ethan Hawke as a brilliant vampire hematologist (blood expert) and he lives in a world where most humans have been turned into vampires due to a plague. Unfortunately, with a vampire society so large, they've killed most of the remaining humans and they're relying on Hawke to provide a blood substitute. The film also stars Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, and Willem Dafoe.
While I wasn't sure what to expect going in, I was surprised by how much I liked the movie. It's a high concept film that also plays as a vampire movie. I think audiences are going to like it when Lionsgate releases it this January. Anyway, while at the festival, I got to interview The Spierig Brothers and you can read our conversation after the jump. They talk about doing some of the special effects themselves, getting financing, making the film, and they also talk about their next movie "Captain Blood".
Finally, here's a review of "Daybreakers", here's the trailer, and here is a recent video blog where I talk about the film. You can expect a lot more on this film as it get's closer to release.
Question: You guys had a very successful first film. How hard was it to get the financing and to get this movie off the ground?
MICHAEL SPIERIG: "Undead", while it was successful, it wasn't a phenomenal success, it was sort of a success if you talk about it in cult terms. So it wasn't like people were kicking our door down saying you must work with us, you must work with us. What we ended up doing is we wrote this treatment and we took it to Lionsgate who released "Undead" and we said here's this idea for this vampire film. They really liked the treatment and from that they paid us to write the script. And we did that with them for the better part of 2 years developing the script. And then this is a long process of raising the money, rewriting the script and then eventually going out to a cast member, which was Ethan Hawke. And once we got Ethan on board, it changed everything. It legitimized the project. It secured the last pieces of our financing and it allowed us to go out and get the other actors that we wanted which was Willem Defoe and Sam Neill.
When you guys were developing this project, many filmmakers work on like 4 or 5 things that they attach themselves to to possibly whichever one bubbles up, that's the one they end up going for. Were you guys writing other things at the same time or was this all the eggs in the basket?
MICHAEL: This was all the eggs.
PETER SPIERIG: It was one of those things where we were offered a lot of scripts but they were the 5th sequel in some sort of straight to video horror thing, you know? It was that type of stuff and there was…we just weren't interested in doing that. And we just figured the only way we're going to get to make the type of movie we want to make is if we write it ourselves. And we put everything into "Daybreakers" and had no other things going. And if it didn't work, if for whatever reason it never got green-lit, it would have been 2 years of basically nothing.
Now if I'm not mistaken, I thought I saw your names in the credits for doing some of the special effects.
PETER: Yeah, that's right.
Could you talk about what effects you specifically did…I'm curious what your involvement was in the effects? When I spoke to Neill [Blomkamp] for "District 9" he talked about how he was personally very involved with certain things and explained some CGI stuff, so I'm really fascinated about this new generation of directors who are doing effects themselves.
PETER: Yeah. I mean, we did a lot of effects actually. There were 3 companies-there was a company that did a lot of the blood farm and really complex stuff like that. And then there was a company that just handled vampire disintegrations. And Michael and I did a lot of wire removal and a lot of blue screen…green screen. Some digital city shots. I mean, there was a lot of things that we did. And we never had planned on doing that. It's just that because of the resources we didn't want to drop anything and so we just said we'll do these visual effects ourselves. If we can't afford to do them, we'll do them ourselves.
And so what kind of system did you guys work on?
PETER: It was a very basic Mac desktop computer. Michael did all the effects on his laptop. And it's crazy because you can do that stuff. It's not…and we're using regular kind of off the shelf software, Photoshop, after effects. That kind of stuff. Lightwave 3D.
I've heard stories about this, but that's really cool. There's two specific things that are awesome in the movie. One of which is a shot towards the end, which I'm sure you guys know what shot I'm talking about, and I don't want to give away too much, but there's a shot of let's just say a lot going on in the frame towards the end of the film. How tough was that shot and how long did it take for you guys to do that? Who did that shot, if you know what I'm talking about?
PETER: Yeah, yeah. That was…so there's a lot of layers in that shot because there's only about 5 people in the frame each time. So what you're doing is trying to find the sort of peak moment in all that stuff so it's all tiled together to make a single shot, so there's a lot of green screens combined together to get it. And I think I shot that. I was on 2nd unit shooting that and it took a long time, a long time.
MICHAEL: We had separate elements of people just throwing arms in the air and legs and…
Totally. Like was sitting in the theatre like that is awesome. Like it was just a great shot, but also without giving anything away, there's what I call…people were asking me today what I thought and I was talking about how there's a few great moments of lets' just say blood-work. I'll use that term, right?
MICHAEL: Blood-work.
Obviously with the budget and you have certain moments where you can do that stuff, where was it? How tough was it to pick the moments to put those specific scenes in and were you limited with budget? Was it like story, was it script?
MICHAEL: Yeah, well I think that what we…special effects makeup, blood, gags all of that stuff, it takes a lot of time and it's surprisingly not that much fun to shoot because it takes so long to re-set. There's all these factors so you don't really get a lot of enjoyment out of shooting them because, yeah, it can take up your whole day just shooting a simple splatter. We made sure we spread it out throughout the film, not that we give everybody all the blood at the beginning, but we wanted to make sure the ending is bloody as hell.
I think you got that.
MICHAEL: And, Peter help me out here…
PETER: Well, I mean what you're trying to do is not say too much without giving it…
MICHAEL: Giving away, yeah.
PETER: The blood and all that stuff is there because it needs to be there, you know? There's…
MICHAEL: It's a vampire movie.
PETER: We're not shying away from any of that and I think if I wanted to see a vampire movie, I would go and see a vampire movie with some blood in it. I don't get vampire movies without any blood.
I know I'm running out of time so let me just, of course I have to ask, the thing that also I really enjoyed about the film is the high concept. You know, it's an original idea and it's a twist on the vampire thing that I really enjoyed.
Michael: Cool.
Also I'm a huge sci-fi guy and you mixed in a lot of stuff that I really like. Are you already thinking obviously for future stuff like twists on other kind of genres? Like what are you guys thinking about for future stuff?
MICHAEL: Well we actually what we're doing now is we're developing a project with Warner Brothers called "Captain Blood" which is based on the Raphael Sabatini novel. It's a pirate movie but we're taking the pirate theme or the swashbuckling pirate theme and turning it into a space pirate movie. So it's pirates in space.
Let me ask you, is it a similar kind of…what else can you say anything more about it? Is it an R? Is it like a…
MICHAEL: No, it won't be an R-rated movie. It'll be maybe PG. I'm not sure yet how it'll develop, but it's going to be pretty cool. It's a pretty cool, dark thing.
I'm assuming you guys are writing this as we speak.
MICHAEL: No, we're working with another writer who's writing it as we speak.
Okay, so you guys are planning on directing that one…oh, look at that. The little transition if you will.
PETER: Well, there's something else that we're writing as well, so there's another project that we're writing at the moment. So there's a few things going on.
So in other words, you've taken the path of what we talked about at the beginning.
PETER: Yeah, exactly.
Let's talk about actually the casting of everybody…like Willem Defoe and some of the other cast. With casting the other people, were these all first choices? Could you just talk about like meeting some of these people? Were they immediately on-board?
PETER: Yeah, I mean we were very lucky because they were all our first choices. So we had a very, very short list and Ethan was the first person to say yes. And I think Michael said it before, it really just changed the kind of possession of the picture and there was a lot of questions being asked well, if Ethan's doing a movie like this what is it about it? There must be something interesting. And so we were able to get the material to Willem and Sam and a fantastic Aussie cast as well and they all responded positively almost straight away and were happy to come on-board. And I know that doesn't…this is our first sort of big actor, big star experience and I know that that doesn't happen very often that you get all your first choices or you get your very first or second choices. It's pretty rare, so we're very lucky.
Any deleted scenes? How many might be on the DVD?
PETER: There's almost none. In fact, there's really none. It was shot very economically.
I have to wrap. Thank you both so much. Congratulations on the movie.
PETER: No problem.


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Start your React native App using a template
In this section you learn how to get started with an React template and get ready to use Back4App in 4 steps.
To complete this quickstart, you need:
- Visual Studio Code (or any web IDE you like).
- React Library.
- An app created at Back4App.
- Follow the New Parse App tutorial to learn how to create a Parse app at Back4App.
Step 1 - Get the template
- Download the template at our
GitHub repository, and unzip files in your project folder. You can do that using the following command line:
$ curl -LOk https://github.com/back4app/react-quickstart-example/archive/master.zip && unzip master.zip
- Navigate to the extracted folder and install the depedencies using the following command line:
$ cd react-quickstart-example-master && npm install
Step 2 - Open the project template
- Open Visual Studio Code.
- Click on
Open folder.
- Navigate to the project folder and click on
- Wait for Visual Studio to open.
Step 3 - Set up app's credentials
Update your strings values to set up the app's credentials. Parse Javascript SDK uses these settings to connect to the Back4App servers. In order to do that, follow these steps:
- Open your home javascript file:
- Go to your App Dashboard at Back4App Website.
- Navigate to app's settings: Click on
Server Settings>
Core Settingsblock >
- Return to your
app.jsfile and paste your
App Idand
JavaScript Key.
- Finally, let's add a new component to save the device installation to our database.
See more at our New Parse App guide.
Step 4 - Testing your connection
- Run your app on your browser.
$ npm run start
- Wait until a new tab opens on your browser.
- Login at Back4App Website.
- Find your app and click on
- Click on
- Go to
If everything works properly, you should find a class named
Installation as follows:
It's done!
At this point, you have learned how to get started with React apps.


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Surfing Spots in Yorkshire
Sandy family beach backed by hills and cliffs. Scarborough castle dominates the skyline overlooking the beach.
Scarborough North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 6PF
Whitby Beach is a sandy blue flag beach, set among fine stretches of the Yorkshire coast with spectacular cliffs and bays.
Whitby Beach, Whitby Beach, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3EN
South Bay has a large sandy bay with good facilities, child friendly amenities and is popular with families. There is a working harbour with a small fishing fleet and a new marina for yachts and pleasure boats.
Scarborough South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 1PD
A popular centre for surfing in recent years, and was listed by The Guardian as one of the top ten surf locations in the UK.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Teeside, Cleveland, TS12 1JS
Cayton Bay has a magnificent wide sweeping bay, a year-round dog-friendly beach, clean water, affordable parking and great facilities. Cayton Bay is a magnet for holidaymakers and is a beautiful place to explore.
Cayton Bay, Killerby Cliff, Cayton Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NR


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At long last I'm finally blogging about my trip to Las Vegas for Inspiration Unlimited 2012. A warning, this will be long and full of lots of pictures!!
I was genuinely concerned at the outset of this trip as my fankle hadn't recovered overly well before I left. I was still in physio and I still couldn't walk a heck of a lot. And If you know anything about Vegas, it's that there is a TON of walking to be done!! This girl had lots of plans that I'd been making since last year when I realized how much I didn't get done on my first trip: the Grand Canyon, Fremont Street, the iconic sign at the south end of the strip, watching the Bellagio fountain show, and riding the mechanical bull at PBR Rockbar. I'm happy to say this time I accomplished all, bad fankle and all, except the mechanical bull. I feared getting hurt again/still/worse from getting tossed from the bull and I wasn't sure how I could explain that to the physio after all the work he'd done on me all summer.
I got in on Saturday night, which also happened to be fight night at MGM Grand (that of course was not scheduled when I booked my plane tickets), which means Vegas was a zoo. I wanted to stay at Planet Hollywood for the duration of my time on the strip, but for that Saturday night PH was crazy expensive, and they had a mandatory Friday checkin for that night. I opted to stay at the cheap and cheerful Hampton Inn Tropicana for the one night. It was one of the only hotels that still had availability and not jacked rates. Minus the free airport shuttle that was a total disaster (that I waited almost 2 hours for a pickup), and trying to get a taxi to come pickup when it was time to leave, the Hampton was fantastic. The service was good, the location was great, and the room was clean. By the time I finally got there, my foot was swollen and sore from the flight, and I was tired so I didn't venture out to the strip at all.
Sunday morning I was up early for Vegas time. I got to enjoy breakfast in bed from the buffet downstairs and watch the tail end of Sunday NFL Countdown, and the start of the first football games. Then it was time to checkout and move on (finally!) to Planet Hollywood. I was so happy to see this sign again!
I love staying here. I love the atmosphere. I love the location. I love the amenities. I loved going up to the Heart Bar after finding my room to see how Sunday football really should be watched!
Oh, and that room? I splurged a little and got a strip view. I couldn't justify going to fountain view, and the advantage of where my room was is I had a great view of the Cosmo pool where Enrique Iglesias was playing that night! Free show! Here were my daytime views – first the Cosmo pool and Bellagio "lake", and below directly below me to the PH pool, bar and outdoor gambling tables.
That evening, still full of energy, after watching some of Enrique (who was fashionably late, natch!), I went over to finally watch a Bellagio fountain show. In my super quick stint on the strip last year I didn't have time to stop and watch the show, this year, I made sure I had time!
A beautiful end to a fantastic day.
Monday – I picked Monday to be a mostly relaxing and touring the strip day with plans of Grand Canyon for Tuesday, more relaxing and strip on Wednesday, before migrating to Green Valley Ranch and Inspiration Unlimited for Thursday. So I started off sunning by the pool with my Starbucks in hand.
I tried to use my MyVegas rewards to get a Zarkana ticket but it wasn't working, so I opted to go over to the box office at Aria and see what I could find. I did check with Tix4Tonight first, and while they said they could get me a great price, they had no idea where the seat was until I got to the box office at Aria, so it only made sense for me to do my own legwork. On the way into Crystals, someone in character was handing out discount coupons for Zarkana. I managed to snag an AMAZING seat at a FANTASTIC price. I celebrated my find with delicious pints and oysters at Todd English P.U.B.
And a mandatory after-show touristy photo:
Zarkana was excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I saw O last year and it was definitely the better of the 2, but I wanted to see something new. Next up it was time to go across the street to the Cosmopolitan to the second feature at their "Dive-In Movies" shown on the huge screen by the pool. It was Breakfast at Tiffany's. Another movie I'd been dying to watch but had never seen in it's entirety. Well, my busy day and excitement caught the better of me. I got onto my comfy poolside lounge bed, got a great view, saw the first few minutes and the next thing I know I'm hearing Moon River and watching the credits scroll by. Yes, I slept through the whole thing. 😦 Sad girl.
Tuesday – I was up bright and early, renting a car and I was on my way to the Grand Canyon, with detours to the Hoover Dam and old Route 66 with stops in Kingman and Seligman AZ. In the Pixar movie Cars, the town of Radiator Springs was loosely based on the town of Seligman. I have a ton of pictures from this road trip but there are some significant ones missing. Normally, when I travel I use at least 3 cameras to take pictures – my SLR, my point and shoot, and my phone, and sometimes even my Instax mini. When I got to the Hoover Dam I got camera cocky and only used my SLR. When I stopped in Kingman to review my pictures I discovered I had none! It seems I brilliantly left my CF card out while shooting. I'm just thankful I noticed it early on in Kingman, and quickly shed my cockyness and went back to snapping with 4 cameras..
FINALLY, after several trips to Phoenix and now my second trip to Las Vegas, finally I made it to the Grand Canyon, and it was every bit as spectacular as I'd hoped.
I can't get over how big it is. I know that sounds silly when it has the name "Grand" but seriously, so wide and so deep and so long. I took their shuttle bus system all over the park and found the views no matter where to be quite similar, and yet I couldn't see a lot of the places I'd already been from one lookout point to the next.
It's definitely an excursion that should be on everyone's bucket list to do at least once. And don't waste your time with the tourist trap fabricated West Rim, go all the way to the South Rim.
On the way back I made sure to stop at the iconic sign.
With rental car I went up to my last stop, Fremont Street. In being fully honest, I really didn't like it and it was the most unsafe I've felt on any Vegas trip. The canopy kept the smoke in, so that wasn't overly pleasant at all. The laser show was a bit neat. The casinos were dingy and sketchy. The crowds were different than those on the strip. Most of them were quite fall down drunk and had ZERO respect for personal space. I downed a very overpriced drink and made my way back to Planet Hollywood where I settled in for a well earned sleep.
Wednesday was a relatively low-key day. I started off poolside with my Starbucks again, and Skyped home so he could see what he was missing (me, sun, palm trees). I went up to the Venetian because on my last trip I stopped at the Forum Shops at Caesars and didn't make it any further north.
I found my favourite slot machine in their casino and stopped when I was up $5.
I fell in love with the Canal Shoppes.
Some of the gelatos there looked positively heavenly. I'm not sure how I managed to resist but I did. That being said, I had a spectacular lunch there at Morels. I paid for the cheese fondue for 2 with a caesar salad and 2 for 1 vodka tonics on the patio that overlooked the strip and the outdoor canals. It was incredible and I was truly living the dolce vita that afternoon.
I went back to Planet Hollywood to get cleaned up for dinner as I had plans to go to Paris to try Mon Ami Gabi and go up the Eiffel Tower, yes another thing I hadn't done yet. There was a red carpet event going on at Planet Hollywood I thought I may try to take in before dinner, but by the time I got back there, the area surrounding the carpet was already packed, and I'm short, and the celebs were late (natch!).
Yes, I opted to give up on trying to fight for a glimpse of JT and Ben Affleck, and as I later found out Holly Madison too. Bummer!
I did make it up the tower for some spectacular views of the Vegas strip and the Bellagio fountains.
I then went down and my patio strip side table was ready at Gabi. I had a great spot to people watch, watch the fountain show over and through the palms, and my dinner was so incredible.
After dinner I went back to the Heart Bar at Planet Hollywood for a nightcap or two of my new favourite cocktails, cherry bombs! So so so delicious! And I couldn't help but take a picture of the super neat light up cocktail menu at the Heart Bar.
And with that my time on the strip was over and it was time to relax and scrapbook to my heart's content at Inspiration Unlimited at Green Valley Ranch.
Thursday – I took a taxi from PH down to the airport to catch the GVR shuttle. I took a cab last year and it cost over $40. For less than $20 to get to the airport it was well worth the leisurely trek as I wasn't in any rush to get there before check-in time. What can I say about GVR?! I love the room and the property. I love the chill and laid back vibe. I love the view my room had:
Inspiration Unlimited is bar none the BEST scrapbooking event I've been to. Teresa Collins is just incredible and I feel so lucky to get to take 2 amazing workshops with her. Ginger runs a super tight ship like a well oiled machine. The roster of instructors is always top notch. I fully plan on going to every one as long as they continue to exist. I've already paid my deposit to return next year. And one of the things I love about Inspiration Unlimited is the friends I see there year after year. I love our yearly reunions!
Here's the worst picture ever of me with Teresa:
In my defence, it was day 2 and I was tired from my week of adventures and full day of crafting the day before.
I got to make some neat projects:
I resisted sampling some of these delectable treats from the pastry case at the cafe:
I had so much fun reconnecting with these ladies:
Missing Patty who was being our awesome camerawoman..
I totally need to get more pictures with friends next year because I'm missing so many..
And then the ugly…
On Saturday night one of my girlfriends and I got violently ill from the buffet at GVR. I was so sick and it put an incredible damper on my final days there that I had hoped to spend with friends, and by the pool, and relaxing.. essentially anything but spending it in bed and getting very acquainted with the beautiful bathroom. I'm beyond disappointed to say that when I brought it up to the front desk when I was feeling well enough to emerge from my room in the hunt for some Gatorade, they showed no concern whatsoever, and suggested I should call the buffet manager in the morning. I had far too much to do on Monday morning that I couldn't call the manager and it was time to go. I will return to GVR because that's where Inspiration Unlimited is, but I will definitely consider alternate dining options while there.
Monday I had my traditional lunch leaving McCarran, cheese quesadillas at Sammy Hagar's. I opted to skip out on the Can't Drive 55 drink because my tummy was still queasy and recovering from the food poisoning.
Southwest got me, and all my luggage home safe and sound.
What an incredible trip. I had so much fun and I can't wait until next September!
A lot of my projects are still in progress but will be shared when completed in a separate post (this one is long enough already!)
In 100% full disclosure I have not been compensated for my reviews in any way shape or form.


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Promo Reactions (Da Funk Remix):
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Junior O remix: Nice dubby house tune, plodding along in a very low deep groove.
Da Funk remix : Chunkier house groove, yet still deep....I do like this one a lot, I think this one has the emotional content out of the three for me. I would play this one more than the others.
BUT I would play all three of them at some point im certain."
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My favourite is the smooth Da Funk remix. I will play it for sure.Great work."
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Proper laid back house vibes. Lovin the lush chords...will play this one for def!"
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but its the original thats doing it for me, simple but effective, we like."
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Spanish Fort is a young city, having been established on July 19, 1993. The residents of this thriving community saw the possibility of annexation by the a nearby city and,
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Spanish Fort rests on a hill overlooking Mobile Bay, just 10 miles east of Mobile. A city rich in history, Spanish Fort has adopted the title, "A City of Spirit". Our City Seal displays the six flags which have flown over our city during its long history. Historic plaques dot our streets, especially in Spanish Fort Estates, where many streets have names associated with the Civil War. Street names include General Canby Drive, General Gibson Drive, Bugle Retreat, Rally Road, Artillery Range, Confederate Drive, Soldier's Route, Blakeley Way, Union Pass, and Cavalry Charge. Remnants of breastworks from the Civil War still remain throughout our area subdivisions.
Since incorporating in 1993, three mayors have served the City of Spanish Fort. Under their leadership, the City annexed the State Hwy. 90 Causeway into the City limits, was instrumental in bringing two large retail developments and their tax revenue to the City, and annexed a large-scale Planned Unit Development, the Highlands Of Spanish Fort, into the City. These decisions have increased our City's footprint from 1,542 acres in 1995 to approximately 17,561 acres today. As we look forward to the future, we anticipate continued emphasis on providing big city services as our small town continues to serve its residents well.
Spanish Fort's history dates back to 1712, when Jean-Baptiste Bienville of France founded the City of Mobile. Originally, Spanish Fort was the site of a trading post established by the French during their occupation of Mobile. At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, a large portion of the Gulf Coast, including the land which Spanish Fort now occupies, was ceded to the British when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763. During the American Revolutionary War (1774-1783), after the Spanish took Mobile and the surrounding areas in the Battle of Charlotte in 1780, a Spanish military fort was built on the site of that old French trading post.
This "Spanish Fort" was the site of a counter attack by British forces dispatched from Pensacola, Florida in 1781. At this time, the British were unsuccessful in their attempt to recapture the area. At the conclusion of the War of 1812, Spanish Fort was officially the property of the United States. The "original trading post" location is at the southeast corner of the intersection of U.S. Highways 98 and 31.
During the American Civil War, Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an eastern Confederate defense for the Mobile area. Fort Huger, Fort Tracey, Fort McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses. The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 – April 8, 1865, during which the Union Forces embarked on a land campaign in an attempt to capture Mobile from the East. Union Major General E.R.S. Canby's XIII and XVI corps traveled along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, forcing the Confederates back into their defenses and making Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley the focus of their efforts. March 27, 1865 marks the siege of Spanish Fort as Canby's forces rendezvoused at Danley's Ferry. By April 1, they enveloped the fort and captured it on April 8, 1865. Most of the Confederate forces, under the command of Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson, escaped by fleeing to Mobile.
After Spanish Fort's fall on April 8, 1865, and Gen. Robert E Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Fort Blakeley remained the last organized resistance to Northern occupation east of the Mississippi River. On April 9, 1865 Fort Blakeley fell to the Union troops in the Battle of Fort Blakeley. The fall of both Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley allowed Union troops to enter Mobile unopposed after the conclusion of the Civil War. After the Civil War, the area lost population and remained largely undeveloped until the 1970s when development began to increase.
The history of Spanish Fort includes being presided over by six different governments since our foundation as a trading post in 1712 - France, Great Britain, Spain, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, and Alabama- and is the inspiration for the City Seal with its six flags. The six flags and their dates are as follows:
France: 1712 - 1763
Britain: 1763
Spain: 1781
United States of America: 1810 with the annexation of west Florida under President James Madison
Alabama Territory: Established in 1819
Confederacy: 1861 ( Alabama joined the Confederate States, which collapsed in 1865)
The City Seal of Spanish Fort also includes a conquistador's helmet with a scabbard and a cannon. The elements of the seal are representative of the battles which were fought in our area and the historic value we place on these relics of our past.
For more information about the History of Spanish Fort, click on any of the links in the sidebar to the right.