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March 28, 2017
For millennial moms with push-to-start cars and advanced home security systems, loyalty programs might be the only reason they still carry around keychains. Looking at your own keychain or wallet, you might see that it's full of loyalty cards for your local grocery store, convenience store, and perhaps even movie theaters or restaurants. Of all those cards, which ones do you use, and which ones are just taking up space?
Gaining the loyalty of millennial moms through loyalty programs like these is a great idea, and enrollment in loyalty programs has increased in the last few years according to The Bond Brand Loyalty 2015 Report. However, while enrollment is up, engagement is down. If millennial moms are anything like the rest of the population, they're signing up for loyalty programs more than they're using them. The strategies you need to earn the loyalty of millennial moms might just start with improving your loyalty program.
How are moms shopping now?
There are many different types of loyalty programs, but the basic concept is that someone will sign up for a program with your brand, give you her contact information, make purchases, and receive rewards in return. She get benefits, and you get to check out her habits. She has a good experience, and you get a loyal customer. The Bond report shows that the average consumer does indeed modify her purchasing behavior to maximize the benefits she receives.
Customers, on some level, are looking for deals, and they're willing to adjust their routines, the brands they buy from, and the stores they frequent in order to get benefits. So, a mom shopping for a specific brand of diapers might see a sale on another brand and change her mind. She might see that her grocery store is discounting some of her favorite products in a few days and wait to make her big shopping trip. Moms today are also using online services to buy items like diapers in bulk, so the millennial mom might scope out a few different websites before ordering.
How can loyalty programs work for moms?
Knowing all of this, you can modify your loyalty program to reward moms for looking at your brand and making a purchase. She chose you out of her many options, and a discount on her next purchase will encourage her to do it again! With a loyalty program, it's easy to track purchases and reward customers, just encourage your millennial moms to make an account with you and/or remember to sign in on your website or app when making a purchase.
One example of a reward would be sending her an email after she buys something to let her know that her next purchase is 10% off. You could also use a system that awards points with each purchase or review, eventually leading to a free item! You'll have a relationship with her, so when the time comes, you can send an email or push notification letting her know that you've released a new product or made a cute video she might like. Unlike many promotional notifications and emails she receives, this is one she'll be excited about and pay attention to.
How can you execute loyalty programs on mobile?
With the rise in popularity of mobile payment systems like Apple Pay and online ordering apps, moms are already used to paying for things with their phones. Some brands (hello Starbucks!) have found that their rewards programs transition naturally to mobile, while others struggle a bit. According to the Bond report, customers using mobile loyalty apps report higher satisfaction that customers who haven't downloaded a mobile loyalty app, but 60% of smartphone owners aren't aware whether their program offers a mobile app or not. The lesson here is that if you have a great mobile loyalty app, your customers are probably enjoying it, but you have to talk about it more!
If a standalone loyalty app isn't the right fit for you, you can still reward customers on mobile. Encourage moms to make accounts with your brand, use promo codes, leave reviews, and stay in touch with you on social media. You can do a mix of automated rewards emails based on behavior and fun contests and prizes on social. At Ovia Media, we host special "Ovia Exclusives" in our apps for brands who want to give our moms a little extra discount or gift to show their appreciation. The key to earning the loyalty of millennial moms is to demonstrate that they're important to you, so just send a little love their way! They'll appreciate it.
If you'd like to learn more about Ovia Exclusives or other ways to find your way into the hearts of millennial moms, let us know!


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SEOUL, South Korea — When young South Koreans are engaged, their thoughts often turn to wedding venues, guest lists — and Swiss watches.
"In Korea, there seems to be quite a strong wedding or bridal gift culture," said Tina Kang, marketing and communication manager for IWC Schaffhausen in Korea. "In many cases, the bride and the groom will exchange rings and watches."
The Korean terms are yemul, for the gifts the bride and groom exchange, and yedan, for the gifts that the bride's family gives to the groom's. These presents used to be simple items but, as the country's affluence has increased, many modern couples choose costly items.
"Nowadays, the wedding gift trend is focused on practical items like watches," said Tellhim Shin, a publicist at Hanwha Galleria, the well-known department store in the wealthy Apgujeong neighborhood, where Korean trendsetters often have their first encounters with new international labels. (The lavish two-building complex is something of a landmark, too, its pearl-like facade used for a vivid light show at night.)
In addition to its dizzying array of cosmetics, designer clothes and handbags, the Galleria's Luxury Hall East has two floors dedicated to watches, with in-store boutiques selling brands like Vacheron Constantin, Officine Panerai and Patek Philippe.
One day in late September, two engaged couples came to the store to do some browsing. Coincidentally, both were marrying on Oct. 29, the height of the popular wedding season in South Korea, and at venues in the Gangnam district before about 400 guests.
So they talked about weddings and watches.
Dong Oh Lee, 33, office worker, and So Ra Sohn, 33, fashion editor
Fourteen years ago, Mr. Lee and Ms. Sohn met at an academy where they were being prepared for university entrance examinations. (He had a crush on her and started leaving a soft drink on her desk every day.)
When the couple became engaged last spring, they felt pressured to follow the elaborate gift traditions because many of their friends had. But in the end, they decided to follow their own hearts. "It's really not about the money or getting something expensive," Ms. Sohn said, "but it's about doing something meaningful for your partner, and giving them something that will make them happy."
At the Galleria, they first stopped at Jaeger-LeCoultre, particularly focusing on the sleek Reverso Tribute in navy and black. (Claire Cho, public relations manager of Jaeger-LeCoultre Korea, said its most popular models in South Korea are the Master Ultra Thin Moon for men and Rendez-Vous Night & Day for women.)
They then visited Bulgari — "We really love Bulgari," Ms. Sohn said, "that's actually where we bought our wedding bands." They admired the Octo Finissimo Ultra-Thin Automatique, a slim model with a faceted case that was introduced in March. (The Lucea models are most often chosen by Korean bridal couples, said Jung Mi Park of Bulgari Korea, although the signature Serpenti collection, with a strap that spirals snakelike around the wrist, also is popular with brides.)
Later, the couple bought Rolexes.
"I've always had an interest in Rolex because growing up as a kid I was really into music, especially American hip-hop and watching music videos," Mr. Lee said. "I had never owned an expensive watch but I knew that if I would ever own one, it would definitely be Rolex."
He got his wish: a Rolex Datejust Ref. 116234 with a blue dial and Oyster metal bracelet.
Ms. Sohn also got a Datejust but a Ref. 279171, with a chocolate brown dial, diamond detailing and Oyster two-toned bracelet.
Eric Kim, 33, investment manager, and Yoo Kyung Cho, 30, television producer
A little more than a year ago, Mr. Kim and Ms. Cho met at birthday party for one of Mr. Kim's colleagues. (When they were interviewed Sept. 27, they knew they had been together 420 days.)
When it came to the gift exchange, Ms. Cho said, "Some traditional things should be included like rice cakes, grains, a hanbok, a small mirror — each has a specific meaning. The meaning of each item is the most important part. It can seem like it's all about money but it's not."
Ms. Cho and her mother had chosen all the presents, which had been delivered to Mr. Kim's family the previous weekend. Although, she said, "We also melted my parents' wedding rings to make Eric's wedding band, and I created an ingam, a traditional legal seal for Eric. I think those are very special gifts."
Mr. Kim said he had given Ms. Cho a set of pearl jewelry; a dress and a hanbok, the traditional Korean garment; a handbag; some herbal medicine and traditional Korean carved birds that mean happiness. (Also, some whisky for her father.)
Ms. Cho said: "Nowadays people try to simplify the tradition because many couples think it's not necessary to spend that much money. Maybe from the perspective of people outside Korea it seems like we only focus on money, but it really is about tradition and meaning."
As the couple strolled through the Galleria, Mr. Kim talked about watches: "I love luxury watches, I always did. I like brands such as IWC, Breitling, Audemars Piguet."
Ms. Cho said she loved jewelry but just didn't have the same interest in watches. " I never really thought about getting one, to be honest," she said.
They decided to stop at IWC, and Mr. Kim immediately set his heart on a Portofino Ref. IW391007. (Ms. Kang, who was visiting the shop, said the Portofino models were designed to reflect the spirit of Italian fashion and lifestyle.)
At Breguet, Mr. Kim closely examined a Marine GMT with a waterproof rubber bracelet. And a sales associate displayed a model with the brand's moon phase complication, which appears on the dial as a somewhat concerned looking moon face between two gold stars; the case of the women's version was set with 66 diamonds.
In a later interview, Hyelim Uh, a public relations and marketing executive at Breguet Korea, said the Moon Phase is becoming popular among couples.
As for Ms. Cho, she loved Breguet's Classique Dame 9088 in white with a diamond-set clasp. "Maybe I'm becoming more interested in watches now," she said with a laugh.
But while Mr. Kim did get his favorite IWC Portofino, Ms. Cho got a handbag.

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A Children's Book
Imagine a young girl who loathes her middle name.
Imagine she never fully gets over that feeling, despite many decades of living a carefree life with her first name.
Then one day that grown girl meets a goat with the same almost-forgotten middle name.
"Poor sweet kid," she says, and they become very good friends.
The goat is full of mischief and wears her name like a badge of splendid royal-badness.
Imagine the grown girl writing a children's book about this goat and their shared name and the goat's escapades as she grows up.
Grown girl has a blast. First making the photos, then writing, then more photos and more writing. Then drawings by a most gifted illustrator.
And then? My Name is Ethel.
The story of a goat who doesn't like her name.
Meet Ethel…
August 2015. It was love at first sight for the little kid with a heart on her head. (Maybe a little pity too.)
Ethel arrived at Tucker Farm with her sister. The kid with a heart on her head had been escaping through fences and climbing on neighborhood cars. The previous owners were at wits' end.
My friend Karen has Tucker Farm and is 'Mama T' in the story. She's got a thing for wayward animals. She also has a thing for Hollywood names and like me, she loved the old I Love Lucy show.
Meet Karen and Ethel's sister, Lucy…
Right from the start, Ethel had a larger-than-life personality. Lucy is demure by comparison.
As Ethel's daddy Steve says, "For Ethel, fences are mere suggestions."
At Tucker Farm the goats share a pasture with the donkeys. There are also horses, chickens, dogs, cats, ducks and geese; many of whom have been rescued.
Karen and I talked about a children's book set at Tucker Farm. But what would the storyline be? Then one day it hit me. Ethel! Our shared name. Her mischievous ways. Why of course! There were already built in subplots. Her fence line escape-ades, her insatiable curiosity, her love of cars, and by then, Ethel had become a real poser. I had accumulated a nice variety of photos.
I did some research and discovered there are very few children's books that use photography, especially with a look that's beyond straight documentation. The SheepOver by John and Jennifer Churchman was a great source of inspiration. In the story, real animals in dreamy settings depict a real event on the Churchman's farm. It's impossible not to fall for Sweet Pea the sheep, and her colorful friends.
I experimented for days on end using different textured backgrounds and effects, often adding elements, filters and colors until I had my look. A single photo might take all day, as I'd create layer upon layer in Photoshop.
Not only did I add birds and clouds and fun colors to the photo above, in the text to accompany the photo, Lucy says to her sister, "Chin up buttercup." My pasture happened to be full of buttercups so it only made sense to snatch a few and drop them in.
Ethel meets the fainting goats, Lena (upper left) and Grace (front left)
The fainting goats are inseparable but as luck would have it, I had a fun photo of Ethel sticking her tongue out as Grace (white goat) appears to be listening in earnest to what Ethel has to say. But where is Lena? (black goat). She was just outside the frame. After I added Lena, I dropped out the background and added colors and swirls and textures. As with many of the photos, I slightly increased the size of the goats' eyes for greater effect. Just a little.
Ethel was puzzled by the fainting goats' behavior. The spread is entitled, A Good Mystery. After doing rough layouts on the spreads, I realized there was plenty of white space for some drawings. I worked with the talented Joni Ray, to custom-illustrate a theme from each spread.
Joni did great job with Ethel as Sherlock Holmes…one of my favorite drawings in the book.
Okay…got the hang of a consistent look, time to write the story. Writing doesn't flow as easily for me as putting a spin on photos. My boyfriend would be dispatched to the man cave so I could pace in peace…and stare out the window with nothing outside in focus.
The inseparable Lena and Grace…
Then great googa mooga. I strapped myself in and over 6000 words came tumbling out! Whoa. Final version…approximately 4000 words. Good for several bedtimes in a row, if you're a mommy doing the reading.
While I wrote and edited photos, things were happening on Tucker Farm. Not only did we create photo shoots to include everyone in the pasture and follow the storyline, the goats and donkeys created their own stories.
As if begging to be in the book, Shelby carried Ethel's bucket around for me to photograph.
There are three pygmy goats at Tucker Farm and two of them are the biggest bullies in the barn. Head-butters. Butt-butters. Butt. Butt. Butt. Daisy and Rose. Don't let the flowery names fool you.
One morning Karen discovered Rose was missing a horn and clearly Daisy was the culprit. Losing a horn can be very painful for a goat. Rose was isolated for a month while she healed.
Before Rose was reintroduced to the gang, Karen taped tennis balls on Daisy's horns. First red duct tape, then purple. Purple balls. Hmmm. I could have some fun with that.
Goats tend to reestablish hierarchy when someone joins the herd, even a familiar face. The tennis balls were a safety precaution should Rose and Daisy get into it again. What a photo opp…although I may have gotten carried away when I decided to paint the entire fence pink.
As it turned out, Ethel won the butting contest.
I thought a sombrero party would be a grand way to end the book. After many adventures, Ethel-the-goat learns to appreciate her name. Her friendships even more. And along the way, she even taught me how to appreciate that silly name.
Time for a fiesta!¡!
I thought I'd bring a bunch of sombreros and line everybody up, behatted, and have an easy shoot. I'd be in majority-control. Leading the troops.
I was delusional.
Sombreros were nibbled and chomped and mutilated and there was much hiccuping and laughing going on.
I decided to go with the Tucker Farm photo booth look.
Do whatever comes naturally…
Plan it out…
Wear it well…
Throw in a couple of cacti…
I won't give away the ending or any of the other Ethel adventures along the way. See for yourself! Meet the goat with the heart on her head in My Name is Ethel.
You can find My Name is Ethel on Amazon…
Or for a personally signed copy, please visit my Animal Garden Shop site and be sure to tell us Ethels who too make it out to…
For ages 4-104. Hardcover, 48 pages. $19.95


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I'm hunting for another symbol besides "empty nest" to describe this part of my life after my kids have grown and left home.
I'm a single parent, and single parenting via divorce means I exposed my son and daughter to trauma they didn't bargain on. Honestly, after we moved I doubt they thought of their new digs as a place of comfort. It meant their lives had been uprooted and irrevocably changed.
Even after we got ourselves together, more or less, and I tried to give them a stable home, I never thought I was creating a "nest." I was just trying to survive. I didn't receive all that much nurturing, so the "nest" image wasn't working for anybody in my house. (But the three of us have turned out pretty well, so something did.)
Perhaps Jesus helped us understand the "nest" as a symbol of protection when he said about Jerusalem, "How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings…." (Matt. 23:37 NKJV). You could say I was creating an emotional "nest," but that doesn't do it either. I wasn't a parent who tried to protect her kids from the world; I thrust them out into it as much as I could.
But that image works for plenty of parents to describe their feelings when children leave home. Symbols carry emotional weight; that's why they have staying power in our language and imaginations. But I wonder sometimes if we get so locked into a meaning we don't realize when it may be inadequate.
I need a new symbol. Any ideas?


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Pakistan is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 191 million people,it is the sixth most populous country and is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
**A vaccination certificate is required for entry for travellers over 1 year of age coming from countries with risk of YF.
Malaria – Transmission occurs throughout the year. Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for certain areas.
Traveller's Diarrhoea– High risk exists throughout the country. Food and beverage precautions are essential to reduce the likelihood of illnessA Gastro Kit can be purchased from Travel Vaccination Health care, which includes prescription and non-prescription medications for presumptive self-treatment if diarrhoea occurs.
*This information is to be used as a guide only. Medical advice is recommended to individuals depending on their medical history, previous vaccination history and the itinerary.


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Sarah BalgobinPatient Advocate
Contact: [email protected]
Sarah will ensure you a pleasant experience in a welcoming atmosphere from the minute you walk in the door to the time you leave after your first adjustment or nutrition visit. Sarah handles patient intake, assists the Doctor with exams and x-rays and handles going over the doctors recommendations and how your insurance works and financial responsibilities.
Sarah has been with us for a while now and has been a wonderful asset to the Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic family. Read below to see how upper cervical chiropractic and nutrition has impacted her life.
Hello! My name is Sarah and I'm the Patient Advocate at Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center. I graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2011 with my Bachelors of Science in Legal Studies and a minor in Physical Education. After graduating from college, I've been trying to find a career path that will allow me to help people and provide a service to the community. I enjoy and take pleasure in lending a helping hand, making people laugh and smile, and offer words of encouragement. Meeting new people and learning something new everyday is always exhilarating for myself because it enables me to spread the encouragement and knowledge to everyone that I meet.
I've been under Nutrition and Chiropractic Care with Dr. Gucciardo for just under 2 years. I can say whole-heartedly that my life has changed for the better only in regards to health but also spiritually. Before care, I was at my heaviest weight of 180lbs. I was experiencing occasional break outs of acne on my face, which I've never experienced before, my diet was a mess, and I was very lethargic. Now since under care, I am filled with loads of energy, I've dropped a little over 20lbs, and I feel overall happier, healthier, and less anxious. My posture has greatly improved and I'm not getting as much tension in my upper back/shoulder region that was due to poor posture and being out of alignment.
I am here not only to listen to you, but to also help guide and encourage you on your quest for better health. I strive and pray for all of our patients to live a longer, healthier, and most importantly a happier lifestyle. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than knowing I've helped someone or made their day just a little bit better than it was before they came into our office. I look forward to meeting you in the future. =)


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Sun Roof on Apple's New HQ May be One of US's Largest Solar Installations
We gave quite a bit of coverage to Apple's proposed new Foster-designed corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California, when it was first announced. (See links below). The so called circular "Spaceship" HQ campus. Now more detail has come to light and 9to5Mac are reporting that almost the entire roof of the building will be photovoltaic solar panels.
Which should sit well with the asphalt reduction of 90%, tree increase of 60% and reducing the actual building footprint by about 30%.
We originally speculated that the "off-grid" aspect of the building's plan might elude to a plan to use natural gas, but now it seems like at least some of that energy mix will come from the sun.
Plans at Cupertino City Hall, via MacDaily News and 9to5Mac
More on Apple's Spaceship Headquarters.
• Steve Jobs Unveils New 'Mothership' Apple HQ
• More Detail On Apple's New Foster-Designed Headquarters
• TreeHugger
• One Ring to Bring Them All And In The Darkness Bind Them: Apple's • New Headquarter
• https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/quote-of-the-day-christopher-hawthorne-on-the-new-apple-headquarters.html


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On sale now!
How do you spark a revolution? Often, the greatest figures in history are the most reluctant. Such is the case of Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of The Hunger Games series. We have to admit, were a late comer to the series, though wed heard rumblings from avid fan-dom as early as last years NecronomiCon. Once we saw the film, we were hooked. I love it when something new and original breaks through. Fans of this space will remember our review of the first Hunger Games book, and were actively burning through (pun intended) the final (?) book in the series, Mockingjay.
In Book 2, the districts of Panem under the heel of the Capitol are on the verge of revolution. Ms. Everdeen, fresh from her inspiring (to the rebels) win in the Hunger Games arena finds herself as a pawn between her celebrated fame in the Games and an unwanted decent towards martyrdom. Think of Katniss as a Joan of Arc-meets-Anne Frank in this future world on the brink of destruction. Ive also heard predictable references of her role as similar to that of a certain western religious messiah. The author lays out the theme as more along the lines of Theseus (he of the Minotaur fame) from Greek mythology. Like a gritty Harry Potter, Catching Fire continues the themes of coming of age in a period of war and uncertainty.
I love how the series lays out a straight forward, no gimmicks plot. In order to stave off the rebellion, a Quarter Quell is held, and Katniss finds herself back in the arena for a sort of Hunger Games All-Stars. OK, we know thats a bit of a spoiler, but the series revolves around the Games, so you can kinda see it heading there . But believe me, its the only thing thats predictable about the book! Naturally, President Snow seeks to kill off Katniss and restore order, but she once again finds a way to take control of her hopeless situation once more. Theres a great message of steering your own ship and enabling the powerless that runs through the series. As of this writing, the second book of the series is due its film adaptation to be released on November 22nd, 2013. (Wow, that AND on a Trek year!)
We wont put to many other spoilers out there; I encourage fans of the first film to read the second book before the film comes out. Id put The Hunger Games series right up there with some of the greatest Sci-Fi dystopian futures of all time. This one is also a sly nod to the original dystopia, Lord of the Flies in the layout of the new arena. The Prez really goofs by letting Katniss get her hands on a bow again! The Hunger Games, Brave, Arrow, Hawkeye in the Avengers 2012 could be said to be the Year of Archery Be sure to catch the fire well be camped out in line opening day for Act II!


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Single Family
- 5 beds
- 3.5 baths
- $1,375,000 price
- H104669 listing id
- Half Baths: 1
- Square Feet: 2,500 sqft
- Year Built: 1800
- Neighborhood: Quogue North
. A True Gem Of A Home For All Seasons. Enjoy those glorious sunny summer days in the designer gardens and pool and for the holidays cozy up to one of the 5, yes 5, fireplaces. This Historical Home Combines History And Modern Flair. Originally Built By John Foster In The 1700'S And Fully Renovated And Equipped With Today's Amenities Throughout The Years. Master & Junior Suites On The First Floor,5 bedrooms, 2.5 Garage,1.09 Acres. Quogue Beach,90mins. To N.Y.C.
Courtesy of: Douglas Elliman Quogue
Office Phone: 631.653.6700
Listing Agent: Adriana Jurcev
Updated: 1st April, 2020 5:38 PM.
115 Montauk Hwy Q North, NY
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Cranberry Cake
November 15, 2013
tags: cake, cranberries, Cranberry Cake, oranges, T. Cointreau
The winter holidays begin for me when the fresh cranberries arrive in my local grocery store. I bought 2 bags, one for this cake and one for the freezer. It's not as good as buy one get one free, but with cranberries it means get them when you can. I love this cake from www.vanillagarlic.com but I thought a fresh orange taste would be wonderful.
Cranberry Cake
- 3 Lg. Eggs
- 2 C. Sugar
- 3/4 C. Unsalted Butter (cut into pieces)
- 1 t. Vanilla Extract
- 1 T. Cointreau (or Grand Marnier, Kirsch or Fresh Orange Juice) Optional
- 1 t. Salt
- 2 T. Whole Milk
- 2 C. Flour
- 2 1/2 C. Fresh Cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees; Lightly butter a 10″ Springform Pan (9×13 rectangle as substitute)
- Beat eggs and sugar until combined thoroughly (5-7 minutes)
- Add the butter, vanilla, Cointreau and beat for 2 minutes; add the milk and salt and mix for 30 seconds
- Add the flour in increments and combine thoroughly
- Fold in the cranberries and pour into the prepared pan
- Bake for 45-60 minutes
- Garnishes *
- Glaze **
* For Breakfast: Fresh Orange
* For Dessert: Whipped Cream with Grated Orange (Ice Cream too)
** Juice of one orange and 1 T. Cointreau combined and drizzled over top of cake
(Serves: 8-10)
Recipe from www.vanillagarlic.com
(I substituted Cointreau and Fresh Orange Juice)
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This is my WildFlower Garden number five.
This piece is 14x14 and has a lovely arrangement of wild red roses and spider mum wildflowers along witha pretty butterfly. It is matted in blue mats and a black metal frame.
I have started a new series of wildflower gardens, which can be seen on my new work, gardens page. These wildflower gardens are a tribute to my Mom, who loved her gardens. My gardens are quilled, because I have a brown thumb, something about needing to water the real flowers. So quilled flowers it is......here's to you, Mom. And knowing that your gardens in heaven are beautiful, and knowing that my Brother and Dad are helping you out.


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London Red
"Oh my God, it doesn't get much better than this... amazing, ridiculously talented young jazz group, fronted by a dazzling vocalist." Steven Berkoff
"London Red are a sensation - fabulous fun and real music - and very sexy too in the widest sense of the word - watch out: they will be big." Simon Woodroffe OBE - Founder of YO! and original BBC Dragon
With an average age of just 20, this talented jazz band has a string of prestigious gigs under their belts and red braces. Venues include Ronnie Scotts - London, The Spice of Life, The Madinat Jumeirah Hotel - Dubai, The Surrey Heritage & Food Festivals, Trinity Jazz Night. They can boast sell-out gigs here at Crazy Coqs, as well as Pizza Express, Dean Street and have become regulars at The Hideaway in Streatham. Private bookings include The Spectator party and charity nights for MS and The Neuro Foundation.
Their music reflects latin, soul and funk versions of jazz standards mixed with their own compositions.
On keys, Greg Evain specialises in boogie-woogie and blues. A graduate of Nantes Conservatoire, he is now pursuing a post-graduate diploma at Trinity Laban here in London and is much in demand as a performer with several groups including Winnet, Blue 7 and Trinity Jazz Ensemble.
On bass, Benjamin Crane also studies at Trinity Laban. His eclectic tastes in music cover the full spectrum from jazz to folk, rock 'n' soul and funk. He plays bass with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, who will be appearing this month with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra.
On drums, James Dancer studies jazz performance at Trinity Laban. He plays with Out of the Loop as well as London Red and, recently, he was delighted to be asked to play for Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.
On trumpet & vocals, Freddie Benedict, has sung solos at the Royal Festival Hall, Krakow Filharmonia and Glyndebourne. He has a choral scholarship to Kings College London, where he sings with the King's Big Band and All the King's Men acapella group. He is part-time vocal coach and holds the chair as lead male singer with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Band leader & on sax, Alex Dugan has reached diploma level on soprano, tenor and baritone sax. His sax quartet became Pro Corda National Champions in 2012, the same year he became Trinity Musician of the Year. Now studying at the L.S.E., he plays with the University of London Big Band.


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Smart Money
by Andrew Lerner | April 10, 2017 | Submit a Comment
This is a guest blog from Joe Skorupa.
I'm fortunate enough to work with a number of exciting startup clients. While we spend a good deal of time on product and go to market strategy, we often also discuss and assist with raising venture capital. Some teams just care about the valuation and dilution. They want to hold on to as much equity as possible. After all, "Isn't all the money the same, It's all green and spends the same way." No way, not even close…
I've led an "A round" effort and have worked with numerous VC firms over the years and I see it very differently. To me, there is a big difference between money sources. While dilution matters, to me it's a secondary concern – getting the right money (smart money) at a fair valuation is far more important, especially in networking. The reason is that networking is an infrastructure business and in general, the market moves slowly. Large incumbents have strong customer relationships, market power and can slow adoption. Even when things go well, the time from initial funding to successful exit (IPO or acquisition) can take 7 years or more. In this market, there will unexpected delays, missed opportunities, partnerships that don't come together. When these things happen, having the right money makes all the difference. VCs that have a history in infrastructure have a patience that is required. They don't expect a social media or mobile app schedule – 18 months to sale or shut-down. And they know how to help your team work through the tough times.
So, money from an infrastructure-focused fund is important, but you also want a partner/board member that has experience in infrastructure, preferably with connections that you can leverage as you build your company. In my book, this is far more important the getting the maximum initial valuation. And don't forget that an inflated valuation can make the next round harder to raise, especially if the economy starts to look shaky.
So, is all the money green and a does it spend the same? Yes, but money from the right VC with the right partner can make the difference between you ringing the bell at NASDAQ and you sitting on the sidelines as your company is sold in a fire sale. Yes, you still have to execute, but having the right backers tips the odds more in your favor.
Does this matter to buyers of technology? Yes, absolutely. If you're an end-user of technology looking at emerging vendors for things such as SDWAN, Intent or our upcoming Cool vendors research, put your money on the smart money.
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Our son Ethan was born September 2013 and everything seemed fine. As time went by and he was getting older we realised that he wasn't thriving like a baby his age should be. We took him to 3 different pediatricians, had blood and urine tests and was admitted into hospital twice for being dehydrated though we were told that each child develops at their own pace.
Ethan was not crawling, talking, or even sitting without support by the age of 11 months so we knew something wasn't right. After pleading with the pediatrician to find out what was wrong we were admitted to hospital again and Ethan went through 3 days of being on a drip, having 7 blood tests, 4 urine tests, 2 stool tests and a number of different doctors coming to see him. We were eventually referred to the Renal Clinic at Westmead Childrens hospital because they informed us that his kidneys were leaking all the essentials we need.
On the 19th September 2014 (2 weeks before Ethan turned 1) I was told that he had Cystinosis. I had no idea what this was and had never heard of it before, so I sat at the hospital and looked it up on the internet. That is when it felt like my heart had been ripped out and my world had fallen apart. It was one of the hardest days for me and I held Ethan so tight telling him we will get through it together.
After 2 blood tests twice a week for the first few weeks and a lot of tests and different appointments we now have an understanding of what Cystinosis is. Ethan is now on 8 different medications every 6 hours for the rest of his life. It was so exhausting travelling back and forth from the hospital a few times a week and then for the doctor to say, "Ethan will need the gastrostomy tube surgically inserted into his little belly and will need to be fed via this of a night time" The words seemed to have escaped her mouth so slowly as I digested what I was being told. In a way I felt like I had been knocked down as I had been doing all I can to help Ethan put on weight but obviously was not doing enough.
After 16 ½ months Ethan finally took his first 4 steps and it just happened to be witnessed by both myself and Chris. This really touched our hearts as Chris is normally at work and doesn't get the witness big milestones like this. There were tears of joy and Ethan's siblings were cheering him on. We have all been waiting for this day to come when our little man has enough muscle tone in his legs to carry his body without assistance. So so happy.
Since having the gastrostomy tube put in Ethan has thrived and we weigh in every single night as he loves to see every 100 grams he puts on and can't wait to tell the family so we can all do a celebration happy dance. In saying this there are also times when the scales tell a different story and his weight has decreased dramatically and therefore Ethan gets really upset.
Ethan has recently turned 3 years old and has just started doing Karate with his three older siblings. This was one emotional day as he received his Karate Gi and looked like a little ninja. Cystinosis won't keep him down.
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The Tanzania government has launched a Tsh1.4 trillion livestock master plan (LMP), which will guide investments to develop the country's livestock sector in the next five years. Continue reading
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ILRI and its partners celebrate World Milk Day at Tanzania's first Livestock Expo and Milk Week
ILRI participated in Tanzania's first National Livestock Expo and Milk Week, held in Arusha 31 May to 1 Jun 2018. ILRI Deputy Director General Iain Wright gave a keynote speech and ILRI's Country Representative Amos Omore organized an ILRI booth, where participants celebrate World Milk Day on 1 Jun. Continue reading
Irrigation boosts food security for Africa's smallholder households
Findings from a review of a five-year irrigation project in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania show that all the men and women farmers who had adopted irrigation practices 'were financially better off, more food secure and had more diverse diets'. Continue reading
New research initiative to boost the health and productivity of farmed animals in Africa
The Supporting Evidence Based Interventions initiative (SEBI) has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The scheme aims to boost the livelihoods of livestock farmers by delivering evidence-based technologies that offer sustainable solutions to the challenges they face. Continue reading
Where wealth and opportunity walk on four legs—AFKInsider
with a growing number of firms gobbling up arable land in Africa—not solely for crop production but also for livestock and cattle—investment shops are slowly redirecting capital to this agricultural subsector. Investing in this segment of African economies can be transformative, as a significant portion of African wealth and growth opportunity is walking on four legs on the African continent. Continue reading
Local wars and bad water—the real killers threatening 20 million people in not 1 but 4 drought-hit countries
For the first time since anyone can remember, there is a very real possibility of four famines—in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen—breaking out at once, endangering more than 20 million lives. Continue reading
Beef fattening ready for take-off in southern Africa with new financing made available to smallholders
Rural farmers in Zimbabwe and the whole of Southern Africa are set to receive a major boost in their livestock production through the expected launch of the beef value chain finance initiative this year. The initiative, whose pilot project was successfully undertaken in Swaziland, includes a loan scheme for smallholder farmers who want to take up beef fattening for the market. This came out during the on-going International Conference on Livestock Value Chain and Access to Credit being held in Ezulwini, Swaziland. Continue reading


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Oct. 11 was National Coming Out Day, a day for individuals in the LGBT community to make their true identity known to family and friends. Coming out is an incredibly big deal because of the very real fear that they won't be accepted by their loved ones.
This year, a YouTuber named Adam Davis decided to make a video of coming out to his father. But it becomes clear early on that the father-son relationship had been strained for some time.
"I wanted weekend visits as a kid and you wanted to party," Davis says in the video. "When you wanted weekend visits as I grew older, I was starting my own life."
Adam asked his family to describe his father and all of the responses confirmed that he's rough around the edges, to say the least:
"Mean, but nice at the same time. He's just like no other person that I've ever known."
"Crazy, old, crazy man. Big hearted, I guess."
"Ladies' man."
The descriptions paint Adam's dad as a complicated person and it isn't entirely clear how the announcement will be received. Thankfully, Adam's brother Jake puts some perspective on the issue.
"I don't think he'd care," Jake said. "I think he'd probably care more that you told him yourself rather than just finding out, not from you."
Adam's brother Shane agreed: "He's a very understanding person."
Armed with confidence that his father would take the announcement well, Adam addressed his father again, coming right out with it.
"So for once and for all, Dad, I can finally tell you: your son is gay."
But that's when things take an unexpected turn.
View the surprising ending to Adam's announcement here and get the tissues handy:
This video does an amazing job of proving how important and emotional it can be to come out to family members.
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My oldest friend in his proudest moment30th August 2017
Watching the man who I grew up with getting married, has to be, to date, the proudest moment of my life. To be able to capture his perfect day on film was a bonus.
August 2017, Kalum was to marry the wonderful Amy in front of his family and friends at St John Lee Church in Acomb Northumberland. Just meters away from the church I could still see reminiscents of a den we had made in the farmer's field as children. A surreal moment for me. Stood at the front of the Church was a man, a father and soon to be a husband. Kalum, the boy who we used to 'build' waterfalls together in the Dene, the boy I used to climb trees with and the boy I shared every spring with lambing on his farm. Nevertheless, this boy, my oldest friend, was stood tall as a man ready. Ready to commit his life to the one he loved, ready to be the ultimate father and ready to throw some pretty good shapes at the Caleigh dance later!
Kalum and Amy could not have chosen a better wedding venue than St John Lee in Acomb, a perfect setting in rural Northumberland for them to commit their lives together. Not only did the venue look beautiful but so did the bride, Amy looked stunning, a moment our videographers captured as she walks into the church. As Kalum and Amy made their vows I could not help thinking how blessed Kalum was to be marrying her, how blessed Amy was to be brought into the most incredible, wonderful & caring family, the Fergus's and more so – how amazing it was that they had together become parents and had brought into the world the most beautiful child, Noah.
Vows made, the guests made their way out of the Church. A number of Kalum's family (The Fergus Clan) had traveled down from Orkney, Scotland for the Wedding. And, in true Orcadian tradition, the Groom's Father Derek brought out The Cog! The Cog is a barrel filled to the brim with Alcohol, where the Grooms Mother, Catherine, found her role in sharing it with the guests…some more than others! Thankfully, taxis were booked to get us all to the ceremony venue at Healey Barn.
Healey Barn is the most stunning of wedding venues just outside Riding Mill, in Northumberland. As shown in their Wedding Video. The Wedding venue was a perfect setting to laugh, share memories and hear speeches from those whom they love. The perfect day was finished in true Northumbrian style with guests taking part in traditional Caleigh dance…where it was discovered that the Grooms brother, Robbie, had an uncanny knack at the Dosey Doe much to the dismay of their younger sister Anna!
I am so proud that my company GetFilm was able to film Amy and Kalum's perfect Wedding on camera. Our Wedding Videographers capture how truly they are in love with each other. My favourite part is right at the end of the wedding video where we hear Catherine's voice, reading a poem from the Church overlayed as Kalum and Amy stand together in a wheat hand in hand.
And as the boy who grew up with Kalum, I cannot be prouder of the Man he has become, the wife he has married and the parents they are. Thank you for the perfect day.
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I derive additional amusement from the fact that, if this were ever attached to a game box, it would have to be censored.
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The title of this comic literally made the main page wider. Intersting, to say the least.


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Bed and Breakfast hotels in Lodz
Lodz really has it all – steeped in history with plenty of modern-day charm, it is the ideal Polish destination to discover with Campanile hotels.
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As the second largest Polish city, Lodz has a very unique atmosphere and charm to it. This is clear from the moment you arrive. It is often likened to the English city of Manchester due to its large size and the textile production traditions that have built up its distinctive character. Lodz was granted city rights as early as 1423 and was also a hub of activity during World War Two, making it the perfect location to explore and discover Poland's history as well as what it is like for the 742,000 people that live there in the present day.
Production and industry have been slowly moving away from textiles since the early 1990s – now, business and tourism are on the rise. This is your chance to visit Lodz before tourists arrive in their thousands. After struggling with many difficulties, particularly during the war, this city – steeped in Jewish history – is sensitively opening its doors for exploration, education and discovery. Those uninterested in history can still find many activities and experiences to keep them occupied.
A two-day break:
With only two days to explore the city of Lodz, you truly have your work cut out! Visiting the Nevsky Cathedral should be one of your first ports of call; named after Russian Alexander Nevsky – a thirteenth century man who worked to protect Poland against invasion, the Nevsky Cathedral was completed in 1884 and is a stunning representation of Poland's history. For a flavour of Lodz's more recent history, a stroll around the Old Market Square is a must. Once the centre of the Jewish district and buzzing with market stalls, the square was demolished during the Second World War and has since been given a Social Realist makeover. A very unique portrayal of the area's history.
A week-long stay:
With a week in which to explore Lodz and the surroundings, we recommend taking a trip down the busy Piotrkowska Street. As well as being the central location for bars, restaurants, cafés and shops, it is lined with beautiful sculptures of different famous faces. Taking pictures with each of them could easily take up a whole day! Poland is a country that boasts plenty of green space and a huge variety of landscapes and backdrops, from seasides to mountains. There are twenty-three national parks countrywide and Warsaw isn't very far away, either, giving you a whole host of options for some exploration a little further afield.
A Family break:
Lodz is the perfect location to introduce your children to the history and real life behind World War Two. The city is captivating and chilling without feeling downtrodden. There is plenty of modern charm as well as gripping historical background. The city is becoming more and more appreciative of its rich Jewish heritage. As well as holocaust memorials and other very moving spectacles, synagogues are beginning to appear once more. Self-guided walking trails are available for families to discover this aspect of the city – and much more – at their very own pace.
Most of the international flights to Poland arrive at Warsaw-Frédéric Chopin Airport. However, some land at other destinations – Katowice or Krakow-Balice for example – and Lodz does have its own airport, called Lodz Lublinek. With these many options to choose from, reaching Lodz by air is largely stress-free. The city also has its own train station, Lodz Kaliska, which can be reached from various countrywide destinations. By staying at the Campanile Lodz hotel you will be just 1km away from the city centre meaning you can make the most of your holiday here.
Polish cuisine is meat-rich, salty and spicy with lots of flavours to sample. Sausage, beef and chicken are important ingredients in many Polish dishes as is the vegetable cabbage. Soups (served with fresh Polish bread) are also an important aspect of Polish dining. In the centre of Lodz you will find a whole host of restaurants serving traditional Fayre – what better location to sample some of the country's most delicious foods?
With a world renowned film school boasting alumni as famous as Roman Polanski, Lodz hosts its own annual film festival in late November to early December (called the Cameraimage Film Festival). This festival is well-attended every year by some very well known faces. Attendees can also participate in various seminars, workshops and retrospectives discussing film history and film production as well as looking critically at the finished product. If you're lucky, you may catch the European debut of a particular film! Even if you travel to Lodz outside of festival times, there is always a cinematic buzz about the place as the school develops its newest blossoming directors.
Interesting fact
Lodz is home to Europe's largest Jewish cemetery. Situated on Bracka Street and built in 1892, this beautiful homage to the city's religious history is almost 40 hectares in size and is home to around 160,000 graves. What better place to visit on a holiday of culture? A simple afternoon stroll can really open your eyes.
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The Prize for New Fiction
Grace McCleen wins the Desmond Elliott Prize with
The Land of Decoration
Grace McCleen has tonight been named the winner of the fifth Desmond Elliott Prize for her novel The Land of Decoration, published by Chatto & Windus.
She carried off this most prestigious £10,000 prize for debut fiction against an exceptionally strong shortlist, which included Patrick McGuinness's The Last Hundred Days (Seren) and Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Doubleday).
The judges described The Land of Decoration as 'unlike anything you have ever read' and praised McCleen's original language and ideas, and the novel's vivid and life-affirming evocation of the real and surreal life of a young girl in a Christian sect who believes the Last Days have come. On the surface a domestic tale, this novel is apocalyptic in its scope.
Sam Llewellyn, 2012 Chair of Judges, who was himself first published by Desmond Elliott, comments:
'The Land of Decoration is a novel that can move the reader from sadness to laughter with alarming suddenness. Grace McCleen's voice sparkles with imagery and ideas, and she uses it to tell a story that is simultaneously multi-layered and absolutely compelling.'
Sam Llewellyn was joined on the judging panel by Tom Gatti, Editor of The Times Review section, and Caroline Mileham, Head of Books at Play.com.
The Land of Decoration is narrated by Judith McPherson, a deeply religious 10-year-old girl living with her father. As a member of the Christian Brotherhood of the Last Days, she is bullied at school and shunned by the local community. She finds solace in her own 'Land of Decoration', a model world in her bedroom inspired by the Old Testament's Promised Land. When she creates a snow scene in the Land of Decoration and real snow begins to fall outside, Judith starts to believe she can work her own miracles. However, as events take a darker turn, her Faith and her understanding of the world around her are called into question.
Like the miniature world she creates, incidents in Judith's life mirror larger, more complex concerns. Her innocent account of unfolding events is set against an adult backdrop of social and industrial unease and the shadow cast over her home by the death of the mother she's never known.
The Financial Times describes the book as 'an allegory disguised as a sermon, the simulation of a partial autobiography, an impersonation of a heart-breaking psychological analysis of loneliness standing in for a useful self-help book, all the while posing as a brilliant page-turning story... an extraordinary and peculiarly haunting novel.'
Of the book and its narrator, the Daily Mail said: 'McCleen has created a voice which rings true and resonates deep. Bursting with tension and tenderness, this novel is a small miracle in itself.'
Like the heroine of her novel, Grace McCleen was brought up in a fundamentalist Christian sect in Wales. She was removed from school at the age of 10, and developed her own secret world, making miniatures like those in The Land of Decoration. When she returned to school, a teacher recommended she apply for university, and she went on to read English Literature at the University of Oxford. She began work on The Land of Decoration whilst completing an MA at the University of York.
The Land of Decoration was published in March this year and, in addition to being named as a contender for the Desmond Elliott Prize, McCleen has been selected as one of the Waterstones 11 list of this year's most promising young novelists. The book was also picked as one of 2012's must-read novels by Sunday Times Culture. She is currently working on two other novels, after which she intends to take a break from writing to concentrate on her other great passion, music.
McCleen was presented with her cheque for £10,000 by Sam Llewellyn at a ceremony at Fortnum & Mason, Desmond Elliott's 'local grocer'.
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the award for a first novel published in the UK and Ireland, set up in memory of the celebrated publisher and literary agent Desmond Elliott to 'enrich the careers of new writers'. All four previous winners of the Prize have gone on to publish second and, in one case, third novels: 2011 winner Anjali Joseph (Saraswati Park) published Another Country in June 2012; 2010 winner Ali Shaw (The Girl with Glass Feet) published The Man who Rained in January 2012; 2009 winner Edward Hogan (Blackmoor) has published two novels, The Hunger Trace (March 2011) and Young Adult novel Daylight Saving (February 2012). The inaugural winner from 2008, Nikita Lalwani (Gifted), has just published The Village (June 2012).


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On December 31, 1998, the Government of Ontario transferred responsibility for property assessment from the Ministry of Finance to the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation, an independent body established by the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997.
Amendments to the Act in 2001 changed the composition of the Board of Directors and renamed the organization to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC).
Every municipality in Ontario is a member of MPAC, a non-share capital, not-for-profit corporation whose main responsibility is to provide its customers - property owners, tenants, municipalities, and government and business stakeholders - with consistent and accurate property assessments.
MPAC is accountable to the public through a 15-member Board of Directors. Eight members of the Board are municipal representatives; five members represent property taxpayers; and two members represent provincial interests. The Minister of Finance appoints all members of the Board.
MPAC administers a uniform, province-wide property assessment system based on current value assessment in accordance with the provisions of the Assessment Act. It provides municipalities with a range of services, including the preparation of annual assessment rolls used by municipalities to calculate property taxes.
Municipal enumerations are also conducted by MPAC in order to prepare a Preliminary List of Electors for each municipality and school board during an election year. Today, MPAC is responsible for the assessment of nearly 5 million properties in the province.
MPAC has a province-wide presence, with most staff located in 33 field offices. MPAC's head office is in Pickering, and its Customer Contact Centre/Central Processing Facility is located in Toronto.


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text: Ned Kehde - July 23, 2014 The Bailey Magnet Magnum Two Junebug Bailey Magnet Magnums. The top one is affixed to a chartreuse 1/16-ounce mushroom-style jig. On July 9, Paul Finn of Olathe, Kansas, posted a brief on the Finesse News Network about The Bailey Magnet Magnum, which the late Elden Bailey of Lawrence, Kansas, created in 2004.During the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, knowledgeable observers regularly proclaimed Bailey to be the finest crappie and walleye angler in Kansas. He also enjoyed fishing for white bass, striped bass, and wipers. But he didn't give a hoot about largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass fishing. In fact, he occasionally made some belittling, but light-hearted, comments about black bass anglers and their quarries.Therefore, he didn't design the Magnet Magnum for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass anglers. It was designed to be affixed to a big jig and to allure wipers, striped bass, walleye, and big crappie. When Bailey wielded it on a half-ounce jighead, he hopped and dragged it like he employed a spoon. In Bailey's eyes, all of the tentacles or appendages that drape off the tail of the Magnet Magnum made it more enticing than the traditional spoon that anglers used to catch striped bass, walleye, wipers, and white bass at humps and other offshore lairs. The Magnet Magnum is a bigger rendition of the Bailey Magnet, which he created in the late 1990s, and it quickly became a stellar soft-plastic crappie bait. Scores of crappie anglers, such as Ray Brooks of Perry, Kansas, used it to inveigle untold numbers of crappie, as well as win a number of tournaments. One measure of its effectiveness and popularity was that it was featured in Bass Pro Shops' catalog. Although Bailey used to utter some disparaging remarks about largemouth bass and smallmouth bass anglers, he asked some bass anglers to field test the Magnet Magnum and to tell him what colors black bass anglers and their quarries prefer. Ultimately, he made the Magnet Magnum in several traditional colors that appealed to black bass anglers. But the Magnet Magnum has never appeared in Bass Pro Shops' catalog. In fact, for some unexplainable reason, it caught the fancy of only a few northeastern Kansas black bass anglers, such as Bill and Steve Dillon of Topeka, Kansas.In Paul Finn's July 9 brief, which described his evening outing with his daughter, he wrote: "Awhile back I was at Rogers Sporting Goods in Liberty, Missouri, and I was looking through their bargain bins of soft-plastic baits, searching for something new to try on the finesse rig. I came across some Junebug and black neon Bailey Magnum Magnets, which is a unique and solid-body 3 1/2-inch tube-style bait, and I bought a couple packages of them. I finally tried them on July 8. Throughout the evening, I took about 75 casts with the Junebug one, and on my first five casts, I caught three largemouth bass, including a 15-incher. I rigged it on a homemade 1/16-ounce chartreuse mushroom-style jig. From the get-go, I loved the way it undulated and quivered. I became so enchanted with it that I have ordered 100 of them in various colors."After Bailey was killed in an automobile accident, Terri and Sam Kershaw of Paxico, Kansas, and Hook Set Tackle acquired the Bailey Magnet and Bailey Magnum Magnet molds and manufactured them.But to the dismay of Finn, the Kershaws and Hook Set Tackle have not as of July 21 processed his online order at http://www.hooksettackle.com , nor have they answered the telephone at 785-636-5374, nor have they responded to an e-mail sent to info@HookSetTackle. com. Bill and Steve Dillon have suffered the same fate in their quest to acquire Magnet Magnums. Thus, Finn hopes to eventually find a substitute for the Junebug Magnet Magnum.But small Junebug-colored tubes, which have often been an effective Midwest finesse bait in the flatland reservoirs of northeastern Kansas are difficult to acquire nowadays.Here are two substitutes for the Junebug Magnet Magnum that Finn and other Midwest finesse anglers can use: One is manufactured by Mizmo Bait Company of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it is called the 2.75-inch Bass/Walleye Teaser. A package of 12 sells for $3.99. Here is the link to their website: http://www.mizmo.com/bassteaserscatalog.html. Mizmo Bait Company's Junebug 2.75-inch Bass/Walleye Teaser. The second is manufactured by Gene Larew Lures of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it is called the three-inch Baby Hoodaddy. A package of 15 sells for $5.99. Here's a link to their website: http://tulsatackle.3dcartstores.com/HooDaddy_c_16.html. Gene Larew's Lures' Junebug three-inch Baby Hoodaddy on a chartreuse 1/16-ounce Gopher Tackle's Mushroom Jig. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Three weeks ago, my 10 year neighbor, rang our door bell and said, "Aunty, look at this". In his hand was a tiny kitten, a ball of fur curled up, just a couple of weeks old, may be. The kitten looked so adorable that I asked to play with her. The neighbor, Vivek, an ardent animal lover, had found this kitten abandoned near our building gate and had picked it up. The kitten was so young, it did not know how to lick milk off a bowl yet. I quickly called a friend of mine about a possible solution. She suggested a dropper but I realized the dropper could hold only a few drops of fluid at a time and the kitten wanted a continuous supply. So we bought a feeding bottle. I do not know how many days the kitten was starved, because as soon as we filled the feeding bottle with milk and brought it near her, she leaped and grabbed the bottle, held it with her paws, as a human would with his/her hands, and glugged down milk like a pro. After some substantial amount of milk had been consumed, did the kitten come fully to life.
After some initial random words of endearment, I decided to call her Kit-Kat. KK, to begin with, started exploring my house, by sniffing and touching various surfaces. And once she was familiar with every corner of the house, there was no stopping her. Literally! She would jump from one corner to another, crouch under chairs and sofas, play and attack some stray feather, or thread lying around. Her favorite was, however, chewing and clawing at our ankles. This was my first close interaction with any animal, so I wondered why she did that. Soon the reason became apparent. Anything that 'moves' around is something to be attacked and caught, as per the cat's instincts or programming. So it was hilarious to watch her, crouch under the chair or from some corner, observing our feet as we paced up and down the room, and suddenly spring and leap from her corner grabbing our ankles and chewing it. Luckily her teeth are not fully developed so the chewing tickles rather than pains us.
About a week after she came to us, we had to travel out of town and even my neighbor was traveling. So we left her with a care-taker. I had known her only for a week, but gosh, I had tears in my eyes, while leaving her in another house. I didn't realize I could have such strong affinity to anything or for that matter a capacity to love another being so much!
Soon Kit-Kat became and still is an important part of our lives. Once my husband and I were discussing how this adorable kitten suddenly entered our lives and we discussed how animals show us a mirror to our own deeper, uncomplicated selves. May be that is what we aspire for, sub consciously, and that is what makes animals endearing to those who love them.
Kit-Kat showed us what it is to live in the moment. When she is hungry, her meowing in no uncertain terms conveys that food is to be served. When she is playful, she makes sure we are on our toes, however tired. And when she is sleepy, she does dozes off and how adorable the munchkin looks.
One important thing that Kit-Kat showed us was how to be devoid of 'ego', the way Eckhart Tolle explains. Kit-Kat, at night, sleeps, under the stairway, in our building, in an area enclosed by a wire mesh. One night, we are not sure how, she escaped and was attacked by a tom-cat, and the next day morning we found her nose dripping with blood and with claw marks on her neck. My kid neighbor took her to the Vet who gave her an injection and a dosage for 4 days. The neighbor said that though there were dogs at the clinic about 50 times her own size, she showed no fear and walked past them bravely. Anyways, 2 days, we spent worrying about Kit-Kat, because she was not able to lick milk because the nose came in contact with the fluid while licking and she was not the hyper active kitten we had known. After returning from the Vet's, as soon as I opened the door, she straight walked up to a cozy corner and lay sleeping. We force fed her with a dropper because it was many hours since she had taken something. After 2 days, she slowly started getting back to normal, chasing feathers, chewing on footwear and her usual pranks.
It just made me think how Kit-Kat is not thinking about who attacked her and wallowing in self-pity. She just experienced whatever happened to her and let it pass. She wasn't holding on to the traumatic experience. She just 'is' in the moment. I compared her behavior with mine. Just around the same time, I had an unpleasant incident with a homeless man whom I was kind to (read my earlier post related to a Mural) and I went about repeating the same story to 3-4 friends for the next couple of days about how I was scared, uncomfortable, etc. I was still reliving that incident by narrating it many times over and actually adding some imagined macabre grandeur to the incident. What a difference between my Kit-Kat and my own self.
Anyways when I realized this, it helped me let go off my 'story' and just be. It's not for nothing that this beautiful golden kitten has come into our lives. As I'm typing this, she is all curled up, in the realm of dreams. BTW, I wonder what do cats dream about!!


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We sheltered in John Keats's house this afternoon. ("Hampstead isn't far; we won't need our rain wear!") Poignant, to see the couch on which he retired, the view he contemplated, toward the end of his short life. More fodder for my thinking on poetic tradition: apparently he wrote poems in the pages of his Complete Works of Shakespeare as well as Milton's Paradise Lost. Talk about responding when the inspiration strikes... Afterward, I barely managed to roll back through The Heath after a phenomenal Indian food meal on the high street. No doubt ghee is now seeping from my pores. And on that note, I'm off to write some gritty laments on the back pages of the Larry Levis book I brought along.
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Love subscription and mystery boxes? Me too.
Geektastic ones especially.
|Bonus Stickers!!!
Fandom was treated as a guy's thing for so long that we geek gals who like girly stuff were under-served for decades. But thanks to fantastic companies like Her Universe and Espionage Cosmetics I finally feel like I don't have to settle. I can have like being a gamer and wearing dresses while I play.
When I saw that LootCrate was doing a #Loot4Fangirls box featuring an exclusive dress from Her Universe I couldn't resist. I was already a big fan of Her Universe—you should see my closet—and I knew that Espionage has licensing for Borderlands already so I was pretty sure I was in for a treat. I snagged mine at the preorder price of $55 which didn't make it a huge steal but for exclusives, it's fantastic. Guess what else? If you love what you see you can still get this box for $65!
|My reaction face as I unboxed #Loot4Fangirls...
I could not have predicted just how awesome this box was going to be...
I totally called it! A gorgeous set of Mad Moxxi Nailwraps from Espionage Cosmetics. Exclusive ones. As in you can ONLY get them in this box (unless someone is reselling them I suppose). I'm actually not a Borderlands fan... yet. But I love EC's nail wraps and other products so I can't wait to rock these. Check out more Borderlands items from EC.
Oh, and if you love subscription boxes you have got to sign up for their BoomBox and Nexus subscriptions, I get both and they are stellar! (I'm unboxing the August BoomBox here later this week).
I've been reading DC Bombshells and loving it. It's such a cool reimagining and it centering around the ladies of DC makes it extra awesome. A week before my Loot4Fangirls box arrived I had randomly stumbled on the DC Bombshells mini-figures from Cryptozoic Entertainment on Amazon. Someone wants almost twenty bucks each over there but they should retail closer to $12. I believe they don't actually release until September if my research into where to buy them at the actual retail price is correct.
This exclusive metallic Wonder Woman is super cool and much cuter than my picture shows. I'm really hoping there will be a second series because I very much need Zatanna. I can't wait to collect them all!
There was nothing in the box that I didn't love but I confess that this might have been my favorite item. I already had it on my wishlist. I know they say this is exclusive but I compared it to the same coloring book with a different cover that Her Universe Press put out back in June and the only difference I can find is the cover art. I'm just sayin'. If you don't want all the super special loot but really want the coloring book you can snag it here on Amazon.
Confession time. I'm not really into dresses. It's a leg hair + laziness thing. But all summer long I've been wishing I owned more than two that aren't for like funerals and fancy stuff. This one totally fits that bill. The skater dress style is so comfortable!
I took a chance an went with a Medium. Her Universe stuff tends to run a size small but last time I ordered a size up in one of their dresses I bought an XL and then could never sort out the exchange with Hot Topic because all other sizes were sold out. (So uhm if anyone wants that badass Imperial dress they had at Hot Topic like 5 years ago, drop me an email and we can work something out). But I digress... I'm a size 6 and I'm packing an extra few pounds right now so it's a skin-tight Medium but very comfy.
If you're a fellow fangirl looking for fandom clothes that are made for women and girls check out the Her Universe website and their Hot Topic exclusives too. The Captain Phasma jacket is even more amazing in person!
I've never had a clutch purse before because the idea of a purse without a strap or handle scares me. I might set it down and lose it! But this one is so cute. I'm going to find a way to add a strap or I'll wind up using it as a makeup bag. This exclusive came from The Coop (formerly A Crowded Coop). They have lots of fantastic fandom goodies from The Walking Dead and Adventure Time in addition to both TOS and TNG Star Trek.
I only had one problem with an item from this box and it was this clutch. On the back side it has these weird black and grey marks. In person they're very obvious and I wasn't able to rub them off. Since it's the backside I'm not going to fuss about it but it's a quality control problem worth noting.
Love and Madness has more gorgeous TWD designs—The Daryl Lariat necklace is to die for.
My Overall Thoughts
This was a mystery box totally full of win. I liked every single item and the price was perfect. That I couldn't get any of these elsewhere (aside from the coloring book) made it extra special. This is the first time I got a box from LootCrate where I didn't wind up letting my hubs and son take the majority of the items. All the loots are mine suckahs!
It made me so happy that I would love to see Loot4Fangirls become a quarterly thing to supplement the non-gender specific options out there. I would definitely sign up for it.
What do you think of this mystery box?
Which item from Loot4Fangirls would you love?
What fandoms would you love to see included in another Loot4Fangirls box?


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By Ed White
Special to American Forces Press Service
July 2, 2008 - The U.S. Air Force core values of "integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do" will remain in place, Acting Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley said during a visit here yesterday. In his first visit to an Air Force base since being named to the position, Donley held a candid town-hall style meeting with members of Air Force Space Command.
"We are working through the issues confronting the Air Force," he said, referring to the nuclear enterprise issues and others that caused his predecessor to resign. "We need to build back inner confidence in our Air Force, and we need to rebuild our credibility."
Donley outlined three perspectives he brings to the position.
"The first thing you will get from me is 'jointness,'" he said. "The Air Force is one part of a big team." He outlined some of the ways the Air Force contributes to the ongoing joint fight in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terrorism, both in the United States and around the world.
"I know the Air Force is contributing lots of mission sets and capabilities, and it is an impressive array, I can tell you," the acting secretary said.
A related theme is support to the war on terrorism.
"This is a priority for this Air Force," he said. "We have more than 30,000 airmen deployed around the world, engaged in the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan."
One of Donley's first acts upon appointment was to visit Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., and speak with wounded airmen. From this visit, he said, he gained an appreciation of their sacrifices and inspiration from them as well, noting that they all expressed their desire to heal quickly and get back into the fight. Donley also recognized those who stand behind and support the people on the front lines.
His third theme, the acting secretary said, is the welfare of airmen. He said that although the Air Force is a technology-driven service, its most important asset is the knowledge, experience and commitment of the people who make it all work to support the warfighter.
"The welfare of our airmen is very important to me," he said, "and I will try to strike the best balance in the Air Force budget between equipment needs and our people."
After addressing his overall concerns, he spoke to the issue closest to Air Force Space Command members right now.
"The Air Force's credibility has been tarnished, and we need to rebuild it," he said. "The Air Force leadership needs to develop a roadmap for the nuclear enterprise to put us on the right track for stewardship of the nuclear mission that the defense establishment and the American people expect from us.
"There is no quicker route to recovery," he continued, "than the power of tens of thousands of airmen and civilians rededicating themselves to the high standards of excellence that have always been the hallmark of the world's best Air Force."
In addition to airmen here, Donley also carried this message to airmen at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.; Barksdale Air Force Base, La.; and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, over two days.
(Ed White works at Air Force Space Command Public Affairs.)
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