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The humidity lowered and we had a quick 13 mile morning ride. Kids and grandkid here today so not much time for a report. But here's a recent picture of granddaughter Shail and I from the Pocono's.
Later in the day I had a brief errand that earned me another mile and I spent some time readjusting brakes and shifters on Annie's bike. She was not happy with the way it came back from the shop yesterday!
Also wanted to mention that I have now reached just over $3200 in funds raised for our upcoming Hazon ride. Annie has raised just over $1000, so we've done very well together. I am grateful to all our friends for their contributions and support. My total has earned me a number of "favors" that are offered for incentives. I think I've earned the socks, the shorts and the jersey. Only a couple of hundred dollars more and I think I reach the GPS! So, if anyone has been meaning to make a contribution to Hazon, the Jewish environmental education and advocacy organization, in support of its goals and/or our Labor Day two-day 160 mile ride, please feel free to click the link on the right sidebar.
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The weather was certainly kind to us on our first day back for 2016, even if it took a turn for the worse the following day with torrential rain!
Students were excited to see their friends and all the changes in the school but still listened carefully to new principal Mr Keleher in the morning assembly.
Then it was off to meet home-class teachers and settle into new classrooms.
The biggest changes were probably for our R-2 classes who have a new furbished double unit with new carpets, paint, furnishings, whiteboards and location!

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Myth of the Mountain-Tree
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
This is the story of the Mountain-Tree. Two Gods were hanging out
in the area we now call "Kansas." Etchiti lay on his side in the grass,
propped up on one elbow, for he was the God of Flat. He had much
responsibility in Kansas, chasing away Gods of Rivers and Lakes that
would dig valleys through his land, making deals with the Hill Gods to
keep them at bay, and that funny adventure that involved blinding the
Mountain God so he would never find the plains. But like I say, that's
another adventure, so we won't go into it.
Dono sat nearby, twiddling his wet thumbs, for he was the God of
Creeks. He and Etchiti had a working arrangement, because Dono's
creeks would not mar the flat landscape too badly, but they would nourish
the grass, which would prevent soil from eroding. Dono benefitted by not
having to battle the Gods of Rock and Hill and Mountain just to have a
place for his creek to run.
Etchiti and Dono hung out often, for they were both laid-back fellows.
"Shall we wager?" Etchiti asked. Puzzles and mind-games and
wagers were the only entertainment they could agree on, because
Etchiti had an affinity for all things two-dimensional. You try playing cards
or boardgames with the God of Flat!
"Okay," said Dono.
"I bet I can grow a tree so tall that its leaves poke into the Heavens,
roots so deep they curl into the Underworld, yet no mortal will ever notice
my tree."
Dono sighed. Another of Etchiti's grandiose wagers. Every time he
agreed to one of these schemes, a dozen mortals would end up crippled
or insane or beheaded, daughters screwing fathers, cousins stabbing
grandmothers. Almost always, somebody lost an eye.
"Too hard to prove," Dono said. "How can you tell what a mortal
notices or doesn't notice? Plus it's too easy for you to rig the bet. You
make the tree invisible or you kill all the mortals within five hundred
leagues. It needs clear qualifications if you want to make this a fair wager."
"Such as?" Etchiti rolled on his back and stared at the Sun. Another
one of those painful things you can get away with if you're a God.
Dono didn't want to suggest any real limits, he just wanted to put the
kabosh on the whole idea. "I don't know. For one thing, I don't want to
hang around here 'til Ragnarok waiting to see if you're right about this
wager. I have things to do. I have to make sure my creeks flow around
and through obstacles, because I'm sure as hell not going to give any
more power to Relchberg, God of the Lakes, just because some humans
want to damn up my creek. I gotta feed Betty the Delta Queen down at
the end of the line, and there's the shipping contract with Gorell where I
have to move one thousand cubic leagues of silt down from the hills
before the next planetary alignment or else he'll cast me into the Abyss
for what I did to his daughter-"
"Fine, fine, a qualification for time then. Let it be five score centuries
we'll watch this wager. If no humans notice within that time, then I win."
Dono splashed at a stag drinking from the creek. "Wait, five score?
Okay, sure, but I still don't like that word 'notice.' Does that mean the
same as looking at it, or does it mean they have to be aware of the tree
in some way? I can just see you arguing that it doesn't count because
the mortal let it go in his peripheral vision, so he didn't really take 'notice' of it."
Etchiti sat up, which is about as vertical as he ever got. "Touch, then.
A human takes notice if he touches. No, no, a fool could stumble into the
tree by chance. That would skew the wager toward you." Etchiti
considered what it means to notice. It struck him within three years. "A
song! When man truly notices a thing, he sings of it. If a man notices this
tree enough to sing of it within five score centuries of its planting, it shall be
my loss. The glory will be yours!"
"Screw that," said Dono. "The Greatest Glory coupled with a nickel won't
buy you a cup of ambrosia. What is the meat of your wager?"
Etchiti sprawled forward on his belly, resting his chin on his hands.
"If I win, you alter the flow of your creeks until the Delta Queen is brought
upstream to me. Here she will be enthralled by the lush, simple land. Unable
to resist my wide open spaces, she will surrender to me."
"Yeah, right. Wide open spaces means big sky country. She'll fall in love
with the Sky Goddess instead of you. Anyway, what do I get out of this?"
"Why, I have much to offer! Awesome bounties shall be yours! Uhhh..."
And here again Etchiti had to think, which allowed Dono a decade to patrol his
domain, clear out the beavers and rocks that obstructed some of his creeks,
cause droughts for humans who attempted to misdirect them. "Here now! If
you win, I shall call in my favors with the angels, that your creek may flow
above the clouds, for I am in tight with the angels. Being positioned thus, you
shall cause light rains, learn to control clouds and apprentice yourself to the
Storm God. After he decides to fade away, or after his seventh son castrates
or devours him, you shall be made God of the Storm."
Dono shook his head. "I really don't want to join the Majors just yet. All I
really want-"
"If not power, then women. Angels, grass-nymphs, all the women of all the
tribes who live on my lands. I shall hook you up."
"If not women, then men? Beasts?"
"I can get my own women! All I really want is to get Gorell off my back.
If I win, then you use your connections or your power over Flatness to get me out
of his silt transport contract. Maybe you can bend space, make the silt two-dimensional so I could easily move it all at once and be done with it. Or you could
have your angel pals pick up loads of silt from my source upstream and scatter it
lightly across your plains, just to disperse it. If I win, you have to help me dispose
of his contract within two centuries."
"And if I win, you shall alter your creeks so that the Delta Queen is drawn to
my territory. Agreed?"
Dono thought on the matter for seven months before barking, "Agreed!"
"I don't like the odds," Etchiti said. "You agreed too quickly."
Dono slapped his palms on the water surface, sending sprays that nearly
emptied his creekbed.
Etchiti continued, "For what is a song? If a man speak all his words with
lilting aspect, has he sung? I have known many men who mutter melodically over
every matter, as though-"
"Four verses," Dono said, "a chorus repeated at least once, and a bridge. Any
fewer verses, any lack of bridge, we will not judge it to be a song. This will tip the
wager in your favor. We will tip the scales a pebble in my direction by demanding
that the bridge may be hummed, and that there need not be any words in the bridge.
If you do not agree to these terms, I'm going to start building a house of cards right
here and now." Seeing a house of cards built was a torment to Etchiti, for he saw all
the two-dimensional potential of the cards, and thought they were being abused by
their use as three-dimensional building materials.
"Agreed," said Etchiti, and he shook hands with the Creek God. Then he burst
into laughter and wiped his hand off on the grass. "I shall plant the seed and prepare
a throne for my new mistress the Delta Queen."
Dono swam upstream, calling over his shoulder, "And I shall begin my school for
wandering minstrels in the hills where you may not touch them."
"D'oh!" said Etchiti.
And this is the part of the tale where would be explained how Etchiti called in his
favors and set his plan in motion, by blessing a prairie dog with human intelligence,
sending the creature on a mission to collect The Really Big Acorn from the ice-vaults
of Tera the Ultimate Bitch, an eternally birthing dog-queen who was often confused
with the Earth-Mother because it sounded like "terra," but no relation to the One True
Earth-Mother, Bertha. This One True Earth-Mother left a lot to be desired in the
amicability department though, and often warred with Tera the Ultimate Bitch just
because of the name-thing.
So anyhow, that's a pretty cool story in and of itself, Jojo the prairie dog's quest to
gain The Really Big Acorn, and ballads about his triumph were sung for thousands of
years afterward by the very same bards who Dono had tutored, so you can imagine
how Dono felt about it all.
And then there's all the stuff where Etchiti planted The Really Big Acorn in the
middle of Kansas, then gave out a mighty call to Yeart, the centaur-hag who tended
the Star Gardens. Upon gazing down, she saw that the God of Flat was pointing at
something with both hands, and she had to pull her glasses down off the top of her
head to see that he was guiding her gaze by thrusting both hands toward the Root
of All Evil, his manroot! Outrageous, vile gestures to be making at the High
Gardener of The Cosmos! So she dug both her arms into a mucky part of the
Heavens, scooped out a load of holy fertilizer, and hurled it down toward Etchiti, a
horrifying brown streak tumbling from the Heavens! The empty space where she
had scooped it out can be recognized as, oh, I don't know, let's say the Horsehead
Of course, this was all part of his plan. Etchiti side-stepped the bolt of dung, an
easy feat for a god whose only cool talent is to make himself totally flat. Heavenly
dung tore through the sod, halfway down to the Underworld, and all that holy
fertilizer square on top of The Really Big Acorn. Etchiti could see a massive crater
for only a moment before the ground shivered and his tree shot up from the bottom.
Few leaves sprang out of the trembling mass as it grew sideways more than up,
like an oak-skinned pyramid blooming out of the crater. Soon it eclipsed the edges
of the crater, rolling across the prairie grass like floodwaters. The peak pushed into
the clouds and easily pierced Heaven. Surely the roots had already covered the little
distance between the bottom of the crater and the top floors of the Underworld.
Now Dono could see why this greatest of all trees would go unnoticed. Because
it's girth resembled nothing as much as a mountain. Enormous crags in the bark
looked like fissures in rock. The comparatively tiny branches that flourished on the
sides of the great trunk looked like nothing more than normal oaks sprouting from a
There was still a chance that graduates of Dono's Upstream Minstrel College
would happen upon this tree and sing praises of what they thought to be a mountain.
So Etchiti went through his usual machinations of seducing and dominating and
badgering mortals into doing his dirty work. He conned this dimple-chinned hero
named Rollo into tunnelling to the Underworld, breaking through the gates of the
Alchemical Prison and removing The Chastity-Belt of Opiumta, who was later known
as The Whore of Babylon, but who always defended herself by saying, "Marriage is
the same as prostitution, 'cause you're really just trading a piece of ass for that long-term security, so at least I'm being honest about it." Rollo's ordeal of taking the belt
from Opiumta had some cool moments, but it's a whole nother story, really, a bawdy
tale that can only be told properly by an untouched old maid past the age of seventy.
That's where somebody had to lose an eye, because any mortals who set eyes
upon Opiumta would succumb to a fatal itching, which made them scratch themselves
to death. He could have tied a blindfold on himself or something, but that's just the
kind of macho idiot Rollo was, and anyway, he was always into scarification and full-face tats and that modern primitive shtick, so plucking out his own eyeballs was just
another little way for him to prove to the world how hardcore he was. You know the
If you're taking notes for a lit paper, remember that eyeball popping counts the
same as castration, because it involves removing two little spheres from the body.
Be sure to really play it up when you get to that part. If you can work in the word
"juxtaposition" somewhere, that can't hurt either.
So Rollo scored the magical Chastity-Belt off Opiumta, emerged from the
Underworld blind, but with a nice seeing-eye cerberus. Etchiti wrapped the nasty belt
around the base of the mountain-tree, which gives you some idea of the more-than-Reubenesque proportions of Opiumta, and the true scope of Rollo's acheivement,
because he had to talk her out of it.
All of this within three years of planting the mountain-tree. Those first enrolled in
Dono's bard college were barely finished with their junior year, and already Etchiti's
plan was complete. Now all mortals who came within sight of the mountain-tree grew
hazy from the magic poppies that sprouted from the unholy chastity belt, or maybe
from the fumes of the belt itself. Those who persisted far enough to touch the
mountain-tree lost all mental focus, and most became unable to speak. As they left
the influence of Opiumta's belt, mortals lost all memory of contact with the mountain-tree. Hence, no songs were written.
Do you have the picture of it firmly in your mind now? An oaken wall rising from
the middle of the flatlands, its peak lost in the clouds even on the clearest days,
because the clouds are in your own mind as you look. If you could burrow beneath the
skin of the mountain-tree, you could follow the ant trails down along the roots to places
where demons try to patch the root-holes in the roofs of their steaming ghetto.
Now put it out of your mind. Forget all of this tale except for the image of the
mountain-tree, because it was window dressing for the story that follows...
(c)opyright 2000 by R. Northrup
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American singer, actress and model Teyana Taylor in an exclusive interview with Playboy team as she talks about her music, career and future prospects for Playboy Magazine.
The 27-year-old unleashed her highly anticipated K.T.S.E. LP back in June, featuring thumping production solely from Kanye West. Even though the eight-track project holds a 22-minute runtime, the adventurous R&B album finds Taylor searching for her seat at the forefront of the genre's table. "Everybody knows, as far as the music side, it's been a long journey for me — which it has been for any person who's great in the industry," she shared
Teyana has been a fixture in music, and her innate fearlessness has allowed her to thrive in numerous creative endeavors outside of singing. "I have a leader vibe about me," she said. "Because I was homeschooled, I had no choice but to raise my hand even if I didn't want to. But I was fearless, pure, raw," the VII artist admits.
"I would see groups of people dancing, and instead of joining in, I would actually want to make up the moves. I've always been a person that wants not just to do it; I want to be it".


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An extraordinary species of bat has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, along with a 2cm frog and an orange spider.
The tube-nosed fruit bat Nyctimene species was uncovered in the Muller Range mountains and is said to be important members of the animal kingdom in the area – they disperse seeds in tropical forests.
The furry creature gets its name due to its distinctive mustard-yellow nose, with its tubular nostrils a change from the more common leaf-nosed bat.
This is a previously seen but still undescribed species endemic to the forests of Papua New Guinea.
Però fa sempre piacere sapere che nel 2010 si possano scoprire ancora nuove specie animali. :)


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I use photoshop cs6 when I press print screen I have to select file/new and ok, then paste your ss into the blank page. Not sure how paint works.
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Posted 26 February 2014 - 08:36 AM
I always use paint because it is simplified and a default with windows use. Never a problem, quick and easy. However this Silent mod does not allow it for some reason. I tried a Sierra program similar to photo shop and still nothing. What if anything does anyone use for a print screen in this mod?
Posted 26 February 2014 - 05:25 PM
Question I tried to Print Screen and when I open paint I get only a grey screen. Not what I took a pix of. Is there a setting or something or the config won't allow it.
Printscreen has never worked for me with ET.
I use the F11 key, it stores it in the "screenshots" folder in ETmain directory.
Its a bit dark but i use PSP to lighten up the images.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 05:28 PM
Thx Ill try that. It works fine in ET Pub. I guess Silent has different settings.
Print Screen works fine with "Microsoft Office Picture Manager" works just like Paint.
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The definition of 'Misunderstand' from Dictionary.com are as follows:
/ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd/
verb (used with object), misunderstood, misunderstanding.
- to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- to fail to understand or interpret rightly the words or behaviour of.
I am a Muslim and I believe in the religion of Prophet Muhammad SAW and all the prophets before him.
I do not really address the issue of religion on my blog but I believe that there is an epidemic of misinterpretation and misunderstanding that I feel should be addressed. There is a rise in misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the religion of Islam and what its holy text say and it has come to a point where I feel that the lies and rumours spread about are suffocating the truth from being told.
Therefore, I would just want to share three things.
Firstly, if you have any misunderstanding regarding the religion of Islam or any other religion for that matter, approach a practising person from that faith, actually no, approach several practising persons from that faith. Question them, debate with them and listen to their arguments. Listen to what they have to say. If you are not satisfied, approach a teacher of that faith. For Islam, approach a mosque, meet with one of the teachers or a scholar there, get their perspective on the topics you have questions on and see what they have to say. The problem that we are facing now is that many of us, be it Muslims, non-Muslims, atheists, we go online to do our 'research', reading holy texts at face value and misinterpreting them leading to misunderstanding and confusion. Then, we act on our misunderstanding, attacking the people of that particular faith. That is completely wrong.
Secondly, go and ask with an open mind. I believe this is applicable to all other forms of knowledge be it religious or scientific in nature. When we want to learn or understand something, we need to bring down the mental barriers/prejudices that we have. Understand and listen what others have to say, you might even learn something.
Finally, for all practising Muslims and people of faith, practise what you preach. This is especially important when we are confronted by arrogant people who are focused on bringing you down and breaking you apart, causing you to doubt. If we practise what we preach, maybe they would take us seriously.
We should never retaliate with anger and hatred when confronted, instead, we should reason and argue with logic and rationality of our own religion. Strive to bring your point across, but if they are emotionally-driven, back away as your efforts would be futile. I agree that it might not be satisfying as insulting and scolding them but trust me, it would be much more beneficial for others and you.
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Providence, R.I.--Rhode Island College senior catcher Emma Simmons (Saunderstown, RI) hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Rhode Island College softball team a thrilling, 13-10, victory against Eastern Connecticut in the second game of a Little East Conference doubleheader played at the Bazar Softball Complex on Tuesday evening. Eastern Connecticut posted a 17-7 win (five innings) in the opener for the split of the twinbill.
Game One: Eastern Connecticut 17, Rhode Island College 7 (5 Innings)
Game Two: Rhode Island College 13, Eastern Connecticut 10
• RIC freshman right fielder Katrina Kazen (Warwick, RI) was 2-for-3 with three RBI, while sophomore designated player Erica Fluskey (Trumbull, CT) was 1-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI in the loss for the Anchorwomen.
• Eastern Connecticut sophomore right fielder Alexis Tyrrell (Torrington, CT) went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI, while junior shortstop Sara Pisanelli (Wallingford, CT) was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI in the win for the Warriors.
• Senior pitcher Briana Gough (West Warwick, RI) suffered the loss for RIC (4-3), allowing 10 runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings of work.
• Junior Morgan Sanson (Thomaston, CT) picked up the win in relief for ECSU, allowing five runs on five hits to go along with three strikeouts in 3.1 innings.
• Eastern Connecticut jumped out to an early, 5-0, lead in the top, highlighted by a solo home run from Tryrell and a two-run double from freshman first baseman Brooke Matyasovsky (Orange, CT).
• RIC responded in the bottom of the second when a two-run single from sophomore first baseman Amber Wainwright (Taunton, MA) made the score 5-2. An RBI double from Kazen in the third would cut the lead to 5-3.
• Eastern Connecticut exploded in the fourth inning when the Warriors plated 11 runs, including a three-run home run from Pisanelli, to take the 16-3 advantage.
• RIC responded with four in the bottom of the fourth, including a two run single from Fluskey and a two run single from Kazen, but it wouldn't be enough as Eastern Connecticut cruised to the 10-run win.
• Simmons went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBI, while freshman second baseman Marissa Cushman (Cranston, RI) was 2-for-4 with three runs scored in the win for the Anchorwomen.
• Freshman right fielder Laura Zenk (Hermon, ME) went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI and freshman third baseman Julia SanGiovanni (East Haven, CT) was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in the loss for the Warriors.
• Gough picked up the win for RIC, allowing three runs on seven hits in 3.1 innings.
• Sanson took the loss for Eastern Connecticut, allowing eight runs on six hits to go along with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings of relief.
• RIC trailed by seven, 10-3, heading into the bottom of the sixth when it plated five runs, including an RBI single from Fluskey and a bases loaded walk from Simmons to pull within a pair, 10-8.
• The stage was set for the bottom of the seventh and Simmons' heroics as freshman right fielder Britney Walsh (Bridgewater, MA) had an RBI single to make it 10-9. Simmons then hit a shot to deep left field to clear the bases and propel the Anchorwomen to the walk-off, 13-10, victory.
In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will play a doubleheader at home vs. Mitchell on Wednesday, April 3 (4 p.m.).


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text: eclipse Posted November 15, 2018 The moon walks with Bullseye through his dreams as it's reflection lands on park waters and winter streams. Ghosts of Pearson park hint without whispering of story's to make Bullseyes eyes sing themselves into transfiguration to become wishing wells, spirits faces are minted in moonlight and placed at the bottom of the water. The wind becomes a tongue for spirits whose songs are sung to a handsome dog ambling through Pearson park, the moon has ended its hunt for a repository, an ark to store resting narratives of park residents who have passed away and want to relive their restive tales. Each ghost lays with Bullseye who sleeps, his heart is raised to the sky-a satellite soaked in moonlight, each spirit makes a wish to summon their story and the sky is furnished with flashing images to become a stage until a handsome dog wakes to wistfully add his own wondrous passage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Job Title: Regional Project Counsellor
Based: AERG South Office, Huye Rwanda
Reporting to: Regional Project Coordinator
AERG (Association des Etudiants Et Éleves Rescapés Du Genocide) is an association of student survivors of genocide created in 1996 at the former National University of Rwanda. Now AERG is represented nationally at 38 Universities and institutes of higher learning and 480 secondary schools in Rwanda, with a total country-wide membership of 43,397. The main mission of AERG is to represent all student survivors involved in higher learning or attending secondary school. AERG is now dedicated to providing financial support, morale boosting activities and support systems, fighting genocide ideology and ensuring that students overcome trauma, homelessness and financial problems as well as to advocate for the ongoing needs of survivors, supporting them in education, with economic issues and onwards towards a productive life.
Project: Empowering Secondary School Leavers to Secure and Sustain Employment in Rwanda (ELE)
ELE is a 2 ½ year project initiated in partnership with Survivors Fund, funded by the UK's Department for International Development. ELE will reduce the extreme poverty and hunger experienced by young survivors and their dependents, by ensuring they have the skills, resources and confidence to generate income. This will be achieved by AERG by facilitating training to develop viable livelihoods, empower the target group to access legal and health services, and access capital for the establishment of new businesses.
Entrepreneurship training will be the foundation upon which all other project activities will be built. This training will involve work readiness skills, basic business and banking skills, and accessing quality employment in the Rwandan context.
Job Purpose:
The Regional Project Counsellor is responsible for facilitating group sessions with the project members, focusing on their well being and mental health. The purpose is to provide a safe space for them to share their experiences and hopes and fears for the future, find ways to overcome challenges they face, and support each other in understanding how to lead more productive, self-sufficient lives
- To participate in a briefing and training session before the programme starts.
- To contribute ideas to continually improve and develop the counselling activities of the project.
- To liaise and consult with other project staff to ensure the smooth running of project activities.
- To travel to different places within the region to facilitate monthly group sessions with project members
- To provide individual counselling sessions to members where needed
- To make links with mental health and physical health support services in the region and signpost members to existing services when necessary
- To participate in supervision sessions in Kigali once a quarter.
- To keep accurate notes of all counselling activities
- To provide continuous opportunities for group members to provide feedback and suggestions, which will help improve and develop the counselling activities.
- To be aware of all elements of the project (e.g. legal services) to ensure you can accurately support the project members
Qualifications and Person Specification
- University qualification in clinical psychology or counselling
- At least one years experience in counselling activities.
- To have good knowledge of the needs and challenges faced by survivors and young people in Rwanda
- To have good knowledge of the (mental) health care system in Rwanda and the different ways to access support
- To be willing to work in a non-judgemental way and to be respectful of difference.
- To keep high standards of confidentiality
- To be willing to be flexible and develop or adjust the programme depending on the needs of the group members
- To be resourceful and creative to ensure the activities are successful and meaningful to its members
- To be self motivated and organised.
Skills and Experience
- Experience and confidence in facilitating therapeutic groups
- Excellent listening skills and sensitivity to different topics
- Creativity and flexibility
- Ability to work independently and manage time
- Fluency in Kinyarwanda and English
How to Apply
– Interested candidates should apply online via this email: firstname.lastname@example.com
– Remember to attach your CV.
– Due to anticipated interest in these posts, only those who will follow application procedure and those that will be shortlisted will be contacted.
– Deadline to receive application is 4th/April
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SABIC to Showcase at MD&M West 2013 Innovative Solutions for Portability, Miniaturization and Sustainability of Healthcare Applications
Recognizing the increasing prevalence of device miniaturization, a need for greater portability and a desire to find more sustainable solutions, SABICs Innovative Plastics business will exhibit at MD&M West (booth #1701) its broad and growing portfolio of specialized resins and composites that can help solve todays leading high-tech healthcare device challenges. MD&M West 2013 will run from Feb. 12-14 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Pittsfield, MA, January 26, 2013 --(
)-- At their booth, SABIC will be showcasing an expansion of the company's portfolio of healthcare grade materials developed to help OEMs keep pace with trends in infection control. SABIC's exhibit will also underscore the versatility of its advanced materials technologies, many of which are backed by a comprehensive healthcare product policy.
An expert on fibers will be present as a resource to OEMs who are seeking solutions for applications where filtration is a critical requirement. Product and technical experts will also be available to discuss the latest medical device advances and industry trends in miniaturization and patient and staff safety. Additionally, the company will highlight a number of innovative applications that demonstrate how its healthcare plastics are raising the bar on device design, performance, sustainability, and usability of new medical devices.
For additional information on SABIC's healthcare grade resins, please go to www.sabic-ip.com.
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Facilitate NVC Groups with Joy and Confidence (2017, Session 1)
with Mary Mackenzie
- Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level
- Duration: 00:50 hours:minutes
- Production Date: 03/16/2017
During this recording, Mary clarifies the facilitator's role and explores six points that can help you set your intention and achieve greater success as a facilitator.
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January 17, 2020
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Defending the phone channel presents various challenges, especially due to…
The Week in Phone Fraud
This week saw Phone Fraud news coverage primarily around the arrest of a six-man phone fraud scam ring in Hertfordshire England. The coverage started at a local level, but eventually saw pick up in The BBC.
On Wednesday The Hertfordshire Mercury first covered the scam bust, reporting on the arrest of six individuals. The warrants targeted those believed to be involved in phone scams in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Surrey.
By Thursday the BBC had picked up on the story. Their coverage highlighted warnings by the police that 'people need to be aware that phone scams are still operating across the region,' advising people never to give bank account details or PIN numbers to callers claiming to be from a bank or from the police.
Social engineering has become the cornerstone of these types of phone fraud scam rings. Fraudsters often prey upon the elderly and vulnerable non-native speakers by leveraging publicly available information on the Internet to dupe victims into thinking they are getting calls from legitimate institutions.
The best strategy when receiving calls you suspect are fraudulent is to tell the representative you'll call them right back at their listed phone number. That way, when you confirm whether there is or isn't a problem, you'll be confirming it with a legitimate employee, not a fraudulent one.
Full Breakdown of This Week's Phone Fraud Coverage Below
BBC: Six men arrested in London over phone scams – April 24, 2014
The Advertiser: Six arrests in regional squad's phone scam investigation – April 24, 2014
The Hertfordshire Mercury: Six men arrested in Hertfordshire phone scam raids – April 23, 2014
CBS WCCO Minnesota: Minn. Leads Pack In Protecting Seniors From Financial Fraud – April 23, 2014
Gizmodo The Scam Hunter: What It's Like to Track Internet Bad Guys For a Living – April 22, 2014
The China Post: 7 Vietnamese arrested in Changhua fraud bust – April 22, 2014
The Star News Online: Event Educates Seniors on Fraud – April 21, 2014


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Longtime Cantabrian Simon Barnett has had many encounters with the small screen. In the late 80s he spent four years as a presenter on What Now?, before going on to host a number of talent and game shows. The longtime radio DJ has also competed in Celebrity Treasure Island. In 1990 he acted in hit comedy Ruby and Rata, as the young man who gets caught up with a dodgy but lovable solo mother.
Being a radio broadcaster is a great job for me because I love people; everyone's got a story to tell and I really enjoy hearing their stories. Simon Barnett
A who's who of Kiwi television names reminisce about iconic comedian Billy T James in this short video, celebrating NZ On Air's 30th birthday. Jemaine Clement, Oscar Kightley and Hilary Barry are among those describing Billy T as a national treasure, mischievous and cheeky, while friend Peter Rowley recalls the day he died. Billy T was already a household name by the time NZ On Air was created: an NZOA-funded sitcom and a celebration showcase allowed Kiwis to see him as much more than a comedian. He inspired many comedians, and left a legacy of brilliant moments.
Since 1981, generations of tamariki have grown up with What Now?'s weekend shenanigans. Who didn't want to be gunged? The show's other magic ingredients are the kids of Aotearoa, and a series of young hosts who know how to have fun. In this video celebrating NZ On Air's 30th birthday, politician Kris Faafoi talks about watching the show while getting ready for Saturday morning sports. Faafoi's brother Jason was a What Now? presenter. Meanwhile former host Simon Barnett discusses his first day on the job (he was 21) — and how much he loved working on the iconic series.
In this excerpt from the 2015 final of reality show Dancing with the Stars, broadcaster and former What Now? host Simon Barnett brings drama and excellent cape work to his paso doble with partner Vanessa Cole. The routine won a perfect score from judges Candy Lane, Stefano Olivieri and Hayley Holt, and sealed the series win for the couple. In true showbiz style it was no easy road for Barnett; early negative feedback and a nasty knee injury stalled his progress, but combining 80s anthem 'Eye of the Tiger' with Cole's sharp choreography proved a winning strategy.
In 2006, TVNZ's long running children's show celebrated 25 years on air — and Christmas — with a "Merry Birthday" special. In these excerpts, current presenters (including Tamati Coffey) are joined by a cavalcade of former hosts including Jason Fa'afoi, Carolyn Taylor, Props Boy, Shavaughn Ruakere and original anchor Steve Parr (with the same moustache a quarter of a century later). The emphasis is firmly on studio ordeal with guests gunked, foamed and asked to drink the undrinkable; and then there's the raw fish — a step too far for at least one of them.
Based on a UK reality format, Dancing with the Stars sees a line-up of celebrities paired with a professional dance partner, and put through ballroom dance routines. Judges and a public vote eliminate a pair each week. A five time winner of best programme in its category, the show played for five hit seasons on TVNZ, hosted by Jason Gunn and Candy Lane. In 2015 it was relaunched by Great Southern TV for TV3; Dominic Bowden and Sharyn Casey hosted. Dai Henwood and Casey presented the seventh series in 2018. Winners have included Norm Hewitt and and Suzanne Paul.
Popstars was a key forerunner of the late 1990s reality television explosion. The series followed the creation and development of an all-girl pop band called TrueBliss (Carly Binding, Keri Harper, Joe Cotton, Megan Alatini and Erika Takacs), who went on to record several NZ chart-topping singles and a platinum-selling album. Also a hit was the series format, which sold globally and helped inspire Pop Idol/American Idol, the franchise that would dominate reality TV for years to come. These excerpts are from each episode of the series, from the second to the final.
The search for a New Zealand Spice Girls is underway in the first episode of this pioneering reality series. Manager Peter Urlich (formerly of Th' Dudes) and record company executive Mark Tierney (ex-Strawpeople) hold public auditions to find an all-female pop group for their record deal and TV series. The good, the bad and the unfortunate are out in full force. After an exhaustive selection process, Urlich and Tierney whittle down the talent to 15 hopefuls. The format for the show sold to multiple countries.
Treasure Island was an early local example of a reality show staple — contestants endured the great outdoors, and each other. Over nine seasons the series went through multiple variations, including a Couples at War season, and another featuring favourites from the past. During the 2004 season of Celebrity Treasure Island, contestant Lana Coc-Kroft was airlifted from Fiji, after she cut her foot on coral and got a life-threatening blood-poisoning disease. On 2002's Treasure Island: Extreme, Barrie Rice — an ex SAS soldier — dealt with being eliminated by hiding in the jungle.
Clash of the Codes was a show that pitted teams representing various sports against each other in a series of physical challenges (obstacle courses, mud runs and stair climbs etc). In the made-for-TV battle for code bragging rights the traditional heavyweights (rugby, rowing) were challenged by strivers from the newer codes (eg. Olympic canoeing champ Ian Ferguson, Coast to Coast multisporter Steve Gurney, and young then-unknown triathlete Hamish Carter). Four series were made; the first three were hosted by Simon Barnett and the last by Robert Rakete.
Clash of the Codes was a made-for-TV series that pitted teams representing various sports against each other in a series of devised physical challenges. In this final episode from the first series, rowing and canoeing are the frontrunners, with plenty of Olympic podium experience on both teams (Ian Ferguson, Eric Verdonk and Chris White, plus world champ sculler Phillipa Baker). They tackle a steep bush rescue and the army confidence course at Whangaparaoa Peninsula. A young Marc Ellis (rugby) gets early practice playing the larrikin onscreen.
Broadcast on Christmas 1992, this epic episode of What Now? was both a festive special, and a best of compilation from the show's first decade on air. The set gets ever more crowded as a long line of past hosts join current presenters Simon Barnett and Catherine McPherson, and help make the Christmas carols more stirring. Eddie Sunderland and Fifi Colston explain a few arts and crafts, in between showcases of the show's best sketches to date. Hiding somewhere on the set is Mr Claus himself, narrowly avoiding detection.
What Now? is a long-running entertainment show for primary school-aged children. Live to air on weekend mornings since 1981, it is a Kiwi kids' TV institution. This Christmas Special sees presenters Simon Barnett, Jason 'The Ace' Gunn, and Cath McPherson larking it up with guests (Cath's Scottish Uncle Bob, Constable Keith and Sniff the Dog, The Wizard of Christchurch, the NZ 'Young Guns' cricket team) and in oddball summer and Christmas tales. Eddie and Fifi do decorative DIY. Check out the stone-wash denim and Barnett's frosted tips and lycra shorts.
Originally conceived as a TV series, Gaylene Preston's comedy was a local hit, uplifting recession-era audiences with its tale of resourceful misfits. Ruby (Yvonne Lawley), an 83-year-old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata (Vanessa Rare in her screen debut) — a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into shoplifting, while Simon Barnett plays a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the 80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves, in this tale from writer Graeme Tetley.
Wheel of Fortune is a game show that involves the solving of Hangman-style posers. Contestants spin the wheel to accrue prizes, guess letters that may be in the answer, and earn the right to roll again. The Kiwi edition was hosted by Phillip Leishman and Lana Coc-Kroft (with Simon Barnett later replacing Leishman). In a 1992 celebrity episode, Barcelona Olympic bronze medalist boxer (and future World Heavyweight challenger) David Tua, infamously requested the letter O, "for Awesome". The show returned briefly in 2008 hosted by Jason Gunn and Sonia Gray.
What Now? is a long-running entertainment show for primary school-aged children. Filmed before a live studio audience on weekend mornings, What Now? is a New Zealand TV institution; it was the first TV show to have live phone-ins. The series is known for its challenges that sometimes result in participants being 'gunged'. A roll-call of presenters includes Steve Parr, Danny Watson, Simon Barnett, Jason Gunn, Michelle A'Court, Tamati Coffey, Antonia Prebble, and more. 'Get out of your Lazy Bed' by Matt Bianco is the theme song memorable to generations of Kiwi kids.


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PhD Academy
19-24 September, 2019
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Latin America's Knowledge Systems, Innovation and Capacity Building Research Network (LALICS), Young Scholars Initiative – Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI INET), and Red PYMES initiate the call for papers to the II LALICS/YSI-INET/Red PYMEs PhD Academy.
For details, open pdf here.
The aim of the Academy is to contribute to the capacity building of doctoral students for the development of their theses, both at the theoretical and empirical level, in subjects related to the analysis of innovation and development processes in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to LALICS research areas. Additionally, as part of the activities of the Academy, participating students will have a special fee to participate and present papers at the XXIV Annual Meeting of the Mercosur Pymes Network to be held from September 25 to 27 in the same venue as the Academy: National University of Rosario. The Red PMES Mercosur Network is one of the longest-lived thematic networks in the region, with almost 25 years of existence with members from Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina (//www.redpymes.org.ar/).
For more details on how to apply, important dates, travel stipend and accommodation and the Scientific Committee, please check at: http://www.lalics.org/academia-lalics-ysi-inet-red-pymes-2019/


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The visit was aimed at comparing notes in industrial waste recycling. The visit was initiated by the Russo-German Foreign Trade Chamber, with Chelyabinsk Region's economic development ministry acting as host. Representatives of 15 German companies toured Mechel-Materials' modern grinding-mixing complex that has no peers in Russia. This complex produces mineral supplements to lend additional durability to construction mixes, asphalt and concrete.
The grinding-mixing complex uses Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant's blast-furnace slag as raw material. This technology enables the plant to reduce waste and make its steelmaking process more environment-friendly.
The German guests noted the products' high quality and compliance with the strictest sanitary and hygienic requirements.
"The grinding-mixing complex is our plant's newest and largest production facility. Our guests were pleasantly surprised that we possess such technologies that increase our efficiency and reduce the amount of waste. Germany is a leader in industrial waste recycling, and this high expert opinion is very valuable to us," Mechel-Materials OOO's Director Nikolay Parkhomchuk noted.


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The question I get from so many people is how can I get world-class abs or how can I get abs like you. First of all I feel very blessed and fortunate to be known in the fitness industry as having great abs. I am going to share with you a little secret ladies and gentlemen — we all have abs, but now here is the twist, unfortunately some of us have to work harder than others to see those abs.
I am sure you are tired of watching some late night infomercial telling you if you do this silly abs machine your abs will pop out of hibernation and you will have the midsection of your dreams. Those late night infomercials sell a lot of fake midsection dreams and if you read enough about fitness and nutrition you will know improving your midsection is more than just jumping in some funky abs apparatus equipment product.
Having great abs are not indicative of how many sit-ups or crunches you do, but indicative of how low your body fat is. The key thing to remember is that having visible abs comes from low body fat; it doesn't come from doing crunches until you pass out.
If I told you that some of the greatest abs you have ever seen in the world — that many of them don't even do as many abs exercises as you would think, you probably wouldn't believe it.
I don't even do as many sit-ups as the average person that works out in the gym because my abs were developed at an early age as a sprinter in high school and college.
Abs exercises are always great for developing your abs but if your body fat levels aren't low enough you will never be able to see your abs because the fat will be covering the muscle.
For the fellas to see their abs typically their body-fat has to be at least 12 percent but sometimes you can even have higher body-fat if your abs are thicker. For females to see their abs their body-fat has to be about 14 percent and under. There are several key ingredients you have to implement to attain awesome abs year-round and they are maintaining a great diet and cardio regimen, exercising your abs regularly and getting proper rest and sleep.
How important is the diet to obtain washboard abs? In my honest opinion it is the most important thing to help you attain low body fat levels. Unless you have superior genetics and an ultra-lightning metabolism (which is a very small percentage of our society), then your diet has to be very clean and consistent to reduce your body fat levels.
Some of the clean eating foods you should be consuming on a consistent basis are chicken, brown rice, sweet potatoes, fish, turkey, oatmeal, green vegetables, oatmeal, etc.
All the foods mentioned above are what Morris Chestnut from the Best Man Holiday film ate regularly, which helped him tremendously in dropping his body fat of 17 percent down to 6 percent in 10 to 12 weeks.
Obi's Favorite Abs Exercises
There are five exercises that I do every other week or so that have been very beneficial for helping me develop thicker abs over the years: sprinting, old fashioned sit-ups, seated knee-ups, broom twists, and hanging-knee-to-chin-raises.
Sprinting is one of the best abs exercises you can ever do. Some of the top sprinters in the world have the greatest abs on the planet and it is because of the explosive effects from sprinting. Every time you lift your leg in the air while sprinting you work your abs. A world class sprinter covers a 100 meters in about 44 to 47 steps so the average person would probably cover that distance in probably about 57 to 60 steps. So in just one 100-meter sprint you would have worked your abs roughly 57 to 60 reps or more. This in itself is incredible since most people don't do that many sit-ups in a set or an entire workout.
Duration: 10 to 12 100 meter sprints- one to two days a week
Sit-ups are one of the oldest abs exercises and still are one of the best exercises you can do. Performing sit-ups very slowly and with great form always targets every part of your abs as well as your obliques. This exercise, although very old, has always been very beneficial for my abs and I still do them to this day. Never snooze on sit-ups as it is still a great abs exercise that does the job.
Duration: 30 reps- 4 sets- 3 day a week
Broom Twists is another great abs exercise that is incredible for your obliques. You basically grab a broom and place it behind your head and make slow twisting movements at the waist and not the hips. This is one of the best oblique exercises you can ever do. When done with proper form you really can feel an incredible burn all through your obliques.
Duration: 30 reps- 4 sets- 3 days a week
Seated Knee-ups is an abs exercise that targets the lower abs. This exercise can be done on a sturdy chair or any bench. Keep your body stabilized, lean back slightly and extend your legs out and in front of you together while bringing your knees to your chest. The positive and the negative of the exercise should be at least two to three seconds so you can truly feel your abs working.
Duration: 30 reps- 4 sets- 3 days a week
Hanging-Knee-To-Chin-Raises is a full abs exercise that targets the obliques and abs simultaneously. This exercise consists of hanging from a pull-up or chin bar with your knees slightly bent and then bringing your knees towards your chest. When you're at full contraction your knees should be pulled to your chest. If this exercise is done slowly with correct form your abdominals will be worked to exhaustion and you should feel the burn.
Duration: 30 reps- 4sets- 3 days a week
Abs Exercises Morris Chestnut Best Man Holiday Workout
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Kneeling Cable Crunches
Grab the rope with both hands and get on your knees and hold the rope near your forehead. Use your abs and pull your shoulders towards your knees slowly. Raise up slowly about six inches and repeat the same motion for each rep. Always keep your core tight and make sure you are doing the exercise with proper form. Your focus in this exercise should always be form and technique over heavier weight and horrible technique.
Duration: 30 reps for 4 sets
Get in a push-up up position while putting your forearms on the ground. Your whole body should be parallel with the floor while keeping a straight strong line from head to toes and your back flat. And your elbows should line up directly underneath your shoulders. Keep your core tight when you are in the plank position and hold the position for duration of that repetition.
Duration: 1 minute for 4 sets
Legs Off The Ground AKA Leg Lifts
Lie flat on your back on the ground, place your palms on the floor and lift your legs up about six inches off the ground and hold it for the duration of the repetition.
Duration: 45 seconds for 4 sets
Leg Raises
Get into a dip machine with your back against the pad. Put your forearms on the armrests while holding the handles and lift your legs with your knees bent towards your chest. Inhale and exhale while executing each repetition.
Duration: 1 minute for 4 sets
The main reason we implemented these exercises as the primary abs exercises is because I feel these exercises target the abdominals and obliques more than most abs exercises.
Also when Morris first started training with me, he said he wanted thicker abs similar to mine so I knew these exercises did a great job of adding thickness to the abs especially if you used a good amount of weight when implementing them.
Attaining Proper Sleep
Getting eight hours of sleep is incredibly important for optimum muscle growth especially for your abs. Getting proper sleep allows your body to recover from the tearing down of your muscles and helps your muscles grow properly. Attaining sufficient sleep is synonymous with living a healthy lifestyle. I follow an incredible formula and here it is: Great Abs Training+ Great Diet+ Great Sleep = Great Ripped Abs. If you follow this formula you will attain the end result from this.


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According to Sully's records, this second painting was erased, and Fielding and Biddle, Sully's biographers, report that there was a Gratz family story that the portrait was rejected "on account of a turban or other head-dress painted in the portrait by the artist."
Now this is odd. I don't think most portraitists added something as important to a painting as headgear, without the prior consent of the sitter. So why the surprise for the woman who was after all Sully's first Philadelphia patron?
I think the answer lies in the specificity of the word "turban" in the story. Turbans had been popular with women from the 1790's on, and this particular type of head covering was not unusual in female portraits of the period. (To see some of the styles of turban then current, go to www.lynnmcmasters.com.) But for Rebecca Gratz the turban had special significance. By 1830 she was identified in the public mind with the character Rebecca in Scott's popular novel Ivanhoe. Guess what the fictional Rebecca wears in her first scene: a yellow turban.
Sully probably thought he was offering a compliment to Rebecca Gratz by recognizing her as the inspiration for the character. But the family saw that it would be taken as a symbol of her vainglory, that people would think that she dressed up like the character in the book to remind everyone (and posterity too) that she was the real Rebecca of Ivanhoe. Such a painting would have been considered to be in the worst possible taste, and it is no wonder the Gratz's wanted it destroyed.
There exist, however, two paintings by Sully -- both of women in yellow turbans -- which are usually identified as Rebecca Gratz, despite the fact that neither bears much resemblance to her. While one of them may be the "erased" painting, reworked to not look like Rebecca, Sully would have been taking a chance in reusing it: should the Gratz's have ever heard of or seen it, they would have been deeply offended.
If my theory is true, any painting of a woman in a yellow turban is not Rebecca Gratz. The two pictures are probably from among Sully's "fancy paintings," as he called his works which were not portraits.
(I am not showing the two "woman in a turban" paintings here. Images of them are available on the internet [Try searching "Rebecca Gratz" on Google Images]. The one reproduced in black and white has the face of a little girl. If you view the other painting, which is in color, you will see a woman wearing a rather silly version of a turban, one I haven't found in fashion illustrations of the era, and in a pose unlike any among Sully's many portraits. Given the fashion sense Rebecca exhibited in her previous portrait, I don't see her as a sensible woman of fifty agreeing to wear such a getup. Note also the reddish curls at the nape of the woman's neck. I found a small envelope among the Rebecca Gratz letters at the Library of Congress. On it were written her name and the date Aug. 27, 1869, the day she died. Inside were several strands of hair, raven black in color, just as it is in the authenticated portraits by Sully and all eye-witness descriptions of Rebecca.)


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So you as well as your 2 roommates discovered the ideal 3 room apartments that match every trait on your "Dream Apartment" checklist. Good for you! The moment the three of you have unpacked your new homes, garbing your 3 bed room apartments reaches be the enjoyable part that you can easily connection over, particularly if you're making Do-It-Yourself (DIY) masterpieces.
DIY projects usually tend to become a quick and easy and also affordable way to not simply develop excellent décor that you three can easily mention you performed on your own, yet it creates the excellent celebration to hang out with your roomies in your brand new apartments.There are actually lots of ideas available for 3 room house DIY decor, however our experts're mosting likely to discuss 6 of our preferred concepts that will definitely have your guests stating, "Wow! You created that?," as quickly as they enter your 3 bedroom apartment or condos.
1. DIY Dye Rug
If you've carried a bland, aged rug in to your 3 bed room apartments to either usage in your room or even among the faculty lounges in your brand-new flats, don't allow it steal the fun out of the other factors of the place. Dying a carpet is going to help to dress up your new home decor and also it is actually extremely simple. All you have to carry out is actually take your carpet to an available, aired site (like the porch of your 3 bedroom apartment or condos) as well as spray textile dye to create an entirely improved look for your brand-new homes. You may also eliminate your very own or acquire patterns to spray the cloth dye right into contemporary patterns over your carpet. Home Therapy provides the particulars on making a DIY dyed carpet for your 3 bedroom apartments.
2. DIY Ticket Stub Collage
Are you and your roommates in your 3 room flats constant concert attendees? Then this DIY idea for decor in your new apartments is perfect for you! Take each one of those old performance ticket short ends and organize all of them into an eye-popping collection for your wall surfaces. You may incorporate stumps to create once gigantic collage or if you have actually all been to a lot of gigs, each make one of your own. That could make a cool, 3 part wall surface fine art for the hallway of your 3 room houses. All you must create for this set is actually buy a framework (whatever size you want for your gig stubs and/or various other ticket short ends), a signboard board cut to the framework size, glue and all of your ticket stumps. Prepare answers any kind of technique that you satisfy on your signboard board as well as once the glue has dried out, placed the collection in to the framework and hang it in your 3 room apartments for all to see how much you "rock!".
3. Do It Yourself Cherry Blossom Painting
If you're all set to allow the inner-artist out, this venture is actually effortless, exciting and also needs merely a little bit of art work. One more idea for DIY wall structure fine art within your 3 bed room houses, all you'll require for this job is actually an unfilled bottle of soft drink, a blank canvass, a paintbrush and also pair of various colors of paint (this DIY task tutorial uses dark as well as pink). You can easily add additional shades if you wish to make cherry blooms in a few different shades. Certainly not simply is this paint quite sufficient to become put in the access method of your 3 room flats, yet attendees will not believe the ease that is actually included along with such a wonderful paint.
4. DIY Centerpiece
We can't neglect a focal point for the kitchen space dining table in your 3 room apartment or condos! Tabletop decor is one of the easiest means to change up the appeal of a room. As well as, we know constantly getting as well as always keeping blossoms active can be a difficult main feature to maintain. For this DIY tip for your 3 room apartments, no actual flowers are involved and also the components that you'll need feature an empty container, a floor treatment finish (they highly recommend Pledge) and the glitter colour of your selection. Once your bottle has actually been filled with shine, stick in an artificial blossom, which could be located at most design shops, for a main feature sure to capture any individual's eye.
5. DIY Towel Holder
The washroom in your 3 room apartment or condos is actually yet another area you can incorporate a little DIY decoration to, specifically if it is actually the guest restroom. Genuine Simple provides the concept of utilization a window box on the within your 3 bed room homes in your bathroom to hold palm towels as well as other novelties. Our company believe it might also work with your kitchen space in your 3 room apartments. Get a flowerpot at a local horticulture source or equipment outlet, accomplish in to the wall structure under the home window ledge (unless there are no windows in your washroom or even kitchen, you can easily just place all of them on the wall surface for added, unique storage space) and voilà! You've received a cute holder and practical new storing area in your 3 bed room apartments. We assure your visitors will definitely be actually blown away by your craftiness on this one!
6. DO-IT-YOURSELF Pillow Remote Holder
Possibly our preferred DIY concept on the checklist, you'll certainly never shed the remote control in your 3 room houses along with a remote holder precisely a cushion! From Good Housekeeping, the mag claims you'll need to have "a toss cushion along with a removable cover, the wallet coming from a set of jeans (guys's job most ideal size-wise), and fusible webbing (located at material stores). Decrease the whole pocket out of the trousers. Sandwich the webbing between the cover and also back of pocket sides; iron layers together." Then, placed the cover back on as well as you're all set for film night in your 3 bed room houses along with your new roomies. You may do this on a couple of cushion deals with or only one so you constantly know which cushion will certainly be keeping the remote in your 3 bed room apartments. Merely keep in mind to always place it back!
While there are actually lots of DIY yourself suggestions for 3 bedroom apartments, our team presumed these were actually fun as well as simple. If you're presently on the pursuit for the ideal 3 bedroom condos for you and also your flatmates, surf our availableapartments online as well as find your brand-new condos today.
Will you make an effort some of these DIY suggestions in your 3 bedroom condos? What DIY projects possess you created just before? Inform us in the reviews!


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In a breaking story so bizarre that it could be a headline from the satirical newspaper The Onion, authorities have arrested an Ohio man over a plot to allegedly poison Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner. Granted, it isn't foaming at the mouth Islamist jihadists storming Boehner's office but the G-men were on the job to thwart what may have been an attempt to kill the second man in the line of secession for the presidency.
As reported by the website of Cincinnatti's WCPO TV in the story "EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him":
Ebola, evil voices and the devil.
Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons he was going to kill House Speaker John Boehner this past fall, federal agents said.
Michael Robert Hoyt, 44, was indicted Jan. 7 on charges of threatening to murder the congressman in a plot police said included poisoning his drink at a country club.
Hoyt served drinks to Boehner for more than five years at the Wetherington Country Club in West Chester and was known as "Bartender Mike" to employees there.
Hoyt called police on Oct. 29, a week after being fired from the club, and blamed Boehner for his woes, police said.
When officers visited Hoyt at his home on Matson Ave. in Deer Park, they said the plot thickened.
"Hoyt told the officer he was Jesus Christ and he was going to kill Boehner because Boehner was mean to him at the country club and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola," United States Capitol Police (USCP) Special Agent Christopher M. Desrosiers said. "Hoyt advised he had a loaded Beretta .380 automatic and he was going to shoot Boehner and take off."
Officers said Hoyt told them he regretted not having enough time to put something in Boehner's drink. It was also discovered Hoyt emailed Boehner's wife about the plot a day before he called police, Desrosiers said.
Boehner hasn't been making many friends and this was BEFORE he was re-elected to lead the House GOP and quickly caved in on serious opposition to Emperor Obama's amnesty for illegal aliens decree.
This will be likely be spun as yet another excuse for the further expansion of the surveillance-police state. Just in time for Obama's big sales pitch for finishing off the Fourth Amendment at the State of the Union address next week.
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Dear Living with Tragedy,
As with most of my posts, it is LONG. But I hope you can get through it and I hope it brings you some peace.
Thank you for reading my original post. Considering it has been over 2 years since Thai passed and the last update, I'm surprised it caught your eye. I thought it best to reply on your own post as it is the least I can do for another parent who has lost their furbaby.
You asked about my story with Thai and I can get to that, but it really does seem like guilt is taking a toll on you so I'll go over my own guilt with you here.
About a year before Thai passed, he had his ACL injury and the doctors weren't too concerned about repairing his knee, it was a cough they were more worried about. After a more tests, EKG, and a cardiologist, they found that Thai's heart was enlarged and it was pushing against his chest. In addition, they saw a murmur and the beginnings of a bad valve.
I started him on heart meds, took his resting heart rate and recorded it every day, did basically everything the doctors told me to do.
Now let me fast forward to the day he passed. I've talked about this day with plenty of people, but I'll share here with you the one part I leave out.
Thai had a seizure around 3AM. He stood up, collapsed, and I thought he had died right there on my bed. He came around but would just stand there frozen, not moving, not sitting, not lying down, just not anything. It was as if he was locked in place.
What did I do …. I did nothing. Yup. Like an abusive, evil, disgusting, horrible, terrible, uncaring, useless piece of garbage of an owner, I did nothing. He seemed to respond a bit and I went back to bed with him near my side. For three hours I slept, leaving my boy to suffer.
6AM rolled around and Thai did not respond to me as he usually did. I felt his heart and it was racing so that is when I went to the emergency care and I handed him over to the nurse. That was the last time I saw my Thai well.
They put him in the oxygen tent and they thought he would respond to it. He fought for 10 more hours before I got a call at 4PM. They said he'd had a heart attack and wanted to know if I wanted them to resuscitate him. I screamed yes, got in the car, but also had to call the other people that loved him, as I knew this was it. I picked up 2 people on the way to the hospital and when we got there, they had gotten a heartbeat back, but what was there wasn't my Thai.
There was a tube in his mouth with splatters of blood, and when I saw him there was no reaction at all. This wasn't my boy and I knew he was gone. They asked me what I wanted to do and looking at him I said I couldn't leave him like this and that was when I made the decision to let him go. I crouched down and told him that he had fought long enough and that it was time to rest and felt his last heartbeat as they euthanized him.
Whew … so guilt. It has taken me a long time to come to terms of not doing anything that morning. Had he has seizures before? One or two and he came back from those fine. Did I intentionally try to kill him that morning? Definitely not.
Here is the hard part. We know their lives didn't consist of that last day, week, or month. Maybe not now, but hopefully at some point, you'll recognize that the relationship started a long time ago. For me 7 years, others 12 years, 16 years, etc. That's what I hope we can all do with time. Remember the entire relationship, not just the last chapter.
And when we do, I know guilt will try to crawl back in. Yeah we were too busy to play with them or kicked them out of the bed that one night. Sure we weren't the perfect owners 100% of the time, but I KNOW we weren't the worst owners 100% of the time either!
We loved them with every fiber of our being and we took such good care of them. We should let those thoughts shine brightly in our minds, not just the guilty ones. How did we spoil them? How many toys did we get? How many trips did we take them on? How many decisions revolved around their lives? We were all good moms and dads.
But the GUILT. Eventually you'll let it go because it already happened. We can't change it anymore. We can't make a different choice.
Maybe we can learn from what we did. If your fur baby has a brother or sister, alright then, this time WE WILL be more up front with more tests. WE WILL demand medication for that cough. WE WILL go to the vet more. WE WILL get those vaccinations. We will because we can decide to do things differently … in the future.
But for our babies that have gone to the rainbow bridge. That's the past. We can't change that. We want to. I want to. I know all of us here would do it in a split second. But we can't. Those choices, decisions, outcomes, those are all set in stone and time moves on. Beating up ourselves for it won't change anything.
Now you are on DAY 4, so honestly, none of what I just wrote will make any difference on how you're feeling. Just know that EVERYONE here has and is going through what you are going through. We understand that this wasn't just some pet. This was someone that gave us 100% unconditional love and forgiveness. You did your best and just like every other time, they forgive you.
Please stay on this forum and share as much as you feel comfortable with.
I'm on day 809. I still have bad days, but now there are more good than bad.
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Dated January 2018, FEMA just released this new guide, title Local Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide. It is 217 pages long and includes details for implementation of the recent decision by FEMA to fund some actions taken by houses of worship. [It does not seem to be on the FEMA website yet.]
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Like much of the rest of the East Coast, North Carolina has been hit with snow and has been experiencing the general brutally cold and violent weather that set in at the start of 2014.
This kind of weather can damage property and require a speedy and effective response in order to preserve the health and appearance of your outdoor spaces. The following are some of the tasks that generally need to be seen to after a winter storm and during cold spells:
• Downed trees or branches. You may need to clear away fallen trees and branches that are posing a hazard to people and giving your property a rundown look. Landscaping professionals can carry out these removals safely and thoroughly.
• Pruning trees. If trees on your property have sustained damage, they may need to be pruned or trimmed to look good again and to preserve their health for the coming spring.
• Clearing away snow. Snow that accumulates on hardscapes and other areas outdoors needs to be cleared away as soon as possible before the excess moisture results in damage. For instance, excessive moisture can cause hardscapes to buckle and crack.
• Checking for snow mold. Your lawn could be susceptible to snow mold, in which a fungus develops in the cold moisture.
• De-icing pavement. Ice is a hazard to people and to vehicles, but you also need to clear it away correctly. Using the wrong deicing agents or incorrect techniques can cause damage to your hardscapes.
• Checking the health of plants. When there's a sudden and severe cold spell, plants may die or suffer other serious effects. It's a good time to check on the health of your plants and ensure that they're still surviving.
• Checking irrigation systems for damage. In freezing weather, sprinkler systems may sustain damage and stop functioning the way they should. You would need to check them out and get any problems addressed immediately.
For the best Homeowner Association landscaping maintenance, don't hesitate to contact landscaping experts. Even in North Carolina, winter weather can be severe and unpredictable, but with timely maintenance, your property will receive the care and protection it needs.
Taking Care of Severe Winter Weather Troubles with Expert Homeowner Association Landscaping Maintenance
Like much of the rest of the East Coast, North Carolina has been hit with snow and has been experiencing the general brutally cold and violent weather that set in at the start of 2014.


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Hedgehogs are very inoffensive and completely harmless to humans.
The old wives' tale that they carry fleas is only partly true – yes they do have them, but their fleas are very very fussy, and will not transfer to or survive on other animals such as dogs, cats or (you may be relieved to know) humans !
Wild hedgehogs are very wary of humans and animals, and it takes a long while to gain their trust. I'm now at the stage where hogs will march up to me and happily munch away with me sitting on the back door step – they eat their food, sniff my foot, then scuttle off.
The trick is to remain still and quiet, and you will soon find yourself watching hedgehogs for hours on end in gloomier and gloomier light (eventually they become black, moving blobs making them stand out from everything else in your garden – they do tend to crash around in the undergrowth, however, so you can track them through sound rather than sight !).
Hedgehogs can move very quickly, up to 5 mph at times. However, if they are disturbed their first instinct is to freeze and then curl up. This is why many hogs get injured by lawnmowers and strimmers, or in bonfires and compost heaps.
What to feed hedgehogs
One of the most damaging pieces of advice is that hedgehogs love bread and milk. Whilst they may love them, they are the worst possible types of food to feed hedgehogs. Their tummies are not capable of digesting cows' milk, and this results in a runny tummy. If this continues the hog will eventually dehydrate and die. In the same way that bread isn't the best thing to feed birds, this food is low in nutrition and high in bulk thus filling the hogs up – it's rather like us eating a Big Mac : it may be filling, but it's nutritional value is negligible ! See this St Tiggywinkle's fact sheet (PDF file) about why milk and bread should not be fed to hedgehogs
So, please don't feed bread and milk, but do feed some of the following :
the easiest food to give hogs is white-meat dog or cat food in jelly (not gravy) – examples are chicken, turkey, rabbit, even duck flavours. Younger hogs prefer the mushier kitten or puppy version. Serve in a saucer or shallow dog bowl (hogs also happily eat from the half food/half water plastic feeding bowls which Wilkos sell for 69p)
- it is possible to buy special wet hedgehog food, called Spike's Relish : ask your local pet shop to order some in for you !
- It is important you add dried food to a hog's diet when serving up wet food, to aid dental care of the hog's teeth. The easiest to get hold of are little cat biscuits (I find the IAMS kitten biscuits – purple packaging – go down quite well, no matter how old the hog is). In the wild, hogs eat beetles for the same purpose – to keep their teeth healthy ! You can either add the biscuits to the wet food or sprinkle nearby. What the hogs don't eat, other wildlife will !
- I have yet to meet a hedgehog which doesn't like dried mealworms. Wilko's sell 100g tubs for £2.49. I get through a tub every two days, but then I do attract lots of hedgehogs !
I scatter little piles of these around the garden (to encourage natural foraging behaviour). The sound of four hogs munching dried mealworms at the same time can be deafening !
- Wild Things dried hedgehog food – I have only just started using this, and at first the hogs seemed a bit reluctant to take it. However, the levels in the bowls do now seem to be going down, and I know for a fact birds and cats won't touch this stuff. Pets At Home in the Castle Marina retail park sell 2 kg bags for about £8
- Hogs may also eat : sunflower hearts (for birds from Wilko's), chopped nuts, sultanas, tiny pieces of cooked chicken, bits of fairy cake, raw mince, cooked potato. Hedgehogs are traditionally very fussy eaters, so some will like one thing and hate another, whilst a different hedgehog will have opposite tastes. You should only really put these foodstuffs out as occasional treats
- The most important thing to provide hogs is a shallow dish of water. Hedgehogs drink loads every night, especially when eating food provided by humans – try to have more than one bowl on the ground if you can
Don't worry if you miss a night or two – your food will not be the only thing hedgehogs eat during the course of a nightly forage. They walk miles each night in search for food, but your supplementary feeding will give them the boost they need to find more, especially critical when mothers have recently given birth, or when the ground is very dry.
How to give hedgehogs a home
Hedgehogs should never be taken from the wild and kept in an enclosed garden : indeed, to do so is actually illegal.
I have heard stories of people deliberately taking a hedgehog from its natural habitat and placing it in their garden so that it will eat all their slugs and snails. This is wrong on so many levels – snugs and snails only make up about 5% of a hog's diet and, if truth be told, they'd rather not eat them, as they can make hedgehogs very ill (especially if the slugs and snails have eaten metaldehyde pellets, or are carriers of parasites such as lungworms).
However, if you are leaving food out you'll soon find that word will spread in the hedgehog community, and if you're lucky you'll be visited throughout the evening by a whole gang of marauding pricklies, who will include your garden on a long list of places they visit each night during their foraging activities.
But what about going one step further and making them somewhere cosy to rest up ? Hogs are very nomadic about where they sleep, especially during the summer, so often will rest up in very informal nests. If you can provide either suitable habitat (a good wild area in your garden, such as piles of logs, or bushy evergreen vegetation such as bramble, tall grass, etc) or even a hedgehog house, you may find your garden becomes a valuable pitstop.
Some may surprise you and stay on for even longer – I had one hibernate in one of my garden boxes all winter long, and made sure he had access to dried food and water throughout the winter (although I suspect the resident blackbirds nicked a lot of the food !)
You can buy hedgehog houses or even make your own – see the BHPS website for some good ideas


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Early endocrine alterations reflect prolonged stress and relate to one year functional outcome in patients with severe brain injury
- Authors:
- 10.1530/eje-14-1152
- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVE: Severe brain injury poses a risk of developing acute and chronic hypopituitarism. Pituitary hormone alterations developed in the early recovery phase after brain injury may have implications for long-term functional recovery. The objective was to assess the pattern and prevalence of pituitary hormone alterations three months after severe brain injury with relation to functional outcome at one year follow-up. DESIGN: Prospective study at a tertiary university referral centre. METHODS: A total of 163 patients admitted to neurorehabilitation after severe traumatic (N=111) or non-traumatic (N=52) brain injury were included. Main outcome measures were endocrine alterations 3.3 months (median) after the brain injury and their relationship to functioning and ability of the patients at one year follow-up, as measured by Functional Independence Measure and Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended. RESULTS: Three months after the injury, elevated stress hormones (i.e. 30 min. stimulated cortisol, prolactin and/or insulin-like growth factor 1) and/or suppressed gonadal- or thyroid hormones were recorded in 68% and 32% of the patients, respectively. At one year, lower functioning level (Functional Independence Measure) and lower capability of normal life activities (Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended) were related to both elevated stress hormones (p≤0.01) and reduced gonadal and/or thyroid hormones (p≤0.01) measured at 3 months. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that brain injury-related endocrine alterations mimicking secondary hypogonadism and hypothyroidism and with elevated stress hormones most probably reflect a prolonged stress response 2 to 5 months after severe brain injury, rather than pituitary insufficiency per se. These endocrine alterations thus seem to reflect a more severe disease state, and relate to one year functional outcome.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- European Journal of Endocrinology / European Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2015, Vol 172, p. 813-22
- Keywords:
- Journal Article
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2015
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- 2264522276


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Some online pharmacies are not trustworthy and are nothing more than scams. These companies will normally require you to send them money through untraceable sources such as Moneygram or Paypal. If a site asks you to send money through these clients, it is advisable to avoid doing so. When purchasing, look for companies who accept payment through traceable means such as Visa or Mastercard. These companies will refund your money if delivery of the drugs is unsuccessful. Additionally, if a website is offering strictly controlled medicines such as Vicodin, you should not send money to this site.
Every sale of prescription drugs will require a prescription. This can only be issued by a physician, so if a site is offering a diagnosis followed by supply, avoid parting with any money. Physicians will not diagnose anyone via email.Referral
Searching for reviews of a particular website might be a way to ensure the bona fides of an online pharmacy. Feedback from previous customers should be sought. This should indicate whether or not the company in question is reliable, and should also spare you the bother of purchasing from a fake website. You should also consult any friends or family who have recently purchased medication via the internet. Make sure the supplier is certified by the US Food and Drug administration as this will ensure the quality of the medications you receive.
One of the benefits of purchasing online is that it is possible to quickly and easily perform price comparisons. You can do this through search engines or through web pages that contain a price comparison overview. Try to find unbiased sites when searching for information on prices and services. In addition to this, don't go to any sites that ask for payment for this kind of information.
Buying medication online is permitted, but generally this is only the case if the medications are prescribed by a registered physician. The legality of ordering medications without prescription is normally illegal, so be sure to check the legality of what you are doing.
- healthfinder.gov/FindServices/SearchContext.aspx?topic=14309
- www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/pharmacies/dangers-of-buying-medicines-online/
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Travelzoo Deal Experts have combed the world over looking for destinations where U.S. travelers will get the biggest bang for their buck in 2015. We present the Wow Deal Destinations for 2015: Brazil, Puerto Rico, Texas Hill Country, Cruising Asia and Dubai -- based on travel trends, national events and our "deal expert" hunch.
Where will you vacation in 2015?
1. Brazil: Visit this South America hot spot during its "gap year" -- between 2014's FIFA World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics. More than 111,000 soccer-loving Americans visited Brazil this past summer. To accommodate the influx of sporting tourism, the country plans to open more than 400 new hotels by 2016. The airlines aren't far behind either, with carriers such as American Airlines adding new nonstop routes to its schedule. Wholesalers are quickly upping inventory as well with vacation deals saving up to $1000.
2. Puerto Rico: No U.S. passport required: enough said, right? Also, it's never been easier to get to Puerto Rico as major airlines (JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines) launched new and/or increased services this past year. Combine that with the fact this Caribbean island is looking to add more than 5,000 hotel rooms by 2017, and you've set yourself up to grab deals that are up to 50% off.
3. Texas Hill Country: Everything's bigger in Texas, including the deals. From San Antonio to Austin and the surrounding Hill Country, we found hotel deals aplenty, from $129 per night at 4-star resorts. With nearly a half-dozen new hotels opening in 2015, there's plenty of places for every budget from boutique properties to sprawling, luxury resorts. Texas Hill Country is easy to navigate, just a three- to four-hour drive for Dallas and Houston residents. Flights are a breeze with two airports, Austin and San Antonio, serviced by low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Allegiant Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
4. Cruising Asia: Cruise lines are expanding their fleets in Asia with new ship introductions and itinerary plans. Royal Caribbean International plans to move their newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, to the Shanghai port; this large ocean liner allows for 4,190 more passengers to experience Asia by sea. Oceania Cruises alone has announced 12 new destinations for the upcoming 2015-'16 schedule focusing on longer, destination-intensive sailings to the likes of Jeju, South Korea, and Boracay Island, Philippines. As the itineraries multiply, so do the deals. Choose from large ocean liners or small, luxury ships with roundtrip air included.
5. Dubai: With 71 million annual passengers stepping foot in Dubai's two airports, the city has positioned itself as a major player in global tourism. Travelers who visit now can take advantage of a building boom and early-bird deals ahead of the World Expo in 2020. A destination unto itself, Dubai is also a simple addition to international travel plans with direct flights from major cities including London and Bangkok. To ease the potential complexities of booking a trip we've secured vacation packages starting at $1999.
-- Blaire Constantinou is a producer at Travelzoo based in Los Angeles. Travelzoo has 250 deal experts from around the world who rigorously research, evaluate and test thousands of deals to find those with true value.