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You will be responsible for taking ownership E2E process and coordinate appropriate and timely responses to service requests and incidents sent to the Service Desk, including escalating requests for assistance to the appropriate resolver groups for troubleshooting, monitoring and resolution of the Premium Service Centre
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- Respond to all service desk customer phone enquiries promptly, courteously and efficiently;
- Identify the nature of fault enquiries through standard work instructions and if possible,
- provide first level resolution in response to identified issues, escalate calls/requests to appropriate L2/3 resolver groups as required;
- Actively keep customers informed of the progress of their request for service or support;
- Maintain current applicable knowledge of a continuously changing ICT communications environment;
- Provide customer training and support as required;
- Respond to and resolve customer issues and have a basic understanding of the end to end processes for activation and assurance for the technology being supported;
- Understand and adhere to service level agreements;
- Work as a member of a team in which provides high quality service, are self-motivated, co-operative and effective and maintain inter-personal relationships;
- A proficient level of customer service skills. Experienced in dealing with complaints and difficult customers
- The ability to adapt to rapid business changes.
- Demonstrates and encourages a supportive and collaborative approach to working within and across different teams.
- Proven ability to assimilate to new technology, procedures and products. (Smartphones, mobiles and iPads devices, Unified Communications – desktop telephony and peripherals, Video, Voice and Data carriage)
- Knowledge of or ability to learn Service Desk Ticketing Systems and tools
- Relevant ICT qualification or certification;
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- Degree/Masters in Telecommunications Information technology, Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or similar field.
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In a rare interview for this month's edition of Reader's Wives (incorporating Suburban Strumpets) magazine, Prince Charles took the opportunity to promote his green manifesto for living, 'Parody: Taking The Piss Out Of The Poor'. The Prince made an impassioned plea for a more balanced world and for people to return to a simpler, less materialistic way of life.
Whilst, in theory, this sounds a good idea, it is clear that Prince Charles has his head lodged firmly up his arse and has no fucking idea how to apply such a principle to his own private life.
In the same week he gave his interview, it has been revealed that Charles and Camilla have a staff of 124 people, costing a ridiculous 6 million quid a year. The list of staff includes 10 spin doctors, 19 accountants, 32 domestic staff, 11 travel agents, 16 gardeners, 3 chauffeurs, Charles' wet nurse and 15 'backroom boys and girls' (the mind boggles at that one). Lastly, there is the team of 8 veterinary staff from the Household Cavalry, who provide round the clock care for Camilla.
The Princes personal valets occupy the most powerful positions on his staff, as they perform the most personal and intimate services for the Prince. These include polishing his shoes, running his bath, dressing him, squeezing his toothpaste, wiping his arse and preparing Camilla for some royal rumpy pumpy, when his favourite footman is not available.
Another criticism Charles faces is his fleet of luxury vehicles. Even though they supposedly run on biodiesel, made from the the used cooking oil from Camilla's favourite fish and chip shop, the fleet of Jaguars, Audis and Range Rovers are not exactly what one would call environmentally friendly.
In response to his critics, who accuse him of grandiosity and extravagance, Charles has a simple response, "You can fuck right off, I'm the next King of England, I'll do as I fucking please".
Editor's note - for those interested in reading the full interview, this month's edition of Reader's Wives can be purchased from your local newsagent. Limited edition copies include a centrespread shot of Camilla wearing fishnets and crotchless knickers.

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Mobilising Muslims: A man and a network with a mission
By Yoginder Sikand
Shy but amiable and disarmingly down-to-earth, 55 year-old Muhammad Abdus Sabur is a man with a mission. He is the founder and general-secretary of a Bangkok-based network of Asian Muslim social activists struggling for social justice and inter-faith dialogue—the Asian Muslim Action Network, its acronym AMAN, meaning 'peace' in Arabic and several languages influenced by it.
I met him at his modest office in a Bangkok suburb on a recent visit to Thailand, the meeting being one of the highpoints of my three-week stay in the country.
I pester Sabur (as he is known to his friends) with a flood of questions, and he gently obliges. What made him set up AMAN? What exactly is AMAN all about? What are its goals and what has it done so far?
Sabur tells me how it all started. Born in a village in what was then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh, Sabur began working with a Bangladeshi NGO in the aftermath of the deadly war that resulted in the creation of the new state. 'I worked particularly with badly-affected Hindu families in Sylhet in northern Bangladesh, who had born the wrath of the Pakistan army, who had burned down their houses and had killed many of them', he says. This work brought him in contact with the Bangkok-based Asian Cultural Forum on Development (ACFD), a network of Asian scholar-activists from different religious traditions trying to work out uniquely Asian solutions for uniquely Asian problems, inspired by Asian religious values. In 1979, Sabur was elected as a council member of the ACFD, the youngest on the panel. He shifted to Bangkok to work with the ACFD, and has been based there since then.
'During the course of my many years with the ACFD', Sabur reminiscences, 'I was struck how Christian, Buddhist and Hindu activists, inspired by their religious beliefs, were working on numerous fronts in a very organized manner. They were struggling for inter-community solidarity and women's rights, and speaking out against imperialism and capitalism, world debt and so on, and forcefully debating social issues and problems'. 'At the same time', he goes on, 'I noted, with dismay, how very behind Muslims were in this regard. They had their charities, providing money to madrasas and mosques, which, though important, was obviously not enough to grapple with a whole load of contemporary social concerns, problems, conflicts and struggles'. 'I felt that our essentially charity-based approach was still stuck in a feudal groove—you give donations to the poor, but don't touch them, don't live with and learn from them, don't participate in their lives and in their struggles for justice. Obviously, our responses were wholly inadequate', he adds. 'I knew of many Muslim organizations who did talk of social justice, but this was only in the form of publishing books or delivering lectures. Working with socially-involved Christians, Buddhists and Hindus, I realized that we Muslims, too, need to do practical work, and not just talking and preaching, to translate these dreams of social justice into actual practice.'
In 1990, Sabur began contacting progressive Muslim scholar-activists in different Asian countries to do precisely that. A small group of them, from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand met at Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, in September that year, and AMAN was born. The noted Mumbai-based Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer was chosen as the convenor of the network, and Sabur was elected as its general-secretary.
The aim of the network? 'Essentially, to transmit progressive Islamic ideas to Muslim youth', says Sabur. But it was not as simple as it sounds. This entailed working on several fronts at the same time: bringing progressive and socially-involved Asian Muslim scholars to share their ideas among themselves and with Asian Muslim youth; providing Muslim social organizations with a common platform to learn from each other, improve their methods, build their capacities and expand the scope of their work from mere charity to struggling for social justice and human rights; and interacting with secular as well as non-Muslim NGOs working on issues of common concern, both to join forces as well as to express what important contributions Islam and committed Muslims could make in this regard.
With limited funds at its disposal, it has not been an easy journey for AMAN. Involving the traditional ulema of the madrasas in its work, which Sabur sees as essential, given the influence that they enjoy among many Muslim communities, has yet to happen in a significant way. 'Madrasas are important, I agree, but their students need to have a broader social vision and a deeper insight into a host of social issues of contemporary concern, which many of them lack', he comments. He cites the instance of several Christian groups, each inspired by what they regard as the values of Christianity, that are actively engaged in struggles for social justice and inter-community solidarity. 'Islam, properly understood, teaches us all this as well. It stands for equality and fraternity, not just within the mosque, but in society outside too, but this is hardly how it is interpreted today. It stands for human rights, for all human beings, and not just for Muslims alone. It teaches us to respect diversity. The Quran states that God made people into different communities, so that they could understand one another, not so that they should fight and kill each other. We need to revise many of our traditional understandings, to recover what I believe to be the essential social message of Islam'. And that is where the need to reach out to and work with the traditional ulema comes into the picture, for many of them continue to miss the liberating message of the Quran, properly understood, particularly as it applies to women, the poor and the oppressed and to people of other faiths.
Today, AMAN organizes a number of activities, all geared to developing progressive responses to the myriad challenges affecting the Asian region, and not just Muslims alone. Its annual three-week peace-building course in Bangkok, conducted in association with a Christian university in Thailand, brings together men and women below the age of 40 from across Asia, mainly Muslims but people of other faiths too, to discuss burning social issues, from the rights of minorities and women, inter-faith dialogue and looming ecological disaster to questions of war and peace, religious and national chauvinism, terrorism and imperialism. It discusses possibilities of peace and social justice in a conflict-torn world and the theological resources that different religions, including Islam, can provide in this regard. AMAN also organizes two seven-day youth training courses for men and women below 25 every year, one in Nepal for South Asians, and the other in Bangkok for participants from South-East Asians, with broadly the same purpose.
'Research and action, scholarship and activism, must go together for them to be really effective', Sabur comments, and in order to do precisely that in 2003 AMAN launched a new project titled 'Views From Within: Muslim Communities in South-East Asia'. Under this project, annual fellowships are provided to young Muslim scholars from South-East Asia to engage in research projects on various crucial aspects of the lives and concerns of the myriad Muslim communities living in the region as well as the possibilities of progressive Islamic responses to pressing contemporary issues. So far, thirty-six fellowships have been awarded, and some of the theses that these have led to have been published as monographs.
Three years ago, this sort of socially-engaged research work was supplemented with the launching of a quarterly journal, AMANA, which now comes out in five languages: English, Bengali, Bahasa Malaysia, Thai and Urdu. Plans are afoot to start an Arabic edition soon. A glance through the contents of recent issues of the magazine illustrates its principal concerns: articles about inter-faith dialogue, women's rights, Islam, peace and justice, issues in common between Islam and Buddhism, and the fascinating variety of local Muslim cultures; stories about Asian Muslim groups and individuals tackling HIV/AIDS and working together with Christians in strife-torn parts of Indonesia to restore communal harmony; a report of an Hindu youth cycling across India to protest against nuclear bombs and another about Buddhist tribals in eastern Bangladeshis struggling against decades of discrimination.
Sabur also talks about other on-going work that AMAN is engaged in: helping out refugees from neighbouring South-East Asian countries who now live and eke out a living in Bangkok, galvanizing funds for mosques destroyed in the recent deadly quake in southern China and for families devastated by a killer cyclone in Myanmar and working with a Buddhist group in war-torn southern Thailand to promote understanding between Muslims and Buddhists. He excitedly tells me about AMAN's plans of shortly launching a Master's degree in peace studies in association with an Indonesian university.
Funding for AMAN's activities comes mainly from Western, mostly Christian, NGOs and a major Japanese Buddhist institution, and the AMANA magazine runs with a grant from Action Aid. Although Sabur has sought to diversify, to contact Muslim philanthropists and organizations who could possibly assist, he tells me that he has had little luck with them, and I am not surprised. 'Many of them will fund building mosques and madrasas or to promote their own particular sects and versions of Islam, but not this sort of activist work', he rues. 'Perhaps it is because they are not aware of this sort of thing', he muses. Perhaps, I think, but I am not sure. I cannot imagine hardened Wahhabi Arab sheikhs funneling petrodollars to sponsor initiatives activities that challenge Western imperialism, Muslim religious literalism and extremism or that champion women's rights and ecumenism and solidarity between Muslims and people of other faiths—which is precisely the sort of work that AMAN seems to be engaged in.
Sabur's sage advice in the matter is: 'We need to reach out to Muslim organizations, and to well-off Muslims, to make them aware of all these issues, to get them also involved in various ways in similar work. Perhaps some of them want to help out but don't know how. We need to speak out, against all forms of oppression, about poverty and illiteracy and discrimination in our own societies, and against imperialism, terror and war, at all Muslim forums, at the national and international levels. Only then can our views and concerns be heard.' But, coming back to the question of funding, he says in the same breath, 'We can't build relationships with money. What we need are simple, down-to-earth, simple and passionately dedicated people, inspired by the spirit of voluntarism and sacrifice, not doing work only if they are paid.'
'That', he tells me as I get up to depart, 'is precisely what genuine religiosity is all about.'
Sabur gives me a hearty hug on my way out, and, firmly holding my shoulders and looking at me in the eye, he recites from his fellow Bengali, the poet Rabindranath Tagore, a verse that I hurriedly noted:
Akla Chalo, Akla Chalo, Akla Chalo Rey
Jodi Tor Dak Shuney Kiew Na Ashey
Akla Chalo, Akla Chalo, Akla Chalo Rey
Walk Alone, Walk Alone, Walk Alone, Oh You!
Even if no one comes to you on hearing your call
Walk alone, Walk alone, Walk Alone, Oh You!
AMAN's website can be accessed on http://www.arf-asia.org


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In 2005, Sophia R. Johnykutty graduated summa cum laude with a degree in International Studies from University of North Texas. After graduation, she worked as a Legal Assistant at a Houston based immigration law firm for two years. She spent her free time volunteering and co-producing an immigration radio talk show on KPFT. Sophia decided to make the next step in her career and enroll in law school. Sophia spent a summer studying at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway, Ireland and she also attended a course taught by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. She earned a grant from the Student Public Interest group and spent the next summer clerking at a non-profit organization dedicated to helping immigrant rights. In 2010, Sophia graduated cum laude from Texas Tech University with a J.D. She currently works for the largest leading immigration practice, Fragomen Worldwide.
Sophia is extremely thankful to be a part of the Honor's College undergraduate research course. The program enabled her to pursue her passion of immigration. Under the mentorship of Dr. Eve and Dr. Poe, she learned how to use data to gain a better understanding of human trafficking. In her 2005 TEF article, "Human Trafficking: An International Study," she used data compiled by the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to examine the effects of democracy, women's civil rights, per capital GNP, and civil war on government efforts to limit human trafficking in 79 countries around the world. TEF enabled Sophia to hone her writing, research, and speaking skills. She is forever grateful for the amazing experience.
She happily lives with her husband, Max Baby, and her newborn son, John Thomas Max, in Houston, Texas.


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🙌 Tiredness Can Kill 🙌
Have you ever wondered why you're so tired all the time?
Are you always using the excuse that you're too tired to get out of things?
Believe it or not skipping exercise when you're tired actually works against you. People who exercise for 20 minutes or more a day actually feel less fatigued and more energised. Daily exercise actually boosts your strength, endurance and helps make your cardiovascular system run more efficiently. It also deliver oxygen and nutrients around the body. So the reason you're always feeling tired could well be that you're not an active enough person. If you're sitting at a desk all day or behind a car wheel then it is essential that you do some form of daily exercise at some point in your day to ensure your metabolism is firing properly.
It could also be down to the fact that you don't drink enough water. Everyone should aim for at least 2 litres of water a day to keep themselves hydrated.
It could be down to your diet. If you're not eating the right foods and constantly eating crap or skipping meals then this too can have an effect on your bodily functions, thus causing tiredness. Especially if your diet is extremely low in Iron.
At the end of the day your health is your wealth and it's your choice how important it is to you. If tiredness and fatigue is something you struggle with then I challenge you to move more, be more active, sign up to a gym or PT or use the great outdoors on a regular basis. Keep that going for 4-6 weeks and see if you notice improvements in your daily life.


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The past week has been very busy and stressful, culminating with me nursing a fever over the weekend. Despite my lack of updates, I've been keeping up with my 365 Women project which I managed to find time to scan just this afternoon. So, without further ado, I shall now proceed to bombard you with drawings from the past 5 days.
I'll get back to fulfilling drawing requests on February, which is just a day away. I needed to put down on paper ideas for paintings and images I've formed in my head.


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Laboratories and instruments
The CASA facility is hosting 3 different laboratories organised around the following last generations SIMS instruments:
SwissSIMS laboratory led by Prof. Lukas Baumgartner – UNIL
Laboratory of Biological Geochemistry led by Prof. Anders Meibom – EPFL
- Two LA-ICP-MS (Quadrupole Elan 6100 DRC and Sector-field Element XR)
LA-ICP-MS laboratory led by Prof. Othmar Müntener (UNIL) and by Prof. Urs Schaltegger (UNIGE)
The Center is housed in "Geopolis" building openend in 2013, offering new laboratory rooms for our instruments as well as necessary facilities for sample preparation. All labs are virtually door to door of each other.
The UNIL-EPFL micro-analytical SIMS platform was created as a National Center of Competence opening doors to a broad range of the Swiss scientific community.
It has the following main objectives:
- Opening up the facilities to an extended user-base
- Schooling of User-base (see our "School" webpage)
- Promote User started grants
- Development of methods and standards


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Proposals to convert private sectarian schools into publicly funded charter schools have led to concerns over the separation of church and state in Illinois and New York.
In Chicago, public school officials are talking with the Rev. Michael Pfleger about the possibility of convening St. Sabina Roman Catholic School into a charter school. The plan, which has the backing of Chicago Public School Superintendent Paul Vallas, would require St. Sabina to close down and reopen under the control of a non-profit organization.
The non-profit group, presumably a front for the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese, would have to apply for charter status with the Chicago School Board. If approved, the school would not be allowed to provide religious instruction, though church officials said they will continue to offer it on a voluntary basis before or after the school day. The school would also have to offer open enrollment and abide by other regulations that govern public schools.
The Chicago Tribune reported that St. Sabina charges annual tuition of $2,435. If it were a charter school, it would receive $4,700 per pupil in state funds.
"We've got every other private organization running charter schools, why not the archdiocese?" Vallas said. "Their experience and track record in running private schools is as good as any other group."
Gail Purkey, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, criticized the proposal. "Public education is always looking for partners to support their efforts, but the more you start crossing the line to religious educational institutions, then I think you are into dangerous territory because of, first and foremost, the constitutional separation between church and state. Second would be taking dollars from public education to run private-based religious organizations."
Illinois' charter law forbids converting "any existing private, parochial or non-public school to a charter school." Vallas and officials at the archdiocese believe they can get around this provision by closing St. Sabina briefly and reopening it under a non-profit board.
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April 15, 2010
BASEHOR — Jeremy Walker's 100-meter dash Bobcat Relays meet record of 10.3 seconds seemed untouchable when it was set in 2008.
Times that fast don't happen often in high school track.
If records had nerves, Walker's record would have been shaking Friday at BLHS as the former Bonner Springs standout nearly had his name scratched out of the record books by a current BSHS standout.
Cameron Callahan scorched the track to a first-place finish in 10.39, winning by a comfortable margin and wowing the crowd — and himself — in the process.
"I'm actually pretty surprised," he said of his time. "I knew I was going to get a faster time later on in the season, but not this soon. It was kind of a shock to me. I'm just going to keep on progressing and see where it takes me."
Callahan got a great start out of the blocks and quickly created breathing room ahead of runner-up Daniel Prioleau of Basehor-Linwood. Prioleau's time of 10.78 set a new BLHS school record.
Callahan's first-place finish helped lead the BSHS boys to a third-place finish in the team standings with 93 points. Tonganoxie won the team title with 141 points and Piper was second with 135.
Callahan also anchored the 400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish in 44.54. Clayton Rhodes, Monte Cox and JJ Jackson also competed on the relay. Callahan, Jackson, Rhodes and Nate Mitchell won the sprint medley in 1:40.93.
In addition to the shorter relays, a few of the Braves also ran longer relay races. Jackson, Mitchell, Blaine Edmondson and Rhodes placed third in the 1,600-meter relay in 3:43.97, and Edmondson, Mitchell, TJ Kimbrough and Cox earned third in the 3,200-meter relay in 9:03.82.
Rhodes' relay efforts were only part of his strong day. He also placed fifth individually in the 300 hurdles in 44.61.
"What impressed me most? Probably the versatility of some of these guys," BSHS coach Jim Mitchell said of his team's performance. "We've got guys that are running 100s, 800s and 400s. And they're young, and they're willing to do it. That's what impressed me the most."
Brooks Ballou dominated the distance races. He won the 1,600 in 4:42.82 and cruised to a first-place finish in the 3,200 in 10:33.08. Matt Coffman also was stellar in the distances as he placed fourth in the 3,200 (10:55.38) and sixth in the 1,600 (5:08.72). Kimbrough nabbed fifth in the 1,600 in 5:04.98.
Jake Barren was the lone Brave to place in the field events. He won the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 7 inches, and took sixth in the discus with a distance of 121-5 1/2.
Barren also joined Steven Schwab, Michael Harmon and Jose Contreras in placing fourth in the throwers' relay in 52.59.
The Bonner Springs girls finished seventh as a team, and Mitchell said he was pleased to see how much better they competed in numerous events. They've been strong in the throws in recent seasons, and that was the case again at the Bobcat Relays as Bridgett Bradley took third in the discus with a distance of 96-2 1/2, Josie Freeby placed fourth in the shot put and discus, and Erica Wilson placed sixth in the shot put. The greatest progress Mitchell saw, however, came in the running events.
"I'm pleased with the girls and the way they're running. They're starting to come around," Mitchell said. "I think it's just the attitude and the willingness to put in the extra work and run the harder races."
Among the harder races Mitchell spoke of was the 3,200-meter relay. Mandy Ballou, Vanessa Lugo, Maryssa Peterson and Tessa Newberry teamed up to finish third in 11:50.62.
Lugo, Yessenia Hernandez, Tyreka Johnson and Irene Crump took third in the sprint medley in 2:05.22.
An additional relay team — Johnson, Crump, Hernandez and Newberry – placed third in the 400-meter relay in 54.93.
Crump, Johnson, Ballou and Newberry also placed fifth in the 1,600-meter relay in 4:56.74.
Individually, Hernandez finished sixth in the 100 in 13.70, Crump was sixth in the 200 in 28.66, and Ballou finished sixth in the 400 in 1:11.18.
Up next for Bonner Springs is the Kansas Relays on Friday and Saturday in Lawrence.
Originally published at: http://www.bonnersprings.com/news/2010/apr/15/callahan-cruises-bobcat-relays/


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This product is currently sold out.
Add some sparkle to your stack with this lovely little, perfectly feminine ring. Louisa would be a perfect wedding band.
- Available in 14k yellow gold
- Size 6
- 14 white diamonds set pavé along the band
- Approx. 0.07 tcw
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So… I am getting older, it is a sad state of affairs but at some point I have to admit that I am no longer 21, and that as much as I might want to look as good as I do on line, real life doesn't offer filters.
With that in mind, I popped into The Body Shop to try their new moisturiser. Actually, I had been sent the information and was curious. The next stop was to check in store, and speak to someone about that would be my best most. I am the sort of person who will go with something because the ingredients appeal or it smells nice and not always because it is the best fit for my skin.
I had a chat when I got in store and agreed to try the new Oils of Life moisturiser, the entire range can be found at The Body shop online here or in store. I was curious about the range as it did seem to be what I needed for my troublesome skin, and at no point did I feel pressured into buying. As an added bonus I was given a sample of the Oil and Night cream to try as well, with instructions to wear the oil under both the day and night cream.
I, until very recently, have been rather reluctant to put oil anywhere near my face, I have combination/dry skin and it would just sit on my skin making me feel kinda grim. But times have moved on, these days we embrace oils! No, Honestly we do.
Now back to the review, the samples given were very generous (I still haven't finished them!) and I was actually pleased with the results, putting oil on first thing then popping on moisturiser… I was pleasantly surprised at how little moisturiser was now needed. My skin genuinely felt better, more nourished. So of course, I had to try without the oil, and immediately I found that I had to tripled the amount used to cover the same area.
Now, as a combination the oil and moisturiser works really well, and you need a couple of drops of oil a tiny bit of moisturiser, so I would suggest that actually even with the cost of buying the combination of products, it will work out cheaper over time. It really does work, your skin feels fantastic.
Now with regard to night cream, can I be honest… I don't know how much I have let slip in previous blog posts, but I am really, really bad at taking makeup off. The only time I do a proper strip of an evening is if I am wearing a face mask, so I will be honest, I don't wear night cream every evening. I love waking up to beautifully moisturised skin, but then I often have a shower within 30 mins of waking .. I will say though, that it does leave your skin feeling beautiful. I am somewhat on the fence about needing cream though. I do tend to wear coconut oil as a night treatment in the winter, and I don't think that the cream is required.
My advice is that you should certainly give The Body Shop another look when it comes to their creams. This isn't the shop with the perfume stands and kiwi lip balms of old (although, boy do I miss them) this is a shop that is embracing change, embracing new farming methods, fair trade, new ingredients and ways of working with both the environment and with communities to make it work for everyone. There are some really great new lines at the moment. And they are doing samples. So if you are unsure, and really want to give it a go at home, don't be shy about asking!


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2020 Trips
Corpus Christi is the heart of the Texas Coastal Bend,
a region most birders have on their bucket list.
Many birds native to South Texas are found nowhere else in North America. Think Couch's Kingbird, Great Kisskadee, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, White-tipped Dove, Groove-billed Ani, and Green Jay. And during the spring migration, the variety and abundance of birds is simply spectacular. Springtime in the Coastal Bend brings blossoms and birds to the fields and trees in the form of wildflowers and trans-gulf migrants to Rockport, Port Aransas, and Corpus Christi. When conditions are right, hawks, swallows, anhingas, and white pelicans ride the winds from the south.
We have planned this year's field trips to provide the best possible opportunities for spotting endemic birds, while also allowing visitors to experience some of the region's iconic birding spots. We've also enlisted many local bird experts, as tour guides. Their expertise and identification skills are sure to enhance all of your birding adventures.
We have limited the number of birders on all of our field trips, to provide a more intimate atmosphere. So, sign up early to secure a spot.
Water and snacks are provided on all trips.
Remember to bring your own insect repellent and sunscreen.
Departure times are listed, but please plan to arrive 15 minutes early.
King Ranch
This historic ranch should be on every birder's wish list. The King Ranch's four divisions span more than 825,000 acres, making it larger than Rhode Island. The property is listed on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and is listed as a Globally Important Bird Area by the American Bird Conservancy. The ranch boasts an impressive 363 bird species. Over the years, the ranch also has attracted many rare birds, including Double-striped Thick-knee, Eurasian Wigeon, Masked Duck, Aplomado Falcon, and Garganey.
The Norias Division has vast tracts of habitat that are home to a variety of South Texas specialty birds, including the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Tropical Parula, Northern Beardless- Tyrannulet, Audubon's Oriole, Botteri's Sparrow, Green Jay, White-tailed Hawk, Olive Sparrow, and many others. Your tour guide is Tom Langschied, the King Ranch's visitor program manager.
This has been the most popular field trip and sells out very quickly. This full-day of birding comes with lunch, vegetarian available.
Space is limited to 20 per day maximum.
Thursday, April 23 & Saturday, April 25
5:30 am to 3:30 pm $160 per person
The Laureles Division of King Ranch is the northernmost region of the property. It is the nearest
and is the largest division of the ranch, spanning more than 250,000 acres. This birding adventure explores a variety of upland and wetland habitats. With adequate rainfall, the Laureles has one of the largest freshwater marshes in Texas. Generally, birders see a wide variety of birds, including waterfowl, shorebirds, hawks, and sparrows. In recent years, birders on April trips have counted 10,000 or more migrating hawks. This trip does not include searches for the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Tropical Parula, and some of the ranch's other uncommon birds, because these species are found only within the Norias Division.
Space is limited to 18 per day maximum.
Wednesday, April 22
7:30 am to 12:30 pm $65 per person
The Santa Gertrudis Division
is the third largest, as well as the original tract owned by Capt. Richard King. This division, primarily in Kleberg County, has a variety of brushland habitats as well as several ponds and lakes. The seasonal and habitat diversity generally provide for a nice variety of lingering winter residents, summer residents, and tropical species. Birds to look for include the Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Northern Bobwhite, Least Grebe, Greater Roadrunner, White-tailed Hawk, Crested Caracara, Vermillion Flycatcher, Green Jay, Olive Sparrow, and
Space is limited to 18 per day maximum.
Friday, April 24
7:00 am to 12:30 pm $65 per person
Fennessey Ranch
This 4,000-acre ranch is rich with sprawling wetlands, meadows, natural lakes, riparian woods, and brushland, bordered on three sides by the Mission River. Spring migration tours on the ranch have been offered for more than two decades. More than 400 bird species have been
tallied here.
Our half-day trip will cover the most primitive part of the ranch, encompassing prairie, riparian wetland and marsh habitats. Expect to see resident Bald Eagles. Other birds you're likely to see include the Green Jay, Roadrunner and Painted Bunting. Enjoy a hay-wagon ride around the ranch with trip leader Sally "Famous Shoes" Crofutt, along with other local experts.
Space is limited to 22 per day maximum.
Friday, April 24
6:30 to 12:30 pm $65 per person.
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area
This is one of the top five birdiest spots in the nation, based on the annual Christmas Bird Count. More than 350 bird species have been recorded within the wildlife management
area. The tour takes visitors through freshwater marshes, where they are likely to spot the Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Cinnamon Teal, Least Bittern and Purple Gallinule. We will walk along a road through a lush riparian forest within the Guadalupe River floodplain, where we will seek Anhingas, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, Barred Owls, Buff-bellied Hummingbirds, Prothonotary Warblers, and migrant flycatchers, thrushes and warblers.
There are no restrooms on this tour.
Lunch is at the nearby Dairy Queen (cost not included), where there is a restroom.
Space is limited to 11 per day maximum.
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25
6:00 am to 3:30 pm $75 per person.
Looking for shorebirds and seabirds, while driving along the beach, is a treat for those who do not live near the ocean. The popularity of this tour is enhanced by the fact that this is a world-class migrant trap for neotropical species. Plus, this adventure offers some very birdy freshwater ponds and marshes, where you'll see sparrows, ducks, and wading birds. Generally, visitors can easily see more than 100 species in a single day. For a complete description of this
field trip, go to the Port Aransas Field Trip tab.
Wednesday, April 22, Friday, April 24
& Saturday, April 25
7:00 am to 12:00pm $55 per person
Port Aransas Hot Spots
Rockport-Fulton Hot Spots
This field trip has it all, beaches, coastal prairie, freshwater ponds and marshes, oak mottes, and so much more. It's got shorebirds, waders, sparrows, and, of course, neotropical migrants. It would easier to list the birds that you won't see here.
This full-day trip does not come with lunch, but we will stop by Subway to pick up sandwiches (or whatever you choose) and have a picnic.
Thursday, April 23 and Saturday, April 25
6:30 am to 3:30 pm $75 per person
Hazel Bazemore Park and Pollywog Pond
Best known as an official Hawk Watch spot in the fall, Hazel Bazemore Park boasts the largest and most diverse convergence of migrating raptors in the United States. But springtime brings color to this park, providing visitors with a robust sampling of South Texas species, including Green Jays, Kiskadees, White-tipped Dove, Couch's Kingbirds and Buff-bellied Hummingbirds. This tour has gifted more than one birder a lifer, when they spotted a Groove-billed Ani in the park. The bird list for the park stands at 351 species.
Pollywog Ponds are a stone's throw east of Hazel Bazemore Park. Its lush vegetation and marshy areas consistently hold a remarkable variety of birds in any season. Least Grebes are here year-round. Green Kingfishers are resident. Watch for unusual strays here, such as the Masked Duck and Piratic Flycatcher. Try not to blink during your visit. According to eBird, birders have spotted 325 species at Pollywog.
Thursday, April 23
6:30 am to 12:00pm $55 per person.
Lake Choke Canyon State Park
This lake is located north of Corpus Christi, at the edge of thorn-brush desert which hosts a somewhat different suite of birds. We may gain entry to the riparian area below the dam as well.
The diversity here is terrific, with a hundred species being possible. 325 species have been recorded in eBird for Choke Canyon. Audubon Oriole, Cactus Wren, Verdin, Black-throated Sparrow, Black Phoebe and Vermilion Flycatcher will be some of our target birds.
This full-day trip comes with lunch, vegetarian available.
Ticket price include entry fee.
Thursday, April 23
5:30 am to 3:30 pm $85 per person
Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge
This refuge north of Rockport is an important stopover for many migrants, while being well known among birders for its exceptional variety of resident and transient birds. The refuge has documented 93 nesting species and nearly 400 birds overall. Large tracts of natural coastal prairie and Live Oak mottes provide habitat for many spring migrants and resident birds. We can expect to see the Roseate Spoonbill, Reddish Egret, White-faced Ibis, Black-bellied and Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Mottled Duck, and the Least Grebe.
Walking trails within the refuge provide opportunities to see migrant passerines such as the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Gray Catbird, various thrushes, thrashers and orioles. Also expect to see many warbler species. Wear protective clothing, and bring bug spray and sunscreen. This adventure includes some light hiking on mostly level ground, so wear comfortable shoes.
We'll provide lunch, which includes a vegetarian option.
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25
6:00 am to 3:30 pm $85 per person
Big Day- FULL DAY TRIP
This 10-hour tour is fast-paced, challenging, and fun. We understand that seeing and hearing as many species of birds as possible in a single day is not for everyone, but many birders consider it a must during a springtime visit to Corpus Christi. We'll cover as many spots as time allows,
based on where the best birds have been spotted by our team of bird scouters. With good weather and a little luck, this adventure may earn participants a spot in 150 Club. We've enlisted our best birding eyes and ears to lead this trip.
Lunch (not included) will be flexible. We recommend Whataburger, a Texas staple that originated in Corpus Christi in 1950.
We'll need a midday break.
Space is limited to 20 per day maximum.
Friday, April 24 only
5:30 am to 3:30 pm $85 per person
Knolle Jersey Farm-River Pasture
Local birders have long known about this birding area's rolling hills and open pastures, a peaceful spot for viewing raptors and sparrows. The former dairy farm stretches for 300 acres along the Nueces River. It's especially good this time of year, for spotting the Rio Grande Wild Turkey, Green Jay, Great Kisskadee, and Black-crested Titmouse. The enchanting forest of ancient towering oaks, dripping with Spanish moss, creates an idyllic rural setting. The river
region attracts a colorful spring migration of neotropical migrants and an impressive variety of 20 raptor species that includes the Swallow-tailed Kite. Plus, this swath of South Texas scrub-brush may offer a glimpse of a Pyrrhuloxia, Verdin, Greater Roadrunner, Bewick's Wren, and even a chance to see a Cactus Wren or Say's Phoebe. Along the river, we will look for Green Kingfishers.
Space is limited to 20 per day maximum.
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25
6:30 am to 12:30 pm $65 per person
Birding with David Sibley
David Allen Sibley is the author and illustrator of a popular series of field guides that bear his name, including the New York Times best seller The Sibley Guide to Birds. David has been an avid birder most of his life, with drawing and painting as a way of exploring nature. In his books, he tries to pass along some of that knowledge – as well as the wonder and joy he has experienced over the years – to help others gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. He knows every American bird by its shade, its tit, its habitat, by its male, female and juvenile plumages. A birding trip with David Sibley can only enhance any birder's passion and knowledge.
David's co-leader will be Corpus Christi's own Clay Taylor, Naturalist Market Manager for Swarovski Optik. Taylor led last year's Big Day field trip, which recorded 150 species, so he knows the area well.
The route this adventure takes is based on birds spotted in the days leading up to departure time.
It is strictly limited to 20 people.
Saturday, April 25
7:00 am to 12:00 pm $95 per person
Shorebirds of the Coastal Bend
The Coastal Bend holds an enviable number and variety of shorebirds. So, this field trip is designed especially for folks with a fascination and curiosity for water birds, but who also may find identifying them difficult. Consider this outing a workshop for honing your skills with a shorebird expert. Master birder, Mel Cooksey, will guide you through the subtle physical and behavior traits of these birds. Among his many credentials, Mel is co-author of the American Birding Association's ABA Birdfinding Guide to the Texas Coast (2006). Expect to see and learn about the Snowy and Piping Plover, Reddish Egret, and American Oystercatcher, among other species. Scouts will search shorelines the day before to provide the best possibility for spotting the widest species variety.
Thursday, April 23 and Saturday, April 25
7:00 am until 12:00pm $55 per person.
Chasing Warblers and other Migrants!
For many, this is what the spring migration is all about. Around here, April is an enjoyable, and sometimes exhausting, time to chase migrating land birds that flit and feed throughout the area. We've lessened the challenge by narrowing down the places to look. The birders who lead
these trips know the most likely hot spots to find the species you want to see. They'll decide where to go based on weather conditions, birding reports, and years of experience. This time of year, we truly never know what species will turn up.
On a good day, you might spot 20-plus warbler species, along with buntings, grosbeaks, tanagers, orioles, and more.
Wednesday, April 22, Thursday, April 23,
& Sunday, April 26
7:00 am to 12:00 pm $55 per person
Texas Scramble
A scramble is a fieldtrip designed to capitalize on the most coveted birds seen during preceding fieldtrips throughout the festival. If there is a fallout, the trip will concentrate on neotropical migrants. If a particular rare bird was spotted earlier, we'll hunt for it. If you need a certain species for your life list, let the tour guide know. If the species is not extinct, it's likely the group will search for it. The leader will seek to satisfy as many requests as possible.
Sunday, April 26
7:00 am to 12:00 pm $55 per person
Skimmer Boat Tour
Join Capt. Tommy Moore on the Skimmer for this
comfortable four-hour spectacular. You will visit four rookery islands for colonial waterbirds to observe their magnificent spring rituals. This will include some of the bird's quirkiest behaviors, performed while courting, sparring, mating
and nesting. Bring a camera to capture the antics of egrets, herons, pelicans, spoonbills, terns, skimmers, and a variety of shorebirds.
This tour departs from Fulton Harbor in Rockport-Fulton, which is about an hour's drive from the Botanical Gardens.
This is a fun and relaxing tour at the end of the festival. If home is north of Corpus Christi, it may even be on your way.
Transportation to the harbor is not provided.
Space is limited to 34 per day maximum.
Trip will be canceled if less then 15 register.
Sunday, April 26
8:00 am to 12:00 pm $85 per person


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Useful guide: Demystifying cloud computing
For several years, cloud technology has been one of the most talked about subjects in business technology circles.
By now, most small-to-medium sized business (SMB) owners have heard that cloud computing is transforming the way their peers do business, and they've been inundated with talk of how the cloud enables small businesses to cut IT costs and operate more effectively.
But for many small businesses, the cloud is a pretty nebulous idea, and they have a pretty wispy notion of its potential business value.
For example, 54% of SMBs told Wakefield Research—a market research firm– that they've never used cloud technology. Of that figure, it was found that roughly 95% of them were already in the cloud and had been for years. They just didn't recognise it.
The purpose of this guide is to explain cloud computing in layman's terms. For decision makers who aren't necessarily technology gurus, any mention of the cloud can sometimes set off a "Stranger Danger" alarm. SMBs often resist change because they fear the risks and costs of investing in new technology and they lack knowledge and support.
We've reached a point now where it's obvious the cloud is here to stay and its economic benefits simply make too much sense to ignore. Since most start-ups and small businesses run with exceptionally strict budgets, bearing the financial brunt of owning, maintaining, and securing their technology may be impossible. Understanding the cloud—what it is, its benefits, its risks, and how to manage those risks—is critical.Back to case studies


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Who needs OS 4.5 when you can have OS 4.6? Of course, you're going to have to wait until the BlackBerry Bold is released to get it, but we're all going to buy one anyways, right?
We've got our hands on a top-level feature listing of OS 4.6 (due 2nd half of '08) and it doesn't seem to feature anything we didn't already know about, but it tells us more about what we did. New stuff? Almost too much to name… The BlackBerry Browser will feature increased support of web standards, like AJAX and CSS 2.1, spell check is now continuous (finally!), files can now be downloaded via the browser… you're just going to check out the pics yourself and tell us what you like the most.
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The short-tailed possums, a genus of marsupials classified as Monodelphis of which today there are 24 species, are fairly peaceful animals, slightly larger than a mouse, widespread especially in South America.
Now a new study, published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, confirms the existence of a ferocious direct relative of this animal that lived about 4 million years ago in the same areas of South America. We speak of Sparassocynus, a carnivorous relative of Monodelphis, whose remains have been found for more than a century even if its evolution has never been well studied, at least until this new study.
The research, conducted by Robin Beck, a researcher at the University of Salford, and by Matías Taglioretti, a paleontologist at the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales "Lorenzo Scaglia" in Argentina, has identified several proofs that Sparassocynus is one of the ancestors of the today's short-tailed opossums. In particular the scientists analyzed the remains of the skull, remains found near some cliffs along the Atlantic coast of Argentina.
It is an individual not fully grown as it still has traces of milk teeth. The researchers analyzed different characteristics comparing them with the evidence taken from the DNA of today's short-tailed opossums and showed that this animal is closely related to today's short-quota opossums. It was a carnivore that probably ate other rodents and small vertebrates and was larger than today's short-tailed opossums about five times.
Today's opossums are much more "quiet" animals and eat only small insects. The Sparassocynus survived in areas of South America up to 2.5 million years ago and is possibly extinct due to the arrival of the weasels from North America.


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If there are enough of the enemy faction around to kill you while boxing there will certainly be enough around to kill any single character. I feel like if anything boxing is protection against ganking in most situations.
Grinding dungeons is safer and faster than questing anyway. I'm in no rush to get to 60, apparently the current plan is to release Dire Maul one month after launch anyway and I figure we'll want to spend some time grinding DM gear as boxers before we give ZG/MC a try. Particularly if most of us plan on playing casters -- which is usually the case.
A lot of unknowns still. No idea if /follow will be disabled in world PvP or if IWT will still be present.


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Katie Hopkins Vs Remain Voter On Calais Migrants
29 August 2016, 18:26 | Updated: 1 September 2016, 18:36
Katie Hopkins doesn't hold back with this Remain voter, who says that the Brexit result has deepened the migrant crisis for Britain.
After Nicolas Sarkozy said that he wanted the Calais Jungle moved to Britain, Dave said it was a direct result of voting to leave the EU.
But it was his use of inverted commas that properly wound up Katie on her LBC show.
"The reason why we - in inverted commas - have to pick up the pieces is because we - in inverted commas - chose to leave the European Union," said Dave.
Katie shot back at him: "Why are you putting we in inverted commas Dave?
"You don't like the Leavers do you Dave?"
"Do you know what Dave? I think there's so many Re-moaners with chips on their shoulders...you don't like the fact that we voted Brexit. We won.
"You'd love to see this Jungle moved back to Kent, because you'd see it as punishment and you'd be able to gloat.
"People like you, you are divisive...Brexiteers are actually very passionate, patriotic people who believe we are one country.
"I think it's Re-moaners who are divisive. All your multiculturalism nonsense. We now live in a land, a city of ghettos thanks to your multiculturalism."


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Looking for some fun coloring pages for valentines (or any day)? Today I'm sharing some with you!
I call them mommy and me coloring pages just because that's what I use them for. But really they are for anyone who likes to color – adults and children alike!
Mommy and Me Coloring Pages: Matching Simple and More Difficult Pages
I started with a simple coloring page for kids, and then started adding more and more shapes to create an adult one. So that way they match, just with varying levels of difficulty.
My 4 year old isn't a big fan of coloring, unless I'm doing it with him. So this is a good way for us to be able to color together.
We plan to use our finished coloring pages to give away as a valentine. These heart flower coloring pages are great for Valentines Day, but would really work for any time.
My boys lasted a whole two seconds coloring with me (ok, maybe a little more than that), so I was left with my coloring page unfinished. That's OK – their attention span for this sort of thing isn't too long!
So I plan on finishing mine on my own later. So we got some together-time, AND I get to have my own time with this later. Win-win!
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CENTENNIAL — How has your father's murder affected your life?
On the witness stand, 19-year-old Cierra Cowden tried to answer the prosecutor's question by talking about a dad who woke her up every morning by singing reveille.
The youngest of four siblings searched for a way to explain the void she feels knowing that her father will never again join her on a long walk.
She tried to describe her life without a dad so caring for his daughters that he once got out at a stoplight and shooed a prairie dog from an intersection to spare his girls the sight of it being hit by a car.
But each time, she ran into a wall of tears and stopped. Finally, she sobbed the painful answer that everyone in the courtroom could already see.
"I'm a mess up here."
The 63-day-long Aurora theater shooting trial crept toward its emotional end Wednesday, the final day of testimony. As family members of the 12 people killed July 20, 2012, described their own lives after losing their children, parents and grandchildren, the jury was given a blunt reminder of the painful impacts the shooting will have long after a verdict is reached.
The final memory Cierra has of her father, Gordon Cowden, is her attempts to roust him up inside Theater 9. Cierra and her older sister survived the attac. And while she says the death of her father has drawn her sibling closer, she knows there is also now a distance between them.
"I just feel like my family is broken," she said.
Prosecutors on Wednesday called six final witnesses in the last phase of sentencing for James Holmes. Their testimony was the last that jurors will hear before they are asked to decide whether to sentence him to life in prison or death.
Holmes on Wednesday told the judge that he will not speak to the jury. Attorneys will present closing arguments Thursday.
On the witness stand, each family member searched for words to eloquently describe their loss, but the tangible impacts were clear.
"This entire — I don't know what you call it — but it's just pure agony," said Caren Teves. "I did not realize that grief could turn into physical pain."
Teves' son, Alex, was killed in the attack.
On Wednesday, Teves smiled as she described the family's first trip to Hawaii. Alex, who had a lifelong aversion to wearing shoes and a shirt, went to the airport barefoot, convinced he didn't need any shoes for the tropical destination.
The family returned to the Hawaii several times and eventually bought a property where Caren and her husband, Tom, planned to retire. It was where they later brought Alex and his girlfriend, Amanda Teves, in December 2011. (Amanda took Alex's last name after he died protecting her inside the theater.)
Amanda was the one who called the family in Hawaii when the shooting happened. After the attack, Caren Teves couldn't stand to look at her phone on the same nightstand. During a vacation to the island, she constantly feared her phone was ringing.
"We had to sell that property and abandon that dream," Teves said. "I just can't go back."
Judge Carlos Samour Jr. repeatedly reminded jurors that their decision cannot be based on an emotional reaction. But after the lunch break, one of the jurors held back tears as Jerri Jackson talked about her son Matthew McQuinn and his plan to dance down the aisle on his wedding day.
Jackson was overwhelmed by the flood of people who attended her son's funeral. But during the three years since, her surviving sons have struggled to — or won't — talk about their brother. Jackson was forced to quit her job and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
She takes four medications to help her sleep at night.
The little acts of kindness are what Lisa Childress will miss most about her son, Jesse.
He was involved in so many sports clubs that his mother didn't know when he would sleep. Still, she always knew that her son was thinking of her.
Now, Childress' phone rings less often on game days. Her son — who bought season tickets for the Broncos — would call his family from the stadium to describe plays using four-letter words the family called acceptable "adjectives."
At the California home where Jesse was raised, Childress' husband wears Jesse's favorite T-shirts and sweatpants but seldom talks about his son with others.
The last witness prosecutors called in the 15-week trial was Ashley Moser. She was paralyzed in the attack, which also caused her pregnancy to end in a miscarriage.
Her daughter, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed.
Jurors heard the sound of Veronica's voice for the first time Wednesday. They watched Veronica spin around on her knees, opening presents on her last Christmas.
District Attorney George Brauchler asked Moser what she misses most about Veronica.
"Everything," Moser said.
After the shooting and during her recovery, Moser wouldn't leave her home. Today, she's in an outpatient program for depression.
How has the murder of your daughter affected your life?
"I don't know who I am anymore," Moser said. "I was a mom when I was 18, and that's all I knew how to be. And now I'm not a mom."


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Wanna fight like Batman? Well, you better learn how to defend yourself against foes, then.
MMA, or "mixed martial arts," is a diverse combat style that blends elements of various martial arts disciplines from around the world, taking the most effective standing and ground techniques from each.
During this class, you'll work with experienced MMA instructors learning kicks, punches, takedowns, grappling techniques, and locks, mastering the fundamentals through drills, and developing your ability to execute them in real life through partner work, including controlled sparring matches.
This style is extremely popular in martial arts competition such as UFC, where winning often depends on adaptability. Even if you're not interested in fighting for sport, the techniques you learn in this class are perfect for self-defense, and the regime your practice will provide a firstrate workout, building your core strength and endurance.
Although let's face it, you've got your eye on the bigger things.
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Note: The classes are held at 228 Dominion Rd NE (near Maple Ave E and Lawyers Rd) Vienna, VA 22180
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- Learn the fundamentals of mixed martial arts fighting under the guidance of a trained instructor
- Pick up tricks and maneuvers to take your opponent down and win the ground game
- Tone your body and shed pounds with a heart-pounding physical sport
- Develop mental focus and confidence to succeed in and out of the ring
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The Fox Chapel Area Board of School Directors is seeking applicants for an open Board position. The Board accepted the resignation of Robert Mauro at a special meeting September 16, 2019. Mr. Mauro represented Region III, which includes all of Aspinwall Borough and Blawnox Borough, Wards 1 and 5 of O'Hara Township, and Districts 1 and 3 of Fox Chapel Borough. Interested candidates must reside in Region III of the district. Candidates for School Board must be 18 years of age or older and have been a resident of the school district for at least one year prior to the appointment. The term of office for this seat will expire on the first Monday of December 2021.
Any qualified candidates for the School Board position should return a completed application no later than noon on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, to: Fox Chapel Area School District, Administrative Offices, ATTN: Board Secretary, 611 Field Club Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Applications and résumés can also be faxed to 412/967-0697, ATTN: Board Secretary. Receipt of each application will be acknowledged. Applications for the open position are also available at the Fox Chapel Area School District administrative offices between the hours of 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Interviews for interested candidates will be conducted Thursday, October 3, at 6:30 p.m., and candidates must be available for the interview. The interviews will be held in the Fox Chapel Area High School large group instruction room and will be open to the public. The Board will vote on and appoint a candidate that same evening (October 3) as part of this special meeting.
Mr. Mauro served two terms on the School Board.The first was from March 2008-September 2015. He was later appointed to fill an unexpired term and served from September 2016-September 2019.


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Chelsea Market
No visit to Chelsea is complete without a walk through Chelsea Market, an enclosed collection of shops and restaurants inside the historic National Biscuit Company complex. Inside, original factory floors and exposed brick halls set the scene for a mall of gourmet food vendors from the flavorful fruit ice of People's Pops to the Tijuana-inspired tacos at Los Tacos No. 1; and stores like Anthropologie and Posman Books. It's also home to the Manhattan outpost of Artists & Fleas, a market filled with independent makers and collectors to showcase art, design, fashion, and vintage in an Old World atmosphere with distinctively modern taste.


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Since our inception, Merchant Advance Capital has been a supporter of small businesses as advocates for the communities in which they live. Just by being a part of your community, you can fuel local identity, create jobs, and make the place you live better for all those who you share it with. We know that small businesses want to do more for their communities: to go greener, to support louder, to make a real difference, an impact. This is why we've created the Good Cents loan program.
Our Good Cents Loan program specifically funds improvements to businesses that will positively impact the community or environment around them. Many businesses want to be more sustainable or socially responsible. We're a lender that sees the value in that.
There are a ton of great reasons to take out a Good Cents Loan. If you're a….
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Shellers wrote:Frank wrote:New brain shields
After taking down an important lsa2 base, which was connected to brains, all ~4 billion L classified people got new brain shields.
A plastic/resin-like, multi-layered transparent helmet, shaped like a jellyfish's body.
When attacks are directed at the brain, they absorb it and rotate around (wobble) for maximum absorption, and change into many different colours at the points of impact. when it absorbs enough energy of attacks, it produces a blinding shockwave reflected immediately back to the attackers.
It's quite customisable, the visor at the front can become totally transparent, so that the vision isn't obstructed in the slightest. it appears that this works by becoming "invisible" in certain sections, for example, at the top of the head, or in front of your eyes. but the shield is still present in these areas, and will defend against attacks directed here.
If attacks are directed near to the brain but not directly at the shield, the shield has the capability to expand or morph as necessary to intercept these attacks too.
All G2 or G1 can request this brain shield. Forum members can send PNs, but for all others I will do a request video.
Pls don't send emails or other messages, I will not take care of it.
What is a PN? And is this for L (Lights) too?
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It is well known that people from low socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to breastfeed than others, thus potentially increasing health inequalities. Breast Benefits is a project working in secondary schools, reaching a target audience of young men and women aged 13–15 years living in areas of relative socioeconomic deprivation. This article gives a detailed description of the research process undertaken in order to develop a user-friendly education pack for use with young people aged 13–15 years. The project team included young people, educationalists, researchers, midwives and community workers. The findings from the pilot sessions show that young people were responsive to classroom sessions about breasts and breastfeeding, finding them interesting and informative. A key outcome of this work is an educational pack designed to assist teachers to stimulate cultural change by tackling the subject of both breasts and breastfeeding with young people. This research suggests that the devised teaching session will be effective in most state secondary schools, all of which will have a diverse student body.
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It's a bit irksome to keep trotting this kind of line out, but well, recent weeks of following Forest have been replete with little moments of history repeating themselves. Tuesday's visit of Burnley gives the Reds a great opportunity to put another disappointing result behind them, after Reading ran out 4-3 winners at the City Ground on Saturday. There, I said it. Of course, whether we prove up to the job of grasping this opportunity remains to be seen!
Forest are shipping goals at a worrying rate of late, although of course we did manage to score a few at the weekend. Not least thanks to some generous refereeing since we were awarded two dubious penalties (although we were, in fairness, denied a cast-iron one). We now sit in a position which requires a considerable reversal of form and fortune to be able to reclaim a play-off spot.
Our visitors are on pretty poor form, albeit better than ours – they've won one of their last six, and lost four – like us, they seem susceptible to conceding at a greater rate than they are able to score – they've scored four in their last six, and shipped thirteen (we've scored seven and let in fourteen). What looked like a surge for the play-offs from them has subsided somewhat, although a mere three points behind us – so a win at the City Ground could reignite aspirations of gatecrashing the top six for the Lancashire club.
On the personnel front whilst Guy Moussi returned to the starting line-up, it was dramatically apparent in the second half that he was far from fully fit. An impressive first half from him brought much needed steel and balance to our midfield, alas once his star waned we really struggled. It remains to be seen whether or not he can recover sufficiently to take to the field again so soon, bearing in mind Friday's trip to Norwich coming so fast too.
Chris Cohen of course remains suspended, and I've heard no news to suggest that Paul McKenna is likely to be ready for a return. Joel Lynch appeared to go off with an injury, so Paul Konchesky's return to fitness is certainly welcome news – with Julian Bennett a probable back-up on the substitutes bench. Burnley should be able to welcome Chelsea loanee Jack Cork back to their side after he's finished testing for a 'health scare.'
On paper you'd look at this as a great opportunity to turn our awful form on its' head, of course, Burnley will be looking at this game in very similar terms. Both sides have been generally struggling to score of late and have been shipping too many goals at the other – which gives me the perhaps strange feeling that this could end up a goalless draw. Certainly we need to get three points and hope that results are kind elsewhere in the league.
Leeds face a not-particularly-difficult trip to Derby, you'd expect Leicester to pick up the points at home to Palace, Millwall face Bristol City whilst Reading travel to Scunthorpe, Swansea host Hull whilst Norwich travel to Watford. I've got a nasty feeling we might find that come Tuesday evening the gap to the play-offs might be a bit bigger than it is now. As usual when I'm in pessimistic mood, I'd be delighted for the boys to prove me wrong!
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The Latest: Funeral for Mormon president set for Jan. 12
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Latest on the death of the leader of the Mormon church (all times local):
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FILE - In this April 4, 2015, file photo, President Thomas S. Monson, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, waves to the audience during the opening session of the Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City. Monson, the 16th president of the Mormon church, died after nine years in office. He was 90. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Funeral services for Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson have been set for Jan. 12 in Salt Lake City.
Church officials said Wednesday that a public viewing will be held all day on Jan. 11 with the funeral to follow at noon the next day.
Both events will take place inside the religion's conference center, which has a 21,000-seat theater.
Monson died Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. He was 90.
Monson was president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for nearly a decade and had served in leadership positions for more than 50 years.
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Mormons are honoring church leader Thomas S. Monson after his death at age 90 on Tuesday night.
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, entertainer Marie Osmond and conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck were among those tweeting memories and condolences Wednesday.
Monson was president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served in top leadership positions for more than 50 years, making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mormons.
Romney says in a statement that he'll remember Monson's compassion for the downtrodden. Osmond tweeted a picture of her embracing Monson, saying he was always there for her family. Beck recalls Monson's kindness and humility.
Condolences also came in from Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who announced his retirement Tuesday.
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Thomas S. Monson, the 16th president of the Mormon church, has died after nine years in office. He was 90.
Church spokesman Eric Hawkins says Monson died Tuesday night at his home in Salt Lake City.
Monson spent more than five decades serving in top church leadership councils - making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mormons.
Monson's presidency was marked by his noticeably low profile during a time of intense publicity for the church, including the 2008 and 2012 campaigns of Mormon Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, and the faith's involvement in the passage of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in California.
The next church president was not immediately named, but is expected to be Russell M. Nelson. He is the next longest-tenured member of the church's governing Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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And to the astonishment of myself, I discovered that it is a fabulous operating system. I just wonder why has it not attracted the developers' attention as yet. Some of the key features that I would like to enlist here are:
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- Pretty good device emulators and enough of them.
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Also, as now I have got into BlackBerry, I was curious to know where are they heading these days. BlackBerry OS 7 is currently in Beta and it is also one of the good and promising mobile OS(I dont say that it will take over iOS or Android, but definitely RIM can breath with this OS flavor in the market for a while.)
One of the great things with BlackBerry now, is that they provide Webkit based advanced browser, which greatly supports mobile app development frameworks like JQueryMobile and Sencha Touch. Again this is great opportunity for Cross-platform or Hybrid App developers.
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A batch of showers over Connecticut this morning is pushing out to the southern region. The clouds from this system will be with us the first part of the day meaning it will look rather threatening at times, but we won't see any rain. That said, there could be a quick shower over the south coast and over Nantucket as the showers move east.
Sunshine will return from north to south during the day and is going to continue to dominate our weather through the weekend. This afternoon will be dry in terms of humidity levels, but quite warm. Many areas will reach well into the 80s, but without the humidity it's going to be a good beach day.
The sun is at its strongest levels of the entire year this week so be vigilant about applying sunscreen as it will be easy to burn this afternoon.
High pressure from Canada remains in control of our weather into the weekend bringing more clear skies and comfortably mild to warm air.
Lows at night will reach into the 50s for ideal sleeping weather and highs in the afternoon will be mostly in the 70s to near 80. If you are headed to the beach this weekend, it won't be super hot, but still sunny.
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Thursday: Morning clouds then becoming mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 85.
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End-to-end VR location-based entertainment solutions enable ultra-high resolution experiences and ultimate immersion at the VR Park at The Dubai Mall
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (March 7, 2018) – StarVR Corporation announces a major deployment of its location-based VR entertainment solution at Emaar Entertainment's VR Park at The Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest indoor VR theme parks. Working in tandem with Starbreeze Studios, the park's leading content partner, StarVR is providing end-to-end VR location-based solutions with highly-customized hardware, onsite installation, operator training and after service for the majority of Starbreeze's attractions.
"We're proud that StarVR location-based entertainment solutions are powering the majority of the experiences at the newly-opened VR Park in Dubai," said Bo Andersson Klint, Chairman of StarVR Corporation. "With an industry-leading resolution and 210-degree field-of-view designed specifically for professional use, visitors can be immersed in premium VR experiences that are way beyond what's available at home."
"VR Park is the latest revolutionary experience to be delivered by Emaar Entertainment, offering cutting edge experiences alongside partners including StarVR," said Damien Latham, Chief Executive Officer of Emaar Entertainment. "As we continue to deliver unprecedented entertainment experiences, we're pushing the boundaries of innovation for the industry and inviting visitors to #ChallengeReality with our entertainment destinations."
The Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping and entertainment destination, is part of Downtown Dubai, Emaar Properties' flagship mega-development and at 12 million square feet, the mall's total area is equivalent in size to 200 soccer pitches. Now home to Emaar Entertainment's 75,000 square feet VR Park, the entertainment destination spans two levels of The Dubai Mall and is the largest high-quality indoor VR theme park.
At launch, visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of popular Starbreeze VR content in 5K ultra-high resolution and 210-degree field-of-view that only StarVR head-mounted displays (HMD) can deliver. They can step into the world of the Walking Dead where the apocalypse has hit in OVERKILL's The Walking Dead – Outbreak, battle bots atop a towering building in APE-X as a massive weaponized cybernetic ape, play the legendary assassin John Wick in John Wick Chronicles, or experience an exciting and pivotal scene from Universal Studios' 2017 film, The Mummy, as a Prodigium Agent tasked with capturing the ancient princess Ahmanet in The Mummy Prodigium Strike.
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