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By Kim of
Once upon a time I used to sit and wonder what it would be like to be married. I thought about how amazing it would be to spend my life waking up to this special person. I would daydream about our future quick getaways and the long, deep, intimate conversations we would share over dinner; whether at a nice eclectic restaurant or at home under dim lights with candles lit. Hmmmmmmm can you imagine?! But wait!!!!! Something happen. Not 1, not 2, not even 3, but 4 children happened. Then reality kicked in and everything changed.
Simple romantic getaways turned into a getaway to Walmart for some pampers. Dinner conversations turned into attempts to convince our toddlers that vegetables would help them grow strong and healthy. For Rick and I, quality time was becoming non existent. We were always bombarded by the needs of our children. We were blessed if we even got to sit by each other on the couch. Something had to change. How was this marriage going to be successful without any quality time being spent with one another. There needed to be a balance. Yes our children are and always will be a huge part of our relationship, but we do not have to neglect each other in the midst of it.
So here are some thing my husband and I try to incorporate, so that we're not just playing the role of daddy and mommy, but also of husband and wife.
1. Communicate Every Day!
Every chance we get we communicate. I don't care how short and sweet this is. Even when we are apart, while he is at work and I am taking care of home. Letting your spouse know that you are alive, thinking about him or her, or sharing an interesting moment in your day will make you both feel great that you are being thought about. Even a simple "I Love You" will do!
2. Plan a Date Night
I can not stress this enough! I don't care if this is just once a month. Do it!!!!! It gives us both something to look forward to. Of course find someone you can trust to watch your children, but even if you can't, don't let it deter you. Keep looking! The benefits of having a date night with your spouse is worth the search. We do date nights once or twice a month and I really look forward to them. We try our best to do something a little different to spice it up, but all we really care about is time spent with one another. You can even squeeze in a lunch date every now and then.
3. Take a Weekend Off
Save your vacation or choice days. My husband gets choice days every now and then and if there aren't any responsibilities to be handled, he uses his days to spend with me. You do not have to go far to enjoy your days off. You can go somewhere local and enjoy the change of scenery. Sometimes a one night stay at a nice hotel that comes with amenities like a restaurant, spa and breakfast will do just fine.
4. Spend time together after the kids are asleep
This is when the party starts for me and Rick. It's probably the only time we can really kick our feet up, have a cup of tea, and just talk as husband and wife (provided bedtime goes well with our children.) He can share his day as I listen and vice versa. We sometimes even share a dessert while watching a movie. Sometimes all we really want is each others company.
So there you have it! It doesn't have to be as dramatic as my daydreams were. It can be cute, simple and inexpensive things that provide a life time of romantic memories for you both. I would love to hear more ways you ladies try to keep the balance in your marriage.
Kim is the author of where she discovers what it means to be a woman of GOD, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and entrepreneur.


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With the world going the way it is right now, I feel like more than ever, my life is on pause. I've graduated from college with a fairly concrete idea of what I want to be but less of an idea where my first step on that path is. Or, at least that's what I thought.
To be more specific, I'm not sure what the first paid step on my journey is. I've been thinking so much about getting a job that I've let it distract me from how I'm already doing what I want to do. You just have to look at my bio on twitter or my About Me page to ascertain how crazy I am about being a writer, producer, and critic, both in written and visual media.
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If you've ever woken up in the middle of the night wondering, "has Peter MacKay gone soft on freedom?" Well, we have good news for you!
This news comes to us by way of the National Firearms Association, Canada's version of the National Rifle Association in the United States. The FNA posted an Instagram-filtered snapshot of Canada's Justice Minister to the group's Facebook page last week.
A smiling MacKay is a wearing an NFA T-shirt with the group's logo and slogan: a silhouette of a rifle that appears to have gotten itself lodged into a maple leaf with the slogan "no compromise," echoing the rhetoric of the NRA.
The photo is accompanied by a caption that read: "PETER MCKAY [SIC] BELIEVES IN FREEDOM!"
Is it possible the Justice Minister doesn't know the group wants Canada's Firearms Act and related statutes repealed? It's right there on the group's Facebook page, above the picture of him sporting the "no compromise" T-shirt:
Or maybe MacKay is unaware the group thinks citizens should be able to be armed -- just like the police. The message is right there on the NFA's Facebook page:
Maybe MacKay missed the national headlines earlier this year following the murder of three Moncton-area RCMP officers by a spree shooter. With the city of Moncton on lock-down and police in the middle of a manhunt for the shooter, the NFA fired off a press release claiming the incident proved "Canada's firearms control efforts over the past 50 years" were a failure.
And despite near universal criticism, the NFA doubled-down, congratulating themselves for "controlling the narrative" and declaring they would not wear "shame in silence."
Speaking of the RCMP, the NFA has been targeting the Mounties and RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson for some time now.
In February, the NFA called for Paulson's resignation after the RCMP reclassified a Swiss Arms rifle as a prohibited firearm. The NFA's press release appears to have been quietly removed from its website, but it still remains on the group's Facebook page:
That's not the only time the NFA singled out "gun grabbing Bob":
But wait, there's more!
Maybe MacKay isn't aware of Peter MacKay's secret plan to grab everybody's semi-automatic rifles (as suggested by the NFA a few months ago):
We can all take a deep breath now.
MacKay is, in fact, a friend of freedom and the firearms association's "no compromise" message. At least that's what his T-shirt says.
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Temporary and occasional registration
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Our guidance on temporary and occasional registration explains the eligibility requirements. It goes through our process for assessing whether your intended practice is temporary and occasional. After reading the guidance, if you don't think you're eligible, you can apply for registration with a licence to practise through another route.
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H.R.2965 - Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 198699th Congress (1985-1986)
|Rep. Smith, Neal Edward [D-IA-4] (Introduced 07/11/1985)
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|S.Rept 99-150; H.Rept 99-197; H.Rept 99-414
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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 - Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for activities of the Department of Commerce, including: (1) general administration; (2) the Bureau of the Census; (3) economic and statistical analysis; (4) the International Trade Administration; (5) the Minority Business Development Agency; (6) the Economic Development Administration; (7) the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; (8) the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (including transfers of funds); (9) the Patent and Trademark Office; (10) the National Bureau of Standards; and (11) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Appropriates funds as necessary for FY 1986 for the provision of specified supplies and services for employees and dependents of Federal agencies in Alaska and other remote, nonforeign localities. Makes appropriations available for hiring passenger motor vehicles, uniforms, and other services. Prohibits the use of funds provided under this title for the sale to private interests of loans made under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 or the Trade Act of 1974, except with the borrower's consent.
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds provided under this or any prior Act to relocate the National Marine Fisheries Service's Sandy Hook Laboratory out of New Jersey. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to certain congressional committees on options for restoring or replacing the portion of the Laboratory destroyed by fire, subject to reprogramming procedures.
Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for activities of the Department of Justice, including: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) the Presidential Commission on Organized Crime; (5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (6) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (7) the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); (8) the Federal Prison System (FPS); and (9) Office of Justice programs. Authorizes limited expenditures by Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Makes a specified amount of funds appropriated in this title available for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with the distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney General.
Permits material produced by convict labor to be used in the construction of any highways or portion of highways located on Federal-aid systems.
Provides that appropriations for the following accounts shall be available for uniforms and allowances: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Marshals Service; (3) the FBI; (4) INS; and (5) FPS.
Provides for the continuation of authorities contained in the Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 until the earlier of the termination of this Act or the effective date of a Department of Justice Appropriation Act. Specifies authorization and auditing and reporting requirements with respect to undercover investigative operations conducted by the FBI and DEA during FY 1986.
Title III: Department of State - Department of State Appropriation Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for activities of the Department of State, including: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; (5) a grant to the Asia Foundation; and (6) Soviet-East European research and training.
Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title to: (1) promote the principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship; or (2) pay the U.S. contribution to any international organization which promotes such principle or doctrine.
Title IV: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for activities of the judiciary, including: (1) the Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the Courts of Appeals, district courts, and judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; and (6) the Federal Judicial Center.
Makes appropriations in this title available for salaries and expenses of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
Declares that the position of trustee coordinator in the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States shall not be limited to persons with formal legal training.
Prohibits the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, from restricting solely to staff of the Clerks of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts the issuance of notices to creditors and other interested parties. Requires the Administrative Office to permit and encourage the preparation and mailing of such notices at the expense of the debtors, trustees, or such other interested parties. Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Courts to make appropriate provisions for the use of accounting for any postage required pursuant to such directives. Terminates such directives on October 1, 1986.
Title V: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation for operating differential subsidies and research and development, and operations. Authorizes the Maritime Administration to furnish utilities, services, and repairs to Government property it controls. Prohibits obligations from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act.
Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (2) the Board for International Broadcasting; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Commission on the Ukraine Famine; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) the Federal Communications Commission; (9) the Federal Maritime Commission; (10) the Federal Trade Commission; (11) the International Trade Commission; (12) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission; (13) the Legal Services Corporation (LSC); (14) the Marine Mammal Commission; (15) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (16) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (17) the Small Business Administration (including transfer of funds); (18) the State Justice Institute; and (19) the United States Information Agency (USIA).
Establishes the Commission on the Ukraine Famine. Directs the Commission to study and report to the Congress within two years on the 1932-1933 Ukraine Famine, the causes of such famine and its effects on the Ukrainian nation, and the reaction of the world's free countries to such famine. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits its report.
Sets forth restrictions on the use of LSC appropriations to bring a class action suit against the Government, for lobbying purposes, for the representation of aliens, or to terminate assistance or deny refunds to LSC grantees. Prohibits LSC from using appropriations provided by this Act to promulgate new regulations or to enforce, implement, or operate according to regulations effective after April 27, 1984, without providing 15 days' notice to the Appropriations Committees of each House of the Congress. Prohibits any USIA funds from being awarded to any organization connected with any political party operating in the United States, including the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs or the National Republican Institute for International Affairs.
Title VI: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.
Prohibits any part of any appropriation from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act.
Limits any expenditure for consulting services through a procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection.
Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated under this Act for any activity to alter the per se prohibition on resale price maintenance in effect under Federal antitrust laws (except for congressional testimony).
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the antitrust enforcement policy guidelines stated in "Vertical Restraints Guidelines" published by the Department of Justice on January 23, 1985, are not an accurate expression of the Federal antitrust laws or of congressional intent for the application of such laws to vertical restraints of trade, shall not be accorded any force of law or be treated by U.S. courts as binding or persuasive, and should be recalled by the Attorney General.
Requires, under specified conditions, that the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress be notified 15 days in advance of the reprogramming of funds under this Act.
Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated to LSC under this Act by LSC or any recipient to participate in any litigation concerning abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.


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Once you are happy with the design we will make a final check that every detail is correct and then ask you to sign it off and place a deposit. Before we place the order for all the parts to your kitchen we will make a final check with you to ensure every detail is correct. If you have chosen granite, the next step is to meet with us at our factory to choose the sample of granite you require, our supplier will then visit your home once your units are installed to make the template, your granite will then be installed soon after. This is going to be your dream come true, and so we will keep in close contact with you right up until installation to answer any questions, offer any advice or help you in any way we can, with anything we can.
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Facebook is introducing a suite of new features for Facebook Groups, the private social networking product now used by over 1.8 billion people every month. At the company's digitally hosted Facebook Communities Summit today, Facebook detailed a set of upcoming tools aimed at those who run Groups, which are designed help them better organize, filter and manage their communities, as well as new features focused on sparking discussions -- like chats, prompts and Q&As. Notably, Facebook also said it would soon launch a test of a new feature that will highlight public group discussions to non-group members, including both on Facebook and off, via web searches.
The announcement comes at a time when Facebook Groups are making headlines for their growing use by those looking to spread harmful content and misinformation. Facebook this week said it removed over 6,500 militia groups and pages just last month alone, for example. Facebook Groups have also become the breeding grounds for a wide range of dangerous content, including health misinformation, anti-science movements, and baseless conspiracy theories that brainwash users into thinking there are secret signals hidden on the internet offering insight into an alternate reality that only they can see.
The new feature set for the Facebook Groups product itself, announced today, aren't necessarily focused solving these sorts of issues, however. Instead, they're largely about making Groups easier to manage and use, in a more general sense. But the forthcoming test of where group discussions can be found may have a broader impact.
To start, a new "Admin Assist" tool will help Facebook Group administrators better moderate posts by automatically declining posts that use certain keywords.
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This could be used to filter out certain inappropriate content, like foul language, but it could also be used to stop the approval of posts that were off-topic, those used words or hashtags associated with dangerous movements, like QAnon, or even just those posts that were attempting to advertise by way of Facebook Groups.
For example, many communities have policies banning posts from multi-level marketing firms (MLMs) -- like Amway, Herbalife, Young Living, doTERRA, Avon and others-- but without switching on post approval for all posts or users, there was no other way to block these attempted ads in an automated way before now.
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Group admins will also be able to organize content from their community by hashtag, then pin a topic to the top of the Group to highlight it for everyone.
This could be helpful for tracking popular topics that get regularly discussed on the group, perhaps. It could also be used to save people from asking the same questions over and over by pointing them to places where the answers were already provided, among other things.
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Facebook Group admins will also be able to use the Brand Collabs Manager which will allow them to monetize a larger, public groups by working directly with brands who want to promote their products and services to the group's users.
Before today, brands tended to collaborate with influential individuals who had a following, but now they could associate themselves with an influential group instead.
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Finally, Facebook will introduce a curriculum and exam that will allow people to achieve a certification in Community Management that indicates they understand how to build, grow and support a Facebook Group community.
Other changes arriving in Groups are aimed at better engaging users.
One new feature will allow Groups to feature real-time chats for conversations with other Group users.
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A new collaborative post type, "Prompts," will encourage conversations through the use of photos. This capitalizes on a trend already taking place across groups, where an admin will prompt discussion by asking users to share a photo -- for instance, a favorite meme, a picture of their pet, a selfie, their last photo in their Camera Roll, and so on.
But the new format will turn this activity into a product, allowing users to more easily contribute their response, then flip through the images shared by others.
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Similarly, admins will be able to encourage discussions through new Q&A sessions which are easier for community members to participate in by not relying on the traditional threaded comment format.
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Group members can also choose to customize their profile photo for each group they participate in. This could help users feel more comfortable when contributing to a larger, public community, for example, or it could be just used for fun -- like using a photo of your dog in a pet community or your favorite book in your online book club, for example.
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Related to these changes, Facebook also says it will begin to test new ways for people to discover conversations happening on Public groups.
This will be done by showing something called "Related Discussions" within the News Feed when someone posts a link or reshares a post on Facebook. These discussions will allow users to see what other, Public groups are saying about the same content. In a more radical change, Facebook says these discussions will also be indexed by search engines as users may see these conversations appear when "you're searching the web."
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Facebook notes that it may use this feature to open up users to more "diverse perspectives on the topics they're into" from others with "different backgrounds and experiences." That seems to imply the change is an attempt to de-isolate users from the Facebook bubbles they've built for themselves.
However, it's unclear how far Facebook will go on this front, as the feature is not yet live. It's also not clear how users will react to be shown to opposing content -- like if posts about the "big team" also included related discussions from the other team's fan group. And if this feature was leveraged for more controversial discussions, like politics, it could get even worse.
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What's more, Facebook will invite users to join in the conversation at hand, if the Group allows outside participation.
Facebook says the feature will be tested in the U.S. in the "coming months" and admins will be offered the option to allow their groups to be included in the new Public groups experience at that time, where they'll be able to turn on post-approvals. The feature will expand outside the U.S. next year.
The company adds that anything rated false by third-party checkers won't be eligible to be surfaced in Related Discussions or the other features where posts are surfaced to people. And Facebook says that if something breaks its rules, it will be taken down completely. Of course, these guidelines exist today on Facebook and yet misinformation continues to spread and remains un-fact checked across the platform. This is because the issue is that enforcing guidelines at Facebook's scale is exceedingly difficult, especially since the entire business has been built around a revenue model that prioritizes advertising but outsources moderation.
The other features announced today will also begin rolling out in the months ahead.
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Movie Review: Star Trek then whatever the subtitle was
This movie was fine. They flew around space and some people wanted to kill the other people. The action was too shaky.
This is it folks. The last movie I saw on my movie pass. Stand by for an article breaking down the breakdown.
I tried to enjoy myself while watching this one.
3D IMAX. It was fine.
That scene where the captain is in a lot of places riding motorcycles will be a good time for multi-ball when they make a pinball machine version of this movie.
TLDR: 3/5. I liked it. It was fine. It did the trick.
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This week has been school half term and, as such, I was fully expecting the roads to be much emptier than usual.
I was fully expecting my commute to and from work, to be a doddle. Because it normally is when the schools are off.
But not this week. Oh no: this week, the roads have been as bad as usual.
Nay. Nay. And thrice nay, I tell you, the roads have actually been worse!
The mornings have been slow and torturous, thanks to broken down lorries and accidents.
But the evenings have been worse. Much worse.
No word of a lie, every night this week, I have been caught up in stationary traffic on my way home, thanks to accidents on the motorway.
Some have been worse than others. Tuesday night was pretty bad, thanks to a lorry shedding its load of portloos across the M25. That was quite possibly a real case of the shit hitting the van.
But yesterday evening was truly awful. Stuck in stationary traffic for ages at the Hemel junction, I found myself starting to get frustrated. I spend so much time in traffic nowadays, that I'm kind of used to it now and it's like water off a duck's back. But, being stuck in stationary traffic for the fourth day in a row, meant it was starting to get to me. Please God, just one day! Just let me have one decent journey home!
Eventually, things started moving again and we all slowly crawled past the five-car shunt that was surrounded by the flashing blue and red lights of the emergency services and in unison we all shouted "Learn to drive, you bastards!"
Well, I shouted it.
In unison with myself.
I have rarely felt so frustrated and I decided to put some music on. Normally, a bit of Mozart or Bruckner will smooth the waters for me, but, so pent-up was I, I needed something with a bit more oomph. I needed to let it out.
Once past the accident, the road was clear. I put on some AC/DC, turned the volume up and put my foot down; singing at the top of my voice. Well, I call it singing, but it was more like shouting really.
At junction 11, the end of the slip road divides into three lanes. Two are for turning left and the third is for going straight on or for turning right. They are marked accordingly. But, very often, impatient drivers will get into the middle lane and then cut across to turn right, forcing the vehicle in the right hand lane to give way or risk hitting them. It happens to me quite often and normally I will let them in, just to avoid having a prang in my car. "Tsk", I'll say.
But, it happened again last night and this time I didn't give way. My still pent-up frustration, boiled over into anger and -fuelled by Brian Johnson screaming at me that I was Back In Black – I refused to let this opportunist get eight feet in front of me. But, having flown down the middle lane at speed, he had a speed advantage on the roundabout and I was ultimately forced to brake and let him in.
Where normally I would have tutted and let it go, this time I let him know he was a twat. I flashed my lights at him and then I followed him round the roundabout at speed, just a couple of feet off his rear bumper. We headed up the short stretch of dual carriageway at a quick pace and then took the first left turning. Still I hung onto his tail lights. We blatted down the road together, completely ignoring the 20mph speed limit… until I suddenly realised what I was doing. This bloke was driving like a complete twat, but I was too.
I slowed down and let him speed off down the road. He was probably chuffed with himself for having left me behind, but I didn't care.
I turned the music down, slowed to within the speed limit and took a deep breath.
My first ever bit of road rage.
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I have created a one to one payment table, off of the SalesLogix Opportunity table, to store payments details.
I use a form to show the payment details as well as a few calculated fields (total payments, exact sales , etc…).
The problem is the calculated fields will only work if the fields they are based on contain values. If they are empty, the calculated fields won't work.
Is there any way of inserting default values?
In SQL Server Management Studio, you can set a field property called "Default Value or Binding." This way the default value comes from the database table itself, as new records are inserted.


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A shoot is always fun when you are behind the lens. In front of it and its a whole other ballgame. For Libertine Magazine I agreed to model a variety of suits. Power dressing has always been my preferred mode and as luck would have it....the theme would play to my strengths.
I'm usually dictating terms about what will be worn by the sitter but this time I helpfully dressed up in a variety of looks to promote the latest issue. And as you can see we all agreed that any post production (that's airbrushing to make me look ...err...younger and more shall we say enhanced) would be strictly over ruled.
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My kids are trying to use a site where you "build" dolls by dragging and dropping different body parts onto a central area to make a doll.
So far I can only get it to wotk in IE.
In gecko browsers the drag & drop doesn't work at all.
In Opera the drag works but when they drop in the central area the bit dissapears from view.
Any ideas why this dosen't work in Firebird ?
Looks to my uneducated eye, in Page Source, as though this is an IE-only site. I even tried User Agent Switcher, choosing IE therein, with no luck.
Wow that site is mega slow.
Cant be arsed waiting for it to load.
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The Residence Apartments at Heath End are a brand new development of just 2 luxury apartments in close proximity to the Stanmore Greenbelt. On the border of Bushey Heath and Stanmore Common, Heath End is about 5 minutes away from the underground station at Stanmore and about 5 minutes away from the over ground services at Bushey Station.
The Residence Apartments are constructed with security and luxury living in mind. With only one large 3 bedroom apartment remaining, The Chelsea is finished to a very high specification with beautiful garden views, solid wood joinery, under floor heating, designer German kitchens and luxury bathrooms, making this home ideal for someone looking to downsize from a family home without compromising on space, convenience, and functionality.
Furnished by our interior designers, The Chelsea is ready for viewing. Please contact us for more details.


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Facebook may soon close an uncomfortable chapter in its brief history: a legal dispute over its origins.
According to a person briefed on the talks, the company is completing a settlement of a suit brought by three former Harvard students who contend that the original idea for the social networking site belonged to them.
The person declined to discuss the proposed terms of the settlement. Facebook officials declined to comment. So did officials from ConnectU, a social networking site started by the brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra.
The ConnectU founders were contemporaries at Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder. They asserted that they had hired Mr. Zuckerberg, then a sophomore, to help create a campuswide dating site called Harvard Connection.
They say that he stalled on the project while nurturing his own related idea, which ultimately became a site called Thefacebook.com. They sued Mr. Zuckerberg in Federal District Court in Boston. Facebook countersued in California, accusing ConnectU of unfair business practices.
A federal judge in California ordered the parties into mediation last year. The person briefed on the settlement negotiations, who declined to be identified because the deal was not yet completed, said motions to dismiss the case against Facebook were expected "within weeks."
The case has caused public-relations problems for Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites with 69 million users. It threatened to cause financial problems as well. Outside investments have valued the company at $15 billion, and it is expected to sell shares to the public, perhaps as soon as next year.
"You can't do that sort of thing if you have major liability hanging over your head," said Paul Kedrosky, a technology venture capitalist and author of the blog Infectious Greed.
Mr. Kedrosky said that regardless of which side was right in the legal dispute, Facebook needed to get the situation resolved sooner rather than later. In part, he said, that is because Facebook does not want to miss the chance at a lucrative payday in the public markets or through an acquisition.
The social networking audience "is fragmenting. It's going to a thousand places," he said. "I'm a little worried that Facebook has missed the best window for its offering."
At the same time, the dispute was personally embarrassing to Mr. Zuckerberg. The discovery efforts associated with the legal disputes resulted in the Internet posting of his Harvard application and entries from his diary.
While the Facebook story has generated a great deal of attention, such disputes are not an uncommon occurrence in Silicon Valley. Technology innovations often have many parents, and conflicts can arise over whether the innovator or entrepreneur who did the most to develop a product is properly getting the credit, and the riches.
In the case of Facebook, there is yet another aggrieved innovator. Aaron J. Greenspan, who was a Harvard student at the same time as Mr. Zuckerberg, asserts that he created an earlier social networking system called houseSYSTEM. Six months before Facebook went online, and eight months before ConnectU opened, Mr. Greenspan sent a note to Harvard students describing a new feature of houseSYSTEM called "The Face Book."


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There are currently two OpenSolaris distributions: Sun Microsystems' Solaris Express Community Release, and German developer Joerg Schilling's SchilliX. While Sun's version combines the OpenSolaris core with extra proprietary code to build a complete operating system, SchilliX is completely based on open source software.
Schilling made it clear on an OpenSolaris mailing list last week how he felt about differences between the two.
The developer said he had complained to Sun about the fact the OpenSolaris code could not be compiled without first pre-installing Sun proprietary software.
Schilling said technically there was only one OpenSolaris distribution -- his own -- and so it could even be called the reference distribution.
"If you are talking about properties of OpenSolaris," he said, "I encourage you to talk about SchilliX."
The developer further said he thought discussion on the list should not focus on features found only in Sun's version but not in the OpenSolaris code itself.
"Do not confuse OpenSolaris with the Sun Solaris distribution," he wrote. "This is an OpenSolaris mailing list."
"Making conclusions about OpenSolaris from observations done on Sun Solaris is not OK, because Sun Solaris currently differs more from OpenSolaris than SchilliX does."
However Schilling's comments drew immediate fire from Sun developers.
"While I appreciate the work that has gone into SchilliX (and it is quite a feat)," wrote Solaris kernel developer Eric Schrock, "I don't think we should be starting a distribution war on day 11 of OpenSolaris."
Schrock said developers should not equate either of the existing OpenSolaris derivatives with the OpenSolaris code, and that conversation between all versions and about any aspect of OpenSolaris should be encouraged.
"Just because it is not directly applicable to the OpenSolaris code or the advancement of SchilliX does not make it an unproductive conversation for the OpenSolaris community," he said.
A Sun developer, Eric Boutilier, said he strongly felt most people interested in OpenSolaris should be directed to Sun's Solaris Express distribution, as they would want a free and full-featured system with desktop environments like GNOME and KDE. SchilliX is currently unable to provide such functionality.


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- Dennis Byrd, a former NFL player, was killed in a head-on collision near his home in north Oklahoma
- The New York Jets had retired Byrd's jersey two decades after his career ended due to a paralyzing injury
(CNN)Dennis Byrd, a former New York Jets player, died Saturday in a car wreck outside Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Byrd, 50, played four years in the NFL before a paralyzing on-field injury ended his professional career in 1992. But the towering 6-foot-5-inch, 270-pound defensive lineman became remembered best for learning to walk again in less than a year after the accident, going on to serve as an inspiration to Jets players and fans alike.
"We are all devastated by the untimely loss of Dennis Byrd," New York Jets Owner Woody Johnson said in a statement late Saturday. "Soft-spoken and strong-willed, the inspiration he provided to all not only by his play on the field but from the way he overcame life's obstacles was remarkable by any measure."
Car crash on a country highway
On Saturday morning, Byrd drove northbound on State Highway 88 outside Claremore, Oklahoma, located roughly 30 miles northeast of Tulsa, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
A few minutes after 11 a.m. (noon ET), a Ford Explorer traveling in the opposite direction veered into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with Byrd's Hummer H2.
Authorities declared Byrd dead at the crash site due to "massive injuries."
Paramedics transported the Explorer driver, a 17-year-old Claremore resident, to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, authorities said. The driver, who was admitted in stable condition, sustained injuries to his head, trunk, arm, and leg. A 12-year-old passenger riding in the Ford Explorer also sustained similar injuries, authorities said.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said
Remembering Byrd
As news spread of Byrd's death late Saturday, NFL players, league execs and others who knew Byrd expressed their condolences regarding his legacy
Johnson said in a statement that Byrd, whose jersey had been retired in 2012, would "never be forgotten" given the lives he touched.
In a tweet Saturday night, former New York Jets lineman Kevin Mawae described Byrd as "an inspiration to many" given his ability to bounce back from his on-field injuries.
"Dennis exemplified true determination, tremendous heart, and humility throughout his life," Dr. Derrick Gragg, vice president and director of athletics at the University of Tulsa, Byrd's alma mater, told CNN affiliate KTUL. "...He overcame great personal adversity after a life-altering injury on the football field. We know that Dennis touched numerous lives and will be missed by many."
According to the Jets organization, Byrd was living in his home state of Oklahoma where he worked as both a minister and public speaker. He is survived by his wife, Angela, and his four children.


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People over 60 Disabled People Young People
Concessionary travel card for older people over 60
If you are over 60 years old and your card has the OneScotland logo, a new style card will automatically be sent to your registered address before your current one expires. You don't need to do anything. Find out more about the renewal process.
Eligibility and concessions
People over the age of 60 qualify for free Scotland-wide bus travel under a National Entitlement Card scheme run jointly by the Scottish Government and local authorities, by applying for a National Entitlement Card (travel / bus pass).
The card also allows people who live in the area covered by Strathclyde's Concessionary Travel Scheme (which includes Argyll & Bute), to get cheaper fares on First ScotRail trains and the Glasgow Subway within the area covered by the Strathclyde Scheme.
Concessionary travel is also available on local ferries for anyone who lives on an island or peninsula and meets the qualifying criteria.
How to apply
You can get an application form for a National Entitlement Card if you are over 60 at your local post office or SPT Travel Centre. Find out about renewing your card on the SPT website.
Further information
For further details of the scheme please refer to the SPT and Transport Scotland websites or call 0141 333 3211 (Please note some older NEC cards have the contact number 01546 600035 however this is no longer valid). You can find a list of acceptable proofs of identification here.
Using your National Entitlement Card
Find out more information about what the symbols on your card mean, and what concessions you are entitled to when you travel by bus, train, ferry and subway within the Strathclyde area:
Using your National Entitlement Card (NEC)
Covid-19 Frequently Asked Questions
Concessionary travel card for disabled people
Eligibility and concessions
Eligible disabled people of fare paying age (5 years and over) are entitled to apply for a National Entitlement Card (travel / bus pass), which qualifies them for free Scotland wide bus travel.
The card also allows people who live in the area covered by Strathclyde's Concessionary Travel Scheme (which includes Argyll & Bute), to get cheaper fares on First ScotRail trains and the Glasgow Subway within the area covered by the Strathclyde Scheme.
Concessionary travel is also available on local ferries for anyone who lives on an island or peninsula and meets the qualifying criteria.
You can apply for a National Entitlement Card if you meet one of the following criteria:
- In receipt of Personal Independence Payment
- In receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance
- In receipt of the higher/middle rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance
- In receipt of Attendance Allowance
- Resident in a care or residential home or hospital and require 24 hour supervision
- Holder of a Disabled Persons Parking Badge (Blue Badge)
- Are profoundly or severely deaf
- Unable to drive on medical grounds
- Suffer from a mental illness, learning disability or personality disorder
- Terminally ill
- Suffer from a progressively degenerative disorder
- Have suffered a loss of limbs
- Visually impaired
- Seriously injured veteran with mobility problems
Find out more about eligibility here.
Companion Entitlement
If your mobility is such that you require to be accompanied when travelling, you can apply for a National Entitlement Card containing the companion entitlement (C+1) to allow a companion to travel free of charge with you for the same journey by bus.
Your companion is entitled to travel for free if you meet one of the following criteria:
- You live in a care/residential home or hospital and are eligible for the higher or middle rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance, or Personal Independence Payment or Attendance Allowance
- You receive the higher or middle rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance
- You receive the standard or enhanced rate of daily living component of Personal Independence Payment
- You receive Attendance Allowance
- You are registered as severely sight impaired (blind)
- You receive war pensions constant attendance allowance.
You will be required to provide a copy of an award notice from the Department of Work and Pensions dated within the last 12 months or a copy of your blind registration certificate.
Your companion can vary from journey to journey and you may travel with or without a companion. Your companion must travel with you and may not travel without the cardholder. If your companion wishes to remain on the bus after you (the cardholder) has left then they will be required to pay the appropriate fare to the driver.
There is no need for you to be accompanied on all bus journeys you make as you have the choice of whether to travel alone or have someone travel with you. Your companion must be over the age of 5 years.
How to apply
Eligible disabled people can apply for a new National Entitlement Card at their local social work office, where local staff will help can complete your application, and send it to SPT who will issue your card:
Mid Argyll Area Team - Mid Argyll Community Hospital and Integrated Care Centre, Blarbuie Road, Lochgilphead PA31 8JZ
Kintyre Area Team - Campbeltown Hospital, Ralston Road, Campbeltown PA28 6LE
Islay Area Team - Kilarrow House, Bowmore, Isle of Islay PA43 7HW
Bute Area Team - Union Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 0HD
Cowal Area Team - Ellis Lodge, Argyll Road, Dunoon PA23 8ES
Oban Area Team - Soroba Road, Oban PA34 4JA
Helensburgh and Lomond Area Team - Jeannie Deans Unit, 93 East King Street, Helensburgh G84 7BU
Mull Area Team - Breadalbane Street, Tobermory, Isle of Mull PA75 6PX
Phone: 01546 605517
Email: Contact us using our enquiry form.
Replacement cards
If your card has been lost or stolen, please contact SPT who will issue you with a new card
Further information
For further details of the scheme please refer to the SPT and Transport Scotland websites.
NEC/Young Scot (travel) card for young people
Eligibility and concessions
Young people aged between 11 and 25 also qualify for the National Entitlement Card with the Young Scot logo which offers a variety of benefits including travel discounts. For further details on what your card entitles you to, please refer to the Young Scot website.
How to apply for a card for the first time
If you attend an Argyll and Bute Council School please contact your school office to arrange a card. Everyone else should please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 01546 604142 for an application form to be issued. The online facility is currently unavailable.
To support your application please provide one document from the approved list of acceptable proofs. If you do not have photographic ID you will need to have a referee countersign your application.
Once complete, please take the application and proof to your local customer service point who will verify your application and return your ofiginal documents.
***During COVID the Customer Service Points are currently closed please call or email the NEC team for advice on how to submit your application***
Replacement Cards
If you need a replacement card and you still attend an Argyll and Bute Council school please contact your school office to arrange a replacement.
Everyone else can simply email firstname.lastname@example.com providing the following details:
- full name
- address
- date of birth
- Please also confirm if you have left school or which school you attend.
You can request a photo upgrade and change your address or personal details at one of the validation points.
Further information
Please contact the Young Scot team by emailing email@example.com, by calling 01546 604142 or visit the Young Scot website for further information.


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World Alliance for Wound & Lymphedema Care
World Alliance for Wound & Lymphedema Care (WAWLC) strives to work in partnership with communities worldwide to advance sustainable prevention and care of wounds & lymphedema in settings with limited resources.
WHO Publication
In 2007 a group of wound care providers from around the world, comprising members of WAWLC, was asked to write a White Paper for the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2010 WHO published the White Paper titled "Wound and Lymphoedema Management", edited by John M Macdonald and Mary Jo Geyer.
The document is designed to assist health-care providers who manage chronic wounds and lymphedema in resource-poor countries around the world. It describes methods that can be adapted to various levels of the health-care system depending on the country and available resources. Download the document here.
Support WAWLC
The following organisations is supporting WAWLC with an annual non-restricted grant:


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Alcohol by Volume (ABV) and Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen (YAN) testing is now available through our friends at Vinmetrica! You can run tests yourself at home with your own ABV or YAN analysis kits, or send in samples to Vinmetrica for analysis - they offer many wine chemistry testing services. You can even drop off your samples at Curds and Wine to be tested by Vinmetrica!
As you prepare to bottle your wine to empty out vessels for the upcoming harvest, don't forget to check your free (unbound) sulfite levels to make sure you have enough of this antioxidant in your wine to protect it from damage after bottling. Curds and Wine offers in-house unbound sulfite analysis, as well as free pH testing. Other wine chemistry tests done in-house at Curds and Wine include Titratable Acidity (TA) testing, malic and/or lactic acid level analysis, and residual sugar analysis, for a nominal fee. See our website for details on volumes of samples required to run these tests.
Curds and Wine will close EARLY at 3 pm on Sunday July 9, 2017
Queso Diego's Cheesemakers Rodeo Contest at the San Diego County Fair Saturday July 1, 2017
Queso Diego is sponsoring the Homemade Cheese contest this year at the San Diego County Fair! This contest will once again be a One-Day Home & Hobby Contest, no pre-registration or entry fees are required. Bring your prepared item and the typed or printed recipe form found online here. We will no longer accept other types of recipe forms. No exceptions! Deliver entries between opening time of the Fair and 12:45pm on Saturday July 1st to Home & Hobby exhibit located on the 2nd floor, west end of the Grandstand. Judging starts at 1:00pm and once the judging process starts, no late entries will be accepted. Your entry and entry contest form will admit you into the Fair for FREE. Exhibitors must personally deliver their entries.
Limit: One entry per class
Judging Criteria: Flavor, Originality, & Appearance
1 - Fresh (cheese curds, chevre, Mascarpone, mozzarella, Queso fresco, cottage cheese, farmer's cheese, ricotta)
2 - Brined (feta, domiati, halloumi)
3 - Bloomy Cow (brie, Camembert, Triple Crème)
4 - Bloomy Goat (chevre styles both bloomy & ash rinded)
5 - Blue Mold (Cambazola, Roquefort, Danish Blue, Stilton)
6 - Soft/Semi-Soft (aged) (Gouda, Munster)
7 - Cheddar & American Style (Cheddar, Dry Jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, Colby)
8 - Hard (aged) (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano)
9 - Flavored Cheeses, Butter & Cultured Dairy Products (Yogurt, Crème Fraiche)
10 - Open (smoked, washed rind, cheese spreads, anything that doesn't fit elsewhere)
Best Of Show: Custom crafted cheese table runner and inscribed cheese board
1st Place winners in each class will receive: A subscription to Culture Magazine (The Word on Cheese).
2nd Place winners in each class will receive: A Cheese Making Book.
3rd Place winners in each class will receive: A Cheese mold and/or accessories.
Full details and entry forms can be found online here.
Basic Winemaking from Fresh Grapes 2-part Seminar Series in July
Join us at Curds and Wine for a two-part seminar series introducing you to making wine from fresh grapes. In these seminars, we will go through preparation for harvest, steps involved in making wine from fresh grapes, and finishing wine. We will also demonstrate how to use equipment needed for winemaking. The series of classes is $75/person for series of 2 classes, no refunds if any classes are missed.
Maximum 20 participants for these classes, you must be 21 or over to participate. This course is a seminar series with live demonstrations, but we will not be making wine in this class; fresh grapes or frozen must can be purchased separately and made at home.
Outline - Series of 2 classes:
Seminar #1: Preparation for harvest and fermentation
Choice of dates: Saturday 7/8/17 or Saturday 7/15/17 from 1 - 4 pm
Seminar #2: Finishing fermentations and pressing
Choice of dates: Saturday 7/22/17 or 7/29/17 from 1 - 4 pm
* A $30 cancellation fee will be charged if you cancel your ticket prior to 48 hours of the event; no refunds within 48 hours of last first seminar
Grapes to Glass Winemaking on Site with Fresh Grapes -- Limited Openings!
Here's your chance to get your hands purple! Curds and Wine will be hosting an exclusive, intensive Grapes to Glass Winemaking course. This is not a custom crush, you will make your own wine from grapes delivered by West Coast Grapes and our gold-medal winning winemakers will lead you through the process. This class will be limited to 30 fermentors total. Please remember only winemakers and team members that have taken our Basic Winemaking from Fresh or Frozen Grapes seminars are allowed to participate in this course. The following criteria apply to participation in the class:
This Hands-on intensive series of classes that goes through basics of winemaking from grapes to bottle
This course costs $400/winemaking team total, $200 non-refundable deposit to reserve your space and balance of $200 due at first class; you can add up to 2 additional fermentors per group for $100 each for a maximum of 4 fermentors per group. This cost does not include cost of grapes, grapes must be purchased separately from West Coast grapes - no other grapes can be brought in for this class.
Contact us if you are interested in participating in our 2017 Grapes to Glass course
Very Limited Quantities of Winexpert Pink Moscato Available
Light and refreshing on the palate with flavors of fresh strawberry, raspberry and cherry, this special wine kit has been a smash hit in past summers - but we only get very limited quantities, then it's gone! Contact us to reserve your Winexpert Pink Moscato kit for $89.95.
Harvest Equipment, Rentals and Supplies
Curds and Wine is here to help guide you in choosing the best yeasts for your fermentations, and we offer a wide variety of other ingredients from basic nutrients to enhancing enzyme preparations to make the best wines. We also have equipment for rent to crush and press your grape wines - contact us to reserve your equipment as soon as you estimate you will need it. We offer some basic in-house wine chemistry testing, but for more in-depth analysis our friends at Vinmetrica offer a wider array of tests - you can drop off your samples for Vinmetrica analyses at Curds and Wine. Curds and Wine has compiled a red wine making summary and basic shopping list to help you find everything you need for your fermentations.
We also have a very limited selection of large equipment for sale, including manual or motorized crusher/destemmers and stands (sold separately), basket or bladder presses, and stainless steel tanks. We also have a few 3-spout and 5-spout gravity bottle fillers.
RJ Spagnols Holiday Dessert Wine Kits Preorders
These Dessert Wines bring unique and distinctive wines that are perfect for all your holiday entertaining and gift giving. Cru Specialty has a wine to please every palate! These wines are available exclusively for the holiday season with estimated delivery in September. Pre-order yours today - we will put in our order at the end of the month, only a few extra kits will be available!
Save the Dates - Winemaker Magazine 2018 Conference will be in San Diego May 17 - 20, 2018!
Mark your calendars - the Winemaker Magazine annual conference will be in San Diego May 17 - 20, 2018! The conference will be held at the Crown Plaza hotel in Mission Valley. You can already register online and book your hotel room at a special rate online here. This conference is a great place to expand your winemaking and grape growing expertise, as well as meet fellow winemakers from around the world. If you enter the WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition you can pick up your medals at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday night! More details to come, we will keep you posted in our upcoming newsletters.


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Koimoi Power Index: Tiger Salman Khan Is Achieving An Unattainable Position
As Tiger Zinda Hai is beating some major records at the box office, Salman Khan too has been cementing his first position at Koimoi power index. Another surprise by the film is how it has entered the 300 crore club in just 16 days.
Well, it is Bhai, after all. Bhai fans watch his films number of times and no matter how good (or average) the film is, the word-of-mouth is always strong since it's their favourite star in the film. How could the film be bad with Bhai blasting the bad guys? The idea is inconceivable.
Now that Tiger Zinda Hai has entered the 300 crore club which adds 300 points to the power index table which means he still owns the top position with 2150 points.
Here's How We Calculate Star Ranking
100 Crs Points: 100 x Number Of Films In The 100 Crore Club
200 Crs Points: 200 x Number Of Films In The 200 Crore Club
300 Crs Points: 300 x Number Of Films In The 300 Crore Club
Overseas Points: 50 x Number Of Films In Top 10 Highest Overseas Grossers
In Case Of Tie, The Position Is Given Based On The Collections Of The Star's Respective Film
Rank 100 Crs Pts 200 Crs Pts 300 Crs Pts Overseas Pts Total
1. Salman Khan 700 400 900 150 2150
2. Aamir Khan 100 400 600 200 1300
3. Shah Rukh Khan 500 400
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Update On Injured NJPW Stars; Possible NXT Breakup?
Update On Injured NJPW Stars
New Japan stars Tomoaki Honma and Katsuyori Shibata are both currently injured with Honma having injured his cervical vertebrae during an event in March and Shibata having suffered a subdural hematoma after a vicious headbutt from Kazuchika Okada in April.
Honma has already begun his training to get back into ring shape for his return while Shibata does not yet have a timetable for his return.
Possible NXT Breakup?
A singer named Hope Vista recently sent out a tweet saying that she was recording the lead vocals for Johnny Gargano's theme music. There was no mention of Tommaso Ciampa or #DIY. This could have just been a typo but interestingly enough, the tweet has since been deleted. This has led to speculation that the team could be breaking up at Takeover: Chicago.
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Over the past 2 weekends I have attended two track meets at UNC. I have also included what I ate pre-race that are gluten-free:
Night Before: Chicken, cheeses, salad, glass of water
Morning: eggs, bacon, and strawberries with a glass of water
Before the race: drank my 'açai-blueberry-pomegranate' Vitamin Water, regular water, 'Lot's of Everything' Van's simply delicious, gluten free crackers: http://www.vansfoods.com/our-products-crackers#Lots-of-Everything%21-Crackers-39
30 minutes before race: sipped the Water and Vitamin water and ate Gatorade chews
- The first race of the two was highly competitive because it was a regional challenge meet for high schoolers only. At this meet I ran the 1000m for the first time. I was put in heat 4/6 which means the heat was very fast and competitive. After check- in and being put into our lanes, we waited at the waterfall line for the gun to go off. I could feel my heart in my stomach because of the accumulated doubt that floated through my mind throughout the day, I had previously looked up the other girls times and knew I was out of my league – these girls were running meets every weekend, this was going to be a mighty challenge. Once the race had begun I had already lost track of many girls in my heat. That was hard for me, mentally and physically, as I had not even gotten to the 2 lap halfway mark, (the track was a 200m one). I'm the type of person that cannot go into races with negative thoughts, because I never do well with them in my mind. On the final lap I was about 10 seconds behind the girl in front of me – I crossed the line with a sympathy clap. Long story short I finished the race 14th out of 14th. It was a learning experience, and one that I was upset about. I have never come last in a race and am usually at least a top 4 placer.
- The next meet at UNC was the weekend after my last place meet. At this particular meet I ran the 800m not the 1000m. The night before the race I had looked up the opponents in my heat and once again the doubt cloud came over me, they were all very good track runners. Going into the race I tried to calm and assure myself that all I needed to do was beat my own time. The meet preparation was like usual, I ate the necessary foods for my run, I drank Vitamin water and just plain H2O, I stretched, and I warmed up. When we were called up to the starting line I was even more nervous. There were four girls, including me they were all taller and more muscular than me. The gun went off with a bang and we were immediately running fast down towards the curve. I let the first and second place go because I was sure they were not in my reach. Near the 2nd lap the 3rd place girl came from behind me and passed me. I tried to stay on her shoulder until we passed the finish line. I finished 1 second behind her in last place…. again. I felt upset about my place but I had improved mentally. I didn't give up when the faster girls left me and I sprinted to the finish.


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Creating a fully-equipped kitchen is central to having a comfortable home. A fully-equipped kitchen is one that has all the necessary equipment and tools to meet the homeowner's daily cooking and dining needs. Given how many kitchen supplies and equipment there is for sale, however, the idea of creating a fully-equipped kitchen can feel daunting. This buyer's guide is meant to provide assistance in identifying what products and equipment are essential to a fully-equipped kitchen and suggestions for where to purchase those items.
Tableware consists of all the utensils, namely the cutlery, dishware, and glassware, that are used to set a table during a meal. Tableware comes in a limitless number of materials that include glass, bamboo, stainless steel, crystal, silver, and plastic. Typically, the cutlery, dishware, and glassware should match the style of the kitchen as a whole. A more modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and more avant-garde furnishings, for example, could accommodate more modern, eclectic tableware that makes use of unusual materials, shapes, and asymmetrical angles. Another factor to consider when selecting tableware is the composition of the household. Larger households with children may prefer to select tableware made out of more resilient materials, such as plastic glassware and stainless steel cutlery. When determining how much tableware to purchase, it can be helpful to consider the number of household members, how often guests come for meals, and how regularly dishes get washed.
Kitchen Appliances
The core appliances that are necessary in a fully-equipped kitchen are the blender, oven, stove, refrigerator, freezer, and coffee maker. These are the appliances that will be used with the highest frequency in daily cooking and dining. Thus, this is one area in which it is worthwhile to invest in higher quality products. When attempting to assess the quality of a specific product or brand, it can be helpful to read online reviews of the product and compare each brand's product warranty. Some brands that are known for producing high-quality kitchen appliances include: Ninja, Oster, and KitchenAid for blenders; Kenmore Elite, Samsung, and LG for ovens and stoves; Maytag and Whirlpool for refrigerators and freezers; and Braun and Krups for coffee makers. An important factor to consider when choosing kitchen appliances is a kitchen's space constraints; measure the open spaces in the kitchen in order to ensure that the larger appliances, such as the refrigerator and stove, will fit into the designated space. Those with more limited kitchen space should also note that side-by-side refrigerator/freezers tend to be the most space-efficient refrigerator style.
When it comes to cookware, meaning the pots and pans used for cooking and baking, it is useful to have a wide variety of types in order to accommodate a broader repertoire of recipes. The typical fully-equipped kitchen should have at least one of the following: saute pan, medium and small saucepan, stockpot, and omelet pan. It is also helpful to have at least two different-sized lids. Purchasing a cookware set can provide a good base for a new kitchen. Although cookware comes in a variety of materials, stainless steel will tend to be the most versatile, and it also has the benefit of being dishwasher safe. Before buying cookware, it is important to read through the manufacturer's guide to ensure that it is compatible with the respective kitchen's appliances, particularly if the cookware will be washed regularly with a dishwasher.


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Flood forecasting for humanitarian action
Major flood events cause severe disruption and distress to communities. Countries without significant investment in flood risk management are much more vulnerable when floods hit.
Damage to buildings and infrastructure as well as to crops and livestock means it can take communities years to get back up on their feet after major events. Forecasts of an imminent flood could enable actions to be taken to help community preparedness and resilience, but are current flood forecasting capabilities good enough to make such decisions?
Forecasting river floods requires a weather forecast model and a hydrological model to determine total rainfall, the amount that will run off into the river and the rate at which it does so. But how accurate are these models? And how accurately can we calculate rainfall using only a single weather forecast model?
To improve our forecast we now run the model multiple times to give a probabilistic forecast. This is called an ensemble prediction system and is able to provide quantitative information on the uncertainty in the forecast, giving several possible future scenarios that can give an indication of the likelihood of a particular event occurring.
Using an ensemble is particularly valuable for extreme events where a single model run might not simulate flood-generating rainfall. For example, in an ensemble of 50 members, if 10 out of the 50 members signify a flood, a warning with a 20% chance of flood could be issued. But what can we do with that information? How can we use this to better prepare for flood events?
Actions to prepare could be triggered by threshold probabilities from this ensemble; for example from forecasts of a high probability of a low impact event, and/or a low probability of a high impact event. Acting in advance of a disaster is known to be favourable; prepositioning aid is more efficient than using helicopter drops during a flood event. Evacuations and distributing medical supplies prior to the flood can also help to save lives.
In the UK and many other developed countries, thresholds for recommended actions, such as issuing warnings to the public, putting in place temporary flood defences or evacuations, are decided during 'peace-time' activities with forecasters and emergency responders. These activities involve conversations to incorporate expertise on hydrology and meteorology with knowledge about the vulnerability of communities living near rivers, thereby enabling a prediction of the likelihood and impact of flooding.
However, in developing countries, the lack of data on historic river flows or information about the river channel, such as its depth and width, makes it difficult to produce forecasts in the same way as in countries such as the UK.
Meteorological predictions are also known to be of poorer quality over continents such as Africa where high-quality observations for data assimilation are not available. This poor quality means that there cannot be much confidence in the model's ability to predict extremes.
Additionally, it is also difficult to quantify vulnerability in developing countries due both to the lack of data and the fact that other contributing factors such as conflict and food security vary greatly over time.
How can we use flood forecasting to predict river flow in developing countries taking into account the lack of data? The Global Flood Awareness System bypasses this lack of information by using a model climatology approach. Such an approach aims to predict the correct return period of a flow and not the actual flow within the river.
The assumption it uses is that a flow that occurs only once in every twenty years within the model world can equate to an observed flow that only occurs once in every twenty years. Ultimately, to make use of these predictions requires linking with either inundation mapping or historical information on the impact of that return period flow.
Forecasting systems that take this approach show considerable potential. However, there are two barriers, unrelated to the skill of the forecast, which need to be overcome to enable these forecasts to be used for humanitarian action:
Release of money without certainty of event happening - Ultimately, funding is required to evacuate or preposition supplies, but despite the known benefits of acting before a disaster strikes, donors are reluctant to release money when there is no certainty that the disaster will occur. A paradigm shift is needed to overcome the caution over 'acting in vain'. Of course, when there is a reliable forecast of a 20% chance of flood, on 4 out of 5 occasions this flood will not occur. But given that the costs of an airdrop is an order of magnitude higher than moving aid by road, 'acting in vain' on 4 out of 5 occasions would enable a more efficient use of resources and therefore more lives saved in the long run.
Timing of action - Humanitarian action usually falls within two categories, either response to a disaster that has already happened, or long-term disaster risk reduction. With funding channelled through these functions, it is not clear who should take the responsibility for forecast-based action.
While meteorology and hydrology are scientific disciplines, the successful use of forecasts is not solely dependent on the skill of the forecast models. An increasingly more interdisciplinary skillset is required to promote the use of these forecasts within humanitarian organisations.
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text: 2019 Stitch Along Tour 2019 Stitch Along Tour Hello and welcome to my website!!! I'm so happy you are here. Happy National Embroidery Month! This has been an amazing tour with lots of inspiration and creativity, and there's lots more on the way! When I was asked to join the 2019 Stitch Along Tour, I was thrilled because I love Designs in Machine Embroidery and working with pre-printed panels. I really enjoy doing machine embroidery and working with Baby Lock's IQ Designer, so this project was a perfect match for me!!! My twist on the new Farmhouse Collection - Sentiments by dime, was "sew" much fun. I started this project using a Baby Lock Destiny, and about halfway through this project I got my Solaris!!! Happy Dance!!! So, of course, I had to let "Tinkerbell" play too! I used Sulky 40 wt. Rayon thread for the embroidery in a variety of colors. I always test embroidery designs before I stitch them out. I also wanted to audition my ideas before stitching on the "real" panel, so here's what I did. I hooped Sulky Soft 'n Sheer™ Stabilizer, or you can use Baby Lock No-Show Mesh Stabilizer. As you can see in this picture, I made a free standing appliqué (heart) and I embroidered the lettering directly onto the stabilizer. After I trimmed away the stabilizer, I was able to get a better idea as to what it would look liked stitched onto the panel. I love this auditioning technique!!! I pinned the heart in place and hooped the panel. At the machine (Destiny), I scanned the hooped fabric with the heart still pinned in place. Then, I was able to line up the design exactly where I wanted it to stitch ~ awesome! This is a beautiful appliqué design, and I wanted to put a twist on it. I found the red gingham fabric in my stash, and it had a tendency to fray! I thought it would be perfect to give the panel a shabby appeal! I used my Clover Patchwork scissors to snip around the edges of the fabric for an even shabbier look. Next, I focused on some fun features in IQ Designer that I'm so excited to share with you. Now, just to back up a little...prior to stitching the heart on the panel, I hooped the panel and scanned it in IQ Designer. I used the Line and Fill properties in IQ Designer to trace around the letters and fill the letters with a satin stitch. I chose to work in the color red because it was more visible. I had so much fun doing this that I forgot to take a more current picture, but here's a picture of the time I practiced on the letter "t" in the word "Gather." When I was ready to start for real, I started from the beginning with the word "The." When you save the artwork in IQ Designer and convert it to an embroidery design, the embroidery design is in the exact place where it needs to stitch, as long as you don't re-hoop! It's very important to note that I did not re-hoop my panel. Shown below is "The Gathering Place" design in the embroidery mode. Notice how I was able to zoom in 200%, so I could take a closer look. And, if I wanted to make any fine adjustments, I could have used the directional arrows to move the design. Here it is, stitching out exactly as planned!!!! This is so exciting! A lot of times when I work, I come up with new ideas at different stages. It turns out that I sewed on the border next! I love using Clover Wonder Clips, especially since I have a "help-purr" in my sewing room who likes to steal pins! Perfect timing...the Solaris arrived! This was the perfect opportunity to use the projector to project the floral spray on the panel exactly where I wanted it. The projector is revolutionary and makes perfect placement so easy! I really had fun using IQ Designer to transform the black border fabric!!!! Shown is the image of the scanned fabric. As you can see, I have just a wee bit more to finish! I used the brush tool in the fill properties menu to "brush" exactly where I wanted the decorative fill stitching. Here's what my embroidery designed looked like. I used Soft & Bright batting by The Warm Company, and Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive to secure all the layers together. I love this KK 2000!!! I used the Dual Feed Foot with the open toe foot attachment to stitch in the ditch between the panel and the border. If you aren't familiar with the Dual Feed Foot, it has a belt that you can't see in this picture. The belt helps to move the fabric from the top while the feed dogs move the fabric from the bottom! A really great foot to use when working with multiple layers!!! You can't tell in this picture, but I used Sulky 40 wt. Rayon thread in a variegated black and gray. I used a Clover Bias Tape Maker to make the bias tape for the binding. This was a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoyed reading about how I transformed the panel using my Baby Lock Destiny and Solaris machines, and IQ Designer. To enter to win the Farmhouse Collection - Sentiments panel kit, please leave a comment below. Be sure to include your first name and the initial of your last name in the comments. You can include your city and/or state if you want. I need a way to address you when I announce the winner. You can get another chance to win if you like my Sewing Machine Artistry Facebook page and comment there too!!! You can use the Facebook link at the top of this page to find my Facebook page. If you already like my page, please leave a comment on my Facebook page. I'll draw a random winner on Fri-yay, February 15th, 2019 at 12:00 noon EST!!! Be sure to come back and check out my Facebook page and/or website to find out if you are the winner!!! Thank you you so much for joining me here, and I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day!!! 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Perfumes are important, but also the budget remaining at your disposal is important, so in this respect we made a list of the best fragrances under $ 50.
1.Happy by Clinique Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 oz Women
This one of the best examples that can be found on the market, quality perfumes at reasonable prices. A very nice and great choice for a lady.
2.Jessica Simpson Fancy Love Eau de Parfum Spray for Women, 3.4 Fluid Ounce
This is a soft, feminine, creamy and powdery peach, the aroma is gorgeous.
3.Donna Karan DKNY Be Delicious Eau de Parfum for Women, Rollerball, 0.34 Ounce
This scent is delicious, yeeees, this is the perfect description. This size is great to carry in your purse or bag. Great to throw in your purse or bag for on the go touch ups! And they last forever!
4.Live Luxe By Jennifer Lopez For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 OZ
You will love this perfume. It's not too overpowering or too floral.
5. Hanae Mori by Hanae Mori for Women – 3.4 Ounce EDT Spray
A fruity floral fragrance for young women, perfectly balanced and with high versatility.
6. Romance by Ralph Lauren for Women, Eau De Parfum Natural Spray, 1 Ounce
Romance is a scent of romantic love and intimate moments full of joy and happiness, with an endlessly positive aura.It is good for a romantic night. It is sophisticated and not overwhelming, feminine but not too feminine. The bottle itself is very nice, minimal, and simple — not flashy or attention-seeking like other bottles.
7. Jessica Mcclintock By Jessica Mcclintock For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz.
Beautiful floral smell. You will always receive compliments because of that choice.
8. Garden Botanika Heart Eau De Parfum, 3.38 Fluid Ounce
Sheer and soft, making it a perfect every day fragrance.
9. Dkny Be Delicious By Donna Karan For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4-Ounce Bottle
The smell is light enough not to overwhelm others who are near me. It is also strong enough to last during the day. I will always purchase more when I am through with this one.
I am pleasantly surprised by it's fantastic price-quality ratio.
10. Cashmere Mist By Donna Karan For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4-Ounce
It's soft and mild, maybe a little powdery, but overall just a nice, clean fragrance. It isn't overpowering but just works so well to prevent and mask any odor. And it doesn't matter that it's a perfume brand. You don't need to wear the matching perfume. I wear other perfumes with this and it's fine just like I would with any other deodorant brand. The texture is soft and smooth. Feels good going on. It's more expensive than drug store brands but it's worth the money. It lasts a long time too.


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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube) review
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The Care pillar: Kering is taking steps to reduce its environmental footprint and preserve the planet and its natural resources by using innovative tools, new practices, and original methodologies and by applying stringent standards.
Kering is developing innovative tools to gain a better understanding of its environmental footprint and to prioritize its choices based on its sustainability strategy. The Group sources raw materials in sustainable ways, preserves biodiversity, and meets the highest standards of health, safety, and animal welfare.
Reducing our environmental footprint
By promoting sustainable design, Kering is reducing the environmental impact of its products, from the sourcing of raw materials to their manufacturing, transportation, and other activities. The Group has made a commitment to reduce its EP&L (Environmental Profit and Loss account) across its supply chain by 40% between now and 2025. This methodology developed by the Group to measure and assign a monetary value to the environmental footprint of its entire supply chain has received praise and multiple awards.
Kering is also targeting a 50% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2025 within Scopes 1 to 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol*. Beyond its commitment to reducing emissions across its business, Kering has a pioneering offset program through REDD+ projects that supports the conservation of some of the world's most bio-diverse forests while contributing to the livelihoods of local communities. In 2019, Kering committed to full carbon neutrality across the Group by offsetting the Group's annual Greenhouse Gas emissions from 2018 on top of all efforts to first avoid and then reduce them.
The Group also promotes new sustainable practices related to water consumption, air and water pollution, waste, and land use, such as the Clean by Design program, whose first phase ended in 2017 following audits to improve the energy efficiency and optimize the resource consumption of 24 textile plants that work with the Group. A new phase focused on six plants in China is now underway. Numerous audits have been conducted since early 2017, resulting in an annual reduction of several thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Choosing responsible and well-managed supply sources
Kering's aim is for 100% to be transparent by 2025. Here the objective is to improve traceability and progressively increase the use of raw materials coming from responsible and well-managed sources.
A further goal is to see that by 2025, 100% of Kering's suppliers meet the standards set by the Group for environmental stewardship, traceability, animal welfare, the use of chemical products, and working conditions.
Protecting and restoring biodiversity
Kering has launched a number of initiatives to ensure the protection and sustainability of natural resources. The Group's overall goal is to preserve such resources, which play a pivotal role in its activities. Our approach is organized into four stages: avoid, reduce, restore & regenerate, and transform.
Discover Kering's Biodiversity strategy
*The GHG Protocol establishes comprehensive global standardized frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions. It has been developed through collaboration between NGOs, governments, industry associations, businesses and other organizations and is developing standards, tools and online training that helps countries and cities track progress towards their climate goals.


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They have torn it from my very soul
Yet look closely
See how it still beats
They have deafened my ears,
So I can not hear their words
They have blinded my eyes
So I can not see their deeds
They have sewn my lips
So I can not tell the things I know
Yet they can not still my heart
See how it still beats
And you my people
Shall be my ears, my eyes, my lips
My heart is now your heart
It's beat is now your beat
Take it from my hand
A hand that has held no sword
Nor caused no man, woman or child to weep or to grieve
A hand that has gently caressed those I cherish
And toiled the soil of the Land I love
Our Land.
I can no longer walk among you
My legs weary from shackles and blows
I am The Past
This heart is The Future
Use it carefully
Not to hurt nor deceive
Use it peacefully
Not to avenge
Use it not in my name, nor even in yours
But in the name of Our Land
The young and the unborn
Do not let the heart of Our Land
Lie broken on streets of ruby red
Let it beat once more
Vibrantly, passionately
As it did before..
..before They ripped it from our souls
Part Three of a trilogy. See also
Part One:They say, 'seek and ye shall find'
Part Two: I am no stranger
Wherever you may be - be safe
Copyright Mike Hitchen Online, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia. All rights reserved
Copyright Mike Hitchen Online, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia. All rights reserved


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Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee Opens
Award-Winning Hotel Brand Brings 146 Suites to Milwaukee
WAUWATOSA, Wis. and MCLEAN, Va. - Homewood Suites by Hilton, part of Hilton's (NYSE: HLT) All Suites portfolio, announced today its newest property, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee. Designed for guests who want to travel on their own terms, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee offers guests all the comforts of home, whether they are traveling for work or enjoying a well-earned getaway. With 146 new suites, the hotel provides a new extended-stay choice for guests visiting the state's most popular tourism destination, which saw growth last year*.
"Milwaukee is a booming tourism destination and our new Homewood Suites property welcomes visitors seeking value-centric accommodations," said Amy Grunwald, general manager. "Whether for business or leisure, our spacious suites and comfortable amenities will help guests feel right at home while also providing easy access to all of Milwaukee's main attractions."
Developed and owned by Phoenix Wauwatosa Hotel LLC and managed by Aimbridge Hospitality, one of the leading independent hotel investment and management firm in the United States, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee offers a combination of studio, one- and two-bedroom accommodations, featuring fully equipped kitchens and separate living and sleeping areas. Guests are also provided all the essentials needed for a smart, reliable and convenient stay including complimentary daily full-hot breakfast, evening social Monday-Thursday, Wi-Fi and a grocery shopping service**. Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee also makes it easy for travelers to unwind with an outdoor kitchen and grill area, fitness center and indoor heated pool. The property also offers 1,400 square feet of flexible space that is ideal for meetings and social events.
Located at 11320 West Burleigh Street, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee offers guests convenient access to Mayfair Mall, Milwaukee County Zoo, Mount Mary University and the attractions in Downtown Milwaukee. A complimentary shuttle service within a five-mile radius of the property is also available.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee participates in Hilton's award-winning customer loyalty program, Hilton Honors. Hilton Honors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels have access to instant benefits, including a flexible payment slider that allows members to choose nearly any combination of Points and money to book a stay, an exclusive member discount, free standard Wi-Fi, as well as digital amenities that are available exclusively through the industry-leading Hilton Honors app, where Honors members can check-in, choose their room, and access their room using a Digital Key. For more information or to make a reservation, visit Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee or call 414-444-2844.
Read more about Homewood Suites by Hilton at www.homewoodsuites.com and news.homewoodsuites.com.
*SOURCE: On Milwaukee
**Guest pays for groceries. Other restrictions apply.
About Homewood Suites by Hilton
Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hilton's upscale, all-suite, extended-stay hotel brand with more than 500 locations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean, with 115 properties in the pipeline, is an award-winning leader. The first choice for guests seeking comfortable accommodations when traveling for extended or quick overnight stays, Homewood Suites offers inviting, generous suites featuring separate living and sleeping areas, and fully equipped kitchens with full-size refrigerators. Additional value-driven essentials include complimentary internet, a daily full hot breakfast, and complimentary evening socials every Monday - Thursday. Hilton Honors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels have access to instant benefits, including a flexible payment slider that allows members to choose nearly any combination of Points and money to book a stay, an exclusive member discount that can't be found anywhere else, free standard WiFi, and digital amenities like digital check-in with room selection and Digital Key (select locations), available exclusively through the industry-leading Hilton Honors mobile app. Homewood Suites is focused on guest satisfaction and stands behind each stay with its 100% Suite Assurance® guarantee. For more information on the extended-stay advantage, visit www.homewoodsuites.com or newsroom.hilton.com/homewoodsuites, and connect with Homewood Suites on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
About Hilton
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 18 world-class brands comprising more than 6,200 properties with more than 983,000 rooms, in 118 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its mission to be the world's most hospitable company, Hilton welcomed more than 3 billion guests in its 100-year history, earned a top spot on the 2019 World's Best Workplaces list, and was named the 2019 Global Industry Leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. In 2020, Hilton CleanStay was introduced, bringing an industry-defining standard of cleanliness and disinfection to hotels worldwide. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the 108 million members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy, plus enjoy instant benefits, including digital check-in with room selection, Digital Key, and Connected Room. Visit newsroom.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.Download Article Photos