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[Editor's Note] Untravel Weekends is a feature series on resorts, homestays and guesthouses that are built and run on the foundations of responsible travel by means of nature conservation, using alternative energy, reducing waste, recycling, rain water harvesting, organic farming, sourcing and feeding into the local economy or promoting indigenous cultures.
Do Just Nothing!
That's what the folks at Linger Getaways promise and happily deliver to the city breds looking for a quiet escape into the hills of Coorg and Chikmaglur or the beaches of Gokarna in Karnataka.
Linger was born with this passion in mind. It intends to make vacations more about losing yourself than about getting your money's worth in a hectic itinerary. To be surprised by the nature's bounty yet to be explored, to slow down, enjoy the journey and just do nothing. But why do just nothing? Perhaps, because Sameer Shisodia, who founded Linger, has been very conscious of travellers (formerly who comprised mostly of their friends), in any way, redesigning the natural structures and culture of the places he set up at.
Beyond serenity and a scenic view, Linger consciously believes in reducing traveller footprint that has reduced many a exotic and unseen places to tourist bubbles. While people are allowed to be at Linger, they can explore the local culture and trails of the region in it's natural state and warmly blend into it.
Here Sameer tells us about their experience in giving more to travellers by doing less.
What is your background and what motivated you for starting this venture? What is your story of setting up the resort?
For starters, it breaks our hearts when someone calls these resorts. We honestly haven't figured out a good tag yet, so are sticking to "Guesthouses"
After I quit the last start-up I had co-founded, my wife and I had started building a cottage on the small estate we'd bought in Coorg, and a few friends who went over liked the experience of staying at a gentle paced, locally designed guesthouse which afforded them to see the place without any tourism filters on. The idea behind Linger was born and through a series of good fortune and a network of friends, we've added three more locations since. Vijay came on board as we got serious about the second property at Balur Estate that came our way purely through good fortune and goodwill.
What are the 5 aspects of responsible travel you have worked on and what it took to implement them in the guesthouse?
The primary one would be to be true to the place – local knowhow in creating it, local food, customs and people. We hire our staff locally. Secondly, we believe vacations should not create stress. We encourage folks to see the place 'the slow way', plan less and "do nothing". We do not let guests pay us at the property – it's like home while there – and do not keep a tab of what they've ordered from the kitchen. Thirdly, travel should be about discovering, learning not consuming. We make places comfortable without changing their character.
We also like to stay low density. We must not stress the land, water, resources around the place we are in. And hence, no plastic bottles are allowed at Linger. We also want the people working with us to benefit, be proud of their place, its food, its history and communicate the same with our travellers.
What has been the impact of your venture – on the local people, environment, the place itself, sensitizing travellers and anything else they'd like to stress on?
The response to the "do nothing" notion has been phenomenal. People have also readily pushed their mental notions of what a weekend vacation is and walked/read more, or overcome the fear of the dark, or insects, tasted new food and not been worried about "seeing everything". Many have appreciated our unique way of bottling water, learned the local language a bit, even interacted with our neighbours and understood plantation activities a bit more. We do see a lot more travellers than just plain tourists now, and that's heartening!
Most of the staff is starting to appreciate their own place a lot more and is sensitive to a greater degree about not just using plastic but also a host of other issues.
Can you share some interesting experiences/anecdotes from travellers who've visited?
A regular at our properties had visited a very nice place in North Kerala recently. They were up early and asked a friendly staff member for a cup of tea, and were told the kitchen would open only at 7:30am. They called me up post breakfast just to let us know how much they'd gotten used to Linger – they'd have been asked for tea as they got up!
Another friend (most of our guests become friends!) had gone over with their extended family, and a senior gentleman made it a point to tell us how the place reminded him of his childhood days, and that he was very comfortable having dinner in his veshthi. That was a major learning for us and we build the place around such attributes – to soothe and befriend and not to wow and intimidate in any respect – be it our guests, or our staff.


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Like most people, Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love to decorate my home with lights, adorn my tree with ornaments and set up my animated nativity scene just above my fireplace. I enjoy driving around neighborhoods looking at lights and taking in all the beautiful Christmas decorations. So, needless to say, I love everything about Christmas!
Now that Christmas Day has come and gone, I reflect on the past few weeks. The hustle and bustle, the parties and gifts, the songs and the greetings. And I examine myself: Did I really connect? Did I take a moment to ponder that Holy Night and that Special Gift? And will I truly try to carry the spirit of the season in my heart for the days, weeks, and months to come? Or do I set it aside along with the torn wrapping paper and empty boxes?
This time of year usually adds more tasks to my already full to-do list, and this year was no different. This month has been filled with loads of events to attend, a house to decorate, dishes to prepare for holiday parties, school Christmas programs to attend, church cantata rehearsals, and gifts to buy. With so much to do and so little time to do it, it is easy to miss the beauty of the season.
Each year, however, I refuse to allow stress to turn the Christmas season into a competition. To combat stress, one of the things I find joy in is listening to Christmas music. I know that there are numerous versions to some of the same classic songs. However, what I have learned to do is not solely focus on the tune, but rather listen to the words. When I do this, I find out that I just might hear the voice of God, and it may be the very therapy that I need in order to see Christmas as something more.
Let's take a look at one of my favorite songs, "O Holy Night." I love this song! Without a doubt, it is such a beautiful melody. Conversely, in verse one, hidden is one lyric that is a countenance of the Christmas spirit. "'Til he appeared and the soul felt its worth…."
A fulfilled promise lies true with the coming of Christ. Jesus' birth is prophesied in the Old Testament, like Isaiah 7:14, which references Mary, the virgin's birth. Miraculous is the birth as is the promise that presented humanity redemption. This was the first essential step towards Easter and the cross. So, when Christ was born, like this song says, as His children, we all revealed that we were worthy. Even in all of our mess (sin), God deemed us still important enough to keep His promise and come for our souls. I tell you what…..that is pure love!
So what does Christmas mean to me? It is all about God giving us His best, because He passionately loves us. Don't believe me? Remember what John tells us in John 3:16: "For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son…" (NLT). Again, the Bible reassures His love in 1st John 4:9-10: "God showed how much He loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. This is real love" (NLT).
By now, you should be smiling! Does that not just warm your heart? As you go through the hectic holiday season where you are doing all that you can to keep up, you can be at peace, because you have already established worth and love in your Heavenly Father. Forgot to buy a gift? It's fine! Messed up putting up the Christmas lights? That's ok, too! Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' birth and the awareness that we are loved just the way we are.
I hope you enjoyed a Merry Christmas! And may the Joy of the season abide with you throughout the New Year!

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Before you discovered Codemesh integration products, your infrastructure group wrote a lof of JNI integration code by hand. Eventually, you want to retire all of it and replace it with code using generated proxy classes, but right now you still have to use the old module and you're just adding new functionality based on Codemesh products.
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Apple products about to get a THX audio upgrade
It looks as if the sound on your audio devices is about to get a whole lot better. According to a Tweet by 'Tech Guy' Leo Laporte that was reported on GigaOm Wednesday morning, Apple has hired Tomlinson Holman as its new audio chief.
Holman is best known for being the guy who is almost single-handedly responsible for the creation of Lucasfilm's THX sound. During the 15 years he spent working for George Lucas he created the worlds first 10.2 surround sound system and won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement.
Currently, Holman is a film sound professor at USC. That is, until Apple came knocking. If Laporte's Tweet is true, we might see some of this technical genius come to Apple products.
I would welcome an upgrade to the sound of most Mac products, the speakers on my 11″ Macbook Air are horrendous. But even more exciting would be a huge bump in the quality of sound output from iPads and iPhones.
Currently the screen of the iPad is big and bright enough to show a table full of people a video but good luck getting the volume high enough for them to hear it, leading to that awkward 'hand-amplifier' cupping of the speaker and the craning of necks. Perhaps Holman can pump some of that Academy Award-winning sound knowledge into the audio output of the next iPhone and iPad.
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Again, the rush of news consumes us. Too much of it horrific.
The slaughter in Las Vegas.
The heartache and ruin in Puerto Rico made worse, many believe, by the slow federal response and the insensitive tweeting by President Donald Trump.
And, now a month later, who even still worries or thinks about how the people in Houston are managing the devastation after Hurricane Harvey?
Now comes maybe a political hurricane of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, which opened its new term this week.
"There's only one prediction that's entirely safe about the upcoming term," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said late last month at Georgetown's law school. "And that is, it will be momentous."
One case involves the artistry of a baker who sells his creations to the public but, for religious reasons, refuses to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Do the baker's religious beliefs override his public license? If yes, what restrictions on discrimination would be allowed? Would we see signs again on doors saying who will and won't be served?
Another case explores the impact of gerrymandering, the overt political drawing of election boundaries to determine political outcomes. A ruling by the court could upend American politics. (Redistricting again becomes a big deal after the 2020 census. That's why the 2018 elections are so important.)
A third case is the limit of your privacy rights while using a cellphone. How private is your life when a phone can track your every move and that information could be made available to law enforcement or other government entities?
Your Notebook also is watching a workplace case that, depending on how it is decided, could cripple the finances of public sector unions.
A Supreme Court ruling in 1977 said public service workers did not have to belong to unions but at least were required to pay an "agency fee" to any union that legally represented those workers for pay and work rules. Any such fee cannot be used by unions for political activities.
But a case on appeal out of Illinois (Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) seeks to overturn that ruling. Mark Janus, a child support specialist, contends that workers should not be compelled to pay any union dues at all.
Labor union leaders worry the conservative-leaning court is poised to overturn the 1977 ruling. It's important because public sector unions are a stronghold of union membership and power. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 34 percent of public sector workers are covered by unions, far more than the 6.5 percent of private-sector workers. In local government, about 40 percent of workers are covered by union contracts.
In Maryland, Montgomery County Public Schools filed a brief in the case supporting the right of unions to assess non-members. The teachers' union is particularly strong in Montgomery County. The brief argues that agency fees give unions "financial security" to represent all workers covered.
Janus is represented pro bono in his case by attorneys from the National Right to Work Foundation.
There could be one bright side for public employee unions, some observers say. If they lose the right to assess non-members, it will prompt — or force — the unions to become more aggressive in recruiting members and educating them on what unions do for workers. It clearly is a fight that will take on more urgency if the Supreme Court torpedoes the current dues system.
■ Momentous birthdays, too. This week, more lightheartedly, we quote our former wife, Deborah Jones Sherwood, who observed another birthday this week. Read the whole column on her blog, DeborahJonesSherwood.com, but here's an excerpt:
"I am part of a generation that said, 'Never Trust Anyone Over 30.' I am now twice that, plus a little more.
"Aside from my short term memory deficit, growing old can be quite advantageous as well as entertaining. I get to board flights first, I get discounts at movies, stores, restaurants, and people don't seem so miffed when I say, 'I'm sorry, I forgot.'
"One of the many great things about being an old lady is that so many strangers are willing to help me. One afternoon, I was walking down a flight of stairs when a young woman coming toward me said, 'Excuse me, but did you know your shoe is untied?' (I didn't.) I thanked her and leaned over to tie it when she said, 'Let me do that for you.'
"The physical aspects of aging are obvious; I don't walk as quickly or as far, and I could swear I used to be taller. On the upside, I am no longer terrified when I catch my reflection in a store window, since I finally concluded my mother isn't haunting me. I often wear a feather clip which covers my thinning hair. It's actually kind of cute and makes people think I'm quirky.
"I am now at the greatly advanced age of sixty-nine.
"My mailbox is incessantly stuffed with catalogues sent by companies anxious to sell me items all beneficial to my aging body. Compression socks, oversized cell phones with gigantic buttons, and vitamin supplements top the list.
"One by one they get tossed into the recycle bin. Although, I have considered an 'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up' button. Might be worth looking into."
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.


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Well, we returned from our Italian trip two weeks ago, and I think we're just about recovered & back to reality…! Last year, we went to a lovely 5* hotel in Tenerife and sat by a pool. We didn't do an awful lot, and we also made use of the Baby Club on a number of occasions – but it was some great chill time in the sun with our Little. It was also the week Oscar decided to start walking, so it will always be memorable! However, the week was topped off by a 5 hour flight FROM HELL! Don't ask. No, actually, I'll tell you – he basically just screamed in our faces at point blank range for the duration of the flight and we spent the whole time standing with the cabin crew at the back door, hiding from every other human being on the plane. Yeah, was great.
ANYWAY… Fast forward to this year we decided on trying a different kind of holiday that was a little more adventurous. We'd talked about going to Italy and decided we would book our flights and then sort out a suitable route ourselves. We decided to fly into Pisa, spend a night there before moving onto Florence, a city that came highly recommended by friends and family. I'll be honest though, once I started looking at accommodation, I went a little rogue, and without even consulting Robin I booked our Pisa accommodation, 3 nights in Florence and then three nights in a place I had never heard of until that day when I saw it on the Lonely Planet Facebook page and thought "jings, that looks cool" – Cinque Terre. We definitely learnt some things along the way, so I've highlighted my Toddler Tips with [TT]!
Florence is a beautiful city and fairly small and easy to navigate. Although, it possibly isn't the best place for a toddler that is still slightly too young to let loose and expected to stay close, so poor Oscar ended up confined to his pram a lot of the time as it was just so busy. On our first full day in the city we decided to get passes for the hop on, hop off sightseeing bus as an easy way to get around main landmarks with a pram [TT] – this worked really well, and we got to soak up the stunning views from the Piazzale Michelangelo, which we probably would never have scaled by foot with the pram! We also used the bus to get to the Boboli Gardens for a picnic [TT] which was great to let Oscar explore and run riot (the selection of cheeses, cured meats and fresh produce in even the small city centre supermarkets in Florence are amazing – so our picnic was well stocked!) We even found a beautiful carousel in Piazza della Repubblica [TT] that Oscar loved – until it was time to get off. At 1€ a go, it's just lovely!
Overall, and as expected, all the food was outstanding. We tended to snack a lot through the day to make sure Oscar was getting enough since he wasn't eating full meals in the heat and everywhere you looked there were little sandwich & panini stalls and shops – I even managed to find a toastie as big as my head, what more could a gal want?! And then there was the gelato, well, it was amazing, even if we did pay 20€ for two tubs of the stuff on the Ponte Vecchio! We also enjoyed a Bistecca alla Fiorentina at a trattoria across from our apartment, cause ya know, when in Rome Florence…
For this trip, I had booked apartments and it definitely had it's advantages. It meant Oscar had his own room so we could chill in the evenings without worrying about disturbing him and after the first night when a combination of travel, heat and tiredness must have got to him and he threw up sour milk and pizza all over his favourite bunny, it was great to have a washing machine on hand to sort the mess out!
We traveled between cities by train. An Italian colleague of mine put the fear into me days before we left when I told him we were travelling by train and he warned me to have a back up as the services were very unreliable – but it came as a huge relief when everything ran perfectly on schedule, which is better than they manage here a lot of the time!
Next stop – Cinque Terre.
It was lovely to step off the train and see the sea! It doesn't really feel like a holiday until there's a beach or a pool, does it? Shortly after I'd discovered Cinque Terre via Facebook and had a quick Google to find that it was relatively close to Florence, I searched some 'travel with kids blogs' and found recommendations of the best town to stay in. Cinque Terre literally means, Five Worlds and each world is a little town, but some are more accessible than others – I chose Riomaggiore, the first of the World's, as our base.
If you're thinking of travelling to Cinque Terre with a baby or toddler, be warned, it's INCREDIBLY hilly. I'm talking steps everywhere and 45* hills, it's not for the faint hearted, nor is it for a buggy…! We had ours with us and had fully intended on taking our baby carrier too [TT] but down to being wholly unorganised we couldn't find it (in hindsight, we probably shouldn't have left it until the day we were flying to look…!). Even our apartment was down a 30ft flight of windy, uneven, huge stairs, but, it had a great view – you win some, you lose some I suppose!
Cinque Terre is famous for its hiking trails and I can honestly say we didn't even consider attempting them with Oscar, but with a carrier & a decent amount of stamina, some probably are possible. Or if your child is older, it's probably great, but wasn't for us!
[TT] There's a brilliant, and frequent, pram friendly, train service that runs between the five towns all day and we used this on our first day to go and explore. We headed straight to Monterosso and it's beach that we had heard so much about. The beach is very much a pebble beach, so grab your toddler some wee coral shoes because it is sore on your feet! We also managed to find the play park in Monterosso [TT], there's one in each town but we didn't look for the rest. However, this one presented itself on the promenade, plus there's a brilliant little Focacceria across the road for getting lunch snacks!
Vernazza turned out to be our favourite and has a very small sandy beach next to the Marina, but so pretty. This is also where we got the boat from back to Riomaggiore which is a great way to see the classic Cinque Terre view. It was Oscar's first boat ride and he LOVED it – seriously, take your toddler on a boat, they love it [TT]!
The restaurants in Cinque Terre were a bit more tourist focused, but that's ok, the place is a UNESCO heritage site, and as expected, FULL of tourists. There's seafood and pizza galore and lots of fresh produce lining the streets for snacking on during the day which Oscar loved. Then of course there was the old faithful gelatarias at every turn (thankfully cheaper than Florence…!)
We never made it to Corniglia, we stepped off the train, took one look at the hill we had to climb and did an about turn, but the other four towns had so much charm and it was honestly the most photogenic place I've ever visited – so beautiful and colourful – to the point that I was close to forgiving it for the 70,000 steps (give or take…) that we probably had to carry a pram + toddler up and down all day long.
In hindsight we tried to cram a lot into a week, maybe too much, but what we saw of Italy was beautiful. The places we visited may not have been overly child friendly, and at times it was stressful, but everyone we met made things that bit easier. As a family orientated country it's common place to see children out in restaurants at a late hour, and everywhere we visited people were so attentive to Oscar, whether it was making sure he was given some bread to snack on the second we sat down or entertained with a magic show! This made life a LOT easier since, shock horror, sometimes a toddler isn't too happy about being strapped into a high chair for the 10th meal in a row only to realise he has to wait half an hour for his spaghetti!
All that said, we would definitely return to Italy. If we were to do anything different though I'd say it would be great to have a hotel with more amenities as a base, for the days that we inevitably just want to chill out and play in the pool. These are the days that, coincidentally, your toddler is sick to death of being strapped into their buggy.
Did I miss the option of the baby club for a few hours of relaxation? Yeah, a wee bit.
Did I absolutely love the pizza though? Yeah, a lot.
I suppose where ever you go, travelling with a toddler will have its ups and downs but my final Toddler Tip [TT] is as long as you're equipped with some [read: a lot] of patience, and iPad and bag of snacks you should be fine… we survived, just.


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Go Green to Detox - I have to say that this is a first for me, but decided to give it a try. We're SLOWLY trying to eat healthier foods. I'll be honest, I'm having a rough time with it. I'm just a country girl, born and raised, and am having a hard time adapting to new foods and new meals. I'm having to learn how to prepare meals without meat. So....every couple of days, I've been trying … [Read more...]
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Okay, so it's not food, but it DOES involve working in the kitchen. I wanted to share with you how to make your own laundry detergent. It saves a ton of money and I love how it cleans our clothes. I've been doing this for just over a year and wouldn't have it any other way. This takes about 20 minutes to mix and it's not hard at all. I will say that it does NOT make suds (not many anyway) but … [Read more...]
Chef's Salad and Royal China
I found this Royal China Chef's Salad Bowl several years ago in an antique shop. I have collected quite a few Royal China Pie Plates but didn't even know there was a series of these bowls called the "Garden Classic Series". Now I'll be on the lookout for them. I'd like to share the story behind this series and Royal China before posting the recipe......which is from the front/inside of this … [Read more...]
Making My Menu
NOTE: Future Menu posts won't be this long. I just felt a bit of explanation was needed. Before I begin, I'll list a couple reasons why I've begun making a menu before I go shopping. the rising cost of food I no longer have to guess "what's for dinner" I'm on a quest to cook and eat healthier (more on this later) I make my menu on Wednesdays.......every 2 weeks......and … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Pancakes
We woke up to a skiff of snow covering the ground....again this morning. So I decided it was a good day to play in the kitchen! I found this recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes in "The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook" and gave it a try. We don't care for Bisquick or any boxed pancake mixes and I'm so glad I found this. They taste amazing!! I can't wait to fix them for the grandsons when they … [Read more...]


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One in ten children and young people are likely to suffer from some form of diagnosable mental health need.
Stigma about mental health can stop children and young people talking about their feelings, and reinforce negative views about mental health. This ultimately means that they are less likely to seek the help they need.
The Future in Mind Partnership for Derby and Derbyshire has launched a new campaign that looks to combat stigma – Be a Mate.
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Talking about feelings is the first step to getting help but children and young people can feel reluctant to tell anyone that they are struggling with their feelings. They can be afraid that their friends and family will judge them negatively, or call them names that could be hurtful.
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Deciding to make over the kids' bathroom is a great opportunity for creativity and safety to come together in one glorious design. It can be a lot of fun making plans to do a bathroom remodel in New Bedford for children. Bright, beautiful colors and exciting themes are available for kids' decor that just won't work in a master suite. A few factors must be considered before moving forward: the child's gender, the number of children, and the ages of the children in the home. It is important to find decorative items to go with your brand new all wood construction cabinets that won't be quickly outdated or seem too childish for older children.
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Abu Dhabi - Andy Murray's return to action after a three-month injury lay-off ended in a straight sets defeat to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Mudabala World Tennis Championship on Thursday.
The Wimbledon champion and world number four went down 7-5, 6-3 to 10th-ranked Tsonga on the opening day of the three-day exhibition tournament.
"The courts here are very fast and you have to react quickly," said 26-year-old Murray, who underwent back surgery in September.
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Tsonga went into the match with an 8-1 career deficit in competitive matches.
Even though Thursday's clash was an exhibition meeting, the 28-year-old Frenchman was happy to have secured a rare triumph.
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Yuma, Ariz. – The City of Yuma and members of PSA Art Awakenings unveiled a public art mural along 32nd Street, near its intersection with Avenue A, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
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The artwork was created in response to the "Yuma Mobile Mural," a piece created last summer by members of the PSA Art Awakening's Art Therapy Program, which promotes empowerment and recovery through the power of creative expression for adults and youth facing behavioral health challenges.
City Administrator Greg Wilkinson, Deputy City Administrator Ricky Rinehart, Parks and Recreation Director Debbie Wendt, and the Yuma Art Center's Arts & Culture Program Manager Lindsay Benacka were in attendance to unveil the mural.
"Public art plays an integral role in creating a sense of community," Benacka said. "When public art is incorporated into a new or existing project, a community's identity is impacted two-fold: community members feel a more invested, deepened sense of community pride, and an the other fold, visitors to a community receive a better understanding of the area and their visit is both more memorable and enriching.?
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Astonishing Video From NASA/JPL: Four Days at Saturn
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft stared at Saturn for nearly 44 hours in April 2016 to obtain this movie showing four Saturn days.
Cassini will begin a series of dives between the planet and its rings in April 2017, building toward a dramatic end of mission — a final plunge into the planet, six months later.
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Approval for Sony's takeover of the Sony Ericsson brand has been granted by the European commission.
After Sony bought out Ericsson in October 2011 this was the last major hurdle for it to overcome and with this now out of the way, it opens the gates to a ream of Sony branded handsets this year.
Sony Ericsson recorded big losses in Q4 of 2011 and the hope is that with Sony in sole control of the brand, it will be able to turn the ship around and put the smartphone division back on track.
And then there was one
We are expecting to see a wave of Sony branded handsets at MWC 2012 in Barcelona at the end of February and there has been no shortage of potential phones leaked over the past month.
We've seen a potential Sony handset road map leaked, with details on the Kumquat (Sony Xperia U) Pepper, Tapioca and Nyphon emerging over the last few weeks.
Coupled with the launch of the Sony Xperia S at CES 2012, it looks like Sony is going to have a very busy year in the smartphone market and we are keen to see what it has to offer.
From Reuters via Xperia Blog


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A few months back, during the summer, a long time customer called.
I groomed her Maltese for about 10 years before he passed away.
That was 9 years ago.
She called us this summer to let us know that she was going to get a new Maltese.
She also wanted to find out if she could get back on our client list.
Of course we would take her back, she was a really good customer.
She called a few weeks ago looking for an appointment for her new Maltese.
Isn't she cute?
She is very sweet.
I was not at the shop when the owner dropped her off.
I was picking up another dog, so my husband took her in.
Because I was not there to take her in , I was not able to ask a lot of questions about the dog before I groomed it.
I had a lot of questions, because this dog was matted.
This owner had always taken really great care of her other Maltese.
This dog was not just a little matted, she was pelted.
Her entire body was a cast.
Someone had been brushing the top of her coat but that was all.
Only her face was mat free.
I wanted to know when the owner got her.
How long she had her.
My husband didn't ask and didn't know.
I wanted to know if someone had been bathing her.
My husband did ask that, and was told that the owner had not bathed her since she got her.
I couldn't imagine that this owner would not have brought this dog to me if she had had her for a while.
I decided to bathe her first, in hopes that I could get the mats to loosen up, away from the skin, so that I could hopefully get a #4F blade through her.
I also did not want to wet shave a white dog whose skin seemed so thin and delicate.
The matting was just way too tight to wet shave for me.
I could tell that someone had most defiantly been bathing this dog with the mats in her.
The mats were what I call tight bath mats.
(Mats that had been washed and left to tighten up while the dog air dried.)
I soaked her in Best Shot Shampoo and Creme Rinse.
I tried to work the mats apart, and loosen them up while she soaked in the shampoo.
These mats weren't going anywhere.
My only hope now was, that the HV drier would loosen the mats away from the skin a little.
The mats did not budge.. at all!
There was no possible way of saving any of this little girls coat.
I really hated that I was going to have to shave this dog.
Stubborn me had to make sure that I could not get a #5F blade through the coat.
I knew that I was going to have to use a #7F, but I was hoping the #5F might get through.
It took me about five minutes just to get the #7F blade started through the coat.
Oh, and she also acted like she had never had a clipper touch her before.
I had to let the clipper lay against her till she got used to the vibration before I could start clipping.
Once she accepted the sound and feel of the clipper, she did great.
Her coat was coming off in one piece, and she was going to look pink.
These photos were not only for my blog, but they were also to show the owner.
She was being so good.
She was feeling better too.
I saved the matted coat for the owner to see and feel.
Because the coat is clean, I am thinking about framing it and keeping it to show other customers that want to fight me about matted coats.
When the owner came to pick her up, I started asking questions.
As the owner talked, I got mad.
She got this dog around the end of October.
She drove a few States away to get her.
The Maltese is 2 years old.
The breeder was showing her but said that she did not like the way the dog ran in the ring, so she was no longer going to show her.
When my customer went to pick the Maltese up, the breeder told her that she (the breeder) normally grooms all of her dogs, but because my customer was buying the dog, she (the breeder) took the dog to a groomer and had her groomed right before my customer came to pick her up.
That was in late October.
The matting on this dog took way longer than 2 months to get that matted.
My customer thought that the coat on this Maltese was just a lot thicker than the coat on her other Maltese had been.
She had been trying to brush the dog because the breeder had told her that the dog should not be clipped short.
She said that the dog would get upset with her when she tried to brush its coat.
Ya think?
I have a hard time believing that this breeder and possibly a groomer would bathe a dog and leave the mats in the coat.
But, there was the proof.
A pelted Maltese that had just been sold to my customer.
A pelted coat that took a long, long time to get that way.
How in the world could someone hand a dog over to a new owner in that shape?
My customer was so upset that she did not realize that the dog was that badly matted.
She was a regular customer with her other Maltese, and always kept him in great shape.
She was also embarrassed that she didn't realize that the coat was matted and not just thick and different from her first Maltese.
I told her that I thought that this may have been the first time that the dog had ever been clipped with clippers.
I also told her that her new dog may be embarrassed by its new hair cut.
I told her not to laugh at the dog, but to keep telling her how pretty she was.
I did not find any sores under the matting, but told her to watch out for the dog going home and rubbing on furniture or the carpet.
My customer was very happy with the cut.
She made her next appointment for a bath and neaten up in 8 weeks.
She plans on keeping her around 2 inches long.
It is good to have a regular customer back.
This Maltese is very lucky to have a new home with this owner. :)
Happy Grooming, MFF


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Welcome to the 2016 Carat Tube edition, our agency's qualitative analysis of the new TV programming. Our experts cover each TV upfront by evaluating the new shows and returning hits featured by each broadcaster.
Every year, TV upfront season is one of the key moments in the industry where broadcasters show their colors for the fall season. With the dramatic rise of digital, broadcasters must reinvent, innovate and adapt swiftly. Every year, the diversity of presentations proves the continuous dynamism of media and the willingness of our partners to work as close as ever with our clients. Although no major changes have been noticed in the TV space, to the exception of a few highly anticipated new shows, the networks are promising variety in their programming and alignment on the basis of their niche markets. We present to you a recap of the TV programming across the various media groups.
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Customers using EPM 188.8.131.52 and a web browser to
launch the Essbase Administration Services Console will lose the ability
to launch EAS Console via the Web URL if they apply Java 1.7 build 45.
Development is currently investigating this issue.
If Java 1.7 Update 45 has been installed, it will need to be uninstalled and a previous version will need to be installed.
Older versions of Java are available in the Java Archive
Though it may work, Java 1.7 is not supported in previous versions of EAS.
(Exception for PSU 22.214.171.124.104 which introduced JRE 1.7 support in the 184.108.40.206 code line)
Customers running a version of EAS Console prior to 220.127.116.11 need to install the supported version of JRE.
Please follow this also in the Oracle Community
EAS 126.96.36.199.104 supports JRE 1.7.
Thanks for the update. Have added following exception note for PSU 188.8.131.52.104 (Patch 17277761):
Though it may work, Java 1.7 is not supported in previous versions of EAS
(Exception for Patch Set Update 18.104.22.168.104 which introduced JRE 1.7 support in the EAS 184.108.40.206 code line.)
The 'Java archive' link is broken. :/
The Java archive link is now fixed


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At 2 months, most babies are beginning to cry less and spend more time awake. They are interested in what's going on around them. Babies enjoy looking at faces, seeing you smile and hearing your voice. They are learning language now, so talk and sing to your baby.
Talk to your baby in long sentences so he or she can hear and learn the grammar of your language. Also spend time making baby sounds, like "ba ba ba," to encourage language development. Pause and allow your baby time to respond. Your baby will also try to copy funny faces that you make.
If your baby will hear more than one language at home, begin exposing him or her to both languages now. It is much easier for children to speak more than one language if they've heard both languages from infancy. Hearing more than one language will not confuse your baby, but consider having one person speak one language to your baby, and another person speak the second language.
Parents often wonder what toys are best for babies. At around 2 months babies are learning to use their neck and shoulder muscles. They soon will begin trying to raise their heads when lying down and to reach out for objects when sitting. You can hold toys out in front of your baby to encourage him or her to reach. Babies love brightly colored objects, and mobiles will attract their attention. You can also introduce a soft rattle.
Here are a few safety tips to remember when choosing toys for your baby:
In addition to learning how to reach for objects, babies this age are able to put their hands in their mouths. It's normal for babies to put objects in their mouths — it is their way of exploring and learning about their world. To keep your baby safe, be careful what objects are left within reach.
Soon your baby's salivary glands will start to work and your baby will begin to drool. This does not mean that your baby is teething.
At this age babies often like to "stand up" while held and bear weight. It is fine to allow your baby to do this. To help your baby's development, allow your baby to spend time in various positions — sitting, standing while held, and lying on his or her back or tummy. Just remember, babies should always be placed on their backs to go to sleep.
Remember that babies develop differently and on their own schedules. Because babies are sleeping on their backs these days, some do not like to roll over. This doesn't mean the baby has a problem. Later on, some babies will also skip the crawling phase.
There are many different ideas about where babies should sleep. Some people believe it is important for babies to sleep with their parents, while others believe babies should sleep by themselves. We believe it is most important that the parents decide what is right for their babies. Take a moment to talk with any adults who live at home with you to decide where you feel comfortable having the baby sleep.
Remember that sleep patterns or habits are formed by 6 months of age. Here are some things you can do now to prevent sleep problems in the future:
One baby book author advocates the "E-A-S-Y" plan to help babies nap better:
For safety reasons babies should always sleep on their backs. Sometimes this causes their heads to become flattened in the back, usually on the right side. To help prevent this, encourage your baby to look to the left and let him or her spend more time sitting up. You you can also give your baby "tummy time" when he or she is awake and supervised. Tummy time helps babies learn how to use their neck and shoulder muscles.
Your baby will continue to grow well on breast milk or formula for the next four months. Although you may be tempted to try giving your baby solid foods early, there are a number of reasons not to start solid foods, including baby cereal, until about 6 months of age. Some of these reasons include:
A few extremely important safety tips:
Used by permission of Jane E. Anderson, M.D.
Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your doctor or health care provider. We encourage you to discuss with your doctor any questions or concerns you may have.
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Martin Soan: Soan Alone
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In Soan Alone, you can witness the culmination of over 30 years experience of visual comedy and props magic.
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Women's Metallic Precious Ii Collection Path Of Life Adjustable Bracelet
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"Hot water crust pastry is my favourite pastry to work with; it's so quick and easy to put together and lets you create a sturdy, free-standing pie that looks oh so impressive when you bring it to the table! Filled with Thanksgiving leftovers (or as I like to call them, bestovers) it's the best way to carry on that festive feeling all week long!"
- 2 tbsp coconut oil + smidge for cooking the onion
- 2 tbsp spelt flour
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 200 mL almond milk
- 2 bay leaves
- good pinch of rosemary & thyme
- 1 onion ,chopped
- 500 g worth of leftover veg and meat
- Start by prepping the filling. Melt the coconut oil in a pan over medium heat with the flour and mustard powder, whisking constantly to make a roux.
- Slowly add the milk to this mixture, whisking until it forms a nice thick sauce; add the bay leaves and herbs. Turn off the hob, but leave the pan over the warm ring.
- In another small pan, heat a little coconut oil and add the chopped onion, cooking until just softened.
- Add your leftovers to the onion and heat through.
- Stir the leftovers into the white sauce and leave to cool slightly in the pan.
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- To make the pastry, melt the butter and add to the sifted flour along with the boiling water. Mix together until it forms a slightly wet dough.
- Lightly flour your work surface and knead the dough briefly until it becomes well formed and elastic. Divide off a third for the lid and decoration.
- Roll out the big portion to about 3mm thick and gently lift into a 20cm (8") loose bottomed cake tin. The pastry will be warm and easy to shape - evenly arrange it inside the tin so that the edges are equal all around.
- Tip your, now cooled, filling into the pastry case and spread it evenly.
- Pinch a little chunk from your remaining portion of dough and set aside. Roll out the big portion to the same thickness as the bottom and lay over the top of the filling, pressing into the edges on the way around the edge.
- Crimp the side and the top together to seal the pie, and make a little cross cut in the center to act as an air hole when cooking.
- Roll out the little chunk of dough that's left and cut into decorations to place on the pie lid.
- Brush with a little almond milk to glaze.
- Place in the preheated oven for 1 hour, until the top is nice and golden, and the pastry cooked all the way through.


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Distressed Platinum Metallic Leather
The Nadia is a fun, leather, ankle strap sandal with a 3" covered block heel. Featuring a gathered knot at the toe for material interest and available in a variety of colors, you will find a Nadia style to suit any occasion.
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Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and for the 28 million small employers across the country, healthcare is a major concern. The Affordable Care Act provides benefits and opportunities to small businesses that will help increase access to affordable coverage options.
Here are five key ways the Affordable Care Act can benefit small employers and their workers:
- SHOP Marketplaces: Currently, small businesses face premiums that are on average 18% higher than large businesses. On October 1, 2013, the new Small Business Health Insurance Options Program (SHOP) Marketplaces will be open for businesses, and small employers in every state will be able to shop for health coverage on a competitive marketplace, that brings unprecedented transparency to the market and gives small businesses the same purchasing clout as big businesses.
- Reducing Administrative Complexity: SHOP Marketplaces include web portals that provide standardized, easy-to-understand information that will make comparing and purchasing coverage easier, and will simplify the administrative challenges that businesses often face when offering plans. Visit www.HealthCare.gov to learn more about the SHOP Marketplace and to get ready for open enrollment.
- New Tax Credits: The small business tax credit helps small businesses afford the cost of healthcare coverage for their employees, and is already helping qualifying small businesses offset the cost of insurance by up to 35%. In 2014, this tax credit goes up to 50% and is available to qualified small businesses who obtain coverage through the SHOP Marketplace.
- Improved Risk Pooling: The new SHOP Marketplaces will allow small groups to pool risks and reduce administrative complexity, thereby increasing their purchasing power and reducing costs for small businesses that want to provide coverage to their workers. Business can enroll starting on October 1, 2013, through their brokers, or directly through the SHOP Marketplace. Stay connected to the latest information on the Marketplaces by going to www.HealthCare.gov.
- Workplace Wellness: The Affordable Care Act creates new incentives to promote workplace wellness programs and encourages employers to take more opportunities to support healthier workplaces. Effective for plan years after January 1, 2014, final rules allow the maximum reward to employers using a health-contingent wellness program to increase from 20 percent to 30 percent of the cost of health coverage, and the maximum reward for programs designed to prevent or reduce tobacco use will be as much as 50 percent.
To help provide small business owners with the resources and information they need, the Obama Administration recently launched Businesss.USA.gov/healthcare, a one-shop where employers of all sizes can go for customizable information about how the law impacts them, based on the size, location and future plans for offering coverage. And, the Department of Health and Human Services launched a call center specifically to serve the needs of small businesses interested in the SHOP Marketplace. This call center (1-800-706-7893) is a new resource to help business owners get information to make the right decision for their bottom line and their employees. It's open Monday-Friday from 9 AM- 5 PM, with representatives available to help in English and Spanish.
The Small Business Administration has also teamed up with Small Business Majority to offer a weekly webinar series designed to educate small business owners about what the healthcare law means for them. To sign up for a weekly Thursday Webinar before open enrollment starts on October 1, 2013, visit: http://www.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/health-care-business-pulse/new-dates-affordable-care-act-101-webinars.
Source: Ari Matusiak – Whitehouse.gov/blog


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Ness wrote:Alright, I'll just have to cover this more thoroughly since you want to shout and yell. First of all, everything is personal preference. There are MANY people who like any number of drugs but don't like weed. Liking weed is in no way, shape, or form a prerequisite for liking other drugs. Saying so is just silly. Second, LSD is by far the most gentle and forgiving psychedelic readily available on the street. The only other psychedelic really available to most people is mushrooms. Mushrooms are much more forceful at lower doses. Mushrooms are very brute-force. They tend to shatter your ego in a much more forceful way than LSD. Mushrooms are also more confusing than LSD. LSD is very intricate. Very controllable compared to mushrooms. Have you ever even experienced either? If not LSD, what classic psychedelic would YOU recommend to someone? You have got to start somewhere. It isn't like LSD is some big huge powerful thing. Well, it is, obviously, but not any more so than any other easily accessible psychedelics. I'm not really including psychedelic phenthylamines in this analysis as most people don't have access to them.
look man ive tried acid and shrooms [and mescaline and DMT and 2 c-b]
and i know just what they like..
BUT it dossent matter LSD is way to powerfull from someone that hasent tried anything before
and for first time drug experience i would suggest weed.. coz its the safest out there by far
i could allso suggest dxm but it isent for every one and a novice can easly OD on it


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70 kV Focused Gas Cluster Ion Beam System
The GCIB SM is a 70 kV sub-micron gas cluster ion beam designed for high-resolution imaging SIMS of organic samples without the fragmentation typically associated with ion beam bombardment. Combined with the J105 SIMS, the GCIB SM extends the available mass range to > 2500 Da with sub-micron resolving power.
- High Resolution Gas Cluster Beam for SIMS
- Beam energy enhanced signal
- Clusters > 10,000 (> 400 kDa)
- Sub-micron resolving power
- Reveal intact molecular ions > 2,500 Da


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