text:
Author Archive
Fry Bread House (in Phoenix)
My search was on. I can say that I have a sack of pennies worth of great Mexican food restaurants in Phoenix that I love, but it can become repetitive when switching dining spots and eating the same Mexican food (since I usually order the same thing wherever I go). Don't get me wrong – I love it every time – but if you're not aware, I am always in search of different twists on things.
In my short time of getting to know some of my favorite foods, people, and cultural influences, I have found that when you travel around this country as I do, you can find so many different versions of how Mexican food is made. For starters, I have a bias towards Mexican food in AZ and I couldn't put my finger on why this was the case.
I had been hearing great things about this new Mexican restaurant in downtown Phoenix that had unbelievable red and green chile. Being an admirer of both, I had to try it. The place was all it was cracked up to be – great food, service and atmosphere. But (you didn't think a but was coming did you?) it still was a sister of all the other regular Mexican food spots. I was in search of the cousin!
I walked away wondering what made this so similar besides the fact that it was Mexican food. Then it hit me. It's a dessert that we all love and crave after we're done eating good Mexican food…at least I do. SOPAPIAS! Yes, this was it, the Native American influence of many of the Mexican food restaurants that I love so much here in Phoenix.
So I sat down one day at the computer and with a touch of a key here, a stroke over there, a little more fumbling with the keys and I pushed enter. A few random posts came up about a native American restaurant in downtown Phoenix called Fry Bread House. I'm there man!
It was one of my top priorties for a few days to make it into Phoenix to try this place. Some interuptions came up when I had planned visits, but it worked out that my little sis had a basketball game in North Phoenix and it just so happened that Fry Bread House was on the way to her contest. I rounded up the fam and headed out a little early to make sure we had time to stop and try the grub.
As we came closer to where Google maps had pointed to the location of the house, I realized that the name of the restaurant is accurate. It really is a house (note to reader: food served out of an old house is always great). Anyway, we walked in the front door and walked up to the counter. We were greeted by a lady manning the cash register and soda fountain. I scanned the menu and knew what I was here for.
We ordered and looked for a spot to sit. The dining area looked like the old living room of the house and about 10 or so picnic tables were scattered throughout. I patiently sat like a little kid waiting for my treats to arrive, but I already had one sitting in front of me – a red cream soda (my favorites of all favorites of any soda and this is one of the few places in town that serve it). Instant fifty extra bonus stars for this place. A few minutes had passed as I fell into a deep daydream of pleasure over my red soda. Then, my name was called.
First up was the hominy stew with beef, and if anyone knows Mexican food, they know that this is a staple in many dishes. It came with a clear broth with onions and "native seasonings," they say, with big chunks of beef and fat hominy. Now that's a soup. It might be my new favorite soup of all-time or at least a close second to menudo. This soup alone was worth the trip here, so who cares about the main food I ordered?
As I began to think that my taste buds couldn't handle anymore pleasure, a grand smell of flour, water, and lard all FRIED refocused my attention and reminded me of what I was here for. The fry bread with red chile on it. As it sat in front of me, I couldn't hold back and had to dig in.
The bread was so soft and gooey as I tore into it, it simply melted in my mouth. The red chile, no mistaking here, is done the right way. I would say now 'forget the tortilla bring me the fry bread.'
As I left this place and began to drive off with an exhalting smile, I couldn't help but come to terms with the feeling that this might have been my best meal of the last year. It was exciting to realize this, but sobering at the same time to wonder if I had been wasting my time eating at some of my other favorite spots since I have been home.
Well, at least now I know where to go when I'm craving (in my opinion) the best meal I have had in a while. In fact, it was so good, I forgot to take pictures so I'm going back again soon and will add them. Until then…
Back in the saddle…
Well, it has been a while since I last updated my blog with a new review, but you've got to understand that it was a hectic last two months of the season. From us chasing the playoffs and holding on to be the NL West champs, to us starting playoffs and being on the road to start both series.
The season was a lot of fun we did have many "downs," during but definately had more "ups" when it counted and just came up a little short. This was my second playoff experience and the first that I got a full taste of what its like to play on that stage.
The Cubs series was a blast. Many people doubted that we could go in there and take care of arguably the best team in baseball, but we were not lacking confidence when we marched into wrigley and won that first game. You could say it was our momentum from ending the season that helped us, but I've got to give some of the credit to T.J. Simers for reminding us everyday a month prior to the playoffs that "this organization had only won one playoff game in the last 20 years" (no pressure). It was nice to come back home with a two-game lead and win the series in front of our home crowd and allow them to enjoy the accomplishment.
Next up was Philly. I know it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, but what can you say? They were the hottest team at the right time and played unbelievable ball in the month of October. They made all the plays they had to and the ones they didn't. They deserved to win that series with the way they came together at the end. There are many things one could say we could of done differently, but we ran into a buzz saw. But for those of us returning, we are a year wiser and playoff tested to try a make another run in '09.
Now that I am out of breath, I would like all my faithful readers and ones who might occasionally glance to know I will be starting soon a Spring Training review here in my hometown of Phoenix — some of my fave spots in the desert to grab a good bite. I'll try to make most of them around other Valley Spring Training sites, but btw I don't do Tucson.
Hopefully this will give you guys a chance to plan ahead and get excited for the '09 season. I'm not gonna lie — I love the off time and being at home but the itch to put on those Dodger blues is growing in my belly already. So let me be the first to welcome everyone to my hometown, where I grew up and the best place for Spring Training. Can't wait to see you guys in February.
This ones hard to take
I feel that kicked-in-the-stomach feeling. After everything we've been through this year, to come this far and have it end like this, it leaves a sour taste and it will be tough to let it go. It will take a little time until I'm able to stop looking back at this and start getting the itch to get back at it.
We just had a lack of execution. I'm guilty. I was not getting on base in front of Manny so he could drive me in. He hit something crazy like .538 but we didn't score enough runs. I have to get the job done a little better. I have to come back next year with the knowledge I've gained from this and be a better baseball player.
The writers have asked if I feel we were beaten by a better club. I don't, no way. I'm not shy in saying that. They definitely beat us, but we also beat ourselves a bit. You can look at Game 1 and Monday's game. If we don't make mistakes in those games, we just as easily could have won them. They executed better than we did, no doubt.
As for next year, we'll see if I'm here. You never know. I want to see what the off-season holds. We've got a lot of outfielders coming back.
As for this year, I want to thank the fans for their support, for showing up all year. It was a tough season with a lot of ups and downs. I appreciate your support and the encouraging words on and off the field and I hope to see everybody again in 2009.
I didnt get it done, we didnt get it done
To put ourselves in position to win that late in the game and let it slip away is a feeling hard to explain. A perfect example of how we didn't come through was my at-bat in the eighth inning. They take the lead and Raffy leads off with a walk and I have an opportunity to deliver a big hit and a big RBI and I hit into a double-play. I came up in the sixth with runners on second and third and no outs and lined out. It's a classic case of not taking advantage of the opportunity and that summed up the game for us. We have to hold ourselves accountable.
Now there's nothing more we can do about this game. We have to be ready when the situation arises again Wednesday. We have to put this one out of our minds and figure a way to get it done. In that case, I didn't get it done.
Tomorrow we've got a day off. I'll have to try to find a way to relax and find something to take my mind off. But right now it's sinking in that if we play this way again, it will be a whole lot worse than this. We'll be packing up and going home and we'll know we gave a series away to a team that is not better than ours. Nobody in here wants that.
A momentum shift
We took care of business the way we needed to tonight. The reporters were asking if we made a statement tonight. No statement. It's just baseball. Now it's over and we come back tomorrow and try to even the series. What happened with the brushbacks, it's part of the game. It happened. I don't know if it was on purpose or not. Emotions can get out of whack when games are this important. Both teams did a good job not escalating it further.
Right now, we're in a totally different situation than we were when the day started. I won't say today was a must-win, but we've switched the momentum to our side. The two games in Philly, we didn't play our game. We weren't aggressive. Tonight we played our style of ball.
It was great to see the fans come out tonight and stay until the end. They had a lot of energy, they weren't down because of the two losses, they weren't distraught. They were behind us the whole game. I hope tomorrow they're behind us the same way.
We've got Derek pitching tomorrow. I wasn't aware of that until tonight. We're going with the three-man rotation and all three of them have been there for us all year. They've been so consistent. It's up to the offense to respond and put some runs on the board like we did tonight.
Turn the page
That was the longest flight of the year. We ran into 110-mph headwinds that made the flight six hours long. I had a whole row and had three TV screens going and one of them has the in-flight status and I'm playing a puzzle and it seems like forever and I look at the screen and we're not even over Nebraska. I finally fall asleep and six hours after we take off I'm bounced awake by a very turbulent final approach. I mean, I started saying my prayers.
But here we are at the workout and I'm glad we're home. I'm not happy with the situation, we didn't win a game back there in Philly, but we're back in our park and they haven't beaten us here. We know we can beat them here and get this series back on a better note.
On the flight, there was some discussion about the way we played in Philly. There was some venting and some frustration, mainly that we didn't execute and take care of business back there.
We need to come out tomorrow night with the swagger and the chip on our shoulder and know we can beat these guys and know we're a better team. We believe that and we have to have that in our minds. We have to show no doubt, show that we're not intimidated or fearful. We have to play like it's zero-zero, even though it's not. What's happened in the past is over.
Home cookin
This is a tough situation to be in, but on a good note, at least we're going home. We'll be back in the comfort of our park with the memory of our last game there, the clinching game over the Cubs. The Phillies know they haven't won a game there this year, so the tables are turned. We just have to take it to them. We didn't do that here.
We've been down before this year, but coming back from an eight-game losing streak isn't the same as this. This is a whole different ballgame, what's going on here. Yeah, we're a little discouraged with the situation we're in, but no one on this team is really in a panic. We're in the situation we're in and that's what it is. We've got to regroup, refocus in practice tomorrow and get back to taking the game to them. We can't be on our heels Sunday and expect to win. We have to be aggressive and play the kind of game we played in the first round.
I wouldn't say necessarily that the Phillies are a more difficult team to play than the Cubs, but the magnitude of the series might be a little bit of a factor. We've got this chance and we realize the situation is right now. It's definitely a different level, what we're now facing. It's not a comfortable feeling. But there were times during the regular season that weren't comfortable. We showed we could get out of trouble and figure a way to win. Why not now?
No debating, its a tough series
We'll have four days off between Saturday night's clincher and Thursday night's opener of the NLCS and we're ready to get going again. These two teams are pretty even. We split the eight games we played. We got swept here and they got swept in L.A. We didn't play well here and they didn't play well there. We just need to come out with the same intensity as the first series in Chicago. The Phillies are tough in their ballpark.
The weather was perfect for the workout today. I won't really be focusing on the game until I wake up tomorrow. For me, I just can't keep the concentration up for that long. I'll relax tonight, maybe walk around the downtown area near our hotel. You hear horror stories about Philadelphia, but the area we're in has some nice shops and I'll be exploring for a new restaurant, although I won't be spending that much money with the economy so bad.
At least, that's what I got out of the debate last night. I know we're having some tough times right now, but the way they were talking, it sounded like the world was going to end. It's sort of comical to listen to that. I'm sure some people are struggling with their house payment and that's serious. But I'm not feeling sorry if some hedge fund managers have to find a job. This is my second presidential election and it sounds like the same old story.
Another good shower
See my headline? That's the way I'll remember the clinching celebrations. We're having them once a week now, how sweet is that? To be honest, I didn't even know if we were going to have one tonight. I mean, a lot of us didn't know how to do this clinching stuff. We've never been here before. We didn't know if there would be champagne and beer and stuff, or if we'd just play the music in the clubhouse and high-five and go home and wait to see who we play. So, that's why I say we had another good shower tonight. I could get the hang of this.
The crowd was great tonight. They were waving towels and the noise level, I can't remember it being like this at Dodger Stadium.
Kuroda, he was lights-out for six innings. He left Chicago a day ahead of the rest of us so he could get his normal rest and I had to give him a hard time before the game today for leaving early. I told him he'd better pitch his best game of the year, if he's going to leave us like that, and he pretty much did. I've never seen him so emotional as he was after the game.
Now, we have to pay attention to the other series, who our opponent is going to be, play out the scenarios. Tomorrow, I'm going to spend some time with my family — they're all in town, my wife and brothers and sisters and parents and grandparents and cousins and in-laws. They all came in from Phoenix. And they got to see a little history. How great is that?
A good exhausted
Back in town after two of the most unforgettable games of my life, this was a day to decompress after what happened in Chicago. We got back late, didn't get to sleep till about 4 in the morning and I got about six hours sleep. My wake-up call was room service. Yes, I went from one hotel in Chicago to another here in Los Angeles. The lease for the place I was renting was up at the end of September.
My body is sore and exhausted, but it's a good exhausted. We had a workout at Dodger Stadium today. This club is relaxed and ready to take care of business tomorrow, at home, in front of our fans.The Cubs will come out fighting. There's no reason for us to get tense or uptight. We're in a good situation.
But that's what the Cubs thought when the series started. I can imagine how they're feeling now. In '06 it was like that for us, when we fell behind the Mets, 0-2. You have a great year and just like that, your backs are up against the wall. It's not a good feeling to be in. But nobody feels sorry for you.
When I leave the stadium, I've got dinner plans with some friends at Park's Korean BBQ in Koreatown. The best. Spicy beef soup. I'm hungry just thinking about it.


text:
As Phil and others around the econ blogs have noted, Gerald Scully has passed away. He is known to us primarily as a pioneer in sports economics, but as John Goodman notes, he made significant contributions to a number of fields. His work in public economics is particularly insightful. Indeed, Google Scholar lists his 1988 JPE paper, "The Institutional Framework and Economic Development" at the top, with 406 citations, besting his 1974 AER classic, "Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball," at 302. But it is the latter paper that is worth celebrating here. Although rudimentary in its method by today's standard, it was an eye-opening analysis with a staggering conclusion: that major league baseball players of that era were paid a small fraction of their marginal revenue product, on the order of 1/5 or less.
My colleague Bill Dougan once told me that he regarded "Pay and Performance" as one of the best pieces of economic scholarship in the last quarter-century, something that I repeat to my students in sports economics classes to this day. Note that we are speaking of economic scholarship, and not just scholarship in the economics of sports. Scully's 1974 paper is evidence that the study of economics in the context of sport can be important, and make a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole.
What made "Pay and Performance" special, you ask? First, it was innovative. It was an early example of employing data from sport to test economic theory, in this case the theory of monopsony. The paper was also very clever. Scully observed that the reserve clause created conditions of monopsony in the baseball players' labor market. Economic theory states that monopsony depresses wages below marginal revenue product, but if so, how much? Scully came up with a simple method to estimate the MRP of pitchers and hitters, and compared this estimate with their wages. Wages were well below Scully's estimate of MRP.
The magnitude of the exploitation generated by the reserve clause -- 80% or so -- is a jaw-dropping figure. This result, combined with the imagination and execution of the analysis, warranted the article's publication in the American Economic Review. But it is what happened next that fortuitously turned Scully's paper into an example of the kind of scholarship that all economists should seek to emulate. Scully's article was published in 1974, the year that Marvin Miller's efforts began to shake the foundation upon which the reserve system was built. The development of free agency in baseball meant that Scully's estimate would be put to the test, because a monopsony labor market would be replaced with competitive bidding for those players. As Rodney Fort subsequently showed, salaries soared for the "first family of free agents", in many cases increasing by a factor of four or more, as Scully's estimates implied.
Sports history had thus subjected Scully's model to a stern test, which it passed with flying colors. It is not common for economic theory and evidence to produce an estimated effect that is so clear and so large as was Scully's (for example, we are still arguing about the size of fiscal multipliers seventy-odd years after Keynes). It is even less common for such an estimate to be tested by events so promptly and directly, and in addition to have these events support the author's work so convincingly.
"Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball" will long be remembered for these reasons. So tonight I will raise a glass and toast the seminal contributions and insights of Gerald Scully. Here's to you, Jerry.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Welcome to the first installment of a 13 part series (which is illustrated!) on improving driver skill.
If you know anything about me and How To Become A Racecar Driver you know that I am a huge proponent of improving driver skill over modifying cars.
Bolting shiny parts on the car is always fun, but those parts will only make you a slightly faster poor driver.
Like all my other posts, articles, and videos, this series focuses on providing you an absurd amount of value – all for free.
I want you to be faster on the track, and that's all there is to it.
But you can't just go out and be fast. It doesn't happen naturally.
A lot of people believe that the best way to get started is to double down on seat time and learn purely from experience.
In fact, the popular EVO Performance Driving School program is built entirely on this concept.
Does it work? Yes. But not very well.
I often compare racing drivers to doctors.
Anyone could be both, but it takes lots of time and personal investment to be amazing at either.
Doctors aren't cut loose to learn purely from experience – that would be absurd.
To be intelligent, competent, and then incredible, it all starts with a thorough understanding of why you're doing what you're doing.
And it's the same with auto racing.
The problem with EVO schools is that you are told what to do. But not why to do it.
When you go home, you still aren't thinking for yourself.
You're simply copying the actions of one or two instructors who, incidentally, are no longer available once you go home.
So let's just fix that problem by getting you to think for yourself!
Intelligent Racing, Minimal Spending: The Definitive Introduction To Racing Concepts bridges the gap between those fun EVO schools and actual, useable, and actionable knowledge of the racing world.
All without encouraging you to spend ridiculous money to modify your car.
Once you understand why you're doing what you do, the light bulbs will all come on at once.
During the next 12 parts of this series, you'll learn about:
- Weight transfer and the fundamental building blocks of speed
- Understeer and understeer
- Track analysis
- Prioritizing the track to find the biggest potential gains in speed
- Racing lines and why the biggest radius isn't always best
- How corner exit speed will make you or break you
- Tire characteristics
- Tire pressure conditions and how to tune your pressures for maximum grip
- Why contact patch is the absolute number one priority for your racecar
- How varying vertical loads effect traction at any given moment
- Co-efficient of Friction between vertical load and grip
- Slip angles and managing them for maximum traction and longest tire life
- My personal custom tire pressure program for tire tuning
- General advice for your autocross day
- The advantages of left foot braking for the road and the track
- Downshifting, rev matching, and heel-toe downshifting
- The traction circle
I am RIDICULOUSLY excited for the opportunity to share all this with you.


text:
Query record
|Information on Immigration, Investment, Education and Residence
|Is it true that the green card will be cancelled if you live in the United States for less than half a year?
Expert answers:
It has a relatively wide range of dissemination and a relatively long time span, and has been regarded by many as the true "immigration prison" in the United States.
That is to say, it must live in the United States for more than six months before the green card can be maintaineD.This news is false.
The United States does not have the domestic residence time requirement that green card status must meet.
But the U.S. immigration law does provide that if the holder of a green card stays outside the United States for more than 180 consecutive days, even if he does not voluntarily give up his green card, when applying for re-entry with a green card, the U.S. Immigration Service has the right to question whether he still intends to use the United States as a permanent residence.
In fact, as long as you leave for more than three months, when you enter the customs, you can not explain the reasonable purpose of departure, or even disclose that you have a permanent job in ChinA.Immigration officers can assume that you intentionally give up the green card.
That is to say, whether you can keep a green card or not has nothing to do with the length of your stay in the United States.
It depends mainly on whether you have "intention" to live in the United States for a long time, and it's better to have sufficient evidence to prove that you like living in the United States.
To this end, we suggest that clients should make adequate planning before they emigrate to the United States, and consult immigration lawyers before leaving the country in accordance with their future plans.
|ABOUT california local customs, tourist attractions
Sacramento is the capital of the state of california.
Located in the central part of the state, the downstream of Sacramento River, 137 kilometers southwest from San Francisco.
369 thousand entrance (1990 large urban areas by Sacramento county, an area of 2582 square kilometers.
In 1839 the Swedish settlements;
the discovery of gold in 1848 the Northeast 56 kilometers, become the material supply center panners.
In 1854 to become the state capital, a city in 1863;
in 1869 the first North American transcontinental railroad arrived, gold mine dried up as agricultural products trade center and continue to prosper.
After the Second World War, industrial diversification.
Is the door to the bracket of agricultural products Sark distributing and trading center.
Food processing is the largest industrial sector.
The missile was built after the Second World War and rocket engine manufacturing industry also occupies an important position, in addition to transportation equipment, wood processing, chemical and other industries;
is the intersection of california highway and railway and the important river port, a deepwater channel and the San Francisco Bay Hong Kong is downtown in the West Bank of Sacramento River;
commercial concentrated in the urban areas, most of the cloth industry in the suburbs.
The city has the facilities and the University of california, crocker Art Museum, california State Library and State Historic Park cultural Fort sutter.
Suburban air base.
Hollywood is located in United States of America's second largest city of Losangeles, is the world.famous film city.
Hollywood in United States of America culture has a significant symbolic meaning.
It can be said that the history of the development of the history of Hollywood is United States of America movie.
Hollywood film production not only meet the needs of the United States of America film market, but also exported to all over the world, not only the output of the United States of America culture, but also brought huge profits for investors in Hollywood.
Is located in the northwestern suburbs of the city, tourists will travel to Losangeles's land.
Hollywood is the world famous studios, at the beginning of twentieth century, some producers began filming here in 1928, has formed a strong lineup with paramount and eight film company headed by.
Since 30s and 40s, Hollywood has become a cultural center in the United States, many of the writers, musicians and movie stars have lived near Beverly hill.
Universal Studios Hollywood is the most attractive place, where you can visit the film's production process, review the classic film clips.
There are three tourist spots in the auditorium, namely the movie ride (40 minutes the whole movie tour, a special guide), cinema center and entertainment center.
In the studio you can center in the movie filming process of the experience of the movie.
The main entertainment center in ancient times, back to the future, animal stars etc.
There is an entrance near the studios 50s style shopping district - the city to visit.
The Dodgers Stadium in Losangeles in the United States, is a baseball game for the use of the stadium, began to put into use in 1962, is currently the major league baseball, the Losangeles Dodgers home court, at a cost of $23 million.
It is now one of the oldest baseball field, but also the number of Americans hold up the baseball field.
The Dodgers Stadium can accommodate 56000 spectators to watch the game, is a world.class baseball venue, in this huge special baseball stadium, the Dodgers also hit a brilliant achievements and history.
The Dodgers Stadium is a baseball star, attracted much praise.
Stand in the stadium to watch the central round, uniform seat fan-shaped extension, not only very impressive, but also feel the broadness of the earth.
2010 MLB all star game held here, but also the world occupation baseball competition venues.
In the 1984 Summer Olympics, in 2009, the baseball field also hosted the world baseball classic At Dodger Stadium outfield bleachers hung that read players number and name brand name can be round, hanging at the top, is a great honour for every baseball player.
Dodger Stadium
Reason: the number of Americans hold most of the baseball field
Spots continents: North America
Scenic region / country: the United States
Attractions of the province, california: [california State]
city Attractions: Losangeles [Los Angeles]
The central coast of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the us state of california, established in 1992, the area up to 15780 square kilometers, the coastline is 444 kilometers, stretches from the Golden Gate Bridge to Saint Louis Welsh Obispo county, as the largest national marine protected areas.
As one of the world's most complex marine ecosystem, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in resource conservation, research, education as a whole, far-reaching significance, due to the diversity of the marine environment, also known as the "sea of the serengeti".
Reserve life has 34 species of mammals, 94 birds, 345 species of fish, 31 species of invertebrates, 4 species of sea turtles and 450 kinds of the coast in the living environment in the life of algae, but also killed 1276 ships and 718 prehistoric sites.
Reserve a variety of entertainment to attract many tourists to watch and play, such as canoeing, rowing, diving, whale watching, bird watching, each of which is a lot of fun, stimulate the infinite.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Necessary to Reason: the largest national marine protected areas
Spots continents: North America
Scenic region / country: the United States
Attractions of the province, california: [california State]
Angels of Anaheim stadium also known as the Anaheim Anaheim stadium and Addison International Stadium, often nicknamed "A", is located in california city of Anaheim, opened in 1966, is currently the major league baseball team of the Losangeles angels of Anaheim home court.
Angels of Anaheim stadium is a well-known california baseball stadium, currently can accommodate 45037 spectators, is the 1967 Major League all star game venue, won a bid to host the 1989 again.
It has been held three times the American League Division Series, five American League championship Series, the most noteworthy of the 2002 World series.
In the angel stadium of Anaheim also appeared in the popular star players, many players had a personal record, including a final victory with Mitch MANTIE RBI Homer, Nolan Ryan and Boston Red Sox nine times three, St. Jackson vibration No. 500th home runs, and Luo carew career 3000th hits.
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Reason: california's most famous baseball stadium
Spots continents: North America
Scenic region / country: the United States
Attractions of the province, california: [california State]
Anaheim city attractions: [Anaheim]
We usually see the white ribbon falls are waterfalls, dazzling white, pure white, white and shiny, but you've heard like fire red waterfall?
From afar like a volcano magma along the cliff pour, this is our usual rare fire waterfall - horsetail falls.
Horsetail falls in the United States Semiti National Park is a seasonal waterfall, not the volcano lava falls waterfalls, but the optical effect of particular angle of sunlight to form in the waterfall.
Some photographers shoot fire falls often take several years to take pictures of the waterfall to the fire.
So it is difficult to see this scene, the key lies in the appearance of the fire waterfall need to meet several conditions, the first is to rely on the Emirates on the rock falls snow melt water as the source, so not all the year round there.
The chief on the rock of snow annually in December and January melt, when at the end of February, this waterfall is likely to have run out of water falls ofF- The second is the angle of the sun.
The position of the sun will shine in the cover must be just falls, but the right angle of the sun appears only in the year February, January sunny evening.
Every year only a few days in February, when the sun falls and reach a certain point of view is that there will be the beginning of wonders, horsetail falls a yellow light, suddenly the whole waterfall is illuminated by the sun, it looks like hot lava poured down, very spectacular.
Horsetail Falls
Reason: the world's most magical fire falls
Spots continents: North America
Scenic region / country: the United States
Attractions of the province, california: [california State]
Losangeles tourism has always been the hearts of the people of a fairy tale dream king, here is the dream factory, a romantic beach, a gluttonous delicacy shopping center.
The United States of Losangeles tourism Raiders, a one.
stop tour of the fairy kingdom.
Article will go to attractions Will go to the tourist attractions of Losangeles is the theme park, sea beach, Hollywood or a NBA, to enrich their own lives.
Losangeles Universal Studios Universal studios Beijing Universal Studios on the park and the park, in view of the travel rush, some team is relatively long, so we recommend some of the most worth playing project: Transformers, Simpson roller coaster, studios, small yellow people virtual roller coaster roller coaster and mummy.
Transformers, Simpson and small yellow people of these three projects are similar, with some visual effects, let you have a heartbeat feeling personally on the scene.
santa monica Although Losangeles which have the beach, but Santa Monic is the most famous beach in Losangeles, and Losangeles's most famous wharf carnival, enjoy the sunset to embrace the beauty of nature.
In addition Santa Monica there are a few seafood restaurant is very delicious, if you love shopping, you can walk Santa Monica 3rd St., the beauty of delicacy two.
See a staples in NBA If you are NBA fans will come here to see the Lakers home court game, go to staples to see the end of the Kobe game.
Shout loudly on the pitch, round a fans dream.
Will eat delicacy IN-N-OUT Hamburg The United States of Losangeles tourism must go to california most fire burger, taste from the elderly to the children all love IN-N-OUT hamburg.
In addition, the French fries are also very delicious, authentic local to eat a real delicacy.
The Lobster In 1925 some veteran seafood restaurant, landing windows can be greatly Santa Monica panoramic view, especially in the sunset, the entire hotel as the beautiful decoration.
Here is the most famous lobster, let people taste fragrant cheek teeth.
The shopping center is recommended Desert Hills Premium Outlets The United States of Losangeles tourism essential went to outlet, sometimes see the inside of the price is really ridiculously cheap, especially native American brands such as coach, MK, Kate, Spade etc.
Outlet Palm Springs is the largest in Losangeles, there are more than 120 world class luxury brand of season discount, factory outlet stores, such as Burberry, coach, A/X, calvin, Klein, Diesel, christine, Dior, DKNY, D&G, Polo, Giorgio, Armani, Gucci, Hugo, Boss, Levis, Tommy Hilfiger, basically 3.5 fold.
Losangeles outlets The Grove Grove shopping center set to eat to play as one of the shopping center, Sephora, MAc and coach have here, Nordstrom and other fashion brands and a large Apple store.
There are a lot of young people to the brand, such as American Girl Place, A&F etc.
The shopping center also has several cafes, delicious restaurant and a cinema, there is a large lawn, you can rest over there, the sun, so it's suitable for there to spend the day.
Tips: Losangeles four seasons such as spring, sunny, although this is, however, very strong ultraviolet rays, to bring a good sunscreen before going out.
In addition, the hotel is not provide toothbrush and toothpaste, so in the pre owned good basic supplies.
www.zopa.cc ZOPA network
phone number,local customs,tourist attractions,immigration,visas www.31343.net www.weki.cc
|get it


text:
Text & Email AlertsIn order to increase our members Online Banking security, we have implemented a new "Alerts" feature. Alerts are text (SMS) or email messages that notify our members of a wide range of account conditions and can be personalized to suit their needs. Alerts are a convenient way for members to be alerted of any suspicious or fraudulent activity involving their investments, their security features, or other online banking activity.
Our members are encouraged to activate these Alerts in order to better manage their online finances. To do so, simply login to Online Banking, click on "Messages and Alerts" in the left menu and follow the quick and easy instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are online banking Alerts?
Alerts allow members to receive notifications about banking activities and other events. Alerts are set up and edited in online banking and can be personalized to suit the member's needs.
How does a member receive Alerts?
Members can receive alerts by both email and text message.
Is there a charged for using online banking Alerts?
There is no charge to members for receiving Alerts by email. However, when members receive text message alerts, their wireless carrier may charge for receiving text messages. The customer is advised to check with their wireless carrier for details.
Is any personally identifiable information contained in an alert message?
Personal and personally identifiable information is not transmitted in the alert message. Accounts are identified by text nicknames.
What is "email to text"?
Email to text is a delivery mechanism of text messages. A user can send a text message to any recipient provided that they know the recipient's mobile phone number and carrier. From that information, an email address is constructed and any emails sent to this address appear as a text message on the recipient's mobile phone.
Note: With Rogers or Fido, the user must text "yes" to enable the ability to receive email to text messages. Then they must text "read" in order to view the alert text message. Rogers and Fido customers can subscribe to a paid monthly service to replicate the same experience of email to text messages with regular text messages.
Do all carriers support "email to text"?
Currently, only the major Canadian carriers support this method. However, this is not a standardized method across carriers and there is no motivation for carriers to standardize.
Can a member choose to stop receiving alerts?
Yes. Within online banking, the member can choose to edit or remove any alerts.
Are members guaranteed to receive alerts sent to them?
Alerts cannot be guaranteed to be received because of the potential for an unstable wireless and Internet networks in general. These networks are open to service interruptions and members may move out of the service range, which can cause a delay in receiving text messages. Customers can check the alerts sent to them on the Alerts History page in online banking, which lists all the alerts sent within the last 30 days.
Types of Alerts
New bill payment vendor account added via online banking
This alert notifies members when a new bill payment vendor account is added to their online banking account.
Online banking account locked after three attempts
This alert notifies members that access to online banking has been locked because the number of attempts to sign in exceeded the number allowed.
Online PAC changed
This alert notifies members that their online PAC has been changed.
This alert notifies members anytime a login has occurred.
Interac® e-Transfer recipient added
This alert notifies members when a new Interac e-Transfer recipient has been added.
Balance report
This alert notifies members of their available account balance.
Low balance threshold
This alert notifies members if their available balance falls below the threshold they've set.
Example. A member's balance drops below $____.
A deposit exceeds threshold
This alert notifies members if a deposit exceeds a threshold they have set.
Example. A deposit exceeding $___ was made to a member's account.
A withdrawal exceeds threshold
This alert notifies members if a withdrawal exceeds a threshold they have set.
Example. A withdrawal exceeding $____ was made from a member's account.
Scheduled payment/transfer has failed
This alert notifies members if their future-dated or recurring bill payment or transfer has failed.


text:
The Best of the Best!
Only the best of the best make it to the NCFA Post Season. Follow along as teams navigate the path of the post season through Conference Championships and the NCFA Playoffs in their ultimate quest to reach the NCFA National Championship Bowl Game. Want to learn details about all of our post season games, check out the CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS page or our NCFA PLAYOFFS page. Or if you're ready for the big show, take a look at our NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL page.


text:
Carrick Rowing Club raffle
Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing club are holding a Raffle in aid of our Building and Development Fund.
Anyone down for a stroll on the Quay in recent weeks will have noticed our new boat shed and yard that has been developed with funding from Leitrim Development Company.
Our next major undertaking will be to fill the new shed with boats and equipment to help us introduce as many people as possible to the joys of rowing on the Shannon. We also hope to upgrade some of our current boats as many of them have given good service over the years.
First prize of €200, plus many other prizes and vouchers to be won!! Draw will be held on Bank Holiday Mondaym Mary 7. Please support this worthy cause and be in with a chance to win some holiday cash and other great prizes! Tickets are available from all club members or email us at email@example.com.


text:
If so, you're looking at a beautifully rustic roof with a lot of advantages. Cedar shake wood shingles can last anywhere from 30 to 40 years!
Cedar shake roofing gives your home a high-end rustic appeal that stands out beautifully from the rest of the neighborhood. With no-nonsense installation and a little care, your roof should last the duration of the home itself. So go ahead and check out cedar shake roofing – its natural beauty that just gets prettier with age!
If you're interested call the professionals at Morgan & Myers Roofing and Exteriors LLC today for your new wood roof.
Why Choose Wood Shingles?
Wood shingles are very aesthetically pleasing and durable. It offers your home a natural beauty while requiring minimal maintenance. One of the main advantages is that it helps with temperature regulation. It keeps your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Cedar shake, in particular, has the great ability to insulate. The beauty doesn't just have to stay on the roof. You can add wood siding on the inside and outside walls of your home. For the interior, you can bring the feel of nature within your walls while insulating.


text:
Infographic: 10 Things to Know About MACRA
2 December, 2016
Our colleagues at Athena Health created the infographic, below, to help providers and medical practice professionals understand the complex MACRA mandate and resulting payment adjustments.
Why settle for a neutral or small positive adjustment in 2019? Why not GO BIG with MIPS in 2017? Earn an exceptional performance-positive adjustment on top of the possible payment adjustment of up to 4%.
CMS is funding a pool of $500 million for exceptional performers who achieve a final score of 70 points or higher. With a final score between 70 and 100, (subject to the application of a scaling factor by CMS), eligible clinicians would receive a payment increase above 4% in 2019.
In addition to the positive adjustment, Going BIG would promote your clinicians' social reputation (Physician Compare) and accelerate the shift towards value--including future participation in Advanced Alternative Payment Models.
Are you ready to Go Big and be an exceptional performer in 2017?
- Have you successfully reported PQRS in previous years and on track in 2016?
- Have you successfully attested to the EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use)?
- On your Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR), do you compare favorably?
- Are you ready to move toward value-based care?
If you answered yes to these questions, you're already on your way.
Let GE Healthcare Camden Group help you reach your MACRA potential and maximize your MIPS payments. To get started, simply click on the button below and one of our MACRA experts will contact you.


text:
Posting documents, submitting assignments and linking to collaborative cloud documents has never been easier within Blackboard. Qwickly+Cloud connects cloud storage to Blackboard in exciting ways, leveraging the ease of use of Qwickly+ products
- Send Email, Post Content, and Create Assignment are the tools you can use to send files to your students from The Cloud.
-Click Send Email, Post Content, or Create Assignment.
- You can attach any document from The Cloud.
Another way to use the Cloud is through Qwickly Cloud Assignment
1. Click Content
2. Go to Assessments and then click Qwickly Cloud Assignment.
- The Qwickly Cloud Assignment page will come up. You can browse from The Cloud and attach the document.
The other way to use The Cloud is through Qwickly MashUp Tools.
1. Click Content
2. Go to Content, then click Item.
3. Located in the Text Editor, click Mashups, then click Qwickly Link Cloud File.
4. Click any icon to get your document from The Cloud to give to your students.
- Click Submit when finished.


text:
St Anne Soho, Middlesex Family History Guide
A view of Soho Square in London, from Ackermann's Repository of Arts 1812
St Anne Soho is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Middlesex, created in 1687 from St Martin in the Fields Ancient Parish; located on Dean Street.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1686
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Scotland in England/Presbyterian Church in England, French Protestant, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic (Neapolitan Embassy), Roman Catholic (Spanish Embassy), Roman Catholic (Venetian Embassy), Swiss Church, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Parishes adjacent to St Anne Soho
- St Martin in the Fields
- St Marylebone St Andrew
- St Giles in the Fields
- Westminster St Luke
Greek Street, Soho.
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Adams Robert, Greek street, Soho, engineer, July 5, 1839.
Akers Mark, Walham green, late Compton street, Soho, cabinet maker, March 26, 1825.
[gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" ids="133954,133953"]
- County: Middlesex
- Civil Registration District: Strand
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex
- Diocese: London
- Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
- Poor Law Union: Strand
- Hundred: Westminster (Middlesex)
- Province: Canterbury


text:
'Any chance of some proposals fit for the 21st century?'
Below – a post I have written on the Local Schools Network today on the implications of Gove's new O-level style proposals:
What with the GCSE regrading fiasco and the row over the selling off of state school sports fields, Michael Gove clearly needed a quick political fix – and some positive publicity – this autumn. And he has got it – if from all the wrong people.
Meanwhile, the nation's hard-working pupils – many of them now embarking on GCSE courses that the government has more or less officially rubbished – deserve far more than these ill-thought-through changes,


text:
Rush Orders
If an order is placed for a stocked item before 11am it will be despatched the next working day. If an urgent delivery is required please contact our customer service on 1800 819 618. We cannot guarantee same day service but will do whatever is possible to assist. Fees may apply.


text:
One of the lasting memories I have of the announcement that Doctor Who was to return is the reaction of one North American fan. Hearing that the show was to be produced by BBC Wales he convinced himself that it would be a Welsh language version on the presumption that no-one in Wales spoke English.
Our transatlantic friend wasn't alone, those with little knowledge of Cardiff apparently found the choice quite �odd� and voiced the opinion that London and the quarry pits of the South East would make a more fitting base.
Wales Millennium Centre
Those better acquainted with the city understood just how many types of locale it and the surrounding areas could offer the production team and were intrigued to see how the mix of modern urban city and rural vistas might be put to use.
Of course, the link between Doctor Who and Cardiff is nothing new as Ian Everett, press officer for The Cardiff Initiative, explains:
�Cardiff has always had a link to Doctor Who thanks to [Dalek creator] Terry Nation, who was born here, but the new series of Doctor Who has made that link even stronger.
Many viewers may not have realised that the majority of the first series was filmed here, as the BBC effects team did such a great job of disguising Cardiff as World War II London, underground bases in Utah and alien space stations.
The diehard fans, however, have shown a great deal of interest in visiting the locations used � which include the Millennium Stadium, the Wales Millennium Centre and the National Museum.
The new Torchwood spin-off, which will be set here as well as filmed in Cardiff, will also be a great boost, as it will give the city a great opportunity to shine on camera.
As more viewers across the world get to see the new series, the interest in visiting Cardiff is also going to increase, so its likely that before long, location maps, guide books and even Doctor Who themed tours will be available.�
And make no mistake, television can have an important part to play in driving tourism. According to The Cardiff Visitor Survey, the percentage of visitors influenced by TV was 18% with 4% citing the medium as their main influence responsible for visiting the city.
Cardiff landmarks which feature in the first series include Queens Arcade, Howell's department store, Wales Millennium Centre and the Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health.
A full list of locations used for each episode can be found on the BBC Wales website.
unitnews would like to thank all those who provided background information for this article especially Ian Everett at The Cardiff Initiative and Sally Hart at Cardiff County Council.
Links: BBC Wales Location Guide
The Cardiff Initiative
Cardiff County Council
Official Series Site
Wales Millennium Centre


text:
This month is going to be very busy for me, so I thought I would do a current update while I have the time. Mostly, I am great! I have accomplished so much this year, and that is motivating me to keep going, and carry that on!
I am spending a couple of months alone this summer in our new apartment as my partner will be away. I am still a little worried, but am more equipped to cope alone. I have a few extra hours at my part time job which will be a good distraction! I'm not going full time as I feel that would be too much, especially as I don't get a summer break from studying my degree like most students do. Combined studying and working should keep me busy!
I never thought I would be trusted to live alone for so long, so I must be doing well! I usually eat a lot healthier when alone, which I am looking forward to. I am hoping to try lots of new recipes! We are moving apartments very soon, I can't wait to organise everything, as well as have my own office!
I am excited, and I think this is contributing to me wanting to keep going. I hope I don't plummet after I've settled in. I've started (restarted) a bullet journal which I shall use as a distraction in the evenings if I am struggling. I also have a listography book, and wreck it journal, combined with my bullet journal, I am thinking of making a separate segment on my blog for arty/distractions? I'm am not creative at all, but think it's a good outlet/ a place to start.
I am still getting intrusive thoughts, but not so frequent. They are still quite intense, but my partner has been there to support. I wish they'd go, but I am ok.
Recently I am really enjoying writing blog posts, I have lots of ideas, and a few pre written. Any posts you'd like I can add to the list. I have taken the pressure of myself, and just posting as and what I enjoy. This post is very rambly, but sometimes that is ok.


text:
[ | MetroActive Central | ]
Save PBS?
By Doug Ireland
I DON'T THINK there's any reason for public television to exist anymore," thunders Garrison Keillor in an interview in the Jan. 5 issue of The Nation, going on to declare that PBS is far from being "an important force" in broadcasting, and its accomplishments are far in the past. "There isn't anything that they do that can't be done and done better by any one of a dozen cable channels. They've been completely rendered obsolete by cable television."
If this judgment from the Sage of Lake Wobegon seems harsh to you, then you should snap up a copy of , the splendid critical history by Village Voice media critic James Ledbetter. This eminently readable and copiously documented book lays out how and why public television has become (to borrow Alexander Woollcott's famous phrase) the bland leading the bland.
Shaped from its inception by White House politics--two of its most important architects were McGeorge Bundy and Eugene Rostow, who helped design and manage Lyndon Johnson's war on Vietnam--public TV has never been able to insulate itself from political pressure. Indeed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, from which PBS gets its congressionally appropriated federal subsidy, has been "used over the years as a dumping ground for the worst sort of political hacks," Ledbetter writes.
And the tradition continues: Bill Clinton's first appointment to the CPB board was Diane Blair, an Arkansas crony whose husband, Jim, is counsel to Tyson Foods.
Ledbetter traces PBS' malaise to Richard Nixon's attempt to destroy public TV, which resulted in "slashing the amount of airtime devoted to critical assessment of sitting presidents and Congresses." In the ensuing years, "habits of self-censorship have become so ingrained that naked censorship is rarely necessary." Those habits have only been intensified by what Ledbetter calls "the malling of public television"--its increasing dependence on corporate underwriters (read: sponsors) and the marketing of programming-tied products (like the department store variety of objects licensed by Sesame Street ).
Take the oil companies, pre-eminent funders of national public television and thus, in Ledbetter's words, "the most obvious purchasers of the medium's silence." Case in point: Shell Oil, whose role in destroying the environment in Nigeria, supporting that country's military dictatorship, and tacit involvement in the assassination of novelist Ken Saro-Wiwa sparked a major international controversy. On public television, Ledbetter charges, "it is nearly impossible to state any connection between Shell and Nigeria at all; the few times that Saro-Wiwa's execution was mentioned on the PBS 'Newshour,' there was no reference to Shell, and Shell's actions in Nigeria have never been explored on the 'Newshour,' 'Nightly Business Report' ... or any nationally available PBS public-affairs program." No wonder some wags have tagged PBS the Petroleum Broadcasting System.
Dissecting PBS programming, Ledbetter traces the death of the public-TV documentary and the abandonment of the system's early educational function in favor of an endless diet of Britcoms, English whodunits, Lawrence Welk reruns, and John Tesh concerts. In doing so, he shows why assaults on the medium by the Gingrich Right are misplaced: "Public television doesn't scare its viewers because [it] avoids just about anything that might offend anyone. It cares far less about programming of 'high value' than it does about programming that cannot be assailed." The U.S. government spends only $1.09 per citizen on public TV, infinitely less than other industrialized countries like Japan ($31.05) and Great Britain ($38.99).
But full public funding to allow the termination of corporate sponsorship is only part of the answer. Until public TV rethinks its mission in a cabled and digitized new world communication order, and is isolated from political interference by special interests, an increase in its appropriation would only be throwing good money after bad. Made Possible By ... illustrates Garrison Keillor's contention that PBS has become a "complete dinosaur."
It should be required reading for anyone contemplating a pledge-week donation to keep it alive.
[ | MetroActive Central | ]
From the January 29-February 4, 1998 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.
© Metro Publishing Inc.


text:
Economic Consequences of Software Crime in 1996 worldwide is the illegal copying of domestic and international software costing $15.2 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $5.1 billion in the North America alone. Some sources put the total up-to-date losses, due to software crime, as high as $4.7 trillion. Estimates show that over 40 percent of North American software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy losses occurred outside of North America. The Software Publishers Association (SPA) indicated that approximately 35 percent of the business software in the North America were obtained illegally.
It is illegal for a corporation or business to purchase a single set of original
software and then load that software onto more than one computer, or lend, copy or distribute software for any reason without the prior written consent of the software manufacturer. Many software managers are concerned with the legal compliance, along with asset management and costs to their organizations.
Provincial law creates trade secret laws, and most jurisdictions have laws that criminalize the violations of a trade-secret holder's rights. A court will allow a trade secret to be used by someone that discovered or developed the trade secret independently if the holder takes adequate precautions to protect the secret. In 1964, the National Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression.
The Software Rental Amendments Act was approved in 1990. This Act prohibits the commercial rental, leasing or lending of software without the express written permission of the copyright holder. This amendment made software piracy a federal offense, and instituted criminal penalties for copyright infringement of software.
According to federal law duplicating software for profit, making multiple copies for use by different users within an organization, and giving an unauthorized copy...


text:
Masahiro Tanaka gave the New York Yankees another dud of a performance on Tuesday night against the Boston Red Sox.
Over the last month, Tanaka's struggles have gone from bad to worse. In a season that started out well for him, Tanaka's 2017 year is slowly spiraling out of control.
Tanaka's body language is obvious on the mound, as he is growing more frustrated with his command and ability. Plus, he's now surrendering a startling amount of home runs; he gave up three in the 5-4 loss to the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
Right now, the Yankees still have a slight lead in the American League East, but it's slipping. With each loss he takes, Tanaka doesn't help the Yankees cause for a potential postseason run. Masahiro Tanaka is supposed to be the team's ace and since the middle of May, he's been anything but.
Despite the struggles on the mound, the Yankees are still viewed as a contender and have exceeded everyone's expectations. But as the season goes on, the Yankees can't keep having this automatic loss when Tanaka takes the mound. Your ace is supposed to be the guy that is the stopper. Masahiro Tanaka was that until last month, now he's the opposite.
Because of this, it's going to force the Yankees to make a trade next month. We've all talked about the rumors of them looking at the pitching market. If Tanaka were pitching better, maybe a trade doesn't happen because it's not a pressing issue.
Tanaka is making the Yankees need to acquire more pitching a growing one with each passing bad outing. It might force the Yankees to overpay for someone like Gerrit Cole, who hasn't exactly been great lately. It might force the Yankees to overpay for Jose Quintana. It might force the Yankees to overpay for Yu Darvish or Jeremy Hellickson. Those are some of the starters who could be available. And it's some of the starters that are likely to be discussed next month.
The Yankees definitely have the prospects needed if they want to make a deal. Given Brian Cashman's track record, he knows how to make the right deal when needed. So he won't be so quick to unload all of his best players from the farm system.
But with Tanaka's continued struggles, it's not helping the Yankees cause in 2017. The Yankees know they can win this season. They've been one of the best teams in the American League during the first two months. In order for that to continue, something has to change.
Masahiro Tanaka either has to start pitching better, or the Yankees have to make a move for another starter. For the Yankees sake, they hope he will figure it out sooner than later.
If not, Brian Cashman will soon be on the phone looking to make a deal.


text:
One. Its acidity. Someday, we might be able to find the best way to make more than scattered cheese curds with the flesh and its liquid. The experiment below involved Agbalumo flesh in a jar, filled with milk and left refrigerated for a couple of days.
Two, the liquid extracted from macerating Agbalumo flesh in sugar tastes like lemonade but with the peculiar Agbalumo flavor. And like lemons and limes, it's juices sting the cuts and scratches on the fingers of a Kitchen Butterfly.
Interstingly, heat does something to this fruit, especially when combined with sugar. I think it destroys the peculiar sour taste, so this 'jam' had the colour but not the distinct flavour of Agbalumo.
[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Three (3) Interesting Discoveries with Agbalumo – – – [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]


text:
In third grade I joined a club called the Dynamites. We built forts, created complex passwords, and invented elaborate initiation rites for our new members.
All that was fun and good. But the truth is, we weren't really happy unless we were at war with the Wolves. As a club made up mostly of girls and cool kids, the Wolves were our sworn enemies, and we fought them at every turn with homemade swords, guns, and grenades. Die, Wolves, die!
But why? Why did we want to pretend to kill each other?
And why, when we started making slingshots out of rubber bands and clothes hangars, did we immediately aim them at birds, lizards, and insects? Why did we aim the BB guns we got a few years later at those same living creatures, and why did we pull our triggers until they were dead?
I don't know.
I suspect, though, that we as humans take joy in power. I suspect that this is why we like guns - because what greater power can you possibly have over a living creature than to take away its life? I suspect that the males of our species are more often into killing because of testosterone levels, but that despite that, it's still more nurture than nature. I suspect all these things, but there isn't much that I feel I really know.
I do know this, though.
I know that my own father - who disliked guns, and was something of a pacifist - bought a BB gun for my brother and I when we were twelve and thirteen, respectively, because he didn't want to turn guns into a taboo, and make us love them all the more.
I know that that BB gun was my absolute favoritest thing in the world for a long time, and that it was only after I'd shot and killed a beautiful, snowy-white owl for no other reason than twisted curiosity that I decided that maybe I didn't like guns so much, after all.
I know that because of changes humans have made to the ecological balance of the world, sometimes there is an imbalance of predators and prey that has to be rectified, or we'll all be hooped. I know for example that the killing off of North America's predators like wolves, cougars, and bears has led to an overabundance of deer, which in turn are spreading ticks like crazy-balls across the eastern seaboard... leading to a near-pandemic explosion of the vicious and incurable Lyme's disease.
I know that sometimes things tip in favor of the predators, and sometimes the prey.
But I don't know how to tell where the scales are sitting with any given species at any given time, and I don't know how to fix those scales when they get wonky. Sometimes (often?) our "solutions" turn out to be worse than the problems. What's more, I don't think most of us really want to put much time or energy into trying to do things the right, healthy way, or into figuring out what that way is. I think what we usually want is to follow the path that we think will give us the greatest amount of reward with the least amount of effort.
uber-wealthy little nineteen year-old shot a bunch of beautiful "game" animals, then posted the pictures to facebook in an effort to leverage her incredible killing skills (insert sarcasm) into a career in television.
The internet is in an uproar!
She killed Simba!
She killed Bagheera!
She killed that Zebra from MADAGASCAR 1-3
To me, this feels like yet another instance of people trying to take the easiest path of all - the path where you find someone who's doing something that you aren't doing and don't want to do, and you yell at them before bothering to learn their story. It's an opportunity for sexist men to yell at her for being a girl. It's an opportunity for enlightened individuals to yell at the sexist men for being useless human beings. It's an opportunity for learnéd historians to yell at all the fools who are still ignorant about Teddy Roosevelt's conservation efforts.
And it's an opportunity for me to yell at all the people who are yelling at each other.
Meanwhile, we're not bothering to put a mirror to what we are doing to make the world an uglier place. We're just sitting here staring with glazed eyes at computer screens, chasing after whatever website's going to tell us that we're part of the good crowd - the ones who aren't like those idiots.
Who cares that we are ALL part of an economy that ravages the good earth?
Who cares that our belief that we deserve to travel quickly and easily around the earth makes us complicit in a fossil-fuel economy that's brought us endless war and the destruction of our soil and waterways?
Who cares that we're more interested in being part of some internet group of "better-thans" than we are in actually meeting and loving and living in community with real-live, likewise-messed-up human beings?
Who cares about any of these things, when I can spend my time feeling better than some nineteen-year-old on the internet who for some twisted reason I can't begin to fathom takes pleasure in killing beautiful animals?
- - -
NOTE: Today's post is brought to you courtesy of The Clan Masterton, who took advantage of a BRAND-NEW OPPORTUNITY that I like to call "Tell Josh Barkey What the Heck to Write!"
If you're interested in following in their footsteps and supporting my work as a writer, take a look at the options in the sidebar to the right (scroll up) -->
For YEARS I've been writing for you for free.
Now you have an opportunity to support me in my work.
Here's what your money will buy:
- For $2 I will mention your name in a post, possibly facetiously.
- For $10 You pick what I write about, but maybe I just make fun of your idea.
- For $40 It's your topic, with all the awesomeness I can muster.
- For $100 I write on your topic, AND create an original illustration.
- For $200 Your topic gets an Illustration, AND an embarrassing picture of me.
- For $400 You name the protagonist and theme for a short story, written in your honor and posted here for all to see.


text:
Richland County, MT Home
Click Here To Advertise for just $10
10/26/2020 UPDATE: Revenue sharing positions are still available for Richland County online editorial staff, writers and video or photo hobbyists throughout our local communities. You don't even have to fill out a resume to get this job as all you have to do is submit and start earning from your richland community content.
The growth in quality content and features for this site depends on the level of participation and usage, so when you tell your neighbors and friends about our service, the more people from our richland towns who come online, which will resut in greater features and greater earnings potential for your submissions.
Richland County Local Towns:
Click Here for More Richland County News
The F.I.P.S. code is 30083.
Latitude: 47.5759, Longitude: -104.2619.
There are more sites for other counties and towns across the State of Montana available.
In fact, we host pages for every State, County and Town in the U.S.!


text:
Projects and Stories
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
Collaborative partnerships are restoring Oregon and Washington's national forests through an innovative program.
Oregon and Washington have some of the most diverse and complex forest ecosystems in the West. The forests provide us with clean air and water, public space for recreational pursuits, economic opportunities for rural communities, and are essential habitat for fish and wildlife. And yet, due to decades of fire suppression, past land management activities, and conflict over the best use of forest resources, we have seen our national forests become unhealthy, overgrown, and prone to severe wildfire.
To address these ecological and economic challenges, Sustainable Northwest is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service to grow an innovative program that will restore ecosystem health and create jobs in forest restoration.
In 2009, Sustainable Northwest educated members of Congress on legislation that would create the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), Congress passed the legislation providing the opportunity for the Forest Service to implement the national program for 10 years. By requiring collaboration, the CFLRP brings together public and private land managers, conservation interests, and tribes to benefit forest ecosystems and rural economies through accelerated landscape-scale forest restoration. This approach represents a key change in the way the Forest Service conducts business. Five national forests are participating in the Pacific Northwest: the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, and Malheur National Forests in Oregon, and the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests in Washington.
Under the CFLRP, these five forests are engaged in 10-year projects that take a landscape scale approach to forest restoration that includes utilization of local wood products and enhancing the ecological resilience of our national forests. We are already seeing tremendous results for rural areas, including job creation and job stability, a reliable wood supply for local mills and market infrastructure, restored forest health, improved community safety, and reduced fire suppression costs.
To increase the effectiveness of the CFLRP work across the Pacific Northwest, Sustainable Northwest is partnering with the Forest Service to coordinate a Region 6 CFLRP Network that supports peer-to-peer sharing of knowledge and experience. For more information about upcoming CFLRP events, visit our events page.
Goals of the network:
- Connect participants from the five Region 6 CFLRP projects and other high priority restoration areas in Oregon and Washington for learning and sharing.
- Identify core needs, challenges and successes in CFLRP planning and implementation.
- Share successful practices to enhance wildlife habitat, reduce the risk of wildfire, combat invasive species and restore watershed health.
- Ensure effective participation of agency staff and collaborative group participants.
Network participants:
Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative
Southern Blues Restoration Coalition
Northeast Washington Forest Vision 2020
For more information contact:
Patrick Shannon, Sustainable Northwest Forest Program Director
firstname.lastname@example.com, (503) 221-6911 x 117
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act
U.S. Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program


text:
The Society can be contacted by means of the email form below.
If you have any questions that you feel might fall within the scope of the Society, email us.
If you would like to join the Society, click here for a membership form.
Finally if there any queries, comments or usability issues on our website, please drop us a line.


text:
Wheelchair / Walker Mighty Bag Hook
Wheelchair / Walker Mighty Bag Hook
This sleek and stylish mobility accessory by Think King is ideal for hanging a purse, shopping bags or anything else from your wheelchair, walker or rollator. The lightweight and strong hooks are easy to attach using a velcro strap system.
- Strong and lightweight aluminum hook that won't break
- No clip makes it easy to slip items on and off with only one hand
- Deep U shape can accommodate extra wide purse or bag handles
- Easy to attach with velcro straps, will not fall off
- Rubbery strap grips on any bar and will not slide around
- 2 hooks included per pack
Note: Always remove bags from hooks before lifting child from the stroller. Do not overload hooks as this may cause stroller to tip.
Designed by Think King


text:
Dear GYA, I really messed things up and now I need to make sure my mom has a nice Mother's Day. You see, last weekend I stole a book and spent the whole day reading a never-ending story about a dude named Atreyu and some luck dragons and crap. Long story short, mom was worried sick and now I'm in the doghouse. Any suggestions for a decent Mother's Day weekend? - Bastian Bux---
Bastian, I hate stories like that. Have you seen the movie Lost in Translation? Talk about a never-ending story. When I walked out of the theater, I wondered what year it was. Anyways, your mom won't stay mad at you forever. Here are some suggestions for a sweet weekend:
Let's start with Friday:
- The perfect place to pick up a Mother's Day gift arguably will be The Beehive Bazaar going down all weekend at The Shops at Riverwood.
- The Park City Film Series will be presenting screenings of the fiilm Salmon Fishing In The Yemen all weekend long at the Park City Library.
- A good ole-fashioned Pickin' and Fiddlin' contest will be held at the West Valley City Hall today.
- The play In The Next Room (Or, The Vibrator Play) will be showing at the Rose Wagner Theatre this evening.
- For some funky disco, check out French house producer The Phantom's Revenge tonight at W Lounge.
- Head over to Urban Lounge tonight for some local hip-hop with Burnell Washington, Linus Tubbs and YZE.
As for Saturday:
- Country star Clay Walker will be will be performing a one-night-only charity concert at West Jordan Arena, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
- The Fly With The Flock 5k starts at 2:35 p.m. at the Ogden Nature Center.
- Indie-pop star Nashville native Katie Herzig will be performing at The State Room, beginning at 9 p.m.
- Check out a slew of cool local art at the Spring Art Adoption today at the Copper Palate Press.
- Rapper Tech N9ne will be throwing down at the Great Saltair this evening at 6:30 pm.
- Terrace Place Plaza will be showing Thoroughly Modern Millie beginning at 7:30 p.m.
And finally Sunday (Mother's Day):
- Red Rock Rondo will be performing for free today at the Cathedral of The Madeleine, beginning at 8 p.m.
- Every Sunday, Brewvies, Epic Brewing, True TV and City Weekly present a free screening of the latest Mad Men epsisode starting at 8 p.m.
- Some local stand-up comedy will be on stage at Mo's Neighborhood Grill with Sunday Funnies at 9:30 p.m.
- The Capitol Theatre will be hosting the Utah Opera's presentation: Of Mice & Men at 7:30 p.m.
- Kasino Karaoke at Piper Down, beginning at 9 p.m.
For the weekend's entire list of things to do, click here.
Wolf is also the author of City Weekly's blog The Secret Handshake.
Twitter: @WolfColin


text:
Payment policy
Every patient has different needs and will require either a consultation with no investigation or a number of varying tests and scans to help with the diagnosis of their condition. Our consultants also practice from different Hospitals across South West London and each Hospital has a different price list. It would, therefore, be impossible to list all the variations here.
To receive an indication of likely costs please telephone our Enquiries Line on 0208 337 9609.
New Patients
At your initial appointment you will be asked complete a London Gastroenterology Partnership registration form. This form asks for information necessary for The London Gastroenterology Partnership to process your account. The Hospital you attend may also ask you for details or take a copy of your registration form as they, too, may have to process an account for you.
Current Patients
We ask that you keep us up-to-date on any changes to your personal details or insurance company information when you visit your consultant. This will make it easier for us to process your account quickly and efficiently.
Health Insurance
Please make sure that you have contacted your insurance company prior to your initial visit to gain their approval for the visit and any tests which may be required.
A GP Referral Letter will more than likely be required.
If you are insured there is a place on the registration form you to complete the name of your insurance company, policy or membership number and pre-authorisation number if you have one.
These details will then be used to process your account and your invoices will be sent directly to the insurance company concerned where you have a direct payment policy with them. Most insurance companies operate a system of direct payment nowadays but some may wish you to settle the bill yourself first and then claim the costs back from them. Check with your insurance company how they would like you to proceed before you come for your first consultation.
In order to speed up your claim please hand your completed claim form to the consultant for signature at your initial consultation. You should then forward the form to your insurer.
Please Note: Should your insurance company be unable to settle your bill or only settles it in part, we will have to ask you for the outstanding amount.
Self-Funding/Referring Patients
Most patients are referred via a GP and, indeed this is normally essential if you are claiming on a health insurance policy.
If you are self-funding, however, you may wish to refer yourself and will not need a letter from the GP.
The London Gastroenterology Partnership is more than happy to accept referrals from Self-Funding/Referring Patients but would ask that you settle your invoice within 30 days of receiving the invoice.
Please Note: you may not only have to pay the fee due to The London Gastroenterology Partnership consultant. If you have tests or procedures carried out the Hospital you are seen at will also make a charge for the use of its rooms, equipment etc. This can often be more costly than your invoice from The London Gastroenterology Partnership. Please call the General Enquiries telephone number for more information.
Fees from your consultant will include:
Iinitial and follow up outpatient consultations, surgical procedure's undertaken in the theatre, procedures, tests and examinations undertaken in a consulting room or treatment room. You will also receive an additional invoice from the Hospital where tests and procedures are carried out.
As part of your treatment your consultant may provide you with a private prescription for drugs which you will need to take to a local pharmacy to be dispensed. The pharmacy will charge you as a private patient regardless of whether you would normally be exempt from paying for NHS prescriptions. Any queries relating to the cost of prescriptions should be directed to the pharmacy.
If you have any questions or require further information on our pricing policy please contact the Practice Manager on 0208 337 9609.
To make an appointment at one of our Hospitals click here .


text:
Learning Ally Audio App is now available in beta for Android devices. Learning Ally is a provider of audio books for the blind and dyslexic. The newly released Android app provides access to Learning Ally's collection of 75,000 audio books for members with Android devices. From information provided on the apps Google Play page the Android version seems to have features comparable to its iOS counterpart. The app is available for free on the Google Play store and require a Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab, or Motorola Droid Razr with Android 4.1 or later. Click here to download the Android version from Google Play. To learn more about the iOS version of Learning Ally Audio click here.
To view screenshots of Learning Ally Audio for Android in action click read more below.


text:
All want an independent life. A life where he can do and live the life he wants. The nomadic life is a something that many want to adopt however not all of them could maintain the integrity to achieve it.
Being a digital nomad is a fun and tough at the same time. If you are deciding to become a digital nomad then you should know both the positive and the negative sides of it. This would help you think better of the decision.
The Benefits of Digital Nomads
A digital nomad has some benefits that make it a great choice to lead the life. Some of them are:
You will Cultivate Adaptability
A digital nomad's life is full of experience, and they may be good or bad. However, the most important thing is one has to be in an unsure situation every time. Most of the situation isn't in the favor of the digital nomad; hence he has to fight the situation in order to survive. This cultivates a quality of adaptability and works with like crazyleafdesign.com. Adapting a situation isn't that easy but a digital nomad's life teaches that to them.
Do what You Love
The digital nomad has to work as well but they also have the time to do what they love. The first freedom that they get is to work according to their time so that they can do what they love. Apart from that, they can complete their work before time to do the same. They have lots of times to do the things that they are passionate about.
You Would Become Productive
With the hectic corporate life, there is no time to have a productive time. However, with the digital nomad, you can don't have any time to waste. The news places to explore will constantly motivate you to get the work done as soon as possible to experience the place you are in.
Live Different Lives
The digital nomad lives are not restricting to one place. Visiting all the different places and adapting their lives lets you visualize different places and their lifestyle. You are experiencing more than the rest of the world. Every place has its own unique identity and you can witness that by your own eye.
The Drawback of a Digital Nomad
Since everything has two sides of a coin. The digital nomad life has drawbacks too that makes it the things to consider become moving in the digital nomadic life.
The Wi-Fi Issue
The life of a digital nomad involves to be working as well but to that do you have to be online. The thing that troubles the most is that the Wi-Fi creates issues frequently. Without the Wi-Fi one is most likely to be going through hell as their lifeline to work will get disrupted.
Though the digital nomadic lifestyle is what you have chosen and accepts the fact that you have to be alone. However, there is a time when you will feel lonely. You would wish to have someone by your side. The good times of the past will haunt you and this become unbearable for some.
Sometimes Difficult to Make the Ends Meet
The online world isn't that reliable. If you don't have a concrete skill or a reliable workplace then you are most likely struggle to bring out your expense for the digital world. You may many times be out of work and without any savings one freaks out. This lifestyle is risky.
The pros and cons, both are the really important thing to consider if you want to become a digital nomad.


text:
Crystal Palace sign David Goodwillie from Blackburn
Last updated on .From the section Football
Crystal Palace have signed Scotland international striker David Goodwillie on loan from Championship rivals Blackburn Rovers until January.
The 23-year-old joined Rovers from Dundee United in August 2011.
Goodwillie scored twice in 21 appearances as Blackburn were relegated from the Premier League last season.
But he has been allowed to move on loan following the signings of Leon Best, Nuno Gomes, Colin Kazim-Richards and Jordan Rhodes.


text:
Golio, Gary, and Illustrated by Gutierrez, Rudy Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey 48 pgs. Clarion Books, 2012. $16.19. (Rating: PG –drug & alcohol abuse)
This is the story of John Coltrane's life. From his childhood full on inspiration and heartache to his own personal journey for spirituality and knowledge to his battle with addiction, everything is here -simply and beautifully told. Featuring big bright illustrations that set the tone for each page of the story.
I cannot stress enough how amazing this book is. The illustrations are so stunning that I am blown away. They are like John's music captured in artwork. This book could easily be used for a biography, but even better, combine it with a lesson on how artwork portrays mood, emotion, movement, and music. I also really liked John's spiritual journey and how it affected his life and music. Top Notch!
EL, Elementary –ESSENTIAL Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.


text:
MS Dhoni
IMAGE: Steve Smith captain and Mahendra Singh Dhoni of Rising Pune Supergiant . Photograph: BCCI
His finishing skills called into question by critics, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Tuesday, received firm backing from spin legend Shane Warne, who feels that former India captain doesnt need to "prove anything to anyone".
Removed from captaincy before the start of the 10th edition of the ongoing Indian Premier League, Dhoni so far has had a quiet tournament for Rising Pune Supergiant by his standards, scoring only 61 runs in five games.
Warne took to Twitter to back Dhoni, who has been a phenomenal limited-overs cricketer.
"@msdhoni does not have to prove anything to anyone, hes class and a wonderful player in all formats. MS is also a great captain and inspires!," Warne tweeted.
Dhonis strike-rate in the 10th IPL has been a dismal 87.14 with an average of shade over 15. He has managed to hit only two sixes in five games.
While he is still the undisputed No 1 keeper-batsman in the limited-overs format but inconsistent form over the past year has led to debated if he is still a potent match-winner
this is right
what ?


text:
The Ferrari-bound Fernando Alonso on Thursday advised his current team Renault to replace him for 2010 with Robert Kubica.
The Ferrari-bound Fernando Alonso on Thursday advised his current team Renault to replace him for 2010 with Robert Kubica.
"He is one of my best friends and one of the best drivers," the Spaniard told reporters at Suzuka. "If there is a chance then I would recommend him."
Pole Kubica, 24, is on the market, with his 2010 contract with BMW-Sauber no longer binding because of the withdrawal from F1 of the German carmaker.
Renault on Thursday said Alonso's replacement will be announced next week, and it is believed that Kubica is the favourite to be named.
Asked if the French team's plans fit in with his, Kubica told reporters in Japan: "Yes and no.
"There are some talks but no decision is final at the moment," he added, explaining that he is "95 or 90 per cent" certain he will end up with his preferred choice of employer.
It is said that staying put at Sauber, with its new Qadbak ownership, might be an option for Kubica, but on Thursday he seemed to take a parting shot at the Hinwil team.
Reflecting on his differences with the team's position when he had a chance to push for the 2008 title, he said: "I think and I hope that in the team that I will race for (next year), I will not have to insist to fight for the championship.
"My future team will know what to do, and I hope that there will not be any need to try and convince them," Kubica added.


text:
November 24, 2015
Turning Point USA has recently launched its "Professor Watchlist," with the declared mission "to expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values, and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."
Turning Point USA has a constitutionally protected right to publicize and criticize the words and actions of professors that it finds offensive. But we think that this project will only exacerbate a problem we are trying to address at Heterodox Academy: professors and students are increasingly afraid of voicing and debating opinions in the classroom. For this reason, we–the executive committee of Heterodox Academy–believe that Professor Watchlist is pernicious and misguided. We expect it to have the same speech-chilling effects as do many of the "Bias Response Teams" that are being implemented nationwide, which encourage students to report professors and fellow students for anything—including sincerely expressed opinions—that they interpret or misinterpret as offensive.
We call on everyone who is concerned about the state of higher education to stop devising ways that members of an academic community can report or punish each other for classroom speech.
Whether the reporting is done to a campus authority, setting in motion weeks of time-draining bureaucratic procedure that is often far removed from common sense, or whether the reporting is done to the Internet at large, triggering public shaming campaigns and a cascade of threatening tweets and emails, such reporting systems encourage everyone to walk on eggshells. This kind of fearful climate deprives everyone of the vigorous debate and disagreement that is essential for learning and scholarship.
Rather than seeking to discourage certain voices on campus, we think the better approach is to encourage a variety of voices—heterodox voices—so that bad arguments can be answered with good ones and scholarly ideas can be tested by the strongest minds on both sides.
Jonathan Haidt, New York University
April Kelly-Woessner, Elizabethtown College
Scott Lilienfeld, Emory University
Chris Martin, Emory University
Nicholas Rosenkranz, Georgetown University
Sean Stevens, New York University
Note that the executive committee does not speak for the entire membership of Heterodox Academy. We did not consult the membership in drafting this statement, and we have no mechanism for expressing the collective will of our politically diverse membership.


text:
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Etymology 1[edit]
unsub (plural unsubs)
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of unknown subject. of an investigation.
- 2002, Brett Martinez, Multiple Fire Setters: The Process of Tracking and Identification, page 110:
- Further analysis may identify that the unsub has no specific schedule and has been escalating in the type of fire activity he or she is involved in.
- 2011, Brent E. Turvey, Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, page 639:
- In short, UNSUB profiling is premised on two fundamental assumptions: (1) behavioral uniformity across offenses and (2) steady associations between configurations of offense behaviors and background characteristics.
- 2002, Brett Martinez, Multiple Fire Setters: The Process of Tracking and Identification, page 110:
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
unsub (third-person singular simple present unsubs, present participle unsubbing, simple past and past participle unsubbed)
- Abbreviation of unsubscribe.
- Unsub entry on the Free Dictionary.


text:
If you'd like to speak to us about how you, or someone you know, can learn more about getting online:
Call us on 0300 004 1000
Our lines are open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Calls are free with UK landlines and most mobile provider packages. Some mobile providers may charge at local rates. Please check with your provider.
Alternatively you can email us at email@example.com and we'll get back to you.
Visit the learning directory
There are learning centres, libraries and other locations all over Scotland where people are helping others to get online. Visit our learning directory to find out more.


text:
Over here at Willow & the Little Gypsies,
we are in LOOOOOVVVVE with our new
Boho Christmas Stockings!!
Adorned with gorgeous trinkets: feathers, bells, ribbons, pompoms
These will add some boho fun to your Christmas decorations!
Comes in 3 different trim options:
Also available in Silver (see different product)
This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!


text:
Howdy Folks! The State Fair of Texas is almost here and we can already smell the fair food looming in the air. We've rounded up the most important tidbits for you to learn before you slip on your boots and head out the door for some Texas-sized fun.
Here's everything you need to know.
The State Fair of Texas 2018
When: September 28 – October 21, 2018
Where: Historic Fair Park. The administration building's physical address is 3921 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Dallas, TX 75210 (only a few miles from Magnolia Dallas Downtown)
Hours of Operation: Friday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sundays – Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. State Fair of Texas Midway and Fair Park Museum hours vary.
Theme: "Celebrating Texas Innovation"
Ticket Prices:
-General Admission: $18
-Kids under 48″ tall: $14
-Seniors 60 and over: $14
-Children 2 and under: Free
-Seniors 60 and over: Free every Thursday (Oct. 4, Oct. 11, and Oct. 18)
Parking: $15 for self-parking.
Daily Activities Include: Starlight Parade at 7 p.m. and the Illumination Sensation lights and fireworks show at 8 p.m.
What's New this Year:
1). Livestock Birthing Barn.
2). More Football.
3). Amazing Archery.
4). 3 New Midway Rides.
5). Backyard Steak-Out and Pizzeria.
6). All-Star Stunt Dog Show.
7). Team BIG AIR! and so much more…
Food: Classics include Corny Dogs and turkey legs, but that's only a sliver of what you can expect to be served at the Fair this year. Texans take pride in their food, so you will be inundated with delicious options everywhere you look.
If you like anything and everything deep fried, then you won't want to miss the Big Tex Choice Awards. On the menu this year: Fried ranch.
For a full list of frequently asked questions and answers, visit The State Fair of Texas' website to learn more.
Coming in from out of town to attend the State Fair of Texas this year? Reserve your room at nearby Magnolia Dallas Downtown today!