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|Forbidden Territory Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Actors: Dylan Baker, Edward Fox, Christopher Fulford, Nigel Hawthorne, Dafydd Hywel
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Television
R 2005 1hr 31min
Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 02/28/2006 Run time: 91 minutes
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Tuan Robo | 06/11/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"My most recent order from Amazon.com was Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone. While this wasn't a great movie, it was a well-made movie that was more than worth the $[...] I paid for it. The film does the job I ask of it: portraying the Dark Continent, the Africa of adventure.
A National Geographic Television presentation, Forbidden Territory perfectly captures the period. We see African henchman, Europe's finest explorers and its basest adventurers, the mustachioed, tuxedo-clad "armchair geographers" of Royal Geographic Society, a faithful missonary, and the poor souls he sought to protect from Arab slavers. The costuming was great, right down to Livingstone's little blue "conductor's" cap and the motley pugaree on Stanley's pith helmet.
While the film de-demonizes Livingstone and Stanley so much that it would send any post-colonialist Cult-of-Achebe English prof into a pontificating hissy fit, it thoroughly develops Stanley's character, portraying him as a tormented soul and an indomitable survivor, partially through a series of flashbacks to his days as a Welsh [...] in a workhouse and his days as a Confederate soldier. In spite of Aidan Quinn's best efforts to overact the part in a few scenes. Fortunately, the casting of Nigel Hawthorne as old Doc Livingstone was pure genius. To paraphrase Troy McClure, "it was the part he was born to play, baby."
In a nutshell, Forbidden Territory is no Lawrence of Arabia, but it is a pretty good period piece guaranteed to delight anyone who has ever dreamed of battling tsetse flies and Somalis."
Beautiful depiction of a time in history
Falgun Jariwala | 02/08/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I ordered this video because my son was doing a project on world explorers and his subject was Dr. Livingston. But when I saw this movie, it took me back in time and into a world not too far from our present time, but yet so distant. The photography, acting and pace are beautiful. It is amazing to see a world from less than 150 years ago when a large continent was uncharted, devoid of automobiles, airplanes, railways, satellites, cameras, tape recorders, etc.; and a handful of people were walking a few miles each day, taking notes in journals and charting the dark continent. This movie is a time piece.
My only disappointment was that it covers only the last days of Livingston's life and not his discovery of Victoria Falls, etc. Another movie I recommend along with this is "Mountains of the Moon" which has nothing to do with Livingston but is a few years down the time line, and is a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile."
Outstanding Histoical Adventure
Capt FB Bohannon | Oceanside, Oregon | 11/25/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This and "Mountains of the Moon" are the difinitive DVD's on the search for the Source of the Nile. Well worth having in your library.
I have been to Africa on Safari several times and am very interested in the early African history of exploration and hunting which very often overlapped each other.
Wish there were more movies like these...Excellent"
Doctor Livington story, I pressume
Eric M. Montiel | 06/05/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I really liked this movie. I had heard a comment by Pastor Ravi Zachariah about this being a good movie, I recommend it to anyone and everyone. "Doctor Livingston, I pressume" were words that I learned early in my childhood from the cartoon on a black and white screen. I have a new respect for Dr Livington legacy and life of Missionary devotion, only the true calling of God is understood by the men and women who live in the places where no other human being would dare to be.


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- See Jagatai.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. An extinct Turkic language spoken in Central Asia until the twentieth century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
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Two of Genghiss sons, Jochi and Chagatai, are steeped in enmity.
Follow Friday would be his sons: @Ogedei @Chagatai @0Tolui @Jochi #followfriday – mAi bOiZ rAwK!
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Thus, at least up until then, Buddhist monks still passed back and forth through Afghanistan and thus might still have been welcomed at the Chagatai court.
But Marco's curiosity was inherited; and no Venetian was ever averse to seeing strange lands and seeking out new opportunities for trade; so the Polos decided to go on and visit the Khan of central Asia or Chagatai, and perhaps make their way back to Constantinople by some unfrequented route.
About 1321, under Kabak, the realm of the Chagatai was divided into two parts; Mávará-un-Nahr, or Transoxiana, and Moghulistan, or Jatah.
Caspian seas, the valleys of the Don and the Vulga, and northward beyond the Ural River; Chagatai had the kingdom of Mávará-un-Nahr, or
Islamic societies. claimed a relationship to Chagatai.
After Chinggis' death in 1227 and the division of his empire among his heirs, his son Chagatai inherited the rule of Sogdia and Afghanistan and established the Chagatai Khaganate.

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Did Obama's HITECH Package Miss an Opportunity to Save Billions?
By JETLaw On March 23, 2009 January 26, 2014 · Updated January 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Healthcare in America is expensive. Wildly so. President Obama's stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, attempts in many ways to tackle this problem. The president has touted healthcare technology spending, or HC IT spending, as a significant avenue to save money. By digitizing the practice of medicine, the argument goes, doctors will be more efficient.
The HC IT portion of the bill is known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). Most of the spending in HITECH, however, is clinical spending. Money is given to doctors and hospitals for improving patient records, e-prescribing, etc.
However, many in the industry are upset that this spending only focuses on one portion of the healthcare spectrum. By singling out the provider (i.e., doctors and hospitals) for an upgrade in technology, the administration left out the other side of the healthcare equation: the payors.
Insurance companies still receive most claims or bills from doctors in paper form. For example, physicians' offices will fax forms to insurors. This process is particularly tedious considering that a given medical practice can interact with dozens, or in some cases, hundreds of insurance companies. Each company has its own forms and its own way of doing things. Both the physician's office and the insurance company must employ staff to process these forms.
The costs are staggering. According to the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index, huge savings would be possible by digitizing the payor side of the healthcare equation. To be exact, $29 billion could be saved on an annual basis. That's a significant percentage of total U.S. healthcare spending. Money is not the only paper to be saved. According to the index, digitizing the process would save almost 5 billion sheets of paper annually.
Given the advantages of digitizing the process, it is a shame that HITECH failed to address the problem. However, as healthcare spending continues to spiral out of control (what other industry is actually growing right now?!), Congress will be forced to find a solution. Spending on America's antiquated healthcare infrastructure seems like the most natural alternative for easy long-term savings.
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Maple-Mustard Baked Chicken
By preacherboy1
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, preferably grade B
2 tablespoons peanut or canola oil, divided
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
4-41/2 pounds bone-in chicken pieces, (thighs, drumsticks and/or breasts), skin removed, trimmed (see Tip)
1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs, preferably whole-wheat (see Tip)
Marinate the chicken for up to 6 hours. Refrigerate the baked chicken for up to 1 day.
Whisk mustard, maple syrup, 1 tablespoon oil, thyme, pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add chicken and turn to coat evenly. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and up to 6 hours.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Set a wire rack on a large baking sheet.
Combine breadcrumbs and the remaining 1 tablespoon oil on a plate. Dredge the skinned side of each chicken piece in the breadcrumbs (with drumsticks, dredge the meatier side) and arrange breaded-side up on the wire rack. Leave at least 1 inch between pieces.
Bake until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat registers 165°F, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve hot or let cool, refrigerate and serve chilled.
Nutritional Facts
- Servings
- 8
- 14 G per serving
- 9 G Fat
- 2 G Sat. Fat
- 2 G Fiber
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In the ingredients list you say the skin is removed from the chicken but then you say to coat the skin side of the chicken in the method so which is it skin on or off and are the values given for chicken with or without skin?


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How to Install, Use and Uninstall Kodi on Mac
Kodi is a open source media player that available for many systems and devices, also including the Mac OS X, it can be used to view and stream media content, and even access to the Live TV(with its add-ons). If you are relatively new to Mac computer and Kodi, the following instructions will tell you how to install, use, and uninstall Kodi on the Mac computer.
Install Kodi for Mac
- Download Kodi's package from its official website
- Double click on the package on your Mac, and drag its icon to the Applications folder as instructions
- When the copying completes, you will see the Kodi on your Applications folder
- If you receive a message like "can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer", you can choose to right-click on the app instead, and choose Open
How to use this application
After installing Kodi on your Mac, can launch it via double-clicking on the icon, after then, you will see an app interface with a a blue background, and you can start to manage all of your multimedia from this single interface
How can uninstall Kodi completely on Mac
In addition to the pure Kodi package, people would choose to install some add-ons after using it on the computer. So it may be not so easy to uninstall Kodi as well as all of its associated items from Mac if you want to remove it for some reasons. If you choose to manually remove them with the Mac's trash, it is required to remove all of installed package, and delete all of its associated files in the sub-folders of user's Library. However, this way of removal usually take a long time and very troublesome for the common users, in this case, an uninstaller may be quite better to handle the app removal on your Mac, a good uninstall tool can help the user to completely the unwanted app with automatic removing precess.


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Humor is No Illusion
Poets often write of the power of illusion; at least one poet, Gina Rush, defines it as "mental turmoil":
Beyond the plane where heaven meets soil,
Extends a realm of mental turmoil.
Down becomes up and up becomes down
A mirrored image in which to drown.
To us at the Mind Tripping Show, as we help Christian and Katalina plan their offerings for Indianapolis corporate entertainment, illusions are no dream, but an integral part of human existence. Yes, down can seem up and up appear down, but, far from "drowning", Mind Tripping Show audiences are most likely to laugh while sharing morale-boosting insights.
Medical professionals agree:laughter is all-around good medicine, with important physiological effects. According to the nonprofit helpguide.org, "Humor and laughter strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress." This is hardly a new revelation: centuries back, the French poet Voltaire wrote, "The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
Our Married 2 Magic couple make no claim of medical training. Yet event planners are always amazed at the positive effects humor has had on their attendees. The benefits of laughter during a Mind Tripping show customized to fit the needs of each company are positive and long lasting.
One thing we've learned over the years is that planning an event involves so much more than arranging menus, seating charts, and programming. The secret sauce of humor can be tailored to cultivating customer relations or teaching memory hooks for new product features and benefits.
The most important and long lasting effect, the one our clients tell us carries over into workplace and home, is the emotional connection forged by laughing together.
All that "mental turmoil" can turn into mere illusion when you harness the power of humor at an Indianapolis corporate event!
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In time for the Jewish calendar's fall holiday season (Jews around the world are celebrating Sukkot—the feast of tabernacles—this week), today's New York Times took up the delicate issue of Jerusalem's Temple Mount where, we are told, troublemaking Jews are breaking the rules and making coexistence, if not peace, that much more difficult. Since some Jewish extremists do foolishly dream of replacing the mosques that are atop the Mount (which looks down on the Western Wall) with a rebuilt Third Temple, a scheme that would set off a religious war no sane person would want, Israel has always sought to keep the peace in the city by limiting Jewish visits and prohibiting Jewish prayer there. So with increasing numbers of Jews wanting to look around and perhaps even surreptitiously utter a prayer, the conceit of the Times piece appears to be that this is just one more instance in which Israelis are giving their Arab neighbors a hard time and pushing them out of a city that is sacred to the three monotheistic faiths.
But however dangerous any idea of endangering the Dome of the Rock or the Al Aqsa Mosque might be to world peace, the Jews are not the problem in Jerusalem. That's because the dispute in the city isn't really so much about who controls the Temple Mount but the Muslim effort to deny the Jewish history that is literally under their feet. Were it just a question of sharing sacred space, reasonable compromises that would give full Muslim autonomy over their holy sites while allowing Jewish prayer at the spiritual center of Judaism would be possible since Jewish extremists who want to evict Islam from the place are a tiny minority. Yet as long as the official position of both the Muslim Wakf religious authority, which has been allowed by Israel to govern the place since the 1967 Six-Day War, and the Palestinian Authority is that the Temples never existed and that Jews have no rights to their ancient capital, that will constitute the real obstacle to peace.
At the heart of this conundrum is an error in Times Jerusalem Bureau chief Jodi Rudoren's story. In an effort to give some historical background to the dispute, she writes the following:
In 2000, a visit by Ariel Sharon, then Israel's opposition leader, accompanied by 1,000 police officers, prompted a violent outbreak and, many argue, set off the second intifada.
Many may argue that, but it is a flat-out lie. As figures within the Palestinian Authority have long since publicly admitted, the intifada was planned by then leader Yasir Arafat long before Sharon took a stroll on the site of the Temples around the Jewish New Year. The intifada was a deliberate strategy in which Arafat answered Israel's offer of an independent Palestinian state in almost all of the West Bank, Gaza, and a share of Jerusalem that would have included the Temple Mount. The terrorist war of attrition was intended to beat down the Israelis and force them and the United States to offer even more concessions without forcing the Palestinians to recognize the legitimacy of the Jewish state no matter where its borders were drawn. Sharon's visit was merely a pretext that has long since been debunked.
Rudoren deserves to be roasted for passing along this piece of propaganda without even noting the proof to the contrary. But the problem here is more than just an error that shows the way she tends to swallow Palestinian lies hook, line, and sinker. That's because the significance of the Sharon story lies in the way, Palestinian leaders have used the Temple Mount for generations to gin up hate against Israelis.
It bears pointing out that almost from the very beginning of the Zionist enterprise, those seeking to incite an Arab population that might regard the economic growth that came with the influx of immigrants as a good thing used the mosques on the Mount to whip up anti-Jewish sentiment. The pretext for the 1929 riots in which Jews were attacked across the country and the ancient community of Hebron was wiped out in a pogrom was a false rumor about the mosques being attacked. Arafat used the same theme to gain support for his otherwise inexplicable decision to tank the Palestinian economy in his terrorist war. Similarly, inflammatory sermons given in the mosques have often led to Muslim worshippers there raining down rocks on the Jewish worshippers in the Western Wall plaza below.
Israelis can argue about whether restoring even a minimal Jewish presence on the Temple Mount is wise. Some Orthodox authorities have always said that due to doubt about the presence of the Temple's most sacred precincts no Jew should step foot on the plateau, although that is a point that seems less salient due to recent archeological discoveries. Others believe that any effort to contest Muslim ownership of the site converts a territorial dispute into a religious or spiritual one and should be avoided at all costs.
But, like so many internal Jewish and Israeli debates, these arguments miss the point about Arab opinion. As with other sacred sites to which Muslims lay claim, their position is not one in which they are prepared to share or guarantee equal access. The Muslim view of the Temple Mount is not one in which competing claims can be recognized, let alone respected. They want it Jew-free, the same way they envision a Palestinian state or those areas of Jerusalem which they say must be their capital.
It is in that same spirit that the Wakf has committed what many respected Israeli archeologists consider a program of vandalism on the Mount with unknown quantities of antiquities being trashed by their building program. Since they recognize no Jewish claim or even the history of the place, they have continued to act in this manner with, I might add, hardly a peep from the international community.
Thus while many friends of Israel will read Rudoren's article and shake their heads about Israeli foolishness, the real story in Jerusalem remains the Palestinians' unshakable determination to extinguish Jewish history as part of their effort to delegitimize the Jewish state. In the face of their intransigence and the fact that such intolerance is mainstream Palestinian opinion rather than the view of a few extremists, the desire of many Jews to visit a place that is the historic center of their faith (the Western Wall is, after all, merely the vestige of the Temple's outer enclosure) doesn't seem quite so crazy.


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French Polynesia's renowned passenger-freighter ship, Aranui is preparing to launch a brand new ship, Aranui 5, with its maiden voyage on Dec. 12, 2015, which coincides with the Marquesas Art Festival, scheduled Dec. 16 – 19, 2015.
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The new ship is a custom-built dual-purpose vessel that sails from Tahiti to the Marquesas, Tuamotu and Society Islands in French Polynesia on a 14-day all-inclusive itinerary. Aranui 5 raises the bar in terms of passenger comfort and will accommodate even more adventurous travelers than its predecessor with added space for relaxation.
The new 254-passenger ship will be replacing the 200-passenger Aranui 3, which began service to the Marquesas Islands in 2003. The company has been providing adventure-seeking travelers with a unique, once-in-a-lifetime adventure cruise since the 1980s to experience first-hand the local cultures of the Marquesas Islands, arguably the most remote archipelago in the entire world.
Aranui, meaning "the great highway" in the local language, serves as a lifeline to the inhabitants of the Marquesas islands, bringing supplies to each principal village and several remote valleys 17 times per year.
"Many of our voyages have been filling or reaching near-full capacity upwards of a year prior to departure. The launch of the Aranui 5 will better accommodate the demand for our one-of-a-kind experience with more spacious and comfortable quarters," said Jules Wong, marketing director of Aranui.
The Aranui 5 will follow the same 14-day itinerary as the Aranui 3, with an additional stopover in Bora Bora on the return trip. The ship features 103 cabins specially designed with added space for passengers' comfort and pleasure, featuring additional common places to unwind with an interior decor reflecting the Polynesian heritage and more balconies in the suites and superior deluxe staterooms.
Travelers booking a stay aboard the Aranui 5 will be able to choose from eight different cabin categories with accommodations ranging from Premium exterior staterooms (more than 90 percent with a private balcony) and Standard exterior staterooms with a picture window or porthole to Class C shared dormitory style cabins with occupancy for four to eight people. Room categories are Presidential Suite, Royal Suite, Premium Suite, Junior Suite (without balcony), Superior Deluxe, Deluxe, Stateroom and Class C – each providing diverse room configurations.
Public areas on the Aranui 5 include a reception area, casual restaurant, four bars, including the Sky Bar with sweeping panoramic views, dancing room, two conference rooms, two lounges, library, video and computer room, boutique, outdoor swimming pool with a whirlpool, fitness room and massage room.
The decor features Marquesan designs, Paul Gauguin prints and original paintings by Erhard Lux, a German artist who lives part-time in Moorea. The ship also features air conditioning in all passenger areas and indoor public spaces as well as two elevators onboard.
On this once-in-a-lifetime adventure, passengers board the ship in Papeete, Tahiti for a 14-day complete vacation experience sailing 800 miles north to some of most spectacular and remote islands in the world, where they will be fully immersed in the Polynesian culture. The Aranui 5 will regularly visit Takapoto and Rangiroa in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Bora Bora in the Society Islands, as well as Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva, Tahuata and Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands.
Related news: Half Cruise - Half Freighter ship Aranui 5 set to sail in November 2015
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Kongi's Harvest Art Gallery In Honour Of Soyinka @ The Lagos Freedom Park.
Apr 2, 2012 - The Lagos Black Heritage festival 2012 got off to a colourful start on Monday with the State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) formally opening Kongi's Harvest, the new exhibition gallery at the Freedom Park while also flagging off the weeklong cultural fiesta.
Describing it as a festival of colour which promotes the cultures of the people with a proud heritage, Governor Fashola who flagged off the impressive event amid cultural displays and performances by the Igunnuko masquarades, Ekpe masquerades from the South South, Agere performers and Gelede dancers acknowledged the participating states who have sent delegates and representatives to the event.
"I thank you very much for adding a lot of colour, a lot more verve to the 2012 edition of the Heritage week. This also signals the beginning of our tourist week that climaxes on Monday with a carnival that builds up with a boat regatta that has the spice of a beauty pageant and so many other events that will take place in this very hallowed grounds of Freedom Park", he added.
The Governor who also welcomed guests from outside the country as well as participants from within and other parts of the world to the tourism week had earlier on arrival at the event inspected the Art exhibitions and paintings mounted in the Freedom Park alongside Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and Commissioner for Tourism, Mr Disun Holloway before formally commissioning the Kongi's Harvest Art Gallery.
Built by the Lagos State Government, the Kongi's Harvest is the new exhibition gallery at the Freedom Park on Broad Street(the former Colonial Prison) where Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka's collection of arte facts and artworks will be housed.
Governor Fashola also went round the various facilities and recreational points at the Park before inspecting an installation artwork by Temitayo Ogunbiyi depicting the slave trade movement from Africa to the Mediterranean.
The opening ceremony was attended by many dignitaries including ace cinematographer, Mr Tunde Kelani, foreign tourists and arts lovers.
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Collaboration with Tropfich for Evoke: Evoke III
For our 26th exhibition, we have returned with "Evoke III". Once again, our members have experimented with their mediums and produced a set of beautiful artwork, photography and music.
This is the first exhibit to be paired with a live gallery exhibition in Baltimore, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Anthony Gargasz, James Merril, Parker Gibson, Ted Yavuzkurt and more. As this exhibit is being released, people are already enjoying these works and meeting some of the artists who created them.
RDN is our featured artist this time around. His striking digital paintings raised the bar this time around. Khyzyl Saleem, Ricardo Juarez, Luca Genovese and many more created stunning graphic illustrations, while Ian Steele and Oliver Gareis produced cool 2d vector work. All of which is accompanied by slick audio from JB Gordon and Ben Bruce.
Check out the exhibition at here
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Meizu just announced the M2, its latest budget Android smartphone in China. The company offers quality features for a price tag of 599 Chinese Yuan (approx. US$ 96/ Rs. 6,160) only. The Meizu M2 will be the best competitor of Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) which was launched yesterday in a special event. Both the devices share many similar features like 13MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, 2GB RAM and 4G LTE connectivity.
The Meizu M2 has a Hybrid Dual SIM (second slot can be used as microSD slot) support and features a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display with AGC Dragontrail protective glass. It has 2GB of RAM for better multi-tasking feature, 16GB internal storage and expandable storage up to 128GB.
Coming to cameras, the Meizu M2 has a 13-megapixels rear facing camera with LED Flash, 5p lens, Gorilla Glass 3 protective lens glass, f/2.2 aperture and there is a 5-megapixels front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 4p lens. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box with FlyMe OS 4.5 on top.
It has a dimensions of 140.1 x 68.9 x 8.7mm and weighs just 131g. The connectivity includes 4G LTE/ 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. There is a 2500mAh battery on the back which provide juice to the handset.
The Meizu M2 will be available in White, Pink, Grey and Blue colors variants. The device can be pre-ordered starting from today and will go on sale from August 3rd in China. Company didn't announce the global launch of the smartphone.


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Vjach posted a topic in Feedback & SuggestionsI dont want to write a lot of text and i have grammar problems with english, but i hope you will understand my idea. So, we have a more then one wow server, this is very stupid bad. But I writting this text for another reason. All we know blizzard's sheme. First addon was classic, then they save database and put it in TBC, so we can keep playing with our characters. Why admins of each server dont want to do like this. They open new servers, LichKing,TBC,Cata .... Legion. Isnt better to open only classic and after 1-2 years upgrade server to TBC with saving all characters(all DB)??? Then again after 1-2 years upgrade to LichKing? People like me want to play each addon with progression, but what we have? An example: 1) A lot of servers(Classic, TBC, Lich .... Legion) 2) Every server opened a lot of time ago, so it is very late to play on them(in my opinion) I heard that Crestfall admins want to make sheme like this, is it true? Also, if in your opinions do like this is very hard, you can do this: -Open Crestfall classic -After 1-3 years open TBC (with instant 60lvl + t2 gear or smth like that) This is very easy, if you dont know how to keep database. -Repeat for another Addons Thats all, thanks.


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The council will include volcanoes in the island to offer visitors.
They're going to put trails in volcanic areas of interest and create bird observatories and landscapes.
The project will maintain its seal of Biosphere Reserve.
The Canary Islands are a sun and beach destination, a place of rest. But reducing the attractiveness of the islands only to that would be grossly unfair. The peculiar nature of Canary makes these unique islands. Its geography, its landscapes are of incomparable beauty. Part of that different natural assets are its volcanoes . Lanzarote has long been showing its underground treasures, El Hierro has begun to take advantage of its recent seismic events, and now Fuerteventura also wants to "sell" their volcanoes.
A volcanic experience
The project 'Canary volcanic experience' diversify the range of leisure and open new business opportunities and employment associated with the concept of sustainable tourism. The background paper, the catalog of volcanoes on the island is now a reality. in value is placed inside the island and its sea The project, which will give value to the inland sea, serve to maintain the seal Biosphere Reserve . 'Canary volcanic experience' is divided into three installments (2011-2013) and has a budget of 766,667 euros to cover by the Cabildo of Fuerteventura (31%), the Canary Islands Government (31 %), Turespaña (31% and the Association of Hotel and Tourism Fuerteventura (7%). Once developed the technical study and inventory of resources volcano of Fuerteventura, is now entering its second phase.
Bringing tourism volcanoes
In 2012 is planned to develop various activities such as fitness trails in volcanic areas of interest (in 2011 and these works were undertaken in Tindaya, Pico de la Zarza and Gairia boiler) , these signaling pathways (the pathways and the specific geological transit), building observatories (of birds and landscapes), training of guides and tour operators in the product 'volcanoes', promotion of this product in tourist areas (hotels, airport, port, museums ...) and development of material specific media promotion. In short, as the president of the Association of Hotel and Tourism Fuerteventura, Antonio Ant, "is very interesting that the tourist is alternative to the sun and the beach .


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Tone Treasures
With 250 watt, 2x10" drivers and a 1" Tweeter, everything about BC210 oozes rock'n'roll and the tones from the Eminence drivers are strong, punchy and bold.
This cabinet combines brawn with
brains via its unique vertical stacking concept and a handling
weight of only 19 kilos!
- Vertical Stacking
- Lightweight and Powerful
- Custom Eminence Drivers
Vertical Stacking
We do not believe in conventions or rules. Sure, you adhere to the rules to a certain point - but then you break them! That thought is what lies behind our unique vertical stacking concept that frees up space on the stage, takes weight off your back and most importantly, lets you hear every detail of your playing without sacrificing low-end punch.
The Tolex covered BC cabs come in 3 models: 4x10", 2x10" or 2x12", and you can mix and match as well as stack them both vertically and horizontally as you see fit.
If you have a crew of roadies to handle your gear, weight is not a concern of course, but if you have to handle your own rig after a long gig, you know that a 130 lbs. 8x10" cab can suddenly transform itself from a source of sound to Mission Impossible...
Enter the BC cabs. They pack some serious power, but that does not translate into serious weight! In fact, you'll find it a breeze to load and unload the van when you're gigging with our range of BC bass cabs.
Eminence Equipped
We had a bunch of tough choices to make when we started designing bass cabs, but one thing was a no-brainer: who we wanted to design our drivers and tweeters.
Eminence is the authorithy when it comes to that, and after a few test designs, we were even more convinced they had what it takes to produce music gear to TC standard. The sound they deliver is tight, focused, powerful and very musical so we could not be happier.
Vertical Stacking Explained
Vertical Stacking... It may sound like a term that was developed by our sales and marketing departments, but in reality Vertical Stacking was born in our bass development department. The concept emerged from years and years of bass playing. Yep, that's right! The guys developing TC bass gear are actually bass players themselves, and they know what it's like out there in the real world of bass.
The Problem
If you ever play gigs at private parties or small to mid-sized venues, you probably decided to only bring one bass cab - typically one with a 4x10" speaker configuration.
If you place a 4 x10" cab on the floor the sound waves will bounce off the floor. While this is great for getting that fat low-end impact, the downside is that you can't hear the details of your playing. (Well, your knees can, but not your ears.)
One solution is to place the cab on a chair, a rack case or similar. Now you can hear the mid and high frequencies much better, but the downside is lack of low-end presence. Since you elevated the cab, you lose the early reflections bouncing off the floor.
In other words, no matter what you do, using only one 4 x 10" cab means a compromise of sound quality.
Horizontal Alternative
As long as you use TC cabinets, most of our amp can actually handle 3 cabs simultaneously.
Obviously, it would become a very tall stack if you stacked 3 2x10" or 2x12" cabs vertically, in fact you may not be able to reach the amp...
But don't worry, due to the extra cab, it actually makes sense to stack them in the traditional, horizontal way if you hook up three cabs.
The Solution
The solution to the problem is our unique Vertical Stacking concept. There is nothing wrong with using 4 10" speakers. In most situations, that is more than enough - the problem is that all 4 speakers are fitted inside a square box in a 2x2 configuration.
Our answer is a 4x1 speaker configuration using either two 2x10", 2x10"/2x12" or two 2x12" cabs. Whether you want 10 or 12" speakers or a combination, the point is that you stack the speakers vertically.
The early reflections add punch and low-end to your sound, but at the same time you can hear every detail thanks to the fact that the top speaker is aligned with your ears.
No More Compromises. Issue Solved!
Classic Stacking
If weight and space is less of a concern, you can always go for the classic configuration of 8x10" cabs. Obviously, this solution will also give you all the benefits of vertical stacking using smaller cabs.
Cabinet Configurations
As my grandma used to say — she already slapped when Roosevelt was President — you can estimate the output power of a good bass cabinet by the size of its bass reflex ports. I guess grandma would have been happy with the BC210: you can almost fit a handball inside the ports!Check out the full review by Audiofanzine


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Best practices, ideas and services for IT marketing professionals
Job: Director of Field Marketing
Title Director of Field Marketing Categories Channel Marketing, Event Marketing, Field Marketing Location Belcamp, MD, USA Job Information
Responsible for translating company goals and product marketing strategies into actionable field/channel marketing plans globally, and manages programs that deliver measurable revenue results for direct and field/channel sales organizations across all target market segments.
Manages a team of individuals responsible for field/channel marketing programs (enterprise, software, and government markets), field/channel marketing, and event management to execute on marketing plans and achieve defined revenue goals. The role spans across all products including software rights management and enterprise data protection solutions, and all target market segments including large enterprises (financial services, retail, healthcare verticals), federal government, state & local government, and software solution vendors.
- PLANNING – Generation of actionable field marketing plans with specific, measureable lead and revenue goals that are aligned with targets of direct & field/channel sales, product marketing & management, and corporate communications. Budget tracking, management and reporting.
- PROGRAM EXECUTION – Generation of new and incremental business opportunities across all product lines and target market segments. Measurable contribution to sales and channel pipeline and revenue. Implementation of programs for automation of lead management process and continuous improvement of conversion rates and program effectiveness. Management of inbound and outbound marketing campaigns, including interactive marketing (PPC, SEO, Salesforce.com, etc.)
- SALES SUPPORT – Delivery of sales enablement programs and tools, including sales education that help direct and channel sales organizations to identify and close revenue opportunities along the sales cycle.
- CHANNEL MARKETING – Supporting the partner marketing program in the region. Planning and delivery of joint partner marketing programs and campaigns to support channel strategy and specific revenue goals. Includes partner training, events, joint collateral, maintenance of partner portal, etc.
- EVENT MARKETING – Planning and delivery of events that support the field marketing plans and go-to-market strategy.
- COMMUNICATIONS – Establish and manage communications calendar and tools including newsletters, collateral and email campaigns to reach key audiences including customers, prospects, sales, etc.
- CUSTOMER REFERENCES – Creates and manages customer reference program including customer database, customer testimonials, case studies, customer press releases, etc.
- BRAND AWARENESS – Design and implementation of programs that drive brand equity across all audiences including customers, prospects, analysts, press, and employees.
- Manages the work efforts of individual contributors with responsibility for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews
- Contribute knowledge, skills and ideas to the marketing teams worldwide.
Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or marketing.
Advanced degree in business management or marketing is desirable.
Minimum 10-15 years in marketing roles;
3 years in leadership roles. Must have robust work experience in the high-tech industry (information security or networking), including sales experience (mandatory).
Experience in US federal government market desirable.
Previous experience in field marketing roles supporting direct and channel sales to enterprise customers, combined with budget responsibility in North and Latin America is required.
Source: MktgLadder.
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Good morning! I know, I know...it's not Monday, but I can't be perfect all the time ;)
Our week/weekend was crazy busy so I was basically a zombie yesterday and even if I would have sat down to write this post...I'm not sure it would have made any sense. My brain was tired and who knows what I would have said!
After a good night's sleep I am feeling like a whole new person! So hopefully today I will be a bit more productive ;)
Last week was "peak week" which in marathon training land means your highest mileage week and the dreaded 20 miler! I would be lying if I said I haven't been dreading this week since day 1. I tried really hard not to look too far ahead in my training schedule...but having run a marathon the year before I KNEW about this week...I knew that it was tough (especially being near the beginning of the school year when I am already pretty worn out!)
Despite all the chaos in our lives over the last few months...wedding, honeymoon, buying a house, and starting back to work...I have to say that this year's "peak week" was really not as bad as I was anticipating.
Last year I remember feeling absolutely done by the end of my 20 miler and NEEDING the taper period. This year...my body is definitely ready for a rest...but I don't feel completely drained. My 20 mile training run was by far the best/easiest of all my long runs this training cycle...which at first seemed like a great thing...but now I have myself convinced it has jinxed me for race day. What can I say...I'm a worrier at heart ;)
Not only was my 20 miler a breeze...but the rest of the week's runs also went really well.
Monday- 10 miles
Second to the 20 miler this was my most dreaded run. 10 miles on a Monday? Seriously? 10 miles before school on a Monday was definitely not happening so I waited to run until after work. I spent all day worrying about the run...would it be too hot? Would I be able to keep my paces? (not only was it 10 miles, but a large chunk of it was meant to be run fast) would I be able to finish?...etc, etc. (Told you I was a worrier)
Turns out, like usual, I worried for nothing. It wasn't the easiest run I have ever had...but I still managed to maintain (and even run a bit faster) than the suggested paces.
Tuesday- Rest Day
Glorious, glorious rest day!
Wednesday- 4 miles + 30 second sprints
I got up early and ran my 5 miles before work...it almost felt weird "only" running 5 miles.
Thursday- Rest Day
Friday- 8 "steady" miles
This run also gave me a bit of anxiety because I couldn't run them "easy" paced. It called for a steady pace to help simulate fatigue like I will experience on race day...
Saturday- 20 miles
While I ran my 8 steady miles the day before I didn't feel nearly as much "fatigue" as I expected. I seriously felt GREAT! If I can feel like this on race day...sub 4 here I come! I owe this awesome run to mother nature and her generosity. The weather was absolutely perfect...c'mon Chicago...be just as kind to me :)
On top of feeling great during my run I hit my suggested paces like a champ! My training plan called for 12 slow paced miles, followed by 5 faster paced (8:40-8:50), and then end with 3 slow paced miles.
Nailed it!
One thing I did not do well was my post-long run recovery...instead of my usual ice bath, compression socks, and lots of stretching and resting...I ran around like a crazy woman getting ready for my best friend's baby shower and then spent 4 hours in the car... and in the craziness of the day I didn't eat anything of sustenance until about 6:00PM. Baby shower cake (which was delicious), Twizzlers, and Ritz crackers are not exactly the best "recovery" food. Oops!
Luckily my legs have almost forgiven me...they did get their revenge this morning on my 4 mile run, but I am hoping that by my next run they start to cooperate again :)
Total Miles for the week: 43
Now I feel like I am in the home-stretch...3 short weeks until the much anticipated Chicago Marathon. It hasn't felt real until now. I have peak week and my 20 miler out of the way, so now I can think clearly! I get to run the streets of Chicago in one of the biggest marathons in the world...how lucky am I?!?
Yesterday, I watched this video and it seriously gave me chills...it's almost time!!!


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|Jim Carter
|19 August 1948
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
|Imelda Staunton (1985-present); 1 child
Jim Carter (born 19 August 1948)[1] is an English actor.
Carter was born in Harrogate. His father worked for the Air Ministry and his mother was a land girl and later a school secretary.[2] He attended the University of Sussex, reading law, but dropped out after two years to join a fringe theatre group in Brighton.[1][2]
Carter's film credits include Shakespeare in Love, Brassed Off, The Little Vampire, Ella Enchanted, Richard III, and The Madness of King George and Detective Victor Getz in the film The Thief Lord. He plays John Faa in The Golden Compass (2007), the first film in the adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy, and also stars in House Of 9 as The Watcher.
Television credits include The Singing Detective, Lipstick on Your Collar, Arabian Nights, The Chest, Cracker, Red Riding and the Hornblower episode "Duty". He also plays Captain Brown in the five-part BBC series Cranford (2007) and Mayor Waldo in the US miniseries Dinotopia.
Carter is married to actress Imelda Staunton, with whom he has a daughter named Bessie born in 1993.[3]


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After a difficult time at school, Billie Sudano decided to study hairdressing at Melbourne Polytechnic.
Now completing his Certificate II, he's already working at Lure Hairdressing in Fitzroy where he hopes to complete his apprenticeship.
Billie Sudano is finishing off the Melbourne Polytechnic Certificate II in Hairdressing and hopes to begin his apprenticeship soon.
After a difficult time at school, Billie Sudano was looking at alternative study options. "I decided I wanted to leave school and do something I enjoyed instead of sitting in a classroom. I always loved playing with hair, so I had a look at some hairdressing courses."
He chose Melbourne Polytechnic [Melbourne Polytechnic's former title] because of its reputation. "Melbourne Polytechnicis widely recognised. I'd been going around to hairdressers, asking if they recognised the Melbourne Polytechnic course and they do."
Billie is enjoying the learning environment of the Melbourne Polytechnic Hairdressing program.
"In the Certificate II, the amount of theory and practical is about equal, which I like. The structure of the teaching is good too. You don't sit in class all day and then get 'let out' at the end of it. It's broken into sections – the teachers know that some students need a bit of a break and some time to relax so they can go back in and learn new things."
The fully equipped Melbourne Polytechnic Hairdressing Training Studios at Preston and Collingwood, which operate as a salon open to the public, are available to Melbourne Polytechnic Hairdressing students for training and experience. "If we need more time in the salon and teachers have enough room in there, they'll let us come in and complete our tasks."
Billie is currently working part-time at the bright pink Lure Hairdressing in Fitzroy, where he hopes to begin his apprenticeship in 2012. He has a clear idea of where he wants to be in the future. "After my three-year apprenticeship I would like to come back and complete my Certificate IV and the Diploma in Salon Management at Melbourne Polytechnic.
Hopefully by the age of 35 I will own one or two of my own salons."
"It's my goal in life to own salons around Australia, with a nice clientele base and good, trustworthy staff."
He plans to return to Melbourne Polytechnic for his further qualifications, where he has enjoyed the feeling of community.
"It's a friendly environment. I've had issues with how people deal with my sexuality before but here it feels like a family – the clients we get coming in are nice, the other students are friendly, and the teachers are really good."
"I enjoy working with everyone and the teachers seem to like me being around. I'm a happy, loud person and you can hear me over the hairdryer."
Certificate II in Hairdressing


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Lemon Curd
1 1/2 C butter
1 1/2 C lemon juice
2 T lemon rind
4 1/2 C sugar
12 whole eggs
6 egg yolks
Melt the butter in the top of a saucepan or double boiler. Add the
juice, rind and sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Beat the eggs
and egg yolks together until thick and blend into the butter/sugar
mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until quite thick. Cool and
To Can:
Pour into sterilized jars, seal. Water bath can for 20 minutes.


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I'm always on the look out for new gadgets- for some reason, they really excite me. Having found Sony Xperia Acro and Sony RX100, my life really became easier- and that's why I'm on the prowl for more Sony inventions. Then I found these:
Introducing the new Sony VAIO™ Duo 11- they redefined the portable PC experience. It's a high-performance, hybrid Ultrabook™ with a sliding LCD display that switches effortlessly between slate and keyboard mode. It's perfect for busy people who do not want to sacrifice style nor performance. Within its sleek frame, the new VAIO™ Duo 11 allows high-precision writing with a digitizer stylus- no need to grab a pen and paper to jot down your notes because you can do it now with your laptop! Minimal latency means a more natural writing experience, and the screen intelligently ignores palm presses while writing, preventing distracting scribbles. It allows you to consume and create exciting/ entertaining digital content wherever life takes you. Now this is my favorite part: the 'music' application lets you enjoy the superb quality and the 'album' application makes viewing and sharing photos exciting and easy. Both applications lets you stream personal photos, videos and music on a compatible large screen TV and audio systems. Everything becomes more convenient!
Computers have become a necessity to every home. With the popularity of the tablet computer, more and more Filipino families want to abandon the conventional desktop PC for tablets. However, with the many limitations of a tablet computer, families who love to share activities at home are faced with the dilemma of choosing between a tablet and a conventional desktop PC. Voila!! Here's the answer to all your prayers: The Sony VAIO™ Tap 20. This gadget can be adjusted into any angle depending on usage with its flexible stand that offers seamless movement from multiple viewing angles. Laying the VAIO™ flat lets users read digital magazines or have fun with anyone with its multi-touch panel for board games, sketching pictures and more, while sitting the VAIO™ Tap 20 at an angle allows users to take full advantage of the new Windows 8 touch-optimized user interface. When in desktop style, the VAIO™ Tap 20 becomes a fully capable desktop PC that can be used with the bundled PC and mouse. Everyone – dad, mom, lola, lolo, ate and kuya– will enjoy managing their schedules and messaging boards with a few swipes of the finger. Be it in the living room, the bedroom or the study, you can enjoy using the VAIO™ Tap 20 wherever you want at home. Its flexibility allows you to bring the fun where the rest of the family is. This is definitely included on my Christmas wish list. BMS.


text: Summer is coming soon and here we are now starting to celebrate. This is the summer where woods don't stick around for long, so this year we started to think about to make a little party together with some friends and family. I think it will be fun because anyone can be part of this beloved holiday, Continue Reading »


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Victoria & David Beckham Land in NYC Ahead of Met Gala 2014
Victoria Beckham arrives at JFK Airport looking super stylish in all black on Sunday (May 4) in New York City.
The 40-year-old fashion designer, who was joined by her husband David Beckham, 39, may be in town for the 2014 Met Gala, which is set to take place later tonight. We'll have to wait and see if they make an appearance!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Victoria Beckham
"Apply for a digital internship with my team exclusively through @BoFCareers x vb #BoFCareers" Victoria recently tweeted. Check out the application to see if you are eligible to apply!
10+ pictures inside of Victoria and David Beckham making their way through the airport separately…


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|The Colette Sewing Handbook
I got the book and browsed through all of the patterns. I was on the fence about every one of them. You see, until this point I had been completely unsuccessful at making a Colette dress. I made the Sorbetto and Violet with relative ease, however, when I attempted to make one the dress patterns I experienced a level of fail that made me shriek with anger.
The Crepe was my first attempt. I lost one of the sleeve facing pieces. Then I made the mistake of reading every sewing blog about the Crepe and became quite overwhelmed. The obsession with having "the perfect fit" made it nearly impossible for me to make this dress. I made a muslin then gave up.
A couple months later, I purchased the Parfait pattern. This dress came together much more easily. I decided to be creative and add piping around the midriff band. Then, I added the invisible zipper. It broke. Frustrated but determined, I took it out and replaced it with another invisible zipper. It broke as well. The dress has been in my UFO pile ever since.
The Peony almost broke me. I could not get the neckline to work for me at all. Everything below it fit just perfectly. Eventually I screamed "F%#@^ it" and cut 1 1/2" off the neckline and used bias tape to finish it. It's not perfect but it'll do. Photos and a blog post of its very own will are on the way.
For New Year's, I wanted something classy and simple. By simple, I meant "ease of construction." I didn't want anything that required a lot of detail or pattern pieces. I wanted a quiet, simple sewing project. There is no such thing.
I decided the Licorice dress from The Colette Sewing Handbook fit the bill for my "quiet, simple sewing project."
I hated the sleeves. They were just too big. I also decided to make my own matching fabric covered belt instead of the sash tie. I bought my buckle kit and belting here. I also used this tutorial.
Before I go any further, I would like to mention the book that helped me make all the necessary adjustments to my muslin. Without this book, I would have stabbed myself with my scissors. The Busy Woman's Sewing Book by Nancy Zieman is awesome. I found it at Half-Price books for less than $5.00.
With this book in hand, I decided to make a muslin. I made two muslins total. Based on the finished garment measurements, I cut a size 12 even though I usually wear a 14 in Colette patterns. The dress fit perfectly but the waist was a bit snug. I added a bit to the waist. I also added 2 inches to the hem so that it would hit my knee.
Now, if I had stopped here and used the original sleeves, this dress would have been easy. But no, I had to complicate things.
I used the sleeve from the Wiksten Tova pattern. I used the cuff from the Burdastyle Handbook Blouse. I made the blouse a month ago, but it went straight to the "fail pile." Adjustments were made. I lost track of how many.
Once I got the sleeves to fit, I was ready to start sewing. Initially, I wanted crepe back satin for my dress. Since it had taken me so long to decide on a pattern, I didn't have time to order dress fabric online. This would have afforded me the opportunity to order some really nice fabric. Instead, I had to shop at Joann.
I purchased the polyester crepe, satin and lining from the Casa Collection, a collection of fabrics that coordinate and are dyed to match. It made sense to me to use it as Joann's crepe-back satin offering left much to be desired.
I'm not a fan of 100% polyester. Poly blends are okay. I thought about just using cotton lawn but I wanted my dress to be a little more dressy. This was almost my first foray into sewing evening wear. I hope to avoid that trip in the future.
The polyester crepe was a pain in the ass to work with. I used cotton thread and Microtex needles yet it still puckered and pulled. I used a press cloth and starch to tame it. That worked sometimes. The lining and the polyester satin (I used this for the belt, collar and cuffs) weren't nearly as terrible to work with.
There were many little hiccups along the way that contributed to my melt-down:
- the crepe being a wayward child most of the time
- trying to trace darts on slippery lining fabric
- static cling
- the fabric puckering around the zipper
- the collar being off by 1 inch on the back of the dress
This almost broke me. I grabbed my dress and in a fit of rage, I threw it across the room. After I calmed down, I figured it out on my own. I hemmed that damn dress and declared it finished.
|Colette Licorice: I win.
I've learned to plan ahead so that I can order better fabric. Polyester is annoying. I'm not a fabric snob, but damn.
I shouldn't be so focused on having it fit perfectly. After all my efforts, it still could use a few tweaks.
Next time, I will start work on my New Year's Eve dress in October.


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The toddler hurled a piece of pancake past my table. The mother, barely stopping her conversation with the woman across the table, signaled her server: "Don't worry. I'll clean it up before I leave."
To the mutual astonishment of my side of the dining room -- the side where junior was chucking his dinner -- the mother then continued her conversation, sipped her wine and never said a word to the boy.
Welcome to the new, fast, casual restaurant in "kidtown" -- an area south of I-485.
Don't get me wrong: I love kids. In fact, I have some. I also strongly believe that children should be exposed to all kinds of restaurants; mine have. But I would not allow my children to pitch food in my house; why would I allow that behavior at somebody else's table? It's not the kids; it's their parents. It's not the crying baby, although I noticed one set of parents ignored their wailing child (calming a child outside or bringing distractions work); it's parents taking time off from their job -- parenting -- in public places that galls me. Evidently, from the looks cast towards junior's mom from my neighbors, I am not alone in this.
Unfortunately, each of my dining experiences at The Flying Biscuit Café, a franchise which opened in October, was marred by ill-mannered children. Not that the majority of children were misbehaved; it only takes one in close proximity to do damage. Nor do I blame the management. This is, after all, not the site for intimate celebrations or romantic tête-à-têtes: The Biscuit is designed as a fast casual restaurant that welcomes, in fact encourages, family breakfasts, sporting team brunches, and after-dance-lessons dinners.
This outpost of The Flying Biscuit, the first location outside of Georgia, is small: 70 seats squeezed into a charming space. The walls and ceiling are painted in a neo-Salsalito kitschy décor while vibrant patterned tablecloths brighten tables. Four colors of Fiesta dinnerware and hand crafted pottery sugar bowls and creamers add to that amalgam of homey feel and new-brand franchise that Biscuit radiates.
Breakfast and its namesake biscuits cinched the reputation of the original Biscuit in Candler Park, an Atlanta neighborhood, which Delia Champion opened in 1993. This breakfast/brunch spot garnered national recognition when the summer Olympics arrived in 1996. In 2006, the concept was sold to Raving Brands, a restaurant franchise company based in Atlanta. This Flying Biscuit is owned locally by Hugh Bigham, Will Bigham and Bob Reed, who have plans to open more in the Charlotte area.
Breakfast is served all day and is the strong suit on the menu. Eggs are paired with chicken sausage (or Morningstar Soy sausage), organic oatmeal pancakes, whole wheat French toast or scrambled with smoked salmon, or "Southern Style" with collards and turkey bacon. The latter gave pause to reason why collards and eggs are not normally matched: they don't complement each other. But the "Meggxican" wrap with scrambled eggs, serrano peppers and cheddar cheese was a better choice.
The concept at the Biscuit according to General Manager Lucius Wilson is "healthy alternative." He adds that the restaurant is a pork-free restaurant since "a lot of people don't eat pork and many are looking for lighter foods."
And there's nothing lighter than a biscuit. Here all dishes arrive with one straight from the oven -- or the warmer. According to Wilson, the store makes 500 each day. These biscuits are not the proverbial flakey Southern biscuit; rather they rise high and have a crusty exterior, which is perfectly matched with the custom-made cranberry apple butter. The recipe for these biscuits, made in-store from a propriety blend of White Lily flour, is included in The Flying Biscuit Cookbook on sale in the restaurant. While breakfast items are good, the "healthy-alternative" entrees seem desperate, as if adding more ingredients could spark a savory combustion. Take the bland turkey meatloaf. Flavor is masked by a hardened pool of enveloping quasi-horseradish sauce. Then the dish is crowded by "pudge," an equally spunkless mass of mashed potatoes. Barbecued chicken on a burrito is overpowered by collards, while the bell peppers and cheddar cheese seem like an after thought wrapped into the same sun-dried tomato tortilla.
Simpler dishes, such as salads, fare better. On one, slices of grilled chicken breast, bathed in a light vinaigrette, are neatly tweaked by blue cheese and roasted potatoes. Desserts are exactly what they should be: creamy, flakey, some chocolately, and some with Georgia peaches.
The Biscuit is family affordable: breakfast prices range from $5.99 to $10.95 for steak and eggs; sandwiches are $5.95 to 7.95; entrées range from $7.95 to $14.95 for a flat iron steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. The Child Menu items range from $2.50 to $4.99. A dozen biscuits to go are $10.
The crew at the Biscuit works hard -- sweeping floors, picking up glasses -- all the while maintaining that welcoming smile. And in the end, friendliness is what inexpensive family places like The Biscuit tend to be about.
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NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team fell to No. 11 Kansas, 3-1, at McCasland Field House on Saturday night. The Sooners fell behind two sets to none before keeping the match alive with a 26-24 win in the third, but the Jayhawks claimed the victory with a 25-11 decision in the fourth.
The two sides went back-and-forth through the midway part of each of the first two sets. OU trailed just 15-13 in the first and second before KU pulled away for wins of 25-18 and 25-19.
Sooner junior outside hitter Alyssa Enneking (League City, Texas) led all players with 16 kills and added 11 digs for her ninth double-double of the season. Junior outside hitter Morgan Miller (Magnolia, Texas) chipped in with her fourth double-double on a 14-kill, 11-dig effort. Fellow junior outside hitter Madison Drescher (Southlake, Texas) was also in double figures with 12 kills.
Kelsie Payne led three Jayhawks in double digits with 13 kills on a .333 attack rate to go with nine digs. Mmachi Nwoke contributed 11 digs and player error-free with a .786 hitting percentage and five blocks. Zoe Hill was also error-free as she hit .769 with 10 kills and five blocks.
KU setter Ainise Havili dished out 46 assists and picked up 14 digs. OU junior setter Audrey Alford (Norman, Okla.) collected 35 assists and seven digs. Redshirt-junior libero Rachel Manriquez (Edmond, Okla.) totaled a team-high 12 digs for the Sooners.
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Hey everyone just introducing myself. Long time photographer but only been shooting underwater for about a year. I currently use a Canon 5D II in an Outex bag but looking to step up to a "real" surf housing. I am interested in shooting portraits in pools mostly but I do love to float around the tiny Gulf coast surf and try to make it look bigger than it is ;-)
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Making the highly anticipated move from water to land, last year saw Pukka Up transform the cavernous Eden into their very own Tropical Wonderland in what was their first large scale club night in Ibiza in four years. Renowned for its incredible ability to produce uplifting and unforgettable events, Pukka Up will bring their original and inimitable boat party vibes to the dance floors of Eden Ibiza providing clubbers with a lifetime's worth of memories. Taking place every Saturday, they will launch summer proceedings with their opening party on 26th May and continue their residency right through until 29th September.
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The Biggest Loser is back, and I'm sure there were more than a handful of Americans watching last night, wishing that they had somewhere like The Biggest Loser Campus to work out. And not just because it comes complete with amazing celeb trainers like Jillian Michaels. No, there's definitely something to be said for being able to work out around people facing the same challenges. Not to mention that when you're overweight or obese, going to a gym filled with perfectly fit, gorgeous people can be intimidating and just a downright drag.
Those are a couple of reasons why entrepreneur Francis Wisnewski founded Downsize Fitness, a gym catering to exclusively to people who are 50 pounds or more overweight. The goal of the chain -- which has locations in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Dallas currently -- is to help members "feel comfortable" while exercising.
For example, there are no mirrors inside and the windows are fogged. Equipment is designed for heavier people. Sounds smart, I guess, in theory, but something about this rubs me the wrong way.
Believe me, when I first started working out with my trainer only a couple of months ago, I didn't want to be anywhere near a mirror. But then I realized that having them there is motivating. I wanted to be able to do kettlebell squats without cringing. And being around people of all different shapes and sizes is a benefit too. I want to be able to run like that super-fit chick I saw sprinting while I was on the elliptical a few weeks ago. I want to be able to do walking lunges like another in-shape member I spied the other day.
This "overweight-only gym" also raises other questions I'd love to know more about ... Like, what do you once you're less than 50 pounds overweight? What about when you hit your "goal weight"? Are you booted out of the gym? Banished to go work out at the "skinny gym"? I mean, come on!
While I understand what Downsize was founded for, I feel like they may have done better to open a gym where the atmosphere simply fosters inclusion, and everyone's encouraged to be less judgmental. Where there are people are all ages and levels of fitness.
But hey, if Downsize is helping people who wouldn't be working out otherwise actually get to a gym, there's something to be said for that.
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Some say the short story collection is a dying form, unsellable and therefore unpublishable. The money's in the novel, those people say. Nevertheless, countless writers over the course of literary history have pulled off the waning form and broken into the literary mainstream by bridging the gap between collections of independent narratives and what we call the "novel"—notable examples being Maxine Hong Kingston with her debut Warrior Woman and pre-Pulitzer Junot Díaz with Drown. Both books are collections of stories, but the stories in each collection, when compared with each other, construct distinct emotional worlds—representing to the reader more than the scene-exposition basics of a traditional narrative and more than character- or plot- or setting-based narratives; rather, a rounded and comprehensive glimpse into the mechanism of humanity itself. It's in these connections and mergers that literature grows, develops, and thrives—the connections of narrative forms, aesthetics, and thematic underpinnings is what drives the world of reading and writing into the future.
A writer that steps up to the plate of merging the short story collection with the novel is Kazuo Ishiguro, whose most recent book Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall pushes how we think of connection by presenting five pieces of varying length that all deal with music and the conflicted individual. Ishiguro connects these five stories, however, with more than just thematic similarities. For example, a minor character in "Crooner" is the unhappy wife of a has-been famous singer; in "Nocturnes," she is a major character that shares a mischievous adventure in an expensive hotel where she stays next door to a struggling jazz saxophonist after they both undergo facial cosmetic surgery.
The strongest characteristic of Nocturnes is the complex stories that Ishiguro crafts and the complex manner in which he crafts them—he continuously moves in and out of a linear narrative, seamlessly drifting between the real-time plot and reminiscence. In this manner, he effectively reconstructs a sense of nostalgia that echoes the jazz music he writes about and plagues the characters he creates. His composition is witty, precise, and honest, his dialogue is authentic, and his characters are familiar. Ishiguro has long ago proved himself a contender, and this simple, extraordinary collection is Kazuo Ishiguro at his finest.
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Examples are sagging, sedimentation, shelf live, phase separation, all phenomena that are driven by a constant force i.e. gravitation.
These processes are simulated in a rheometer by applying a constant stress. However, under certain circumstances applying a (very) low shear-rate might be required, for example when the flow of material which is slowly stirred in a large container needs to be simulated (measured).
Haake Mars is capable of applying low rotational speed, i.e. low shear rates.
Reliable data down to n = 10-5 rpm
In the result of an experiment in which the rotational speed was stepwise increased from 10-5 rpm to 10-2 rpm, even at a low rotational speed (and a low torque) the measured viscosity is within 5% from the specified value.
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Happy Sunday! What a blessed day of rest and relaxation before a very, very busy week. It was a weekend filled with cold and a lot more snow. When I saw this sentiment, it made me think of this week's Word Art Wednesday #171 verse, Mark 12:30. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart..." It reminded me that even snowflakes are a beautiful part of creation and love from God to us. I had a much better appreciation for them today and I watched them come down. This cute card inspiration is from this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches #288
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Rihanna sure knows a good thing when she sees it. After sporting a revealing low-back black gown at the Grammys, the "Live Your Life" singer gave photographers the cold should once again at the Stella McCartney fashion week presentation in London on Saturday.
The sultry singer hit the step-and-repeat wearing a teal satin gown that surely made more than a few onlookers whisper, "How low can she go?"
Although her red carpet looks have been perfect tens as of late, fans are less than pleased with news that she may be hitting the studio with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Brown notoriously attacked Rihanna in 2009, but the pair will reportedly be reunited on a remix of the 23-year-old's hit, "Birthday Cake."
Brown also attended Rihanna's birthday party Monday night, at which he reportedly asked fellow party-goers to sign confidentiality agreements regarding his presence at the fete.
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Collaborative law is also known as collaborative practice. It is a legal process which allows couples/parties who have decided to separate, end their marriage or just need to resolve a family law dispute to work with their lawyers, individual divorce coaches and, on occasion, other family law professionals. Through this process, at times, other professionals that you may work with may include, but not be limited to, financial specialists, child specialists or other resource specialists such as real estate appraisers, tax consultants etc.
The collaborative process is designed to stay out of court by having the parties contract to a participation agreement that if either or both parties opt to remove their case from the collaborative process and turn to litigation that each party will no longer be able to use his/her collaborative lawyer.
Collaborative cases are intended to help the parties avoid the uncertain outcome of court, achieve a settlement that best meets the specific needs of both parties and their children, if applicable, and without the underlying threat of litigation.
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1. The position of a squirrel running in a park is given by r⃗ =[(0.280m/s)t+(0.0360m/s2)t2]i^+ (0.0190m/s3)t3j^.
What is υy(t), the y-component of the velocity of the squirrel, as function of time?
A.) vy(t)=(0.0570m/s3)t+(0.0720m/s2)t2
B.) vy(t)=(0.0570m/s3)t2
C.) vy(t)=(0.0570m/s2)t2
D.) vy(t)=(0.0570m/s3)t
2. At 4.52 s , how far is the squirrel from its initial position?
3. At 4.52 s , what is the magnitude of the squirrel's velocity?
4. At 4.52 s , what is the direction (in degrees counterclockwise from +x-axis) of the squirrel's velocity?
1. y(t) = 0.0190t3
vy(t) = 3*0.0190t2 → 0.0570t2 If t is in seconds then the 0.0570 must have units m/s3 as the result must be a velocity (m/s). Hence B.) is the result.
2. Put t = 4.52 s into x(t) from your previous question to find X, the distance travelled in the x-direction.
Put it into y(t) above to find Y, the distance travelled in the y-direction.
Then calculate R = sqrt(X2 + Y2)
3. As for 2, but using vx(t) and vy(t) instead.
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